On November 14, in the last round of the Champions League group stage, Leiden Oriental sent all substitutes away to play, and still defeated Feyenoord 3-2 away. Juventus, who also played as a substitute, also defeated Dynamo Kiev 2-1 away. In the end, Leiden Oriental ranked first in the standings with a goal difference advantage.

After returning to the league, Leiden Oriental faced Liverpool away again. In the end, Leiden Oriental tied with the opponent and continued to maintain a four-point advantage against his opponent.

In two consecutive away games, Xiao Ming was so busy that he threw away the so-called good news that Chris said. He didn't think Chris could bring any good news. What could a little girl do?

So although Chris has not come to work at the club these days, Xiao Ming has not cared about this matter. Chris’s work in the club is relatively easy. Now it is not the time when the diplomatic department is busy. If she wants to rest, she should rest. What's more, Xiao Ming has always felt a little embarrassed to face Chris...

After returning to the club, Xiao Ming did not go to find Chris, but got the players' physical condition and physical condition from Pentus and Levine. Xiao Ming has always attached great importance to these two points. Anyway, there are enough outstanding players now, and the rotation of their state and physical fitness in training is a good result.

Just when Xiao Ming was impressed, the office door was gently knocked.

Xiao Ming raised his head, but saw the door being pushed open a crack. Then Chris' head stretched in, with a smug and naughty smile on his face, just like a child doing something proud and wanted adults to know...

Seeing Chris like this, Xiao Ming couldn't help laughing. He felt that Chris looked pretty today. Chris' inexplicably sad and uncomfortable looking that day.

"Come in." Xiao Ming put down the information in his hand and poured Chris a cup of tea: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

The smile on Chris's face froze a little. She walked in behind her back, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't I say last time that I'll bring you good news in three days? I should have told you a few days ago, but after you came back from the Netherlands, you flew to Liverpool immediately. I don't have time to find you."

"Oh, you are talking about that." Xiao Ming suddenly realized: "What's wrong? Is there any good news to tell me? It's not that your female cat gave birth to another litter of kittens, right? I don't keep a cat. Don't give me one. I will only keep it to death, not feed it..."

Chris is about to be angry with him. Just a bachelor like you, giving you a cat is like sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger. How can I bear to let it go...

Chris walked to his desk with a stern face and placed a copy of the information he was holding on his desk: "There are more than a hundred signatures on it...these signatures come from all the residents of the entire block east of Brisbane Road...they are willing to sell you the private land they own, but you have to meet all their conditions."

"The whole block east?" Xiao Ming shouted in surprise: "That neighborhood surrounded by Brisbane Road, Buckingham Palace Road, Leidenstone Road and Forest Road?"

"That's right, that neighborhood is only a neighborhood of Brisbane Road and Brisbane Road." Chris looked at Xiao Ming's surprised expression with satisfaction and said proudly: "Everyone's signatures are here, including 167 residents and owners of thirteen merchants. They all agreed to sell the land to you at a price of 10% higher than the current price."

"Ten percent?" Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment.

Chris thought Xiao Ming was too much, so he explained: "In fact, they didn't want to make money from you, but it would cost a lot of money to build the house in other places. In addition to being willing to transfer the land to you, the merchants also asked that the stadium be built in the future and they would be able to obtain the store they operated after it was built."

"No problem, absolutely no problem, I don't think it's too much." Xiao Ming came to his senses. If he could buy these land at a price of 10% higher than the market price, it would be an extremely preferential thing. You must know that if you want to obtain those lands connected together, the key is not the price issue, but to make everyone agree to sell the land - as long as there is a nail household, the value of the entire land will be greatly reduced, and Xiao Ming will definitely not be able to use violence to move the other party away - he is the club owner, not the gang boss.

If all the owners of all private land in that place agree to sell, Xiao Ming would agree happily even if it was twice the market price.

"How did you do it? Chris, it really surprised me." Xiao Ming didn't have time to carefully look at the specific conditions proposed by each private land owner. As long as they were willing to sell it together, the price was worth it. On the contrary, Chris was able to do this and surprised him extremely.

The land covered by Brisbane Road and Leidenstone Road has an area of ​​up to ten hectares. If it is connected to Brisbane Road Stadium, then Xiao Ming's wish can really be achieved - a stadium with at least more than 60,000 people and a wide enough underground parking lot, fan supplies shops, bars, entertainment facilities, and sports and leisure communities!

However, the situation in this neighborhood is quite complicated. Most of the more than 100 residents here are residents who have been rooted in this place for generations. At the same time, these houses are basically independent apartments, surrounded by gardens, and there is a large yard behind the house. Those who live here are basically middle-class people with very good incomes. They have no special luxury, and the feeling of staying in their own homes is what they pursue most.

Although they are basically fans of Leiden Oriental, they are not low-income people like Sawyer and others. Such land is the most difficult to get because it is difficult for you to touch their hearts.

"Of course I can do it, but I have to thank Mr. Wood and the rumor before." Chris smiled with his lips pursed.

