Chapter 709: Big Toys and Carrots
Because of a heavy rain yesterday, the temperature that went all the way up towards the summer turned downward, and returned to the 10 area, and the hipsters who changed into summer clothes early had to reluctantly open the wardrobe and turn out the spring clothes that were put away some time ago.
The city still feels a little cool, the temperature in the valley where the bee football team training base is located will only be lower, the grass and trees have just returned to green, the buds are still on the branches, and it is obvious that the peach blossoms in the mountains have not yet bloomed.
But this did not affect the atmosphere of the whole team's enthusiastic preparation, as soon as he walked into the base, Atletico Madrid heard a noisy and noisy voice, causing him to subconsciously turn his head to look over.
"How many spectators are coming to see the training now?" he asked casually.
"It's about 30, they all came by car," Geng Hao, the manager of the base, pointed to the public parking lot on the other side of the iron fence, "They can check the training plan through the app, and if there is a simulation game, there will be more people." Of course, most people still prefer to watch live training and one-day clips online, after all, it's a little far away. ”
After a pause, he asked again, "Would you like to go over and have a look?"
"Of course," Atletico nodded, and said, "People come to see our ABF28, it's our God, of course we have to serve it well," and walked straight in the direction of the loudest voice.
The Bee football team is all 18 and 19-year-old sports department fresh meat, and they also pay special attention to video, community, games and fan interaction, very similar to AKB48, SNH48 and other girls to develop a style of girl idol group, and then it was named AMY48 by some netizens.
Atletico receptively accepted this statement and said that the fantasy team should be called ABF28, the former being an abbreviation of the team's name, and 28, which refers to the number of registered players in the team.
This is indeed a team that emphasizes cultivation, the immature student army only achieved 2 wins and 1 draw in the first year of goal difference - 33 divisions Sun Shan's results, last year they handed over 6 wins, 4 draws and 22 points, ranking 5th in the southern region only one victory away from a chance to enter the finals, the progress is not small.
Although it can't be compared to the team of the same name that dominated the world in three months in the game, it has already made fans feel happy and proud, after all, they are a group of college students with an average age of 19 years old!
Last year's passing by the finals made everyone feel very regretful, and at the same time, it also made the team optimistic about this year's situation, after all, the team's strength is still rising, and there is not much pressure to win one more game. While watching the offline and online training videos, fans imagined the bright prospect of standing firm and surpassing the league for three years after reaching the Central League next year, until a bad news came to break the dream.
It is said that a new local tyrant suddenly joined in, acquired a Sichuan and Shu team and threatened to spend 50 million to build a team to rush to the first, the two teams are in the same league in the south of the league in the future, and some pessimists doubt whether they can be promoted this year.
When Atletico walked over, everyone was talking about this matter enthusiastically, not only discussing with each other, but also typing text on their mobile phones from time to time to send barrage or forum messages.
However, seeing that the main owner came over, everyone stopped talking and threw the question to Atletico Madrid, asking him if he had the confidence to rush the armor and whether he would also increase investment in bringing in veterans.
Skillfully looking at the camera and changing the photo pose, leaving a perfect and unbreakable expression, Atletico said with a relaxed voice: "Of course there is confidence, and it is very sufficient, I have confidence in our team members and our innovation system." ”
"So Mr. Ma, you don't plan to dig people? Last year, the Chinese Super League opened a position and released water, and you let go of what a good opportunity. This year, there is another fierce rival who is not bad for money, aren't you worried about failing to win the armor again?" a fat fan with a round head and a round belly questioned with slight disappointment. For those of them, the victory of the local team is the most important thing, and there is nothing wrong with bringing in foreign players in order to win, and Atletico's obsession with developing young people is completely sick.
Although they performed boldly in terms of training bases, competition venues and logistics benefits, Atletico Madrid turned a blind eye to the standard strategy of smashing bonuses and still adhered to their youth development plan. However, he also arranged for the team members to go to college, and it was even more difficult to get good grades when he was "distracted" in cultural classes, which made everyone anxious for him.
It's a pity that it's going to disappoint them, Atletico shook his head decisively, "Of course I'm not worried." The current team has been running in for two years, and neither the coaching team nor I feel the need for surgery. It doesn't matter if you really fail to rush to the armor, anyway, you can't run away from the sports center there. ”
"At this time, you know that you are involved in the coaching staff?" his words immediately heated the fans secretly slandered, teams all over the world pay attention to the combination of old, middle and young people, but only the bee team has to play a blank sheet of paper to paint, obviously there is a veteran team with the strength of the Chinese League, but they do not give them registered players, but instead violently take it as the "main team" of the sparring partner, saying that it is to use this experienced "blue team" to hone the team to increase experience.
This is undoubtedly a very extravagant and wasteful thing, but everyone has to admit that it is also very effective, as evidenced by the strength of the team.
Now, Atletico Madrid's luxury development game is gradually approaching the first harvest period, and he will not mess with the team in order to expand his combat power.
After looking around and taking in the expressions of the fans, he still explained: "Of course I know those armor raiders, and we will continue to recruit mature talents, but we will still put them in the blue team." This team has only been established for two years, we have no history and no traditions, and now is the time for us to lay the foundation and determine the style and system, so please give us more time, please!"
After speaking, he also made a circle with his hands in fists, and everyone naturally expressed their affirmative support.
If you don't support it, it's no problem, this team is completely a hall of words, and the entire coaching team is the only one, and the so-called head coach is completely Atletico Madrid's marionette, so naturally what people say is what they say.
After a while of politeness between the two sides, Atletico said that they had something to do, and left for the base office building.
Watching his back go away, the fat fan sighed, "We used to say that this and that rich man bought the team as a toy, but now we can see a real luxury way of playing! What can be more enjoyable than playing from scratch? Others play the bee team in the game, but he plays in reality! Twenty or thirty million a year without blinking!"
