My name is Colani

Chapter 17: Laying eggs in a shell (Part 2)

Cousin Morek also shook his head speechlessly. I thought Hugo, who founded an Internet company, was a smart guy. He should have known about these things before starting a team. Who knows? This guy didn't know anything. I should have stopped talking yesterday and popularized league knowledge to them.

Fortunately, Morek was not needed at this time. Rich took the initiative to popularize the Italian league system to the ignorant brothers.

The Italian league system is not particularly complicated. It is divided into four levels. The first level is of course Serie A, which is currently one of the best leagues in the world. The second level is Serie B, and the third level is Serie C.

These three levels are professional leagues, and the remaining levels are amateur leagues. Serie D is also an amateur league. Under Serie D, there are also the Excellence League, Promotion League, Class I League, Class II League, Class III League, etc.

It seems that the levels are clear, but in fact, it is not like that. For example, Sicily has extended to the first-class league, and no one plays below it. The place is so small and the population is not as large as other places, so Sicily does not extend to the lowest level.

"Then why can we directly start from the first-class league?!" Victor asked curiously.

"The football level here is not good! Football is also politics. Whether it is Serie D or Serie C, even if we fix a place in Serie B every year, we can't be promoted to Serie A!" Richie smiled and shook his head to explain.

Places with developed football will of course extend more thoroughly. Places like Sicily have an underdeveloped level. Even if they fix a few places in Serie C every year, it is difficult to be promoted to Serie B, let alone Serie A.

People in Sicily also like football, but they are more influenced by the football trend and just entertain themselves. There is no serious youth training. No big investors are willing to invest in football here. You have to know that the mafia was very arrogant in the past few years. Who dares to come? Catania and Messina have experienced financial crises and were ordered to be relegated, so most of the teams in Sicily are in low-level leagues.

Trapani and Marsala are all good, and they can play in the Italian League. Now Ricci said that Trapani encountered financial problems and might go bankrupt, so Trapani might be wiped out from the football map of Sicily.

"Gigi, Victor, Alex, if you are willing to help Trapani Club, not only can you play in the Italian League immediately, but your actions will definitely win the hearts of many fans here!" Ricci persuaded sincerely.

Hugo shrugged in his heart, how many fans can there be here? ! Come on, are the fans important to me? ! Not important!

But then again, if we can acquire Trapani Club, we can immediately play in the highest level of the amateur league, which is a good idea!

Well, let me calculate, Hugo silently calculated, if we increase investment now, maybe we can be promoted to the first division in four or five years, haha, fighting with the three northern bears, this is still very beautiful.

Seeing the arc drawn by Hugo's mouth, Richie didn't know whether this kid was listening to him seriously.

"Alas, they are all going bankrupt, so we can't even play the derby?!" Victor smiled hypocritically, "Hey, Hugo, what do you think of Alberto's idea?!"

Victor was tempted, he really wanted to see the faces of those people, the face of the guy named Elio Bruni, Victor had already thought about it, the first thing after the acquisition was to let him get out!

"Ah!" Hugo woke up from his sweet dream.

"As a responsible local businessman in Trapani, ahem, our Colani family is of course very happy to help Trapani Football Club overcome difficulties! But this acquisition, Mr. Richie, this is my personal idea, and it is also my personal investment, you know the funds..., um um um um um!" Hugo said hesitantly.

"Oh, the price is not a problem at all, as long as you have money to let them register for the new season, in fact, this does not require much money at all!" Richie said hurriedly, and after he finished speaking, he was also thinking secretly, so it turned out that this was a trick made by your two brothers.

Looking at Victor, who still has acne, and Hugo, who still has a baby face, Richie feels that he is not trusting the right people. Can they make Trapani a good one? ! Don't let them fall into the Excellence League in the Sicily region at this time next year, that would be miserable.

But the current situation is that no one is willing to help Trapani. Richie smiled bitterly in his heart and could only treat the dead horse as a living horse. He hoped that the Colani brothers could take some responsibility and not really play around.

"Well, maybe we can find a time to talk! Mr. Rich, can you make an appointment?!" Hugo said. He wanted to buy Trapani, but he really didn't want to spend much money. He never thought that he didn't need to spend money, as long as there was money to register them. How bad is the financial situation? !

