Chapter 225 Hello, I Am Fine, Everyone Is Fine

"Mr. Matarese, thank you very much this time!" Hugo said goodbye with a blink of an eye. Matarese, who was already in his fifties with gray hair, said with a smile: "Next time I come to Special Rapani, I hope you can entertain me so warmly!”

"That's for sure! Let me tell you, there are a lot of African girls in Palermo. Do you want to try them?! I can get ten or eight of them! I'm afraid you are too old to be able to handle it. Stay!" Hugo said with a smile.

"Can't stand it?! Boy, I'm not bragging! It's not a problem to have a hundred!" Matarese was not angry because of the loss, but laughed along with Hugo's words.

"Aren't you angry?!" Hugo asked curiously.

"Why am I angry?! You said we lost?!" Matarese was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized, "Angry?! There is no point in being angry! The judgment of this season should wait until the end of the season to make a conclusion! Angry?! Mom If I could only be angry if we were relegated last season, I would be in a coffin! I would be happy if a team like ours could win against a strong team. Otherwise, I would be very happy if we were saved from relegation and promoted. As for losing to you, that’s not it. What! It’s nothing!”

"I really admire you!" Hugo gave a thumbs up.

"It's not worth it to be so angry! You should also know that the team is not as capable of winning everything as you imagined!" Matarese said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"Okay, okay, let's see you next time! Don't worry, I will definitely support you this time! I will call Galliani tonight!" Hugo said goodbye.

Matarese smiled like a flower, "If I become the vice chairman, I will definitely make the decision for our small club! In today's world, if you don't stand up and speak, you will be eaten by them without leaving any bones. Bar!"

The two people were talking about the professional league meeting to be held in early October. At this meeting, the chairman of the professional league Galliani wanted to propose several candidates for vice president. Of course he wanted to appoint some close associates, but Hugo and the others were definitely not willing to do so. Seeing that the top management of the professional league are all wearing crotchless pants with Galliani, Matarese wants to be the vice president, Hugo has to support him.

The vice-president also needs to be approved by the professional league meeting. Hugo plans to give Galliani advice and ask him to get Mattarese up, otherwise none of the people he nominates will be able to pass!

Hugo called Galliani when he returned to Trapani. Galliani now has a deep dislike for Hugo and sings about his collective packing policy all day long. Trapani and The boat of friendship between Milan is prone to overturning.

When he saw Hugo's phone number, Galliani was angry, but he had to answer it even though he was angry, and he had to remain polite.

"Gigi, why are you calling me when you have time?! I thought you, a busy man, were busy with interviews!" Galliani said with a hint of irony. Hugo has often been interviewed recently to promote his packaging strategy.

"Jia Gong, please don't bury me! I'm just talking! Advocating and advocating is purely advocating! Don't take it too seriously!" Hugo laughed.

"Advocate?! I think what you said is serious and does not sound like advocacy!"

"Okay, then if you say it's not advocacy, it's not advocacy! Even if it's true, it may not be of no benefit to your big club! As I said before, you old antiques don't have a broad enough vision!" Hugo said with disdain.

"You?!" Galliani really wanted to curse. This little bastard always slaps his nose in his face. He cheated him out of 5 million euros last time. He is very domineering.

"What are you?! Am I wrong?! It's wrong for you to always keep your eyes on the national TV station! It is precisely because of the obstruction of big teams like you that the national TV station is unscrupulously lowering prices! If you stand with us Together, are we still afraid of them?" Hugo took the opportunity to start scolding.

"Okay, okay! I'm a bad old man who doesn't have to listen to your training every day. Hell, Berlusconi didn't even train me like this! Who do you think you are?!" Galliani said angrily.

Hugo laughed three times on the other end of the phone, "Okay, let's get down to business! Now is the first step in our cooperation. I ask you to nominate Matarese as Vice President of the Professional League at the Professional League Conference next month. !”

"Worri!" Galliani cursed in his heart. Of course he was unwilling to nominate his former rival as vice chairman, because he knew that this little bastard was up to no good!

"What if I don't agree?!"

"You don't agree?! I think you will agree! Matareside is highly respected and is the chairman of the Southern Football Club. I think the top management of the professional league needs such a person. This person has made it clear that he not only represents the interests of the southern teams but also represents In the interests of the small club, I can’t think of any reason for you to refuse! If you refuse, you don’t think your nominated vice president will pass?” Hugo said slowly.

Galliani really wanted to kill Hugo with a knife. He didn't say it, but this guy had already made connections behind the scenes and won over many teams. Otherwise, how could he dare to threaten him so blatantly? !

