Zhou Yi has finished a special training session that lasted almost two months, and he has five days to rest before reporting to the team for the new season. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But this does not mean that Zhou Yi can sleep at home every day for the next five days and don't have to worry about anything.

In fact, he still has a lot of things to do.

These things have been accumulated during the previous more than a month of special training.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yi sent a text message to his agent, Tino Schulze: "I'm liberated, Tino!"

Five minutes later, he received a call from Schulzer.

"Congratulations on coming out of hell alive, Zhou Yi!" Schulzer looked delighted. "So let's talk about work......"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "I feel like I've entered another hell......"

"Can't say that, Zhou Yi. Have you ever seen hell piled up with bills?" Schulzer laughed.

"Ah, that's heaven!"

"Yes, I'm here to send you money!"

Dortmund FC and Schulzer's contract renewal negotiations have ended, and although the process was very tortuous, it was finally negotiated and it was the condition that Schulze wanted.

This has to say that although Schulze lacks connections and experience, he really has no ability, and he is good at stalking, so in the negotiation process, it is very difficult to deal with, which makes Zolke have a headache.

Schulze made the right decision when it came to negotiating, and he asked Zhou Yi to negotiate after Shahin's transfer was confirmed. After then Borussia bought Shahin, they had to pay attention to Zhou Yi, so Zhou Yi's conditions must be accepted regardless of whether they can accept it or not.

Of course, Schulze also made some concessions, which were to allow Dortmund to increase the amount of the liquidated damages clause to 10 million euros. This is also the reason why Schulze proposed the portrait right when the liquidated damages were not negotiated - he played this idea, and it seemed that he cared about the liquidated damages, but in fact, he cared most about the portrait right.

And the liquidated damages clause became a step for Dortmund to step down, so that both parties could accept it. Schulze used the liquidated damages to obtain more favorable terms for himself and Zhou Yi.

It may seem like a concession on the part of Schulze, but it is a big step forward in the negotiation process.

In the new terms, if Dortmund wants to use Zhou Yi's portrait rights, they need to pay Zhou Yi according to a certain percentage, and sell the jersey with Zhou Yi's number and name, and also give Zhou Yi a share.

As long as Zhouyi's jerseys sell well, in the future, this alone may earn more than one million euros per year.

So now lying down to make money has changed from the club to Zhou Yi......

When the final negotiation was reached, Zolke gritted his teeth and said to Schulze: "If you weren't Zhou Yi's agent, I would have asked the security guards to kick you out a long time ago!

Facing the angry Zolke, Schulze was not angry, but said with a smile: "I'm also glad that I can become Zhou Yi's agent, Mr. Zolke." ”

In the face of Schulze, who was super combative and thick-skinned like a city wall in the negotiations, Zolke was speechless......

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"The specific terms of the contract have been negotiated, I will send you a contract document in your mailbox, you can see, you can call me at any time if you have any questions. If that's okay, we can make an appointment to sign up. Schulze said on the phone.

"Okay, Tino. Thank you for your hard work. ”

"Hey, what's polite, I'm going to split the account from your income, so working for you is also making money for me, you're welcome, Zhou Yi. ”

"By the way, when it comes to sharing, do I need to give you a portion of my salary?" Zhou Yi asked.

"No, ha!" Schulze smiled. "Your money is your money, and my commission is given by the club. ”

"Club?" Zhou Yi was a little surprised, he had always thought that the so-called agent took money from the player's salary to give the agent money, but he didn't expect it to be given by the club.

"That's right, my percentage is 800% of your salary, which is not much. This money is not out of your salary, but the multi-stunt club will give me a separate sum of money based on your salary. Schulze explained.

Zhou Yi thought about it for a while, no wonder Zolke was very unhappy with Schulze - such a person who made them feel difficult and annoying, in the end, he even had to be paid by the club to support him, and he gave it every year, who do you say can be happy?

He didn't know why there was such a rule, but it didn't matter if he didn't let him pay for it.

After hanging up the phone, he started receiving emails and looked at them.

The most critical issue of the annual salary and salary of the contract, Schulze does not dare to make his own decision, he must ask Zhou Yi's opinion, if Zhou Yi is not satisfied, then he has been grinding with Zolke, grinding until Zolke collapses Schulze doesn't care, as long as Zhou Yi nods, anyway, he is Zhou Yi's agent, so naturally he doesn't have to consider Zorke's mood.

The contract is six years, two years less than the eight years in the previous contract. It is also a suitable period, four years is too short for a player as young as Zhou Yi, and Dortmund Club will not accept it no matter what.

Eight years is too long for both Zhou Yi and Schulze to accept.

The annual salary is 1.5 million euros before tax, which is ten times more than Zhou Yi's first contract, and it also matches Zhou Yi's performance on the court. Converted into RMB, it is nearly 15 million, and Zhou Yi was already a millionaire with a net worth of 10 million at the age of 19, which may be the most obvious change in his fate brought to him by professional football.

In fact, at first, Zhou Yi thought that the money was a little less, but Schulze told him that 1.5 million is already the top salary in many Bundesliga clubs, or more than the top salary. The entire Bundesliga is paying attention to the health management philosophy, so the salary of players is very strictly controlled, except for clubs with deep pockets such as Bayern Munich, the salaries of players in other clubs are not much. Due to the financial crisis that Dortmund has always had, the salaries of the players are generally not very high, and the salary expenditure of the whole team in a year is not even in the top three in the entire Bundesliga.

