Chapter 118                                                                                                                             

"I've been missing for two years, Falke." In a quiet cafe next to the training base, Xiao Ming met Falke Schindler. Compared with two years ago, Schindler has become much more mature. Through Barack, Xiao Ming already knows why Schindler did not come to London to look for him last year because after graduating from high school, he got an internship at the German Second Division club Kaiserslautern. After staying there for a year, he left Kaiserslautern and came to London to fulfill his promise two years ago.

Barack said it very well, but from his expression, Xiao Ming could see that most of the year Schindler had the opportunity to join the German veteran team of Kaiserslautern, but he didn't expect that Leiden Oriental would come to the English League Two team. After all, Kaiserslautern was much more famous than Leiden Oriental, and all the facilities were much complete. However, it seemed that Schindler did not have a good life that year, at least he was not valued. In this way, he would think of Leiden Oriental and another team that could allow him to develop.

Xiao Ming didn't care too much about this. People went to high places and water flowed to low places. Schindler had a better choice at that time, and it was not a mistake to give up the opportunity to come to Leiden East. As long as he really had the level and ability, Xiao Ming still had this kind of demeanor.

"Yes, it's been two years." Schindler smiled: "When you pulled my clothes and asked Michard's name two years ago, I thought you had something wrong with your brain."

"Haha, that's why I'm anxious, and it's not your fault." Xiao Ming laughed. That time, Xiao Ming really seemed like a lunatic.

"How have you been doing in the past two years?" After laughing, Xiao Ming looked indifferent and asked.

Schindler shook his head: "It's not that good... I graduated a year ago and had a chance to enter Kaiserslautern, so I went there... But there they didn't pay much attention to business development. German clubs all earn as much as they earn and pay attention to financial balance. Although it's safe, there is no chance for people like me to play. So after this year's internship, I'm going to come to Leiden East. I just don't know if you're willing to ask me for a year after Mr. Xiao."

Schindler said it very directly. Although Barack was hesitant when reposting, this kind of thing was not a shame for Schindler. If a company wanted to choose employees, employees would naturally choose companies. Of course, if Xiao Ming didn't want him because of this, he would have nothing to say.

"It depends on how capable you have." Xiao Ming smiled: "I'm not afraid to tell you directly that our club now lacks a good business development player. Although I am doing business well, being a head coach has involved too much energy and I don't have time to do business development. If you can make a few practical suggestions, the top leader of the business development department will be yours, and you are fully responsible for the business development of the entire club. The salary and dividends I give you will never be under the executive officer of any club."

Hearing this passage, even though Schindler had been acting calm, he couldn't help but breathe rapidly.

After Xiao Ming took over Leiden East, he did not directly promote a person to become the head of a department, such as Hilton and Colin Levine, who were directly promoted to the transfer department and medical team as the top leader, but whether it is the transfer department or the medical team, they are all departments within the scope of competition. Just like if Xiao Ming was just a head coach, in English football, his position is a football manager, that is, a person who is only under the club chairman position. In addition to being responsible for the first team game, he also has the power to participate in transfers, hire and fire team doctors, and transfer players from the echelon to the first team - only the head coach of England has such vast power. Their head coach is the manager, while the head coach of Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga is just a coach, and only has the power to lead the team to play games. Often, even when they transfer, they can only make opinions and cannot directly interfere in the transfer.

This is also the biggest reason why the scandal of head coaches collecting black gold in the English football world in the 1980s and 1990s - the head coach has too much power, especially if he can directly participate in the transfer, which has spawned a breeding ground for corruption and black gold. For example, the legendary coach of Nottingham Forest, Crowe, and Arsenal's iron-blooded coach Graham all stepped down because of this scandal, not to mention Venables later, who ruined the "glorious" results of several clubs.

However, no matter how powerful a coach has, he cannot reach his hands into business development, because this does not fall within the scope of the coach's function. To put it bluntly, business development is responsible for making money, while English football managers are responsible for spending money. The one that is connected between the two is the Ministry of Finance, which is three-legged and indispensable.

Now Xiao Ming said that if Schindler could come up with a good plan, he would hand over the entire Ministry of Commerce to him to manage it - this means that Xiao Ming handed over one-third of the club's power to Schindler! And Schindler was only a nineteen-year-old young man, and suddenly he could get such great power!

