Chapter 45 The New Broker
Now, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I went to the school’s Reader Service Department to buy the current issue of "Sports Weekly" and has become an indispensable part of Sophie’s life. Because Zhang Jun and Yang Pan went out of U University, their performance in the Netherlands naturally also touched the hearts of U University students. Therefore, as the most detailed report about the two, Li Yan and Wang Hua, there are two versions of the manuscripts sent back in each issue; the most authoritative reporter in the country to conduct exclusive interviews with Zhang and Yang, Li Yan has gained the trust of their friends; the most gossip is said that Li Yanlian has photos of their sleeping scenes, and the Sports Weekly is always sold out as soon as they arrive on campus.
In order to miss the three dates that met Zhang Jun every week, Sophie always came to the reader service department behind the canteen very early.
Sophie held the new newspaper and focused her eyes on Zhang Jun's photo in the newspaper. She saw the red bracelet at a glance. It was a talisman she knitted for him by herself. She sent it to Zhang Jun on her birthday and asked him to wear it in the letter to avoid injury.
Yesterday she received a call from Zhang Jun, and she didn't have to see what was written in the newspaper. She just wanted to see Zhang Jun's photos, look at Zhang Jun's sweaty figure, and look at his excited smiling face. As long as Zhang Jun keeps scoring like this, she can always see him in the newspapers and in the news.
The Cowherd and Weaver Girl, who are thousands of miles apart, use this method to fight the barriers between time and space and maintain longing.
There was an exquisite Louis Vuitton suitcase next to Hua Yang's feet, standing in a daze on the streets of Amsterdam. Looking at the crowds and bustling on the streets, she didn't know where she should go. For the first time, she felt abandoned. She was still in Hong Kong the day before yesterday, but today she was already standing on the streets of Europe.
The sun is bright, the breeze, the clouds are blue, the Netherlands, Amsterdam...
After a while, Hua Yang picked up his suitcase and walked aimlessly. There was no direction or goal, but just walking along the road. When she felt tired, she realized that she had already walked to the Amsterdam Central Railway Station. There were many people and bustling here, and everyone was just passing by. Before the train war, there was a bus stop. She walked over and looked at the sign on the stop sign: 110, Destination, Warren Dam.
There was a bus No. 110 just parked next to the platform. Hua Yang looked at the bus, then looked at the stop sign, and finally picked up the box and stepped on it.
The bus seemed to be waiting for her. When she saw her coming up, the door slowly closed and drove away.
Life is like a journey without a station or a signboard. No one will know when the next stop will arrive, what name it is, and what kind of scenery it will have. You only see countless things flashing through the window, and you miss it before you have time to look closely. When you arrive at the station and look back, you can't see clearly or distinguish anything except the vast sky and earth. Some scenery is very good, but you didn't catch it and miss it. What a pity.
Hua Yang leaned his head against the car window and looked at the fleeting scenery outside the window in a daze. Until the scenery in front of him never retreated again. She came to her senses and found that she was the only one left in the car.
"Miss, the terminal is here." The driver politely spoke to her in English.
This is a beautiful, quiet and peaceful town. Boats with Dutch characteristics docked one by one by one, and the flowing clouds in the blue sky floated away from the red roofs. A place that makes people feel happy, Hua Yang's confused and frustrated heart is also slightly better.
Since you are here, why not have a good time to have a good time.
Hua Yang bought a local English newspaper, but unexpectedly, the front-page headline turned out to be a football news: "Warrendham defeated Helenfen 2:1 at home..." Below is a game photo, a player wearing an orange jersey was passing by, and behind him, an opponent was sitting down to the ground.
In Hong Kong, football is a very popular sport, and Hua Yang also knows some related knowledge about football. She read the full text carefully and found that two Chinese players defeated the powerful visiting team for the home team in the game.
There were two compatriots in the Earth Club. Hua Yang was a little interested and decided to go and take a look.
Adrians was a little absent-minded in this training class today. Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were in good shape recently and performed stably, and were the number one heroes of the team's performance. However, the better Zhang Jun and Yang Pan performed, the greater the worries and pressure in his heart. Just now, Horns finally offered to sign a new contract with Zhang Jun and Yang Pan. However, the conditions given were not high, and at least there was a difference in salary with the players of several other Hokkien Super League clubs, although this was the determination of Horns' stingy man.
Now, the only advantage is that the two people do not have professional agents. The club should be able to coax them to sign the contract against two children with no professional experience. Although they are a little unbearable, Adriansey knew that letting the two people stay was for the club's good and for his own good. Therefore, sometimes it is necessary to use any means.
"Hey, Li Yan, we have read your article "J scales are not something in the pool" and it is well written. But why do you think the two of you will leave Warren Dam in a year?" A colleague saw that there was nothing good on the training ground, so he started chatting with Li Yan on the side.
