Gao Shen considers himself a strong head coach and has a strong desire for control, so he is naturally insensitive to powerful club owners.
Bosses like Berlusconi and Abramovich are staying away, and De Laurentiis is naturally among them.
This Naples boss is also very famous in 2021.
The most typical one was the incident between him and Ancelotti, in which he directly asked Ancelotti to punish the players in a closed training camp. This led to protests from Ancelotti and the players, which caused an uproar.
Long before the time travel, Gao Shen analyzed some of De Laurentiis's character from this incident.
From a bad point of view, he is impulsive. Not only can he not control his mouth, but he also likes to interfere in team affairs. Even if it is the world's top coach like Ancelotti, he still oversteps his duties, let alone other people.
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Of course, everything has two sides. If you look at it from a good perspective, although De Laurentiis is strong, he has a clear sense of love and hate, and he does things very directly and roughly, without too much intrigue.
The club owner is not happy after losing and wants to punish the players. This is not uncommon in European football. It is not uncommon to punish players with closed training camps. But the problem with De Laurentiis is that he personally left the field. This is what he
On the other hand, some other presidents and owners will take more roundabout ways, such as using the general manager and sports director to put pressure on the head coach, and then remove themselves.
Whether De Laurentiis is good or bad as a boss is a matter of opinion.
Gao Shen was not very familiar with De Laurentiis, so he had a negative attitude toward contact with Naples. He agreed to go to Europe to meet, but the specific time was not finalized. He only revealed the approximate time of his return to Europe.
In contrast, he directly revealed the date of his return to Europe to Blanco, and the difference is obvious.
But Gao Shen never expected that De Laurentiis would be so urgent that he chased him directly to the Chinese capital.
When Gao Shen received a call from Marino in his hometown and learned that they had arrived in the capital, he was shocked and felt the sincerity from Naples, so he packed his things, changed his itinerary, and flew to the capital.
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In a luxury hotel in the capital, Gao Shen met De Laurentiis and Marino, who they met for the first time.
De Laurentiis is not tall, with a slicked back, white hair and beard, but a pair of bright eyes. Although he is wearing a suit, it still cannot hide his unruly temperament. At first glance, he is not a good guy.
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Marino, on the other hand, is a bald middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a pair of myopic glasses. He looks polite and has a particularly kind smile, which makes it easy for people to like him.
When Gao Shen saw them, he felt very special because their temperaments didn't match at all.
But that’s how the workplace is.
Many times, when two people with similar temperaments work together, conflicts are more likely to occur. It is when such completely different temperaments come together that it is easier for a chemical reaction to occur.
The two arrived in the capital yesterday, after a day of jet lag. Although they had been staying in the hotel, the air in the capital was not particularly ideal these two days. Gao Shen smelled the pungent smell in the air as soon as he got off the plane.
This became the first topic after the three of them sat down.
De Laurentiis has repeatedly complained about the weather in the capital and feels it is a big problem.
Gao Shen admitted this fact, but also explained a few words in front of foreign guests, which was nothing more than the geographical location, the consequences of industrial development, and the country is currently working hard to manage the situation.
Unexpectedly, De Laurentiis actually accepted it, and even said seriously that China's economy has been developing rapidly in recent years, and many of his friends in Hollywood attach great importance to the Chinese market.
This also reminded Gao Shen of his other identity, a big shot in the Italian film industry and very well-connected in Hollywood.
Although it was just his first contact, Gao Shen said to himself that he had met many different kinds of people. The feeling about De Laurentiis was not as disgusting as in his impression. He was very strong and unruly, and had his own way of thinking and doing things.
logic.
One detail is that from the moment they met until now, De Laurentiis is basically the one doing the talking, while Marino is sitting aside, smiling politely, nodding his head from time to time, nodding in agreement, no matter how you look at it,
Like a flatterer.
Thinking of this, Gao Shen had a special metaphor in his mind, that is, the fat little black guy who does cross talk and his curly-haired guy who smokes, drinks, and perms. The difference is that Marino, the fat little white guy with a bald head, is a flattering guy with curly hair.
Brother Mao is a funny guy.
This metaphor was even more pleasing to the eye when Gao Shen looked at them again.
The three of them gradually talked about movies from the air, and then from movies to football.
De Laurentiis talked about some situations in Naples, some of which Gao Shen had known before, but many of them were in error from outside rumors.
For example, Gao Shen once saw a report before that when Napoli was ordered to be relegated, a total of five players chose to stay on the team. However, according to De Laurentiis, Napoli was already deep in the team before being ordered to be relegated.
