Green Journey

Chapter 468 Get what you need!

Not long after staying in the locker room, Chu Zheng's phone rang.

After answering the phone, Chu Zheng left after talking to De Bruyne and the others with his bag on his back.

As soon as he left the locker room, he ran into Jiang Lai.

"Brother, where are we going?" Seeing Chu Zheng leading him into the stadium, Jiang Lai looked puzzled.

Chu Zheng turned around and smiled, and said, "Take a shortcut and go to the base to pick up the car."

The Etihad Stadium is right next to Manchester City's training base, and there is a bridge in the stadium that is not open to the public that directly connects to the training base.

Usually, if the game is not too important, Chu Zheng and the others will directly enter the Etihad Stadium through this flyover.

After a while, the two came to the parking lot of the training base.

"Brother, do you want to call those two guys?" Jiang Lai, who fastened his seat belt after getting on Chu Zheng's big red G, suddenly suggested.

Chu Zheng nodded, An pressed a button on the steering wheel, and the call that was broadcast in less than three seconds was connected.

"What's the matter? Play!" Hao Xiao's lazy and extremely unbeatable voice rang through the phone.

"I'll play your sister!" Chu Zheng rolled his eyes, "My parents are here, and Jiang Lai is here too, come tomorrow and let's get together!"

"Yeah?" Hao Xiao was a little surprised, "Is this a coincidence? My dad is here too!"

"Has Uncle Hao come to Italy?" Chu Zheng stared, it was a coincidence, "Then let's go together, there are so many people."

"Come on, I'll take my old man there tomorrow night, and I'll buy the ticket now!"

"I……"

"Beep beep..."

"Holding???" Chu Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, did anyone describe his father like that?

But thinking about Hao's father's unscrupulous temper that is not inferior to Hao Xiao's, it seems a bit normal.

In his early years, Father Hao wandered the streets and alleys, what business did he do to make money, if he had a simple and honest temper, he would have been overfed by others and there would be nothing left.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Zheng and Jiang Lai looked at each other with a smile, and dialed Niu Benben's cell phone again.

"what……"

"Beibi, look at Mao!"

"Oh! Hiss..."

"Fart, let go, I'm busy!" Niu Benben was a little rough, and his words gave people a feeling of gnashing their teeth and pushing their feet hard.

"(ノへ￣|||)" As soon as the call was made, Chu Zheng immediately got a black line in his head, hung up without saying a word, and then gritted his teeth, "This bastard definitely did it on purpose."

Next to him, Jiang Lai also had a smirk on his face, his ears were still a little red, and he was obviously shocked too.

"I'll call when he finishes his work, let's go!" Then he started the car, turned the steering wheel and drove out of the parking lot.

After driving out of the Manchester City training base, Chu Zheng suddenly remembered the strangeness of Hao Xiao on the New Year's Day, and asked, "By the way, Jiang Lai, has Hao Xiao been looking for you recently?"

"No!" Jiang Lai turned to look at Chu Zheng, a little strange.

Seeing Jiang Lai's expression, Chu Zheng smiled and said, "On New Year's Eve, this guy was hesitating. He seemed to ask me for help, but he held back."

"Did he not tell you?" Hearing what Chu Zheng said, Jiang Lai froze for a moment, "I thought you knew!"

"What's the matter?"

Jiang Lai organized his speech and began to narrate, saying: "It's like this, Brother Hao broke up with his agent in China, and he wants to terminate the contract with his agent, but according to the contract, he needs to pay a termination fee of 1000 million RMB .”

"Some time ago, he asked me to borrow some money, and Brother Niu should have borrowed some money as well."

Chu Zheng frowned, and asked without looking back, "Do you know why?"

Jiang Lai was taken aback by the question, and said, "He didn't say the details, but I can guess."

"It's Brother Hao's agent who has been persuading him to return to China to play football, saying that the country can make a lot of money now, saying that as long as Brother Hao is willing to go back, the signing fee alone will be tens of millions."

"Also, I heard Brother Hao complain that that guy always accepts some messy endorsements for Brother Hao in China. Very annoying."

"So that's how it is!" Chu Zheng frowned more and more.

He didn't know Hao Xiao's agent very well, he only knew that he was an agent in China.

