Hu Lixin stood outside the toilet and watched his wife busy in front of the washing machine. She threw the curtains that had just been removed into the washing machine, poured in Hu Lai's favorite laundry detergent, selected the washing program, and pressed the switch.
She was humming the whole time.
"Why are you washing so late...you have to go to bed." Hu Lixin complained.
"I'll go to bed later and hang up the curtains after washing. You have to go to work tomorrow, so go to bed first." Xie Lan said to her husband.
"Why should I sleep? Don't you know that this washing machine makes as much noise as a tractor when it is drying?" Hu Lixin said helplessly.
"You close the bedroom door, and I'll close the door here as well for double sound insulation..."
"Didn't you take a day off tomorrow? Can't you come and wash it tomorrow?"
"There are still things to do tomorrow. I have to clean everything at home tomorrow, clean the windows, mop the floor, wipe the furniture... Do you think I still have time to wash the curtains and hang them?"
"As for that?" Hu Lixin curled his lips, "When he comes home, it's like celebrating the New Year."
Hearing this, Xie Lan said seriously, "It's just the Chinese New Year. He will go to winter training with the team during the Spring Festival next year, so our family celebrates the Chinese New Year in advance."
Hu Lixin hummed, "Then do you want to post Spring Festival couplets on the door?"
"You are right, I will put up Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu" tomorrow!"
"How nervous! It's only the beginning of November, where are you going to buy Spring Festival couplets?"
"Online, I've bought everything." Xie Lan pointed to the pile of express delivery in front of his house.
Hu Lixin sighed, turned around and walked to the bedroom, then closed the door and prepared to sleep.
Xie Lan didn't care about her husband's feelings. She sat on the sofa in the living room, crossed her legs, and checked her cell phone while waiting for the washing machine to finish washing the curtains.
On the phone is news about the final round of the Chinese League One of Flash Star.
Shining Star lost to Hexi Daqin 1:2 in the away game and was double beaten by their opponents this season. However, no Shining Star fan cared about this matter.
Local media and fans are beginning to look forward to the new season eagerly.
Of course, there are also people who are paying attention to the World Cup that will be held at the end of the year.
But this is not something Xie Lan would pay attention to. She only cares about news related to her son.
Unless her son participates in the World Cup, she doesn't care about any of the world's top football events... Even the World Cup is not as important as her own son!
She was reading a post analyzing Hu Lai's status and role in the Stars next season. Although she had a partial understanding of those professional terms, it didn't matter. She saw the author saying that her son would become the team's core shooter next season.
, the head coach should build the team's tactics and personnel around him.
This shows that her son is very good and even the head coach thinks highly of him.
She still understands such a simple truth.
She smiled broadly, and the dim light of the mobile phone screen reflected on her face. At the same time, a good smell came from the washing machine and gradually floated into the living room. It was the smell of Hu Lai's favorite laundry detergent.
I bought it specifically for her to use.
When the time comes, she will hang the washed curtains back in Hu Lai's room, and the whole room will be filled with a faint fragrance.
I will definitely be very happy when my son comes back.
Xie Lan thought happily.
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"Hu Lai, you will go home tomorrow, so when do you plan to negotiate a new contract with the club?"
At the door of the rental house, Yong Jun asked Hu Lai.
"Come back after the vacation? I won't stay at home for too long and will come back early." Hu Lai replied. "Director Zhao also arranged targeted training for me."
"You don't even have an agent now. Do you plan to go and talk to the club in person?"
"Yeah." Hu Lai nodded.
That day, when Yong Jun personally cooked and treated Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei to dinner, Yong Jun politely asked Hu Lai if he wanted to be his agent.
Then he was politely rejected by Hu Lai. He said that he had a good friend in high school who was now studying abroad and he had promised to let him be his agent, so he was very sorry...
Yong Jun didn't know if Hu Lai really had such a high school classmate. Maybe there really was such a thing, or maybe it was just an excuse.
Since Hu Lai was unwilling to let herself be his agent, Yong Jun didn't force him.
Nowadays, players are accustomed to signing contracts with agency companies, which are operated by more professional companies, which are much better than agents like him who work alone. If Hu Lai has this idea, it is normal.
