Chapter 589 One penny, one shilling, one pound

Since escaping from death in Madrid three years ago, Jessica seems to have figured it out that she began to miss the days she spent with Xiao Ming. In the past few years, she has basically faded out of the entertainment industry, just occasionally going to take out catwalks, being guests of entertainment programs, etc., and more often they watch football in the home box of Leiden East, and occasionally traveling around with close friends in the previous circle.

Jessica, who faded out of the entertainment industry, is as beautiful as ever. However, because she did not star in "Sin City" and "Fantastic Four" like in history, her fame is far less than that in history. So sometimes Xiao Ming feels a little guilty when he sees Jessica doing nothing at home. After all, she actually didn't help Jessica, but instead made her career worse than before. Although there is no question of who is sorry to each other, Xiao Ming still feels a little sorry.

So Xiao Ming wanted to find something for Jessica - Jessica has been acting since she was a child, and she basically knows nothing except acting, and she doesn't need to do things for money - so now she doesn't have much to do except for beauty and other things every day. The time she spends with Xiao Ming is her most fulfilling and happiest time, but unfortunately, there is not much time at all - after all, Xiao Ming is really too busy.

"Dear, are you usually bored?"

That night, after the passion, Xiao Ming asked Jessica seriously.

Jessica was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while: "Sometimes it's a little boring, but aren't you still there?"

Looking at Jessica's smiling face, Xiao Ming smiled: "But I'm not always by your side... It just so happens that there is something I can't find someone to take responsibility for me now. Maybe you are very suitable."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Jessica's curiosity was mobilized. She was indeed a little bored in normal times. It was always good to do something, not to mention that if she could help Xiao Ming, she would be very happy.

"That's right, I plan to set up a charity foundation in the name of Leiden Oriental." Xiao Ming said with a smile: "If you make a fortune, you have to establish a rank. Besides, charity with the reputation of Leiden Oriental Club is also a good addition to the reputation of the team. So I hope you can take care of this foundation, and I feel more at ease."

"That's fine." Jessica said enthusiastically. She was indeed interested in this matter. It was not only a little more fulfilling, but also a meaningful thing. Even if charity is hypocritical and then the show is better, but there is only a little more than nothing. If there is a little more, the world will be better: "Then what method are you going to set up this foundation?"

"To establish a foundation, of course, there must be a source of funds. Of course, this source comes from Leiden East." Xiao Ming said: "I have a preliminary idea. I don't need to pay a lot of money from the beginning, but just a long-term flow... The purpose of this fund is to help poverty alleviation, people-oriented, and the environment is a lot of people worry about. I don't care about animals, at least before humans are hungry... The focus of assistance will be Africa. Even if they are backward and ignorant, the people there should have the right to survive."

"I really didn't expect this." Jessica looked at Xiao Ming in surprise: "I see that there have never been African players in your team, and I thought you didn't like them."

"It has nothing to do with whether you like it or not." Xiao Ming smiled: "Claude is a black man, Lucio and Ronnie are black, and Thor who just left... I don't use African players because most of them will soon fall into depravity after becoming famous. After all, their level of education makes them have money to a large extent and become unprofitable after becoming famous. Another very important reason is that I don't want them to run back to play the African Cup at the critical moment of the season. I don't use them just to avoid trouble. It's not that I have any opinions about them. Born in Africa is their misfortune, but those who become players are the lucky ones among the lucky ones."

"So that's the case... So what's the source of the funds?" Jessica nodded thoughtfully. She was a mixed-race child herself, so naturally there would be no racial discrimination.

"Of course it has something to do with Leiden Oriental." Xiao Ming replied: "In addition to the initial start-up funds, other additional funds are related to Leiden Oriental."

"Invest some funds every year? Do you want to hold a charity sale or raise funds? Or do you want to donate all the ticket income in a friendly match?" Jessica thought carefully. It seemed that a football club could only do charity by using this method. In the history that Xiao Ming knew, Barcelona once used breast advertisements that had been blank for a century for charity, but this is also their only one. Other clubs cannot have breast advertisements that have been blank for such a long time.

"These can be considered, but the main source is not these, but various incomes of Leiden Oriental." This is something that Xiao Ming has considered for a long time. He is of course sufficient for his current assets. Not to mention that Google's stock sells out enough to shock the world's financial market. Even his venture capital funds in the United States can bring him a lot of benefits. However, he does not intend to use this aspect, but plans to make a fuss about Leiden Oriental Club.

