I changed football.

The next morning, Li Yuan was woken up by a phone call.

Li Yuan checked the time: 6:30. It was still half an hour before his alarm clock went off. Who could have called?

Then I looked at the call reminder.

Mr. Mu.

Okay, Mbappe is calling.

"Hello, Killian?"

"It's me, I need to talk to you about something important."

"What brings you here so early? Is your girlfriend trying to set me up with another girl? Let me tell you, I'm not like you, I don't want any of those."

"Ahem—what did you say? I have something important to tell you, it's serious business!"

"Serious business? We don't have training today, so what's the important business?"

"Here's the thing, someone contacted my agent and said they wanted to meet with you. As you know, you don't have any contact information outside, so I can't just give your contact information to them directly."

"Your agent? Isn't that your parents?"

"Yes, an agent contacted my parents and said they want to meet you. So, what do you say? Do you want to meet them?"

Who is it?

"Mino Raiola, that's Ibrahimovic—"

"I know him! He contacted your agent and said he wanted to meet me? Of course, I don't have an agent right now."

"Phew—that's good. Did I give him your phone number?"

"OK."

Li Yuan didn't expect that Raiola would eventually give in and extend an olive branch to him.

A few minutes later, Li Yuan had already gotten up.

The phone rang again.

Li Yuan answered the phone.

"Hello, I'm Mino Raiola."

"Hello, I'm Li Yuan."

"Oh! My friend, I suppose Killian has already told you, we are very interested in you and would like to cooperate with you, but before that, may we meet?"

"Meet? Today?"

"Yes, today. In fact, I flew to Monaco last night just to meet you. You can meet anywhere you like."

"Um, how about xxx Cafe then?"

"No problem, can we meet in half an hour?"

"Okay, of course."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yuan finally felt relieved enough to go to the restroom.

While sitting on the toilet, Li Yuan subconsciously opened Hupu and searched for "Raiola".

Then I saw a lot of news about him.

"Raiola: Pogba is the best midfielder in the world, he deserves the highest salary and to go to the best club."

"Raiola: Ibrahimovic is the third best player in football after Messi and Ronaldo, and I believe many people know that."

Raiola: I believe everyone understands that the 5% agent commission is a thing of the past; a 10% agent commission is now the reasonable thing to do!

Each news article has hundreds or even thousands of comments.

Li Yuan clicked in and saw that, sure enough, there were people criticizing and people praising.

However, most people still think that Raiola is a successful agent, after all, he has managed to secure many benefits for the players.

After washing up, Li Yuan went straight out the door. Leaving the training base gate, he turned two street corners and found himself at the xxx coffee shop.

The reason for choosing this location is that it's close to the training base but involves two turns, so it's a place that few people usually come to.

This coffee shop is family-run and opens very early. Li Yuan once came at 6 a.m. and it was already open.

Business is very stable; it caters mainly to the local community, so few outsiders come.

The matter was to be kept secret. Before an agreement was reached, Li Yuan was not prepared to let his negotiations with Raiola become public knowledge.

When they arrived at the coffee shop, Li Yuan wanted to ask the bartender for a corner seat.

And then I heard it.

"Mr. Li!"

Li Yuan looked in the direction of the sound.

A very fat man was sitting in the corner; you wouldn't notice him if you weren't looking carefully.

Raiola.

Li Yuan greeted the waiter and then walked over.

"This is a really nice place."

As soon as Li Yuan sat down, he heard Raiola speak.

First, compliment the coffee shop the other person chose. This is a way of praising their taste and is considered a basic social maneuver.

A shrewd person like Raiola is definitely an expert in this.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Let's get straight to business—I'm really surprised you found me through Killian. Do you know their family?"

Raiola laughed and said, "Of course, I've been following Killian for a long time. He became famous very early, and I wanted to represent him a year ago, but his agents are his parents. How can an outsider compete with parents? So I didn't succeed."

A thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind: "I was his teammate back then, didn't you notice me at that time?"

"To be frank, you were certainly talented back then, but not quite at Killian's level. However, now I think you'll develop much better than Killian Mbappe."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

"I've been following you since you were in Ligue 2. Back then, I watched videos, but I did watch the game against Tottenham live. Although you've only come on as a substitute in these three first-team matches, your running, your sprints, your changes of direction, and your shooting are all far beyond what players your age can handle. You're so calm. You hardly do anything superfluous; all you do is attack and break through the opponent's defense. Nobody can keep up with you. After watching yesterday's game, I knew that if I didn't contact you soon, Mendes would probably be looking for you."

"You just mentioned Mendes directly. Aren't you afraid I'll contact him later?"

"Haha, Mendes is indeed a very good agent, but he has too many players under his management. You won't get his top priority if you go to him. But if you work with me, I promise to give you the highest level of attention."

"Since it's a collaboration, let me first offer an idea and see if you can help me solve it."

Raiola said quite frankly, "Go ahead."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will soon sign with Monaco and sign my first professional contract. I know that Ligue 1 is nominally prohibited from setting a release clause, but I want to make a clause or something to allow teams outside of Ligue 1 to sign me."

Upon hearing Li Yuan's words, Raiola immediately became interested: "Is there a club you're interested in joining?"

"No. Let me just say it straight—"

Li Yuan had already decided to choose Raiola as his agent, so he could now speak his mind directly.

"My idea was to gradually become a regular starter in the first team at Monaco over one or two seasons – that was my initial thought. Now, I feel that I should be able to become a regular starter this season."

Li Yuan said this very naturally, without any sign of embarrassment.

Raiola immediately retorted, "I love your genius-like confidence; confidence is what footballers need!"

"I hope to play two or three seasons at Monaco before leaving for a higher-level league and team. But if I do sign a contract, it will definitely be for four or five years. I'm afraid that by then—"

"Are you worried that Monaco will ask for an exorbitant price without any basis, and the club you want to join might not be able to afford it?"