Chapter 142: Chapter 50: Great Reversal! Hat-trick! Another Record! Calm Down, Wang Shuo’s Commercial Value Is Just That High

The United Kingdom? That’s the birthplace of the paparazzi!

“But don’t worry. Your performance has been getting better and better lately, especially with this recent string of record-breaking hat-tricks. I’m sure it will be widely praised.”

Thomas Essien didn’t want to rain on Wang Shuo’s parade.

For these kinds of awards, it’s not just about on-field performance; off-field promotion is also very important.

If it were truly just about on-field performance, how could Walcott and Anderson even compare to Wang Shuo?

But you can’t ignore the fact that they play for powerhouse clubs!

How popular is the Premier League right now? How much influence does it have?

These are all bonus points.

According to the rules, each ballot can list five players. In order, they receive five points down to one point.

A total of 50 media outlets participate in the voting.

All the points are added up, and whoever has the highest total score wins.

Previously, Thomas Essien had figured that if Wang Shuo were to win, it would have to be by a huge margin.

“One more thing. Adidas contacted me. They want to talk about a contract renewal.”

“A renewal?”

Before Wang Shuo could even react, Subotic and Schürrle, who were standing nearby, looked up in surprise.

“Didn’t we just sign with them?” Wang Shuo was also puzzled.

“They’re afraid we’ll terminate the contract,” Thomas Essien said with a laugh.

Responsibilities and obligations are a two-way street.

When Adidas first signed the contract with Wang Shuo, they only offered an endorsement fee of 100,000 euros. What was that contract worth now?

With the current Wang Shuo, backed by the 1.4 billion-strong market in China, you think other sponsors wouldn’t be interested?

To Nike, Puma, or even other sports brands, what’s that little bit of money?

At worst, they could just pay the buyout clause and be done with it!

So, Adidas proactively proposed a renewal to increase Wang Shuo’s sponsorship fee.

Once the sponsorship fee goes up, the cost of terminating the contract goes up too.

“This time, their condition is a global deal.”

At this, Thomas Essien gave a sly grin. “If you’re willing to re-sign with Adidas, I’ll go negotiate with them.”

It was like the words “more money” were written all over the agent’s face.

Not only would he get more money, but he could probably snag a signing bonus too.

“What do you think?” Wang Shuo asked.

“Sign it. The Chinese national team is also sponsored by Adidas right now, and in the football Domain, Adidas’s resources are indeed a bit better than Nike’s.”

Wang Shuo nodded. “Then you go ahead and negotiate.”

The expressions on Subotic’s and Schürrle’s faces were pure envy.

’It’s depressing to even compare!’

Why was Wang Shuo the one to win Adidas’s favor?

Mainz has so many players, and our jersey sponsor is even Nike, yet Adidas hasn’t come to sign anyone else.

Even Nike, our jersey sponsor, hasn’t done anything!

’We’re at the top of the Bundesliga, so how come we don’t have any commercial value?’

But before the two of them could fully process the Adidas news, Thomas Essien spoke again.

“McDonald’s and KFC have also contacted me recently, along with Pepsi and Coca-Cola. They all want to work with us.”

“What?” Subotic and Schürrle were even more stunned.

Adidas was one thing, but how could McDonald’s, KFC, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola all be knocking on their door too?

This was getting a little ridiculous, wasn’t it?

The two of them turned in unison to look at Wang Shuo again.

’Is being handsome really that commercially valuable?’

Faced with the two rookies’ constant astonishment, Thomas Essien’s expression practically said, “Relax.”

In truth, he had been quite surprised himself when he received the calls.

He had previously thought that, backed by the Chinese market, Wang Shuo’s commercial value would be quite high.

But he had never imagined it would be *this* high.

“All four of these sponsors said that whether you win the Golden Boy Award or not, they want to sign you.”

Subotic and Schürrle were completely floored on the spot.

Damn!

’There are people this eager to just throw money at you?’

“Of course, they’re hoping to shoot the promotional ads before Christmas and roll them out across China before the Spring Festival. They’ll probably launch some custom fried chicken combo meals or something like that.”

A professional athlete eating fried chicken, drinking soda, and having fries?

Hearing this, Wang Shuo frowned slightly. “Wouldn’t that be a bit unhealthy?”

He was talking about his personal image.

“What’s unhealthy about it? Didn’t Messi and Ronaldo do ads for McDonald’s and KFC? Which top superstar hasn’t done an ad for Pepsi or Coca-Cola?”

Only then did Wang Shuo feel relieved. He nodded. “You arrange it. I only have so much time.”

“My personal recommendation is to maximize profit. McDonald’s is a strategic partner with Coca-Cola, and KFC is with Pepsi. If we partner with McDonald’s, then we should choose Pepsi for the beverage deal. The same logic applies if we do it the other way around.”

Wang Shuo, Subotic, and Schürrle were all dumbfounded on the spot.

’You can do that?’

Looking again at Thomas Essien’s gleeful expression, a single word was practically written on his forehead.

Hustler!

But Wang Shuo thought this was actually pretty good.

He and Thomas Essien had known each other since they were nobodies. They had struggled and made it together, so he trusted that Thomas Essien wouldn’t cheat him.

Besides, he was the only player under Thomas Essien’s management.

Screwing him over wouldn’t do his agent any good either.

Wang Shuo didn’t worry about business matters; he left all of it for Thomas Essien to handle.

He would just focus on playing football.

The voting for the European Golden Boy Award was drawing closer, and he had to maintain his current form.

At the same time, he also hoped to help Mainz hold on to their spot as the league leaders.

Even just being the winter champions would be a miracle for a team like Mainz!

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