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Chapter 122 The bigger plan

"Mendez."

As a super fan, Edward didn't know many agents in his previous life.

But he remembered four names: Jorge Mendes, Mino Raiola, Juan Figel and Zdravko Mamic.

The latter three are all representatives of greed. Raiola’s players are often encouraged to transfer by him. Players usually get higher wages after transfer, so being his player is a win-win business, but the club is greedy for this. The dead fat man hates it deeply. Inter Milan's super genius Balotelli and Manchester United's super genius Pogba all left their home team under his instigation. Unfortunately, Balotelli failed, but Pogba did. It brought a lot of income. In Pogba's return to Manchester United, his commission was as high as 2000 million euros.

Juan Figel is a super human trafficker. In the period when the Internet was underdeveloped, he was the biggest channel for Brazilian players to Europe.Before Edward thought of Ronaldo's agent's method, it was all used by Figel.Figel’s agency had absolutely some talented Brazilian players at the time. His method was to negotiate with a certain European team first. You lack a striker. Well, I have a very good striker in my hand. European teams I am very satisfied after watching the video, we can give a salary of 1 euros, and a 5000-year contract, Figel waved his hand, as long as 4 euros, the amount under him will be converted into the agent's commission for me.Of course, the team also knows that this will hurt the interests of the players, but they have no channels to contact the players, so they can only admit it. When the players find out that there is a problem with their treatment in the future, when they find the team, the team says that part of the money has been given to the agent. People, if the player has outstanding ability, the team can only renew his contract in advance. Anyway, this kind of deal is usually a one-off, and the player will break with Figel when he gains a foothold in Europe.

Zdravko Mamic has similar means to his predecessor Figel. He controls most of the domestic player transfers in Croatia, and he even controls the domestic giants. This guy is more powerful than his predecessors, even if Modri After Qi went to Real Madrid, 20% of the income was also handed over to Mamic. Edward heard the name for the first time through Modric's perjury case.

And switch to Mendes, Edward's impression is much better.Because this Portuguese knows how to advance and retreat, he will put the development of players first.

In the previous life, Jorge Mendes sent many players and Mourinho to Chelsea with the help of the Portuguese Porto team to win the European Champions Cup. While returning the largest income for Porto in history, he I also completed the first outbreak of my career.In his previous life, the transfer of Ronaldinho to Real Madrid with the highest net worth in history was a sensation all over the world. Since then, Jorge Mendes has become the most powerful agent in Europe.After that, the transfer of World Cup supernova Ronaldo was also his handwriting.

Edward clearly remembered that he had seen the statistics in his previous life, and the total value of the players and coaches under Mendes’ agency company exceeded 7 million euros. Those players included many familiar names: Ronaldinho, Falcao, Marcelo, Perez Pei, Coentrao, Di Maria, etc., among the coaches, there is only the biggest name Mourinho.

Edward took Mourinho away ahead of time, but he didn't expect that the other party still picked up Mourinho. He was indeed a powerful guy. Through Ronaldinho's words, Edward knew that the other party was Mourinho's new agent. .

The best thing about this guy is that he can always be friends with the president of the club, and at the same time he is Florentino, Abramovich, Glazer family, Cerezo, Sheikh Mansour, Rebonovlev, etc. The guest of honor of the wealthy talker.Even though Mourinho left Chelsea with a termination fee of 2700 million pounds in the previous life, Mendes still maintained a good relationship with Abramovich. This alone is better than Raiola, who hates every time the player's giants hate him. how many times.

In addition to this, Edward is also very interested in Mendes' experience.

The agent's father is a government official, his mother is a housewife, and he is a proper second generation, but few people know that he was a player when he was young, and he played the same left winger position as Ronaldinho. , but his talent is far worse than that of Ronaldinho. The most glorious period of his career was playing in the Portuguese third division. Does he look like someone?

right!It is Mourinho, a third-rate player, but Mendes has a second-generation background, and Mourinho is just a little red guy.Because of Mendes’ background, he has been exposed to many things, and his vision is very advanced. Although he is not very promising as a player, he has a good business leader. At the beginning, he contracted the right to publish advertisements on the outer wall of the stadium. Also opened a football video rental shop.He started his business because of this video store. Because of this business, Mendes knew a lot of players from all over the world.