"If Zhang Jun and Yang Pan develop at this rate, they will receive transfer invitations from European giants in less than a year. Isn't this obvious? Young stars in the Dutch League will eventually take this path." Li Yan replied.
"That's right, but the problem is that we heard that Warren Dam intends to provide the two with a new contract, and the treatment will be improved..."
"No matter how high it is, can you compare to the top three Dutch led by Ajax? Can you compare to the European giants?" Li Yan was a little disdainful. "Hiddingk almost strangled the poor youth team coach to death after knowing that Zhang Jun and Yang Pan had trained in the Eindhoven youth team for a while. I heard that he had always wanted to find a good partner for Kezhman."
"Indeed, compared with those teams, that little treatment is nothing. But the real problem is that Zhang Jun and Yang Pan don't have agents yet. Do you think that two 20-year-old children can deal with businessman Horns?"
Hua Yang, who was watching the training, felt aroused when he heard the reporter's words. After working hard in the mall for nearly ten years, she has developed the ability to not let go of every information. In her opinion, those things that outsiders think are useless may become hens for future laying golden eggs.
Through the newspaper reports, she had roughly understood the potential value of the two Chinese teenagers. As the reporter said, European giant teams will rush to invite them in the future, and their future is unlimited. At this time, they have no agents! It’s like two shining gems that fell on the ground but no one picked them up. God!
Hua Yang found the goal in life in an instant, sweeping away the haze in his heart just now. Life is like a journey without a station or a signboard. No one will know when the next stop will arrive, what its name will be, and what kind of scenery will be. Hua Yang thought that his journey had ended here, "Miss, the terminal station has arrived." Just like what the driver said to her. However, she walked out of the car and found that it suddenly became clear outside. A place with birds singing and flowers and a beautiful scenery appeared in front of her, and she saw the light again!
Life is indeed full of dramatic life...
Li Yan was still arguing with the reporter, and Hua Yang had left quietly. She knew what to do. She liked two children who were not well-versed in the world the most, haha!
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan looked at the beautiful woman in front of them in surprise, "You mean, do you want to be our agent?"
Hua Yang nodded.
"But how did you make us believe you? You haven't even told me your name..."
Hua Yang smiled very kindly: "My name is Huafang, I am from Hong Kong. I have a Harvard MBA certificate, have very rich business experience, and have been a broker for a short time... The most important thing is that we are all Chinese. Our compatriots will not harm our compatriots, aren't we?"
Zhang Jun only felt that this woman who called herself "Huafang" smiled very friendly, and she and Sophie smiled differently. Sophie's smile was as clear as the blue sky and white clouds, as bright as the sun, and very pure. Miss Huafang's smile was very mature, with a mature gentleness, which made people feel very warm. Zhang Jun couldn't say which one is better.
"Well, I think we need to discuss it. After all, finding an agent is a big deal. So, we will give you a reply after training tomorrow morning, okay?" Yang Pan said to Hua Yang.
"Okay, I'll go to the training ground tomorrow morning to wait for your reply." Hua Yang said goodbye with a smile.
After Hua Yang left, the two returned to the restaurant to continue their unfinished dinner.
Yang Pan pulled open the chair and sat down: "Zhang Jun, do you think she is trustworthy? He suddenly ran away and said he wanted to be our agent, speaking fluent Mandarin, but he said he was from Hong Kong, and he also said he had an MBA certificate from Harvard... There were more and more people who came to us to be an agent during this period!"
Zhang Jun shook his head: "What she said can be fake, but I was particularly impressed by her smile. I think people with that smile should not be bad people."
Yang Pan held the fork and thought for a while: "Although you said it very much like a dialogue in a comic... But I still believe in your intuition! Haha, your intuition has never disappointed me."
"That's, when did you waste your cross?"
"Hey! I'll give you some sunshine and you'll be brilliant. I'll give you some floods and you'll be flooded!" Yang Pan knocked Zhang Jun's head with the handle of the fork.
"Ha! Stop making trouble, eat, it's cold!" Zhang Jun touched his head and buried his head in his meal.
Yang Pan looked at the noodles on the plate: "So, will you agree to her at noon tomorrow?"
"Well..." Zhang Jun responded with noodles wrapped in his mouth.
Hua Yang pulled open the LV suitcase, took out all the things inside, and put them back one by one.
She only had these things in clothes and passport. Looking at the mezzanine in the box, she reached out and took out a worn envelope. The envelope was brought down, and a photo slipped out of the envelope. Hua Yang looked at the photo on the ground in surprise, and then hurriedly picked it up as if he was awakened.
