Born to be a coach [soccer]

Anton had to admit that he was a little careless.After all, Johannesburg is not the small city of Sunderland, and the gate of the Ritz-Carlton is not the quiet and comfortable Mayswood Road.He should be wary of the paparazzi.

But it is really unkind for the paparazzi to deliberately distort the facts like this.What is a "secret meeting late at night", is he meeting his sister openly, okay?They were accompanied by the Latin diva Shakira and her group of fans. Where have all these people gone?

But he never thought that a person like himself could be rumored, and the object of the scandal turned out to be his sister?

It's not that our side is not cautious, but that the opponent is too cunning!

Mr. Jorge Mendes sitting opposite Anton, this is the first time he and Anton "meet" in reality.What's embarrassing is that when the two met, Mendes recognized Anton at a glance, but Anton didn't react until the other person stretched out his hand in front of him——

After all, the last time the two met in "Green Life", Mendes borrowed Ronaldo's account.He had seen Anton, but Anton had never seen him.

But just because they had played a game in virtual reality, Anton and Mendes immediately seemed very familiar when they met—after all, they were friends who had played in the same stadium.

Anton expressed his gratitude to Mendes, thanking him for always paying attention to himself, and for sending news from the English media at the first time.

And Mendes was amazed at the solution that Anton was planning: this young man's approach is too rich and powerful-planning to directly buy the "Sun" and sell this tabloid, which is one of the best-selling tabloids in England. , "destroy"?

"To be honest, this is a misunderstanding. You just need to clarify the sibling relationship with Miss Chloe. These rumors will be self-defeating." Mendes slowed down his voice and persuaded Anton.

Anton didn't answer the question, he just frowned and thought.

"With all due respect, Anton. There is a saying in China that goes, 'The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear'. You have some concerns about this matter. It seems that you are thinking about your sister, Miss Chloe!"

Anton woke up abruptly, looked up at Mendes and asked, "You knew Chloe was my sister early on?"

Mendes smiled: "As long as you put your frontal photo and Miss Chloe's together, basically anyone can guess it." Although the two seem to have no connection on the surface.

Perhaps because of this, the "Sun" report did not contain much information about Chloe, and only referred to it with terms such as "popular supermodel" and "heroine".

"Yes," Anton simply sat up straight, "I'm thinking about Chloe. We brothers and sisters made an agreement early on that we will work independently in our respective fields, and we don't want to spend the rest of our lives relying on the family's shelter. And I don’t want to make a public statement about the family behind us. I don’t want to make a big splash about our blood relationship without asking her opinion.”

Mendes stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said, "Anton, please forgive me. As a well-informed person, I want to say that I still don't know what the other half of your Italian surname is, and how old your family is. Why...Even if the world knows that you are brothers and sisters, Miss Chloe...she is still independent!"

Anton stretched out his hand and patted his forehead: Mendez is right, the authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear.Anton has always had a misunderstanding in everything to do with Chloe.

He always felt that publicizing his brother-sister relationship with Chloe would bring Chloe's background to the surface, which would be against his sister's wishes; but he followed his father's surname Lin, even if Chloe was his sister, the world Still at a loss as to which Italian family they belonged to.

In the future, when Chloe comes out to make a living, Anton, the elder brother, will also be able to escort her.The whole thing has more advantages than disadvantages.

Anton thought to himself: It seems that he does not urgently need a due diligence agency that handles mergers and acquisitions, but needs some professional teams that can take care of his public relations affairs and personal image.

Thinking of this, Anton looked at Mendez: he understood what the other party came here for.

"Jorge, if you can demonstrate the professional ability of your team through this matter, then I will hand over all my personal public relations and brokerage affairs to your team."

Don't use the suspect, don't use the hire - Anton didn't hesitate before making this decision.His only requirement is that Mendes can prove himself.

Mendes was overjoyed all of a sudden, he was waiting for this sentence, but he never expected Anton to be so decisive, and said what he wanted to hear the most as soon as he opened his mouth.Mendes couldn't help rubbing his hands excitedly, thinking: Next, it's up to his team to slap "The Sun" in the face, not only to slap it back beautifully, but also to let the boring tabloids know that it hurts , it would be best to avoid Anton for two or three years.

