Chapter 3 Join Ajax ()

"Ah, what?" Mark, who was thinking, reacted after being asked this: "You said the team, I have not joined any team, but I have no interest in Ajax's trial. If you are sincere, can you sign with me directly?"

This is the best way that Mark thought of. Sign directly with Ajax. As long as he can join Ajax, Mark believes that he will gain a place through the training of the Ajax system and his own efforts.

"Is this problem there seems to be no precedent in this regard?" Pronk also scratched his head. There is indeed no precedent in this matter, but he doesn't want to let go of such a good seedling. In a dilemma, he was led by Mark.

"I signed a tourist visa this time. I will return to China in three days. If it doesn't work, forget it." Mark knew that his performance just now absolutely touched Pronk. Mark wanted his performance just now to bet. If he won the bet, he got a chance. If he lost the bet, he would think of a solution.

"Tell me the phone number of your hotel and I will call you tomorrow, but before that, you have to promise me that I will never sign a contract with any team. Is this our previous agreement? "Plonk also added this one specifically to be afraid that Mark would fly in his hands.

"No problem, I'm waiting for your good news."

But it’s true that Pronk’s efficiency is really high. After exercising in the hotel gym that night, Mark received a call from the tour guide after returning. The tour guide said on the phone that a Dutch named Pronk called Mark. Since Mark was not in the room, the call was directly transferred to the tour guide. The tour guide said on the phone that Pronk told Mark that if there was time tomorrow, it would be best to go to the Ajax Club to discuss the issue of personal agreement.

"Successfully" Mark jumped up excitedly after hanging up the phone, but he immediately faced a problem, "Damn, where can I find a translator? Will there be a Chinese translation on the board of Ajax?"

After Mark answered the call from the tour guide's room again, Mark said that he needed a temporary interpreter and wanted the tour guide to help him contact him. The tour guide was naturally willing to help, because if Mark quit the tour, he would have more income. After all, arranging his accommodation, food and flight tickets for his return were also included in his travel expenses. Regardless of whether Mark needs to or not, the tour guide would have to pay. As long as he did some small tricks and the money could be put into his pocket.

For a person who knows Dutch or English, it is not a problem to find an interpreter. As for why the tour guide doesn't accompany Mark in person? Then you look down on Mark too much. First of all, this tour group requires a tour guide to be responsible, and these people cannot make any mistakes. Secondly, Mark is not a celebrity. If he is a well-known person, the tour company will personally send a professional tour guide to his life at any time.

However, this tour guide is very efficient. He probably was afraid that Mark would go back to China because he could not sign the contract. It was good whether he was enthusiastic or anything else. The tour guide found a translator. The translator was a female student from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He also came from China. He was from Chengdu. Her name was Murong Momo. Mark looked at the petite girl in front of him and really had the charm of a Jiangnan woman.

"Hello, thank you for being my translator. I finally don't have to be bothered by language barriers anymore." Mark and Murong Momo couldn't help but sigh and said after meeting for the first time.

"It's nothing. I didn't expect that there are Chinese youths who can accept the invitation to join the Ajax Club. It's my honor to be able to do these for you, not to mention that this is not free."

After hearing this, Mark couldn't help but smile. She felt that this girl was very real and not as artificial as ordinary girls. Mark likes girls with such a personality very much. Mark thinks he can become a good friend with Murong Momo.

The two were very happy to chat and walk. Mark finally vented the resentment that was different in the language in a foreign land these days, and he also said a lot to Murong as if he was taking out the trash.

Murong Momo is actually a few years older than Mark. He has been in Amsterdam for three years. He is about to face the problem of continuing to study for graduate school or looking for a job. She saw that Mark is now a newcomer and definitely needs a translation. She thought that if her relationship with Mark became harmonious, she could not only earn tuition fees but also become famous.

However, the most important issue now is that Mark can sign the contract successfully. If he signs with Ajax successfully, he will not only have a salary but also have the opportunity to receive guidance from top masters. It can be said that Ajax is now full of stars. He is very talented young stars such as Ibrahimovic, Van der Fate, Heatinga, Maxville, etc.

After the two arrived at the Ajax Football Club, they quickly found Pronk. Under the leadership of Pronk, Mark met their football director Van Gaal, who is an iconic figure in Dutch football. He has achieved success in Barcelona and Ajax. Now it is because he has terminated his contract with Barcelona and then served in Ajax.