This is a yellowed photo, and the original color is gradually fading. Hua Yang looked at the photo in his hand and said that his grandmother had been dead for three years, and her smile had faded like this photo.
...
"Grandma, I'm the eldest lady, why do I still have to do this kind of quilt-folding thing?"
"Yangyang, do you think a person who can't even fold his own quilt can manage a business well?"
...
I remember that my grandma always has a stern face. In today's words, it's very cool and fierce to Hua Yang. I hated my grandma when I was a child, but now she knows who is really good to her.
"Grandma, I will start a new life tomorrow. Stop calling me Yangyang, my name is Huafang."
After the morning training, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan found Hua Yang. Oh no, it should be Hua Fang now.
"Miss Huafang, we discussed it last night. You are right, everyone is Chinese. We have no doubts about you, you can be our agent." Yang Pan said to Huafang.
"That's great!" Hua Fang showed her impressive smile again, "I will prepare a contract tomorrow. You can sign it if you have no objection, and our relationship will have legal effect."
The reporters found that after the training, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan did not leave, but were talking to a beautiful woman on the sidelines.
"Wow! The player just became famous and there was a scandal!" A reporter raised his camera, trained to adjust the focal length, and then pressed the shutter, "Click!Click!" He took more than a dozen pictures.
Seeing this, other reporters naturally refused to let it go and pressed their hands one by one.
Only Li Yan and Wang Hua did not move, "A group of idiots, it's really a loss for the Hong Kong entertainment industry if you didn't go to the Hong Kong paparazzi!" Of course, he only dared to say this in his heart, otherwise there would be disputes between newspapers and sports.
Wang Hua looked at Li Yan. Li Yan knew the truth about "Zhang Jun and Yang Pan had an intimate conversation with a mysterious beauty after training". As long as he called his cell phone, Zhang Jun would tell him, and there was no need to join in the fun here. He stretched and deliberately said loudly: "Let's go, Wang Hua! The training is over, and there is no news to dig! The work is over!"
During the morning training, Adriansey gave Steel the responsibility. He and Horns were sorting out the contract, thinking about the questions the two Chinese teenagers might ask, and then researched and answered them to ensure that they were foolproof. Then Adriansey thought that the training was about to end, so he rushed to the training ground to call the two to sign the contract. But he found that there was an oriental woman standing beside Zhang and Yang, and the three of them had a great time talking.
Although he didn't know what they were talking about, Adriansey suddenly had a bad premonition. He approached the three of them and said in Dutch: "Zhang, Yang, the new contract is ready. You go and check it out and sign it." He saw Zhang Jun say something to the woman beside him in Chinese, and the woman immediately turned her face and smiled slightly at him.
"Mr. Adriansey, I am Hua Fang, the new agent of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan." He spoke fluent and standard English, coupled with a decent smile, "Now my client has fully entrusted me to handle the matters of signing a new contract with the club. If you have any questions, please contact me directly."
When he heard the "new agent", Adriansai's heart skipped a beat. The thing he didn't want to encounter happened. Looking at the woman who claimed to be Huafang, she must be a smart and capable person. That contract...
"gentlemen?"
Adriansse came to his senses and found that Hua Fang was still looking at him with a smile. "Uh, okay. Then, please come with Miss Hua Fang." No matter what, he could only bite the bullet at this point. "Zhang, Yang, you two are coming too."
When he saw Hua Fang following Adrians, Horns looked at Adrians with a puzzled look.
The head coach had to explain to the boss that the beautiful woman was Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's new agent, and that the signing of the new contract had been entrusted to her with full responsibility.
After hearing this, Horns' facial expression changed immediately, showing great disappointment.
Huafang has been observing the fat club owner since he came in. When he heard Adrians' introduction, his disappointment was beyond words. A low-level opponent, Huafang gave Horns this evaluation in his heart. No wonder his hotel can only be famous in a small town in Warrendam.
No matter how disappointed he was, the contract was already on the table, and Horns could only grit his teeth like Adrians.
Huafang took the contract and looked at it very seriously. In fact, she only glanced at such a contract and understood it all. She saw too much of the contract. The purpose of her doing this was to increase the time for silence in the house, put pressure on the other party, and lay the foundation for her next performance.
After a long time, Hua Fang raised her head and a little disappointed on her beautiful face. She said to Horns in English: "Sir, what do you mean? I'm a little disappointed. The treatment offered by the club is completely inconsistent with the performance of my two clients. A weekly salary of 1,400 euros is considered to be in the middle and lower reaches of the Holland Super League. But I think the performance of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan can already be in the upper reaches of the league, right? Moreover, there is no goal bonus or assist bonus. Moreover, the contract term is as long as five years!" Hua Fang raised the volume a little, "I think this is also very unreasonable."
