I Just Can Score

Real Madrid Club, President's Office.

Florentino was carefully checking the financial information that was sent to him. It recorded home ticket sales in September and the revenue of the two Real Madrid clubs' stores. After reading about one-third of the content, he couldn't help but feel sad. With a smile on his face, he simply turned to the last page and looked at the final summary of the report--

Home game ticket revenue increased by 30% compared with the same period last year.

The commercial revenue of the two stores increased by nearly 140%. Half of the increase was the sale of Zhen Shaolong's jerseys, sneakers, souvenirs and other related items.

From the detailed figures listed in the front column of the report, Florentino estimated that the conclusion was similar.

Ticket sales have increased significantly this season. It is no exaggeration to describe the stadium as full. However, ticket revenue has increased by 30%, but it is still limited to the capacity of the Bernabeu Stadium. Many games will have a large number of fans. Unable to purchase game tickets.

There are no restrictions on store sales.

The total amount of the entire financial statement is less than 10 million euros. The net income after deducting operating costs is not high, but considering that it is only the sales of tickets and items in September, the figures are already very amazing. If it continues for a whole season, Real Madrid's profits from ticket and peripheral sales can even exceed 100 million euros. Compared with last season, it can be directly doubled. Real Madrid's overall income will definitely increase significantly.

This is exactly what Florentino is aiming for at Real Madrid.

After the global financial crisis broke out last year, various industries seem to be just showing signs of recovery, and most Spanish clubs are still in the red. But Real Madrid is not an ordinary club. Florentino believes that Real Madrid can make more money. , the club still has extraordinary potential.

Now is the proof.

After relaunching the "Superstar Strategy", Real Madrid not only has superstars, but also has a huge increase in operating income. The role of superstars is very obvious, and the two play a mutually reinforcing role--

If you have money, you can buy superstars, and joining a superstar will bring more benefits.

But Florentino still had a lot of worries. He was worried that in the last game, Zhen Shaolong's performance was so good that he even scored five goals in the San Siro half.

Not just the last game, Zhen Shaolong's performance has been very stable and amazing since joining Real Madrid, scoring one goal in a game.

It's quite impressive for other players, but when it comes to Zhen Shaolong, it seems to be 'a bit bad'.

This astonishing performance brings huge fame, huge affirmation, massive reports around the world, and also brings huge commercial benefits. But as the media said, Real Madrid is only 5% of Zhen Shaolong’s strength. Ten ownership rights, and the other part of ownership is in the hands of Manchester City.

"If this continues, the Arabs will definitely take action and take Zhen to Manchester City..."

That's the problem.

If it were any other club, even Manchester United, the second most profitable club in world football, if they wanted to spend 150 million euros to directly buy out a star, they would need to think carefully and think again. Manchester City Different, after they were acquired, they became one of the richest clubs in the world.

Real Madrid's ability to make money is indeed strong, and the transfer funds invested every year are also staggering, but their wealth is still not as good as that of Manchester City, which spends so much.

This is like a high-income earner who earns 100,000 yuan a month and suddenly wants to buy a sports car worth more than 1 million yuan. He must think carefully and work hard to finally achieve his goal.

The other is the rich second generation who holds millions of dollars in their hands. The rich second generation hardly makes any money. But the rich second generation has a father who is the rich first generation. There is no need to think about making money at all. The funds in their hands are used for It feels distressing to spend millions of dollars in one go, but it only hurts a little. As long as a suitable reason can be found, the funds will be replenished immediately.

That's the difference between the two clubs.

When Zhen Shaolong shows enough value, Manchester City will definitely buy out the other half without having to think about it at all.

Florentino was worried about this.

But he has no regrets.

If it were not for the cooperation with Manchester City Club, the Real Madrid board of directors at the time would not agree to spend so much money to buy a player. Even if the player is the number one in the world, it is simply impossible. After Zhen Shaolong joins, he can The performance was astonishing and somewhat unexpected.

Florentino could only think of a solution, and he called in head coach Pellegrini.

Today is training day.

While Pellegrini was still observing the training on the sidelines, he was informed to go to the president's office. The Chilean was a little annoyed, but he still went to see Florentino.

Florentino's first words made Pellegrini incomprehensible, "I think we should reduce Zhen Shaolong's appearances."

"——?"

Pellegrini raised his head in surprise, "Why? Zhen is the best player, he can bring us victory!"

