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Chapter 2 Club Reorganization

Antonioni, who had finished his negotiations with Zhuang Mingge, went to the Athletics department with joy and took office. The door to the transfer market was about to open in more than a month. He needed to immediately draw up a list of players who could play for Fiorentina.

In Zhuang Mingge's plan, the club can be mainly composed of the following parts:

First, the Athletics Department is specialized in handling the daily affairs of the club and the inspection of players. Currently, the director of the Athletics Department is Antonioni;

The second is the marketing department, which is mainly responsible for market development in Florence, and the supervisor vacant manager;

The third is the experimental center, similar to the famous "Milan Laboratory" in later generations, specializing in the regulation of players' physiological and psychological states, rehabilitation and treatment of injured players, and at the same time establishes a detailed information and updates the timely player database. However, there is still a long time before the opening of next season, so its supervisor position can be vacant first;

The fourth is the transfer department, which is mainly responsible for the vast majority of transfer negotiations. The head of this department is the negotiation master Zhuang Mingge wants from his family, named Hercule Poirot, who is the same name and surname as the detective who appears in Agatha Christie's writing.

Others include the Public Relations Department, Finance Department, Security Department, Secretariat, etc. Zhuang Mingge, the department that maintains the normal operation of the club, has not made any major changes. After all, for a club, stability is the most important thing, and later generations have not heard of any problems in finance and management in Florence.

Zhuang Mingge's next job is to find a reliable marketing manager.

The two most commendable teams in commercial development in later generations are Real Madrid and Manchester United. Real Madrid relies on the "superstar strategy" proposed by Florentino to greatly increase Real Madrid's influence worldwide, and there is even a saying that "those who join Real Madrid are top stars";

As for Manchester United's commercial success, some people say that Manchester United's outstanding commercial development is mainly due to a "heartthrob" Beckham, but Zhuang Mingge always believes that Kennyon, who was then the CEO of Manchester United, was the biggest contributor.

Think about it, after Kenyon and Beckham left, Manchester United's commercial appeal began to decline. Chelsea, who got Kenyon, only took three years to identify as a giant club by fans. Manchester City, which also spent a lot of money, was regarded as a fake team until it traveled through time. Kenyon's business operation ability made an indelible contribution.

At this time, Kennyon had not received the call from Manchester United and was still serving as the general manager of Umbro, so Zhuang Mingge immediately started to contact Kennyon.

Three days later, Kenion quietly arrived in Florence.

In his office, Zhuang Mingge met this Kenny.

Kenyon now looks only in his early 30s and his hair is very thick, and he is not the image of the bald uncle in later generations at all.

"Hello, Kennyon! Your performance at Umbro has attracted many attention in recent years." Zhuang Mingge recently conducted a detailed investigation of Kennyon from his family. According to the information, during the nine years that Kennyon was the general manager of Umbro, Umbro's annual turnover has soared from US$60 million to US$500 million now.

"Mr. Corleon! You're not just here to praise me if you put in such a great effort, right?" Kenion said with a smile.

"I would like to ask you to serve as General Manager and Head of Marketing at Club Florence, specializing in the club's market development and diplomatic affairs."

Kenion smiled: "Mr. Corleon, I don't think it's a good choice to abandon the current position of Umbro's general manager and come to Italy to be the general manager of a Class B team."

"Umbro has no future for development. Now Nike and Adidas have left you far behind. In addition, Umbro's internal family management is serious and the internal innovation spirit has been severely stifled. The old guys and playboys on your company's board will only accelerate the destruction of this company."

"Although Fiorentina has been relegated from Serie A this year, the Corleon family will not tolerate the team staying in Serie B for two consecutive seasons. The team can also take advantage of this opportunity to renew. Milan's first team is seriously aging, and International and Juventus have not been able to recover after leaving the "three carriages" and Platini. If Fiorentina can take advantage of this opportunity to go with the trend, it will be good for you and us."

"Mr. Corleon, I'm not very good at football, and going to you is just a waste of resources."

"I think the future development trend of football clubs will require business talents like you very much. A team cannot always rely on the boss's pocket to live. Being able to bear profits and losses is the key to whether a team can develop in the long run. Otherwise, like Naples now, they are in debt in order to find help for Maradona." Zhuang Mingge waved his hand suddenly and said magnificently, "I want to build a football empire with Florence as the center, so I need business talents like you."

