Thanks for the "system prompt" tip! ——

At the beginning of the day, Aldrich drove Evan to the Maxim's restaurant in the city, and Brady and his long-lost friend Saul waited in the restaurant one step ahead.

Thor took the order and pretended to have a palpitating expression and said, "If you don't come, we will have to pee and leave, it's too expensive here." ”

Aldridge and Evan sat side by side, and he asked curiously, "What have you been up to lately?" ”

Saul took out a business card and handed it to Aldrich, and said with a smile: "I'm doing an internship." ”

Aldrich took a look, the photojournalist.

It's good that these friends are also at the age when they should start a family and start a business, and he is extremely happy about it.

After the four of them ordered, they chatted with each other about the current situation.

Brady's website has been launched, the cost is not large, the scale of the website is not large, and there is no reputation, he has been busy recently, while staring at the construction of website content, while also going to the major subway stations to distribute flyers, he can not afford to advertise, but the British tabloid culture is deep-rooted, when office workers take the subway, even if they don't pay for the newspaper, they will get a free tabloid, Brady's propaganda is to have a good relationship with some of the staff who distribute the tabloids, or give some tips, Clip their leaflets in newspapers and distribute them.

Aldridge talked to him a lot about building his website, but he actually just told him about some of the successful online media templates that followed.

Brady nodded his head frequently, and even took out his notebook halfway through to jot down Aldrich's development suggestions.

Originally, he just wanted to integrate traditional media resources to create an online football media information platform, but he was inspired by Aldrich's whimsy. He had a prototype of a football portal in his mind. It's not just a one-way information publishing platform.

to the most rear. Through the relationship between the two friends, Brady asked Aldrich to write some exclusive game reviews to him regularly, between friends, of course Aldridge will not refuse, anyway, his own profession requires him to read a lot of games every week, many top competitions in major European leagues, if he has time, he will also watch live broadcasts. If it's close, he will also go to the scene to watch the game, such as the English derby, the north London derby, etc., and by the way, it is not difficult to write some notes to watch the game.

After a pleasant dinner, Aldridge drove Evan home, only to learn that Evan had become neighbors with him, and that she was a department manager at Millwall Club that made her an executive. So she got an apartment in the club complex, just across from Aldrich's house.

Perhaps the players are in awe of Aldridge. As a result, the apartment opposite his house has always been empty, and no player has chosen there when picking an apartment, and now there is an owner.

In the days that followed, Millwall's focus shifted to the youth team in the league, but Aldridge insisted on starting Larsson, with the attack revolving around him in an attempt to create more scoring opportunities for him, while the main squad focused on the big talk and the FA Cup, and when the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup were back in flames in March, they would enter the final sprint of the season.

After the start of February, Evan officially started work, because the club's official website is not an entertainment website after all, so the content is all around the club and football topics, the workload is not large, she also needs to be the first host of Millwall TV, as for when to step down, it depends on the workload and the scale of the club's development.

Therefore, starting from February, the club will take time to interview the club's staff after training, players, coaches, administrators, even those who watch the door, to promote the club's culture from all aspects.

Even in the past 100 years, including the dark ages when football hooliganism flourished, it will not be easy to introduce the important and trivial, because it is part of the culture of English football, and it is impossible for you to be accepted by the outside world if you try to glorify or justify it forever.

At the beginning of February, the team suffered two consecutive draws in the league and then ushered in a big victory, and now the Premier League team faces Millwall, most of them will use defensive counterattack tactics, which makes Millwall send young players on the field after encountering a lot of trouble, the battle is extremely hard, and if you are not careful, you will be attacked by the opponent to succeed, fortunately, there is Larsson to support the offensive scene, to help the team not to lose, and after two consecutive draws, the psychological pressure on young players began to increase, Aldridge will let the strongest team attack to win a victory, relieve the psychological pressure of the players, protect the psychology of the players to the greatest extent, and also make the young players full of fighting spirit, realize the gap between them and the main players, and try their best to catch up.

At the end of the day, Aldridge, wearing the club's dark blue training uniform, had just returned to the office, and Evan walked in with a ticket of staff, who had previously booked an interview this evening, which would be broadcast on the club's television station, and the transcript would be published on the club's official website.

Naturally, this kind of interview starts with the manager.

Aldrich looked at the beautiful and generous Evan in the office underwear, the visual sense was very strange, and he sighed that time flies, and the little girl back then also has a trace of mature feminine charm.

The camera camera is placed in the corner and focused on Aldrich, who sits in a chair at his desk, without changing his clothes or makeup, and naturally sits opposite Evan.

