“I have just signed a three-year contract with a sponsor, at least for the next three years, the cost of training and going abroad to compete is not worried.”Chen Jianguo's voice sounded in the mobile phone, with a feeling of joy.

Li Dai looked at his watch, although Los Angeles is in broad daylight, but the country is early in the morning, it is rare for Chen Jianguo to maintain such a high mood in the middle of the night.

As Li Dai said, although Chen Zhen lost the game, he became famous in the war.Uranus Basel in the first round of the United States net played four sets of seven, plus a long-term game, his opponent will naturally attract people's attention, everyone wants to know, what kind of an opponent, can bring such trouble to Basel.

Chen Zhen also got a lot of sponsors, he returned home, there are several advertising endorsement contracts to come to the door, and the most sincere is a car brand, gave him a three-year five million advertising endorsement.For the car brand, five million is just a dime, selling a few cars to earn, but for Chen Zhen, this is to solve his urgent needs.

Professional tennis players usually spend relatively high, professional tennis is a relatively expensive sport, for free agents, equipment, training venues, coaches, during the game travel, need athletes to bear, according to estimates, this money needs to be guaranteed each year about 40,000 US dollars, Asian tennis competition is relatively small, so the cost of Asian players may be slightly more.

According to the statistics of the International Tennis Federation, nearly half of the professional players registered with the International Tennis Federation do not get a penny of prize money all year round, and 96% of the tennis players who participate in official competitions can not get even a single point in a year.

According to another statistics, in tennis, the bonus of male players can maintain the basic balance of payments is 336, women's players are 253, lower than the world ranking of professional players, the bonus is not enough to maintain his participation, can be said to be in debt.

Looking at this data alone, in men's tennis, the world ranking of 350 is equivalent to the player's "mealing line".Of course, this data does not include the sponsorship of advertising endorsements, for athletes, even if there is no world ranking, as long as there is enough sponsorship fees, the same can fly around the world to compete.

Chen Zhen's world ranking has just entered the top 200, before which his world ranking is also in three or four hundred, which is equivalent to wandering in the "wedding line", the results are slightly worse, it will be indebted to participate in the competition.So for Chen Zhen, the five million advertising endorsements in the past three years are really a timely rain.The cost of his entry abroad is not to worry, and he has the money to hire a foreign high-level tennis coach.

At the end of the call with Chen Jianguo, Li Dai also showed a relieved smile.

The strength of domestic men's tennis is already weak, the living environment of tennis players is also very bumpy, those who have good economic conditions at home are good players, it is good to say that the general working class, but also really can not afford a professional player.Like Chen Zhen, although the talent is not the best, but in the country is also a top-notch tennis talent, can help him, improve his participation and training environment, for the development of domestic tennis, is also a good thing.

Li Dai opened the computer and looked at the US Open game.At this time, the US Open has entered the closing stage, although the king Basel in the first round of the game is a bit bumpy, but then it is smooth, directly into the final, winning the championship is already around the corner.

Just as Li Dai was browsing the latest sports news, the voice of the phone rang out, and it was the call from the receptionist at the front desk.

“Boss, I just received an invitation letter from the Lawrence World Sports Association.They invite you to the Laureus Sports Awards.”The front desk said.

"Come and send the invitation to my office."Li Dai said.

Seeing this invitation, Li Dai knew that he had entered the list of candidates for the Laureus Award.

The Laureus Award is the most influential award in the world of sports and the only global sports award ceremony.The Laureus Awards are presented at the beginning of each year, and are aimed at individuals and groups that have made contributions to world sport over the past year.

Each award of the Laureus Award is first nominated by more than 2,000 senior sports journalists from more than 70 countries and regions as candidates, and then 52 officers of the Lawrence Athletic Association vote the winners by secret ballot.

If last year coincides with the Olympic Games or the World Cup, the Lawrence Award will also be more inclined to these two major sports events when it is selected.For example, when the World Cup was held last year, the best team's awards will be awarded to the World Cup champion.For example, the 2007 Laureus Best Team Award was awarded to the Italian men's team, the 2011 Best Team Award went to the Spanish men's team, and in 2015 the German men's football team won the award.

