"This is a manuscript specially prepared for you by the public retioment."

  Just as Gao Shen followed Raul to the administrative office of the Beradium, sports director Flreeted him.

  Floro once coached Real Madrid in 1993-94, but he was fired after being exposed by the media for yelling at pyers in the locker room. After that, he went to coach many teams, and although he had some success, he eventually got the bag of someone on the board and became Real Madrid's sp director.

  In the eyes of most fans, the high-end, star-studded Real Madrid is quite different from the reality, which is actually quite chaotid full of various entas of is.

  Take the ma system as an example.

  There is a general manager uhe club president, as well as a little-known chairman's office, which is equivalent to the chairman's private think tank, usually helmed by the chairman's most trusted fidant. For example, the director of the chairman's offider Florentino was Manuel Redondo, his secretary who had been with him for decades.

  The general manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the club. Below are several differements, including the sports department, which has a sports director. In theory, the sports director is responsible for all sports affairs, including the basketball department and the football department.

  When Florentino took over as chairman, the sports director was former Real Madrid hero Valdano, but after poor performance, Valdano stepped down. Florentino then hired world-css coach Sacchi as the teical director, directly responsible to the chairman.

  In this way, the teical director was almost at the same level as the general manager, but since he was only in charge of the football department and many petitive affairs needed handling, Floro became the sports director.

  But soon, there was another problem.

  Due to the poor performance of the team, head coach Luxemburgo and teical director Sacchi stepped down, and the teical director role was currently held by vice chairman Butragueno. He was also the head of the public retioment and did not have the energy to manage everything, so he only took care of the first team, while the sed team and the youth team were handed over to Floro, the sports director.

  This situation only sted for three months before Florentino announced his resignation, and the new chairman Martin took office.

  So now, Real Madrid's internal ma is a mess.

  The team lost 0-1 at home to Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League, making the sed leg at Highbury crucial. Before that, the weekend derby against Atletiadrid was also a must-win, and the league results were under great pressure.

  At this time, the new chairman Martin also fired Carlo and appointed Gao Shen, making everyone even more anxious.

  At this moment, everyone in the Real Madrid office was thinking about ohing: how to resolve the pressure of public opinion from the outside world.

  To put it simply, it was to help the new chairman up his mess.

  In any case, the new chairman also represents the image and is of Real Madrid.

  Therefore, no one paid any attention to Gao Shen.

  After Floro handed over the manuscript prepared by the PR department to Gao Shen, he instructed, "Don't be nervous when you e to the stage ter, just read it acc to the manuscript. As for the question-and-answer session, we have alsed it."

  In his opinion, Gao Shen was just a fledgling rookie.

  No one around paid attention to Gao Shen, and no one from the public retioment even came to tell him what could be said and what could not be said ter when he went on stage.

  Everyoreated him as a tool for reading the manuscript on stage!

  Gao Shehat he awn and was not taken seriously, but he didn't take it to heart. He took the manuscript to a er where no one aying attention and found that it was all empty talk and nothing substantial.

  With a manuscript of this level, he could have ad-libbed for half an hour without repeating himself before he crossed over.

  This was his first time fag the media as Real Madrid head coach. This was a on-a-lifetime opportunity to speak out. Just reading the manuscript?

  What a joke!

  Gao Shen tore up the manuscript and threw it directly into the trash ext to him.

  ...

  ...

  The press fereracted many media reporters, but the process was just as Gao Shen had guessed.

  At the meeting, the new chairman Martiedly emphasized that he chose Gao Shen as the head coach after careful sideration. He said he had observed Gao Shen for a long time and believed that Gao Shen had the ability and ce to lead Real Madrid out of the predit.

  He emphasized that Gao Shen graduated from Loughbh Uy, the No. 1 uy in global sports. Gao Shen achieved excellent academic performance during his school days and also performed well during his internship at Real Madrid. He romoted to the first team by exception and accumuted experieh the team.

  This made Gao Shen, who sat upright o him, feel a little ashamed. He didn't even know that he was so good and so valued by the leaders.

  Thinking about it, he realized he was still too low-key.

  This was still due to the national football team, which stank so much that it caused the ese people to seriously ck fiden football.

  All in all, Martin had collected a lot of evideo prove to everyohat his choice of Gao Shen was serious and not a farce, and that Real Madrid needed an impulsive, drastid traumatic reform.

  "From 2003 to the present, we haven't won even a single championship, which is uable in any case. We are likely to be eliminated in the Champions League round of 16 for two secutive seasons, which is unsatisfactory."

  "We all know that our team is sick, very seriously. Our team needs surgery, a major surgery."

  Afterwards, Martin praised Gao Shen again, believing that his youth and dynamism were exactly what Real Madrid needed most now.

  After the chairman and teical director Butragueno, Gao Shen also spoke as Real Madrid head coach for the first time.

  In fact, it was just a formality.

  The whole speech expounded Gao Shen's view of Real Madrid's current status and his envisioned solutions.

