The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 005

005 Congratulations, Leeds President!
In the morning, the sun shone brightly, and the warm light covered the world with a golden gauze robe.

The warm and gentle golden light shone into the meeting room through the half-opened glass window and sprinkled on Zhong Cheng’s body. Zhong Cheng seemed to be covered in a layer of holy light, like an envoy from the Heaven Realm.

To Claire Simmons and the others, Zhong Cheng was now an angel.

Gerald Krasner, an insolvency expert, approached Kroll Simmons, a local tycoon in Leeds, early this year, hoping he could pay for the crisis-stricken Leeds United.

Claire Simmons was not the kind of top-notch tycoon. Although his family was engaged in the rubber industry, his status was not very high. He could not play Leeds United alone.

However, Gerald Krasner had blown Leeds to the skies at the time, and he guaranteed that Leeds would be able to relegate them to Serie A. Leeds had boundless prospects, which moved Kroll Simmons.

Gerald Krasner also told Kroll Simmons that he had recruited a group of local millionaires from Leeds to form a consortium to buy Leeds United without Kroll Simmons paying for it alone.

Now that Claire Simmons was involved, it was simply giving him a chance to make money.

Claire Simmons and the others were full of confidence and pride when they joined the Leeds consortium of local millionaires and bought Leeds United earlier this year. However, in less than half a year, everything had changed.

Not only has Leeds been downgraded, but it still owes a huge amount of foreign debt. None of Gerald Krasna’s original promises have been fulfilled.

Now that Claire Simmons and the others knew that they had been tricked by Gerald Krasna, they did not have any confidence in Leeds United. Now they did not want to play anymore and wanted to sell the club as soon as possible to get rid of this mess.

The circle of local millionaires in Leeds wasn’t very big, so everyone knew what kind of situation Leeds United was and was unwilling to take over. Even under the crazy pressure of the “craziest fan” in history, no one was moved by compassion.

Claire Simmons and the others originally thought that they would not be able to shake off this mess this year, but today, Zhong Cheng came here wearing the Holy Light and sat in front of him. For Claire Simmons, Zhong Cheng was undoubtedly the angel who saved them.

If there was a Chinese soul in Kroll Simmons’ mind, he would definitely be singing loudly, “Finally, I’ve waited for you. Fortunately, I didn’t give up chirping ~”

Consortium millionaires such as Kroll Simmons wanted to take over the club, but Gerald Krasner, the club’s president, did not want to sell it.

Seeing the two of them appear here and attract the consortium behind him, Gerald Krasna was furious. His sharp gaze was like a blade, about to tear Zhong Cheng and Trivo Birch to shreds.

Gerald Krasna stared mockingly at Zhong Cheng in front of him and said mockingly, “Oh, isn’t this Madman Loria who is forced to die?”

The nickname Madman Loria is a household name in Leeds. Of course, this was not a good reputation. Behind this nickname was Zhong Cheng’s stain on his life. Gerald Krasna used it to mock Zhong Cheng for being disgusting. At the same time, he also reminded the wealthy like Kroll Simmons that this fellow in front of him was a poor lunatic with a brain problem.

Gerald Krasna naturally did not think that Zhong Cheng would be rich, because no one would invest in madmen.

Zhong Cheng was really too popular in Leeds United, and it was hard for Crowley Simmons and the others to not know. For Zhong Cheng, Kroll Simmons and the others naturally looked down on him, and even hated him. However, Claire Simmons and the others believed that Zhong Cheng should not come to entertain them. Although this fellow was crazy, he was definitely not an idiot.

Perhaps this lunatic really found a fool and gave him money!

Now, Claire Simone and the others really didn’t want to delay any longer. They wanted to throw this mess away immediately, so they sat opposite Zhong Cheng.

Gerald Krasner looked at Zhong Cheng with contempt, then ignored him and looked directly at Trivo Birch, who was beside him.

Gerald Krasner chuckled and said, “Mr. Burch, I know you were very unwilling to leave Leeds United, but you don’t have to disgust me with that, do you?”

Trivor Burch smiled without any excuse. He didn’t even look at Gerald Krasner, but directly at Claire Simmons, who was narrating Gerald Krasner’s words.

Cole Simmons and the others also looked at Trivo Burch quietly.

Trevor Birch said calmly to Crowley Simmons, “Didn’t we have an agreement, Mr. Simmons? I thought we were here today to sign the contract directly. It seems I was wrong!”

Yes, after Trivor Burch was rejected by Gerald Krasna, he never contacted Gerald Krasna again. Instead, he went directly to Kroll Simmons, the head of the consortium behind Gerald Krasna.

The two of them had already agreed on the final contract. Today, they were originally here to sign the contract and complete the transaction.

However, when Claire Simmons saw that Trivor Burch’s employer was Zhong Cheng, he was somewhat surprised and suspicious. However, looking at Trivor Burch’s determined gaze, Crowley Simmons smiled.

“Of course, we’re ready for the contract,” Kroll Simmons said.

With that, Kroll Simmons reached out and signaled for his secretary to bring over the prepared contract.

