Vol 5 Chapter 88: weirdo

At the invitation of the chairman, Wan Sheng tidied up a little and went to his house with Waddell. (Baidu: Easy to read novels)
Waddle ’s home is a luxury villa in the southern suburbs of Manchester, worth more than 4 million pounds.
Villas of this price are also very luxurious for the rich.
Waddell seems to be very ordinary, but he is actually very rich. Manchester City is a joint-stock club. Waddell has the second most shares in the club, and he definitely belongs to the rich class.
In the five major leagues in Europe, there are roughly three operating modes for football clubs. One is a listed company. The club is responsible for its own profits and losses, has complete management, and follows commercial operations. The most typical example is Manchester City ’s rival enemy Manchester United.
The second type is unlisted joint-stock companies (shared systems with listed companies), which usually share a certain percentage of ownership for multiple major shareholders, and there is also a so-called "private ownership" where the boss owns more than 90% of the shares, including Chelsea and Arsenal And Manchester City belong to this category.
The third category is the membership club represented by La Liga Real Madrid and Barcelona. All the operating funds of these clubs come from members and have many similarities with public welfare organizations.
In the early days of the establishment of European football clubs, most of them used traditional membership systems.
At that time, the club was mostly a street, a community, and a bar. The people came to build a fixed team to play in their leisure time. The club did not have too much income, and simple football equipment, transportation, and other expenses also It can be solved by collecting membership dues.
With the advancement of football professionalization and commercialization, more and more clubs are gradually unable to afford the growing expenses, and these expenses are obviously not solved by paying membership fees alone.
As a result, most European countries have transformed their clubs into shareholding systems (limited companies) while establishing professional top-level leagues. However, different social factors and living conditions in various countries have also led to different forms of changes in the shape of football clubs, for example in clubs in Spain and Germany. The traditional membership system is preserved.
Manchester City belongs to a non-listed joint-stock club, that is, a number of large shareholders share a certain proportion of shared ownership. The difference between this type of club and a listed company is only whether the stock is publicly issued on the stock market.
The club earns income from competition tickets, TV broadcasts, commercial sponsorship, etc. At the same time, expenditures are made on player salaries and transfers.
If a profit is generated, a certain percentage of funds will be retained for continued operations in the future. At the same time, shareholder dividends are distributed according to the proportion of equity (the football club generally does not pay dividends); if a loss occurs, then the funds to fill the loss, in addition to the retention in previous years, generally come from bank loans or shareholder input, and the corresponding formation of claims.
Among the joint-stock clubs in Europe, there are currently two types. One is a team represented by Chelsea, Manchester City, and Paris Saint-Germain. These teams are controlled by one boss; Manchester City belongs to the other type. Each shareholder holds a certain percentage of shares. But no shareholder has absolute say.
Because of this, Waddell holds the second share of the club in order to become the club's chairman.
Owning the second share of Manchester City is also a wealth worth tens of millions. In addition to Wadell and some chain stores and other industries, his personal wealth is quite huge. At least at present, Wansheng can not be compared. .
After Wan Sheng came to his house, he also visited around to take a look at the living environment of the rich people of England's 'traditional'.
He also consumed such a million-pound villa. But there is no need, after all, it is too extravagant.
Waddell ’s family is very warm, except for his servants. And wife Milo and young son Andy were there. After Wansheng arrived, Milo asked Andy to take him around, and Wansheng also gave a gift-a delicate toy pistol, which was given to Andy. .
Andy was very happy to see the gift. He was just 10 years old, and he was exactly the age when he liked pistol toys. Waddell and Milo also expressed their gratitude together.
When Wansheng turned around and returned to the living room, the dining table was already full of food. But Waddell's words surprised Wan Sheng. "Don't worry. I still have a guest. It will take a while to arrive."
Wan Sheng is somewhat inexplicable.
Wadel is not specifically to invite himself. He invited others?
Without understanding the situation, Wansheng can only sit on the sofa and talk with the Waddell family. Generally speaking, the Waddells ask some Chinese things. Wansheng tells them about football and other topics. Not much was talked about.
But soon the topic came to football. After all, Wadel was the club's chairman, Wan Sheng was the team's head coach, and Manchester City and football were their common ground.
"What do you think we can do this season?" Wadel asked with concern.
Wan Sheng immediately replied, "Champion!"
His tone is very sure!