But now that he saw that Hu Lai was about to sign a new contract with the club and he didn't even have an agent, he realized that maybe what Hu Lai told him before was the truth. Was he really waiting for his high school classmate?
Otherwise, if you just don't want to be his agent, then why don't you find another agent and insist on negotiating with the club yourself when it comes to such an important matter as signing a contract?
The reason why he rejected himself was just because he thought that he would ask his high school classmates to be his agents in the future, but now there would be many inconveniences in signing an agency contract with him? For example, he had helped him handle the contract matters in the past few years, and the results were etc.
When his high school classmates returned from their studies, he had to give up his seat... Did he reject him because he felt that this was not good?
Thinking of this, Yong Jun said, "Do you think this will work, Hu Lai? As for me, I happened to be negotiating Qing Huan's new personal contract with the Flash Star Club recently. Qing Huan was on loan before, and his salary was still from Tamron.
Here, now that you are transferring, all your personal contracts need to be renegotiated. Do you think you should entrust me to help you negotiate a new contract with the club? Anyway, negotiating one contract is negotiation, and negotiating two contracts is also negotiation. Let’s sign one
A single brokerage contract will expire after the negotiation and will not affect your future... Of course, if you need your broker to help you discuss anything in the future, you can also come to me and we will sign a single contract.
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The reason why he insists on being Hu Lai's agent is certainly not because he is interested in Hu Lai's talent and thinks that being his agent will be profitable in the future. It is purely out of a repayment mentality that Hu Lai helps Zhang Qinghuan get back on track.
Is it a favor that can be repaid by treating him to a meal?
That's why he wanted to be Hu Lai's agent, help him deal with issues such as the contract with the club, and earn more money for him to repay his help to Zhang Qinghuan.
No one hates money, right?
Now he hopes to help Hu Lai negotiate this contract with the club.
And he won't take a penny in commission from it.
Because this is a return of favor, how can I collect money?
But he didn't tell Hu Lai because he was afraid that if he said it, he would be rejected by Hu Lai, which would be embarrassing.
After the matter was settled, he would just return the money to Hu Lai.
Hu Lai was a little surprised when he heard what Yong Jun said, "Is this still possible?"
"Of course, why not?" Yong Jun asked with a smile. "We signed a contract, and it was stipulated in the contract that my brokerage services are limited to this contract renewal negotiation. After the renewal negotiation is over, there will be no contractual relationship between us.
Already."
Hu Lai lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded, "Then please leave it to Uncle Yong!"
"No problem. Let me first ask you what you think about personal treatment? For example, what is the minimum annual salary you want and the maximum you can accept? There is also the issue of contract length..."
Hu Lai said directly without thinking, "Can you raise the goal award to one goal... ten thousand?"
Yong Jun was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Hu Lai's first request to be a goal award... The annual salary is the big one, kid!
Seeing Yong Jun in a daze, Hu Lai hesitated, "Can't you, Uncle Yong?"
"Uh... no, although the goal prize of 10,000 yuan is a bit high, it is not out of the question..." Yong Jun quickly explained.
"That's fine. If the 10,000 club doesn't agree, the minimum is 5,000 per ball."
"Okay, let me write it down." Yong Jun took out his mobile phone, opened the memo, and wrote down Hu Lai's request on it. "What about the annual salary? What are your requirements for the annual salary?"
"Annual salary...one million?" Hu Lai asked with some hesitation.
When Yong Jun heard what he said, he knew that Hu Lai had no idea about this. One million annual salary was an astronomical figure for him, but based on his performance, one million annual salary was an easy job in the eyes of the club.
The promised figure. Lai Zekai can get an annual salary of one million for such performance. With Hu Lai’s age and future development space, an annual salary of one million is simply too cheap, right?
But if the club agrees easily, that means it can ask for a higher annual salary.
Thinking of this, he put down the phone and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll talk to you. I promise to try to get the best result for you."
"Then thank you Uncle Yong." Hu Lai said with a smile.
The stone in his heart fell to the ground.
Previously, he really planned to use his points to exchange for a trial pack of Charming Essence Lotion, and then put this on to go to the club to negotiate a contract. He didn't know if he could successfully negotiate and get the contract he wanted.
But now that I have Uncle Yong, a professional agent, I don’t have to waste points.
