NBA: Starting with $20 billion, buying the Knicks

Chapter 111 Exploding the Nike Adidas Project! (Thanks for the rewards of Duyin Lone Star, plus more!)
Chapter : Exploding the Nike Adidas Project! (Thanks for the rewards of Duyin Lone Star, plus more!)
One-57 Apartment Building.

58th floor.

Jiang Chao was stunned when he saw that the whole set of Capanelli furniture in his house had been polished clean and clear.

There was a nice familiar smell in the air, not his bachelor smell.

As if there was a tacit understanding, when Jiang Chao called the only person who gave the key to ask, she also called:
"Student, where are you today? I haven't seen you in the office."

"I still want to ask you, I have been in the office this morning, where have you been, Senior Sister Liu Yan..."

"I...I still want to ask you...why is that key..."

Liu Yan, who was in the office, was blushing. She had arranged for the team to work in the player's apartment until late yesterday, and it was too late to go back, so she remembered the key given by Jiang Chao.

I didn't expect it to be such a good apartment building for her.

What's more, he didn't expect that this was actually Jiang Chao's home, because the moment she opened the key, she was stunned. All of Jiang Chao's personal belongings appeared in front of him without any scruples.

In other words, before Jiang Chao left, he said he lived closer, but he actually lived with him? ?
Or did he leave for a few days and let her live there?
Because it was too late, Liu Yan had no choice but to sleep in the second bedroom for one night, and went to work after cleaning Jiang Chao's apartment early the next morning.

I thought about a lot of scenes of how to return the key after seeing Jiang Chao, but I didn't expect Jiang Chao and the players to leave the arena long ago.

"That's right, I have three rooms here, can't you give me a personal secretary?"

Jiang Chao unbuttoned his suit, lay down on the neat bedding, and put his mobile phone aside for hands-free use.

"This... this is not very good, I will give it back to you."

"Come over to rest tonight. I haven't had dinner yet. Shall we have dinner together?" Jiang Chao knew from his tone that this was an upright physique, so he naturally attacked.

This discord has made my room so clean, and thinking that it was done by those pure and artistic seniors, it's hard not to be tempted.

Compared with the widow sister's enthusiasm and unrestrainedness, Liu Yan is the kind who restrains her feelings, and then transfers to work or tidying up his room.

Many girls in China are like this. School belles have their own pride and screens.

So at this time, he had to take the initiative, and he couldn't let Liu Yanbai take advantage of his kiss.

"have supper?"

"Yes, just treat it as an appointment with you, and I'll pick you up."

"Boss, this..."

Liu Yan's bangs are disheveled, and her face is already hot in advance. After returning from a trip to the casino, the junior's offensive is too fast. This domineering fan really looks like a boss.

"Wait for me at the gate of the arena."

Jiang Chao didn't get any ink marks, just took the keys of the classic car, put on a refreshing sports suit and set off.

The night was long, and it was time for him to find a mistress.

I don't know if it's because this body admired Liu Yan in the previous life, and he also has an inexplicable affection for Liu Yan.

Maybe a secretary bonus?
Perhaps it is, meeting a hometown in a foreign land, holding a group to keep warm.

News from the Wall Street Financial Channel came from the old-fashioned radio of the classic car. Prokhorov, the owner of CSKA Moscow, became the richest man in the fighting country during the economic crisis and was preparing to enter the NBA market.

Jiang Chao was also cueed, saying that due to the recent economic downturn in the NBA, New York teams can be sold, let alone the New Jersey Nets, where no one wants to play. He suggested that Prokhorov buy the Nets, and Jiang Super form the trend of Sino-Russian confrontation.

"Fuck you..." Jiang Chao switched channels.

"A shares are stable at 3000 points.

With the hot sales of ZK4 and AJ2009, the Chinese sneaker brands that received bonuses during the Imperial Capital Olympic Games encountered a trough..."

The news from all walks of life made Jiang Chao's heart itch. He ran a team that was about to go bankrupt. He didn't know how much money he had left to invest after paying the final payment to Duncan.

Jiang Chao's only consolation is that "Slime" at least won't lose money, but if he is satisfied in this way, he must be sorry for his status as a time traveler, which rich man doesn't cross the border!

His current main business is basketball, but the only way to monetize basketball is to sell tickets. However, within a year, he can sell during games, but he can't monetize during the off-season.

And now Jobs is making money doing Pixar animation.

Another Rebs Xiaomi has not yet been established, and the entire industry plan has already developed in Zhongguancun.

Ding Sanshi was working on raising pigs, and Musk saw that I was also working on rockets.

There are countless opportunities for investment and speculation in this era, and Jiang Chao also intends to take advantage of this window to return to China to seize some of the opportunities he is good at.

Opportunities for the West Lake Pony are hard to come by, but at least he will go to the sports industry to be stable and refreshed. Compared with the deceptive investment industry in the United States, he hopes to try his skills in the familiar Tianchao.

For example, real estate and sauce-flavored technology, he will naturally participate to a certain extent, but the rate of return will be infinitely magnified after ten years, that is, the investment will not be taken out, it is purely for money.