Of course, Xiao Ming has a dual identity as a club chairman and a team manager. His special identity has made most of the club's power actually seized by him. Schindler's business development plan must also be approved by him, but such great power is enough to make most young people in the world excited.

What's more, Schindler is not a famous manager. He would agree even if he has such an opportunity, even if he has a small power, let alone such a great power!

"Okay, boss." Schindler immediately changed his words and called Xiao Ming to be the "boss" instead of "Mr. Xiao": "What's the matter that I need to do?"

"First, our club does not have a fan supplies store of its own. In the past, it only sold jerseys and fan supplies related to our club through some dealers and vendors." Xiao Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although Leiden Oriental was a professional league team in the past, it was actually a semi-amateur team. There were not too many fans buying fan supplies, and there was no need to open a fan supplies store specifically. But now Leiden

Every home court in the East is full, and the fans who want to buy fan supplies have also increased a lot. The income is too unpaid for those vendors to make money, and it also makes the fan supplies of Leiden Oriental seem like wild ways to get on the table. Two years ago, Xiao Ming wanted to use his brain in this regard, but he has never had time: "Now I have built a storefront near the Brisbane Road Stadium, which is specifically used to sell fan supplies. You can do the specific measures."

"I can do this." Schindler nodded, which itself was part of his major and was not complicated.

"Second, now I need you to find a sponsor for us. Leiden Oriental has never had a sponsor because we were not very famous before, and there were no large companies in Leiden City. You can leave this to you. At the beginning, you can not have too much sponsorship fees, but you must not be an unknown sponsor." Xiao Ming expressed his second requirement.

Schindler had some difficulty on his face, mainly because he had no connections in London. After seeing his embarrassed expression, Xiao Ming smiled: "You don't need to be too anxious about this. Even if you spend a year to build your connections in London... Some time ago, Enbao Company was interested in buying our chest advertisements. It will be time for negotiations a few days later. You can do this, right?"

"No problem." Schindler immediately replied that there are negotiation courses in business development. Although he still lacks experience, as long as Xiao Ming gives the bottom line, he will not mess it up.

"These two points are made for the club. Although they are very important, they are just for you to practice your skills." Xiao Ming said understandingly: "After all, you lack experience and Leiden East lacks fame. But we still have time and we can take everything slowly. Even if the club loses every year, there is no problem with the club's losses every year, because I still have a lot of funds on hand... But the third point... is to spend money."

Making money is difficult, but spending money is not easy?

If someone changed to an ordinary person, he would probably laugh out loud, but Schindler would never think so - a club cannot spend money. On the contrary, I don’t know how much money is burned in the transfer market every season, and the money spent can be earned back through some means! Just as you only have 10,000 yuan, it is difficult to make one million, but if you have one million yuan, it will be much easier to make one million or even two million yuan. Being able to make money is not a skill, and being able to spend or make money is the real skill.

"court!"

Xiao Ming spoke out a word with a firm heart.

The biggest obstacle to Leiden East is not the players or funds. There will be no problem with the first point. Xiao Ming has a future superstar with a head, and there will be no problem with the next point. Two years later, the Yahoo stock that Xiao Ming owns for $30 million will rise twenty times. Now it has risen four or five times. By then, Xiao Ming will become a standard super billionaire. Who can't buy it?

With players and money, a club cannot be turned into a team with a future for a wealthy club. No stadium of a wealthy club can only accommodate more than 10,000 people, but Brisbane Road will not exceed 20,000 people in the death to expand. There will be almost no team in the Premier League with a stadium capacity of less than 20,000 people. If Leiden Oriental enters the Premier League and can only accommodate less than 20,000 people at home, it will be laughed at. If it becomes a laughing stock for the whole England, even if it is rich, it will be difficult to buy players.

"The court? What do you mean is to rebuild a court? That's not a day or two! And the cost is not a small amount!" Schindler couldn't help but say in surprise.

"Of course not now." Xiao Ming smiled: "I don't have that much money now, and even if I find a bank financing, I can't do it... What I want you to do now is to pay attention to finding a new stadium. After entering the Premier League, we will definitely not be able to play on Brisbane Road, which is too small after all... But I am confident that I will enter the Premier League this season! A year is definitely not enough for us to build a new stadium, so I need your help to choose a stadium that we can use. Near Walthamsto area, there must be at least 30,000 people... After we have money for a year or two, we will find a way to expand Brisbane Road into a large stadium."

