Chapter 157: Studying under Mendez
Approaching Chen Long's 14th birthday, Lin Lei came again, and at this time, Chen Long's recovery from his injuries has made some progress, and his recovery is very good. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
For Lin Lei's arrival again, Liu Xin is obviously very enthusiastic, she knows her son, just kidding, this little girl is likely to be her future daughter-in-law, and she can't slack off anything.
Lin Lei obviously also saw Liu Xin's extraordinary "enthusiasm", secretly glanced at Chen Long not far away, and lowered her head a little shyly, but if someone observes carefully, they will definitely find that the little girl's mouth at the moment has been bent into a crescent moon.
Lin Lei was able to come to see Chen Long at this time, and in Chen Long's impression, it was because this time period was in China's winter vacation, and the students were on vacation.
Although the two of them talk about everything together, whenever it comes to Lin Lei's family and studies, this little girl always diverts the topic and keeps her mouth shut.
Therefore, although Chen Long knew that Lin Lei's family background was very good, and he also knew that he was studying at a business college, he didn't know it from the beginning!
At the same time, Chen Long is not the kind of person who has to ask to the end, so naturally he will not ask anymore.
However, even now, Lin Lei suddenly told Chen Long a news that sounded very shocked, no, very shocking!
Lin Lei: Brother Chen Long, I have good news for you, I am one step closer to fulfilling our agreement.
At the beginning, Lin Lei said this, Chen Long didn't care too much, after all, the two of them often lied to each other together, and Chen Long didn't pay much attention to it, but Lin Lei's next sentence almost shocked Chen Long, who was doing recovery exercises in the yard, and was seriously injured again!
Lin Lei: Brother Chen Long, you know Mendez no, just that foreign old man, no, old bastard, he wanted me to be his student, hee originally I didn't go, but he through my father's reason, he insisted on letting me go, hey!
"Mendes? Geezer? Old bastard? ”
Chen Long stopped while bending over, and then looked at Lin Lei who was "grinning" in front of him with a forced expression.
At the same moment, in his mind, the information of "Mendes" that he had found on the Internet also appeared!
Jorge Mendes has now become one of the most powerful agents in the world of football, having controlled the European football transfer market since 2004, with stars such as Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, David De Gea, Rodriguez, Falcao, Di Maria, Nani, Coentrão, Pepe, Marcelo and many more. Today, Mendes has the highest commission income among any agent in the world, and now his players are worth 900 million euros.
Speaking of the legendary road of Des's "super agent", this has a lot to do with another person, that is, the top coach who is still dominating international football, Jose Mourinho!
In 2004, with Portugal's Porto side winning the UEFA Champions League, Jorge Mendes sent a number of players and Mourinho to Chelsea, bringing back the biggest ever income for Porto and completing the first explosion of his career. In 2009, Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid, which was operated at the highest price in history, caused a sensation all over the world, and since then, Jorge Mendes has become the most powerful agent in Europe. [1] In July 2014, he successfully helped Real Madrid sign Colombian star J Ronaldo (James J. Ronaldo, who shined in the World Cup in Brazil. Rodriguez), which became another highlight of his career.
Today, Mendes' Gestifute company has more than 50 players and coaches with a total value of more than 550 million euros, and in terms of players, Cristiano Ronaldo, Falcao, Marcelo, Pepe, Coentrão, Di Maria, Nani, Rodriguez and others are all under his umbrella. The most famous manager is Jose Mourinho, and he is also a guest of the likes of Florentino, Roman Abramovich, the Glazer family, Cerezo, Sheikh Mansour, and Reponorev.
The one who operated Marcelo's transfer to Cesena before was his agent!
Jorge Mendes's own story is indeed legendary. Born to a government official and a homemaker mother, Jorge Mendes was a footballer in his youth, playing as a left winger (which is perhaps why he favoured Cristiano Ronaldo), but his talent on the pitch was far less than that of Cristiano Ronaldo, and playing for most of his time at a third-division club speaks for itself. But as a player, Mendes has already shown his business acumen, having contracted advertising rights to the stadium's façade and opened a football video rental and sales shop, which in fact is the start of Mendes' current giant business. "The rental and sale of football videos has made me familiar with player information all over the world, and it has also made me understand the significance of image rights." Mendes recalled, "I just transferred the video store a while ago and transferred tens of thousands of euros. Mendes's office wall is lined with all sorts of jerseys, from Inter's Pele Jr., to Cristiano Ronaldo, Thiago, Pepe and Jose Mourinho, and even those worn by Barcelona players Deco and Marquez in the 2006 Champions League final. Mendez is a very shrewd businessman and a workaholic. Barcelona president Joan Laporta praised him as such. And Atletico Madrid's general manager Junior Hill also said: "He is not the kind of agent who sells a player and then stops careging. His main concern is not the commission, but the balance between the players, the agent and the two clubs. The players he recommends are very good, some of them are unknown at first, but as long as they are recommended by him, they can be trusted, and it is very important to maintain a good relationship with an agent with a lot of resources like him. Despite Maniche's departure, Atletico still have three Mendes players, Simon, Motta and Cetaridis.
