From The Country Team To The Rich
Chapter 4: Hoffenheim

chapter 4 Hoffenheim's

Zhang Xian indeed gave a beautiful dream to them.

On the one hand, he also gave Jurgen Bauer some vision for a future that was conducive in order to expand to the next stage.

On the other hand, he needs to change the name of the club.

"Change names?"

Jurgen Bauer was shocked.

To be honest, his heart refused, he felt that the name of the Meteor Team was very good.

"Bauer, this name is not suitable for our development. We need to tell everyone that we are a team that comes from the village, then we have to give them the feeling that this team is our team, a team that comes from our city"

Bauer pondered and said: "Isn't the Meteor Team okay. They'll search the team's name and realize that we're a team from the village."

"No! It's not the same. "Zhang Xian shook his head and said: "The effect I need is just a name that can tell them where we are and which city we represent."

"Come on, this is very important." Zhang Xian said solemnly.

Jurgen Bauer hesitated for a long time, and he was forced to say: "Alright, then."

"What's our name?"

Zhang Xian smiled and said: "Hoffenheim Football Club!"

After speaking, Zhang Xian blinked and smiled: "Perhaps when we actually get into the Bundesliga, the media in Germany and even across Europe will admire our team 'A miracle from the Village', he said', and you are the head of that miracle, sir."

Jurgen Bauer's eyes sparkled.

Village Wonders?

A hoffenheim?

This name is so good!

Of course, the problem of renaming is not easy to achieve.

First of all, he needed a paper written by the club to apply for a name change and submit it to the German Football Association, and wait for them to approve it before he could officially use the name 'Hoffenheim'.

Now, they're still a meteor team.

Talks over. Finally, Zhang Xian and Jurgen Bauer took a photo together.

Years later, the two called the two carriages the road to the revival of Hohenheim.

But there are also interesting words.

Jurgen Bauer was a horse, and Zhang Xian was a charioteer who held a whip.

After signing the documents, Zhang Xian has been officially appointed Sports Director of the Meteor Team (Hoffenheim).

Jurgen Bauer still wanted to continue chatting with Zhang Xian, but Zhang Xian told him to go to work.

After expelling Jurgen Bauer, Zhang Xian began looking through the team's information and results a few seasons earlier.

I must say that this document gives Zhang Xian a headache.

On the one hand, a few seasons before, the performance of the Meteor team was too poor.

Almost every season, he is in relegation status, and that is a difficult relegation status.

On the other hand, the average age of the team is completely unreasonable.

Zhang did not understand, what was the point of keeping these old players? Isn't this a waste of money?

For this, Zhang Xian made up his mind. The first decision he took was 'contract termination!

And the second decision is 'payroll reduction'!

Other than this matter, what other internal problems had he still not resolved.

But he's in no hurry. After all, with two decisions being issued, the problem would arise, and when the time came, they would be resolved together.

Many people thought that Zhang Xian's first and second decisions were a bit too radical.

But this was the effect that Zhang Xian needed.

He wanted to make this "OLD TEAM" feel the crisis. In the past, everyone on this team felt calm, peaceful, and it was time for someone to ring the drums of war.

He wanted to be the knife hanging around everyone's neck.

Let them always feel the crisis and worry.

He believes that a proper pressure will turn into motivation.

Flipping through the documents, Zhang Xian met Mary and asked her to accompany him around the club.

He needs to learn more about the team.

Mary did not refuse, this was her duty.

The two walked out of the office building and headed to the courtyard of the house.

"Please tell me about the components of the club," Zhang Xian said lightly.

Mary said: "Now Hoffenheim only has one football team, plus a local junior team."

"Junior team?" Zhang Xian said in surprise: "Academic training?"

Mary shook her head and said, "No, it can only be considered a junior team. It consists of several teenagers who love football in the local villages and surrounding areas. They paid a fee and we helped with the training."

"Oh,!" Zhang Xian nodded, and continued to ask, "What about his income?"

Zhang now nodded.

At this moment, the two had already reached the outskirts of the stadium, and Zhang Xian stopped.

He saw two shops on the left and right, a coffee shop and a food store, but they were all closed at this time.

