Chapter 14: The Treasure of Munich
After playing with the 918x concept car, Gu Mojie and his party drove to the neighboring state of Bavaria to the east on the same day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoAnyway, the RV is very comfortable, and the interstate roads in Germany are very flat, so I don't have to worry about sleeping well in the car at all.
When I woke up the next day, I was already in the southern suburbs of Munich.
As the first of the four states of South Germany, Bavaria has always had countless idyllic castles in the mountains. Even in the vicinity of the capital Munich, this trend has not been curbed by the sprawl of large cities.
Just a few dozen kilometres into the southern suburbs of Munich is the Black Forest on the northern slopes of the Alps, where you can occasionally see one or two stone castles between the peaks and valleys. The history is probably four or five hundred years old, dating back to the time of the Treaty of Westphalia. It may have lasted only 100 years, until the eve of the fall of the Bavarian royal family in World War I.
(Theoretically next door to Baden. WΓΌrttemberg's forests are the "Black Forest", don't look at them)
The "palace element" RV is speeding on the forest path, and the driver who drove overnight needs to be replaced, and as soon as he sees a viewing platform on the side of the road, he stops so that the people in the car can also get out of the car and take a nap.
Feliro took a deep breath of the fresh scent of cedar and fir wood, and almost got drunk.
"Whew - the environment is really good, the air is so good. However, is it really good to play first in Munich and not negotiate with Siemens? β
Gu Mojie unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Feliluo: "Siemens, I told Brother Yong and Lao Lei to keep an eye on it first, it's useless for us to go too early." Coming here, there are even more things to do. β
"Is there anything we need to do?" Lu Wenjun, who was on the other side, walked over faintly and asked softly.
"You women really can't help with this...... Maybe the first person to visit will ask Sister Fei to help me negotiate a few terms of the contract, and at other times, you can stay in the car and play the whole time, and I will solve it myself. β
What Gu Mojie said was, of course, to use up the last 1 foreign aid quota of his Hatsune Green City team, as well as the foreign coach quota.
When I was in Italy, I happened to meet Prime Minister Bersconi and used up 3 places. Now the remaining 1 player slot, plus the foreign coach to be hired, he is ready to be used on Bayern Munich.
The first friend he was going to make personally was the chairman of the board of directors of Bayern Munich, Heinz Munich. Rummenigge.
With Gu Mojie's identity, this kind of business can be completely handled by the people of his team. But he himself wants to make friends with the other party, and no one can do it for him.
Re-boarding, it didn't take long for Heinz's castle estate to appear on the horizon. Gu Mojie and his entourage made an appointment, and naturally they were received very warmly.
Gu Mojie and Feliro stayed at Heinz's house for an hour, and then drove again, led by Heinz himself, to their next destination.
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Heinz's BMW X7 and Gu Mojie's "palace elements" were parked at the door of a modest country house. When the people in the house heard the movement, they saw a luxury car coming to the door, and a handsome guy with short blond hair opened the door and came out to check the situation.
"Carl? I didn't expect you to come. As soon as the handsome guy saw the license plate of the BMW, he immediately greeted him - because the license plate was so familiar, it was the car of the owner of the club.
"Milo, I have a friend from China who wants you to play football. I think it's appropriate, so I'd like to ask for your opinion. Heinz got out of the car, helped the handsome guy and patted him on the shoulder, and told him what he meant.
This handsome blonde guy is naturally the veteran of the Bayern team Miroslav. Klose. The typical king of the World Cup, the state of the league is a bit muddy.
When Heinz and Klose mentioned their transfer intentions, Gu Mojie also happened to get out of the car.
Klose is not a sports house who doesn't know what is going on outside the window, and of course he recognizes Gu Mojie's face.
A burst of sadness suddenly rose in his heart, feeling that he had been betrayed by his boss.
China? The country that has only relied on luck to make it to the World Cup once and lost every time? What kind of country to play in the league?
"Milo? What's wrong with you, are you alright? Seeing Klose in a trance, Heinz helped him shake him twice to wake him up.
"I didn't ...... It's okay, a bit of a surprise. β
"That's good. Mr. Gu is very willing to respect your personal opinion, so he did not finalize it with me directly. Insist on coming to see you in person and express his admiration. I think he still has a lot of ideas, you can have a good talk. β
As soon as Klose calmed down, he resumed his manners. He is a very nice and decent person, even if he is unhappy in his heart, he will not show it easily.
