How Mendes dealt with Ferguson’s reprimands, Chen Ran didn’t know, nor did he care.
He made 11 million euros; taking the heat was something he ought to shoulder.
But what Chen Ran never expected was that his sniping of C.
Ronaldo hadn’t just earned him the hatred of Ferguson.
Arsenal Club, Wenger’s office.
“Is your information accurate?” “Boss, 100% accurate.
I heard Ferguson lost his temper last night and called Ronaldo’s agent, Mendes, over.
When Mendes came out, there was a bruise on his forehead, like he was hit by something.” “Got it.”
Hanging up the phone, Wenger sneered: “You wanted to hijack the person I had my eye on, but you were preempted by someone else.
It seems God is fair after all.”
Sitting blankly in his chair for a while, Wenger sighed, stood up, and opened his filing cabinet.
He opened the drawer labeled “Cristiano Ronaldo,” took out the full stack of documents inside, and flipped through them one by one.
After a long time, a low whisper came from the quiet room.
“Chen Ran, I’ll remember you!”
At Liverpool Club, manager Gérard Houllier was eating lunch with assistant manager Phil Thompson, with the sports news playing on the restaurant TV as usual.
Suddenly, a piece of transfer news caught their attention.
“According to an official announcement from Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon club, the club’s 18-year-old player Cristiano Ronaldo has officially transferred to the English Championship team Crystal Palace for a fee of 10 million euros.”
“What’s going on?
Who can tell me exactly what happened?!” Houllier stood up abruptly and roared.
The player they had been tracking was snatched away, and he hadn’t received any prior notice.
What were the scouts responsible for tracking C.
Ronaldo doing?
This was a severe dereliction of duty!
Just as the furious Houllier was about to hold them accountable, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then collapsed.
“Boss!
Boss!
Call the medic, quickly!” Thompson was terrified and rushed forward, hugging Houllier’s body and shouting desperately for help.
Houllier had always had heart problems, but he never expected that Chen Ran would cause another attack.
During the days Chen Ran was away from the UK, the heat around him hadn’t diminished in the slightest.
First, the paparazzi chased Cheryl every day asking about their relationship.
After finally getting a moment of peace, it was suddenly exposed that Crystal Palace spent heavily to sign an 18-year-old Portuguese youngster.
“What boldness!
That Chinese man used one-third of his loan to buy a kid.” “Extravagant!
Too extravagant!
Are all Chinese people this free-spending?” “Shocking, Crystal Palace successfully signs Ronaldo!
Oh, wait, it’s not the Brazilian Ronaldo.
Mr.
Chen, did you get the wrong person?” “God-tier operation: that Chinese man used 10 million euros to buy an 18-year-old kid.” “Regardless, I strongly recommend fans to pay attention to Crystal Palace’s matches next season; it will definitely be very interesting.”
In the UK right now, if you didn’t know who Chen Ran was, you’d be embarrassed to call yourself a fan.
Fortunately, Chen Ran and Mendes had signed a non-disclosure agreement.
If the media knew he paid Mendes 11 million euros in commission, the sky would have blown up.
Soon, the inside story of Chen Ran bringing in C.
Ronaldo was continuously disclosed.
How could the media let go of such hot news?
They dug deep, dug to the bone.
Therefore, many previously unknown details were dug up one by one by interested parties.
“Could this Portuguese Ronaldo also be a genius?” “Inside news: This Ronaldo was actually targeted by Man Utd, Arsenal, and Liverpool long ago.” “Crystal Palace successfully snatches a player from Man Utd, Arsenal, and Liverpool!” “Chen Ran battles Ferguson, Wenger, and Houllier!” “Transfer market: Championship team Crystal Palace defeats the Premier League’s Big Three!” “According to reliable sources, Arsenal tracked Ronaldo for a long time; Coach Wenger has a whole drawer full of relevant data.” “A mysterious source revealed that after Ronaldo’s transfer to Crystal Palace, Sir Alex Ferguson was furious and smashed a cup against Ronaldo’s agent’s forehead.” “Latest news: Liverpool manager Houllier suffered a heart attack and was sent to the hospital; it is said this was caused by seeing the news of Ronaldo’s transfer.”
No one anticipated that a transfer by a small Championship team, Crystal Palace, would actually drag three Premier League giants into the mud.
Of the managers of the three giants, one closed his doors to visitors, one became suspected of assault, and the other simply ended up in the hospital.
The massive twist in the plot was full of dramatic tension, making the British public who loved gossip watch with immense satisfaction.
The sales of tabloids that loved reporting on Chen Ran, like The Sun, shot up like a rocket.
Where there is cash, there is motivation; these media outlets were no longer satisfied with scratching the surface.
Learning that Chen Ran was still in Portugal, they dispatched reporters in droves, intending to catch him alive.
All these farces happening in the UK were reported to Chen Ran in full detail by Stephen.
Coupled with Cheryl talking about the envy, jealousy, and hatred of the other girls in her group during their daily phone calls, Chen Ran couldn’t help but feel a bit smug.
The brother may not be in the martial world, but the martial world is full of his legends.
However, he couldn’t let those British media catch him.
Those guys were like superglue; once they stuck, he wouldn’t be able to shake them off.
He had to leave Portugal immediately.
The reason Chen Ran was still lingering in Portugal was partly to handle the wrap-up of C.
Ronaldo’s transfer, and partly to buy someone else along the way.
As a future pillar for over a decade, Chen Ran naturally wanted to build a good relationship with C.
Ronaldo.
The young man was truly handsome, almost giving the esteemed readers a run for their money.
In his past life, although there was always debate about whether C.
Ronaldo or Messi was stronger, in terms of commercial value, C.
Ronaldo firmly held the upper hand.
Nothing could be done about it; beauty is justice, past and present, at home and abroad—no one can escape this rule.
Fortunately, C.
Ronaldo was only 18 now and relatively easy to persuade.
As long as Mendes was handled, everything else would be easy.
Thus, Chen Ran smoothly secured C.
Ronaldo’s image rights.
Of course, getting Mendes to nod wasn’t without cost.
Chen Ran shelled out another 1 million euros to buy shares in Mendes’s agency, formally forming a strategic partnership with him.
Both sides were very satisfied with this.
Mendes currently only had some power in Portuguese football; he was far from the top boss who would dominate world football later.
Portugal was too small; he wanted to use Chen Ran’s line to break into the UK market.
And Chen Ran knew Mendes’s future achievements; his agency would be one of the top football agencies in the world.
Therefore, even setting aside their collaboration on transfers, purely from an investment perspective, this 1 million euros was guaranteed profit.
For example, right now, through Mendes pulling strings, Chen Ran used 1.5 million euros to buy a defender from Portuguese club Marítimo: Képler Laveran de Lima Ferreira (Pepe).
(END CHAPTER)