Chapter 58: Brokers

"I really don't understand why you wrote such a proposal at that time, which caused you to lose your old job, you must know that it is a decent and well-paid job, you look at the life we are living now, I can't stand it!"

"That's my ideal, you know. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Alera! Aren't you saying I have a new job now? ”

"Can ideals make us live a better life? Your ideals have made you fired, you are looking at your current job, what is the future in a small brokerage company that you have never heard of!! ”

"I love the job, all right! If you want to break up with me and want to leave, please, don't spoil my mood this morning!! ”

With a loud slamming of the door, a man in his 30s with short blond hair and a well-proportioned figure walked out of the apartment where he was arguing just now.

Paul Smith graduated from Cornell University, an Ivy League school in the United States, and has always been a sports fan since he was a child, he worked in a company for 2 years after graduating from college, and then decisively gave up the job he didn't love, obtained an agent license, and joined Proservv, the largest sports agent company in the United States.

This job made him obsessed, he was crazy to devote himself to it, he had 3 phones with him at all times, even if he walked, even during mealtime, he would not hang up the phone of each customer, because those were the sports stars he liked, and it was his dream to be able to do a job that was close to his idol and had a good income.

But after working for 5 years, as he got more and more into the lives of these stars, he found that under the company's arrangement, these stars are a tool to make money, and the company will not consider their feelings, nor will they care about their health, and even due to the excessive pursuit of commercial interests by sports agents, the overstepping of authority is becoming more and more serious, such as the manipulation of games by brokerage companies, and the control of athletes by agents, etc., which seriously disrupts the order of the sports market, and also makes him increasingly disappointed.

During that period of time, he was in a trance, and he suddenly realized that the job he loved so much was not helping those athletes but overdrawing their athletic lives and even ruining them, and finally one day he woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night and spent hours printing out his ideas and suggestions word by word, and then rushed outside in the middle of the night to make dozens of copies, and the next day, he put one on the desk of every supervisor and colleague in the company.

Well, he got applause at the time, and he said something that many people didn't dare to say and didn't want to say, but then he was fired.

After that, every client of his original agency terminated his contract under the control of the agency, and he had to find a new job until he joined the current small agency a few months ago.

"This is the company I want to join, and their philosophy is so close to mine, I will definitely succeed!"

Paul Smith is still thinking about what he said when he received a call from the company inviting him to join.

"Mr. Smith, a copy of your proposal has flowed into our hands, our company thinks exactly like yours, agents should not use signed stars or players as tools, but should treat them as friends and family, so you can come to work whenever you want!"

Paul Smith is thinking about what happened to him a few months ago while driving towards the company, he is very satisfied with his current life, although the income is lower than before, but it is very pleasant, and the company is very promising, and the company has arranged for him to be in charge of football star Eli Manning, you know, he is a former American high school star player, and now he is playing well in college.

A little more than twenty minutes later, Paul Smith arrived at the company's location in a building in Manhattan. …,

"Paul, the big boss is here, and now he is in the office with the general manager, and he called you in when he took care of you just now."

A young girl in her 20s, with brown hair in high heels and a twisted hip, came to Paul Smith's office to inform him.

"All right, Miss Barbara, I'll be right over." Paul Smith hurriedly put down what he was holding and followed the general manager's secretary.

"Paul, sit, I've called you today to ask you to take over your work."

As soon as he entered the luxurious general manager's office, the middle-aged black man sitting on the sofa spoke vigorously.

"But Mr. Matthew Knowles, I'm going well now, why?" Paul Smith opened his mouth angrily, you must know that the company's agents and signed players or stars are 1-to-1 services, at most 1v2, he finally communicated well with his players, but now he told him that he was going to hand over, so he was very angry and questioned.

"Paul, don't worry, you do it first, and let Lady Alina tell you the answer." Matthew Knowles soothed the young man in front of him as he gestured to a middle-aged woman sitting beside him.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Alina, I'm a little excited." Paul Smith hurriedly sat down and apologized to the big boss in front of him, how could he not know the founder of the company, the well-known Alina Chen in New York, who has been in the company for a long time.

