To be honest.
When Chen Yiyang first started watching European football, he didn’t quite understand.
Why is it that only the United Kingdom’s highest level football competition is called the Premier League, while countries like Italy, Germany, and Spain have leagues called the First Division?
Could it be that the football prowess of the United Kingdom is superior, so they added "Premier" to showcase their outstanding level?
It wasn’t until later that he figured it out.
The reason only the United Kingdom is called the Premier League is because there are simply too many football clubs there.
The original divisions weren’t sufficient.
As the birthplace of modern football, the United Kingdom has just this much space, yet London alone has fifteen regular football stadiums and 92 football clubs.
And the entire England region sums up to over thirty-seven thousand registered football clubs, with nearly every community having its own football team.
This doesn’t include football clubs in regions like Scotland, which have their own separate leagues.
Therefore, England upgraded so stronger teams to form a separate Premier League so more clubs could participate in formal football competitions.
But dostically, people tend to learn useless things rather than the good ones.
Local clubs couldn’t even gather enough for a second-tier team; many top-tier teams are semi-professional.
Yet they insist on creating a Super League.
Isn’t that just pretentiousness for the sake of pretentiousness?
Now Yang Chengru tells him there’s a Super League? What will the Super League be called in the future?
"Haha, you misunderstood." Yang Chengru quickly explained when he heard Chen Yiyang’s confusion,
"The Super League is actually a humorous term. It’s essentially a provincial city football league.
This competition is not managed by the football association, nor are professional players allowed to participate; it’s purely an entertainnt league.
That’s why it’s hard to attract investnt. My senior ca to Changzhou after retiring, probably for this reason, and was entrusted by juniors to help out.
Sponsorship amounts for such leagues generally aren’t high, sothing like a couple hundred thousand will suffice."
"Alright." After listening to Yang Chengru, Chen Yiyang felt it wasn’t an attempt to gain benefits, so he agreed.
Since the other party is a retired elder, he should show the necessary respect.
Thus, Chen Yiyang decided to personally visit Changzhou. Anyway, the high-speed train from Lin’an to Changzhou only takes three hours.
After arriving in Changzhou, Chen Yiyang t the elderly Liu in an amateur football club’s office.
"Mr. Liu, have you been rehired by the club after retirent to hold a position here?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously after entering the slightly old-fashioned office.
"Haha, what I learned back in the day can’t keep up with the tis, no rehiring."
This Mr. Liu, though old, was still very healthy.
"I used to love playing football, now I like watching football. So I applied for a gatekeeper job here."
"Uh." Chen Yiyang didn’t know what to say.
Luckily, there were others in the office.
A club manager surnad Chen quickly greeted Chen Yiyang. "Mr. Liu ntioned you want to sponsor our club?"
"Yes." Chen Yiyang nodded.
"Sponsoring an advertisent here costs fifteen thousand. During our ho gas, we’ll hang your company’s banner or your specified promotional image on the periter fence."
"How much, fifteen thousand?" Chen Yiyang was stunned.
"Yes," the manager said, "we’re just an amateur club, so sponsorship fees are already quite high."
Now Chen Yiyang was certain: the old man really wasn’t seeking gain by bringing him here to sponsor.
It was simply because this amateur football club had very little inco, asking Chen Yiyang for so money to improve lives.
However, Chen Yiyang felt awkward about only providing fifteen thousand in sponsorship.
So he decided to personally contribute three hundred thousand, placing an ad for Yiyang Automobile.
During future Changzhou Team matches, the Yiyang Automobile banner would be displayed.
While Chen Yiyang was chatting with the club manager, a modestly dressed middle-aged man entered from outside.
"Brother, you really ca." The club manager imdiately shook hands with the man.
"Absolutely, I said I’d sponsor, and I did." This brother spoke with an accent that sounded northeastern.
So Chen Yiyang proactively greeted him.
"Friend, what business are you in?"
"Oh, I run a barbecue stall called Northeastern Street Barbecue," the brother said, "but I’ve lived in Changzhou for many years and consider it my hotown.
Since it’s my hotown’s football team, I absolutely must sponsor it, but at my level, I can only sponsor at the lowest tier of fifteen thousand."
This barbeque brother’s words left Chen Yiyang deeply moved.
Foreign football teams are strong due to thousands of amateur football teams and ordinary sponsors creating a rich football culture.
Turning football into a truly national sport.
Unfortunately, amateur leagues like these likely won’t attract many spectators.
But Chen Yiyang wasn’t overly concerned, the focus today was eting people through Mr. Liu for contacts in Serbia.
After driving Mr. Liu ho, he handed Chen Yiyang a phone number.
"I’ve already spoken with my old friend in Serbia; when you get there, call him, and he’ll arrange things for you."
"What does he do there?" Chen Yiyang inquired.
"A high-ranking governnt official, and his family is quite influential in Serbia. With him there, you usually won’t be hassled."
"That’s enough," Chen Yiyang nodded and thanked Mr. Liu.
The plane slowly ascended and pierced the sky.
After twelve hours of flight,
It landed at the airport in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Chen Yiyang ca to Serbia this ti with only a life assistant, translator, and bodyguard, without anyone else.
The pressure of being hunted hasn’t dissipated, so Chen Yiyang avoids bringing his accountant abroad to avoid having no reliable person dostically.
Also, to avoid being embarrassed when flirting abroad with the accountant present.
The plane landed, and a well-rested Chen Yiyang opened his eyes and asked his assistant to grab the luggage.
Chen Yiyang stepped out of the airport.
Schaefer, who arrived in Serbia a day earlier, was waiting at the airport to welco Chen Yiyang.
The official language in Serbia is Serbian, but English fluency has reached over forty percent.
Especially among young people, most can understand English.
This is a notable trait of current European countries.
Aside from strong nations like France, young people in smaller countries are increasingly prioritizing English.
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