Of course, I have learned a little about the club's situation. Li Zaian took a sip of milk and said with a smile, I even know that they may not even be able to play in this year's professional league, and they can only live in the junior team's league at the moment, but it doesn't matter. The biggest problem with this club is that there is no sufficient funds, no sufficient funds, no excellent players, no exciting games without excellent players, and naturally there are no more generous sponsors.
For me, the biggest problem at the moment is that there is a lot of money, and this money can only be stored in overseas bank accounts. If you want to transfer it back to China, you can't explain the origin of the money, so... you understand
Reuben naturally understood this way. He felt that Li Zai'an was planning to buy the St. Cristowan Club and use it as a tool for money laundering.
If that's the case, buying San Cristowan is a good choice. After thinking about it, Ruben said that the club seemed to want to sell it some time ago. Lotney seemed to have some problems with his personal finances. He offered $1.5 million, but no one took over.
Then you take me to talk to him, I will give him 1.5 million and never bargain, but the existing players in his team must be left behind for me, and one less agreement will be invalidated. Li Zaian said happily.
It's easy to deal with, I'll arrange this matter in the afternoon. Ruben nodded and said
Why is it afternoon? Isn't it possible now? Li Zaian frowned and said
Oh, my Paul, Ruben smiled bitterly, you know that I need to work. Even if I don't go to work, I will still report to the parole officer at noon.
Parole Officer? Are the rules very strict? Li Zai'an doesn't want to stay in Rio for a long time, so he must rush back to Sao Paulo as soon as possible. For him, only the Morio slum in Sao Paulo is the safest. Besides, he must rush back as soon as possible to find out who is doing small moves behind him
It's not just the strict rules, it's just that it's just that it's so sucking people without spitting bones. Ruben didn't hide it. He sighed and told Li Zaian briefly about his experience of being released from prison for more than a year.
$20 every three days, only $200 a month, he also accepts such black money. It seems that the treatment of the parole officer is not very good. Listening to Ruben's brief introduction to his experience, Li Zaian curled his lips and said, "Okay, you don't have to consider the problem of the parole officer. I will solve it for you in the evening. Don't worry, I will never leave you any trouble."
Ruben has now determined that what Li Zaian is doing is drug business. In Brazil, except for drug lords, no one will not take the huge sum of $1.5 million.
For those parole officials, although he dares to threaten to blackmail parole prisoners like Ruben, in front of real drug lords, the parole officials can only be scared to pee their pants.
A person may not be afraid of death, but he has to consider his family. Even law enforcement officers dare not provoke those vicious drug lords easily.
Like the town of San Cristowan, the San Cristowan Club was once one of Brazil's prestigious football clubs, but its glory was still in the 20s. In the 1930s, that is, after World War I, and before World War II.
Now, after more than half a century, this club has long been in decline
It is completely different from what Li Zai'an had imagined before. The St. Cristowan Club is in an inconspicuous corner of the town. The two-story office building has a history of nearly a hundred years. In addition, it lacks renovations, and looks like an antique cinema from the outside.
However, at the entrance of the club, the shield-shaped club badge hanging on the left side of the gate is still bright, probably because people often wipe it.
As a football club, St. Cristowan Club certainly has its own stadium, but this stadium is not close to the real football stadium, it is just an open empty stadium at the southern end of the town. Not to mention the turf, even the goal net does not have it.
The club's current owner is Lotney, and the San Cristowan Club is his ancestral property. In addition to this industry, he also runs a canned fish factory in Rio.
Since the club is in a loss-making state for a long time, he has no intention of operating it, so his main energy is to focus more on the canning factory.
Lu Ben led Li Zaian and his group to the club, but found no one to be in charge. However, when he heard that it was the big boss who came to discuss the acquisition of the club, the staff who stayed there did not dare to neglect at all, so he contacted Lotney immediately.