"Football Empire? Haha, Mr. Corleon, no, maybe I should call you boss now, I really appreciate your ideals, I am willing to work for Florence, I want to watch the establishment of this football empire."

After reaching an agreement with Kenyon, Zhuang Mingge said that he would pay the liquidated damages for the work contract between Kenyon and Umbro, and Kenyon also said that he would take office in Florence three days later, that is, on June 9.

A few days after Kenyon was settled, Zhuang Mingge had talks with other senior executives of the team. With Zhuang Mingge's firm statement, they all agreed to Zhuang Mingge's opinions on the reorganization of the club and decided to hold a high-level plenary meeting on June 15.

Several senior club executives who were responsible for the reorganization task put all their efforts into mobilizing all their enthusiasm for work. Finally, two days before the senior plenary meeting, a document recording the basic completion of the "reorganization" was handed over to Zhuang Ming singer two days before the senior management plenary meeting.

On the day of the meeting, all club officials who were notified to be "qualified" to attend such a major meeting were all present.

Seeing the solemn and expectant eyes gathered towards him, Zhuang Mingge immediately realized that everyone was waiting for his "opening remarks". Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and said seriously:

"Dear colleagues from Florence, today we hold a very important meeting here, which will be a good opportunity for our Florence to regroup... I don't think I'm going to say that everyone here knows very well that we, Florence, are facing the biggest problems in recent years. I am very happy that everyone can share the hardships with the club. Here, as the new chairman of Florence and the loyal fans of Florence, I would like to express my gratitude to you...

Although there are still many hidden dangers in the club that have not been completely lifted, I think that with everyone's support and help, and with our joint efforts, any difficulties and obstacles encountered in Florence on the way forward will not be a problem in the face of the great Florence!”

Zhuang Mingge's opening speech successfully mobilized the participants' emotions. He felt a little moved and did not forget the subsequent process of the meeting, and then said:

"Next, let me introduce the reorganization plan for Florence this time."

"The reorganized club management will have seven administrative departments and one independent department, the seven administrative departments are the Finance Department, the Competition Department, the Marketing Department, the Public Relations Department, the Youth Training Department, the Support Department and the Secretariat. An independent department is the Florence Experimental Center to be established..."

"At the same time, the reorganized Florence club will have three general managers, respectively in charge of different responsibilities."

"The first is Mr. Giancarlo Antonioni. In the new management, he will serve as general manager and director of the competitive department, responsible for the management of the team's daily affairs and inspect players around the world; the second general manager is Mr. Hercred Poirot, who will also serve as the director of the transfer department, mainly responsible for the affairs that the club needs to negotiate and negotiate and the management of the club's administrative affairs; as for the last general manager..."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Mingge paused for a moment, causing the Florentine officials present to their throats in an instant. They did not "inquiry" about the important news that the club would set up three "general managers". At the same time, they also knew very well that in addition to the club's legendary superstar Antonioni becoming the general manager, which is highly respected and popular, Poirot, as his new boss's "confidant", may also occupy a quota, but in the third general manager's choice, others seem to have a chance to compete.

"The last general manager is Mr. Kenyon, who is also the head of marketing, will be responsible for the club's business operations and diplomatic affairs."

As Zhuang Mingge's words came to an end, the answer to the last general manager was revealed. The participants turned their attention to the young British man who had just come from Umbro Company and looked young, but no one spoke against Zhuang Mingge.

Zhuang Mingge knew that although Kennyon was also a manager in market development at Umbro, he considered that he had a short time to come to Florence and had low qualifications, especially in charge of such a department that was expanded by Zhuang Mingge many times, which may be more difficult, so he simply gave him the title of general manager in advance to help the British establish a better position.

"authority".

After talking about the main composition of the new organization, Zhuang Mingge began to introduce the candidates and division of main functions of each department...

With Zhuang Mingge's introduction and the subsequent statements of the new officials, the air that was a little nervous at first disappeared in the conference room, and warm applause kept ringing in the spacious space. Zhuang Mingge, who finally made a summary speech, said:
Chapter completed!
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