While the news of Gary Neville's appointment as Manchester United's new manager was still hitting European football, Qin Goode had already returned to China with his agent Krot. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The World Cup is about to start in mid-June, but his priority is a commercial contract.

His agent in China, Li Lei, has already told him what happened.

After listening to the translation, Krot reminded him from the professional point of view of the European agent: "We have a contract with Adidas in advance, and if the national team signs a contract with Nike, we will definitely not accept it, and Adidas will not accept you to play in Nike shoes and jerseys." ”

Originally, in any experienced football association, such a big thing as a sponsor for the World Cup should not be delayed until this time anyway, but the inexperienced and procrastinating football association waited until less than a month before the start of the World Cup to determine its sponsor.

However, this contract that has not yet been signed was urgently stopped by Qin Goode, who had just participated in the Champions League final.

The Chinese Football Association was completely dumbfounded.

Because in the domestic sports world, there has never been a person who can influence the decisions of the superior organization; What's more, the Football Association will not ask for the opinion of a player at all when signing a sponsor......

But Qin Gude is different.

He is the mainstay of this national team!

Without him, do you expect Gao Hongbo to break through in advance in the top 10?

He is the first person in the world to win the Ballon d'Or twice, and is very likely to do so again this year!

Of course, that's not the most important thing - even if you're really the best in the world, as long as the Football Association blindfolds and plugs your ears, then you're nothing in their hearts.

Even with Jordan's status in the basketball world back then, he couldn't compete with the United States Basketball Association, and he could only wear the jersey designated by the Basketball Association to participate in the World Series.

But this is different from Qin Gude.

The most important thing is ...... Qin Gude was not only cordially received by Chairman Xi, but also Comrade Chairman's love for football has been known all over the world! He has repeatedly instructed to attach great importance to the 2014 World Cup and overcome all difficulties to create good conditions for the players to participate.

Who would dare to annoy such an uncle before the World Cup because he chose an unsuitable sponsor?

It's important to earn a little bit of a benefit fee...... Or does the position under your own ass matter?

Within their General Administration of Sports, who doesn't know now that the easiest position to make political achievements is here?

Which of those officials with the same qualifications and rank as them has sharpened their heads and wants to drill here?

Especially the Basketball Association and the Volleyball Association, in recent years, the Football Association has gained fame and fortune, and their eyes have long been red!

But the premise is that you have to hug Uncle Qin's thighs!

You must not upset him!

He is already an existence in the national team that is not a ball bully, but a ball bully.

German Herbert-Hainer had just gotten out of a Mercedes.

Just now, he announced several personnel appointments at the high-level meeting of Adidas China: as the CEO of the Adidas group of companies, he directly removed three senior executives in China on behalf of the headquarters.

He was in a bad mood: in 2014, Adidas' net profit fell 27 percent from the previous year's 773 million euros, the stock price plummeted 38 percent for the year, and a whopping 140 million euros lost in the fourth quarter. On top of that, Adidas has also been overtaken by sports rookie underarmour in the U.S. market. Over the past few years, Adidas has been closely pursued by their main rival, Nike, and the gap between the two sides has narrowed, and the pressure on his shoulders as the company's CEO has increased.

Against the backdrop of the general recession, Greater China is the only bright spot in the global business, and under the leadership of Gao Jia, Managing Director of Greater China, they achieved 80% of the annual profit in just five months, and achieved the expected store expansion, and completed the counterattack on Nike, and the two sides have almost equal market share in the Chinese market.

But it's ...... In May, they failed to win a major task: to renew the contract with the Chinese Football Association!

They lost to their rival Nike! And the signing is almost complete!

"Gao," Haina's face was not good at all, he glanced at Gao Jia, who was closely following him, "If I can't recover it today, even I will be dismissed." ”

Gao Jia pursed her lips: "I'm sorry, Mr. Heiner. ”

Adidas is a German-based company that is a global player in the football equipment industry, and they signed an endorsement contract with him as early as 2011 when he just moved to Dortmund.

In the past three years, as Qin Goode moved to England and won more and more honors and had unparalleled influence, Adidas' contract with him has become more and more important, and because of the huge market behind Qin Good, he has received even more attention and attention than another superstar under Adidas - Messi.

When the senior management of the Chinese region reported to Haina that the contract renewal with the Chinese Football Association had failed, Haina immediately dialed Qin Goode's phone, and instead of pressuring the latter to fulfill his contract with Adidas, he asked for help.

