This conference room was a lot like Dortmund's situation in the Bundesliga.
It wasn't large, but it wasn't exactly small, either.
The lighting was bright, yet every corner revealed an awkward sort of plainness.
After stepping into the conference room, Shen Qinghe began to closely observe everyone present.
Chairman Laubal wasn't there.
It wasn't that he didn't consider this important; he had a crucial meeting at the Football Association headquarters in Frankfurt.
Watzke was leading the meeting, with fellow executives Marcus Kneipen, Zorc, and Thomas Tres also in attendance.
Their formal attire made it clear that they were taking this meeting very seriously.
Of course, this was understandable.
For the past two weeks, Dortmund had repeatedly requested to resume contract renewal negotiations.
But Shen Qinghe had consistently used Thomas Essien to delay them with various excuses.
For this meeting, Dortmund clearly wanted to settle things in one fell swoop.
