Chapter 67 Atletico Madrid Supermarket officially opens!
Perhaps because of playing games, there was a time when Yang Hao was obsessed with personal worship.
Even when he was writing novels, he often liked to write about how great things could be achieved by discovering a talent.
But later, as he grew older, gained more experience, and became more mature in his thinking, especially as he gained more experience and knowledge, he found that this simply didn't work.
Just like Monchi in Sevilla.
If he was writing a football novel when he was young, he would definitely have to get the big shot Monchi before Sevilla.
But now, he has no such intention at all.
It’s not that Monkie is not good enough, but Yang Hao knows very well that digging up a Monkie is useless.
In Yang Hao's previous life, Monchi later went to work in other clubs, but the results were not satisfactory, and he finally returned to Sevilla. This shows that the core competitiveness of Sevilla's system does not lie in Monchi.
To put it bluntly, Monchi was just sitting in that position in Sevilla at that point in time.
In order to write a book, Yang Hao read a lot of management books and articles. He found that modern management always emphasizes system operations.
What does it mean?
If you rely on an individual, then sorry, when that person is poached by a competitor, your entire company will collapse.
This is a very backward management model.
Modern management emphasizes division of labor, cooperation, and system-based operations. Everyone is like a screw. Even if someone in a certain position is poached, it will not affect the operation of the entire system, and it cannot be copied.
However, everyone in the position can only see part of the entire system. How can they replicate the whole picture?
This is the system in Sevilla.
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Now that we have decided to invest in Atletico Madrid, many things have to change.
In the past, Yang Hao looked at Atletico Madrid's affairs with the mentality of a worker. He had a good relationship with Hill and would help whenever he could, as it didn't take much effort anyway.
But now it’s different. This is our family business, so we must pay more attention to it.
We will definitely try our best to dig out those future stars.
To put it bluntly, professional football is a competition of talent. Every future superstar is undoubtedly a top talent. Who else should we recruit if not them?
And Barcelona will definitely try their best to fleece this wool.
The next few years will be a turbulent period for Barcelona. If we don’t take advantage of Barcelona, who will we take advantage of?
As for whether there will be a Dream Team III in the future, what does it have to do with me?
There is no best!
By then, the Spanish Super League will be dominated by the two Madrid giants.
Thinking of this, Yang Hao also made a decision.
The next morning, when he went out, he saw Cesar Mendiodoro and immediately called him into the office.
After the team won the championship last night, there was a parade around the city, and the whole of Madrid was shaken.
This morning, major media outlets in Spain and even Europe were reporting on Atletico Madrid's victory.
This is not just a Madrid derby, Atletico Madrid defeated the newly crowned Champions League champions.
Yang Hao's name once again appeared on the important pages of major newspapers. Everyone was very interested in this mysterious young commander who was only 25 years old, especially his legendary experience.
More and more media have given him the title of genius coach.
Mendiodoro told Yang Hao about the news in major newspapers last night and today. He talked incessantly and was still in a state of excitement from yesterday.
But Yang Hao didn't call him over to listen to his flattery.
"Flatter on me later. I have something serious to tell you."
Yang Hao's serious look immediately made Mendiodoro look much more serious.
"I remember you worked as a scout for a while, right?"
"Yes, but it was less than two years."
He retired in 1998 and was invited by Atletico Madrid to be Yang Hao's assistant in 2000.
"Are you familiar with scouting business?" Yang Hao asked.
Atletico Madrid is now in a state of revival.
After being put into trusteeship, all departments were hit hard, and many departments have even become non-existent and have no employees.
Since Yang Hao has taken on this responsibility, he must do something.
"It's okay. I'm quite familiar with Spain and the Iberian Peninsula."
"What about South America?"
Mendiodoro shook his head. "I'm not familiar with it. It's a bit chaotic there."
"I'm thinking we need to build a global scouting network."
After hearing this, Mendiodoro burst out laughing and said, "That's impossible."
"Why?"
"Just think about it, how much would it cost to hire so many scouts? No matter which club it is, it's impossible to cover the world now, let alone the whole of Europe. They can only focus on a certain region."
Yang Hao nodded, this is the truth.
But it's out of date.
Yang Hao thought about it, took out a piece of paper, and drew a scouting network diagram directly on the white paper.
With Madrid as the core, each important area is managed by two to three full-time scouts. Under the full-time scouts, there are also a greater number of part-time scouts.
These part-time scouts are like capillaries, penetrating to the grassroots level. Once they find a good talent, they report directly to their superiors.
Yang Hao said that what he outlined was Sevilla's scouting system. At its peak, Sevilla had more than 300 scouts around the world, most of whom were part-time.
But Yang Hao wants to go one step further than Sevilla and go directly to the Internet.