"No, he now earns 1000 to [-] euros a week after the salary tax in Bologna, so [-] million RMB is not much for him." Chu Zheng became more and more curious.

Although Hao Xiao often transfers money to his father to buy a house for investment, but he should also keep some of it for him, so he won't be so embarrassing.

Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Jiang Lai looked a little unnatural, and said, "It should be related to our village."

"Ah?" Chu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, why does this involve Jiang Lai's hometown again.

"It's like this. Didn't Brother Hao go to our place last summer? When Brother Hao left, he donated 500 million to our village for road repairs. So now that this happened suddenly, he probably couldn't afford it in a short time. That's a lot of money."

"For this matter, Brother Hao seemed to have said some time ago that he would give away all the bitcoins he had saved in his hands."

"What!" Chu Zheng's voice suddenly rose, and he called Hao Xiao again without saying a word.

This idiot, as long as you wait until the end of the year, Bitcoin can skyrocket from the current [-] to [-] U.S. dollars. If you sell it at this time, isn't that why you joined the national army in [-]?

After a while, the phone was connected.

Chu Zheng didn't say a word of nonsense, and went straight to the point, saying, "How much money is there?"

"Hehe! That brat Jiang Lai has nothing to say. Let's see how I deal with him tomorrow."

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me what's going on." Chu Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"That bastard Gou Shangren is too much of a bastard. Blind Man, you know, that bastard even hinted at me to make me deliberately make mistakes in the game. If I had known that bastard had a problem with gambling, I would never have Promise him to be my manager." Hao Xiao's voice in the microphone in his hand was extremely angry.

"Grandpa, he looks like a dog. This dog can really pretend. I only regret that I didn't find out earlier."

Hearing Hao Xiao's indignant words, Chu Zheng's expression was extremely solemn, and he said, "How much money is missing, I will transfer it to you immediately, and immediately terminate the contract with him."

"It's already solved. Earlier, the lion opened his mouth and said that he had a relationship and wanted to ban me in the country, so that my national team could not return. As a result, the calf found some family connections, and the grandson was so scared that he didn't dare to fart. Hey, take the money and get lost." At the end of the sentence, Hao Xiao immediately became happy.

The two didn't chat for too long, and hung up the phone soon.

Just then, the car phone rang again.

Chu Zheng squinted and saw that it was Mario's call, so he smiled and said, "I really want to come here."

In fact, Chu Zheng had the idea of ​​signing Niu Benben and Hao Xiao to his company since he started the company with Mario.

Although Hao Xiao and Niu Benben did not meet Mario's contract requirements, Chu Zheng knew that as the company grew stronger, it would be a matter of time before it developed in multiple directions.

It is impossible for a mature agency company to only sign stars, nor can it only have an agent like Mario.

If Mario wants to make the company bigger, he must change his business philosophy of only signing elites.

After making an appointment with Mario to meet at home, Chu Zheng hit the gas pedal and headed straight to the small town of Alderley Edge.

Half an hour later, Chu Zheng returned to the door of the house, and the door's smart device successfully recognized it and slowly opened the door.

As soon as he entered the door, Chu Zheng saw a lively scene.

In the huge courtyard, all the street lamps were turned on, and his parents, uncles and aunts gathered on the grass-lined court, talking, laughing and chatting.

A few little kids next to them and Laifu three dogs chased and hid from each other, having a great time playing, it was a lively scene.

As soon as he got out of the car after parking the car in the garage, he saw three dogs of Laifu rushing in with their tails between their legs, whimpering and barking non-stop, asking for help from Chu Zheng.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Mengmeng, four little kids of about the same age, came in, the one who hooped the dog's head, the one who hugged the dog's stomach, and the one who pulled the dog's tail. The two little things, Wei and Bawan, didn't run away either, and were carried away together.

Seeing that Lin Mengmeng didn't care about his uncle, Chu Zheng was dumbfounded.

Some of the other four children called Chu Zheng brother, but they had to be perfunctory, and they were all busy playing with dogs.

These four children who are two or three years older than Lin Mengmeng are the children of his second and third uncles.

"Come back!" At this moment, Chu Dong and his party came outside the garage.

