[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god":3,"chapter-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-380":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Arsenal to the Ball God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},925608,1216,"Chapter 380 - 110: Advancing to the Semifinals! Golden Boy Award Promotion Begins! Brand New Skills Training! Planning to Level a Smurf Account? (6)","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-380",380,"\u003Cp>\"But you should understand that all these are just small money, the big money is with Puma and in the bonus clauses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore a cunning expression, \"Take, for example, the upcoming Golden Boy Award. If you confirm the win, you’ll immediately receive a £2.6 million bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puma is offering £1 million, and the two companies we just signed with are offering £800,000 each. After deducting taxes and fees, you’ll pocket around £1.33 million.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mendes looked up and said to Ma’el, \"Your savings must be nearing £5 million, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma’el shook his head, calculated, and said, \"I spent a lot on buying equipment earlier, plus investment in the newspaper and other expenses... Once these endorsement fees come in, I’ll have about £3 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I win the Golden Boy Award, it’ll only be around £4.5 million. Still a long way to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s already great.\" Mendes looked at Ma’el with envy in his eyes, \"When I was your age, I didn’t even have £10,000 in my pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the money invested isn’t gone; that’s also considered your asset.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about this, he couldn’t help but sigh, \"Looking back, investing in Ins was incredibly worthwhile, it’s almost multiplied tenfold, hasn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had known, I would’ve followed along and invested too. Unfortunately, I’m always cautious about industries I don’t understand, haha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blew into his hands, then put an arm around Ma’el’s shoulder, \"Any way you count it, your assets are over £20 million now. What plans do you have with all this money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was indeed a good question... Ma’el had never thought about it before. He looked up in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first examined what money represented to him internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He liked money, liked making money, for sure. He couldn’t say money was meaningless to him; money was very meaningful to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a reflection of his social value. With money, he could do more things and fulfill most of his needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when his money was enough to satisfy all his life’s desires, enough to buy private jets, yachts, and other big toys for men, enough to waste away a lifetime, what would he use his money for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Definitely to do something I want to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sure of this, he wasn’t always interested in investing... and what he wanted to do was nothing other than the industry he was in now—football!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His love for sports was exceptional; it was a field that could bring extreme pleasure. Here, his spiritual realm was always full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he might do as he once jokingly said, buy a football team for fun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then slowly expand into other sports, build a sports empire... flying around every week to watch his teams play, experiencing the joys of management and development, and the passion of various sports competitions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know, the future was uncertain; he’d just have to think about it for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to buy a team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma’el expressed his idea to him, jokingly, \"If there’s a good lower-league team, Mr. Mendes, please let me know, keep an eye out for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Mendes turned his head, raising an eyebrow, \"Are you serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sort of, but not now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma’el smiled as he looked ahead, walking uphill, \"I love football. When I’ve earned all the honors as a player... if someday I don’t want to play anymore, being a club owner wouldn’t be bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might even coach... or even play again? Haha... just think of it as a wild dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But those things are still too far away. For now, let’s focus on this Premier League season. Sometimes, planning too far ahead isn’t good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mendes stared at Ma’el for a while, realizing he wasn’t joking, and then turned away, \"That’s a good idea. Though no one has done it, I’ll support you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many lower-league teams aren’t too expensive. If you can bring Arsenal’s operational system back, find scouts who can spot ’Future Stars’, there’s still much potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always have a list of teams from investment banks. As you said, when you aren’t as inclined to play anymore, or when you want to be your boss, haha... forgive me, it’s indeed a bit absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, no matter what, when you have a plan, you can come to me. I’ll help you connect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma’el nodded and chatted casually for a while before seeing that it was getting late and preparing to return, \"See you tomorrow. Hopefully, this month’s Golden Boy Award will go smoothly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he was still focused on the player field, where everything still held a strong attraction for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hoped his Grand Slam career would start from the Golden Boy Award at the end of the month, picking up the pace from there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",792,"2026-06-03T06:44:03.644Z","2026-06-03T06:44:07.339Z",1,"novelbin.me","ae608890f4a285be64d829a172038a652dc5624e989c038e4cd90641479a5124","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-381","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-379",391,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-cover.jpg"]