Football giants

Chapter 369 Who is afraid of whom?

When Yang Huan was in his own villa, enjoying the unprecedented touching taste, as far away as London, Steven Howard, a gold-medal columnist for The Sun, just pushed open the door of his own house.

He had just returned from a meal with an executive from the Premier League, and he was tired and exhausted.

Sitting down on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling, his eyes closed after a while.

I don't know how long it took before the phone's ringtone woke him up.

"Hello!" Steven Howard felt helpless.

The caller ID was Rebekah Wade, editor-in-chief of The Sun, his immediate boss.

"Steven, how's it going? Have you heard anything?" The editor-in-chief on the other side of the phone asked immediately.

Steven? Howard's heart that slander ah.

You don't care if I'm tired or not, you don't care what time it is, you just care about tomorrow's news, is there any humanity?

However, he had to keep those words in his heart.

The Sun is like this, with great pressure, but also great influence, and the salary of the staff is not bad, especially the gold medal columnist like Steven Howard, whose income and influence are unmatched by columnists of other newspapers.

"I have inquired, but there is nothing of great value. I heard that the negotiations have reached a stalemate."

"Why?" Rebekah Wade was a little surprised.

Steven Howard held the phone to his ear with one hand, and kneaded his frowning brow with the other.

"The main thing is still Southampton."

This team is a hot potato, but a hot potato that everyone wants to fight for.

"Sky TV hopes to give Southampton the treatment of the top four teams, broadcast more Saints games, and even cut the number of live broadcasts of teams such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City."

"But the idea of ​​the Premier League is to increase the number of live broadcasts of Southampton without reducing the number of broadcasts of several powerful teams in the Premier League, and then reorganize the seven broadcast packages."

If a person who is not familiar with the inside story, even a senior fan, will be overwhelmed by what Steven Howard said, he will not understand how tricky it is.

Rebekah Wade could hear it clearly.

Once the number of live broadcasts increases, the number of live broadcasts in each of the seven broadcast packages also increases.

In other words, broadcasters need to pay more to bid for these broadcast packages.

Sky TV is undoubtedly the most important broadcaster of the Premier League. This TV organization is almost the most important source of Premier League broadcast rights income, but in the UK, Sky TV is also highly dependent on Premier League broadcast rights.

In recent years, more and more TV organizations have begun to consciously challenge Sky TV's leading position in British pay TV, and the most powerful weapon is the Premier League broadcasting rights.

This year, I heard that British Telecom intends to intervene, which will inevitably lead to a struggle among the three major TV organizations ESPN, British Telecom and Sky TV, and the one with the highest price will win in the end.

If in this case, the number of live broadcasts of the Premier League is increased, the cost of broadcasting by TV organizations will be higher.

In other words, the Premier League broadcast rights are likely to hit another sky-high price!
"In the evaluation of the Premier League and Sky TV, Southampton's appeal in the UK is not lost to teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Especially this team's move to improve the face of British football in the Europa League this season has won the favor of countless local fans."

"For high-quality resources, the three TV stations are all fighting for it, and the Premier League is also trying to maximize their interests, so the negotiation is a bit deadlocked now, but..."

Rebekah Wade became a little anxious immediately after Steven Howard's meal.

"But what?"

"However, judging from the current situation, no matter whether the number of games is increased or not, the broadcast price of a single game must exceed 650 million pounds."

£650?
Rebekah Wade calculated that even if the number of live broadcasts had not been increased, the broadcast rights in those three years would have exceeded 30 billion pounds.

This is twice the amount of the previous broadcast rights contract!

And it can be seen that the Premier League now takes the initiative and does not increase the number of games. Yes, the broadcast fee for a single game has to be increased.

If you don't want to raise too much for a single broadcast fee, that's fine, so increase the number of broadcasts!

"Southampton is really in trouble!"

When Manchester City rose before, it did not bring such troubles.

But Southampton is obviously different from Manchester City, and the Saints have more market appeal and influence.

Thinking of this, Rebekah Wade also understood that there would definitely be no way to use this news to make the headlines tomorrow.

Fortunately, he was prepared for everything.

"Steven, you are now on the top of the Utopia."

"What are you doing?" Steven Howard was a little surprised.

It's so late, I'm tired, I'm going to bed, what are you doing?

"Your old friend, Charlene Lahiri's self-media talk show [off-site] has been released."

"Really?" He was very busy today.

"I watched that program, and the response was very good, especially some of Yang Huan's words in it, which not only justified countless new fans, but also challenged some old fans' understanding of football, which is very interesting."

Steven? Howard's face suddenly turned into bitter melon.

He could hear the subtext of the editor-in-chief.

"Are you going to use this as the headline on the front page tomorrow?"

Rebekah Wade smiled helplessly, "I can't help it, there's no big news today, so that's the only way!"

Sure enough, after laughing, Rebekah Wade said again: "Go and have a look, catch up at night, and come up with a review!"

Before Steven Howard could say anything more, Rebekah Wade said, that's it, and hung up the phone.

"That's it?" Steven Howard almost cried.

What time is it?
It's midnight, and you want me to rush the draft?
are you human?Is it human?

But the task of the editor-in-chief was suppressed, and he couldn't do it.