"There should be victory without Zhen. Our lineup is still the best in the world!" Florentino said. "Of course, I am not not not letting Zhen play, but reducing the number of appearances. For example, in three games, we can let Zhen play. He takes a truce for one round or comes on as a substitute. We cannot rely on Zhen to win every game."

Pellegrini glared at Florentino and had the urge to overturn the table.

Are you kidding me?

The team's number one star, the number one star in the world, was actually asked to reduce the number of appearances?

What on earth is this copper-smelling guy thinking?

Pellegrini was reluctant, but still nodded depressedly. He knew that he did not have the capital to bargain with Florentino, so he could only accept it depressedly, but he still emphasized, "I can try to reduce the price." He will play, but when it comes to important games, I will definitely let Zhen play."

Florentino nodded in agreement.

Florentino also had his own considerations. He asked Pellegrini to reduce Zhen Shaolong's appearances, which had the advantage of killing two birds with one stone.

One advantage is that Zhen Shaolong doesn't play so many games and his statistics won't be that scary. If Manchester City wants to spend a big price to buy him out, they will definitely think more about it. As long as Manchester City is not in a hurry to buy out, Zhen Shaolong will continue to play for Real Madrid, and Real Madrid will have peace and stability. Emirates Airline discusses sponsorship capital.

That's a super sponsorship worth tens of millions of euros a year!

Other sponsors that are about to expire are also choosing to continue to wait and see. With Zhen Shaolong's Real Madrid, their commercial influence will increase a lot, and they will naturally be able to negotiate more and higher-priced sponsorships.

The second benefit is ‘just in case’.

Real Madrid has always counted on Zhen Shaolong to play games. What if Manchester City buys out his contract next season? By then Zhen Shaolong will become a Manchester City player, and Real Madrid will lose Zhen Shaolong, and their performance will definitely be greatly affected.

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Pellegrini was very resistant to Florentino's explanation. Zhen Shaolong is Real Madrid's ace star, but the chairman said, "Reduce the appearance of ace stars"?

What's the point?

As the head coach of Real Madrid, Pellegrini only considers the performance of the team, business aspects and follow-up, and does not think too much about it. From his perspective, what Florentino explained is unacceptable. Reason.

Of course.

Pellegrini still had to do it. He felt like a puppet coach who didn't even have the right to decide which player to play.

Two days later.

Real Madrid ushered in the Copa del Rey.

The Copa del Rey is a domestic cup competition in Spain. The original competition system is to mix the four levels of Spanish clubs "regardless of high or low" for a knockout round. It is commented by the media as a cup to assist small clubs. Serie B, Serie C and Class D clubs that have passed the qualifying rounds have the opportunity to compete with Class A clubs, which stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs. Many Class C teams can make enough money just by playing a game against a La Liga team. A year's worth of "rations."

This kind of event will definitely be resisted by top league teams.

In the 2005-2006 season, the Copa del Rey competition system was reformed. Low-level teams had to go through several knockout rounds before meeting the first-tier teams, which reduced the number of games played by La Liga teams and reduced the possibility of upsets. But it will also greatly reduce the income of many low-level teams.

Nowadays, the Spanish League teams only participate in the Copa del Rey in the fourth round. At this stage, including the Spanish League teams, there are only 32 teams left. However, because it is a two-leg competition system of home and away, it is necessary to There are quite a few competitions to participate in.

The opponent Real Madrid encountered was Alcorcon.

Alcorcón is also a team from the Madrid Autonomous Region. The game can be said to be a 'Madrid Derby', but Alcorcón is not up to par. They are only a C-League team, and the gap between them and Real Madrid can be calculated in light years. They The value of the entire club cannot even keep up with the value of the most fringe stars in Real Madrid. No one would put them together with Real Madrid. Almost everyone believes that Real Madrid will easily defeat their opponents by a big score.

But the end result is horrific...

Alcorcon won 4-0 at home, as if they were the top giants in Europe, while Real Madrid became a small club team. The huge point difference was very surprising, and it also made Alcorcon become the top club in Europe. Spain in focus.

“In the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid was slaughtered by the C-tier teams!”

"Alcorcón, no one knew this name, now everyone knows it! They beat Real Madrid at home!"

"A rare shame in decades, Real Madrid lost to a third-tier team by a huge score!"

