Chapter 80 Who is the big liar?
This is the fourth presidential election in Real Madrid's history.
There is a piece of data that can vividly summarize Florentino's current status in the hearts of Real Madrid members, and that is the voter turnout rate.
There were more than 50,000 Real Madrid fans, and 40,000 of them voted, which is the highest participation rate in history.
And Florentino had an almost overwhelming advantage.
Yang Hao was not surprised by this result. He felt that Sans was the typical person who brought his own death upon himself.
From Sanz, we can clearly see how behind the times those in charge of European football are.
According to Sanz's term of office, he should have ended in 2002. However, after experiencing a bumpy season, Real Madrid quickly got back on track, especially the rapid progress in the Champions League and the King's Cup, which gave Sanz the illusion that he should strive for re-election.
The question is, before you make such an important decision, don't you conduct some public opinion surveys in advance?
Even if you just ask a third-party agency to help you with the questionnaire, that would be okay?
As a result, after Real Madrid announced the presidential election, Florentino, who had been eyeing it for a long time, announced his candidacy in a high-profile manner. He has been exploiting Sanz's pain point, which is Sanz's poor management.
This is Florentino's strength.
Not only that, Florentino also played the superstar card early on, emphasizing Figo, and later added Zidane, resulting in Sanz having no cards to play, and finally had to introduce local center forward Tristan.
This comparison shows how stupid and outdated Sanz is.
Tristan is indeed famous in Spain, but can he be compared with Figo and Zidane?
Especially Zidane.
When the French superstar leads the French team to an unstoppable victory in the European Cup, doesn't that make Real Madrid fans look forward to Florentino even more?
If we say that Florentino had a small victory in Yang Hao's previous life, then this time this year, Florentino had a complete and decisive victory, and he had completely defeated Sanz and could not recover.
After being elected as the president of Real Madrid, Florentino immediately began to clean up Real Madrid's management. From the board of directors to the heads of various departments, to the sports director, all were replaced by Florentino's team.
A group of wealthy people who used to attack the fans club have now joined the board of directors of Real Madrid.
Valdano was appointed as sporting director.
When Florentino announced his election, he stated in a high-profile manner that he had a very good relationship with Real Madrid members.
"Becoming a Real Madrid president as great as Bernabéu has been my dream since I was a child."
"Thank you to the Real Madrid club and the fans for helping me realize my dream. You are so wise."
"Next, my team and I will do our utmost to deliver on our campaign promises."
"Here, I can proudly tell everyone that Real Madrid will target all fronts in the new season. We hope to win all the championships and wash away the decline of the past few years, especially in La Liga!"
"I won't let white handkerchiefs appear in the stands of the Bernabéu again!"
This is undoubtedly another critical blow from Florentino to Sanz.
Last season, Real Madrid only finished fifth in the league and suffered consecutive home defeats, leading to a scandal in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium where fans waved white handkerchiefs.
Florentino also promised that he would change his predecessor's past style of excessive interference in the team's technical arrangements and provide the new head coach with a more relaxed coaching environment.
This is undoubtedly a signal for a coaching change.
The new president of Real Madrid also promised again that Figo and Zidane will definitely come to Real Madrid.
If he fails to fulfill his promise, he will have to compensate all season ticket holders for their losses out of his own pocket, which will exceed tens of millions.
The outside world has generally given extremely high praise to the ambitions of the new president of Real Madrid, believing that Florentino, as the helmsman of a famous Spanish multinational group, far surpasses his predecessor Sanz in both ambition and skill.
Only the team captain Hierro came out and said a few words for Bosque.
Hierro believes that it was Bosque who stood up when the team was in the most difficult moment.
"He has contributed a lot to the team and put in a lot of effort. He deserves the respect of all of us!"
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While the whole of Spain and the entire European football world were immersed in the shock brought by Florentino's election as the president of Real Madrid and were paying close attention to Real Madrid's next move, Atletico Madrid's new season training camp opened in a low-key manner in Majadahonda, northwest of Madrid.
After the dust settled on the Real Madrid presidential election, Yang Hao was once the focus of media attention, but he declined all interviews.
Gradually, everyone focused their attention on Real Madrid.
The biggest player Atletico Madrid signed throughout the summer was Edwin van der Sar from Juventus, but his value was only 5 million euros.
This makes everyone worried about Atletico Madrid's new season.
Especially before the camp opened, the Portuguese media broke a piece of news.
Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes told reporters that Atletico Madrid's head coach is interested in a young player who has just joined his team, but his player has rejected Atletico.
"We don't want to go to La Liga to avoid relegation!"
Later, Portuguese media revealed that agent Jose Vega had a big fight with Jorge Mendes.
But this little episode did not affect Atletico's preparations.
Everything is going according to plan.
