silent farm

Chapter 229 Unable to agree (Bao Er)

Although the four old men were getting older, they still had bright eyes and recognized Li Sheng at a glance.

But Patricio did the whole thing and said with a smile, "This is Li Sheng. He said he wanted to meet Uncle Bruno, so I came here with him."

After hearing what he said, the other three old people greeted Li Sheng indifferently, and each found a reason to leave.Watching several chat friends leave, the old Carvalho smiled and said to Li Sheng: "I am very honored that Mr. Li is willing to know me as an old man."

Of course Li Sheng had a purpose in looking for him.He smiled and said, "Mr. Carvalho, you can call me Li, or Li Sheng."

"Okay. Then, Li, you can also call me Bruno." Old Carvalho is actually not very old. "However, Li, why are you interested in me, an old man? Haha."

Patricio also planned to retire at this time, and said with a smile: "Uncle Bruno, Li, you talk, I'll go over there and have a drink with my friends."

After he left, Li Sheng smiled and said to the old Carvalho: "Bruno, you know, my Silent Farm is in the Amazon Plains. There are many Indian children there who also like to play football."

"Brazilian boys do grow up playing football."

Hearing what he said, Li Sheng smiled and said, "In addition, almost all big cities in Brazil have slums. The children there also have many star seedlings."

"You are right. Many players in Brazil came out of the slums."

Li Sheng nodded and said: "But in fact, there may be more good seedlings who have to give up playing football because of circumstances, and may even have to commit crimes in order to survive."

"So Lee, what do you mean?"

Li Sheng put away his smile and said: "I plan to build a football school in Silent Farm, and accept Indian children who like to play football and children in slums for free. I plan to not only teach cultural knowledge in this school, but also give them A chance for kids to play football."

"I admire your kindness. But why are you looking for me?"

"I want those kids to be educated in European football, but it's hard for me to find the right talent and I hope you can help me."

"But why are you looking for me? Is it because I am the chairman of a football club?"

Li Sheng smiled and said: "Because Sporting de Portugal has cultivated a club with superstars such as Figo, Ronaldo and Nani, and you are the chairman of this club with the best youth training in Europe."

The old Carvalho laughed at his compliment and said: "You are right, young man. Sporting is indeed one of the clubs with the best youth training in Europe. But if I help you, Sporting can get something?"

Li Sheng chose Sporting Lisbon only because this club is one of the three giants in the Portuguese Super League, and also because its youth training work is really good.Of course, another reason is that he happened to meet old Carvalho here.

Old Carvalho mentioned benefits, and Li Sheng didn't feel disgusted.In the West, friendship is friendship, business is business, and the distinction between the two is very clear.

And he also has a draft on this issue: "I know that the current economic situation of Sporting Portugal is not very ideal."

He has enough money to buy this team.But he has no such plan for now.

"So I won't let Sporting Portugal increase the burden to help me." Li Sheng said seriously. "I can afford to pay for it."

He saw that the old Carvalho was still silent, and continued: "If the children in the football school have been influenced by European football, I think they will easily integrate into the atmosphere of European football. At the same time, they will not be registered players in Brazil in the future, but will They will all sign an exclusive economic contract with me. If they are trained, you can buy these players first. Of course, you can also rent them. If the loaned players are sold to other teams, your Sporting Portugal can get 30% of the transfer fee."

Old Carvalho still shook his head with a smile, obviously not satisfied with these conditions.Li Sheng didn't continue to increase the size, but said: "Bruno, will you lose in this cooperation?"

"It's true, but I didn't get much." Carvalho said with a smile. "The right of first refusal does not guarantee anything. In addition, Sporting Portugal also has a large number of young players who need to be cultivated. It is impossible to give too many training opportunities to loan players for a 30% transfer fee. So the conditions you mentioned are not enough to impress us. .”

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "But you are only sending a few coaches, and you don't need to pay for all the expenses. As long as you get a genius, you may get more than tens of millions of euros in income."

Portugal has become a player training base for the five major leagues. Of course, they are also black shops.It is not surprising that a player who plays well can sell for tens of millions of euros.

"But why do we do things that don't see benefits?"

Li Sheng shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, I can pay 50 a year. How about it?"

Although 50 euros is not much, it is also an income.And just as Li Sheng said, doing that kind of thing is not a loss to Sporting Portugal. If you are lucky, you might get a few good young players.

But the old Carvalho was not satisfied: "300 million euros."

Li Sheng raised his glass with a smile and said, "Then we can't talk anymore. Maybe I should go to the Netherlands."