He wants to build a player database in Madrid, and all registered scouts, no matter where they are in the world, can upload player materials and videos through the Internet.
Once the uploaded player data passes the assessment of a full-time scout, is recognized by Atletico Madrid, and is officially placed in the player database, the scout will receive the first payment. If the player joins Atletico Madrid later, the scout will receive another payment.
In the future, every step of this player's development in Atletico Madrid will be fed back to the scouts in the player database, and he will receive compensation from the club.
Of course, Yang Hao is not sure about the specific amount of remuneration and how to proceed. He hopes that the club will hire a third-party agency to conduct market research and come up with a feasible plan.
But this creates a problem.
"Is it possible to connect and communicate through the Internet?" Mendiodoro wondered.
"Although the internet is being hyped up a lot right now, many people are not optimistic about it. Some even think it's a bubble inflated by the Americans. Germany only started DSL services in 1998. Can it really cover the entire world so quickly?"
Yang Hao didn't find this suspicion strange at all.
The birth of every emerging technology often subverts all past imaginations.
It's like in 2023, many people question what 5G is actually useful for.
In the year 2000, can the Internet really represent the future?
"Although broadband services are just starting out around the world, they are developing very rapidly, especially in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Deutsche Telekom has also decided to reduce DSL service fees to around 15 euros per month, which is easily affordable for ordinary households."
At this point, Yang Hao told Mendiodoro in a very confident tone, "The future world must be the Internet age!"
Because he had experienced it personally, he was particularly certain when he spoke about it.
Mendiodor no longer had any doubts. He still believed in Yang Hao's vision. However, the scouting system Yang Hao had outlined was indeed quite attractive, and in theory it could cover a wide range, but it also required a lot of investment and time.
Don't expect to see results without investing millions and spending two to three years.
"Given the club's current financial situation, I'm afraid they can't afford this expense, right?"
Yang Hao smiled and said, "Take your time. We can save money in other areas, but this area is the core competitiveness of the club in the future. It will be the source of our team's revenue, so we must seize it as soon as possible."
According to Yang Hao, he will personally take charge of this matter, but the specific matters will be left to Mendiodoro to handle.
After spending more than a month together, I found that Mendiodo is quite capable. He is a second-generation Atletico Madrid player and a third-generation fan. His feelings for the club are unquestionable. He is a professional player himself and has worked as a scout, so he has both connections and resources.
With the support of Yang Hao and Atletico Madrid, I believe he can still do it.
Yang Hao was not in a hurry. His plan was to build a framework within a year and continue to invest every year thereafter.
It also took Sevilla about three years to barely reap some results, and then continued to improve every year, finally possessing that huge system of more than 300 scouts around the world.
For fear that Mendiodo would not believe it, Yang Hao specifically told him about his upcoming investment in Atletico Madrid. This shocked Mendiodo so much that he almost fell down.
He originally thought that Yang Hao was his superior, but when he turned around, Yang Hao actually wanted to be his boss.
If he didn't know Yang Hao well, he would have thought he was bragging.
But considering the relationship between Yang Hao and Xiao Hill, Mendiodoro believed it.
"You start preparing first. After we sell the players and get the funds, I will ask Michelle to allocate funds to you, and then we will start implementing it." Yang Hao made a prompt decision.
Mendiodoro also felt this was an opportunity.
Being a coach is good, but being the head of the scouting department is obviously more in line with long-term development, especially for a team like Atletico Madrid, which has created a scouting system from scratch, which is still very challenging.
Therefore, Mendiodoro was immediately very motivated and promised to do it right away.
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After meeting Mendiodoro, Yang Hao found Parales again.
According to Yang Hao's original plan, Parales would be sent to university for further studies this summer.
But now, Yang Hao changed his mind.
Parales's further study plan remains the same, but he hopes to cooperate with the University of Madrid Medical School to open a special laboratory in Atletico Madrid, similar to the Milan laboratory in his previous life.
The founder of Milan Laboratory is a physical therapist.
Yang Hao hopes that Parales can fight a preliminary battle first to explore the way in this regard, and then talk to the University of Madrid when Atletico Madrid is ready.
Ultimately, it's all about spending money.
Yang Hao is not actually worried about Atletico Madrid’s financial crisis now, because Atletico Madrid’s players have already contacted their destinations in advance.
For example, Belleron, Molina and Capdevila are going to Deportivo La Coruña; Gamara and Ayala, two Paraguayan internationals, are said to be returning to South America; Hasselbaink is considering going to the Premier League; Juninho was loaned to Middlesbrough this past season and performed well, and now he probably wants to stay in the Premier League.
For Yang Hao, these are not problems.
The key is to give enough money.
But Yang Hao himself did not expect that as soon as the Atletico Madrid supermarket opened, the first customer who came to the door was a poor man.
Sevilla's newly appointed sporting director Monchi.
