Chapter 318 Football School Investment Plan
At the end of the Central TV live broadcast, Wansheng advertised the next big move of Tagore Wan Group.
"An international football school will be built in TJ City... More than 500 million RMB will be invested in the early stage..." This is the planned investment project of Tagorewan Group.
Wan Sheng decided to invest in an international football school, and he and Kevin Tagore discussed this for a long time.
Kevin Tagore believes that this project is difficult to make money for the group company, and Wansheng persuaded Tagore in other ways, "Kevin, you still don't know much about China's investment environment."
"In China, a company or group that can make money must do, one is to pay taxes, and the other is to do charity and donations... face work must be done, otherwise it will not have a good reputation and reputation. Great impact on performance!"
"Oh?" Kevin Tagore didn't understand.
Wan Sheng explained, "In China, 'impression' is a very important thing, so charity must be done. For example, if we earn 100 million US dollars a year, then we must give 1/10 to charity. Whether it’s donations from foundations, support for regional education, or donations to disaster relief, in short, charity is essential.”
"We spend so much money for charity, and only the relevant departments can know, then we can put this money on running a football school."
"It is true that it is difficult to make money running a football school, but my plan is not only that, we have to build a team on this basis to participate in the professional league in China, based on the football school, for the professional team Sending fresh blood, including outstanding players, we can also choose to sell to big clubs in other leagues, and the rewards will come when the time comes."
"But you can be sure. Football schools must be able to cultivate talents?" Kevin Tagore asked in confusion.
Looking at the smile on Wan Sheng's face, he immediately understood.
Standing in front of him is Wan Sheng, the head coach of the Premier League Manchester City Club. In three or four years, he has trained many big stars. His vision is almost unparalleled.
Has Wansheng's vision. Then the football school will definitely be able to cultivate talents. Maybe the newly formed team will not need to buy players from other teams or leagues. The youth training of the football school can guarantee everything.
Kevin Tagore got it.
This kind of business that has a good reputation and is not likely to lose money is naturally possible, and besides. A big investment looks like a lot. But in fact, there are as many as 200 million US dollars of idle funds transferred by the Tagorewan Group to China. They don’t know what to invest in the next step. It is a good idea to invest less than half of them in football schools. Several investment projects are very profitable and can be timed. The most important thing in the current Tagolvan Group is the project that can make money.
at last. Kevin - Tagore agreed.
The chairman, CEO, the two giants, and those who control more than 80% of the group company's equity all agreed, and others have no right to speak.
After the decision was finalized, Kevin Tagore quickly chose the location, applied for the investment qualification in TJ City, and spent more than 600 million yuan in early July, taking nearly 300 acres of commercial land.
After that, there was Wansheng's advertisement on Central TV.
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Generally, if there are guests who dare to advertise on Central TV, they must be 'banned-killed'.
However, Wansheng's approach, far from causing disgust, has been well-received. The timing of the main Wansheng's choice is too clever.
China has just lost to Uzbekistan, the first group elimination in the Asian Cup in 27 years.
This is almost a big earthquake in Chinese football!
At this juncture, when all the fans were disappointed with Chinese football, Wansheng promoted the plan of Tagore Wan Group to build a football school. If it is only a football school, it is a plan with huge investment, which will naturally attract the attention of all fans in China.
Chinese football lost, and the Tagorewan Group is going to build a football school. The former has disappointed fans, while the latter has made fans look forward to it.
Is such a huge investment in football just a means of hype, or is Tagore really wanting to help Chinese football?
"Tagolvan Group, in the next ten years, will be committed to helping Chinese football take off, and will not hesitate to invest a lot of money for this..."
Wansheng's words caused widespread heated discussion among the media and fans.
Soon the media started various analyses.
At the beginning of the analysis, of course, the information about the Tagorewan Group was reported. Last year, most of the assets of this investment group were still in the US stock market, but this year they changed their strategy and transferred funds from the US stock market to the US stock market. Hong Kong stock market, in which they also put a large part of their funds into industries and investments in mainland China.
For example, the "You Pants" website, such as a medical device company, such as buying a large piece of land, and so on.
These investments all show that the Tagorewan Group really wants to take root in the real industry in mainland China.
Throughout the past few years, the development of the Tagorewan Group can almost be described as a miracle. In a few years, they have changed from a small investment company with several million pounds to a multinational group with assets of over one billion dollars or more.
How did they develop?
The domestic media quickly came to a conclusion: Tagorewan Investment Group has a unique vision, almost every investment has made a lot of money, and the development can also be described as magical.
So now, Tagorewan Group wants to invest in an international football school, is it also to make money?
In this regard, the media interviewed many experts, professionals, and some deadly football schools.
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Xue Baiwen, a senior researcher at CIC Consulting, said in an interview that at present, the development foundation of Chinese football schools is relatively weak, and there are very few football schools with a high level of teaching quality.
At present, there are two main models of Chinese football schools: "Luneng Model" and "Evergrande Model", and the two models have their own characteristics. "After several years of development, the two major football schools can survive the downturn in the football market. Not easy."
Football school fees are very high, 400,000 for 8 years, no joke.
Speaking of football schools. It goes back to the 1990s.
At that time, football schools that were born with the professional reform of Chinese football blossomed all over the country, but by the end of the last century, a large number of football schools closed their doors. The fundamental reason is undoubtedly the deterioration of the domestic football environment. But those who persevered still paid off.
Shandong Luneng Football School. With the strength of the club for more than ten years, it has also cultivated a group of available talents for Chinese football.
