Football giants

Chapter 453 I am the uncle!
"I really hope that a grand event like this evening can happen often!"

From the inner passage of the main stand to the chairman's stand, Mayor Regalado of Miami was very excited all the way.

It was as if the 7-plus fans in the huge Sun Life Stadium were not there to watch the football game, but to vote for him.

Below the court, both teams have completed their warm-up phase and returned to the locker room to prepare for the game.

But the stadium is still quite lively, and the rock group invited by the high salary is performing crazily in the stadium.

The explosive drums and the excited crowd gathered together into waves of turbulent sound.

Anyone who walks into this stadium will be infected and ignited by this strong atmosphere.

Yang Huan was sitting next to Regalardo, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly, "If the performance of the Miami Dolphins improves, the atmosphere at home may also be good!"

Regalado shook his head, "It's difficult, Stephen Ross doesn't have much interest in football, he's only interested in real estate and business. It's good that the Dolphins can survive."

Yang Huan was still smiling faintly, but did not speak.

Seeing him like this, Regalado felt helpless. Could it be that the encouragement in my words was not obvious enough?

No, I think this Young Master Huan is deliberately pretending not to understand!
What a cunning Chinese!

Well, seeing you pretending to be cool, I can only bow my head!

Who made me ask for something?

"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that the Premier League Manchester City team wants to form a brand new football team in New York, is that right?"

Yang Huan nodded and said, "Yes, Mubarak mentioned this to me."

Before Regalado could speak, Yang Huan took the initiative to speak.

"But none of us are happy with Manchester City's plans to have a New York City team in New York."

"Why?" Regalado wondered.

"The reason is simple. The football market in the United States is not yet mature, and the fan base is not stable enough. Entering the Major League Soccer now is definitely a loss-making operation. If you want to invite European balloon stars to play in the United States, the salary alone is enough!"

This time, Regalado could only smile sarcastically.

Speaking of professional football, he is not even qualified to carry shoes for Yang Huan.

To put it bluntly, he is a politician. Seeing that Manchester City is going to New York to invest in a football team, and seeing the football storm that has erupted throughout the United States in the past month, he is very helpless to see that Miami does not have a Major League Soccer team.

You know, the Major League Soccer has announced that after [-], the major league will no longer accept new teams.

This is the same with the NBA and NFL.

In other words, if Miami does not organize a football team before [-], there will be no hope after that.

If he hadn't seen the ball market being so hot, Regalado might not have had any ideas.

But now, a total of more than 7 fans gathered, attracting the attention of all fans from all over the world, and thousands of reporters from all over the world gathered at the same time.

For the entire city of Miami, this time it has shown its face in front of the whole world!
For Regalardo, this is also a political achievement!

"Mr. Yang Huan, why did you lose money?" A government official sitting next to Regalado asked politely.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It's very simple, the team has no income."

Seeing the other party frowned, Yang Huan laughed.

"Look, for a star-studded team like Barcelona, ​​the total salary expenditure last year exceeded 700 million U.S. dollars, and Real Madrid's salary expenditure was as high as [-] million U.S. dollars. This is the highest among any professional club in the world, even surpassing the New York Yankees of American professional baseball."

Regalado and the government officials next to him glanced at each other, and couldn't help being tongue-tied.

Such a high salary?How can I afford it?

"Even if we recruit a group of outdated stars, organize a competitive team, and keep the total salary within [-] million U.S. dollars, it will still be a loss!"

Yang Huan explained patiently.

"A team earns three major revenues, and Major League Soccer's broadcasting rights are not sold very well. The eight-year contract signed with ESPN in 400 was only worth 800 million US dollars, which is only [-] million US dollars a year. It has to be divided with more than a dozen other teams and the Major League Soccer."

Yang Huan just laughed.

Just such a small amount of money is not enough for Beckham's salary for a month!

"In terms of game day income, it's not bad. The average attendance rate of the Major League Soccer is [-], but the ticket price is not high, and the income in this aspect is not too much. In addition, the major leagues adopt special systems such as unified management and distribution, and the club has very little room for operation."

In order to control costs and taxes, the American Major League Soccer even has a very strange phenomenon.

That is, professional players sign contracts with the major leagues, not clubs.

It was not until Beckham moved to the United States in [-] that he made an exception and introduced a designated player signing clause, allowing clubs to sign players individually and pay high salaries.

There are also major league events in the United States that are quite weird and completely out of line with international standards.

For example, they have regular seasons, playoffs, all-star games, and no relegation system, etc. These are all modeled after successful game systems such as the NBA and NFL.

"Judging from the current situation, with the growing atmosphere of American football in the past few years, the potential for commercial operation has increased, but the game day income and broadcast rights income are still quite sluggish, but the franchise fee is quite high, now it costs [-] million US dollars."

The most valuable team in Major League Soccer is the Seattle Sounders, worth $7000 million.

But in 700, they only had $[-] million.

Yang Huan secretly laughed, I don't read much, but I also know why your market value has doubled so many times in just three or four years?Has your income increased, or have you found a way to be profitable in the long run?

