Chapter 377 Jordan and the others won’t be caught by the media again, right?

On the 4th, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle.

The next game is No. 6, and it's still Mosaic. He has two days of rest in between, which makes Zhou Quan feel good and try his best to recover his physical fitness.

The media on this day praised Zhou Quan and praised him to heaven.

At noon on the 4th, the glider's inspection report came out, and Mosaic officially announced that Drexler would be out for at least two months.

This situation hit Mosaic quite hard, but Dameng was indeed determined. On the night of the 6th, he and Barkley defeated the SuperSonics, who wanted to win at home, and took away a victory from Seattle.

Zhou Quan had sex with Zeng Li for half the night on the 4th, and he abstained from sex on the 5th. However, he had an erotic dream while practicing the sleeping elixir that night, and the next day he was unable to achieve the magical state he had on the 3rd.

He only scored 42 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 3 fouls, and his shooting percentage was 46.4%. Although his performance was still very good, he was really unable to do it alone. He didn’t have to attack in the low post or rebound. It all depended on him.

Outside shot.

Dameng scored 32 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 6 blocks, shooting 66.6% from the field. Barkley scored 28 points, 19 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks, shooting 51.2% from the field.

The two teamed up to contribute 60 points, 36 rebounds, 7 steals and 10 blocks, controlling the paint area and rebounding of both sides. They overwhelmed the SuperSonics' inside line on both offense and defense, and also blocked Zhou Quan's breakthrough attack. The two of them had ten blocks.

Half of them were given to Zhou Quan.

Although the SuperSonics lost, the Bulls also suffered their first losing streak this season, unexpectedly losing to the rebuilding Suns on the road.

The SuperSonics have 37 wins and 9 losses, and the Bulls have 38 wins and 8 losses. The winning difference between the two sides is still 1 game.

After the Mosaic game at home, all the games before the All-Star Game are over and we have entered the All-Star Weekend.

This year's All-Star Game will be held in San Antonio from the 9th to the 12th. The main game is on the night of the 11th, and the rookie game is on the 10th night.

On the 7th, Zhou Quan will rest in the morning, prepare to play golf in the afternoon, and practice boxing in the evening.

"Beep...beep..."

"Hello?"

After breakfast, at around eight o'clock, which is around eight o'clock in the evening in China, Zhou Quan called home, and his mother, Lin Yufen, answered the call.

"Mom, I'm Xiaoquan!"

"Oh, son! Son, are you and Zeng Li okay now?"

"Okay. By the way, Mom, the Chinese New Year is almost here. As I told you last time, how are the visa preparations going?"

"Your dad has already done it. Even Zeng Li and his parents don't want to go to the United States. We contacted him several times and were very polite, saying it was inconvenient."

"Husband, forget it." Zeng Li next to him whispered.

Zhou Quan nodded. His great-father and great-mother had been divorced for many years. It was really difficult to come together. He was just polite and said to the phone: "Okay, Mom, you and my dad can bring Xiaoye over. Xiaoye should be on vacation."

?”

"I'll have a holiday tomorrow." Lin Yufen said with a smile.

"Well, we will pick you up in Los Angeles then." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

At noon, Philip came over from Los Angeles and had lunch at his house.

"Roger, you moved to Seattle, but you still have to be in Los Angeles half the time." Zhou Quan joked.

Philip smiled and said: "In this period of time, I have helped you handle several previous endorsement contracts for second- and third-tier brands. With your current status, these brands are no longer needed."

"How's the negotiation with Skechers going?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.

Philip said: "What we discussed last time is still the same. In addition to the equity, the annual endorsement fee has also been negotiated. It is a symbolic 6 million US dollars a year. In addition, there is a 20 million signing fee when signing the contract. Zhou, if you agree

, I will inform them to come over tomorrow and sign the contract?"

"Then let them come over." Zhou Quan nodded and smiled.

"Okay, I'll notify them."

After Philip finished speaking, he added: "I have also reached an agreement with Bob Arum and Mr. Lou Duva. Holyfield will challenge you this year. He and Holyfield's agent and promoter Lou Duva will do this world boxing event."

The promoter of Wang’s title defense pulled me in, and we jointly invested US$120 million, with a capital investment ratio of 6:3:1, and I invested US$12 million.”

"Husband, what one hundred and twenty million?"

Zeng Li already understood part of it and asked.

"The promotion funds for this year's title defense include the appearance fees of myself and my opponent."

Zhou Quan explained and asked Philip: "What about the others?"

Philip said excitedly: "Zhou, although Holyfield is also very popular and has a great influence in the professional boxing world, he lost to Michael Muller last time and lost the world title, so he is now at a low point.

, the popularity was greatly damaged.

Although your qualifications are far inferior to his, PPV sales are the king. You are more popular than him now, and you are the defender and he is the challenger, so you will naturally overwhelm him in terms of appearance fees.