"Well! Dad, what are you talking about?" Chu Zheng walked out with a smile, and introduced Jiang Lai to everyone.

In fact, there is no need for his introduction. Although Jiang Lai and the others are not as famous as Chu Zheng, they often make various headlines in domestic newspapers and are also big domestic football stars.

After saying hello to his uncle and aunt, Chu Zheng saw that Zhao Dudu was not there, so he asked, "Where is Dudu?"

"Your Uncle Zhao and Aunt Gu are a little tired, Dudu arranged for them to rest!" Su Ping stared at Chu Zheng with a smile in her eyes.

Chu Zheng couldn't stand being watched by his mother, so he said with a sneer, "Then I'll go and see."

"Go!" Chu Dong nodded, "Don't be rude."

"Hehe! Same as when I was a child, thin-skinned!" Chu Nan looked at the back of Chu Zheng trotting away, and then looked at his elder brother Chu Dong, "These two children are not far away."

On Chu Zheng's side, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Dudu coming down from the second floor.

"Aunt and uncle are asleep?" Chu Zheng asked, looking up at Zhao Dudu who was going up and down the stairs.

"Yeah!" Zhao Dudu smiled sweetly.

When Zhao Dudu approached, Chu Zheng grabbed his small waist and carried him down from the stairs, pecking on his cherry lips.

"You're going to die!" The startled Zhao Dudu slapped Chu Zheng's chest angrily, then leaned back and grabbed Chu Zheng's neckline, "I'm telling you, be more honest these two days. "

After the words fell, Zhao Dudu seemed to think of something, and said again: "Also, we will sleep in separate rooms these days!"

"Ah!" Chu Zheng's eyes widened instantly, and then he muttered, "Isn't this taking off your pants and farting?"

Zhao Dudu clasped his hands, stared and said, "Say it again?"

"What? I didn't say anything!" Chu Zheng hesitated for a second, and then suddenly laughed: "Dudu, why don't we get married!"

Hearing Chu Zheng's words, Zhao Dudu was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes, and said, "I didn't even ask for marriage, so I thought I would confess myself. You have a good idea."

Hearing this, Chu Zheng smiled, it's not easy.

Just as he was about to ask questions, footsteps came from the living room at the door, and the two separated instantly as if they were electrocuted.

As soon as the two separated, Jiang Lai came over and said, "Brother, Mario is here, it seems that your club has also come."

Chu Zheng was taken aback when he heard the words, and walked towards the door.

When the three of them came to the door, they saw Mario and Begiristan staring at the gate of the courtyard. Soon the two became more excited and their voices became louder.

Seeing Chu Zheng come out, Chu Dong and others who were standing at the door eating melons immediately walked up the steps to Chu Zheng's side.

"Xiao Zheng, these two won't fight!" Chu Dong worried.

"Don't worry, it's okay, this is their way of communicating!" Chu Zheng couldn't laugh or cry, and walked over quickly.

Chu Zheng knew the whole process of this new contract negotiation. He and Mario were discussing it.

It went smoothly at the beginning, the new weekly salary, and various bonus terms Manchester City gave quite sincerely, and it can even be said to be a rare top salary in the Premier League.

Once Chu Zheng signs this new contract, his weekly salary will instantly rise to 22 pounds after tax, which is 40 pounds before tax.

Although this salary is far behind Messi's after-tax annual salary, it is already the top salary in the Premier League.

And this is still just a small head, the real big head is the various bonus terms and sponsorships that Manchester City set for him in the new contract.

If these bonuses and sponsorships are included, then Chu Zheng's annual salary will easily exceed 2000 million pounds, and the total upper limit is 2400 million pounds. How much he can get depends on Chu Zheng's performance.

Because these bonus terms are linked to goal assists and team performance.

So if Chu Zheng maintains the current efficiency of goals and assists, then there is no problem in getting all the annual salary of 2400 million pounds.

But soon Manchester City tried to see the dagger.
Manchester City not only required Chu Zheng to sign a contract for 6 years, but also set a liquidated damages of 2.5 million pounds in the contract, in addition to Chu Zheng's 40% portrait rights.

Chu Zheng has no objection to the time limit, but the liquidated damages are indeed set a bit high.