"Paul, the company wants to send you to the UK to be my son's agent, are you willing?" Alina, who had a kind face, said straight to the point, since she received Andy's call last night, as a mother, she came to the company that was fully managed by Matthew Knowles early this morning.

"Your son, you're talking about Andy Chen, a three-time All-American MIP?" Paul Smith stood up and asked.

"Andy, of course, although he doesn't play rugby now, he is now a well-known football star in the UK, haha! If I wasn't in charge of the company, I would have wanted to go, and when I first saw him a few years ago I knew that the kid was going to be brilliant no matter what sport he was doing. Matthew Knowles was showing off his vision and looking at Paul Smith with a look that I care more about you.

"Madam, of course, I will, I'll go to hand over right away, and then book a ticket to England." Paul Smith now feels like pie in the sky, how could he not know the son of a big boss as a sports agent, although as an American he is not familiar with English football, but he also knows some of the reports from the British side, it is a big gold mine.

"Very good, you will become his full-time agent in the future, but don't push him to sign some contracts that do not conform to his image and go against his will, I hope you will not disappoint me." Although the mother who loves her son is also very satisfied with this young agent selected from the company, the implication is that if you disappoint me, then you will get out.

"Definitely, I promise, ma'am." Paul Smith said yes, and he now sees a bright future.

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Things often have positive and negative sides, and fame is the same, when you are sought after by everyone, when you get money, beauty, and status, the corresponding troubles will follow you all the way.

Andy has been feeling troubled in the past few days, there has always been a reporter guarding his door, and whenever he goes out, the shutter of the camera is constantly sounding, and that's it, anyway, he has been walking around at home and the training base at 2 o'clock recently.

But one of the most annoying things for Andy is the agents in suits and leather shoes who come from all over Europe, and they can't wait to find the door, almost disrupting Andy's normal life.

This is what they do, seeing a rookie is like seeing a vault, no matter whether they can open gold in the future, they have to find a way to sign it first and trap him, anyway, even if they can't open gold in the future, they just lose some time, and there will be no other losses. …,

They are like a swarm of buzzing flies, unable to get rid of them, and their perseverance for money makes Andy and old Edward a little helpless and annoying.

Fortunately, old Edward was very experienced, and directly told them that Andy already had an agent, so he sent the group away, and then Andy called her mother and asked her to send an agent. Although he doesn't believe in those agents who come to the door, he believes in his mother, although he knows that his mother's company seems to be just for entertainment, but it is at least better than those who come to the door.

It was in this way that Andy met Paul Smith, who had come to England directly from the United States in the fastest time.

"Hello Andy, I'm Paul Smith, the agent of your mother's company, and you can leave everything to me in the future."

Paul Smith confidently introduced himself as he looked at the gifted boy he had often seen in newspapers and on television.

"Okay, but Mom's company actually has a sports agent now, and I thought it was all the same entertainment as Matthew."

Andy muttered and looked at the 30-year-old white man in front of him, and there was no trace of fatigue on his face after 10 hours of flight, only enthusiasm for work.

"Paul, this is an advertising contract and all kinds of invitations from some companies, you can deal with these in the future, and you need to go to the London players' union as soon as possible to register as an agent, or those flies will still come to the door."

Andy gave Paul Smith all the documents and invitations that had been piled up, and asked about his family and friends in the United States as he flipped through them.

"Okay, Paul, you better go about your work first, I'll arrange for someone to clean up your room, and you can live with us later."

Andy helplessly spread his hands towards the old Edward who was sitting together, he found that the agent in front of him was definitely a workaholic, and he couldn't hear him when he asked, but this kind of work attitude made him very satisfied.

"Grandpa, let's go arrange a room for Paul, and prepare another dinner, and you can talk to him at the next table."

Andy dragged old Edward away, who was still trying to ask something, and gave up the living room to Mr. Agent, who was already immersed in his work.

ps: Ask for collection recommendations, ask for a group to chat together, haha~~ Don't interact with friends who like this book, I feel like there's no motivation to write a book, and the next few chapters will enter the Champions League group stage immediately.