"

"How much is it?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.

Philip smiled and said: "Your entry fee was 22 million, this time it is 30 million US dollars, which has reached the level of Tyson's appearance fee at his peak, and it is also the highest appearance fee in professional boxing until now.

By the way, Tyson’s first fight back last year was also worth US$30 million. When it comes to this, I have to say that Don King is indeed capable.”

Zhou Quan nodded. Being able to get an appearance fee of 30 million was already very good. After all, his experience in the boxing world was too young and he had only fought in four boxing matches.

It took many years for Tyson to go from appearance fees of several hundred thousand dollars to 30 million.

Although the name of the King of Crossovers is very big, he feels that this kind of name may just be a kind of popularity. After the limelight has passed, the name of the King of Crossovers may not be so attractive.

Last year's boxing match broke the PPV sales record, so this year's title defense might see a decline in popularity. PPV sales may not continue to break through. If it can be maintained at 3 million, he thinks it is still a good result.

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Philip added: "Holyfield's salary is 20 million U.S. dollars, which is 10 million U.S. dollars lower than yours. Zhou, if you successfully defend your title, Arum said that the appearance fee will definitely increase in the next title defense, at least by 5 million U.S. dollars.

If this PPV can be maintained at 3 million, then he is guaranteed to have an appearance fee increase of 10 million for the next title defense."

"What about the PPV share?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.

Philip said: "You are the sales king, of course it is higher. But we have just negotiated and haven't signed the contract yet, so the rich TV broadcasters haven't started talking yet, and the specific ratio cannot be determined.

But no matter what, we are sure to get 50% of the PPV sales revenue. This is the current market situation.

Of the 50%, it has already been decided, our promoters will get 35%, you will get 40%, and Holyfield will get 25%."

Zhou Quan did the math and realized that 40% of 50% was 20% of the total PPV income, which was not bad, so he nodded.

Philip added: "You account for 8% of the box office and on-site advertising sponsorship income, Holyfield accounts for 4%, and the rest is from promoters and stadiums."

"When do you plan to sign the contract?" Zhou Quan asked.

"After the playoffs, it doesn't need to be too early. If it's too early, the attention will pass. If it takes too long, it won't be easy to publicize. This time, I won't compete with the NBA for attention." Philip said with a smile.

Zhou Quan laughed. When the Challenger League news was announced last year, it stole the limelight of the NBA playoffs. I guess Stern was not very happy.

In the afternoon, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li invited Philip to play golf. This was something Philip was very willing to do, otherwise he would not have moved to Seattle.

This afternoon, Skechers announced in Los Angeles that it had officially reached an early contract renewal agreement with Zhou Quan, and the signing will be held in Seattle tomorrow.

While Skechers invited the media to attend the signing ceremony, it also intended to let the media know that this would be a lifetime contract.

So far in the league, Michael Jordan has received a lifetime contract from Nike, and Zhou Quan will be the second person to receive a lifetime contract.

As far as the entire world of sports is concerned, including those European football superstars, very few can get lifetime contracts.

Therefore, although this news has not been officially announced, it has already shocked the alliance and the world.

While playing golf, Philip and Zhou Quan answered several calls from reporters and then turned off their mobile phones to avoid being disturbed.

"Michael, did you see that, that guy from Iron Fist is going to get a lifetime contract just like you?" Barkley called Jordan with a sour tone on his face.

"This is his business, what does it have to do with me?" Jordan's tone was very calm.

To be honest, he is already used to it. This season, the sales volume of his MJ brand has been caught up with that of the Iron Fist brand. Moreover, this is the United States and the sales volume around the world, he has long been surpassed by Zhou Quan.

If we only look at overseas sales, the Iron Fist brand is several times that of the MJ brand. However, in the total global sales, North America still accounts for the majority, so the proportion of overseas sales is currently not large and is not very important.

"If it weren't for boxing, how could he be so popular? When he loses the title defense, I think his popularity will drop by half." Barkley kept talking.

"I'm dead."

Jordan didn't want to hear any more and ended the call directly.

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The next day, on the morning of the 8th, Skechers President Mark Nathan personally brought people to Seattle.

At 12 noon, a grand signing ceremony was held as scheduled at the five-star Hilton Hotel in Seattle.

As many as a hundred media were invited, and the clicking sound of the shutter never stopped.

At the signing ceremony, Philip announced some details of the contract to the media, such as Zhou Quan’s 7% shareholding ratio.

"Iron Fist, doesn't Skechers intend to establish an independent Iron Fist brand company?" A reporter asked during the question session.

"Skechers has not yet been listed on the market. This is an issue they will consider in the future." Zhou Quan replied.

"What do you mean, the Iron Fist brand is likely to become independent?" the reporter asked.
To be continued...