Super Marshal
Chapter 256: I am not familiar with him
For Jorge Mendes, anyone who has been in contact with him will appreciate it.
Although the Portuguese agent is very shrewd, it is not the kind of guy who is too shrewd and easy to offend people.
On the contrary, his shrewdness is that he is very sleek and knows how to coordinate the interests of all parties, which makes him very popular in the football circle of the entire Iberian Peninsula.
In the past, he was limited by his own influence, coupled with the shadow of Jose Vega, making him unsatisfactory in the football circle, especially outside of Portuguese football.
But now, with the help of Alpine and Atletico Madrid's status and influence, his career has developed by leaps and bounds. Not only has he established a firm foothold in Spain, he has also expanded his business to South America and even established in Eastern Europe. Own connections and channels.
With the rapid expansion of the company's scale, Mendes's ability has brought him huge benefits.
Gao Han is also quite satisfied with his agent.
The rise of Mendes is certainly his driving force behind the scenes, but why didn't Gao Han gain any benefits?
And now Mendes is faintly operating Gao Han as the company's business card, which also benefits Gao Han a lot.
So, when Mendes called this morning and said there was good news to tell him, Gao Han was quite curious.
"What good news? Say it!" Paul Footley looked more anxious than Gao Han.
I really didn't see it, this guy is quite gossip.
Mendes pointed at Paul Footley, shook his head helplessly, and looked back at Gao Han.
"Have you ever thought of changing a car?"
"Change the car?" Paul Footley was taken aback. What kind of good news is this?
However, Gao Han's eyes suddenly brightened. Last time he asked me to grow a beard to cooperate with Braun's sponsorship. Today, he asked me to change the car...
"Could it be..."
Mendes smiled and nodded, "Recently, a car company has been in contact with me, and it's quite sincere."
"Which one?"
"Porsche."
"Porsche?" Paul Footley lost his voice.
This is a world-famous luxury car brand, specializing in the production of sports cars, and one is expensive.
Are they going to ask Gao Han to endorse their supercar?
Thinking of this, the technical director is so depressed.
It's true that people are more dead than people, and you can't compare goods.
The same is driving. I drove the SEAT myself, so I had to pay for it myself. But the cold is better. I drove luxury cars. Before, it was a BMW X5 given away for free by the club. Now it is actively sponsored by Porsche. Money, but also earn sponsorship fees.
What kind of world is this?
Why didn't this benefit when I played football?
"Porsche's situation doesn't seem to be very good, doesn't it mean that you are tired of debt?" Gao Han frowned.
He is also a person who cherishes feathers. Although he is not opposed to commercial sponsorships, he does not want to sign a sponsorship by himself. As a result, scandals such as bankruptcy of sponsors did not take long.
"It's true that Porsche has been in a bad situation in recent years, but because of this, they decided to make a big break and plan to launch a new luxury SUV that will debut at this month's Geneva Motor Show."
Gao Han understood, "They want me to be the spokesperson of this SUV?"
"Yes, they used to make sports cars, but suddenly they went to make SUVs, which gave people a very subversive feeling, and they mainly faced young people, so they thought that you were very suitable for their positioning of this model."
After Gao Han heard this, he couldn't help but smile, "It is estimated that they still value the Chinese market, right?"
Mendes also smiled and nodded, without denying it.
In recent years, the Chinese market has developed more and more rapidly. This is very attractive to luxury brands such as Porsche. As the most influential brand in the Chinese sports world, it is also the latest in European football. The rise of rising stars, Gao Han's attraction to them is evident.
"As far as I know, Porsche has high hopes for this model, and even carries all the hopes of the company's revival. Because of this, they will promote this model all over the world, and they have chosen you. As the global spokesperson for this model, it is also good for us."
Cooperating with big-name sponsors will not only get sponsorship income, but also a lot of potential business benefits.
For example, Gao Han, cooperating with a luxury brand like Porsche, is an improvement in his commercial value. As Porsche promotes their models around the world, Gao Han's influence naturally spreads as a spokesperson.
The more Porsche attaches importance to this model, the greater the promotion, the more obvious the benefits to the alpine.
Therefore, after listening to Mendes’ analysis, Gao Han also nodded, feeling good.
"I have talked to the people at Porsche a few times. In addition to providing a new maximum configuration for free, a limited edition model with a value of about 200,000 euros, all maintenance and maintenance costs during the contract period are all covered by Porsche. In addition, their annual sponsorship fees have reached 3 million euros."
Three million euros per year, this is the current sponsorship price of Alpine.
Although, if Mendes relaxes and the price drops, it is estimated that he will be able to sign a few more, but the savvy Portuguese find it unnecessary, because maintaining a certain high price is itself a maintenance of the brand.
