Becoming a football god from Arsenal

Chapter 250 The documentary is on! Who says this guy is bad? This is great! Maher Company is established!

June 9, London.

Maher wore sunglasses and drove a Ferrari to the "Football Record" company to attend the premiere of the "France European Cup Championship Documentary."

Different from the previous column model, in pursuit of higher popularity, playback volume, influence and revenue, Football Records sold the copyright of the documentary to TV stations and broadcasting platforms around the world.

"The process of comparing prices and negotiating took a long time. In fact, we finished editing the documentary around July 7, but it has not been officially broadcast until now."

Peter, the newspaper owner, sat next to Maher with a happy look on his face. He was happy to see the documentary and to see Maher.

As Maher's worth grew and his daily life became busier, they saw Maher less and less often.

Naturally, I had a lot to say during this meeting, and I was also able to recall the days when I worked with international superstars, and felt proud and satisfied.

"There are too many buyers, and many authoritative companies are even trying to buy global agency rights by various means of threats and oppression."

When talking about this, Peter's eyes showed some difficulty, as if the pressure from the past period was still fresh in his mind. "But we survived and finally sold to 23 stores covering 132 countries.

"The final revenue was £2830 million, which is definitely an excellent figure for similar documentaries."

Peter's face was filled with smiles and joy again, "You could say this is also related to you winning the UEFA Best Award some time ago.

“A lot of the prices were determined after that, and we specifically waited until after the awards ceremony.”

"Ha ha."

Maher laughed with Peter when he heard this and sighed, "Mendez often waits, I didn't expect you guys would do that too."

"of course."

Peter smiled and nodded. "If you work with Maher, you have to learn this because Maher always gets everything."

"Haha!" The laughter of the two spread throughout the premiere venue, attracting many other employees of the company to cast their smiling glances.

Emilia was sitting next to them, and she took this opportunity to carefully examine Mael's profile for a few times, a very special haziness slowly revealing in her eyes.

To be honest, she looked forward to meeting Maher every time and would dress up specially every time.

Although she knew that there was a high probability that nothing would happen between her and Maher, she couldn't help but want to leave a better impression on the young superstar every time and make him pay more attention to her.

On the one hand, she was impressed by Maher's personal charm, including his appearance, personality, and success in football, which brought him power, money and fame.

On the other hand, she has always felt gratitude and admiration for Mahel in her heart.

After leaving Sky Sports, she thought her life would hit a low point, but she unexpectedly found a new life in a small new company, and even became a partner and a social media influencer.

Emilia knew very well who had brought her everything she has now, and therefore, she subconsciously wanted to be closer to the dazzling person in her heart.

"Thump. Thump.!"

At this time, the 'French Team's Winning Record' broadcast by the BBC began to play, and a countdown appeared on the TV screen, and soon counted down to the last number.

"Yeahhh!!"

Emilia raised her eyes to look at the big screen, and first saw the moment when Mahel stood in the center and held up the Delaunay Cup. That was the beginning of the documentary.

Everyone at the scene stopped talking and other actions at this moment, looked up and watched carefully.

Even though many of them had participated in editing before and had watched the original film several times, they still never tired of watching this important documentary made by their own company and the highlight moments of the company's boss.

"come on.!"

"I'm optimistic about your success!"

"5 goals!"

After that, the screen went black, and then a scene appeared of Maher having dinner at home before leaving for the European Cup. Many people went there that day, and they also sent their best wishes to Maher.
Maher at that time looked a little different from now. Without the European championship and two super records, he seemed more approachable.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he is unapproachable now, but it just means the temperament and feeling he gives people when viewed with the naked eye.

The following scenes are mostly mixed cuts of the French team training, eating, and talking. It can be noticed that few people mentioned the word "champion". At most, they just talked about striving for good results.

"Bang!!"

It was not until the 12th minute of the documentary that the main feature began, when Maher scored a violent long-range shot through the England team's goal, starting his journey of conquest.

"Gooaaallll!! Super long-range shot! This is the popular Premier League star Maher!!
"Unbelievable! Can you imagine?! The French team, which was just on the brink of the cliff, killed the game with a beautiful and quick counterattack after the penalty kick!

