"It's early, Mr. Gao Han."

When Gao Han ran and passed outside the construction site of Chinatown New Stadium, he stopped outside the gate and peeked at the progress inside as usual.

I don’t know if it was my last encounter, but engineer Xiaoqi always came early and could see him every time.

Every time they meet, they will chat for a few words, and they will become familiar with each other after a while.

Xiaoqi is a very conscientious engineer who is meticulous in his work. Every time he meets, he will tell Gao Han about the progress of the project and all the problems encountered during the construction process, and sometimes even explain it for a long time.

But Gao Han also saw from it that he was a very capable engineer and could always explain some very professional and profound things clearly in an easy-to-understand manner, so that he, a novice in the construction industry, could have an intuitive impression.

Later, with Gao Han's encouragement, Xiao Qi also began to organize his views and explanations and posted them on Weibo, which aroused heated discussions among many domestic netizens. After all, the Chinatown New Stadium used many new technologies that were first created in the world.

After fighting side by side, Gao Han and Xiao Qi also became friends on Weibo and interacted a lot.

"Hello, Xiaoqi." Gao Han always called his online name directly.

"I heard yesterday that you were back, and I thought I would definitely see you again this morning." Xiaoqi smiled excitedly.

Almost every time I come to the construction site, Gao Han can find something fresh.

The entire new stadium and the shopping center next to it are changing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Gao Han was amazed at the infrastructure capabilities of Chinese construction companies and even thought that it should be completed soon, but Xiao Qi didn't think so.

"According to the current progress, it can only be considered as a timetable at most, and it is basically unlikely to be ahead of schedule."

Xiaoqi saw Gao Han’s doubts and quickly continued to explain: “Actually, from the start of construction, the pile foundation and basement took the longest time, and the progress was very fast after leaving the ground. This is because we have very strict control over quality and are completely constructed with extremely strict standards. Otherwise, the speed could be faster.”

"But the steel structures, interior and exterior decoration, will have to be done slowly and carefully, and they will definitely not be able to be done quickly. Therefore, according to our preliminary estimates, it would be good to be able to complete the work on time."

At the end of the day, Xiaoqi's smile was filled with a little pride and pride.

He has said more than once on Weibo that he feels extremely honored to participate in such a project, not only because he is an engineer, but also because he is a die-hard fan of Chinatown.

"By the way, I heard from the chief engineer a few days ago that you are interested in developing supporting projects around the stadium?"

Gao Han nodded slightly, "The surrounding land belongs to us. Although the shopping center is still under construction, it has been rented out. It is a powerful Chinese retail chain in Madrid. Therefore, we plan to develop the surrounding land, and several Spanish and domestic companies are very interested."

Xiaoqi also vaguely guessed the current business direction of Chinatown, which is to lay a solid foundation.

Many fans believe that Chinatown made more than 200 million yuan in selling people this summer. Logically speaking, it should be used to invest in the transfer market to enhance the team's strength. Especially after the two consecutive losses at the beginning, there are more voices like this, and some fierce fans even accused the team's management of making money.

But they obviously overlooked one thing, that is, Chinatown's fiscal revenue is not high.

Transfer fee income is unsustainable, but with the current transfer market environment, if you invest a lot, the salary of the players brought in will inevitably be higher, which will greatly exceed Chinatown's affordability and break the team's salary structure.

Since Chinatown was promoted to La Liga, the team has been gradually increasing the salary of players in the team, which has increased almost once a year, and the increase is also the highest in La Liga. This is certainly because Chinatown's previous salary was relatively low, but on the other hand, it can also be seen that Chinatown is cautious in adjusting its salary structure.

As a football club's number one expenditure item, once the player's salary increases too quickly and the club's fiscal revenue cannot keep up, the consequences will be unimaginable, so Chinatown's prudence is understandable.

Domestic fans don’t understand it, but Xiao Qiren is in Madrid and has a better informative knowledge, so he can understand it.

This summer, the three teams of La Liga, Valencia, Villarrel and Sevilla were unable to sign a chest advertisement. In addition, Zaragoza, Osasuna, Espanyol and newly promoted Vallecano, there are seven teams in La Liga that have to run naked on their chests, and if they are based on the market valuation, they will lose at least more than 5 million euros.

The total amount of advertising sponsorship for the 20 teams in the La Liga in the new season is less than 100 million. Among them, Barcelona and Real Madrid won 60 million euros. Atletico Madrid signed a contract with Turkish Airlines not long ago, and shared 30 million euros with Chinatown. The remaining 16 teams only got 10 million euros.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, Chinatown has to deal with the current environment with caution. Everyone firmly believes that by 2013, after the broadcast rights reform, the team's revenue will increase, but the living environment of La Liga teams has only improved slightly. If you want to catch up with the Premier League, you have to work harder.

