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Chapter 17 Ribery's Agent(1/2)

After Lin Beiyao gave the address of the website built by Kang Jianbo to Chu Zhongtian, when Chu Zhongtian was fine, he would go to the forum to post and chat with his supporters for a while. Everyone encouraged him to persevere and not be scared by the current situation. Someone else compiled a limerick: "What's the scary about a little difficulty? Strong the egg and knock it over!"

Looking at these cute fans, Chu Zhongtian could always smile in front of the computer.

This may be a way to adjust your mood.

Because he often visits, this website is becoming more and more famous. Many Chu Zhongtian fans heard that there is a place on the Internet that can directly receive their idols and often appear, and can also learn about Chu Zhongtian's latest situation. Chu Zhongtian fans from all over the country flocked.

For Kang Jianbo and his partners, this is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that their website is becoming more and more famous and the number of visits is gradually increasing. The bad thing is that there are more people and there are naturally many people and there are more troubles.

He had to spend more time managing the website, and he hadn't played football for a long time.

※※※The above are all the troubles of Kang Jianbo, an ordinary Chinese college student and a fan of Chu Zhongtian.

It has nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian.

He still insists on training every day.

But recently, his "neighbor" Frank Ribery in the locker room was a little uneasy.

"There is a Turkish club looking for me..." He whispered to Chu Zhongtian that he didn't want other teammates to know about this. Although he is very active in the team, there are also a group of young players of seventeen or eighteen years old who are his "little brothers". However, like Chu Zhongtian, he has few friends who can make friends, and only Chu Zhongtian is one.

"Huh?" Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised when he heard the news. In the past half season, Ribery's performance was average. He could not be said to be particularly good or bad. He was just a pretty good one. He could actually attract the attention of foreign leagues.

"They pay higher than Mes's, I'm hesitating whether to go." Ribery was beside Chu Zhongtian, and while he was slow to change his clothes, he whispered in Chu Zhongtian's ear.

"Is this your freedom?" Chu Zhongtian didn't understand why Ribery told him such a thing. It is a taboo to contact players with other clubs. If the club knows about it, it will cause a lot of trouble.

"I want to discuss it with someone, but I can't let Mr. Fernandez know about it." Ribery frowned, a little distressed.

Chu Zhongtian rarely sees the cheerful Ribery so frowning. At least he has never seen Mets much, except when he was criticized by the media for his poor performance at the beginning of the season.

"What do you think, Frank?" Chu Zhongtian also lowered his voice and asked.

"I...I want to make more money... You know, Chu, my wife Vahiba and I have to live together, and the expenses are very high, and we will get married in the future. I still drive a second-hand car and rent a house... However, I don't know anything about the Turkish League. I don't know if going there can give me a better room for development. Besides, Mr. Fernandez has always taken good care of me. Without him, I wouldn't have me... If I went to Türkiye, I think it would be unfair to Mr. Fernandez."

Chu Zhongtian could not predict the future, and he didn't know what would happen if Ribery transferred to Turkey. But he wanted to play in Metz and there was a head coach who took good care of himself. Why did he transfer? It was just for money? But is the immediate interests important or the long-term interests important? Let Fernandez is a very good coach. He has trained countless stars. Chu Zhongtian believes that Ribery can also succeed under Coach Fernandez.

He expressed his thoughts: "...I think the future is more important than now. Frank. Following Mr. Fernandez can give you a better future, but it is uncertain to go to Turkey. There are too many unknown factors that affect your career. Besides... Turkey is too remote. If you go there, you cannot attract more attention, and you will naturally not make a lot of money in the future."

Ribery nodded, he felt that what Chu Zhongtian said made sense.

To be honest, the person he should thank now is Jean Fernandez. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be Ribery today. When he was still playing in the C-level team and didn't know what would happen in the future, Jean Fernandez discovered him and brought him to the A-level team Metz. When he performed poorly in the early stage of the season and was criticized unanimously, it was Jean Fernandez who supported him and insisted on giving him the opportunity to start and let him continue to hone himself in one game. Finally, there are few criticisms against him in the media now. As a starting member of the team, no one questioned him.

Coach Fernandez can give him a lot of things that others cannot give, such as trust, experience, and care.

Frank Ribery has changed four teams in the past four years, so that he himself has become accustomed to wandering from one place to another, making him think that it is right to constantly change teams for money and is what a professional player should do.

Seeing his thoughtful look, Chu Zhongtian patted his shoulder: "But you have to make your own decision on this matter, Frank." He stood up and ran out to train.

During the entire training session, Ribery was thinking about this and couldn't help but get distracted. So Fernandez had to stop training many times and ask him: "What's going on with you, Frank?"

