Sure enough, Chavez found Zhang Sheng the next day: "Coach, I hope to sign a new contract with the club."
"Shouldn't this be the agent's business?" Zhang Sheng still asked.
Chavez replied cautiously: "I have changed my agent, and he should contact you soon."
Facing Chavez's determined expression and thinking about what he was planning, Zhang Sheng knew that there was a high probability that Chavez would not be able to keep him.
As the main center of the Longteng team, Chavez has given very good statistics in the nearly three seasons since he came to the Longteng team, scoring a total of 42 goals in all competitions.
And just as kung fu is beyond poetry, Chavez's role for the Longteng team is not only reflected in scoring goals. It can even be said that his tactical role for the team is much more important than scoring goals.
Just as Li Dong Lu commented on Chavez's goal in the last game: "He is the top center in the Chinese Super League."
In the post-Pato tactic arranged by Zhang Sheng for the Longteng team, there must be a player on the front line who can withstand and actively participate in defense, and Chavez faithfully implemented this tactic.
He is physically strong and does not hesitate to fight hand-to-hand with his opponents in the penalty area. When his team is being attacked on a counterattack, he does not waste even half of his strength even if he has 10% of his strength. Coupled with his excellent header skills and decent shooting skills at the Chinese Super League level, he has always been a good player.
He is Zhang Sheng's most effective soldier on the front line.
But now it seems that Chavez has his own ideas.
Another day later, Li Yuhong called Zhang Sheng: "Chavez has terminated his contract with us. He told me that the Dragons may have a salary limit, and he wants to get more salary."
In fact, Zhang Sheng also heard a test from Li Yuhong's words - whether the Longteng team was prepared to limit salary.
This is very harmful to Li Yuhong's interests, because the agent relies on taking a commission from the players, including not only the commission from the players' transfer fees, portraits, and commercial endorsements, but also the commission from the players' salaries and contract signing amounts.
of commission.
As an agent, Li Yuhong's income also comes from these.
To Li Yuhong's test, Zhang Sheng responded calmly: "Yes, in order to balance the club's financial balance, we do have this idea."
"I think given the current environment of the Chinese Super League, this policy should be more cautious." Li Yuhong gave his attitude.
Then the two parties chatted for a few words without embarrassment and ended the call.
Zhang Sheng put down his mobile phone and took a deep breath. It seemed that what he and Professor Xie planned was very difficult. From various clubs, to players, to players' agents, there were too many people who relied on this profit line to make a living.
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Shortly after Li Yuhong called, Zhang Sheng received another call. This was a call from a person he hated very much.
"Director Zhang, hello, hello. I am Chavez's new agent, Jin Xuan."
Zhang Sheng knew this person's bad character very well. Several players from the Dragon Team were recruited by his agency. He made a lot of money from the transfer of Dragon Team players. Of course, he couldn't make any money.
Not to the Dragons that produced the players, but to the clubs that bought the Dragons' players.
"Director Zhang, you also know that it is not easy for Chavez to play in the Chinese Super League. He is strong enough. I think he deserves a higher salary..."
Before Jin Suo could finish speaking, Zhang Sheng interrupted him directly: "We will not destroy the team's salary structure without any player."
"Don't refuse in a hurry." Jin Huan's other end was still hypocritically polite, and then he said, "Actually, not only domestic but also many foreign clubs are very optimistic about Chavez. A 26-year-old player
Excellent centers are still in high demand."
"If a club is interested in him, we won't stop him." Zhang Sheng didn't want to get entangled with this person. "You can ask any club to make an offer. As long as it meets Chavez's worth, we will let him go. Of course you said it yourself."
, excellent centers in their prime are very in demand. If there is nothing else, so be it."
It’s not like the Longteng team doesn’t have a reserve of outstanding centers. Not to mention that Tang Jin has been able to start regularly this season and has scored goals. Behind him are outstanding young centers like Wu Mingqing and Xu Tangdeng. Zhang Sheng is not short of people!
Now that he had made up his mind, Zhang Sheng put aside all his worries and fully prepared for the second round of the AFC Champions League final. He didn't even pay attention to Professor Xie Chaozhong's salary limit plan.
After all, only if his team's performance is good enough can he have more say. This season's AFC Champions League, Zhang Sheng will decide, not only the AFC Champions League, but also the next Football Association Cup Champion.