"Simply put, it is three ones." Xiao Ming said to Jessica who was calm and quiet: "All the fan supplies stores of Leiden Oriental Club belong to, from down jackets and beddings to keychains, we donate a penny for every sale. The Oriental Stadium, for every visitor who visits and watches the stadium, we donate a shilling - although the shilling is no longer circulating now, this is just a reference, that is, for every ticket sold for a tour, we donate a ten penny. All Leiden Oriental home games, for every ticket sold, we donate a pound... This will be the main source of funds for this charity fund."

"One penny, one shilling, one pound?" Jessica asked in confusion: "It doesn't seem like it's much money?"

"Is it rare? It seems that you are also confused by this number. I will calculate the account for you." Xiao Ming laughed: "Last month's financial statements showed that we sold about one million pieces of various goods in fan supplies stores around the world. That is to say, the number of goods we sell in a year is about ten million, which means that it is 100,000 pounds. Since the construction of the Oriental Stadium, we have accepted tours from more than two million tourists. In this way, it is 200,000 pounds. The number of people entering the Oriental Stadium last season exceeded one million, so it is 1 million pounds. We can invest about 1.5 million pounds every year. At the same time, we also accept donations from fans around the world. We may not invest too much directly, but we will definitely not get too little indirectly."

"More than one million pounds a year... This number is a bit pitiful." Jessica said after thinking about it.

"It's a bit pitiful, but the success is long-lasting." Xiao Ming smiled: "One or two million a year is not too small, and no charity fund can be built by one person. It must be done by all walks of life. It seems that no club has set up a charity fund specifically for this. If we do well, we may be able to bring in a few more clubs, and that's fine then."

"That's true. More than one million a year is not a small amount." Jessica nodded. After all, Leiden Oriental Club does not make much profit every year. It was only after the new stadium was built that it reached a balance of income and expenditure. More than one million pounds a year are already the annual salary of a first-team member.

"Then do it." Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Maybe you won't be very busy yet, but maybe in the future, you will become very busy."

"That's my honor, my dear." Jessica replied.

In the next few days, Xiao Ming was not busy with the foundation's affairs - such things did not require his own operation. In the United States, he had experienced personnel. He asked Jessica to serve as the chief executive, but Jessica was more trustworthy.

This kind of preparation is not difficult, it just takes a while, and various institutions like this are very welcome - some people are willing to do good deeds, which is of course a good thing.

So a few days before the team gathered, Xiao Ming was busy with another thing.

Leiden Oriental's three important signings this season are all from Croatia, and Croatia is not a member of the EU. In the year when Xiao Ming was reborn, Croatia had a great hope of becoming a member of the EU, but that will happen five years later. If you wait five years later, the daylily will be cold.

Non-EU players need a labor certificate - so Xiao Ming has always avoided using non-EU players, but these three Croatian players are what Leiden Oriental needs now - even if it is not the main force.

Among these three players, Olic is a veteran international in Croatia. Although he is not the main player in the national team, he has participated in many games and meets the requirements of the labor certificate. Modric was selected for the Croatian national team for the first time at the beginning of this year. However, when he participated in the World Cup, the application for the labor certificate is a little more troublesome, but it is not impossible to get it. With Xiao Ming's close relationship with the FA, it is not a problem to achieve this. After all, players who have played for European teams in the World Cup and have played will not object to the Premier League labor certificate.

The most troublesome thing is Joel Luca, who Xiao Ming values ​​the most among the three.

Although Joel Luca's future may not be as good as Modric, in his position, Leiden East seems a little weak. Joel Luca and Subotic are the candidates for the main central defender combination in Xiao Ming's mind for the next ten years. Joel Luca is more experienced and more comprehensive than Subotic - in addition to the central defender, he can also play right back and midfielder. Although he is tall, he still performs extremely well in the position of full-back. If he can perform well in the right back position, then Xiao Ming may be able to push Daniel into the midfield - just like Daniel's idol Sanetti, becoming a backcourt all-rounder.

After Campbell left for free, there were only three central defenders left in the first team of Leiden Oriental. Perth was average and was just fine in the cup and unimportant leagues. When facing a strong team, his typical British central defender would appear slow to turn and slow to react. He was able to stay in Leiden Oriental because of his youth training status, loyalty to the club and willingness to be a substitute, which made him feel a bit difficult for the main players. Hypia performed quite well last season, which was also a worry that Xiao Ming would refuse Campbell's unreasonable salary increase request.

