tennis giant

Chapter 398 Ambition
As he grows older, you may be able to question Federer's competitive state, but you can't deny his ability to absorb money!
At present, his appearance fee for international exhibition games has reached 200 million US dollars, which is about 1300 million yuan, and even for regular events such as ATP250/500, the appearance fee also needs 100 million US dollars.

This is what Federer is worth!
Using this as a standard, his annual net income from commercial endorsements is 6400 million U.S. dollars, and he is the well-deserved king of money-absorbing athletes in the world.

By the way, the NBA superstar "Little Emperor" James, his one-year commercial endorsement income is only 5400 million U.S. dollars, which is a full 1000 million behind Federer!
Including the football world, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentinian Messi cannot compare with Federer in this aspect.

Therefore, it can be said that in the sports world, Federer is the most successful athlete who combines his sports achievements with business.

That being the case, An Sheng naturally wanted to learn from him.

In this, An Sheng's ambition is actually faintly revealed, he wants to replace Federer's position!He wants to become the real "Tennis King", and at the same time, he also wants to achieve great success in business!
And his first move is to reduce the number of entries, so that rare things are more expensive, so as to increase his worth.

Of course, the premise is that he can get good enough results in this small number of elite events, allowing him to raise his ATP ranking to No. [-] in the world.

To accomplish his grand goal, he must reach the number one position in the world, and occupy this position for a long time. Just being in the top ten in the world is not enough.

"Ann, I still think it's too risky for you to do so, and it will easily arouse the resentment of others. Why don't you wait for you to reach the top ten in the world before implementing this plan?"

Sandy is quite worried. Although she is actually one of the planners, her confidence is obviously not comparable to that of An Sheng. In other words, she cannot fully understand An Sheng's current strength.

And the question she raised was indeed a question that An Sheng was about to face.

For one thing, he wasn't 100% sure whether, with his current reputation, there would be an event party that would invite him to participate.

Second, it is not easy for them to accept the high appearance fee he wants, and it is easy to misunderstand him, thinking that he is arrogant or just perfunctory them.

But An Sheng was not too worried about this, he was very confident, because he had this strength, but he hadn't shown it yet, and after a while, he would definitely be able to show it.

"Don't worry, Sandy, maybe they can't recognize my strength and status yet, but I think they will clearly realize this soon."

That being the case, Sandy will not say more, at least, she also very much hopes that An Sheng can reasonably control the number of entries, and will not be injured again.

"By the way, Andes, the head of Hyde Company, contacted me. He hopes to renegotiate the endorsement deal with you, and gave a price of 100 million US dollars."

"100 million? It's really not low."

What Anson said is true. As far as racket endorsements are concerned, even Federer's Wilson racket only provided him with an endorsement fee of US$200 million a year.

But An Sheng still felt that the endorsement fee was too low, so he shook his head.

"What's the matter, Ann, are you angry that they quit earlier?"

"No, Sandy, after I experienced that car accident, the biggest truth I realized is that businessmen are meaningless."

"I won't talk about friendship with these businessmen, so I don't blame them for their previous withdrawal."

"And Hyde is indeed one of the best racket manufacturers in the world, but, you know, according to the plan we made before, everything needs to be done according to the highest standard, which also includes racket endorsements."

"Therefore, if they want me to represent them, not only do I have no objection, but I welcome them, but the endorsement fees they offer are far from enough."

"Okay then, I'll hold them off for now and talk about it later."

"That's right, I want to drag them down. I can neither refuse directly nor agree easily. In the future, they will naturally re-examine my value."

At this time, there were more than one companies similar to Hyde, such as Audi and Nike.

But, after all, they are a big company, and Ansheng has not reached the height of the world's number one, so they may regret it, but they will definitely not bow their heads and admit their mistakes to Ansheng.

In their view, a mistake is a mistake. Anyway, they can only choose Ansheng?

But among them, there is a company that does not have such confidence, nor does it have such self-esteem.

On the second day after An Sheng won the U.S. Open, he received a call from Xue Meiling. In addition to congratulating his boss on winning the championship, he also mentioned one thing by the way.

That is, the five-star sports company took the initiative to admit his mistakes to him, hoping to "renew their relationship" and continue to cooperate with him.

But is it possible?
Of course it was impossible, An Sheng refused without even thinking about it.

"I'm sorry, sister Xue, I can no longer cooperate with them now, I hope you can understand."

Although he rejected the other party, Ansheng did not want to hurt Xue Meiling. Ansheng was actually grateful to her, but he had a misunderstanding about this matter.

"What are you talking about, boss? Let me tell you the truth, I don't want to speak for them at all in my heart. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have left Five Star Sports... Forget it, anyway, I am very happy with you can refuse to cooperate with them."

"Oh, that's fine."

An Sheng didn't ask too much, everyone has their own secrets.

In addition to business matters, there was one more thing that An Sheng couldn't easily refuse.

It was September 9th. An Sheng finished his vacation in the United States and returned to Lucheng, but he didn't want to. On the day he came back, he saw someone he didn't want to see now. She was the vice president of the Huaguo Tennis Association. Director, Ms. Chen Lin.

At the beginning, when An Sheng first joined the national team, it was this Ms. Chen Lin who hosted and held a press conference, and An Sheng had a good impression of her.

Probably because of this reason, the Tennis Association sent her to be a lobbyist this time.

"Ms. Chen, let me tell you the truth. In fact, the current national team doesn't really need me. In Asia, Wu Bingyi and the others are enough to deal with it."

As soon as he came up, An Sheng was the first to speak. Although he didn't explicitly refuse, his meaning was obvious.

Hearing this, Chen Lin showed a wry smile, but she knew very well in her heart that this errand was not easy to do, and she herself did not have much hope for recalling An Sheng.

However, where the blame lies, she had to come here.

"An Sheng, I know your difficulties, and I know that you are not feeling well. What the national team did was really unkind. I am here today with a sincere apology. On behalf of the National Tennis Team and the National Tennis Association, Came to apologize to you."

For a politician like Chen Lin, the way to treat others is absolutely at his fingertips. Her move of retreating into advance immediately reversed the situation and left An Sheng passive.

But at this time, it was very different from before. An Sheng was kicked out by the national team, so even if he refused, he was justified, and no one could say anything to him.

"An Sheng, don't rush to refuse, first listen to our conditions. First of all, if you are willing to rejoin the national team, we will not ask you anything. Secondly, we will give the highest level of funding, as well as various Priority for ratings, honors."

"Although I know that you may not look down on these things, they can more or less help you improve your reputation in the country."

"You really don't have any restrictions on me? What about the Davis Cup? What about the Asian Games and the Olympics?" An Sheng asked with a smile, obviously not convinced.

"Yes, we will never force you to participate in any competition. Of course, if you want to participate, we are also very supportive."

It has to be said that their sincerity is still great, but it is not enough to impress An Sheng. In other words, at this time, An Sheng is still angry in his heart, so he will not agree easily.

"Ms. Chen Lin, let's do this. I'll think about it carefully and get back to you when the time comes." Finally, An Sheng replied.

And thinking about it, Chen Lin also knew that An Sheng was just perfunctory, but she had no other bargaining chips in her hand, even if she knew this, what could she do?
Maybe it's not a bad thing to procrastinate like this, at least he didn't directly refuse.

(End of this chapter)