You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 442 Quick success?short-sighted?
1998年6月14日，公牛以87比86战胜爵士，达成第二个三连冠。

The great Bulls dynasty defined the 90s, they are the biggest winners, even if this championship also represents the end of the dynasty so far, their legend will not die with the wind.

No matter how long it has passed, the NBA in the 90s of the twentieth century will always be remembered by a generation.

The season is over, and in twelve days, the draft will come.

After a series of operations by Mo Mengchen, Rashad Lewis's market has fluctuated. Some draft prediction lists still rank him in the lottery, while some have already ranked him at the end of the first round.

Before the draft, no one knows the final pick, and the predicted list can only be used as a reference.

In addition to the draft, there is the impending lockout.

In a few days, there will be news on major platforms that the negotiations between the owner and the players' association have broken down, and the NBA has to enter the most far-reaching lockout in history.

Some teams don't want the league to shut down, such as the Pistons.

This year, the Pistons surpassed the Lakers in net income, ranking second in the league after the Knicks.

For this Detroit-based team, this income is breathtaking. The hot ball market does not bring so much revenue. Most of their profits come from endless advertisers and sponsors.

Everyone knows who brought these.

Therefore, as soon as the season ended, the Pistons started part of the contract renewal negotiations.

The 95th players headed by Mo Mengchen have just finished their third year of career. Most of the first-round picks have signed early renewal terms with the team, and Mo Mengchen is one of them.

Considering Mo Mengchen's influence, the attention he brought and the many advertisements and sponsors that he had never thought of before, it was in the interest of the whole team to keep him.

The Pistons do not want Mo Mengchen to enter next year's free market anyway.

Mo Mengchen's contract was signed in 1995. The contract at that time was flawed. If the Pistons waited until next year's offseason to renew his contract, he would be a completely free player at that time without restrictions.The current rookie contract is not like the later one. No matter how high the offer is made by other teams, the home team will match it as soon as they grit their teeth.

Players now have complete autonomy. If they don't want to stay, they can wait until next summer to reject the team's offer.

Therefore, it is very important to complete the contract renewal with Mo Mengchen this year.

There are already many teams targeting next year. If Mo Mengchen is a free agent next year, it is foreseeable that a group of rich and powerful stealing teams or price-raising madmen will join this battle. Even if the Pistons can keep Mo Mengchen, they will Greatly hurt.

Therefore, two days after the finals, Dean Osgers took Bill Davidson's order "give him as much contract as he wants!" Contract renewal negotiations have begun.

In order to carry out this negotiation, Harding Patton, who is Mo Mengchen's agent in name but actually the CEO of Dreams Come True, traveled thousands of miles to Detroit.

The boss behind Dreams Come True is Mo Mengchen. As the chief executive officer, Patton has had an uncomfortable few years. In the early days of the business, there were many difficulties, but Mo Mengchen's series of performances made their work more and more smooth.

Moreover, under Mo Mengchen's guidance, they signed contracts with rising stars of various popular sports. Some of them were unknown when they signed endorsement contracts, and this year ushered in a big explosion.

Parton's puzzlement turned into admiration.

Mo Mengchen's vision has been proven time and time again.

"let us start."

Osgers sat down, and in order to show sincerity, there were only three people involved in this negotiation.

Mo Mengchen, Patton, and Osgers have no financial officer, no assistant, and no negotiator who specializes in talking to the agent.

Based on the relationship between Mo Mengchen and the team, Osgers thinks that the contract renewal will go smoothly.

"Mo, each of us sees you as the team's long-term plan, and the Pistons aren't complete without you."

Osgers was polite and took out the proposed contract: "This is just a draft contract. We can discuss the details."

7 million in 8000 years may not seem like much, but upon closer inspection, you can find that there are as many as 22 bonus clauses. If Mo Mengchen achieves all of them, it will be 1.1 million in seven years.

This is an extremely generous contract.

"These bonus terms are very interesting, I like it, but for a player like Mo, is 1000 million a year too little?"

Patton is a broker—although it has been a long time since he bargained with anyone—what the hell is a broker?Vampires, blood-drinking beasts, he will not give up until he skins the employer, not to mention that Mo Mengchen is his friend, and he has given him a job that is far more decent than the agent, so he will help him no matter what. Mo Mengchen won a big contract no less than Kevin Garnett.

Sure enough, all brokers are like this.

Osgers likes Mo Mengchen, but it's hard for him to like Parton, this guy's face is too ugly.

