Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 58

A Big Contract

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The pleasant ringtone interrupted the dullness in the dormitory.

He Jingping connected the phone and after listening to a few words, his expression became strange.

He looked at Wang Chao: "I'm sorry, I brought you some trouble..."

He paused, without hanging up the phone, and said directly, "Black Spade Q Club wants to see you. Call Table Tennis First Division."

Wang Chao is a little confused.

"I sent today's video to Luo Jiu."

He Jingping was quite embarrassed. "I forgot that he is a big mouth... He sent the video to Black Spade Q Club's Xiaofan, and then Xiaofan came directly. He is now outside the base and asked if you would like to talk to him."

Fan Xiaofan came very quickly, appearing at the door of the dormitory ten minutes after hanging up the phone. He was wearing a full set of high-end suits. He should have been very elegant, but because he smiled too warmly, he looked like an insurance salesman.

He knocked on the half-open door of the dormitory, pushed it open gently and came in. He first saluted He Jingping respectfully, and then his eyes fell on Wang Chao, with unconcealable curiosity in his eyes.

He Jingping was present, and Fan Xiaofan naturally did not dare to act like a business elite. He took the initiative to reach out to Wang Chao and introduced himself with a smile on his face, "I, Fan Xiaofan, come from Black Spade Q Club. Is Wang Chao interested in playing in the professional league?"

Before Wang Chao had time to speak, He Jingping had already taken over the negotiating power and asked, "What price are you offering him?"

This is He Jingping's statement, making it clear that he wants to support Wang Chao, which means "don't try to trick him."

Fan Xiaofan is a businessman, proficient in bargaining, extreme pulling, and various psychological games. But this time he knew how good Wang Chao's skills were, and he also knew the meaning of He Jingping's initiative, so he directly showed his trump card.: "A basic salary of one million after tax, playing for one season, and the only requirement is that you must attend the game fully. As for the base, I will be responsible for full negotiation and will never cause any trouble to Wang Chao...Coach He, do you think this is fair?"

He Jingping is quite unexpected.

This is not only fair, it can be regarded as a serious overflow of benefits. You know, a few days ago, Spade Q came to Lao Luo to ask for Wu Li. The offer was 600,000 a season, and half of the 600,000 was compensation for the base.

The price of Wang Chao is directly three times higher than that of Wu Li.

"Coach He, you are a veteran of our northern Hubei table tennis world. I won't hide it from you. My Spade Q has serious problems now. If we can't find a strong player to improve our results, we will probably disband next year."

Fan Xiaofan's negotiation strategy chosen today is to be careful. "Wang Chao is your disciple, that is, Xiaojiu's junior brother. Xiaojiu sent me a video in the middle of the night and urged me to come over to find someone. What is he thinking about you?" Clearly, he specifically told me not to neglect my junior brother, so don't worry, Wang Chao will feel like going home when he goes to the club. I will give whatever I can and help him, and I will never let him suffer any injustice. "

He Jingping looked a little weird, because he knew that Fan Xiaofan had misunderstood and regarded Wang Chao as a junior fellow from a rich family, otherwise there would be no reason for such a super high price.

Of course he would not expose it, because he knew that this must be a misunderstanding deliberately caused by his good apprentice Luo Jiu.

And he can see that Fan Xiaofan is here to burn the boat today, which means that in July this year, Spade Q should not have found any strong support, so his last hope is pinned on tonight.

He looked at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao asked another question, "I know that the city team has a quota for promotion to the provincial team, and the provincial team has a quota for recommending players to go to the national team for testing. But if I go to Table Tennis First Division, are there any channels for promotion?"

Coach He, who had lost his composure many times today, finally gained the momentum of a big boss at this moment. He waved his hand to stop Fan Xiaofan from answering this question, and then said, "As long as I am here, you can go to the provincial team at any time."

Wang Chao also laughed, "What if I want to go to the national team?"

He Jingping remained calm and said, "It's impossible to go to the first team directly, but you can go to the second team first and then rely on your strength to fight."

Wang Chao nodded. "In that case, I am willing to go Table Tennis First Division."

He could see that although He Jingping seemed to dislike Fan Xiaofan and take precautions, deep down he probably wanted him to go, otherwise he wouldn't have pimped him out in the middle of the night.

As for why, it's probably because of feelings.

You can tell from Fan Xiaofan's words just now that he and Luo Jiu should have a good relationship. Thinking back to the Luo Jiu game video that he watched, Luo Jiu beat Table Tennis First Division back then. In other words, Spade Q's eighth achievement was the club that Luo Jiu played for back then.

Considering that both Luo Jiu and He Jingping are Northern Hubei Province people, Wang Chao can basically conclude that Spade Q, the local team of Jiangcheng City, should maintain the feelings of many Northern Hubei Province table tennis people.