"What kind of game plot is this? You will never experience this kind of thrill anywhere else!"

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"It's still Maher, a world-class long-range shot! He fired in a row! I guarantee that he has something different under his feet than others, look at the quality of this ball!

"Penalty scored! We may say goodbye to Shevchenko! And the French team will get its second victory!"

"With 6 points, they have almost secured first place in the group and advanced!"

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After the first two group matches, it can be seen that in the French team's locker room and on the dining table, there are sometimes analyses of potential competitors and predictions of winning or losing odds.

At this time, the atmosphere was different from when they first started the European Cup.

Although the team members seldom mentioned the championship, they clearly had a special energy and drive!

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"In this case, France lost the last game of the group stage. We also noticed that some unpleasantness broke out in their team and Benzema caused some disturbances.

"But I must say that Maher's performance is as stable as ever. He scored another goal today, and his total number of goals in the European Cup has reached 1!
"This kind of performance makes us expect that he will win the European Cup Golden Boot at the age of 18, and even get closer to his predecessor Platini!"

After the relaxation of the first two scenes, the documentary suddenly changed at this moment, and the overall filter was changed to a gray tone, as if they were shrouded in haze.

This was indeed the situation at the time. The crew of "Football Records" could feel it and was able to restore it in the editing.

Then comes the quarterfinals, the match against Italy, which is generally regarded as the most stressful match for the French team.

“Giroud!!”

When Maher assisted Giroud to score, the tone of the documentary suddenly brightened again, as if light was shining on everyone on the French team, indicating that they will overcome the difficulties.

"Mael! 6th goal.!! He continues to move towards Platini's record!!

"Italy is down! France has secured the last spot in the semi-finals and will play against Germany in the next game!

"Maher has burned up all his fuel. His back as he slides on his knees gives people a very tired feeling, but he is also full of honors as a football fighter!"

After that day, everything turned around and the French players also talked about the championship in their daily lives.

It seems that they are really not far from the final destination!

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"Ohhh.!! Hat trick!! Platini's record of 9 goals has been tied. Will Maher score the 10th goal in the final?!"

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"Magician! A top magician! Maher scored his 11th goal in a single European Cup tournament! He defeated Spain and won everything. A new king was born on this field!!

"France is the champion!!"

At the very end, the documentary stops at the scene where Mahel and Isabella embrace and kiss passionately in the Warsaw National Stadium. He wears the gold medal and looks like he owns the world.

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After the screen went black, everyone at the scene stood up with a smile as if they had just woken up from a dream, took a deep breath, raised their hands, and applauded towards Mahel.

"Bah bang bang!!"

Maher also stood up and clapped his hands excitedly. In the past 45 minutes, he seemed to be back in Poland and Ukraine, back to that stadium.

In terms of production, this documentary is absolutely top-notch.

This is also related to the French team's experience along the way and the ups and downs in the game, and to his many records and outstanding personal achievements. With such a plot, it is difficult to make a movie look ugly.

In other ways, this documentary has special meaning to him.

It records his best years, his most glorious moments, and leaves him with a precious memory.

Maher said with emotion: "It's a very good production. I hope the new Premier League documentary will be the same. I also hope we can bring good material through our own performance."

"Good documentary material is like a good movie, the process is bound to be full of twists and turns. Does Mr. Maher want to encounter these in the new season?" someone asked with a smile.

"Actually I don't want to."

Maher shook his head and smiled: "I have been working hard to improve myself, so that I can perform better and win more smoothly.

"But I'm not afraid of these things. If I encounter them, I'll just treat them with a normal attitude, because there really is no such thing as a smooth road."

After chatting with the employees for a while, he followed Peter and Emilia to the office to observe the data of the two main columns.

"The number of subscribers to the Arsenal column has exceeded 30, and yours will soon exceed this mark."

Peter said with a smile on his face, "This year, our goal is to have more than 100 million subscribers for our two columns. By then, our revenue from this will exceed 1500 million pounds."

