Chapter 361 Breaking up with Mendes

At 8: in the evening, the Christmas Gift Team A gathered in a house, including Hazard, Jiang Yuan, and Kante.

Jiang Yuan stood in front and led the way. He stopped at the garden outside the house and turned around and said, "We have to sneak in."

After taking two steps, Jiang Yuan was almost tripped by the doll costume and let out a loud "shit".

Hazard held the big cake in both hands, observed it carefully, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the cake: "The cake is safe"

"If we sneak in, wouldn't that make us thieves?"

Kante looked a little restrained, hiding behind Terry and whispering something.

Terry patted Kant's head: "Otherwise, we are here to be thieves today!"

"oh oh"

Kante nodded. Although he felt that what he was doing was a bit strange, since several big brothers in the team were doing the same, there shouldn't be any problem.

"Ok!"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up to the club staff member in charge of photography at the back, then began to move towards the house, leading his teammates behind him to the edge of the house little by little.

"Aren't we going through the front door?"

Kanter asked in confusion, pointing to the front door of the small house.

“Have you ever seen Santa Claus walk through the front door?”

"oh oh!"

Kante nodded repeatedly.

As I said, if the big brothers think it is reasonable, then it is reasonable.

Jiang Yuan did not respond to Kante's question, but looked for the entrance with Hazard.

Normally, they should go through the main gate, but today's Chelsea gift team will not choose to go through the main gate, because Chelsea has always been better at attacking from the flanks than the middle.

The fans don’t know they have been drawn. If they go through the main gate, wouldn’t the surprise be gone?

"here"

Hazard held back his laughter and came to a window. Jiang Yuan looked sideways and saw a little boy playing PS5 inside. From the screen, he was playing FIFA, and it seemed to be a 1v1 game with a microphone.

……

"Ian, I told you, you can't beat me!"

A voice came from the speakers in the room. Judging from the accent, it should be an Irishman. Being mocked by the other side, Ian in the room hung his face and said, "I'm just unlucky. The second half hasn't started yet, Bent, I will beat you."

"Oh, come on"

As soon as Ian finished speaking, Jiang Yuan found that he had been scored against again.

现在的比分是0：2，可怜的小伊恩在30分钟的时候0：2落后小本特。

"Haha, wow!"

With the second goal in hand, Bent called out, "Ian, bring me a hot dog with ketchup when you go to church tomorrow."

"Don't forget, you have to admit in front of Father Eddie that you FIFA are no match for me."

No wonder Ian looked so unhappy after falling behind, it turned out that he had a bet on something.

.

dong dong!

"Hey, bro!"

While Bent was celebrating his goal, Jiang Yuan knocked on the window
When Ian saw Jiang Yuan and Hazard, his expression changed from confusion to surprise, and he was about to scream in the next second.

"Xu!!"

Jiang Yuan put his index finger on his lips, signaling Ian not to speak: "Open the window bro!"

"Hey, Ian, why are you quiet?"

Ian ignored Bent, stood up from the small cushion in the room, and opened the window with a "click": "On my God! Jiang, and Eden!"

Because the little boy has no Adam's apple, his voice is high and clear, and has a unique youthful vibe.

"And I!"

Zouma suddenly jumped out from between Jiang Yuan and Hazard. The French defender's knee injury has almost healed. It may not be possible for him to start the game, but there is no problem for him to participate in this kind of team activities.

"So…can we come in?"

Jiang Yuan pointed at the windowsill and made a gesture to climb over it.

"I'll ask Daddy to open the door for you."

Ian was about to leave when Zuma flipped in, “No, no, no, we’re going through the window!”

Following Zouma, Jiang Yuan was the second one to go in and took the big cake from Hazard's hand.

After freeing his hands, Hazard also flipped in, followed by Terry, Kante, and Alonso.

It’s true, Ian’s room is quite big. With 12 people standing in it, Chelsea didn’t feel particularly anxious at all.

"happy birthday bro"

Hazard touched the boy's head and then placed the cake on the bedside table.

"Hey, Ian, who are you talking to? Let's get started. Stop talking about the network card. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it!"

"I'm coming!"