There is also portrait rights, Chu Zheng is also a little unhappy, thinking that Manchester City wants too much.

In the past six months, as Mario and he expected, Chu Zheng has already brought in 600 million pounds in terms of portrait rights alone.

It is foreseeable that as Chu Zheng's fame grows, his income from portrait rights will also increase, and the 600 million may be just the beginning.

Still the same sentence, although Chu Zheng is very happy in Manchester City now, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, and the retreat cannot be completely blocked.

If Chu Zheng is like this, it is even more impossible for Mario to agree.

So the two sides pinched each other on the spot during the second negotiation, and the negotiation came to a stalemate.

After a while, Chu Zheng, acting as a peacemaker, took Mario and Begiristan to the study on the second floor, leaving a group of people downstairs looking at each other.

"What are you talking about? Those two foreigners seem to be fighting!" Chu Bei laughed a little as he saw the back of Chu Zheng and the three of them going upstairs.

Chu Ling shrugged and said, "Fourth Uncle, don't look at me, little brother, they don't speak English, and they don't know what language they are talking about!"

"It's Spanish!" Zhao Dudu sat down beside Chu Ling, and when everyone looked over, she quickly smiled and waved her hands, "I don't understand either."

"But it should be related to Chu Zheng's new contract, which has been stalemate for half a month." After finishing speaking, Zhao Dudu added.

"New contract!" Hearing this, Chu Ling looked very surprised, "Didn't they just sign the contract last year? They want to go back on it?"

"This foreigner is too unkind!" Chu Zheng's fourth aunt complained for Chu Zheng.

"No, it's to raise Chu Zheng's salary!" Zhao Dudu explained to everyone with a smile.

"Oh, that's it!" Everyone suddenly realized, and it was hard to continue asking.

After nearly two hours, Chu Zheng and the others went downstairs.

Standing on the side of the road, watching Begiristan leave, Chu Zheng turned his head and looked at Mario. The two suddenly looked at each other and smiled, high-fiving each other, laughing like a chicken thief.

After nearly two hours of negotiations, the two parties finally settled on a new contract.

Everyone take a step back.

In order to show his sincerity, Chu Zheng took the initiative to increase the age limit to 7 years and gave up 15% of the portrait rights.

The most important thing is that they removed the clause in the contract that 'no leaving the team without the permission of the club'.

This sentence is very important. It means that after the two-year liquidated damages clause is automatically activated, as long as a team is willing to pay the money for Chu Zheng, he can leave Manchester City at any time.

And Manchester City's step back is to increase Chu Zheng's annual salary ceiling to 2800 million pounds, and also take a step back on the liquidated damages, changing it to [-] million pounds.

However, Chu Zheng and Mario didn't know it was because Begiristan, who was at war with Mario in the study earlier, was also in a good mood, and was so happy that he held the steering wheel and whistled.

Because he overfulfilled the goal assigned to him by the club, he got a surprise, which was Chu Zheng's 15% portrait rights.

As for the termination fee, the bottom line set by the management of Manchester City was 3000 million pounds, while the upper limit of Chu Zheng's annual salary was no more than 200 million pounds. He also saved the club [-] million pounds.

As for whether giving Chu Zheng such a high salary will break Manchester City's salary cap, Begiristan is not worried at all.

The group of people standing behind him are very rich, and Manchester City's salary is still far from the upper limit.

The top management of Manchester City has a long-term plan for the club, and the goal is the real giants.

The reason why they had such a stalemate with Mario before was just a means of negotiation.

In short, both sides are getting what they need now.

Chu Zheng got the treatment he deserved.

Manchester City also succeeded in keeping Chu Zheng, eliminating the hidden danger of Chu Zheng being poached by others.

As for whether giving Chu Zheng such a high salary will cause dissatisfaction among some players in the team, Begiristan is not worried at all.

He still said the same thing, if he wants Chu Zheng's high salary, no problem, just come up with a world-class data.

　There is electricity at 8 o'clock in the evening. We are a small place. In the early years, there were at least two power outages a week, and the circuit was frequently repaired. Sometimes the power would be cut off when it rained and the wind was stronger. If there was a typhoon, it would be even worse. It's been a lot better for a few years.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)