The Era of Emerald

Mo Ji, who had stayed in Florence for many days, had a look of "bitterness and deep hatred" at this time, but his "bitterness" was not entirely caused by Zhuang Mingge.More than half a month ago, when the two sides reached an agreement on Baggio's transfer, the 95.85 billion lire paid by Fiorentina could be exchanged for 900 million U.S. dollars. Even the 600 million U.S. dollars cannot be exchanged. The Italian lira has depreciated so much and so fast this month that Moggi, who has been smooth sailing since he became the chairman of the Juventus club, was a little dumbfounded.

Of course, Old Fox Mo knew that based on the virtues of the Italian government, it would be a matter of time before the lira was tossed and devalued by them, but he never expected that the Italian lira would depreciate by 60% in just a few days.

Although the loss of more than 300 million US dollars is nothing to Juventus supported by the Agnelli family, the current Juventus and Florence's business models are different.Since Giraudo took over, he has been trying to achieve a balance of payments so that Juventus can be responsible for its own profits and losses. Mo Laohu is the general manager of the Juventus club and is naturally responsible for various financial issues.

Therefore, when Moji, who has always been known for his careful budgeting, still felt a bit of heartache when faced with such a loss of several million dollars.

Of course, such a loss that made Mr. Mo's heart ache cannot be fully attributed to Zhuang Mingge.

Zhuang Mingge only found out after communicating with Moji that Mo Laohu not only forgot to add a currency preservation clause to the agreement signed by the two parties at that time, but also committed a second A major mistake: As one of the most recognized managers in the Serie A league in later generations, Moji unexpectedly went to the futures market to carry out a hedging procedure, which made Zhuang Mingge's awe and evaluation of the old fox a lot lower. <e

provisoclause) is a commonly used means to prevent exchange rate risk.That is, when negotiating a transaction, the two parties negotiate to add appropriate hedging clauses in the contract (often a long-term contract) to prevent the risk of exchange rate fluctuations.The contract stipulates the exchange rate between one (or a group) of value-preserving currencies and the domestic currency. If the exchange rate changes more than a certain range during payment, it will be adjusted according to the original exchange rate to achieve the purpose of value preservation.

Hedging refers to using the futures market as a place to transfer price risk, using futures contracts as a temporary substitute for buying and selling commodities in the spot market in the future, and buying commodities for future sales or buying commodities in the future The price of the insurance transaction activities.

Here, it mainly refers to hedging the Italian lira as a commodity to avoid unnecessary losses caused by fluctuations in its exchange rate against the US dollar at the end of the season. In other words, buying hedges to avoid spot market prices risk of change.

Knowing that it was impossible for Old Fox Mo to come here to inquire about such a big matter, Zhuang Mingge sat on a chair after exchanging pleasantries, waiting for the other party to reveal the main purpose of coming to Florence this time.

Mo Laohu, who is good at observing words and emotions, looked at Zhuang Mingge who was drinking black tea after a while of "complaints" without pain, and said the "true purpose" of this trip:

"Chairman Corleone, this time I came to Florence, mainly for a player."

"Oh? I don't know which player in our team, Manager Moji, you have taken a fancy to this time. Is it Inzaghi or Di Biagio?" Zhuang Minge frowned, and his tone was a bit unfriendly, "It seems that Moji Sir is very passionate about Fiorentina players."

"No no, Chairman Corleone, you misunderstood." Seeing that Zhuang Mingge was a little angry, Moji quickly waved his hand, "I'm not here for the Fiorentina players, but a player under your banner."

"What?" Zhuang Mingge thought he heard it wrong. When did he directly take charge of other teams besides Fiorentina?

"It's that GM agency company, Chairman Corleone, aren't you the chairman of that company?"

Uh, this seems to be really...Could it be that Moji has taken a fancy to players under the brokerage company?

This is not right. The Bosman Act has not yet been implemented. If there is anything to do, just go to the club's senior management. Is it necessary for Moggi to go the route of the agent?

"Then which player's agent are you looking for, Manager Moji?" Zhuang Mingge, who couldn't figure it out clearly, felt that it was better to satisfy his curiosity.

"Luis Figo." Moji hesitated for a while, and finally answered Zhuang Mingge's question honestly.

"..." When did Figo join the brokerage company?I do not know how! <Windly left Zhuang Mingge's office.

"Tony, is this really okay? Just give Figo to Juventus." Although Karin would not object to Zhuang Mingge's approach, she still raised her own doubts.

"Hehe, Karin, tell me, why does Moggi seek Figo's agent now? According to UEFA's transfer system, he can buy Figo's ownership by spending money from Sporting Lisbon. "

"This one……"

At that time, after hearing Moji's request, Zhuang Mingge's brain began to run rapidly, recalling what happened to Figo...

By the way, it was the legend that finally made Barcelona accidentally acquire the transfer of the Portuguese superstar!

Figo, who had played for Sporting Lisbon for many years at that time, finally became a faintly shining diamond, showing strong potential in both the European war and the league.

At this time, Jose Vega became Figo's new agent (under the influence of Zhuang Minge's butterfly effect, this gentleman also joined the GM agent company).This young agent is very shrewd and capable, and has an extraordinary vision. He understands that the contract treatment given by Sporting Lisbon to Figo is far lower than Figo's actual value, so he asks Sporting Lisbon to double Figo's salary , and Sintra, the owner of Sporting Lisbon, is unwilling to shell out the money.

Serie A giants Juventus took this opportunity to come to Lisbon to negotiate the transfer of Figo. After hearing the news, Figo was so excited that he knew his value for the first time. In an interview after a long time, he said: "I was flattered that Juventus wanted me, so I signed a letter of intent. This document has no conditions or time limit for formal signature. But the president of Sintra I don't like a player as young as me to take on him, there were a lot of rumors in the media, and it turned out that Juventus had privately agreed to pay Sporting Lisbon millions of dollars in order to get me, but the chairman kept it from me .”

At that time, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and other teams also joined the ranks of bidding for Figo, but another team in Serie A, Parma, came first. When he found Figo, he not only offered attractive economic conditions, but also guaranteed Figo's chance to play and the club's plan to win the championship. Figo signed a formal contract without saying a word. He believed that the signing with Juventus was only It is a letter of intent, not legally binding.

This happened in December 1994. After learning about the incident, the local media began to call Figo a "traitor to Sporting Lisbon". Fans mobbed and smashed his Honda car.

The Bianconeri did not stand idly by. They first offered the same conditions as Parma, but Figo refused, so Juventus submitted the letter of intent to the Italian Football Association, and at the same time delivered the contract between Parma and Figo .

The Italian Football Federation believes that Figo should be punished and made a judgment: Figo is banned from joining any Italian club within two years.

Judging from Moggi's attitude now, Figo should not have been banned from landing in Italy, and Juventus is still in the stage of urgent communication with Figo.

But for the player Figo, to be honest, Zhuang Mingge didn't want to help him avoid this trouble. After all, in Figo's career, there were too many troubles caused by transfers. There was also a lot of trouble when he moved to Real Madrid.

ps1: Chapter 14 of "Addition and Completion Plan"

ps2: Due to the needs of the plot, the time of the transfer gate event has been advanced by one month.