All-round Athlete

Chapter 92 Yokohama Track and Field All-Star Game

In mid-September, the Huangpu River is still surrounded by summer atmosphere. Although it is not the height of summer, the temperature close to 30 degrees Celsius and the strong sunshine are still quite difficult tests for many people.

Zhang Guan went to the university alone to report, but then all the school leaders came over in a hurry. The admission procedures were specially done for Zhang Guan, and there was no need to participate in the subsequent military training. The school leaders were all focused on taking photos with Zhang Guan at this time. A group photo of two people, a group photo of three people, a group photo of four people, a group photo of a group, and a group photo of visiting a school. Then these group photos will be posted on the school's website as quickly as possible, and the publicity staff will start to conceive the manuscript quickly. The school's photographers will not hesitate to tape, and the camera will desperately capture Zhang Guan's every move, ready to catch up with the day Primetime news.

The competition among the top universities in China is also very fierce. They have been competing in various aspects such as disciplines, academic achievements, senior talents, scientific research achievements, and patent projects. Fudan is of course the top-level university, but when it comes to the number one university in China, people will first think of the two century-old schools in the capital, but this does not mean that Fudan is willing to lag behind. Although the arrival of Zhang Guan cannot improve the academic level, the Olympic champion and the title of "World's No. 1 Flying Man" are obviously a great help to the improvement of the school's brand.

Zhang Guan immediately rushed to the Xinzhuang training base to report. But what surprised Zhang Guan was that Liu Feiren and Coach Sun hadn't come back yet, probably still busy with business activities. In fact, Zhang Guan is similar. In the next two or three days, he will shoot a commercial. Fortunately, both Yiming Consulting and Hero Advertisement have offices in Huangpu, which saves Zhang Guan the time to travel around.

That day, Zhang Guan had a short-term adaptive training. When the training was over, Zhang Guan changed his clothes, but found that there were several missed calls on the phone. The first few calls were from Director Yu, and the last one was from Zhuge Wenbo. of.

Zhang Guan first dialed Director Yu's number, and then Director Yu's familiar voice rang from the phone.

"I heard that you have already gone to Xinzhuang base to report? How about it, get used to it! I have made arrangements before. If you are not used to it, you can just tell the logistics at the base." Director Yu said.

"It's not bad, I can get used to it. The facilities here are really good, but the temperature here is still relatively hot. I have already done adaptive training this afternoon, and I just finished training." Zhang Guan replied.

"That's good. You practice first. I bought a ticket to go to your place the morning after tomorrow. If the plane is not delayed, I can arrive at the Xinzhuang base before noon." Director Yu said.

"You want to come here?" Zhang Guan was taken aback for a moment, and then asked: "Is there another competition?"

"Yes. Go abroad, go to Yokohama, Japan, and leave next week." Director Yu went on to say: "Liu Fei's people are going too, but they probably haven't returned to the Xinzhuang base yet. Calculate the time and they should go back tomorrow."

"Time is tight. What event is it?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yokohama IAAF All-Star Game." Director Yu added after finishing speaking: "It's an invitational event, and the invitations are all strong players. Alan Johnson will go to the 110-meter hurdles event, and you will go to the American team's Gatlin and Green in the 100-meter sprint event. will go too."

"Invitational tournament!" Zhang Guan asked in a low voice, "The Japanese must have spent a lot of money!"

Director Yu on the other side of the microphone smiled awkwardly, and continued: "Originally, I considered that the Olympic Games had just ended and the athletes were quite tired. For the first time going abroad, Japan is a very good destination, both in Asia, not very far away. Moreover, the organizers in Japan are very sincere, and the center finally agreed to your participation.”

"This is going to Japan to show off the championship!" Zhang Guan continued, "How much is Japan's sincerity worth?"

"One hundred thousand dollars. The organizer said that as long as you appear on the stage, you will be given an appearance fee of one hundred thousand dollars, and the round-trip air ticket will be reimbursed. In addition, a fan meeting will be arranged for you, and the appearance fee will be 20,000 dollars." Director Yu thought for a while, Then he said, "Also, the prize money is quite high. The 100-meter champion has 200,000 U.S. dollars."

"There are quite a few of them. The Japanese are really willing to spend their money. The Japanese don't make money for nothing. They definitely want to go." Zhang Guan said, "But do the Japanese have a tendency to be abused? Pay us to slap them in the face." ?”

Appearance fees for sporting events are inherently lower than for commercial events. After the American Maurice Green won the Olympic champion four years ago, his appearance fee could reach 20,000 US dollars; and after Montgomery broke the world record two years ago, his appearance fee was about 25,000 US dollars; consider Considering inflation and other factors, 30,000 US dollars should be a relatively reasonable price for Zhang Guan's appearance fee. So the Japanese offered a price of 100,000 U.S. dollars, more than three times the normal price.