Later, he landed on Porto. Porto was looking for someone to compete with the big players in the club. Mendes directly seized the opportunity to take advantage of the wind and use Mourinho and a number of Porto's main players to go to Chelsea. The map of the broker empire.

For such a clever agent, Edward did not dislike him, on the contrary he admired him very much.

Players always need an agent. Even if they don’t hire someone from the outside, they will let their parents and brothers act as agents. Compared with those relatives of players who have not gone to school for a few days and are open to money, Edward feels that Mendes This kind of agent with a good reputation in the previous life is more suitable to work with. He has always liked people who know how to advance and retreat.

Edward did not rush to meet Mendes, but first found Jennifer Aniston and Winona Ryder.

"Girls, I have a small request and I need your help."

"What's the matter, Eddie?"

"It's like this. I hope that the two of you can set up a brokerage company. The current business is mainly the player business, and the business will be expanded in the future."

"Are we two together?"

"No, no, Jane, you set up a brokerage company yourself, and Noni, you need to invest in a company that has already developed well."

"A well-developed company, will they allow me to take a share?"

Winona Ryder didn't understand anything, but she knew that the family was doing very well, so she wouldn't let her share the money.

"Oh, he will definitely agree!"

Edward patted his chest to make sure.

Seeing what he said, the two girls did not raise any other opinions. Anyway, they are not very interested in working in the entertainment industry. If they take this opportunity, becoming the boss is also quite interesting.

Edward told the girls in detail. Until very late, he let the two girls go to bed first, and sat in the study to continue working. Later, Caroline came to deliver coffee, and Avril had a busy schedule. Already returned to the US.

Although Mendes is a smart person who knows how to advance and retreat, and does not go too far, it is impossible for Edward to completely pin his hopes on him.Now that Mendes has become Mourinho's agent, it is impossible to keep his tentacles out, but in this case, Edward will definitely stay behind.

This is what he meant by asking Jennifer Aniston to set up a brokerage company by herself. It is absolutely impossible for Union Berlin to be the voice of a certain broker, otherwise they will be too passive when conflicts arise.

He let Winona Ryder take a stake in Mendes' brokerage company, and he will not ask for a controlling stake, and will also hand over part of the player's business to him. On the one hand, he will let Mendes go to the Netherlands to compete with the local forces in the Netherlands. On the other hand, Mendez makes money because he makes money. Edward wants to tell him a truth, if you don’t make trouble, just hello, me, hello, everyone, if you are dishonest, hehe...

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Edouard met Mendes on Mourinho's recommendation the day before the match against Dortmund.

"Mr. Hoffman, I've known you for a long time. Nice to meet you."

Mendez's clothes and manners are very decent, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. The smile on his face makes Edward feel very sincere. It really is not an ordinary person to be a big manager.

"Hello, Mr. Jorge, I have known your name for a long time, your father is an official, your mother is a housewife, you used to be a professional footballer, played left winger, opened video points and dance halls, Am i right?"

Edward came directly to knock the mountain and shake the tiger, meaning that I know everything about you, so don't play tricks on me.Edward saw these materials in his previous life, but when Mendes is serious, it will become Edward looking for someone to investigate him.

This kind of thing will obviously bring discomfort to people, but Mendes' face did not change, he still smiled and said: "It's really my honor, Mr. Hoffman can understand my life, and I feel very grateful pleasure."

Edward frowned and said nothing, this guy is very deep in the city alone.

Mourinho felt that it should be smoothed over: "Haha, Edward, today Jorge said that he would treat him to dinner, so I have to reward myself."

Edward waved his hand: "There is a saying in China that 'I will be very happy if a friend comes from afar'. At such a time, as a landlord, how could it be possible for a guest to treat him."