"Uh... maybe a little tired, sir."

Fernandez stared at Ribery for a while, and when Ribery almost couldn't help but tell the truth, he nodded: "After the training is over, go find Fernandez to help you with a massage."

The Fernandez he mentioned was not himself, but a physiotherapist named Emmanuel Fernandez.

"Okay, sir."

Chu Zhongtian watched Mr. Fernandez call Ribery to talk from a distance, thinking he knew something, and was secretly worried about Ribery, but Ribery soon ran back. Seeing Chu Zhongtian looking at him, Ribery gave him a thumbs up.

He knew everything was normal.

After the training, everyone went to the bathroom to take a shower. Ribery and Chu Zhongtian fell to the end. When there was no one in the locker room, Ribery whispered to Chu Zhongtian: "I've decided."

"Um?"

"Stay in Metz! Follow Mr. Fernandez."

Chu Zhongtian gave him a thumbs up: "A wise decision."

If I had such a head coach who took care of me and cared for me, I would stay and follow him. Chu Zhongtian thought so in his heart.

Later, a long time later, Chu Zhongtian learned from the media that the Turkish club that Ribery refused was called "Galatasaray". He didn't know much about Turkish football and began to care about the country's football in the South Korea-Japan World Cup. But the only two Turkish football clubs he had heard of were Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, which were the domestic giants in Turkey... After he knew that Ribery refused the Turkish giants Galatasaray, he sometimes thought about it - was it right to suggest that he refused the invitation?

However, from the final result, it seems to be correct...※※※When Ribery was poached by Galatasaray, he did not tell anyone except Chu Zhongtian. There was no report on this in the media for a long time. He has no agent yet. He had a deal with Metz. If he had an agent, he would have been promoting the world that the Turkish giant Galatasaray valued our family Ribery. If your Metz club does not raise our family Ribery, we will switch to the Turkish League!

Unfortunately, Ribery lacked experience at that time and didn't know how to do this. He was just worried that his contact with other clubs would make Coach Fernandez unhappy, so he kept covering himself and didn't dare to say it.

After Chu Zhongtian knew about this, he suddenly had an idea in his mind - Ribery has no agent, and Mr. Merry seems to have no players except himself so far. Since that's the case, why not set up a line for them?

Meili received a call from Chu Zhongtian, saying that he had found a player who had absolutely development potential and was even better than himself. He had no agent at the moment and asked him if he wanted to come.

He still didn't believe it - now agents are like dogs who have never eaten meat. If there is really a player like Chu Zhongtian said, and they are still rushing to divide the player? Where is his turn?

"Oh, just believe what I said, Mr. Merry. I promise he is still alone now, but if you hesitate for another day, I will not be able to guarantee it..."

Ribery has no agent because no one has seen his potential yet. A player who plays for a weak team, Metz, who may fall into Class B next season is not worth the energy of those big agents to pay attention to. Although he is currently performing well at Metz, a team like Metz is too weak and it doesn't mean anything to play in Metz.

Merry on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment. He has been working part-time recently. While writing tennis comments to newspapers to make money, he is searching for young and young players in England who have development potential. However, England has the largest group of agents in the world. How can he, a guy who has become a monk halfway and has no connections, win over those professional agents who are more professional and more popular than him?

The young players with a little potential, when they were thirteen or fourteen, lined up to visit their parents, promising to take them to Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle, Liverpool or Chelsea... they could not rob those people at all.

Unexpectedly, Chu introduced himself to a player.

"Okay, I'll fly over tomorrow."

After getting Mr. Merry, he naturally had to ask Ribery about his opinion on this. So while he was training with Ribery, Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to mention the matter of the agent: "Frank, since you want to make money, why didn't you find an agent?"

He originally thought he would get a bitter answer like "no agent would like me", but Ribery shrugged: "When I think of taking out 10% of the signing fee and 5% of the weekly salary to a stranger I don't know at all, but just helping me meet with the other club, I'm unwilling to give it to others because I'm making money."

Chu Zhongtian almost stepped on the football and smashed it down. This reason is really too... so what!

"But haven't you thought that if there is an agent, they can help you make more money. Even if you give them 5% of them, you will still have 95%. In addition, they can also help you develop your commercial value in other aspects, such as image endorsement. With those sponsors, you don't even have to buy anything. What you need will naturally be given to you." Chu Zhongtian had to re-educate him for professional football.

"I'm going to shave." Ribery touched her chin.

"Look for Gillette as an endorsement."

"I plan to replace my used car..."

"BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, logo...you can choose anyway, and Ferrari is also possible."

