I changed football.

This is, after all, a football novel, not a story about a rich man or an entrepreneur.

It's only natural that Li Yuan is so interested in making money; who isn't interested in money?

Li Yuan has another reason for wanting to make money: he wants to buy a club in Europe in the future.

The initial motivation for wanting to buy the club was very simple.

That is, he wanted to replicate the Japanese model of studying abroad.

It's the Sint-Truiden model.

What is the Sint-Truiden model?

In short, a Japanese company, DMM, acquired Sint-Truiden, a Belgian First Division team, and then used it as a stepping stone for young or transitioning Japanese players to go to Europe.

Many Japanese players have gained ample experience here before transferring to other leagues.

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Wataru Endo, and Daichi Kamata all started their journeys to the top five European leagues from here.

To be honest, Li Yuan thinks this is a very, very good development path for domestic players.

There's a specific strategy involved in acquiring any club.

First of all, the top five European leagues definitely cannot be used as a transit point or stepping stone, because the leap from the Chinese Super League to the top five European leagues is too great.

This is unreasonable.

Therefore, we definitely need to look for leagues outside the top five leagues, but there are specific guidelines for finding leagues outside the top five leagues.

First of all, the Portuguese league isn't very good.

Because the Portuguese league is an extremely abstract league, and because it is spoken in Portuguese, it has become the first stop for many Brazilian players to enter Europe. Secondly, the Portuguese league has long been dominated by three strong teams, and other teams have almost no presence.

Furthermore, due to the large number of South American players, the Portuguese league has a good level of individual technical skills, but the overall tactical level is not high.

With the foreign player policy in place, Asian players really don't fare very well here.

There are Chinese-owned teams in the Dutch Eredivisie. At this moment, Zhang Yuning plays for Vitesse's first team, although Vitesse is not a Chinese-owned club.

The Dutch Eredivisie team with Chinese investment is ADO Den Haag.

However, the Dutch style of football is heavily influenced by total football, emphasizing finesse and tactical finesse.

Therefore, very few players, including those from Japan and South Korea, have made it into this league.

Maybe only Park Ji-sung.

So all things considered, the Belgian First Division A is indeed a good league, and its foreign player policy is relatively open.

This is why DMM has its eye on Sint-Truiden in the Belgian First Division.

Many experienced drivers will find the name DMM familiar.

This is a company that sells pornographic DVDs; they're really rich and powerful.

In Li Yuan's memory, this company was Sint-Truiden, which was acquired in two phases.

2017年6月以约250万欧元购入25%股份，同年11月以约800万欧元全资收购剩余75%，总投入约1050万欧元。

This price is perfectly acceptable to Li Yuan.

Or, by next year, Lee Won-kwang could earn 1000 million euros from his GG endorsement deal.

Not to mention that Li Yuan has also made investments.

Therefore, Li Yuan had already made up his mind to intercept Sint-Truiden.

Li Yuan has not forgotten his mission in this life.

He not only wants to stand at the top of football, but also wants to lead Chinese football to rise.

How can Chinese football rise to prominence?

This is a very difficult thing.

However, at present, studying abroad seems to be the simplest and most direct path.

But this road needs someone to pave it and someone to build it.

Li Yuan wanted to be that kind of person.

I'm going to live a big life, given a second chance.

Just then, the system beeped.

[The main quest for the Gold quest has been released]

[Officially acquire Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden by June 2017. Rewards will be given for completing this task.]

[Mission Reward: Money Fruit. Legendary item. Use to gain greater expertise in business and finance, enabling better management of a football club.]

"What a useless reward."

However, this main quest was something Li Yuan himself wanted to complete, so it has to be said that the quest came at a very opportune time.

Besides this newly released task, Li Yuan currently only has one other task at hand.

[Golden Main Quest: Double-Double for the Season. Achieve a double 10 in both league goals and assists before the end of the Ligue 1 season.]

Li Yuan currently has 8 goals and 7 assists in the league.

Honestly, if Jardim hadn't made Li Yuan rest too much during the league, Li Yuan would have completed this task long ago.

Why wait until the last two rounds to fight tooth and nail?

Actually, the reward for this task isn't really necessary for Li Yuan right now.

[Mission Reward: Talent Bloodline Transmission Fruit. Epic Item. Allows you to reduce your football talent level by 5%-10% and pass it on to your direct bloodline descendants. Can only be passed on once. The transferred talent is not limited to offensive abilities; it may include playmaking, defense, goalkeeping, etc.]

Li Yuan is currently neither planning to get married nor to have children.

What's the point of having this thing?

But for Li Yuan, completing the mission itself is his pursuit.

When playing games, Li Yuan is the kind of person who likes to complete all kinds of tasks.

I guess I'm a little bit of a perfectionist.

……

Time flew by and it was May 8th, the 37th round of the league.

Monaco's away game against Lyon.

Li Yuan was highly motivated to fight in this match because of the mission.

After the start of the match, he made several attempts to cut inside from the right wing and shoot.

This is completely different from the Li Yuan of normal times.

But the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to miss scoring opportunities.

Li Yuan himself knew that he was behaving somewhat unlike his usual self, and he wanted to adjust, but it was easier said than done.

He was a bit out of sorts for the entire first half.

In the second half, Li Yuan's forced shot went wide, turning into a pass, which Lemar received and scored, giving Li Yuan an assist.

After receiving this assist, Li Yuan suddenly seemed to have a complete understanding.

At the 60-minute mark, the same inside cut, the same shot, but this time the ball went in.

2:0.

Li Yuan contributed one goal and one assist.

But this is not enough.

At the 80-minute mark, Li Yuan received the ball in the middle, dribbled past the defender, and delivered a deadly low through ball.

Mbappe, who was offside, received the ball and curled a shot into the net.

3:0.

Li Yuan now has 9 assists and 9 goals in the league.

Just when Li Yuan thought he could complete the task in one game, his form dropped again, and two of his shots went high and wide.

And then no more.

Because the game is over.

The 37th round of Ligue 1 has ended.

Although Li Yuan's performance today was somewhat abstract, he still won the Man of the Match award with one goal and two assists.

However, Li Yuan did not seem very happy during the post-match interview.

"My performance today was really not great. I missed several clear-cut chances, and on several occasions when the ball would have been a good opportunity, I chose to take it myself. I was definitely being selfish."

The reporter was stunned by Li Yuan's answer.

You've already scored one goal and provided two assists, and you're still acting like you're in Versailles?