Champion’s Heart

Zhou Yi has finished his two-month special training, and he has five days to rest before the team reports for the new season.

But this doesn't mean that Zhou Yi can sleep at home every day for the next five days without worrying about anything.

In fact, he still has a lot of things for him to do.

These things were accumulated during the previous month of special training.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yi sent a text message to his agent, Tino Schulze: I'm free, Tino!

Five minutes later, he received a call from Schulze.

Congratulations on surviving hell, Zhou Yi! Schulze looked very happy. Then we can talk about work matters...

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: I feel like I've entered another hell...

You can't say that, Zhou Yi. Have you ever seen a hell full of banknotes? Schulze laughed.

Ah, that's heaven!

Yes, I'm here to give you money!

The Dortmund Club and Schulze's contract renewal negotiations on Zhouyi have ended. Although the process was very twists and turns, the negotiation was finally concluded, and it was the condition Schulze wanted.

It has to be said that although Schulze lacks contacts and experience, he really has no ability. In addition, he is good at stalking, so in the negotiation process, it is very difficult to deal with, which makes Zorke a headache endlessly.

Schulze made the right decision in choosing the timing of the negotiation. He asked Zhou Yi to talk after Shaheen's transfer was confirmed. So after Dortmund bought Shaheen, they must pay attention to Zhou Yi, so Zhou Yi's conditions must be accepted regardless of whether they can accept it or not.

Of course, Schulze also made some concessions, which is to allow Dortmund to increase the amount of liquidated damages to 10 million euros. This is also the reason why Schulze proposed the portrait right when the liquidated damages were not negotiated-this is what he thought. It seemed that he cared about the liquidated damages, but in fact he cared most about the portrait rights.

The liquidated damages clause has become a step to let Dortmund step down, so that both parties can accept it. Schulze used the liquidated damages to obtain better conditions for himself and Zhou Yi.

Looks like a concession from Schulze. But it has taken a big step forward in the negotiation process.

in the new terms.

If Dortmund wants to use Zhou Yi's portrait rights, they need to pay Zhou Yi a certain percentage, and sell the jersey with Zhou Yi's number and name, and also give Zhou Yi a share.

As long as Zhou Yi's jerseys sell well, this will be the only item in the future. Zhou Yi may earn more than one million euros every year.

So now the one who is lying down and making money has changed from the club to Zhou Yi...

When the final negotiation was finalized, Zorke gritted his teeth and said to Schulze: If you weren't Zhou Yi's agent, I would have asked the security to kick you out a long time ago! And I won't let you set foot in the Braker training base again. !

Facing the angry Zorke, Schulze was not angry, but said with a smile: I am also very glad that I can become Zhouyi's manager. Mr. Zorke.

Facing this Schulze who is super aggressive and thick-skinned in negotiations, Zorke is speechless...

※※※

The specific terms of the contract have been negotiated. I will send a contract document to your mailbox. Take a look. If you have any questions, you can call me at any time. If there is no problem, we can make an appointment to go to Signed, Schulze said on the phone.

Okay, Tino. Thank you.

Hi. Why are you polite? I want to share your income, so working for you is also making money for me. You're welcome, Zhou Yi.

By the way, speaking of sharing, do I need to give you some money from my salary? Zhou Yi asked.

No need for this, ha! Schulze laughed. Your money is your money, and my commission is given by the club.

Club? Zhou Yi was a little surprised. He used to think that the so-called agent took money from the player's salary because the player paid the agent himself, but he didn't expect it to be the club.

That's right, my percentage is 8% of your salary, which is actually not much. This money is not paid from your salary, but a separate sum of money from the multi-stunt club based on your salary. Me, Schulze explained.

Zhou Yi thought for a while, no wonder Zorke would be very upset with Schulze - such a person who makes them feel difficult and annoying, in the end, the club has to pay for it every year, who can you say? Cool?

He didn't know why there was such a rule, but he didn't care if he was not allowed to pay for it himself.

After hanging up the phone, he started to check his email, and then read it.

The most critical issue of contract annual salary and salary, Schulze dare not make a decision by himself, he must ask Zhou Yi for his opinion. If Zhou Yi is not satisfied, he will keep grinding with Zorke until Zorke collapses. I don't care, as long as Zhou Yi nods, he is Zhou Yi's manager anyway, so naturally he doesn't need to consider Zorke's mood.

The contract period is six years, which is two years less than the eight years of the previous contract. It is also a suitable number of years. Four years is too short for a player as young as Zhou Yi, and the Dortmund club is unwilling to accept it anyway.

Eight years is too long, neither Zhou Yi nor Schulze can accept it.

The annual salary is 1.5 million euros before tax, which is ten times higher than Zhou Yi's first contract, and matches Zhou Yi's performance on the court. Converted into RMB, it is nearly 15 million. Zhou Yi was already a millionaire at the age of 19. This may be the most obvious change in his destiny brought about by professional football.

In fact, Zhou Yi thought the money was too little at first, but Schulze told him that 1.5 million is already the maximum salary in many Bundesliga clubs, or more than the maximum salary. The entire Bundesliga pays attention to the concept of healthy management, so the salary of players is strictly controlled. Except for clubs with deep pockets like Bayern Munich, the salaries of players in other clubs are not much. Due to the financial crisis that has always existed in Dortmund before, the salaries of the players are generally not very high. The annual salary expenditure of the whole team is not even ranked in the top three in the entire Bundesliga.