"Do you have enough funds to build a new stadium in one or two years?" Schindler couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xiao Ming smiled: "That's my business."

"I understand." Schindler was not a talkative person either. He nodded: "I will do the things in the fan supplies store, and I will do the negotiations. There will definitely be results that satisfy you... As for building connections and choosing a court, I need time."

"The deal." Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to Schindler: "You can take office tomorrow, my director of the business development department."

A firm light flashed in Schindler's eyes: "I will definitely show you well, boss, I will let you know that hiring me is definitely worth the money."

"Falke, it was a mistake you didn't come to us last year, because in Leiden East, as long as you have the ability, you have room to play." Xiao Ming replied with a smile.

Schindler did not answer because he thought what Xiao Ming said was very reasonable. Although Leiden Oriental has just started for a while, it has more opportunities, especially for business development talents like him. Because the starting point of the entire club is low, there is greater room for development. In such a club, even if you don’t stay for a long time, as long as you achieve results and gain fame, it will be much easier to find a job in the future.

Schindler is indeed a very talented person. In addition to his native German, he is also proficient in English, French, Italian and Spanish. This is a requirement for an excellent business talent, especially in Europe. If you don’t know the widest languages, you will always suffer when facing various negotiating opponents.

In just two days, he integrated the Leiden Oriental fan supplies store and regained the power of the hawkers to sell fan supplies related to Leiden Oriental at will. If they want to sell fan goods related to Leiden Oriental near Brisbane Road, they must purchase goods at Leiden Oriental's official fan supplies store, otherwise they will receive a summons from the court.

In the negotiations with Enbao Company two days later, Schindler also won the best interests for Leiden East.

"The annual sponsorship fee is 200,000 pounds, and the contract is signed for three years. If you advance to the Premier League during this period, the sponsorship fee will automatically increase to 500,000 pounds." Schindler handed the contract to Xiao Ming: "At the same time, all our jerseys, sneakers and game training equipment will be provided by Enbao, including most of the goods in our fan supplies store, and they will be our purchasers."

After reading the contract, Xiao Ming smiled. Although the sponsorship fee of 200,000 pounds per year is not a lot, it is now a pretty good number in the League One team. At the same time, signing a contract for three years is also a very reasonable period. Xiao Ming believes that in three years, the fame of Leiden Oriental will definitely make Enbao pay more sponsorship fees to continue sponsoring Leiden Oriental. Even if Enbao refuses to bleed, there will be other larger sports goods brands to negotiate with Leiden Oriental.

This time, Schindler can be said to be outstanding and even exceeded the task. Originally, Xiao Ming issued an indicator that the sponsorship fee cannot be lower than the middle level of the League One, but the fees obtained now can rank among the top three in the Premier League, second only to Manchester City and Bolton, who have just been relegated from the Premier League. It is a miracle for a newly promoted team. The years cannot be too long, because if the team has good results in the future, it will be a loss. Schindler obviously considered one thing. In addition to the three-year contract period not being long, the terms of automatically increasing the sponsorship fee for the Premier League are more than doubled, which is based on confidence in Leiden Oriental's ability.

As for making Enbao a provider of Leiden Oriental competition training equipment and player supplies stores, he solved the previous task assigned to him by Xiao Ming in one fell swoop. This trick was quite beautiful, which made Xiao Ming couldn't help but cheer.

"This time I did a pretty job, Falke." Xiao Ming asked Schindler with a smile: "Who is the one who is responsible for the negotiations in Enbao?"

Xiao Ming asked this question to see if Schindler knew himself and his enemy before the negotiations. As a result, he heard a familiar name from Schindler: "This time he came to their general manager Peter Kenyon. This person came to Enbao's company every time he negotiated more than 100,000 pounds. Now, Enbao's board of directors basically does whatever it is, and this Kenyon is taking care of the specific affairs."

Xiao Ming nodded: "Very good, Falk, now I can sign a formal contract with you... Do you want to sign for three years, four years, or five years?"

"Three years." Schindler said after thinking about it, "I think these three years are enough to prove my full abilities."

Xiao Ming continued to nod, but felt very happy.

This guy has taken advantage of Kenyang! If Kaiser Slautern hadn't been very aware of the goods or did not need such talents, how could he come to sell himself?

In the past two years after the time travel, my luck has been really good. I hope it will last longer...
Chapter completed!