From the Country Team To the Rich

On July 13, the Meteor team started the coaching staff meeting for the new season.

The meeting was presided over by David Koch, and all other members of the coaching staff participated, and Zhang Xian, who is the sports director, also came to observe.

Zhang Xian didn't point fingers at the meeting. He was very clear about his position. He was the sports director. After laying out the outline, his task was over. As for how to implement it, it was up to the coaching staff.

Today, the coaching staff has two things to do.

That is to take the lead in coming up with a cleaning plan. According to the layoff regulations formulated by Zhang Xian, they will keep the first team at 22 people and clean up about 10 people.

It's a very tough thing to do, not only does it hurt people, but it also requires preparing a well-structured report.

The second task is to make arrangements for the new season's career impact.

In fact, the Meteor team has been chanting the slogan of "impact career", but they are just chanting. The poor internal environment makes them unable to concentrate on completing tasks.

But now, after Zhang Xian rectified the coaching staff, he established the absolute authority of David Koch, and at the same time deterred the three Scherff brothers, Wagner and others.

Soon in the meeting, the members of the coaching staff came up with a 22-man roster.

Those who are not on the list are clear targets.

When David Koch handed the list to Zhang Xian, the latter nodded in satisfaction and handed it to Mary beside him.

At this time, the three Scherff brothers, Wagner and others looked at Mary with a hint of sympathy.

After all, they knew very well how miserable Mary would be in the days to come.

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After the meeting, everyone started to work separately. Compared with the peace in the past, the office area seemed a bit busy at this time, and the staff who came and went had to run.

And these small details also show that the Meteor team is slowly changing.

Zhang Xian did not return to the office, but walked to the human resources area.

Boom! !

The knock on the door woke up Neumann, who was busy counting the staffing of the club.

When she looked up and saw Zhang Xian standing at the door, she couldn't help shivering.

"General...Mr. Director."

Zhang Xian nodded and said, "Get ready and go out with me."

"Heidelberg!"

The administrative units in Germany are divided into continents-regions-towns.

For example, there are fifteen regions under Baden-Württemberg, and Heidelberg is the capital of the Rhine-Neckar region and the capital of the region where Hoffenheim is located.

And this time, the purpose of Zhang Xian and his party in Heidelberg is to get some necessary sponsorship.

The Meteors' infrastructure sucks.

The dilapidated stadium and an old-fashioned bus all show a poor search.

Other people can forget it, but these facade things can't be sloppy.

The Meteors want more fans, so they have to worry about these details. No one likes a stadium full of mud and no team with an air-conditioned bus.

Especially the bus, Zhang Xian went up and felt that summer is like a stove, and the windows need to be opened manually to lower the temperature inside the bus.

It is conceivable how the players of the Meteor team will feel when they go to the away game to drive such a bus.

Not to mention the experience, just the disdainful look of the opposing players looking at them is enough for their morale to plummet before the game.

So, infrastructure is very important.

It takes three hours to drive from Hoffenheim to Heidelberg. Neumann is still driving in that dilapidated van, while Zhang Xian is sitting in the co-pilot, holding a pen and paper, writing something intently .

Neither of them communicated, and they were silent all the way.

three hours later,

Heidelberg came into view.

Walking into the city, Zhang Xian finally put down the paper and pen, and directed Neumann to start wandering around the city.

After walking around until 4 p.m., when Neumann felt her eyelids were clenched and she could hardly hold on, Zhang Xian finally asked her to pull over.

Neumann breathed a sigh of relief, and when she stopped the car, she realized that there was a repair workshop in front of her.

Germany's urban planning is very strict, and some related industrial chains are densely concentrated on one street.

Such as life, hardware, medicine, etc...

And the area clearly belongs to the auto repair business.

Neumann looked at Zhang Xian with some doubts, not knowing why the other party came here.

But Zhang Xian didn't explain it either. He let Neumann sit in the car while he walked down and started wandering around the repair shops.

Neumann didn't think too much. After driving for a day, he was extremely exhausted, so he folded the seat down and prepared to take a nap.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the window.

Uh~~~

Neumann opened his eyes in a daze, only to see that night was falling, and Zhang Xian was standing by the driver's door, beckoning her to come out.

Neumann quickly pulled himself together, opened the car door, and asked, "Director?"

