American winner takes all

Chapter 441 Mutual Benefit
"What if there is a team that can bring together some of the most famous stars in the world?" Looking at Ronaldo, Ethan put forward a hypothesis.

"No one can do it, never." Ronaldinho shook his head.

"As far as I know, there is a team that just broke the transfer fee record to introduce Figo last year, and this year it continued to break the record to introduce Zidane," said Ethan.

"Are you referring to Real Madrid? Florentino spent nearly 1 million euros on these two players. The club has no money left and it is impossible for it to continue making big moves in the transfer market." Ronaldo continued to veto.

At that time, Abramovich had not yet taken over Chelsea, and the "money era" had not yet arrived. Some behaviors that seemed commonplace in the future are incomprehensible now, and it is normal that Ronaldinho did not believe it.

"Listen, why do I feel like you are Florentino's lobbyist now? Listen, if you are willing to make me an offer, I will consider it, provided that your offer is higher than that of other competitors." Ronaldo suddenly realized something.

"I think you misunderstood. I'm not Florentino's lobbyist. I'm your friend. I can help you make more money and have a better 'career'. We brought Ronaldinho to Europe and now we're the agent for Beckham's business. Why don't we cooperate further?" Ethan then made his intentions clear.

Ronaldinho laughed and said, "You should talk to my agent about this."

"Who is your agent? How can I contact him?" Ethan asked.

"His name is Giovanni Branchini, and anyone can give us the contact information of his company!" Ronaldo felt that the rugby player in front of him was quite interesting. How could a normal person talk like that?
"I have to go. I have an appointment with the physiotherapist this afternoon. You know my injury and I won't be able to return to the court in a short time. Anyway, it's nice to see you." Ronaldo, looking silly, got back into the car and drove away in the cool sports car.

Ronaldo was right. This agent named Giovanni was indeed well-known in the football field. Ethan quickly found the contact information of "Blanchini Associates" through Simon Fuller.

Ethan asked Susan to try to contact the other party, and the answer Susan gave surprised Ethan.

"Giovanni refused to meet with you. I later relaxed the conditions to a phone call, but he still refused. His secretary said that if you want to find someone to represent your business in Europe, you can contact him at any time, but anything else is off the table." Susan said.

"It seems that European football agents are really tough." Ethan laughed.

From the perspective of popularity and commercial development among different countries, the football market is huge. There are five major leagues in Europe alone, in addition to a series of lower-level competitions, plus leagues in other countries. There are a large number of "buyers" and most transactions are held across borders. In addition, football agents have a long history. For various reasons, the European football market still retains a very traditional "agent system."

Here, there are no so-called big agencies, only well-known agents, and this trend also exists in the long-established professional baseball field.

Agents like Giovanni are known for being well-informed. He must have known about the establishment of Angel Agency, and his avoidance of the issue also reflects his attitude.

Ethan encountered a similar situation a few years ago. Ethan tried to get Lisa into baseball, but failed.

This time, Ethan decided to try a different approach.

"Then call him again, and this time give him some conditions!" Ethan said.

This time the results were completely different.

"He is willing to talk to you, but he also mentioned that it only involves Beckham's transfer, and he wants you and Beckham to go to Italy in person. He said he will host you two in Milan." Susan conveyed the other party's reply.

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The next day, at an altitude of 10,000 meters, in the cabin of a private plane.

The former "Lolita Express" now has a new owner, and the exterior of the cabin has also been replaced with a new paint job, alternating between gold and white, making it a "Los Angeles Angels" themed aircraft.

"Enjoy it all." Inside the cabin, Ethan was sitting on the soft red sofa and raised his glass to Beckham beside him.

The individual seats on the Lolita Express have been removed and replaced by a curved, soft, semi-open sofa. The crystal table in front of the sofa is filled with a dazzling array of luxurious and high-end drinks, fruits and snacks. Outside the table, several angel girls are dancing to the pleasant and low-pitched electronic music. Their hands are brushing over their bodies, and their movements are full of sexual innuendos. Sometimes they squat, sometimes they push their buttocks, and sometimes they open their chests. Their eyes are teasing and extremely seductive.

