Gao Shen still clearly remembers when he was in junih school, a female cssmate wrote in her essay: "Between people, it is a retionship of using and being used."

  When the ese teacher, who was also the css teacher, read this essay, she was shocked ahat the female cssmate had seen through the world too thhly, which wasn't a good thing.

  It was the te ies.

  At the time, Gao Shen didn't agree with that statement. Like most of his cssmates, he felt that this kind of thinking was terrifying.

  But ter, after leaving school aering society, he started to realize that, in fact, the female cssmate was right.

  Now, he has discovered that the whole world is like this.

  a is a society based on personal retionships, and European and Ameri tries are works based on social retionships. In essehey are the same thing.

  Just like how Secco could be Juventus' sp director.

  Talking about using and being used doesn't sound pleasant, literally. It should be called an exge of is.

  In the workpce, the so-called work is actually an exge of is, which is the stro retionship in the workpce.

  …

  De Laurentiis is like a businessman with the word "shrewd" written all over his forehead.

  This doesn't mean he is stingy. On the trary, he will spend money and is willing to do so, but he is always focused ourn on iment.

  Including his ear effort this time tao Shen to coa o put it pinly, it's because Gao Shen is hht now. He is a double champion coach, a young coach highly regarded by Sacchi, Valdano, and others. His football philosophy is very advanced, and the secutive defeats of A and Juventus in the Champions League are the best proof.

  But at the same time, De Laurentiis has to pay a corresponding pri exge.

  Although it was only their third meeting, Gao Shehat De Laurentiis and Martin were not the same kind of person. He looked rough, but in fact, he had a very shrewd pn in his heart. He always knew what he wanted, what he could do, and what he couldn't do. He was clear about it.

  W with such a person may not st long, but at least you don't have to worry about him holding you back.

  Of course, don't expect this kind of person to have any feelings for you. Once y him down, he will fire you immediately.

  This is a very realistic, but also very strong partnership.

  From one of De Laurentiis' proposed cuses, Gao Shen could uand the Naples boss's positioning of the team.

  He hopes that the high sary package could include a penalty meism.

  What does that mean?

  Currently, most head coach saries sist of an annual sary plus bonuses, acc to the tract, both of which fluctuate based on performance.

  But the big boss in Naples is not going the usual route; he wants to add one more thing.

  That is a fine.

  Not for results, but for transfer signings.

  Acc to De Laurentiis, he is willing to grant Gao Shen transfer rights, but he will evaluate the value of the pyers brought in by Gao Shen each season. If the pyer's value doesn't appreciate, and the differeween the pyer's value and the transfer price reaches a certain level, he will fine Gao Shen to pensate for the club's loss.

  As for evaluating a pyer's worth, there are already many institutions in European football that specialize in this, but most of them are paid services and are morous, with generally little deviation.

  Of course, this is a valuation assessment, which is different from the transfer price, which purely depends on market supply and demand and pyer tracts.

  De Laurentiis' logic is that he is willing to i money ieam to operate the transfers acc to Gao Shen's wishes, and he is also willing to grant Gao Shen transfer rights, but he wants to see the returns, so he hopes the pyers Gao Shen buys appreciate.

  For pyers to appreciate in value, the team's performance must be good, and the pyers' performances must be outstanding. Gao Shen must be careful when choosing and managing pyers.

  Everyone knows that transfers in European football are very risky. If De Laurentiis wants to give Gao Shen partial transfer rights, he will naturally limit them. Now, he is very cleverly using a fio limit Gao Shen.

  Want to avoid fines?

  Yes, the pyers' value must rise.

  When pyers are worth more, the team has good results, the pyers perform well, and selling them als profits. At the same time, this limit Gao Shen's transfer rights to prevent them from getting out of trol.

  Oher hand, Marino is still responsible for the specifiegotiations and operations for the pyers that Gao Shen wants.

  Through this meism, De Laurentiis maximizes his is.

  …

  When Gao Shen saw this cuse, he really didn't know whether to ugh or cry.

  Should he marvel at De Laurentiis' imagination? Or criticize him as a stingy capitalist?

  If the same tract were given to other head coaches, it's likely that no one would dare to sign it, or they would give up the transfer rights, because the risk is too high.

  Who guarahat the pyers they bring in will perform well? Or are sure to be talented?

  But unfortunately, Gao Shen has no s in this regard.

  However, he still frowned, lookiroubled.

