After being tortured in the tenth layer of hell for a week, Zhou Yi only felt that every day was as long as a year, and it was very difficult. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Until one day, coach Bartlett said to him, "Okay, this morning's training is over." ”

Zhou Yi was stunned: "Huh?"

"Huh?" asked Bartlet.

"Uh...... The training is over?" Zhou Yi was a little incredulous.

"Of course. Don't you practice enough? Want to practice more? I don't mind......" Bartlett said.

"No, no, no, that's not what it means!" Zhou Yi waved his hand repeatedly. "I just think...... It's strange, I used to stay up until the end of training after exhaustion, why do I feel like I still have the strength to go today, and the training is over?" Zhou Yi said the doubts in his heart.

Bartlett laughed, "Hah! That means you've got more energy, stupid." ”

Zhou Yi was stunned, thought about it, and found that it seemed to be the case...... Reason.

So he jumped up again: "Really?"

"Nonsense, to prove it, do you want us to do a group training?"

"Uh...... Forget it, ha, I'm going to eat!" After speaking, Zhou Yi ran in the direction of the restaurant of the training base as soon as he slipped away.

Seeing Zhou Yi running so fast, Bartlet, who was behind, shook his head and said to himself: "It seems that it's time to increase the strength......"

If Zhou Yi knew that he ran so fast and let him run from the tenth floor of hell to the twelfth floor, it is estimated that he would regret that he did not climb to the restaurant in the first place......

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The next day, Zhou Yi found that he was still exhausted and finished the morning's training, could it be that yesterday was an illusion? His physical fitness did not improve at all, was Coach Bartlett lying to himself or comforting himself?

Faced with Zhou Yi's painful doubts, Bartlet gave him learning comfort: "Welcome to the twelfth layer of hell, Zhou Yi. ”

So Zhou Yi finally didn't have to worry that his previous week's training was in vain, but at the same time, he also had to be afraid of what would happen next......

This is only the twelfth floor!

If he's not mistaken, hell is eighteen, right?

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While Zhou Yi's training continued, his agent Schulze was not idle.

He is helping him and the club in difficult contract renewal negotiations.

Schulze would keep in touch with Zhou Yi on every step of the progress in the renewal negotiations, telling him by phone or email.

So Zhou Yi knows why this contract renewal negotiation is so difficult......

Quite simply, because Schulze is a difficult and principled agent.

In fact, the renewal negotiation was first proposed by Dortmund club.

At that time, the season was not over yet, and Zhou Yi had just played a good game for a while. Dortmund Club took the initiative to express to Zhou Yi that they wanted to re-sign a contract with Zhou Yi.

If Zhou Yi didn't have an agent at that time, he might have signed it. But at that time, Tino Schulze was already Zhou Yi's agent, so he reminded Zhou Yi not to negotiate this new contract with Dortmund as an agent, because the new contract naturally did not maximize the benefits that Schulze wanted.

In order to keep Zhou Yi as much as possible, Dortmund offered a contract that was more beneficial to the club than Zhou Yi in some respects.

So at that time, Zhou Yi refused to negotiate a new contract with the club.

Later, when Shahin's contract renewal was in question, the club approached Zhou Yi again, hoping to start negotiations with him on a new contract.

Schulze again refused.

He explained to Zhou Yi that it was because Sha Xin's future was uncertain, and at this time, the club came to Zhou Yi to negotiate a contract, in fact, the bigger purpose was to show Sha Xin, hoping to put pressure on Sha Xin.

In this case, Dortmund may not really be willing to meet the demands made by Schulze for Zhou Yi, it is just a waste of time. Moreover, from single-core to dual-core, Schulze can see that Zhou Yi and Shahin are competing.

Therefore, Shahin's future in Dortmund determines Zhou Yi's future in Dortmund.

Shaheen eventually stayed at Borussia Dortmund and Shaheen left Borussia Dortmund, and for the club, they positioned Zhou Yi differently.

