The little fat man started complaining constantly as soon as he entered Chen Ran's office. Chen Ran ignored him at all, but turned to look at Stephen behind the little fat man.

"Luis is right, Mendes is a bit too greedy."

This time even Stephen was a little angry, and rarely agreed with the little fat man's complaints.

"It's an expected thing. Tell me, how much does Mendes offer?"

"Eight million euros annual salary, plus bonuses."

The little fat man blurted out, with an indignant look on his face.

Upon hearing this quotation, the corners of Chen Ran's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Damn it, Mendes is treating me like a fat sheep.

Chen Ran suppressed his anger in his heart. These guys usually call each other brothers and sisters, but when it comes to talking about money, they are revealed to be a bunch of bastards.

"In this case, you go tell Mendes that the annual salary is 5 million euros and cannot be increased. This is related to the salary structure of the entire Crystal Palace team. If you give Chris too much, other players will rebel."

"However, we can increase the amount in the bonus terms. If the team qualifies for the Champions League, Chris can receive a bonus of 500,000 euros; if the team wins the Premier League championship, Chris can receive a bonus of 1 million euros."

"In the European Champions Cup, if the team can reach the quarterfinals, Chris can receive a bonus of 1 million euros; if the team wins the Champions League, Chris can receive a bonus of 2 million euros."

"In this way, as long as Crystal Palace's results are good enough, Chris can also get an annual income of 8 million euros. You can negotiate according to this plan. I believe that as long as Mendes is not stupid, he will accept it."

Chen Ran had already been mentally prepared for the difficulties he might encounter in this contract renewal negotiation, and at this time he took advantage of the situation and came up with his carefully designed solution.

"Wonderful, tying Ronaldo's income to Crystal Palace's results will ensure that he will give his best in every game. Hehe, Chen, you are still smart."

The little fat man slapped his thigh, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought Chen Ran's method was better.

"Well, this is indeed a good idea. As long as the team's performance is good enough, it is worth paying more. If the team's performance is not ideal, there is no need to pay more for the money."

Stephen nodded frequently as he listened. As the steward of Crystal Palace, what he cares most about is whether the team can balance its books.

"Since you all agree to this method, in the subsequent contract renewal negotiations, all those who ask for too high a price will be dealt with using this method. Of course, the bonus amount must not be as large as Chris's. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Chen, don't worry, you have prepared such a great solution. Let us handle the rest."

The little fat man hurriedly patted his plump chest to confirm.

"By the way, Chen, for the trip to Asia you asked me to arrange before, I initially arranged three places, one is Shanghai in China, one is Tokyo in Japan, and the other is Bangkok in Thailand. Look at this arrangement

How about it?"

Seeing that Chen Ran had finished explaining the contract renewal negotiations, Stephen immediately began to ask about the arrangements for the money-making trip to Asia.

"Well, yes, you have chosen these three places very well. By the way, have you contacted Xu Yuan, the president of "Sports Weekly"?"

"I contacted him. He is very interested in our Crystal Palace's plan to go to China, and he suggested that their newspaper is willing to organize our trip to China, so I'm here to ask for your opinion."

"It can be handed over to them, but all the team's food, accommodation, transportation and other expenses in China will be borne by them, and they will also need to pay us an appearance fee of 2 million euros."

"Also, the competition is scheduled to be held in Shanghai, so that we can attend the unveiling ceremony of the Smart Island Base. These are my conditions. You send it to them and see if they can accept it. If not, we will find someone else."

"Okay, I'll contact them later."

"Wait a moment."

Chen Ran lowered his head and thought for a while, then added: "The quality of the turf at the venue where the competition is held must pass our inspection. I don't want the players to get injured because of this in the pre-season warm-up match."

As a reborn player, Chen Ran is very aware of the turf quality of domestic golf courses at this stage, and he does not want to stumble on it.

Soon, the "Sports Weekly" newspaper office thousands of miles away received Chen Ran's offer from Stephen.

President Xu Yuan, who took this matter very seriously, immediately convened a meeting with the backbone of the newspaper to discuss it.

"You have seen the conditions of the Crystal Palace. Now tell us what you think."

"President, we are just a newspaper company and have no experience in hosting competitions."

"There is a first time for everything. It didn't happen before, but it does now. What's more, we have no experience, so we can find experienced people to work together."

"This opportunity is very rare. Crystal Palace is the Premier League champion this season, and it is at the peak of the limelight. If we hadn't cooperated with Crystal Palace before, do you think that whoever wanted to host this event would be able to host it?"

"President, who should we look for to cooperate?"

"Starting from the next issue of the newspaper, we will place an advertisement in the newspaper and open the bidding. With the current momentum of the Crystal Palace Club, I don't believe that no one is interested."

