Chapter 216: The stars are dim, the moon is out of the mountains (6)
At noon on the day of the match, Ibrahimovic was walking on the street of the small town of Appiano, holding the newspaper published that day in his hand. The front page photo showed Wang Ai in blue and black, opposite Kaka, Ronaldinho and Sheva in red. Black! This makes Ibrahimovic, who thinks highly of himself, quite unhappy, even though he understands that this is a status bonus for the two grand prizes.
It's just that he doesn't have any objections to Wang Ai himself. He is very comfortable playing football with Wang Ai, so he can only suppress his irritation. Another reason that makes him irritable is salary.
This summer, Wang Ai was busy with the Olympics, and he entrusted Schlappner with full authority to renew his contract with Inter Milan. The German went to Milan many times to have close discussions with the Inter Milan club. Because the "double golden boots" were Wang Ai's achievements in Chelsea and Inter Milan. Jointly created, but because Wang Ai is currently in Inter Milan, the commercial benefits brought by this world-shaking achievement have also flowed into Inter Milan's account. Therefore, the two parties are in the honeymoon period, and the negotiations are considered smooth.
Probably after Wang Ai moved from Shenyang to Beijing with the team, and Wang Ai's performance in the Olympics exploded again, the agreement between the two parties had been reached, and it was announced through Inter Milan: In the new season, Wang Ai's weekly salary increased by 20% compared to the previous season.
After this news came out, there was a lot of discussion. Originally, Wang Ai already had Inter Milan's maximum salary last season, but what people discussed was: it was too low.
Because Ibrahimovic once shouted out 12 million last season, and Wang Ai only got 8 million. After the "double golden boots" and the entire bonus of the four golden boots last season, the salary increase was only 20%, and the overall salary was less than 10 million is certainly low.
And after this salary spread, the one who was hit the hardest was none other than Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
With Wang Ai's performance, he only gets an annual salary of 9.6 million, which is even lower than the opposite Kaká. Why do you want Ibrahimovic to ask for 15 million? In this way, Ibrahimovic can only lower the asking price and complete the contract extension with Inter Milan. The annual salary It’s probably just over 9 million. Because the system of salary negotiation and payment is very complicated. In popular Chinese terms, the boss can’t help but secretly stuff red envelopes behind his back...
But after Wang Ai came back some time ago, Inter Milan club insiders were bribed by the media to release a shocking news: Although Wang Ai's annual salary is less than 10 million, Inter Milan secretly changed the image licensing agreement between the two parties: In the new season, Wang Ai will be in the global Shared with Inter Milan, each has half, but the sharing ratio between the two parties in China has been adjusted to 8:2. According to outside estimates, Wang Ai received no less than 4 million in extra advertising fees for this.
This new news immediately made Ibrahimovic feel that he had been fooled. Everyone else's advertising authorization was 50%, so why did the Chinese have an 80% share here? Ibrahimovic angrily went to Mo Ratti asked, and Moratti also had a good temper. He denied it flatly at first, and then even let it slip...
His eloquence was average and he was very protective of the players. After he let it slip, he had no choice but to explain to him that China is the most populous country in the world; Football is a weak country, so Wang Ai's influence in China far exceeds that of our Inter Milan club. This large developing country with a population of more than one billion is equivalent to his "casual wallet".
We can't rob it, and we can't rob it. For example, if we insist with him that his motherland is half and half, then he has to go back to the Chinese sponsors and say, I will give half of the money you gave me to Inter Milan. ...The sponsors are looking for his identity as a Chinese rather than the identity of our club players. We want to take what does not belong to us. The result is that they can completely bypass the image licensing agreement and use alternative methods, such as bypassing the Chinese state. The team's channels. If he gives 5% or even less of our 20%, he can succeed!
When Ibrahimovic asked again, Moratti said with a straight face: "Not all of your advertising cooperation in Sweden was given to the club according to the contract."
Moratti also told Ibrahimovic that Wang Ai's Adidas and Coca-Cola advertising agreements were signed during Deportivo La Coruna. Wang Ai's agent said that the contract with Deportivo was signed once a year, so it was signed between contract renewals. The advertising agreement belongs to Wang Ai personally. Why is this? In the final analysis, Deportivo, a small club, does not have the ability to fall out with Wang Ai. If you insist on signing it once a year, the worst is that Wang Ai will leave. On the contrary, this club The club still has to keep Wang Ai on the one hand to increase the ratings to make money, on the other hand to promote in China to make money, and on the other hand the club will give him some advertisements to share the money.
"The Chinese were like this when they were at Chelsea. Half of the global advertising family, he got all the Chinese advertising, and Chelsea accepted it. There was no other way, because of strength and the rules, you can't force it."
After Moratti explained, comforted, and promised that if he won the Champions League, his salary would be significantly increased next year, Ibrahimovic could only leave unhappy.
Every star has this kind of advantage in his home country. He is a national star, and there is no need to ask about the attitude of his country. If China, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, really goes rogue in his country, his family will have billions of assets. Are foreign football clubs nothing? A large multinational company fines you billions, and you have to suffer it too?
Not to mention China, Shevchenko is in Ukraine, and Berlusconi, whose boss is the Prime Minister of Italy, dares to check his accounts? You just checked, can you find out? In addition to tangible income, there is also intangible income? So, Everyone is pretty much fine with it, and if it’s not too much, just turn a blind eye. After all, the biggest market is the international market.
It's just that European and American countries generally have small populations, or Brazil has poor economic strength and many stars, so this problem is not outstanding. When it comes to Wang Ai, the amount is particularly large, and the problem is particularly prominent. But no matter how outstanding it is, it is not your club. Yes, you can't get it either.
After this incident, Ibrahimovic had some thoughts about Wang Ai. This was also the reason why he overreacted when Wang Ai hugged him after scoring a goal in the last game.
Of course, Ibrahimovic did not have a conflict with Wang Ai, because it was useless to argue. Wang Ai also knew about Ibrahimovic, but he pretended not to know how to get along with Ibrahimovic.
After all, we are teammates. After all, we have to rely on our own strength. After all, the common interests are higher. Ibrahimovic has been wandering in the five major leagues for many years, but he has never won the Champions League. This makes him understand that it is not easy to rely on himself! Now Wang Ai and Jose, the long-lasting champions of the Champions League, are here, and he is reluctant to leave.
When the newspaper Ibrahimovic held reached China through the Internet, fans became active in various forums and met to watch the game! Over the years, everyone's taste has been heightened by Wang Ai, but no matter how high it is, they also know that Wang Ai is
Working in Europe, he won five Asian Footballer of the Year awards, but he never even played a day in the Chinese Super League.
Therefore, the affirmation of European football is their favorite news.
