Zhang Hao's agent market suddenly became popular.

The reason is naturally that Starbucks wants to take advantage of the popularity in China and reveals the news of his desire to cooperate with Zhang Hao.

From registering a company, to on-site market inspections, to building headquarters, to raw material testing, to raw material logistics preparation, to direct store location selection, to employee recruitment and training, etc., after a series of processes, foreign catering brands have been doing business in China for less than two years. In the early stage, they have usually been invested. Catering brands that have no strength dare not go to the Chinese market at all. Even if they can see the market, they may have been dragged down before they even started their business.

But Starbucks will not be dragged down. They are very awesome in financing. They need time, so they decide to do it. After convinced investors, they start to take action.

Zhang Hao refused many agents' meeting requests. At first, he also contacted three famous agents, but the other party wanted to interfere in Starbucks' affairs, and then he refused to meet directly.

The purpose is too obvious at this time.

Zhang Hao finally gave up signing an agent and contacted the Players' Union to help recruit an attorney.

Recruiting lawyers is more than receiving interview calls when hiring agents. Lawyers can have one more business because they collect cash.

The Players Union recommended a young lawyer who helped the Players Union win several lawsuits. In this regard, will the Players Union cheat the players? There is no grudge or complaint. Zhang Hao was just going to agree to the recommendation of the Players Union for an interview.

Unexpectedly, the Players' Union actually recommended a name he knew.

Robert Pelinka.

Zhang Hao really didn't know that Pelinka was a lawyer when she was young, but when she recalled that when Pelinka was the general manager of the Lakers, she was only in her 40s more than 20 years later. When she was Kobe's agent, it seemed that she was just a few years later, less than 30 years old.

He was able to become a little famous in the lawyer industry at the age of 23 and was recommended by the Players' Union. He is indeed a talented person. Zhang Hao chose Pelinka as his attorney.

And Pelinka's side, it became messy the next day after signing the cooperation agreement with Zhang Hao. This high school student actually wanted to do business with Starbucks! And he was a partner! They had already sent someone to have a preliminary talk!

...

I really want to work with Starbucks...

In many cases, investment is not something that can be invested by the way.

Zhang Hao thought the other party was saying it casually, or that he was just helping to take care of his daughter, and he was polite. Perhaps the other party had such impulse at the time, but after calming down, he would think that this happened.

However, if you think about it carefully, the other party's operation seems to be fine, so you can only say that it is very decisive. Just like when I first found a representative among black basketball players, O'Neal, to work with him, Starbucks just wanted to find a Chinese basketball player as the representative.

Maybe what he can get is just a small part of the equity, and then it is useless. Maybe he can still be a spokesperson, and it has to be the free one. If he doesn't make a deal, he is not popular enough and cannot help, and he becomes a pseudo-partner who only gets some salary...

However, even if the equity is only one percent in the end, Zhang Hao felt that he had made a profit! And as a partner, it is impossible that he only had one percent.

But Zhang Hao didn't know what to do. The first thing he needed was to avoid his own risks. What he wanted was to sell the shares when the stock price was high in the future, rather than investing together.

Regarding this, Zhang Hao found a lawyer. He thought it was not enough. But he was not good at this and did not have a friend who understood this. So he found his father by phone...

On August 20, after Starbucks sent an official invitation, river food businessman Zhang Weiguo, with the help of Pelinka as an NBA player, quickly obtained a visa to arrive in Los Angeles, took away a reputation as an agent, and negotiated with Starbucks.

Zhang Weiguo English thief 6. He was the first group of people who imported seafood from Australia to make money. He once suffered a loss because he didn't speak well, so he learned English later. By the way, he taught him Zhang Hao's English.

Zhang Weiguo told Zhang Hao not to worry about this matter. He went back to deal with it and prepared to contact him for the initial contact. If the initial intention was reached, he would return to China to continue the negotiation. The first goal was to avoid the risks Zhang Hao had to bear.

Zhang Hao was so happy that he continued to attend class. The only thing that made him feel upset was that his father came. He went to chat with the lawyer without even saying a few words, completely ignoring who brought such an opportunity.

When Zhang Hao thought of this, he was very depressed, but when he didn't think about this, it seemed that the cooperation with Starbucks had no effect on him at all.