And at that time, if he runs the team well, he will not be short of money, okay? The Knicks can make a profit of 300 million US dollars on a regular season ticket at their peak. This is not a joke.

Real estate and sauce-flavored types are not considered investments by someone like Jiang Chao who has opened his eyes, but stable financial management, and his vision is even further. Venture capital is to show his social status and extraordinary vision.

Instead of being in the forefront of the wealth list after ten years of financial management, it is still called a lucky upstart.

It is impossible to evaluate a person based entirely on money. This has always been Jiang Chao’s philosophy as a small employee in his previous life. Some people, no matter how much money they drive, are always asking their father for money, and their reputation is behind their backs. Nothing will happen.

So now that he has reached this point, let's start with basketball and build his own business empire.

At night, the traffic jam in New York was soaring, and Jiang Chao's classic car was stuck in the traffic flow.

Jiang Chao looked at the fans' graffiti on the roadside wall, as well as Jennings' head: We need Jennings!

"Okay, Little James played crazy in the Bucks."

What is the most profitable thing about basketball?It's not actually around.

It's the profit after building a superstar.

After he took over the Knicks, he actually thought about trading all the members of the team to replace Gibson, Jennings, DeRozan, and future superstars that other teams did not play last year.

He also hopes that his team will be full of superstars in the future, but he has to think about the lineup, otherwise he can pile up all the superstars in this year's draft and free market.

But he also knows the consequences of stacking superstars. Basketball is not a place where superstars are piled up. There are no hard-working role players who want to attack and don't want to defend. It is very likely that if he does that, the team will play well, but the record is terrible. The star that should be played is lost to everyone.

Then forced to trade:

Gathering is a pile of shit, scattering is full of stars.

This will be the consequence of his mindless accumulation of future superstars. Because of the lack of star players, a vicious circle will result. He has to trade out a few due to his poor record. After the trades, he will shine in other suitable teams.

So he finally decided to go to the free market to dig out Xingyue's instant combat power. If it was a game, he might trade Jordan with the Clippers and get Scola from Mosaic.

I will also really use Iverson and Dayao to form a pure emotional lineup.

But this is not a game, he has no room for trial and error, Jiang Chao is also thinking about how to deal with these players who he knows are very good but have not played now.

The best way is to register a brokerage company to sign them, and you can get soft hands by directly taking the contract commission.

Thinking of this, he made a phone call to consult Lao Lu. If it was feasible, he would immediately register one, and sign all the future low-ranking Taobao shows to the brokerage company first.

Old Lu actually knew:
"No, the NBA law stipulates that team owners cannot participate in the investment and construction of the brokerage company, otherwise the existence of the free market will be meaningless, and there will be situations where players from the brokerage company are grouped together on the same team. Lakers assistant manager Pei Linka has now terminated all the players under his company."

"Isn't Fu Paul also a group?"

"Fubaobao's agent company has not participated in any team investment, and they have not formed a group yet." Lao Lu said doubtfully.

"Okay, I misremembered the time."

Jiang Chao honked the horn. Indeed, if he really started his own agency, then why would the players want to play under his boss? No way, his charm is too great.

And LeBron James' agent, Rich Paul, is an agent that all bosses hate. He not only quotes high prices for players, but also builds his own player army with James's gravitational force. Don't take off too much with James' bonus.

So much so that later on, many of the players that James wanted were under Fu Paulo's banner, and the team thought that they needed money to build a team with James as the core, and the contracts they gave were also very generous, which directly made this team more attractive than any agency company. people.

"Currently, CAA, the largest agency company in the market, has signed more than 90% of NBA players, the remaining 5% are well-known individual agency teams or international agency companies, and 5% of fringe players do not need agents. This market is dominated by them. Take over, Jiang Chao, even if you invest, it will be difficult to compete with them."

Teacher Lu was afraid that Jiang Chao would spend money indiscriminately, so he suggested earnestly.

"OK."

Jiang Chao smiled and hung up the phone. In fact, he would never sign the wrong person, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't look like it. He has arrived at the arena, and the elegant beauty is leaning on the Knicks logo and waiting for him.

Jiang Chao handed over the car keys to the security guard, got out of the car and walked towards Liu Yan.

Liu Yan obviously changed her clothes, a mint green pure T-shirt, a small white plaid skirt showing her beautiful long white legs, and Air Force One pure white sneakers on her feet.

"These shoes have a really high status in the eyes of girls."

Jiang Chao's inspiration came instantly.

Can't invest in the players themselves, so Jiang Chao can only choose the one thing that is closest to the players and most needed.

The sneaker market.

To a bigger point, it is sports equipment, sporting goods...

Just as he hoped that Curry and Harden would not sign sneaker contracts so quickly, he also wanted to set up a sports brand to sign players and get the exclusive right to buy out player equipment.

This can be regarded as exploiting a loophole in the rules. Is it okay for me to provide players with sneakers and equipment? It has nothing to do with me which team they go to.