What's more, with Atletico Madrid's performance getting better and better, today's Alpine does not lack sponsors at all.
Nowadays, 3 million is already a quotation for some first-tier brands. If it is a second-tier brand, Mendes’ quotation is basically around 5 million euros.
No way, who made Gao Han red now?
Paul Footley on the side was stunned. He had followed Gao Han all the way, and he had witnessed the commercial value of Gao Han being dug out by Mendes bit by bit, and he admired him with admiration.
It can be said that the methods of this compatriot of Portugal are many times better than those of the group of people in the business department of Atletico Madrid.
With a sponsorship fee of 5 million euros, this can even catch up with European superstars.
However, listening to Mendes’ tone, it seems that there are really several sponsors on hand that are interested in Alpine, but they are still in contact and negotiating with Mendes. The Portuguese have quite high requirements for sponsors.
After Gao Han nodded and agreed with Porsche's sponsorship, the topic quickly changed.
"By the way, Jorge, I heard that the new Porto coach is from Jose Vega. You have to be careful."
Paul Futre has a close relationship with Porto. Mendes wanted to break into Porto because he built the bridge from it.
"Well, Jose Mourinho." Mendes smiled and nodded, then looked at Gao Han. "It's still your old colleague in Barcelona."
Gao Han nodded. Of course, he is no stranger to this person.
Jose Mourinho was Van Gaal's right-hand man. He was proficient in multiple languages and was very good. He also had some unique features in football tactics, but he was very arrogant.
However, when Gao Han entered Barcelona, although he was still in the first team, he was no longer liked by Van Gaal. It is said that he was poached in 1999 and almost left Barcelona. Van Gaal treated him like this. He was dissatisfied with his behavior, and he had repeatedly antagonized Van Gaal in public and angered the Dutch marshal.
"I'm not familiar with him, so I don't have much contact with him." Gao Han shook his head.
When he was in Barcelona, he was just an unknown intern, but Mourinho was an assistant coach of the core coaching staff. He was arrogant and didn't put anyone in his eyes. How could he have contact with Gao Han?
"However, I do know that Jose Vega has been Mourinho’s agent a few years ago. The reason why he was able to stay in Barcelona after Robson’s departure was that Jose Vega It's also a tribute."
In those years, Jose Vega had a pivotal influence in Barcelona, and recommending an assistant coach was just a piece of cake.
Of course, for this kind of inside information, it can only be gossip. Apart from the parties, who can know the details?
However, Jose Vega’s head coach took over Porto, which is somewhat interesting.
But Mendes didn't seem to care at all.
"Don't worry, six of the eleven players in Porto’s starting lineup are my players. Da Costa was still in contact with me before and plans to introduce my players again this summer, so even if Jose Vie Adding to the fact that I became the head coach of Porto, I am not afraid of him."
At the end, Mendes chuckled, looking as if he had a chance to win.
Gao Han and Paul Footley looked at each other and laughed in unison.
Today's Mendes is no longer the same Mendes who came to Madrid for the first time. Now he is the most famous figure in the football circle of the entire Iberian Peninsula~lightnovelpub.net~.
Moreover, as an agent, as long as you have high-quality star resources, you don't need to worry about who will be the head coach.
Even to some extent, even the club has to court three points.
The reason why Porto's Da Costa dislikes Jose Vega is not because the latter started to get overwhelmed after mastering Portugal's quality players?
When Jose Vega was in high spirits, he offended many people in the Portuguese football circle because of his complacency. Now that he has fallen a little bit, he wants to regain it, which is probably not so easy.
Of course, if Mendes did his own death, then he would say two things.
But no matter how you look at it, this shrewd and cunning Portuguese agent is not like the kind of idiot who will give his opponent a chance.
However, as the topic opened up, Paul Footley inadvertently revealed a secret.
It turned out that before Gao Han took over the first team of Atletico Madrid, Jose Vega once ran to the Calderon Stadium and recommended Mourinho to the Atletico Madrid management.
Even later, Gao Han took over the first team. After successfully leading the team to upgrade, Jose Vega ran several times and used Gao Han's experience in the internship stage in Barcelona to boost Mourinho's weight.
It's just that the management always chose between Gao Han and Aragones at that time, and never considered the other candidates.
Looking back now, Paul Footley also had to lament his original wisdom.
If you didn't choose Alpine at that time and changed someone else, not to mention Mourinho, even the famous coach Aragones, I am afraid it would be difficult to achieve Alpine's achievements today.
But after hearing this, Gao Han couldn't help feeling more disgusted with Jose Vega.
As for the proud Mourinho, the impression is not much better.