Also, the total market value of your best-run team is only 7000 million US dollars, so why does the franchise fee of a new team cost [-] million US dollars?
"Mr. Yang Huan, maybe we are not as good at running a football club as you are, but you seem to take the Major League Soccer too lightly. You know, ten of the nineteen major league teams are profitable. How do you explain that?"

The government official heard the dissatisfaction in Yang Huan's tone, and felt that Major League Soccer was trying to fool investors, so he immediately asked a rhetorical question.

"I have nothing to explain!" Yang Huan shrugged and said with a smile: "But you should take a look. The data of Major League Soccer is calculated according to the profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Is this the real financial situation of those ten teams?"

Everyone knows that this is a very typical means and trick of whitewashing financial statements.

What is the real situation, without a deep understanding, who knows?
Besides, if I invest in a football team, if I want to join your major league, I have to pay a franchise fee of [-] million US dollars first, plus the stadium, team formation, training ground and employees, so how much money do I have to invest in total?

It's almost time for me to go to Europe to buy a team from the four major leagues!
Except for the big local tyrants like Manchester City who are not short of money, or some rich people and companies in the United States who use the football team to obtain other benefits, otherwise, who would spend such a waste of money?

Regalardo and the others really did not expect that Yang Huan would conduct such an in-depth investigation into the Major League Soccer.

It can be seen that he is interested in entering the American football market.

But this interest is very cautious.

Especially after the International Champions Cup is booming.

Now that I have my own cup, why should I form a special team to participate in your Major League Soccer game?

Isn't that just taking off your pants and farting?
Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation was getting a bit wrong, Regalado quickly changed the subject.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I wonder if plans for the International Champions Cup next year have already started?"

Judging from the situation of this year's International Champions Cup, next year's situation will definitely be very hot.

"Well, it's already started."

"So you really plan to expand the army?"

Some American media broke the news that the organizers of the International Champions Cup, seeing that the cup is so prosperous, plan to expand the team into three groups.

But Yang Huan shook his head, "I'm not in such a hurry. Next year should still be played in the same way as the current two groups with eight teams, but there may be some changes in the choice of the match city."

"Oh?" Regalado panicked.

what does this mean?
Not doing it in Miami anymore?
Or is he trying to raise the price?

You know, in order to persuade the International Champions Cup to hold the final at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Miami not only waived the rental fee for the stadium, but also gave the organizer an additional 300 million US dollars in funding.

Could it be that such conditions are not good enough?

Yang Huan looked at Regalado like that, secretly amused in his heart.

$300?
Don't you take a good look at our event, from the draw group ceremony to the finals, how much attention have we brought to Miami?

That's attention from all over the world!
Also, these more than 7 fans are all locals in Miami?

How many of them went to Miami to watch the game?

Is the arrival of these people just to watch the football?

They don't want to eat?Do not live?Do not play?Do not spend shopping?

Yang Huan is not flustered, he has already received invitations from many American cities, and the price offered is at least 500 million US dollars in government subsidies. Your 300 million US dollars in Miami can only host a semi-final at best.

As for the lottery grouping ceremony and finals, you either have to increase the price, or don't count on it!
"We will have more time to prepare for the second round, and we already have the experience of the first round, so this time we plan to arrange the draw for the grouping ceremony in February [-], and it will still be held at the final stadium!"

Regalado's heart skipped a beat, so much earlier?
Yang Huan's attitude is very clear, the competition is mine, and I am the master!
Come talk if you want, the price will definitely increase, whether you want to hold it, it's up to you!

If you don't do it, we don't care, anyway, there are a lot of cities willing to do it!
If it doesn't work, I'll move outside of the United States!
This is also a typical practice of heavyweight events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup and European Cup. Even the host cities of the Champions League final and the Europa League final have to compete and bid in advance.

Of course, the International Champions Cup has not yet reached that level, but with the popularity of the first edition, there must be a lot of cities willing to take over.

Regalado was depressed!

It is said that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, but this local snake is overwhelmed by him, Yang Huan, a foreign strong dragon.

Do you mean depressed or not?
Can there be a way?
There is really no way, I still have to find someone to discuss and discuss whether to continue to hold this event!
Just at this time, a sound came from the broadcast in the stadium reminding to turn off the lights.

Immediately afterwards, all the lights in the venue were turned off in an instant.

Suddenly, the audience burst into screams.

Because everyone knows that tonight's most important performer is about to appear!
Sure enough, as the lights came on again, everyone gathered on the stage in the middle of the court, and everyone saw a man and a woman.

The males are chubby, while the females are exquisite.

As soon as the two appeared on the stage, more than 7 fans in the entire Sun Life Stadium immediately cheered and shouted.

"Uncle Bird! Uncle Bird!!! Uncle Bird!!!"

"Yuna! Yuna! Yoona!!!"

Accompanied by the cheers of the fans, fireworks in the stadium and live music sounded!

The long-awaited third-generation Divine Comedy by countless music fans all over the world has finally come out!

(End of this chapter)