I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 121 Business Planning
Summer league is over.

Only a small number of lucky ones got the contract, and some had to continue to fight for the opportunity to join the NBA through other means, while most rookies and free agents could not escape to go back to their respective families and find their own destiny.

Dorsey does not have these troubles, his performance and data are absolutely convincing.

He is already the No. 6 rookie, and his rookie contract salary is also fixed, so there is no need to worry about it.

He just needs to wait for the Rockets to connect with his agent, and then sign the contract by himself.

The next few weeks will allow him to rest and build energy for his rookie season.

He first went back to his home in Baltimore for a few days.

The family is still warm, and the house is full of the aroma of mother's cooking and chattering.

Although Daniel has grown taller, he is still so cute. He pestered Dorsey to teach him how to play, and even showed off in front of his children.

In addition to eating and sleeping, Dorsey also drove his cousin Tom's flamboyant fiery red Dodge for a few laps.

In addition, he sneaked in and asked about business matters.

In fact, the business is now on the right track.

Xingji sports culture investment company, the main business is player brokerage.At present, there are three players under the banner, not many in number, but they are all high-quality resources for the first round of the NBA.

After this draft, Star Trail Company has already made a name for itself in the NBA circle, and many players took the initiative to find the company and wanted to cooperate.

Dorsey also gave Tom a list of some players who are not well-known in high school and college for the time being, but will make a name for themselves in the NBA in the next few years.

Dorsey asked Tom to take the initiative to contact these people and strive to win their agency rights. Among them, the one listed at the top is a Chinese name called Jeremy Lin!

In addition to finding newcomers, Star Trail also spares no effort in developing the commercial value of existing players.

Rose, Dorsey, and CD Roberts are all first-round guaranteed contracts.

Among them, Ross earned $4 million in four years, Dorsey earned $2250 million in four years, and CD Roberts earned $4 million.

Only relying on commissions, Star Trail Company can earn 4 million US dollars in four years.

But that's a tiny bit of money compared to commercial endorsement deals.

The NBA is a very mature commercial league, and players have various commercial endorsement contracts.Games, clothing, cars, electronics, fast food, you name it, everything.

Among them, the sneaker contract is the most basic and most important.

In a sense, sneakers are an important standard and basis for measuring a player's status.

Even the endorsement fees of many other products are set with reference to the player's sneaker contract price.

Regarding this area, Dorsey, who has always been very concerned about the company's operation and management, also cheered up and gave some guidance.

Rose's sneaker contract is very simple.

Although Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Puma, AJ and other international first-line brands, and even several major Chinese manufacturers have provided contract quotations to the champion.

But Dorsey instructed the company to focus on the key points and talk to Adidas.

Because Dorsey knew how much Adidas in his previous life meant to Ross. After Ross won the MVP, he gave him a 13-year super contract of 2.5 million US dollars plus bonuses, which set a new record for player endorsement fees at that time.

Rose in this life is better than himself at the same time in the previous life, and should be matched with a better contract.

Of course, Rose has not yet won the MVP, and has not even shown his value in the NBA. Dorsey proposed to sign a three-year $3 million contract. Re-sign immediately.

Dorsey's bottom-line offer made everyone in Star Trail think he was crazy, but Dorsey insisted on his offer.

When his father Kevin Dorsey bit the bullet and proposed the offer to Adi's negotiator, he didn't expect that the other party agreed immediately after a symbolic haggling!
Everyone was so happy that they thought another miracle had been created.Dorsey was amused secretly. After Ross won the MVP, the offer at that time might scare you silly!

After getting Rose's sneaker contract, the next one is CD Roberts.

Under Dorsey's showmanship, he was able to enter the first round of the draft, which is already quite good.

However, based on his knowledge of Roberts' playing style and strength, as well as his career development trajectory in his previous life, Dorsey's suggestion is to find a company with a lot of stupid money and try to sign a long-term contract. The longer the period, the better. .

There is no need to think about the first-tier international brands. Even if they can provide an offer to the No. 30 rookie, the money is probably very small.

We can only settle for the next best thing and find second- and third-tier brands.

