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Chapter 280 The One Who Gets Rich First
After some searching, Li Lei selected a youth training coach from France from among a bunch of candidates, packed his team and invited him over, and personally went to the airport with Xu Fang to meet him when the team arrived, " Mr. Pierre, welcome to China, I hope you and your team like it here!"

"It's a very wonderful experience. I never imagined that I would come to China as a coach." This coach named Pierre had worked in Clairefontaine for a while, and Li Lei hired him because of this. come over.

In the 80s, although France had top superstars like Michel Platini, they had never been able to win the World Cup. At the same time, there was still a shortage of talents. Therefore, Fernand, the chairman of the French Football Association, proposed to find a place near Paris. Xanadu” to train French talents.

At that time, Clairefontaine was just a small village with more than 1000 people, rich in oak trees. In 1982, the French Football Association decided to choose this place in Clairefontaine, and bought the land from private hands. Three years later, the ground was broken. On June 3, 1988, the then French President Mitterrand cut the ribbon for the completion ceremony. In this way, the cradle of superstars from France was completed.

Since then, Clairefontaine has continuously provided talents for French football. Players such as Henry, Anelka, Matuidi, and Mbappe have all received training here; Years later, they have repeatedly achieved great results. They won the World Cup in 98 and 1998, won the World Cup runner-up in 2018 and 2006, and won the European Cup in 2022.

If counting from 1998, the performance of the French team in the World Series has surpassed Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain and other strong teams, and it is the first in the world during this period.

"Li, do you know! In the 60s, I used to build barricades with my classmates holding the Red Book, and dreamed of coming to China to be interviewed by him! Didn't expect that I would actually come now? After I sort out the work at hand, I must find time to go to BJ!" As soon as he got on the bus, Pierre excitedly told Li Lei about his youthful years, perhaps this is also an important reason why he chose to work in China Bar.

"Do you know? The former president of the French Football Association, Fernand Schast, had been contemplating the idea of ​​building the Clairefontaine youth training base for a long time, and the reason why he had such an idea was the training center of the Romanian Communist Party. Inspiration, and now I am going to come to another communist country to be a youth training coach, which is really amazing!" Pierre continued to tell Li Lei endlessly.

"Perhaps this is fate! But our current youth training base has not yet been built, and now we can only borrow the stadiums of other institutions for training! Oh, by the way, have you received the planning map of the youth training base? Yes Is there anything that needs to be adjusted?" Li Lei asked.

"Yes, this base is very crude compared to Clairefontaine, and it only focuses on the training ground, ignoring other supporting facilities! Clairefontaine not only has 7 real grass pitches, 3 artificial grass pitches, a fitness center and restaurants At the same time, there are five-star hotels, libraries, and cinemas so that players can train here with peace of mind. This place should not only be a place for training, but also a home for children, so don’t be too indifferent!” Speaking of this, Pierre Er talked even more.

"It makes sense. I can also build cinemas and libraries. At the same time, I will also build classrooms. Every day, I will pick up the best teachers from the best local schools to teach them! In this way, even if they can't play, they will still have a chance in the future. Go to college!" Li Lei accepted his suggestion.

"Indeed, it is really difficult to become a professional player. I have seen many geniuses who were very good when they were young, but then fell due to various reasons! It is always good to give them another way out!" In France, young players are not Those who play football full-time are all studying while participating in training. After a certain age, the best among them will regard football as their real profession.

"Mr. Li, these children will probably hate me because I will keep them away from the wonderful Chinese food! But if you want to become a professional player, you must get used to nutritious meals!" Remy, a nutritionist in Pierre's team, also joined In the middle of the conversation, "I want to ask, do we have a stable supplier of ingredients? This is very important."

"Haha, it seems that you don't know enough about our team. Sitting in front of you is the owner of the largest agricultural group in China. I not only own farms and food processing factories, but also own the world's largest farm in Kazakhstan. ! I will provide my players with the healthiest and safest ingredients!" Li Lei smiled, and other teams may have to worry about this aspect, but he doesn't need it at all.

"A very powerful team owner, this is the dream partner of all coaches! I hope our cooperation can last for a long time!" Upon hearing that the owner has money, Pierre's team was very happy.

When they arrived at Li Lei's manor, they had a better understanding of the boss's financial resources. It wasn't the houses, but the groups of Akhal Teke horses jogging happily in the yard. In Europe, many high-society people are very I like raising horses, but there are not many people who can raise Akhal Teke horses.

After they adjusted the time difference, Li Lei invited Lin Lou to rediscuss the planning and design of the training base with Pierre and others. After a few days, they reached an agreement on the general direction. The turf and artificial turf courts are naturally indispensable, and there is also an indoor training center, which allows players to carry out daily training even when they encounter bad weather.

Fitness centers, swimming pools, recovery rooms, infirmaries, cinemas, libraries, classrooms, restaurants, etc., are equivalent to building a fully functional town in the suburbs of Zhongzhou.

When Xu Fang saw the plan, he was filled with emotion, "Boss, how much is the investment in the construction of the training base? It is more than the total investment of many A-A teams! Most of the money they spend is to hire foreign aid and coaches. Few people are willing to spend money on such a basic place! You really plan to make some achievements!"

"Inviting foreign aid and coaches can only improve performance in the short term. If you want long-term development, youth training is the most basic! Xu, I have to say that you are still far behind in this regard, whether it is coaches, team doctors or The professional quality of the scouts is far behind that of Europe!" Pierre was also very excited, and Li Lei's generosity made him see the hope of achieving great things.

"That's why I packed your team instead of just hiring you alone! At the same time, I will also recruit a group of outstanding young people. I hope you can not only teach the players, but also train a group of excellent coaches for me. , team doctor, and scouts!" Li Lei said.

