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Facing Dortmund's central defender Subertic, Messi easily broke through, went into the penalty area, and shot!

Weidenfeller made a save, but he couldn't save Messi's shot.

The football crashed into the net, and Barcelona sealed the win 2:0!

The Champions League champion, completely said goodbye to Mark.

Mark slowly turned his head to look at the door, his dull gaze gradually became clearer, and then he jumped up from the ground, rushed to the door and yelled: "Zhou Yi-! What are you howling!! my Champions League! My Champions League champion, ahh!!!h

"What kind of game are you playing, Mark! Pack up your things and hurry out the door! We're going to Bracker!" Zhou Yi shouted downstairs.

"Isn't the season over? It's the holidays, what are you doing at the training base?"

"Go and sign the contract!professional contract!" Zhou Yi shouted at the top of his voice.

Mrs. Wagner, who was busy back in the kitchen, paused when she heard Zhou Yi's words.

Soon, she heard a dense and messy sound of footsteps coming from above her head.

Mark appeared at the top of the stairs, he grabbed the railing and leaned down, looking at Zhou Yi: "Are you kidding, Zhou Yi?"

"Who is kidding? Mr. Ricken called to inform you, me and you, go to Brackel now, go to sign a professional contract!" Zhou Yi shouted at Mark excitedly.

Mark was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran back: "I'll change my clothes!"

Zhou Yi also followed him upstairs, and he also went to get something.

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Russ Ricken held his phone and listened helplessly to the various shouts and footsteps coming from inside.

"Hey, Zhou Yi?" he asked tentatively. "Zhou Yi, are you still by the phone?"

He was answered by the faint voice of Mrs. Wagner: "I'll call your father back, Mark, and let him see you off!"

Then there were the footsteps......

Zhou Yi didn't answer Ricken.

Obviously, Zhou Yi seemed to forget that he was still talking to him, so he ran away.

He's been an academy manager for a year now, and he's been responsible for informing players of professional contracts, but it's the first time he's seen someone so excited......

He shook his head with a smile and hung up the phone himself.

Forget it, let's talk about the rest when he comes to the training base......

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Mark's dad was working at the company when he suddenly received a call from his wife. After listening to the phone quietly, he hung up the phone and went to his boss to ask for leave.

"Uh, old Wagner, we're not at work yet...... boss reminded old Wagner by pointing to the clock hanging on the wall.

Old Wagner nodded: "I know, sir." But I have to go home. ”

"Why?" the boss asked.

"My sons are signing a professional contract with Borussia Dortmund and I'm going to send them to the club. ”

"Ahh "Okay, I'm on leave! Go ahead! It's a very important thing!"

"Thank you, sir. The elder Wagner turned and left his boss's office.

After coming out of the company, the elder Wagner drove the car as fast as he could, and returned home as fast as he could.

When his car had just stopped in front of his house, Zhou Yi and Mark, as well as Mrs. Wagner, opened the door and walked out, they were ready.

"Get in the car, kids. Mrs. Wagner pushed the two children into the car and sat herself in the passenger seat.

"It's a pity that the time was too sudden, and I didn't have time to inform your sister. Sitting in the car, Mrs. Wagner still felt a little regretful. "I'll call her back for dinner, though, and we'll have to celebrate the evening!"

After saying that, she patted the center console of the car and announced in high spirits: "Let's go!

It felt as if it wasn't Mark who was going to sign a professional contract with Dortmund, it was her......

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On the way, Mark and Zhou Yi are looking forward to a better life after signing a professional contract, they will no longer be a youth contract, and in terms of income, they will be much better than now. They can be considered true professionals, supporting themselves on the salary paid by the club, rather than relying on their parents.

While speaking, the car had already arrived in the parking lot outside the Bracker training base, and after the guard at the door saw the old Wagner, Zhou Yi and Mark, he raised the railing without saying anything and let him go.

These are the parents who often send their children to the club for training, and the guards have known each other for a long time, and there is no need to check any documents.

But the guards also wondered, didn't the youth team already go on vacation, and what did these two children do at the training base again?