Ian originally wanted to go over and open the cake package, but after hearing what Bent said, he ran back to the PS5, picked up the controller from the ground, and prepared to play the second half of the game with Bent.

Hazard noticed that Ian was manipulating Chelsea's lineup this season, but because the FIFA version had not been updated, Hazard on the screen was playing as a central midfielder with the panel of a winger, which looked a bit awkward.

"Hey, you wanna win this game?"

Hazard touched Ian's neck, squatted down, and pointed at Zouma next to him: "Let Kurt help you, he plays this game every night."

Ian handed over the handle, Zouma sat down cross-legged, and controlled Hazard on the screen to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan, but he immediately found something wrong.

Ian used Chelsea's lineup this season, a standard 4231---, but...

"Where am I?"

Zouma spread his hands to Ian: "Am I not the starter?"

"Haha, don't you understand?"

Terry sat down and watched Zouma play games: "When playing games, whoever is stronger is the best. You are such a rubbish, who would want to put you in the lineup?"

"Ian, do you have any visitors at home?"

Bent's voice came from the speakers. Ian was using surround sound equipment, so everyone in the room could hear Bent's voice.

Likewise, Bent could hear every sound in Ian's room.

Hearing this, Ian quickly said: "It's okay, it's okay, let's continue"

More than 10 Chelsea players were looking at Zouma's control handle. If we had to say it, it would be Zouma. Looking at his smooth straight passes, he probably played a lot of games when he was injured at home.

In Jiang Yuan's impression, Zuma always made a lot of noise when playing games, but today, in order to pretend that it was Ian who was playing the game, Zuma chose to remain silent, concentrating on controlling the handle with both hands.

【goal!!!】

"Damn it, Ian, you scored all this?"

【goal!!!】

"Damn it, Ian, why can't my Van Dijk defend against your Hazard? This is a BUG, ​​this is a BUG!"

Internet-addicted teenager Zouma came on the court and scored 5 goals in just a few minutes.

In fact, Zouma is not particularly good at playing FIFA, but Bent on the opposite side is just a student who has just entered a church primary school. His brain is not fully developed, and he is definitely no match for Zuma, a young man in his early 20s, in playing games.

【5: 2】

"Ian, damn it!"

The sound of a controller being thrown could be heard from the speakers. Bent was so angry that he lost 5 goals in just a few minutes.

After helping Ian defeat his classmates, Chelsea's players enjoyed the cake with Ian.

The cake was made by a pastry chef at the Cobham base. It tasted average, but the ingredients used were top-notch. The cake was in the shape of Stamford Bridge, with a candle with the Arabic numeral "1" in the stands and a chocolate cube with the name "Ian" written on it next to it.

Because they were going to shoot a Vlog, everyone didn't rush to leave after eating the cake. In the end, Jiang Yuan and Ian had a one-on-one FIFA match.

Ian used his own Chelsea lineup, and Jiang Yuan randomly formed a team. The final result was that Ian used Jiang Yuan in the game and defeated Jiang Yuan with a free kick.

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha"

Zuma laughed out loud and put his hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder: "You can't even beat a child. Is your brain atrophied?"

"Hey, I seldom play games, isn't it normal that I can't win? Who is the same as you?"

When it comes to playing FIFA, Jiang Yuan might be the worst one in the Chelsea team, because he spends his evening time watching TV series and movies, and hardly plays FIFA games.

If Jiang Yuan hadn't come to Ian's house to play today, he wouldn't have known that his overall stats in FIFA had reached 87, and this was without any updates in the 16-17 season.

"Who plays games there every night like you? Last time I went to Jiang's house, wasn't he watching that American TV series? What's it called... 'Drugs'?"

“It’s Narcos!”

Hazard corrected Terry: "I think it's pretty good too, suitable for relaxing after the game"

"That's it"

Jiang Yuan stood up and looked at the time. It was almost time to leave. The photographer motioned Ian to stand in the middle and took a group photo for everyone.

"Happy Birthday Ian!"

clap clap clap!
Half an hour later.

Ian's father, Ross Ian, comes into the room.

"wdf?"

"You mean, Chelsea's star player came to our house?"

