Chapter 22: Return to Giorgio
"I'll get them back, and I hope you will respect little Esposito's wishes! He's a good boy! Pasilio said directly to the two brothers.
"Well, I hope he doesn't stumble on me!" Hugo accepted, morally speaking, Giorgio did not offend him, he did not pull out his grandfather's banner to oppress him at the beginning, but took the initiative to back down, it sounds like this guy cares about the future of the team, until the Colleni brothers drove all the players away, because he knows that if this continues, Trapani will be relegated next season, and he does not want to see Trapani relegated.
Hugo also had some realizations at this time, his cousin's strong opposition was not without reason, it seems that it is really impossible to leave those people, forget it, take a step back and open the sky, and who made Giorgio's relationship with the family still very close.
"Gigi, how can he stumble, don't give him a similar face, I hope you can treat him like a brother, it can be regarded as my compensation for him! And Gigi, now you really don't make me understand, I know that you co-founded a company in the United States, and now you are back here, developing your own business here, I don't understand why you are very good at management, why are you so confused about the club?! "Grandpa really couldn't understand his grandson, he took a hand, and then quickly developed his own career, he didn't understand the Internet, but his sons still understood something, and told him that Hugo's career was developing well.
But when it comes to the club, Hugo's management is very unintelligent.
Hugo wanted to say that in fact, I just wanted to have fun, who knew that by chance, I bought an Italian team, well, my style has not changed, and the football club really is not so simple, I originally thought it could be simple, at least easier than opening a company.
The words in his heart didn't come out, Hugo didn't answer Grandpa, and Grandpa didn't care.
Out of Grandpa's door, Victor sighed, he is not really stupid, he is serious about the team as a toy, he used to want to participate in the youth training in Palermo, but he couldn't get the support of his family, now it seems that because of Giorgio, Grandpa doesn't like their cynical attitude towards this local team very much.
"I thought I could have a good time, but I didn't expect to take over a hot potato, I knew that if we didn't buy them, how interesting the team we built ourselves was!" Victor's tone was a little regretful.
What he said was true, if it wasn't for the acquisition of Trapani, how they liked to play, grandpa or the family didn't care at all, but now with Giorgio, grandpa's attitude has changed!
"Forget it! I was going to play the team well! It's nothing now, hehe, Victor, you think that one day we can be like the Three Bears, that feels very good! We'll still play, but let's be serious! I still have to do the manager and the players, you can rest assured that you are definitely the main central defender of the team! But you have to be reliable, don't make jokes without any level! Hugo said with a grin.
"Haha, haha," Victor reached out and patted Hugo on the head, "you're worried that I'm making a fool of myself!" Thank you, I think you still care about yourself! Honestly, have you ever played in the United States?! ”
"I'm a genius, I can do anything!"
Pacilio did exactly that, and he asked Giorgio. Esposito returned to the team, the president is not to be done, but can be the general manager, Giorgio. Esposito had no intention of going back, all he asked was for the Colleni brothers to recall the original players, knowing that they were important to the team.
But unable to resist the request of the elder Colani, or out of infinite love for Trapani, he chose to go back, thinking that he would face the cold face of the Colleni brothers, who knew that both brothers had changed.
"Georgie, why didn't you tell you about your relationship with our family?! Haha, I'm so sorry for you! There will be a place for you from now on! Rest assured! Victor put his arm around Giorgio's shoulders and said enthusiastically, not knowing that this guy had kicked out all the management a few days ago.
"There's nothing to say about it! Originally, I was going to sell the team, and besides, if you come forward, no one will compete with you! Giorgio explained, and then immediately got into the role and got to the point.
"I really want to know what you're going to do! The current team is different from before, we used to have no money and were limited everywhere, and being able to mix in the Serie Ding is considered the limit! And now, to be precise, it's your private property, and what do you want it to be, at least we have to have a goal! ”
This question is very practical, Hugo only began to plan to set up a team to play by himself, of course, he also expects the team to grow, to become the football banner of Sicily, to become a very famous team, and now that he has acquired the original local team, he should naturally have a realistic and ambitious goal.
"Ahem, what do you say! Of course I want the team to be up to the level of the Serie A champions! But we don't have a lot of money to invest, so I can't say what we want to do now, so we need to discuss it together! Hugo said embarrassedly that to achieve the ambitious goal is to need money to help, now Hugo is missing money, he can't invest much money at all, and he also plans to form a new company, independent of Google, his own company, this company will be responsible for the development of future smartphone systems.
Hugo knew very well that his advantage was forward-looking, and this forward-looking was the biggest advantage for the technology industry, the real intelligent system development was actually not that complicated, the Linux system had been around for a long time, and Hugo believed that he could gather people to complete this work before anyone else.
Maybe next year he will sell some of Apple's shares to form a new company, so it is unlikely that he will put too much money into football, but two or three million dollars can still be done, if he can borrow some of the family's money, he thinks he can probably make up about 5 million, not in one year but in the next two or three years.
Of course, he can also invent some patents, preemptively invent some patents that Apple needs and sell them to Apple, but he really doesn't want to do it, he just wants to sit and wait for the money, and now he doesn't want to work, and playing ball is his most important interest now.
The players also returned to the team one after another under the call of Giorgio, the only one who didn't come back was Bruni, Victor said that it was strange that people could come back like that, and Giorgio didn't force him, Bruni was already old, and it may not be a good thing to come back.
The reason why these players came back is not only because the Colini family is very powerful, but also because Pasilio is very fair, he gives each player a job in private, and the work in the Colini family business, in fact, does not work, only plays football, but the company will pay them salaries, which is much better than when they played amateur football, so their return is a natural thing, and it is not so easy to make a living in Sicily.
Nominally, this team is an amateur team, but in fact, he has become a professional team, and the players can have summer training.
Giorgio is more happy to be able to prepare for the pre-match system, because many Italian teams in Sicily are going to have summer training, and Trapani now has it, at least the combat effectiveness of the new season can be improved.
Of course, there are also Giorgio who is not happy, the actual owner of the team, Hugo, has taken the wrong medicine, he has to be the head coach and player, he can't say whether he is alive or dead, Giorgio knows that this boy is still playing by himself, and he must play, Giorgio can't leave if he doesn't go well, he can only accept such a time.
It's only June now, it's still early before the team's summer training, Hugo doesn't care about Google's affairs, which causes strong dissatisfaction among the two partners, Hugo resigned, which is not allowed by the two partners at all, these two regard Hugo as a celestial, because Hugo's grasp of the general trend is very accurate, and they don't know that Hugo is a crossing king, of course, they don't want Hugo to leave the company alone.
"In this way, I will be a consultant head office, and if you have any problems in the future, you can communicate with me in time, and I will give my opinion!" Yuguo didn't want to work, so he compromised.
The two partners could only accept this result, and Hugo suddenly became more relaxed and devoted himself to his team.
In June '99, Sicily was very hot, but the headquarters of the club Trapani next to the stadium had no air conditioning, only electric fans, Hugo was very unhappy with such weather conditions, he felt that this year was hotter than last year.
If it weren't for this passion for football, Hugo would have run away long ago.
On this day, the club's senior management was discussing the future of the team and the goals for next season.
Hugo honestly said the estimated amount of investment in the past few years, this amount Victor and Morek both know, to be precise, these money is the three brothers put together, plus borrowed from the family, Victor invested all his savings, Hugo also counted the cash expected to be mobilized, the total amount is about 5 million US dollars.
If this money is allowed in the past Trapani, I am afraid that it can operate for several years, and now if you want to improve to the level of the first division, it is absolutely not enough.