Lin Xia flew from Beijing to London the day before the League Cup final to meet Gao Han at his hotel in London.

Along with her and Xiao Gaoshen was Gao Han's best friend Xiang Tianming.

From the moment Gao Han decided to sell Falcao and Ramires to Chelsea, and China City and the Qatar Investment Authority reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation, Gao Han has made the decision to build a new stadium.

Gao Han has high hopes for the new stadium, but hopes that it will be more than just a football stadium.

I think that back then, the reason why he took over Chinatown was because this amateur team was the only Chinese team in Spain, and it had just been formed, but it was miserably abused by amateur teams in other parts of Madrid.

The players knew that Gao Han was the coach, so they came to him, hoping that Gao Han would lead them to play and fight for a breath.

Later, things went well, with the help of the coaching system, Chinatown won the cup championship, and Gao Han also decided to set up a football team here to give the players a way to make a living, and also to give the children of the Chinese community an environment to play football.

Unconsciously, a few years have passed, Chinatown is no longer the amateur team that climbed in the lower leagues in the past, and now Chinatown is a well-known La Liga team in European football, currently ranked ninth in La Liga, with good results.

Not only that, Chinatown is also one of the most outstanding teams in Spain's newly emerged youth training, and the level of youth training is well-known in European football.

But some things have never changed.

At that time, they named the team Chinatown, which represents the Chinese spirit of Fuen Labrada and even the entire Madrid area, and after the team won the cup, the Chinese in the entire Madrid area rejoiced.

Gao Han founded the Chinatown Club, which further carried forward this spirit.

Over the years, as Chinatown's achievements have become more and more excellent, the proportion of Chinese in the first team and youth team has become smaller and smaller, but many of the club's staff have followed Chinatown all the way to upgrade, and every year the club has to take out a sum of money to arrange staff to study and add value.

For example, former captains Tu Feiyuan and Xiao Mu, both of whom used to coach in the youth team in Chinatown and also studied in the coach training class, but now they have gone out to coach, and both coaches are teams in the second league, which is the first batch of Chinese head coaches to coach alone in the Spanish professional league after Gao Han.

Every traditional Chinese festival, Chinatown will hold a series of colorful activities to serve the Chinese community, for which it has been praised and affirmed by the Spanish Chinese Association, the embassy in Spain, and even the domestic government.

It can be said that in the eyes of Gao Han and countless Chinese, Chinatown is not just a football team, but also a symbol of Chinese solidarity and hard work.

This is also the reason why Gao Han was reluctant to sell his shares in Chinatown from beginning to end.

But it is precisely because of this that Chinatown has also attracted the support of countless fans around the world, as well as many fans in China.

When the media broke the news that Chinatown was in poor home conditions and might be disqualified from home games, there were even many fans from all over the world on the Internet who generously donated money to help Chinatown renovate the new stadium through crowdfunding, but they were politely declined by Chinatown.

Therefore, this time to build a new stadium, Gao Han not only wants a stadium, but also hopes to see the new stadium in Chinatown as a condensation of the past ten years of Chinatown, and a display of traditional Chinese culture and spirit.

Xiang Tianming was accompanied by Deputy Chief Architect Li of one of China's most authoritative architectural design institutes, who was the representative of the Chinese side and cooperated with Herzog and de Meuron of Switzerland to witness the whole process of building the Bird's Nest.

This Deputy Chief Chef Li is not a fan, but before coming to London, he specially learned about Gao Han and Chinatown, and knew a lot about them, and at this moment, listening to Gao Han's words made him feel even more emotional.

"We're a very young team, only 10 years old, but I wanted our stadium to be more traditional, more cultural, and more reflective of what makes us different from other teams. Gao Han finally concluded.

Deputy Chief Engineer Li nodded and said, "Then it should be a bit heavy, and the shape is set off by bricks or columns." ”

"You're an expert in this area, and you're in charge. Gao Han laughed, "But there is one thing I hope you can agree to." ”

"You say. ”

"I wanted the stadium to be able to use a design language that the whole world could understand, to illustrate the traditional Chinese culture and the unique background of our team. ”

Deputy Chief Engineer Li understood what Gao Han meant.

This stadium is in Madrid, after completion, it will be a landmark in the southern suburbs of Madrid, and whether it is now or in the future, Chinatown fans are facing the world, if it is the kind of design that is too traditional Chinese style, it may be beautiful in the eyes of Chinese and Chinese, but not necessarily in the eyes of foreigners.

The meaning of Gao Han is very clear, the combination of Chinese and Western, learn from each other's strengths.

Deputy Chief Engineer Li understands that this may be the reason why Gao Han invited the entire design team of the Bird's Nest.

After the experience of the last Bird's Nest, Deputy Chief Engineer Li believes that this time he should be more sure.

And their company also attaches great importance to this project, after all, this time in Madrid, Europe.

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After nearly two hours of communication, after ensuring that he learned a series of requirements from Gao Han, Deputy Chief Engineer Li got up and took his leave.

His team will then work with Herzog & de Meuron Architects in Switzerland to survey the site on which the stadium will be located, and after obtaining a series of detailed data, they will begin the design, which will take at least a few months before the first design is submitted.