Ian nodded and took out a Polaroid photo. In the photo, Ian was playing FIFA 1v1 with Jiang Yuan. The person who took the photo was Hazard.

"Are you mentally ill?"

Ross held his head in his hands and walked back and forth in front of his son: "Jiang is right next to you, but you are still playing the game Jiang?"

"shit!"

Ross turned away and sighed.

I hate that iron cannot become steel!

"Ian, then why didn't you call me!? You should have called me over here!"

Rose is a loyal fan of Hazard. Half an hour ago, Hazard shared a birthday cake with his son at home, but Rose, the father, didn't know about it.

What a loss.

"Oh, autograph, do you want an autograph?"

Ross suddenly remembered something very important and held Ian's little ears with both hands.

"I didn't want it..."

"Oh my gosh!"

Ross immediately felt like he had missed out on 100 million, but Ian hadn't finished speaking yet: "I didn't ask for it, but they offered it to me."

As he said that, Ian came to the head of his bed, threw away the cake packaging, and picked up a jersey that was pressed underneath.

Ian
Number 8
There were densely packed signatures on the jersey, and as a loyal fan of Chelsea, Rose immediately recognized the names on it.

Harzard, Jiang, Kante, Torry, Zouma…

Needless to say, half of Chelsea's team's names are on it.

Ross came over, held up Ian's No. 8 jersey with both hands, and looked at Ian again: "Little Ian, can you give this shirt to Daddy?"

"But today is my birthday, and this is my gift..."

"Are you my son?"

"Yes……"

"So should you give Dad something he likes?"

Ian thought about it carefully and felt that what his father said made sense, so he nodded.

mua~

Ross kissed Ian on the forehead and said, "I'll be your son in the next life."

……

The event lasted until 11 o'clock. When Jiang Yuan returned home, it was already 12 o'clock. It seemed very late, but for Chelsea and other nightclub warriors, there were still many things to do at this time. Take Jiang Yuan for example. That night he had a phone call with Mendes. During this call, the two of them had a complete falling out. If nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Yuan will not renew his contract with Mendes, and their contract will end in 2 days.

The person in charge of adidas in London was very smart. He bypassed Mendes and went straight to Jiang Yuan for a private chat.

Because of the increased commercial value brought by the Golden Globe ranking, adidas's global spokesperson fee for Jiang Yuan has risen to 1900 million euros. The contract lasts for 8 years. If Jiang Yuan is willing to sign this contract, adidas will send people from its German headquarters to shoot some promotional videos.

In recent years, due to injuries, Messi lacks competitiveness in the Golden Globe Award. Adidas and Jiang Yuan urgently signed a global spokesperson contract with the aim of seizing the Chinese market and letting Jiang Yuan cooperate with Messi to form a balance of power with Ronaldo.

Adidas attaches great importance to the field of football, and these Germans will never allow Nike to occupy the football market.

The fee was tempting, but Jiang Yuan was not in a hurry. He was not a professional and could not make a reasonable judgment on the contract. Now Jiang Yuan was looking for a new agent.

During training, Jiang Yuan revealed this matter to his teammates. Hazard recommended his agent, John Biko, to Jiang Yuan. Through Hazard, Jiang Yuan and Biko got in touch.

John Biko is not as famous as Mendes, and his company is not as big as Mendes, but because he has fewer stars, Biko said that if Jiang Yuan is willing to sign an agent contract with him, he can only charge 2.1% of the commission.

From this profit sharing ratio, it can be seen that Biko really wants to cooperate with Jiang Yuan, because even for a player of Hazard's level, Biko will charge a high profit of 3.6%.

As a business broker, Biko can see the Chinese market behind Jiang Yuan.

Since the development of modern football in England, no sporting goods company has been able to fully penetrate the Chinese market through football, but the emergence of Jiang Yuan has changed this.

Every football star will have a terrifying siphon effect on his own country. Under Jiang Yuan's influence, more and more people in China will inevitably regard football as a hobby, or even directly engage in the football industry.

The endorsement fee that adidas provided to Jiang Yuan is close to that of Messi, and a big part of the reason is that they want to use Jiang Yuan as a breakthrough.

Although the initial fans of football were mostly college students, or even middle and high school students, there were not many people who could afford to pay for football products.

