Since Todd signed Lin Hong, he has spent three days translating and studying the relevant regulations of the Japanese Football Association and Japanese labor law, and of course, tax issues, which are things that agents must be aware of.

After eating all of this, Todd knocked on the door of Takeshi Okada's office on the fourth day.

Takeshi Okada actually knew that this day would come soon when he learned that Lin Hong had signed an agent, but he didn't expect this Italian to be so efficient.

Lin Hong's contract must be re-signed, which is something that is clear to both parties, and the only difference that exists is the difference in the starting point of interests.

Todd thinks that Lin Hong's contribution to the team does not match what he has gotten, and he also understands that Imabari FC still plays in the amateur league, and the income is very limited, and he will not ask for the standard of young players in Europe, but Daisuke Yoshii's standard is already the bottom line that Todd can accept.

Takeshi Okada also wants to re-sign the contract with Lin Hong, especially after Lin Hong's latest medical examination contract comes out. Lin Hong has no problems with his body, although his bone density is still rising, but the good news is that his bones are not calcified and brittle, on the contrary, they are more tenacious and healthy, and the doctor even joked that this is the re-evolution of human beings.

Takeshi Okada no longer stopped Lin Hong from practicing long-range shooting, on the contrary, he asked assistant coach Shota Haruzama to find videos of many long-range shooting masters for Lin Hong, and even specially invited a temporary long-range shooting coach for Lin Hong to teach him, and the result was very gratifying.

It can be said that Lin Hong's unexpected super surprise has made Takeshi Okada reformulate his goals for this season, and he is even planning the lineup for next season, and everything is formulated around Lin Hong.

But the core of the problem is that Lin Hong's contract can only be signed for two years at most, and no one can change this. The core appeal of Imabari FC is to change the nature of the contract, that is, to change the reserve player contract into a professional player contract.

The new problem became how to get Lin Hong to bypass the harsh requirements of the Japanese Football Association, so Imabari FC really thought of a solution.

As one of the poorest countries in the world, Liberia also has its own two levels of professional football leagues, but due to economic reasons, Liberia's professional teams are really difficult to operate, coupled with the volatile situation, it is not uncommon for Liberian teams to change hands.

Since it is the poorest country, the transfer price of the team is naturally not much higher. Takeshi Okada flew to Liberia after Rinhong's first league game, and then spent $50,000 to buy a second-division team, Shakhtar Monrovia, and the two sides had no idea that the capital team of the second division had changed hands, except for the Liberian Football Association.

Because Uchida, who bought the team, is a little person that no one knows about in Japan, and Liberia is a corner that Japanese football and the media will not care about, so naturally no one knows that Uchida Mizan, who bought the Shakhtar team, is a distant cousin of Takeshi Okada.

Takeshi Okada wanted Lin Hong's contract to be voided at the end of the season, and then he signed a formal professional contract with Shakhtar, who then loaned Lin Hong to Imabari FC.

In this way, Takeshi Okada will be able to obtain the ownership of Lin Hong's profession, and Lin Hong will definitely be able to obtain higher economic benefits.

Takeshi Okada's operation is not innovative, many European and American clubs are using this routine, and it is not against the rules of the Japanese Football Association.

Although this may be controversial with some of the rules of the Japanese Football Association, it is only a controversy, coupled with Lin Hong's status as a Chinese player, as long as Lin Hong, Imabari FC and Shakhtar Monrovia do not have a dispute, the Japanese Football Association will not risk offending Takeshi Okada.

Being able to get a career contract in advance to increase income, Lin Hong and Todd naturally agreed, but there was a disagreement with Imabari FC on the length of the new contract.

Todd insisted on signing a two-year contract, while Imabari FC demanded a new contract of at least three years, which, combined with this season that had just begun, meant that Lin Hong would have to stay at Imabari FC for at least four years.

Todd is very experienced, and he knows that Imabari FC values Lin Hong's growth and is optimistic that he can continue to improve. But he hopes that Lin Hong can have more time, if he can grow to a certain height within two years, then he will definitely go to Europe for development. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't find it realistic, he would even be willing to sign a contract for only one year.

On the first day, the negotiations between the two sides were debated over the length of the contract for an afternoon, and in the end there was no progress.

The next day, Takeshi Okada also deliberately approached Lin Hong before the training began, he didn't want Lin Hong to promise anything, but just hoped that Lin Hong would not be affected by the contract negotiations.

At this time, Lin Hong felt the importance of having an agent, he only needed to give his wishes and requirements first, and then finally sign it, as for the white-faced role of the negotiation must be more careful than the word is played by the agent, the player just needs to calm down and train and play with peace of mind.

Lin Hong has devoted himself to long-range shooting training, and his "batti gol" proficiency has risen to 32%, and the power of shooting is getting more and more. It's just that his left foot training progress is relatively slow, which makes Lin Hong regret that there is no guy around him who is very good at his left foot to activate the learning task about his left foot, and it seems that he can only take his time with water grinding.

However, Lin Hong also noticed that his meal volume had increased again, which made Lin Hong's title of a big stomach monster completely realized.

Negotiations continued the next day, and Todd did not veto it, but demanded a weekly salary of 500,000 yen, and the appearance fee and other bonuses were also greatly increased.

