The Era of Emerald

Just do what you say, this is Zhuang Mingge's most intuitive impression of the "do not do business" Al Thani crown prince.

In 1994, Qatar's national football level, to be honest, was not even considered third-rate in Asia, but Crown Prince Al Thani, who is in charge of sports, has one of the most important things to do well in sports, that is: they have money and are willing to spend money.

Therefore, under the "inspiration" of the Qataris' gold dollars, the 42-year-old Roger Mira took the lead in coming to Qatar. He needs to use this huge salary to help his African countries that are still in dire straits. compatriots.

Zhuang Mingge, who has not yet left Qatar, after learning that Roger Mira will arrive in Doha by plane today, he asked for this "pick-up" job from Crown Prince Al Thani. He wanted to meet this A black player affectionately called "Uncle Mira" by the Chinese people.

At the airport in Doha, the capital of Qatar, Zhuang Minge successfully met the legend of African football, Roger Mira.

Uncle Mira is very tall. His height is 1.8 meters 90. He is already tall among the players of the same period. Uncle Mira has been working hard to improve the quality of life of his compatriots over the years. The corners of his eyes and forehead have begun to There are wrinkles, and I am much older than when I was in the [-] World Cup.

Zhuang Mingge took the lead in paying tribute to Uncle Mira, who "made the world re-understand African football": "Mr. Mira, I am the chairman of the Italian club Fiorentina, Antonio Corleone."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Corleone." Uncle Mira looked around suspiciously, and found that there was no one else except Zhuang Mingge and another white-collar woman with a cold expression, "I remember that I am Crown Prince Ying Al Thani Invited to participate in the Qatar League..."

"Haha, of course I know this, but I made a special trip to pick you up on behalf of Crown Prince Al Thani."

When Uncle Mira heard what Zhuang Mingge said, he couldn't help feeling a little moved. Uncle Mira, who had worked hard in Europe, certainly knew the meaning of the surname Corleone. Come pick yourself up.

Although Uncle Mira has the simplicity of an African, he is not stupid. He realized that Zhuang Mingge must have other plans to pick up the plane in person this time.

"It's impossible for Mr. Corleone to pick up the plane in person just to see me? What do you want to say to me?"

"Here, I would like to invite Mr. Mira to serve as our gm company's contact person in Africa."

"GM company?" Since he has been active in Africa in recent years, Uncle Mira doesn't know much about some things that happened in Italian football. "What kind of company is this?"

"A broker company just established in Italy, if you agree to take this job, you will have the right to recommend players to the GM company, after the players pass the company's review, they will get a brokerage contract, and the company will sign the contract Players are under unified management, and if they want to land in Europe, the company will operate them to the team that is most suitable for them to play for, Mr. Mira, please see, this is the list of board members of our company."

Mira took a look at the list of directors handed over by Karin, and couldn't help but take a breath. He knew what the names of these directors together represented, which meant that the company could guarantee that the players it signed would at least You can find a job locally in Italy instead of being unemployed at home.

If this is the case, I may use this GM company to let more good seedlings who can only hang out in Africa enter Europe and receive professional training. The crown prince's relationship, sent to Qatar for gold mining.

Uncle Mira thought so, so he quickly made a decision: "Mr. Corleone, I agree, and the cooperation is pleasant."

"Happy cooperation, Mr. Mira." Zhuang Minge wants to use Uncle Mira's reputation in Africa to attract a large number of future African stars to the GM company. The latest batch is "Golden" who led Nigeria to the Olympic gold medal Generation", and later Eto'o, Drogba, Toure brothers, Essien... These are all "high-quality assets" that will make any team drool in later generations!

After signing Uncle Mira as the company's contact person in Africa, Zhuang Minge notified manager Valentini and asked GM to be responsible for introducing players to the Qatar League.So the newly established GM company took over the first large-scale business from Zhuang Ming singer, and Crown Prince Al Thani also boldly stated that GM company only needs to be responsible for getting the players to agree to participate in the Qatar League. As for player transfers The Qatar Football Association will personally send a special person to solve the problem. At the same time, the Football Association will conduct an internal "grading" of the players introduced by GM. According to the different levels of players, GM will receive different levels of "referral fees". It is mainly based on whether the player has played for the national team, whether he has participated in intercontinental competitions, whether he has participated in the World Cup, what honors he has won, etc...

The communists who heard the news from Valentini and Zhuang Mingge were very happy. Although these people didn't have much spare money, they had something to do with football and they mobilized their contacts one after another. I persuaded several players who have announced or are on the verge of retirement but still want to earn a little "pension fee", and recommended them to GM. After the company signed a brokerage contract with these players, they "introduced" them to the Qatar Football Association.

The Qatar Football Association's work efficiency is also very efficient. After receiving the "written statement" sent by these players, the staff of the Football Association quickly graded them and remitted a sum of "referral fees" to GM company , part of the money will be used for the company's operation and development, and the rest will be returned to the "**" director as a bonus (note: "intermediary fee" has been included in the company's operating expenses).

Zhuang Mingge asked for a list of players who have been successfully recommended to the Qatar League from Valentini, and found that there are quite a few "big names" on it:

Alessandro Altobelli, has won 1 World Cup title, 1 Serie A title, 2 Coppa Italia titles, level a-, introduction fee of 100 million US dollars;

Aldo Serena, a member of the Italian national team in 1990, a UEFA Cup champion, four Serie A champions, a Italian Cup champion, the best shooter in the Serie A season in 1988-89, the level is a-, the introduction fee is 100 Ten thousand U.S. dollars;

Cabrini, the main force of the 1982 World Cup champion team, won 6 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia titles, 1 European Cup title, 1 UEFA Cup title, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup title, and 1 time as a player. European Super Cup champion once, Toyota Cup champion once, rated a, referral fee 1 million US dollars.

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Uncle Mira, who has already arrived in Doha, announced to join the newly established Al Sadd club after negotiating with Qatar Football Club. The contract period is one year and the annual salary is US$1 million.Not to mention the discussion caused by the return of Uncle Mira, who has retired for a long time, in the international football world, this salary alone is enough to attract many players.

In this way, under the "instigation" of Zhuang Mingge, a little butterfly, the Qataris started this "oil storm" ten years in advance.

Note: At that time, the wages of players were generally very low. As the top center in the English league, Ian Rush's weekly salary was only 5000 pounds, and the annual salary of Paul Maldini, who was at his peak in 94, was only 150 million US dollars.

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