Jorge Mendez, a former video stall vendor, grew his career to become a disco owner...... But no one would have imagined that he is now managing the professional lives of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho. He has long since established himself as the undisputed leader in Portuguese football, and he has already begun to fight across Europe.
On 19 April 2004, four people ate in an extremely low-key manner at the Cameo restaurant in Vianado Castelo, 40 kilometres north of Porto, but the restaurant was closed. The four were Chelsea owner Abou, CEO Kenyon, then Porto boss Jose Mourinho and Mendes, and Mendes in the game. Two days later, Jose Mourinho was set to lead Porto to Deportivo La Coruna in the Champions League, and Abou fell in love with him.
Jose Mourinho originally wanted to coach Liverpool, the team of his dreams. But Mendes convinced Mourinho that London had more resources and freedom. So after the success of 2004 sent Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United, Mendes painted his second masterpiece. It took him a few years since Mendes founded Gestefit in 1996 to monopolize Portuguese football, and Mendes has already begun to conquer Europe.
Mendes used to be a player, playing for Viana do Castelo's La Liga club Vianense. But because of a knee injury, he began to think about his life after retirement for a long time: he negotiated with the president of the club, got the rights to run the billboard next to the stadium, opened a shop to rent out video tapes, and began to study the nightclub business. His strategy has always been the same: eat what is in the bowl, look at what is in the pot; Doing one market, staring at another.
One of his nightclub regulars was the substitute goalkeeper Nuno for Guimarangish, which he turned into his first brokerage business: in 1996, he sent Nuno to A Coruña. During that time, Mendes had to travel to Deportivo La Coruna every day to meet the club's president, Rondoiro, and show off his skills. "Every time he comes for a cup of coffee, he always gets something," says Rondoiro with a smile. After Nuno, two Portuguese internationals, Andrade and Pauleta, also joined Deportivo La Coruna.
In addition to Deportivo La Coruna, Mendes has also knocked on the door of Porto, and Porto club president Da Costa is interested in supporting Mendes in order to weaken the influence of Figo's agent, Vega. Vega used to be a broker in Luxembourg's banking industry and always saw himself as secure, but he was eventually replaced by a guy who rented out the videotapes......
At Lisbon Airport in 2002, Vega and Mendes were on the same plane, and the two got into an argument and even a fight on the shuttle bus. As a result, shortly after the incident, Ronaldo joined the Gestefoot company on the first day in Portugal, and 7 years later, Mendes helped Ronaldo transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid (Weibo data), creating a transfer fee record of 96 million euros!
Want to know the secret of Mendes' success? The ability to socialize, incredible energy, and above all, the ability to never alienate the interlocutor. Jose Mourinho left Chelsea in 2007 with €27 million in compensation, but Mendes was able to maintain a good relationship with Abou, and a year later, Mendes managed to send Scolari to Chelsea.
He's a persuasive guy. In 2004, after Deco helped Porto reach the Champions League, Barcelona were interested in Deco, but were hesitant to meet Deco's annual salary requirements. As a result, Mendes began to play cards: "OK, you give him an annual salary of 2 million euros. If you don't think he's good enough for Christmas, I'll sell him elsewhere for the original price of 22 million euros. If he's good, you give him an annual salary of 5 million euros. "Deco was very successful at Barcelona, and before January 2005, Barcelona gave Deco a big contract.
Mendes is also a great sales genius and now runs the business of 180 players and coaches, most of whom play for the big clubs. Together with its subsidiary Polarissports, which is responsible for the commercial rights of the players and is run by Mendes' nephew, Gesteft has a turnover of 260 million euros a year and a total company value of 936 million euros. The company's tentacles are beginning to spread across Europe: for example, in Turkey's Besiktas, there are also six players (Bebe, Simon, Sidney, Quaresma, Manuel Fernández, Almeida) under Mendes.
On 18 May 2009, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Portugal, Miguel Relvas, awarded the Order of Contribution to Sport to Méndez. "This honour is a recognition of humility, hard work, entrepreneurial spirit and enduring efforts," the minister said. Mendes burst into tears at the ceremony, which was witnessed by almost all the main figures in Portuguese football: the presidents of Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Braga, the senior officials of the Portuguese Football Federation and the Portuguese league; The only absentee was Porto president Da Costa, as Mendes no longer has a Porto player under his side. In addition, the International Football Academy has also named Mendes the "Best Agent in the World" in recent years.
In addition, with the rapid development of Chinese football in recent years, Mendes has also shown his intention to enter the Chinese market! And now, some of the Chinese players and coaches already belong to Mendes, including the current number one star of Chinese football, Zhang Yuning!
It's just that what annoyed and shocked Long Chen was that such a legendary figure actually accepted Lin Lei as an apprentice, and, listening to the little girl's words, it seems that he is still forced?
ps: The reason why it is introduced in such detail is because this is a big foreshadowing, and the plot needs it later, and it is a lot of it! (To be continued.) )