In this case, Mary said: "The coffee shop belongs to Old Dink, while the food shop there belongs to Mrs Wendy. Both of these shops are only open on match days. After all, no one would visit here normally."

Zhang Xian nodded again, then he stepped his foot and walked onto the field, then he saw a middle-aged man walking out with a plastic bucket.

Seeing this man, Mary smiled more sincerely, and greeted: "Hi, Ivan!"

Ivan also smiled and said, "Hello, Mary."

Mary looked at the plastic bucket in her hand and smiled: "Are you raising money for your wife?"

Ivan nodded with a smile, smiled at Zhang Xian, then left.

Zhang Xian listened to the conversation between the two and smiled; "He must have loved his wife very much."

Mary made a strange face, and she extended her finger towards the field.

"It's his wife!"

Hearing this, Zhang Xian was stunned.

Wife \= Stadium?

so then.

Mary explains: "He raised money to fix the page. The main income of the team is used to pay the salaries of the players. Therefore, every afternoon, Ivan would wander around the corner of Hoffenheim with a plastic bucket, he hoped to gain the generosity of the fans."

Zhang Xian smirked and said: "He is the guardian of our courtyard?"

“You could say so.” Mary said, while counting her fingers, “At the same time, Ivan also worked as a junior team coach, intelligence analyst, etc. You know, we're very poor, and there's no extra pay to hire a lot of people."

They both went into the stadium. The seat is so dilapidated. Some fences were rusty and almost collapsed. Yes, it would collapse with just one small push.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xian frowned slightly.

Noticing Zhang Xian's expression, Mary said: "The fence did not enter our operation plan. In recent years, our stadium has had the highest attendance rate of 350 people. At least, it was difficult to get a hundred people. The opposing team came to fight. The fans felt too far away, so very few came. People in the league say that the away game against the Meteor team is a very calm and peaceful game."

Zhang Xian turned his head and said, "Do you think this is a compliment?"

Mary remained silent.

Zhang Xian looked up and saw the broken part of the roof of the stadium. Almost half is dilapidated. If it rains, almost all of the stands on the left are leaking.

Zhang Xian did not express his opinion on this, He and Mary walked out of the stands and came to the stadium.

It just rained last night and the stadium was a bit muddy.

While walking on the sidelines, Zhang found a lot of mud and sand in the field, including a slope of about 12 feet.

After a long walk, Zhang Xian's leather shoes under his feet were filled with mud.

He looked down and said, "Have you ever thought of making a new stadium?"

Mary said directly: "we have no money. The cost of one square meter of natural grass is about 50 Euros. Including the cost of labor, management, machinery and seeds, we need to continue to invest a lot of funds. We can't afford."

"Did Bauer invest the money?"

"You should call him Mr. Chairman!"

"OK, so does he not invest money?"

"No, he's also very poor!"

Zhang Xian could only complain, poor, poor, what kind of team are you raising!

"What about other equity holders?" Zhang Xian continued to ask.

"No other shareholders." Mary said: "this club is 100% owned by the beauer!"

Hearing this, Zhang Xian was startled and said: "The Meteor team is not complying with the 50+1 policy?"

"Obstay?" Mary smiled brightly; "50+1 was not a difficult requirement. You only need to continue sponsoring the team for ten years, then he can have the team, and this year is only the tenth year!"

Zhang Xian felt a sense of cynicism in Mary's smile.

"So, we don't have any other shareholders?"

"No!"

"And the boss doesn't invest money either?!"

"He has no money!"

Zhang Xian fell silent, how could you be so confident.

Hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xian asked: "Have you ever thought of selling a stock?"

Hearing this, Mary said: "You can try it, but I can guarantee that Bauer will kill you!"

Zhang Xian still tried it and encountered Bauer himself.

He said very wisely, and tried to seduce her.

He shouted, "The Meteor Team is mine, no one can take it", his voice hysterical, as if searching for someone desperately.

Finally, Zhang Xian let go of the 'temporary' stock sale problem, and he also understood that who would buy the shares of a seventh level team at a high price would outweigh the profits.