Jiang Chao is going to start with a sports brand first, using his status as the owner of the Knicks to sign and select people, who will then drive the sales of sneakers. This model is very healthy.

Why don't other team owners have such genius ideas? ?
It's very simple, either they disdain the profitable market, or they don't want to do business with Nike and Adidas. No matter how they do it, they can't do it with Nike, a sports brand with deep bone marrow.

You must know that the only thing that can impact them is made in China in later generations, and Mizuno is being pushed more and more on the edge.

And the most important thing is that the people who are most able to develop sneakers in the world are all hired by these big companies. Few bosses are willing to start research and development from scratch. ?
Including many overseas sports brands, they basically started from copying high imitations. Even Putian shoes are very fun to sell directly as fake shoes. Scientific research is thankless. Isn’t it good to sell high imitations directly to make quick money?
At least 90% of domestic Chinese sports brand manufacturers do not have their own characteristics.

but!

On Jiang Chao's side, this is his biggest advantage!
Compared with AJ and Nike, Adi has to worry about the players not being able to play, whether to make signature shoes and so on.

Jiang Chao avoided the first level first.

That is to sign the wrong person. Chinese brands are now also signing foreign players, such as the signing of stars such as Peak and Parker Battier. But what we haven’t seen is that they sign a lot of wrong people. The signed players also sell shoes. The ability is average, and it is not bad to be able to make ends meet.

Every time the Tianchao brand signs a star, behind it is a large signing fee after bidding with Nike and Adidas.

So it has to be signed from the rookie period of "Baby", which is cheap and can be sold well after becoming a super giant.

This is what sports companies are most afraid of. Just like running a team, they are afraid of "stepping on thunder"

If you sign the wrong person, you will really lose money, and this cannot be traded, it will just rot in your hands, and the lucky draw is too difficult.

Before the lottery was played, it was divided up by the two major manufacturers.

Ordinary players are basically taken away by Nike and Adidas. Local players recognize and like these two brands. Even if they may not give you a signed sneaker contract for the rest of their lives, some players will always lick it.

But the shoe circle actually knows that Nike and Adi’s follow-up is weak, and the AJ generation has eaten to death. There is no follow-up star boots that can play, and sneakers and boots are rarely produced, which are half-baked boots.

Wouldn't it be nice to let the stars continue to wear the old-fashioned boots designed by themselves and continue to sell hot-selling products?
These are trivial matters in Jiang Chao's eyes.

Other companies may research the shape of sneakers after 2 years of research. He may be able to confirm it in a day. As for the sole technology, he also knows a little bit. Shoe fans all know it clearly.

If he tries the water sneaker market, it is not that he is barefoot and not afraid to cross the river by wearing shoes and touching stones.

It's an open-book exam, the kind that directly floats on the water.

Just to give you an example, at least he is clear about the appearance design and sole technology of Anta’s best-selling product KT series boots. He can also register the copyright of Nike’s Soldier 9 boots that have not yet been released... directly put what you are researching Get things done at once!

That would be exciting!His mind is full of products that will be sold in future generations!

The strongest designer is himself. No matter how bad his drawing skills are, he can draw good-looking shoes. In the previous life, every time before buying sneakers, he hesitated for a week before placing an order.

Midsole, air cushion technology?In fact, it is secondary.

The ones who really make money are Air Force One under Lin Yan's feet and Mr. Qiao who can win championships in AJ1... In the shoe industry, good looks are king now and in the future.

No matter how poor the workmanship of Nike shoes is, no matter how poor the workmanship is, people will pay for it. With Jiang Chao and the spirit of domestic Putian, it will not be bad, it depends on his fashion design!

"Before it goes bankrupt, we have to get it done quickly."

Jiang Chao quickly spent the rest of his spare money. He never thought of buying shares in Nike or other evil companies. People look down on his small money, but the things in his head are worth hundreds of millions.

In this life, as long as he has the chance, he will kill them!
Go it alone!
The king of the country!

"Just now the radio said that those domestic brands are in dire straits. I'll see if I can help them out recently."

When Jiang Chao was daydreaming.

A soft whisper came:

"That... Boss, are you okay?"

From Liu Yan's point of view, Jiang Chao looked at her legs or feet like an idiot, and then the smile on his face became heavier, and even walked in front of her, his eyes were fascinated and he looked down.

If she didn't know her, she would have been scared away.

"Ahem, it's okay. I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you."

Jiang Chao rubbed the girl's hair, smelled the familiar fragrance of virgins, and the evening breeze made him feel more comfortable.

"Nonsense..." Liu Yan lowered her head and played with the buttons of her T-shirt, raising one foot cutely back.

"Don't you miss me?" Jiang Chao put her arms together, leaning against the railing together, looking at the city lights.

"I……"

"Don't talk about it, let's have a meal first. You should have slept comfortably last night. You can sleep with me tonight."

"Boss, me!"

Just as Liu Yan was about to speak, Jiang Chao lowered her head and blocked her pink lips hotly and forcefully, forcefully and passionately:

"As I said, you owe me one."

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