In Schulze's view, of course, Shahin's departure from Dortmund is the greatest benefit for Zhou Yi.

Therefore, before the renewal of Shahin's contract with Dortmund is completed, it is not the best time for Zhou Yi to negotiate a new contract with the club.

At that time, he made an excuse for Zhou Yi and asked Zhou Yi to tell the club that now he wants to focus on the game, so he will renew the contract or something, and talk about it when the season is over.

This excuse reflects Zhou Yi's idea of focusing on the overall situation, when Shahin was not in good form because of the contract renewal, Zhou Yi said that there was no flaw, and the club did not want Zhou Yi to also be affected by the renewal negotiations, resulting in an unstable state. When the time comes, let alone the second place in the league, the top four in the league may not be able to be kept.

So Zhou Yi said so, and Dortmund Club had no way to force Zhou Yi to negotiate with them for contract renewal.

Finally, when Shahin's move to Real Madrid was a foregone conclusion, Borussia Dortmund approached Zhou Yi again to start negotiations with him on a new contract.

At this time, Zhou Yi and Schulze had also gone through different channels and methods, knowing that Shahin was going to leave nine times out of ten.

The time has come to negotiate with Dortmund.

So Schulze began negotiations with Borussia Dortmund.

At the beginning, the negotiations were very smooth, just like Schulze said to Zhou Yi at the beginning, when Shaheen left the team, Dortmund would inevitably give up the capital in order to keep Zhou Yi.

However, on the liquidated damages clause, the two sides fell into a see-saw stalemate for the first time.

Schulze believes that the amount of 12 million euros set by Borussia Dortmund for Zhou Yi is too high, and hopes to reduce it to less than 8 million euros, preferably halved to 6 million euros.

But Dortmund is a grabber and cannot agree to this. Because the amount of Saheen's liquidated damages clause is 6 million euros. Dortmund just had enough of this loss -- if it weren't for the fact that Shahin's liquidated damages clause was too low, why would they rush to renew Shahin's contract with Shahin, who was still performing better and better, when there were still three years left in his contract? And in the end, because they were unwilling to activate Shahin's 6 million euros liquidated damages clause when there was only one year left in the contract, they were forced to sell Shahin, who had just had a spark with Zhou Yi, this summer.

If Zhou Yi still has a liquidated fee of 6 million euros, Dortmund's club general manager Zorke will definitely think of Shahin's transfer deal, and he will inevitably think about Zhou Yi, whether the club will repeat Shahin's mistakes......

Therefore, the two parties have been arguing for a long time on the specific amount of the liquidated damages clause.

And when the liquidated damages clause was rippling, Schulze did not let Zolke be idle, and threw the bombshell of portrait rights.

He doesn't want to give the portrait rights to the club, but wants to keep it in Zhou Yi's own hands.

If Dortmund wants to use Zhou Yi's portrait rights, yes, just give money, the two parties negotiate a suitable price or sharing ratio, as well as the scope of use, everything is negotiated, written on the contract, and it's okay.

But Borussia Dortmund didn't want to do that. They hope to let the players transfer all the image rights to the club, so that when Zhou Yi's image rights are profitable in the future, the club can sit and count the money. It is important to know that the image rights of the players are also considered to be part of the club's income. In the future, the club's commercial activities can also allow Zhou Yi to go to the platform, which is very beneficial for the club to develop the Asian market, especially the Chinese market.

A giant club like Real Madrid has to control the image rights of its players, and any player who joins Real Madrid must give the image rights so that the club can make a lot of profits in the commercial market.

For Dortmund, whose financial situation is not very good, Zhouyi, which is backed by a huge Chinese market, is simply a cash cow.

But Schulze did not want to give the money to the club.

The image rights are in the hands of the players themselves, and Schulze is more motivated to win more endorsement contracts for Zhou Yi, after all, he can take a cut of it, and the more contracts Zhou Yi wins, the more money he makes, and the more money he gets in the end.

