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Chapter 104 - 0103 I love sports and love this city!

Chapter 104: 0103 I love sports and love this city!

Kane and Julie stared at Lynch in shock, unable to comprehend how just a difference of opinion could lead to Julie, who had been working in the club since she was nineteen, being kicked out by the new owner after serving the club for twelve years.

Over the past twelve years, she had poured so much dedication into this club that even now, as the club had been relegated to amateur status, only earning a salary close to the average wage each month, she never thought of leaving.

She even envisioned working here for a lifetime, then having her son become an athlete, trained here to represent Sabin City on the world stage.

There were many things she didn’t foresee, including being fired just for contradicting Lynch on one statement.

She continued to stare at Lynch incredulously with wide eyes, while Lynch repeated, "You can leave now, ma’am..."

With Lynch’s reminder, Julie left somewhat disheartened, and Kane, torn between speaking out or staying silent, eventually couldn’t resist stepping forward after watching Julie’s desolate figure, "Sir..."

Lynch raised his hand to stop Kane’s plea. These people had been at the club too long, and since the previous operators were essentially only interested in money laundering and had delegated authority to the team’s management, everyone on the team had a distorted sense of power.

There was only one person in this team whose words counted, and that was the owner of the team, while everyone else only served him, a fact they needed to understand.

They could oppose any of Lynch’s orders, as long as they resigned, they could do anything they wished as long as it wasn’t illegal, otherwise, Lynch would have the lawyer sue them until they couldn’t even afford their pants.

Even if Julie hadn’t stood out, Lynch would have chosen someone to make an example of, like the coach, who didn’t show up today, though he knew there was still a coach here.

The money-laundering scandal implicated not just the original business but also involved some players and the coach.

It’s a straightforward logic; players and coaches, if not part of the entire process, make it nearly impossible to seamlessly execute transfer-based money laundering.

This left the original coach unable to find another place, as not every club was willing to accept a coach with a career blemish to lead their team, so the coach stayed here merely living on past accolades.

Kane managed to know his place well, meaning that the target to establish authority was between the other two people, until Julie voluntarily stepped up.

After stopping Kane from speaking, Lynch changed the subject, "I admit I agree with your previous statement that sports represent a city’s spirit, and for Sabin City to showcase something new in this lackluster summer, we need a professional men’s rugby team to uplift the atmosphere. If I take over here and restart the professional club, how much will it cost?"

Kane originally wanted to discuss matters concerning Ms. Julie with Lynch, but at this moment, his heart leaped suddenly with a thud, momentarily dizzy, unable to recall that a woman they had worked with for over a decade was dismissed by this lovely boss.

After a brief calculation, he gave Lynch a quote, "This year would require about two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand in funds, and it might increase in the future if we bring in star players, the costs could be even higher."

As he spoke, his voice lowered, managing a professional rugby club is not easy. This year’s transfer fee for top rugby star Jonathan surpassed 3.1 million, marking a historical record.

Just imagine, a star worth 3.1 million isn’t likely to play with a bunch of "Blue Vests", he also needs excellent teammates, at least three to four star-level players and some high-grade Blue Vests, merely the lineup cost could exceed tens of millions, not to mention annual wages, let alone small enterprises, even lesser powerful conglomerates may not afford this game.

Lynch didn’t speak, Kane bit his lip and added, "I think our initial goal should be advancing to the professional league, completing the transition from amateur to professional, and then we can cultivate our own stars, thus drastically reducing costs, maybe even earning a profit!"

A smart individual, he knew how to gain support from capitalists like Lynch by showing them potential profits.

Lynch wasn’t considering expenditure and revenue; often times, club managers like Kane have sufficient knowledge of the club and sports industry but lack understanding of higher-level matters.

For instance, City Hall will be establishing a sports fund this year; God knows what this fund is used for, but it might not cover the top player acquisition fees for Sabin City’s rugby club, though it can alleviate part of the financial pressure.

Moreover, there are the earnings from broadcasting United Transport Association events, the professional league prizes; as long as it’s handled appropriately letting his club compete alongside top Federation teams, the broadcasting fees can earn a lot of money.

Not to mention some cooperative plans with the mayor to enhance Sabin City’s image, willingly jumping into the "pit" to save Sabin City’s perilous sports scene, wouldn’t the mayor offer policy support?

Therefore, he’s not worried about the cost; what he considers is how to get these matters started quickly, showing results, and then it would be easier to extend his hand for money and policies.

"Give me a complete development plan for both women’s and men’s rugby, following professional standards. Put effort into this plan; it will determine my investment here," Lynch said and paused, "Also, does the club have its own training base?"

Kane’s eyebrows twitched, shaking his head. Even in the past few years when there was a major investor, no one ever considered arranging a professional training base for the club, they were just here for money laundering, not to aid in the development of sports, so there couldn’t be much investment here.

Even bringing in players had their specific purposes.

Lynch nodded, roughly understanding his next task. He needed not just money and policies but also land!

Sometimes, whether a merchant can make money, or how much they can make, has nothing to do with what type of business they do, only depending on their courage, and if they can make others believe in them!

Very soon, under Lynch’s request, just an afternoon later, the Sabin City professional rugby club issued a public announcement - posting announcements and publishing information in newspapers.

Starting today, the club will be renamed "Interstellar Professional Club," with men’s professional rugby as just one of its projects; in addition, there are already preparations for women’s professional rugby, and planning underway for baseball, cricket, polo, basketball, tennis...

In short, anyone who sees this announcement would feel that the club, having been mediocre for three years, suddenly became ambitious, and through this announcement, could sense something long absent, something called city spirit.

In the afternoon at City Hall, under the mayor’s witness, Lynch, people from United Transport Association, and the club manager jointly signed the club’s equity transfer agreement, with City Hall and United Transport Association as the club’s former accountability parties, transferred all club equity and powers to Lynch for "one dollar," this also included over thirty thousand in debt.

During the club’s period without an owner, the United Transport Association took responsibility for maintaining the club’s minimum daily expenditures, more than ten thousand a year, just for paying basic staff wages. Now with the debt effective, Lynch also needs to repay United Transport Association.

In front of reporters, Lynch spoke of his feelings for this city, his support for sports, his love for rugby, and other ball games.

In the past, he was just an ordinary person powerless over these matters, but at this moment, with a bit of strength, he felt he should take on his responsibility to contribute to the revival of Sabin City!

"Touching and profound!" after a simple press conference, Ferrari led Lynch out, walking alongside, somewhat gleefully saying, "You have a problem, you fired the club’s assistant?"

Lynch nodded, "What about it?"

Ferrari stifled a laugh, "The Sabin City Women’s Rights Protection Association came, they said you discriminated against women and plan to sue you."

This took Lynch by surprise but he didn’t mind, "Give me their phone number, I believe we can resolve the misunderstanding quickly."

In this world, nothing can’t be resolved through communication; even wars can be settled through negotiations, let alone some trivial issues?

In Lynch’s view, this was no issue at all!

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