The surfing champion who learned from the merman [rebirth]

Facing the business card that Duke handed over, Shi Man was stunned.

He had heard of XGAME, an extreme sports brand owned by global media giant ESPN.

And ESPN has a wider name. It has a reputation for hundreds of years. In the era before TVs, it was almost a well-known sports broadcasting station in Europe.

Later, after television was invented, ESPN specially developed its own sports channel, broadcasting sports events and other programs for 24 hours in a row.

Headquartered in Eagle Country, ESPN has become the largest sports TV network in the world after nearly a hundred years of development, with signals covering more than 100 countries, and programs are simultaneously translated in different languages.

According to the latest statistics, ESPN has more than one billion viewers worldwide.

ESPN's business scope is very wide, involving sports, television broadcasting, Internet and catering industry and so on.

This company especially likes to invest in other industries, it owns 20.00% of the largest film production companies and 30.00% of famous fashion magazines.

However, the core business of ESPN is still the live broadcast of sports games. Through the most advanced technology, the sports games being held around the world are displayed in front of everyone, so that everyone has the feeling of being in the game scene.

Therefore, XGAME, an extreme sports brand directly under ESPN, has the best resources in the industry.

In this case, XGAME is not the leader in the industry.

Duke pushed his glasses and said, "This is not the best place to talk about cooperation, please follow me."

After all, the man stretched out his hand to signal the large black van not far away.

"That's it?" Shi Man looked at the car with some doubts.

This car looks a bit like a giant container truck for transporting goods, but the compartment is not the kind of box for loading and unloading goods.

"You will know when you go up." Duke made a fool of himself.

It wasn't until Duke opened the door that Shi Man realized that it was a large RV.

Push the door and you can see a living room about two meters long, with a soft sofa and a wall-mounted TV inside. The room is brightly lit and magnificently decorated.

"This is the custom RV that XGAME equips contracted athletes." Duke smiled and said, "Athletes are a labor-intensive profession, and what our agent has to do is to let you participate in the competition in the best condition, so XGAME took special care logistically."

After getting in the car, Shiman can feel the cool air-conditioning wind in the RV.

This kind of wind has a refreshing feeling on the body, but it is not very piercing.

"When you participate in the competition, there will also be professionals who will cross the ocean by plane, ship or other means of transportation, and come to the competition city to make corresponding preparations." Duke said while opening a cabinet: "This It’s the kitchen area of ​​the RV, and usually the diet is arranged by a professional nutritionist, so there’s not a lot of food here.”

"The back of the living room is the master bedroom, toilet and bathroom." Duke thought for a while and said, "After the popularity of sports stars accumulates to a certain level, there will also be phenomena such as illegitimate meals. After all, sports circles and entertainment The circle overlap is very large."

"We also take into account the safety of athletes." Duke walked to the door at the end: "For example, this RV has a 360-degree video surveillance system, and pupil recognition is required to enter the master bedroom."

Shi Man raised his head and asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Please sit down." Duke smiled and walked up to the other party: "Do you need black tea?"

"No, thank you."

"This RV looks like nothing, but it shows that our company pays great attention to details." Duke took out an unopened bottle of mineral water and handed it over: "Actually, I'm expressing my sincerity to you. "

The young man looked at each other and said slowly, "I don't understand."

"Ok?"

"I don't understand why you came to me to sign a contract." Shi Man said word by word.

He really didn't understand why XGAME would find him to sign.

This is not because he is not confident enough, but because in his opinion, the strength he is showing now is not enough to alarm the opponent.

People from XGAME appeared at the competition site. From all perspectives, it should be because of Xu Mu on the judges' bench, not him, a rookie who just participated in the competition.

"I thought, from your point of view, you should fall in love with Xu Mu." Shi Man said slowly.

After hearing these words, Duke's eyes flashed with surprise.

He touched his chin: "Indeed, my target this time is Xu Mu."

Having said that, he paused for a few seconds: "However, I'm an agent for athletes, and it's my job to find new talent."

"And I think you have great potential and can bring me great rewards."

Shiman's eyes flickered a little. He knew that the more professional surfing was, the more he needed to form his own professional team.

