Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 185 Perseverance

Aurelio de Laurentis did not ask Chen Yingxiong to reconsider the signing of the contract. He just told Chen Yingxiong about his ambition and two five-year plan blueprints, and then left.

"What do you think, hero?" When leaving this high-end Italian restaurant, agent Dracula asked Chen Yingxiong.

"People are very interesting." Chen Yingxiong told the truth. He always thought that the boss of the club should be that kind of very high-profile and inexplicable speech, that is, he said a lot of seemingly mysterious things, but you did not understand a word. But I didn't expect the owner of this club to be very frank and straightforward. This surprised him, and his impression of De Laurentiis was better.

"No, I'm asking you about going to Naples..." Chen Yingxiong answered the question, and Dracula had to clarify.

"Oh, what else can I think of? No one mentions the signing anymore. I think 80% of it is because I said that they are a relegation team and made them angry. I came here to clarify this point." Chen Yingxiong shrugged. He felt that after saying bad things about others, this matter was basically regarded as pornographic. From the conversation, it can be seen that de Laurentiis looked very candid and told him a lot about Naples, but he just didn’t talk about the signing of the contract and never mentioned it, as if Naples never planned to fight The same as Chen Yingxiong signing...

Dracula frowned slightly. To be honest, after listening to De Laurentiis, he actually thinks that this team can be seriously considered because their boss is rich and ambitious. The club’s financial situation is good and the fan base is strong. In addition, they have had a glorious era, so it is doomed that they will not be willing to really be a relegation team.

Going to this team, whether you want to win the championship or plan to be a springboard to the giants, is good-if this team is interested in participating in the European war, then the chances of Chen Yingxiong's appearance in Europe will increase. Can also attract the attention of those wealthy.

If it is said that the Russian league is still too closed, it is not known to play in the Russian Super League. So how about playing in the Italian Football League once known as the "Little World Cup"? That's completely different. Even if you can't participate in the European war, just relying on the performance of Serie A is enough to attract the attention of those giants.

This is why Serie A is more attractive than the Russian Super League.

That is, Chen Yingxiong has so many requirements. If he is replaced by another player, what relegation team? What is eligible for the European war? They don't even think about it. As long as you are a Serie A team, they are willing to join, even if it is a team that is relegated every year in Serie A, they are willing to give up the life of the giants in the Russian Premier League and come to your team.

For the Russian Premier League players, the temptation of the mainstream European top leagues is really too great.

In fact, he felt it was a pity. Chen Yingxiong's refusal decision was too hasty. He didn't know what kind of team Naples was, but he rashly defined the "relegation team" after hearing that they were newly promoted. He doesn't even know where he is currently ranked in the league.

He looked at Chen Yingxiong and found that Chen Yingxiong seemed to feel a little regretful.

"Go back?" He opened the car door and looked at Chen Yingxiong.

Hero Chen nodded.

On the way back, he was always silent, unlike the usual juggling with Deku, just like chatting.

He may finally be thinking about his future seriously.

Dracula thinks it might be a good thing for this somewhat simple-minded Hero Chen?

One night later, Chen Yingxiong sat in front of the computer and used QQ's video call mode to communicate with his parents. His parents finally learned how to use QQ video chat proficiently. Now they have to make a call every week, and one hour of this call is like a rare sacred ritual for mom and dad. Every time Chen Yingxiong opens the video, he can see his parents sitting on the opposite side of the computer, just like the leaders who hold video conference calls in the news.

Through the video call, the mother can see her own appearance and hear her own voice, which can somewhat ease her miss for her son.

At this moment, the agent Dracula called Chen Yingxiong.

"Ah, I have a phone, wait a minute, Mom and Dad." Chen Yingxiong took off the headset and picked up the phone.

"Naples is looking for me."

"Can you change the opening remarks, it has been three days in a row...wait! Who did you say is looking for you?" Chen Yingxiong was originally complaining about the agent's lack of creativity and the author's laziness, but at this moment he suddenly reacted to this. An unusual taste was revealed in the repetition.

"The Naples Club, they called me again, hoping to talk about the contract again."

"Uh..." Chen Yingxiong originally thought that the story between himself and Naples was over, but he didn't expect the other party to be so persistent.

"Do you want to refuse?" Dracula asked.

"Um...no." Chen Yingxiong made a decision after some consideration. "Look at their conditions first."

"What if it's appropriate?"

"If it fits...I can only sign with them now, right? Other teams interested in me have been rejected by the club."

"In fact, you can also have a fight with the club and force them to agree to the offer of your favorite team. If they don't agree, you will stop training and work hard in the game..." Dracula said.

Chen Yingxiong interrupted him: "That's not my style. Besides, St. Petersburg gave me the opportunity. Anyway, this team is kind to me. The fans here like me and support me, and the teammates and My relationship is also very good. Anyway, I don’t want to make my relationship with the club too rigid..."

After he finished speaking, he didn't hear any sound from the phone. "Hello? Is the signal bad?"

"No. I was surprised to hear you say that." Dracula's voice reverberated.

"Hey, do you think I'm really that kind of ungrateful person!"

"No, I just feel that this kind of tender words comes out of your mouth, and I feel a little bit of disobedience."

