It's On Fire

Selhurst Park is the home ground of Crystal Palace Club, located in Croydon, south London, and can only accommodate more than 26,000 people.

   is as unremarkable as the Crystal Palace club in London.

  The season has not yet started, and it is rare for many reporters to come to the empty stadium today.

   "I heard that the Crystal Palace is going to change owners today. Do you know who the new boss is?"

   "I don't know, it's quite a mystery."

   "Will it be some mysterious foreign tycoon, like Russia's Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea last month."

   "What are you thinking? Although Chelsea is not a big club, they are also a Premier League club. Crystal Palace is only a British Championship team. Which rich man would buy a club in the second league?"

   "That's true. It seems that the new boss has limited financial resources, so today's news might not be enough."

   "Come on, just write."

   Before the main character appeared, several reporters who knew each other got together to chat.

   At this time, Chen Ran had brought two good brothers to the gate of the stadium.

   "Uncle Henry, long time no see, how are you doing?"

  Chen Ran had been an intern at Crystal Palace for three months before and met Uncle Henry who was the gatekeeper.

   "Hey, Chen, haven't you finished your internship? Why did you come to the stadium today?"

   "I'm here for the press conference."

   "What? Are you a football reporter?"

   "No, I bought Crystal Palace."

   After saying that, Chen Ran ignored the stunned Uncle Henry and walked straight into the stadium.

   At the press conference, reporters suddenly found that the former chairman of Crystal Palace walked in with a young man.

   looks Asian, is this the new boss of Crystal Palace? The reporters suddenly became a little more interested.

  After the announcement of the change of ownership of the Crystal Palace, a grove suddenly appeared in the press conference, and almost every reporter raised their hands to ask questions.

   "Excuse me, Mr. Chen, are you Japanese?"

   "I am Chinese."

   "Why did you buy Crystal Palace Club?"

   "Because I love football."

   "Excuse my presumption, Chinese football is very backward, are you capable of running an English club?"

   "Of course, I'm very confident. In fact, I interned here for three months before I bought Crystal Palace. If I'm not sure, I won't buy here."

   "I see. It seems that you came prepared. After you acquired Crystal Palace Club, what was your goal? To go to the Premier League?"

   "Hehe, my ideals are very lofty. I plan to build Crystal Palace into the strongest football club in the world. As for the Premier League, it's just a small goal."

"Oh"

   As soon as Chen Ran said these words, there was an uproar at the scene.

   Even the former chairman of Crystal Palace, who was sitting beside Chen Ran, couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

   It's nice to be young!

   "Since Mr. Chen's ideals are so lofty, why not buy Manchester United, Arsenal or Liverpool directly? Is it because the money is not enough?"

"I don't buy these clubs because they are already champions. Even if I do well, it's just a few more trophies. People will just say, this guy continues the team's championship tradition. , well done."

   "That's not what I want."

   "What I want is to start a football dynasty from scratch."

   "And it's fitting that Crystal Palace have never won any serious titles."

   "OMG, Mr. Chen, are you sure what you just said?"

"certainly."

   After confirming Chen Ran's remarks repeatedly, the reporters in the audience seemed to be beaten.

   I didn't come here for nothing today. This kid from China is very cooperative. The news is enough.

  Louis and Stephen, who were watching from the side, broke into cold sweats. As soon as the press conference was over, they immediately protected Chen Ran and rushed out of the circle of reporters who were still waiting.

   "Boss, you are crazy, you will summon a lot of enemies like this."

  Louis blushed with anxiety, and it was too much of a test for his heart to follow such a boss.

   "Afraid?" Chen Ran patted Louis on the shoulder and asked back.

   "Chen, what do you think?" Stephen was relatively calm.

   "You said, what is the status of Crystal Palace Club in English football?"

"very common."

   "What about world football?"

   "Eh, be unknown."

   "Yes, many people may not know that this team exists. We will sign a lot of signings next, but we are neither a giant, nor can we give high salaries, we are even just a secondary league team."

   Having said this, Chen Ran deliberately stopped and looked at his two friends meaningfully.

   "Chen, do you mean to use these reporters to hype up Crystal Palace's fame first?" Stephen responded quickly.

   "Smart. Fame is also a kind of wealth, although these reputations are expected to be mostly negative in a short time. But as long as we continue to achieve one goal after another in the future, the ridicule now is just a stepping stone on our road to success."

  Before Chen Ran was reborn, the practice of vulgar development of Ligou in online novels was very popular.

   But he didn't want to do that.

  Chen Ran thought very clearly that he was neither in the world of immortals nor in the fantasy world, nor was he back in some troubled world, where there was no ubiquitous life-and-death crisis.

   In his previous life, he was an ordinary person. He was rarely reborn once, and he had a system by his side, so he couldn't live a more dashing life?

   As expected, the Crystal Palace Club was on fire, and so was Chen Ran.

   As long as the English media covering football, whether it is TV, newspapers or the Internet, without exception, they have focused on the transfer of Crystal Palace, and even some continental media have also reprinted these reports.

   Some media even put Chen Ran's photo on the front page.

   "Remember this face, the founder of a football dynasty, a mysterious man from the East."

   "Crystal Palace fell into the hands of a fantasyist."

   "Confidence or arrogance? It's a psychological question."

   "The Premier League is just a small goal."

  Crystal Palace Club Chairman's Office, Chen Ran watched with interest the various reports collected by Lewis and Stephen.

   "Tsk tsk, it's not handsome enough."

   Looking at his front page photo, Chen Ran expressed his dissatisfaction.

   "OMG, Chen, this is not the time to talk about photos."

  Louis covered his head, feeling a headache.

   "Okay, isn't this what we expected? And isn't our goal achieved now? When has Crystal Palace been reported by so much media?"

   "That's true. But, Chen, your reputation is probably over by now."

   "The strong are always envied, just get used to it."

   "Let's go, now to meet our coaches and players."