Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 81 (Monthly Ticket 4) Van Gaal's unbelievable, and Raiola?
A crisp suit, a pristine white shirt, and a touch of light hair gel!
Fu Bo never imagined that one day he would attend a post-match press conference in such a formal manner.

And this happened after a defeat!

"Old Zheng, let's go!"

After knocking on the locker room door, Fu Bo strode with the national team captain, who had already showered, into the press conference hall, which was already packed with reporters from all walks of life.

Cough!

Old Fu was very proud, after all, he had led his team to a semi-victory against the world runner-up, the Netherlands!
Forehead.
A half-win, well, that's still a win, okay?
At the same time, at the entrance to the Dutch team's locker room.

After adjusting his tie slightly, Van Gaal led Van Persie to the away team's press conference room.

Just like Van Gaal thought.

As soon as he sat down, his own Dutch journalists, who had come all the way with the Dutch team, started nitpicking at him.

"Mr. Van Gaal, how do you explain that we were behind the Chinese team in the first half?"

I glanced at my fellow villager, who still seemed to be frowning.

Van Gaal was momentarily at a loss for words when it came to answering the question.

Yes!

For 42 out of the 45 minutes of the first half, my team was truly playing seriously.

"Ahem, anything is possible in football. I've said it before, the Chinese team is a very strong team, but fortunately we adjusted our tactics in the second half, and we still won the game in the end, didn't we?"

Although it was a bit of a stretch, Van Gaal patiently answered the challenging question from his own reporter.

"Mr. Van Gaal, hello, I am Wang Yong, a reporter from China CTV. What do you think of our player Su Hao's performance in this match?"

Alright, here we are!

Van Gaal was well aware of the nature of Chinese reporters; even before the match started, many reporters had already been asking him questions about Su Hao.

Now look what's happened! That young man named Su Hao has effectively shut down his midfield maestro with a header and delivered such a brilliant assist.

In this situation...
What else could he say?
Besides, the Chinese Football Association still has 5 million yuan of the 10 million yuan in follow-up funds that haven't arrived yet!

"unbelievable!"

The opening line was just an interjection, and Van Gaal even added a gesture of spreading his hands to emphasize it.

Of course, Van Gaal's comment about being "unbelievable" wasn't a compliment to Su Hao, as described by the reporter.

Although they were opponents, Van Gaal was just as shocked as Sneijder from the start to the end of the match.

Van Gaal couldn't understand why a 16-year-old would have such an exaggerated ability to read the game.

Do not!
It's not just about reading ability; the ability to limit Sneijder goes beyond what game reading skills alone can achieve.

That requires an incredible amount of competition experience.
But at 16, what experience could he possibly have? So, in the end, the conclusion is that guy was a genius!

He was also an almost monstrous genius.

"It's hard to imagine a 16-year-old doing all that in a competition, especially against someone like him."

Van Gaal did not boast.

However, the reporters present were well aware of what Van Gaal meant by the sentence he didn't finish saying.

It's truly hard to believe that a 16-year-old player would perform like this against a world runner-up, especially one fielding their full starting lineup.

“I know the professor was there, and I also know that Bayern Munich made an offer of eight million a month ago, but I believe that after this match, the price of that Su Hao you're talking about might be more than eight million! And it won't just be Wenger who wants to take him away!”

Got it!
Previously, Wenger's signature alone had already made Su Hao a minor celebrity in European football.

Now, add to that the personal endorsement from the legendary coach Louis van Gaal!
Not only the domestic reporters present, but everyone here knows that from now on, the name Su Hao will likely appear in major European football newspapers and magazines!

China's national football team lost 1-4 to the Netherlands; Su Hao's dream through ball helped China break through the Dutch defense!

"Su Yu connects: China leads at halftime but ultimately loses 1-4 to the Netherlands!"

Van Gaal: Unbelievable, Su Hao's net worth is more than eight million euros!

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That night, Su Hao's dream through ball and Van Gaal's unbelievable play once again went viral across the Chinese internet.

