Chapter 2: Let the superstars fire even harder!

After Gao Shen came to Real Madrid youth team, he studied under Carlo, who was the head coach of Castilla, the second team at the time.

Gao Shen, who graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in sports, was considered a rare professional even in the Real Madrid youth team, but he lacked practical experience. After talking with him several times, Carlo admired him quite a bit, and even when Gao Shen was transferred to the first team as a fire-fighting head coach, he specially brought Gao Shen with him.

To some extent, Carlo is a profound talent scout.

But unexpectedly, Gao Shen replaced Carlo instead.

It was this awkward relationship between the two that led to Gao Shen being turned away when he visited Carlo's home in the Hortaleza district.

"I'm sorry, Gao. He just came back and said he was a little tired and didn't want to see anyone."

As Mrs. Carlo spoke, she glanced back at the second floor and saw a vague figure behind the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling window.

"I understand." Gao Shen looked very disappointed and let out a long sigh, but he had already guessed that this would happen.

If Carlo saw him at this time, he would probably beat him up.

"Mrs. Carlo, please convey my apologies. I am very sorry about this matter. I still haven't figured out the situation. I have no idea what is going on and I don't know what to do. I will try to go to the Bernabeu and make it clear so that Mr. Carlo can return to the team as soon as possible."

At this point, Gao Shen raised his voice deliberately, "Please tell Mr. Carlo that Real Madrid is in a precarious situation right now and cannot do without him!"

After saying this, Gao Shen politely said goodbye to Mrs. Carlo and left in a "disoriented" manner.

…

Carlo hid behind the curtains, watching everything that happened at the gate of the courtyard and hearing some profound words. His expression was very complicated.

At the age of 43, he had already reached the age of 40, and he knew that Gao Shen could not be blamed for this matter.

If anyone really wants to blame someone, it should be that bastard chairman Martin. He also vaguely guessed what Martin wanted to do.

But no one expected that Gao Shen would be suddenly pushed to the forefront and become the unlucky fish in the pond.

Looking at Gao Shen walking across the corner of the street like a zombie, Carlo felt a little sympathy for him.

It is conceivable how embarrassed he must be to have to take on such a hot potato at such an inappropriate time.

"Did you hear everything?" Mrs. Carlo returned to the second floor and saw her husband standing at the window.

Carlo frowned, nodded, and walked back to sit on the sofa in the living room.

"This kid must have been forced into a corner. Don't blame him for this. He has no choice." After saying this, Mrs. Carlo also let out a long sigh, both for her husband's unemployment and for Gao Shen's predicament.

It’s all because of that crazy chairman!

With his advanced age and qualifications, let alone the superstars in the Real Madrid locker room, even any player in the first team would be obedient to him. How can he serve as the acting head coach?

Carlo leaned back on the sofa, looked up, and stared at the ceiling of the house in a daze.

After more than ten minutes, he finally made a decision and picked up his phone to make a call.

"Hello, it's me."

…

Gao Shen also lives in the Hortaleza district. He asked Carlo for his opinion before renting this small two-bedroom apartment.

After buying some instant noodles for dinner, Gao Shen was thinking about what he should do next.

He expected Carlo not to see him.

If he doesn’t see him today, he will go tomorrow. If he still doesn’t see him tomorrow, he will go the day after tomorrow, until he sees him in Caro.

This is a gesture. He wants everyone to believe that he was forced into this situation, that he is also a victim, and that his situation is even more miserable than anyone else's.

Only in this way can he stand on the side of justice with confidence.

If the name is right, then the words will be legitimate; the prerequisite for being righteous is to first hold the righteousness in your hands.

If Gao Shen always carries the reputation of being an ungrateful cuckoo in someone else's nest, who would obey him?

As for what he said, that he hopes Carlo will return to Real Madrid, this is also what he really means.

But he didn't say when or in what capacity.

…

While boiling water for instant noodles, Gao Shen took out a piece of white paper and made a chart for the first-team stars.

This was his habit of analyzing problems before traveling through time.

The horizontal axis from left to right represents the importance of the player to the club, and the vertical axis from bottom to top represents the players' support for him. Then he marked the players in the team one by one.

As a result, he discovered something very sad.

That is, all the players are in the lower half, and there is not even one close to the horizontal axis.

This means that among the players in the first team, no matter how important they are, no one supports him.

He is now truly and authentically a loner.

How can we play this?

Gao Shen was a little confused. Before traveling through time, he had worked in large companies for many years and had experienced many ups and downs, but he had never encountered such a difficult problem.

However, our great leader Chairman Mao said that problems are the contradictions of things, and wherever there are unresolved contradictions, there are problems.

What Gao Shen needs to do now is to grasp the core contradiction within the Real Madrid locker room, the superstar!

This is actually the problem that Carlo has always wanted to solve since he took office but has not been able to solve. Otherwise, former chairman Florentino would not have resigned because of this, and Martin would not have taken office in a hurry.

After understanding this, Gao Shen suddenly felt enlightened.

At this time, the doorbell rang.

