Vol 3 Chapter 106: Negotiation for renewal

After being tortured for a week on the tenth floor of Hell, Zhou Yi only felt that every day seemed to be as long as a year, so it was very difficult.
Until one day, coach Bartlett said to him: "Okay, this morning's training is over."
Zhou Yi froze in place: "Huh?"
"Huh?" Bartlett asked.
"Uh... training is over?" Zhou Yi couldn't believe it.
"Of course. Haven't you practiced enough? Want to practice more? I don't mind..." Bartlett said.
"No no no! Not that!" Zhou Yi repeatedly waved his hand. "I just think... weird. I was exhausted before the end of the training. Why do I feel that I still have the spare energy today, and the training is over?" Zhou Yi said his doubts.
Bartlett smiled: "Ha! That means your physical fitness has increased, stupid."
Zhou Yi froze for a moment, and thought for a while, and found that this really seems to be...the truth.
So he jumped up again: "Really?"
"Nonsense, to prove it, do we have a set of training?"
"Uh... It's still okay, ha, I'm going to eat!" After that, Zhou Yi ran out of the smoke and ran towards the training base's restaurant.
Seeing Zhou Yi running so fast, Bartlett shook his head in the back, and said to himself: "It seems that it is time to increase the intensity..."
If Zhou Yi knew that he ran so fast and let him run from the tenth floor to the twelfth floor of hell, it is estimated that he would regret that he did not crawl to the restaurant...
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Zhou Yi discovered the next day that he was exhausted and ended his morning training. Was it yesterday an illusion? My physical fitness hasn't improved at all. Is Coach Bartlett deceiving himself or comforting himself?
Facing Zhou Yi's painful doubts, Bartlett gave him learning comfort: "Welcome to the twelfth floor of hell, Zhou Yi."
So Zhou Yi finally didn't have to worry about his training a week ago in vain, but he also had to be afraid of the next thing...
This is the twelfth floor!
If he remembers correctly, is 18th floor?
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As Zhou Yi's training continued, his agent Shultze was not idle.
He is helping him with the club's difficult renewal negotiations.
Shultzer will keep in touch with Zhou Yi about each progress of the contract renewal negotiations and tell Zhou Yi by phone or email.
So Zhou Yi knows why this renewal negotiation is so difficult...
It's very simple. Because Schulzer is a difficult and principled agent.
In fact, the contract renewal negotiation was initiated by Dortmund Club.
The season was not over yet. Zhou Yi has just played for a while. Dortmund Club took the initiative to express its hope to Zhou Yi and sign a new contract with Zhou Yi.
If Zhou Yi did not have a broker at that time, he might have signed it. But Tino Schultzer was already Zhou Yi's agent at that time, so he reminded Zhou Yi not to talk to Dortmund about this new contract as an agent. The reason is that the new contract does not maximize the benefits that Schulzer wants .
In order to be able to retain Zhou Yi as much as possible in Dortmund. The contract given in some ways is more conducive to the club than Zhou Yi.
So Zhou Yi refused to negotiate a new contract with the club.
Later, when there was a problem with Sahin's renewal. The club found Zhou Yi again, hoping to start negotiations with him on a new contract.
Shultzer refused again.
He explained to Zhou Yi that because of Sha Xin's future, the club came to Zhou Yi to discuss the contract. In fact, the bigger purpose is to show Sha Xin, hoping to put pressure on Sha Xin.
In this situation. Dortmund may not be willing to really meet the requests made by Schultzer for Zhou Yi, but it is a waste of time. Moreover, from single-core to dual-core, Shultzer saw that Zhou Yi and Saxin had a competitive relationship.
So Sahin's future in Dortmund determines Zhou Yi's future in Dortmund.
Sahin finally stayed in Dortmund and Sahin left Dortmund. For the club, their positioning of Zhou Yi is different.
In Shultzer's opinion. Of course it was Sahin’s departure from Dortmund that was of greatest benefit to Zhou Yi.
Therefore, it is not the best time for Zhou Yi and the club to negotiate a new contract before the renewal of Sahin and Dortmund is settled.
At that time he made an excuse for Zhou Yi. Let Zhou Yi tell the club that now he wants to focus on the game, so renew the contract and wait until the season is over.
This excuse reflects Zhou Yi's idea of ​​focusing on the overall situation. When Sha Xin was in poor condition due to renewal, Zhou Yi said that there was no flaw, and the club did not hope that Zhou Yi was also affected by the renewal negotiations, resulting in a state of not being stable. Not to mention the league second at that time, the top four in the league may not be able to keep it.
So Zhou Yi said so, the Dortmund club has no way to force Zhou Yi to negotiate contract renewal with them.
Finally, when Sahin's transfer to Real Madrid was a foregone conclusion, the Dortmund club found Zhou Yi again, hoping to start negotiations with him on a new contract.
At this time, Zhou Yi and Shultze had also adopted different channels and methods, knowing that Sha Xin was going to go out of ten.
The time has come to negotiate with Dortmund.
So Schulzer began negotiations with the Dortmund club.
The negotiation was very smooth at the beginning. It was like Schulzer said to Zhou Yi at the beginning. When Shahin left the team, Dortmund would inevitably be willing to give up the capital in order to stay Zhou Yi.
But in terms of liquidated damages, the two sides fell into a stalemate for the first time.
Schultzer believes that the Dortmund club's 12 million euro penalty fee for Zhou Yi is too high, and he hopes to reduce it to less than 8 million euros, and it is best to halve it to 6 million euros.
