Before the league was over, James Merry began to busy fighting for better treatment for Ribery and Chu Zhongtian. Their performance was so outstanding this season, it would be unreasonable if they did not improve their treatment.

For club chairman Molinari, he will definitely be bleeding this time. If he wants to keep the two most important players in the team, it will not be possible without paying a little price.

In addition, he has to face the high price temptations offered by those clubs. Fernandez had to explain to him the importance of these two players to the team again and again. "Without them, I wouldn't be surprised if Metz is relegated next season."

At the same time, he also knew that Molinari's strategy was to constantly train young players, then sell them to other clubs, then buy young people at a low price to train them, and continue to sell them after they became successful. So just telling him the importance of those two people might only make him determined to sell them, so he had to change his advice: "Players who have participated in European competitions are more valuable, and now they are not worth it. It is more reasonable to stay for one or two seasons."

Because they know what kind of club Metz is, as the season approaches, Metz fans are also worried that after the season is over, they wake up and find that their main stars are sold. They successfully kept Ribery last season, which makes them believe that the fans are very powerful, so this season they will also keep Ribery and Chu Zhongtian, as well as the main players of several other teams, such as Proman who performed well in midfield defense, the team's left forward Obraniac, and the youngest Menetz among the "Three Musketeers of Metz".

In the 37th round of the league, Metz challenged Nice away, Metz's fans played slogans in the stands asking the team to keep Ribery, Chu Zhongtian, Menez, Proman, Oblaniak and others no matter what.

The above-mentioned players will receive cheers from all Metz fans every time they get the ball.

Metz defeated Nice 2-1 away and ended a four-game losing streak. Ribery used a goal to prove his importance to the team. Chu Zhongtian did not score or assist, but his dispatching and organization in the midfield was the fundamental reason why Ribery was able to score goals.

After the game, Ribery was asked by reporters whether he would stay in Metz next season, and he didn't say enough. "Of course I hope to stay in Metz. I bought a house here. I have good friends and I like it here. But what will happen in the future? Who knows? Let's talk about it then. I don't even know whether I can participate in the World Cup..."

Before the league was over, the debate in France about whether Ribery should participate in the World Cup began. Before that, Ribery was only selected for the French national team once and played 60 minutes at the French Stadium. This premiere was quite average for Ribery, but his performance in the league and cup matches was really good. Many French media supported Ribery to be selected for the national team and participate in the World Cup. However, Domeneck is a well-known stubborn old man, and whether he is willing to obey the media voice is still unknown.

During this period, Berry has been worried about whether he can participate in the World Cup. Of course, he hopes to participate in the World Cup in Germany. After all, a four-year event like the World Cup is a very valuable opportunity for professional players. But he still has to listen to Fernandez and hold back and stop talking, otherwise he will be done if he angers Domenek.

In comparison, Chu Zhongtian did not have such troubles. Because the Chinese team was eliminated as early as November 17, 2004, that game was a complete tragedy for Chinese fans. At that time, Chu Zhongtian was still struggling for Metz's first-team appearance opportunity and had no intention of considering "playing for the country". Now when he gained a foothold in Metz and his strength was enough to play for the country, there was no news on the national team.

He didn't know why, but he didn't take it seriously. The national team is not his full motivation for playing football. If the national team summons him, he will go. If he doesn't summon him, he won't feel regretful - anyway, this national team is not qualified to participate in the World Cup, and even if he doesn't summon him, he will not find a reason to regret.

Some reporters also asked Chu Zhongtian whether he would stay in Metz next season. His answer was much more than Ribery: "Yes, I will stay in Metz. We still have League Cup games next season, and I won't leave."

Seeing that he said so firmly, a reporter reminded him: "It is said that Lyon is very interested in you. Juninho is already thirty-one years old... and Paris Saint-Germain. After the French Cup final, their head coach Laconb envied Metz for having you..."

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "I'm very grateful for their appreciation for me, but I just want to play the League Cup for Metz now."

※※※ Chu Zhongtian, who returned to Metz, received a call from James Meyrie, who told Chu Zhongtian a few news.

"First of all, the negotiations with Metz Club renewal, the main problem is on salary. Your previous weekly salary was 16,000 euros before tax. I think this salary is inconsistent with your current performance. Metz Club also thinks it is not very satisfactory, but the number they kicked out is not very satisfactory - 20,000 euros."

If it were a year ago, the weekly salary of 20,000 euros was actually quite considerable for Chu Zhongtian, but now it seems that he is not sincere enough.

"I hope they can meet a weekly salary of 30,000. It's a bit stiff now. But there is good news - Premier League clubs Fulham and Tottenham are interested in you..."

"What good news is this..." Chu Zhongtian thought it was good news at first, but this news was useless except for proving that his strength had been recognized and appreciated by foreign clubs. "I can't get a labor certificate, and the special genius clauses are not applicable to me... I definitely can't transfer."

"We can use this news to raise your salary."