"Is that just him?" Van Gaal asked Plonk: "Is this the player who asked to sign without a trial?"

After Pronk nodded, Van Gaal looked at Mark and looked at him for half a minute. For Mark now, he felt very up and down.

"Okay, let's talk about the contract. What's the weekly salary of 500 euros, signing for three years, and then playing fee of 300 euros. If the assist is 250 euros, what do you think?"

After listening to Murong Momo's translation for himself, Mark began to calculate quickly. There were about fifty-four weekends a year, so he could earn at least 27,000 euros a year, and not counting his performance on the court. Mark was quite satisfied with such a price. After all, he could continue his football career and get money. Although the weekly salary of 500 euros is not much for Mark, he believed that if he could work hard, he would be able to increase his contract value soon.

"I think it's good. Tell him that I signed a contract with him." Mark himself said to Momo with a little excited. After all, he had never obtained a professional contract before, and this is the contract of Ajax, known as a star processing factory. If this is passed back to China, his parents will definitely be proud of him.

"I think there is still room for bargaining," Murong silently persuaded Mark: "You see, they offer a price of 500 euros. This price is indeed not very rare in China, but it is not a lot if you get it to the Netherlands. And since you have signed a three-year contract all at once, that means you don't have to think about increasing your salary within three years, so you need to fight for a more generous contract. You must know that the consumption in the Netherlands is also not low. If you want to send money to your parents, I think it's a bit difficult."

Listening to Murong Momo's regulations clearly analyzing the current situation for himself, Mark is a little confused now. He is not his own specialty about negotiating a contract. Now Mark really regrets why he didn't bring a football agent here, but he suddenly thought that it was quite appropriate to be alone.

"Mumo, do you want to make a profit?" Mark said in a suggestive way to Murong Momo beside him: "If you can make this contract exceed 500 euros, I can give you a 10% benefit fee. What do you think?"

"Of course there is no problem with this." Momo naturally agreed to the proposal: "But one thing is that I plan to be your agent and become a 10% lady. If you agree, we can continue to talk."

As a business-based Mimo who studies business, he naturally has some understanding of Mark's commercial value. What does this mean by the first Chinese player playing in the Dutch League? If this news is told to domestic advertisers, Mark's value will definitely increase exponentially. Momo's family conditions are not very good now. His parents hope that she can return to China as soon as possible after graduation and find a man to marry. A woman always floats outside is not a good thing.

"Of course this can be done," Mark asked in confusion: "But one question is whether you have the qualifications of a football agent recognized by FIFA?"

"No," Murong Momo said indifferently: "But I can get the agent qualification issued by FIFA immediately."

After listening to it, Mark felt that he had no questions to ask. There were people from one country, but his own football agent and then took care of his life was much better than what he had done by himself, at least he had a nanny and a translator.

"Well, as long as you can get the qualification of a football agent, I will hire you as my football agent and start fighting for the best interests of your players now."

"No problem, just wait for good news." Murong stood up with a long hair and smiled, and then carried out his mission of fighting for Mark's interests.

The next Mark heard the fierce debate between Murong Momo, Van Gaal and Murong Momo. For Mark, who didn't understand Dutch, it was now a decoration. However, what surprised him was that he didn't expect that Murong Momo could burst out with such a powerful momentum than 1.6 meters tall. This momentum was like a machine gun shooting at Van Gaal. Mark now felt that the scene in the office seemed to be suddenly spreading, and there were no longer some bookshelf documents and other things around him, but became a battlefield. Murong Momo and Van Gaal seemed to be in duel. Now, Momo, who was in power, was holding the machine gun and firing at Van Gaal "twist thud...", but Van Gaal also used his pistol to fight back in time.

"It's done" After the two of them entered the negotiations for an hour, Murong Momo said to Mark with the winner's smile: "A weekly salary is 1,000 euros after tax, assist bonus is 500 euros, signing for three years, signing fee is 20,000 euros, what do you think?"

After hearing the negotiation result that Momo told him, Mark was excited and hugged Momo. After being suddenly hugged by Mark, Momo said in Chinese: "I can't breathe anymore Mark."

