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Chapter 257 The Chairman is a Lobbyist

During the afternoon training, many fans came around the base and heard the news. Many of them were the most fierce in the match between Rexos and Porto. But now, with Gao Xiaodong returning from loan, they immediately turned from hatred to love. They all came to see Gao Xiaodong for training, asked for autographs and photos, and strongly asked Gao Xiaodong to stay.

Gao Xiaodong has only participated in the training of the Porto youth team, and he felt that the speed was fast, the pace was fast, and the confrontation was strong. Now that he participated in the training of the adult team, Gao Xiaodong understood why a giant like Porto was so much stronger than an ordinary team. When training here, passing, receiving and pressing balls were faster than an ordinary team, and the intensity was greater. If the giants were in normal condition, the possibility of an ordinary team winning was really too small. Putting an iron barrel formation to defend the draw was the best result. This also made Gao Xiaodong feel even more lucky to grab food from the Porto tiger's mouth last season. It was probably comparable to winning the Double Color Ball Lottery.

After the afternoon training, Gao Xiaodong, who was even more tired, had just returned to his new home, and the club's old chairman Da Costa came.

Despite being fined and being punished for two years of not being able to contact football-related matters, Da Costa still felt energetic and seemed to have nothing happened.

"Chairman, why are you here? Come and sit inside."

Gao Xiaodong brought Da Costa into the living room, brewed tea and poured water, and sat down to chat.

Dacosta looked at the living room and said, "Xiaodong, are you still satisfied with this place?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "It's okay, the environment is very good."

Dacosta said: "There is still a little lack of fitness equipment at home. I heard that you can get fat easily. I will ask someone to give you another set of fitness equipment tomorrow."

Gao Xiaodong said: "It's pretty good now, don't be so troublesome."

Dacosta smiled and said, "Are you afraid of transfers and leaving or wasting fitness equipment?"

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Whether you have the final say or not? If you mark me a price of 50 million, I can't transfer it."

Dacosta sighed and said, "Xiaodong, do you know why I bid you 30 million euros?"

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "You are shady, who doesn't know that you run a black store in Europe?"

Dacosta said: "I offer you 30 million because we are poor and there is no way."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Chairman, you actually came to me and cried poorly. You were not going to the wrong place, right? You should cry at the board of directors."

Dacosta said: "No, I'm not crying poor. Porto, the Portuguese Super League giant, two Champions League winners, two consecutive championships in the Portuguese Super League, looks glorious, but in fact life is very tight..."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Dede, you have a break, I didn't let you raise your salary."

Dacosta shook his head and said, "The whole Porto is only you boy who dares to talk to me like this. I tell you this. It's not that you cry and have nothing to do with the increase in salary. I want to tell you why I want you to stay and why you want to leave. I need such a high transfer fee. I dare say that Porto has no worse record in the past ten years than the giants in the top five leagues, but the market in Portugal is too small. No matter how good our record is, we can't make much money. We can only rely on selling people to maintain it."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Even an amateur, you can make several times the difference when you sell a star in Porto. Just like if I sell it for 20 million, you are just net profit. How much money did you invest in me?"

Da Costa said: "We make a lot of money when buying and selling players, but we make less money in other aspects. The entire Portuguese Super League TV broadcast only sold 50 million euros, which is really shabby compared to other leagues: England, 1.2 billion; Italy, 900 million; France, 700 million; Spain, 500 million; Germany, 400 million. Even the Netherlands has 100 million; Greece is 4 million more than Portuguese, and the broadcast fee for a team of Arsenal is 60 million. The appearance fee for each team in the Champions League is the same, but the broadcast income is

It depends on how big the market in the country is. Last season, we entered the quarterfinals and scored 5.4 million; while Real Madrid also entered the quarterfinals and received 18 million. Nike only paid us 3 million in jersey sponsorship, and the ticket revenue was only 10 million. The sponsorship and advertising in front and back of the chest were better, reaching 14 million; but Manchester United's ticket revenue was only 120 million. For example, the income was probably that, but we only had to pay 40 million per season,..."

After saying it in one breath, Da Costa said: "Xiaodong, you now understand why I want to pay you a transfer fee of 30 million euros. Selling people is the lifeblood of our survival. With a talented player, we must make enough money, otherwise we will encounter a financial crisis."

Gao Xiaodong sighed and said, "Okay, Chairman Costa, I understand your difficulties. Although I basically don't understand them very much, although I just came to the club to report, I can see that my teammates are not interested in me, the coach also looks cold, and the fans also resent me to help Rexos win the Porto championship. You said how I stay in Porto, the chairman, you must also understand my difficulties."

Dacosta laughed and said, "Can't you stay there? I don't believe it. Today's first report, I heard that I gave the whole team a warning. Who dares to make things difficult for you? As for Ferreira, he actually looks cold to everyone. As long as you have the ability, he will definitely use yours. Although we have many talents in Porto, I believe that last season's best scorer and best rookie will never be unable to play as the main player. I will never be able to miss this."

Gao Xiaodong whined and said, "Chairman, don't be so confident in your own eyesight, okay? I went to Rexos before our three-year agreement, you will lose now."

Dacosta smiled awkwardly and said, "That's when I met you, the weird guy."

Gao Xiaodong said seriously: "Chairman, I will tell you seriously now. If someone in the five major leagues pays 30 million euros, I will leave. If no one pays this price, I will stay. In this way, whether you leave or stay, I will be worthy of Porto's kindness."

Dacosta was happy and said, "Okay, then when will we start the renewal negotiations?"

Gao Xiaodong smiled leisurely and said, "Let's talk about this until the transfer window is closed. It's too early."

Dacosta laughed and scolded, "You little fox, are so cunning."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Let's go with each other."

Dacosta stood up and said, "Xiaodong, I am very optimistic about you. I hope you can become the greatest player in Porto. Well, a player as great as Eusebio, do you understand? I'm leaving, don't send me."

"Stay here to have a meal."

"You're welcome."

Dacosta left, Gao Xiaodong stood at the door and said to himself, "Eusebio? I must be greater than him. I am a systematic man."
Chapter completed!
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