Time passed day by day, Zhang Hao should do whatever he should do. He studied hard during class and negotiated with the school that he could take a long vacation at any time after the NBA resumed operations. He must study hard. Sports medicine is very helpful for him to be a coach in the future, and it is also very helpful for him to understand his physical condition.

In his spare time, he trains normally. Although the mid-range shot is still stagnant, it is always beneficial to continue training. He speeds up his shooting speed and speeds up his catch. He knows how to practice these two points, but it only takes time to practice slowly.

A turnover jump shot has also become one of his main training events.

He has his own clear development direction, and the first step is to expand his technology around CITIC.

The first thing to do is not to expand the shooting area, but to use existing mid-range shots, existing athletic ability, and strengthen the catch shooting and tactical practice. This requires formal return to the team, so we should continue to practice training to speed up the shooting speed. Even if it improves by 0.1 seconds, it is good.

As time passed day by day, Zhang Hao was immersed in shooting training and tactical learning.

Finally, on September 1, the NBA bosses and the Players' Union finally reached an agreement during the first negotiations in the new month, and the NBA's suspension ended!

...

"The longest contract for a rookie is no more than five years. I remember that the first round pick will be fixed for four years in the future, right? And there is no player or team option, and the future first round contract seems to be still changing. It seems that it will only be decided when the next labor-management agreement is complete.

Rookie contracts are subject to the ranking and the salary cap are fixed, and the salary cap can be up to 10%. Just like last year's regulations, they are officially confirmed to remain unchanged until the 1997-98 season.

The flexible salary cap continues…”

Zhang Hao looked at the changes in the NBA labor-management agreement compiled by Pelinka. As reported by CNK, the core framework cannot be changed, and only made adjustments in details. To move the core framework, both sides will definitely want to strive for clauses that are beneficial to their side. This war will definitely not be reached for a year or two.

It was just a fake shutdown protest between the two sides. The only loss was the summer league that was not profitable, and there were almost no other losses, which means that the free market was shortened.

The NBA's reputation for resuming operations announced the time for the free market to be opened. At 12 a.m. tonight, signing, trading and other work can be carried out.

In the afternoon, Zhang Hao received a call informing him that he could use the Mainland Aviation Stadium to train at any time. All the trainers and staff have returned to their posts. The latest return time is September 27 and the training camp will start on October 1.

However, the head coach told him not to hurry back and that he could study at school while training.

Zhang Hao knows what head coach Butch Baird means. Perhaps, he may become a bargaining chip for trading. Although the probability is not high, in the NBA, any player may become one of the bargaining chips for trading. If other teams really give irresistible chips, the Nets will definitely trade.

After all, he is just a high school rookie.

In that case, he was not in a hurry to go to Rutherford Town.

On the next day, on the weekend, Zhang Hao did not go to the courtroom at Inglewood High School like before training today, but went to a café with lawyer Robert Pelinka to meet with an agent.

Since he may have cooperated with Starbucks to establish a branch in China, and once he cooperates, he will be a partner, even if he has not continued to recruit agents, many people have contacted him, and these are all supported by Pelinka.

Most of the requests for the meeting were rejected. Zhang Hao knew that many agents came to divide a piece of cake. God knew that they made a decision that was unfavorable to him. His father had already returned to China, and the head of Starbucks had also gone to China. Zhang Hao gave this matter full of power to his father. Compared with others, his father was more trustworthy, and his father knew the current commercial market and rules of the country best. After all, he was the earliest group of seafood merchants and was considered a member of the imported catering industry.

And the agent... wait first, Pelinka is very useful. Although he is a lawyer, Zhang Hao found that Pelinka really has the ability to be an agent. With his current income, even if the lawyer charges a relatively expensive fee, he will not spend much money in a year.

The agent is better than having nothing but being too bad. If you encounter a pit like those two No. 21, it will be miserable.

However, this time the agent, Pelinka said it would be better not to refuse the meeting. It would be too hasty to refuse Charles Banks' request for a meeting before.

Because these two are both big-name agents under Falcao Brokerage Company, a former sports giant brokerage company.

Although Falcao's NBA business has declined, the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and there are many convenient signing players in football, ice hockey and baseball. There are more than 100 players in the four largest leagues in North America, and most of the players' salaries are over one million US dollars, and the annual income of the entire agency is more than 6 million US dollars.
Chapter completed!