The rumor that Schindler released not only made Xiao Ming know the attitude of Leiden fans, but also played another role - this is probably a situation that Schindler, the initiator, did not expect.

After talking to himself for a long time, Xiao Ming realized that Chris was still in the office. He turned his head embarrassedly and said to Chris: "Chris, you have helped a lot now. I will give you a bonus at the end of the year... By the way, do you have any requirements? As long as I can do it, it will definitely satisfy you."

Chris looked at Xiao Ming and smiled: "I have no requirements... Your performance that day was the best reward for me, because I know that you are so hardworking for Leiden East. I may have been a fan of Leiden East for longer than you, so what is this effort?"

Xiao Ming's heart was moved. He slowly approached Chris, then reached out to touch Chris' head: "Don't say that, I am the boss of Leiden East. What achievements and glory have Leiden East achieved belong to me. This time you have helped Leiden East a lot and deserve the reward."

Feeling that Xiao Ming was very close to him, Chris's face turned red. She lowered her head and replied in a subtle voice: "I don't want anything now... If I have it in the future, I will tell you again."

"Okay, then I owe you a promise." Xiao Ming also felt that his movement was a bit ambiguous, so he withdrew his hand and said with a smile.

"Then... I'll leave first." Chris nodded, turned around in a panic and walked out of the office. Xiao Ming looked at Chris's back and sighed slightly.

After receiving this news, Schindler was also very surprised. He naturally felt keenly how much benefit would that block belong to the Leiden Oriental Club? The total area of ​​that block plus the Brisbane Road Stadium had exceeded fifteen hectares, which was larger than the one they discussed at that time and the idle land around. Another advantage was that there was no need to move out of Leiden. The roots of Leiden Oriental still existed, and were deeper than before, and the rhizomes were thicker!

"The next thing is left to you... Help the residents there to find new residential areas, and at the same time prepare to demolish the old residential areas, tell them that we can even help them move and rebuild their apartments so that their lives will not be affected too much, but just to change to a new place. This will be beneficial to us and them, and it will be fast. Before the end of this season, I will ask that all the housing in that neighborhood be demolished." Xiao Ming told Schindler.

"There's no problem. As long as they are willing to move away, it will be demolished quickly." Schindler nodded: "It's just that it takes a long time to build the stadium. If you have to use this place, Brisbane Road Stadium will not be used during this period. What should we do if we play during this period of time?"

"We can build the new stadium on that block, move it in after it is built, and then turn the original site of Brisbane Road into a fan community." Xiao Ming said after thinking about it.

"That would be a waste." Schindler shook his head after looking at the map.

"Waste? What does this mean?" Xiao Ming was a little surprised.

Schindler pointed to the map: "Boss, look, that neighborhood is very prosperous, facing roads on all sides, Brisbane Road on the west is going to be incorporated. Let's not talk about Forest Road in the north, Buckingham Palace Road on the south, Leidenstone Road on the east... The flow of people and directions are the most prosperous in this area! If the stadium is built, the commercial value on these three sides will be greatly reduced, and the second is that if the original site of Brisbane Road is turned into a commercial area, then the passage of that area will only be the north and south sides, the stadium on the east and the Lihe on the west, so that the places directly along the street will be reduced by half, which is a very loss."

"In that case, we can only build a new stadium on the original site of Brisbane Road Stadium, just to expand the area." Xiao Ming nodded.

"Yes, conservatively, it will take more than two years to build the stadium. We have to find another place for these two seasons of games," Schindler replied.

"We can repair the stadium first, then the commercial area and community, so that the time can be shortened. We will start repairing after the end of this season. As for the venue for the game, we will look for it separately. At worst, we can go back to Forrest Stadium. We have done this before." Xiao Ming said helplessly.

"In that case, we have to endure at least more than a season, but there is nothing we can do about it." Schindler thought about it and there was no good idea.

"Okay, then let's discuss it later. Take down that place first... The buildings near Leidenstone Road can be demolished without rushing. First, the buildings near Brisbane Road are demolished, mainly to build the stadium." Xiao Ming made the final decision.

"Ok, I'll do it now." Schindler nodded.

Schindler turned around and left the office. Xiao Mingzhi looked at the Leiden map on the wall with pride and sighed with satisfaction.

Brisbane Road Stadium is connected to that neighborhood. This land is half larger than the land occupied by Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in the future, which is enough to make Leiden East's home stadium large enough. At the same time, the ancillary facilities near the stadium can completely attract Leiden fans from all over the world to come and watch. At that time, this will be the starting point for Leiden East to take off!

As for the past few years, just rent the stadium and just rent it. Even if you are not in Forrest, you may be able to share the same stadium with West Ham United? At worst, you can give them the rental fee and maintenance fee to the FA in advance and ask them to separate the home games between Leiden East and West Ham United. It is common for two teams to share the same stadium in mainland Europe, and this is not a big problem...
Chapter completed!