"But, President, the condition proposed by Crystal Palace is that we will bear all their expenses in the country, and we will also pay them an appearance fee of 2 million euros. Can we make back such a lot of money? We will not lose money.

Bar?"

"Don't worry, it's not us who will pay for this money. The conditions for the public bidding set the bidding threshold at 2.5 million euros. People who don't have the strength should not join in the fun."

"Our primary goal is to maintain a good relationship with the Crystal Palace club. I have a hunch that Crystal Palace is very likely to become a new wealthy club in the future."

"We can establish a good relationship with the Crystal Palace Club in advance, and the benefits in the future will be unlimited. As for whether the winning bidder can make money, it has nothing to do with us. Do you understand?"

"President is wise!"

...

London, Crystal Palace Club, Chen Ran's office.

"Chen, according to your instructions, based on the new budget for the current Selhurst Park stadium, even including the cost of renting Highbury Stadium and the cost of demolishing the existing stadium, the cost of the new stadium is

It’s a full 50 million euros lower than before.”

Stephen came excitedly to report the good news to Chen Ran with a new budget report.

"Oh? This is good news."

Saving the cost of buying land, the cost of building a new stadium is indeed much cheaper.

No way, who makes London's real estate market rise every year?

"Stephen, now that we have saved 50 million euros in costs, we can play bigger."

Chen Ran was also a little excited. He had a very awesome idea before, but because the cost of building a new stadium was too high, he never mentioned it.

Now with an additional budget of 50 million euros, Chen Ran felt it was time to realize his idea.

"Chen, what do you want to do?"

Stephen asked with a trembling tone. He was really afraid of Chen Ran's endless thoughts now.

Because every time Chen Ran comes up with a new idea, it usually means the club has to spend money again.

"Ahem, Stephen, don't be nervous, it won't cost you too much. And if this thing is done well, our Crystal Palace will benefit a lot and we can eat it for a lifetime."

"Okay, just tell me what you want to do?"

Stephen knew that if Chen Ran really wanted to do something, he couldn't stop him, so he simply lay down.

"Do you know the origin of the name of our Crystal Palace club?"

"of course I know."

Hearing Chen Ran's question, Stephen rolled his eyes speechlessly.

A Chinese would actually take the exam for an Englishman like him? It's really ridiculous.

"The name of our club is taken from the Crystal Palace, the venue for the 1851 World Industrial Exposition. It is a building with steel as the skeleton and glass as the building materials. It is known as one of the British architectural wonders of the 19th century. Unfortunately, in 1936,

Destroyed by fire."

"That's right. Stephen, have you ever thought about how the appearance of our new stadium can be modeled on the Crystal Palace that was built more than 150 years ago? The Crystal Palace of Crystal Palace, so it will be worthy of its name."

Having said this, Chen Ran opened the drawer, took out a file bag, pulled out several hand-painted restoration pictures of the Crystal Palace and handed them to Stephen.

"Chen, I didn't expect you to have such a genius idea. If our new stadium can really be built in the shape of the Crystal Palace, then our new stadium will definitely become one of London's landmark buildings."

Looking at the hand-painted drawings of the Crystal Palace in his hand, Stephen was so excited that he was trembling a little.

"Snapped!"

Stephen slapped Chen Ran's desk suddenly, leaned forward, and stared into Chen Ran's eyes.

"Chen, tell me what you plan to do. As you said, if we really get this done, the home of Crystal Palace will definitely become a famous attraction in London in the future. Our club will definitely benefit a lot.

"

"Haha, Stephen, I knew you would support me."

Seeing that Stephen, the great butler, also agreed with his idea, Chen Ran felt relieved and spoke freely.

"My initial idea is that the internal facilities of the new stadium will still be a standard modern stadium. But the exterior will use a combination of steel structure and tempered glass, and strive to restore the appearance of the Crystal Palace on the basis of being more in line with modern people's aesthetics."

"Um...how much will the budget increase?"

Stephen calmed down and immediately thought of the issue he was most concerned about.

"We still need to find professionals to evaluate it specifically. However, we have saved a budget of 50 million euros. I think this money should be enough."

"Ah? The money is just gone?"

After hearing what Chen then said, Stephen's face suddenly fell. Taking money from him now was like cutting his flesh.

"Stephen, take a long-term view. Just imagine, if we complete this great plan, then all tourists who come to London in the future will come to our home stadium of Crystal Palace."

While talking, Chen Ran walked to Stephen, patted his shoulder and continued to pour the ecstasy soup into him.

"Let's not talk about peripheral income from tourism. Just promoting the influence of our Crystal Palace Club will have immeasurable benefits."
To be continued...