  After Gao Shen finished reg, the rea of the media reporters was very dull.

  These people were well-informed and knew if there was any substan what was being said.

  After Gao Sheed the manuscript, the free questioning session began.

  Many people raised their hands, but there were obvious routines. For example, the first named orter from Real Madrid TV, one of their own; the sed orter from AS, also one of their own; the third orter from Marca, still one of their own; and the fourth orter from El País, still one of their own...

  The reporters asked serious questions, and the people oage answered seriously.

  Gao Shen was not in a hurry and waited patiently for the opportunity.

  He believed that with the ing of the media reporters, they would ask him sooner or ter.

  Sure enough, the subsequent rounds of questions gradually became sharper, and some reporters even directly asked Martin about his ents on the board of directors that more than half of the inpetent pyers should be fired.

  But this time, Martin was obviously evasive and gave a vague response.

  The media reporters were, of course, dissatisfied and then aimed at Gao Sheo him.

  Young people are easily impulsive.

  First, there were two frivolous questions in succession, such as how he felt about coag Real Madrid. These were all expected.

  But soon, trouble came.

  "Gao, I'm a reporter from Daily Sports. Chairman Mr. Martin said on the board of directors that more than half of Real Madrid's pyers have failed and should be ed out of the team. As the executor of this policy, you have received great expectations from the president and ma. How do you pn to implement this policy? How do you pn to lead Real Madrid out of the current predit?"

  As soon as this question was asked, there roar at the se, and the media reporters in the audience became excited as if they had been given a shot of adrenaline.

  Gao Shen was not a rookie just out of school. How could he not hear the trap in his words?

  He preteo ponder, and at the same time, secretly turned his head to look at the press officer, who secretly winked and shook his head at him, indig that he should not answer directly. Even Butragueno on the side smelled something wrong and thought that Gao Shen could not respond to such a situation. He wao resolve the predit first.

  But at this moment, Gao Shen spoke up.

  "Although I have only been at Real Madrid for seven months, I have already deeply felt the history of this club."

  Gao Shen's opening was quite satisfactory, but soon his tone ged.

  "I know that the performance of the first team is not ideal, and some pyers even make us doubt whether they are qualified to wear the Real Madrid shirt. In our youth team, there is a group of very good, very young and dynamic pyers who are also very loyal to the club. I know them, and I want to give them more opportunities."

  Gao Shen's remarks surprised Martin, Butragueno, and others sitting on the podium. This was not in the speech. What was he trying to do?

  Who gave him such reckless ce?

  But Gao Shen tinued.

  "I will use facts to prove that Real Madrid is Real Madrid because of solidarity and the spirit of Juanito who gave his st breath, not because of one person or some people ieam! I always insist that in Real Madrid, all pyers are equal. No one is qualified to be special, no matter who they are!"

  Gao Shen's remarks were so bold that the press ference hall was instantly in an uproar.

  "I will use facts to prove that Real Madrid is Real Madrid because of solidarity and the spirit of Juanito, who gave his st breath. It's not about one person or some people ieam! I always insist that, at Real Madrid, all pyers are equal. No one is qualified to be special, no matter who they are!"

  Gao Shen's remarks were so loud that the press ference hall erupted instantly.

  All the media reporters could read a lot into these short sentences.

  Is this a decration of war on the superstars?

  pared to the excitement of the media reporters, the Real Madrid staff at the se, including Raul, Butragueno, and Martin, were all stuhey were even a little scared. Could he say such a thing? Could he speak like this in front of so many media reporters?

  Six years!

  The superstar policy has always been the political correess of Real Madrid!

  Now, the head coach of Real Madrid, although only ag as an interim coach, had publicly decred war on the superstars. Was he trying to overturablished order?

  If the media reporters had just wao get a soundbite from Gao Shen before, now Gao Shen had directly dropped a bombshell, causing everyoo be shocked.

  The new chairman, Martin, was even more taken aback. He turned his head to look at Butragueno, as if to ask: How did your PR department prepare him? Didn't you coach him on what to say?

  Butragueno was also stunned. Gao Shen's sudden move caught them pletely off guard.

  Feeling the new chairman's anger, Butragueno turo look at Floro. What did you tell him? Didn't you instruct him to read the manuscript? Why did he say so much off-script?

  Floro was also stunned. He hadn't expected Gao Shen to act so boldly and decre war on the superstars in front of so many media reporters. What was he trying to do?

  Is this kid crazy?

  When Martin saw the expressions of Butragueno and Floro, he uood. Then he looked at Gao Shen, and his eyes ged.

  So this kid, who had seemed so quiet before, was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing, waiting for this opportunity!

  Now, his remarks had blowhing wide open. Everything was id out oable, and Gao Shen had even forced him to support his position.

  There was no way he could now say that Gao Shen's words were not his own idea. Who would believe it?

  The experienced eagle had been outsmarted by the young bird.

  He had miscalcuted!