Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 Leiden Oriental Club ()

"Sir, it's already here."

The bumpy road made Xiao Ming feel sleepy again. Just as he was drowsy in the car, the voice of Thompson's driver sounded in his ears.

"Oh, thank you..." Xiao Ming handed over a bill, then got out of the car, looked up and was stunned.

"Uh...Mr. Thompson, what I want to go to is the club office building, not the training base..." In front of me, a sign "Leters Training Base" was established.

Driver Thompson looked at Xiao Ming with a strange look, then pointed to a building in the training base: "That's the club office building... and is with the training base."

Xiao Ming sweated for a moment, and then said apologetically: "Sorry, I just got up, and I was so groggy that I forgot about this... By the way, Mr. Thompson, I will call you when I leave later. Can I come to pick me up?"

"I'm glad to serve you." Thompson nodded and drove away.

"What a good person. I'm going to go there when I call you. It seems that I don't need to buy a car anymore." Xiao Ming was moved a little, but he was still used to the United States and didn't know that it is usually difficult to recruit taxis directly on the streets of London. Because gasoline is too expensive, most taxi drivers don't go out to pick up customers, but wait on the street or ask regular customers to call them.

What Xiao Ming didn't know was that this dedicated driver, Leiden Oriental loyal fan, was filled with deep concern when he drove away.

"Is our new chairman an idiot who doesn't even know that the club office building and training base are together? Mr. Tony Wood, maybe you're asking for something wrong..."

Of course, Xiao Ming didn't know that it was just because of his negligence that the loyal fan became suspicious of him. After determining the location of the office building, he began to strode into the Wrights training base.

Before he could reach the gate of the training base, the thick iron door was opened. An old man stood in front of the door and looked at him with a smile: "Hello, Xiao, I heard you entered the hospital yesterday? How about it, nothing serious is it?"

Xiao Ming remembers that this person is James Green, the old goalkeeper of Leiden Oriental Club, an old man who has been guarding the gate for Leiden Oriental for twenty years. From the age of 45 to the age of 65, now all players have known this old man almost since they came to the East. When he guarded the gate for the East, Xiao Ming had not even come to London from New York.

"Hello Uncle Green." Xiao Ming said to him politely, and he was always very polite to the elderly: "Nothing is wrong, it's just a small accident."

Green made the way and let him in, and said, "Come on, Xiao, now you are the chairman of our club. I know you are a loyal fan of Leiden Oriental. Only such people can save our Oriental!"

Xiao Ming nodded with a smile and walked inside, but a huge wave broke out in his heart.

Although he liked watching football in the United States in his previous life, he basically watched top events like the World Cup, Champions League or Premier League Serie A. He wouldn't even look at the side teams. So although he knew that many amateur teams in Europe had a group of loyal supporters, in his opinion, this was just a habit or had nothing to do after he was full - to appreciate it, you have to appreciate the highest level of events. Looking at the competition between low-level teams can only be a waste of time.

Leiden Oriental is definitely a low level in his heart, and the English League Two is even a low level at the lowest level. However, even such a low-level team and a low-level league still attract a large number of loyal fans, such as the driver, and the goalkeeper just now...

By the way, there is the former chairman of Tony Wood, who owns his own coffee plantation but has been investing the money he has earned to this low-level club.

These three people seem to represent people from three classes. The doorman who relies on welfare is a low-income group, taxi drivers can be considered middle-class, and coffee planters can barely be considered wealthy. These three different classes have similarities, that is, their infinite love for Leiden East. What kind of magic does this club have? Or is it football that possesses this magic?

But isn’t only high-level confrontation, gorgeous skills, wits and courage among tactical masters, and one-on-one single-handed challenge of the best players are the most attractive part of football? Isn’t it only when you stand on the highest podium, the sweat shed is worth cherishing?

After all, Xiao Ming is not the one who used to be Xiao Ming. He didn't know that in this world, in addition to the wealthy families at the top, there are countless small and medium clubs. It is these small and medium clubs that are the most solid foundations in the world football world. Without these foundations, those wealthy families would be just flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

After entering the training base gate, Xiao Ming found that although Leiden Oriental Club was not famous, it was not without outstanding places - at least, their training base was still outstanding enough. There were several training lawns scattered on the green grass lawn. Xiao Ming looked through the wire mesh and saw that the level of these training lawns was really good, at least far exceeding the level that a League Two club should have.

In the distance of the training base, there is a sparse forest, which seems to be part of the Lights training base, but it has not been developed.

"What a waste."

Xiao Ming also got involved in real estate in his previous life. After all, in the 21st century, real estate was one of the most profitable industries. Although the Walthamsto area is only one of the Greater London areas and one of the twenty outer London areas, it is a waste of such a large area that is not used for real estate development.

However, what Xiao Ming didn't know is that the East End of London has always been a crowded slum area. If you want to develop it, the subsidies will definitely be astronomical. Therefore, investors prefer to choose the highly developed West End to invest. This training ground was obtained by former chairman Tony Wood at a very small price in the 1980s, but there was no funding to develop. This training ground was only used half of the training ground, and other places were idle.

Compared with the pretty good training ground, the office building of Leiden East seemed a bit shabby. A row of two-story buildings stood near the gate of the training base. When Xiao Ming walked into the building, he felt a breath of old and decay coming to his face.

Now Xiao Ming doesn’t have much memory of the club office building. Xiao Ming stood in the narrow corridor, feeling a little at a loss.

