Chapter 113 Dan Fagan

Tang Tian, ​​Walker and Fagan met at a coffee shop in Queens, New York.

With a long face, a height of 1.8 meters, a very ordinary middle-aged American uncle, if it weren't for those eyes that were shining from time to time, maybe you would not have noticed him too much in the crowd.

But Tang Tian was quite familiar with him.

Because he is also Yi Jianlian's agent, and because he encouraged Yi Jianlian and the Bucks to have a standoff at the beginning, he was complained by domestic fans.

However, most people only see the farce of Yi Jianlian and the Bucks, but few people know the story behind it.

The 2007 draft was held at the end of June of that year, but in March, Fagan specially invited officials from seven NBA teams to Dongguan to watch the CBA finals of the season. In April, he arranged for Yi Jianlian to go to Los Angeles to accept two After many months of special training, his team hired 6 full-time coaches for Yi Jianlian to teach basketball skills such as shooting, sliding, defense, and improving running and jumping.

During that time, Yi Jianlian's weight increased by 5 kilograms, his bench press also increased from 80 kilograms to 100 kilograms, and his shooting skills also improved greatly. Even every night, there is a special English teacher to teach him to learn English.

Including the refusal to try out alone afterward, and the filming of chair alignment videos, it was Fagan who continued to operate behind his back.

Facts have proved that the practice of keeping the mystery at the time was very successful, and finally Yi Jianlian was successfully elected as the No. 6 show in 2007.

Even the farce with the Bucks was later proved to be correct. The management of the Bucks was in chaos at the time, and they had no intention of cultivating rookies. If they succeeded in a big Chinese city team like the Eagles and Bulls, perhaps Yi Jianlian would have a better team. successful career.

And when Feigen died unexpectedly, Yi Jianlian was the first to tweet his condolences, which shows that the relationship between him and Feigen is not as reported by the media at all.

So in terms of ability and judgment, Feigen met Tang Tian's requirements.

The only point is that Fagan is greedy for money, which is well-known in the circle.

But Tang Tian is not worried about this, the agent is just an agent, and the two sides are just a cooperative relationship.

The conversation between the two sides was very pleasant. Fagan's attitude was not too good. Two first-round picks took the initiative to ask him, one of which was a lottery or even a top ten rookie. He estimated that he was very happy.

"Dan, your fee?" Walker finally asked the question he was more concerned about.

"It's easy to say, I'll charge a nominal 1% fee for the rookie contract." Fagan said with a smile.

Walker was stunned for a moment. Generally, brokers charge 3% to 5%, and at least 2%. Fagan's 1% is almost the same as free.

He turned his head to look at Tang Tian, ​​and now he believed that Tang Tian really knew what to do.

"If there is no objection, let's sign the agreement." Fagan saw that the two had no objection, and took out the contract from the briefcase with him.

"So soon?" Walker looked at Tang Tian worriedly.

Tang Tian took the contract and looked at it, and there was basically no problem.

If it is an ordinary player, he needs to find a friend who understands the contract to confirm it, but he understands this himself and knows that Fagan did not play tricks in this regard.

He signed his name, and Walker saw Tang Tian signed it, and also signed his name on his share.

"I will do a good job of publicity for you before the draft, I believe you can get a very good pick." Fagan said with a smile after receiving the contract.

After the contract was signed, the meeting was basically over. Tang Tian asked Walker to wait for him at the door for a while, and then went back to the coffee shop to chat with Feigen.

"I want to be selected at the top of the second round, can you do it?" Tang Tian said.

"What?" Fagan thought he had heard it wrong. Tang Tian's current draft market is at the end of the first round. Even if he tried to work it out, it was estimated that he could be very close to the 20th pick, but now Tang Tian said he wanted to be selected in the second round?

Tang Tian nodded without explaining.

Seeing that Tang Tian was serious, Fagan thought for a while and nodded: "No problem."

"That's fine." After Tang Tian finished speaking, he got up and left.

Looking at Tang Tian who was leaving, Fagan couldn't help shaking his head, but quickly nodded again.

"Is this rookie so confident in himself? It's completely different from Yi." He couldn't help muttering to himself.

Although Tang Tian didn't say it, he had done so much in the brokerage industry, and he could have guessed that Tang Tian didn't want to be a cheap contract worker.

"What did you say?" Walker asked curiously, looking at Tang Tian.

"It's nothing, let's go." Tang Tian said, leaning on Walker's shoulder.

After Fagan signed with Tang Tian Walker, he began to build momentum for their draft, and incidentally looked for potential endorsement contracts for them.

Walker's sneaker endorsement went well, and Fagan quickly helped him contact UA. The two sides are negotiating, and they can reach a multi-year sneaker endorsement contract before and after the draft as soon as possible.

After all, Walker is a new MOP, and the draft prediction is also high, which is reasonable.

Tang Tian is full of unknowns.

However, he was not in a hurry with the sneaker contract. He asked Fagan to help him find other endorsements as much as possible.

That's what he said, but what he didn't expect was that there would be a result in less than a week, and the other party took the initiative to come to the door.

A cake brand.

"The thing about you eating cake during an NCAA game is hot and they want to use it to promote their brand."

When Fagan told him seriously, Tang Tian was dumbfounded after hearing it.

At first, eating cake was all about replenishing his physical strength, but he didn't expect it to be a way for him to make money now.

He really has to thank Olson for that.

Thinking of Olsen, he suddenly thought of another very important thing.

"How much will they pay for this advertisement?" Tang Tian asked.

"Around $5,000." Fagan said.

$5,000 is estimated to be less than $3,000 after deducting taxes, which is a bit low.

However, it is very rare for a rookie like him who has not participated in the draft to receive an advertisement of this level. It is estimated that Fagan also spent some words.

"If I shoot with Elizabeth Olsen, can the salary be negotiated higher?" Tang Tian said.

"Elizabeth Olsen?" Fagan had never heard the name.

"Sister of the Olsen sisters."

Fagan gave Tang Tian a surprised look. He didn't expect Tang Tian to know people from the Olsen family.

He didn't know Olsen, but the Olsen sisters were still well known across the country.

"If I can find her with me, I am confident that I can at least double the pay, no, triple." Fagan said.

"Okay, then it's settled. You talk to them first, and I will contact you as soon as I have news."

Olsen is now having a showdown with her two sisters. It is no exaggeration to say that they are worried about making money. At this time, she has no reason to refuse to shoot an advertisement with her.

It's totally a two-in-one thing.