Club and the New Coach

If breaking some worker-related laws could create some jobs...

The mayor quickly banished the idea from his mind. It was a dangerous act, especially under the current circumstances. If someone were to break this bond that represented harmonious coexistence between the Working Class and the capitalist class, it could very well lead to even more terrible consequences and have a more devastating impact.

The mayor did not intend to consider some of Lin Qi's previous ideas until the limit was reached, but another of his ideas was worth considering: the export of goods.

Now that the World War has ended, countries are beginning to rebuild the cities that were destroyed in the war. The bombardment not only turned their cities into ruins, but also destroyed a lot of infrastructure and ordinary factories.

Everyone knows that now is the best time to do import and export trade, but this goes against the plan set by the Presidential Cabinet and the Conservative Party, the isolation policy plan.

They do not want to take sides because of trade, which could be seen as taking sides in war.

In fact, during the World War, the navies of the two major camps blockaded each other's shipping lanes at sea and would also venture deep into each other's waters to raid merchant ships.

Until more advanced transportation methods are available, maritime transport is currently the most suitable solution for long-distance transportation, bar none. Therefore, raiding a merchant ship is sometimes more effective than destroying a warship.

This also reflects a situation where trade is seen as an act of taking sides.

Now that the World War is over, there is no need to close the country off anymore. It is time to open up international trade, but the Presidential Cabinet seems to have a different idea.

This could be an opportunity. The mayor was thinking about these things, perhaps he could use them as a means of attack to get the higher-ups to attack the Conservative Party's policies, thereby attracting some undecided people to his side...

He was thinking a bit too far ahead, but he quickly came back to his senses. The most important thing to solve right now was the problems in front of him.

Mark's factory has started purchasing raw materials from surrounding farms and ranches. It has to be said that the agricultural and livestock industry is indeed the most resilient industry, without exception, because people need to eat at any time, and as long as people need to eat, the agricultural products they produce will have a market.

Instead of producing goods like these idiots, which end up piling up in warehouses unsold and can't be sold even with discounts.

The Food Stamps were almost all printed, but these were not the fundamental solutions. Only by giving people jobs could they settle down. The mayor's gaze fell on Lin Qi again. This time, Lin Qi noticed this and smiled and nodded to the mayor.

The mayor nodded slightly to show that he appreciated the respect shown to him and responded accordingly.

The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, ended in discord. In the latter half of the meeting, some people made some worthless suggestions, such as abolishing various taxes from now on and refunding some of the taxes previously paid, so that their financial pressure would be less and they could sustain themselves for a longer period of time.

Yes, the meeting eventually shifted from how to solve social problems and provide more jobs to how these capitalists could make their businesses survive longer and how to get more benefits from the government.

Without offering any constructive suggestions, the mayor abruptly ended the farcical meeting. However, the impact of this fruitless meeting began to quietly spread throughout the city.

After the meeting, Baron Reynolds approached Lin Qi again. He was very interested in forming a women's Rugby team, and Lin Qi did indeed need such a role. In fact, from a certain perspective, forming a women's Rugby team is equivalent to providing jobs for society, which is a good thing.

He specifically invited Baron Reynolds to visit his club and discuss more details, as he also needed to meet the new coaching team.

Around 3:30, the group arrived outside the club. To Lin Qi's surprise, a long queue had formed outside the club, with men and women. Manager Kane had been waiting by the roadside for a long time. When he saw Lin Qi's luxury car approaching, he immediately stood by the roadside and opened the car door for him after the car came to a stop.

"Boss..."

After getting out of the car, Lin Qi straightened his clothes and asked him about the queues on the roadside, "What's going on?"

Kane scratched his head. "We're recruiting athletes..."

That's the situation at the club right now. The coaching staff that Kane found is actually a top-tier university Rugby coaching staff. The head coach of this staff feels that he's wasting his talents coaching in the college league and that he should have a wider scope, so he's thinking about moving into professional Rugby.

Every year, many coaches have similar ideas, but the vast majority, or even none, are able to realize them. On the one hand, successful clubs have their own coaching staff, and as long as there is no irreconcilable conflict between the coaching staff and the manager, the two sides will continue to work steadily together.