"Oh! Then you do it, Mr. Merry."

"There are a few real good news, Chu."

"What? It's not that La Liga giants Real Madrid are interested in me, right? Ha!" Chu Zhongtian joked. Since the team won the French Cup, he has always been in a good mood.

"No, I'll get you the endorsement contract for Nike!"

"Wow!" Chu Zhongtian screamed. This is really good news... The negotiations with sports goods sponsors went on intermittently for more than half a season. At the beginning, only some small brands fell in love with Chu Zhongtian, and the price offered also made Meili very dissatisfied. Later, with Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance in the league and cup games, he attracted more attention from big brands.

It was also from that time that Merry had come into contact with two international sports brand giants, adidas and Nike. Adidas should be a little more enthusiastic because they have a cooperative relationship with the Chinese national team and are a little more familiar with Chinese players.

Originally, Chu Zhongtian also tended to choose Adidas, after all, the German brand is the one that he has been most familiar with since childhood. The turning point was that after his relationship with Emily was revealed, Nike suddenly became enthusiastic and offered more attractive conditions than Adidas.

Obviously Emily's favor made this American company look at Chu Zhongtian differently - the future of this kid must be limitless if he can become the boyfriend of the innocent princess... But in the face of the conditions offered by Nike, Adidas was not willing to further raise the conditions. In this way, Merry reached a cooperation agreement on behalf of Chu Zhongtian and Nike.

"Nike hopes to complete the signing ceremony in China..."

"It's OK. I plan to go back to China with Emily this holiday."

"Ahhh, that's fine!"

"In addition, Chu. As your relationship with Emily is exposed, more and more brands are actively talking to us..."

Emily revealed on the Oprah talk show that her boyfriend was Chu Zhongtian, James Merry's phone number has become an international hotline. Many companies that used to ignore Chu Zhongtian at all, and they had no idea who he was, came to the door, hoping to invite Chu Zhongtian as an endorsement.

For example, there is a magazine specifically targeting girls and boys who hopes to invite Chu Zhongtian to advertise them and pay $600,000 in advertising fees for it, because the main readership of this magazine happens to be Emily's fans.

In addition, the Golden Basin also found Chu Zhongtian, hoping that he would shoot a TV commercial for Golden Basin. As we all know, the spokesperson of Golden Basin has always been a furry toy rabbit. The reason they looked for Chu Zhongtian was because after a Ligue 1 game, the head coach of the Marseille team said this: "Chu is like the Golden Basin battery on the court, and the vitality will never stop." Chu Zhongtian's tireless running is indeed in line with the Golden Basin's broad advice... There is also an internationally renowned brand of men's underwear brand that found Meili, hoping that Chu Zhongtian can endorse their men's underwear. Because they believe that Chu Zhongtian, who can capture the princess on the bed, must be amazing in size. It is very good to ask him to endorse it. They guessed it correctly, but whether Chu Zhongtian is willing to accept it depends on whether he is not resistant to appearing in front of the world.

Some other brands have more, with the endorsement fee of the product. Some only require a film of an advertisement, while others require image endorsement.

In fact, these European and American companies did not pay attention to a Chinese with yellow skin and dark hair, because a Chinese like him did not get recognition in the European and American circles, so those European and Americans may not buy it. Chinese people like to buy things endorsed by foreign celebrities because China is in a weak position in this regard. Most Chinese consumers have a mentality of advocating foreigners and fascinating foreigners. However, in Europe and the United States, there is no such mentality. A strange, yellow skinned guy cannot interest consumers, and they will not have much favoritism for such a Chinese product endorsed by them. Maybe they will only be surprised - shouldn't the advertisements endorsed by Chinese people be put on the Chinese market? Why should it appear on our country's TV?

Therefore, Meili's commercial development of Chu Zhongtian in Europe and the United States has not been very smooth.

But now the situation is completely reversed. In Europe, this situation is not obvious. In the United States, many people are interested in this Chinese player because of Emily. This is also an excellent opportunity to make Chu Zhongtian's image enter the North American market. Meili means that as long as the endorsement advertisements that are beneficial to Chu Zhongtian's image, no matter how much money or how much it is, they will take them all. At that time, Chu Zhongtian's image appears on the streets of the United States, on TV, newspapers and magazines, and Chu Zhongtian will be recognized and accepted by Americans. If you want to negotiate more and larger contracts, it will become easier. At least those advertisers will not ask: "Chu? Who is that? Why should I find an unknown person to endorse my product?"

Chu Zhongtian remembered Emily's advice to him choosing an advertiser, so he told Meili about these opinions, and he ignored the others. He believed that Meili would definitely be able to do these things for him.

In fact, Meri never disappointed him in the past two years of cooperation, so he decided to renew his contract with Meri for another two years. If FIFA had not only allowed players and agents to sign for two years, Chu Zhongtian would have wanted to give Meri a ten-year contract.

