Chapter Four: Champions of the Mud

“Gary says the owner should earn his lifting wage.” Lin returned it to Gary. All four held the cheap silver cup together. 【Season mission complete.】 【Rewards: £300,000 promotion fund; basic training-site permit lead; Business Management D→C+.】 【Club valuation: £3,200,000.】 【New mission: Prove this was not a one-season miracle.】 That night, community crowdfunding crossed £200,000. The most common message read: BUY THE ROOF. Mara set aside the champagne. “The council will sell Old Dock and the surrounding land. Eight hundred and fifty thousand. We have ninety days under our preference clause.” “Cash?” “Five hundred and sixty thousand with the fund and crowdfunding. Buy it, and we cannot prepare for next season.”