Before Lotney came back, Li Zai'an went to the club's stadium with Ruben. According to the club staff, the children of the youth team will have a game the day after tomorrow, but it is just an indoor match of five people. If they win, they will get a promotion bonus of 5,000 US dollars.
The empty court has no turf and looks very desolate. On this desolate dry land, more than 20 or 15 or 16 years old are practicing ball ball skills with a black coach.
In Brazil, many children from poor backgrounds seem to have only two paths of life to choose from from the day they are born: one is to be a gangster, a drug dealer, and the other is to play football and win their own destiny through the green field.
As a young follower next to Li Zaian, Feidi is a girl after all, and she has just walked out of the Amazon jungle, so she has no interest in football. She can't even understand why Li Zaian spent so much money to buy a ragged club
1.5 million US dollars, just to play with these children? If it is out of sympathy, you should give them a share of the money, and each person has tens of thousands of dollars, which should change their lives. Standing on the edge of an empty field with dust and dust, watching the children fiddling with three or five footballs through the decayed wooden guardrail, Fedi felt bored, she supported her elbows on the guardrail, held her cheeks with her hands, and said in a muffled voice
Li Zaian was quite interested in watching it. When he heard Feidi's words, he turned his head to look at the little girl and smiled: You should have learned in your camp. The most hateful people in the world are bankers or big capitalists, because they will squeeze every drop of the poor with a small amount of money.
What does this have to do with you? Feedy said in a silence
Well, this sentence is well asked. At least in your heart, I don’t regard me as a vicious capitalist. Li Zaian smiled and said, “Although I am not a capitalist, I am a drug dealer. The money of the capitalist may not be easy to make, but is the money of the drug dealer so easy to make?
Fidi pouted, said nothing
In fact, the reason I bought the St. Cristowan Club is, on the one hand, because I need this industry to launder money for me, and on the other hand, because this industry will bring me amazing profits. Li Zai'an really doesn't seem to hide Fidi's intention. He reached out and pointed at the children in the empty field and said
Have you seen these kids? I will sign an agreement with each of them... Well, a very demanding agreement. With these agreements in hand, I will be able to make ten or even hundreds of times the profit I invested today from them in the future.
They? Feidi was startled and asked with wide eyes, "What can they do for you?"
They can play football, and that's enough. Li Zaian smiled and replied, and pointed at a black child with a bald head and a shy appearance among the group of children, saying, "If you don't believe it, I can make a bet with you. Take that little guy for example. It only takes a few years to make me a profit of no less than 20 million US dollars. What I have to do now is to provide him with a pair of sneakers, a cheap sportswear, and an opportunity to participate in the competition and show off his talent and a sales agreement that he looks quite satisfied at least now."
Do you know him? Why are you so confident in him? Feidi asked in confusion. She also knew that Li Zaian was not a person who likes to exaggerate. It is natural that he has his own reason to say this.
I don't know him, but I know his name, because his name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario da Lima, so I have confidence in him. Li Zai'an held the guardrail with one hand and said with a smile.
Li Zaian didn't specifically cover up his words, and everyone around him could hear them. Of course, there was no one who agreed with his opinion, including those club staff.
In their eyes, Ronaldo is not very popular. Although he has good skills and high goals, he has a too big temper and his performance on the court, so he doesn't like to cooperate with his teammates. This also makes the coach very dissatisfied with him.
In addition, more importantly, Ronaldo's signing agreement is no longer in the hands of the club. Just two months ago, he was bought by two rich people who have just entered the industry in Rio.
The club staff who accompanied him met Ruben. Taking advantage of Li Zaian'an's inattention, they pulled Ruben aside and talked about the situation.
This accident made Ruben feel very embarrassed, and he could see that Li Zaian still liked that, not to mention that he had just said that the condition for acquiring the club was that no one of the players could be missing.
After hesitating for a while, Ruben still didn't hide it. He walked over and briefly introduced the new situation to Li Zaian.
