"Haha, this crying look is really ugly!" Dai Zhiwei, who had just woken up, was lying on the sofa and reading the news in the newspaper about Villarreal's Europa League victory, especially the photo of Bruno holding the Bertoni trophy with tears streaming down his face, smiling from ear to ear.

After winning the championship, Villarreal fell into ecstasy, but contributed a lot of memes.

Relatively speaking, Dai Zhiwei is the most indifferent person in the team.

After all, he's the star of the AFC Champions League who thinks he's on the same level as the Champions League – although no one really thinks that the AFC Champions League and the Champions League winners are really champions at the same level even if they can compete in the Club World Cup.

After winning the Europa League, Villarreal held a "big" celebration and parade, with nearly 40,000 people coming to the festivities – an astronomical figure given the city's population of just over 50,000.

said that it was grand, but Dai Zhiwei, who had just participated in the Evergrande Chinese Super League championship and AFC Champions League championship celebration half a year ago, felt a bit rural.

In fact, to a certain extent, Villarreal, with a population of just over 50,000, is it not just a larger village in China?

After participating in the championship celebration, Dai Zhiwei packed up his salute the next day and prepared to leave for China.

Before that, though, he had another date.

A date with a man.

Could it be that Dai Zhiwei came out of the closet?

Of course, no.

After his success in La Liga and the Europa League knockout rounds, there was an endless stream of people coming to him, including local Spanish Chinese groups, sponsors of all kinds, but more football agents.

Dai Zhiwei, who does not have a European agent, looks like a brilliant jade in the eyes of these football agents.

However, Dai Zhiwei did not have in-depth contact on the grounds that he did not want to be distracted during the season.

Now that the 2015-16 season is over, he knows it's time to take the issue seriously.

Dai Zhiwei's current agent is Jin Chang, and the cooperation between the two has always been good.

Whether it is the personal relationship between the two or Jin Chang's relationship with the national team, Dai Zhiwei hopes that Jin Chang can continue to serve as his agent.

But Jin Chang's disadvantage is also obvious, that is, all his business is domestic, and foreign is at a loss.

After joining Villarreal, Dai Zhiwei sometimes felt that having this agent was no different from not having an agent, and even some sponsors could not find an agent before, so they could only come to the door directly with an endorsement contract.

After Villarreal gained a foothold, he knew that if there were no major accidents, he should play in Europe for the next ten years, so Jinchang, an agent who can only be in charge of the country, seems to have less effect.

In the spirit of following the local custom, he is ready to meet these football agents in Europe, at least with a rough range of options before the new season arrives.

And the first person he spoke to was Jorge Mendes, the number one football agent today.

After knowing that Dai Zhiwei was going back to China, Mendster deliberately chose the place of their rendezvous in Madrid, and asked his assistant to drive Dai Zhiwei here so that he could take the flight back to China for a while.

Dai Zhiwei took several turns under the guidance of Mendes' assistant before meeting Mendes in a hidden café.

Mendez, dressed in black and wearing a black hat, was quietly drinking coffee in a corner of the café.

At the first glance of Dai Zhiwei, he felt that the other party was not like a football agent, but more like a successful businessman.

"Hello Dai! Sit down and want to have a drink? Mendes got up and shook hands with Dai Zhiwei and said, it seemed that the two were very familiar.

"Thanks, fancy coffee is fine." Dai Zhiwei sat down.

Mendez's assistant went to the front desk to order a cup of coffee for Dai Zhiwei, and soon the waiter brought a cup of black coffee and a bottle of milk and put them in front of Dai Zhiwei.

Spain, located in Europe, although the coffee culture is not as popular as Italy, coffee is also very important to the locals, almost as much as the tea of the Chinese.

In his small restaurant or coffee bar, the service staff will prepare a bottle of black coffee and a bottle of milk, when the customer orders coffee, the black coffee is served, and then according to the customer's wishes, the appropriate amount of milk is poured into this mellow milk coffee is also a famous Spanish style fancy coffee.

