"What are you talking about? What power do you hold?" Florentino asked with a smile in his eyes, without directly answering Li Shiguang's question.
"Come on, Mr. Perez, we've already come this far. Even I know about some shady things at Calderon, I don't believe you don't." Li Shiguang pouted, seemingly dissatisfied with Florentino's evasive attitude.
Hearing Li Shiguang speak so bluntly...
Florentino continued watching the players running on the field, but his mind had already wandered elsewhere.
He also found it strange.
What exactly does Li Shiguang mean by the "rotten things" he's talking about?
Since stepping down more than a year ago, Florentino has indeed been preparing to take back control of Real Madrid.
As the man who has controlled Real Madrid for over a decade.
Even though he's no longer in his position, he still has many informants within the club.
Just as Li Shiguang said, Calderon has indeed been involved in some shady dealings since taking office, and he has heard some rumors about it, but there is no concrete evidence yet.
It's important to know that the term of office for the president of Real Madrid is fixed.
If Calderón doesn't make any major mistakes during his tenure, and given Real Madrid's steadily improving performance in recent rounds, they are poised to catch up with Barcelona and reclaim the La Liga title they've lost for two years.
All these factors combined.
I can't possibly bring him down so easily because of some unfounded rumors.
Unable to understand, Florentino decided to stop thinking about it.
He still didn't look at Li Shiguang, but casually asked the young man beside him who had a smile on his lips, "Li, explain it more clearly."
Hehe, they've taken the bait!
In the end, Florentino couldn't resist.
Li Shiguang's smile widened, and he was overjoyed.
The reason he deliberately steered the conversation in that direction was...
It's because Li Shiguang is setting up a huge scheme; he wants a promise from the Empress Dowager.
Li Shiguang knew better than anyone that Florentino wanted to regain control of Real Madrid.
In fact, two years later, Florentino did indeed return to the presidency of Real Madrid through an election.
Although there was only one candidate at that time, he still put forward the slogan of rebuilding Galactica during the election.
Kaká was Florentino Pérez's first target in rebuilding the Galácticos, and Cristiano Ronaldo became the second.
Berlusconi took advantage of the fact that the old man had stepped down and that Berlusconi was short of money.
Li Shiguang made a perfect timing difference.
Now that he's basically got Kaká, he naturally won't let Ronaldo go either.
However, money alone is not enough to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo.
The biggest enemy standing in Li Shiguang's way is none other than Florentino, who is standing right next to him.
As far as I remember, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid from Manchester United.
There were reasons for his pursuit of personal career development, his dream of becoming a prince, and of course, Florentino's enthusiastic invitation and his willingness to pay the penalty for breach of contract without hesitation!
In Li Shiguang's heart.
If you want to successfully bring in Cristiano Ronaldo in the future, instead of painstakingly persuading him, who dreams of playing for Real Madrid, it would be better to cut off his hopes of joining Real Madrid from the very beginning, starting with Florentino!
"Which aspect are you referring to? The 40 million euros you bought a full-back from me? That 40 million euros was transferred in full to Leeds United's account, Calderon shouldn't have embezzled any money." Li Shiguang smiled and brought up Calderon's purchase of Maicon in the winter transfer window.
He would dodge after Li Shiguang fired a shot.
The experienced Florentino knew exactly what he was thinking.
"You little rascal, you never want to suffer a loss no matter where you go." The old lady grinned, no longer giving Li Guang a chance to beat around the bush. "Just say it, what do you want? Anyway, all I have left is money."
Seeing that Florentino didn't want to get involved with him.
Li Shiguang also joked, "Anyway, it's not about asking you for money, hahaha! It's very simple, Mr. Perez, I just need you to promise that one day in the future, when I need your help, you will do everything you can to help me!"
"No problem, as long as you don't ask me to help you get weapons, I should be able to help with anything else that can be solved with money." The old lady nodded easily.
At first, he thought Li Shiguang would make some strange request, but now it seems that he was overthinking it.
"Haha, not at all. If nothing unexpected happens, the favor that requires your help will likely be in the football field." Li Shiguang waved his hands repeatedly. Then he turned to the old man beside him, staring intently at him, and smiled mysteriously: "Mr. Perez, have your people... investigated Calderon's private spending and the club's scouting team?"
"What do you mean?" Florentino frowned, looking at Li Shiguang in disbelief.
The two issues that Li Shiguang raised were too outrageous.
A person who can become the president of Real Madrid cannot be a homeless person on the street.
Florentino himself is the owner of Europe's largest construction company.
In other words, Calderon is not short of money. Why would he embezzle club funds for a little personal spending?
As for the scouting team that Li Shiguang mentioned.
Florentino thought it was even more absurd; the club's signings couldn't be kept secret from anyone, and the players' performances on the field were something all fans could see directly.
If there are problems with the scouting team, I can't be kept in the dark!
"The literal meaning." Seeing Florentino's furrowed brows, Li Shiguang's smile became even more mysterious. He simply replied with this sentence and then turned his attention back to the field, ignoring the even more bewildered Florentino.
It's not that Li Shiguang didn't want to talk about it.
The crucial point is that he couldn't even give a specific answer!
All he knew was that Calderon's dismissal two years later was related to squandering public funds, manipulating player transfers behind closed doors, and a fraud case at the members' congress.
But none of these things have happened yet, or rather, there are no obvious signs yet.
So Li Shiguang can only say this much.
However, he believes that these things could not have been done on a whim.
If Florentino is willing, he can send people to investigate and sooner or later find something out!
Given Florentino's methods, he might actually be able to bring Calderon down ahead of time.
He returned to the presidency of Real Madrid...
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