At the invitation of the chairman, Wan Sheng cleaned up a little and went to his house with Wadell.

Wadell's home is a luxury villa in the southern outskirts of Manchester, worth more than £4 million.

Villas of this price are also very luxurious for the rich.

Wadel seems very ordinary, but in fact he is very rich. Manchester City is a joint-stock club. Wadel owns the second largest number of shares in the club and is definitely a rich class.

In the five major European leagues, there are roughly three operating models of football clubs. One is a listed company. The club is responsible for its own profits and losses, has a complete management team, and follows commercial operations. The most typical example is Manchester City's arch rival Manchester United.

The second category is unlisted joint-stock companies (both joint-stock companies are the same as listed companies), which usually share ownership by multiple major shareholders with a certain proportion of their shares. There is also a so-called "private ownership" in which the boss owns more than 90% of the shares. Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester City all belong to this category.

The third category is a member-based club represented by La Liga double Real Madrid and Barcelona. All operating funds for this type of club come from members and have many similarities with public welfare organizations.

In the early days of European football clubs, most of them adopted the traditional membership system.

At that time, most clubs were a street, a community, and a bar. People from a bar were formed so that they could have a fixed team to play football in their spare time. The club did not have too much income, and simple football equipment, transportation expenses and other expenses could also be solved by collecting membership fees.

With the advancement of professionalization and commercialization of football, more and more clubs are gradually unable to afford the growing expenses, and these expenses are obviously not solved by paying membership fees alone.

As a result, while establishing professional top leagues, most European countries have transformed their clubs into joint-stock systems (companies) and their different social factors and living conditions in each country have also led to different forms of changes in the form of football clubs. For example, in clubs in Spain and Germany, the traditional membership system has been retained.

Manchester City is a non-listed joint-stock club, that is, multiple major shareholders share ownership of a certain proportion of shares. The only difference between this type of club and listed companies is whether the stock is issued publicly in the securities market.

The club earns income from game tickets, TV broadcasts, commercial sponsorships, etc., and also spends on player salaries and transfers.

If a profit is generated, a certain proportion of funds retained for future operations, and shareholder dividends are distributed according to the equity ratio (football clubs generally do not distribute dividends); if a loss is generated, the funds to fill the losses are generally derived from bank loans or shareholder investments, and a corresponding debt is formed.

Among European joint-stock clubs, there are currently two types. One is a team represented by Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain. These teams are controlled by one boss; Manchester City belongs to another, which is held by multiple major shareholders in a certain proportion of their shares. However, none of the shareholders have absolute voice.

Because of this, Wadel holds the second stake in the club and becomes the club chairman.

Owning the second largest shares in Manchester City is also a wealth worth tens of millions. In addition, Wadel has some chain stores and other industries, the wealth he personally owns is quite huge, at least at present, Wansheng cannot compare at all.

After Wan Sheng came to his home, he also visited everywhere and took a look at the living environment of the rich in England's "traditional" life.

He can also afford this kind of villa of million-pound level. But there is no need, after all, it is really too luxurious.

Wadell's family was very enthusiastic. In addition to the servants, his wife Milo and youngest son Andy were also there. After Wansheng arrived, Milo asked Andy to take him everywhere. Wansheng also gave him a gift - an exquisite toy pistol, which was given to Andy.

Andy was very happy to see the gift. He was just 10 years old and was the age to like pistol toys. Wadel and Milo also expressed their gratitude together.

When Wansheng walked around and returned to the living room, the dining table was filled with food, but Wadell's words surprised Wansheng, "Don't worry. I have a guest, and it will take a while to arrive."

Wan Sheng was a little confused.

Wadel didn't just invite himself, but instead invited others?

When Wan Sheng didn't understand, he could only sit on the sofa and chat with Wadell's family. Generally speaking, Wadell and his wife asked about China, and Wan Sheng told them about it. He didn't talk much about topics like football.

But soon the topic entered football. After all, Wadel is the club chairman, Wan Sheng is the team's head coach, and Manchester City and football are their common places.

"How far do you think we can go this season?" Wadell asked with concern.

Wan Sheng immediately replied, "Champion!"

His tone was extremely certain!

Waddle was still a little surprised, "I know you would say the championship, but I didn't expect to be so decisive! Are you confident? That's the championship. I can't remember how long Manchester City won the championship."

