Chapter 15: Starting from Scratch
Driving the sleek Ferrari, Hugo and Victor arrived at the Trapani Football Stadium.
This season's Serie A league is not over, but the amateur league has ended, and the only stadium in Trapani is vacant, as for this football stadium, there is no turf, and the city hall is so short of money, the ghost will get you turf, and the maintenance costs are a lot of money, and the citizens of Trapani are just entertaining.
And this stadium is also quite small, well, not generally small, four stands, in fact, only two sides are available, both sides are fenced, the main stand and the opposite stand can accommodate about 5,000 people, but every time the game is played, the stadium of Trapani has never been full, the main reason is that Trapani's results are very bad, it is estimated to be the lowest league, the residents of the town love football, but if the results are too bad, it will naturally not be too eye-catching!
Victor has long publicized in the countryside and towns, we want to set up a new football club, welcome stars from all villages and towns to join, enthusiastically sign up, be fast, our team has money.
Today is the first day of recruitment, Hugo and when they arrived at the stadium, the time was already past 9 o'clock in the morning, and there were more than a dozen people standing on the field, playing football in twos and threes!
When Hugo saw this, he muttered to himself: "The crowd is not very enthusiastic!" What is the reason for this?! ”
"Today is only the first day, and maybe many people don't believe in getting the money! After all, amateur teams also have to spend time training, and not everyone is willing to come! "Victor saw that the number of people who participated in the screening did not satisfy Hugo, and they planned to recruit 20 players, which is only 12345 players... Twelve people, well, that's too little!
Victor took another look, and suddenly became even more dissatisfied. Zanetti, Manini. Coppola, Adriano. Montito, Romano. Petinetto is all in it, except for these few, I don't know the others, it's probably the mountain villagers, which means that there are only seven or eight "players" who have come to participate in the trial of Trapani FC in addition to their own friends, but it's a pity that those elaborate propaganda posters are gone.
What the fuck is this?! Don't I, Victor, have any appeal in Trapani?
Victor knows, Hugo also knows, at least he knows a few of Victor's friends, so the rest of the people who are admiring are only 8 people, which is too frustrating!
"I don't think any of these crooked melons and cracked dates can stay!" Alda, who had come with Hugo and Victor, commented disdainfully.
Alda has a new role, and the 17-year-old has enthusiastically joined her brothers' team as the team's financial director and logistics manager!
"I'm sorry I'm late!" In the distance, a panting dead fat man ran up to Hugo and them!
"Alex! Late for the first day?! I now officially inform you that you have been fired! Victor immediately came out of his sad face and smiled at his cousin Alessandro. Morek said.
But the dead fat man ignored him, and instead hugged and kissed Hugo and Alda to say hello.
The dead fat man is Hugo and Victor's cousin, Mayor Enzo. Morek's son, now 25 years old, is already a married man, graduated from the University of Turin, with a degree in construction engineering, he is the most educated of the brothers, but he did not stay in the north to work, but returned to Trapani and set up an engineering company, but most of the business was in Palermo, but he was in Trapani for a long time, and when Hugo and Victor knew that they were going to build a team, he also signed up.
Everyone is a relative, and it is an amateur team, so there is no reason not to let him come, and besides, the matter of renting the stadium is still Alejandro's side drum!
Hugo and Victor also gave him a position, the leader of the team.
"Hey, so few people come for a tryout?! Fuck ......" Looking at the gloomy trial scene, Alex couldn't help but complain.
"What to do?!" Victor's friends saw Hugo and they came in, and several people gathered around. Zanetti also asked, which means that there are too few people, not even enough for one team, how to try out.
This guy also has a profession, the general manager of the club, the owner of Hugo, the chairman of Victor, the general manager of Luca, the financial director and logistics director of Alda, the team leader Alessandro, the whole family football team, none of them are outsiders, which is essentially different from the Trapani club.
Of course, Alda's position is temporary, and she is also going to the United States to study, so after this vacation, she will step down.
"Forget it today, maybe tomorrow will be better!" Another of Victor's nemesis, Manini. Coppola suggested.
"How does this work?! Well, today is today! At least we can try out one or two! "Victor thinks so, you don't have to admit all of them, it's okay to be able to pick one or two.