Being signed away? Who signed it? Li Zaian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, turned his head and looked at the staff with a bad expression
It was Alexander and Reynaldo, who had a securities trading company in Rio, and they were decent people. A middle-aged man said carefully.
For me, the biggest problem at the moment is that there is a lot of money, and this money can only be stored in overseas bank accounts. If you want to transfer it back to China, you can't explain the origin of the money, so... you understand
Reuben naturally understood this way. He felt that Li Zai'an was planning to buy the St. Cristowan Club and use it as a tool for money laundering.
If that's the case, buying San Cristowan is a good choice. After thinking about it, Ruben said that the club seemed to want to sell it some time ago. Lotney seemed to have some problems with his personal finances. He offered $1.5 million, but no one took over.
Then you take me to talk to him, I will give him 1.5 million and never bargain, but the existing players in his team must be left behind for me, and one less agreement will be invalidated. Li Zaian said happily.
It's easy to deal with, I'll arrange this matter in the afternoon. Ruben nodded and said
Why is it afternoon? Isn't it possible now? Li Zaian frowned and said
Oh, my Paul, Ruben smiled bitterly, you know that I need to work. Even if I don't go to work, I will still report to the parole officer at noon.
Parole Officer? Are the rules very strict? Li Zai'an doesn't want to stay in Rio for a long time, so he must rush back to Sao Paulo as soon as possible. For him, only the Morio slum in Sao Paulo is the safest. Besides, he must rush back as soon as possible to find out who is doing small moves behind him
It's not just the strict rules, it's just that it's just that it's so sucking people without spitting bones. Ruben didn't hide it. He sighed and told Li Zaian briefly about his experience of being released from prison for more than a year.
$20 every three days, only $200 a month, he also accepts such black money. It seems that the treatment of the parole officer is not very good. Listening to Ruben's brief introduction to his experience, Li Zaian curled his lips and said, "Okay, you don't have to consider the problem of the parole officer. I will solve it for you in the evening. Don't worry, I will never leave you any trouble."
Ruben has now determined that what Li Zaian is doing is drug business. In Brazil, except for drug lords, no one will not take the huge sum of $1.5 million.
For those parole officials, although he dares to threaten to blackmail parole prisoners like Ruben, in front of real drug lords, the parole officials can only be scared to pee their pants.
A person may not be afraid of death, but he has to consider his family. Even law enforcement officers dare not provoke those vicious drug lords easily.
Like the town of San Cristowan, the San Cristowan Club was once one of Brazil's prestigious football clubs, but its glory was still in the 20s. In the 1930s, that is, after World War I, and before World War II.
Now, after more than half a century, this club has long been in decline
It is completely different from what Li Zai'an had imagined before. The St. Cristowan Club is in an inconspicuous corner of the town. The two-story office building has a history of nearly a hundred years. In addition, it lacks renovations, and looks like an antique cinema from the outside.
However, at the entrance of the club, the shield-shaped club badge hanging on the left side of the gate is still bright, probably because people often wipe it.
As a football club, St. Cristowan Club certainly has its own stadium, but this stadium is not close to the real football stadium, it is just an open empty stadium at the southern end of the town. Not to mention the turf, even the goal net does not have it.
The club's current owner is Lotney, and the San Cristowan Club is his ancestral property. In addition to this industry, he also runs a canned fish factory in Rio.
Since the club is in a loss-making state for a long time, he has no intention of operating it, so his main energy is to focus more on the canning factory.
Lu Ben led Li Zaian and his group to the club, but found no one to be in charge. However, when he heard that it was the big boss who came to discuss the acquisition of the club, the staff who stayed there did not dare to neglect at all, so he contacted Lotney immediately.
Before Lotney came back, Li Zai'an went to the club's stadium with Ruben. According to the club staff, the children of the youth team will have a game the day after tomorrow, but it is just an indoor match of five people. If they win, they will get a promotion bonus of 5,000 US dollars.