"Let's go sit down first." He forced a smile and beckoned Heinz to Gu Mojie and Feliro into the main living room. The rest of the entourage, led by Klose's wife, rested in the large living room on the first floor.
Sitting down in the living room and taking the coffee brewed by Klose, Gu Mojie didn't beat around the bush and made the conversation straightforward.
"Mr. Klose, it's a pleasure to meet you. I know you must look down on Chinese football and don't understand Chinese football. Therefore, at this moment, you must be scolding me in my heart as an upstart. β
Gu Mojie uses English, and Klose's English level is certainly not bad. This kind of straightforwardness surprised Klose.
Klose scratched his head and explained slightly embarrassed: "Uh...... When did the Orientals become so straightforward. Opinion...... I do have a point that I can't despise at all. β
"I don't care what you think, I want to convey to you one thing now: I have a lot of respect for you. In the past month, I have bought Huntelaar, Gattuso and Thiago. Silva.
Who made Bey Sconi an old man, these players, at the moment at AC Milan, are either not in good shape or old, and should be sold for another amount of money before retiring from a complete devaluation. The old man like Scony doesn't care what the person who is sold thinks about it, and he sells it to whoever bids expensive.
But here in you, I would like to talk to you. Because whether you or Heinz are seated, they are all people with feelings. Although you have been old in the past two years and your form has declined at Bayern, you have not yet reached the level of being unloaded and killed, and I want to think about you openly and honestly. β
Gu Mojie's tone was very sincere, and he didn't want to give the other party a sense of humiliation that "the master is just smashing you with money". This attitude really made Klose feel respected.
"Say it, then. Why do you have to choose me? Actually, I won't be able to play for a few years. β
"I'll talk about that later, let's talk about what benefits I can give you if you join Hatsune Greentown."
"Can you stop talking about money first? Money doesn't matter. β
"I'm not going to talk about money β it's not just about money." Gu Mojie interrupted Klose's interruption,
"First of all, it's April, and the league in China has been going on for more than a month. If you can make a transfer, I can guarantee that you won't have to travel to China for matches and training camps within three months - of course, you still need to show up. After registering, you can go back to Germany directly and enter the national team training camp ahead of others, recover your physical fitness, and fully prepare for this year's World Cup.
As you know, you've scored 110 goals in 10 years in the Bundesliga, an average of 11 per season. This number of goals is nothing in the scorers' list, not even half of the first place. But you can score five goals in every World Cup, you are a World Cup type player. Wouldn't it be nice to give up some of the league benefits and focus on preparing for the World Cup and trying to break a few records?
In the Bundesliga, can you get two or three months to recover and concentrate on preparing for the World Cup? No way. The five major European leagues are not suspended until the last month before the start of the World Cup. How many strong players have suffered unexpected injuries in the final stages of the league break every time, resulting in poor performance in the World Cup, so I don't need to say more, right? Even Ronaldo was kicked and injured his leg that year, and he only scored 2 goals in a session. β
Gu Mojie's first condition was to put himself in Klose's shoes.
2010 is a World Cup year. World Cup-type players, if they can concentrate on preparing for the World Cup two or three months in advance without the interference of the league, it is a great temptation. Unfortunately, no club owner is willing to release someone too long in advance, and the club owner always has to consider the club's financial interests.
There is a league every year, the World Cup is held every four years, and Klose, who is 32 years old, feels that this is likely to be his last World Cup.
This condition alone made him a little moved.
This is also an iron law of poaching people after Gu Mojie's intervention in football: either Gattuso and Klose are 32 years old, and both individuals and club owners have to consider making a large amount of retirement. Either dig Huntelaar, Silva, those 27, 28 but these two years happen to be in a sluggish state.
These two types of people are the most likely to be bought by huge amounts of cash. Otherwise, if you are in the prime of 27 or 8 years, you have to think about your career for a lifetime. Or if you are not in good shape, but you are younger, the boss will also weigh the potential for future maturity.
Seeing that Klose was silent and deep in thought, Gu Mojie took care of the rhythm of the conversation, and then threw out the question of money.
"When I poached Silva, there were other clubs approaching as well, and Bersconi started with a price of 40 million euros. However, working with a Chinese team would make AC Milan 'self-defeating' and damage its brand value, so when it was sold to me, the final price was 50 million euros - I agreed.
I can give 50 million for Silva, and for you, of course, more. The price that I just negotiated with Heinz is a transfer fee of 100 million euros - you know the market, before that, the most expensive transfer fee on the planet was 94 million euros from Real Madrid to Ronaldo. If you say yes, the world record is yours - and mine, of course. β
100 million euros!