But what about after 3 or 5 years?

When those teenagers who fell in love with football because of Jiang Yuan enter society and walk onto the baseball field, they already have purchasing power. If they want to buy football products, what will they think of first?
It must be the adidas sneakers that Jiang Yuan is wearing.

History has proven that if you want to capture the market of a country with billions of people, one or two years is not enough; this process requires many years of intense competition.

Adidas has a special market analysis office at its headquarters in Germany. According to the judgment of those sports business practitioners, Adidas may lose money in the first year and even in the second year with the endorsement fee of 1900 million euros.

But as long as Jiang Yuan can maintain his current competitive level, even if he stops at this level in the future, Adidas will definitely not lose money in the future.

After an in-depth discussion with Biko, Jiang Yuan also discovered the problem.

"Jiang, you need to be more confident. The commercial value behind you has no upper limit."

Biko looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes, and the latter was stunned for a moment: "You mean..."

"I have to find a way to get them to include a profit-sharing option in your contract. You also have to make a profit from the goods sold."

"Adidas will customize a sub-brand for you"

The Sun - Adidas and Nike are competing for the opportunity to sign a global endorsement contract with Jiang. The reporter conducted an investigation in the player's mansion in the small town of Woodmansbury and found that the agent Mendes had not visited the player for one and a half months. According to the reporter's speculation, Adidas and Nike have not yet offered Jiang a formal contract and are still in the wait-and-see stage.

……

On the other hand, after learning that Jiang Yuan might sign a global spokesperson contract, Li Ning immediately convened a shareholders' meeting. The person responsible for making a PPT report at this shareholders' meeting was the marketing manager Chen Xiurong.

"Since the beginning of 2015, the ratings of the five major football leagues, including the Portuguese Super League and the Chinese Super League, have skyrocketed in China."

Chen Xiurong pointed at the contents on the PPT, which were several linear statistical graphs. Different colors in the statistical graphs represented different leagues, and the Portuguese Super League stood out among them.

From March to early June 2015, a period of nearly 3 days, the ratings of the Portuguese Super League in China soared, even surpassing the French Ligue 6 in mid-April.

At the end of May, the ratings of the Portuguese Super League were close to Serie A and Bundesliga, which was far off the mark.

However, in the new season in September, the ratings of the Portuguese Super League returned to normal, and the ratings of the Premier League began to soar. It was originally inferior to La Liga, but in October of that year it directly surpassed La Liga. For the whole year thereafter, the ratings of the Premier League remained higher than La Liga.

"Dear directors, we can look at these statistics. It is obvious that the ratings of the football league in our country are directly related to Jiang Yuan. I went to various broadcasters to get the data and found that many people who never watch football also watched the games of Porto and Chelsea."

"I wonder if the directors know about these two teams. Porto is the team Jiang Yuan once played for, and Chelsea is the team Jiang Yuan is currently playing for."

Chen Xiurong looked around at all the shareholders present. The question of Jiang Yuan becoming the spokesperson for Li Ning will be decided by voting at the shareholders' meeting within a week: "Objective data shows that Jiang Yuan has a great influence on China's football industry. Our company's competitiveness has been declining recently. From sportswear to running shoes, we are even suppressed by Anta. If we want to surpass Anta, football is the most suitable direction for us. As for sneakers and sportswear, as long as we can sign Jiang Yuan, future sales will not be a problem at all."

As soon as Chen Xiurong finished the first presentation, shareholders started asking questions.

Li Ning is now suppressed by Anta and is already in a period of decline. If he spends money to enter the football industry at this time, isn't that courting death?
When it comes to football, people only think of Adidas and Nike, and at most Puma, Kelme, Mizuno, and Asics. They will never buy Li Ning's products.

"The market for football in China is just so-so. Have you ever seen a kid taking a football to school? Most of them play basketball, volleyball, table tennis, etc."

When it comes to sporting goods in China, students are always the main force. You can make money by selling what students like to play. Otherwise, Li Ning would not have worked so hard to study basketball.

"Mr. Zhang, football has a future in China. If we don't get in now, it will be too late later!"

“I think what Xiao Chen said makes sense.”

