[Breaking news. Saint Laurent has announced its move into the menswear market and officially reached a three year agreement with football's new powerhouse, Leo Lin, with an option for a third year at his own discretion. Reportedly, the annual endorsement fee is as high as 5 million pounds!]
[The media now seem used to calling Leo Lin a new powerhouse rather than a rising star. After becoming a quadruple winner and claiming all four trophies as a core figure, Leo Lin has naturally earned that title!]
[Leo Lin's endorsement fee has now risen to a level somewhere between star and superstar. His profile is enormous, his traffic is massive, and securing an endorsement deal with him has become extremely difficult!]
[Barnett claims that within just 24 hours of Leo Lin completing the quadruple, he received more than fifteen top tier endorsement offers, but in the end chose only Saint Laurent.]
Barnett had always been laying out the right endorsement path for Leo Lin. In Barnett's words, what mattered now was quality, not quantity, because Leo Lin was not exactly short of money.
"In the early stage, we use high quality brands with strong reputations to build up your endorsement image. Once that foundation is in place, the brands that are beneath your level will gradually stop coming to you."
"After that, I'll help you move into even higher markets and higher tier endorsements, landing richer deals and stacking your advantages step by step."
"That way, even after you retire, the brands that come to you will still be the ones willing to pay more and operating in bigger markets. And from then on, your life will be lived surrounded by money and respect."
Barnett's vision was so long term that it honestly felt terrifying to Leo Lin. His professional career had only just completed its first season, yet Barnett was already thinking about life after retirement. But perhaps that was exactly why Barnett had been able to build an entire empire out of an agency.
With one endorsement deal secured, 10 million pounds would be coming in over the contract after tax, and Barnett always stressed the same point.
"Your income can shrink, but the taxes you owe cannot be short by even a single penny."
That was Barnett's bottom line, and Leo Lin agreed completely.
During the two days of rest, the area outside Leo Lin's mansion was packed with Liverpool fans.
Countless supporters were desperate to meet him, and some fans had even climbed into Firmino's house just to get a photo.
These nearly crazed fans, intoxicated by the excitement of the quadruple, had already started to affect the players' daily lives to a certain extent.
And all that passion had to be released somehow, so the quadruple winners' parade was the best possible way to give those fans an outlet.
On June 10, the quadruple winners' parade officially began!
All the fans gathered outside Anfield, while the players arrived at the stadium early to get ready.
Several giant buses, gleaming with golden red light, were already crouched there like beasts!
The Premier League trophy, the EFL Cup trophy, the FA Cup trophy, and the Champions League trophy were placed across three buses!
Dressed in glittering custom made championship outfits, the players boarded the buses to a storm of applause and cheers!
Leo Lin had never seen a spectacle like this in his life!
Everywhere, every street, was jammed with Liverpool fans!
The houses lining both sides of the road, the windows, the rooftops, even the space around street signs, every last spot had been claimed by Liverpool supporters!
It was absolute madness!
Red smoke was already billowing into the air, and the whole sky had been dyed crimson!
Livestreams across every major platform went live at the same time, broadcasting Liverpool's wild quadruple winners' parade in real time!
In the Sky Sports live studio, Gerrard and Carragher were dressed in Liverpool celebration gear, whistles in their mouths and rattles in their hands, celebrating Liverpool in full voice!
Beside them, the Neville brothers, Manchester United legends, stared at each other in disbelief.
"Who told you two to show up dressed like that for a live broadcast?"
"You might as well just head over and join the parade."
"And what's with the little rattles? Why not bring a grass skirt too and do a hula dance while you're at it?!"
The Neville brothers had reached the absolute peak of envy and resentment, but Gerrard and Carragher paid them no mind. The two simply kept blowing their cheerful whistles, shaking their rattles, and enjoying Liverpool's quadruple winners' parade!
Leo Lin had never expected the quadruple winners' parade to turn into something like this. He had expected a lot of fans to come, sure.
What he had not expected was Liverpool's chairman suddenly going all out and spending more than a million pounds to put on this parade for the team!
When Leo Lin saw the shining custom built buses crouched there like mythical beasts, packed with expensive decorations and all kinds of special edition shirts meant to be thrown out to the fans.
He was stunned. Most of the Liverpool players were stunned too.
Where the hell have we been brought to?
Is this really still Liverpool?
They're actually willing to spend this much?
Fenway is not off buying a yacht. Do they really want to go all in on investing in the team now???
Liverpool chairman Fenway really was changing, because winning four trophies this season was about far more than simply collecting four pieces of silverware.
Next season, as the first club in English football history to complete the full domestic and European sweep, Liverpool were set to receive the highest tier of television revenue from the English football authorities!
That meant Liverpool's income was about to multiply, and the club would have far more room in the budget for transfers!
Winning the Champions League had also brought Liverpool a hefty prize bonus and a larger share of next season's Champions League broadcasting revenue!
It was an enormous windfall, and Fenway was thrilled. If Mike had not stopped him, he might really have turned around and bought himself a new yacht on the spot.
And so, as every player boarded the buses one by one in their luxurious championship outfits, Liverpool's historic quadruple winners' parade officially began!
"Fans, this quadruple winners' parade will set off from Anfield, pass through three main streets, four junctions, cross Central Square, and go by Anfield Park."
"As we follow the parade route, we'll see Liverpool Cathedral, one of the five largest cathedrals in the world!"
"We'll feel the mystery of Albert Dock and experience the bold spirit of the Liverpool Arena!"
"We'll see St George's Hall, we'll hear the Beatles Story, we'll feel every part of Liverpool, we'll be immersed in Liverpool's history!"
Leo Lin was on the first bus. Sitting on the roof, he felt the breeze against his face and listened to the fans singing One Kiss and You'll Never Walk Alone!
He even caught a red smoke flare thrown up from the crowd and waved it in his hand. Then he lifted the Champions League trophy high and showed it off to the streets on both sides, accepting the worship of tens of thousands of fans!
A historic parade that belonged to Liverpool alone!
A grand feast for Liverpool fans all over the world!
At this moment, glory had reached its peak. Honor and hope were intertwined!
And Leo Lin's handsome smiling face was burned into the hearts of every Liverpool fan watching the live broadcast!
Sky Sports immediately released a shot of Leo Lin standing tall on top of the bus, both arms raised high, red smoke pouring from his hands, while the fans on both sides of the street looked up at him and sent red smoke into the air with him!
Title: [The New King!!]
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