"It's all here, just collect it together!" Hugo said.
"That's it! All right! Ladies and gentlemen! Please come here! Good news for everyone! Hugo jumped up to the main stand, stood in the first row, and shouted loudly.
Just because Hugo doesn't know them doesn't mean that these people don't know Hugo or Victor, they all stood up obediently.
"Good news for you! You officially become part of Trapani FC today, and you have been honorably accepted! With a wave of his hand, Hugo recruited all 12 people present.
Thousands of dollars buy horse bones, Hugo thinks so, of course, this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that Hugo decided to give everyone a sum of money immediately.
Victor was dumbfounded, dumbfounded again, brother, you're too child's play, is this a fucking horse or a donkey has to be taken out for a walk, you just decided?!
The players below looked at each other in shock, at least this does not meet the recruitment process in everyone's minds, how to say that there must be some tests of juggling the ball, physical fitness, etc., at least there must be a confrontation match, right?! That's it?!
Several of Victor's friends looked at each other a few times, but they knew that Hugo didn't understand football at all, of course, they didn't know that Hugo still knew a little bit about football now.
Hugo can't be allowed to make such a mistake!
"Hugo......" Luca said, opening his mouth.
"Okay, let's start paying out the subsidy for the training season, 2 million lire per person! Alda, you send everyone this money right away! Luca didn't have time to speak, so he swallowed back, in fact, this money is not much, but it is not too much, according to the income level of Sicilians, this money is about one-tenth of the annual income, Italy is an average country in Europe, and Sicily is undoubtedly the poorest place.
It's great for a non-professional player to get that kind of money!
For example, the players of Trapani FC estimate that they will not earn so much in a year, and Hugo is only talking about part of it.
"Oh oh oh" The soil buns below cheered, Hugo everyone knows, it is said that he is the smartest guy after the 80s, and now he is not only smart but also very generous, anyway, his family has money!
This won't be the end, is there?! Many people pricked up their ears to listen to Hugo's next words.
Really.
"I make it clear to everyone that this is only a part, we will also have other rewards, including advertising, sponsorship, etc., excluding the club's operating expenses, we are very willing to give a lot of money to reward everyone according to the team's results!"
The players below were smiling, and even a few of Victor's friends were smiling, and they didn't say anything like Hugo was stupid.
The two brothers, Victor and Alessandro, also smiled bitterly, after all, the idea was determined by everyone, using money to recruit amateur players, but this can't be a mess of recruiting players?! The team only needs 30 people at most, and even in fact, the amateur league, there are 18, 20 or so people are fine, and the good guys will collect 12 today, and they know that Luca and other dead friends are crooked melons and cracked dates, and the original plan was to recruit in three days, what should I do tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?! What if there are too many applicants?! The team can't raise idlers!
Hugo motioned to the people below to calm down, and then said: "Well, the benefits must be indispensable to everyone, if the team has good results every year, everyone's income is not less than that of a regular job, but everyone also has to concentrate on participating in the team's activities, who the takes the money and doesn't want to participate in the team's activities, you all know what the consequences will be!" ”
The players below were quiet, and Victor took a few dead friends to look at the dirt buns from the countryside, and deliberately clenched his fists, his eyes were not good, and everyone probably understood the meaning.
The buns immediately said loudly: "It will definitely come!" Whoever doesn't come we'll beat him! ”
It's all fools if you don't come, Hugo is very right, this is no longer the treatment of amateur players, at least it can be used as a second career for everyone.
Said to do, Hugo didn't say a word, let Alda cash in for everyone, Alda reluctantly sent the money he brought over, everyone who got the money was very happy, Hugo looked at the players with bright eyes, and hummed in his heart: "Money can make ghosts grind, I don't believe that Lao Tzu can't recruit a group of people when he pays money!" ”
Victor is also very happy, and since then he has also pulled up a team, hehe, there will be a good look at the Trapani club when the time comes, think about the next season and wait until the preparation stage, those guys learned that the city hall has loaned the stadium to their own family, hehe, it's too late to cry!
There's only one stadium in Trapani, see how they play!