"So confident?" Maer looked at him with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that some people will cancel their subscriptions and the number of users will drop?"

Peter laughed and shook his head, saying, "To be honest, I don't think about these aspects at all. I know that you and Arsenal are still in the rising stage of your careers, and you will become better.

"Based on previous experience, my guess is relatively conservative. In fact, we may get more."

Maher nodded, turned around and looked at Emilia, who was smiling and well-behaved, and couldn't help but say, "You are beautiful again, Emilia. I see that you have over 100 million followers on Twitter. That's great."

"It's all thanks to the newspaper, and to you." Emilia lowered her head and smiled shyly, which was obviously different from her state when she first met Mael.

Maher looked away and asked the two with a satisfied look on his face, "Are you ready to move to the new office space? A new life is about to begin."

All kinds of transfer formalities have been processed to the final moment, and 'Mael Company' is about to be established.

He rented a secluded two-story villa to use as the new office space for all his companies.

It’s not that I like the sense of ceremony, but it’s mainly because it’s easier for communication and management when these companies are together, and sometimes they also need to speak with one voice.

"Of course I'm ready."

Emilia chuckled and replied, "Everyone in the company is willing to move to a better and more comfortable place to work. We have also started to buy some small accessories and are waiting to decorate the new base."

"Haha." Maher laughed. "I believe you will make it a cozy place. I hope we can start a great cooperation for both of us."

"Yes." Peter and Emilia said together. They were looking forward to their new life.

Maher drank a few cups of tea in the office, chatted with the two for a while, and then set off on his way home, waiting for the company to be officially established.

On September 9, Arsenal played at the Emirates Stadium in the fourth round of the new Premier League season. Their opponent was the newly promoted Southampton.

Arsenal, who even Liverpool and other teams couldn't do anything to, certainly won't have any psychological pressure facing a team of this level.

Wenger fielded a rotation lineup, allowing many players who usually cannot start to play and test their strength.

"Four-two-three-one, this is a formation that Wenger has rarely tried this season, but let's see the effect when it lands on the field!
"The goalkeeper is Szczesny, the centre-backs are Vermaelen and Mertesacker, the left-back is Gibbs and the right-back is Jenkinson.

"The two defensive midfielders are Gilbert and Arteta. The former played well at Sheffield United last season. This is his first start in a regular match for Arsenal!

"Three attacking midfielders up front, Cazorla in the middle, Walcott on the right and Oxlade-Chamberlain on the left.

"The player at the front is German international Podolski, who has already scored a goal."

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On the sidelines, Maher and Van Persie sat together, chatting and laughing, while watching the performance of the substitutes.

They have confidence in this group of players. Even if these players cannot become main players in Arsenal, their market value is still 3.4 times that of Southampton.

After the game started, from the field of view, Arsenal was no different from the past, still controlling the ball and attacking.

The only difference is that Southampton's defense may be a little more relaxed because they don't have to deploy 2-3 people at the right-back position to defend Maher like other teams, and they only need to perform overall defense.

"Oh!"

In the 32nd minute of the game, the first goal came. Walcott, who had been feeling depressed because he had no ball to play, made a low shot from the right side and scored in the far corner, giving Arsenal the lead.

One to zero!

"Wow!"

Maher stood up on the sidelines with Van Persie, hugged each other and cheered excitedly.

The two were very happy to see them perform like this. Firstly, they didn't have to worry about successors or rotation, and secondly, they didn't actually have any competitive pressure of being replaced.

9 minutes later, the second goal came, again from Walcott, this time he shot into the near corner in the melee!

Two to zero!
"Arsenal's rotational lineup still showed great strength. Judging from the field, I think their lineup is still top 4 as everyone predicted before the season!
"It is enough to imagine that in the past one or two years, Arsenal has undergone a complete transformation!
"The current substitute lineup is already at the level of the main players in previous years! The current level of the main players is definitely that of a championship team!

"Wenger gave this team soul, while Maher gave them energy and vitality!"

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"Look at this time, it was Podolski who wandered to the wing, he had a wide range of movement, and he made a cross!!