Evergrande Football School has started a new exploration, that is, a large-scale investment and internationalized talent training model.
Xue Baiwen said, "The operation of Evergrande Football School pursues large-scale development. Whether it is the number of students enrolled or the area of the school, it is the largest among domestic football schools; the operation of Luneng Football School is small and refined. The number of freshmen in the whole school is similar to that of the Evergrande Football School. The area of the school is only about one-fourth the size of the Evergrande Football School, but in comparison, the Luneng Football School has cultivated more talents.”
A senior football person said, "Because the Football Association requires clubs to have their own echelons, the clubs have also established some teams of their own, but the more successful ones are Evergrande, Luneng, etc. The football schools of other clubs are currently popular. mostly in form.”
Evergrande Football School charges higher fees. The tuition fee of Luneng Football School is relatively less, but in general. At present, the fees of football schools are not low.
"There are fewer families in the cities, and more are rural families. The high tuition fees are unbearable for many parents." A senior football media person said, "Children who enter football schools usually start from Start at the age of 12 and play games at least after the age of 20. Based on the annual fee of 50,000 yuan, it will cost at least 400,000 yuan for 8 years.”
So, with the cost of education so high, should football schools make a lot of money?
An industry insider who has studied football for a long time told the media that although football schools did not disclose specific financial data, in fact, these football schools are difficult to make profits.
Liu Jiangnan, the principal of Evergrande Football School, publicly stated in the media, "(Football school) does not have a profitable one. Therefore, a boss without a long-term vision will not be a football school."
At the same time, Liu Jiangnan said that he is not optimistic about the investment of Tagorewan Group, "the more they invest, the more they lose, and it is really difficult to make money."
"There are some football schools and clubs in Europe that rely on the youth training system to make money, but in this regard, our regulations are not perfect, so it is difficult for us to obtain income, so we can only train as a country first, and whichever team arrives is China. All teams contribute to the country.”
A football school principal complained.
After interviews, it became clear to the media that football schools in China are generally in a state of loss. This is mainly due to the high cost of field equipment and the need to hire professional football coaches at high prices, resulting in high overall operating costs.
So the question is, will the investment of Tagorewan Group be profitable?
Almost no one of the football people interviewed was optimistic, and they all made such a sound--
"If they really put in so much money to build a football school, I guess bankruptcy is their only way out."
"Perhaps the Tagolwan Group has enough money to support them to maintain a large football school, but they certainly won't make any money."
"I don't think it's a way to make money."
"They are doing charity for Chinese football."
"If they do, I will definitely admire it, maybe it's Wansheng, he's an excellent football coach, maybe he wants to do something for Chinese football?"
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Wan Sheng and Kevin Tagore laughed together watching these reports.
These media almost helped the Tagorewan Group to advertise for free, and it was a charity advertisement. The effect of the advertisement was very good, and almost all Chinese fans were paying attention to this matter.
How many fans are there in China?
I dare not say hundreds of millions, tens of millions must be there, think about it, tens of millions of fans know about the Tagorewan Group, know that they have a good investment vision, and know that they will build a football school in TJ City. This intangible attention is definitely of great value.
The Tagolwan Group has also been widely praised, because the media came to a conclusion, "What Wansheng said is true, the Tagolwan Group really made this investment for the development of Chinese football, and their group company's income can also support They run a big international football school."
As a result, the Tagore-Wan Group received attention and was praised at the same time, and Wansheng's advertisement on Central TV had the best effect.
Soon a reporter interviewed Kevin Tagore. As the CEO of Tagore-Wan Group and the second largest shareholder of the group company, Kevin Tagore's interview was still very eye-catching.
In an interview, Kevin Tagore mainly said a few points--
"We don't invest in football schools for profit. Everyone knows that Wansheng is a football coach, and at the same time, he is also a Chinese fan. He hopes that Chinese football can take off. Now that he has the ability, he wants to do something for Chinese football. something."
Then, he said to himself, "As his best friend, I will fully support his approach and ideas. I have been in China for more than half a year, and I like it very much. The Chinese people are very kind. I think about my future. Also here, to do something for the fans here, that's what I want."
"We have reached an agreement on this issue, we have a plan very quickly, and have begun to take action."
"In the plan, this large football school mainly faces domestic enrollment in China. We have the ability to make it possible for potential children to pay the least tuition to do professional bad training."
"I have emphasized that we do not hope to make money by operating football schools. In the context of Chinese football, that is very unrealistic."
"In addition, we will also consider forming a team to participate in China's professional league..."
Hearing Kevin Taylor's words, many fans have begun to have expectations.
A football school with a large investment scale must have a complete youth training system, and then cooperate with forming a team to compete in the Chinese professional league.
The overall plan is quite complete, and whether it can be realized or not will continue to be seen.
Soon the media reporter asked about the issue of 'progress'. After talking for so long, it was empty talk without progress at all. In this regard, Kevin Tagore said confidently, "We took hundreds of photos in the WQ district of TJ City. acres of open space, that is the location of the football school."
The reporter asked, "Why is the location there?"
"We have developed through investigation and development. It is a north-south hub with two important highways running through it. It is also the center of TJ City and the capital. We believe that in the next ten years, there will be comprehensive development there."
"So, while building the football school, the group company is also considering a series of investment plans for the surrounding area."
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PS: At the third watch, the thick-skinned roar said: "recommended tickets, monthly tickets, and rewards~~~" (To be continued ~^~)