Zhang is indeed drawing pie for them.
On one hand, he is giving Jurgen Bauer some visions for the future, which is conducive to the development of his next work.
On the other hand, he needs to change the team name!
"Rename?" Jurgen Bauer was shocked.
To be honest, his heart was rejecting the idea of a name change. He feels that the name Meteor Team is very good.
"Bauer, this name does not meet our development requirements. We need to let everyone know that we are a country team. For this we have to give them the most intuitive feeling, even from the name of the team.Only then they can Know which class we represent!"
Julian Bauer heart was entangled: "The Meteor team is okay. They will search for the team name and realize that we are a country team. This is not a contradiction."
"No! It's not the same." Zhang shook his head and said: "The effect I need is that just a name can let them know where we are and which class we represent. This information will go through the name.It will squeeze it into their head instead of people going to the Internet to search for it on their own."
"Man, this is really important." Zhang said solemnly.
Jurgen Bauer hesitated for a long time, and reluctantly said: "Well then."
"What is our name?"
Zhang Xian smiled and said: "Hoffenheim Football Club!"
After speaking, Zhang Xian blinked and smiled: "Maybe when we really break into the Bundesliga, the media in Germany and even across Europe will marvel at the 'Hoffenheim Village miracle' and you will be the creator of the miracle. gentlemen."
Jurgen Bauer's eyes lit up, and the name that he thought was uncool before suddenly felt nice.
Hoffennheim Village miracle?
Hoffenheim?
This name is really good!
Of course, the problem of renaming is not so simple to achieve.
First of all, they needs a paper application written by the club to submit the name change to the German Football Association, and wait for them to approve it before they can officially use the name 'Hoffenheim'.
Now, they are still the meteor team.
The conversation ended soon. Finally, Zhang Xian and Jurgen Bauer took pictures together.Many years later, these two will be called the two carriages on the road to the rise of Hohenheim.
But there are also interesting story.
Which will be that Jurgen Bauer is a horse, and Zhang Xian is wielding a whip as a coachman.
After signing the documents, Zhang Xian has been officially appointed as the Sports Director of the Meteor Team (Hoffenheim).
Jurgen Bauer still wanted to continue chatting with Zhang Xian, but the latter sent him away for work.
After sending Jurgen Bauer away, Zhang Xian began to look through the team's information and the results of the previous few seasons.
He have to say that this document gives Zhang Xian a headache.
On one hand, the previous few seasons, the Meteor team's performance was too bad.
Almost every season, they are in a relegation state, and it is a difficult relegation state.
On the other hand, the age organization of the team is completely unreasonable.
Zhang does not understand, what is the use of keeping these older players? Isn't this a waste of money?
For this, Zhang Xian made up his mind. The first order after he took office was 'layoff'!
The second order was 'salary reduction'!
The current Meteor team is too unstable, although Jurgen Bauer verbally claimed to go to the Bundesliga, but the behavior is not worthy of such hope.
This is a team that is going waste day by day. This is the first impression the Meteor team gave Zhang Xian.
In addition to these appearances,there are other internal problems he still hasn't understood.But he is not in a hurry. After all, with the two order issued, those problems will surface, and when the time comes, they will be solved together.Many people think that Zhang Xian's first and second decree are a bit too radical.But this is the effect Zhang Xian needs.He wants to make this 'elderly team' feel the crisis. In the past, everyone on this team sang good tunes but now it's time for someone to sing bad tunes.He wants to be the knife hanging high above the head of the Meteor team.Let them always feel the crisis and sense of urgency.He believes that appropriate pressure will be transformed into motivation.After reading the documents, Zhang Xian found Mary and asked her to lead him around the club.He needs to learn more about the team.Mary did not refuse, this is her task.The two walked out of the office building and headed towards the home field.
"Talk about the components of the club." Zhang Xian said lightly.
Mary said: "Now Hoffenheim has only one football team, plus a local junior team."
"Juvenile team?" Zhang Xian asked strangely: "Academic training?"
Mary shook her head and said; "No, it can only be regarded as a junior team. It consists of some teenagers who love football in the local and surrounding villages. They pay some fees and we help with training."
"Oh, it's charged!" Zhang Xian nodded, and continued to ask, "What about the income?"