This year coincides with the Olympic year, so Lawrence's awards, such as those athletes and groups that won the Olympic Games, such as the United States track and field team, have a crazy performance of 27 gold medals in the Olympic Games, and is also the biggest hot spot of the Laureus Best Team Award.

At the same time, Lawrence also added several awards, such as the Sports Model Award, the Sports Charity Award, and the Coach of the Year Award.Li Dai has a good chance to win the first Laureus Coach of the Year award.

Li dialed the phone of the American Field Association and commissioned the American Field Association to ask who the other five candidates were, and soon after, he got the details of the other five candidates.

Fernando, head coach of the Portuguese men's football team, Portugal won this year's European Cup, and he also won the best coach.Portugal is a strong team, but Europe is not weak, they can get the European Cup is not easy."

"Steve, the head coach of the NBA Golden State Warriors, the Warriors were also the NBA championship last season, and if only an NBA championship was not enough to nominate Lawrence's best coach, the Warriors set a new record in NBA history last season, reaching a terrible 73 wins in a single season."

“Helheim, Ferrari team leader and race engineer at the Formula One World Championship.After recovering from his rehabilitation, Ferrari seems to be very accommodating to his new job, and Ferrari also regained the constructors' championship and driver's championship last season.It looks like at the Lawrence Awards, I'll have a chance to see Helheim again."

Henry, head coach of Major League Baseball Boston Red Sox.The Boston Red Sox have always been the best in professional baseball in the United States, and they won the World Series last season.It's been more than a decade since Coach Henry coached the Boston Red Sox, and the curse of Babe Ruth was also broken by him, and in baseball, he was definitely a legendary coach, maybe that's why he got the candidate."

“Myhamed, the head coach of Afghan cricket, has won a round of four and a runner-up in the last two Cricket World Cups, which is really not easy for Afghanistan, a country that still suffers from car bombs from time to time.”

Looking at the list of the other five candidates, Li Dai felt that he really had an advantage over the other five candidates.

The performance of the American track team in the Olympic Games is Lee Dai's biggest chip.

This time the U.S. track and field team suffered from the doping scandal, before the Olympic Games, completely not optimistic about the outside world, everyone will be the United States track and field team as the weakest track and field team in history, but Li Dai with this weak team counterattack, achieved the best results in the history of the Olympic Games, but also created a miracle.

The other five candidates, this year's Portuguese men's football team has a first-class European level, the Golden State Warriors are also the strongest team in the NBA, Ferrari is the king of F1, the Boston Red Sox has always been the top of the United States Major League Baseball, these four teams are strong teams to win the championship, can not be regarded as a miracle.They are not as good as Lee.

And the Golden State Warriors and Boston Red Sox are also professional teams in the United States, allowing them to compete for awards with their national teams and are naturally weak.If they are in the competition with their national team, they really get an award, and the national team does not get it, it is also a very hateful thing.

As for Afghan cricket, it is indeed very inspirational, their achievements are also a model of the weak team counterattack, but Li Dai is the head coach of the American track and field team, is a representative of the United States, how can Afghanistan and his American father to compete for awards?

F1's Helheim, to let him take the best coach award, is a bit far-fetched, although Helheim is a team leader and a game engineer, but the real comparative function, he and other sports coach is still different.

Formula 1 is a team sport, in order to achieve good results, good drivers are not enough, but also need a fast enough car, at the same time the strategy in the race, the car tire change work, will also directly affect the final results, and the impact is very large, so the task of mechanical engineers and strategic engineers is equally important.The strength of the driver needs to be reflected by the car, but also by his whole team behind the scenes, it is not like basketball or football, give the player a ball, he can show the world amazing skills.

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In February, after a year of returning home, before the Lantern Festival, he hurriedly flew to London, England, where the new Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony was held.

The first class of the plane had a variety of the latest magazines and newspapers, including sports, and Li Dai picked up several newspapers and looked up.

"The Golden State Warriors' head coach Steve missed the Laureus Awards because of the NBA All-Star Game."

"Boston Red Sox head coach Henry also missed the Laureus ceremony for pre-season reasons."

"If people don't come, this award is difficult to give you."It looks like Steve and Henry are going to give up the award."