The reason why the England international left was 32 years old, but no one knew how many years his good condition could remain. Although Sun Jihai was able to play a guest center back, his physical fitness made him more suitable to play fullback. In this way, only Lucio is left in the position of Leiden Oriental central defender. It is imperative to add to the central defender. It is precisely because of this that Joel Luca was able to defeat Olic, who can fight and Modric, who has a bright future, and become players who must sign.

However, among these three people, Joel Luca's labor certificate is the most difficult to obtain.

First of all, although Joel Luca is on the list of the new Croatian national team after the World Cup, he has not participated in any game for the Croatian national team, so he has never played in the World Cup. This is nothing like Modric. In addition, as a defensive player, he is far inferior to offensive players in terms of fame and other aspects - although like Modric, he became the absolute main force of Dynamo Zagreb last season and is a player who is extremely valued in the team.

It is obviously impossible to get Joel Luca to obtain a labor certificate through the national team's results. Not to mention 75%, even 25% cannot reach - Modric barely reached half of it, because the Croatian national team played more games this year than last year, and although he was a substitute, as an attacker, Modric got a lot of opportunities to play on the bench - in terms of data, the effect of starting and playing on the bench is the same.

Then there is only one way. Because Manchester United lost Kaka due to the terms of the labor certificate, the "special genius clause" that was eventually spawned was officially implemented in 2003. Non-EU players who fail to qualify for the labor certificate can get a chance through this clause. However, for the club, this clause can only be used once a season, and it may seem a bit wasteful if used on a defender.

Xiao Ming doesn't care about this. He only plans to introduce these three Croatian players this year. This place is not necessary. And if he wants to add players in the future, some outstanding EU players are willing to go to Leiden East to win the championship, so Xiao Ming is not worried that he will lose the place when he needs to use it.

Xiao Ming was very open-minded about such things. He used them if they could. If they expired, they would be invalid. It would not be possible to save them and use them twice next year, so it would be useless.

So in the next few days, Xiao Ming was working on the labor certificates of these players. Olic's labor certificate was quickly issued, and Modric's labor certificate also progressed very quickly, just that Joel Luca's would take some time.

The special genius clause does not require too few procedures. First, Xiao Ming must prepare materials to prove Joel Luca's strength, and then find a proof person with enough reputation. This proof person still needs to be a person who works for Leiden Oriental - so that both Garney and Hilton are not qualified, and then apply for the FA to hold a hearing and state their opinions in front of a six-person jury, so that the final result can be obtained.

Although it was a bit troublesome, Xiao Ming did not think it was a difficult thing.

First of all, Joel Luca has proved his strength in the Croatian league. Although he is not a Croatian international, he has played directly in the Croatian youth team without any tricks. He has participated in world competitions and is also a member of the new Croatian national team. There will be no problems with this material.

As for the proof, Xiao Ming invited former Croatian superstar Davao Suk, who had played for a year in Leiden East, to prove that although the year he had not had a very pleasant life in Leiden East, his personal relationship with Xiao Ming was pretty good. After Suk retired, he opened a football school named after himself in Croatia, and he also had certain cooperation with Leiden East. At the same time, he also played in Dynamo Zagreb. When this proof person had no problem with fame and qualifications.

The next thing is to see if the FA will give Xiao Ming a face - the "special genius clause" is equivalent to a backdoor left by the FA for acquaintances. If you have a good relationship network, you can sign many good players by using this point, not a single player a year. If you have a bad relationship with the FA, it will only take a minute to make things difficult for the other party.

So in the past two years, Xiao Ming had never thought about the special genius clause. He knew that his relationship with the FA was average, but this year was different. Although he refused to serve as the head coach of the England national team, the relationship between him and the FA was unprecedentedly harmonious. At the same time, he did not say anything while refusing. The FA, which had little confidence in McLaren, may still need Xiao Ming as a firefighter in the future, so naturally he would not make things too difficult for Leiden East.

Under all the favorable factors, Xiao Ming was full of confidence in obtaining Joel Luca's labor certificate - but for Joel Luca himself, he was waiting for the FA's verdict on his fate with trepidation - he and Modric are good friends. If his good friends can successfully join Leiden Oriental but cannot join, this may be a big blow to this big man.
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