After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 1744 - 472: Messi: Living in Kevin’s Shadow
Upon hearing Huang Kaiwen agree, Ronaldo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His personality is actually quite similar to Mourinho’s.
Both are very strong-willed, with a strong sense of pride.
The fact that he isn’t Kevin’s tea spokesperson has been a nagging concern for him.
Mendes also knows this, so even if he doesn’t approve, he hasn’t strongly opposed it.
Good agents know where the lifeblood of a player lies.
If Mendes continued to oppose this, the two might end up parting ways.
As Real Madrid’s marquee player, losing a bit of money on beverage endorsements isn’t a big deal for Ronaldo.
Moreover, Mendes feels that this isn’t entirely a bad thing.
Because many people already agree that Kevin’s tea endorsers are the best players now.
This also boosts Ronaldo’s commercial value.
"Ronaldo and Huang Kaiwen are having a nice chat; it looks like Ronaldo’s in a really good mood. I wonder what they’re talking about, hehe."
"Huang Kaiwen seems to be in a good mood too. Perhaps this is the camaraderie between top athletes."
"Messi and Barcelona are sitting a bit far away, or else we could still check out their interactions. It’s safe to say that the best forward players now come from Milan, Real Madrid, and Barça."
In the broadcast room, Shao Shengyi suddenly had a feeling.
Huang Kaiwen can chat well with anyone, seemingly with no enemies in the entire football world.
Achieving this is not easy.
Players like Maradona and Matthäus have loads of adversaries.
Huang Kaiwen’s social skills are truly remarkable.
Next is the FIFA President’s Special Award.
This award isn’t based on voting by journalists and national team captains but is directly decided by Blatter, hence it carries strong subjective factors.
This award is set up to thank those who have contributed to the development of football, but in reality, it carries quite a bit of political connotation.
Last year’s President’s Special Award was given to Queen Lisa Najeeb Halaby of Jordan.
Ronaldo watched the stage in boredom, yet his gaze occasionally drifted towards Huang Kaiwen.
Huang Kaiwen asked, "Anything else?"
"Uh..."
Ronaldo paused for a few seconds before asking, "Can we sign the contract after this?"
"In such a hurry?"
Huang Kaiwen said with some difficulty, "Shouldn’t we let our lawyers discuss this in person first?"
Such a commercial contract involves many aspects, like not promoting other similar endorsements, rules about image, how to handle scandals, compensation for spokespersons if product safety issues arise.
Many terms in different aspects depend entirely on your clout. A simple example is that Jack Chen and Ng Man-tat are loved by movie fans, but in front of a brand, especially international ones, their treatment is worlds apart.
Capitalists compromise because you can bring them more benefits.
A player like the Yellow Ball King who dominates Asia’s two largest markets has the leverage to sign bossy contracts with manufacturers.
These contracts allow unilateral termination without paying breach penalties, with manufacturers coaxing you to renew each year.
Scarcity combined with influence ensures Huang Kaiwen never lacks opportunities.
If you don’t sign, your competitors will.
It’s not like failing to sign Torres and getting Ibrahimovic as an endorsement compensates for it.
Seeing Ronaldo anxious, Huang Kaiwen said, "How about this, I’ll have the lawyer draft an agreement and fax it to your home. You can find someone to review it, and if there are no issues, we’ll sign in Milan; flying there is pretty convenient, about an hour."
"Then it’s settled!"
Ronaldo nodded and said.
Eager to appear on the milk tea cup immediately.
He has had enough of seeing Kaka and Messi smiling on the milk tea cups.
On stage, Blatter spoke a lot before congratulating South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu beside him.
Standing on the stage, Desmond Tutu, Ronaldo wanted to chat a bit more with Huang Kaiwen.
But Huang Kaiwen sat straight, staring at the stage.
At times like these, you must give face to the Vatican.
Desmond Tutu began his lengthy speech, talking from Spain’s victory to Blatter leaving a $100 million trust fund to South Africa, and about football bringing everyone together, finally thanking the glory of the Lord.
The whole speech lasted eight minutes.
Huang Kaiwen keenly noted that most players could listen very well.
At least their performance showed that.
It shows that religion is indeed powerful in some aspects.
As for Kaka, Huang Kaiwen felt he should enjoy listening to the bishop’s speech.
That kid was injured by the pool as a child, nearly paralyzed, and turned to faith upon recovery.
The best women’s football coach award was taken by Silvia Neid, coach of the German National Team.
"Recently, German football is quite strong."
Ramos said in a low voice.
Despite the Spanish National Team winning two major championships consecutively, they’re very wary of the German team.
"Indeed, Germany is on the rise again."
Huang Kaiwen nodded and said.
At the turn of the century, Germany’s European Cup exit twice led to a new youth training reform.
Kroos and his peers are the results of that reform.
When Klose and others retire, Germans will find that besides midfield passing and controlling ability, the German team has nothing left.
However, this is indeed a strong period for the German team.
Veterans like Klose combined with technically skilled new-generation players have played very well together in one team.
UK musician and jazz pianist Cullen came on stage to perform.
Huang Kaiwen is quite fond of jazz music, which was popular globally in the 1930s.