Listening to Zhou Yi's tongue-twisting for the Bundesliga's belt-tightening for health and finance, it's hard to talk about it.

However, Schulze also assured him that when the time is right, he will continue to negotiate a new contract with the club. As long as Zhou Yi performs well, it will not be a problem to double his salary. It is impossible for this six-year contract to be implemented for six years.

Moreover, the annual salary of 1.5 million euros has a 10% annual increase clause, and Zhou Yi's salary will still rise.

In addition to salary. Bonuses are also an important part of a player's annual income at a club.

Unlike Chinese clubs, European clubs do not have any single-game winning awards. Instead, there is a target bonus before the season, such as a league championship award. If the team wins the league championship in the end, then all players can get different amounts of bonuses according to different proportions, generally the more important players. The bigger the player, the bigger the bonus.

Therefore, this bonus distribution ratio also needs to be negotiated between the agent and the club in the contract.

Zhouyi's bonus distribution ratio is not too prominent. But not bad, above average. Considering that Zhou Yi is not yet twenty years old, he is in his age group. He is the number one among Dortmund's young players.

The amount of various bonuses has also been known to Zhou Yi for a long time, and he nodded with satisfaction. will appear in the contract.

The penalty for breach of contract is 10 million euros, and it is stipulated that the penalty for breach of contract can only be activated when there is one year left in the contract. It cannot be activated before then.

In case the contract was signed in the second year, a team poached Zhou Yi for 10 million.

You must know that for the Bundesliga team. A transfer fee of 10 million euros is considered huge, but for those giants in La Liga and the Premier League, 10 million is simply not money.

So add a time limit. is very necessary.

※※※

Zhou Yi looked at the terms of the contract and found that there was no problem, so he called Schulze and told him that he could make an appointment with the club to sign the contract.

In addition to signing with the club, there is also an endorsement contract.

Because of Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the first season of the Bundesliga, coupled with the huge Chinese market behind him, Zhou Yi has become the target of many second-tier, quasi-first-tier, and even first-tier brands.

It is not an exaggeration to use queuing up to send money, and Zhou Yi may not want every company that queues up to send money. He also needs to delete and select those companies that are too low-profile and offer too low a price.

Although Zhou Yi is a rookie who intends to play in the professional league for one season, Schulze did not regard Zhou Yi as a rookie at all, which also made him more strict in choosing endorsement brands.

If it is only a well-known company in Dortmund, it will not be considered at all, at least it must have a huge reputation in Europe.

In addition, the Chinese market is also a big piece of cake that Schulze will never give up, but this does not mean that he will relax his requirements a little bit for Chinese companies that come to him. He still requires those companies to be well-known in China, but also to have a certain reputation in the world, at least not after the world's top 500 companies, right?

The image he created for Zhou Yi is an international superstar even in China, and the value of his image in China will not decline.

Because there are too many companies looking for Zhouyi, it took Schulze a lot of time and energy to screen out.

This also led to the slow progress of the signing negotiations in this area.

So far, Schulze has only confirmed one endorsement brand, which is the famous brand CK from the United States, and its youth clothing brand CK_Jeans.

The company approached Zhou Yi naturally because of Zhou Yi's amazing performance in German football last season, coupled with his huge appeal in the Chinese market. In addition, Zhou Yi's personal image fits well with CK_Jeans' brand image. CK_Jeans promotes innocent and pure hearts, self-confidence, positiveness, and vitality. It is almost as if it is tailor-made for Zhou Yi.

Because Zhouyi's image fits so well with the brand characteristics, CK_Jeans has a firm attitude towards the previous and next Zhouyi.

In the end, the two parties filled out a three-year contract. Within three years, the American fashion brand would pay Zhou Yi 800,000 euros per year, or 2.4 million euros in three years. The two sides are talking about an exclusive and unique endorsement contract in the field of denim clothing.

That is to say, Zhou Yi can no longer sign contracts with other companies that produce denim clothing for endorsement within these three years. In any public occasion, if Zhou Yi wants to wear denim clothing, he must wear CK_Jeans, otherwise it will be considered a breach of contract and he will be required to pay compensation.

But there is also an advantage, that is, Zhou Yi no longer needs to buy denim clothes and jeans, these are sponsored by American fashion brands.

In addition, in order to reasonably avoid taxes, Schulze also suggested that Zhou Yi start a company, the company is registered in the Cayman Islands, and the money such as the endorsement sponsorship contract can be directly transferred to the account of the registered company by the other party, so that it can avoid Germany. personal income tax.

This is not Schulze's first initiative. Many players and stars have adopted this method to avoid taxes.

However, Zhou Yi was a little apprehensive at first, fearing that he would be found out and become a stain on him.

In this regard, Schulze explained to Zhou Yi that tax evasion is different from reasonable tax avoidance. Tax evasion is a crime, but reasonable tax avoidance is not. Otherwise, why is there the word reasonable in front of it?

...The salary and bonus that the club gives you is something you have to declare and pay taxes. If you don't declare it, you will be regarded as tax evasion. And the endorsement contract between the sponsor and you is not signed with you, but with the company you established. , and you sign the contract as the legal representative of the company, which means that the endorsement contract is between your company and the other company...

Schulze patiently explained to Zhou Yi, anyway, this set of practices is legal and reasonable, and many celebrities do this, otherwise, how can a small country like the Cayman Islands survive? It's financial services.

In the end, Zhou Yi was persuaded by Schulze, and he asked Schulze to do these things, anyway, he just had to attend the signing ceremony. (To be continued.) Enable new URL