Mendes is not only coming to London this time to bring Leon the news that he is likely to win the "Mr. Silver Ball" honor at the FIFA awards ceremony early next year.

For Mendes and the entire economic team behind Leon, it is more important to agree on the renewal of the cooperation with Leon to sign the first batch of commercial endorsement companies.

Among them, the giant groups that have huge energy in China, capital and industry resources are extremely abundant, and are certainly not in the ranks of Mendez to exclude cooperation.

These big companies also offered Leon more lucrative new endorsement contracts early.

This time, Mendes is looking for Li Ang to determine which original small and medium-sized cooperative enterprises will be eliminated and replaced with new large groups in the industry.

Because when the endorsement was signed, Mendes did not give these companies a written clause to give priority to renewing the cooperation, and most of the contract years were about two years.

Now that the cooperation is about to expire, it is naturally time for a new round of negotiation conditions, and it is normal for a friendly breakup to be unavoidable.

After Li Ang suppressed the previous agitated emotions, he listened to Mendez finish his analysis and suggestions.

To be honest, now Li Ang is really not short of money, and the total amount of his endorsements has reached the first person in the industry since the end of last year - or the level of a large lead in the fault.

Mendez's personal brand projects for him are also in the process of being prepared and developed.

By the end of next year, Messi and Ronaldo's combined annual income may be distanced by him.

In this case, Li Ang said that he would not give priority to the amount of money when choosing an endorsement contract now, and it was not a pretending to speak.

But considering that there is a huge economic team behind him now pursuing higher returns, Li Ang didn't pretentiously say anything nonsense about "money is not important".

And he felt that Mendez's analysis made sense.

The company that is now offering him a sky-high contract is not necessarily a high-quality enterprise.

However, small and medium-sized enterprises can seize his traffic, expand their territory in the domestic market, and get enough benefits, so they naturally need to give their sincerity.

If you ask me to endorse me, the conditions offered can't even reach 80% of the top contracts in the industry, so what kind of sincere cooperation is there to talk about?

So in this area, Li Ang basically agreed with Mendez's "guidelines" for changing the original cooperative enterprise.

Everyone makes money together, shares the cake together, and enterprises with a foundation for cooperation can certainly be called old friends.

For the sake of this situation, your competitor offers a higher price, as long as you can match 80% and then give a certain concession clause, then it is easy to say anything.

If you can't meet this standard, don't mention any feelings, and everyone will go their own way when the cooperation period comes.

After getting Leon's approval, Mendes was in a good mood, and opened a bottle of red wine in the living room of Leon's villa in advance to celebrate with Leon.

After a few glasses of wine, and there was no one else on the scene, Mendes complained in front of Leon about the inconvenience of dealing with Real Madrid and Ronaldo's contract renewal.

"I don't want to toss anymore and I don't know what's the point of moving Cristiano to other European giants right now.

He's about to turn 30, but he's still so competitive and strong!

I persuaded him before, taking advantage of winning the Ballon d'Or for two years in a row, accepting Florentino's long-term contract, and trying to stay at Real Madrid until he retired.

But he didn't listen, he just wanted to get a contract with an annual salary higher than Messi's!

As I said, Barcelona's top brass is full of poop in their heads! It's not normal to dare to give Messi such a big contract now, and they will feel better in the future......"

Mendes obviously suffered from both sides of the complaint in the process of dealing with this matter.

At this time, I relaxed, and I got a sense of accomplishment from my work here, and I completely vented the grievances in my heart.

Leon didn't say much, just patted Mendes on the shoulder from time to time to comfort him.

It's really hard to stand in line, because from the perspective of Florentino and Ronaldo, they are both right.

After Florentino returned to the helm of Real Madrid, he has always attached great importance to the control of the team's salary.

You must know that if a superstar in the team renews his contract has a significant increase in annual salary, it will not only affect him as a player, but all the players in the entire Real Madrid team!

At that time, the agents of these players all approached Lafayette and asked the club to raise the salaries of their players, and also took Ronaldo's case as an example.

That would be a disaster for Galeries Lafayette and Real Madrid.

But is there anything wrong with Cristiano Ronaldo?

He won the Ballon d'Or two years in a row, helped Real Madrid win six crowns and successfully defended the Champions League.

Compared with the data, his data in these seasons is no worse than Messi.

Compared with honors, he is also more convincing than Messi, who has only won one Copa del Rey in recent seasons.

In this case, seeing that his old rival got a contract extension that was much more lucrative than his own, how could Ronaldo not be angry and dissatisfied?

He was originally such a character, straight to the point, and said whatever he wanted.

Galeries Lafayette may feel that Ronaldo is now about to turn 30 years old, and there is no guarantee of competitive fitness.

