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Chapter 75 Sneaker endorsement ([-]) ([-]nd update today)
As soon as Wang Dalin answered the phone, Schwartz went straight to the point and said, "Wang, the sporting goods companies I told you about last time have contacted me, and they have re-quoted you!"

"Really? How much do they offer?"

“‘耐克’是5年750万美元，‘阿迪达斯’是5年1000万美元，‘锐步’也是5年1000万美元，‘彪马’是5年1100万美元！”

This price has indeed increased to a certain extent compared to the end of the regular season, but it is not too exaggerated.

Wang Dalin thought for a while, and said, "Why are all the quotations for 5 years? Are there any quotations with a shorter contract period...such as 2 years or 1 year?"

Schwartz was a little surprised: "Wang, isn't it? Why would you want to sign a short-term contract? Isn't it good to sign a long-term contract?"

After a short pause, Schwartz explained patiently: "Wang, I have to say that I admire your self-confidence. You believe that you will perform better and better. But the reality is that if you... I mean, if your performance next season is not as good as expected, or if you are injured and you are absent for a long time, this will greatly affect your market price! Therefore, I advise you to sign a long-term contract to be safer!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this, I know it well! I just want to sign a short-term contract, preferably a one-year or two-year endorsement contract, and the longest should not exceed three years!"

joke!

With the "Hanging Force System" in my body, how could I not perform as expected?

As far as my speed of progress is concerned, how can others compare with me?
Young master, I don't believe it, after two or three years, I still won't be able to make the All-Star team?

For an All-Star, the sneaker endorsement contract is at least several million dollars a year, right?

Signing a short-term contract now is purely for the purpose of "catching big fish with a long line"!
What's the point of staring at the three melons and two dates in front of you?
Schwartz was silent for a while, and finally said: "Well, I respect your opinion, I will talk to them! But you have to be mentally prepared, the price will definitely be much lower if you make a short contract!"

"Okay!" Wang Dalin seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "By the way, why didn't you say 'Li Ning'? Didn't they offer an offer?"

Schwartz said: "It's like this...'Li Ning' does not have an offer here, but they hope that you can meet with their chairman, Mr. Li Ning!"

"There is such a thing?" Wang Dalin was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Did they say what time it is?"

Schwartz was a little surprised by Wang Dalin's reaction, but his good professionalism still made him calmly said: "They said that you will set the time. After all, you are playing in the playoffs now, so the time may not be easy to arrange!"

Wang Dalin said with a smile: "The Magic won the third game against the Bucks. We don't know when the second round of the playoffs will start. I just have time now. Please help me make an appointment with them. I have time after training tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Just find a coffee shop near the University of Miami!"

Schwartz said: "Okay, I'll contact them now!"

After hanging up the phone, Wang Dalin couldn't help feeling a little excited.

It's time to meet Li Ning. He is a big shot in the Chinese sports world, and he was known as the "Prince of Gymnastics" back then!

As a basketball fan, the idol Wang Dalin admired the most in his previous life was naturally Chairman Yao. After all, he was the only player in Chinese basketball who gained a firm foothold in the NBA and became a superstar.

But if you zoom in from the basketball world to the entire sports world, then the name Li Ning is probably even more resounding in the Chinese sports world than Yao Ming.

李宁1963年3月10日出生于中国广西，他6岁开始练习体操，8岁就进入了广西壮族自治区体操队，17岁时就入选了国家队。

Throughout his sports career, he has won a total of 14 world championships. In addition to various domestic competitions, he has won more than 100 gold medals in his life.

It can be said bluntly that Li Ning was the most shining star in the initial stage of China's sports world... none of them!

Li Ning has not been idle after retiring. He obtained the international gymnastics referee certificate in 1989. From the 1991 Indianapolis World Championships in the United States to the 2000 Glasgow World Cup Finals in the United Kingdom, he has served as a law enforcement referee in all previous world gymnastics competitions for 10 years.

What is even more commendable is Li Ning's achievements in the business world.

After retiring in 1989, he joined the Guangdong "Jianlibao" Group and founded the sporting goods brand "Li Ning".

After that, he took the opportunity of sponsoring the Chinese delegation of the 1990 Asian Games to start the business of Li Ning Company, thus creating a precedent for the management of Chinese sporting goods brands.

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, "Li Ning" was selected as the special award-winning equipment for the Chinese sports delegation, thus ending the history of Chinese athletes wearing foreign sports brand clothing in the Olympic Games.

After ten years of development, "Li Ning" has already become the No. 9 brand of sporting goods in China, and has signed agency agreements with distributors in [-] overseas countries and regions.

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Although Wang Dalin basically wears his own pair of "AJ-13" to play games, in fact he doesn't like "Nike" at all, and he doesn't like foreign brands such as "Adidas", "Reebok" and "Puma".

In his heart, domestic brands such as "Anta", "Li Ning", and "Peak" are really good. He basically wore shoes of these brands in his previous life.

Of course, in the previous life, Wang Dalin didn't have much money in his pocket, and he could buy a pair of "Anta" or "Li Ning" for five or six hundred yuan.

If you go to buy "Nike" or "Adi" at this price, what else can you buy besides those out-of-season shoes?

Domestic brands are cheap and good, aren't they more fragrant than "Nike" and "Adi"?
Moreover, Wang Dalin likes to wear shoes of domestic brands not just because he is greedy for cheap, but because he really likes to wear shoes of these domestic brands.

Look at the basketball shoes made by "Anta", "Li Ning" and "Peak". They are good-looking and comfortable to wear, and their technological content is not inferior to foreign brands.
So when it comes to signing sneakers as an endorsement, his first choice is "Li Ning". For no other reason, it is because... my buddy is Chinese!

In the original time and space, "Li Ning" owed a 2012-year, $10 million endorsement contract with the superstar Dwight Wade in 1. When Wade announced his retirement in 2018, "Li Ning" renewed a lifetime contract with him.

In October 2020, "Li Ning" signed Jimmy Butler, the star of the Heat, and snatched this "fat" from "AJ"!
Take a look at Wade, Butler and other stars wearing "Li Ning" sneakers in the NBA. Which one of them can't play well?Which one is injured because of the sneakers again?
Therefore, Wang Dalin believes in the scientific research strength of "Li Ning", and believes that the sneakers they make must be no worse than those of "Nike" and "Adi".

If it weren't for the fact that there are no domestic brand stores in the United States, he might have replaced the "AJ-13" on his feet long ago.

In addition, Wang Dalin knows that if he signs a contract with "Li Ning", his popularity in China will definitely rise to a higher level, and when the All-Star voting next season... Haha!
Wang Dalin: Oh, I'm not targeting Garnett, O'Neal, Carter, Iverson...and Kobe, I mean compare the votes with me, you guys are all fun (garbage) color (garbage)!
On the early morning of April 4, Schwartz called and told Wang Dalin: Li Ning and his personal assistant had already boarded the plane, and they would come to Miami to meet him on May 30...

(End of this chapter)