When the car was not parked in the parking lot, the rear door was opened by Mark, and he couldn't wait to jump out of the car, followed by Zhou Yi, and the two of them wanted to run inside after getting out of the car, but were stopped by Mrs. Wagner.

"Wait a minute, kids!"

She got out of the passenger seat, walked quickly to the two impatient teenagers, and then straightened their clothes.

"Don't run, how ugly it will be to sign out of breath when the time comes. She said to her two children. "Calm down, you're a pro!"

Mark scratched his head embarrassedly, and Zhou Yi just laughed.

"Go ahead. Looking at the two children, Mrs. Wagner said lovingly.

The two turned around and walked towards the academy, at first they were able to maintain their pace, not too fast. But in the back, it was difficult to suppress the joy and excitement in his heart, and he walked faster and faster, and finally ran up.

Mrs. Wagner watched the running backs of the two children from behind, and only shook her head with a smile, but did not say anything to stop them.

Because that's the nature of a child.

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Ricken waited in his office for Zhou Yi and Mark, two teenagers, and seeing that they were panting and their cheeks were still a little flushed, Ricken pretended to be surprised and asked, "You didn't come straight from home, did you?"

"How is that possible, sir. We don't have that kind of stamina, we came from the parking lot. Zhou Yi said.

Ricken smiled.

"Okay, come on, you can look at the contract, and you can always ask any questions. Ricken pushed the two children into chairs and sat down, and the text of the contract was already placed in front of each of them.

Actually, in general. When signing a professional contract, you should be accompanied by an agent, even if you are a youth team player. Nowadays, there are more and more precocious players, who can enter the first team to play at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and even become the main force, so the agents have long extended their tentacles to the youth team.

However, the speed at which Mark and Zhou Yi came out was too short, so neither of them had an agent yet.

Naturally, you can only look at the contract for yourself.

In fact, Zhou Yi couldn't understand the contract, and those redundant legal terms made him think of the paragraphs that needed to be memorized in the political textbook, and he had a big head when he thought about it.

Zhou Yi only cares about two points - the length of the contract and salary, time and money.

That's the only thing he can understand.

And the contract of a professional player, to put it bluntly, is actually the most important thing.

How long you play for a team determines the next step of a player's development, and the more famous a player is, the more likely he is to sign a contract with a small team for too long. However, this is not a problem for the youth team players, who are often not yet successful and tend to seek consistency rather than using the team as a springboard.

At the same time, the club also treats differently in the formulation of the length of the contract. For those players with exceptional talent, clubs tend to give them a long contract, which is 10 years or 8 years, and 5 or 6 years is normal.

For those youth team players with average qualifications, the club usually controls the number of years to be shorter, such as three years and four years. Three or four years can also tell how far an 18-year-old player can develop in the future. If three seasons have passed and the player still hasn't done well and his progress tends to stop, it means that the player no longer meets the requirements of their team, and the club will choose to sell him a year before the contract expires, or simply wait for the contract to expire and not renew it.

Zhou Yi glanced at the length of his contract - eight years.

He is eighteen years old, twenty-six years later, and is in the prime of his career.

It can be seen from this age that Dortmund Club is still very optimistic about Zhou Yi's future. Of course, there is a reason for their optimism, which is won by Zhou Yi's own performance.

In just eight months after arriving at the youth team, he has become the absolute main core of the two youth teams, helping Dortmund Youth A team win two important competitions, and is second only to Gotze's talent.

Such talent and performance naturally deserve the club's attention to him.

Zhou Yi has no problem with the eight-year contract period, because he knows very well that the first professional contract in his life is often not actually fulfilled until the contract expires.

As long as you have good insurance, this contract will definitely be re-signed, and both the salary and the number of years will be revised at that time.

So now there's no need to worry about eight years or six years.

The contract period is no problem, Zhou Yi will look at the remuneration next.

As the first professional contract in life, the salary is often not too high.

But this is not too high compared to those first-team stars, and compared to an ordinary salaryman, the salary of a professional player is still very considerable.

Unlike England teams, which pay attention to weekly wages, Bundesliga teams all say annual salaries.

So what is Zhou Yi's annual salary?

The contract says 150,000 euros.

150,000 euros!