Osgers kept smiling and asked, "You can make a price."

"7 million in 1 years, player options for the fifth year, including these bonus clauses, are not perfect enough, we need more bonus clauses."

Parton's appetite was bigger than Osgers imagined.

Fortunately, this is still within the controllable range of Osgers. He sat upright, smiling brightly, and looked at Mo Mengchen: "Mo, no matter how big the contract you want, we can satisfy it."

The question is, what happens after you are satisfied?
Am I looking for a big contract?

Mo Mengchen smiled wryly, Patton was indeed doing it for his own good, but it was indeed not the best contract - for him.

Osgers has been dealing with Mo Mengchen for a year, and they have cooperated very well. This cooperation is beneficial to each other, because they have no conflict of interest.

Osgers is not interested in sports management, he just wants to win results as soon as possible, and then go to other positions to show his skills, but he cannot achieve results by himself, he needs Mo Mengchen's help.

No matter how much influence Mo Mengchen has in the team, he is still a player. Trades, drafts, and contract extensions are all matters for the management. He also needs an obedient management. Only in this way can he achieve his goals. .

He and Osgers each get what they want, this is the basis.

Going back to this negotiation, if Mo Mengchen signs a sky-high contract extension, he will naturally earn enough face, but the Pistons will not be able to operate in the future.

Mo Mengchen is not the only one who needs to renew his contract.

In the sports league, unless you are a superman, it is difficult to turn things around by yourself. Mo Mengchen has never been such a player.

If he wants to succeed, he must have a complete team.

Osgers can give Mo Mengchen this contract, because he only needs the Pistons to perform within two years.

Renewing Mo Mengchen's contract and giving up the rest of the 95th level, even so, the team can still enjoy the rookie bonus for one year, and then, if he strives for next year's performance, he can leave here. This big contract will damage the future.

Osgers took the initiative to hint to Mo Mengchen that he was actually thinking about him.

Do you want grades or big contracts?
Mo Mengchen said: "Yes, I am indeed worthy of this contract."

Patton thought that Mo Mengchen had agreed, and was trying to bargain with Osgers for greater benefits.

"However, what I value is the future."

Mo Mengchen picked up the pen on the table, crossed out all the numbers on the draft contract, and wrote another set of numbers.

6 million in 7 years, with player options for the third, fourth, and fifth years.

Patton took a look, his eyes were about to fall out: "You are"

Osgers was not surprised that Mo Mengchen only took this little money, but he was surprised by the string of player options behind.

In this era where everyone seeks stability, everyone wants long-term contracts and big contracts, because no one can guarantee that they will always have a good competitive state.

Most of the top players like to sign long-term contracts. Even if there is a serious decline in this contract, this contract is enough for them to retire-of course, most of them are bankrupt-like Mo Mengchen who can control the future carefully However, there are very few people who completely control the initiative in their own hands.

"Mo, this contract is too small for you." Parton thought that signing such a contract was an insult to him.

Mo Mengchen said with a smile: "You can talk about the bonus slowly, I don't care about getting a few million less, Harding, it's definitely not a question of how much money I get."

Patton didn't quite understand Mo Mengchen's ambitions, but he would never accept this contract.

He began to aim at the salary space of the Pistons, trying to negotiate a contract that not only made Mo Mengchen (rather, the face of his agent in name only) face, but also conformed to the team's long-term planning.

In the end, Parton helped Mo Mengchen win a 7-year 1 million contract. This is not a pure contract. If the bonus is deducted, it is a 7-year 8 million contract.But with Mo Mengchen's current level of competition, getting a full salary is not a problem.

Although Mo Mengchen didn't focus on money, Patton still managed to get him a contract worthy of his worth.

In the end, the two sides reached a verbal agreement, and Mo Mengchen hugged Osgers.

Parton shakes hands with Osgers.

Osgers commented on Parton in this way: "Fortunately, you are not a professional agent, otherwise we will all be in bad luck!"

After that, Parton invited Mo Mengchen to dinner, and the news that Mo Mengchen had reached a contract renewal agreement with the team also spread after Parton walked out of Osgers' general manager's office.

The outside world's general evaluation of Mo Mengchen's contract is: short-sighted, eager for quick success.

They all believed that what Mo Mengchen valued was the large salary in the first two years, and everyone believed that he would jump out of the contract in the third year and sign a bigger contract with the Pistons. After all, this is an era of skyrocketing salary.

(End of this chapter)