Another shareholder began to speak: "I also often watch Jiang Yuan's games. This kid's influence in China is increasing exponentially. In the Asian qualifiers...if China can make it to the World Cup, or even achieve results. Well...I'm talking about a small probability, but if we can do it, we won't lose money by investing in football."

"Xiao Chen, let me ask, if we want to sign a sneaker endorsement contract with Jiang Yuan, how much do we need to pay?"

When asked this question, Chen Xiurong remained silent.

"It's okay, Xiao Chen, just tell me directly. We are such a big company, signing an endorsement is not a problem."

Seeing that his leader supported him, Chen Xiurong could only control the remote control pen and turn to the last page of the PPT.

[Estimated endorsement fee: 1.5 million RMB]

"Xiao Chen, is this 1.5 million for a lifetime endorsement?"

Chen Xiurong was silent for a while, and finally replied: "This is the price for one year... But don't worry, leaders, we can make the money back. As long as China enters the World Cup, the commercial value of football will skyrocket, and then Anta will not be our opponent!"

“China enters the World Cup?”

"The commercial value of football has skyrocketed?"

Chen Xiurong's words made all the dozen or so shareholders present laugh.

According to the leader.

You, Chen Xiurong, are still too young. You always take some things for granted and assume they can succeed. In fact, they are much more difficult to implement.

With 1.5 million yuan a year in endorsement fees, plus hundreds of millions of yuan invested in developing football products, can Li Ning make back the money in a short period of time?
It’s impossible to earn it back!
"Dear directors, if we are not global spokespersons, we can also sign some secondary contracts, such as sportswear and the like, to get ahead of adidas. We are a Chinese company, Jiang Yuan must consider it..."

"Snapped!"

"Today's meeting is over!"

"Chairman, this is our best chance to become the number one sports brand in the country"

The chairman asked his secretary to go up and directly closed Chen Xiurong's PPT, then looked into the eyes of his marketing manager and said, "If it fails, tell me, what should I do if it fails?"

Chen Xiurong was speechless.

……

The time has come to December 12st in London, which is the last day of 31, and it is evening in China time.

Spending New Year's Eve with your girlfriend?

No, I want to spend New Year's Eve with my favorite team!
"China Media Group, China Media Group, good evening to all our audience friends"

"Here is the live broadcast of the 2016th round of the 17-19 Premier League, Chelsea's home game against Stoke City"

"The referee is looking at the watch"

"The game has begun! Now let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams!"

"..."

"Of course, it's the visiting team Stoke City. This season's Stoke City is a little lacking in overall strength compared to the previous two seasons, but it can still rank in the middle of the Premier League."

Stoke City (3-4-2-1)

Goalkeeper: Grant
Defenders: Indy, Shawcross, Glen Johnson

Midfielders: Peters, Charlie Adam, Joe Allen, Mame Diouf

Forwards: Afellay Shaqiri, Crouch
Head coach: Mark Hughes
"Here at the Bridge, whether rain or fine~"

"We can shine all the time!"

"..."

On the last day of 2016, the fans who came to the scene were quite passionate.

This is not the first time Chelsea and Stoke City have met this season. At the beginning of the season, the defending champions in London fell to Stoke City.

"Stoke City!"

Boom!

In the away team stands, Stoke City fans were also quite passionate.

The team's performance this season is average, but in everyone's opinion, if the home team can beat Chelsea once, they can win a second time.

Chelsea certainly does not dare to slack off. Although they are ranked behind the top 10 in the league, the characteristic of the Premier League is that a team ranked outside the top ten can suddenly explode and defeat the giants. For this reason, Mourinho emphasizes to the players before every game that they should not underestimate the enemy.

The game lasted until the 15th minute. As expected before the game, Chelsea took complete initiative. Since the beginning of November, the London Blues have been in surprisingly good shape. When the players have sufficient physical strength, Chelsea has rarely lost a game.

In the 17th minute, Jiang Yuan suddenly jumped from the left to the middle and faced his old teammate Indi from the Porto period.

In Indi's impression, Jiang Yuan's favorite thing is to play with the outside of his foot on the right, so Indi blocked Jiang Yuan's right foot in advance.

