Looking at Mendes in front of him, Hugo secretly despised in his heart, "You're so lucky!" is actually Ronaldo's agent, backed by Ronaldo's big tree, presumably he can still make a lot of money, and one person can support his brokerage career! ”

Lo and behold, I have now received a lot of intermediary fees from Hugo.

Hugo always looks at Ronaldo in the eyes of the world, and as a result, Sailly told him that he sent Mendes for $200,000, he couldn't believe it, he didn't know who Ronaldo's agent was in his previous life, but he must have been ruthless.

But Mendes, who was now sitting in front of him, made an excellent impression on Hugo, polite, warm and measured.

Hugo would never have imagined that the $200,000 that Selly gave Mendes would be Mendes' largest income since he entered the industry.

Mendes' agent was not intentional, but by chance, Mendes was born in Lisbon to an ordinary family. His father was an employee of Petroleos de Portugal and the family lived in the company's welfare housing. Because of his father's hard work, his mother knitted straw hats and baskets at home to supplement the family, while little Mendes went to Fontaydarhat Beach on weekends to sell the fruits of his mother's labor.

Since childhood, Mendes has been a businessman, frequenting flea markets to sell used clothes. Like most energetic children, Mendes enjoys playing football with his friends on the company pitch next to his apartment. He worked at the Cornetto Ice Cream Factory, where his job was to hold the ice cream cones and catch the ice cream that fell from the machine so that it didn't fall to the ground.

Mendez, 20, left Lisbon with his brother, who lost his wife. He came to Vianado in the year of the weak championship, and with the simple dream of playing in the lower football league, he joined the Viana team and became a semi-professional player.

Off the pitch, he still retains his businessman's mind, sees an opportunity, opens a video store in a discarded shopping mall, then a seaside bar, and turns into a nightclub, often DJ himself, and frequently meets players from teams such as Braga, Porto and Guimarães, where he has inadvertently begun to slowly accumulate a certain number of football contacts.

When he played for Raniezis, he still started his business off the pitch, taking on the advertising of the team's stadium and bringing extra income to the team.

Later, he met the Portuguese goalkeeper Nuno who was still playing in the Victoria team at the time, and the two became good friends, Victoria is a weak team, Nuno has a big dream, but he is not willing to play in the weak team Victoria, but hopes to go to the four major leagues, La Liga is often the first choice for Portuguese players, and Nuno is no exception.

When Nuno and Deportivo discussed the franchise, Nuno remembered Mendes's friend and asked Mendes if he would like to be his agent, Mendes didn't even have a license at that time, of course, this is not important even now, Mendes has no experience, but he still agreed, so he started his own agent career.

Nuno was the first player under his staff, and at that time, he relied on his diligence to successfully persuade Deportivo president Rendoiro to sign Nuno, and Mendes naturally did not have much intermediary fee.

Now there is only one agent overlord Vega in the Portuguese football circle, everyone else is scum, Mendes is also scum, so his amateur expansion in the past two years is not very fast, and there are not many players under him, and some big agents can't look down on him, Ronaldo was also signed by him unintentionally, as for Ronaldo's potential, he is not very sure, but he thinks that this child will definitely be able to appear in the mainstream league of European football, think about if he is Vega, he may not be able to look at Ronaldo today.

He didn't expect that Cristiano Ronaldo came to Sporting Lisbon shortly after last year, and he became his agent, and this year this kid brought him a lot of commissions, Mendes felt that he was simply lucky.

Hugo found Mendes, not just because he wanted to see Ronaldo, but wanted to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Mendes, there are now many big-name agents and brokerage companies in football, but people may not be able to look at Trapani, may not be able to see him Hugo, for example, now Hugo wants to meet Vega, but also depends on whether people are happy or not, Hugo naturally does not want to ask for this fun!

Besides, Trapani is a team that can't be smaller, and doesn't need those big players, Hugo's vision is to spend less, do more, and buy enough players and future stars for the team, rather than recruiting superstars, even if people are willing to come, Hugo still knows that he can't afford them.

Hugo listened to Selly talk about Mendes's situation, this kid will make money, but the agent is completely small, which is very convenient to deal with.

"I want to say thank you to Cristiano in the matter! Actually, I heard about him last year, I used to go to Madeira Funchal, I used to see him play, but you should know that I didn't plan to buy the team last year, and this year I have my own team, and I immediately thought of this little boy I had seen, so I really want to see him grow up and see him play for my team! "Hugo explained the purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo, but he made up nonsense, he has never been to Funchal, what's the fun there?!

