"Hello Mr.
Abramovich, welcome to New York Red Bull Stadium" At the New York Red Bull Stadium in New Jersey, representatives of the organizers of the North American Invitational Tournament, Matt Higgins and Charlie Tilitano, greeted Chelsea executives from London with a smile.
The team is personally led by owner Abramovich, accompanied by chairman Bruce Buck and CEO Marina Granovskia, plus several core executives from Chelsea, which shows how much the Blues attach importance to this event. .
"Come on, everyone, please come inside."
A group of people walked in noisily and found that the huge restaurant, which had been temporarily transformed into a banquet hall, was quite empty at this time.
Looking over, the most conspicuous thing is the big bald head.
No introduction is needed, everyone familiar with football knows him, Galliani, the general manager of AC Milan It's just that this high-spirited player who was unspeakably high-spirited a few years ago has seemed a little lonely recently.
The reason is that he has a disagreement with the team's princess Barbara, who has the idea of driving the player out of the San Siro Stadium.
After all, AC Milan is someone else's property.
If you, a part-time worker, have a conflict with your boss, aren't you looking for trouble?
"Hello, Mr.
Galliani" Abramovich greeted him with a smile.
"Long time no see, Mr.
Abramovich."
Galliani also stood up and shook hands with the Russian warmly.
I still remember that when Abramovich first acquired Chelsea, Galliani didn't like it no matter how he looked at it.
But now, the two of them are speculating as if they are wearing the same pants.
It’s really sad that things in the world are impermanent.
"It seems that we are here early."
Abramovich glanced at the empty restaurant, a little funny.
Now, apart from them, there are reporters from several newspapers and media people from TV stations in the corner.
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Galliani's face, but he also squeezed out a smile and nodded.
At this moment, a burst of loud laughter came from the side.
"Haha, not early, not early, Mr.
Abramovich, I have long hoped to have the opportunity to get to know you, and now is the right time."
Abramovich and Galliani immediately turned around and found a tall, thin old man with glasses standing next to them.
Matt Higgins immediately walked up with a smile, "Both, this is our boss, Stephen Ross."
Stephen Ross This is an American real estate tycoon.
I heard that in the American political and business circles, he is very successful, with hands and eyes as good as the sky.
"Hello, Mr.
Ross"
Abramovich and Galliani immediately smiled and shook his hand.
After the three people exchanged polite greetings, they sat down.
"New York is different from other cities.
When it comes to weekend holidays, the whole city empties out.
People who work here usually live in the suburbs, and there are quite a few living here in New Jersey."
Abramovich and Galliani didn't know New York well, so they could only listen obediently.
"After careful consideration, our team decided to schedule the first game of the North American Invitational Tournament to kick off at 16:00 sharp on Saturday afternoon, hoping to attract more fans to the scene."
"In addition, we also attach great importance to this game.
After all, it is the first game.
Everyone hopes to be an instant success and create a good football market, so for this game, we have invested a lot of energy and effort.
At the same time, We also plan to have a lively opening ceremony before the game, and have invited many celebrities including Justin Bieber to come and support.”
Abramovich, Galliani and others couldn't help but nod after hearing this.
"Not only that, but a group of political and business celebrities from New York, including the New York Red Bulls, New York Jets, and Major League Soccer executives, will come to the scene to help."
Abramovich and Galliani couldn't help but nod after hearing this.
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It can be seen that the other party has invested a lot of effort and resources in this event.
"Mr.
Ross" Galliani has a question, "I heard that the International Champions Cup hosted by Miracle Media Company will also start tonight.
Where will they hold it?"
Stephen Ross laughed, "It's also in New Jersey.
There is no football stadium in New York City.
It's not far from here."
"Oh."
Galliani nodded, "How is the situation over there?"
Stephen Ross was obviously well prepared and burst out laughing, "It's very opaque."
"What's going on?"
Galliani was surprised.
"I remember that the newspaper in Turin, Italy, reported that ticket sales were very good."
Stephen Ross laughed and shook his head, "That's all nonsense.
Let me tell you, the largest online ticketing company in the United States has only one partner, and that is our North American Invitational Tournament.
They only sell our tickets."
Abramovich and Galliani were delighted after hearing this.
Online ticketing companies are very helpful in ticket sales these days.
Without such a partner, Miracle Media’s International Champions Cup ticket sales will definitely be hit hard.
"They previously released news that how many tickets were sold within 24 hours, making it seem as if they were very scarce.
But anyone familiar with the American Internet knows that that kind of data is simply not credible.
It is too exaggerated."
Everyone nodded in unison.
The Internet often relies on bragging.
Didn't someone say that?
Standing in the wind, pigs can fly into the sky "They only sell tickets online, but we are different.
We have very stable partners.
We sell tickets online and offline at the same time, so the credibility of our data will be higher."
Galliani couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, "Well, Mr.