If you cannot invest in the signing, you have to think of a way out for the transfer income of more than 200 million euros. It is impossible to put it in the bank to earn interest. With the current behavior of Europe desperately printing money to save the market, the currency depreciation will only get faster and faster.

Therefore, the way Chinatown chooses is to invest in the preparation and construction of new stadiums and surrounding commercial facilities, continue to invest in youth training and scouting systems, and further improve and improve the club's management mechanism. This is equivalent to cultivating internal strength and laying a solid foundation.

"By the way, how many fans do you think we Chinatown can have in the country?"

Xiao Qi frowned slightly, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but as far as I know, there must be many. The team has developed very quickly in recent years. Coupled with your influence, the China Tour this summer is also full of reputation. I guess the number of fans will increase, but most of them are a mess."

Gao Han nodded, "So, we are considering establishing a guān fāng-recognized Chinatown fan organization in China."

"Really?" Xiaoqi was overjoyed after hearing this. This was something he had been talking about for a long time.

"The name of the club is Chinatown. If there is no fan in China, how can it be said?"

"That's great. There is a fan club that has been recognized by guān fāng. I can guarantee that Chinatown's influence in China will become increasingly greater and greater, and the number of fans will definitely exceed those old-fashioned giants."

After a pause, Xiaoqi looked at Gao Han with a chuckling, "It would be even better if he could introduce a few Chinese players."

Gao Han's face turned dark and he sighed deeply.

Didn't he think about this?

As a Chinese, he is so eager to have a Chinese player in his team. Behind it not only represents a huge Chinese market, it represents endless business interests, but also realizes his dream.

He even tried this, but under the current domestic environment, there are very few people who have the ability and potential to gain a foothold in the four major European leagues, and it is difficult to operate them to Europe.

Mendes has complained to Gao Han about this more than once, but what can he change?

"There is a Chinese in our team." Gao Han calmed down, looked at Xiaoqi, and said with a smile.

"I know, Yang Xin, but he is only twelve years old."

"He is the direct descendant of our Chinatown youth training, and the club is very optimistic about him. At present, we are also working hard to communicate with the Chinese Football Association and the Spanish Football Association, hoping to promote a cooperation to bring some of our players in the domestic youth training center to Madrid and further receive football training."

"In addition, I am also actively contacting other leagues, as well as some teams that have developed excellent players, hoping to run more young players to come to Europe."

This is also the reason why Gao Han is determined to open four more youth training centers in the next few years. He wants to train his own players and then send them abroad.

"Will there be too much involved in this? Can the Football Association of European countries agree?"

Gao Han nodded, "It's not easy, but South Korea has had such precedents, such as Sun Xingmin, who made his mark in Hamburg last season, was the model of cooperation between South Korea and the German Football Association and came to Europe since he was 16."

After a pause, Gao Han said with confidence: "The Chinese market is big enough, and all major European leagues are salivating. Do you think they are willing to accept Chinese players?"

"But in this way, won't you lose money in Chinatown?"

It is conceivable that the 15-16-year-old player can’t get any transfer fees, so how can Chinatown maintain its operations?

"This won't be, because we can get a fixed commission from every player's transfer in the future. Therefore, theoretically speaking, the better the players we cultivate, the higher the transfer fee and the more commission we can get. Therefore, I think that as long as this model is accumulated in the early stage, we will definitely gain something in the future."

Xiaoqi understood Gao Han’s meaning and vaguely realized that this business model might be really feasible, but what about the early investment?

According to the current domestic media's assessment of Chinatown's plans for the next few years, at least 2 billion yuan will be invested.

Before seeing any results, I have invested so much directly. Only fools like Gao Han who are crazy about Chinese football and eager to take off in China will do such stupid things.

Just as Xiaoqi was a little moved and wondered whether to talk about these things on Weibo, Gao Han suddenly reminded him.

"Don't say these things on Weibo. You haven't even mentioned the horoscope yet. Don't just go to Weibo at any time. Now everyone is seriously suspicious that you have become the gunman of our club."

Xiaoqi laughed loudly when he heard this, "What's there? How many people want to be gunmen for you and Chinatown, but aren't qualified?"

After saying that, he turned his head and saw the rising sun in the east hit Gao Han's face as if it was coated with a layer of light film.

He still clearly remembers that Gao Han said that Chinese football is not someone's football, not the football of the Football Association, not the football of the professional league, not the football of those club owners, but the football of every Chinese.

The backwardness of Chinese football requires everyone to work together, and first of all, someone must dare to stand up and take the first step.

Gao Han stood up and took the first step. He should be respected regardless of success or not.

After thousands of instructions, Gao Han left the construction site of the new stadium.

He has another meeting to open in the morning and will rush back to Paris as soon as possible at noon.

Watching his departure, Xiaoqi suddenly picked up his cell phone, took a picture of the back under the rising sun, and posted it on Weibo.

Xiaoqi felt that what he saw was not a person, but a hope.

The rise of Chinese football, hope for taking off!
Chapter completed!