"What's going on?"
Yang Huan looked at Hamad strangely and felt puzzled.
When did our little prince from the Middle East turn into a resentful woman who was abandoned by others?
Sun Yue and others all had helpless smiles on their faces, obviously there was nothing they could do against the little Middle Eastern prince.
"Master Huan, you are so boring," Hamad said angrily as he sat down on the sofa near Yang Huan.
"I" Yang Huan was depressed and funny, "Why am I not interesting enough?"
Is it possible that this guy knows what I asked Xiao Bu to do?
You think about it, it's not very kind to let someone's goddess provide you with such services.
But you can't admit this kind of thing even to death, isn't it?
"Then you make such a big investment, why don't you count me as a share?"
Hamad asked resentfully.
Yang Huan smiled bitterly, "I have invested in too many projects, which one do you want to mention?"
Everyone also had a wry smile on their faces.
What Master Huan said was true.
He always threw whatever he thought of, a hammer here and a stick here and there, all in a mess.
Anyway, if you have money, you can be willful, so what can you do?
"That's your plan to create two major football competitions."
Yang Huan was stunned for a moment, how did this guy know?
Looking at Sun Yue, Cash Harris and Zhao Yuanfang, these three guys looked helpless, embarrassed, and a little in awe at the same time.
Wasn't this an accidental leak and this guy found out?
Who knew, as soon as this guy passed the word, the rich second generation members of the Saints fan club would immediately know about it.
As soon as they heard that Master Huan was going to organize two major football events, everyone in the group immediately started to boo.
The result is obvious, that's what it is now.
Yang Huan didn't blame him.
First of all, they are not people who can't keep secrets.
Secondly, things will always be known to others.
Anyway, it’s almost done, so once you know it, you’ll know it.
"Well, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth.
It is indeed the case, but it is not entirely the case."
Yang Huan simply confessed straight to the point.
As early as when Yang Huan mentioned to Raiola about exploring the potential commercial value of Ibrahimovic, he already had a general idea in his mind, which was to imitate the way Hollywood stars operate.
In Hollywood, stars' salaries often only account for a portion of their income, and some even don't make up the majority at all.
What they really value is income from business operations.
The same can be said for football stars.
The salary from playing football should not be their main source of income.
Especially in recent years, the salary in European professional football has been changing with each passing day, constantly hitting new highs.
The same is true for the Premier League.
If the new broadcast contract is signed this summer, player salaries will definitely double within two years.
This should not become the norm.
Because players have a single income, players are forced to do everything possible to extract more income from the team.
In order to retain players, teams must do everything possible to obtain more income from sponsors and league broadcasters.
What about sponsors and broadcasters?
The pressure must be passed on to users.
This is a vicious cycle Do you still remember why the Bundesliga declined in 2001?
You know, the Bundesliga was so brilliant in the 1990s, but why did it fail to recover at the beginning of the century?
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This is because Kirch Group, the broadcaster of the World Cup and Bundesliga, went bankrupt.
Think about it again, now that the broadcast fees are constantly rising, what if one day Sky TV goes bankrupt?
Almost all the teams in the Premier League will go bankrupt soon after Therefore, in the past two years, Yang Huan has been trying and exploring some new business models.
That is, like Hollywood, diversify player income and actively develop commercial value.
Since then, Yang Huan has been paying attention to the brokerage business and sports marketing fields.
Southampton has also been committed to the entertainment route for its stars.
These are the businesses that Sun Yue has been responsible for since then.
In the past few years, the commercial income of Southampton players has continued to rise, which has further strengthened Yang Huan's idea.
This is one of them As early as last summer, an organization called the Next Generation Competition Committee approached Yang Huan.
The so-called Next Generation Competition Committee was actually what many people later knew as the European Youth Champions League.
The two heads of this competition committee are both English and have previously worked in youth training at Watford and Liverpool.
They started planning this event in 2009.
The idea itself is very good and the idea is very interesting.
It has received responses from many teams and has even been successfully held.
However, it has little influence, is not well known, and has not attracted commercial sponsorship.
Therefore, starting from 2009, after successfully hosting one or two sessions, they encountered a big problem. money Rich teams including Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, etc. are no longer interested in participating in this event.
The reason is very simple.
Although the game has a high training value, the team has to pay out of its own pocket to let so many players from the youth team compete all over Europe.
How much money will it cost?
Youth training is important, but money is even more important.
The event was suspended for two years, but the two Englishmen were not discouraged and continued to advertise and sponsor.
It took two years to solve the problems of air tickets, food and accommodation.
Ever since, the competition has been put on the agenda again.
At this time, they approached Southampton, which had invested heavily in youth training, hoping that Yang Huan could support Southampton in the competition.
You know, the strength of the Saints' youth training is well-known even in Europe.
As soon as Yang Huan heard their idea, he immediately knew that this was the European Youth Champions League that became very popular.
Hearing again that they were short of money, Yang Huan invested 10 million pounds with a wave of his hand without saying a word.
Not only that, Yang Huan also took advantage of the opportunity to take over the next generation competition committee, which had no money and power, and established a professional company, with Sun Yuelai in charge, specializing in the operation of the European Youth Champions League and increasing its efforts to attract investment. .