Tolerating mistakes, he decided to win the Chinese Super League club's unprecedented four crowns and use his absolute authority to deal with the next struggle on a larger battlefield.
In the next few days, Jin Suo did not call again. On the contrary, Chavez showed the qualities that a professional player should have. He was conscientious in training and focused in team matches.
It was a sunny day in Jiangcheng on November 25th. The weather forecast gave a maximum temperature of 18 degrees and a minimum temperature of 4 degrees. There was basically no wind. This was a very suitable day for competition.
After two years of another AFC Champions League final, the whole of Jiangcheng was immersed in the atmosphere of football. Fans wearing various red Longteng jerseys could be seen everywhere in the city. They were local fans in Jiangcheng and gathered from all over Hubei Province.
There are many fans from other provinces who come from all over the country.
In addition, the national football team once again entered the World Cup this year, which has greatly stimulated the domestic football market. Many people who have been away from the national football team for a long time and have not paid attention to domestic football for a long time, and those who only watch European leagues, have turned their attention back to the country.
Such popularity makes it difficult to get tickets for the AFC Champions League finals of the Dragons, which are far more difficult to purchase than tickets for the performances of the so-called top players.
A normal star like Jacky Cheung, who has huge domestic influence, can only get the best seats for less than 2,000, ordinary tickets start at 350, and the average number of viewers per game is only 10,000.
Jay Chou, the most influential person in the domestic market, has the lowest and highest ticket price of 488.
Some people may say that some popular top-notch tickets "customized for fans" can be sold for the so-called 150,000, but everyone knows how much moisture there is.
What's more, most of the concerts held by these top artists are held in stadiums with a few thousand people, which is thousands of miles away from the Jiangcheng Center Stadium, home of the Dragons, with 50,000 to 60,000 seats.
Regardless of whether it is Guangzhou Evergrande or Longteng, the number of tickets for the AFC Champions League final is not less than 500, and the number of people attending the AFC Champions League final is not less than 50,000. Even if the public security department stipulates that the number of spectators must not exceed 80% of the stadium’s seating capacity, in fact
There are many cases where the venue is full.
The popularity of Chinese football and its hidden consumption power are far beyond what those “law doctorate mothers of two” in the fan circle can understand.
During the 2015 AFC Champions League final, the Longteng team followed the ticket pricing model of Guangzhou Evergrande, with a minimum of 500 and a maximum of 32,000. When this price was set, the Longteng club was still wary, fearing that the ticket price would be too high.
Unable to sell out, and at the same time worried about boycott from fans.
But the actual results made Shi Zhiqiang, the head of the commercial department and Ding Kun, the general manager of the club who planned the ticket policy at the time, overjoyed. Whether it was the lowest-priced ticket or the highest-priced ticket, it was hard to get a ticket, with sales reaching nearly 200 million.
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By this year 2017, the situation was different again.
As the capital behind Longteng Club, Longteng Group has developed rapidly in recent years. Its industry has developed from focusing on real estate to a giant in real estate, sports, education, and medical industries.
There are countless partners and suppliers surrounding the Longteng Group. In addition, senior officials from Hubei Province and Jiangcheng have decided to attend this game. The most expensive batch of tickets is only tens of thousands of yuan. You can participate and get acquainted.
I would be willing to double the opportunity tenfold.
This time, Longteng Club has divided the ticket prices into eight levels according to the stands and seats. The lowest ticket price is 500, the same as the last AFC Champions League final, and the higher ones are 1,200, 2,500, 4,000, 6,000, and 10,000 respectively.
The two grades are 18,000 and 39,000.
Considering that the most popular tickets last time were the ten tickets priced at 32,000, this time the Longteng team took out 20 tickets in the price range of 39,000, and did a little better in the price ranges of 18,000 and 10,000.
The number of votes in the price ranges of 1,200 and 2,500 has been reduced and increased.
If the tickets can still be sold out this time, the ticket revenue for a single game will exceed 200 million.
In the last finals, Longteng Club still reserved some free tickets as various relationship tickets. The team players and the upper management of the club gave each of them 10 tickets.
In those days, Longteng players and several leaders were frequently asked for votes, and this time countless people came to them again.
"Mr. Ding, has someone asked you for game tickets again?" Zhang Sheng walked into the office of Ding Kun, the general manager of the club, and saw Ding Junjie, the director of the administrative department, and Chen Zhuoyi, the director of the sports department, both in Ding Kun's office.