With these points, he can exchange for more training scrolls to improve his hard power.
"Why are you so polite? I still want to thank you. That's it. If we have anything to do, we can contact you via WeChat?" Yong Jun said, saying goodbye.
During dinner that day, Yong Jun, Hu Lai, and Wang Guangwei all added each other on WeChat.
Hu Lai was about to nod, but suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "Uncle Yong, can I ask for more signing fee?"
Yong Jun frowned. The signing fee only existed during transfers. The club would give this signing fee to the players in order to make them decide to transfer. Later, it developed into a signing fee for contract renewals, and it became more and more popular.
The higher the signing fee for a big-name player, it can even be higher than the annual salary.
It wasn't until the Football Association's salary limit order was issued that signing fees were included in a player's total income for a year, and this stopped the sky-high signing fees.
However, because the signing fee is also included in the annual total income, the impact of the signing fee or the absence of the signing fee on the annual salary of the contract will be great.
If you want to negotiate a high annual salary, the signing fee may become a point of contention between the two parties.
"Don't you want it?" Hu Lai asked when he saw him like this.
Yong Jun did not immediately explain to him, but asked, "When you transferred to Flash Star, didn't you have a signing fee?"
Hu Lai nodded, "Yes, yes, just thirty thousand..."
Yong Jun almost blurted out, "That's it?", but he immediately thought that Hu Lai had not yet proven his worth in Flash Star. In the eyes of the club, he was just a young man who relied on Zhao Kangming's nepotism to join Flash Star.
Just a team player.
His transfer fee is only 500,000, and a signing fee of 30,000 does not seem stingy. After all, some players may not have a signing fee at all.
"The signing fee is related to the annual salary, which is a bit troublesome. If you want a high annual salary, you may have to make concessions on the signing fee..." Yong Jun explained to Hu Lai.
"I don't want too much signing fee." Hu Lai said quickly.
"How much do you want?"
"Four hundred thousand." Hu Lai said.
"Ah?" Yong Jun's eyes widened.
"Is it too much?" Seeing this, Hu Lai was a little worried.
"No, it's too little... Are you sure you want this?"
Hu Lai nodded, and then explained, "My family borrowed a sum of money from outside, plus the money I borrowed myself, we owe a total of 400,000. I want to use these 400,000 to pay off the debt, and I have to worry about it all the time."
this matter……"
So that's it... Yong Jun nodded slightly, asking for money to pay off his family's debts instead of spending it on enjoyment. This kid was different from many professional players he had seen.
"Okay, I'll try my best to help you. It's just a signing fee of 400,000 yuan. I believe the club won't embarrass you so much unless they don't want to keep you." Yong Jun said with a smile, "After you scored eleven goals in half a season,
I want a lot of your teams, even the Chinese Super League has them! As long as your manager Dong is not stupid, he should be able to meet your requirements."
"Then thank you, Uncle Yong." A relieved smile appeared on Hu Lai's face.
"Why are you thanking me? If the contract can be negotiated, the biggest credit is yours. It is you who helped me reduce the difficulty of negotiation with your outstanding performance." Yong Jun did not take credit.
Hu Lai thought of another question, "Then why was Brother Lai unable to negotiate a new contract after scoring 16 goals?"
"Lai Zekai is old, and the annual salary he wants is too high... Do you know how much he wants?"
Hu Lai shook his head, "I don't know.
"He wants three million. Damn it if the club gives it to him."
"Then I..."
"You are different from him. You are still young, and there is a big gap between eleven goals in half a season and sixteen goals in a season. In the end, it is impossible for me to give you an annual salary of three million," Yong Jun said.
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Hu Lai then breathed a sigh of relief, "I think one million is enough..."
"It won't be one million. Don't worry about it. Anyway, I'll help you negotiate a contract as big as possible." Yong Jun waved his hand.
Hu Lai thanked him again and then entered the house.
Looking at the closed door, Yong Jun nodded lightly.
This child is still childish.
But it is a good thing that the childishness has not been lost, it is simpler and purer.
Not so much fun.
It really looks like Qing Huan back then.
But Qing Huan eventually became an adult, and he hoped that Hu Lai could still maintain his childishness. That might be a good thing for his career.