After all, there are so many examples of stars in front of them, and the stars who have plummeted as soon as they turn 30 are a lot of them.

But Ronaldo has this self-confidence and can continue his peak form as long as possible.

If Lafayette knows Ronaldo's ability to maintain his condition in the future, then the annual salary of 30 million will be given, because Ronaldo is indeed worth this price, and he can also bring more benefits to Real Madrid.

But Lafayette didn't open his eyes like Leon after all.

So there's no way, both sides have their own reasons, and they are both quite firm and stubborn, Mendes, who is sandwiched between these two strong personalities, it's strange that he is not wronged.

"Chris didn't suddenly become this character, he was like that when you first met him.

And I'll be honest, without this stubbornness and self-confidence, Chris would have conceded defeat in the competition with Messi, his character has made him, Jorge, and he didn't mean to lose his temper with you......"

Li Ang helped him explain a few words from Ronaldo's point of view.

And Mendes, who knows Ronaldo's personality and children's temper better, gradually calmed down after pouring bitter water at this time.

"Alas, if only you were still in Real Madrid, you can also help me persuade him more on weekdays, some things I say are not good, but he may be able to accept them if you say them."

When Leon heard Mendes say this, the corners of his mouth also showed a knowing smile.

It's an art to speak.

Sometimes it's not that you think it's good for the other person, and the other person will accept what you say.

You still have to turn a corner, find out his temperament, and persuade him from his perspective to play a better role.

When he was still at Real Madrid before, Ronaldo always liked to chat and play with Leon when he had nothing to do.

Sometimes Ronaldo was provoked by his opponent on the pitch, and as soon as Li Ang took action to appease him, Ronaldo was honestly surrounded by Li Ang and left the conflict site.

Therefore, as for how to smooth Ronaldo's personality after frying, Li Ang thinks he still has a lot of experience.

After promising Mendes that he would find time to communicate with Ronaldo on the phone in the future, Li Ang was idle.

And Mendes didn't stay long at Leon's villa.

Tomorrow Chelsea travel to the fourth round of the EFL Cup, which is the 1/8 knockout round of this season's EFL Cup.

Leon will not start, but will travel with the team to the away side.

Mendes still has a lot of things to deal with, so after wishing Leon a successful promotion with the team in advance, he also pinched the time to leave.

The next afternoon, Leon arrived in Shropshire in the central west of England.

At the new grass pitch, which can accommodate only 10,000 fans, he sat on the bench and watched his team's EFL Cup match against League Two side Shrewsbury Town up close.

Mourinho used some rotation players and academy youngsters to cope with this game.

Lee's pressing only gave his young players more confidence.

After all, he is one of the most fortunate players in European football, and Li Ang doesn't believe this, but he can't stand his teammates from believing it.

Well, to put it simply, he was the 'mascot' on the Chelsea bench for this game.

Looking at the final 3-0 stable result of advancing to the next round of the English League Cup, Mourinho is also extremely satisfied with the effect of Leon's pressing.

The main players of the Chelsea first team rested for two days before starting their preparation for Queens Park Rangers.

Queens Park Rangers, who managed to make their way out of the Championship and return to the Premier League last season, can only be said to be in line with their promotion status this season.

They have lost six of their nine Premier League games so far, and are second from bottom in the Premier League with just seven points.

And the exaggerated stat of 18 goals conceded makes them the worst defensive team in the Premier League so far this season.

Playing against a team like this, to be honest, there's really no tension in the whole Chelsea squad.

Considering that Slovenia and Maribor are about to play the Champions League group rematch.

Jose Mourinho simply let the main veterans of Ibrahimovic and John Terry continue to rest.

So on the afternoon of 1 November, Queens Park Rangers arrived at Stamford Bridge to face a non-regular Chelsea who continued to rotate.

But Crystal Palace and Manchester United ahead have already sampled Queens Park Rangers.

Now facing the rotating Chelsea line-up, there should be no mid-to-lower teams in the Premier League who dare to let their guard down.

Although the season has only just begun, the mid-table teams that are several positions ahead of the Queens Park Rangers are not close to them in terms of points.

But in the face of the current Premier League top hegemon, the Rangers players who have lost the goal will inevitably be in awe.

Plus today they are at Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea.

From the very beginning of the game, the Rangers players put on a posture of having no ambition to win and just wanting to get a point.

Originally, Mourinho didn't pay much attention to the civilian version of the bus of this weak team.

However, seeing their players besiege the Rangers for 45 minutes without finding the back of the net, they had no choice but to accept the result of the half-time draw.

Mourinho frowned slightly, and then asked Leon, who was sitting on the half-time bench, to warm up.

The commentators from all over the world who saw this scene ridiculed Mourinho, saying that he was going to use the real trump card in his hand.