For Germans, this is quite a rare occurrence.

"Chairman Cai, I'm really sorry for you to come forward in person."

In the living room of the Chinese Football Association, Qin Gude met with the high-level leaders led by Cai Pingpong.

"This matter is very important, I have to come," Cai Ping Pong shook hands with him, "More importantly, I also want to confirm your status with my own eyes." ”

Vice Chairman Yu patted him on the shoulder: "Congratulations on winning the Champions League for three consecutive years, if we can make a breakthrough in the World Cup, I believe that this year's Ballon d'Or will still be in your pocket." ”

He is euphemistically expressing his opinion: This is a World Cup year, and only if you lead the national team to perform well, can you win the Ballon d'Or nine out of ten......

Qin Gude smiled slightly: "I still have that opinion, as long as Chairman Cai and Chairman Yu fully support it, it will be at least an eight-plus." ”

Cai Ping Pong smiled and nodded: "Of course we fully support, this time I will personally lead the team to Brazil to cheer for you, whatever you need, just tell me and Lao Yu." ”

"That's the first need." Qin Gude unceremoniously pointed to Heiner behind him, "This is the CEO of Adidas headquarters, Mr. Herbert Heiner, he attaches great importance to this contract renewal, so he came to discuss it in person." ”

Gao Jia acted as an interpreter for them, and Haina hurriedly stretched out his right hand to Cai Ping-pong: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Cai." ”

"Mr. Hainer came all the way to China, and he shouldn't have let you down, but...... Our previous negotiations should have ended, and you can't offer more sincerity than Nike, can you? "Cai Ping Pong is also a ministerial-level high-ranking official, and it is too easy to deal with a German who does not understand Chinese feelings.

Qin Gude sighed: he had already said it in detail on the phone, but the chairman who was an administrative bureaucrat was still wasting time.

So he motioned to Krot and Li Lei to take out the previously drafted terms from their briefcases and handed them to Haina and Gao Jia respectively.

"Mr. Heiner," he said in German, "in China, if you want to get things done, especially if you want to reach an agreement on the other hand, you have to pay an extra price, and you should know this international practice, right?" ”

Heiner looked at the handwritten terms, considered them carefully for a moment, and finally nodded: "I understand, I accept it on behalf of the company." ”

Qin Gude handed another clause to Cai Ping-Pong: "There are less than 20 days left, the World Cup is about to start, we all hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible, and then devote ourselves to training and competitions, Chairman Cai must think so, right?" ”

Cai Ping Pong glanced at the things on the paper: "That's right, we don't want to spend too much time and energy on other things. But......" he handed the terms to his lieutenant, and raised his eyes with a smile, "Goode, are you really only twenty-three years old?" ”

It was certainly strange to him that a little guy in his twenties had been so calm in front of him, and that he had even the rhythm and initiative of the conversation.

"Hehe," Qin Gude curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "Chairman Cai has no opinion?" ”

"No one wants the captain of the national team to be unable to qualify for the World Cup because of a little misunderstanding, not to mention, Adidas is also an old friend of Chinese football, they will not give up their support in our most difficult time, our cooperation has lasted for 35 years, I personally hope to continue to cooperate with Adidas in depth," Cai Ping Pong is full of friendship and history, his attitude and five minutes ago is like two people, what "negotiation is over", "lack of sincerity" Completely left behind by him, "Tomorrow, we will hold a press conference to officially start a new cooperation." He extended his right hand to Hainer again, "Good cooperation, Mr. Hainer." ”

With a nervous face, Haina let out a long breath, and he quickly stood up and held the other party's right hand: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman Cai." ”

He could feel the thick calluses on the belly of the other person's thumb and forefinger.

How did this come about?

"You don't need to thank me," Cai Ping Pong glanced at Qin Gude with a smile, "You have to thank him." ”

Although this ball dominate is a little too strong, the good thing is that it ...... He is very sensible.

He did not put "withdrawal from the World Cup" on the face and used it as a threat, but directly proposed a better solution to the Football Association.

When Cai, Yu and the powerful figures behind them collectively nodded, this matter came to an end.

As for the intention of cooperation with Nike, they directly tore it up and threw it into the shredder.

Nike's sincerity is not enough for them to reject Adidas......

Could it be that wearing Adidas shoes makes the players break their feet when they play?

As long as the interests can be negotiated, the Football Association will sign Adidas or Nike...... What's the difference? (To be continued.) )