He could only take the laptop full of resentment, open it, and log in to Youtubie directly.

Charlene Lahiri's off-court is recommended on the homepage of Youtubie, click to enter.

"Wow, the rave reviews!"

Looking at the comments under Youtubie's video, most of them are praises and compliments.

Occasionally, there are some criticisms mixed in, but they are quickly swallowed up by the spit of praise.

How long does it take?

The hit rate has already reached 100 million!
Steven Howard was dumbfounded.

It turns out that being a self-media is so popular these days?
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"I'm not a fan of Yang Huan. Even in the past, I always felt that he didn't understand football."

"At the very least, he didn't have a deep understanding of professional football."

"It is undeniable that he is a very, very talented person. He has done a lot of things and achieved very high achievements, but in the field of football management, I have always felt that he is not successful."

"In the past, I have also heard many of his remarks, including sensational remarks like free tickets, but in my eyes, it is more of a non-surprising rhetoric that cannot be realized."

"However, after watching this talk show between him and Charlene Lahiri, I completely overturned all my previous impressions of Yang Huan. I found that he may not really have a deep understanding of professional football."

"However, he is sharp and keen, and at the same time has a forward-looking vision, leading us to clarify the context of today's football, and let us understand the development trend of professional football in the future."

"It reminds me of something, he's only 22 years old, a young man through and through!"

"In the interview, he seemed to represent the group of young fans in their 20s, giving their voice."

"Football is a sport, and this sport belongs to fans, both old fans and new fans. But in the final analysis, its future belongs to new fans, including those fake fans who are always looked down upon by old fans."

"He is also protesting at the same time. It is not only when he comes to the scene to watch the game, but only when he sits in front of the TV and the radio to watch and listen to the game, is he called a fan."

"As long as you like football, as long as you like and follow the stars and teams, even if you never go to the scene to watch the game or watch the game broadcast, you are considered a qualified fan!"

"His words make me feel that he is subverting our past impression of fans."

"He's also changing the way we think about professional football."

"After watching this talk show, I felt a lot, and my tired spirit became very excited."

"I'm thinking, maybe, it's not that he doesn't understand the game, or that he doesn't do his job properly."

"Instead, he thought too far ahead and went too far!"

"But no matter what, from now on, I will start paying attention to Southampton and Yang Huan!"

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When Yang Huan sat in the office of the Stapletwood training base, crossed his legs, and read the Sun newspaper this morning, his mood, which was already extremely good because of the hearty enjoyment last night, suddenly became better.

With a non-stop laugh on his face, he saw the reporter's signature under the newspaper comment.

"Steven Howard!"

Yang Huan remembered that this reporter, a friend of Charlene Laherui, had already been included in the ranks of Charlene Laherui's self-media guests.

Charlene Lahiri's self-media has already recorded five episodes, and the first episode was released yesterday, and the response was very enthusiastic.

As of this morning, the click-through rate has exceeded 300 million, and it is expected to reach 24 million within 500 hours.

This is not easy for a self-media program.

Yang Huan took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat, found Charlene Lahiri, quickly tapped the screen with his fingers, and sent a message.

"Miss Lahiri, the show is popular, when will you fulfill the conditions you promised?"

Thinking of the glamorous conditions, my heart warms!
Soon, the other party responded with a blushing and cute expression, followed by a sentence.

"Can you stay out at night now?"

Yang Huan curled his lips, laughed, and replied, "It's fine for a few days and nights, so tell me, when?"

"at any time!"

Wow, the tone is quite loud.

Charlene Lahiri's provocative appearance appeared in Yang Huan's mind, and he was a little excited.

"Then it's better to do it now!"

"Now?"

Soon, another one came.

"I'm working!"

Yang Huan immediately sent a smug expression, "Then you said anytime?"

She quickly returned an angry look, with the expression of wanting to give him a knife.

"Right now!"

"Your home or mine?" Yang Huan immediately asked with a smile.

The other party obviously hesitated, and only replied after about ten seconds, "My family, come if you have the ability!"

"Who is afraid of who, the tortoise is afraid of the hammer!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Huan turned off his mobile phone, and then looked at Long Wu who was playing a game on his mobile phone, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.

"Old Five, give me the car keys, you stay here, I'll be back after I go out!"

The less people know about stealing jade and incense, the better.

"Master, where are you going?" Long Wu immediately turned off the phone and stood up.

Didn't it mean that after Bielsa finished his training session in the morning, he had to talk about the transfer?
Why are you leaving all of a sudden?

This kid is loyal, no matter what is ahead of him, he will follow him to the death.

Yang Huan smiled wryly.

Sometimes being too loyal is not necessarily a good thing!

"It's okay, just go out for a walk, you will wait for me here."

"Oh!" Long Wu could only agree.

It was strange in my heart, where the young master usually went, he would follow him, why did he act alone now?
Is it...

Under Long Wu's ambiguous and playful eyes, Yang Huan took the car keys, turned around and left.

It was a depression in my heart.

How can I be misunderstood all the time for such a serious person?

Could it be that the word coloring wolf is written on my face?
It seems that the main reason is that I am too honest and do not know how to pretend!
But he didn't see that something happened on the training ground downstairs!

　Push it, let's explode! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)