“I need a lot of things in my daily life…”

"Ending for shampoo, toothpaste, bread, drinks...even, you can even endorse condoms, haha!" Chu Zhongtian laughed.

"Well, I'm going to move out of that rental apartment..."

"How about endorsing a real estate company and asking them to give you a model villa?"

Ribery whistled: "It sounds good." He was a little moved, not only could he get sponsorship fees, but he could also get a lot of products for free.

"But where do I want to find those agents?" Ribery passed the ball to Chu Zhongtian and spread his hands. "Can I go to the newspaper to advertise: A Metz player Frank Ribery who is definitely promising to help you make a lot of money to hire powerful agents?"

Agents are like taxis on the side of the road. When you don’t need them, empty cars will be parked in front of you. When you urgently need a car, you can’t even make an appointment by phone.

"Haha!" Chu Zhongtian was amused by Ribery's words. He waved his hand and passed the ball back: "No need, I have a candidate here. I am my agent, but I am the only player at the moment. Are you interested?"

"Huh?" Ribery was stunned for a moment after catching the ball, but did not pass it out immediately.

"Well, to be honest, Frank, he is not very experienced, because he has just been an agent for half a year. But his character is trustworthy. He supported me when I was an unknown unknown, so I chose to let him be my agent." After Chu Zhongtian said that, he hooked up at Ribery, "Pass the ball to me, do you want to be targeted by Mr. Fernandez?"

Ribery quickly passed the ball and said, "I don't believe you, Chu. But I think it's better to meet him and talk again and again."

"This is what it should be." Chu Zhongtian nodded. If Ribery agreed without asking, he would also be under a lot of pressure. He was just an intermediary. What is Ribery's specific request? It's just that the two of them will go and talk.

"When will he come?" Ribery asked.

Chu Zhongtian said: "If I want it to go well, tomorrow afternoon or evening."

"Very good, I'll invite you to my house for dinner then!"

※※James Merry took a plane from London to Paris in the morning, and then took the high-speed train (TGV) to Metz. It takes three hours to get to Metz. Although the ticket price of high-speed trains is more expensive, they can reach Metz in less than an hour and a half.

Since Chu Zhongtian told him that there is a promising player who is better than him and has no agent at present, he is unwilling to waste time any more. If he goes late and snatches him more than others, he will not regret it before, at least he will disappoint Chu.

After arriving at Mess in the afternoon, Meri called Chu Zhongtian and told him to go directly to the training base. Chu Zhongtian told Mr. Meri that the player himself agreed to meet and went directly to his home after training in the evening.

Everything is going well.

After the afternoon training class, Chu Zhongtian took Ribery and Mr. Meiri to meet outside the training base. He introduced the two people to each other and asked them to talk to themselves.

"Don't worry, go to my house first, let's have dinner and talk." Ribery smiled at Mr. Merry.

Strictly speaking, Merry is not the first time to see Ribery, but she did have the first time to contact Ribery. When he left Metz and returned to the UK, Ribery was criticized by local media for being a "silly boy who can do nothing except burying his head and dribbling the ball." Unexpectedly, after a few months, this "silly boy" became a player with "very development potential" as Chu Zhongtian said.

The group of three people got into the used sign car that Ribery had placed in the parking lot.

"Look, Mr. Merry." Ribery turned to the two of them while sitting in the driver's seat, "My car is very worn. I have always wanted to change it, but I don't have any money."

James Merry nodded: "Well... it really doesn't look very new."

Chu Zhongtian is not unfamiliar with this car. On the first day of training, he saw this car on the way. At that time, it was surrounded by three police cars with flashing lights. It was also the first time Chu Zhongtian and Ribery met. When they talked about this matter later, Chu Zhongtian would make fun of Ribery. Ribery retorted without showing any weakness: "At least, I can drive, much better than you, a person who can't drive!"

When the three of them came to Ribery's home, Chu Zhongtian also noticed that Ribery's apartment was not spacious, similar to the place where he lived. The furnishings at home were quite simple, no different from an ordinary family. You can't see those luxury goods here. In addition to the necessary living facilities, there are some small decorations.

Ribery's wife stood in the room to welcome them. Ribery introduced to everyone: "This is my wife, Wahiba. Wahiba, this is my friend Chu, a Chinese. This is his agent, Mr. James Merry, a British."

"Hello!" Vahiba greeted the two of them with a smile, and then asked his husband in a low voice: "Do they understand French?"

"Don't worry, baby, there's no problem at all." Ribery kissed his wife. "Go and prepare supper, we're going to keep them at home for dinner today."

"Okay, you guys chat slowly." Vahiba said goodbye to the two guests and turned to the kitchen.
To be continued...
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