I'm not a basketball bully

Chapter 286

The next day, Nike executives felt that they had had enough of talking with Kobe, and called Kobe again: "Kobe, have you thought it through? In view of what happened to you in the past, the contract our company gave you is big enough, although The money is a little less, but other terms are very generous, which no other company can offer.”

The tone of Nike's side is a bit condescending. After all, in their view, Kobe has little room to maneuver, and most of them just raise the price. We have left room for Kobe to negotiate the price, and one more year will be added. $200 million is no problem.

Kobe said coldly: "Sorry, you are late, I have already decided to sign with another company."

Now that he has decided to sign with Su Ye's Ace Company, Kobe doesn't need to give in to Nike.

Nike was quiet for a few seconds, apparently in a dazed state:

"Watt? Zundu fake duo? Kobe, which company did you sign with?"

There was a burst of messy footsteps from Nike. It seemed that Kobe's words made Nike confused.

Although it has not yet reached an agreement with Kobe, Nike has long regarded renewing the contract with Kobe as a matter of time. It is nothing more than a few more rounds of pulling to get Kobe to accept the contract.

Now that the meat on the chopping board has actually flown away, and no one knows which company has taken it away, Nike immediately felt that the situation had escalated.

"Boss, Kobe said he has signed a contract with someone else." Zhu Li covered the phone's microphone and reported to the boss next to him.

"Which company is it? Adidas? Haven't they already withdrawn from the competition? And they already have Tracy. Could it be Reebok? How did they impress Kobe?"

"No matter which company it is, we should keep Kobe."

On the other end of the phone, Nike fell into a brief confusion before someone asked which company Bryant was signing with.

"Ace." Kobe spit out a name.

Kobe is in a good mood now. Since the Nike people ignored me before, now I will make it impossible for you to reach high.

"Ai...it's actually Ace?"

"The brand founded by Su Ye? They can still sign Kobe?"

"Kobe, are you kidding me? What can this company Ace provide you?"

After learning that Kobe signed with Ace, Nike was even more confused.

Are you mistaken, Ace actually dared to snatch someone from us, and he succeeded.

You know, although Ace is rising rapidly now, it is still a second- and third-rate sports brand, which cannot be compared with their big Nike.

Is this company actually snatched Nike's face spokesperson for the past two years from them, Kobe?

"What terms did they give you?"

The person on Nike's side asked hurriedly.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing is an internal matter of the brand. It is a taboo to directly ask the person to confirm before it is announced, but Nike is obviously in a hurry now and can't manage so much.

Kobe was in a good mood when he heard the anxious voice of Nike executives, and said directly: "8 million in 1.2 years, and promised to give me signed sneakers in the first year, more details will not be disclosed."

The insurance that Su Ye issued was 8 million dollars in 2000 years, but in the end Kobe pushed back a bit and won [-] million dollars for himself in the next [-] years.

Kobe just means one thing.

Ace's side is very generous, unlike Nike, who has been back and forth for a long time, and the various terms and benefits are pretty good, so I'll choose that side.

"8 million in 1.2 years..."

Nike is speechless, not because the contract is huge, but because they can give Kobe 8 million in 1.2 years.

Although it was said that it would take a while longer for them to give this number, but business negotiations are like this, why are they so impulsive, and Ace gave them the preemptive advance?

Had they known this earlier, they would have just gritted their teeth and signed Kobe as soon as possible.

It's too late now, and it's too late for Nike to regret.

Nike people feel ashamed now.

While they don't want to give Kobe a lifetime contract, that doesn't mean they don't want to tie Kobe to Nike's boat forever.

After all, Kobe is also the MVP of last season and the MVP of the finals, the hottest basketball superstar in the world, no company will let it go.

Kobe is definitely a money-making weapon.

Now just because he likes to pull, he pulled Kobe away.

Nike executives are so regretful that their intestines are green.

Kobe was so inexplicably poached by Ace, and the signing lasted for 8 years, which means that Kobe's later peak period was basically spent in Ace.