"This is a tragic day for Real Madrid and a lucky day for Alcorcón!"

"..."

"Marca" published an article stating that Real Madrid experienced the most humiliating game in the history of the King's Cup. "Previously, Real Madrid had been defeated by Serie B teams six times, once by a Serie C team, and lost to C last time. The top team lost to Royal United 3-4 at home.”

This game is an overall problem for Real Madrid and, in fact, has nothing to do with most of the stars.

Because the opponent is only a third-division team, and its strength cannot even keep up with Real Madrid's echelon, Real Madrid has rotated its lineup significantly. Only Granero and Raul can be called the main players in the starting lineup, and the others are basically substitute players. Alcor is at home. Kong took the initiative after the opening and continuously attacked Real Madrid's half. They had two shots and three corner kicks in the first six minutes. It was not until six minutes later that Real Madrid made a decent rework, Granero's shot from the edge of the penalty area. It seems to have opened the clarion call for Real Madrid to take the initiative.

But...it's just an illusion!

Next, Alcorcon was in full form. They continued to take the initiative to launch offensives and suppressed Real Madrid on the scene. Perhaps the unexpected situation affected the state of Real Madrid's players, so that Real Madrid's backcourt was full of loopholes. Alcorcon scored three goals in just one half.

When the time entered the second half, Pellegrini successively replaced the main players - Alonso, Kaká and Higuain.

But, it didn't work.

Alcorcon's state is very amazing, and he has played very exciting offensives one after another. To borrow a sentence from the Spanish commentator, "If Alcorcon continues such an amazing performance, they can quickly rise to La Liga and compete with Barcelona." Fight!"

Real Madrid was ignored.

Real Madrid on the field could hardly be called a strong team. They were completely beaten and panicked.

In the end, Real Madrid lost miserably to their opponents with four goals.

This game became a huge humiliation for Real Madrid, and the sky above Madrid seemed to be shrouded by an invisible cloud.

During the training on the second day, the whole team lost their joking mood, and the overall atmosphere was very sluggish. The coaching staff became very strict with the training requirements, and Pellegrini did not even show a smile.

Zhen Shaolong feels pretty good, and it cannot be said that he does not have a sense of collective honor, but he has not been included in the squad at all. The game naturally has little to do with him. In fact, looking at the latest Madrid news, some media put the responsibility for the loss. Gui Zai did not let him play, "Zhen Shaolong should be allowed to play, then Real Madrid would not have a scoring problem! There was no goal in 90 minutes, but four goals were scored by the opponent. It is simply an unimaginable shame!"

This is humiliating Real Madrid and also praising Zhen Shaolong.

Of course.

Under the sluggish atmosphere of the entire team, Zhen Shaolong also performed very sluggishly. He said all day long, "Real Madrid lost a big score. I am very sad. I must train hard and help the team play well." look.

After training, Kaka asked him to have dinner with him.

Now Zhen Shaolong and Kaka have become best friends.

Zhen Shaolong's best friend has always been Granero before, but recently, Granero has been staying with Ronaldo or Raul.

Zhen Shaolong felt a little 'abandoned'. Diarra often came around, but Zhen Shaolong hated Diarra because Diarra's new girlfriend was really hard to like.

In fact, Diarra's girlfriend is very nice and treats Zhen Shaolong very warmly. She often comes over to her when they have dinner together, with a warm and intimate look, as if Zhen Shaolong is her boyfriend.

but……

Zhen Shaolong really couldn't stand that burly figure and appearance.

"Of course, I don't like her. It's definitely not because of her figure or appearance. It's just because of her inconsistent personality. Yes, it's her personality... I'm not used to that kind of enthusiasm." Zhen Shaolong thought seriously and firmly believed that he did not 'judge people by their appearance' , and then made a little joke with Kaka, "Las (Diarra), I mean, Lars...his eyes..."

Then he shook his head.

Kaka also smiled and nodded sympathetically.

Friends speaking ill of each other together always strengthens their friendship.

Women do.

The same goes for men.

Zhen Shaolong and Kaka were sitting in the restaurant chatting, and they soon waited for Kaka's family.

This was a small dinner to send Selena off.

Selena is going back to Brazil.

Nothing happened between Zhen Shaolong and Selina, but they had a pleasant chat with each other and could barely be regarded as friends, so he came to have one last reunion with Selina.