Chapter 465: Too many goals, Barcelona can't handle it!
When Su Dong arrived at the private room of the Chinese restaurant in the center of Barcelona, Wang Chuqing, Mendes and Ma Dawei had been waiting for a while. When they saw Su Dong coming in, they all stood up.
"We'll talk about the other things later, just take this first."
As soon as they met, Su Dong handed out three envelopes, one to Mendes, one to Ma Dawei and one to Wang Chuqing.
"Me too?" Wang Chuqing was a little surprised.
She wore a black OL suit today, with a white shirt inside, which made her look particularly intellectual and outlined her beautiful figure. Coupled with her height, she was really lethal.
"Not many, just five. You can give them to your classmates or friends." Su Dong said with a smile.
Wang Chuqing was very surprised. Now scalpers are selling tickets for the Champions League final for three to four thousand euros, and these five tickets are nearly twenty thousand euros. Su Dong's gift can be considered a generous one.
Mendes and Ma Dawei also each had an envelope containing tickets for the Champions League final.
But unlike Wang Chuqing, they are either Su Dong’s agents or Su Dong’s employees, and they usually have some exchanges to make, such as giving gifts to sponsors or partners.
Although the Soviet Union has reached the Champions League final for three consecutive seasons, for the outside world, a ticket to the Champions League final is quite precious, especially for a focus match like Barcelona vs. Chelsea.
Both teams can be said to have the strongest lineups in European football at the moment.
"Where did you get so many tickets?" Mendes asked with a smile.
Although the team reached the Champions League final, the number of tickets allocated to each player is limited. It is impossible for the players to get as many tickets as they want. Wouldn't that make the club a mess? In many cases, even the players themselves have difficulty buying tickets because the ticket supply is very tight.
"I called Soriano to get it."
Soriano is the vice president of Barcelona in charge of finances. He is not a direct subordinate of Laporta, but he is a professional talent. He does not have much say in the club, but after several contacts, he can still say a few words to Su Dong.
Going to Soriano to get the tickets would be the right choice.
Of course, this kind of thing can't be done too often. Just look for her during the Champions League final. After all, Su Dong is also working hard here. Coming once in a while can actually enhance some feelings. But if he does this on weekdays, it will definitely be annoying.
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"Tell me, how's it going?"
After the restaurant waiter served the dishes, closed the door and left, Su Dong asked while eating.
There was only one reason why Mendes and the other two appeared in Barcelona at the same time, and that was to talk to the Barcelona management about Su Dong's contract renewal, which was initiated by Barcelona.
It’s interesting to say, the contract was just renewed last year and is about to be renewed again this year.
It can only be said that Su Dong is climbing up one step every year, forcing the Barcelona management to pay attention.
Another part of the reason is that Laporta felt pressure from opposition on the board.
Rosell did not show up in person, but he has people on the Barcelona board, and they are plotting to impeach the president, so now Laporta is desperately trying to gain points from the fans in the hope of consolidating his ruling foundation.
Renewing the contract with Su Dong again is to make a clear attitude and tell all Barcelona fans that the club's achievements today are all due to his leadership, especially the introduction of Su Dong, whom he strongly advocated! Su Dong is also happy to see this happen.
It's impossible that Barcelona would take the initiative to ask him to renew his contract and increase his salary, but he would still be unwilling, right?
"They hope to complete the contract extension negotiations as soon as possible and strive to sign it before June. In terms of annual salary, they are willing to offer an annual salary of 12 million euros after tax, but they need to renegotiate on bonuses."
As soon as Mendes finished speaking, Ma Dawei couldn't help but laugh happily.
"What's going on?" Su Dong felt a little strange.
"Don't you know?" Ma Dawei was surprised.
"Know what?" Su Dong was confused.
"It's like this." Mendes explained with a smile, "The reason why Barcelona wants to renegotiate the bonus terms is mainly because you have received too much bonus in the past two seasons, especially this season."
Su Dong didn't quite understand what he heard, but he vaguely guessed, "You mean, Barcelona is in a hurry to renew the contract. In addition to the election, another reason is that I got too much bonus?"
Mendes nodded. "Remember? When we were talking about the contract renewal with Barcelona, we negotiated the bonus clauses, but Laporta and others didn't pay much attention to it. For example, your appearance fee is 50,000 euros, your goal bonus is 70,000 euros, and there are also winning bonuses, championship bonuses, and getting the best player of the game, the best player of the month, being selected into the best team of the season, winning the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or... and so on. All of these have bonuses."
Su Dong nodded somewhat dazedly.
He knew there was a bonus clause in the contract, as did almost all professional players.