And the Rangers players, who were still happy to keep the half-time draw, saw Li Ang take off his substitute vest and start warming up on the sidelines, and the smiles on their faces suddenly froze.

Before the start of the second half, Mourinho made his first substitution of the game.

And Leon also unexpectedly replaced Ramirez directly, and played a double central midfield with Kroos.

Frank Lampard still looked like he was playing in midfield, but the Chelsea fans in the stadium knew that Mourinho would not let Frank Lampard stay in his own half as a defensive player in the second half.

Sure enough, as soon as the second half began, Frank Lampard, Leon and Kroos lined up directly and pressed into the Rangers' half.

This is simply blocking the door of the Rover to do offensive organization, the tactics are domineering and arrogant, but the players of the Rover dare not speak out.

In the first half, Torres, who had not had too many chances on the offensive end, also ran more and more actively.

After Leon came on the pitch, he and Frank Lampard opened fire directly on the perimeter, kicking and smashing the heavy guns into the hearts of the Rangers defenders.

Long-range shots and set-pieces, Chelsea's two bus-breaking tactics are on turn!

The thousands of Rangers fans at the scene watched nervously and prayed for their team.

After about twenty minutes of beating the Rangers backline, Leon looked at the Rangers defenders who had been forced to start in their positions, stopping him and Frank Lampard from taking their feet.

In the 72nd minute of the second half, Leon and Kroos switched positions to the right side of the midfield to meet De Bruyne, who had broken through to no avail.

After receiving the ball, Li Ang went straight forward with a small amount of the ball and adjusted his pace.

Scared, the Rangers midfielder Sandro hurriedly pressed forward to interfere with the long-range shot he must have hit!

But Li Ang did not shoot decisively this time, but when he was about to contact Sandro to confront, he flexibly smashed the ball and changed direction, dodging Sandro's interception!

After passing Sandro, Leon continued to kill the Rangers penalty area at high speed with the ball!

This sudden turn of events caused the Rangers' backline to suddenly become confused.

Rangers' left centre-back Cork wanted to stop Leon as soon as possible, but his partner Dunn wanted to hurry back into the box and wait for another midfielder, Karl Henry, to come back to fill Sandro's position.

The different ideas of the two directly led to the split of the Rangers' backline, and Leon also keenly seized the opportunity at this moment and stuffed the ball directly behind Colke!

Dunn dragged at the back of the Rangers defence, so when Torres slashed into the Rangers penalty area, he wasn't offside!

Comfortably stopped Leon's scalpel to tear open the pass from the Rangers backline, and Torres finished the push with his right foot before Dunn could make up for it!

Rangers' goalkeeper Green reacted quickly and he also pounced on the football.

But Torres's push was so powerful that the ball bounced into the net on the inside of the post when it was saved!

The hope that the ranger had been holding on for seventy minutes was shattered at this moment!

And Leon and Torres, who shattered their hopes with their own hands, hugged and celebrated excitedly in the penalty area in front of them.

Jose Mourinho stood on the sidelines and let out a long sigh of relief.

As for the Rangers who made him unhappy for most of the game today, Mourinho also unceremoniously commanded the team to switch to a defensive posture after taking the lead.

But the Rangers players, who had already lost their hearts, did not have the heart to attack aggressively at the last moments.

In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 1-0.

Chelsea's win was not as easy as the pre-match media had predicted, but they did win and continued their winning streak in the league.

Manchester City and Arsenal fans can only be disappointed once again to accept the reality that Chelsea continue to win.

Leon's performance in the second half of this game made him the focus of the fans' discussion once again.

No way, as soon as Leon came out, Chelsea's attack was revitalized, which is simply a bull's criticism, and it is difficult for fans to ignore it.

And the lesson of today's difficult win also made Mourinho directly send a full squad when he faced Maribor four days later!

Maribor suffered again, not as badly as they were slaughtered 7-0 in the previous round, but they were still beaten 5-1 by Chelsea at home!

This time, the protagonist on the court changed from Leon to Ibrahimovic, who was well-rested and wanted to play well.

Ibrahimovic, who has not been able to perform happily for several games, has a big four joy in this Champions League group stage!

It was a head-to-head kick that made Maribor's backline cry.

Leon only managed one assist in the game, but he was still in a good mood and spoke to the media after the game.

Chelsea have already secured the right to top of the group after a big win over Maribor.

Therefore, the most questions asked by reporters to Leon were the questions of which opponents he would like to meet in the Champions League in the future.

And Leon's answer was as straightforward as ever.

"Of course I want to play the best team, and I've always thought so."

After a pause, Leon wittily added:

"Of course, if I can meet Barcelona in the first round of the knockout round, then I have no problem~"

(End of chapter)