"However, there is one thing I still want to make clear to you in advance. If you and I sign a contract and your team provides me with brokerage services, in the short term, your investment may not be able to exchange for huge returns. At least it is impossible to be like you. Like other customers of…”

Anton was honest with Mendestein about his plans for the next few years: Since there might be a partner in the future, it was time to be open and honest.

Mendes approached Anton, and indeed he had plans to make Anton "Mourinho's second", "a mild madman", and "one of the most handsome coaches in football".Hearing that Anton had no intention of transferring to other clubs to coach, Mendes couldn't help being a little disappointed.

But in today's football world, Mendes will always be the one who puts the long-term and loses the big fish. He will never give up investing in Anton just because there is no profit for a while-not to mention, Anton also said that the "green grass" Life”, they still have a broad space for cooperation.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Anton said, "If I become your client, I hope to donate all the derivative income under my name, after deducting your team's brokerage fees, to the public welfare organization designated by Chloe .”

Mendez listened in awe.With Anton's current age and image, the performance of the team led by Anton's current age and image, the passive income will definitely not be small.If there are one or two endorsements, it will be even more profitable.

But people don't care about it at all, and they all use it to support my sister to do what she thinks is "right".

"Since this is the case, I will also promise that my team will only deduct the necessary labor costs from your income, and I will not charge any other brokerage fees." This agent with a high status in European football, At this moment, he patted Anton's chest.

Anton was surprised.

Based on what he knows about Mendes, this agent is definitely a money lover.Mendes once declared that he can only sleep for three to four hours a day, and spend the rest of the time working, just to earn high returns and build his industrial empire as soon as possible.

And the debut of Mr. Agent is by no means smooth. Even if he started from Portugal, his football brokerage career has been accumulated from scratch and accumulated little by little.In the hardest days in the early days, Mendes had no choice but to fight with the agent of the Portuguese superstar Figo under the eyes of everyone...

Self-made Mendes, Mendes who is obsessed with making money...how could he voluntarily give up the profits he has already obtained so easily?

This was beyond Anton's expectations.

Mendes smiled sheepishly: "This is my habit. The client has no profit, and I will not make money."

He and his clients are always one in interests.

It is because of this that what Mendes does is long-term business, not a one-time deal.

--I see.

No wonder, Anton thought, that Mendes had grown his football business so big.

It was getting late, Anton simply invited Mendez to have dinner in the hotel restaurant.South Africa has a long coastline and is rich in seafood, such as lobster, octopus, gang eel, hake, abalone... all kinds of seafood can dazzle foodies.Local wines from South Africa are also good.

Mendes is not far away from signing Anton, he is in a good mood, and he eats delicious food when he sees it.But he soon noticed that Anton was very restrained in drinking. Anton appreciated the good wine produced in South Africa, but he drank very little.

"Anton doesn't drink very well?" Mendes asked curiously.

"Of course it's not bad to drink," Anton said with a wry smile. "It's just that the amount of alcohol is too small. Once you drink more than that, you will easily become unconscious suddenly and forget everything that happened before. To avoid embarrassment , can only be restrained as much as possible.”

"I have already told the manager of the restaurant that if I am really drunk suddenly, someone will send me back to my room to rest. You don't need to worry about all the expenses, I have made all the arrangements." Anton told Mendez with a smile , "If this kind of thing happens again, I have to say an apology to you."

Mendes couldn't help but think: Nowadays, all countries are promoting "responsible drinking" and "responsible drinking"... Anton's drinking in this way can be said to be very responsible.

Thinking of this, Mendes remembered another problem: "By the way, Anton, do you have the habit of using social media? How do you manage your account?"

Anton nodded: "I do have a Twitter account. It's just... I don't think it's very useful!"

Mendes clicked his lips and sighed: "You need to make good use of this tool. For example, this time you were secretly filmed. Make good use of social media to get twice the result with half the effort."

So Anton took his mobile phone and reported his account number to Mendes.Mendes searched, and quickly found it—seeing this account, Mendes first thought: This looks like a trumpet!

This account has been registered for several months, but it only follows two accounts, one is Sunderland's official tweet, and the other is Ronaldo.In addition, Anton's account has not yet sent any tweets.

Mendes looked distressed: If this account has been in operation since the first day of registration, it should have attracted a lot of fans by now.

However, Anton answered very confidently: "I use this account to follow the developments of the club and Mr. Ronaldo. If you follow, there will be push."

Mendez: ...I'm speechless.

The author has something to say: Ronaldo: I am really...prescient!