Chapter 145 Boss Invites Dinner

Chang Sheng came to Chairman Flores' house before dinner.

Although Flores is the club chairman of Getafe, his home is not in this poor area.

In any case, Flores can be considered a rich man, otherwise how could he become the boss of Getafe?

Spanish football clubs used to be membership-based, but most football clubs are now joint-stock economic entities.

Chinese fans don't know much about this. They only know that Barcelona and Real Madrid are membership-based clubs, so they think that Spanish football clubs are all membership-based. In fact, many Spanish football clubs are now joint stock companies.

But the transition between these is a long story.

In the era of membership, most Spanish football clubs were in dire financial condition. The characteristic of the membership system is that they are not responsible for making profits at all, because the law stipulates that they are not allowed to make profits, and if they make profits, they will break the law... This sounds unbelievable, and there are mandatory requirements not to make money, but it is the truth. 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 funds raised must be spent, otherwise it will be considered as going into private pockets...

This has led to such a phenomenon-because membership clubs have the natural characteristics of "teams spend money, members pay the bill", it is difficult for club leaders to tighten the string of "living within their means" on financial issues. By the late 1980s, heavy debts had become a common feature of many Spanish clubs. Among them, the debt of La Liga clubs can easily reach hundreds of millions. Even billions of pesetas to the dire extent.

In order to save professional football clubs from the impending economic collapse and to allow them to develop more healthily in the future, the Spanish government issued a special decree in 1990. According to the decree, the state first settles the debts of the club. The latter will repay the money to the Treasury within twelve years. At the same time, the club must be reorganized into a limited liability sports company and become an economic entity with a certain registered capital. The more debts the club owed before, the higher the amount of registered capital it needs. The reorganization work must be completed by June 30th, 1992, otherwise the club will be immediately forcibly demoted to the third division or simply disbanded. The Spanish government issued such a decree in the hope that after the football club becomes a company, it can realize true self-discipline at the financial level, so that the management and operation of the club will be more transparent.

In order to raise registered capital, clubs have chosen to sell future shares to start financing. Most of them have adopted a "three-step" strategy, that is, in April and May 1992, they sold future shares to members, and sold shares to fans in June.

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Let the previous classical membership club be given a new meaning. \/\/..\/\/ After purchasing shares, the status of club members and ordinary fans has thus been raised to become shareholders—even though they are only minority shareholders. In the process of buying shares, because clubs generally have huge debts and the contribution of small shareholders is very limited, it is natural that a certain tycoon will spend huge sums of money to buy many shares. become a major shareholder. After the reorganization was completed, the major shareholder entered the club's board of directors reasonably and became the actual head of the limited liability sports company.

Francisco Flores, an olive oil businessman, naturally took this opportunity to become the owner of the Getafe club.

Of course, he himself is also an old member of the Getafe club. His love for the team will not change because of money. Just let him run the team. He is more confident to bring Getafe to a broader stage.

And Getafe did take off from the time he was in charge of the team.

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

Finally climbed to the Spanish second division. One step away from the top league.

It's all thanks to Flores, or in other words, the pesetas that Flores threw in...

Although many fans and players have to change the club's manager Moscodo, they still respect the club's chairman Flores.

After all, this is the man who gave Getafe new life.

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Flores' home is in a villa in downtown Madrid.

His olive tree estate is in the sunny Andalusia region in southern Spain, where the best olive oil in Spain is produced.

He has a modest estate there.

Among the large number of olive oil merchants in Spain, Francisco Flores is just an ordinary one.

It is also fortunate that Getafe is a small team, otherwise it is really hard to say whether he can support it for eight years with his financial resources.

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After Chang Sheng arrived at Flores' home, he first presented the gift he brought from China—a fiery red Chinese knot with fast ceramic decorations in the middle.

It certainly wasn't a gift he'd bought just for Flores.

In fact, before Chang Sheng left, he went to the wholesale market in the city where his home was located to wholesale... There are big and small ones, the big ones cost fifteen yuan each, and the small ones cost two yuan each, as many as you want.

Changsheng is wholesale to give away.

After returning that time, he gave each of his colleagues a gift. Of course, the players were not left behind.

For ordinary Europeans in 2000, China was still a place full of mystery. The things Chang Sheng gave them seemed novel and interesting enough to them, and it was a very enviable thing to get a gift from China.

But Chang Sheng did not give it to Flores, because there seemed to be no good reason or opportunity.

Unexpectedly, it was finally sent out now.

This is the largest one he brought back, and it is also the most beautifully made one. It doesn't look like something that costs more than ten yuan at all.

Flores looked very happy after seeing this gift.

"It's so beautiful!" The old man couldn't put it down, and then announced that he asked the servant to hang this Chinese knot in a prominent place in the living room.

It was obvious that he liked the gift very much.

But the move to hang it in the most prominent position in the living room. But it's not just the gift that I like very much.

This signifies the importance he attaches to the giver.

