Chapter 55 Busy Brokers
On the second day of the game, Zhou Yi rested at home and did not go to training. n∈n∈,. Players who participated in the game could rest at home without having to participate in training.
But in fact, he wanted to go at first, but when he got up, he felt a little tired and had no energy.
He knew that this was a sequelae of participating in the game yesterday. After all, he had not participated in the official game for five months. During this period, he kept his game in the team and warm-up matches. He suddenly played a high-intensity game for half an hour, and his body was still a little overwhelmed.
However, this also shows that his physical fitness is not yet at the point where he can complete a game.
Zhou Yi thought of what physical coach Bartlett once said to him, resting is also part of physical training, so he decided to stay at home and have a good rest.
But he was soon disrupted by a phone call to rest at home.
The phone call was from Kevin Groschloitz: "Hey, boy, you didn't make any arrangements today, did you?"
"Uh, there should be no, what's wrong, uncle?"
"That's right, I want to treat you to a meal." Groschloitz said on the phone.
Zhou Yi was very surprised: "Why did you treat me to a meal for no reason?"
"You are my teammate, is it strange that I treat you to a meal?" Groschloitz asked.
"Not surprising. It's not surprising that someone invites me to a meal." Zhou Yi said quickly.
"Okay, where are you living? I'll pick you up later."
"I'll live next to the training base, just come to pick me up from outside the training base." Zhou Yi said.
"Okay, that's fine. See you in half an hour!"
After saying that, Groschloitz hung up the phone.
Zhou Yi was actually very surprised why Groschloitz suddenly invited him to dinner. It was not a matter of one or two days for them to be teammates. This was the first time he received an invitation from Groschloitz.
After a simple cleaning, Zhou Yi took the time to go out.
When he had just arrived outside the training base, Groschloitz's car also arrived.
He rolled down the window and made a gesture to get on the car. Zhou Yi went around to the other side and got into the car. He found that there was still a person sitting in the back seat, a strange middle-aged man.
When the man saw Zhou Yi, he stretched out his hand: "Hello, Zhou Yi. I heard from Kevin that you are his good friend on the team. I am very happy to know you. My name is Constantine Riorios, and I am Kevin's agent and financial advisor."
The other party introduced himself.
Zhou Yi shook hands with the other party in a daze: "Hello, Mr. Riorios, I'm glad to see you for the first time."
"I'm also very happy to see you. Actually, I asked Kevin to help me get you out. I watched your game in Sinsheim yesterday. I was very impressed by your performance. When I heard Kevin say that you don't have an agent, I wanted to introduce myself to you, haha!" Riorios smiled.
Zhou Yi also smiled.
He finally understood why Groschloitz was treating himself to a meal. It turned out that he was helping his agent to make a move!
Groschloitz, who was driving, also spoke next to him: "Constantine is a very good agent, I trust him very much. Look, I even gave him the money I made to help me."
While talking, Groschloitz drove to find the place where they had eaten, and the three of them sat in a hidden private room and continued the negotiations.
During the meal, Constantine Riorios was basically talking about his abilities, advantages, experience and connections. He assured Zhou Yi that if Zhou Yi chose him as an agent, he would definitely triple Zhou Yi's income in a short period of time.
In addition to basic salary and bonus income and advertising endorsement fees, the money he earns can also achieve rapid value-added through some financial management methods.
Riorios painted a very wonderful prospect for Zhou Yi: "...When you are twenty years old, Zhou Yi. You will become a young rich man with a net worth of tens of millions! There will be no shortage of all kinds of beauties around you. You can buy as much as you like luxury cars as you want, as long as you can put them in your villa garage, haha!"
He laughed, and Groschloitz also smiled and said, "If you can't let it go, you can put it in my house. I'll keep it for you, Zhou Yi!"
Zhou Yi followed them and seemed to be moved by the future depicted by Riorios.
This made Riorios always think that there was a chance, so he tried his best to lobby Zhou Yi from all angles, such as his best financial management.
He gave Zhou Yi many examples to tell him the importance of players in financial management.
"... Look, Zhou Yi. Professional players are like models, who are all young. And their careers are always full of various uncertainties, such as injuries that will make your condition worse, and transfers may also make you lose your mainstream vision... No matter how much you make now, it doesn't mean that there will be so many left when you retire. The players' living expenses are also very large, and they all need financial management."
"So now financial management is being taken more and more by players. Because they all know that they can make so much money now, it doesn't mean they can plan ahead in the future and lay a solid foundation for their life after retirement. This is very important."
"But you have to be careful, Zhou Yi. Although I want to be your broker, I still want to remind you not to easily believe the words of those who call themselves experts. When they see you become famous, they will come around like flies, flatter you, say that you are a financial manager, a financial expert, an insurance expert, and have internal relationships in the bank... all want to manage your property. But in fact, they just want to steal your money. You must always be careful. Finding a professional and reliable financial manager is more important than anything else. After all, the money you earn through hard training and competitions does not want to be taken away by those shameless scammers, thieves, at will?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "It's right, Mr. Riorios."
Groschloitz said next to him: "But I can assure you that Zhou Yi and Constantine are definitely a trustworthy financial expert. If he lied to you, you can come to me and I will compensate you, haha!"
Riorios waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I won't be that stupid. The most important thing in being a player agent is not ability, but credibility. If the reputation is bad, the circle will spread, and there will be no players willing to use such a lack of credit agent, and I will not be able to gain a foothold in this industry."
"I believe in Mr. Riorios' character," said Zhou Yi.
The three of them laughed, and the atmosphere was so harmonious that it could not be harmonious anymore.
But no matter how harmonious the atmosphere at the dinner table was, Zhou Yi didn't agree to let Riorios be his agent.
The reasons he gave also left Riorios and Groschloitz with nothing to say.
"I don't think I can answer you now for such an important matter, Mr. Riorios. I have to consider it carefully and carefully. I think this is good for both of us, do you think it is?"
"No problem, no problem, no problem at all!" Riorios waved his hand, not minding. "This kind of thing should be considered seriously, and you cannot make a hasty decision. After all, this is a major event that concerns you... the future!"
After dinner, Zhou Yi said goodbye to the two. Groschloitz also proposed to send Zhou Yi back, but Zhou Yi said that he happened to go to a nearby supermarket to buy things, so he didn't have to give it.
So the two of them said goodbye to him.
However, not long after they left, Zhou Yi received another call from his teammate.
Nevin Subotic.
He asked Zhou Yi on the phone if there was any arrangement for the evening. After Zhou Yi said there was no one, he said happily: "That's great, Zhou Yi, my agent Steve wants to treat you to a meal!"
Zhou Yi said in his heart: I know!
Zhou Yi was not in conflict with his teammate's agent. It was a solution for two meals a day. How great it was.
So he agreed.
After a simple purchase at the supermarket, Zhou Yi went home, took a shower, and then went out to go to the banquet.
In a stylish restaurant, Zhou Yi met Subotic's agent Steve Kelly, a middle-aged man who seemed to be very stylish.
However, what Kelly said was similar to what Riorios said, except that the financial management part was not as much as Riorios said.
Listening to Kelly's high-profile discussions, Zhou Yi always echoed with a smile, and occasionally asked some questions about his doubts, and then asked Kelly to use his professional expertise to popularize himself.
Zhou Yi was quite happy after learning a lot of things in one meal.
But in the end, he still did not express his choice to Kelly, but replied to him with the same words. He expressed his need to consider it seriously.
Kelly naturally expressed understanding and agreement.
In this way, Zhou Yi went home after two meals.
Chapter completed!