The green devil

The 16th round of the league is over, and the winter break of La Liga begins.

In the new season of La Liga, the biggest surprise is the strong rise of the Spaniard.

From the 11th place last season to the current fourth in the league, a strong contender for the Champions League seat.

The Spaniard can't threaten the status of the top three in the Western Super League for the time being, but he already has the ability to disrupt the situation.

The Spaniards staged a fairy tale of an ugly duckling turning into a black swan.

The instigator is naturally the Star Entertainment Company from Huaguo and its boss Chen Yansheng.

Without Huaguo capital, the Spaniard would still be the relegation team that has never won the championship and never participated in the Champions League.

However, the vast majority of fans and many reporters believe that the direct cause of the Spaniard's rise is the joining of Zhao Yang and Asensio.

Scored 16 goals in 16 league rounds, 3 goals in two Copa del Rey rounds, and 7 assists.

Zhao Yang, from West C, overwhelmed Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Suarez and other superstars to lead the La Liga scorer list.

It was something the boldest Espanyol fan could have dreamed of before the season started.

As a midfield organizer, Asensio's goals are a bit worse, only 5, but 8 assists, which also allows Asensio to join the ranks of the top midfielders in La Liga.

In the new season, the Spaniard left three absolute main players. It was Zhao Yang and Asensio's crazy performance that brought the Spaniard, who was determined to be relegation before the game, to the top four.

Needless to say, Asensio is from Real Madrid, and the Spaniard is just a trial.

Such Zhao Yang's annual salary is only 20 euros, and there is no liquidated damages.

Naturally, Zhao Yang, who was born out of nowhere, became the target of all major clubs competing to win him over during the winter break.

This kind of wooing had actually happened earlier, but not long after the league started, no one knew whether Zhao Yang's performance was a flash in the pan, and the major clubs were not eager.

Now that 16 rounds have passed, Zhao Yang is as strong as ever, and even getting better and better. All the scouts believe that a superstar is rising.

At this time, almost all the major clubs rang up Zhao Yang's manager's phone calls.

After the game with Las Palmas, the Espanyol team went on holiday after a group meal.

After a week of double matches, Zhao Yang, who is physically and mentally exhausted, plans to sleep until he wakes up naturally the next day, and then buy some gifts to return home.

However, he didn't sleep until 9 o'clock when the manager Martinez knocked on the door.

Waking up sleepily, he opened the door and found that Zhen Li was there.

Zhao Yang quickly buttoned the pajamas and let the two into the living room.

"What's the matter? Come so early to disturb people's dreams."

Zhao Yang obviously didn't get enough sleep, and he spoke with an air of getting up.

Zhen Li pointed to her wristwatch and said, "What time is it, pay off your dream."

Martinez said: "Mr. Zhao, I'm here today to tell you good news. Both Nike and Adidas have raised their endorsement fees."

"How much?"

Zhao Yang is not surprised by this. With his recent hot performance, as long as Nike and Adidas are not blind, raising prices is inevitable.

Martinez said: "500 million euros for five years."

Zhao Yang frowned and said, "I promised to sign for three years."

Martinez smiled and said: "I understand, so I talked to them. Adidas is still considering it, but Nike has agreed to your condition, 300 million euros for three years."

Zhen Li finished translating Martinez's words, and said, "Zhao Yang, this condition is not bad, and newcomers generally cannot get this price."

Zhao Yang is also satisfied with this price.

When he was a fan, Zhao Yang also knew about the endorsement fees of players. He knew that for a rookie like himself, the price was really good. Even a star like Pogba only paid 4 million euros a year.

If you want to get a higher endorsement fee, you need a longer-lasting and brighter performance, and you have to win some hard honors.

Zhao Yang smiled and said, "Mr. Martinez has worked hard, and the price is acceptable."

Martinez is overjoyed. Although this young talent has just debuted, he is very difficult to serve. He is very picky about endorsement contracts. He doesn't make any money, so that he hasn't signed a single endorsement yet. There is no next contract, which puts a lot of pressure on Martinez.

This time I let go, and the future endorsement contract is probably easy to sign.

"Okay, I'll write back to Nike, see when you're free, and finalize the contract."

Zhao Yang said: "I'm going back to China tomorrow, wait until I come back to sign the contract."

Martinez said, "Okay."

At this time, Zhao Yang's stomach growled twice, Zhen Li heard it, and said, "Martinez, Zhao Yang hasn't eaten yet, you talk to him first, I'll get him something to eat."

Zhao Yang said: "Don't bother, I can hold on."

Martinez quickly said: "How can that be done? The nutrition must keep up. Ms. Zhen Li, it is still difficult for me to communicate with Mr. Zhao. Let me buy it."

Zhen Li was also not polite, and said: "Okay, then work hard for Mr. Martinez."

After Martinez went out, Zhao Yang said to Zhen Li, "I have to take you with me every time we talk about things, why don't you just be my manager."

Zhen Li smiled and said, "I want to be one too, but I don't understand business."

Zhao Yang said: "If you don't understand, you can learn. Being an agent can make you a lot more money than being a translator."

What Zhao Yang said was the truth, just like the contract with Nike this time, the brokerage company has to commission 100%, which is [-] million euros.

If Zhen Li was the agent, the [-]% would be hers.

What's more, Zhao Yang has a great future now, and there will definitely be more endorsement contracts in the future, and the transfer fee will also be higher. Thinking of this, Zhen Li couldn't help but be moved.

"Zhao Yang, I'm serious." Zhen Li said.

Zhao Yang said: "My contract with this company has expired. If you get the broker certificate, I will let you be my broker."

Zhen Li nodded seriously and said, "Okay, let me try."

Zhao Yang had a conversation with Zhen Li, and Martinez bought something early, a glass of milk, two eggs, and a sandwich.

While eating, Zhao Yang listened to Martinez talk about renewing his contract with the Espanyol club.

It has been a long time since the Espanyol team started the contract renewal negotiation. During this time, with Zhao Yang’s performance, the Spaniard continued to improve Zhao Yang’s treatment. By the end of the 16th round of the league, the Spaniard finally made up his mind and gave Zhao Yang his annual salary. 10 times, 200 million euros a year. This annual salary ranks third in the Espanyol team. In addition, the goal award, winning award, and assist award have also been greatly increased.

However, considering Zhao Yang's potential, the Spaniard offered a liquidated damages of 5000 million euros.

Zhao Yang is very satisfied with this annual salary. After all, the Espanyol is a small club and cannot be compared with giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona. Zhao Yang is still a rookie, so this annual salary is acceptable.

However, Zhao Yang still told Martinez that the contract would not be signed much, and it would still be three years.

Although Martinez doesn't quite understand why Zhao Yang likes to sign short-term contracts, he still agrees. As long as the master is willing to sign, everything is easy to talk about.