Ethan converted the Lolita Express into a mobile nightclub flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters for his daily enjoyment.

"Ethan, you really know how to enjoy yourself." Seeing a scene that had never appeared in his dreams, the handsome Beckham exclaimed in amazement.

"Now I suddenly wonder if I got married too early." Beckham laughed.

Having said that, Beckham didn't dare to do anything out of line, and didn't even dare to look at these girls for a long time. In his peripheral vision, there was a blazing gaze staring at him.

And this look came from Victoria Beckham. Not far from where the two men were sitting, on another sofa, sat the five "Spice Girls" of the Spice Girls. After reuniting with the Angels cheerleading squad, they have been carrying out activities with the Angels cheerleading squad recently. At this time, they happened to be going to Italy with Ethan to participate in the promotional activities arranged by Simon there.

In addition to the five of them, there were also Kimberly, Rachel, Christie, Belinda, Kendall and others sitting here with big bellies, and around these people was a whole team of nursing nannies.

They will not participate in activities while being pregnant, but will take this opportunity to travel.

"The child's father is hugging her children left and right, why don't you stop him?" Victoria muttered.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't." Kimberly said helplessly.

Who wouldn't want Ethan to be around him all day? But Ethan doesn't have the ability to clone himself.

Looking not far away, it was Kelsey who was held in Ethan's arms. That was why she couldn't speak.

"I can only blame myself for meeting Ethan too late." Kimberly's eyes were filled with jealousy.

"Just because you are a Mormon, can you do whatever you want?" Victoria looked at the others again.

No one around responded.

"Then suck Ethan dry and make his legs go weak when he sees you. That will at least make him behave himself, right?" Victoria still didn't give up.

This time it was the women around her who showed fear.

"Make his legs weak? Please spare us." Belinda sneered.

"Victoria, I bet you can't last 20 minutes in front of Ethan," Kimberly joked.

"Is this true? Is Ethan really that good?" Geri Halliwell, the "Ginger Spice" in the group, asked immediately.

In response, Kimberly gestured with her arms.

Melanie, the black member of the group, gasped when she saw this.

"If it was just the hardware that was powerful, then it could be barely bearable. But Ethan is an expert. He knows exactly how to please women. All in all, being with him is a pleasure that cannot be described in any words." Kimberly concluded.

Others also added to the discussion, and the eyes of several members of the Spice Girls lit up and their nature became more intense. These girls have been hanging out with handsome guys for many years, and the more they ate, the more curious they were about Ethan.

Even her own sisters suddenly showed interest in Ethan. Victoria felt helpless. She looked down on her teammates and said, "You are so unambitious." At the same time, she couldn't help but sigh at the invincible Ethan. "Is it only time that can defeat him?" Victoria said.

Even though Ethan is in the limelight now, with so many women around him and being an athlete, I'm afraid he won't be able to last for a few years.

By then, the women around him will become powder kegs, and their status, reputation, money, and career will all be wiped out.

Further away from Ethan, there were several other people gathered together. They were the three girls, Megan, Blake Lively, Vanessa, and the group's big vocalist, Nicole Scherzinger.

These people were not as close to Ethan as Kelsey and the others, but because they were still young, they had nothing in common with Victoria and the others, so they just stayed together.

Several people were no longer surprised by Ethan's behavior and were already discussing who the next "target" would be.

"Sammy and Alison have also surrendered. I think the next ones will be those former playboy girls." Megan frowned and tried to analyze.

"Whose turn will it be after these few?" Blake Lively asked subconsciously.

Vanessa suddenly realized something and looked at the two of them.

"Could it be..." She looked horrified.

In a team, if you can't find a weakling, then that weakling is most likely yourself.

The three little girls looked at each other, and the more they thought about it, the more scared they became.