Mendes didn't know that there was such a twist and turn, he didn't understand why someone would pay a high price to buy such a small child, now in 99, Ronaldo is only 14 years old, even if he is talented, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to be willing to pay a transfer fee of millions of dollars for him, but Hugo's explanation can make sense.

Because Hugo is the son of a rich family, there is no shortage of such sons and daughters in this world, with a pair of eyes, he thinks Ronaldo is good, so he spent a lot of money to buy him, which sounds a bit like buying something to answer the call, but in fact, players are like this at some times.

Mendes doesn't mind that Hugo's team Trapani is a team that has always been in the Italian league, the important factor is, of course, money, he and Ronaldo and Sporting Lisbon have money to make, why not, besides, Selly swore to him and promised, Giorgio also made a guarantee when he arrived, Ronaldo will be able to appear in Serie A at least before the age of 19, well, that's Serie A, I have to say that the temptation of Serie A is still quite big now, Mendes is determined to help Ronaldo gamble, and Trapani can't do it in the future, Then there is no way, he has to take Ronaldo to climb another high branch, and he also wrote it clearly in the contract, but the liquidated damages are a bit high, after the situation of not being able to play in Serie A, other teams who want to take Ronaldo must pay $20 million in liquidated damages, otherwise everything is not discussed.

Mendes at this time is obviously not so strong, in order to get money, he took Ronaldo to sign such a clause, but it is always better than nothing, right.

"I have to say, Mr. Colani, you really have a vision! Cristiano will be a good player in the future and I'm sure it's a good deal for you guys! Mendes complimented.

"I think so too!" Hugo smiled secretly, you kid doesn't know how much advantage your brother has taken advantage of!

"I came to Lisbon not only to see how Cristiano is doing, but I have something very important to talk to you about, and given the good start of our cooperation, I hope we can continue to be friends! My team is currently top of the group in Serie Ding and promotion this season is not a problem, and in the future we will need a lot of good players to move to higher divisions! We are also actively expanding our youth career, and with your help, I think my team will be of great benefit! I don't know what you mean?! Mr. Mendes?! Hugo began to talk about his purpose.

Mendes?! Of course, Mendes agreed, this kind of thing is to give him the opportunity to make money, so he will not refuse.

"Of course, I'm an agent, it's my job, and I'm honored to be able to help you! If there is a suitable player, I would be more than happy to recommend it to you! Mendez smiled and nodded in agreement.

In a few words, the two of them talked about the cooperation, Hugo began to talk to Mendes about Ronaldo, Mendes is still very concerned about his players, although he will run around now, but Ronaldo he still often goes to visit, and Ronaldo communicates everything in the team, saying that Mendes is the same as Hugo, he is also an amateur player, he is a little more advanced than Hugo, and he is a semi-professional player.

There are three giants in the Portuguese league, Benfica, Porto, and Sporting Lisbon, these three teams all have very good youth training, and Sporting Lisbon's own academy has produced many world superstars, Figo and Simão both came out of here, so the agreement proposed by Selly to carry out loan training at that time was a very correct decision from any point of view.

In the evening, Hugo invited Ronaldo and Mendes to dinner, of course, the most important thing is to meet Ronaldo, Ronaldo usually in addition to training, there are cultural classes to learn, at this stage can not even be said to be mainly playing, but learning time, Ronaldo is free in the evening.

Fourteen-year-old Ronaldo is far from being as handsome as he will be, but he can also be called a little handsome guy, Hugo called him a little handsome guy with a smile, C Rome was very happy, Hugo guessed that this kid may be very concerned about his appearance!

Hugo asked Ronaldo's football and living situation like a big brother, thinking of this, he temporarily asked Mendes Ronaldo's parents about the living situation, whether there was anyone who needed his help, Hugo's meaning Mendes understood very well, Hugo said that if they wanted, Hugo was willing to provide them with a job.

Note: In reality, Mendes did not get acquainted with Ronaldo at this time, but only became Ronaldo's agent after 2002, Ronaldo was still a member of Vega's brokerage circle at this time, because the plot needs it, so there must be some discrepancies with reality, and there will be more in the future, after all, it is a novel, please don't take it seriously.