Chapter 245 Puma Wants to Cut Hu (Japanese Team Captain 1)
With Yidun surpassing the world record of three weightlifting in one game, Yidun's popularity has become unimaginable.
There are countless billboards printed with Yi Dun’s signature in the streets and alleys. Even people who are not interested in sports will definitely not be unfamiliar with Yi Dun’s name and Yi Dun’s face!
It has truly reached the point where no one in the world knows you.
The ten manufacturers Yi Dun signed a contract with before cost a considerable price, and the money spent can be effective.
So they have increased their advertising efforts, which is equivalent to helping Yi Dun become famous.
The endorsements of these manufacturers did not waste much energy on Yidun. They usually took a few photos and recorded a few videos like Adidas, and then the manufacturer took them back for post-production.
On November 3, Yi Dun received a call from Xia Jiuli.
"Yidun, you have been so popular these days. Everyone says you are not a human, you are an alien!" Xia Jiuli said excitedly on the phone.
As Yi Dun's agent, the more famous Yi Dun is, the higher the commercial value it will be, and Xia Jiuli can make more money. Xia Jiuli is naturally very happy now.
"What do you mean? You are not a human being." Yi Dun replied speechlessly.
"Yidun, why don't you go directly to football in your next project? I can guarantee that your popularity will be ten times higher!"
"As the largest football sport and the most popular sports in the world, if you can win the Chinese football championship, even if you are just an Asian Cup champion, you will definitely be developed." Xia Jiuli's tone was full of expectations.
"Do you really think I am a god? What role can I play in the competition of more than ten people?"
"Don't think about these unreliable ideas. Is there any serious matters when calling this time?" Yi Dun asked.
"If you don't say it, I've forgotten this."
"Puma contacted me and said she wanted to talk to you."
"They also know that your contract with Adidas has a very short term, and the contract will expire in more than a year. What I think is that they want to intercept it."
"If you are willing to leave Adidas and choose Puma when your contract expires, they are willing to give an annual salary of 10 million US dollars, and it will start this year."
After hearing this, Yi Dun frowned. Puma was really mean and wanted to intercept Adidas.
However, the West always likes to say that business is business, and I guess Puma doesn't think there is anything inappropriate about this approach.
Judging from what Xia Jiuli said, he thought he wanted to make it difficult for Yi Dun to sign a contract with Puma. After all, he could get a commission of 700,000 to 800,000 for 10 million US dollars this year.
But Yi Dun had no idea about this. If the price given by Adidas was appropriate, he would definitely renew the contract with Adidas.
The main reason is that Adidas' reward terms are very suitable. One Olympic gold medal is 3 million US dollars, if it breaks the record, there will be an additional three million US dollars.
Think about the number of events Yi Dun is currently in hand, and in the next Olympics, he is confident that he will win eight gold medals. If the record is recorded, how can he break five or six?
This will allow Yi Dun to get about 40 million US dollars, which is much more cost-effective than Puma's contract.
Moreover, Adidas is much larger than Puma, and its investment in advertising is far from catching up with Puma.
Under the advertisement bombardment, Yi Dun is definitely beneficial.
Of course, if Adidas wants to renew his contract with it, even if the reward terms remain unchanged, the annual salary of the endorsement will definitely be increased.
Yi Dun is not the same as before. Adidas can no longer sign Yi Dun with a mere $2 million annual salary.
You should know that with Yi Dun's reputation increasing, his appearance fee for a game starts at least 100,000 US dollars!
This is the price of the Shanghai Grand Prix before. After the Shanghai Grand Prix, Yi Dun's global popularity has been completely opened up.
Bolt's appearance fee is now around 300,000 US dollars. If Yi Dunn is not as good as Bolt now, it will definitely not be less than the appearance fee of 200,000 US dollars.
In a game, the appearance fee alone is 200,000 US dollars, and Adidas's annual salary of 2 million is really unprofitable.
Moreover, this is the price of Yidun not participating in the London Olympics. When Yidun participates in the London Olympics, he will win at least eight gold medals. Yidun can be said to be a god by then.
It is not just a god of track and field and weightlifting, but a god of sports.
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"Old Xia, please refuse Puma's side. If Adidas contacts you and discusses the matter of early renewal, you can tell them that they can come to Beijing in the near future and we will discuss it in person." Yi Dun said to Xia Jiuli.
Xia Jiuli nodded. He was now completely obeying Yi Dun's command. Since Yi Dun had no idea of signing a contract with Puma, he would definitely not mention this again.
After Yi Dun hung up the phone with Xia Jiuli, he was about to go to bed, but when he was sleeping in a daze, Xia Jiuli called again.
"Yidun, I just received two calls, all from foreigners." Xia Jiuli said with a hint of flaunt.
He used to be a translator and could naturally communicate with foreigners without barriers.
"What foreigner? What are you looking for?" Yi Dun was very curious.
"One is called by Vietnam's Athletics Union. Of course, it's not clear whether they are called Athletics Union."
"They invited you to participate in the Asian Track and Field Grand Prix in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 20, and the appearance fee is $100,000."
"The other one is from Spain, and you are invited to participate in the Madrid Weightlifting Grand Prix on December 7. There is no appearance fee."
"By the way, I just chatted with the Vietnamese track and field official and said that the track and field points rules will be changed next year. The five highest scores of the athlete will be averaged, even if it is the athlete's annual points." Xia Jiuli said as if he was offering treasures again.
The two Grand Prixes in the previous ones were not beyond Yi Dun's expectations. The news of the track and field points reform coming from Xia Jiuli surprised Yi Dun.
The previous track and field points system was too complicated and actually did not reflect the athlete's strength. It can only be said that athletes with high points are more diligent.
For example, Bolt has a bad world ranking. If he hadn't been given wild card qualifications in many Grand Prixes, he would not be eligible to participate in the competition at all.
Yi Dun actually has a similar situation.
Now, with such a reform, this point rule can generally prove the athlete's true level.
With only five match points a year, Yi Dun feels that starting next year, he really needs to reach the world rankings of each event.
The reason why Yi Dun didn’t have this idea before was that there were too many projects and it was too troublesome, and the ranking was not valuable.
Chapter completed!