Ding Kun's face was full of helplessness: "Aren't the ticket rules we set this time too reckless? It's hard for some people to shirk it."
Taking into account the particularity of this game under the current market background, in order to ensure the market ticket supply, the club decided to cancel all free hospitality tickets at the meeting.
But many Chinese people don't care about this. No matter how rich they are, they can spend one million in one go to buy game tickets, but they would rather get the tickets through connections, as if "connections" represent their own face, and they can't get tickets through connections.
It just loses their face.
As the general manager of the club, Ding Kun often complained in his circle of friends that he had "absolutely no votes". Many people just didn't believe it.
Zhang Sheng smiled and shook his head: "There are quite a few people who find me here."
"I see, if someone has connections and finds us, we will give them connections." Shi Zhiqiang said with a smile.
"Wouldn't that overturn our decision to hold a meeting?" Chen Zhuoyi disagreed with his face.
"It can be like this." Shi Zhiqiang gave his own clever idea, "If the relevant customers come over, we can approve the notes for them."
"Hey, this method is good." Zhang Sheng nodded quickly.
"The current situation is that there are more people than tickets, and it is difficult to get them through ordinary channels. We approve notes and set an upper limit, no more than three per person. For those who have notes, we will buy them directly, and the money will not be less.
We are not allowed to buy the first and last grades. If you want to buy, you must buy at least the grade of 4,000 or above." Shi Zhiqiang explained, "In this way, we might as well give it to them."
"Okay, let's do it this way." Ding Kun patted the table lightly, "These people who came here to find connections are not short of money."
"I think it will work. We can also give the players who are the protagonists of the game some 'privileges'. They usually have free tickets, but this time we let them pay for them. The restrictions are the same as ours, and the quantity is the same as usual.
, I think the purchase limit is 10, and the price must be more than 4,000 yuan. At that time, we will not care whether they ask others for money." Chen Zhuoyi said by analogy.
"I have no objection to your decision, but one thing I must make clear is that we are not allowed to see large-scale scalping of tickets in the market for this game, especially the pricing of 500 to 2,500 that flows out of us.
We must be careful about the scalpers' votes and the votes of ordinary fans." Zhang Sheng gave his bottom line.
In Zhang Sheng's heart, money is important, but the fans' right to watch the game is more important. He does not have to block the club's means of increasing revenue, but the bottom line cannot be lost. This is why Zhang Sheng took time to pay attention to ticket sales before the finals.
reasons for the plan.
Back to two days ago, on November 23, three charter flights landed at Jiangcheng Tianhe International Airport. With the support of the club, a large number of Riyadh Crescent fans in Saudi Arabia flew all the way from Saudi Arabia to China to cheer for the team.
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Two days before this, the players and coaching staff of Riyadh Crescent had chartered a flight to Jiangcheng with the strong support of the club’s behind-the-scenes boss, the Saudi prince. They stayed in the best five-star hotels and had food provided by Saudi Arabia.
The prince's royal chef team will be in charge, and the Saudi Football Association will contact the Chinese Football Association to adapt to the training venue, and then entrust the Jiangcheng Football Association to coordinate and provide it.
It can be seen that although Riyadh Crescent lost 1:3 at home, Saudi Arabia still has great expectations for the game.
Before the game, Omar Khribin, the popular forward of Riyadh Crescent, showed an attitude of refusing to admit defeat in an interview with a Saudi reporter: "In the last game, we encountered injury problems, and Eduardo's departure midway disrupted our plan.
, this time we are more prepared.”
Omar Khribin mentioned that Eduardo did not come to Jiangcheng with the team this time. Head coach Ramon Díaz mentioned this at the pre-game press conference: "Unfortunately, Eduardo did not come to Jiangcheng with the team due to physical reasons.
, unable to participate in this competition.”
However, Ramon Diaz also expressed his determination: "But we are a team, and the injury of a single player will not affect our overall strength."
"As for the result of the last game, let him stay in the last game. A score of 1:3 is not the end of the world. My players and I will go all out."
Like their head coach, whether it is Riyadh Crescent's captain, central defender Al-Houssawi, or the team's core player Faraj, they all revealed in interviews that they must remake the game.
In this game, looking at the overall determination revealed by Riyadh Crescent, will it not be as simple as Zhang Sheng thought?
