"I'm afraid I can't sign this contract." Zhang Guan said solemnly.
Manager Wang and Lawyer Zhu looked at each other, and they both seemed very calm. From the moment Zhang Guan picked up the contract, they kept observing Zhang Guan. When Zhang Guan turned to the remuneration page and began to look carefully. They have read the answer from Zhang Guan's expression. People who can be business managers are naturally very capable of making observations, not to mention experienced lawyers.
On the contrary, Director Sun behaved very differently. He felt that Zhang Guan should not only sign immediately but also show gratitude to Tae. His tone increased a bit, and he asked sharply, "Why don't you want to sign?"
Zhang Guan spread his hands and said, "First of all, I think there is too little money."
"Too little money?" Director Sun didn't expect Zhang Guan to use such a direct excuse. He was slightly stunned. The price was set by the association and Nike, and the association did not consider Zhang Guan's own demands at all. Director Sun said, "300,000 yuan per year, or 1.5 million yuan in five years. You know how many people that can't make so much money in their lifetime."
"I just think that 300,000 yuan does not reflect my value, and I will run faster in the future." Zhang Guan said.
At this time, the Manager Wang next to him said: "Three hundred thousand yuan per year is strictly evaluated by our company after strict cost estimation. Liu Feiren of the 110-meter hurdle project is also the holder of the Asian record. We also give three hundred thousand yuan endorsement fees. "
"The value of Liu Feiren is more than 300,000 this year. The price that your Nike company gave is also too low." Zhang Guan said, turning his head to look at Director Sun, and said, "I think Liu Feiren will be in the Olympics next year. If he can win the championship, he worth at least three million worth of endorsement fees, but now the center helped him to sign 300,000 but lost a lot."
At this time, the task given to Liu Feiren by Tian Xie was to reach the Olympic finals, not even the medals, let alone gold medals, but what Tian Xie did not know was that the economist of Boca in Europe gave Liu Feiren a chance. After the odds of winning the Olympics, it is second only to American veteran Alan Johnson and is the second most popular for the Olympic 110-meter hurdles. Nike has obtained the default odds of the European Boca Company through its own channels, and also knows that 300,000 yuan signings of Fei Liu every year is a big profit. However, Tian Xie did not have this information, and felt that they earned a fortune from Nike.
"How could it be so easy to win the Olympics!" Although Director Sun said so, he began to secretly calculate. If Liu Feiren can really win the championship, the endorsement fee of 3 million is definitely not enough, at least 4 million. The company gave too little.
People's greed is always unlimited, so the sales of lottery tickets are getting better and better. Although Director Sun feels that Liu Feiren doesn't have the strength to win the Olympics, it does not affect the greed in his mind.
Noticing that Director Sun was short-sighted, Manager Wang next to him coughed and immediately changed the subject and said: "In fact, this is just a preliminary contract. We can add some other terms, such as if you can win, we can give you extra cash rewards for the 100-meter championship of the Doha Asian Games; if you can guarantee the appearance of the Capital Olympics five years later, our company can also give you cash rewards; these additional conditions, the division continued."
"Thank you very much." Zhang Guan nodded politely, and then said: "One of the reasons why I don't want to sign a contract is money. There is another problem, I think you have all ignored it."
"What's the problem?" Manager Wang asked.
"I am only 17 years old this year, and the law stipulates that I am still a minor. If I sign a contract, this contract should be invalid, so you should ask my parents to sign the contract." Zhang Guan said.
After listening to Zhang Guan, Lawyer Zhu, who had never spoken, frowned sharply. Before this, Mr. Zhu's work focused on formulating contracts to fight for the company's best interests, but neglected that the contractor was a minor.
Although there are no relevant laws and regulations regarding the endorsement of minors in this era, Mr. Zhu still quickly pondered the relevant legal basis in his mind. Although the association does not care about whether it is a minor or not, Nike must care. This is not because Nike has complied with the law, but it does not want competitors to catch their grip.
Sporting goods are inherently a profiteering industry. The competition among international sporting goods companies is even more brutal. Any scandal may be caught by competitors and then magnified infinitely by tens of millions of funds. Signing a minor to make an endorsement, competitors can even speculate that Nike hires child labor.
Manager Wang leaned into Lawyer Zhu's ear and asked softly, "Is there a problem?"
"The minor's right to portrait, reputation and honor as stipulated in the Law on the Protection of Minors are among the ranks of protection. Without the written consent of the minor's guardian, no one may use the minor's portrait right. From this point of view, if you want to find Zhang Guan to speak for, you really need the consent of his guardian, that is, his parents." Lawyer Zhu said softly to Manager Wang.
"Then he can't sign the contract? We have to find his parents?" Manager Wang asked.
The Civil Law stipulates that, as long as they have full civil capacity and can independently conduct civil activities, they can sign contracts independently and be protected by law." Lawyer Zhu continued.
"Complete civil capacity? How big?" Manager Wang asked immediately.
Citizens over the age of 18 have full capacity for civil conduct. At the same time, citizens aged between 16 and 18 who use their labor income as the main source of living can also be regarded as persons with full civil capacity." Lawyer Zhu then explained.
"If one's labor income is the main source of living, how should this be defined?" Manager Wang immediately grasped the key point.
