After hearing Lu Wenbin's answer, everyone thought so too. Claire had said that she would only consider signing him if Lu Wenbin led Meijiang Middle School to win the championship.
If Meijiang Middle School cannot win the championship, then there is no point in discussing Hoffenheim now. Maybe no one will want Lu Wenbin anymore!
Therefore, everyone stopped discussing this topic.
However, some people are still curious about the fact that Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp reimbursed Lu Wenbin's parents 10,000 yuan for airfare, food and accommodation expenses in advance without signing the contract.
This style is somewhat inconsistent with the country club temperament of Hoffenheim, and it feels a bit like a local tycoon. (Mingqiao Note: 10,000 yuan in 2007 is still very affordable compared to now, 10 years later.)
Therefore, someone asked Lu Wenbin to search for Dietmar Hopp to see who this Hoffenheim owner and club chairman is.
As a result, the information found this time shocked everyone again.
However, this time it was not disappointment, but a surprise.
It turns out that although Hoffenheim is a loser and a country club, their owner Dietmar Hopp is not a loser, but a Forbes super rich man.
According to information disclosed online, Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp is one of the co-founders of SAP, Europe's largest software company. With a net worth of over 6 billion US dollars, he is the richest man in German football.
He has invested in Hoffenheim for more than ten years. The reason why Hoffenheim Club only entered the Bundesliga this year is that Hopp's football philosophy is very different from that of Chelsea owner Abrahimovic.
Abramovich is keen on buying big-name players and hiring big-name coaches, and needs to achieve results immediately, while Hope focuses on investing in the club's hardware and software facilities and building a youth football team.
Therefore, although Hopp also spent nearly 200 million euros on the club, Hoffenheim was only promoted to the Bundesliga this year and has no reputation.
The main reason is that Hope’s investments are placed on hardware and software facilities and the training of youth teams.
According to sporadic introductions on the Internet, although Hoffenheim is currently just a country club, they have the best training facilities, sports medical team, etc. in Germany, and their level of advancement is comparable to that of Bayern Munich.
In addition, Hopp is also building a football stadium called Rhein-Neckar Arena that can accommodate 30,000 spectators, which will serve as the club's home stadium after it is promoted to the Bundesliga in the future.
It can be said that Hopp puts the investment in software and hardware before the team's performance. Therefore, Hoffenheim was promoted to the German Second Division only this year, and Lu Wenbin and others have never heard of the name of this club.
After reading Dietmar Hopp's introduction, no one in the room suggested that Lu Wenbin join Tianjin Teda.
Joining a Bundesliga club that has advanced hardware and software facilities comparable to Bayern Munich and is backed by super-rich people is obviously much better than starting in China.
Moreover, looking at what owner Dietmar Hopp has done and the move to build the Rhein-Neckar Arena ahead of schedule, it is clear that Hoffenheim's goal this year is definitely not relegation, and its future destination is not the Bundesliga, but a bigger stage.
It is actually the right time for Lu Wenbin to join such a young, energetic and rising team.
Those players who felt that Hoffenheim was not as good as the China League Two teams and advised Lu Wenbin to give up Hoffenheim all felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Wenbin himself was also quite fortunate that he did not show any contempt for Hoffenheim just now, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing now.
At the moment, Hoffenheim seems to be a club suitable for their debut in Europe.
There are fewer spectators, less pressure, advanced hardware and software facilities, and with wealthy people as backing, the prospects are broad and it is very suitable as a starting point for one's career.
The club chosen for him by the system now seems to be a perfect match.
That night, Lu Wenbin had a dream. He dreamed that he joined Hoffenheim, led Hoffenheim to the Bundesliga, and won the Bundesliga championship in the first season, performing the Hoffenheim miracle that shocked the world...
Just as Lu Wenbin and others were discussing Hoffenheim and Dietmar Hopp in the hotel, the audience who heard Claire invite Lu Wenbin at the stadium also leaked the news they heard to reporters, which aroused the excitement of countless reporters.
Since the humiliating exit from the 2002 World Cup and the loss of the 2004 Asian Cup on home soil, the performance and image of Chinese football have declined rapidly, and the country has even become the target of ridicule and abuse by football fans across the country.
Now, an amateur high school player who has never received formal training has not only been recognized by more than ten domestic clubs through the National High School League, but also received an invitation from a German second division club. This is definitely a shot in the arm for Chinese football and big news!
The opportunity to study abroad, which even many Chinese Super League stars and big-name national team players have not been able to get, was obtained by a high school amateur player. This is definitely big news that can make the front page!
Major newspapers, websites, and TV stations quickly followed up, contacting and interviewing the audience who had heard Claire invite Lu Wenbin at the stadium at the time, while also looking up relevant information about Hoffenheim and Dietmar Hopp.
Then, when the information about Hoffenheim Club and Dietmar Hopp was placed in front of the editors, everyone became even more excited.
The German Bundesliga, country clubs, Forbes billionaires, and Chinese high school amateur players, when these keywords are put together, it is hard not to become big news!
So, on the morning of August 24, the day after the semi-finals, when Lu Wenbin and others got up and went downstairs for breakfast, the two beauties at the front desk started talking about Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin looked at himself in confusion, but there was nothing unusual.
Because they had lived here for more than ten days and were familiar with each other, Lu Wenbin asked, "Sister Lan, Sister Chen, what bad things are you saying about me?"
The beautiful lady named Lan on the left smiled and said, "Lu Wenbin, you're on the newspaper. You've become a star!"
Lu Wenbin asked in surprise: "What newspaper?"
Another beauty named Chen said, "There are a lot, just look for yourself!"
After saying that, the beautiful lady named Chen picked up a stack of newspapers from the backstage and handed it to Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin took the newspaper and started reading it.
Nie Yingkun, Han Dapeng and others who went downstairs together also leaned forward to see what newspaper Lu Wenbin was in and what was written in the newspaper.
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