"Of course no problem, I'll call their chairman right now!" Rich stood up.

"Hey, you really plan to acquire Trapani, didn't you agree to play it yourself?! Although Trapani competes in Sicily in the Serie D league, don't forget, the cost is more expensive than running an amateur team. It’s too much!” Morek asked in a low voice while Richie was on the phone. He knew that Hugo still had some money, but he didn’t know the exact amount.

Victor smiled mysteriously, haha, money doesn't matter, I can handle Trapani, let alone Hugo.

"Alex, I'm serious! Money is not an issue. Besides, you heard what Mr. Rich said, you don't need much money at all! I can still get 1.8 million US dollars!" Hugo said confidently .

Morek smacked his tongue. He didn't know that Hugo was so rich. Of course, he didn't know that his grandfather gave Hugo 5 million pounds in gambling capital at one time.

"Okay, now that you have decided, of course I will support it, so be it, I will also contribute part of the capital!" Morek said, "However, I hope we can run it well and do it well!"

Perhaps because he is a local, Morek still hopes not to disband Trapani for the local team.

"Of course, I am very serious!" Hugo said, "Don't worry, after acquiring them, we will discuss it carefully. My goal next season is to be promoted to Serie C, hehe!"

Hugo has another goal that he has not yet mentioned. He will soon be able to satisfy the needs of the head coach and players in the fourth-level league.

"I have to say that Trapani doesn't have many die-hard supporters now, but the locals still hope that the team will get better. I don't want to be poked in the back by them at all!" Morek shrugged.

"No, don't worry! Don't forget that we are part of it! Haha, now I'm looking forward to next season!" Victor said with a smile. This guy can't forget that he can play. With his brother Hugo Compared with not accepting more concessions.

Victor is actually really good at playing football, but due to family reasons, his uncle Giovanni does not allow him to play football. Morek believes that Victor can still be a substitute in Trapani, but Hugo? !

He personally said that he not only wanted to be a coach but also a player, which was a bit unacceptable. After all, Morek had never seen Hugo play! According to my understanding of Hugo, he is really a layman when it comes to football, which is absolutely impossible.

But think about it, Hugo founded the new team because he wanted to be a coach and a player. It was just for fun. Even if Morek has an opinion now, he can only hide it in his heart. Alas, let's wait until the acquisition is completed. If Hugo doesn't pay, Morek doesn't want to pay. He has little interest in managing a football club.

While Morek was thinking secretly, Hugo also followed Victor and said: "Yes, I am also a highly intelligent person. Nothing can trouble me. I will definitely make the team develop and grow and become our Trapani The business card of, oh, no, the whole of Sicily, no, the whole of Italy! Look at it, Alex!”

Morek was about to speak, but at this moment Richie came over.

"Giorgio hopes to meet you in his cafe!" Richie said indirectly and clearly.

"He knows that you have rented the stadium, so he is a little resentful. I hope you don't mind!" Rich explained hesitantly.

Ha, got it! It doesn’t matter! Maybe it was you, the old guy, who revealed it! Hugo thought.

His guess was correct. Rich did tell Giorgio Esposito that his purpose was also to put pressure on the other party. You won’t even have a stadium next season, but the city hall hasn’t informed you yet. Not only do you have no registered capital, but you don’t even have a stadium, how can you still play? !

This is not a big problem, it is so dark in Trapani, to be precise the Colellini brothers are so dark!

Giorgio Esposito's job is to run a coffee shop. He gave Trapani Football Club the advertisement on the chest of its jersey. But now, he no longer has the ability to continue to give blood to the team. He has three It is not easy to support a child. It is normal to give up at critical moments.

The Trapani Club is also very interesting. They are a purely amateur team, and all their funds come from sponsorships. As for the city hall funding, please, the Trapani City Hall is very poor, of course. Impossible, on the contrary, the Trapani City Hall never charges a penny less every year in terms of stadium rental.

The performance is dismal, and it is increasingly unable to attract sponsorships. There are not many people watching the football anyway, and it can’t bring much business to sponsors. Why do people waste money on it? It’s funny to say that Giorgio’s cafe is the current one. Their only sponsor.

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