"Miss Hua, you should know that Warren Dam is a small club. We do not have strong financial resources to make the foundation. Therefore, in terms of treatment, this is the highest condition we can give. Butler, the team's number one star, has a weekly salary of only 2,400 euros. If Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's salary are too high, it will cause dissatisfaction among other young players in the team." Horns defended.
"But, as far as I know, the most valuable young players in the team are not Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, but Kozell who was loaned from Ajax, with a weekly salary of 2,300 euros, right?" Hua Fang said all of these things that asked Zhang Jun and Yang Pan on the way here. You can't fight an unprepared battle, right? If you sharpen your guns in the face of battle, you will be too happy.
Horns thought at first that the other party was a female romance, but he didn't expect that every time she asked a question with a smile, he would sweat his vest. "Uh, that's true, that's true. But..."
"But, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan are Chinese, right? Chinese and Dutch people cannot enjoy the same treatment, right? Sir, I think you have a tendency to be racist..."
"No! No! Miss, you misunderstood! I didn't mean it!" Being labeled as "racist" was not what Horns hoped.
"What do you mean, sir?" Hua Fang pressed step by step.
"Well, I mean, can we give in to each other?" Horns' fighting spirit began to fade.
"How to give up? This is related to the personal interests of my client." Hua Fang raised her eyebrows, making her heroic.
"Uh, aren't you dissatisfied with the contract term just now? We can shorten the contract term, but in terms of weekly salary... we are really powerless." Horns shrugged and spread his hands.
Hua Fang cursed in her heart: Idiot! I don’t have a clear understanding of the strength of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan. If I were you, I would rather increase my weekly salary than try to extend the time for the two of them to stay in the team. But now, it’s just right. Hua Fang turned around and asked Zhang in Chinese, and Yang and the two said, “He promised to shorten the contract years, but the weekly salary cannot be increased any more. What do you think?”
Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan and both understood their inner thoughts: their goal was to the top European leagues.
The two nodded at Huafang, "Weekly salary is not important, the contract period must be shortened."
Huafang smiled at the two, then turned around and said to Horns: "Sir, my client agreed to your proposal, but there are still conditions. We require that the contract be stated in this contract that the term of the contract is two years, that is, from December 25, 2002 to December 25, 2004, in these two years, from the next season, if any team from the top five European leagues comes to my client, the club is not allowed to stop it or ask for liquidated damages."
Horns said with a "boom" in his mind. For a two-year contract, the two can leave at will. Do they treat this place as a park? And they can't ask for a penalty for liquidated contract! Did he work hard to train himself? The stars he has trained to give them away?
"No! No! This is not possible!" Horns was a little excited. He said that the fat man was broad-minded and fat, but this fat man seemed to be an exception. "The contract period of two years is too short, at least three years! In addition, the one behind him is completely unreasonable!"
Seeing that the boss got angry, Zhang Jun was still a little scared, but Hua Fang always looked at the other party with a smile. When the fat man spitted out all the spits, she said slowly: "Very good, you said it well. Then we can refuse to sign the contract now, and then I will go back to contact Hechao and even the clubs in the five major leagues. I think with the strength of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, it should be no problem to find a larger club. And I know that when the club signed the contract with the two clientes, the liquidated damages were not high, right? Eindhoven, Ajax should still afford this liquidated damages?"
Hua Fang smiled from beginning to end, saying this at a moderate speed. Her tone didn't seem to be rejecting people, but she seemed to be chatting casually. But Horns couldn't stand it and said that every sentence of this woman was at the point.
Adriansey never made any noise and sat on the side watching the tiger fight. This woman is indeed very powerful, and it seems that Horns has no choice. Although she is older than her, it is better not to be enemies with her.
After a moment of silence, Horns stood up in pain: "Okay, I agree with your request."
On the way back to the apartment, Zhang Jun asked Huafang: "Well, they won't regret it if they sign the contract tomorrow, right?"
Hua Fang smiled slightly: "They dare not because they have no choice. If they don't agree, you can leave immediately. The winter break is coming soon. I saw in the newspaper that many clubs are already playing your attention. After Christmas, the fat man will not see you. If he agrees, at least you will stay at Warrendam until the end of this season, and may win a championship for the team!"
"Jinbiao?" Zhang and Yang looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Hua Fang didn't understand.
"Miss, do you know football?" Yang Pan asked Huafang with his stomach covering his stomach, "Warrendham is a small team that even needs to be hard to relegate. What are the other teams to talk about? Haha!"
"Yes, yes! I was scared when I saw you talking at the negotiating table just now..."
Hua Fang also smiled: "Haha! Why can't it be? Football is round, what can't happen? Why are the championships all the matters of those teams?"
Chapter completed!