As for Jiang Yuan's left foot, Indi gave up marking Jiang Yuan's left foot and instead gave the space to the goalkeeper.

However, there is a big difference between Jiang Yuan in the Chelsea period and the Porto period. The biggest difference is his performance in counterattacks. Under Mourinho's training, Jiang Yuan's counterattacks were very decisive and bold.

Off the court, the old teammates had to get together, but now they were on the field, so Jiang Yuan had no choice but to be impolite.

"Jiang Yuan made some movements with his hands, but the referee has not made any comments yet."

"I broke through by myself and used my body to block the position. My old teammate is feeling very uncomfortable now. He wants to get his position back, but it seems that he can't do it..."

"Yes, when he was in Porto, Jiang Yuan's confrontation skills were far inferior to Indi's, but now, Jiang Yuan and Indi are almost the same height."

"That's true. Indy is 1 meters tall, and Jiang Yuan's latest updated height on the website is 85 meters. The data comes from a physical examination in the first half of this year. But I feel that Jiang Yuan should have grown taller now, and is almost 1 meters tall."

"We don't know his height for now. In this Chelsea attack, Hazard rushed directly into the penalty area to support us!"

"Jiang Yuan, pass on..."

"Shoot directly! Jiang Yuan chose to shoot directly!"

"The ball goes in! Beautiful goal! In the 19th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan showed his absolute personal ability in the penalty area, and Chelsea, playing at home, took the lead!"

Bravo!

Falcao ran towards Jiang Yuan, and after jumping up, he hugged Jiang Yuan like a monkey. There was also cheers on the Stamford Bridge stadium.

Although he has joined the top five leagues for less than two years, if we only look at his value and influence, Jiang Yuan has already successfully become a superstar.

The biggest difference between superstars and ordinary stars is that superstars often come up with some amazing performances and even directly affect the course of the entire game.

"Bruno, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. Fried tomatoes!"

After the celebration, Jiang Yuan took the initiative to hug Indi. Looking at Jiang Yuan, who was now almost as tall as himself, the Portuguese felt a sense of emotion.

I remember that in the spring of 15, the young Jiang Yuan was promoted from U17 to the first team as an exception. When the captain Martinez heard the news from coach Lopetegui on the air, he called him out directly. This happened less than two years ago.

Time passed quickly, but for Jiang Yuan, time seemed to pass extra fast.

I just lowered my head and was still playing in the Portuguese Super League, and when I looked up, I was already in the top three of the Ballon d'Or.

“I don’t know how God made you”

Yindi joked, and Jiang Yuan also said jokingly: "I was not born in Europe, so it's not God's business."

“Feliz Ano Novo (Happy New Year)”

“Feliz Ano Novo!”

Jiang Yuan and Indi, the two old teammates, still had a lot to say to each other, but the referee did not give them time and urged Jiang Yuan to return to the competition venue.

The first half of the game continued immediately. After taking the lead, Mourinho began to organize the players to actively slow down the pace of the game.

Although the game is played slowly, the strength of the players is there, so the pace can't be too slow.

Jiang Yuan felt that he was in good shape today, so he gestured to Hazard directly, asking him to pass the ball to him more. When Pogba saw this, he suddenly sent a long pass to Jiang Yuan's mouth.

What the hell!

Pogba's long pass had no forward movement at all. Jiang Yuan never expected that his teammate would give the ball in this way, so he did not start the move in advance.

But it doesn’t matter. Jiang Yuan’s position is good, and acceleration is his strong point. After bypassing Mame Diouf, he extended his right foot.

Snapped!
The ball hit the instep of Jiang Yuan's right foot, bounced back and flew directly to the baseline.

"No rush, no rush!"

Coach Marcosius thought Jiang Yuan made a mistake in stopping the ball and signaled to the defender not to worry. So Johnson did not rush forward to take the ball immediately, but instead took a few steps back.

I thought Jiang Yuan would stop on his own initiative after he made a mistake in stopping the ball, but I didn't expect this guy to run even faster.

"Fuck no!"

Johnson rushed forward, but Jiang Yuan got there first and stepped on the ball with the studs on his shoes.

After finishing, look towards the middle.

"Zlatan!"

……

(End of this chapter)