The savior came, a very tall middle-aged woman with black framed eyes appeared in front of him, stunned: "Hello, Xiao."

"Hello..." Xiao Ming remembered that the middle-aged woman was the secretary of former chairman Tony Wood, named Dorothy Ella. Since Xiao Ming became the chairman of Leiden East, he naturally became his secretary: "Miss Ella."

"Do you want to go to the office now?" Miss Ella seemed to be smiling. Xiao Ming couldn't care about so much, so he nodded: "That's right."

"Please come with me." Miss Ella turned around with a smile, making a sound of "dongdong" walking at the entrance of the corridor, making Xiao Ming wonder if the building would be shaken down.

Xiao Ming followed Ella. He had some dirty thoughts in his mind, thinking that Old Wood, who was in his sixties, must have an ulterior motive for using a female secretary in his thirties. However, after seeing Miss Ella, he gave up this idea. Obviously, Miss Ella looks like the maid Nanni in a British cartoon "The Adventures of the Strange Duck" that Xiao Ming had watched before. With such a secretary, it would not be pleasing to the eye, but might be more efficient at work.

Ella stopped in front of a room and then pushed open the door for him: "Please come in."

Looking at the door without any signs, Xiao Ming turned his head and said, "Miss Ella, please help me get some information... The club's current situation, staff list, and the list of teams at all levels also need a copy. I want to evaluate the club's current situation."

Knowing yourself and your enemy will win every battle. Anyway, there is nothing to do now. Xiao Ming plans to carefully understand the situation of the entire club and then prepare for next season.

Miss Ella showed a hint of surprise on her face. But she remembered that when Xiao Ming first came, she was like a rookie. After digging the funds into the club's account, she ignored everything and went to the court to enjoy the pleasure of watching the game on the spot as the chairman. Then she was hit in the head by an orange.

"Okay." Miss Ella nodded and was about to leave when Xiao Ming called her again.

"By the way, let's get a few signs and mark the names of all offices." Xiao Ming pointed out to all the rooms. There were no signs on the doors, just like a hotel room, and it was the worst hotel.

"I understand." This time Ella did not hesitate at all.

After entering his office, Xiao Ming turned on the fluorescent lights. The weather in London has always been rainy and today is no exception. Although it has not rained, it is still dark. The lighting in this room is not very good, making it the daytime is the same as at night, and you can only see the indoor situation.

After the fluorescent light turned on, the room suddenly lit up. After adapting from the light, everything in the office began to appear in front of him.

Facing the door of the room was a huge dark red boss's desk. The mottled desktop looked very historical, but it brought Xiao Ming a sense of insecurity. He didn't know if the table would suddenly collapse if he lie on the table and sleep.

There was a telephone, a pen holder, and several books on the table, which looked empty. There was a wide swing chair behind the table, and next to it were two bookcases filled with books.

Xiao Ming sat down on the swivel chair and walked around comfortably: "It's not bad...but there is not even a computer, so it's too backward, right?"

After muttering this, Xiao Ming remembered that it was only 1994, and it was only started when I promoted the computer to www.piaotian.comdowww.piaotian.comdows95. Although it is not the best time, I can still make a profit." Xiao Ming thought in his mind that Xiao Ming knew a lot about the stocks with good future development prospects in each stock. After all, this is a compulsory course in the financial industry.

This year, Microsoft is fighting with Apple to the death. Next year will be the year when Apple begins to decline and the beginning of Microsoft's glory. If Xiao Ming doesn't know how to use this, he would be stupid.

There are also Google and Cerent companies established in 1998... These companies that have created miracles in the future face the risk of insufficient funds at the beginning. As long as they can seize opportunities and prepare a large amount of funds, they will not be less likely to make a big profit.

When I have money, I am still afraid that I can’t develop a football club? That Russian guy can create miracles in Chelsea. Why can’t he turn Leiden East into another Chelsea?

I had already made enough money in my previous life, and my life was just like that after I had too much money. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be bored to travel all over the world and watch the world’s top events everywhere. It’s not that difficult for me to make money now. After all, I have gained incredible wealth without knowing the direction of some things in my future life. If I just want to become a rich man, I am just repeating the previous story, so why bother?

Since God has given me sixteen years of life, let me live a more colorful life.

Just as Xiao Ming was thinking, the door was knocked, and Miss Ella walked in with a large stack of information.

"This is the club's financial statement... This is the club's staff... This is the club's first-line players... This is the detailed information of the teams at all levels..." Miss Ella was obviously a very responsible secretary and it took only a short time to clear out the detailed information.

"Okay, go ahead and be busy with your own affairs. I will call you if there is any problem." Xiao Ming nodded to Ella.

Looking at the pile of information in front of him, Xiao Ming thought for a while and did not take the financial statements and the list of staff first-team players first.

In his opinion, there is no need to read the financial statements carefully, because in Xiao Ming's memory in the past, Tony Wood did not hand him a mess. At least the club did not have a fiscal deficit, but there was no working capital on the books. Now some of the books should be the 500,000 pounds he invested. As for the staff, they don't have to rush to read them. Let's take a look at the list of the first team first and whether there are any names that surprise me.

Although Leiden Oriental is just a League Two club, it seems that their youth training level is pretty good, at least one of the best in the League Two. Many later English stars have come from low-level and even amateur leagues. Let's see if there are any such people in their team. If there are, they must be kept.

After picking up the player list, Xiao Ming was immediately shocked. The name of the No. 1 player on the list was Peter Hilton!
Chapter completed!