Converted into RMB, that is a bonus of 1.5 million!

Zhou Yi is only eighteen years old, and he has already become a person with an annual income of one million!

And this is more than money, his parents may have to earn it in a lifetime with their current income. Now it's only Zhou Yi's income for a year.

This is one of the reasons why Zhou Yi must be a professional player.

Not only for the football dream in my heart, but also for the money.

But...... Zhou Yi, who was in a happy period, suddenly saw that there was one more point in the contract, and the 150,000 was ...... Annual salary before taxes!

150,000 before tax, how much is it after tax?

Zhou Yi looked up and asked Ricken: "Sir, that ...... How is personal income tax collected in Germany?"

Rickon seemed to have been prepared, and when he saw Zhou Yi asking, he handed him a piece of paper. Zhou Yi took it and saw that it was a table about the personal income tax rate in Germany.

The tax rates for the different income brackets in Germany are clearly marked.

If the annual income is less than 7,664 euros, there is no tax.

The tax rate is 15 per cent for annual income between €7,665 and €12,739.

The tax rate is 24% for annual income between 12,740 euros and 52,151 euros.

The tax rate for annual income exceeding 52,151 euros is 45 percent.

Zhou Yi checked it and found that he had to pay 45% of the tax, and suddenly felt heartache.

After paying 150,000 yuan, there are only more than 80,000 euros left......

Seeing that Zhou Yi was still studying taxes, Ricken asked, "By the way, Zhou Yi, do you have religious beliefs?"

"Nope. Zhou Yi shook his head. "I'm an atheist. ”

"Oh, then you escaped. Ricken laughed.

"Huh?" Zhou Yi didn't understand.

"If you're religious, you also have to pay a church tax of three to four percent of your income. But if you are not religious, you don't have to pay this tax. Germany, after all, is a state of religion and state, and it is mandatory in this regard. In addition, you will have to pay about 11,000 euros a year in social insurance. Ricken saw that Zhou Yi was very concerned about income, so he explained in detail.

When he said this, as soon as Zhou Yi calculated, he found that his income was even less, and there were only 70,000 left of more than 80,000 yuan......

Before, he thought that the annual salary of 150,000 yuan was quite a lot, but now he thinks it is not much at all!

When Zhou Yi was still struggling with income, Mark next to him had already decided to sign the contract.

"Have you finished reading?" Zhou Yi asked strangely.

"Well, there's nothing to see anymore, being able to be a professional player at Borussia Dortmund has always been my dream. Mark laughed.

Mark then signed his name on the contract.

And Zhou Yi saw that Mark had signed, and there was nothing to say. This contract is like this anyway, he is not a professional agent, and he is not good at bargaining with the club, anyway, it is the first contract in his life, although he is not particularly satisfied with the income, but this also gives Zhou Yi the motivation to continue to work hard - work hard to perform well, and then sign a big contract again!

So Zhou Yi also had to sign.

Ricken handed over the pen, but Zhou Yi waved his hand and refused, and he took out a Montblanc fountain pen from his pocket, which Ricken felt familiar.

"This was given to you the last time you signed the contract?" he asked.

Zhou Yi nodded: "I specially used it to sign the contract." ”

Ricken smiled.

Zhou Yi unscrewed the cap of the pen and signed his name on the contract, and from this moment on, he officially became a professional player.

His original goal was achieved.

But Zhou Yi is very clear.

Becoming a professional is just the beginning, and if he can't play in the first team, then there's no point in having a professional contract.

In Germany, you can sign a professional contract at the age of 18, so it's just a matter of routine, and it doesn't mean you can actually play in the first team.

Now, he's not even a first-team player, let alone playing in the first team.

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At the end of the contract, Ricken took out his camera and took a photo and a group photo of each of them as a souvenir.

Then there was nothing to do, and the two of them wanted to say goodbye and go out to tell the Wagners, who were waiting outside, the good news.

But Ricken stopped Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, you stay for a while, I have something to say." ”

Zhou Yi and Mark were both quite strange, Zhou Yi pointed at himself: "Is it just me?"

Ricken nodded.

"Then I'll wait for you outside. Mark hurriedly said to Zhou Yi, then said goodbye to Ricken and went out.