Gao Han also knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he couldn't be in a hurry.

After sending off Deputy Chief Engineer Li and Xiang Tianming, Gao Han called Armando Marcos and Cantarero, who were far away in Madrid, to inform them of the incident and ask them to cooperate.

After Gao Han finished calling, Lin Xia also let Xiao Gao Shen fall asleep, and after returning to the living room, he sat down next to Gao Han.

"Do you remember Uncle Cheng?"

Gao Han was stunned for a moment, but soon remembered, "Of course I remember, how could I forget him?"

Luis Cheng, Cheng Louis, Chinese who followed his father to Madrid when he was very young, is also a core member of the Madrid Chinese Chamber of Commerce, runs a supermarket chain and department store chain in Spain, has a good business, and is also a die-hard fan.

When Alpine Grass created Chinatown, Cheng Louie was the first to stand up and support, and has always sponsored the Chinatown team, even now, the Chinatown team is developed, but still cooperating with Cheng Louie, not only the sponsorship fee has not risen for many years, but also allows them to use the Chinatown emblem and player portrait rights when promoting and promoting.

It's just that Gao Han has not coached in Spain over the years, and he has gradually become a little estranged from him, Lin Xia suddenly asked, and Gao Han was stunned for a while.

"What's wrong with him?" Gao Han asked strangely, why did he suddenly mention him?

Lin Xia smiled, approached Gao Han, and leaned on his shoulder, "A few days ago, Uncle Cheng called me and told me about some things, I heard that in the past two or three years, his business has not been very good. ”

"Why?" Gao Han was a little strange.

"The economic environment is not good, and the previous business advantages are gone. When Lin Xia said it, his expression was a little gloomy.

"In the past, the Chinese had two major advantages in running the store, one was close to the residential area, although the sparrow was small, but it was very convenient, and the other was that the operation time was long, almost seven times 24 hours, all year round, but now you see, the Carrefour supermarket in Madrid is not shorter than the Chinese store, with more types of goods, lower prices, and guaranteed quality. ”

"In the suburbs, many shopping malls have discount stores that are cheaper than Chinese stores, larger in scale, higher in grade, and have a better shopping experience, so consumers like to go to shopping malls for the same shopping. ”

Gao Han had heard about it, but ......

"I'm a football coach and I'm not as good as them in business. Gao Han smiled bitterly, he couldn't help it.

"I know. Lin Xia nodded, "But what Uncle Cheng meant, he and many friends in business feel that in order to change the current predicament, it is necessary to keep pace with the times." ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Han still didn't understand.

"Aren't you going to build a new stadium?"

"Ahh "It's even more strange in the cold, what does this have to do with the new stadium?

"What they call keeping pace with the times is to upgrade Chinese stores and supermarket chains, create a large shopping center for mass consumers, provide high-quality and cost-effective Chinese goods for middle-income groups, change the scattered situation of fighting separately in the past, and give full play to the advantages of aggregation. ”

When Gao Han heard this, he immediately understood, "What do they mean, in our new stadium?"

Lin Xia nodded, "What do you think?"

Gao Han's brows furrowed, and he had a headache, and the pillow was blown by the wind......

According to Armando Marcos's market research, there are shopping malls and discount malls in the southern suburbs of Madrid, especially in the area around Fuenlabrada, but if the new stadium in Chinatown is completed, it will inevitably become a landmark in the southern suburbs.

However, the interior of the stadium can be described as an inch of land, and it is to face the fans in the stadium, and it is not suitable to be used as a shopping center.

But Cheng Louis had a great favor to Chinatown back then, it can be said that without him, there would be no Chinatown today, this favor is really unreasonable, not to mention that it is related to other Chinese.

"How many people are there, and how much area do they need?" asked Gao Han with concern.

"I heard Uncle Cheng say that there are fifty or sixty companies that have intentions in this regard, and there may be more in the future, at least one or two thousand square meters. ”

Gao Han nodded, he also had to admit that this idea is really good, very business-minded, this should be the so-called industrial upgrading, but if the internal planning of the new stadium in Chinatown is given to them an area of 10,000 square meters, this is a bit unrealistic, after all, Chinatown is also considering attracting investment on its own, and some well-known companies, including Nike, are interested.

What's more, Chinatown's own fan store and honor room will also be placed in it at that time.

"In this way, Lin Xia, if you call Uncle Cheng, the inside of the stadium will definitely not work, but I can build a shopping mall outside the stadium for rent, plan it together with the stadium, and even leave an independent passage to the stadium stands. ”

Although Gao Han doesn't know how to do business, there is a truth he understands, that is, it is difficult to speak alone.

There is a shopping mall around the stadium in Chinatown that specializes in selling high-quality Chinese goods, and if it can be done, it will be good not only for Chinese owners such as Cheng Louie, but also for Chinatown.

If it can bring up the business around Chinatown Stadium, then ......

Even if it is messed up and fails, it will not cause much damage to Chinatown, at best, it will only be an extra building and an extra investment in the planning of the stadium.

As the saying goes, a lot of debts are not pressing, and Gao Han's courage is fat now.

Just repay the kindness of the year, and by the way, do your part for the Chinese in Madrid.

(End of chapter)