In 2005, before Messi won the European Golden Boy Award, he had signed a global sponsorship deal with McDonald's. The contract was worth 560,000 British Pounds, which was about 850,000 euros at the exchange rate back then.
But this time, Wang Shuo's sponsorship deal was for a staggering 1 million euros.
Besides, back then, Messi hadn't even signed with Pepsi.
Now, Wang Shuo had signed two contracts at once.
To everyone's surprise, the media soon revealed that after Adidas signed Wang Shuo as a global ambassador, the annual sponsorship fee was 1.5 million euros.
With these three contracts, Wang Shuo was bringing in 3.5 million euros a year.
Was that a lot?
Compared to Europe's first-tier superstars, it really wasn't that much.
But the key was that Wang Shuo was just an 18-year-old rookie.