The coffee is not extracted by machine, but the ground coffee is poured directly into the milk and then filtered, so the flavor is not sweet and bitter, and if you taste it carefully, you can find the difference in taste with latte and Ou Lei.

Although this fancy coffee tends to increase the fat content of athletes, Dai Zhiwei is quite fond of it, and occasionally orders a cup.

"Day, congratulations on winning the Europa League! I watched that game, you played so well! Mendes complimented – in fact, he had texted Dai Zhiwei on the night of the match.

In fact, this is not the first time Mendes and Dai Zhiwei have met, the two have met once at the Bernabeu before, and it was on that occasion that the two exchanged numbers.

"Are you waiting for a 3 o'clock flight?" Mendes looked at his watch, "Wait for Ruiz and I to take you to the airport." ”

"Then it's troublesome." Dai Zhiwei was not polite.

Dai Zhiwei and Mendes are clear about the reason for the two meeting this time, so there is no temptation.

And he also speculated that the reason why Mendes is so eager to become his agent is that in addition to his own reasons, his former club Evergrande and the Chinese Super League are extremely attractive to Mendes' huge amount.

At the beginning of this year, it was with the full support of Mendes and his team that Evergrande was able to successfully persuade the intended opponent to withdraw from the intention and bring in Jackson Martinez at the last moment before the European transfer window closed, repeating the scene of last year's successful introduction of Paulinho.

The huge potential of the Chinese Super League market is attracting the attention of European football agents, and it is no secret that the Chinese Super League has favored South Americans in recent years, and many of Mendes' customers are from South America.

"Dai, I'm sorry, I want to apologize to you." Mendes said solemnly, "I have asked people to investigate the details of your contract with Villarreal before. ”

Chinese like to ask "How much do you make?"

But in Europe, even among family members, the exact number of wages is not very well known to each other, which is not to say that the family is not united, but to indicate a person's "privacy" and "independence".

Therefore, a matter like Mendez's private investigation of a person's contract can sometimes be big or small in the eyes of the parties.

"Then you'll have lunch today." Dai Zhiwei shrugged his shoulders and made a joke.

"Oh, then I'm going to have to prepare." Mendes also laughed.

However, after laughing, Mendes said with a straight face: "Dai, I have analyzed the contract you signed with Villarreal, and I can see that you are confident, you value bonuses more than annual salary." But...... Your annual salary is so low compared to your contributions! ”

"Perhaps, at that time, your agent wanted you to sign a contract with Villarreal, but do you know what is the highest annual salary in Villarreal?" Mendez asked.

"12th place!" Mendes gave Dai an unexpected ranking.

"Yes, Villarreal is a small club." Mendes said while turning the coffee spoon in the coffee cup, "The salaries of Villarreal players are generally not high, most of the main players have an annual salary of two or three million, like Bakambu's annual salary is considered to be the highest in the team, only three million, but you are different from them." ”

"Dai, maybe you haven't paid attention. Do you know how many sponsors they have added since you arrived in Villarreal? This time, Mendes didn't wait for Dai Zhiwei to answer, and directly asked himself: "5, all of which are enterprises from your motherland, can provide a total of 10 million euros in sponsorship every year." Moreover, this number will increase next season. ”

"On top of that, Xtep wasn't going to renew Villarreal's contract after the end of the season, but because of your arrival, they're competing with 361 Degrees for Villarreal's shirt sponsorship contract for the next five years, with an estimated total amount of more than 20 million euros."

What Mendes said, Dai Zhiwei really didn't know much before, so he was silent.

"Day, in addition to being the best striker for Villarreal and being able to contribute a steady stream of goals to the team in terms of athleticism, you can also directly affect the financial income of this club."

Mendes said this, looking directly into Dai Zhiwei's eyes, "All in all, you are the most important person in Villarreal at the moment!" ”

"So, I think you can ask for more."

"For example, ask for more wages with as little increase in liquidated damages as possible."

