When Li Qing saw Chubby Harry and Mendes in the crowd, he knew the purpose of these people's visit. Other than feeling disgusted with the notorious Chubby Harry, he didn't have such feelings for other managers. In fact, he even had yearning and admiration for Mendes.
As a future professional footballer, he definitely could not avoid a professional football agent.
In Europe and the United States, where football was developed, football agents had become an indispensable bridge and hub between clubs and players.
After all, a person's energy was limited. As a player, he naturally had to focus all his attention on the field and repay the club and fans with his outstanding performance. As a result, he had no time to take care of the signing of the treatment contract and advertising contract outside the field.
For many people, the negotiation process was a very headache-inducing and nerve-wracking matter.
There was a saying that was very true. There were specialties in every field, and professionals would do professional things.
With the gold dollar in football, the annual salary of professional players often reached millions of euros. Top players like Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, and Bale even had an annual salary of tens of millions of euros.
In this regard, everyone was bound to constantly deal with it for their own interests. If the players did it themselves, it would definitely affect the state of the stadium, which would lead to a decline in their personal commercial value. The loss outweighed the gain.
Therefore, the football agent industry was born.
According to international practice, agents could take 5% to 20% of the player's contract value as a commission and enjoy 10% to 20% of the player's income from advertising and management.
No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Every penny was earned by the players through their personal efforts. Every year, they had to hand over hundreds of thousands of euros or even millions of euros to their agents. It would be painful, so there were more relatives of the players as agents. As the saying went, keep the good water to yourself.
Returning to the main topic, Li Qing had also thought of finding a relative to be his manager, but the problem was that his parents had passed away and he had practically no relatives. He only had an uncle in the country.
Obviously, they were not suitable.
Finding a competent professional agent could indeed save a lot of trouble. Ronaldo and Mourinho were able to focus all their attention on the football field because Mendes had managed their other businesses in an orderly manner and received unanimous praise. Therefore, Li Qing already had a choice in mind.
As a future superstar in the world of football, he definitely had to find a suitable agent.
Jorge Mendes was the most suitable person.
Of course, this did not mean that Mendes was the only one with a good reputation and character in the world of football. However, as someone who had been through it before, he did not want to try his luck. Moreover, Mendes, as the boss of the agency, could come personally to look for him. What did this mean?
Respect!
Although their future relationship was related to the word 'benefit', but... if the other party could provide it, it would solve the problem. Once the problem was solved, he naturally had to pay.
Li Qing's brain was working at high speed. He stood on the spot and waited for the arrival of a few big shots in the international football world.
With so many people, he could only choose one. Naturally…he had to wait for the right price.
Mendes was the most famous agent in the world of football. Even Fatty Larsson, who had gained quite a reputation in the European football agent world in recent years, had to give him face.
Mendes, who was at the front, took the lead to walk in front of Li Qing. He took out a name card from his suit and handed it to Li Qing. He introduced himself in a low profile manner,"Hello, I'm Jorge Mendes, a professional football agent.”
The others introduced themselves one after another." I'm Pere Guardiola. The Manchester City manager, Joseph Guardiola, is my brother. If you become my player, I will recommend you to my brother.”
" I'm Kathy James, manager of WMG Group. Liverpool legends Steve Gerrard, Michael Owen, and Jimmy Carragher are all former clients of our company..."
" I'm Tony Joseph, manager of Stellar-Group. Gareth Bale is a client of my company…"
"I'm Walker Strutt..."
……
A few name cards were placed before his eyes. Li Qing didn't know which one to take, so he simply interrupted these people."I know why you are here, but this is not the place to talk.”
In other words, they wanted to talk somewhere else.
Mendes wasn't displeased by Li Qing's indifference. On the contrary, he climbed up the pole."This is indeed not the place to talk. Let's go to the best cafe in the city center to talk. It's absolutely quiet.”
As he spoke, he made an inviting gesture.
Li Qing glanced at the other managers and shook his head."I heard that Central-Perk Cafe is very good. It's right next to the largest shopping mall in the city center.”
He didn't care whether these people were willing to go or not. He directly got into a taxi.
Mendes shrugged his shoulders, turned around, and got into the back seat of the Rolls-Royce. He followed behind the taxi and entered the main road.
The other managers looked at each other. One of the young men could not help but complain,"What the hell? He's just a youth team player and he's already so arrogant. At most, I won't sign him!”
Another manager, who was not much older, snorted coldly."That's right. You don't have the life of a star player but you have the disease of a star player.”
Raiola and the other three wily old foxes shook their heads in tacit agreement, as if to say that a young man was a young man.
Five of the seven luxury cars that were parked at Blue Shirt High School were heading towards the city center. The other two young men who were complaining were heading in the opposite direction.
Li Qing waited at the cafe for about half an hour. Other than Mendes, Fatty La, and the other three middle-aged managers, no one else came. He went straight to the point,"First of all, I'm very grateful to all of you for putting down the urgent matters at hand.”
The five of them couldn't help but lightly nod their heads at the same time. Their impression of Li Qing was much better, and they all expressed that it was fine.
Until the corners of Li Qing's mouth slightly curled up as he said cunningly,"Everyone is a sensible person. Everyone…please show your sincerity. If you think it's appropriate, we can sign the contract immediately.”
Instantly, the five of them were stunned.
Just as Li Qing said, everyone was an understanding person, and…Li Qing seemed to understand even more!，
He waited for the right price to sell it and reap the benefits.
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