Chapter 25 Self-cultivation of professional footballers
"Dad, don't hesitate, I'm willing." When Father Wen hesitated, Wen Zhihao expressed his attitude.
Liu Yongzhuo, who had just turned around and was about to leave, stopped instantly, turned his head to look at Wen Zhihao, his face full of joy.
Father Wen hurriedly stopped: "Zhihao, this is a big deal for your career, you can't make such a hasty decision!" β
Dad Wen usually knows a lot about the domestic football circle, of course he knows that the Guangzhou Evergrande platform is very good, but as a new giant that has just risen in China, they are not as generous as other old clubs on the issue of players staying abroad. There is also a lot of higher treatment offered by Guangzhou Evergrande than other clubs, Wen's father does not want to delay his son's future, and second, he does not want his son to receive excessive corruption of money and material and abandon his original dream early.
Father Wen had heard of such examples from time to time in the case of generations of China's potential rising stars, and he very much did not want to see his son repeat the tragedy of his predecessors in the future.
However, Wen Zhihao seemed to have made up his mind, looked at his father and said stubbornly: "Dad, you don't need to say it, I think very clearly, as I am now, after two years, I will recover from my injury, and those European clubs will still want me?" In my year at Inter, I've seen too many kids my age in the academy being sent out of the academy because they couldn't meet the club's needs because of injuries or other reasons. Do you know how stressed I have been this year? In fact, when I was still in the Thai hospital, I knew that this was almost the case. Dad, I beg you, don't think about it anymore! I really don't have many chances! β
With unconcealable sadness and helplessness on his face, Father Wen turned around and held Liu Yongzhuo's hand, and said very solemnly: "Chairman Liu, since my son said so, I, as a father, will not say anything more, I hope you can keep your current promise." β
Liu Yongzhuo was very happy to get Wen Zhihao, and swore that "Mr. Wen, please rest assured, everything I said just now will be formalized in the contract in writing, and for Zhihao's future career, we have added the right of first refusal to Zhihao's contract, if Zhihao is not favored by European clubs after the age of 21, the club will provide Zhihao with a contract renewal of at least 3 years to ensure Zhihao's continued growth." I don't know if Mr. Wen can rest assured? β
Evergrande has already issued such a condition, which does make Wen's father have no reason to refuse, and finally the two sides finalize the relevant matters, Liu Yongzhuo can resign, saying that the club's professional team will come over as soon as possible to sign a formal contract.
After this incident, Wen's father realized that when Wen Zhihao became an adult, he must find a professional agent team for his son as soon as possible to protect his son's interests. After all, I am not a professional.
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"Dad, what do you want?" Wen Zhihao saw that his father was distracted, and asked curiously.
Father Wen glanced back at his son, suddenly sat down in front of the bed, with a straight face, and said very seriously: "Haozai, you must remember what I said next!" Imprinted in the mind, never forget! β
Wen Zhihao looked at his father's expression, and knew that he must have something important to explain to himself, so he immediately put away the appearance of a hippie smile and said seriously: "Dad, you say it, I'll listen!" β
Father Wen looked at his son and said: "Although you have embarked on the road of professional football, most of you will not be short of money in the future, but Dad doesn't want you to be an illiterate person who can only play football in the future, a waste who will not know anything if you leave the field!" β
This was said a little heavily, and Wen Zhihao, who was still young, instinctively resisted subconsciously, and opened his mouth very unhappily to justify: "Dad! Did you think too early, how old I am, and I'm still far from retiring. Besides, as long as you have money in the future, will your son's life be poor? Isn't everything you do to make money? β
"Little cub, what nonsense are you talking about!" Father Wen's voice suddenly raised an octave, startling Wen Zhihao and Mother Wen on the side at the same time.
Seeing that his son was calm, Father Wen slowed down his tone a little and said, "Haven't you always hated the weakness of Chinese football, do you know why it is like this?" Because those people who play football on the field are a group of illiterate people who don't know the world and the world, and don't know civilized etiquette! Bounder! Do you want to be like that in the future? β
Wen Zhihao was silent.
"Boy, go and see, children who are about the same age as you are all studying in school, and when they go to society in the future, they will be able to throw you off in all aspects, except that their feet are not as good as yours. If you don't strengthen your studies, you kid will walk off the court in the future, and you will be considered low-grade as cannon fodder for others! Do you still want to hold on to the stadium for the rest of your life? β
Wen Zhihao was very aggrieved by his father's scolding, tears rolled in his eyes, Wen's mother hurriedly signaled her husband to stop talking, but Wen's father still continued: "Look at those football superstars who have been called legends, Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, others are masters of arts. Lehmann, a legendary German national, also graduated from the University of MΓΌnster with a degree in economics. There are also Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson in the coaching team, all of them are highly educated, do you think you shouldn't study? β
"How do you think those superstars became legends, just playing the ball well? Boy, let me tell you that only learning can make you have a wider pattern and learn to use your brain to play football more intelligently. If you don't want to lie here in the future, you just remember my words, study more, play football with your brain, this is a necessary self-cultivation for professional footballers. β
Wen's father said this heavy thing to his son out of worry, he is about to return to domestic football from Europe, he is worried that Wen Zhihao will be affected by the big dye vat of domestic football, so he sounded the alarm for his son in advance.
A week later, Wen Zhihao's father signed a formal written contract with Guangzhou Evergrande on behalf of Wen Zhihao, and the two parties determined that the contract period was "3+3", that is, from the age of 18, he signed a contract with Guangzhou Evergrande for 3 years, if Wen Zhihao could not stay in Europe after the age of 21, Evergrande automatically renewed the contract with Wen Zhihao for 3 years. However, there are two special clauses, one is that regardless of whether Wen Zhihao can successfully stay abroad, he must first play for Evergrande's first team for at least one season, and the other is that if this condition is met, if Evergrande receives an offer from a European club for Wen Zhihao, the contract between the two parties will be automatically terminated.
As for salary, before the age of 18, Wen Zhihao can only receive the basic guaranteed salary of echelon players, after the age of 18, Evergrande provides Wen Zhihao with an annual salary of 3 million yuan after tax, if he scores a goal, or helps the team get the league, the FA Cup or the AFC Champions League, and the Club World Cup, there will be a corresponding goal award and 20% of the honorary reward, if the two sides renew the contract, according to Wen Zhihao's performance during the contract period, the treatment will be renegotiated.
On the day of the signing, Evergrande released news to the outside world, which immediately caused an uproar, and people with various views set off a new round of debate on the Internet.
However, Wen Zhihao is making final preparations for the recovery treatment in Germany, and Evergrande's careful arrangements make Wen Zhihao look forward to this trip to Germany.
PS: Today's shift, I ran for seven or eight hours on the mountain road, and I was tired of becoming a dog~