Merry said that when she arrived in China, Nike arranged the signing ceremony in Beijing, China, anyway, and he would also attend as Chu Zhongtian’s negotiator. The contract renewal would be fine. For them who have two years of cooperation experience and tacit understanding, renewal is actually a very simple thing. Both parties took out the contract text, glanced at it, and signed.

After ending Meili's phone, Chu Zhongtian's cell phone rang again.

"I'm really busy tonight..." Chu Zhongtian whistled and picked up his phone again. It was Xu Xiaodi who called him.

"I called you just now and was always busy. You kid, are you whispering to Emily?"

"Where is there? I'm talking to Mr. James Merry. He said he had negotiated Nike's contract for me..." Chu Zhongtian then passed on what Merry said to him to Xu Xiaodi.

"Wow..." Xu Xiaodi was slightly surprised. As Chu Zhongtian's second agent, although he had just started working, he was still a little competitive - he said he couldn't lose to that foreigner, right? He didn't expect that he had made such a great contribution... Nikeye, the leader of international sports brands, has completely suppressed the former boss Adidas. If he can sign a Nike contract, Chu Zhongtian's advertising fee will definitely not be less. As his agent, Merry can get 5% of it, but that has nothing to do with Xu Xiaodi... "Okay, I have good news too - I have completely broken up with Sports Weekly. In addition, I have rejected the invitation to endorsement of Silver Voice Throat Bao... I think although Ronaldo endorses them, your personal image is really not in line with them, and their advertisements are very stupid. I think if you endorse them, it will damage your personal image."

Chu Zhongtian was not angry when he heard that Xu Xiaodi refused the ad endorsement, but was very happy - he didn't have to worry about holding the green packaging box in front of the camera and smiling foolishly. This image is really stupid. Ronaldo's position in the minds of domestic fans was quite high, but because of this advertisement, his image plummeted, and everyone connected him with Ersha... "Also, I plan to get a formal agent qualification. Although there are many unlicensed underground agents in China. But you are different from the players they represent. I think it's better for us to be more formal, so as not to have trouble in the future..."

"There are some things, but I can't explain them clearly on the phone. Are you going to return home after the season is over?"

"Well, Nike's signing ceremony is in Beijing."

"That's good……"

"In addition, I'll bring Emily back everything..."

"Wow...what is this? Will you return home in glory? There will definitely be a lot of media interviewing you... Do you want me to help you block it?"

"You don't need to block it all, it depends on the specific situation. How can you promote it if you block it all? You don't want to do it either?" Chu Zhongtian knew that Xu Xiaodi didn't really plan to block it all for him, because that was impossible.

Xu Xiaodi laughed. He had an advantage compared to ordinary agents - he had a wide connection in the media circle. If he wanted to help Chu Zhongtian build momentum in China, he would have an advantage in this regard.

"But I still hope to have more time with Emily..." Chu Zhongtian expressed his opinion tactfully.

"I understand, I understand, don't worry if I do my business."

"Also, there is a reporter from Xichuan Metropolis Daily, named Gao Jie. If it is his interview, you are not allowed to block it. My father has a good relationship with him."

"no problem."

After chatting for a few more words, the two hung up the phone. Chu Zhongtian looked at the time and it was already time to go to bed... That night passed in a "telephone conference" with two agents. He found that after he became famous, he had less leisure time that belonged entirely to him.

This is just a little famous, I believe it will definitely get busier and busier in the future.

※※※Before the last round of the league, Chu Zhongtian fulfilled his promise and invited Mathilde to have a meal alone - he did not go to any restaurant. This was Mathilde's proposal. She said to Chu Zhongtian: "You are a celebrity now, and you should pay special attention to your words and deeds. If I eat with you, if you are photographed by a reporter, it will turn into another story in their mouths. Don't you and I want this?"

So in the end, Chu Zhongtian bought vegetables himself and cooked a Chinese meal for Mathilde at his own home.

Before leaving, Mathilde said to Chu Zhongtian: "Goodbye, Chu. I wish you and Emily good luck."

"I wish you good luck too, Madie." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"I'm very glad I accepted this job," Mathilde said, covering his heart, "You will always occupy an important position in me."

"So too, Madie..."

Mathilde did not continue. She came up and kissed Chu Zhongtian and left. Outside, Belmont's car had been waiting for a long time.

Chu Zhongtian watched Emily leave, feeling a little sad.

But soon he turned around and always left what he should go. Some people have appeared in their lives, which is enough.

※※Three days later, on May 13, in the last round of the league, Metz, where Chu Zhongtian was, defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at home, allowing the Parisians to lose to their feet. The perfect result ended this perfect season.

In the end, Metz finished 38 rounds of the league, with 17 wins, seven draws and fourteen losses, scoring 51 goals, conceding forty-eight goals, and 58 points, ranking ninth in the league, placing strong teams like Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco under their feet.

The day after the league ended, Emily flew to France and officially started her weekly holiday.
Chapter completed!