Waddell was still a little surprised, "I know you will say the championship, but I didn't expect to be so decisive! Are you confident? That's the championship, how long ago Manchester City won the championship.
"I am confident that the team is also capable. Now we are the first in the league." Wan Shengdao, "This is not unacceptable. Now that the team is on the right track, all we have to do is to go to the game normally, not What needs to be played extraordinary, you should believe in the strength of the team. "
"And ... I coach the team, the only goal is the championship!" Speaking of which, Wan Sheng was somewhat arrogant.
At this moment, a sound of applause came from the door, and a middle-aged man came in and said with a smile, "Young man, you are really confident." The voice seemed a bit ironic.
But Wan Sheng didn't care, just responded, "Thank you!" He didn't understand why this middle-aged man came in directly? Don't understand at all polite? Still said that he was too familiar with Waddell.
Wan Sheng looked at Waddell doubtfully. Waddell quickly stood up, greeted him, and introduced, "Let me know, this is James."
He pointed to Wansheng again, "You know, Wansheng."
Wan Sheng shook hands with James, feeling even stranger in his heart, James? No last name? The problem is that they don't know each other! He could only understand that Wadel had forgotten to introduce, after all, the two seemed to be very familiar friends.
The dinner officially began next, and the food was still very rich. The good news is that there is no old-fashioned tradition in the Wadel family. They are talking while eating, and the atmosphere is not dull, but very active.
But most people are asking, Wan Sheng is talking, talking about the team, talking about the news, talking about China, and so on.
Wan Sheng began to think that this middle-aged man named James would be someone in football. However, during the conversation, he found that James didn't seem to care about Manchester City, football, news, etc., but instead treated his family I am very concerned about my personal life and experience. For example, if I ask which countries he has been to, his girlfriend, etc., it seems that he is checking his hukou? No, it's strange anyway, no one would ask him about it.
Out of courtesy, Wan Sheng still answered some content, anyway, these are not special .
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After the banquet at home, Wan Sheng felt inexplicable.
After the three of them chatted for a while, Waddell got up and sent Wan Sheng to leave. Before leaving, James came over and laughed, "Young man, we will meet again."
This sentence even let Wan Sheng feel at a loss.
His brain is full ... who the is this guy? But I couldn't think of anything, and came to the conclusion that he must be sick of his brain! Finally, he decided to ask carefully when he saw Waddell again.
Anyway, Wan Sheng felt inexplicable, but since he couldn't think of it, he simply didn't want to, and went home to prepare for Christmas tomorrow.
Wan Sheng ’s mood is still good. The team is No. 1 in the league. There is nothing to worry about. Tomorrow is Christmas. You can take a good rest and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere of the British.
But when standing in front of the apartment, Wan Sheng felt very strange, because the door was open, but Kevin Tagore ’s car was not there, so who would be his family?
Wan Sheng walked into the door and saw a thin figure wearing a tight leather jacket carrying a small package, and he was stunned.
"Ann ... Anita !?"
Hearing Wan Sheng's voice, Anita hurriedly stood up and looked over and said, "What's wrong, is it strange to see me?"
"No, it's not." Wan Sheng waved his hand and asked, "Why are you here?" He looked around and made sure, "At my house?"
"I'm here to send you the information," Anita said. "You haven't been to the academy. I can only send it in person. By the way, I will spend Christmas here with you."
"Ah?" Wan Sheng felt a little confused.
He remembered that he didn't go to London, it was a good appointment, because he told Anita that he was going to college.
But ... she shouldn't be in his house! Christmas together! ?
"Don't you have to go home?"
Anita shook her head, "I don't have the habit of spending Christmas at home. I don't like that atmosphere ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Every time I spend time with my brother's house, but I quarreled with him this year, I'm not I am in college, so I can only come to you. "
"Would you like to take me in?" She looked at Wan Sheng with wide eyes, which looked very pitiful. In this case, no man could say refusal.
Although Wan Sheng felt a bit strange, he nodded. "But there will be someone here, it's Kevin ..."
"You say Kevin? He's gone. Just now I told him to spend Christmas here, he decided to go back to London."
Anita explained.
Wan Sheng smiled bitterly, and his heart was definitely unclear.
But a big beauty came to spend Christmas with herself, it seems that it is better than with Kevin! ?
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ps: Thank you, the book friend [Hua Xuejian], for your support! !
Worship! Kneel! (To be continued)
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