Eight years later, even if Kobe doesn't renew his contract with Ace, he will probably retire.

It is equivalent to saying that Kobe has permanently boarded Ace's boat, and Nike has lost Kobe as its spokesperson forever.

After hanging up the faltering call from Nike, Bryant was in a better mood than ever.

Although it is said that Nike's resources are gone, if Ace can bet right this time, Kobe will not lose too much.

And there are some hidden clauses in this contract. If the Ace company develops well, Kobe will get some benefits that he cannot get from that company.

Signing Ace and being able to see Nike bowing to him is the most enjoyable thing for Kobe.

Kobe knew that Nike would probably be unlucky because of this incident this time.

But it's none of his business. He will be Ace's partner in the future, and he hopes that Nike, his opponent, will go bankrupt quickly.

. . . . .

At this time, at Nike headquarters, someone was collecting information about Ace, re-evaluating Ace, and revising the marketing plan for the new season.

Because Kobe closed the door on them, all Nike sneaker plans had to be changed.

Someone must be responsible for letting Kobe go, so several high-level executives were fired, and they had to leave the office with cardboard boxes.

Nike executives have never been busier, gathering in a conference room to discuss Bryant joining Ace.

"Kobe has already chosen the Ace brand, and I'm afraid Ace will make big news this time."

"We have prepared a whole sneaker promotional plan for Kobe in advance, and now it's all thrown in the wastebasket. Who will be responsible?"

"Boss has already fired the directors of the marketing department and several other departments. Now let's stop arguing and think about who we should find to take the position vacated by Kobe."

Nike is a bit of a mess right now.

After all, they all thought that the company would definitely renew Kobe's contract, and many event planners were preparing to feature Kobe as the protagonist.

Now that Kobe is let go, we must quickly find a new endorsement star, but who should we find?

All the top executives fell silent. Kobe was the defending champion and the new FMVP. How could anyone else find someone who could rival Kobe.

An executive shouted: "Yes, we can find Su! In overseas markets, Su is as popular as Kobe!"

The executive thought he had found a suitable candidate in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, other people in the room looked at him like idiots.

No wonder we can miss a spokesperson like Kobe, there is Mr. Wolong in the team!

Someone reminded him: "Please, the Ace company that signed Kobe Bryant was founded by Su Ye. Do you think we can ask him to speak for him?"

The executive froze for an instant. He even forgot about Su Ye's identity. He had an oolong, and could only cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.

There is no way, Su Ye is really too young, just entered the NBA for three years and already is the owner of a well-known sports brand like Ace, all of this is too unreal, and it is normal for others to easily ignore this identity.

Nike executives were silent for a long time, and another executive said: "All the well-known stars in the league already have contracts, and we can only look for potential newcomers."

"Newbie?"

It’s a little hard for people at Nike to accept that their next sneaker spokesperson will actually drop from the historical guard and popular king Kobe to a newcomer?This is too cheap.

However, the fact is that other stars are already famous, and they can only do this.

"Yes, I think Kevin Durant in 07 was very good. He must be a brilliant star in the future."

Nike discussed for a while, and finally set their sights on Du Shaoxia, who was still a second-year rookie.

I have to say that Nike's vision is still very vicious.

Du Shaoxia's future is indeed worthy of a commercial contract.

But it’s still not enough to use him now to fill Kobe’s hole.

Nike has no choice but to act like a dead horse.

. . . . .

On the other side, Su Ye tricked Kobe. No, after signing Kobe, he was in a good mood. He immediately went to Ace and found his general manager and said:

"Kobe has agreed to cooperate with us, 8 million in 1.2 years, you can arrange for someone to go to Los Angeles to talk to Kobe about signing sneakers."

The general manager had already stood up, and his eyes lit up when he heard this:

"BOSS really signed Kobe? That's amazing. I'll make arrangements right away. In the future, we Ace won't have to worry about being a sneaker spokesperson."