"It has nothing to do with you. How old are you? Ethan may be a bastard, but he is not so shameless. The model named Isabella has worked for Ethan for several years. There is nothing between her and Ethan." Nicole persuaded casually while eating dragon fruit with a spoon.

"Wait, why are you three looking at me?" Nicole felt a chill on her back.

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The TV was showing footage of Angel Girls participating in a local Italian TV program.

Ethan's translator was explaining the Angel Girls' activities to Giovanni Branchini.

Contrary to his reputation, Giovanni is a fat man who looks very kind. He wears a pair of glasses and always has a harmless smile on his face.

"Giovanni said that he was amazed at your excellent operational methods, Ethan, and said that your sense of smell is very sharp. If there were cheerleaders on football fields, he would imitate them." said the translator hired by Susan.

The secretaries were all outside the room at the moment, and only Ethan, Beckham and Giovanni himself were in the meeting room.

"This is just the beginning of the Angel Cheerleading Team. The new year's talent show is about to begin. Every year there will be new members joining and old members will 'graduate'. It's like a natural lake, a set of 'ecosystems'. The Angel Cheerleading Team ecosystem is not just a group like the Spice Girls, but a star-making factory that can continuously provide exposure opportunities."

"And this is just one of the projects under Angel Agency. We have decided to make efforts in the field of sports. We currently have the new women's lingerie football league LFL, which is the most popular new league in the United States in the past 20 years. In addition, we are also involved in many sports projects..."

The translator relayed Ethan's words to Giovanni one by one.

"I believe you have a full understanding of the strength of Angel Agency."

Giovanni raised his hand, interrupted Ethan, and then mentioned Beckham's transfer.

The conditions that impressed Ethan were very simple. He divided Beckham's agency business into two parts, giving the football field alone to Cavani, while continuing to retain the image rights.

Ethan also mentioned Real Madrid to Cavani again.

"Real Madrid is building a galactico, and having only one Zidane in the midfield is not enough. They are one of the most reliable buyers."

Cavani knew more about the inside story than Ronaldo, and nodded in agreement with Ethan.

"Real Madrid's superstar strategy is quite successful and it's worth a try. But in terms of acquisitions, to be honest, it's not appropriate. No big company has ever been involved in the football agency field before, and there won't be any in the future."

"That's because these transfers are relatively scattered and the unit price is not high. But with the development of the Internet and the participation of some wealthy people, the income of agents will rise sharply. At that time, there will be many people eyeing this piece of meat."

"I can let your players enter the American market. I can promise you a high degree of autonomy. I only want the players' image rights, like Beckham. We can expand the pie together." Ethan said.

In business cooperation, what matters is the benefits that both parties can gain.

"The South American market has been developing for many years and has long been mature. As for the North American market, as you know, football is not very popular there." Cavani shook his head.

Such conditions were still unattractive to him.

"What about the Asian market? It's an emerging area." Ethan suddenly said.

"Southeast Asia, East Asia, there are vast populations and fast-developing economies there. I'm very familiar with that area. I can now help Ronaldo find advertisers there."

"Really?" Cavani obviously didn't believe it.

"It's a brand of throat lozenges. The other party is willing to pay a certain amount of compensation. Of course, the price may not be that high, but it's a good start, isn't it?"

"And the only thing we need to do is... never take any photos with the other party before reaching a cooperation." Ethan reminded.

"You just said that you would give sufficient autonomy?" Cavani asked again, obviously having made up his mind.

"Yes, in the field of football, I prefer to work with people I trust."

"mutual benefit?"

"That's right." Ethan nodded.

"I have another condition..." Cavani turned to the TV screen: "I want to represent the Angels in their performances in Italy."

"No problem at all." Ethan agreed immediately. This was helping the angel girl make money, so of course Ethan would not refuse.

"Not just the Angel Girls, you can also represent the performance contracts of other artists in the company in Italy in the future."

"It's a pleasure working with you." Cavani extended his hand.

(End of this chapter)