Chapter 118 Two big contracts
After Bayern won the Champions League, there were only three league games left to play this season.
The European media naturally gave overwhelming coverage to the 18-year-old Champions League Golden Boot + German Cup Golden Boot. But at this time, Wu Jie just wanted to finish the Bundesliga quickly. The national team was about to start training. Who else thought about it?
Play in the professional league!
Wu Jie feels that he may have a mental illness, because if it were another time traveler, he would definitely be far away from the national team. He only wants to play in the top European leagues and the Champions League, and even join these countries to find ways to do it.
As soon as we join the Chinese team.
But he is just the opposite. The Champions League is far less important to him than the national team.
If you want to ask why?
It should be because the national team in this era has hope!
Bayern's next league game is on the 31st, against Eintracht Frankfurt.
As long as there is a draw in this game, Bayern can start the "Triple Crown" victory parade in advance.
In fact, Bayern is now preparing for the parade. Munich's city government has approved all Bayern's parade applications. By then, there will likely be hundreds of people celebrating throughout the city!
So what is Wu Jie doing now?
Of course he fulfilled his promise. The day after returning to Munich, he was a guest on German TV station and sang the German-English bilingual "Forever·Number·One" in front of the entire West Germany.
This Bayern team song, which originally came out in the 1990s, is no worse in melody than Liverpool's "Youll·Never·Walk·Alone". Moreover, this song was entirely created for Bayern and was not a popular song used as the team song.
, so the lyrics are more in line with the theme and more suitable for a full chorus.
Of course, the quality of this song is much worse than another all-German song "stern·des·sudens". If "forever·number·one" is just the same as "youll·never·walk·alone"
In terms of quality, "stern des sudens" is much higher.
Wu Jie did not release the song "Southern Star" right away. He planned to release the song in a few months or next season.
But even the slightly inferior "Forever·Number·One" was released in 1981, especially when Bayern was about to win the Triple Crown. Once it was sung, it immediately aroused both the inner and physical resonance of Bayern fans.
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The Bayern fans in front of the TV all felt a trembling excitement when they saw their team's recent achievements. Some emotional female fans even had their eyes blurred by tears.
The recording scene of the show was similar. Dozens of "ET House" fans listened in rapt attention, and many of them were so excited that they shed tears.
Nowadays, the fans of "et House" are different from Bayern fans. They don't completely regard Wu Jie as a star. Some of the new members even join it just for his music and appearance.
But is it over when the song is finished?
After Wu Jie finished singing this team anthem for the team and fans, he did not end his performance. He once again played and sang a latest work by himself.
This song is written for the fans of "ET House", and the song is called "dont·turn·off·the·lights".
This song is very familiar to Wu Jie. In his previous life, it was always used as the background music for CCTV’s World Football. Although the lyrics have nothing to do with football, because of the beautiful melody and dynamic rhythm, it is very suitable for playing player highlights.
As background music.
Wu Jie sent this song to his fans, and the lyrics are very suitable. Coupled with the beautiful melody and dynamic rhythm, the Bayern fans in front of the TV even spontaneously imagined Wu Jie's wonderful performances this season.
As soon as these two songs were sung, Wu Jie's second identity as a "genius singer-songwriter" was confirmed.
Today's program is broadcast live throughout West Germany. German TV station not only covers the entire West Germany, but can even receive it secretly in East Germany.
He gave such a wonderful performance during prime time in the evening, and now it is difficult not to become famous all over Germany.
"Now, my fans will increase a lot, right?"
Wu Jie feels that this performance will further enhance his reputation in Germany.
It was not bad to think so, because two days later, his agent Felix told him two pieces of good news.
The first good news is that Adidas finally restarted contract negotiations after Bayern won the Champions League, and the two sides are making very rapid progress.
Wu Jie knew that this was because he had restrained his speech recently and the negative impact began to decrease as the popularity subsided.
But the most important thing is that he helped Bayern win West Germany's first Triple Crown. This is also an important reason for Adidas to complete the contract with him.