"It's in! Own goal! Hojveld accidentally hit the ball into the net with his knee! Three to zero! Arsenal is still showing off his strong bench strength!"

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"The fourth one! Cazorla also scored his first goal since joining the team. His performance was brilliant!

"Wenger is so happy. If the season ends like this, they will have won all the first few games! And they have been unbeaten for 42 games!"

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"Fox! This is a face-saving goal. In the final moments of the game, Southampton scored a goal, 4-1!"

"Papa.!"

Not long after, amid applause from the entire stadium, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

"Crack! Crack!"

Arsenal's rotation players high-fived and hugged each other with smiles on their faces. It can be said that their performance earned them a chance to play for the full 90 minutes.

Maher was waiting for Gilbert to come down on the sidelines. The opponent who started for the first time today seemed a little immature, but he was just not outstanding. His overall performance was considered average.

"If you keep playing like this, you can become the world's best defensive midfielder in the future." He said with a joking tone like his brother.

"Tsk." Gilbert looked disdainful, high-fived him reluctantly, then left with a snicker.

In the locker room after the game, Wenger stood in the center and affirmed the performance of the rotation players.

"In the previous matches of the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup, I will use you as the main team. You don't have to worry about playing time. Even in the Premier League, I will give you many opportunities."

He expressed his idea of ​​giving everyone more playing time, and finally encouraged: "There will be time, there will be highlights, there will be honors, everyone here deserves everything, come on!"

"Come on! Arsenal!!"

After encouraging each other, Maher also shouted with a smile: "Come on, brothers, give Van Persie and others some intensity and make them feel a little bit of urgency!"

"Haha!" Van Persie and others laughed and tilted their heads back. It can be seen that the overall atmosphere of the team is still good.

"Arsenal beat newly promoted Southampton 2-! With Manchester United drawing with Everton away, they are points ahead of the second place in the standings!" - The Guardian

"Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 7-0! Fabregas and Benzema scored twice, and many players also scored. Currently, Chelsea has surpassed Manchester United, who have the same points, on goal difference and is currently second in the standings!" - BBC column

On September 9, the entire Arsenal team traveled to West Ham United to play away against the Hammers.

In this fifth round of the Premier League, Wenger fielded all the main players for safety reasons, and of course also for the consideration of keeping the star players in competitive form.

"Lori is the goalkeeper, Mertesacker is with Thiago Silva in defence, Kyle Walker is on the left and Sagna is on the right.

“Arteta is the defensive midfielder, and in front of him are Cazorla and Ramsey.

"Robin van Persie is the centre forward, Maher is the left winger and Walcott is the right winger who was outstanding in the last game.

“Two games in a row, two completely different formations, almost completely different personnel arrangements!

“If we can win this game, there will be fewer comments about Arsenal’s first team being too bloated!

"People will find that having so many people is not a bad thing, but a good thing!"

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On the pitch, Maher was running around Upton Park.

This is his first match after returning from the national team competition, so he takes it very seriously. He wants to continue to find the feeling of fighting in the club.

"Uu uh uh!"

More than 5 West Ham United fans booed their team, and every time an Arsenal player, especially Maher, got the ball, they would burst into overwhelming low cries.

What no one expected was that West Ham United scored first in this game.

"Bang!!"

In the 21st minute of the game, the team's midfielder Diame advanced to the front of Arsenal's penalty area and shot a long shot that went past Lori's fingers.

Arsenal trailed 0-1 away from home!

This goal changed the mentality of many Arsenal players. Many players' hearts sank to the bottom in an instant and appeared very fragile.

There is no way. The rotation lineup can slaughter the newly promoted team. The first main player was beaten. It would be uncomfortable for anyone to replace him.

"Come on, come on! Don't be in a hurry!"

Maher could only clap his hands to comfort them, hoping that everyone's state would be more positive. "Let's strive for one goal, not too many, just one, and we can get everything back!"

In the French national team, he had just experienced a difficult game and was mentally prepared for such situations.

They are not invincible. If they get too cocky and forget that they are just human beings, they will get into trouble and be easily knocked down.