The debt problem caused many players to become basically disoriented. Once they were ordered to be demoted, all the players with prospects left.
When he reorganized the team, there were only two players left from the original team, and both of them were unable to play football.
"Without me, Naples would not have a football team now!" De Laurentiis said arrogantly.
Of course, Naples does not have only one football club, but it is the only one that is truly famous. Because of this, Naples' attendance rate has always been very high.
They are the largest city in southern Italy.
From a business perspective, De Laurentiis may not have this consideration.
After reorganizing the team in 2004, in order to return to Serie B as soon as possible, De Laurentiis invested 5 million euros in transfers in the first season and introduced the team's current attacking lineup.
High center Robert Sosa and Brazilian left winger Bill from Atlanta's youth training. The latter also spent more than one million euros on him, which was considered a huge sum of money in the third-tier Italian league at the time.
But after half the game, the team performed poorly, and De Laurentiis spent another 3.6 million euros to bring in Emmanuel, the current top scorer on the team, from Pescara in Serie B.
Karayo, but in the end, the team failed to reach Serie B.
After learning the lessons from last season, the team tinkered again this season and finally succeeded in reaching Serie B.
Also this summer, De Laurentiis finally regained the name of Naples, and the team officially changed its name.
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De Laurentiis's tone was full of pride and pride. He was not complaining or complaining, but showing Gao Shen his achievements in Naples and his commitment and ambition to Naples.
"When I reorganized Naples, I formulated two five-year plans. First, I will use five years to return to Serie A. Second, in the second five years, I will build the team into a place where it will not lose to the three northern heroes.
A new force."
Speaking of this goal, De Laurentiis is ambitious, "I can now proudly say that I am moving forward according to the plan. I am confident that I can lead Naples to Serie A within three years."
Gao Shen finally understood that the boss of Naples was quite crazy.
But after hearing this, he shook his head and smiled.
"What? Do you think there is something wrong with this goal?" De Laurentiis was a little dissatisfied.
"No, Mr. De Laurentiis, I'm just thinking that there are still some gaps in our positioning."
"oh?"
"If, I mean if, I coached Naples and stayed in Serie B for one more season, it would be too long for me. I don't have the patience to stay for three years, and I don't have the patience to spend another five years after finally making it to Serie A.
It will take several years to accumulate strength and slowly catch up with Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan."
De Laurentiis was very surprised.
He thought he was arrogant enough, but he didn't expect Gao Shen's tone to be louder than him.
"Then if you were the head coach of Naples, how long would it take you?" Marino, a conscientious supporter, asked the question that De Laurentiis wanted to ask but was embarrassed to ask.
"Strive to reach Serie A in the new season and keep pace with the three northern heroes within two seasons. I am confident that I can do in three years what you want to do in the next eight years, but may not be able to do yet." Gao Shen said with confidence.
De Laurentiis and Marino looked at each other, both shocked.
It takes three years to build a team that can keep pace with the three heroes in the north?
"That's impossible!" De Laurentiis sneered and shook his head.
He felt that Gao Shen was exaggerating, or even deliberately trying to bluff himself.
This tactic is common at the negotiation table.
"There is absolutely no need for me to tell this lie in front of you, Mr. De Laurentiis." Gao Shen said with a faint smile.
Aren't you crazy? Aren't you rebellious?
I'm crazier than you!
More importantly, I have crazy capital!
"As for what you said is impossible, I want to remind you, Mr. De Laurentiis, when I first took over Real Madrid, everyone said it was impossible for me to succeed. I said I wanted to control the dressing room, but they said it was impossible.
I said I wanted to reverse Barcelona and win the championship, but they also said it was impossible. I said I wanted to win the Champions League, but they still said it was impossible."
Having said this, Gao Shen spread his hands and asked helplessly: "Now, do you think it is possible?"
This is profound confidence.
He has solid results to back him up, so what is he afraid of?
Besides, he also has enough confidence.
But again, he has little interest in coaching Napoli.
Therefore, he didn't mind annoying De Laurentiis. Even seeing the angry expression on the Naples boss's face, he didn't explain much. He just chatted with them perfunctorily for a while. They didn't talk to each other, so that was enough.
Already.
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"I didn't expect him to be so arrogant!"
Marino watched Gao Shen leave with surprise. He didn't expect that Gao Shen, who spoke so kindly on the phone, would be so arrogant, but he couldn't come up with any strong rebuttal.
Who makes people's achievements so outstanding?
But what he didn't expect was that De Laurentiis, who had been gnashing his teeth in front of Gao Shen just now, seemed to have changed his face before Gao Shen stepped forward, and burst into laughter.
