Chapter 251 The University 1
After that, they continued talking for a while and Jake left home, in the next few days Jake packed his bags to the university, he would ask a carrier to come to take his car and go by plane.
Even if he didn't buy a new car just because he might not want to drive to the university for a few hours either, at first Jake planned to stay in a dorm and see if he would rent a house while he was at university.
In the next few days even though she was still going to work, Eva would always come home early to spend more time with Jake in his last week, after all, they would be separated for at least a few months until Jake was organized at university.
Not to mention that to return home Jake would also have to first check the schedule of games and with trained Bill to see if he could after all the university was not equal to high school, even if he was a good player Jake would have no perks on the basketball team of the university.
So even if I didn't need the basic training Jake would have to train with the rest of the team whenever he had training unless the coach released him before, of course, Jake was already prepared for it.
After a week at home Jake finally got ready to leave the next day, he wanted to spend all day with his mother, but John and Alan wanted to talk to him, it seemed their companies had decided how much they would increase sponsorship agreement for the remaining 3 years of the agreement.
Even though he didn't want to, Jake knew he needed to sort this out, so he was determined to get things done quickly, and by then John and Alan had luckily arrived and had the new contract in hand.
"So you decided with the companies?"
"Yes, Jake, I talked to my company and we decided to increase the sponsorship amount for the next three years of the contract to 125,000 per month, 1 million and 750,000 a year."
"Our company decided for the same value, Jake."
Jake laughed when he saw that both companies decided for the same amount, it seems that they learned from what happened last time and had combined a value they thought was fair and decided between the two companies to pay the same.
He really didn't care how much the two companies would pay him a year, after all, he was determined to continue with them for the next three years, he just wanted to increase his business value when he joined the NBA.
Now he would receive $ 4 million and $ 200,000 a year, much more than many athletes currently receive a salary in the NBA and more than some athletes receive sponsorship even though he won a gold medal like him.
Jake thought that was fair value, maybe the two companies were trying to please Jake by paying more than they thought it was worth because they didn't know Jake had been in a movie too, and maybe in others in Hollywood.
Jake was preparing for a brighter future by getting these contracts now when he entered the NBA he would demand at least that amount per year from every sponsor he had, otherwise it was better that he didn't even get any sponsorship for how much money he would have.
After all, it would be amazing if Jake were the only NBA star in the future who got no sponsorship, that would be an advertisement for him as a person, but he himself thought something like this was impossible to happen.
One thing Jake knew well was that it was not wise to sign a long contract with any brand of shoes, he would sign for a maximum of 5 years if the total value was high, because in 2003 Jake remembered a millionaire contract.
LeBron James signed a contract of more than 80 million with Nike, so Jake wanted to be without a contract at that time to ask for even greater value if he had confidence in playing better than LeBron this year.
Often the amount he earned was directly related to the player's credibility, so Jake didn't want to earn less than anyone who had the same ability as him.
Sponsors will pay not only because Jake is an NBA player, but also because he is an athlete who will keep trying to win gold medals and win marathons and will also work as an actor whenever he could.
It was only fair that Jake asked for a bigger sponsorship than the other NBA players, after all, he could not ask for a higher salary because of CBA restrictions if no one could give what Jake wanted he would rather not receive anything.
After signing the contracts with John and Alan, Jake returned home and stayed with his mother the last day before going to college, Jake would catch a plane in the morning, so after dinner, neither left the table.
"So you really go to university tomorrow, Jake."
"I promised you would, Mom, after all, you always wanted me to graduate from a university so I will be doing that university so you are more proud of me."
"If you really don't want it you don't have to, Jake, you've done a lot of things for me these last few years."
Jake knew that his mother was not being honest at that time, he remembered in his past life that his mother had several wishes that could not be fulfilled before she died, he did not even know about the subject of the restaurant she wanted to open.
Maybe also after working more than 20 years in that restaurant where she suffered so much in her past life, she gave up the dream of having a restaurant of her own, but he always remembered her saying that she wanted to spend more time with Jake and that he had been. graduated from a university.
Luckily on his second chance, Jake can accomplish all the things he knew his mom wanted and many things he didn't even know she wanted so he wanted to make that dream come true at college too.
He also knew that even if he didn't go to university he couldn't go to Miami with his mother, he would have to go play in the NBA and travel all over the country, so it was better for Jake to stay a few years at university and realize Eva's dream while improving his basketball skills to enter the NBA.
"I want to go to university too, Mom, no need to worry."
"I'll miss you, son."
"Don't worry, Mom, I guarantee I'll be back whenever I get a chance."
After that, Jake stayed with his mother for a few more hours and they went to sleep later, the next morning Jake had a breakfast made by Eva and left to take the taxi to the airport, but he remembered seeing his mother crying when he leaves.
This past year Jake has had to be away for several weeks sometimes, but now that Eva knew he was really leaving, she couldn't stand it and cried.
Jake was sad too but knew that fortunately in this life his mother would be fine even without him always around, Eva had the restaurant and Anna to keep her company while Jake was away.
After a few hours Jake arrived at the UNC, he was the university secretary and confirmed his enrollment details and then went to the Old East dorm to find where he would have to stay for at least the first year.
Jake's car would arrive the next day as he overpaid for the carrier's urgency, it was important for Jake to have his car where he would stay for at least a few years, after he left university he would give that car to someone.
After all, if he could enter the NBA as he expected a car would be just a symbol of prestige, after all, he would earn a high salary and hardly use the car, so that car would have to stay with him for university time.
As soon as he arrived he called his mother as he had promised, Eva was only relieved when she got the call from Jake, even if it wasn't Jake's first time traveling away, Eva was worried this time.
"Hi, Mom, I just settled into the dorm and I'm calling you as I promised you would."
"Glad you remembered, I was worried after you left, now I can calm down."
"I don't know why you're so worried, it's not the first time I've left home."
"When you are a father you will know."
Eva had forgotten that Jake had a problem before when talking about having children or getting married, that was because he had spent more than 20 years alone in his past life, but now Jake no longer felt so bad about talking about it.
He went through an important milestone that was the age he had an accident that left him handicapped in his past life, so Jake began to forget about past traumas and was excited about his second chance.
"How are things at the university, son?"
"I don't know, I didn't have time to see anything, I just arrived and I called you, I don't even know where I'm going to eat today."
"Already missing my food? Now you don't have your mom's restaurant and food at home while you're at university."
"Even while I was in Miami I wasn't going to eat often at your restaurant, but from your food at home, I'm really going to miss it."
"Alright then, I'll hang up now so you can find a place to eat, tomorrow tell me what the university is like."
Jake was glad that his mother didn't look so sad anymore after he made it clear that she wouldn't recover so quickly, it would take a few weeks for her to adjust to a routine without him at home.
Most importantly, she was not sad that he left, after all, Eva was not alone in Miami, she had Anna and other friends with her, not to mention that she would be too worried about the restaurant all day to worry about Jake.
After he took a break to rest after the rush of change he became anxious about what his years at this university would look like, he was excited to have begun a new phase in his life.
Not to mention that this time was something he hadn't experienced in his past life, so everything at university was new to Jake, he hoped to play well and make friends like high school on the basketball team.