Secondly, whether it's a professional Football Club or any other professional sports club, they are unlikely to choose a coaching staff that hasn't proven themselves in professional competitions. No one would gamble hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars worth of players and a season on a group of rookies.

Professional leagues and university leagues are completely different concepts, and perhaps only university league coaches would think they are similar.

So even if these coaches have these ideas, they can't find anyone willing to give them a chance, and can only continue to teach at the university.

After the news of the new professional club being established in Sabine City spread through the United Sports Association, some coaching staff who wanted to improve their skills expressed their interest. This is an inevitable path from a small circle to a larger one.

Many excellent coaches start from the lowest level of leagues or as assistant coaches for professional coaches. Kane found one he thought was good among the many recommendations and told Lin Qi about it.

Last time, Lin Qi's idea was that if he felt it was okay, then it was fine, and there was no need to rule over Lin Qi, because Lin Qi knew very well that he knew nothing about the matter, and if he interfered, it would only make things more complicated. It would be better to just delegate power to Kane.

As a professional club manager, Kane knows how to use his power correctly.

This delegation of authority also impressed Kane. At least he felt that Lin Qi was not using the Revival Club as a front to deceive him, but really intended to do so, otherwise he would not have given him so much power.

When Lin Qi asked him about it, he realized he had forgotten to tell Lin Qi, and he nervously explained the reason.

The reason is actually quite simple: Lin Qi doesn't have enough available "quotas" for Kane to directly bring in professional athletes. Even though the transfer market is relatively sluggish right now, a relatively ordinary professional Rugby player would still fetch tens of thousands of dollars in the transfer market.

The idea of quickly building up a fighting force by directly purchasing athletes is basically unrealistic. At least a million dollars would be needed to maintain a second-rate professional team, and Lin Qi obviously wouldn't invest that much money for a relatively poor result.

If you want a top-notch team, the transfer fees alone would be over three million. Add in the salaries of substitutes and those players, and it has to be said that Lin Qi's current capital is not enough to afford such a top-level sport.

So Kane and the coaching staff discussed it and decided to recruit some promising young ordinary workers as team members under the guise of "sparring partners," and then spend money to "spar" with local and surrounding University Alliance teams to select the most suitable people.

This is a solution that only the head coach could come up with. This guy is quite well-known in the university league, otherwise he wouldn't be thinking of trying to break into the professional league.

If he were to handle the contact, the problem wouldn't be too big, Kane also thought it was a good solution.

Before the start of the new school year in September, they needed to finalize a basic team as soon as possible, so they placed an advertisement in the newspaper, which resulted in many people wanting to apply for the job.

This also reflects people's current anxieties about the future and the situation they are facing in their lives. For a low-paying sparring job, long lines of applicants have already formed on the sidewalk. A quick glance suggests there are at least two or three hundred people, and some are even holding newspapers while waiting in line.

Reynolds had already come down and was listening from the side. When Kane had finished speaking, he asked curiously, "Is this how you select women's Rugby players?"

Kane didn't know Reynolds, so Lin Qi introduced them to him. Kane immediately understood Lin Qi's meaning and nodded quickly in agreement, "We're targeting young, healthy, energetic, and beautiful girls for our female athletes. After all, we all like pretty girls..."

Reynolds listened intently; he seemed genuinely interested in getting involved. Lin Qi didn't know if he just wanted to play around or if he saw something more to it. He probably just wanted to play around.

The group then entered the club, and the head coach of the coaching staff, upon hearing that the club owner had arrived, quickly took a break from his work.

The head coach is just over forty years old this year, in the prime of his life. In addition, he has won the title of Champion Coach of a college league championship once, which made him want to come to the professional circle.

The professional scene and the college league are completely different, not only in terms of athletes, but also in terms of administration. To put it simply, the investors, or owners, have absolute power, followed by the club manager, and then the head coach. Sometimes, some star players even have a higher status than the head coach.

This is different from university. In university leagues, the head coach is the number one player, and they don't even respect the principal or the school board, let alone the students.

The head coach seemed to be mentally prepared, and he appeared very positive and humble.