Real Madrid Club, Office of the President.

Florentino was carefully checking the financial information sent to him, which recorded the sales of home tickets and the store revenue of the two Real Madrid clubs in September, and after reading about a third of the content, he couldn't help but smile on his face, and simply turned to the last page to check the final summary of the report.

Home ticket revenue increased by 30 percent over the same period last year.

The commercial revenue of the two stores increased by nearly 140 percent, and half of the increase was due to the sale of Zhen Shaolong's jerseys, sneakers, souvenirs and other related items.

From the detailed figures in the previous columns of the report, Florentino's estimates were similar.

Ticket sales have increased significantly this season, and it is not an exaggeration to say that stadiums are full, but the 30% increase in ticket revenue is still limited by the capacity of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and in many games, a large number of fans are unable to buy tickets.

There is no restriction on the sale of stores.

The amount of the entire financial statement statistics, added up to less than 10 million euros, net income after deducting operating costs is not high, but to take into account that it is only in September tickets, goods sales, the number is already very amazing, if it continues for a whole season, Real Madrid club's profit from the sale of tickets and peripherals, even more than 100 million euros, compared with last season, can achieve a direct double, the overall income of Real Madrid club, will definitely have a significant increase.

That's exactly what Florentino is aiming for at Real Madrid.

After the global financial crisis erupted last year, all industries seem to be just showing signs of recovery, and most Spanish clubs are still in the red, but Real Madrid is no ordinary club, Florentino believes that Real Madrid can make more money, and the club still has extraordinary potential.

Now is the proof.

After the relaunch of the 'superstar strategy', Real Madrid Club not only has a superstar, but also a huge increase in operating income, of which the role of superstar is very obvious, and the two play a role in promoting each other.

If you have money, you can buy superstars, and superstars joining will bring more benefits.

But Florentino still had a lot of worries, he was worried that in the last game, Zhen Shaolong's performance was so good, that he actually scored five goals in the San Siro half.

Not only in the last game, after Zhen Shaolong joined Real Madrid, his performance has been very stable and amazing, scoring a goal in one game, which is quite remarkable for other players, but on Zhen Shaolong, it seems to be 'a little worse'.

This astonishing performance brings huge fame, huge affirmation, massive coverage around the world, and also brings huge commercial benefits, but as the media said, Real Madrid only has 50% ownership of Zhen Shaolong, and the other part of the ownership is in the hands of Manchester City.

"If this continues, the Arabs will definitely take action and bring Zhen to Manchester City......"

That's the problem.

In other words, other clubs, even Manchester United, the second most profitable club in world football, want to spend 150 million euros in one go to buy out a star directly, you need to carefully consider and reconsider, Manchester City FC is different, they were acquired, and they became one of the richest clubs in the world.

Real Madrid's earning power is indeed strong, and the annual transfer funds invested are also amazing, but the wealth is still not as good as that of Manchester City, which is spending a lot of money.

It's like a high-income earner with a monthly income of 100,000 yuan, and suddenly wants to buy a sports car with more than one million, you must think carefully and work hard to finally achieve your goal.

The other is the rich second generation with millions of funds in his hands, the rich second generation is almost unprofitable, but the rich second generation has a father of the rich generation, and there is no need to think about making money at all, the funds in his hands are used to squander, and it is also very distressing to take out millions of funds in one breath, but it is just distressing, as long as a suitable reason can be found, the funds will be made up immediately.

That's the difference between the two clubs.

When Zhen Shaolong shows enough value, Manchester City doesn't need to think about it at all, and will definitely buy the other half of all the money.

Florentino was worried.

But he has no regrets.

If it weren't for the cooperation with Manchester City Club, the board of directors of Real Madrid at that time would not have agreed to spend so much money to buy a player, even if this player is the world's No. 1, it is simply impossible, and after Zhen Shaolong joined, it was also a little unexpected that he could perform amazingly.

Florentino had to think of a solution, and he brought in manager Manuel Pellegrini.

It's a training day.

While Manuel Pellegrini was still observing training on the sidelines, he was told to go to the president's office, and the Chilean was a little annoyed, but went to see Florentino anyway.