But Dortmund grabbed the impossible to agree. Because Sahin's liquidated damages clause amounted to six million euros. Dortmund is just enough to eat this loss-if it is not that Sahin’s penalty clause is too low, why are they in a hurry and getting better and better when Sahin’s contract expires in three years? Renew? And in the end, because he was reluctant to activate Sahin's six million euros penalty clause when the contract was only one year left, he had to sell Sahin, who had just blazed with Zhou Yi, this summer.
If Zhou Yi needs a penalty of 6 million euros, Dortmund’s club general manager Zoellke will definitely think of Shaxin’s transfer transaction. He will inevitably want to be on Zhou Yi. Will the club repeat Shaxin? The mistake of...
Therefore, the two parties have been involved in the specific amount of liquidated damages for a long time.
Moreover, when the penalty clause was sullied, Schulzer had not let Zorke idle, and he threw a blockbuster of portrait rights.
He did not want to give the portrait rights to the club. But want to keep in Zhou Yi's own hands.
If Dortmund wants to use Zhou Yi's portrait rights. Yes, just give the money, the two sides negotiate a suitable price or percentage of shares, and the scope of use. Everything is discussed and written on the contract. That's it.
But the Dortmund club does not want to do this. They hope that the players will transfer all the portrait rights to the club, so that when Zhou Yi's portrait rights are profitable, the club can sit and count the money. Be aware that the player’s portrait rights are also part of the club’s income. After the club's business activities. You can also let Zhou Yi go to the platform, which will open up Asia for the club. Especially the Chinese market is very favorable.
A giant club like Real Madrid must control the portrait rights of the players. Any player joining Real Madrid must give up the portrait rights. With this club the club makes a lot of profits in the commercial market.
For Dortmund, whose financial situation is not very good, Zhou Yi, who is backed by the huge Chinese market, is simply a cash cow.
But Schulzer did not want to give the money to the club.
The right of portrait is in the player's own hands. Shultzer was more motivated to win more endorsement contracts for Zhou Yi. After all, he could draw from it. The more contracts Zhou Yi won. The more money he makes, the more money he will get in the end.
Moreover, the right of portrait is with the players themselves, which is also a good thing for the players themselves.
Now many stars, the money they make in the club may not be what they have earned in business operations...
However, the club cannot accept Shultzer's terms. If Zhou Yi's portrait rights are not in the club's hands, if the club wants Zhou Yi to cooperate with the club's commercial activities, it will have to pay more. For the Dortmund club with financial difficulties, this money can be saved.
So the two sides have been arguing for so long, and they have not solved these two problems until now.
The contract renewal negotiations seem to have reached a deadlock.
However, Shultze himself was very confident. He told Zhou Yi not to worry, just training, anyway, he will eventually come up with a contract to satisfy him.
In addition to the contract, Shultzer also gave Zhou Yi a piece of news that made him happy, that is, a large number of companies lined up to find the door, hoping to cooperate with Zhou Yi.
This is naturally because Zhou Yi was so good last season.
Zhou Yi won the honor of the best rookie last season in the best selection of the Bundesliga last season launched recently by "Kicker" magazine. The voters in this selection are players of all Bundesliga and Deutsche B teams. It can also be said that Zhou Yi's performance conquered his peers, which is very remarkable.
In addition, Zhou Yi also won the assists last season.
These honors have a very practical significance for Zhou Yi, that is, more sponsors will come to the door, hoping to sign an endorsement contract with him.
Zhou Yi was very happy with the news, which made him feel less painful in the special training like hell.
Of course, money is more beneficial, and the visitors will not refuse it.
However, Shultzer told Zhou Yi that those who can’t come will not refuse, or that they will only benefit more.
"Choosing an endorsement brand is also very important. Although you are a newcomer now, you are indeed a super star. It is no exaggeration to define your performance as such. The first season of the league was not full, and there were fourteen assists. The assisting king also won the best newcomer in the Bundesliga. If you can continue this performance, I think you can compete for this year's European Golden Boy Awards-such an achievement is not an ordinary newcomer."
Shultzer explained patiently for Zhou Yi.
"In this way, our standards for the selection of co-brands will be raised accordingly. There are some third-tier and fourth-tier brands, and even non-influential brands do not need to consider at all. In addition, although we will authorize in different brand areas... Be careful not to sign too much. Signing too many brand endorsements at one time can easily cause your image to be abused, resulting in a reduction in business value, which is not good for you. For example, some brands do not like to use those that are overexposed , The image everywhere in the streets is the spokesperson..."
Zhou Yi understood it as soon as he heard it: "Understood, it's just a force."
"Forcing?"
"Oh, it's the style of style. The rarer the more, the rarer is the more expensive." Zhou Yi explained to Shultzer the Chinese-style word for forced style.
"Yes, that's what it means."
In addition to these endorsement brands, there is also a very important endorsement contract, which is the endorsement of sports brands.
This is a big head for Zhou Yi.
According to Shultzer's feedback, now mainly three sports brands are interested in Zhou Yi~EbookFREE.me~ One is Adidas, one is Nike, and the other is Dortmund's jersey sponsor Puma.
Shultzer was talking with these three companies at the same time to see which one had the most sincerity and the best conditions.
Of course, he did not forget to ask Zhou Yi if he has a preference for the brand.
Some people like Nike, except Nike does not consider others, others like Adidas.
There is no preference for Zhou Yiyi. He often wears a mix of Adi Nike. He has been wearing Puma for the past season. Because Puma is the team’s sponsor of the sports revolving cup, players who do not sign separately with sports brands wear either the team’s offer or their own purchase.
Zhou Yi was too lazy to wear, provided by the team, anyway, wearing a Puma season down, did not feel that there is anything bad.
So he is not entangled with Nike or Adi, there is no so-called brand loyalty.
This is good news for Schulzer, he can fully use his ability to win the best contract for Zhou Yi. (To be continued.) Activate new URL