At this time, surging Chinese capital is the best choice.

Chinese sneaker brands are eager to expand their territory, and have signed many non-famous NBA players at a premium.

Although little-known, CD Roberts also has his own advantages.

He is the scoring leader of the NCAA championship team, and this name alone can bluff a lot of people.

He is the teammate of No. [-] pick Derek Rose and "Chinese Boy" Joey Dorsey. As the scoring leader of the "Memphis Iron Triangle", he has his own topicality.

In the recent Chinese competition, he performed well and attracted the attention of some Chinese companies and fans.

All in all, before the start of the new season, CD Roberts is still quite attractive.

In the eyes of many people, CD is still a piece of fragrant steamed buns with great potential and worth taking a big gamble.

In the early stage, Old Brown's visit to the Chinese Basketball Association also showed value.

Some leaders of the Basketball Association are willing to play the role of matchmaker. Of course, the benefits of matchmaking are indispensable.

In the end, CD Roberts signed a ten-year contract with a very popular domestic brand, with a total value of 1100 million US dollars.

$110 million a year is pretty good for a CD.

In the end only Dorsey was left.

There are many brands that are interested in him, including big brands such as Adidas and Nike, as well as brands from China and even other countries.

Of course, the price offered can't be compared with Ross's, but it is far more than the CD's endorsement contract.

Dorsey, however, decided to wait.

Now the quotations of all brands are far below Dorsey's psychological expectations.

He has confidence in his own strength, and he is more confident in the flow and topicality that his talk can bring.

In the information age, traffic is king!

I am not short of money, and I am not in a hurry to sign a few months late, and strive to sign a big contract!

In addition to the main business of Star Trail Company, another major part of his own business is mainly concentrated in securities and investment.

The stocks that Dorsey asked Tom to buy before were all profitable without exception, even in the face of the subprime mortgage crisis, they were unscathed.

With the accumulation of funds and the increase of investment scale, Dorsey instructed Tom to set up a separate investment company called Star Trail Capital Ventures Co., Ltd.

In addition to Tom and his father, Fan Jian is responsible for the operation of this company.

My father is a good old man, and it is reassuring to be in charge of the company's management, but he seems a little conservative in terms of management.

Dorsey can't run the company by himself, so he can only grasp the overall situation in the general direction of the operation.

He can't directly command his father, and his cousin Tom is not so confident in speaking in front of his uncle, so Fan Jian, the "mysterious investor" from the East, has become the best cover.

So, Dorsey got his second white glove, and together with Tom, they got together a pair!
Regarding investment, Dorsey’s plan is to sell some other stocks with little potential in the near future on the basis of maintaining continuous investment in several potential stocks in the technology sector for the long-term, so as to withdraw funds as soon as possible.

Because it is already August 2008, there are still 8 months before Satoshi Nakamoto proposed the concept of Bitcoin, and only 3 months before the birth of the world's first Bitcoin.

As a traveler, Dorsey understands that the digital encrypted virtual currency has many traps, and the ups and downs are like child's play.

But he is also the investor with the most confidence in the price of Bitcoin (note, it is the price, not the value!) in the world, and his confidence may not even be comparable to that of Satoshi Nakamoto, who only exists in the legend.

Dorsey remembers that when bitcoin first appeared, the price was less than 1 cent, and 1 dollar could be exchanged for 1300 bitcoins.

And more than ten years later, the highest price reached 19875 US dollars!
According to the computing power of computers in 2009, the entire network produced about 270 million bitcoins throughout the year, and about 7200 bitcoins can be produced every day.

Dorsey is not greedy. His goal is to master about 100 million bitcoins within two years, accounting for 7% of the total number of bitcoins in the world.

Afterwards, she quietly waited for him to rise in value, and watched with a smile as Tao came to life.

As for the hard mining or something, I will never do it.

What?You ask why not buy all the bitcoins while it is cheap?

Just kidding, not to mention whether this kind of whimsy is possible to realize, just from an investment point of view, there are no liars and fools to take over and hype things like blockchain currency, and they are all in their own hands. Just some worthless code.

(End of this chapter)