Director Yu in the microphone went on to say: "In fact, there are other more important reasons for sending you to the competition. In the past week, there has been a very bad trend in the international sports public opinion. They say that you and Liu Feiren were able to win the Olympic championship. , just because of luck. They think that in the 110-meter hurdles event, because Alan Johnson retired, Liu Feiren won a gold medal; while in the 100-meter sprint, you won the gold medal because the Americans were not in good condition. .”

"Liu Feiren won the championship by tying the world record, and I won the championship by breaking the world record. This can't stop their mouths? When the Americans are in good condition, they can't see a world record. Let me see." Zhang Guan said disdainfully. .

"European and American countries can't see our rise. Not only the economic and military aspects, but also the sports aspect. So you have to run well this time, and you have to fight for it if you don't steam the steamed buns!" Director Yu paused , and then said: "After the All-Star Game is over, I will be back soon and go to Luzhou to participate in the finals of the National Athletics Grand Prix, so next week's schedule will be relatively intensive, so you have to be mentally prepared."

Zhang Guan counted the time and said, "Isn't that going to Luzhou after returning from Japan? Time is a little tight!"

"Yes. You also have to go to the finals of the National Athletics Grand Prix. The audience in Luzhou is very enthusiastic. I heard that you are going, and they have already sold out more than 10,000 tickets. And it's the finals , the major sponsors will also participate, so our center hopes to make the competition more lively, and if you participate, it will be very helpful for the signing of sponsors for next year's international track and field events."

When Director Yu said this, he seemed to think of something again, and then said: "The competition is next week, and we should pay more attention to what we eat recently. Eat all three meals in the base, and don't eat outside."

After finishing the call with Director Yu, Zhang Guan dialed Zhuge Wenbo's cell phone again.

"Nike's endorsement has been negotiated." Zhuge Wenbo continued on the phone: "20 million in two years, including the cost of an advertisement. Of the 20 million, 15 million is cash, and 500 million is cash. What do you think of the sponsorship of sports equipment, if possible, I can sign it tomorrow morning."

"Brother Wenbo, you are really good. I thought it would be good to give me five or six million a year. If you calculate it in cash alone, it will be 7.5 million a year, and there are 2.5 million sponsorships. With so much money, I will definitely sign it!" Zhang Guan said.

Zhang Guan knew that, in all fairness, the price Naike offered was definitely quite high. Among other athletes, Liu Feiren re-signed with Nike after winning the Olympic championship with an endorsement price of 4 million, and the diving prince’s endorsement fee with Ruibu was 3 million. Among domestic football players, Everton’s big iron is 2 million per year. Wan Dai's endorsement fee, Haidong, where Xie Lian plays, is 1.5 million per year. So in comparison, Naike also paid a lot of money for Zhang Guan, which can be regarded as the number one in the country.

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U.S.

Zach returned to his residence with a tired face, and then lay on the sofa and never wanted to get up again.

He had just visited several angel investors in Silicon Valley and several investment institutions that favored the technology industry, hoping to obtain their investment, but the conditions offered by those greedy angel investors and investment institutions made him unacceptable. Investors not only asked him for shares, but also for supervision and control of the company.

"If I agree to those investors, then FB will no longer be my company, no, absolutely not! I can't let anyone take away my company!" Zach couldn't help becoming angry when he thought of the faces of those investors .

But Zach thought about it, if there is no financial support, the FB he founded must not be able to continue. Maybe next month, he will not even be able to pay for the rented server!

Since the establishment of FB in February, the number of users has continued to expand, but not long ago, another social networking site CONNECTU brought FB to court, accusing Zack of illegally using their development source code. In the United States, it takes a lot of money to fight this kind of property rights lawsuit. It takes money to find a lawyer, provide evidence, find an expert endorsement, etc., but Zach has no money now.

So in the past few days, Zach began to look for investment. From Boston to Silicon Valley, he found many investors, and many investors were very interested in Zach’s FB, but all investors asked for one thing, that It is the voting rights of the board of directors, and some even require more than 50% of the shares. This kind of condition is absolutely unacceptable to Zach.

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Just then, Zach's phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar phone number.

"It must be telemarketing again, this mortal telemarketing!" Zach hung up the phone directly, but he didn't expect that the number called again three minutes later, and then Zach answered the phone.

"Hello, are you Mr. Zach, the founder of FB?" said the other side of the phone.

"It's not American, it's not an American accent, is it British or Australian?" Zach couldn't tell the other party's origin from the other party's accent. Then he said, "Hi, I'm Zach, who are you?"

"Please forgive me for interrupting. My name is Alan Chen. I am the representative of Hong Kong Fidelity Investment Company. Our company thinks that FB is a project with great potential. We hope to invest in this project." The other party said.

"Investment!" Zach sat up abruptly from the sofa, and immediately said, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, did you just say you want to invest?"

"Yes, investment. I don't know when Mr. Zac will have time. We can meet and discuss in detail." Chen said.

"I have time now!" Zach came to the spirit instantly: "If possible, we can meet now!"

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