Klose was shocked and looked at his boss Heinz for confirmation. Heinz nodded slightly, to show that Gu Mojie was right.
Klose was completely speechless this time. When he joined Bayern four years ago in good form, Bayern offered a transfer fee of 25 million euros (15 million to Klose's old club Bremen and 10 million to Klose himself). οΌ
This price is obviously a little lower than Klose's value, but it also has to do with the fact that he only had one year left on his contract with Bremen at the time - in the transfer market, the longer the remaining contract at the time of the break, the more expensive the transfer fee will be. For players who are about to become free agents, the transfer fee will of course be low.
But in any case, Klose's real worth is only thirty or forty million euros. The Hatsune Green City team offered 100 million euros, which is definitely 3 times the number of explosions!
This data not only surpassed Ronaldo's 94 million last year, but also allowed a German club to set a global transfer fee record.
You must know that the transfer fee of German clubs has always been very low in the top five leagues in Europe.
In leagues such as La Liga, the Premier League, transfer fees are often very high. But the transfer fee is a flow between the club owner and the club owner, and it has little to do with the player. A lot of the time it's just a hype, which is somewhat similar to the domestic art/antique auction market.
The team in the Bundesliga pays attention to the real industrialization of football, that is, the football industry can return to profit from the income of football itself, maintain the sustainable development of the football system, and provide a steady stream of blood to the entire German football industry. Instead of letting the top giants rely on the advertising effect of off-the-field "zero marginal cost", because the Germans know that if they do that, the giants will make a lot of money, but the social foundation of the German football pyramid will be destroyed.
Now, if the Bundesliga breaks out a world record transfer fee, it will definitely be enough for Bayern to eat for a lifetime. It's no wonder that Heinz has no resistance to Gu Mojie.
It's really a silver bullet offensive that is too fierce.
However, after hearing this shocking news, Klose was only shocked, and did not see much joy.
Heinz gently poked Gu Mojie and told him not to sell it.
Gu Mojie immediately dispelled Klose's worries: "Don't worry, the 100 million euros includes the signing fee of 30 million euros for you - which is three times higher than the signing fee when you came out of Bremen four years ago, and Heinz will pay you through a secret agreement at that time." In addition, when you arrive in China, you can enjoy a weekly salary of 1 million yuan, which is about 140,000 euros.
The salary is too transparent, I can't give you too high, otherwise the rest of the team will not be able to bring it. Silva only received 90,000 euros, and Gattuso and Huntelaar only received more than 50,000 euros. β
"This ...... It's embarrassing, it's too expensive. Klose was embarrassed. In his eyes, only Chelsea's Abou, or Manchester City's Abu Dhabi consortium, those tycoons who rely on oil money to pretend to be coerced, would be so unkind to treat money as money. Now even China's internet tycoons are doing just that.
"No breaking the bank - of course I know that 80 million euros can buy you from Heinz bets, the problem is, if you pay 80 million euros, it doesn't make sense. I just went to break Cristiano Ronaldo's world record of 94 million euros. The 20 million euros saved is not as sensational as the advertising effect of a world record. β
Gu Mojie's thinking is very clear: throwing money and pretending to be forced is also a marketing method in itself. It's pointless to smash a half-hanger, it's better to smash a few, but if you want to smash it, smash the world record.
Klose was basically moved.
"Mr. Gu, thank you very much for your sincerity. But I'm still a little worried. If I go to the Chinese Super League, the gap between the competitive mode is too big, which may cause my level to decline, aren't you afraid of this problem? If a player can't be honed in the world's top leagues for a long time, his quality will decline. What's more, I'm still a playmaker, not a lone wolf with individual ability - as a striker, I have almost two-thirds of my assists. Went to the Super League ......"
"When you go to the Super League, you can also give Huntelaar an assist. Of course, I will also buy the best strikers in China and try to cooperate with you to keep you on your feet. Also, considering that your performance in the German national team has always been very good, I can promise: as long as you go to Hatsune Greentown, once you have any tournament for the German national team to participate in, I can give you two weeks off before the owners of other clubs to allow you to come back and warm up with the national team.
If it's the European Championship, the World Cup β if you can still play in the next World Cup, I'll release them one month and two months earlier, respectively. β
The money that is most likely to hurt feelings has been discussed, and the later topics are lighter.
Klose felt that Gu Mojie's worth of tens of billions of dollars was still so "Corporal Lixian", and he also had a sense of "good birds choose trees to perch on". (To be continued.) )