"Hehe, relax and relax, haven't we been the same when we didn't have a home team in the past few years?
Hearing this, the fat brother turned around and found that the others had returned to the seats specially prepared for fans on the sidelines and sat down, and he hesitated slightly, but he still turned around and walked over, and did it one by one.
"Hey, it's actually quite funny to think about," the fat fan explained to himself: "A few years ago, the city disbanded its own team and stopped playing, and didn't let other teams come over to rub the home stadium, how noble and cold it was." When Boss Ma said that he wanted to play football, the Sports Bureau immediately rushed to send the home key of the sports center, but people made a small home field to play by themselves and ignored them.
"It's not all about money, other first-class teams are not necessarily as rich as the bees, just buy the land use rights here and then build an exclusive training ground, I don't know how much income and GDP they contribute to the city!"
Then the topic was decisively crooked, and it turned into a denunciation meeting for the inaction of the Municipal Sports Bureau and the city government.
Although they ignore the suggestions and suggestions of the fans, it has to be said that the Bees are still very attentive in terms of service facilities, not only set up several mini steel stands on the sidelines, with awnings, sponge cushions, and free hot water on the side, and the protective net opposite has also been replaced with plexiglass to get a better view. There are many other small benefits such as autograph interaction, commemorative objects, funding and organization activities, etc., which made this brand-new team quickly gain 100,000 fans, and the only problem is Boss Ma's awkward temperament.
Naturally, Atletico could not hear his complaints, and he was now sitting in the newly renovated main office, surveying his turf.
After the club took over the land, it did not build a large number of buildings, except for looking for vacant land to build large and small stadiums, and then renovated and strengthened the original red brick buildings.
Not long after the reinforcement and cleaning maintenance were completed, the team moved over, and the subsequent interior renovation was done intermittently for more than half a year, and it was not completely completed until last year. The outside of the small buildings still retains the gray and black traces left by the erosion of time and the clumps of creepers, but the inside has become very modern and very comfortable, perfectly embodying the ancient adage that the meat of the bun is not on the folds.
Atletico's office is on the fourth floor, and most of the base facilities can be seen from the window, which is clearly in mind when arranging the room. Atletico Madrid, the president of the club, only comes twice a year to cheer on him and give out rewards at the end of the season, so he has specifically instructed him to get a random office before. It's just that when he walked in here for the first time today, he still found that everyone left him with the best and most luxurious room, as for the reason, he naturally understood it in seconds, otherwise how could everyone be embarrassed to put a TV, air conditioning, big bed and massage chair in their office?
When he came in, he also saw the spotless leather massage chair, but Atletico Madrid didn't use these external forces, and the muscles there were uncomfortable and they could shake themselves. When it was time to leave, he would order the massage chairs to be moved out and placed in the common areas for the staff to use, and the players had more professional masseurs, but they didn't need these fool devices.
As for whether Geng Hao and the management of the base colluded to enrich themselves, Atletico Madrid felt that there should be no, after all, the management mechanism and system here have the same source as the bees, and they are already very mature and reliable. Of course, in the next period of time, he will definitely invest more resources in verification and analysis, and everything needs evidence to speak.
"I just don't know what kind of expression Manager Geng will have when he learns that his fart slapped on the horse's leg and attracted high-level internal pickets?" Standing in front of the window, Atletico thought with a wicked taste, but soon he let out a long sigh.
The fat fan's complaint is not wrong, this team and this club are a big toy for him, or a test field. Athletic results, as well as the popularity and reputation brought by the results, are not Atletico Madrid's pursuit, but the process and principle of achieving results is what he pays the most attention to.
In fact, it's not that he can't listen to the opinions of the fans, it's just that the object he chooses to listen to is a little strange, and all the player team information in "Crazy Soccer 2" that has played in the Chinese Super League has been collected by him, and he has got a lot of reference clues and ideas from it. By absorbing the wisdom of the team managers, he, the rookie chairman, quickly passed the rookie period, and he became more and more comfortable in commanding and controlling the entire club.
The only one who is depressed about this is the head coach Qiao Anliang, the certified turtle classmate has long known that the fans gave him the nickname "Puppet Joe", and is considering resigning and leaving. However, it will not be possible until the team is promoted to the Central League, and the official statement is that he believes that there is a beginning and an end to be successful, and he is worthy of the three years of effort to send the Bees to the Central League. But the actual situation is that he needs a more eye-catching results as a bargaining chip for self-promotion, compared to foreign players, domestic clubs, especially second- and third-tier clubs are not obsessed with foreign coaches, and they are even more unpopular with foreign coaches.
And Coach Qiao is still a little unwilling in his heart, because he has not entered the Chinese League for two consecutive years, and the bonus prepared by the club has reached 7.5 million yuan this year. If he can lead the team to achieve this goal this year, as the head coach, he can get at least 500,000 after-tax bonuses, which is equivalent to 10 years of net income, and he can't afford not to work hard.
"So my goal is to pick and eat this carrot that has been on my lips for two years before I leave," said Qiao Anliang in the conference room of the coaching staff, using this sentence as his plan of action for this year. Although he has not yet submitted a formal resignation report, it is no secret that he will leave in October this year, and everyone knows it.
Hearing him say this, his colleagues also laughed, in the first year of the team's establishment, Atletico Madrid came up with a plan of 2.5 million after-tax bonuses to lure everyone, but unfortunately everyone was powerless to see and eat. In the second year, the prize money doubled, and the team's run-in was almost completed, and they almost entered the top four finals, but unfortunately they failed in the end. Atletico Madrid used a blank check to fool everyone for two years, so Coach Joe said it was a carrot.