These words are still beating Mendez, making him see the reality clearly.

Edward asked for the menu, and Mendes ordered quickly. After all, he was not in the mood to eat. Edward had to add something before the waiter pushed it down.

"Jorge, you shouldn't mind if I call you that. Today I want to make it clear that it's impossible for Chris to sign with your agency, but..."

Originally, Mendes's smile was a bit forced, but when he heard the "but", he felt that there might be hope.

"I've always been straightforward. Since you are Jose's agent, you must know that Union Berlin's youth teams at all levels can almost dominate the future of European football. In this case, even if I am the team owner , It is also impossible to completely control the movements of player agents, so I hope someone will come out and help me take care of this kind of thing.”

Hearing this, Mendes' heartbeat has surpassed that when he performed the only hat-trick in his career. What does Edward mean by letting him represent most of the players of Union Berlin?

"That's it. I will divide a sphere of influence and give you a lot of good players. You can deal with them yourself. In exchange, I hope that I can become a shareholder of your brokerage company. I only need 40% of the shares. Will pay for it too.”

"No problem, Mr. Hoffman!"

Mendes didn't hesitate at all. First of all, it is difficult to eat alone in business. With Edward as a shareholder, he also has people behind him. More importantly, Edward handed over some of the player's business to him, and the cake will expand a lot in an instant.150% of the annual commission of 3000 million, and 60% of the annual commission of [-] million, he will still calculate this account.

"Chris and Robin, as well as the business of some players and local German players, will be transferred to my girlfriend's agency. In other words, Union Berlin will only have two agencies in the future, one for you and one for My girlfriend’s, when I buy new players in the future, I will also assign them to you.”

Although it was a bit regrettable, Mendes also knew that Edward would not allow him to control the entire player agency business of Union Berlin. His expression did not change at all: "Please rest assured, Mr. Hoffman."

"You can just call me Edward. There is a saying in China that is 'the villain first and the gentleman second'. I want to make it clear that I hope you don't betray me. As long as you don't encourage players to transfer behind your back, everyone is hello, I am good, everyone is good, otherwise , but there are a lot of people in East Berlin who will do anything for money."

Edward's words finally made Mendes face change, but he really had no room to resist.Edward wants money and power, and even now that Edward is planning to deal with him behind his back, he has no room to resist. Mendes also reminded himself not to forget his original intention.When Edward made it clear, he felt more at ease, otherwise, he would still feel uneasy after Edward painted such a big cake.

"The current first team, I hope you can get Cambiasso, Vidic, Pepe, Ramos, Alves, Evra, Dirk, Sneijder, De Jong, Van der Sar , Scott Lunberg and Juan Belleron's brokerage business, these players will be very good in the future." Edward was also unambiguous, directly delineating the sphere of influence.

There is also his careful thinking, the Dutch gang alone is enough for Mendes to play, and when he wins the Dutch gang, he will definitely be tempted by the Netherlands, plus Alves' Brazil and Ramos' Spain , as well as Cambiasso’s Argentina, Evra’s France, and most importantly Vidic’s Serbia. There are powerful agents in these places. After Mendes reaches there, he will definitely fight against local forces. It is very intense, and it can also involve part of his energy. Edward will help Mendes at the critical moment, and let him realize that only with his own support can he gain a firm foothold.

As long as Mendes still knows how to advance and retreat as in his previous life, Edward has no more demands.

"One more point, in the future, even if Chris and Robin are not your players, I hope you can push them behind the scenes when they are expected to compete for the Golden Globe. Forget it, my girlfriend's agency It will also leave you with 5 percent of the shares, and Jose can also get 2 percent."

"In this way, mutual use of resources is more reasonable."

Edward is fully capable of eating alone, but in the long run it will make Mendes dissatisfied.Money is not the most important thing to him, what he needs is power in football, if someone offends Edward in the future, with just one word from him, Mendes can transfer the key players of the opposing team. The result that Edward wants, for example, the opponent in the next game, the deadly enemy Dortmund!
(End of this chapter)