"Damn, you go to die!" If Dracula was in front of Chen Yingxiong at this time, he would definitely shake a **** to show his greetings.

Dracula followed Chen Yingxiong's instructions to contact the representatives of Naples, while Chen Yingxiong continued to bring the headset and chat with his parents who had been waiting for a while.

"Whose call was just now, hero?" Dad asked.

"Dad and Mom, do you want to see me on CCTV every weekend?" Chen Yingxiong asked.

Aurelio de Laurentiz, who has returned to his home in Los Angeles, received a call from Marino. During the call, Marino told him that the club was discussing contract matters with Chen Yingxiong's agent. He was still surprised that Chen Yingxiong didn't know why he changed his attitude-De Laurentiis did not tell him that he went to St. Petersburg to find Chen Yingxiong, otherwise he would be surprised. Because as the owner of the team, he never went to find any player personally. He threw all the specific management work of the club to Marino. What he said to him was simple: "I will give you the money. You are responsible for spending them."

Marino is responsible for specific matters, while he is responsible for the general direction of the club's development.

This is his first time to intervene in the specific business affairs of the club, because he is worried that if he does not take action, this ideal center that meets his standards will be robbed by other clubs-because of the trade secrets involved, he will not I don’t know that Zenit’s club rejected all other competitors and only agreed to the Naples club’s offer. This is forcing Chen Yingxiong to move to Naples so that Zenit can earn several million euros. So he has no competitors at all.

From this incident, he also found that Marino is a good player in the management of the team. He is good at buying potential young players at low prices. After training, the value of these players will increase several times, even more than ten times. Under his management, the team achieved a financial surplus. In this era when almost every family is losing money, Naples is one of the few clubs that can be profitable.

But de Laurentiis is not bad for money, he is not only satisfied with it. Last summer, after the team returned to the first division, he increased his investment, whether it was salary or transfer fees.

He knows that it is impossible for a team to become the world's top giants within five years without spending money.

But Marino's business philosophy is too petty...maybe because of the long time spent under the stingy boss of Udinese, he is always reluctant to spend money in the transfer market. Every year, I said to him: "I will give you this money, and you are responsible for spending it." As a result, he can't spend it all!

How can the team grow like this?

If Marino knew what the boss thought of him, he would definitely feel wronged than Dou E-if he knew who Dou E was.

Wrong! I am dedicated to saving money for the team, for the boss, and working hard to manage it. How can I think that what the boss wants is not to make money, but to spend money! !

Regarding the personal contract, the principle that Chen Yingxiong gave to the agent Dracula is very simple-you can't make less than Zenit. He has worked so hard to transfer out, if he earns less than in Zenit, why does this make him feel so embarrassed?

A weekly salary of 100,000 euros is a joke, but it cannot be less than 40,000 euros.

Marino is in trouble again. Naples' ability to maintain profitability has a lot to do with their salary cap.

Only two players in the team currently earn more than one million euros per year. Ravich has 1.4 million euros and Hamsik has 1.3 million euros.

This is already the highest in the team.

But Chen Yingxiong had an annual salary of 2 million Euros in Zenit St. Petersburg, and he asked not to be lower than what he earned in Zenit, that is to say, at least an annual salary of 2 million Euros. This will far exceed the salary cap level of Naples.

Marino worried that the arrival of Chen Yingxiong would break the team's salary balance. It is not news for Ravitch and others to ask for a salary increase. Just last year, when the team was promoted to Serie A, Ravitch once relied on being a major player in the team's promotion to find a club salary increase. Guess how the boss De Laurentiis answered him?

"If an actor is like you, I will eat him raw!"

Sometimes the boss is generous and generous, and sometimes he is as stingy as Grandet. Just as unpredictable as his character.

Because of Ravitch’s lessons, Marino felt that Chen Yingxiong’s request, De Laurentis, would definitely not be accepted, but this matter has to be reported to the boss...

After hearing Marino's report, De Laurentiis asked: "How much does his agent offer?"

"The salary of 80,000 euros per week is still after tax." This is the reason why Marino feels that things cannot be discussed. Italy's tax is very heavy. Among the five major European leagues, Italy has the highest tax rate-40%. Eight, nearly fifty percent.

In other words, if the club promises a weekly salary of 80,000 euros after tax for Chen Yingxiong's agent, the actual salary paid by Naples is about 160,000 euros per week.

De Laurentiis smiled. "What a vampire!" He thought of the agent's name-Vlad Dracula. Isn't that the name of the legendary Count Dracula? He doesn't know if the agent is deliberate or purely coincidental, but his style of asking the club lions for a big price really has the style of a vampire.

Hearing what the boss said, Marino felt even more that it was impossible to talk about it.

"Tell him that the maximum after tax is 50,000 euros. This can't be talked about, but we can talk about the bonus. Tell him, didn't he say that he can score goals? Then link the bonus income to his goals. Every goal Ten thousand euros, the more he gets in, the more he gets."

Marino had to admire his own boss, really shrewd!

The annual salary is fixed, and the bonus is floating. In this way, the more you earn and the less you earn, it all depends on your players' efforts. If you make less, you can't say that the club is stingy. It's because you are not working hard enough and you are not strong enough. Want to make a lot of money? Go ahead and score goals!