Sporting Portugal is called Sporting Lisbon by fans, and was once the second traded team in the Portuguese League.But the record of this 110-year-old club is not brilliant.It has been a long time since the domestic league has won the championship.The European record is even more pitiful.Benfica and Porto, both giants of the Portuguese Super League, have already won the European Championship, and they have only one Cup Winners Cup in their history.

So the actual situation of this team is not very good.At the end of the last century, an economic storm in Asia seemed to have also affected Europe, and small teams in major leagues were in financial trouble.This forced various clubs to change their business strategies and set up companies one after another.

Sporting de Portugal corporatized its football division in [-] and listed in Lisbon.For listed football companies, if they want to guarantee the stock price, one is to sell players to make a profit, but that is not a long-term solution, and the other is to achieve good results.

But obviously, the record of this team is not very good.In the nearly 20 years since entering the 17th century, they have only won two league championships, the last time being in [-], and it has not won a domestic league championship for [-] years.The domestic cup has been won four times, the latest one being the year before last.If it weren't for the fact that most of the club's shares were bought by fans, maybe the shares of Sporting de Portugal would not be very valuable anymore.Of course, Li Sheng was not clear about this.

Li Sheng has no idea of ​​acquiring European football clubs for the time being.One is that he is too lazy to do these things, and the second is that he doesn't know much about football.

"It's a pity, but I hope we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future." Although Bruno rejected Li Sheng's proposal for cooperation.But he didn't want to offend Li Sheng either. After all, this young man was very rich.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I hope so too."

The two didn't say anything more.Li Sheng clinked a glass with him, took a sip of champagne, and left with Tia.

After walking away, Tia asked Li Sheng in Chinese: "Li, do you have to cooperate with them? Or set up a team composed of all football school students."

Hearing her ignorance, Li Sheng smiled and said: "It's not difficult to set up a football team, but if you want to play in a high-level league, you have to upgrade step by step. And Portugal can't all be composed of Brazilian players."

Tia didn't know anything about football. Hearing what he said, she knew that she had shown her IQ. She blushed and said softly, "I'm not saying I want to be in Portugal, but I can be in Brazil."

When Li Sheng thought about it, what Tia said was not unreasonable.Even if a cooperative club is found in Europe, it is not easy to send young players to Europe.It's completely different with the Brazilian team.Of course, foreign cooperative clubs cannot be avoided.A Brazilian club can't accommodate much.

For Europe, it is impossible for him to stare at the five major leagues.Because those leagues probably won't change too many opportunities for young players.So he's staring at the minor leagues.In addition, China may also be able to absorb some players.

But this matter is not urgent now.Because most of the students he plans to recruit are eleven to 14 years old.It will take at least three years for these students to appear in the professional arena.

It's just that having a team of their own should also give those young players more confidence.

Just as he was thinking, Fernando came over with his bride: "Li, I just saw you chatting with Bruno very happily. Do you know him too?"

"I didn't know each other before. When I met him, I talked with him about football." He briefly said what happened just now.

Fernando pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "So that's the case. I will talk to him and see if I can change his mind." In fact, he is not only a fan of Sporting de Portugal, but also owns 3% of the club's shares, which is a comparison. big shareholder.

Li Sheng thanked him with a smile and said, "Then I'll wait for your news."

There are too many guests attending the wedding, and most of these guests are of extraordinary status.It was impossible for the Fernandos to talk to him for too long.After they left, Li Sheng didn't take the initiative to chat with other people.

However, he is completely different now than he was when he attended Raimondo's wedding.He wants to hide and relax, but other people will come to him and talk to him.Of course, these people also meant to get to know each other.Maybe the industry these people are engaged in has little to do with agriculture, but no one can ignore the richest man in the world.

After dealing with more than a dozen strangers, Li Sheng found Tia stomping her feet lightly and asked, "Are your feet tired?"

"Well, I'm not used to high heels yet."

Today's Tia is wearing a white off-the-shoulder knee-length dress. Before she came, she had her styling done at the hotel's beauty salon.Her hair was tied up, and she was wearing Li Sheng's custom-made jewelry. She looked about 16 years old, but she was petite and short.The stylist chose a pair of shoes with a higher heel for her.

Before, she seldom wore shoes with a heel longer than five centimeters, but now this pair of shoes is about eight centimeters, almost as tall as hell.It's normal to not get used to wearing such shoes.So he held her belt and she found a place to sit down.Maybe it was because he was avoiding, so almost no one came to talk to him.

(End of this chapter)