Chapter 137 The revenge of the round table
Andre Viviano and several of his agent friends sat in the cafe as usual, chatting and exchanging information with each other while tasting delicious coffee.
For example, what type of players a certain team needs and what position they are in? If you don’t have a suitable player here, you can also share this information with others. Maybe there are suitable candidates for other agents?
In this way, everyone can find more opportunities and promote more transactions.
At first this was proposed by Viviano, and the reason for the proposal was that Viviano missed a business due to poor information. Later, he imagined that he was not well-known and had limited connections like himself, and there were many small agents in Italy. How could they survive in a fiercely competitive market environment?
You should know that many brokers are not even full-time and often have other jobs. After all, there are not many opportunities for small brokers. It is good to be able to succeed two or three times a year. Behind these two or three successful transactions, there are countless hard work, negotiations, tug-of-war, and then finally return in a miserable way. All the expenses incurred during this period are often paid out of your own pocket.
In addition, if there is any problem with the players under his management, the agent also needs to deal with it, and these problems often require money.
If there were no other source of income and only relying on this job, I would have starved to death long ago.
If all these small brokers could be united and everyone shared resources and intelligence, would it be easier to succeed in many businesses that were difficult to accomplish in the past?
For this purpose, Viviano and his agent friends who have a very good relationship have established such an organization together. If you find out any information in your daily life, and other brokers in the organization are suitable for operation, you can share it with everyone, and others will also introduce the opportunity to them.
If everyone is not busy, come out one day a week to gather to enhance your relationship and understanding, and exchange information that is not very urgent.
The organizers do not charge any fees from these exchanges, nor are they responsible for distinguishing the authenticity of the news. Even the coffee money is paid separately, which can be said to be very loose.
Since it is an organization, you must have a name, even if it is loose, you must have one.
Viviano originally wanted to call this agent organization "Avengers", which means revenge on super agents like Raiola, because Raiola destroyed market rules and destroyed the relationship between agents and clubs. His domineering behaviors also caused public opinion plans and made agents stigmatized. Now when people mention players' agents, the impression of "vampire maggots" will appear in their minds, which is very unfavorable to the development of agents.
But others did not agree with such a second-rate name, and they all thought it was too shameful, so in the end the organization was called the "Agent Round Table" because the coffee table happened to be round...
Viviano criticized this unique name, but in the vote, the "Avengers" he proposed was defeated by a huge score of 1:6 to the "Agent Roundtable". Even if he was the founder of the organization, he could not disobey the public opinion and could only accept the name in a frustration.
There was no valuable information to share and exchange at today's roundtable, so everyone soon started talking about leisure.
"Oh, it's so unlucky!" Niccol Togliano sighed, as if he was worried, and his appearance immediately attracted everyone's interest.
"What's wrong, Nicollo? Have you encountered any unlucky things?"
At first, she was quite concerned tone, but when Viviano joined the topic, the style changed: "Yes, yes, say it out quickly and make us happy!"
"Ha ha!"
Amid the laughter, Togliano glared at Viviano.
"I originally wanted to contact the Chinese genius of Sampdoria, but I was taken first by that bastard Raiola!" said Nicolo Togliano, a agent from Genoa.
"That Gao? Nicollo, are you thinking too much? Even if Raiola is not there, why should people fall in love with you? You should know that Andre has discovered him much earlier than you, and he was rejected differently?"
Someone looked at Andre Viviano.
What he said was an old story as early as when Gao Zheng was playing for the A-Milan Youth Team, Viviano had already contacted Gao Zheng, hoping to become Gao Zheng's agent, but Gao Zheng was simply rejected by Gao Zheng at that time.
Viviano's expression was very serious under the gaze of everyone: "That fat man has become a high agent?"
"It shouldn't be there. The media reports that both sides just had contact... But since they had contacted each other, is there any suspense? How many players can refuse to recruit Italy's largest agent? As far as I know, many agents who have an idea with me have retreated because of this news..."
"Since you are not sure, you shouldn't give up. Are you all scared by that fat man?" said Viviano.
"Hey, Andre, don't talk nonsense. I'm not scared to death, but I'm unwilling to do useless work, wasting money and energy but making stepping stones for Raiola, so I won't do it." Togliano said dissatisfiedly.
"That's right, maybe in the end, Raiola would laugh at him and say that he would be overestimated..." Others also helped Toliano speak.
But Viviano stared into Togliano's eyes: "Nicolo, are you sure you don't have the idea of high?"
"what?"
"If you're sure, I'll go find high."
"You're crazy, Andre?" Everyone else exclaimed this time. "That's Raiola!"
"That's why I call us the Avengers." After saying that, Viviano drank the coffee on the table in one go, then put the cup back on the table, got up and left the seat.
"Sorry, I'll go back."
Looking at his whirlwind-leaving back, the group of people had not yet reacted.
"This...hasn't he rejected by Gao once? Why did he still go?"
"Why can't he get along with Raiola?"
The best relationship with Viviano in the crowd, Fabio Adobatti, an old friend of many years, sighed: "Because he had a star of hope that was forced to poach by Raiola... That player was discovered by Andre from the youth team of the young team. He devoted almost all his efforts to that person, creating the best conditions for him, and was like his own son. But just after this player became a little famous, Raiola came smelling the smell, promised the player a very attractive future, and encouraged the player to kick Andre off..."
"What happened later? What about that genius later?" someone asked curiously.
"After Raiola's frequent transfers and job-changing, he couldn't play so seriously. His condition plummeted, and no team wanted him at all. After seeing that he could no longer squeeze out the oil and water, Raiola abandoned him. He retired at the age of 26. When Andre heard the news, he told me that if it weren't for Raiola, the child would have had a brilliant career and could become an international player..."
Adobatti could still remember Viviano's words to him at that time, just as a father heard the bad news of his son's death, his face full of tears but he himself did not notice it.
"Uh..." The person who followed up was a little embarrassed.
"Why have we never heard Andre say it?"
"Who would like to dig up the scar every day and let people see it?" Adobati said nothing.
After a long silence, someone finally sighed: "No wonder Andre wants to call our organization 'Avengers'... He is trying to seek revenge on Raiola."
"But... I honestly sympathize with Andre's experience, but I still want to say that Raiola is not that easy to defeat. What he is best at is being so sensible and inspiring. Young players who are unfamiliar with the world really easily touch his words. Maybe Gao has become a player under Raiola, but the media has not reported it yet..."
"Maybe, but it is also possible that the two sides have not reached an agreement yet. As Andre said, as long as it is not confirmed, you should not give up."
"I think we should help Andre." Adobatti said suddenly.
"How to help?" Everyone looked at him.
"Nicolo, you are Genoa, Genoa is your territory. Can you share all the information you have collected about Gao with Andre?"
"It's absolutely fine." Nicolo Togliano nodded without hesitation.
Adobati looked at the other person: "Marco, I remember that you and Migurigurigure had only had contact with Gao, and the two sides did not reach any agreement. In other words, Gao is still not a player of Raiola now, so you still have a chance, Andre." Marco Tula also stood up and said.
"You..." How could Viviano not understand what everyone meant at this time?
Adobatti said to him: "Come on, Andre, we all want to see you slap that fat man hard!"
Viviano is happy: “So can our organization be called the Avengers now?”
"That won't work. I think the name 'Agent Round Table Club' is pretty good." Adobatti said with a smile, shaking his head, and at the same time opened the door of the rear seat for Viviano, "Let's go, big agent, good luck!"
Chapter completed!