And Su Hao's name became the number one trending topic on Weibo for the third time.

late at night.

After showering and tidying up at the Workers' Stadium, Su Hao, whose family lived in Guangzhou and had nowhere to go, went with Zheng Zhi to Zheng Zhi's house in Beijing.

Perhaps because it was a match that gave people hope, somewhat unexpectedly, Zheng Zhi kept talking to Su Hao until 2 a.m.

Old Zheng thinks he can hold on for another five years, maybe he can catch the last train to see the World Cup or something.

Then, as they were talking, he said that even if he retired, he would still join the coaching staff and go to the World Cup with Su Hao!
However, Zheng Zhi himself felt that he definitely couldn't last five years, but Su Hao kept encouraging him to continue training and maintain his form!
There was nothing he could do; Su Hao from his previous life had actually witnessed Zheng Zhi still playing until 2022 when he choked to death on instant noodles, and he even pulled off a scene where the head coach substituted himself onto the field.

The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Su Hao got into an old acquaintance's car on time, just as agreed.

Li Youli!
Su Hao's team leader during his time in the reserve team.

Do not!
To be precise, he should now be called Director Li of the Players Department of Evergrande Club.

"Haha, Xiao Su, it's been so long! I've missed you so much, Brother Li!"

As soon as they got in the car, Li Youli, who was also sitting in the back, gave Su Hao a bear hug.

Um... Li Youli's proactive bear hug wasn't just a polite gesture; now that he's been promoted to minister, he's genuinely grateful to Su Hao.

If it weren't for Su Hao's appearance, he would definitely still be stuck in that godforsaken reserve team. How could he compare to the current head of the players' department?

The Evergrande Players Department, as the name suggests, is the department that oversees all matters related to all players of the Evergrande Club.

This includes salary payments, foreign player recruitment, and bonus distribution.
Basically, all sorts of miscellaneous matters related to the club and the players are managed by the players' department.

The more you manage, the more power you naturally gain.

And so, even a world-class football agent like Raiola, after going through many intermediaries, finally found Li Youli.

Raiola wanted to meet with Su Hao to see if he could sign him, while Li Youli, the minister in charge of player recruitment, naturally wanted to establish a relationship with Raiola, one of the world's top agents, to facilitate his future work.

"Brother Li, I heard from Brother Zhi that you got promoted, and I've been saying I'd come and congratulate you!"

"Haha, what are you congratulating me on? I'm only doing this thanks to you. I should have treated you first!"

"Hehe, Brother Li, we're all on the same side, why bother inviting us!"

"Little Su, what you said really warms my heart!"

Got it!
Su Hao didn't know how he managed to utter such cheesy words from his immature 16-year-old mouth. But, you know what? The cheesier the words, the more damn effective they often are.

After a few words, the awkwardness from not being in touch for the past few months immediately vanished.

Li Youli arranged for Su Hao to meet Raiola at a private club in Beijing.

The car made several turns and went through several roller shutter doors before finally reaching its destination.

In his previous life, Su Hao had learned online that there were ultra-VIP private clubs in Beijing that only the upper class could enter.

Only today did he finally understand why people from the capital liked to come to places like this.

Putting everything else aside, the level of security here is incomparable to anything I've seen in places like Sydney when I met Wenger.

Let alone meeting Raiola, even if I did *that* to Raiola, probably no one would know!
The car has stopped!
Meanwhile, Mino Raiola, widely regarded as the most capable player in advocating for his players' interests, was already waiting for Su Hao at the clubhouse entrance.

"Hi! Li, you're up really early today! I thought you wouldn't be able to get up at all!"

Upon seeing Su Hao and Li Youli arrive, Raiola first greeted Li Youli.

Well, upon hearing Raiola's seemingly veiled greeting, Su Hao could only pretend not to understand.

Gossip news has long said that Raiola is a super lewd person.

As for Evergrande's reception methods
It's obvious to anyone that these two got closer last night!

