598: Chapter 598 My amateur football team might be a little too strong!

Chapter 598: This Amateur Football Team of Mine Might Be a Bit Too Strong!

Sipping his Tiancheng Cola, Ma Xianhong opened the official Tiancheng Cola account on Bilibili. In the comment section for the video about the free cola giveaway, many B-site users had already left feedback.

"I didn't expect Tiancheng Cola to taste this good!"

"The new version of Tiancheng Cola clearly tastes much better than the old one. I'll definitely support your business in the future!"

"Congratulations! I'm putting your cola on the same level as Coca-Cola. I might switch between them, since drinking the same flavor all the time gets boring!"

"Tried it, the taste is excellent. I'll consider buying it in the future!"

"Keep it up! Great taste!"

"Why can't I ever win the draw..."

"..."

Ma Xianhong took a quick look and found that the comment section was overwhelmingly positive!

Moving his fingers slightly, he also left a comment: "Taste is pretty good!"

He didn't like making long-winded speeches.

If it was good, it was good; if not, it wasn't. His comments were usually very direct and concise.

Then he noticed the link for the Tiancheng Cola sharing event in the official account's comment section.

After clicking in, he saw that there were already thousands of comments.

The vast majority were netizens who had received their Tiancheng Cola and were sharing photos of it.

Of course, there were also many unlucky netizens who hadn't won the free new version of the cola, and they were acting salty in the comments!

Those posting photos were all hoping to win the ten-thousand-yuan prize!

Should I post one too?

Ma Xianhong never left reviews for online shopping, letting them go to default positive ratings.

He never had much faith in his own luck.

So, he was indifferent to lucky draws, lotteries, or scratch cards!

Participating in this Tiancheng Cola event had just been a matter of joining the crowd and saying something random!

But considering he had actually won a crate of cola... why not try again?

With that thought, Ma Xianhong made his decision!

However, who should he share the cola with?

He didn't really have any friends...

Ma Xianhong began to feel troubled!

After Su Yang returned to the company, Yi Jiangang, the General Manager of Spark Fitness, along with Xie Yuxiang, the General Manager of Meteor Football Club, and Head Coach Zhang Yunzhong, came to report on their work.

After several months of effort, the squad for Meteor Football Club had been largely finalized.

Although Su Yang wasn't particularly interested in football, since the club had already been established and the management wanted to make this amateur club a success and expand its influence, he didn't want to dampen his subordinates' initiative.

Moreover, if the football club did well, it should also attract more customers for Spark Fitness.

After all, in terms of sports commercialization, football possessed significant advantages and influence!

Su Yang didn't plan to invest too much in the club's infrastructure funds.

However, when it came to club salaries and player subsidies, he was habitually generous!

Also, he had a habit.

Either he wouldn't do it at all, or he would strive to be the best.

Therefore, Su Yang wanted to be somewhat selective with the members of this amateur team!

Every time the club management submitted a list of potential players, he would eliminate some.

Then he would have them look again and find some reinforcements!

If the team lost or was simply too weak, wouldn't he lose face?

If it were ordinary club management, they might have quickly run out of better amateur players to find...

But it just so happened that the club's subsidies were quite high, and the management was a group of elites. Several of them had excellent connections and influence in the local football scene, so every time, they were able to pick out a few more technically skilled players for Su Yang...

Su Yang would see that the new prospects seemed better and had widened the gap with the "old players," so he would have the club continue searching... regardless, he wasn't in a hurry!

Through this cycle, the current squad of Meteor Club finally emerged!

Most members of this team were from Rongcheng, with some from Mountain City and the North; they all worked in Rongcheng in industries unrelated to football.

But some were professionally trained from football schools.

Some were football enthusiasts with great physiques who frequently played in pick-up games!

Some had even participated in professional training or youth academies of local or out-of-town clubs but hadn't turned professional.

And some were actually former professional players who, due to various issues, hadn't been able to play matches or had given up on that career path after a while... treating football as a hobby instead!

Among these players, many actually had decent talent.

There were players with two-star or even three-star football talent...

Su Yang wasn't surprised by this.

The UK, with a population of less than seventy million, is a football powerhouse.

Greece, with ten million people, could win the European Championship.

Rongcheng had twenty million people, Sichuan Province had eighty million, and adding the neighboring Mountain City, the population easily exceeded a hundred million. Among them, the number of Chinese people with two or three-star football talent was unknown but surely vast.

The club had simply selected some of those who liked football, had passable skills, and were willing to play for Meteor Football Club!

However, once the team was assembled, Su Yang realized that the raw strength of his team seemed a bit too high. With the right tactics and a bit of luck, they might even win the China League Two title!

He wasn't sure about the strength of League Two, but he had watched Chinese Super League matches online.

He could roughly extrapolate the level of League One and League Two!

Putting them in the Chinese Champions League to play semi-professional matches... it felt a bit like bullying!

Even though it felt like bullying, Su Yang didn't want to bother with it anymore.

The die was cast; was he supposed to kick the skilled amateur players out of the team?

That made no sense!

After listening to the reports from Xie Yuxiang and Head Coach Zhang Yunzhong, Su Yang had a general understanding of the current team's training progress.

Yi Jiangang had brought the two of them along hoping Su Yang would approve more funding so the players could receive better training, and ideally improve medical and logistical support!

Su Yang asked doubtfully, "Do they have time to train?"

"Even though they all have jobs and some have families, they are quite active in training!" Zhang Yunzhong said with a smile. "Whenever they have free time, they come to the club to train. We organize two formal matches every week, playing against corporate teams, universities, sports schools, and football schools to hone their skills and build experience and chemistry!"

"I see."

Su Yang nodded noncommittally.

"After training for a while longer, we will also have exchanges and matches with other Chinese Champions League teams!" Zhang Yunzhong continued. "I can also contact League Two teams for friendly matches, which will allow the players to gain more match experience."

"Alright!"

Su Yang nodded expressionlessly.

"What's our coaching setup like?"

"No problem at all! Our football club definitely has the most professional coaching staff among local amateur clubs!" At this point, Zhang Yunzhong lowered his voice slightly. "We're just a bit short on medical logistics, nutritionists, and such... we have to consider the players' health!"