But Hugo didn't, he hadn't done anything yet, and now it was clear that he was just threatening!

"Okay! I agree!" Galliani gritted his teeth and agreed.

"I'm glad you made this choice, Jiagong! Because you don't know how much trouble your choice has avoided!" Hugo said with a smile, "In view of our good relationship, I thought I would tell you a little tidbit! It is said that some small balls The clubs are now working together, and if their interests are not guaranteed, they may withdraw from Serie A and Serie B! "

"Hehe, then what?!" Galliani obviously didn't believe it. This year, most clubs succumbed to pressure and signed a three-year broadcasting contract. There is no way to withdraw unless they go bankrupt!

"You think it's impossible. Isn't it just three years?! What about after three years? To be honest, I'm not satisfied with the current situation. I also want to join them. We can set up a professional league for small teams! We can run a league alone! Oh, by the way, you want to say that the Football Association will force us! Sorry, this is in line with Italian law. We have the right to run our own league alone! I don't know whether the west wind will prevail over the east wind or the east wind will prevail over the west wind after ten years?!" Hugo said as if joking.

"Three years is enough for us to prepare everything! It's not okay for the Italian Professional League to leave you, but can it leave us?!" Hugo asked with a smile.

Of course it's not okay, otherwise everyone won't compromise with each other. The big clubs are tough on the surface, and the national television station is also tough, but private negotiations are essential.

"What are you going to do?!" Galliani felt that Hugo must have some purpose.

"Cooperation! We were all in a stalemate some time ago. Isn't it a good time to make peace now? You show goodwill to small and medium-sized clubs, we accept it! Then we can continue to cooperate, we can discuss a distribution plan internally, and we can also sell the live broadcast rights in a package! Don't you think that this divides the interests of big clubs equally?! We can ask for more from the TV station!"

"You think it's beautiful, but do you think the national TV station is a soft persimmon that you can still squeeze?!" Galliani sneered.

"So you are short-sighted. Since we have formed a group, why are we afraid of him?! We can sell the broadcast rights to live broadcasters who have the strength to bid high, why must we go to the national TV station?! We can't attract foreign capital because we haven't formed a group. Everyone talks about their own things, which has led to a long negotiation process! No one wants to talk to you for one or two years!" Hugo pointed out sharply.

Galliani is not stupid. Of course, he knows the key factors that cannot attract foreign investment, but he is more worried about losing his position as the current biggest beneficiary.

"Think about it, if we really do this, I think Milan's income from broadcasting fees will not be less than it is now! The key is that we need to stick together! And what the national TV station is doing now is really too much. We have sold them the broadcasting rights both at home and abroad. This is unreasonable. We should split it up and bid separately. Domestic is domestic, and foreign is foreign! The national TV station made a lot of money, but we starved to death. This is unfair!" Hugo shouted.

"Think about it carefully, Jia Gong, it's good for everyone!" Hugo hung up the phone.

Hugo put down the phone and laughed secretly. A few days ago, he said that there was a component of clamoring and threatening, but he really wanted to change this situation in the past two days. The professional league needs to develop and learn advanced things. For example, the broadcasting fee of the Premier League is now higher than that of Italy. Are they better than Serie A? ! Hugo doesn't think so. This is obviously because they introduced a competition mechanism after sticking together. Many contractors are willing to pay a high price for this. On the contrary, Serie A is not like this.

Unfair, unfair, must change!

Galliani thought for a long time after hanging up the phone. This was a risk. Maybe it could guarantee the interests of big teams as Hugo said, or maybe there would be no contractor to undertake it. That would be troublesome and the loss would be huge.

He called several other clubs to discuss. Everyone must reach a consensus on this matter, otherwise the probability of not being passed at the Professional League Conference is very high.

Before the Professional League Conference, the Serie B League continued. Trapani played at home in the second round of the league, against Sampdoria. What surprised Hugo was that more than 20,000 spectators entered the first home game, the Barbera Stadium, to watch the game. Obviously, in addition to Trapani fans, Palermo also began to have many Trapani supporters. However, in front of so many supporters, Trapani was defeated by Sampdoria 3:0 and lost his first home game.

Sampdoria used to be glorious, but that is a thing of the past. Last season, they ranked only 10th in Serie B. In the first round of this season, they only won a small victory at home. Today, they adopted a very conservative strategy on the road, defending and counterattacking, and parking the bus in front of the goal!

Trapani was defeated by Sampdoria's three counterattacks. Today, Sampdoria's counterattack efficiency was very outrageous. The fans who came with joy had to leave dejectedly like Hugo.