Andrew's agent is thriving, with more than 200 players signed, and most of the first-line stars are still Millwall.

His company must be watching every day in the industry, and one of the most important things for their business intelligence is the broker contract of the A-list star.

As it happens, Henry's agent is about to expire, and he has had a four-year relationship with him since winning the UEFA Youth Championship in '96.

The broker contract is generally only two or three years, and Henry's contract with the agent is signed every two years, and this year, it is just time to renew.

At this time, not only Andrew, but also other famous and powerful people or nobodies, all want to become Henry's new agent, and the name is to serve Henry, but in fact, it is not to make money.

Henry burst into popularity much faster than he had imagined, and he probably didn't even get used to the change himself.

Winning the league championship for two consecutive years, winning the Champions League, the top scorer, and the national team has won the international and continental competitions in a row, you may not be able to dream of such a wonderful dream.

He hasn't been able to adapt to the changes yet, and there's only one thing he needs his agent to do in the summer: sign a contract extension with Millwall and try to get a good deal.

He is not greedy, and his weekly salary of 25,000 yuan rises to 40,000 yuan, and he is satisfied.

But what he didn't expect was that the agent messed up.

The contract renewal was not negotiated, and he was about to become the target of Millwall's publicly.

So he received a call from his agent on the way to the plane and said: Don't call me again in the future.

This is obviously not going to renew the contract with this agent.

Originally, the role of the agent, Mr. 10%, was to let the players play with peace of mind. Other trivia brokers to settle out. Maximize the player's income. But if you mess things up, not only will your ability to work be questioned, but you will naturally be issued a notice of dismissal by your employer.

Less than three hours passed between the time he received Aldrich's call and the time his flight landed in London.

During these 3 hours, a lot happened, Millwall held a press conference, and Andrew came to the door to interview Aldrich.

Henry got off the plane, turned on his phone, and got into the taxi. He received a call from Trezeguet.

Trezeguet informed Henry of the truth, and that he had met Henry at a café in the city on behalf of Andrew.

Henry looked at the time, it was not yet the usual training time of the team in the afternoon, and he planned to go to the appointment, after all, Andrew's status meant that the date was very meaningful.

Sitting in the taxi, Henry was preoccupied, Andrew was an agent, he had heard about it, and many of his teammates were Andrew's employers. But we all play football together and never talk about it.

But from the occasional casual chatter of his teammates, he can vaguely understand Andrew as a person.

Efficiency comes first.

Klose wants to buy a new house. It took less than a week to get all the procedures done, and he was very happy with the new house, which must have been entrusted to Andrew by Klose.

Schneider, Nedved they have a joint venture to invest in a winery, they are completely hands-off, from beginning to end Andrew is also a one-handed package, so they are very satisfied, I heard that occasionally the interest comes, they will go to their own winery in France to taste wine, the winery is in France, to and from England, it is only three hours by plane.

The most important thing is that these teammates have a lot of commercial contracts, but the time arrangement is very reasonable, never delayed, often see them in fashion magazines in groups of endorsement advertisements, handsome is certain, can not let commercial activities affect their own work to play football, this is the most important thing.

Henry suddenly had a strange thought.

Why didn't Andrew come to my door to be his agent when I moved to Millwall?

In fact, Andrew is also trying to avoid suspicion.

He became an agent for Schneider, Klose, Nedved and so on when those players didn't have an agent at all.

And when Henry's transfer came, there was already an agent.

Also because Henry is playing for Millwall, Andrew is not easy to recommend himself, and it is easy to be misunderstood as the "overlord clause" when the player transfers to Millwall, does it have to be a signed player under Aldridge's brother's company?

Andrew's choice of meeting place was not hidden, but at least it was not the celebrity place where the paparazzi would often hang out.

Henry was recognized by the waiter as soon as he walked into the café, but in this part of London, celebrities are often haunted, and the public is used to it, at most they will look at it twice, unless they happen to bump into fans.

It just so happens that this is north London, the territory of Tottenham's local influence, and the waitress is a woman, who pays attention to football, but is not fanatical, and sees Henry there, neither asking for an autograph nor showing special enthusiasm.

Andrew sat in the corner booth just in time to see the entrance to the café, and when Henry walked in, he stood up and waved and smiled.

Henry casually asked for a glass of juice and walked over to Andrew.

Andrew stretched out his hand to invite Henry to take a seat, and the two sat opposite each other, and after the waiter brought the juice, Andrew introduced himself, which was officially known to Henry.

Henry's mood was still a little heavy, and he didn't know what this man with the status of the leader's brother would talk to him.

Perhaps, it was the leader who conveyed something through him.

If that was the case, Henry felt that everything had become sad for him, and that he and the leader had reached the point where they could not speak directly, which he had never imagined two months ago.

"Thierry, I have a question for you, do you still want to play for Millwall?"

