Chang Sheng went to the house of Chairman Flores before dinner.

Although Flores is the president of the club in Getafe, his family is not in this poor area.

Flores is also considered a rich man anyway, otherwise how could he have become the boss of Getafe?

In the past, Spanish football clubs were membership-based, but most of them are now joint-stock economic entities.

Chinese fans don't know much about this, they only know that Barcelona and Real Madrid are membership clubs, so they think that Spanish football clubs are all membership, but in fact, many Spanish football clubs are now limited by shares.

But the transition in between is a long story.

In the age of membership, most Spanish football clubs were in a very poor financial situation. The characteristic of the membership system is that they are not responsible for making profits at all, because the law prohibits them from making profits, and if they make a profit, it is illegal...... It sounds ridiculous, and there is a mandate not to make money, but it's just the way it is. Membership clubs only spend money, regardless of making money, and raise the funds needed to maintain the survival and development of the club by collecting membership fees from members. All the money raised must be spent, otherwise it will be considered to be in private pockets......

This has led to the phenomenon that because of the natural characteristics of membership clubs such as "the team spends money, and the members pay", it is difficult for club leaders to tighten the string of "living within their means" on financial issues. By the late eighties, debt had become a common feature of many Spanish clubs. Among them, the liabilities of La Liga clubs are hundreds of millions at every turn. Even billions of pesetas to the terrible point.

In 1990, the Spanish government issued a special decree to save professional football clubs from the imminent collapse of the economy and to enable them to develop healthily in the future. According to the Act, the State settles the debts of the club first. And the latter will repay the money to the Ministry of Finance within twelve years. At the same time, the club must be restructured into a sports company with limited liability and become an economic entity with a certain registered capital. The more debts the club owes, the higher the amount of registered capital it needs. The restructuring had to be completed by 30 June 1992, otherwise the club would be immediately relegated to the third division or simply dissolved. The Spanish government issued such a decree in the hope that football clubs can achieve real self-regulation at the financial level after becoming a company, so that the management and operation of the club can be more transparent.

In order to raise registered capital, the club has chosen to sell future shares to start financing. The vast majority of them adopted a "three-step" strategy, selling future shares to members in April and May 1992 and fans in June.

The completion of this link. The former classical membership-based club has been given a new meaning. With the purchase of shares, club members and ordinary fans have thus risen to the status of shareholders - albeit only minority. In the process of buying shares, due to the generally huge amount of debt of the club and the very limited contribution of minority shareholders, it is natural that a certain tycoon will spend a huge amount of money to eat many shares. Become a majority shareholder. After the reorganization, the majority shareholder was rightly appointed to the club's board of directors and became the de facto head of the limited liability sports company.

Francisco. Flores, a businessman in the olive oil business, naturally took the opportunity to become the owner of the Getafe Club.

Of course, he himself is an old member of the Getafe Club. His love for the team doesn't change because of money. Just let him take control of the team. He will be more confident to take Getafe to a wider stage.

And Getafe really started to take off when he was in charge of the team.

From the very beginning, a small team that only survived in the regional leagues, climbed up little by little.

Eventually climbed to the Spanish second division. It's just a stone's throw away from the top flight.

It's all thanks to Flores, or in other words, to the Peseta that Flores put in......

Although many fans and players are concerned that they must change the club's manager, Moscoto, they still have a lot of respect for the club's president, Flores.

After all, it was this man who brought new life to Getafe.

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Flores' home is in a villa in downtown Madrid.

His olive grove estate is in the sunny Andalusian region of southern Spain, home to some of Spain's best olive oil.

He had a small estate there.

Among the many olive oil merchants in Spain, Francisco. Flores is just the ordinary one.

It's also a small team thanks to Getafe, otherwise it is really difficult to say whether he can support it for eight years with his financial resources.

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When Chang Sheng arrived at Flores' home, he first presented him with a gift he had brought from China—a fiery red Chinese knot with a quick ceramic ornament in the middle.

It was certainly not a gift he bought specifically for Flores.

In fact, when Chang Sheng was leaving, he went to the wholesale market in his city...... There are big and small, the big one is fifteen dollars a piece, and the small one is two dollars a piece, and there are as many as you want.

Changsheng is to give away wholesale to others.

After that return, he gave one to every colleague, and of course, the players were not left behind.

For the average European in 2000, China was still a place full of mysteries. The things that Chang Sheng gave them seemed novel and interesting enough to them, and it was an enviable thing to be able to get a gift from China.

However, Chang Sheng did not give Flores, because there seemed to be no good reason and opportunity.

I didn't expect it to be finally sent out now.

It was the biggest, and the most beautifully crafted one he had brought back, and it didn't look like anything that was a dozen dollars at all.

Flores looked very happy when she saw the gift.

"It's so beautiful!" The old man was a little embarrassed, and then announced that the maid would hang the Chinese knot in a prominent position in the living room.

You can see that he likes the gift.

But this act of hanging in the most prominent position in the living room. But it's not just about gifts.

This means the importance he attaches to the person who gives the gift.

Chang Sheng is not a fool, and naturally he can see the deep meaning.

In fact, he has never understood why Flores is so optimistic and supportive of him.

If this is because of his own team results, then he has shown such a trend before. And his current achievements are inseparable from his previous support.

Without the support of the club's president, Chang Sheng may not have lasted until the start of the new season......

After accepting the gift. Flores introduced Chang Sheng to his family one by one, his wife, his eldest son, eldest daughter-in-law, younger son and daughter-in-law, and a young daughter who was not married, and of course, a little grandson and a little granddaughter.

