Chapter Ninety-Nine: Meeting 2
"How to make money?!" Garlando's head didn't think that the history related to football was gambling, and asked.
"Bet on the ball!" Hugo smiled proudly, "Last summer, I asked my family for $5 million, I used all this money to gamble, I haven't played a day of football, I haven't watched a game, but I think I can win, during that time I worked hard to make up for my football knowledge, analyze every team in the competition, and finally with a little luck, I won that victory!" I multiplied $5 million 5 times! Hugo raised his fingers, proud.
Garlandor was amazed, he never expected Hugo's money to come so easily, and then he heard Hugo talk about it, went to the United States to study, with his intuition and boldness, and his partner founded Google, bought Apple stock, and then went to China to invest in Internet companies, until the establishment of Hugo International Investment Company.
"I'm probably the most business-minded person in the world, and I've always been accurate in my investments, and I haven't had a bad business ever to date! My personal wealth is swelling and my company is growing! Hugo smiled calmly, "But wealth is really easy for me, and I don't care so much!" By chance, my brother Victor clashed with a player from the original Trapani club and he asked me if I would be interested in building a new team! In fact, after I gambled on football, I became interested in football, and I often watched the live broadcast and recording of football matches in the United States, and I was very interested in this matter, which is probably the thing I care about the most! Hugo went on to describe.
"We set up a club called Trapani FC and we set up it to play for ourselves, so I became the manager and the player, and Victor became the player! But one day the amateur committee of Alberto. Mr. Ricci approached me and told me that the original Trapani club was not far from bankruptcy and that someone needed to take over it, otherwise the club that had a history of almost 100 years in Trapani would disappear from the football map in Sicily! My grandfather said to me, I am a Trapani, and since I like football and have the ability, then I should take on the task of revitalizing the team and bring happiness to the people of Trapani! I agreed with his philosophy of doing things for the people of his hometown, so we bought the club that was about to go bankrupt! The two teams merged to form the new Trapani FC! Hugo wasn't all right, but it was almost true.
Garlando unconsciously thought, so this is the case, so what is Hugo, he is a good boy who contributes to the natives of Trapani!
"You see, we took over the team, we renovated the stadium, I bought the land and we built our training ground here! Let's go, Paul, if you're interested, let's go out for a walk! Hugo greeted Garlando.
Garlando didn't refuse, and he could just see what the club was like.
Coming to the training ground, on one of the fields, assistant coach Barrias is leading the players to train.
"You see, our players are all locals, but I brought in Luca last summer. Tony, Massimiliano. Allegri. Carlos. Kameni has three people, which has greatly increased the strength of our team, and we can now undergo earth-shaking changes, which has a lot to do with their joining, of course, we have hired professional coaches and have professional training venues! Hugo gestured and introduced his team.
Garlando nodded, he had done his homework, he knew all this.
The three of them walked and talked, and when they arrived at a building, Hugo pointed and said, "This is the accommodation building for our youth team players!" Well, but we don't have a player here yet! We are now trying to recruit young players, mainly locals, but we will be facing an all-Italian recruitment, the general manager Mr. Esposito and the transfer manager Mr. Selli are now out there to take care of this, and the youth team coaches we have invited are ready to be in place, and I am sure that this will come in handy soon! ”
"I'm not just doing this for the development of the team, I want to dig out Trapani here, to dig out the buried football talents in Sicily, Paulo, you know in the whole country, we in Sicily are synonymous with football backwardness, but now I want to get Sicily out of this situation, there is no team from Sicily on the stage of Serie A, this is a shame for our Sicilian footballers, we want to change our fate!"
"Of course, you also know that Sicily represents an all-round backwardness in economy, culture and politics, and I hope that through the form of football schools, our poor children here can receive a good education, even if they don't play football in the future, they can become a knowledgeable and literate young man, and don't follow the path of their parents!" Hugo looked worried.
Morek really wanted to laugh, he couldn't know exactly who Hugo was, but he just said that his brother was really good at acting, maybe he could go to the Venice Film Festival and win some award for Best Male Pig's Feet.