The annual salary is only part of the contract, or the bulk of it, but there are a series of other rewards, such as the appearance fee and signing fee that everyone has. The latter is a one-time fee, while the former is money you can get for every appearance. The only difference is whether you get it monthly or after each game. Su Dong's appearance fee is the same for starting and substitute players, but some are different.
I even heard that some players are divided more finely, for example, the Champions League appearance fee and the league appearance fee are different.
For fans, this may just be a number, but for players, it is money, easily thousands or even tens of thousands of euros. For Su Dong, the appearance fee for a game is 50,000 euros.
At that time, compared with the annual salary of nearly 10 million after tax, it was indeed nothing.
"Have you ever counted how much bonus you have received this season?" Mendes asked with a smile.
Su Dong frowned and shook his head, "I haven't calculated it. Didn't you check it for me?"
Mendes smiled slightly. "When Barcelona negotiated the contract with us, like everyone else, we thought the bonus clause was a small part, so we didn't pay much attention to it. Last season, it was not small, but it wasn't too much. But this season is different. We have to fight on three fronts, plus the Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup."
"According to the contract, goals and assists are paid the same, so strictly speaking, you can get 8 million euros in bonuses just for goals and assists this year, plus appearance fees, winning bonuses, various best bonuses, and bonuses for the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, etc...."
Mendes didn't finish his words, but Su Dong was already very surprised.
Ma Dawei and Wang Chuqing were also shocked, especially when they just heard the news.
"I guess you are the first, and perhaps the only, player in European football who gets more bonuses than his annual salary. Even a giant club like Barcelona can't afford it." Mendes shook his head with a wry smile.
Su Dong was speechless. He had never calculated it carefully. It was the accountant of Mendes Company who helped with the calculation.
Although his salary card was in his own hands, he never cared about how much money was in it. He would just swipe it when he needed to spend money, or transfer money to his parents. He basically didn't care about these things at other times.
It was also at this time that Su Dong realized that he was so rich.
"I really didn't mean it." Su Dong smiled bitterly.
He played many more games this year than last season, such as the Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup and Club World Cup, and scored more goals, so naturally his bonus also increased.
The other bonuses are real bonuses, but Su Dong’s bonus is more than his annual salary, which is a bit too much.
No wonder Barcelona can’t bear it and is eager to renew and renegotiate the contract.
"So how are they going to talk?" Su Dong asked with concern.
"I have expressed my opinion that we cannot suffer any loss, but they still hope to integrate the bonuses and change them to comprehensive considerations, such as rewarding according to stage-by-stage performance, such as how many goals and assists are achieved, and giving a one-time bonus of a certain amount."
To be frank, I still hope that Su Dong will continue to score goals, but the goal bonus will be reduced.
"To be honest, let alone Barcelona, I guess all the giants in European football have never encountered someone like you before. If every striker scored goals like you, the giants in Europe would go bankrupt." Ma Dawei said with a smile.
To a certain extent, the more bonus given to Su Dong, the better Barcelona's performance will be.
But one thing is that better results do not mean higher profits for Barcelona, such as in La Liga and the King's Cup.
So much so that Barcelona can no longer bear it and can't withstand Su Dong's continuous scoring.
There were more than 30 goals before, but now there are more than 50 goals at once. The bonus for a single season is 8 million euros. Who can afford it?
You know, Ronaldinho's annual salary is only 8 million euros.
This is simply outrageous!
If Barcelona's management does not pull back from the brink at this point, then their reaction would be too slow indeed.
Su Dong himself found it funny. He didn't expect that even though he kept scoring goals, he still had this problem?
Would Laporta and others think that they were trying so hard to score goals just to get bonuses? In any case, Su Dong would not care about these things.
Su Dong handed the contract matters over to Mendes, Wang Chuqing and Ma Dawei. Wang Chuqing mainly served as a legal advisor, and there would be special lawyers to take charge of the specific matters.
As for Su Dong, he is more focused on games and training.
"Don't worry, even if the bonus terms are really changed, I will definitely not let you suffer any loss."
Mendes is still very confident in negotiations.
"According to the information I have received, Shevchenko has basically decided to transfer to Chelsea. Abramovich is willing to offer him an annual salary of 10 million euros, which is about a little over 120,000 pounds a week. This will be higher than yours, and I intend to use this as a reference for negotiations. I think Barcelona's 12 million euros is still too little."
He and Su Dong share a common interest. Ten percent of what Su Dong earns belongs to him, so the higher the salary he negotiates, the more he gets.
Su Dong was still very reassured about this.
(End of this chapter)
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