Chapter 42 A Broker

After Zhou Yi watched Bruno and his granddaughter leave, he also planned to go home.

But at this moment, a person suddenly approached beside him.

"Hello……"

At the same time, he handed over a slip of paper.

Seeing someone handing something up, Zhou Yi took it reflexively, and at the same time he took out his pen. After receiving it, I found out that it was a business card. Most of the fans looking for players to sign are star cards, posters and jerseys. There are very few messy things, because that would be considered disrespectful to the players.

But Zhou Yi didn't care about this. As an unknown pawn who hadn't played in the first team until now, he would be very happy if someone asked him to sign his autograph instead of asking him for empowerment.

So he turned the card over and wrote his name on it very skillfully.

Then he handed it back to the other party.

The person who handed the business card didn't pick it up, but was stunned, because he didn't expect Zhou Yi to sign the business card he handed him...but he didn't come to ask for it!

Zhou Yi raised his head and found that the person opposite was surprised.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yi asked strangely the young man who looked like a white-collar man in a suit and tie.

"Uh, no..." The other party quickly took the business card Zhou Yi handed over, but at the same time took out a new business card and handed it to Zhou Yi again.

"Do you still want to sign?" Zhou Yi was surprised, and what's wrong with this person? Why sign such a small business card? Fortunately, my name only has two characters. If it is a weird name like "Orleans Roasted Sturgeon", how can I sign this business card?

"No, no." The visitor pointed to the text on the front of the business card and said to Zhou Yi, "Actually, I am a manager..."

Zhou Yi took the business card and looked at it for himself, it was really true.

It read "Tino Schulze, Company Broker."

"It's like this. I heard that you don't have an agent yet, so I would like to recommend me and our company to you." Schulze lobbied Zhou Yi on the road.

Zhou Yi really didn't think about the issue of the agent during this period of time. His mind is now full of hard training, and then get the chance to play as soon as possible. As for the agent...it seems to be far away from him.

But when Schulze stood in front of him, he realized that as a professional player, he really seemed to lack an agent.

He signed his first professional contract with Dortmund himself. There was no negotiation, nor did I propose any amendments. I scanned it and signed it. I didn't feel it at the time, and I was only interested in being excited to become a professional player. Now that I think about it, I feel really unprofessional...

But now he should be asked to consider the issue of the agent. Zhou Yi thinks it is not necessary. Anyway, the contract is signed, and the most important thing is to play the game.

So he waved to Schulze: "Sorry, I really need an agent. But I have to go home for dinner now..."

"How about I treat you to dinner?" Before Zhou Yi finished speaking, the other party said enthusiastically.

Zhou Yi couldn't accept such enthusiastic Germans. He has been in Germany for so long, and he found that unless he has known someone for a while, if he is a stranger, the Germans will not be so enthusiastic towards you. Although they are very polite, but that politeness seems to be separated by a layer of glass.

Just met once like this,

The German who took the initiative to treat you to dinner within five minutes of meeting...Zhou Yi had only met one person before, Mark Wagner.

"Uh...no need." Zhou Yi leaned back, fearing that the other party would eat him, he waved his hand. "Someone in my family has already prepared a meal..."

After he said this excuse, he felt that this excuse was so fucking clumsy! I am single, where can someone prepare steaming and delicious meals at home and wait for me? Not in the country!

But when Schulze heard what Zhou Yi said, he didn't know how to continue to persuade him. Could it be that he said, "Forget about the family members. Go out to eat with me"?

That would be too impolite...

Seeing that Schulze was silent, Zhou Yi waved him goodbye.

But after only two steps, Schulze caught up again.

"This...can you leave me your phone number? It's so convenient for me to contact you..."

"Sorry, I'm not used to giving out phone numbers to random people." Zhou Yi rejected the other party. He raised the business card in his hand. "Anyway, I have your phone number here, and I will contact you if necessary."

After speaking, he turned and ran away.

Schulze looked at the back of Zhou Yi leaving, and finally did not catch up this time.

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"Hi, Tino. How's your harvest today?" When Schulze was drinking in the bar, a middle-aged man in a suit came beside him, sat next to him, patted him on the shoulder and asked, and then Asked the waiter for a beer.

"Not bad, Okata." Schulze raised his glass to him, "I successfully sent out a business card!"

Otaka Serkan, who was sitting next to him, covered his face: "I really admire you, Dino. You only sent out a business card in a day... Is this considered 'not bad'?"