"I'm sorry!" Mark let go of the silent state and said a little apologetically: "But you are so amazing. I didn't expect you to double the price of the contract at once. Not being a manager is simply a loss of international football."

For the excited Mark, he is a little incoherent now, especially now that he can get a contract that is considered a huge amount for himself. This is the first professional contract signed by Mark as old as he has. It is also with the Ajax club. You should know that many Chinese fans are Ajax fans. The all-off and defense of Ajax coach Michel was invented by Ajax's head coach. Now Mark feels that he must call his parents to tell them this good news first.

Mark happily signed his name on a bunch of circles that he couldn't see clearly, and then received a signing fee of 20,000 euros. The contract officially took effect. The rest of the matter is to apply for a labor certificate from the Labor Bureau for Mark. After all, Mark now has a travel passport and needs to be changed. However, this is not a problem for a large club like Ajax that has a lot of international players.

Of course, Mark was not responsible for this matter. After returning to the hotel under silent leadership, Mark explained the situation with the tour guide and said that he could not continue to participate in the tour group.

"This is a bit difficult," said the tour guide in a little embarrassingly: "The issue of the cost should not be refunded much."

Mark is not alone like he was just now. He is now an agent. Although this person is not qualified to work, it does not prevent him from helping Mark deal with some trivial matters.

After silent negotiations, the tour guide agreed to return all the air tickets to Mark. As for the hotel's money, it was not enough. Mark didn't care too much about this, so he immediately packed up his things and left the hotel.

Since Mark is an international player, the club also provides him with an apartment for free. Mark came to the apartment happily and found that the environment here was a little different from his expectations.

Originally, Mark imagined that the apartment provided by Ajax Club would have to have one or two hundred square meters, and then all kinds of daily necessities were available, but seeing that the deconstructed room was only about 40 square meters, all facilities except the bathroom were open, and the kitchen and bedroom were all together.

"I'll clean up," Murong Momo, who came with Mark, said in a considerate manner: "You should tell your parents about this good news now."

After silent reminding, Mark remembered that he should tell his parents. He originally planned to tell his parents after signing the contract, but after returning to the hotel, he suddenly broke the matter.

Mark picked up the phone in the apartment and called his father who was far away in China. After some tedious operations, Mark called the phone and said, "Who is it?" The loud voice of his father came from the phone.

"Dad, I'm Mark." After hearing his father's voice, Mark felt very friendly. Although he had not been away from home for a long time, he was in a foreign country and it was impossible for Mark to rush back to China in a short period of time.

"It's Mark, are you still happy to have fun in the Netherlands? Long distances are so expensive, why do you make a call? You will be back in a few days." The frugal and superficial complained that his son had called. It was not that Jack Ma was reluctant to spend money on his son. On the contrary, he had spent more than one million on him in order to enable his son to engage in his football career.

"Dad, let me tell you the good news. I have signed with the Ajax team in the Netherlands. I have now officially become a player of the Ajax football team, so I can't go home for the time being." Mark said proudly on the phone. He thought his father would be proud of himself and then praise him a few words.

"Son, don't be unwilling to think about it. I didn't blame you for the previous incident. Let's talk about anything when I go home?" Jack Ma said anxiously on the phone.

Mark was stunned when he heard his father's words. In fact, he didn't know what he said, how could his father believe it? Mark, who had just been unanimously identified as a waste by the expert coach of the youth team of the Chinese football club, has now transformed into an Ajax signing player. As a senior fan, Jack Ma knew what Ajax represented. It was the world's top youth training system. Although he believed that his children had no problems with perseverance, people should also seek truth from facts.

"Dad is true, believe me." Mark actually did not blame his father for not believing in himself. If he had not received help from Jesus before, Mark would not believe that he could succeed: "Dad, you and my mom will come to Ajax to see my situation now. I have a signing fee of 20,000 euros, and I will send it to you. Tell me your card number."

"I believe you." After listening to Mark's words, Jack Ma gradually believed Mark's words, but in order to be responsible for his children, he decided to go to the Netherlands to see what happened: "I'll go to the Netherlands to see if you have a good life. As for your mother, I won't go. After all, there must be someone at home who is guarding the house. Well, just like that. When I arrive in the Netherlands, I will go directly to the Ajax Club to find you. If you have to hang up, it's quite expensive for a long distance."
Chapter completed!