It's the weekend in a blink of an eye.

Before having dinner with Dong Ran and Liu Zhaoyuan, Li Dong met with them first.

Yu Haiming, Song Maochun.

Two former national players and celebrities in domestic football circles.

They are all local to Yuncheng.

Now Yu Haiming is running a city league, with more than a dozen amateur teams, and they are doing well.

He has always wanted to form a professional team, but due to limited funds, he was unable to do so.

Song Maochun set up a football training base.

In fact, I rented a small venue in the suburbs, recruited a group of primary school students, and used weekends and holidays to teach the children to play football.

The dream is to engage in serious youth training and develop youth football, but like Yu Haiming, he also faces financial problems and is powerless.

It can be said that the two of them worked very hard for Yuncheng's football career.

I went to communicate with Qiao Yi more than once and gave him suggestions. I hope Qiao Yi can develop the Yuncheng football team well and not ruin Yuncheng football.

But Qiao Yi blocked the two of them with one sentence: You give me money? If you give me money, I will develop well. If you don't have money, don't say useless things.

The two of them were so angry that they scolded Qiao Yihao whether publicly or privately, saying that he was the sinner of Yuncheng Football.

Qiao Yi was also very angry with these two people and wanted to find someone to teach these two ungrateful guys more than once.

However, the two of them have a high reputation in the football circle. If Qiao Yi really finds someone to deal with them, once it finally breaks out, the public opinion consequences will definitely not be something Qiao Yi can afford.

I have no choice but to endure it.

Yu Haiming and Song Maochun had no choice but to find Qiao Yi, so they went to the government again, hoping that the government would come forward.

You can put pressure on Qiao Yi, or help them both.

Now the person in charge of sports in the government is none other than Liu Hongming.

Liu Hongming also made Qiao Yi very angry.

If Qiao Yi really causes the Yuncheng Football Team to be relegated, then he, as the number one person in charge of Yuncheng Football, will also have a huge responsibility.

He also talked to Qiao Yi more than once.

But Qiao Yi still had the same reason: no money.

If the government is willing to provide money, then he will definitely develop the team well, and he does not want to sell players and destroy his foundation.

There is nothing we can do now. If we don’t sell players, the team won’t even have money to eat.

If Liu Hongming could really come up with money, why would he need Qiao Yi?

It’s not like Liu Hongming hasn’t thought about finding other companies to take over.

But the problem is, that old bastard Qiao Yi opened his mouth and asked for 300 million.

When this guy took over the team, he only spent a few million. It only took seven or eight years, and it costs 300 million to change hands?

Do you think someone is being taken advantage of?

The key is that Qiao Yi is really not asking for an exorbitant price, because according to the current market situation, a top league team, even a relegation team, is worth hundreds of millions.

So Liu Hongming really couldn't blame Qiao Yi. He wanted to persuade Qiao Yi to ask for a lower price, but it couldn't be much lower. It would be at least 200 million.

Two hundred million is not a small amount.

Here in Yuncheng, there are only a few companies that can produce 200 million yuan at once.

Moreover, just spending 200 million is not enough. This is just the price to acquire the team. After the team takes over, it will definitely have to continue to invest money to run the team.

According to the current situation, if we don't invest 1 billion or 80 billion a year, it will be of no use at all.

Not to mention, the team has been transformed into what it is now by Qiao Yi. All the former main players have been sold out, leaving only a bunch of child soldiers, who may be relegated at any time.

Those companies are not stupid either. If they were downgraded immediately after taking over, wouldn't they be taking the blame for this old bastard Qiao Yi?

Therefore, Liu Hongming lobbied around, but there was no company willing to take over.

Find various reasons to shirk.

It was already a big headache for him, but when Yu Haiming and Song Maochun came to see him again, Liu Hongming had even more headaches.

There's no need to think about putting pressure on Qiao Yi, he's already put pressure on him and it's useless.

As for funding these two people to engage in football, it is simply a joke.

One football team is enough to give Liu Hongming a big headache. How about funding another football team?

You think he doesn’t have enough gray hair, right?

The key is, how much investment is required?

One million? Or ten million?