"Boom!"

Arsenal players started running, and their suppression on West Ham United weakened a lot, and even the threat of attack gradually decreased.

"Oh!"

In the 38th minute of the game, Cazorla sent a corner kick for the team, and the ball flew past everyone's heads and to the back post.

The players at the front point of West Ham United turned their heads expressionlessly, and their expressions immediately became panicked after seeing something.

Among the crowd, Maher suddenly jumped up from the ground and came to the flight path of the football.

"It's over." West Ham United captain Noble looked desperate. He didn't think Maher would waste such an opportunity.

"Bang!!"

There was a dull impact sound, and Maher's head hit the football heavily. The football flew quickly to the back of the goal and rolled into the net through the hand of Leining who was unable to react in time.

“This time it goes in!! Mahre’s high-altitude bomb scores a goal for Arsenal! One to one!!
"After conceding the goal, you could see Arsenal's momentum was slowly fading.

"But you just can't predict whether forwards like Maher and Van Persie will suddenly stab you at a bad moment!

"In 5 of the 4 Premier League games, he has scored 8 goals so far. What an amazing efficiency!!"

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"Aaaahhhh!"

"Ugh!"

Amid the cheers of the fans and the sighs of West Ham United players, Maher left everyone with a dashing back, slowly walked to the sidelines and put his index finger to his lips.

Shut up and celebrate!

He not only heard boos, but also a lot of personal attacks.

Now that we have scored a goal, we must fight back in the most aggressive way!
"*%￥@!%*@!"

"Son of a bitch!"

"You bitch!"

The cursing in the stands became louder, but he didn't care. He turned around with a smile and high-fived his teammates.

He encounters a similar situation about every 2-3 away games. He no longer gets angry and just looks forward to more goals.

After this goal, Arsenal overcame a lot of slump, the players found motivation again and adjusted their condition to the best.

"Bang!!"

In the 53rd minute of the game, Van Persie used an extremely violent shot that made the ball fall, and finally it hit the bottom edge of the goal and bounced into the net.

Two to one!

Eleven minutes later, it was Ramsey's goal. He had a keen sense of smell and caught the goalkeeper's mistake in saving Mahel's long-range shot, and rushed forward to push the ball into the empty goal.

Three to one!

"Oh!"

The West Ham United players, with their mentality exploded, just kicked the ball out of the center circle and lost possession due to a absent-minded pass, and the ball was quickly developed to Maher's feet.

While advancing quickly, he dodged two people in succession, then made a big move to the small penalty area and made a pendulum move towards the goalkeeper who was attacking.

After the opponent lost his balance, he suddenly changed direction inwards and completely passed the goalkeeper.

At the moment before the shot, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, showing his big white teeth to the wide open goal.

"Oh!"

With a playful close-range volley, he blasted the ball into the middle of the net before running back toward the field with his arms outstretched.

"YeahYeah"

He threw three farmer's punches at the West Ham players, and at the last one he jumped up and roared, "Yeah!!"

After landing, he put the index fingers of both hands to his mouth, indicating two goals and also asking them to shut up for the second time.

"Vamos!"

"Come on!"

The other Arsenal players came up yelling and screaming like crazy, and those who didn't know would think they had accidentally entered a zoo.

The fun-loving Saniya even came singing, "I see you every day. My most passionate love!!"

"Hahaha!"

All the players gathered together and celebrated wildly. Their smiles were recorded by the broadcast and cameras from all angles and compiled into the post-match report.

"Arsenal beat West Ham United 6-14! Coquelin, who came on as a substitute at the last minute, scored his first goal of the new season! Maher continued to score twice and scored goals in the last games!" - Sky Sports Column

"Who says it's bad to have so many people? It's great to have so many people!" - The Sun

"Shout!" Arsenal fans posted photos of one-pointing finger at people and Mahre celebrating with his mouth shut on social media

"I suggest that the Premier League schedule should be tighter, with the devilish schedule around Christmas, and it would be best if there is one game every two days (silly smile)." - A highly praised comment under the match report
"Why not just give the award to Arsenal? I've never fought such a rich battle in my life!" - Someone replied

"Other teams' buses (above), Arsenal's bus (below)! I'm dying of laughter!" - Someone replied

"First: Arsenal, 15 points, second: Chelsea, 13 points, third: Manchester United, 13 points, fourth: Manchester City, 12 points." - Premier League standings after 5 rounds
"Yes!"