Zhang Xian nodded and said, "Do you have a contract?"

"???"

Zhang Xian frowned.

Neumann quickly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong."

I saw Zhang Xian sighed, and walked towards the repair workshop again. After a while, he went back and forth, and there was an extra note.

"This is the fax number. Call the club and ask Mary to print out a cooperation contract and pass it on."

Neumann nodded again and again: "Okay, don't worry!"

After Neumann finished the call, Zhang Xian said, "Come with me."

The two walked along the street towards the inside. Some repair workshops in the surrounding area have been closed, but there are still a few shops still open.

Finally, when they reached one of the repair workshops, Zhang Xian slapped his legs and walked in, and Neumann quickly followed.

This is an ordinary repair workshop, and there are two strong men in overalls.

The bald man among them said with a smile; "We have discussed it, and your proposal is very good. Support us with a warehouse."

"No problem." Zhang Xian said with a smile.

At this moment, the strong man hesitated and said, "You can't lie to me, can you?"

Zhang Xian walked to the fax machine, picked up the contract that had just been delivered, and said, "You can't trust me, can you still trust it?"

The bald man smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

The bald man pointed behind him and said, "It's in the backyard, do you want to take a look?"

"Can."

After speaking, under the guidance of the bald man, the two walked to the backyard.

Neumann, on the other hand, was stunned and subconsciously followed.

Through a small door, you come to the backyard, which is a huge parking lot with various abandoned and second-hand vehicles.

After walking inside for a while, the bald-headed man stopped next to a big guy, and said with a smile, "Waterland III, produced in 2002, big guy with 60 seats, 10.69 meters long and 2.5 meters wide."

Neumann opened his mouth wide, looking at the big guy in front of him.

It's not that she hasn't done this kind of bus, or that she hasn't seen the world.

Instead, a voice in her heart told her faintly that this would be their bus.

Sure enough, what Zhang Xian said next confirmed her guess.

"The rear of the car can be advertised for you, and the other three sides must be handed over to us for coloring. At the same time, the ownership of the car is yours, but according to the contract, this will also be our future transportation vehicle."

The bald man smiled and said, "No problem."

Only then did Zhang Xian nod and said, "Okay, I think you can leave tomorrow and go to Hoffenheim. You can find Mary, and she will make specific arrangements for you."

The bald man pondered for a moment and said: "We have a lot of things, so it will take two days to get there. If you need a car urgently, I can send it there first."

Zhang Xian waved his hand and said, "It's okay, we're not in a hurry."

After speaking, everyone returned to the repair workshop, the two formally signed the contract, and Zhang Xian led Neumann away.

Along the way, Neumann felt top-heavy and his whole body was floating.

Just out of nowhere... got a bus?

And it's an air-conditioned bus!

This kind of car is expensive, and the Meteor team couldn't afford it before.

But after the joy, Neumann began to worry again.

"Sir, did this car cost a lot of money?"

Now, the operating capital of the club is only 10,000 euros, and the club is living by tightening its belt.

Although I like to mention a bus, the next days should become hard.

But with Zhang Xian's next sentence, Neumann was immediately stunned.

"No money!"

"Huh? No money?" Neumann's eyes widened in disbelief.

What do you mean by not spending money?

Zhang Xian explained casually: "This is called bartering. The transaction is not just an exchange of money, but an exchange of value!"

"Our club has an idle warehouse. I will give them free use of that warehouse, and at the same time promise the advertising space on the side of the car."

Neumann was surprised: "They agreed now?"

Zhang Xian said with a smile: "How could it be so smooth? I explained to them the current situation in Hoffenheim. We don't have a repair shop. Many mechanized equipment has to go to Sinsheim to find someone to repair it. The factory opened in Hoffenheim, which can not help but solve the problem of inconvenient repairs, and also allow them to make more money."

"Even though they are foreigners, they provide the club with transport vehicles, which allows them to integrate smoothly into Hoffenheim."

"Think about it, changing a second-hand air-conditioned bus to an environment where it is easier to make money, you think, would they disagree? And we also gave them a lot of help, warehouses, naming rights, and the goodwill of Hoffenheim! "

Neumann supported his head and thought for a while, and couldn't help but struggle: "It seems that we have suffered a loss!"

"This is a win-win situation!" Zhang Xian smiled slyly.

Both sides get what they need.