What is this little money enough for? If it were more, the government wouldn't have enough spare money to spend on these two people?

Liu Hongming could only present the facts and reason, saying that the government is also in a difficult situation now. Many places need money and cannot spend too much money to engage in football. He hopes that the two of them will stick to it and work hard for the development of Yuncheng football.

, get over it.

In short, I support you in principle, but if you don’t have the money, you should pay for it yourself.

Yu Haiming and Song Maochun were very disappointed.

In the past few years, the two of them have been traveling around, covering all large and small enterprises in Yuncheng.

It’s just a little bit of sponsorship.

If they want to build a serious professional team, there is no chance at all. No company is willing to support them.

Both gave up.

I just thought that by setting up amateur football and training classes, it would be considered as doing my part for the football industry.

Until Liu Daqing found them.

The two of them were old acquaintances with Liu Daqing.

Liu Daqing has sponsored them a lot over the years.

It can even be said that if Liu Daqing had not been sponsoring them, the two of them would not be able to persist now.

However, this is all Liu Daqing can do, a sponsorship of tens of thousands of dollars a year.

No matter how much, Liu Daqing is still powerless.

This time, Liu Daqing found the two of them and told them that Boss Shenghai wanted to develop football well. Then he briefly explained some of Li Dong's ideas about football to the two of them, asking them to get them as soon as possible.

Come up with a detailed plan.

The two of them were very excited.

Xinjiang had a new boss and was renamed Shenghai. Of course they knew about it.

I also know that the young boss behind Sheng Hai is very impressive.

The investment in the International City project developed by Shenghai in the High-tech Zone alone is hundreds of billions.

Valley

The two of them have long been thinking about Li Dong.

I have approached Liu Daqing more than once, wanting Liu Daqing to ask if boss Li Dongli had any ideas about engaging in football.

Liu Daqing later proposed that Shenghai invest in football, which was somewhat influenced by these two people.

Now, Liu Daqing told them that Li Dong agreed to invest in football, how could they not be excited?

Moreover, some of Li Dong's ideas coincide with those of the two.

As celebrities in the football circle, the two of them naturally saw the shortcomings of Hengtai's gold-dollar model.

Cooking oil in a raging fire may seem hot, but it is difficult to last.

On the contrary, Li Dong's development philosophy of playing steadily and steadily, starting from youth training and focusing on the future, is the correct development philosophy.

The two of them were like a thousand-mile horse with no talent who suddenly met Bole.

In the past few days, the two of them barely slept, and worked all night to come up with the plan.

After making it, Liu Daqing led the two of them to the company and asked Li Dong to meet them.

Li Dong was really familiar with these two people.

When he was in elementary school, these two were already at their peak and were representatives of domestic football.

At that time, many of Li Dong's classmates regarded these two as their idols.

After the two retired, they have been active in the football circle.

In their previous lives, the two teamed up to form a team, starting from the lowest level of the C-League, all the way to the A-League, and almost reaching the Super League.

After Qiao Yi's team was relegated, the team of these two people once became the last hope of Yuncheng football.

But in the end, due to insufficient funds, the team could no longer operate and was forced to change hands.

The newly acquired Yuncheng company just wanted to earn some fame through football, and had no intention of engaging in football seriously at all.

I don't want to invest big money either.

In the years after taking over, the team has been wandering around in the First Division.

Later, he probably lost patience, and the company withdrew its capital and left, and the team almost disbanded. However, relying on government funding, it persisted for another two years and was eventually relegated from the First Division.

Yuncheng football has also completely entered a dark period.

In his previous life, Li Dong had only seen Yu Haiming and Song Maochun on TV news.

This is the first time to see a real person.

Yu Haiming is not too tall, not taller than 1.8 meters, which is a bit shorter than Li Dong. Song Maochun, as the number one center that year, is nearly 1.9 meters tall, which is taller than Li Dong.

When Li Dong arrived, Yu Haiming and Song Maochun had been waiting in the second uncle's office for a while.

Liu Daqing and his second uncle are both here.

My second uncle has been admiring these two for a long time.

They are about the same age, both in their early forties this year.

When my second uncle was young, he also practiced sports and was naturally very interested in football. After training at that time, he often ran out to play football with several teammates.