Florentino's first sentence made Pellegrini feel incomprehensible, "I think we should reduce Zhen Shaolong's appearances. ”

“——？”

Pellegrini looked up in surprise, "Why?" Zhen is the best player and he can give us victory! ”

"Without Zhen, there should be a victory, our lineup is still the best in the world!" "Of course, I'm not not going to let Zhen play, I'm going to play less, like three games, I can give him a break for one round, or one more substitute, we can't rely on Zhen to win every game." ”

Pellegrini glared at Florentino, and he felt the urge to flip the table over.

Are you kidding?

The team's No. 1 star, the world's No. 1 star, was asked to reduce the number of appearances?

What the hell was this copper-smelling guy thinking?

Pellegrini was reluctant, but still nodded depressedly, he knew that he didn't have the capital to bargain with Florentino, so he could only accept it with depression, but he still emphasized, "I can try to reduce his appearance, but when it comes to important games, I will definitely let Zhen play." ”

Florentino nodded in agreement.

Florentino also had his own considerations, and he had the benefit of killing two birds with one stone by letting Pellegrini reduce Zhen Shaolong's appearance.

One advantage is that Zhen Shaolong does not play so much, the data will not be so terrifying, Manchester City wants to spend a lot of money to buy out, it will definitely think more, as long as Manchester City is not in a hurry to buy out, Zhen Shaolong will continue to play for Real Madrid, Real Madrid has the capital to negotiate sponsorship with Emirates.

That's a super sponsorship of tens of millions of euros a year!

Other sponsors that are about to expire are also choosing to continue to wait and see, and Real Madrid with Zhen Shaolong will have a lot of commercial influence, so it is natural to talk about more and higher-priced sponsorships.

The second benefit is 'just in case'.

Real Madrid has always counted on Zhen Shaolong to play, what if Manchester City buys out the contract next season? At that time, Zhen Shaolong will become a Manchester City player, and Real Madrid will lose Zhen Shaolong, and his results will definitely be greatly affected.

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Pellegrini was very resistant to Florentino's explanation, Zhen Shaolong is Real Madrid's ace star, and the chairman said 'reduce the appearance of ace stars'?

What is the rationale for this?

As the head coach of Real Madrid, Pellegrini only thinks about the results of leading the team, the business aspect, and what the follow-up will be, and he doesn't think much about it at all.

Of course.

Manuel Pellegrini still has to do it, he feels like a puppet coach who doesn't even have the power to decide which player to play.

Two days later.

Real Madrid welcomed the Copa del Rey.

The Spanish Copa del Rey is a cup competition in Spain, the original format is to play the knockout round of the four levels of clubs in Spain, "regardless of the high and low" mixed catch, which is rated by the media as a cup to assist small clubs, B division, C division and D division clubs that have passed the qualifying round have the opportunity to compete with the first division clubs, which stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs, and many C teams can earn enough "rations" for a year by virtue of a game against La Liga teams.

This kind of competition is sure to be resisted by the top league teams.

In the 2005-2006 season, the Copa del Rey format was reformed, and the lower divisions had to go through several knockout rounds before meeting the first divisions, reducing the number of matches played by La Liga teams, reducing the likelihood of upsets, but also greatly reducing the income of many lower-division teams.

Now the teams in the Spanish Liga are only participating in the Copa del Rey in the fourth round, and there are only 32 teams left in this stage, including La Liga teams, but because it is a two-legged home and away system, the number of games that need to be played is quite large.

Real Madrid's opponent is Alcorcon.

Alcorcón is also a team of the Autonomous Region of Madrid, the game can be said to be a 'Madrid derby', but Alcorcón is a little out of class, they are only a team in the third division, and the gap with Real Madrid can be calculated in light years, the value of their entire club, not even the most marginal star value of the Real Madrid team, no one will put them together with Real Madrid, almost everyone thinks that Real Madrid will easily beat the opponent by a big score.

But the end result was horrible......

Alcorcón won 4-0 at home, as if they were the top clubs in Europe, while Real Madrid became a small club team, and the huge point difference was very surprising, and it also made Alcorcón the focus of Spain.

"Spanish Copa del Rey, Real Madrid was slaughtered by the third division team!"

"Alcorcon, no one knows the name, now everyone does! They bloodied Real Madrid at home! ”

"A shame that has been rare in decades, Real Madrid lost to the third division team by a big score!"

"It's a tragic day for Real Madrid, it's a lucky day for Alcorcon!"