Rose, what's the attendance rate for this game?"
He is not only concerned about attendance, but also whether the peak showdown between AC Milan and Chelsea can detonate the American football market.
You know, this is not just a matter of ticket sales.
Once it detonates the American football market and arouses widespread concern from all walks of life in the United States, AC Milan's influence in the United States will be greatly enhanced.
By that time, American sponsors will not come one after another.
"It's very impressive, it's almost sold out a long time ago," Stephen Ross replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Abramovich and Galliani felt relieved.
If you worry about being left out in the warm-up match, it would be too embarrassing, right?
Especially after being exaggerated by media and newspapers around the world, people who don’t know think that AC Milan and Chelsea have long lost their aura of being giants.
"Please rest assured, we are old partners with more than ten years of cooperation experience.
The fact that we dare to arrange the game at the same time as them shows that we have extremely strong self-confidence."
Stephen Ross said it with great enthusiasm.
"This is the United States, and we are confident enough to give those who think that acquiring a company will be able to enter the American market a head-on blow, because no one is more familiar with and understands the American sports market than us."
These words made both Abramovich and Galliani a little angry.
Although both of their teams receive appearance fees, they don't care whether the game management is successful or not.
But it can’t be seen entirely that way.
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After all, if the event is successful, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless to them.
Furthermore, the quotas for the eight teams in the two groups of the International Champions Cup are already full.
Now they simply cannot squeeze in.
They can only pin their hopes on the success of the North American Invitational Tournament and even surpass the International Champions Cup.
Especially Galliani, who initially made huge offers to the negotiating team of the International Champions Cup and scared them away.
Now if the North American Invitational Tournament is screwed up, what will they do in the future?
Is it possible that they should take the initiative to come to the International Champions Cup and beg them to let them participate?
Does that still have the character of a wealthy team?
Don’t go, I have the character, but the huge American market and the huge economic interests, I don’t want it anymore Therefore, Galliani’s heart is praying to God and praying to Buddha, hoping that the North American Invitational Tournament will be successful.
Several people were chatting there, and time passed by.
As the lunch time approached, although guests arrived one after another, compared with the guests in the entire banquet, there were still too few and it seemed very empty.
At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the banquet hall.
"Why is it this time and no one is here yet?"
"It's not like he's not coming."
"How could you not come?"
"I heard that there is also a banquet opposite."
"It can't be such a coincidence."
"Who says it's not the case?
The opponent decides the game time first, and then follows up here.
The same is true for the luncheon.
Many guests have already accepted the invitation from the opponent.
Is it possible that they suddenly change their minds?"
“makes sense” "Also, let me tell you, there are not as many guests invited over here as there are, but in addition to team representatives, there are also sponsor representatives.
I heard before that James Murdoch from News Corporation will also go."
“real or fake” "Fox finally negotiated the rights to broadcast the International Champions Cup in the United States.
Are you telling the truth?"
"Hey, I heard that the overseas regions were given to ESN, the Middle East was given to Peninsula, the UK and European regions were given to Sky TV, and the Chinese region was given to CCTV at a low price."
"Who's to say that over there, almost all parts of the world have live broadcasts, but here they don't even sell live TV broadcasts."
"It can't be so miserable, right?"
"It's so miserable.
Just look at it.
No one will come."
The voices of everyone talking came over, and Stephen Ross's face was quite ugly.
Abramovich and Galliani even looked at each other, each seeing the depression in the other's heart.
Damn, what you said just now is all bragging.
At this moment, a reporter suddenly stood up and talked on the phone.
"It's too noisy here.
Please speak louder.
Why are there so many people over there and the whole place is full?"
"Oh, there are so many stars singing, okay, I'll be over right away."
As he said that, he saw the man packing his things in a hurry and running away as fast as he could.
Damn, I didn’t even say goodbye.
It's so disrespectful As soon as they saw fellow reporters running to find news, all the reporters immediately followed suit.
Not long after, the second person ran to complain to the organizer.
Although he found a temporary excuse, everyone could tell that he went to the other side to make news. third, fourth In less than five minutes, most of the reporters were gone.
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As soon as they saw all the reporters running away, some guests could not sit still.
Just as Abramovich and Galliani were cursing reporters secretly, someone came over.
"I'm sorry, Stephen, the company has something to do temporarily, so I have to go back and deal with it quickly."
Stephen Ross stood up in surprise, "No, Gabel, you are the president of Major League Soccer.
You promised me that you would be here to take charge, now" "I'm sorry, Stephen, something really happened, something really happened."
With that said, he walked out of the door without any further discussion.
Someone started, and others followed one after another.
"Stephen, I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable and I have to go back and take a rest."
"What's going on?
What's wrong?"
"My butt hurts" "Butt hurts me" Before Stephen Ross could react, the person left again.
Now everyone can see it, and this person's heart is broken.
Even those who choose to stay: