Chapter 50: A Guest Arrives
When Qin Shou came back from running, he was a little stunned to find that there seemed to be a guest at home, and Henry, who had not seen anyone since early in the morning, was sitting on the sofa with two middle-aged men at the moment, talking softly from time to time.
"Sir, you're back."
Butler Jon stood at the door and handed Qin Shou a towel and a cup of hot water.
Qin Shou thanked him, and was about to ask if Henry's friend had come to be a guest, when the three people in the living room who had already heard the movement at the door turned around, and Henry got up from his seat and walked over to greet Qin Shou with a smile.
"Hey, Qin, you're still as diligent as ever."
"What a nonsense, when it's not when you're still asleep, I'll already be out of the house." Qin Shou pursed his lips and glanced into the living room, "When I went out this morning, Butler Jon said that you had already gone out. It's really rare that you wake up early? Going to pick up friends? ”
"yes, pick up a friend." Henry smiled and sold off, "But it's related to you, it's a friend from the United States." ”
"Something to do with me?" Qin Shou was stunned for a moment, then understood, and asked uncertainly, "Red Bull Club's?" ”
"Hmm."
Henry nodded, patted Qin Shou on the shoulder, motioned for him to follow, and then walked straight back to the living room.
The two guests had already gotten up, both of them looking at Qin Shou with a smile, and one of them, a middle-aged man with blond hair, had curiosity and interest in his eyes, and nodded himself from time to time.
Walking closer, Qin Shou also raised his eyes to look at the two guests. The black-haired middle-aged man was wearing a tracksuit, his eyes were clear but a little sharp, and at his feet, there was a sports bucket bag. It seems that this is a person who loves sports.
The middle-aged man with blonde hair seems to be much older than the former in terms of age, and there are already wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and his eyes, which seem to be cloudy, seem to flash from time to time. In short, the feeling for Qin Shou is that it is very bright.
At this moment, he was wearing a straight suit, holding a coffee cup, looking at Qin Shou, and taking a sip gently from time to time, his movements were slow and elegant.
"Qin, this is a staff member of the Red Bulls Club of America, Hans. Mr. Baker (HansBaker). Mr. Baker has come all the way from the United States to take charge of our return to the United States after the expiration of the lease period. ”
Henry pulled Qin Shou in front of him and introduced him.
Qin Shou nodded hurriedly, stretched out his right hand, and shook it with the black-haired middle-aged man.
Mr. Baker's hands were very strong, and Qin Shou felt that the moment the two shook hands, Baker's right hand seemed to be full of strength. This also further confirms Qin Shou's speculation about Mr. Baker's love of sports. After all, when people reach middle age, without consistent exercise, their bodies will begin to decline.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Qin." At the moment of shaking hands, Baker nodded and smiled at Qin Shou, "Although I have always worked for the club, it is a pity that I have never met you, the genius that Coach Dietmar said. But when I saw you today, ha, Qin, you are really good, you went out for a run so early. ”
"Thank you. Physical training requires consistency, and as a professional player, it is essential to always keep your body in the best condition. Qin Shou responded with a smile.
Hearing Qin Shou's answer, Henry touched his nose with some embarrassment. Since his transfer to the New York Red Bulls, in addition to daily training, Henry has rarely taken the initiative to exercise, after all, the football environment in the United States is not very fierce, he went to the United States to pan for gold, and he did not go to do a big career. If he really wants to make a big career late in his career, then he won't move to the United States.
However, the blonde middle-aged man beside Henry's eyes lit up, and he couldn't stop nodding, seemingly satisfied with Qin Shou's answer.
"Ha, that's right, I also like sports." Letting go of his hand, Baker smiled and made an athletic gesture, and gave Qin Shou a thumbs up, "That's it, Qin, you are very professional." ”
"Thank you." Qin Shou thanked him again.
Seeing that the two had finished talking, Henry introduced another visitor to Qin Shou.
"Qin, he's Jeromy. Jerome Anderson, my agent. Henry winked at Qin Shou, "Qin, you don't have a full-time professional agent, hey, Anderson is a good choice." ”
As he spoke, he added to Qin Shou in a low voice: "It took me a lot of effort to move Anderson and let him take time out of his busy schedule to come and talk to you." He is good and trustworthy. ”
Qin Shou was stunned for a moment, he thought that the blonde middle-aged man was also a staff member of New York Red Bull, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually a professional agent.
For the football agent industry, Qin Shou also knows a little bit. It can be said that an agent is a full-time nanny for professional players, responsible for all matters outside the game, such as endorsements, transfers, etc. It can be said that behind a successful professional player, there must be a successful professional agent, and without the full support of the agent, the player will be more or less distracted by things off the field.
With an agent, you can rest assured that all your attention will be on the football field, and everything outside the venue of the professional agent will be taken care of.
Of course, there are many bad and extremely greedy agents in world football, who will disregard the interests of the players and constantly let the players take some advertising contracts that have a bad influence on them, and even some agents encourage the players to continue to transfer for the sake of high transfer commissions, so as to make huge profits.
Since Qin Shou's debut, Henry has been by his side as a teacher and friend, and there is no doubt that Henry is one of his most trusted friends. And Henry told him that Anderson could be trusted, so Qin Shou naturally didn't have much doubt. A friend of a friend, not necessarily a friend, but not an enemy if you think about it.
And Qin Shou was slightly stunned that although he has officially stepped into the circle of professional football, he has always thought that he is still far from the level of "star". In his opinion, a player with a professional agent must be a star.
He didn't know that many players were very young, even in the youth team, when they showed a certain amount of talent and potential, they would be taken by agents and signed professional contracts with them.
The main reason why there is no professional agent looking for **** is that Qin Shou has just landed in the Premier League, and everyone is not very familiar with him. The most important point is that Qin Shou is essentially a player in the major leagues, and if he signs Qin Shou, he will inevitably go to the football desert in North America to deal with him, which is also where many agents are reluctant.
After all, although North American football has developed well in recent years, it is still looked down upon by European football, and in the eyes of Europeans, the center of world football is in Europe, and football in other places is remote and backward - well, that's a fact.
Of course, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and a football agent with vision and foresight will naturally not ignore the talent and potential shown by Qin Shou. In their opinion, there is no big problem with playing in the United States, as long as it goes through their operation, landing in Europe is just a piece of cake.
Anderson is one such visionary professional agent. When he was in the United States, he aimed at Henry's Chinese friend, but when he was in the United States, Qin Shou did not play many times, although he had many outstanding performances, but he couldn't attract much attention from agents like Anderson.
It wasn't until Qin Shou went on loan to England and began to emerge in the Arsenal squad that Anderson was surprised to find that if Qin Shou maintained his current form and continued to improve, he was likely to become an excellent midfielder. And what surprised Anderson was still to come, after watching the video of Arsenal and Liverpool, the gold medal agent in European football kept exclaiming in his heart, Qin Shou is likely to become a superstar player like Henry, or even the leader of a team.
"He's not just a defensive player, he's got a lot of talent in offense. He will be the next Thierry. Henry! ”
Anderson has always been very confident in his vision, and if he is not confident, he will not be able to eat the bowl of rice of his agent, let alone have many star players under his command. So when he made such a judgment, there was only one thought in his heart: sign him! Sign this young player from China! His future must be full of infinite possibilities!
And when Henry suggested that he should come to talk to Qin Shou, Anderson immediately put aside the things in his hand and flew back to Europe from South America in a hurry.
When Qin Shou appeared in front of him with sweat, the famous European gold medal agent was even more satisfied, always demanding himself as a professional player, which is a necessary quality for a football player to succeed!
The desire to "sign him" has never been so fierce as it is at this moment.
Anderson knew that there was a saying in China that "if you want to hurry, you can't reach it", so although the desire in his heart was extremely strong, it was not shown on his face, and after Henry's introduction, Anderson just stretched out his right hand with a smile on his face.
"Hello, Wonder Boy from China. I'm Jeromy. Anderson, you can call me Jamie like Thierry. ”
"Hello, Jamie." Qin Shou was also smiling, "It's a pleasure to meet you, respected Mr. Agent." ”
It's just that Qin Shou was slightly surprised that at the moment when the two shook hands, Qin Shou actually felt that the other party's right hand was trembling slightly. This made Qin Shou a little puzzled.
What's going on? Excited? What excited about this first meeting?