"I have confidence and the team has the ability. Now we are the number one in the league." Wan Shengdao, "There is nothing unacceptable. Now the team is on the right track. All we have to do is to play normally, and there is no need to perform super-normally. You should believe in the strength of the team."

"And... I coach the team, and the only goal is to win!" Speaking of this, Wan Sheng was a little arrogant.

At this moment, there was a sound of applause from outside the door. A middle-aged man walked in and said with a smile, "Young man, you are really confident." His words seemed to be a little sarcastic.

But Wan Sheng didn't care, just replied, "Thank you!" He was a little confused about why this middle-aged man came in directly? He didn't understand the politeness at all? Or was he too familiar with Wadell.

Wan Sheng looked at Waddle in confusion. Waddle hurriedly stood up, met him, and introduced, "I know, this is James."

He pointed at Wansheng again, "You know, Wansheng."

Wan Sheng shook hands with James, and felt even more strange. James? No last name? The problem is that the two don’t know each other! He could only understand that Wadel forgot to introduce it. After all, it seems that the two are very familiar friends.

The dinner officially started, and the food was still very rich. The good news was that Wadel's family did not have the traditional British style. They were chatting while eating. The atmosphere was not dull, but it was very active.

But most of them are asking about the Wansheng team, talking about news, talking about China, etc.

Wan Sheng initially thought that this middle-aged man named James would be a football person, but during the conversation, he found that James did not seem to care about Manchester City, nor about football, news, etc. Instead, he was very concerned about his family, personal life, experience, etc. For example, asking him which countries he had been to, his girlfriend he had dated before, it was like checking his household registration? No, it was strange anyway, and no one would ask him about these things.

Out of politeness, Wansheng still answered some content, and these are not special anyway.

...

After the family dinner, Wan Sheng felt inexplicably surprised.

After the three of them chatted for a while, Wadel got up and sent Wan Sheng away. Before leaving, James came over and said with a smile, "Young man, we will meet again."

This sentence made Wan Sheng feel even more confused.

His mind was full of... Who is this guy? But he couldn't think of it anyway, and then he came to the conclusion that he must be sick in his mind! Finally, he decided to ask carefully when he saw Wadel again.

Anyway, Wansheng felt inexplicable, but since he couldn't think of it, he simply stopped thinking about it and went home to prepare for tomorrow's Christmas.

Wan Sheng is in a good mood. The team is the first in the league and there is nothing to worry about. It’s Christmas tomorrow. You can have a good rest and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere of the British.

However, when standing in front of the apartment, Wan Sheng felt very strange because the door was open, but Kevin Tagore's car was not there. So who would be his family?

Wan Sheng walked into the door and saw a thin figure wearing a tight leather jacket carrying a small package. He was stunned.

"Ann...Annita!?"

Hearing Wansheng's voice, Anita hurriedly stood up, looked over and said, "What's wrong, is it strange to see me?"

"No, no." Wan Sheng asked with his hand, "Why are you here?" He looked around and confirmed, "At my house?"

"I'm here to send you information," Anita said. "You haven't been to the academy, so I can only come to deliver it in person and spend Christmas with you."

"Ah?" Wan Sheng was confused.

He remembered that he had not gone to London, and he had broken the appointment because he had agreed with Anita before to go to the college.

But...she shouldn't have appeared at his house! She's still having Christmas together!?

"Don't you have to go home?"

Anita shook her head, "I don't have the habit of celebrating Christmas at home, I don't like that atmosphere. Every time I spend time with my brother, but this year I have a fight with him, and I'm not like myself in the academy, so I can only come to you."

"Would you like to take me in?" She blinked her big eyes and looked at Wansheng, which looked very pitiful. Under such circumstances, no man could say anything to refuse.

Although Wan Sheng felt a little strange, he nodded, "But there will be someone here, it's Kevin..."

"You said Kevin? He's gone. I told him that he was going to celebrate Christmas here, so he decided to go back to London."

Anita explained.

Wan Sheng smiled bitterly, thinking that he must be unable to explain clearly.

But it seems that a big beauty is better to spend Christmas with her than to be with that guy Kevin!?

...

ps: Thanks to the leader of the book friend [Hua Xuejian] for the support!!

Worship! Kneel! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!