Todd is a lion's big mouth, and it is a cut above Toda Kazuyuki, who is currently the highest paid player in the team, which is certainly not acceptable to Imabari FC, not to mention that they don't have money, even if they have money, they can't do it, because this is completely an offer to break the salary system of Imabari FC.

In the face of Imabari FC's thunderstorm, Todd was not surprised at all, he just quoted a price that the club could not accept, which means that I could not accept the three-year time clause.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the club suddenly goes crazy and agrees, it's one thing for Lin Hong to make money, if he really kicks out of the state, the European club that wants Lin Hong will definitely not care about the liquidated damages, because the huge Chinese market behind Lin Hong will soon make European clubs earn back, and it will not have much impact on Lin Hong's entry into Europe.

Of course, if it is purely for the purpose of selling jerseys and advertising, Todd and Lin Hong will refuse, so it is better to stay in Imabari FC.

In short, Todd's salary offer is a general's move, and the rest depends on whether Imabari FC wants a 3-year contract or a stable salary structure.

In the end, Imabari FC decided to compromise and sign a contract for 2 years after deliberation, and as a concession to Imabari FC, Todd finally agreed to make a huge concession on salary on behalf of Lin Hong.

In the new contract, Lin Hong can get a weekly salary of 100,000 yen, which is equivalent to a salary of 24,000 yuan per month, which is about the same as the salary of Japanese white-collar workers. In addition, Lin Hong can also get an appearance fee of 10,000 yen per game, and the goal bonus has also increased from 20,000 yen to 30,000 yen, and the assist bonus has increased from 10,000 yen to 15,000 yen. All other bonuses remain unchanged.

Of course, these are all calculated from next season, and Lin Hong can't sign an official contract this season, so he can only go according to the previous reserve player contract.

Todd's contract negotiations were very successful, not only did he turn Lin Hong's reserve player contract into a more legally protected professional player contract, but also greatly increased Lin Hong's salary, and next season Lin Hong will be the second highest salary in the team after Kazuyuki Toda.

However, Todd is most proud of helping Lin Hong grab 50% of the portrait rights, which is what he wants to get his hands on the most.

When it comes to image rights, many people may be confused with the player's personal endorsement, and they can't tell the difference between the money earned by the player and the club, or even not at all. That's because they can't tell the difference between a club's image rights and an individual's image rights.

The so-called club image rights income refers to the commercial sponsorship income obtained by players as members of the club, such as shooting advertisements for team jerseys, shooting sponsorship advertisements for the club, etc.

The company's sole sponsorship of individual players is the personal image right, which is not part of the club's contract negotiation.

Under normal circumstances, companies would prefer to sponsor clubs rather than players, because sponsoring clubs mean that all the players of the club have the opportunity to promote them, while the effect of sponsoring players is relatively one-sided.

Of course, this is not absolute, as long as the players reach a certain level, then their personal endorsement effect is definitely no worse than that of a team.

For example, when Beckham switched from Manchester United to Real Madrid, Fiorentino did not hesitate to offer the world's No. 1 annual salary of 15 million euros after tax to get all of Beckham's club image rights. It's just that the agency behind Beckham rejected the offer, and they would rather let Beckham get a "low salary" of 3 million euros and get 50% of the club's image rights.

Florentino considered that Beckham had already received big-name sponsorships in almost all industries, and the personal image rights income had been developed extremely well, so he agreed to only 50% of the club's image rights income. Sponsors from all over the world then brandished cheques to sponsor Real Madrid and asked David Beckham to wear the Real Madrid shirt to advertise for them.

Beckham readily agreed without violating the interests of his own personal sponsors, and later the world knew that Beckham's agent team was extremely correct, Beckham and his agency team made a lot of money, and the 50% of the club's image rights brought him far more than 12 million euros a year.

Young players basically have no say in the special clause of player image rights, and the image rights of players in the lower leagues belong to the club by default unless they are special players like Kazuyuki Toda.

At first, Imabari FC did not agree, because Lin Hong's potential is very large, even if his market appeal has not yet been reflected, don't forget the Chinese market behind him, Takeshi Okada's team has had two years of in-depth cooperation with the Chinese football circle.

However, Imabari FC will be mixed in the lower leagues for the next two years, and it is unlikely that they will get a huge sponsorship before entering J1, which means that even if Lin Hong wears the Imabari FC jersey or takes over the endorsement as a Imabari FC player, the amount is not much, so in the end I agreed.

Todd doesn't think so, he thinks the Asian football market is a big treasure, although the commercial development of Japanese football has been done very well, but if Lin Hong can play a phenomenal performance, it is entirely possible to make the Chinese market crazy, which has nothing to do with whether they are a low-level league or not.

Todd thinks that Imabari FC's judgment is based on the previous Chinese overseas players, in addition to selling a few jerseys, in addition to helping the club win a few Chinese corporate sponsorships, the rest is to easily contact the summer warm-up games to earn appearance fees.

The most critical problem is that they have not played out, and Lin Hong can, Todd is full of confidence in this, he even has a hunch that the whole of China will be crazy for Lin Hong in the near future, whether it is personal endorsement or club sponsorship, Lin Hong can easily make a lot of money.

And Lin Hong has made money, and Todd can naturally get a piece of the pie.