Zhou Yi, who listened to it, smacked his tongue again and again for the Bundesliga's tightening of his belt and engaging in health finances, and it was not good for the lion to open his mouth again.

However, Schulze also assured him that when the time is right, he will continue to negotiate a new contract with the club, and as long as Zhou Yi performs well, doubling his salary will not be a problem. It is impossible for this six-year contract to actually last for six years.

Moreover, the annual salary of 1.5 million euros still has a clause of 10% increase every year, and Zhou Yi's salary will still rise.

In addition to salary, bonuses are also an important part of a player's annual income at the club.

Unlike Chinese clubs, there is no single win award, but a target prize before the season, such as a league championship award. If the team ends up winning the league title, then all players can get different amounts of bonuses according to different proportions, generally the more important players, the bigger the players, the more bonuses they get.

Therefore, this bonus distribution ratio also needs to be fought for by the agent and the club in the contract.

Zhou Yi's bonus distribution ratio is not too prominent, but it is not bad, and it belongs to the upper average. Considering that Zhou Yi is not yet twenty years old, he is the number one among Dortmund's young players in his age group.

The amount of various bonuses was also known to Zhou Yi for a long time, and it would only appear in the contract when he nodded with satisfaction.

Liquidated damages of 10 million euros and a stipulation that liquidated damages can only be activated if there is one year left on the contract, and cannot be activated until then.

In case the second year of the contract was signed, a team poached Zhou Yi for 10 million.

You must know that for the Bundesliga team, the transfer fee of 10 million euros is a huge amount, but for those giants in La Liga and the Premier League, 10 million is simply not money.

So it is very necessary to add a time limit.

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Zhou Yi looked at the terms of the contract, and there was no problem, so he called Schulze and told him that he could make an appointment with the club to sign a contract.

In addition to signing with the club, there is also an endorsement contract.

Because of Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the first season of the Bundesliga, coupled with the huge Chinese market behind it, Zhou Yi has become the target of many second-tier, quasi-first-tier, and even first-tier brands.

It is really not an exaggeration to use "queuing to send money", and these companies queuing up to send money to the door are not necessarily Zhou Yi, and he also has to delete and eliminate those companies that are too well-known and too low.

Although Zhou Yi is a newcomer who aims to play in the professional league for a season, Schulze did not build Zhou Yi as a newcomer at all, which also made his requirements for choosing an endorsement brand much stricter.

If it is only a well-known company in Dortmund, it will not be considered at all, at least it must have a huge reputation in Europe.

In addition, the Chinese market is also a big cake that Schulzer will never give up, but this does not mean that he will relax his requirements a little bit for the Chinese companies that come to his door. He still requires that those companies are well-known in China and have a certain reputation in the world, at least not after the world's top 500 enterprises, right?

The image he formulated for Zhou Yi is an international superstar even if it is in China, and the image value will decline if it is not in China.

Because there are too many companies looking for Zhouyi, it takes a lot of time and energy for Schulzer to screen and remove.

This has also led to a very rapid pace in the negotiation of contracts in this area.

So far, Schulze has only identified one endorsement brand, that is, the famous brand CK from the United States, and its youth clothing brand ck_jeans.

The company naturally sought out Zhou Yi because of Zhou Yi's amazing performance in German football last season, coupled with his huge appeal in the Chinese market. In addition, Zhou Yi's personal image and ck_jeans's brand image are also very compatible, and ck_jeans promotes an innocent and pure heart, confident and positive, full of vitality, which is just like tailor-made for Zhou Yi.

Because Zhouyi's image and brand characteristics are so compatible, ck_jeans is very resolute about the previous and next Zhouyi.

In the end, the two parties filled out a three-year contract, and within three years, the American fashion brand paid Zhou Yi 800,000 euros per year, which is 2.4 million euros for three years. The two parties are talking about an exclusive and unique endorsement contract in the field of denim.

That is to say, Zhou Yi can no longer sign endorsements with other corporate brands that produce denim clothing in the past three years, and in any public occasion, if Zhou Yi wants to wear denim clothes, he must wear ck_jeans, otherwise it will be a breach of contract and will be compensated.

However, there is also a benefit, that is, Zhou Yi will not have to buy jeans and jeans in the future, which are sponsored by American fashion brands.

In addition, in order to reasonably avoid taxes, Schulze also suggested that Zhou Yi set up a company, the company is registered in the Cayman Islands, and the money such as endorsement and sponsorship contracts can be directly transferred to the account of the registered company, so that the dreaded personal income tax in Germany can be avoided.

This is not Schulzer's first either, as many players and stars have adopted this method to avoid taxes.

However, Zhou Yi was a little apprehensive at first, afraid that he would be found out and become a stain on him.

In this regard, Schulze explained to Zhou Yi that tax evasion and reasonable tax avoidance are different, tax evasion is a crime, but reasonable tax avoidance is not, otherwise why is there the word "reasonable" in front of it?

“...... The part of the salary bonus given to you by the club is something that you must declare and pay tax, and if you don't declare it, even if you evade taxes. The sponsor and your endorsement contract are not signed with you, but with the company you established, and you sign the contract as the legal representative of the company, which means that the endorsement contract is a ...... between your company and the other company."

Schulze patiently explained to Zhou Yi, anyway, this set of practices is legal and reasonable, and many celebrities do it, otherwise what does a small country like the Cayman Islands rely on to get by?

In the end, Zhou Yi was persuaded by Schulze, and he asked Schulze to do these things, anyway, he just had to attend the signing ceremony.