"But compared to not being able to send out a business card in a day, being able to send out a business card is indeed 'not bad'." Schulze said seriously.

Serkan was speechless: "So you asked me to come out to accompany you to celebrate that you successfully sent out a business card?"

Schulze scratched his head and smiled.

"Okay, so which unlucky guy took your business card?" While speaking, the beer that Selkan ordered had already been served by the waiter, and he asked after taking a sip.

"Zhou Yi from Dortmund. A Chinese player..."

Before Schulze finished his introduction, Selkan blurted out: "Wizard."

"You also know his nickname?" Schulze was very happy.

"Who doesn't know, this nickname is the most famous for this young player, or maybe his name is not as famous as this nickname. It seems that he hasn't played in the Dortmund first team yet?"

"Well, not yet." Schulze nodded.

"That's right, if he has a record of playing in the first team, he might not ask you for the name card of an unknown person, ha!" Selkan teased his colleague and friend.

"That's why I have to hurry up!" Schulze clenched his fists and said full of fighting spirit. "Try to sign him before he makes a name for himself!"

"The difficulty is not small. Although he hasn't played yet, this is the main player of the youth team who partnered with Gotze when he was in the youth team. There is potential, otherwise Klopp would not have both him and Gotze. Transferred to the first team..." Serkan deserves to be an agent who is a few ranks higher than the rookie Schulze. Even if he is not in charge of the Ruhr area, he still knows the player information of the team here. He said that Zhou Yi is so unfamiliar. For the players, information can come out of their mouths.

"And, most importantly, he's a Chinese player. Do you know what that means, Tino?"

"The Chinese market is vast and has huge potential." Schulze is not stupid.

"Yes, unless this kid can't prove himself in the first team, but if he can prove himself, then other agents will swarm in like sharks smelling blood, and there must be many famous agents among them. What competes with people?"

"That's why I said to sign him as soon as possible."

"How are you going to convince him?"

"Use my sincerity and enthusiasm!"

"That means there's nothing you can do?"

"Alas..." Schulze also frowned and sighed. Indeed, as a manager who has just debuted, he has no successful cases to prove his ability to Zhou Yi.

Seeing his friend crying so much, Selkan persuaded: "In fact, I have always advised you not to set your goals so high when you come up. You should go to the second division to develop. Relying on the advantages of our company, you may There is still play. I know you want to learn from Mr. Struth's door-to-door visits to promising young players, but you have to think about the gap between you and Mr. Struth. Before that He's already a successful agent. How about you? You've just got your FIFA agent's license. It's good for you to keep your feet on the ground."

Schulze was also silent after hearing Selkan's words.

As an agent, he hopes that he can be like Mendes, who can call the wind and rain, enter and leave the office of the chairman of the rich, the private house of the world's top players, and even be able to influence the predators of European football.

But now it seems that the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

"No matter how you say it, Zhou Yi is also a player in Dortmund's first team. These days, young people with a little bit of potential are almost divided up. Although Zhou Yi has not yet, it will be soon. The reason why no one has shot him yet is probably because He has not played in the first team yet, so everyone should observe and observe. You want to play with this time difference, but the player himself may not be willing to entrust his future to an inexperienced rookie like you." See Schulze not After speaking, Serkan decided to strike while the iron was hot.

After Selkan finished speaking, Schulze picked up the wine glass and poured the rest of the beer down his throat in one gulp. Some of the wine overflowed from his mouth and flowed down the corner of his mouth.

After finishing the drink, Schulze slammed the glass on the bar counter vigorously, attracting the attention of everyone around him.

"Good!" Schulze said.

"Have you decided to go to the lower leagues?" Serkan asked.

"No!"

Schulze's answer surprised Selkan: "Then what are you doing!"

"I mean yes, I will try my best to sign Zhou Yi!"

"Did I say it all for nothing? Why don't you understand, Tino?"

"I know, Okata, I know your kindness. But...Zhou Yi is the only one who took my business card and didn't throw it away. I really don't want to give up like this. I want to work harder, If I try my best and still fail, then I have nothing to say, at least I can leave without regret.”

Schulze blushed and said to Selkan that he didn't know if he drank too much wine just now, and it was a bit embarrassing.

Looking at such a good friend, Selkan shook his head: "Then what else can I say? All I can say is—good luck, Tino."

"Thank you, Okata, I really need luck!"

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[To be continued "". 】