  "This is the first time I've seen such a cuse; I…" Gao Shen shook his head with a "wry smile," as if to say, how could I possibly sign a tract like this?

  When De Laurentiis saw Gao Shen's expression, a hint of ing fshed in his eyes, but his face showed a look of helplessness.

  "Gao, I hope you uand. Actually, I don't want to do this either. Although we trust you, we really have no other choice."

  Gao Shely ughed in his heart. Yeah, right, I totally believe you.

  In fact, De Laurentiis treats running a football team as a business.

  Si is a business, he must i money in the early stages. His positioning of Napoli has never been to be a top giant. Essentially, he still wants to run it like Udinese, buying low and selling high, so he decided on this cuse.

  But this is nothing to Gao Shen.

  When he pyed FM (Football Manager), wasn't this what he always did?

  "Actually, I don't oppose your terms," Gao Shen said calmly.

  Both De Laurentiis and Marino were a bit surprised, but then Gao Shen ged the versation.

  "However, with rights e obligations. Sihere's a penalty meism, there should also be a reward meism. If a pyer's value drops, I get penalized. What if the pyer's value rises?"

  De Laurentiis and Marino looked at each other.

  Isn't that reasonable?

  The essence of a tract is reciprocity. Sihere is a penalty, there must also be a reward.

  "Yes, sihere is a penalty cuse, there should be a reward cuse as well. That makes sense. As long as a pyer's value increases, the club will provide additional rewards," De Laurentiis, showing some boldness, immediately agreed.

  But Gao Shen still shook his head, "Additionally, I request that when a pyer is sold, a pertage of the differen the transfer fee should go to me."

  Si was De Laurentiis who proposed this business arra, there was o hide his iions.

  What to say?

  Following De Laurentiis' logic, Gao Shen's request isn't too much.

  Oh, so if the value of the pyers I bring in falls, I get fined, but if it rises, I get nothing? Is that fair?

  "How much do you want?" Marino pushed his gsses up the bridge of his nose, realizing that the young man in front of him was quite the fox.

  Just like his own boss.

  "Thirty pert of the difference."

  "The differeer dedug various costs and expenses?"

  "Based on the tract price," Gao Shen shook his head.

  If costs and expenses are deducted, then the club could manipute things to make the difference zero or close to zero.

  Therefore, without sidering these, Gao Shen insists oransfer fee, which is based on the tract price.

  "We only offer 10% at most," De Laurentiis said.

  Gao Shen shook his head, "Think about it: with the current situation in Serie A, even if Napoli are promoted to Serie A, how much a pyer's value rise? What's 10% going to amount to?"

  The current transfer fees are actually not that high. Even those rich clubs who spend vishly cap their spending at 20 million euros. For mid-to-lower Serie A teams, the mainstream fees are often under 10 million, with 5 million euros sidered high.

  Take Caiò, for example.

  Is he useful?

  He performs well in Serie C, but he was bought for 3.6 million euros. Now what?

  His estimated value is at most less than two million euros.

  Is it because he didn't perform well?

  No, but Napoli was in Serie C before.

  Even if Napoli performs well in Serie B this season and he wins the top scorer, how high his value go?

  More than five million euros? No Serie A team would buy him.

  Unless he is a genius.

  "But where do so many geniuses e from? If Caiò is a genius, how did he end up pying for Napoli?"

  De Laurentiis gritted his teeth, surprised by Gao Shen's teroffer to increase the reward cuse. "At most 20%, no more." Marino smiled bitterly, thinking that his boss's efforts to limit Gao Shen's power had backfired, and they had iently offered a reward meism.

  Marino couldn't figure out what they had lost in the iation, but De Laurentiis calcuted that if Gao Shen could lead Napoli to Serie A, he would make a lot of money.

  "Okay, but the tract sts for three years and is signed once a year," Gao Shen said, satisfied with the 20% offer. De Laurentiis hesitated, sulted with Marino, and agreed.

  From Napoli's perspective, signing Gao Shen, the young double-ed coach, seemed like a good deal. But iy, De Laurentiis wouldn't lose money on this trad might even make a big profit.

  Gao Shen's ability to scout top pyers was a signifit advantage. However, Gao Shen wouldn't pay for pyers signed by De Laurentiis and Marino, who were rumored to be trying to poach Paul avaro, the younger brother of the renowned avaro and Parma's main defender. Gao Shen was unsure if avaro was suitable for the team.