Moreover, the image rights belong to the players themselves, which is also a good thing for the players themselves.

Many of today's stars may not make as much money as they make in business at the club......

But the club could not accept Schulze's conditions, if Zhou Yi's portrait rights were not in the hands of the club, the club would have to pay more if it wanted Zhou Yi to cooperate with the club's commercial activities. For the financially struggling Borussia Dortmund club, the money can be saved.

So the two sides have been talking like this for a long time, and they haven't solved these two problems until now.

Renewal talks seem to be at an impasse.

However, Schulze himself seemed very confident, he told Zhou Yi not to worry, just train, anyway, he would definitely come up with a contract that satisfied him in the end.

In addition to the contract, Schulze also brought Zhou Yi a happy news, that is, a large number of companies lined up to come to the door, hoping to cooperate with Zhou Yi.

This is naturally because Zhou Yi's performance last season was so good.

In last season's Bundesliga Best Poll recently launched by Kicker magazine, Zhou Yi won last season's Best Newcomer honor. The voters for this selection are players from all teams in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga, and it can also be said that Zhou Yi's performance has conquered his peers, which is remarkable.

In addition, Zhou Yi also won last season's assist king.

These honors have a very practical significance for Zhou Yi that more sponsors will come to the door and hope to sign an endorsement contract with him.

Zhou Yi was very happy with the news, which made him feel less bitter in the hellish special training.

Of course, the more money the better, and those who come will not refuse.

But Schulze told Zhou Yi that he couldn't refuse those who came, and he couldn't just do more and the better.

"It's also important to choose a brand to endorse, although you are a newcomer now, you are indeed a superstar, and it is not an exaggeration to define it by your performance. In the first season of the league, he had 14 assists, won the assist title and won the Bundesliga Rookie of the Year, and if you can continue this performance, I think you can compete for this year's European Golden Boy Award - this is not your average newcomer. ”

Schulze patiently explained to Zhou Yi.

"In this way, we have to raise the bar in the selection of partner brands accordingly. There are some third-tier and fourth-tier brands, and even brands that are not in the stream, don't need to be considered at all. In addition, although we will be licensing in different brand areas...... But also pay attention not to too much, signing too many brand endorsements at one time, it is easy for your image to be overused, resulting in a decrease in commercial value, which is not good for you. For example, some brands don't like to use over-exposed images that can be seen everywhere on the streets as spokespersons......"

Zhou Yi understood as soon as he heard it: "I understand, it's just a forced qualification." ”

"Forced?"

"Oh, it's the style grade, the rarer the more classy, and the rarer the more expensive. Zhou Yi explained to Schulze the Chinese style of force.

"Yes, that's what it means. ”

In addition to these endorsement brands, there is also a very important endorsement contract, and that is the endorsement of sports brands.

This is a big deal for Zhou Yi.

According to Schulzer's feedback, there are now three main sports brands interested in Zhouyi, one is Adidas, one is Nike, and the other is Puma, Dortmund's jersey sponsor.

Schulzer talked with these three at the same time to see which of the three had the greatest sincerity and the best conditions.

Of course, he didn't forget to ask Zhou Yi if he had a preference for the brand.

Some people like Nike, except for Nike, they don't think about anything else, and some people like Adidas.

Zhou Yi has no preference for this, he often wears an Adinec mix-and-match, and he has always worn Puma sneakers this season. Because PUMA is the team's sports cup sponsor, players who are not signed separately with the sports brand will wear what the team provides or buys themselves.

Zhou Yi was too lazy to bother, so he wore what the team provided, anyway, he didn't feel anything bad about wearing a Puma for a season.

So he doesn't bother with Nike or Adi, and there is no so-called brand loyalty.

This is good news for Schulzer, who will be able to give full play to his abilities and get the best contract for Zhou Yi.