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Chapter 54 The Broker

While Chen Xiao was busy, the players' closest comrade-in-arms--the agents were naturally also busy.

During the Crazy Three and after the dust settled, it was the peak period for college players with NBA aspirations to sign agency contracts.

And the big fish among the current "free agents" is naturally the star player of the two giants in the final.

As for the big fish among the big fish——Kunpeng, Chen Xiao was coveted by all the agents with a little reputation.

"Hey, my sister, what do I think about the Internet saying that you signed Thad Faucher, who is this person?" Chen Xiao was struggling, and when he saw the news about the manager of the thick eyebrow sign, he called and asked.

In Chen Xiao's impression, the manager with thick eyebrows seems to be Fu Paulo, right?
"I haven't signed it yet, it's just an intention. Why is everything spread so fast on the Internet." The thick eyebrows who didn't expect to be exposed after only meeting once were a little helpless.

"Westbrook's agent," he added.

Speaking of Westbrook, Chen Xiao remembered.

In my previous life, I seemed to see news reports that Westbrook and his agent disagreed on whether to leave the Lakers, and then fired the agent and replaced him with Jeff Schwartz.

Why does Chen Xiao remember the name Jeff Schwartz?Because the report said that this agent is very good, so good that he is the number one in the NBA.

There are more than a dozen All-Star players under him, with a total salary of 4 to 5 million, overwhelming Paul Rich.What impressed Chen Xiao the most was the sentence "The 7 million dollar contract was negotiated in one day".

Since Schwartz can become the No. 10 agent in the NBA in [-] years, his level must be no problem. You can get in touch and see how it goes.

"Hey, are you still there? Chen." Seeing that Chen Xiao hadn't spoken for a long time, he asked with thick eyebrows.

"Oh, it's okay, you can take your time to get your intentions." Chen Xiao, who got the inspiration from Nongmei, hung up the phone without saying a word.

Chen Xiao put down his phone, and took a good look at the potential broker choices.

Yi's agent Dan Fagan, Yao's agent Bill Duffy, Jeff Schwartz, Jen's agent Leon Ross, God's agent David Falk.

There seems to be a strange thing mixed in here.

Chen Xiao is going to put Jeff Schwartz as the first priority, and investigate first.

Flipping through the phone, I found the contact information left by Schwartz in the past two days, agreed to his invitation, and see you tomorrow afternoon.

……

Durham in April presents a vibrant scene.

Yes, Chen Xiao is still living in the Blue Devils dormitory. After all, he is still a student. The key is that he has no money in his pocket, so he can only live here first.

Chen Xiao stepped out of the gate and walked to the coffee shop a hundred meters away. He and Schwartz made an appointment at the "downstairs shop".

Stopping and stopping along the way, signing autographs and taking photos with Duke fans, and keeping a smile, the proud Chen Xiao signed the last two at the door of the store and walked into the hall.

"Chen! Are you here for coffee?" The waitress was surprised and asked exaggeratedly.

Restraining the desire to complain, he glanced at this American girl in her prime, with freckles and a youthful face, Chen Xiao nodded slightly, indicating that she had reserved a box.

Following the chattering chick along the way, Chen Xiao walked to the door of the private room.

"Jenny, thank you for your support. I'm here." Along the way, listening to Jenny's self-reporting, how much she supports the Blue Devils, and how much she admires herself, Chen Xiao would definitely not mind chatting with her at ordinary times. It's okay to sit down and chat, but now there are serious business matters.

After dismissing Jenny, Chen Xiao tapped on the half-covered room, opened the door and entered.

Schwartz's first impression of Chen Xiao was that of white elites, with spiritual hairstyles and shirts.In short, it is very business.

But after saying hello, when seeing Schwartz's smile, it gave people a sense of intimacy, and people unconsciously liked him.

After introducing his "Excel Sports" company, Schwartz highlighted his advantages to Chen Xiao.

1. He is very optimistic about Chen's development in the NBA and professional basketball. After the contract is reached, he will focus on Chen Xiao.

At present, the big-name players in his hands such as Pierce and Kidd are facing the end of their careers or even retiring, which also proves that what he said is true.

2. He has a good relationship with many teams in the league, which contributed to Kidd joining the Mavericks and indirectly helped Kidd win his first championship in his career.

After the 06-07 season, he and Pierce met with the Celtics management. At the meeting, Pierce suggested that the team trade itself for long-term development.But in the end, Garnett and Ray Allen came to form the Big Three of the Celtics.

In Chen Xiao's situation, it was basically unavoidable for him to join a bad team, at least the current one.The water of the Canglang is clear and can wash my tassels; the water of the Canglang is turbid and can wash my feet.He can not only help Chen Xiao find a good helper, but also help Chen Xiao go to a better place.

Combined with Chen Xiao's memory, since in the future, Schwartz can become the league's number one agent with a lot of big contracts under him, then his negotiating ability goes without saying.

Compared with Dan Fagan, Bill Duffy and other agents who had contacted Chen Xiao before, the balance in Chen Xiao's heart gradually tilted towards Schwartz.

……

In the end, after shopping around and contacting many parties.

Chen Xiao and Jeff Schwartz finalized the brokerage contract under the witness of the lawyer introduced by Old K.

Chen Xiao officially hired Jeff Schwartz as his international agent.

2% salary contract commission and 10% endorsement contract commission outside Greater China.

Both player salary contract commissions and player endorsement contract commissions are half of the maximum limit of 4% and 20%.

Moreover, 10% of the main market in Greater China was retained. For Chen Xiao, the unfamiliar markets in Europe and the United States, 10% can be said to be very conscientious, and it also reflects that Schwartz is really optimistic about Chen Xiao and made concessions in order to set a benchmark.

Chen Xiao, who has already signed a brokerage contract, obviously cannot and does not plan to return to the NCAA. After discussing with Schwartz, he set a press conference for the next week.

……

Now that he is determined to leave Duke and set foot in the NBA, the aftermath of college basketball must also be done well.

Since the team was on vacation, Chen Xiao sent farewell text messages to assistant coaches Chris and Nate, strength coach Ronnie and other team staff, as well as goalkeeper Carl, thanking them for their help to him over the past year.

As for Old K, as a big shot in the basketball circle, Chen Xiao just asked him how Schwartz was doing in the brokerage circle, and asked him to introduce him to a reliable lawyer.

In the future, maybe I have to ask the old coach K for help.

Teammates, at the celebration party, Chen Xiao learned that Rivers, Maipu, Dawkins and Curry are going to run this year.

Mape, Kelly and Cook do not plan to run this year.

Maple is dissatisfied with this year's market.Kelly's market is very uncertain, and he is going to stay for another year for stability.Cook has no market as a freshman and still has time to improve.

So as long as Seth doesn't stretch his hips, Duke can create a small miracle that all five starters (the Plumlee brothers take turns starting) are all selected this year.

(End of this chapter)