On September 9, just one day after the league ended, a group of people gathered with laughter at the door of a two-story villa on the corner of the street.

A long red ribbon was pulled up, and many media reporters and passers-by gathered around it.

Maher stood in the center of the crowd and performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

He heard from Jose that this ceremony was originally a rope defense line set up to prevent crowds from rushing towards the ship and causing a stampede before the new ship was launched.

Later the rope was changed into a ribbon, which people also called ribbon cutting, and it was used to symbolize an important beginning.

"Crack!"

He smiled and cut the ribbon with scissors. Jose and others on the side also lit fireworks, letting the fireworks illuminate the sky above the entire street, filling the entire area with an atmosphere of enthusiasm and joy.

Mahel Company was finally officially established today.

19 employees of "Football Record", 7 people from the Isabella Primacy brand decision-making level, 7 people he contacted, and 4 social media operations and public relations team members sent by Mendes will work here!

Including the five people in his team, although they still live in his house, they will have workstations reserved here and can come here whenever they have time.

The company will initially have Isabella, Mendes' British agent Peppino, and Peter and Emilia from Football Records as initial executors, responsible for various matters.

It owns 78% of the shares of "Football Record", 78% of the shares of Primacy, 10% of the shares of ins which is still being negotiated, 100% of Maher's image rights, and various other rights!
Maher also invested 3500 million pounds in it and used it as his own money bag.

This is half of his current cash. When he founded the company, he calculated that if the status quo was maintained, the company would bring him at least 5500 million pounds in after-tax income each year. If it increases further, it would be hard to say.

And this minimum income was enough to rank in the top 8 in last year's Forbes athlete income rankings!
Second only to superstars in various industries such as Tiger Woods, Federer, Kobe, James, and Melo!

"congratulate!"

"Congratulations.!"

Amidst laughter, Maher and a social media operation and public relations expert named Sades walked into the new company to discuss future operation plans.

"I think there is at least 30-40% of potential that has not yet been tapped. Nearly million fans is not your limit."

Sades' face was full of anticipation for the new job, and Maher offered him the highest weekly salary of 10k in the public relations operations department, as well as various bonuses.

He would think that if he did well here, the income he earned would even allow him to retire early.

“Increasing our popularity and influence will be the focus of our future work, as well as maintaining fan loyalty, developing communities, and promoting various activities.”

Seides is very experienced. He has done this kind of work for many celebrities in the entertainment industry in the United States before. "Relatively speaking, public relations is not the most important thing at the moment. You hardly encounter any negative comments.

“However, based on my observations of the sports world, public relations is something that will have to be taken seriously sooner or later.

"As you move towards the top, the competition with Melo is inevitable, and your fans will compare and compete with his fans.

“Sometimes their confrontations are a little more direct, a little more intense, a little more brutal.

"This may affect you and cause you to receive some negative comments, or even someone may throw dirty water on you or deliberately smear you, which is all too common.

"So, we need to have a long-term plan and clear ideas. I will send you a detailed report later."

Maher listened to him, nodded continuously, and finally said with a smile: "I believe you can do a good job. I hope you can let me have no worries."

"must!"

Continuing to walk forward, looking at the brand new building and experiencing the joy of being a boss, Maher took a breath of fresh air and felt very good about himself.

It only took him 42 years to go from having nothing to having 2 top talents from various industries working together to serve him in the football industry and to use everything he gained in the football industry to develop his company.

I wonder if he will see a larger group when he retires, all because of the name 'Mael', this big IP that is connected with him and works for him.

Continue to work hard on your main business. I believe that this time, everything is complete and he just needs to wait for these lines to develop slowly.

(End of this chapter)