Lawyer Zhu thought for a while and sighed: "If it is normal labor, it is easier to define, but it is difficult to define athletes in our country. Professional athletes are recognized as laborers in Western countries, but in our country, the cognition in this regard is relatively vague, and it is not easy to identify."
Manager Wang felt that something had been entangled, so he asked, "What do you mean? Can you be more specific?"
Lawyer Zhu thought again for a few seconds and said, "For example, football players in League A, signing with the club and taking the salary of the club, can be regarded as laborers; and for those sports that are not commercialized, active players are the nature of being called, there is no formal labor contract signed, the whole package of accommodation and sports team is paid, and the salary is also issued in the name of living allowance, the unit has no clear non-labor benefits and enjoyment, and the athletes have no clear labor production. Therefore, in the legal sense, such athletes have not formed an employment relationship and cannot be counted as laborers. Naturally, they cannot be defined by labor income as the main source of living."(At this time, it has not been changed to the Chinese Super League, and it is still called A.)
Mr. Zhu's words made Manager Wang silent. As the business manager of the most well-known sports brand, he naturally understands the current status of domestic athletes. Especially in those sports that are not commercialized, athletes eat and live in sports teams all-inclusive during active service, only a few hundred yuan a month of so-called living allowance, some athletes live in poor areas or athletes in vulnerable projects. None of the subsistence allowances are enough.
Those well-known athletes had the opportunity to enter the institutions and institutions after retiring, and they almost missed the position of being able to mix as a coach. Most athletes can only take a small amount of severance payment to pursue self-employment. Athletes this year have no social security, no medical insurance, and the vast majority of athletes do not have a high level of education, nor do they have any skills. After retirement, there are not many that are rich and most of them are poor.
The track and field event is not a commercial sport. Zhang Guan cannot be recognized as a laborer, and Zhang Guan is still a high school student with a formal school status. No matter from what point, Zhang Guan cannot be said to have complete civil conduct.
Manager Wang raised his head and said to Director Sun: "It seems that we are going to have to visit Zhang Guan's parents."
"No problem, my family lives in the provincial capital. How about I call my dad and let him come over?" Zhang Guan said immediately and tried to be very cooperative.
Zhang Guan made a phone call, and soon Zhang's father hurriedly came.
Director Sun handed the contract to Father Zhang. Father Zhang hurriedly looked over and said, "I can't sign this contract."
"Are you dissatisfied with the amount?" Director Sun immediately asked.
"This is not true." Father Zhang picked up the contract, pointed to the place above the age limit, and then said: "I think this age limit is too long, a little inappropriate."
"What is inappropriate?" Director Sun immediately asked. These two fathers and sons are too dissatisfied, one with money and one are too long, making Director Sun very unhappy.
Only the father said: "This child Zhang Guan will be 18 years old next year. My wife and I have always felt that he should choose his way in adulthood. We should let our children choose their future. It's impossible to follow him all his life, isn't it? The important thing is to let the child grow up and always learn to be self-reliant. So I can't sign this contract. I can only sign for one year. After he becomes an adult next year, I don't care about anything. Whether it is renewed or not, let him choose."
Manager Wang and Lawyer Zhu frowned at the same time, signing long-term contracts with some young athletes who have not yet become famous. It is an advertising strategy similar to that of a large company like Nike, which can also be seen as an investment. Nike spends a lot of money every year, signing hundreds of thousands of young athletes with potential all over the world, and giving them long-term contracts. After the athletes become famous, it will bring tens of times or even hundreds to Nike. Times the effectiveness of advertising.
But if you only sign for one year, this kind of complaint will become meaningless. If the athlete is not willing to renew the sign after one year, or the lion opens his mouth, this is not in the interest of Nike. What Nike wants to get is long-term potential stocks, not short-term investments full of uncertainty.
But more importantly, both Manager Wang and Lawyer Zhu saw that the father and son were deliberately trying to make excuses. They looked like they were performing double reeds, and they did not want to sign this contract at all. Both were elites, and the decision was made immediately.
I saw Lawyer Zhu turn his head and said to Director Sun: "We didn't take into account about Zhang Guan's age. He is still a minor and our contract needs to be revised. I don't think we can go back today and wait for us to modify the contract to talk about it later."
Director Sun naturally heard that Mr. Zhu's so-called amendment of the contract was probably just an excuse. This time the signing of the spokesperson for Nike may be yellow.
Mr. Sun, who is the gold owner of the Tae company, has no way to refute, and this kind of thing is not at his level to make decisions. He had to say: "Okay, we respect your opinions. But I will also submit to a report to the leader.
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Father Zhang send off the three with a smile, and returned to Zhang Guan before saying, "Well, how good was I?"
"It was okay, a little bit worse than me." Zhang Guan joked.
"Although our family is not rich, it really is not worse than their hundreds of thousands." Zhang's father looked at Zhang Guan and then said: "But what I said just now is true, before your mother and I are both thinking about cultivating you as a talent. Now that you have grown up, you still have broken the Asian record, and you are already a talent! You have chosen the path of athletes, maybe this path is not easy to go, maybe in the future, there will be more troubles for you, but no matter what happens, your mother and I will fully support you."
"Thank you, dad!"
"I'm leaving now, by the way, your mother stewed the braised pork tonight, remember to go home for dinner."