…

As soon as the door opened, Fernando Lucas rushed in.

As soon as he saw the instant noodles on the table, this guy grabbed them without hesitation and started to eat them with a slurp, while constantly shouting that he was starving. This made Gao Shen, who was watching on the side, feel so hungry that he could only make himself another cup.

"Tell me, what did you gain from going to the Bernabeu?" Gao Shen asked with concern while eating instant noodles.

Lucas was busy eating noodles at first. After he had finally finished most of it, he came to his senses. "It would have been better if I hadn't asked. Once I did, things would have been a disaster." After saying that, he slurped the instant noodles in his hand.

Gao Shen was not in a hurry. After making the noodles, he sat down opposite him and waited leisurely.

After Lucas finished the last noodle in the cup and drank a few sips of soup contentedly, the Spanish young man noticed the sophistication of the person opposite him and couldn't help but be surprised again.

Today's profundity gave him a very unfathomable feeling.

If the two of them hadn't been together all day, he would have suspected that Gao Shen had been replaced by someone.

"Tell me about it." Gao Shen said lightly.

Lucas put down the instant noodles in his hand and looked at Gao Shen in front of him with a serious face. "The superstars have called the Bernabeu. They have no way to contact the new president Martin directly, so they called the vice president Butragueno and strongly protested the new president's actions. They believe that this is an extremely irresponsible decision for Real Madrid, the players and the fans."

Gao Shen exclaimed in his heart, this hat is really too big.

Are they planning to give the new chairman a warning?

In fact, Gao Shen can understand the feelings of the superstars because it is too bullying.

Putting aside other things, who among those who can play for Real Madrid is not a world-class star?

Now we want a 25-year-old rookie to coach, is this a joke?

Who can be convinced?

"What does Butragueno think?" Gao Shen asked with concern.

Lucas shook his head. "I don't know. I think comforting should be the main thing."

After a pause, Lucas added: "I guess Butragueno is a little unsure about the new president's ideas now."

Gao Shen nodded. A new emperor appoints new ministers. Even the chairman has changed. Where will this galactic battleship of Real Madrid go next?

"After the change of president, have there been any major personnel changes in various departments of the Bernabeu?" Gao Shen asked again.

"Big personnel changes?" Lucas shook his head. "The biggest change is that head coach Carlo was fired this afternoon. The other departments are basically the same as before. Butragueno is the vice president, head of public relations and technical director, Jose Sanchez is still in the business department, and Floro is still the sports director. I haven't heard of any personnel changes."

Gao Shen nodded, a scene already emerging in his mind.

If Real Madrid is compared to a company, the company's performance is very sluggish and the pressure from public opinion is very high. The top leader decides to retreat behind the scenes. The nominal second-in-command was promoted to the top leader. He finds that the heads of various departments of the company are still the predecessors. What will he do at this time?

Either he accepts the situation and acts as an obedient puppet like he did when he was the second in command, or he tries to make some moves.

If you want to make a move, you must first test the boundaries of your power.

The head coach seems to be very important, but in the club's management system, he is actually not that important, because this position is too risky and he may be blamed at any time. It is a typical short-lived and thankless job.

Therefore, many people would rather work behind the scenes than come to the front stage. For example, AC Milan star Tassotti has been an assistant coach in AC Milan for nearly 20 years. He gave up several opportunities to coach alone.

Let me ask, if Tassotti was the head coach, could he have stayed in AC Milan for so long?

Thinking about it this way, although Martin's actions seem absurd, there is actually logic behind them.

And according to Real Madrid's rules, Martin will become the new president after Florentino steps down, but there will be a new presidential election this summer. If Martin intends to run, he will not have much time to prepare.

As for the change of coach, Martin must have a head coach of his choice, and he may want to support his own people to take the position. However, he did not expect that because Gao Shen suddenly came through, he arranged for Gao Shen to replace Carlo's position for some unknown reason.

After figuring this out, Gao Shen's current situation became clearer.

But Lucas still looked worried and was very concerned about Gao Shen.

"I heard at the Bernabeu that Carlos has contacted many media and fan organizations. You know, he has played for Real Madrid for many years and is the team's third captain. He has very strong connections. You have to be mentally prepared." Lucas said with a long sigh.

The Real Madrid coaching position is tempting, but also dangerous.

Gao Shen, on the other hand, revealed a confident smile, "Don't worry, the more violent the fight they make, the safer I will be for the time being."

He even wanted to shout from a high place: Let the superstars fire even harder!

The more people discuss and pay attention to him, the better it is for Gao Shen.

It would be most dangerous if no one noticed him, because Martin could change his mind at any time and kill him with just one word.

But now it’s different. Once the superstars make a fuss, the whole world knows that Real Madrid has changed its coach.

Could Martin really do something like changing his mind from one day to the next?

But there is not much time left for Gao Shen.

Lucas was confused and couldn't understand why the more the superstars attacked, the safer Gao Shen would be?

But Gao Shen's confident and calm look still surprised Lucas.

Could he really have a way to deal with the current deadlock?

"What are you going to do next?" Lucas asked with concern.