But listening to Garlando's ears has a different taste, he is a reporter, he is not a reporter at the beginning of the world, but the backwardness of Sicilian football still makes him feel a little worried, he also sympathizes with the weak, when he heard Hugo say that the 18 teams in Serie A do not have a Sicilian team, Garlando is still very sad, Sicilian football actually needs Hugo such a capable and desired rich man to invest, only investment can make Sicilian football rise.
When he heard that Hugo still had the purpose of letting local teenagers learn more cultural knowledge, Hugo's glorious image inevitably grew tall in Garlando's mind, because he knew that some families were indeed powerful in a certain place, but they also had a sense of responsibility, and Hugo could benefit his hometown, and it was probably that sense of responsibility that dominated him.
"It's really easy for you!" Garlando exclaimed.
"yes, it's not easy! But I'm quite proud! You can see that my efforts have not been in vain, we are now the top of the group, and we will go to the second half of this year! My intention is to bring the team to Serie A in a few years and we want to set an example for Sicilian football! Hugo said proudly, "Go, Paul, I'll show you another place!" ”
Hugo unceremoniously took Garlando's hand and left, Morek quickly followed, he didn't know where Hugo was going to take Garlando.
After getting into the car, Hugo drove northwest until he reached a seaside, and Morek realized that Hugo had asked Garlando to go to the seaside land he had taken.
"This is here?!" Garlando looked at a deserted beach with a very irregular coastline, twisted and rocky in some places.
"It's a few miles down to San Giuliano beach, which is the best beach in our Trapani where you can enjoy the wonderful sun and waves! But this will become another scenic spot in Trapani in the future, even better than there! Here people can not only enjoy the beach, the beauty and the sun, but also enjoy the most wonderful football and enjoy the pleasant shopping! Hugo smiled mysteriously.
"What do you mean?!" Garlando had some speculation, but he was not sure.
"I'm going to build a state-of-the-art sea course here, which will be our home stadium in Trapani, and in this area we're going to build a man-made beach, and a commercial center, and I'm going to make it a famous attraction in Trapani and even in our Sicily, attracting tourists from all over the world!" Hugo spoke amazingly.
Garlando was shocked, this is incredible, how much does it cost this is the first thought, this will be the pride of the whole Italy in the future This is the second thought, and this kind of whimsical idea comes from the young man in front of him.
How much money does he have?!
"But right now, I don't have enough money yet, but this day won't be too far away, maybe in a few years I'll start building this place!" Hugo scoffed.
"I think it's going to cost a lot of money! It really doesn't happen overnight! Garlando sighed.
"But it's going to rise, I promise it will!" Hugo emphasized in a strong tone.
"Yes, I am very convinced!" Garlando looked at Hugo's young face, and for no reason he felt a sense of trust.
After the three of them went around in circles, Hugo took Garlando back to the office at the training ground, where the team's training was over, the stadium was empty, and the training base seemed much quieter.
"Gigi, you've told me so much, it's not that simple, right?!" Garlando was poured a lot of ecstasy soup, but his mind was still clear, although he admired Hugo in his heart and believed what he said, but he also knew that Hugo would not say all this casually.
"I'm being hypocritical to say I don't have a purpose! I'd like to start by telling you a little bit about our team, as you obviously know, we were very bad in the first half and were more than 10 points ahead of second place, but after the start of the second half we started to get a little bit better! There's no denying that our style of play has been thoroughly understood by our opponents, they have adopted more targeted tactics, and our attacks are not as sharp as they used to be! But that's not the most important reason, I would say someone is targeting us! Do you believe it?! Hugo said.
Sure enough, there is a fierce material.
"You mean the amateur league?! But why?! Garlando was suspicious, and then it became a little clear, maybe Hugo offended some people, maybe the Italian football circle, even their reporters can't actually spy on everything, and even if they know, they can't find out under all kinds of pressure, and they want to associate Hugo with the mafia, isn't it because Hugo has no influence, it's purely a soft persimmon, don't pinch who you pinch, pinch Moggie?! Pinch Galliani?! Pinch Moratti?! Put a hundred guts, Garlando also said that he didn't dare!