The Era of Emerald

Zhuang Mingge's trip to Zagreb was not entirely a temporary idea. Before he traveled to this world, he was extremely curious about these countries that split from Yugoslavia.

If the prosperity of Yugoslav football is due to Tito's economic policy, the wealthy Yugoslavs have enough energy to engage in football; then after the civil war, the economic level of Yugoslavia has plummeted. Countless well-known stars have emerged, Modric, Olic, Dzeko, Ibisevic, Vidic... This is an incredible thing.

During this trip to Zagreb, people like Antonioni and Kenyon originally disapproved of Zhuang Mingge wandering around in a place that was just far away from the war, but Zhuang Mingge's reasoning was a crowning spring:

"As the owner of the club, I must take practical actions to pay attention to the team's performance in the European competition. You know, there are not many heavyweight trophies in Florence's honor room until now!"

Who dares to stop Fiorentina from competing for the first Cup Winners' Cup in club history?Kenyon didn't dare, and Antonioni didn't dare and didn't want to, so they wisely stopped opposing Zhuang Mingge's seemingly meaningless trip to Zagreb this time.

The enthusiastic citizens of Zagreb, almost without exception, lined the road to welcome the arrival of Florence, which is unimaginable in many places in Europe.

I intuitively felt the enthusiasm of the citizens of Zagreb for football, and also witnessed the true and simple spiritual life of the local people. Zhuang Mingge, who was in a good mood, decided to take the initiative to pay a visit to the Cup Winners Cup before anyone came to him. opponent of the game.

The Zagreb Dinamo Club is not far from the hotel where you stayed, and the taxi driver took Zhuang Mingge and his party to the destination with ease. However, as soon as he got out of the car and saw the scene in front of him, Zhuang Mingge was a little dumbfounded:

"Karin, are you sure this is the headquarters of Dinamo Zagreb?"

I'll fuck it, won't I?The headquarters of Croatia's largest club stands amidst ruins!

What caught Zhuang Mingge's eyes was a slightly dilapidated small office building. It could be seen that this building had been around for a certain period of time, because from the outside, after years of wind and rain, the entire surface of the building could not help but be eclipsed.

What's even more outrageous is that not only are there destroyed and knocked down ruins everywhere around the building, but also there are rows of shocking bullet marks on the only wall around the building.

"It should be. The position given by UEFA is indeed this. It can't be wrong." Karin replied with some hesitation. It seems that she was also taken aback by the low living standard in Croatia.

"Oh, that's right. You see, there isn't even a gate here. Let's just go in."

Also, for a country that has just experienced war, it really cannot be guessed by common sense.

……

"Excuse me, what are you doing here?"

Zhuang Mingge and Karin walked unimpeded all the way, until they reached the two innermost rooms, a middle-aged uncle came out to ask about the arrival of the two strangers, Zhuang Mingge and Karin.

Zhuang Mingge pondered in his heart: It seems that the social security in Zagreb is good now, and the door is almost closed at night...

"Hello, I'm Antonio Corleone, the chairman of the Fiorentina club, and this is my secretary, Karin Seagrand." Zhuang Mingge took the lead in introducing himself, but when introducing Karin, Zhuang Mingge felt that he still had to say It is better for Karin to be his secretary. After all, this is what the two of them had agreed on before. In public, Karin will always appear by his side as a secretary.

"Uh, um, I'm the general manager of this club, Vladimir Babbich." The sloppy-looking uncle said shyly, "Sorry, we didn't finish that business until last year." Damn war, there is nothing to entertain now, please forgive me."

With that said, Manager Babbage walked into his office with Zhuang Mingge and Karin.

"Come on, both of you, please sit on this sofa. It's made of real leather." Manager Babiqi graciously brought tea and water to Zhuang Mingge and the two, completely unaware that he was the general manager of a club. "This is my office. It is the most luxurious in this headquarters."

"Uh, Manager Babbage, isn't your boss going to spend money to renovate your working environment?" Zhuang Mingge asked a little puzzled. He was born in a peaceful age and it is difficult for him to realize that he is always on the verge of life and death. the bitterness of the people.

"Boss?!" Manager Babic seemed to think of something, and said with a wry smile, "Mr. Corleone, you may not know our country's previous system. Before Yugoslavia was divided, our club was organized by the Yugoslav Football Federation. The appropriation, the so-called chairman basically doesn’t have any strong personal assets, it’s just a decoration. After the du li in Croatia three years ago, we broke out a large-scale war with the Serbs, who would choose to invest in us?”

"Then... the salaries of the players in your team..." Zhuang Mingge didn't know whether to ask this question, after all, it was a bit suspected of prying into the other party's internal affairs.

"This season is okay, because our team has reached the top [-] of the Cup Winners Cup, plus the bonus for the team's victory in the Croatian Cup last season, the money is enough for us to give the players last year's salary. Salary." Babic's expression was very calm, but the words he said were filled with unspeakable bitterness, "Due to the war in the past two years, the players had no ball to play. In order to maintain the operation of the club, We can only sell many good seedlings to foreign leagues at low prices."

Speaking of this sad history, Manager Babbage couldn't help but burst into tears.

Uh, I didn't expect the teams in Yugoslavia to be so difficult. Sure enough, everything is the fault of the war.

"Well, Manager Babich, I don't know what you think about Bosman's appeal to UEFA?" Zhuang Mingge felt that the topic would be too heavy if he continued, so he started a new topic.

"Bosman? Appeal to UEFA? How is that possible!" Manager Babbage said with a look of surprise, "I remember Bosman is the captain of the Belgian National Youth Team, and he is still playing for Standard League. A child with a bright future."

"Although Croatia has just suffered a war, we are not ignorant of things in the football circle." As he spoke, Manager Babić puffed out his chest proudly.

"Uh..." Zhuang Mingge didn't know how to change the general manager's cognition that he was behind the development of football for many years. Fortunately, Karin next to him helped him out in time.

"Manager Babich, you are talking about Bosman six years ago. It is undeniable that he was indeed a promising football star at that time; It is also true that the forcible detention of transfers is not allowed. I have some newspaper clippings about Bosman suing Standard League and UEFA. Please have a look."

Beautifully done!Zhuang Mingge gave Karin a thumbs up in his heart. If it weren't for this ice-snow-smart person, Zhuang Minge didn't know how much work it would take to convince the Babbage manager.

After all, the Bosman Act is related to Zhuang Mingge's important plan!

ps: Thank you Feihong in the wind for your reward