Of course, most of the time, if you can't kick someone, you just hit them.

It's quite consistent with the national football team's style.

As soon as Li Dong arrived, Yu Haiming and Song Maochun quickly stood up to greet him.

The attitude was very respectful.

Li Dong was also very polite to these two people.

Especially Song Maochun.

In terms of technology and achievements, Song Maochun may be a little worse than Yu Haiming.

But Song Maochun is a honest, hard-working and conscientious person. In the eyes of many people, he is a person with excellent skills, ethics and character, which is much better than Yu Haiming.

Yu Haiming is known for his hot temper.

However, in front of Li Dong, Yu Haiming had no temper at all, and his smile was as bright as a flower.

After sitting down, Li Dong looked at his second uncle and Liu Daqing and asked, "Have you briefly explained the situation?"

The second uncle nodded: "As I said, Lao Yu and Lao Song are gearing up for a big fight now."

Yu Haiming said: "I am a rough man and I don't know how to speak. Boss Li is willing to support us and support our Yuncheng football. On behalf of the people of Yuncheng, I would like to thank Li Dong in advance!"

After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Li Dong.

"Oh, don't be polite." Li Dong quickly pulled Yu Haiming up and said with a smile: "You are a rough guy. My second uncle and I are not nice people. You and Lao Song don't need to thank me.

There is no need to thank me on behalf of the people of Yuncheng. I am not that noble. I want to invest in football. In the final analysis, it is for profit, not for charity. However, how to pursue profits and how to obtain long-term and sustained profit returns

, this needs to be studied carefully.”

Yu Haiming said with approval: "Mr. Li is right. I have always said that the model they are pursuing now is simply not good. They only see the immediate benefits and don't care about the life and death of domestic football.

How can this work? The correct approach is to do as Mr. Li said, we have to consider long-term interests and focus on sustainable development."

Song Maochun nodded beside him and said: "Well, we can't be eager for quick success, pursue short-term results and interests, and seriously develop youth training, which is the most important thing. Of course, it doesn't mean that we don't pursue results, but we shouldn't blindly pursue them.

For results, it is best to pursue results on the basis of developing youth training. However, to be honest, Mr. Li said that in the current environment, if you want to achieve results, first of all, it takes a long time, which must be quite long.

Secondly, the investment required is not small."

After Song Maochun finished speaking, he looked at Li Dong with a little worry.

What he fears most is that Li Dong, like everyone else, has three minutes of passion.

Like Hengtai, who has achieved such impressive results in just a few years, to be honest, it is not too difficult.

Just spend the money.

But if you want to pursue long-term interests, you must act steadily and continue to invest.

Three years, five years, even ten or twenty years.

Can Li Dong have that patience?

After all, Li Dong is just a young man in his early twenties.

This made Song Maochun feel unsure.

Li Dong smiled slightly and said: "I know what you are worried about, Old Song. I can explain it to you two first: ten billion in ten years."

After hearing this, Song Maochun and Yu Haiming looked at Li Dong with some confusion.

Ten years, ten billion, what does that mean?

Should we give them ten years and give them another ten billion?

real or fake?

The two of them couldn't believe it.

Li Dong continued: "I will give you ten years and a budget of 10 billion. You must work steadily to build this youth training base and this team. Listen,

Ten years from now, what I want is not a team that kills everyone, not a team with big names, but a team that has a certain scale, can continuously cultivate outstanding young players, and has a complete management system.

A mature football training base with advanced football concepts, plus a mature, standardized, and healthy team. In these ten years, I have no requirements for the team’s performance, nor do I have to dictate the team’s management. You two

Just go ahead and do it. If you need money, give money, if you need people, I will give you whatever you want. I allow you to fail and make mistakes, but I only give you ten years."

Yu Haiming and Song Maochun looked at each other, stood up together, and bowed to Li Dong again.

This time, it was gratitude from the bottom of my heart.

Song Maochun suppressed his inner excitement and said to Li Dong with firm eyes: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, ten years later, I will give you a mature, complete and advanced football training base, and give you a mature, standardized and healthy football training base."
Chapter completed!