The Top Fishing
Chapter 470 - 219th: Endorsement Visit_3

Chapter 470: 219th: Endorsement Visit_3

The competition isn’t even over yet, and you’re hurrying to make a call—what’s this about?

"Well, on behalf of the company, I am very sincere in wanting to discuss a potential collaboration with Mr. Lin Yang. I wonder if he would be interested in becoming our brand spokesperson?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lin directly handed the phone to Lin Yang and relayed the message from the other party.

After learning about the purpose of the call, Lin Yang was also quite surprised, but he quickly realized that it was not particularly strange for someone to approach him for an endorsement, considering that he had nearly secured his victory in the international fishing tournament. After all, his current fame made him a very good living billboard.

Fishing is very popular in the United States, but Willcraft Company’s business growth had been slowing down in recent years. They urgently needed to find new growth points.

Lin Yang not only held several world records, but he was also now famous globally, particularly after the competition, his fame was destined to explode.

Most importantly, he was from China, a world-renowned populous nation, which represented a huge market. Even if fishing boats were pricey, there would always be tycoons ready to spend.

Based on various considerations, at this critical moment, Willcraft Company extended an olive branch to Lin Yang.

"Hello? Mr. Lin Yang, are you still there? Maybe the signal isn’t very good."

Lin Yang was slightly taken aback, "I’m here. I can’t respond to this proposal right now. If your side is sincere, please present a specific plan. I need to review it before making a decision."

"Sure, I’ll have an endorsement proposal ready within 12 hours at most. I hope you can keep the line open."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yang was greeted with the attentive gazes of Wang Feng, Yue’er, and several others.

A promising angler favored by a club is acceptable and understandable, but a Chinese person being valued by an American top-tier fishing vessel manufacturer is a bit fantastical.

Yet Lin Yang didn’t avoid anyone when receiving the call, so the likelihood of it being true was over ninety percent.

This was a big collaboration that could come with a seven-digit endorsement fee...to earn money this easily?

"You can’t be careless with the contract; you’d better find a professional. Americans can be quite troublesome. If you overlook a clause detail, you could lose out big time." Zhang Lin was not as surprised as the others, just reminded him again.

Lin Yang nodded, "As long as they are sincere, I don’t mind signing an endorsement. If the terms are too harsh, we can just refuse to sign. Business people aren’t fools; they came to me because they see the commercial value behind it and know they can make more money through us."

After chatting idly for a while, the competition finally neared its end. The anglers in second and third place gradually finished their contests, and more and more participants returned to the starting dock, where a large fleet of boats filled the space at the pier.

In a competition of forty boats, many were confident before the start. Yet when the contest ended, the ones who were most boisterous did not secure first place, but instead, it went to Lin Yang, the person everyone was least optimistic about.

There was no dispute about the result. When the competition ended, a high-ranking official from the sponsor’s company and the event organizers held a grand award ceremony for the winning anglers.

Originally, Lin Yang came to participate in this international fishing tournament for the substantial prize money. With two million in prize money, and the team taking 60%, even after taxes and sharing with Wang Feng, he would personally get five to six hundred thousand US dollars, equal to over four million RMB.

Soon, the judging panel publicly announced the names of the top three anglers with the highest overall points from the two events, and the grand award ceremony officially began.

This award ceremony had many procedures, being an annual international event with only three winning spots available.

Here, although Lin Yang was an inconspicuous ’foreigner,’ once on stage, all his behaviors and speeches were conducted with pride and politeness.

For a full twenty minutes, the entire award and acceptance speech segment finally concluded.

Once the ceremony ended, many foreign anglers surrounded him, including some who also competed.

Posing for photos, signing autographs, asking for email contacts, these foreigners were unexpectedly enthusiastic, making Lin Yang feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Busy until five o’clock in the afternoon, they finally managed to satisfy the various requests from the crowd. The group of six or seven boarded the car and couldn’t wait to leave this place of contention.

Sitting in the back seat, Lin Yang felt both tired and hungry. They had hardly had a proper lunch, only managing to eat some bread and drink a bit while returning to the dock.

After returning to their accommodation and freshening up, he lay on the couch, hardly wanting to move his eyelids. The long duration of intense physical exertion left him greatly depleted, and despite his physical fitness far exceeding the average person, he still felt very tired.

That evening, Zhang Lin and the others prepared a rich meal. After filling up and lying down for over an hour, Lin Yang finally started to feel a bit better.

After dinner and rest, he began to get busy with the matter of the endorsement deal.

Zhang Lin was more familiar with these things, and he immediately contacted a professional from the China Fishing Association who was based in the United States. The professional would directly liaise with Lin Yang to ensure the contract was fair and his interests were protected.

With that concern off Lin Yang’s mind, there wasn’t much to worry about. Everyone was happy that evening and enjoyed a sumptuous late-night snack, and each drank quite a bit.