Wang Chao wanted to borrow Zhumen's tiger skin, so naturally he wanted to satisfy their feelings.

What's more, he is really poor...

He turned to Fan Xiaofan and asked, "In addition to salary, are there any bonuses?"

Fan Xiaofan felt that there was something going on and was in an uplifted mood. He quickly said, "Yes, yes, there must be. As long as you win the game, you will get a bonus. You will get money according to your contribution. The highest is 50,000, followed by 20,000, and then 10,000. Even the two substitutes will receive a 3,000 yuan subsidy as a reward for their hard work as a sparring partner."

Wang Chao nodded and asked, "How many games are there in total?"

Although Fan Xiaofan didn't understand what Wang Chao meant, he was very cooperative. "Table Tennis First Division currently has 12 teams. The regular season is a double round-robin system, which is 22 games. If we can reach the top four, we can also play in the playoffs. But I don't expect this. I just hope that I can get rid of the bottom situation this year."

Wang Chao nodded and calculated. "Assuming I win all 22 games and I have the highest contribution in each game, that's a total bonus of 1.1 million, right?"

Fan Xiaofan nodded, but felt a little disapproving in his heart.

"It seems that he is still young and a little too ambitious... He is indeed very skilled, but Table Tennis First Division is playing in a team competition. Could it be that he thinks that he can carry the whole team by himself and be ranked first in the league?"

Wang Chao continued, "Let's leave aside the playoffs for now. Just talk about the regular season. The maximum bonus is 1.1 million, plus the season salary of 1 million, the total is 2.1 million."

Fan Xiaofan said, "It can't be calculated like this..."

Wang Chao smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I mean, can we sign a gambling agreement?"

Fan Xiaofan is a little confused.

This was the first time when he was looking for players to sign a contract that he encountered such an unconventional player.

"We signed an initial contract worth 2.1 million, which stipulated that I must play all the games. Then, every time I lose a game, I will deduct 50,000 until the deduction is completed."

Wang Chao paused after saying this and signaled to Fan Xiaofan to calm down, "I know that your concern now is that even if you win the game, I may not necessarily have the highest contribution, right? I can't solve this problem, but I can add another restriction to myself."

"If my win rate does not exceed 70% during the entire regular season, then my basic salary of 1 million will be directly halved."

"If my win rate is less than 50 percent, I'll give up all my base salary."

"In that case, what do you think?"

Fan Xiaofan said nothing, but He Jingping couldn't help it anymore. "Wang Chao, are you short of money?"

"Of course there is a shortage." Wang Chao sighed, "My mother didn't even have a serious job. She raised me by doing odd jobs. Now she still helps others wash dishes every day. It's a rare opportunity to make money now. Do you think I should take the opportunity to earn more?"

He Jingping was a little worried when he heard that, and said, "If you just want to make money, I can actually help you... This Table Tennis First Division, you can fight if you want to, or if you don't want to, don't think about money first, think about your future development first..."

There was a "pop", but it was Fan Xiaofan who slapped the table hard, interrupting He Jingping's words, and said loudly, "Okay, just sign like this! Wang Chao, I won't take advantage of you, As long as your winning rate exceeds 50%, your basic salary will still be paid, and you will not be deducted a penny. In addition, I will also give you an additional reward. If you can win all the games, I will give you another one million. This million will not go to the club account, but I will pay it myself!"

Wang Chao also slapped his palm on the table. "Then it's a deal, I'll take the extra one million!"

The two high-fived each other and glared at each other like fighting cocks. Fan Xiaofan took out the contract that had been prepared. He first handwritten the supplementary terms on the contract, then signed and sealed it. Wang Chao followed suit and put a red fingerprint in a decent manner.

So the contract was established, and Wang Chao became a member of Black Spade Q Club next season, while He Jingping sat blankly on the bedside, always wondering whether the two people had reached some kind of deal secretly in front of him.

As for being so passionate?

It happened that Jiang Shan pushed the door in at this moment and saw the signed contract in triplicate on the table. His eyes were red with envy. "Brother Chao, you have made a lot of money!"

Wang Chao smiled and said nothing.

Did he make money?

Of course I made a profit, after all, it was such a small amount of money.

But the more profitable one is definitely Fan Xiaofan.

Now Spade Q is about to be disbanded. Because the results are so poor, the audience is not willing to buy tickets to watch the game. Without ticket revenue, there is no profit, let alone selling peripheral products.

But Wang Chao can improve Spade Q's performance, bring lost viewers back to the arena, and resell unsold peripherals.

As long as there is a 70% winning rate, they can firmly enter the playoffs and make Spade Q a popular team.

And if he can really win a season, Spade Q's popularity will skyrocket, and he can even compete with the Table Tennis Super League team that is also in Jiangcheng City.

I would like to ask, compared with the huge funds for the operation of the entire club, what is my bonus of one million or two million?

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