Henry heard the other party's question, raised his head and looked bitter, and asked for a long time, "The boss asked you to ask me, is this it?" Why should you question this? ”

Andrew shook his head and said: "No, you misunderstood, I am not here on behalf of Millwall, nor on behalf of Aldrich, this is a personal conversation between me and you, I am here to solve your troubles and free you from your troubles." So I need to know what you think, what we're going to talk about next. It all depends on the answer to this question. ”

Henry was silent for a moment and then said, "Of course I want to stay in the team. If let me go. My mind would go blank, I wouldn't know where to go, and it seemed like it would be a bad decision to go anywhere. But"

"But you feel that you want to stay and the club wants to keep you, you have a stronger desire to keep you. Millwall, lack of sincerity, makes you feel that you are not being treated fairly. Is that right? ”

Andrew's words made Henry hesitate for a moment, but finally nodded.

In this day and age, there are so many things that money embodies.

If Millwall has a small family and a small business, the club's maximum salary is 40,000, and even if Henry gets 30,000, he will immediately sign a contract extension.

However, the club has made a lot of money, and the financial income of the new season has definitely increased significantly, and the team's maximum salary has reached 100,000 pounds. And he, not even half of it. In this contrast, if Henry thinks it's fair, he's absolutely insane.

Andrew took out a piece of paper from his briefcase, slowly pushed it in front of Henry, and said, "Please look at this information." ”

Henry looked down, and the information on the paper was clear at a glance.

Name, weekly salary, loyalty bonus, season bonus cap.

Nedved, 7, 100, 50.

Nedved in the first place, followed by Larsson and Southgate.

And then in fourth place is Pirlo, 5, 50, 50.

Pirlo was followed by Ronaldo, but there was no loyalty reward for Ronaldo, because Ronaldo played for the first team, and the new season was only the fourth season, and strictly speaking, it used to be two and a half seasons.

Ronaldo is followed by Schneider, Materazzi, Zambrotta, and they have a weekly salary of 4, a loyalty bonus of 80, and a season bonus of 50, and their loyalty rewards are higher than Pirlo's, also because they came a year before Pirlo.

After that, there are some substitutes, the highest weekly salary is Glen Shire, 20,000, and the lower one is Lampard, 15,000, Gattuso will be promoted to the main team in the new season, and the weekly salary is only 30,000.

At the bottom of the spectrum are Keller, Villa, Joe Cole, Ferreira, who have a weekly salary of just £10,000.

At the end of the list, Henry saw his name.

The weekly salary is 5, the season bonus is also 50, and there is no loyalty bonus.

Henry understands that 5 represents a weekly salary of 50,000 pounds, and the club may have to spend £3 million in salary and bonuses on him a year.

Henry shook his head and said, "I don't understand. ”

Yes, he didn't know the authenticity of this information, or what the number behind his name represented, whether it was Andrew's wishful thinking that Henry should earn so much, or something else.

Andrew said lightly: "You should know that I am the agent of most of the players on this list, and I personally finalized their contract extension with Millwall in the summer, so this information is real, and you can also ask your teammates for verification in private." The point is you, Millwall has prepared a contract for you with a salary of 50,000 a week and a maximum of 500,000 pounds in bonuses for a period of 5 years, however, your agent refuses and asks for a contract with a salary of 75,000 a week and a maximum bonus of more than £1 million for the season"

Before Andrew finished speaking, Henry directly interrupted him, shook his head and said, "No, it's not like this, it's not!" I just wanted a £40,000-a-week contract, but the club was only willing to give me £30,000! That's the truth. ”

Andrew listened to what Henry said categorically, smiled and said, "The truth? Thierry, I think you just have to calm down and think about it to understand what the truth is. You want a weekly salary of 40,000, Millwall only gives 30,000, a difference of about 500,000 pounds a year, you only have two years left on your contract, Millwall rejected Juventus' offer of 40 million pounds, the truth? ”

The players themselves actually rarely think about these things, especially the terms of the contract and the like, which are all handled by the agent, and the players themselves just play well.

So Henry hadn't thought about this before, and now he was dumbfounded.

This is the simplest arithmetic problem.

Did Millwall risk losing £40 million in order to save a million pounds or two?

"And, when you learn about Millwall's first-team salary system, you should understand that my younger brother, Aldrich, he has unparalleled ambition, he also has the courage that ordinary people don't have, Millwall's record can already compete with the giants, they also have to show the giants, but have you calculated how much the salary cost of the first team is? More than £60 million a year! That's the floor, and once Millwall win a big trophy or two this season, the prize money will increase that by another £10 million or so, how much was the net income of Manchester United's world's highest-grossing club four years ago? Less than £60 million. By this time next year, the football statistics specialist will report the big news, Millwall is the club with the highest operating expenses in the world! Because the club also bought a special passenger plane for the team to use in the global campaign, and at the same time the renovation of the Lion's Den Stadium, the cost of building the entire commercial chain around the new stadium, etc., Thierry, do you know what the figures are written in Millwall's budget report for this season? £157.3 million! Would you still think the club would get into trouble with you for £10,000 a week, or £500,000 a year? ”

Andrew's words left Henry both shocked and speechless! (To be continued......)