Chapter 31 Waiting for price

When Li Qing saw La Fatty and Mendes in the crowd, he knew the purpose of these people's visit. Apart from being disgusted with the notorious La Fatty, he did not have such feelings for other agents. He even yearned for and appreciated Mendes.

As a future professional player, you will definitely not be able to avoid professional football agents.

In Europe and the United States, where football is developed, football agents have become an indispensable bridge and hub between clubs and players.

After all, people's energy is limited. As a player, you naturally have to focus all your attention on the court and repay the club and fans with your excellent performance. As a result, you have no time to take into account the signing of treatment contracts and advertising contracts outside the court.

For many people, the negotiation process can be a very frustrating and nerve-wracking affair.

There is a saying that is very true, there are specialties in the profession, and professional people do professional things.

With the financialization of football, the annual salary of professional players often reaches millions of euros, and the annual salary of top players such as Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Bale even reaches tens of millions of euros.

Everyone is bound to continue to deal with this for their own interests. If the players do it themselves, it will definitely affect the state of the stadium, leading to a decline in personal commercial value, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, the football agent industry was born.

According to international practice, agents can take 5% to 20% of the player's contract amount as commission, and enjoy 10% to 20% of the player's income from advertising, business operations, etc.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Every penny is earned by players through their own hard work. Every year, hundreds of thousands of euros, or even millions of euros, are handed over to agents. This is somewhat distressing, so more relatives of players are appointed as agents. , the so-called...the rich water should not flow to outsiders.

Closer to home, Li Qing also thought about finding a relative to be his agent. The problem was that his parents had passed away and he had almost no relatives, except for an uncle in the country.

Obviously, they are not suitable.

Finding a competent professional agent can indeed save a lot of trouble. Cristiano Ronaldo and Mourinho can focus all their attention on the football field. This is entirely due to Mendes taking care of their other businesses in an orderly manner. , received unanimous praise, so Li Qing already had a choice in his mind.

As a future superstar in world football, he must find a suitable agent.

Jorge Mendez is the most suitable person.

Of course, this is not to say that Mendes is the only one in world football with a good reputation and good character, but as a person who has been there, he does not want to try his luck, and as the owner of a brokerage company, Mendes can come to find him personally. What does this mean?

Pay attention to!

Although it is said that the future relationship between the two involves the word "interest", but... if others can provide talents to solve problems, and the problems are solved, they will naturally be paid.

Li Qing's brain was working at high speed and he stood there, waiting for several big agents from the world's football world to arrive.

With so many people, he could only choose one, so naturally... he had to wait for the price.

Mendes is the most famous agent in world football. Even the fat guy who has become quite famous in the European football agent industry in recent years has to give him face.

Mendes, who was at the front, walked up to Li Qing first, took out a business card from his suit, handed it to Li Qing, and introduced himself in a low-key manner: "Hello, I am Jorge Mendez, a professional. Football Agent."

Several other people introduced themselves one after another: "I am Pere Guardiola, and Manchester City coach Josep Guardiola is my brother. If you become my player, I will recommend you to my brother."

"I am Casey James, manager of WMG Group. Liverpool legends Steve Gerrard, Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher are all former customers of our company..."

"I am Tony Joseph, manager of Stellar-Group, and Gareth Bale is a client of my company..."

"I'm Walker Strutt..."

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Several business cards were placed in front of him. Li Qing didn't know which one to take, so he simply interrupted these people and said, "I know why you are here, but this is not the place to talk."

The implication is that we need to change the place to talk.

Mendes was not dissatisfied with Li Qing's indifference. On the contrary, he climbed up the pole: "This is really not the place to talk. Let's go to the best coffee shop in the city center to talk. It will be absolutely quiet."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation.

Li Qing glanced at the other agents, shook his head and said, "I heard that the Central-Perk cafe is very good. It's right next to the largest shopping mall in the city center. It's easy to find."

Regardless of whether these people wanted to go or not, he got into a taxi directly.

Mendes shrugged, turned and got into the back seat of the Rolls-Royce, following the taxi into the main road.

Several other agents looked at each other, and one young man among them couldn't help but say something: "What the hell? He's just a youth team player, so I won't sign him at all!"

Another agent, who was not much older, snorted coldly: "That's right, no star's life is affected by the star's disease, bah!"

Raiola and the other three veterans shook their heads in tacit agreement, as if to say, young people are young people.

Five of the seven luxury cars parked at Lanyi Middle School were heading towards the city center, while the other two young people who complained were heading in the opposite direction.

Li Qing waited in the cafe for about half an hour. Except for Mendes, La Fatty and three other middle-aged and elderly agents, no one else arrived. He got straight to the point: "First of all, I would like to thank you all for putting aside the urgent matters at hand. Thank you in advance." you."

The five people couldn't help but nodded lightly at the same time. Their impression of Li Qing was much better, and they all said it was okay.

Until Li Qing's lips slightly raised and he said slyly: "We are all understanding people. Everyone...please show your sincerity. If you think it is appropriate, we can sign the contract immediately."

For a moment, the five people were stunned.

As Li Qing said, everyone is understanding, but... Li Qing seems to understand even more! ,

He waits for the price to sell, and reaps the benefits of the fisherman.