"You have the final say on what you pay! But these can't be done by just a few of us. After you have a certain foundation, you should send them to Europe for further studies! If you meet suitable talents, I will I will help recommend them to European teams or universities!" For the sake of money, Pierre readily agreed.

"I have already selected some young people from the Zhongzhou Sports Institute. When you have time, you can interview them first! If there are no qualified personnel, I will go to other sports schools to find them!" Since we want to engage in football, then It’s not enough to just train players. It also requires a professional coaching team, medical team, scouting system, and even a press officer, public relations specialist, etc.

"By the way, Mr. Pierre, do you have any suitable senior team coaches to introduce? What I need is not a coach who can improve performance in the short term, but a coach who can lead the team to grow for a long time like Mr. Juyi Lu !" Li Lei didn't find out about Troussier's whereabouts before, so he could only ask Pierre to recommend some suitable candidates, "If you have excellent professionalism and can establish a good style for players, you can also recommend some .”

Juyi Roux is a legendary figure in the history of football. Since 1961, he has coached the French team Auxerre for 44 years, leading Auxerre from an unknown small town team to the French League champion. The coach Li Lei wants is what Li Lei wants, not the coach that Magic Bird specially uses to win the championship.

"Your requirements are too high. Legends like Mr. Juyi Lu can't be found casually, but I do know some coaches who are good at training players! As for the players, I also know some, but I'm not sure if they want to Come to China!" Pierre began to think about recommending those people.

For the sake of the team, Li Lei stayed in Heyang for a longer period of time until the training base started to be built and the team started training. Xu Fang invited a senior local coach to lead the team to the first B. Pierre also introduced several foreign players with both ability and professionalism. Coupled with the old team from the provincial team, there is no small hope of rushing to A-A next year.

Pierre also started his own work. He was full of praise for the domestic children, "Many of these children are very talented, but unfortunately they have not been trained in the right way. Many older ones have already been stereotyped, so it may not be easy to train them. It's out, but there's hope for the younger ones!"

"I believe that there is no shortage of talented teenagers in China, but there is too little soil suitable for their growth. I hope you can change this situation!" Li Lei is also very helpless. Scouts from France have begun to look for good seedlings all over the country , And indeed let him find a lot, but most of the parents of these children do not support them in the football industry, thinking that playing football has no future.

In future generations, Li Lei can still use the high income of players to attract them, but now Fan Zhiyi only gets a salary of 2000 yuan a month. This salary is indeed better than that of ordinary workers, but it is also limited. Not attractive.

Li Lei can only tell the parents of the most outstanding children to let them come to Panpan’s youth training team for training. We not only teach football, but also invite the best teachers in Zhongzhou to give them cultural lessons. University entrance examination!Moreover, if they cannot find a job in the future because of playing football, Huinong helps them solve their work problems, and this brings in a group of good children, but many children still fail to come.

When the team's affairs were on the right track, Li Lei got busy again. He first went to Kazakhstan, sent a batch of supplies to Tokayev, and at the same time set aside a few plots of land on the Ivolga Farm to try out new crops. seed.

More than a year has passed, and those factories that were taken down by Li Lei have slowly got on track, not only resumed production, but also improved a lot compared to before!Nazarbayev was very satisfied with this, and provided some agricultural related enterprises to Li Lei for management.

His daughter and son-in-law also made a lot of money through cooperation with Li Lei, and now their family almost treats Li Lei as a relative!However, Li Lei did not establish a particularly close relationship with any of them, and everything was centered on Nazarbayev, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

After returning to China, he became even busier. He not only went to Beijing to help Jing Shuping run the Minsheng Bank, but also went to various provinces to discuss new projects and deal with daily affairs; The corporate world has a lot of influence, so there are more entertainments. No matter where he goes, there are a lot of people who invite him to dinner. Fortunately, his status is different now. If he doesn’t want to drink, not many people can. It's tough, so it's passable.

In the process of eating, drinking and drinking, he also saw what kind of people who got rich first were like. Some of them didn’t order the right ones for dinner, so they ordered the most expensive ones. Abalone and lobster were so good. To show the importance he attaches to Li Lei!Some felt that this was not enough, so they imitated Wenzhou businessmen and served a large pot of soup, and then put US dollar bills in the soup and folded it into a paper boat.

Some people like to eat weird things. When the dishes are served, they will see some very criminal dishes, such as bear paws, deer antlers and tiger whips. These people don’t know that it’s illegal to eat them, but because they are illegal. Only eat it, because it can make you look wild and face big!
In fact, Li Lei can bear these things. If he doesn’t like it, he can just stop eating it, but there are some things he really can’t bear. He went to Changsha this day to see the effect of slow-release fattening at Mr. Yuan’s place. After the end, the local boss invited him Have a meal.

There were no official figures present at the scene, and they were all local or suburban bosses in Changsha. After drinking for three rounds, these bosses started to talk nonsense.

Then a chubby guy stood up and toasted Li Lei, "Chairman Li, my surname is Tan, is doing a small business in Wangcheng County. Thanks to the attention of the local leaders, I rated him as an outstanding entrepreneur!"

"Speaking of Wangcheng County, Chairman Li may not know, but when it comes to Comrade Lei Feng, Chairman Li must know! Now every March, you have to learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds!"

Then he became more and more proud, "Speaking of which, our family has some connections with Comrade Lei Feng. My ancestor was a big landlord in Wangcheng County and fucked Lei Feng's mother."

Nest grass mud horse!Li Lei couldn't resist lifting the wine bottle and smashing it!

(End of this chapter)