The night before the Europa League final, Yang Huan mentioned this matter to Platini.
UEFA has invested a lot of money in grassroots football and small national leagues in recent years, and it no longer has enough funds to invest in operating such events.
Therefore, when Yang Huan proposed to obtain the permanent authorization of the European Youth Champions League, Platini said on the spot that UEFA would fully support it and would even help Yang Huan go to FIFA to fight for the global authorization.
Yang Huan knew better than anyone else that in 2014, the year he traveled back in time, although this event had only been officially held for three times, and strictly speaking, it had only been officially authorized for one time, it had already attracted countless people.
The eyes of sponsors and fans.
It even has a nickname, Youth Champions Cup This is a good thing with huge profits.
What could be more profitable and influential than running a prosperous event?
Therefore, Yang Huan decided to invest more in this event.
Next season, the European Youth Champions League will expand to twenty-four teams, including almost all of Europe's top teams, and bonuses and appearance fees will also increase again.
The promotion of the event is also in front of Yang Huan and others.
This is the second A year ago, stimulated by the European Youth Champions League, Yang Huan had another idea at the same time.
Football events are booming at the moment, but the market is already very dense.
Needless to say, there are national team competitions.
Each state has its own state cup competitions, as well as the World Cup and Olympic Games.
Club competitions are also intensive, and the interstate Champions League, also known as the Club World Cup, is owned by FIFA.
But there is also a rather amazing potential market that has not been taken seriously.
That's the summer warm-up match The Premier League has official warm-up matches for the Premier League, and sponsors are actively planning their own events, such as Audi, as well as warm-up matches planned by other organizations, such as the North American Invitational Tournament.
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Even clubs have their own competitions, such as the Emirates Cup for Arsenal.
But these are not large-scale In Yang Huan’s words, it’s not tall enough.
The bonus, the bonus is pitiful, the appearance fee is also small, and other packages are not satisfactory.
For example, in the past few years, wealthy teams like to visit China, but in recent years, few people are interested.
What is the reason?
Firstly, China's football market is not standardized enough, its event operation capabilities are very poor, and it lacks top international event operation and promotion capabilities.
Secondly, it is inconvenient because the most important thing in summer is to train the team and warm up.
But in China, and even in Asia, the opponents in the warm-up are obviously too weak, and there is not much significance in the warm-up.
It may even affect the team's pre-season preparations, leading to the team's poor performance in the new season.
Therefore, Yang Huan was wondering if there was an event that could get the best of both worlds.
The answer is, yes That is to plan a cup competition to bring together the top and highest-level teams in Europe and even the world to play a few warm-up matches.
In such a competition, the training value is gained, the preparation effect is achieved, and at the same time, you can make money by playing tricks, killing two birds with one stone.
Therefore, as early as a year ago, when Yang Huan made the decision about the European Youth Champions League, he decided to plan such an event.
But to plan such an event, you not only need money and resources, but also the ability This is the third
Three plans were placed in front of Yang Huan, and without exception, they all pointed in the same direction.
And Yang Huan has always been very self-aware of what he does.
If he doesn't understand something or is not good at it, he should find someone who understands it and find someone who is good at it.
He would rather spend more money than pretend to understand.
There is no such person around, it’s simple, just poach people.
If you don’t have such resources on hand, simply acquire a company that has such resources.
Therefore, Master Huan has been making plans since a year ago.
He asked Sun Yue, Zhao Yuanfang and Cash Harris to contact the five most outstanding sports marketing companies in the world today, including IG in North America and Infront of Switzerland.
Among them, the CEO of the latter, Philippe Blatter, is the nephew of FIFA Chairman Blatter.
He has full authority to act as agent for the sales of broadcast rights for major football events organized by FIFA such as the World Cup.
He has also participated in large-scale sports events such as the Olympics and Winter Olympics. , also has an absolute dominant position.
Last year, some media broke the news that Infront Sports Media Group was acquired by a private equity company from London for a high price of 550 million euros.
However, because it was too low-key, it did not cause much movement around the world.
After acquiring Infront, the private equity company continues to move towards ig, the world's largest sports marketing company whose performance has obviously not been very satisfactory in recent years.
The transaction amount is expected to be as high as 2 billion euros.
This has caused quite a stir in the United States and even the global industry.
Because once successful, the integration of the world's top two sports marketing companies will become a giant in the global sports marketing field.
Moreover, the business of these two companies is not only in sports, but also in the entertainment industry, especially Hollywood.
Hamad and the members of the Saints Fan Club were not aware of Master Huan’s plan before.
But they all felt that Master Huan had been too low-key in the past year.
It's so low-key that it's a bit shameful.
But when Hamad overheard the plan, even a small part of it, he was stunned.
Just imagine, if the two major events of the European Youth Champions League and the International Champions Cup can be operated into the youth version and the summer version of the UEFA Champions League, it will be a long-term and profitable business.
Just imagine, if the Champions League belonged to a private company, how much more money would it make?
One Champions League is enough to make money, but two Champions Leagues?
Hamad can't imagine it Therefore, when he heard about this plan, his first thought was, I have to quickly hug Master Huan's extremely thick thigh.
Otherwise, after passing this village, there would be no such store: