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Chapter 5: This is War!

  Martin is definitely not easy!

  This is what Gao She after talking with Martin for just ten minutes in the chairman's office.

  At the press ference, he ut on a pedestal. Not to mention Martin, even Butragueno, Floro, and others saw the clues. But the new president of Real Madrid didn't react as everyone guessed. Instead of getting angry at Gao Shen and firing him on the spot, Martin praised Gao Shen fiercely, giving him ample encement and support.

  To the unknowing, it might seem that everything at the press ference was genuine.

  This surprised Butragueno and the others.

  Gao Shen wasn't surprised. He thought this was the mi and ce a successful person should have.

  The i had already happened. Martin was now irouble and couldn't clear his name.

  Even if he fired Gao Shen on the spot, what could he save?

  Not only could he restore nothing, but he would also damage his is and image. So now, he could only align with Gao Shen wholeheartedly.

  Given that, why be angry with Gao Shen?

  "Chairman, please rest assured. After returning, I will immediately start to rectify the team acc to your instrus, vigorously promote the youth training pyers, and reighe team's fighting spirit and form a fighting force as soon as possible."

  Before saying goodbye, Gao Shen seriously issued a promise to Martin, Butragueno, and others.

  "I promise, if we 't win against Atletiadrid at home in this weekend's derby match, you will see my resignatioer on your desk after the game!" Gao Shen said solemnly.

  Martin was so angry that he cursed inwardly, "You ****, you're too good at pretending!"

  But with so many people watg, he could only put on a moved expression, give more encement, and even say that even if they lost the derby, it wouldn't damage his trust and support fao Shen.

  Of course, Gao Shehat Martin's promise held .

  Oher hand, Butragueno, Floro, and others were uedly paying more attention to Gao Shen.

  They never imagihat this nearly twenty-five-year-old fresh graduate was actually a ing little fox!

  ...

  "You're too bold!"

  On the way back to Valdebebas from the Bernabeu, Raul shook his head and smiled wryly.

  But it seemed that his expression was quite happy.

  In the past few years, superstars had always been the boulders pressing on his heart.

  It recisely because of the superstar policy that his status in the locker room had dropped again and again, and his position on the court had been pushed back, even pying as a defensive midfielder.

  How could this make Raul, a striker and the golden boy, feel?

  Gao Shen's remarks were a relief, but they also pletely exposed the internal tradis of Real Madrid.

  He pletely offehe superstars.

  This press ference made Raul look at Gao Shen with admiration, but he thought Gao Shen was just an impulsive young man, especially sidering what Gao Shen said on the way to the Bernabeu.

  Raul was now beginning to believe that Gao Shen had really given up.

  "You still have to be careful, especially..." Raul reminded.

  Gao Shen uood and nodded his thanks to Raul, "Actually, they are not monolithic."

  Raul was stunned for a moment, then uood the deeper meaning.

  They are all superstars and fn pyers, but who said that the is of so many superstars are the same?

  By the same token, do all local pyers have the same is?

  Don't Raul, Guti, and the others not get along with Salgado?

  The same is true of the superstar groups. The Brazilian team and the English pyers do not necessarily stand together, and Zidane and Gravesen may not necessarily support Carlos and others unditionally.

  At this time, Raul realized that every word of Gao Shen had been pointed directly at the heart of the matter.

  With this kind of vision and speaking level, no matter how you look at it, Gao Shen didn't seem like a young man who had just walked out of the school gate.

  Gao Shen was also Raul, and he clearly felt that Raul was no longer as hostile to him as he had been the previous day.

  Many people think that doing things depends oionships, but they don't know that retionships be created. To aplish things, you must rea agreement on key points.

  Gao Shen had little friendship with the new chairman Martin, but this didn't prevent them from sitting down and discussing the future of Real Madrid now.

  In the same way, Gao Shen and Raul also had many simirities.

  Realizing this, Raul would start to try to accept Gao Shen, at least he wouldn't hold back.

  This was a good start.

  And Gao Shen also wao further deepen Raul's impression of him.

  After arriving at Valdebebas, Gao Shen did not go to the first team training building with Raul, but went directly to the sed team.

  "Time is running out. I will trahese young pyers to the first team iernoon."

  Ag quickly, this further improved Raul's impression of Gao Shen.

  ...

  When Gao Shen walked through the barbed wire fence of Valdebebas to the sed team's training area, far away in Miami, USA, the former president Florentino, who had just stepped down from Real Madrid, was vacationing at a seaside manor.

  Wherever he went, his personal assistant, Manuel Redondo, followed him.

  At this time, Redondo had just finished a call from Madrid and was rep to Florentino about the test events in Madrid.

  Florentino y on a soft beach chair, basking zily in the warm sun, feeling quite fortable.

  Although he kept his eyes closed the whole time, Manuel Redondo stood beside him, rep seriously.

  "My old rade-in-arms has always been like this. He'll suddenly py his wayward cleverness, but he always thought no one could see through him. This time, even a twenty-five-year-old kid saw through him, haha..."

  Florentino, still with his eyes closed, spoke in a calm tone, as if everything happening in Madrid was under his trol, and no one could escape his grasp.

  "You know, I've reminded him many times over the years that if he listeo me, the market value of his pany would be several times higher than it is now. But he was always so willful, and this time, he thought he could get Bosque and Hierro back?"

  Florentino sneered, "Naive!"

  "Then what do we do now?" Redondo asked.

  "It's not necessarily a bad thing to let that ese kid make a fuss. Some people really need a lesson, otherwise they think my favor is a given. If they don't know how to restrain themselves, after this season, they should be hit hard."

  Redondo nodded silently, keeping it in mind.

  "Martin must be regretting his decision now. He's lived most of his life and got outsmarted by a twenty-five-year-old kid. The more he gets involved, the more he regresses, but the situation at Real Madrid is not something a child solve. Martin still wants to get Bosque back, but he 't do it."

  Redondo tio nod silently.

  "His gamble is doomed to fail!" Florentino said firmly.

  Bosque's grievances aas with Florentino were long-standing, so much so that Bosque once said he would never return to Real Madrid if Florentino did not step down.

  Now that Florentino had stepped down, the new chairman, Martin, happeo be a good friend of Bosque. The most ret title of Real Madrid was won by Bosque in 2003, so the voices on the Real Madrid board of directors for Bosque's return were high.

  But Florentino couldn't accept this.

  "Calderon has been a bit spicuous on the board of directors retly," Redondo reminded lightly.

  "He's also a guy who 't stay out of the limelight. I guess he wants to see if he has a ce this summer."

  Redondo nodded, "Should we arrange for someoo talk to him?"

  "No, let him go. He 't cause much trouble. If he wants to e out to elect the chairman, he's not qualified," Florentino dismissed the member of the board of directors.

  "I'm actually ied in that ese boy now. Are you sure he's a fresh graduate?" Florentino asked curiously.

  "Just graduated st summer, maj in sports at Loughbh Uy, UK."

  "That's kind of iing. He might be the most ued surprise in the past day. He has vision, ce, and guts. That's really good!"

  After speaking, Florentino ughed.

  Redondo was a bit surprised.

  Who is his boss?

  The leader of a top-ranked stru group in the world, well-ected in both political and business circles, and a master who trolled Real Madrid single-handedly. When had anyone seen him give such a high evaluation to someone else?

  "Should I arrange for him to meet you wheurn?"

  Florentino waved his hand, "No need, he won't st a few days."

  His tone suggested he had already seen the day Gao Shen would be kicked out of Real Madrid.

  ...

  "Wow, Gao, you're too ceous!"

  As soon as he arrived at the sed team's training building to find Fernando Lucas, the Spanish youth gave him a thumbs up.

  "Deg war on the superstars, this is the first time in six years!" Lucas ughed.

  Gao Shen seemed very calm, as if he had just done something trivial.

  "What's the rea in the locker room?"

  "It's very strong. Some people are furious and cursing. Some are calmer and are w together to study termeasures. Most people are still waiting and watg. They are very sensitive right now."

  After listening, Gao Shen nodded. After Raul returhese local pyers should adjust their positions

  This made Gao Shehe a sigh of relief.

  In fact, what he said at the press ference was like casting a vote for Raul and the local pyers.

  Acc to his inal peo talk to Raul in the m. But then the chairman suddenly decided to hold a press ferend even asked Gao Shen to attend. Since he was already with Raul, he adjusted his pn and staged the press ference accly.

  Pns 't always keep up with ges. The key is to trol the dire and adapt as needed.

  Gao Shen's strategy was to wihe local pyers. First, they were closer to the fans. Sed, the Brazilian ti was unreliable and too self-willed. Third, it was about promoting youth training.

  After making the chart yesterday, Gao Shen carefully listed which pyers ieam were worth attrag, which pyers should be suppressed, and which pyers o be appeased.

  In the first team, he had no direct supporters and no foundation, so what should he do?

  The Brazilian group led by Carlos was the first to oppose him, and their resistance was the stro. However, their roles in Real Madrid were very promi. For example, Ronaldo was currently Real Madrid's top scorer, and this was their biggest bargaining chip. So how to deal with it?

  The great leader *** said that politics is about making fewer enemies and more allies.

  If there are no direct supporters and no foundation, then find a way to attract a group of people. The Brazilian group is important but not the right approach. Punishing them is impossible, and selling them is unrealistic. So the only option is tinalize them, put pressure on them, and force them to relent.

  Therefao Shen decided to promote youth pyers iweo the first team.

  Doing so would not only address these two issues but also cater to the local group led by Raul, killing three birds with oone.

  "By the way, Fernando, how is the head coach of the sed team, Pal?" Gao Shen asked suddenly.

  Lucas didn't uand the purpose of Gao Shen's question, but as an intern with the sed team, he was quite familiar with Pal.

  "Pal's resume is retively weak. In 1997, he coached the Real Madrid youth team for two years. In 1999, he coached the lower-level team Toledo, but his results were poor. At the end of 2003, he coached Cordoba for two months, and his results were also poor. The rest of the time, he has mostly been idle."

  "It wasn't until December st year that the club promoted the sed-team coach Corol to the first team to put out fires, and Pal found the opportunity to return to Castil to coach."

  After a pause, Lucas added, "He seems to cherish this coag opportunity very much."

  Gao Shen nodded lightly, uanding what he meant.

  If he remembered correctly, Pal also briefly served as Real Madrid's sp director during the subsequent turmoil.

  Gao Shen had made a lot of his time. With more pyers to be drawn from the sed team, he still needed Pal's cooperation.

  This is a war, and he o unite everyone who be united.

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