Mary: "The main source of income is the game tickets, followed by the sales of some jerseys, but the proportion is very small. There are some sponsorships, but the amount is not high. It comes from the Baden Haas sausage."
Zhang nodded.At this time, the two had already reached the periphery of the field and Zhang stopped.He saw two shops on the left and right, a coffee shop and a food shop, but they were all closed at this time.
In this regard, Mary said: "The coffee shop is the shop of Old Dink, and the food shop is opened by Mrs. Wendy. These two shops are only open on game days. After all, no one will visit here normally."
Zhang Xian nodded again. He was about to raise his leg and walk into the field when he happened to see a middle-aged man walking out with a plastic bucket.
Seeing this person, Mary smiled more sincerely, and said hello: "Hi, Ivan!"
Ivan also smiled and said, "Good noon, Mary."
Mary looked at the plastic bucket in his hand and smiled: "Are you raising money for your wife to remodel the kitchen again?"
Ivan nodded with a smile, smiled at Zhang Xian, and then left.
Zhang Xian listened to the conversation between the two and smiled; "He love his wife very much."
Mary's face became weird as she stretched out her finger to the direction of the field.
"This is his wife!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xian was stunned.
Wife = Stadium?
Mary explained: "He is raising money to repair the lawn. The main income of the team is used to pay the players' salaries. Therefore, every noon, Ivan will wander around Hoffenheim with a plastic bucket, hoping to get the generosity of the fans."
Zhang Xian grinned and said: "He is our lawn caretaker?"
"You can say so." Mary said, squeezing her fingers, "At the same time, Ivan also works as a junior team coach, intelligence analyst, etc. You know, we are very poor, and there is no extra salary to hire too many people."
The two walked into the stadium. The stands were extremely dilapidated. Some railings were rusty and laid loosely there. Yes, they were built there, and they could fall down with a light push.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Xian frowned slightly.
Noting Zhang Xian's expression, Mary said: "The railing doesn't make any sense to us. In recent years, our stadium has the highest attendance rate of 350 people.It's difficult to get hundred people.The fans lives far away, so very few come to watch the game. There is a saying in the league that the Meteor team's home game is the most harmonious game."
Zhang Xian turned his head and said, "Do you think this is compliment?"
Mary was silent.
Zhang Xian looked up and saw part of the stadium roof was broken. The whole half was empty. If it rains, almost all the stands on the left will be leaking.
Zhang Xian did not express his opinion on this. He and Mary walked off the stands and came to the stadium.
It just rained last night and the stadium was a bit muddy.
Visiting along the sideline, Zhang found that there was a lot of mud and sand on the court, including holes.
While walking around, Zhang Xian's leather shoes was getting full of mud.
He looked down and said, "Have you ever thought of laying a new lawn?"
Mary said directly: "There is no money. The cost of a square meter of natural lawn is about 50 Euros. Including labor, management, machinery and seed costs, we need to continue to invest a lot of funds. We can't afford it."
"Did Bauer continued to invest?"
"You should call him Mr. Chairman!"
"Okay, so he didn't continue to invest money?"
"No, he is also very poor!"
Zhang Xian couldn't help but complain" poor! Poor! what kind of team did you raise!
"What about the other equity holders?" Zhang Xian continued to ask.
"There is no other right holder." Mary said: "Bauer owns 100% of the Meteor team!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xian was surprised and said: "The Meteor team did not abide by the 50+1 policy?"
Mary smiled brightly; "50+1 is not a hard requirement. You only need to continue to sponsor the team for ten years, then you can own the team, and this year is just the tenth year!!"
Zhang Xian feels a sardonic taste in Mary's smile.
"So, we don't have other equity holders?"
"No!"
"The boss still doesn't invest money?!"
"He has no money!"
Zhang Xian is speechless, how did you manage to be so confident.
Hesitating for a while, Zhang Xian asked: "Have you ever thought of selling shares?"
Hearing this, Mary said: "You can propose, but I can guarantee that Bauer will kill you!"
Zhang Xian still tried it and called Bauer himself.
He said very tactfully, and tried to test it from the side. If so, Bauer's reaction was also very fierce.
He shouted, "Meteor team is mine, no one can take her", his voice was hysterical, as if looking for someone desperately.
Finally, Zhang Xian gave up the issue of selling shares 'temporarily', and he also understood that who would buy shares of a seventh-level team at a high price.