The empty court has no turf and looks very desolate. On this desolate dry land, more than 20 or 15 or 16 years old are practicing ball ball skills with a black coach.
In Brazil, many children from poor backgrounds seem to have only two paths of life to choose from from the day they are born: one is to be a gangster, a drug dealer, and the other is to play football and win their own destiny through the green field.
As a young follower next to Li Zaian, Feidi is a girl after all, and she has just walked out of the Amazon jungle, so she has no interest in football. She can't even understand why Li Zaian spent so much money to buy a ragged club
1.5 million US dollars, just to play with these children? If it is out of sympathy, you should give them a share of the money, and each person has tens of thousands of dollars, which should change their lives. Standing on the edge of an empty field with dust and dust, watching the children fiddling with three or five footballs through the decayed wooden guardrail, Fedi felt bored, she supported her elbows on the guardrail, held her cheeks with her hands, and said in a muffled voice
Li Zaian was quite interested in watching it. When he heard Feidi's words, he turned his head to look at the little girl and smiled: You should have learned in your camp. The most hateful people in the world are bankers or big capitalists, because they will squeeze every drop of the poor with a small amount of money.
What does this have to do with you? Feedy said in a silence
Well, this sentence is well asked. At least in your heart, I don’t regard me as a vicious capitalist. Li Zaian smiled and said, “Although I am not a capitalist, I am a drug dealer. The money of the capitalist may not be easy to make, but is the money of the drug dealer so easy to make?
Fidi pouted, said nothing
In fact, the reason I bought the St. Cristowan Club is, on the one hand, because I need this industry to launder money for me, and on the other hand, because this industry will bring me amazing profits. Li Zai'an really doesn't seem to hide Fidi's intention. He reached out and pointed at the children in the empty field and said
Have you seen these kids? I will sign an agreement with each of them... Well, a very demanding agreement. With these agreements in hand, I will be able to make ten or even hundreds of times the profit I invested today from them in the future.
They? Feidi was startled and asked with wide eyes, "What can they do for you?"
They can play football, and that's enough. Li Zaian smiled and replied, and pointed at a black child with a bald head and a shy appearance among the group of children, saying, "If you don't believe it, I can make a bet with you. Take that little guy for example. It only takes a few years to make me a profit of no less than 20 million US dollars. What I have to do now is to provide him with a pair of sneakers, a cheap sportswear, and an opportunity to participate in the competition and show off his talent and a sales agreement that he looks quite satisfied at least now."
Do you know him? Why are you so confident in him? Feidi asked in confusion. She also knew that Li Zaian was not a person who likes to exaggerate. It is natural that he has his own reason to say this.
I don't know him, but I know his name, because his name is Ronaldo Luis Nazario da Lima, so I have confidence in him. Li Zai'an held the guardrail with one hand and said with a smile.
Li Zaian didn't specifically cover up his words, and everyone around him could hear them. Of course, there was no one who agreed with his opinion, including those club staff.
In their eyes, Ronaldo is not very popular. Although he has good skills and high goals, he has a too big temper and his performance on the court, so he doesn't like to cooperate with his teammates. This also makes the coach very dissatisfied with him.
In addition, more importantly, Ronaldo's signing agreement is no longer in the hands of the club. Just two months ago, he was bought by two rich people who have just entered the industry in Rio.
The club staff who accompanied him met Ruben. Taking advantage of Li Zaian'an's inattention, they pulled Ruben aside and talked about the situation.
This accident made Ruben feel very embarrassed, and he could see that Li Zaian still liked that, not to mention that he had just said that the condition for acquiring the club was that no one of the players could be missing.
After hesitating for a while, Ruben still didn't hide it. He walked over and briefly introduced the new situation to Li Zaian.
Being signed away? Who signed it? Li Zaian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, turned his head and looked at the staff with a bad expression
It was Alexander and Reynaldo, who had a securities trading company in Rio, and they were decent people. A middle-aged man said carefully.
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