At the beginning of the interview, Qin Yue's smile won over Mulin and Montgomery.

After a relaxed and pleasant interview lasting fifteen minutes, Mulin and Montgomery confirmed...

Qin Yue...

is the Warriors' Messiah!

"We can't proceed as slowly as we did before." After the interview, Montgomery said to Mulin.

Mulin nodded and said, "This 'Overlord Operation' is just the beginning. Next, I'll be building the new Warriors' core team around Qin."

Looking at Mulin, Montgomery teasingly said, "Both 'Overlord Operation' commanders share the surname Montgomery, don't you think it's quite a coincidence?"

Mulin laughed and said, "Since the last 'Overlord Operation' ended with the Allied victory, this 'Overlord Operation' is bound to succeed as well."

After finishing the trial, as he walked out of the training facility, Qin Yue still felt it was unreal.

But the next second, as he clenched his fist tightly, he was ready to firmly grasp his destiny.

To make a name for himself in the NBA.

This is the dream of both of Qin Yue's lifetimes and his lifelong pursuit.

However, in this life, Qin Yue, who has the chance to achieve it all by his own hands, still needs to wait.

Because the NBA draft has to wait until June 28th.

During the waiting period, besides maintaining a proper mindset and attending the degree conferral ceremony as he finished his credits, Qin Yue also has to participate in a final meeting with Nike, arranged by Schwartz.

"For years, Nike's annual financial report has consistently included a 'demand creation expense.'

This refers to their overall expenditure on sponsorship deals, marketing, and advertising.

Generally speaking, they keep these expenses at around 11% or 12% of the annual revenue.

Which means, if Nike offers a player a contract valued at 10 million US Dollars annually...

It implies that during the contract period, the player must return more than 100 million US Dollars in revenue to Nike each year."

On this day, as Schwartz explained to Qin Yue before the final meeting with Nike.

Having heard this, Qin Yue pondered for a moment and said, "So... it can also be understood the other way around, if Nike believes you can return 100 million US Dollars to them annually...

Then they would offer you a sponsorship contract worth 10 million US Dollars a year?"

Looking directly at Qin Yue, Schwartz smiled and said, "You're very smart, smarter than many 'seasoned' NBA players I've previously encountered."

At this moment, Schwartz was very clear about Qin Yue's reverse understanding, which indicated a deep insight into the partnership between Nike and NBA stars.

Especially when Qin Yue said...

"Now the question is, how much does Nike think I can return to them?"

Soon, during this meeting, Nike presented their final offer:

7 years, 60 million US Dollars in guaranteed rewards, plus a 10 million US Dollars signing bonus.

This contract, given Qin Yue's current display of commercial value, is absolutely a sky-high price.

However, after rigorous calculations by Nike's actuaries...

They deemed it necessary to secure a seemingly exorbitant yet assured profitable contract with Qin Yue to prevent the tragedy of losing Yao Ming from happening again.

If Qin Yue remembered correctly, Nike's final offer to James back then should have been a 7-year, 77 million US Dollars guaranteed reward plus a 10 million US Dollars signing bonus. (Note ①)

However, Qin Yue was well aware that the reason Nike spent 87 million US Dollars on LeBron back then was mainly because Reebok and Adi were driving up the price.

Now, with Nike persuading Kobe to join them in 2003 with a 40 million US Dollars 5-year contract...

At this point, they had grown so much that they showed full sincerity with this final offer to him.

Qin Yue knew this sky-high agreement signified not only Nike's optimism about his potential in the China market...

But also Nike's supreme confidence in marketing him as their envisioned 'Son of China.'

According to the agreement, after signing with Nike, Qin Yue could immediately receive a 10 million US Dollars signing bonus.

Of course, taxes would apply to this sum.

As for how much tax exactly, Qin Yue didn't need to worry.

Because Schwartz would ensure that every penny Qin Yue received would be calculated and legally optimized.

In addition, despite Qin Yue being a Chinese player, Nike required him to return annually to China for relevant promotional activities.

To this, although he felt Nike might be going a bit overboard...

Upon noticing the partner Nike selected for his sneaker promotion tour in China, Qin Yue suddenly smiled.

"This summer, we plan to have LeBron James accompany you."

Additionally, during this final meeting, Nike formally named Qin Yue's sneakers.

The full English name: Nike-Overlord-Qin.

Chinese translation: Overlord Qin Yue Series.

Like James, Qin Yue's "Overlord" series would be designed by the legendary sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield.

Initially, Qin Yue worried that the shoes designed by Hatfield might not be trendy enough...

But upon seeing the designs based on the previous drafts, Qin Yue was delighted and said, "You really understand young people's preferences."

Hearing this, Hatfield was initially surprised, then stunned...

Then Qin Yue noticed that this legendary sneaker designer... seemed to have tears in his eyes?

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