Chang Sheng is not a fool, so he can naturally see the deep meaning in it.

In fact, he has never quite understood why Flores is so optimistic about and supports him.

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

Without the support of the club chairman, Chang Sheng might not be able to persist until the start of the new season...

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

A big family, happy and harmonious.

Everyone greeted Chang Sheng with a smile and was very enthusiastic. It's not like the kind of rich people that others think is aloof. Look down on others.

This may have something to do with Chang Sheng's performance in Getafe.

Chang Shengzai and Getafe's coaching achievements have proved his ability. If he has strength, he will never be underestimated.

Chang Sheng greeted and greeted everyone.

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A family dinner at the Flores family. Still very rich.

The family ate and drank, and then chatted.

Everyone is very interested in the mysterious East.

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

Now that there is an extra visitor from the East at home, they will naturally not let Chang Sheng go.

He pestered Chang Sheng to talk a lot about China.

Being able to promote his motherland so directly, Chang Sheng also seemed very interested in talking.

Chang Sheng seemed to be the protagonist of the meal. Everyone's eyes fell on him with interest.

Everyone laughed from time to time in the restaurant.

A meal is enjoyed by both the host and the guest.

However, Chang Sheng still had doubts in his heart.

Could it be that his boss just invited himself to have such a meal?

And at dinner, Flores seemed very silent and didn't talk much, most of the time he watched Chang Sheng talking. Smile every now and then.

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

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

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

But Chang Sheng was wrong, after entering the study. Flores was just chatting with himself. Of course, the main questions were about the team's situation.

It also talked about Moscow, the manager that Chang Sheng hated.

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

Chang Sheng shrugged: "I don't think he will speak well of me either."

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

"He stretched his hand too far, and he stretched it directly into my team." Chang Sheng said.

Chang Sheng always believed that Moscow targeted him first. The matter between him and Gorka can be regarded as an internal matter of the C team. He is the head coach of Team C, doesn't he even have the right to deal with a Team C player?

It is also necessary to ask Moscow to come to ask more questions.

Chang Sheng was not the kind of person who could swallow his anger. Since Moscow made him trouble, he would naturally be unhappy with Moscow.

The hostility between the two sides, which no one could explain clearly at the beginning, has turned into deliberate targeting.

Flores smiled and didn't say who was right or wrong between Chang Sheng and Vicente.

He was not surprised by the conflict between Chang Sheng and Moscow. Moscow is mostly a person with a desire to control, while Chang Sheng is also very rebellious. It's no wonder that these two people have no conflicts when they get together.

If it was in the past, he might mediate in the middle, or let one of them go.

But now, he doesn't think so anymore.

Because he doesn't know whether he can continue to be the chairman of this club.

"I have been the chairman of Getafe for eight years. This year is the most promising year I have seen for the team. I heard that your goal this season is to lead the team to upgrade?" Mr. Chairman watched with great interest. With Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng nodded. He felt that there was nothing to hide in front of Mr. Chairman, who had always been very supportive of himself, and the matter itself was not shameful, so there was no need to hesitate and hide it.

"Yes. This season I want to take Getafe to the first division."

"How did you come up with this goal? You must know that we were still struggling with relegation last season..."

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

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

Then his eyes refocused and looked at Chang Sheng: "You never thought about what if you fail?"

"In case of failure, I think at least we don't have to worry about relegation anymore. So even if we fail, there is actually no loss for the team. Set the goal higher and start working hard. Even if you fail, I think It will be better than setting the goal very low, and then lose the fighting spirit? A high enough goal can make everyone work hard for this goal and forget about everything. If the goal is set too easily, everyone will lose fighting spirit and Motive." Chang Sheng explained his thoughts clearly.

Hearing Flores nodding again and again, he felt that what Chang Sheng said made sense.

"Now it seems that your goal has been achieved. At least we don't have to worry about relegation. To be honest, Chang. Your performance has far exceeded my imagination. At first I had the attitude of giving it a try. I asked you to serve as the interim head coach of the first team... but I didn't expect you to do better than all of us expected. The first in the league..." Flores patted his thigh lightly and muttered.

Chang Sheng grinned, but didn't answer.

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

When sending Chang Sheng out of the villa gate, Flores said to him: "I hope I can see the scene where my team is promoted to the first division. It must be quite wonderful."

Chang Sheng said with certainty: "If you asked me half a season ago, I still can't tell you the answer with certainty. But now, I can answer you, Mr. Chairman. You can definitely see Getafe's upgrade. of!"

He does have that confidence.

The current team is number one in the league. 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 will be controlled within a controllable range.

Even if you can't win the league championship, at least you can be in the top three.

As long as it is the top three, it can be upgraded.

Flores smiled at him, but said nothing.

After seeing off Chang Sheng, he turned and went back to the house.

He thought that Chang Sheng probably didn't know what he was referring to just now.

Of course he can see the scene when Getafe is promoted to the first division, because he has confidence in winning. But it may not be in the current capacity.

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