Needless to say, Kobe’s commercial value, Ace did not have the popularity of Nike and Adidas in the world, but now with Kobe’s endorsement, their brand can easily be recognized by fans all over the world.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the brand value Kobe brought to Ace is far greater than 1.2 million yuan, so the general manager has no opinion on Kobe's 8-year contract of 1.2 million yuan.

He even felt that it was less, after all, this is grabbing food from Nike's tiger's mouth. Normally, if a small brand wants to compete with a big company like Nike as a spokesperson, it will have to pay half or even double the price. .

It can only be said that it is easy to do things with people on the court.

The general manager immediately made arrangements. With Kobe's endorsement, Ace's financing target can be raised a lot.

Su Ye asked at this time: "By the way, is there any new action in our clothing department?"

"Not really, Boss, as you know, our clothes are currently in sports style, the design is relatively ordinary, the features are not very distinctive, and it is not very easy to sell."

Although Ace is a brand that sells all sporting goods, it is currently the sneakers that dominate the world.

Although there are clothes and pants for sale, they are all sports models with no novel designs. They just sell a few pieces when selling shoes.

The sales of Ace sneakers are very prosperous, but the clothing is very poor, so the company's focus is not on this.

As long as Ace's sneakers can be sold, it is enough to support the Ace brand, and it is better to have a key product in the initial stage. Naturally, Ace doesn't care too much about the downturn in the clothing field.

Su Ye thought about it, so he said, "Since we, Ace, are going to enter the financing stage, we must expand the data shell and expand the clothing business."

Now that it is ready to raise funds, Su Ye feels that the Ace brand should do a good job in the fields to be expanded in the future.

They don’t want to be as successful as sneakers, but they have to be small and well-equipped. When the financing comes in, their entire category of products will be in operation immediately.

By then, Su Ye will not only make Ace sneakers popular all over the world, but also make Ace brand clothing occupy the world market.

You know, Su Ye is also very clear about the future fashion trends, so there is no reason not to let go and do a big job.

After the clothing sales network is established, Su Ye comes up with the once prosperous clothing series such as national fashion clothing. Is he still afraid that it will not sell?

So even though Ace's clothing sales are not optimistic now, Su Ye still wants the company to start changing this aspect.

The manager's boy naturally said: "Boss is right. We need to find several famous design studios tomorrow to come up with clothing styles?"

Su Ye shook his head and said, "You don't need to do this for now, I can find it myself."

He suddenly thought of a design studio.

That is his girlfriend Sophia's clothing studio.

Sophia's clothing design studio was established in Canada, and it took only three years to enter the upper class market in New York. The ability is absolutely guaranteed.

Since Ace has this need, it would be best to let Sophia do it.

And in the future, Ace's branded clothing will definitely be engaged in for a long time. If the cooperation can go smoothly this time, all long-term cooperation will be handed over to Sofia in the future, which will save Su Ye a lot of energy.

Thinking of this, Su Ye immediately called Sophia.

"Honey, are you still in New York? Come to my house and talk to you about work."

Su Ye has been playing away games in a row recently, flying here and there, and hasn't been with Sophia for several days.

"Talk about work, right?"

Sophia on the opposite side was a little surprised, and a sweet voice came: "Okay, I will go there soon after I bring all the props."

"Props?"

Su Ye thought about it, and always felt that Sophia was a little too happy.

She shouldn't have misunderstood me, right?I said all about talking to her about work.

What does it mean to bring props?

Could it be that she guessed that I was going to talk to her about fashion design and brought the documents from the studio?

Su Ye didn't think too much, and went home directly, waiting for Sophia to come back.

A few hours later, the doorbell of Su Ye's house rang.

Su Ye walked over and opened the door, and was immediately stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of him.

"Wow, you are..."

Sophia, who was standing at the door at this time, was actually wearing a white shirt and black silk hips, boldly showing a proud curve, with a pair of red high heels under her long legs, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her pretty face, matching her With a tall figure, she looks like a modern queen, full of special appeal.

This is OL temptation!

How can this be tolerated? !