"For example, the first penalty taker appointed by the team."

"Like, jersey numbers and so on."

"Hmm." For the first time since the meeting, Mr. Dai nodded and admitted that Mendes's words had convinced him.

"Other than that, I take the liberty of asking, have you ever thought about moving to a big club?" Mendez continued to ask Dai Zhiwei what was in his mind.

"Of course I did." Dai Zhiwei spread his hands and said, "Isn't this human nature?" ”

"Yes, the big team has the best resources, the best coach, the best companions, and they will help you grow better!" Mendez affirmed.

"To be honest, I've seen too many talented players over the years, but it's just Cristiano who is as good and consistent as you. If you can keep up the good form you have now, I think your transfer will be very exciting. Mendes continued to praise Dai Zhiwei.

"To put it mildly, if you're going to move to a big club, I can still give you some help, for example, I have a good relationship with the top management of several big clubs in La Liga, the Premier League and Serie A – of course, I don't recommend going to Serie A at your age."

'However, I wouldn't recommend you leave Villarreal this summer if you can, because apart from Liverpool's two or three big clubs, the rest of the big teams are not too keen to bring in strikers. Mendez gave his advice.

This is where Mendes shows his strengths, the 2015-16 season has only just ended, but he already knows the transfer intentions of the major clubs, and this ability is not too much, right?

Dai Zhiwei was also secretly speechless.

Subsequently, Mendes chatted with Dai Zhiwei about some "gossip", telling how he built the brand of Ronaldo, so that Ronaldo's commercial income is more than Messi and Neymar combined!

Listening to Mendes's speech, Dai Zhiwei admitted that he was tempted, especially when the other party was talking about how he planned to build Dai Zhiwei's personal image, he was very moved.

"Jorge, I don't know if you know our Chinese basketball star Yao Ming?" For the first time since this meeting, Dai Zhiwei took the initiative to ask.

"Yao? I don't watch much basketball, but I know Yao Ming is a great star! Although Mendes didn't know what Dai Zhiwei meant, his answer was watertight.

"Well, Yao Ming is the most commercially successful sports star in my country at the moment, and he has a well-established economic team called Team Yao." Dai Zhiwei then gave a detailed introduction to Yao's team.

Yao's team is Yao Ming's business planning team, with a total of 6 people: Yao Ming's agent Bill Duffy in the United States, Bill Saunders in charge of Yao Ming's advertising agency negotiations and media PR, John Hykinger, associate dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in charge of business promotion programs, Zhang Mingji in charge of Yao Ming's commercial contracts in China - who is also Yao Ming's cousin-in-law, Lu Hao, a Chinese agent who assists in managing the Chinese market, and lawyer Wang Xiaopeng.

Although the members of Yao's team have their own focuses, they are all directly responsible to Yao Ming. When making a major decision, all six people have one vote, first explain their views, and then vote to decide, but Yao Ming has the final veto. Everyone thinks with their own professional thinking. In terms of responsibilities, Yao's team is a team that helps Yao Ming succeed in his career and achieve his goals in life.

"Jorge, I'm inclined to sign with you, I know something about your ability, but you don't know enough about China and Chinese football." Dai Zhiwei said.

Mendes nodded thoughtfully, quickly clarified his thoughts, and said: "I originally wanted to build an agent team for you, so I don't think there is much of a problem with your 'Dai team' idea." Now I have only one question, that is, does this Chinese agent have to be Jinchang? ”

"Yes." Dai Zhiwei's answer is also categorical, he hopes that everything will be explained before signing the contract, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with any dirt after the signing.

"Give me some time, I still need to communicate with Mr. Jin Chang." Mendes sighed, "This Chinese colleague of mine is not an easy opponent to deal with!" ”

Dai Zhiwei didn't answer Mendes's words, he didn't care how the interests between Mendes and Jinchang were divided, he just needed to ensure his own interests.

Dai Zhiwei raised his coffee and drank it all, "I'm waiting for your good news!" ”

(End of chapter)