Both of them felt that the atmosphere was a little strange at first, but there was no embarrassment in chatting quickly, and they quickly entered the state.

Aldridge began to tell the history of the Hall family's support for Millwall from his grandfather's generation, some of which he remembered, some of which he heard from Arthur's mouth, there is no doubt that the Hall family has been in love with the club since the day Millwall was born, and this emotion has been passed down from generation to generation, and when Aldridge's generation, he did not talk about his feelings for the club, and the topic ended with him.

From taking over the club to having the opportunity to win the first top-flight title in the club's history two and a half years later, Aldridge looks back on the journey with a lot of emotion. Some of the troubles encountered will also be openly spoken.

What's the biggest annoyance?

It's every transfer period. Manchester United will not tire of making an offer for Larsson that is close to a transfer record.

The loss of four important players last summer was a blow to Millwall.

Even now the team is doing so well. Aldridge is still convinced that Millwall would have been stronger if the four had not gone.

At least in the front line, although Pire's position is on top of Shevchenko, you can glance at the bench, Phillips, Toney, Vanney. Glen Shire, these players are either immature, or their position on the field and technical characteristics are limited.

Thankfully, Millwall have not suffered any major injuries to their forward line this season.

"But Millwall had £30 million in transfer income last summer, which is enough money for the club to bring in two or three top players, even if some of them are used to build a new stadium, but it should be fine to bring in one or two players to supplement the squad, why didn't you do that?"

Faced with Evan's question, Aldrich was silent for a moment and then said: "Once upon a time, football clubs were like non-profit organizations. It symbolizes honor and the spirit of different cultures, but now. Football clubs began to become enterprises, many clubs chose to go public, of course, these clubs will defend themselves that it is for financing, so that they have the money to buy better players, to make the team more competitive, but in the stock market, no stock is a representative of a non-profit organization, and those owners use their actions to tell the outside world that football has become an investment, like real estate, it is an investment, a money-making machine. But that's not what I'm after, I don't deny the importance of money to football, but I don't agree with this model, especially for a club like Millwall, which doesn't have a lot of capital, and now we're saddled with a debt of close to $200 million, which is scheduled to be paid off in 15 years, which makes it impossible for us to shake the foundation of the club lightly. ”

Evan immediately asked, "What do you think Millwall's roots are?" ”

Aldrich said in a deep voice: "The development model of self-cultivation of talents. Millwall are said to be inexperienced, and I think so, with a lot of players in the squad having no European experience, but the experience of the national team in major competitions will make up for it a little. Now we have a very good squad, Gareth Southgate, Claude Makelele, Nedved, Larsson, every line with top players and they are a big pillar of the development of the club and I hope they stay here for a long time, not only to keep the team competitive, but also to be an example for the young players and to help the young players develop, and I think in three to five years Millwall will be on the right track and we will be able to keep one or two good players in the first team every season. It's a virtuous circle, so our roots are academy rather than going to the transfer market to gamble big, and a club like ours, once you pay more than 10 million pounds in a transfer fee, you buy one or two players who can't fit into the team, it's a big blow to the club, not just financially, it's about the whole team, because it limits the opportunities for young players to play, compresses their squad space, and instead of gambling, I'd rather trust the players we have carefully cultivated and give them opportunities. They can see hope here and stay here forever with the ambition of playing for the club and achieving glory here. ”

Aldridge focused on the club's development policy, but also wanted to play a youth training sign for Millwall, in the future many young players in the original club can not get ahead, most of them are due to the original club's vigorous recruitment, Aldridge wants to give a signal to the outside world: Millwall will give young players more opportunities.

And this signal must be based on their achievements.

The better phenomenon is that young players such as Andrea Pirlo, Shevchenko, Capdevilla, Bout and other young players can succeed here, which is the best advertisement, and Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand and others who have not yet come up, will have the same effect, because they will have more and more opportunities to play in the future.

In addition to the academy aspect, Aldridge also talked about management and discipline of players, training plans, and the future of the club.

Whether as manager or owner, he was certainly the most thoughtful and directly influenced the club's development, and the interview lasted almost four hours before it ended when it got dark.

When the camera turned off, Evan also showed a hint of tiredness, she looked at the time, smiled at Aldrich, and said, "Shall I invite you to dinner in the evening?" ”

Aldridge smiled and declined, he had a date with Melanie tonight, fortunately the other party left work late, otherwise he would have missed the appointment.

Knowing that Aldrich was going on a date with Melanie, Evan smiled and said goodbye, only to walk out of the office with a gloomy face. (To be continued......)