Doctors, nutritionists, and coaches all need to be hired by athletes themselves.

After hiring team members, the team will have a long period of running-in, and they will have to be replaced if they are not suitable.

The cost of trial and error required for these replacements is very high.

Therefore, athletes will sign relevant agreements with sponsors, and the sponsors will fund these expenses and speak for the sponsors themselves.

Which also involves all aspects of the relationship and terms.

Not all athletes have the energy to deal with these things, which leads to the profession of sports agent.

The agent will help the athlete find the most suitable team for him, and arrange endorsement, sponsorship and other related economic activities, which will act as a bridge linking the balance.

XGAME is even more optimistic about this, and has established its own athlete agency company to integrate products, promotions, and events.

Duke took out the contract from his briefcase and handed it to Shi Man: "After signing the contract, XGAME will bear all the nutrition you use for professional training, hiring a professional personal trainer, training, and all expenses during the competition."

"This is our company's contract. You can go over it first to see if there are any supplementary clauses that need to be added, and then we can discuss it."

Shi Man took over the contract and looked through it roughly.

This contract is bilingual in Chinese and English, and all the clauses that need to be paid attention to are marked in bold.

Compared with Shichang's contract just now, Shiman's XGAME contract can be said to be full of sincerity.

From the signing fee to the commission ratio of the sports agent, and the number of commercial advertisements received each year, it can be said to be the conscience of the industry.

Shi Man raised his head and said, "I have one more question."

"Ok?"

"I'm going to enter Huaguo's surfing national team, so will there be a conflict between the signing and this matter?" Shi Man asked.

This is an issue he is most concerned about. Although the contracted athletes will get many benefits in other aspects, they may not have so much autonomy in the selection of events.

He didn't expect that the signing of the contract would affect his participation in the Olympic Games on behalf of Huaguo.

"Of course there will be no conflict." Duke said with a smile: "Over the years, the number of real-time viewers of the Olympic Games has reached more than 20 billion. The inclusion of surfing and skateboarding will allow extreme sports to develop, which is what our company hopes to see."

"Besides, our company is originally engaged in the live broadcast of global sports events. The broadcast rights of the Olympic Games have always been a project that the parent company, ESPN, strives for."

"We will focus on the Olympic Games, World Championships and other competitions in the arrangement of athletes' events. Don't worry about that."

After Duke finished speaking, he still hesitated looking at Shiman's expression.

So he used the last trump card: "XGAME has two wild cards for the World Championships at the end of this year."

"Wild card!" Shi Man's eyes suddenly lit up.

The so-called wild cards are issued to outstanding players who were not eligible to participate in the competition or those who were unable to participate in the budget competition due to special circumstances.

For example, if Shiman wants to participate in the World Championships, he must accumulate points to reach the top [-] in the world ranking within three months.

If Shi Man guessed correctly, he will report to the National Surfing Team after the competition.

The national surfing team is newly established, and the first three months are the best time to integrate into the team.

Shiman still remembers that when he was transferred to the surfing team as an airborne soldier before his rebirth, it took him a long time to fully integrate into it.

If he couldn't stay at the base for the first three months of the Surf Team, what was the difference from being an airborne soldier before his rebirth?

Not to mention participating in competitions to accumulate points, and needing to fly around the world to catch up, there must be no time for rest and training.

If you can get a wild card, these problems can be solved.

And this time he not only wants to participate in the World Surfing Championships, but also wants to win the gold medal in the World Championships.

"Gold medal?" Duke laughed.

Shi Man was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that he had just said what he was thinking.

Duke patted him on the shoulder: "I like an ambitious kid like you, have you considered it?"

"After signing the contract, I will send a professional team in the shortest possible time to make the best training plan, and there will be a first-class nutritionist to regulate your physique and fitness."

Shi Man's eyes sank a little, and his thoughts were spinning rapidly.

Why should such a condition be rejected?

After rebirth, he wanted to go higher and farther.

I want to defeat that outsider Ji Du even more.

Then he needs more resources and more strength to have a good chance of winning against Shang Ji Du.

The young man stood up and stretched out his hand: "Happy cooperation."