Claire Simmons’ secretary handed the prepared contract to Claire Simmons. Claire Simmons accepted it, smiled, and handed it over with both hands.

Zhong Cheng smiled at Kroll Simmons and accepted the contract.

Zhong Cheng immediately lowered his head and scanned it carefully. To tell the truth, Trivo Birch had told him the contents of the contract for the first time, but now Zhong Cheng was just casually looking at it.

At the same time, Trivo Burch and his team of lawyers began browsing the contracts in their hands.

Gerald Krasner was shocked to see all this. His eyes were wide open and wide like the eyes of a dead fish. His chest rose and fell, and his face was flushed red with anger.

Damn it, damn it, a bunch of fucking bastards!

Gerald Krasner roared in his heart, his face a little ferocious.

Damn it, these guys actually hid that they had already negotiated a contract with Trivo Birch, but they had always been in the dark and didn’t know about it.

Heavens, as the president of the team, he actually didn’t know anything about it.

Dammit, this bunch of damn fellows are actually hiding themselves from me, and they’ve been hiding behind me to see their jokes and humiliate me.

Too much, too much bullying!

Gerald Krasner felt that he was being played with from beginning to end like a monkey clown. He felt extremely humiliated, which was even more uncomfortable than letting him die.

Gerald Krasna’s eyes were scarlet red, and he felt as if he was about to spit fire. He stretched out his right hand and pointed at Clare Simmons, Trivor Burch, and the others with trembling hands. His heart was filled with rage. He gritted his teeth and said, “Good, you are very good! Remember, one day I will repay you a hundredfold or a thousand times what I suffered today. Wait for me!”

With that, Gerald Krasner hurriedly turned around angrily and flung his sleeves away.

Kroll Simmons looked at Gerald Krasner’s departing back with a mocking smile. When you lied to us back then, you should have thought that this would happen.

Seeing Gerald Krasna leave, the eyes of Kroll Simmons and the others were filled with joy.

Zhong Cheng never looked at Gerald Krasna, as if this fellow had never appeared in his eyes.

Looking at the contract in hand, Zhong Cheng knew that Trivo Birch had put in a lot of effort this time.

The contract stated that the transfer fee for the club was £ 12 million, which was £ 3 million lower than Zhong Cheng’s estimate of £ 15 million, which made Zhong Cheng incomparably satisfied.

Zhong Cheng knew that the main reason he was able to buy Leeds United for 12 million pounds was because Leeds United had recently sold Viduka and other stars in the team, as well as the club’s home stadium at Ellen Road. Otherwise, 12 million pounds would not have been enough to buy Leeds United.

Looking at the contract, Zhong Cheng knew that as long as he signed his name, the Leeds United Club would be his. Of course, when he signed his name, Zhong Cheng would incur a huge debt of 50 million pounds from now on.

Zhong Cheng felt that there was nothing wrong with the details of the contract. But he wasn’t a professional, and he couldn’t make a decision. He looked up at Trivo Burch.

Trivo Burch didn’t think there was anything wrong with the contract, but he still wanted to hear from his friend Antonio Dick.

Antonio Dick is a well-known lawyer in England. They met, worked together and became good friends when Trivor Birch was still at Chelsea.

Trivo Burch had also invited his friend Antonio Dick to help him buy Leeds United. Antonio Dick gave face and brought his elite team to Leeds to help his old friends.

Antonio Dick looked very attentively at Trivo Burch’s gaze. He wasn’t in a hurry to give Trivo Burch an answer. He turned around to gather the opinions of his team, and after analyzing them, he turned around to report to Trivo Birch and Zhong Cheng.

Zhong Cheng’s eyes lit up. This renowned barrister was indeed a talented person. He was very cautious and prudent in his work. Zhong Cheng admired him very much and wanted to dig him into his own club. However, Zhong Cheng knew that it should be very difficult.

Antonio Dick didn’t know what Zhong Cheng was thinking. He said to Zhong Cheng and Trivo Birch, “No problem. Don’t worry about signing!”

Zhong Cheng nodded and looked at Kroll Simmons, “I’m very satisfied with the contract, so let’s-let’s begin!”

Claire Simmons smiled and nodded to Zhong Cheng. Then, she bent down and signed her name on the contract.

Zhong Cheng did not hesitate to sign his name on the official contract in front of the government notaries.

After signing, Kroll Simmons extended his right hand to Zhong Cheng and sincerely said, “Good cooperation!”

Zhong Cheng grabbed Kroll Simmons’s right hand and said, “Have a good cooperation!”

From this moment on, Zhong Cheng officially took over the Leeds United Club and became the chairman of the Leeds United.

At this moment, Trivo Birch immediately came to Zhong Cheng’s side and gave him a hug. Trevor Birch really admired Zhong Cheng. It was not easy for a madman who had once had nothing to do to reach this level.

Zhong Cheng’s love and loyalty to Leeds United deeply moved Trivo Burch. In today’s society, there are really fewer and fewer people like this.

Hugging Zhong Cheng tightly, Trivo Birch said sincerely, “Congratulations, Mr. Leeds Union Chairman!”