He closed the door, and now only Ricken and Zhou Yi were left in the office.

"Come, sit down first. Ricken motioned for Zhou Yi to sit, so Zhou Yi sat on the sofa.

Ricken, on the other hand, returned to his desk and sat down in the corner of the desk with his ass in his ass.

"What are your plans for this holiday, Zhou Yi?" he asked.

"Go home, sir. Zhou Yi replied.

"Oh, have you booked your ticket?"

"Does the club want to be reimbursed?" Zhou Yi's eyes lit up, thinking that Ricken cared about his ticket for this.

Ricken didn't expect Zhou Yi's brain to be so big, and hurriedly waved his hand: "You think too much." I'm afraid that you will lose some money when you refund the ticket at that time. ”

"Why should I refund the ticket?" Zhou Yi was puzzled.

"That's right, Zhou Yi, you may not be able to go home for a vacation. Ricken said.

Zhou Yi's eyes widened in confusion.

'I got a call from Jurgen Klopp that you will be transferred to the first team for a summer training camp. ”

Zhou Yi opened his mouth wide and looked at Ricken blankly.

"And the first team's training camp started on July 2, so ...... You don't have time to go home, Zhou Yi. But I want to remind you that you are only training with the first team now, it does not mean that you are a first-team player, whether you can stay in the first team or not depends on your performance during the training camp. ”

"Just you and Gotze. The whole Under-19 team is for you to train with the first team. Ricken added.

Zhou Yi was stunned - there was no Mark.

Zhou Yi understood why he was left alone to talk about this - this kind of thing was always a little embarrassing to say in front of Mark.

But Zhou Yi is in trouble now, how will he face Mark in a while?

He originally thought that with his excellent performance during this period, if he was going to go to the first team, he would definitely go with him.

I didn't expect them to be separated.

It should have been a joy to be selected for the first team to follow the training camp, but now Zhou Yi is suddenly not so happy.

Mark worked so hard and wanted to go to the first team, he has worked hard in the past few months, he has seen it all, but the last person to go to the first team did not have him, how disappointed he should be after he found out...... Ken and Zhou Yi are gone.

"Come, sit down first. Ricken motioned for Zhou Yi to sit, so Zhou Yi sat on the sofa.

Ricken, on the other hand, returned to his desk and sat down in the corner of the desk with his ass in his ass.

"What are your plans for this holiday, Zhou Yi?" he asked.

"Go home, sir. Zhou Yi replied.

"Oh, have you booked your ticket?"

"Does the club want to be reimbursed?" Zhou Yi's eyes lit up, thinking that Ricken cared about his ticket for this.

Ricken didn't expect Zhou Yi's brain to be so big, and hurriedly waved his hand: "You think too much." I'm afraid that you will lose some money when you refund the ticket at that time. ”

"Why should I refund the ticket?" Zhou Yi was puzzled.

"That's right, Zhou Yi, you may not be able to go home for a vacation. Ricken said.

Zhou Yi's eyes widened in confusion.

'I got a call from Jurgen Klopp that you will be transferred to the first team for a summer training camp. ”

Zhou Yi opened his mouth wide and looked at Ricken blankly.

"And the first team's training camp started on July 2, so ...... You don't have time to go home, Zhou Yi. But I want to remind you that you are only training with the first team now, it does not mean that you are a first-team player, whether you can stay in the first team or not depends on your performance during the training camp. ”

"Just you and Gotze. The whole Under-19 team is for you to train with the first team. Ricken added.

Zhou Yi was stunned - there was no Mark.

Zhou Yi understood why he was left alone to talk about this - this kind of thing was always a little embarrassing to say in front of Mark.

But Zhou Yi is in trouble now, how will he face Mark in a while?

He originally thought that with his excellent performance during this period, if he was going to go to the first team, he would definitely go with him.

I didn't expect them to be separated.

It should have been a joy to be selected for the first team to follow the training camp, but now Zhou Yi is suddenly not so happy.

Mark worked so hard and wanted to go to the first team, he has worked hard in the past few months, he has seen it all, but the last person to go to the first team did not have him, how disappointed he should be after he found out......