“……”

According to an article published by the newspaper Marca, Real Madrid experienced one of the most humiliating games in the history of the Copa del Rey, "Real Madrid have been beaten by the second division team six times, once to the third division team, and the last time they lost to the third division team was a 3-4 loss at home to Real United. ”

This game is Real Madrid's overall problem, in fact, it has nothing to do with most of the stars.

Because the opponent is only a third-division team, the strength can not even catch up with the Real Madrid echelon, Real Madrid has a large rotation of the lineup, the starters can be called the main force, only Granero and Raul, the others are basically substitute players, sitting at home Alcorcon took the initiative after the opening, and continued to attack towards Real Madrid's half, they were six minutes in the first six minutes, there were two shots and three corners, until six minutes later, Real Madrid played a decent rework, Granero's shot on the edge of the penalty area, it seems to open the horn of Real Madrid to take the initiative.

But...... Just an illusion!

Then Alcorcón was completely in full form, they continued to take the initiative to attack, and they have been suppressing Real Madrid on the field, perhaps the unexpected situation has affected the state of the players on the field, so that Real Madrid's backfield is full of holes, and Alcorcon only took half a half to complete three goals.

When the time entered the second half, Pellegrini made successive substitutions of the main players - Alonso, Kaka, Higuain.

However, it didn't work.

Alcorco's form is very amazing, and he has played a very good offensive game after another, to borrow a phrase from the Spanish commentator, "If Alcorcón continues to perform so amazingly, they can quickly rise to La Liga and compete with Barcelona!" ”

Real Madrid were ignored.

It's hard to talk about Real Madrid on the pitch as a strong team, and they were completely panicked by the beating.

In the end, Real Madrid suffered a four-goal defeat to their opponents.

The match became a great disgrace for Real Madrid, and an invisible cloud seemed to hang over Madrid.

On the second day of training, the whole team lost the mood of joking, the overall atmosphere was very sluggish, the coaching staff became very strict with the training requirements, and Pellegrini did not even show a smile.

Zhen Shaolong feels okay, and it can't be said that he doesn't have a sense of collective honor, but he didn't enter the squad at all, and the game naturally has little to do with him, in fact, turning over the latest Madrid news, some media attributed the responsibility for the loss to not letting him play, "Zhen Shaolong should be allowed to play, and Real Madrid will not have a problem with scoring goals!" It is an unimaginable shame to not score in 90 minutes and be scored four goals by the opponent! ”

This is an insult to Real Madrid and a praise for Zhen Shaolong.

Of course.

Under the sluggish atmosphere of the whole team, Zhen Shaolong also performed very sluggishly, he was a pair all day long, "Real Madrid lost by a big score, I am very sad and sad, I must train hard to help the team play well".

After training, Kaka asked him to go to dinner with him.

Now Zhen Shaolong and Kaka have become sworn friends.

Zhen Shaolong's old friend has always been Granero, but recently, Granero has stayed with C-Ronaldo, or with Raul.

Zhen Shaolong has a feeling of 'abandoned', Diarra often comes to his side, but Zhen Shaolong hates Diarra very much, because Diarra's new girlfriend is really difficult to like.

In fact, Diarra's girlfriend is very good, and she treats Zhen Shaolong very warmly, and she often comes over when they dine together, with a warm and intimate appearance, as if Zhen Shaolong is her boyfriend.

But......

Zhen Shaolong really couldn't stand that burly and good-looking.

"Of course, I don't like her, definitely not because of her figure or looks, but just because of her personality discord. Yes, it's character...... I'm not used to that kind of enthusiasm. Zhen Shaolong thought very seriously, firmly believing that he was not 'judging people by their appearance', and then made a little joke with Kaka, "Russ (Diarra), I mean, Russ...... His vision ......"

Then shake your head.

Kaka also laughed and nodded sympathetically.

Speaking ill of other people together always deepens the friendship between friends.

So it is for women.

The same goes for men.

Zhen Shaolong and Kaka sat in the restaurant chatting, and they soon waited for Kaka's family.

It was a small dinner to say goodbye to Selena.

Selena is going back to Brazil.

Nothing happened between Zhen Shaolong and Selena, but they chatted happily with each other, and they could barely be regarded as friends, so he came to get together with Selena for the last time.