"Morning, Mr. Takahan. ”

When Gao Han ran past the construction site of the new stadium in Chinatown, he still stopped outside the gate as usual to spy on the progress inside.

I don't know if it's the last chance encounter, the engineer Xiaoqi always comes early, and he can be seen every time.

Every time they met, they would make small talk, and they became acquainted with each other.

Xiao Qi is a very conscientious engineer, meticulous in his work, every time he meets, he will tell Gao Han about the progress of the project and the various problems encountered in the construction process, sometimes even for a long time.

But Gao Han also saw from it that he is a very capable engineer, and he can always explain some very professional and profound things in simple terms, so that he, a novice in the construction industry, can have an intuitive impression.

Later, with the encouragement of Gao Han, Xiaoqi also began to post his views and explanations on Weibo after sorting them out, which caused heated discussions among many netizens in China, after all, the new stadium in Chinatown used a lot of new technologies that were the first in the world.

After fighting side by side, Gao Han and Xiaoqi also became friends on Weibo and interacted a lot.

"Hello, Xiaoqi. Gao Han always called him by his screen name.

"I heard yesterday that you were back, and I thought I would see you again this morning. Xiao Qi smiled excitedly.

Almost every time he came to the construction site, Gao Han was able to find something new.

The entire new stadium and the shopping mall next to it are changing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and Gao Han is amazed by the infrastructure capacity of the Chinese construction company, and even thinks that it should be completed soon, but Xiao Qi does not see it that way.

"At the current pace, at best, it can only be regarded as meeting the schedule, and it is basically unlikely to be advanced. ”

Xiao Qi saw Gao Han's doubts, and quickly continued to explain: "Actually, you see, from the start of construction to the present, the pile foundation and the basement took the longest time, and the progress is very fast after the ground, which is still our very strict quality control, and the construction is completely based on ultra-strict standards, otherwise, the speed can be faster." ”

"But the next steel structure, interior and exterior decoration will be slow and detailed, and it must not be fast, so according to our preliminary estimates, it would be good to be able to complete the work on time. ”

In the end, Xiao Qi's smile was filled with a little pride and pride.

He has said more than once on Weibo that he feels extremely honored to be able to participate in such a project, not only because he is an engineer, but also because he is a die-hard fan of Chinatown.

"By the way, I heard from the chief engineer a few days ago that you intend to develop supporting projects around the stadium?"

Gao Han nodded slightly, "The surrounding land is ours, although the shopping center is still under construction, but it has all been rented out, it is a powerful Chinese chain retail enterprise in Madrid, so we plan to develop the surrounding land as well, and there are several Spanish and domestic companies that are very interested." ”

Xiao Qi also vaguely guessed the current business direction of Chinatown, that is, to lay a solid foundation.

Many fans believe that Chinatown has made more than 200 million yuan from selling people this summer, and it stands to reason that it should be put into the transfer market to improve the strength of the team, especially after two consecutive defeats at the beginning, there are more such voices, and there are even some fierce fans who accuse the team management of accumulating money.

But there's one thing they've clearly overlooked, and that's that Chinatown's revenues aren't high.

Transfer fee income is unsustainable, but with the current transfer market environment, if you invest a lot of money, the salary of the players brought in is bound to be higher, which will greatly exceed the affordability of Chinatown and break the salary structure of the team.

Since Chinatown was promoted to La Liga, the team has been increasing the salaries of its players one after another, almost every year, and the increase is also the highest in La Liga, which is of course because of the low salary of Chinatown before, but on the other hand, it can also be seen that Chinatown is cautious in the adjustment of salary structure.

As a football club's number one expense, if the player's salary rises too quickly, the club's financial income will not keep up, the consequences will be unimaginable, so Chinatown's caution is understandable.

Domestic fans don't understand, but Xiao Qiren is in Madrid, more well-informed, and he can understand.

This summer, La Liga's three giants Valencia, Villarreal and Sevilla failed to sign their chest ads, plus Zaragoza, Osasuna, Espanyol and promoted Rayo Vallecano, a total of seven teams in La Liga have to run naked on their chests, and if they are valued by the market, they have lost at least more than five million euros.

The total amount of advertising sponsorship on the chest of the 20 teams in the entire La Liga in the new season is less than 100 million, of which Barcelona and Real Madrid won 60 million euros, and Atletico Madrid signed a contract with Turkish Airlines not long ago to share 30 million euros with Chinatown, and the remaining 16 teams only got 10 million euros.

In times of peace, Chinatown also has to deal with the current environment cautiously, and everyone firmly believes that by 2013, after the reform of broadcast rights, the team's income will increase, but the living environment of La Liga teams has only improved slightly, and if they want to catch up with the Premier League, they will have to work harder.

If you can't invest in reinforcements, you have to find a way out of the transfer income of more than 200 million euros, and it is impossible to put it in the bank to eat interest.