After greeting Li Youli, Raiola quickly turned her attention to Su Hao.

"My God! Su, to be honest, even though you're not as tall as Zlatan, you have a much stronger presence than Zlatan! Haha!"

Upon meeting, he immediately compared himself to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Although Su Hao knew perfectly well that this was clearly Raiola deliberately praising him, he had to admit that compared to Da Buluan, it felt pretty good!

"You flatter me. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Raiola!"

"No, no, no! I'm not praising you, Su, I'm telling you the truth. I can tell you with certainty that at 16 years old, you are absolutely the most talented player I've ever seen. Not only can Zlatan not compare to you, but even Nedved and Robinho can't compare to you!"

Oh shit!

This is getting more and more outrageous.

First it was Ibrahimovic, now even Nedved and Robinho have been brought up.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that these people really were all brought up by Raiola?

"Alright, let's go inside! We can talk more over there!"

Seeing that Raiola was almost holding Su Hao's hand in her arms, Li Youli could only pat Su Hao's back and urge the two of them into the private room of the club.

"Su! Let's get straight to the point. I think what you need most right now is a highly experienced agent, an agent who can get you into one of the top five leagues!"

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Raiola, standing at the main entrance, looked rather unreliable.

However, once the actual work began, Raiola immediately dropped his flamboyant appearance.

Starting with Su Hao's current contract with Evergrande, the focus will be on how to maximize the benefits of the 1 yuan transfer fee mechanism, as well as the specific plans for Su Hao's future club selection.

Anyway!

After Raiola's actions, Su Hao finally realized the difference between his Gao Qi and Raiola.

According to Raiola, as long as you sign a contract with him...

From now on, he can perfectly solve all of Su Hao's problems, including eating, drinking, defecating, sleeping, and even Su Hao's physiological issues.

And most importantly, Raiola has a top-notch public relations team.

Whenever Su Hao has a public relations problem, Raiola can turn any issue into a minor one in the shortest amount of time!

Very comprehensive!
It was so comprehensive that Su Hao couldn't find anything to add.

However, being too comprehensive also has its drawbacks.

That is, Raiola's profit-sharing requirements are quite high.

According to the usual practice in the football world, most agents charge commissions of 5%-10%, and even Mendes' commission is within this range, but Raiola's is higher than 10%.

Of course, this was only the first meeting between Raiola and Su Hao, and Raiola did not specify the exact numerical values.

In Raiola's words, as long as Su Hao agrees, everything is negotiable.

Raiola's words reminded Su Hao of several typical cases of Raiola from his previous life.

Just like Raiola's future plans to facilitate Pogba's transfer to Manchester United.

Of the total €1.05 million, Raiola received €4800 million in commissions!

There was also the time when Haaland transferred from Red Bull to Dortmund.

Although Borussia Dortmund paid only €2000 million for Haaland, they also paid €1000 million to Haaland's father and €1500 million in commission to Mino Raiola. Therefore, the actual cost for Dortmund to sign Haaland was €4500 million.

Of course, Raiola is only profiting from the clubs' losses, so it doesn't really affect the players.

Another factor affecting Su Hao is that Raiola is considering increasing the proportion of Su Hao's endorsements in his various commercial deals.

It's a tough decision!

As for Su Hao now, he really doesn't know if Raiola is really suitable for him.

Raiola is a super vampire that all major European clubs avoid like the plague.

But this guy has nothing to say about his players.

Just this alone made Su Hao feel a little tempted.

However, just as Su Hao was hesitating, Li Youli suddenly said to him, "Don't rush to agree. There are other people who want to talk to you. Mendes has also come to Beijing. Listen to Mendes before making a decision!"

Got it!
That's the advantage of having your own people.

Upon hearing Li Youli's reminder, Su Hao immediately abandoned his idea of ​​signing Raiola directly.

Anyway, it's still a long time before my transfer, so rather than handing myself over too early, it's better to take it slow.

Make your own decision based on which one is better!

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Book recommendation: Darkest Glutton's new book.

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