A big family, happy and happy.

Everyone greeted Chang Sheng with a smile and was very welcoming. It's not like others think that rich people are on top. Look down on others.

This may have something to do with the results of the winning team at Getafe.

Chang Shengzai's coaching results with Getafe have proven his ability, and if he has the quality, he will not be underestimated.

Chang Sheng greeted everyone and greeted each other.

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Family Dinner at Flores' house. It's still quite hearty.

The family ate and drank and chatted.

Everyone is interested in the mysterious Orient.

Especially for children, the East seems to be able to appear only in mythology.

Now that there is one more oriental visitor in the family, they will naturally not let go of Chang Sheng.

Pestering Changsheng told a lot about China.

Being able to promote his motherland so directly, Chang Sheng also seems to be very interested.

Chang Sheng became the protagonist of this meal. All eyes fell on him with interest.

From time to time, everyone's laughter rang out in the restaurant.

A meal is a pleasure for both guests and hosts.

However, Chang Sheng still inevitably had doubts in his heart.

Could it be that your boss just invited yourself to such a meal?

And at dinner, Flores seemed very silent, did not talk much, and most of the time he watched Chang Sheng talk eloquently. Smile from time to time.

Chang Sheng always felt that it should not be so simple for the boss to invite him to a meal.

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After dinner, Flores invited Chang Sheng to his study for tea and chat.

Chang Shengxin said. Maybe that's the point......

But Chang Sheng thought wrongly, after entering the study. Flores was just chatting with herself, and of course, the main question was about the situation of the team.

also talked about Moscow, the manager who made Chang Sheng hate.

"Vicente could sue you in front of me more than once, ha!" Flores said with a smile.

Chang Sheng shrugged: "I don't think he will say good things about me." ”

"Actually, I don't quite understand why you have such a bad relationship with him......"

"He stretched his hand too long and went straight into my team." Chang Sheng said.

Chang Sheng has always believed that this was Moscow's first attack on him. The matter between him and Gorka is considered an internal matter of Team C. He's the head coach of the C team, doesn't he even have the power to pick up a player from the C team?

It is also necessary to let Moscow come to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Chang Sheng was not the kind of person who could swallow his anger, but since Moscow was making more trouble for him, he would naturally be more unhappy with Moscow.

The hostility between the two sides, which was unclear to no one at the beginning, turned into a deliberate target.

Flores smiled and didn't say who was right or wrong.

He was not surprised by the contradiction between Chang Sheng and Moscoto. Moskva is a very controlling person, and Chang Sheng, his personality is also very rebellious, so it's strange that these two people have no contradiction when they get together.

In the past, he might have mediated or let one of the parties go.

But now, he didn't have that in mind.

Because he didn't know if he could stay in the position of president of the club.

"I've been president of Getafe for eight years and this year is the most promising year I've seen for the team. I've heard, your goal this season is to lead the team to promotion? Mr. Chairman looked at Chang Sheng with interest.

Chang Sheng nodded, he felt that in front of this Mr. Chairman, who has always been very supportive of himself, there was nothing to hide, and there was no shame in this matter itself, there was no need to be obsessed and concealed.

"Yes. This season I want to lead Getafe to the First Division. ”

"How did you come up with this goal? You know, we struggled with relegation last season......"

"Because I want to go to a bigger stage and see the scenery." Chang Sheng replied.

Hearing Chang Sheng's answer, Flores, the president of the Getafe club, was silent for a while.

Then his eyes refocused and looked at Chang Sheng: "You haven't thought about what if you fail?" ”

"If we fail, I don't think we have to worry about relegation anymore. So even if it fails, it's not a loss for the team. Set your goals a little higher, and then start working hard, even if you fail, I think it's better than setting your goals very low, and then you just go to the fighting spirit, okay? Aim high enough for everyone to work towards that goal and forget about everything. If the goal is set too easily, everyone will lose their fighting spirit and motivation. Chang Sheng put his thoughts and ideas out.

Hearing this, Flores nodded again and again, feeling that what Chang Sheng said was very reasonable.

"Now it seems that your purpose has been achieved. At least we don't have to worry about relegation. Honestly, often. You've done more than I could have imagined. I started out with the attitude of giving it a try and letting you be the interim manager of the first team...... But I didn't expect you to do better than all of us expected. First in the league......" Flores muttered lightly, patting his thigh.

Chang Sheng grinned, but didn't answer.

The two of them chatted casually for a few more moments, and then Flores got up to see off the guests.

Sending Chang Sheng out of the villa, Flores told him: "Hopefully I can see my team promoted to the first division, it must be quite wonderful. ”

Chang Sheng said with certainty: "If you asked me half a season ago, I wouldn't have told you the answer for sure. But for now, I can answer you, Mr. President. You're sure to see Getafe upgraded! ”

He did have that confidence.

At present, the team is the first in the league, and even if there are some twists and turns in the second half of the season, he is confident that the problems encountered by the team can be controlled within a controllable range.

Even if you can't win the league title, at least the top three are okay.

As long as it is the top three, you can upgrade.

Flores smiled at him and didn't speak.

Seeing off Chang Sheng, he turned around and went back to the house.

He thought that Chang Sheng should not know what he was referring to in that sentence just now.

He can certainly see Getafe's promotion to the First Division because he is confident of winning constantly. But not necessarily in the current state.

When Getafe was promoted to the First Division, the person sitting on the rostrum should not be himself......