Team Spirit

Chapter 59: The Five Tigers of Gravesend, Refusing to Immigrate

The local government of Dartford also used a special football subsidy to help Royal VCD temporarily expand the pond stadium, from the original 78 seats to 220 seats.

The total capacity of one thousand people has been increased to two thousand people.

Two new areas of grass were added next to the playing field to serve as the team's training ground.

It can be considered a upgrade.

In terms of the team, Lu Kai mainly retained the youth training team from Gravesend.

In addition, a large number of Gravesend's original employees were laid off.

If these lazy English masters are not driven out during the acquisition, they will never be able to be driven out later.

A new emperor appoints new ministers. They may be the merits of Gravesend, but they are not the merits of Dartford.

These management positions are no longer necessary and will be reserved for Dartford's meritorious personnel if needed in the future.

After the clearance was completed, the club staff system was left with, uh... apart from Lu Kai, Jiang Mengyun, Emily, and Alfred, there were only three people left: the finance, scout, and handyman.

The handymen are recruited from college student volunteers, who do not receive any salary but only receive daily food and transportation subsidies.

As for the team players, Lu Kai only kept a few people based on the principle of "sell if possible, terminate the contract if not."

Left-back William, 1.75 meters tall, 24 years old, is good at defense and has good strength.

Central defender Benjamin, 1.82 meters tall, 26 years old, has a calm style and is at the peak of his career.

Goalkeeper Scott, 1.84 meters tall and 18 years old, was a player Lu Kai had promoted from the Gravesend youth training team and signed a professional contract to serve as An Qi's backup.

It was like buying a horse with a lot of money, winning the hearts of Gravesend's youth training players and letting them see the path to advancement.

As for the team's original goalkeeper Jason, he transformed into the youth training director, responsible for ideological education of Gravesend's original youth training.

Implant the Dartford gene!

Lead the youth training players to recite "Study to Strengthen the Team" every day.

In addition, another midfielder from Gravesend was also retained to become the team's substitute midfielder. Together with the previous four, they were called the Gravesend Five Tigers!

This midfielder has no outstanding qualities on the court, but his name is Daniel, and his father is the boss of the Daniel sports brand that provides jersey contracts for Dartford.

Business management, social skills, and sports competitions, I have mastered them all!
But Lu Kai's drastic dismissal also aroused dissatisfaction among local fans in Gravesend.

As mentioned before, fans of lower-level clubs are mainly friends and family of players and staff.

Lu Kai's move was a complete betrayal to Gravesend fans.

Especially after Dartford Royal VCD announced that it would not make any changes to the team name, team logo, team history, etc., a protest march broke out in Gravesend.

But Lu Kai's attitude was equally tough. He spent 500,000 pounds to buy a qualification for skipping grades, which was already a loss. Do you still want to take over?
Even though they don't ask for much now, as long as Lu Kai gives in, the Gravesend family will ask for more and more in the future, and they can easily gain the upper hand.

Because they are of a higher level.

During Dartford's training, fans from Gravesend often came to cause trouble.

Alfred was panicking and came to the convenience store after training: "Lu, the situation doesn't seem good."

"If this continues, the players will also be affected."

"You say we should make concessions? We can add a G to the front of the team name, the first letter of both Green and Gravesend."

Jiang Mengyun nodded. This was indeed a good idea. But Lu Kai firmly waved his hand: "No, this matter is not negotiable. Dartford rejects 'immigrant fans'!"

Alfred didn't quite understand: "But..."

Lu Kai said, "The immigration issue has far-reaching consequences, and it is also recorded in our country's history books."

"In recent years, both Europe and the United States have been facing widespread problems brought about by immigration. Social discrimination has become increasingly serious, and the contradictions are irreconcilable."

"Although Europe has many ethnic subdivisions, to be frank, there are only a few categories from ancient times to the present day, and yet there is chaos every year."

"China is undoubtedly the country that has done the best in terms of racial integration and coexistence. The advanced experience I can share with you is to first establish the status of the subject and public recognition, and then respect each other's differences."

"When Dartford reaches the same stature as Manchester United and Real Madrid, we will dedicate a special section to the other clubs we have merged with during our development to commemorate and recognise their significant contribution."

“But until then, Dartford can only be Dartford!”

Alfred shut up immediately.

As a white native of England, I certainly know how much trouble immigration has caused here.

Lu Kai then called Joyce's private number.

It was an implicit and cryptic request for Joyce to deal with the chaos caused by the fans.

Joyce agreed immediately.

After Joyce hung up the phone, his assistant was very puzzled: "Boss, why are you so polite to that Lu Kai?"

"We, the Kent County Football Association, have to intervene in this matter personally. What do we think we are? His legal advisors?"

Joyce shook his head. "It's okay. Let him have his time. This is his time."

"Since you have chosen this game, you must abide by the rules of the game."

"Go ahead, take care of the matter and give them an explanation."

Soon, the Kent County Football Association took action.

They arrested a group of fans who were causing trouble, and although they released them soon after, they put these fans on the Football Association's blacklist.

For a year, they were banned from playing or watching football on any football pitch in Kent.

It's not a very serious penalty but it shows the attitude of the Kent Football Association.

Gravesend's group of "die-hard fans" immediately became obedient.

"Kay, Mr. Joyce is so kind to you." After seeing the news, Emily praised the Kent County Football Association's actions. "They support us so much, whether it's the opportunity to skip a grade or their current statement. It's really reassuring."

"Even if we really run into trouble later, we'll have more confidence."

But Lu Kai laughed and said, "If you think that way, you will be taken advantage of by others sooner or later."

"The chance to skip a grade fell on us because no one else was willing to take it over. If Gravesend goes bankrupt, their seventh-tier qualification will be revoked, and Kent will lose a seventh-tier team."

"Essentially, Joyce is just trying to keep this seventh-tier qualification and protect local football assets."

"In addition, our team currently has a lot of traffic. By handing over this football asset to us, they will actually increase in value."

(End of this chapter)