But this time he doesn't plan to let Adidas take the initiative, and the salary of that contract must be increased a little more.
In addition, he put forward a new condition in the contract that was increased to five years and eight million US dollars, that is, both parties have the right to terminate the contract after the third year.
This was his punishment for Adidas' previous suspension of negotiations, and his attitude was very firm.
Adidas's previous suspension of negotiations greatly reduced his attitude towards the company, so a clause for early termination of the contract must be included, otherwise he would rather not sign the contract.
He now has the confidence to increase his investment, as Puma has re-contacted MSM.
Wu Jie is not resisting Puma now. He just wants to get enough benefits from these two companies. He will not give in a penny on this contract.
Adidas has no choice. Wu Jie just won the top scorer in the German Cup and tied for first place in the history of the Champions League with 14 goals.
If Asian players were not unable to participate in the selection of the Ballon d'Or, Wu Jie would definitely win this year's Ballon d'Or.
Next summer, if Wu Jie can lead the Chinese team to the World Cup, he will get another big exposure.
Puma has readjusted its strategy and is preparing to offer a higher price to snatch Wu Jie away.
Adidas does not dare to neglect any more. Even if this new clause is very harsh, they can only pay for their previous short-sightedness now.
This is the first good news. In various sports around the world, no athlete has ever signed a huge contract worth more than one million US dollars per year.
Wu Jie has broken another world record. Now he should be considered the richest man in the mainland, right?
If not, then he has second good news.
Wu Jie didn't know if it was because of his performance on German TV that the PolyGram headquarters in Germany came to visit him again the next day.
msm had already talked with PolyGram once, but at that time the two parties could not agree on some contract contents.
This time Wu Jie composed two new songs in a row that are sure to become best-selling singles across Europe. Such amazing creative ability made PolyGram finally decide to make concessions on some contracts.
However, PolyGram required both parties to sign a confidentiality contract, and neither party could disclose the contents of the contract.
Wu Jie knew that PolyGram had made great concessions to him, so the contents of the contract could not be spread, otherwise the international singers under PolyGram would rebel.
First of all, this contract does not set any work requirements for him. In other words, if Wu Jie wants to release three records a year, it is no problem, and if he wants to release one record every three years, it is no problem. In short, everything depends on his wishes.
In addition, it was one of the biggest differences that they couldn't agree on at the beginning regarding the share of record sales.
Wu Jie demanded a 25% share of global sales, and that all aspects of record production, promotion, and distribution would be handled by PolyGram.
This means that he only cares about creation, and PolyGram takes care of the rest.
But in the end, for every dollar he sold, he had to directly withdraw 2.5 cents from it.
At first glance, this share ratio may not seem like much, but you must know that producing records requires costs. Global promotion and distribution are all cost-burning links, and distributors around the world also have to take away one-third of the profits.
If you think about it this way, the 25% share ratio that Wu Jie asked for is quite outrageous. No one has ever signed a contract like this before that makes a record company feel more like a part-time job.
It's hard to tell how much PolyGram can earn under such a contract, but Wu Jie's account is easy to calculate.
Michael Jackson sold almost 100 million records in the 1980s. If each 12-inch LP record sold for US$10 in the 1980s, that would be global sales of one billion US dollars.
There are so many songs in Wu Jie's database that can be copied. It will not be difficult to sell 100 million records in the next ten years. Now look at the 25% share ratio. Isn't it very scary?
Of course, PolyGram also has requirements for agreeing to such a contract.
They need to sign an eight-year long-term contract with Wu Jie, and automatically get the exclusive distribution rights for every album Wu Jie releases during the contract period for twenty years, which starts from the first day of the album's release.
Wu Jie agreed to this condition because he knew that the dominant player in the record industry in the next ten years would be PolyGram, and this contract was a win-win situation in his eyes.
After signing these two big contracts, Wu Jie began to set his sights on China.
Chapter completed!