Therefore, the way chosen by Chinatown is to invest in the preparation of the new stadium and surrounding commercial facilities, continue to invest in youth training and scouting systems, and further improve and improve the club's operation and management mechanism, which is equivalent to cultivating internal skills and laying a solid foundation.

"By the way, how many fans do you think our Chinatown can have in China?"

Xiao Qi frowned slightly, thought about it, shook his head and said: "I don't know, but as far as I know, there must be a lot, the team has developed rapidly in recent years, coupled with your influence, this summer's trip to China is also full of word-of-mouth, it is estimated that the number of fans will be more and more, but most of them are scattered." ”

Gao Han nodded, "So, we are considering setting up an officially recognized Chinatown fan organization in China. ”

"Really?" Xiao Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, this was something he had been talking about for a long time.

"The name of the club is Chinatown, if there is no fan club in China, how can it be justified?"

"That's great, there's an officially recognised fan club, and I'm sure Chinatown will grow more and more in the country, and the number of fans will surpass that of the established giants. ”

After a pause, Xiao Qi looked at Gao Han with a smile, "It would be better if we could bring in a few Chinese players." ”

Gao Han's face darkened, and he let out a long sigh.

Why hadn't he thought about it?

As a Chinese, how he longs to have a Chinese player in his team, which not only represents a huge Chinese market, represents endless commercial interests, but also fulfills his dream.

He has even tried for this, but in the current domestic environment, there are very few who have the ability and potential to gain a foothold in the big four European leagues, and it is difficult to operate them to Europe.

Mendes has complained to Gao Han more than once about this matter, but what can he change?

"We have a Chinese in the team. Gao Han calmed down, looked at Xiao Qi, squeezed out a smile and said.

"I know, Yang Xin, but he's only twelve. ”

"He is a descendant of our Chinatown youth academy, and the club is very optimistic about him, and we are currently working hard with the Chinese Football Association and the Spanish Football Federation to facilitate a cooperation to bring some of our players from the domestic youth training center to Madrid for further football training. ”

"On top of that, I'm also actively reaching out to other leagues and some teams that have developed good players, hoping to bring more young players to Europe. ”

This is also the reason why Gao Han is determined to open four more youth training centers in the next few years, and he wants to train players himself and send them abroad.

"Will there be too much involved? Can the European Football Associations agree?"

Gao Han nodded, "It's really not easy, but South Korea has long had such a precedent, such as the Son Heung-min who rose to prominence in Hamburg in the Bundesliga last season, he is the model of cooperation between South Korea and the German Football Association, and he came to Europe at the age of sixteen." ”

After a pause, Gao Han said with confidence: "The Chinese market is big enough, and all the major European leagues are salivating, do you say, will they accept Chinese players?"

"But in this way, won't your Chinatown lose money?"

After working hard to support youth training, cultivate a group of young players, and then send them to Europe, it is conceivable that fifteen or sixteen-year-old players can't get any transfer fees at all, so what does Chinatown rely on to maintain its operation?

"Not really, because we can get a fixed commission from every transfer of a player in the future, so, theoretically speaking, the better the ability of the players we develop, the higher the transfer fee, the more commission we can get, so I think that as long as this model is completed in the initial accumulation, it will definitely be fruitful in the future. ”

Xiaoqi understood what Gao Han meant, and vaguely realized that this business model may really work, but what about the initial investment?

According to the current assessment of Chinatown's plans in the next few years by domestic media, at least 2 billion yuan will be invested.

has not seen any results, so he has directly invested so much, only a fool like Gao Han who loves Chinese football madly and longs for Chinese football to take off will do such a stupid thing.

Just when Xiao Qi was a little moved and wondered whether to talk about these things on Weibo, Gao Han suddenly reminded him.

"Don't talk about these things on Weibo, you haven't written the eight characters yet, don't just go on Weibo for everything at every turn, which makes everyone seriously suspect that you have become the gunman of our club. ”

Xiao Qi laughed when he heard this, "What's the matter? How many people want to give you a gunman for Chinatown, but it's not qualified?"

After speaking, he turned his head and saw that the morning sun in the east hit Gao Han's face obliquely, as if it was coated with a film of light.

He still clearly remembers that Gao Han said that Chinese football is not anyone's football, not the football of the Football Association, not the football of the professional league, not the football of those club owners, but the football of every Chinese.

The backwardness of Chinese football requires the joint efforts of everyone, and first of all, someone must dare to stand up and take the first step.

Gao Han stood up and took the first step, whether he succeeded or not, he should be respected.

Under the advice of many times, Gao Han left the construction site of the new stadium.

He had a meeting to hold in the morning, and he had to rush back to Paris at noon.

Seeing his departing back, Xiao Qi suddenly picked up his mobile phone, took a picture of the back of the rising sun, and posted it on Weibo.

Xiao Qi felt that what he saw was not a person, but a hope.

The hope of the rise and take-off of Chinese football!

(End of chapter)