It was not until mid-July that Real Madrid suddenly announced that it had signed Luis Figo from its arch-rival Barcelona for a whopping 56 million euros!
This transfer shocked the whole world in a very short time.
Although Florentino had announced it early on and Real Madrid fans were extremely looking forward to it, when it really came, everyone was still shocked beyond words.
Figo, the star player of the arch-rival Barcelona, has really transferred to Real Madrid!
And it was done in a way that set a world transfer fee record.
Someone has calculated that if the transfer fee is 56 million euros, Real Madrid's actual expenditure will be at least 60 million euros.
This does not include Figo's astonishing annual salary, appearance fee, bonus, etc.
Afterwards, for several consecutive days, media outlets all over the world, big and small, were frantically reporting on this transfer, trying every possible means to dig out the secrets behind this transfer.
Real Madrid also announced that it will hold a grand joining ceremony for Figo at the Bernabeu, which is extremely rare.
For a time, the entire La Liga was in an uproar.
And we have to admit that Florentino is indeed quite good at management and promotion.
Half a month after the official announcement of Figo, the momentum has slightly declined and Real Madrid began to promote Zidane.
As soon as August began, Real Madrid officially announced that it had signed French superstar Zidane from Juventus for a sky-high price of 70 million euros.
This once again set the whole world on fire!
But this time Real Madrid is not a one-man show.
After Real Madrid officially announced Zidane, Juventus also officially announced that it had signed Italian national goalkeeper Buffon from Parma for a sky-high price of 53 million euros!
These two transfers echoed each other and shocked the entire European football world.
Whether it was professionals, the media, or the fans, they were all shocked beyond words.
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“This summer has been crazy!”
When Yang Hao arrived at the Calderon Stadium to inspect the renovation of the home team's locker room, he was forcibly dragged to Cerezo's office by Hill. The two top executives of Atletico Madrid became very anxious as soon as they met.
Our rivals in the same city are too strong!
Not only did they win the Champions League, but they also signed two superstars, Figo and Zidane, in one go.
What's even more outrageous is that Real Madrid has now signed the three top defensive midfielders in La Liga in one go.
First, they packaged the double defensive midfielder combination of Makelele and Celades from Celta Vigo, which was one of the best performing double defensive midfielders in La Liga last season. The other pair was Flavio Conceicao and Mauro Silva from Deportivo La Coruna.
And now, after signing Makelele and Celades, Real Madrid has signed Flavio Conceicao.
What does it mean to be wealthy?
Just look at Real Madrid this summer, they interpret this perfectly.
"I heard that Florentino wants to sign Vieira and invite Wenger to coach. He is simply crazy!"
Little Hill was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the office and couldn't sit still .
The pressure is too great.
After a pause, he turned back and asked Yang Hao, "Where did he get so much money?"
Real Madrid's debt is not much better than Atletico Madrid's.
When Yang Hao heard him ask this, he laughed, "This is the biggest difference between you and Florentino."
"What's the meaning?"
"As for you, you are destined to be unable to accomplish what he did. In your eyes, he is like a madman who has lost his mind."
Little Hill nodded, as if to say: Isn't it?
"Florentino is a shrewd businessman, the president of a multinational corporation. They don't do things by the book, nor do they live within their means. Everything they do is based on thinking about what they want in advance and then achieving it."
"You are two completely different people."
Yang Hao's words made Hill and Cerezo silent, and the Atletico Madrid general manager also sat back in his seat.
"Think about it, doesn't he know that Real Madrid is heavily in debt? Doesn't he know that Real Madrid is broke? No, he knows, but why did he say during the election that he wanted to buy Figo and Zidane?"
"Regardless of the consequences, just grab the power first."
"That's right." Florentino's idea is not difficult to guess, the key is how many people dare to do it.
"It's the same now. Sign the players first. As for the money, there are plenty of ways to get it. Borrow new debt from the bank to pay off old debts. Isn't he taking out loans to buy Figo and Zidane now?"
"Debt is too high ? No problem. As long as the capital chain is continuous and the cash flow is stable, there will be no problem."
"This is a financial game for adventurers, understand?"
"Even if everything really goes to shit, what does that have to do with Florentino? At worst, Real Madrid can just elect another president to clean up the mess, right?"
Both Cerezo and Hill acknowledge this, saying that membership has this benefit.
"For us, Real Madrid's strong performance is not entirely a bad thing. As our city rivals, we will also attract attention when we compete with Real Madrid."
"No matter how many superstars you have, they don't necessarily guarantee victory on the court, right?"
Yang Hao is now even more looking forward to what Real Madrid will be like in the new season.
Will Florentino continue his superstar strategy?
"Don't worry, leave the matters on the court to me. I will show Florentino who is the biggest liar!"
Yang Hao still remembers this grudge.
