Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One
When it comes to summer transfers, Nicola Cortez has a cautious look on his face.
He feels that Southampton's strength is too strong now, let alone in League One. Even if it is upgraded to the British Championship, it is basically difficult to meet opponents. It will be a matter of time to advance to the Premier League.
From the point of view of running a team, Nicola Cortez believes that there is no need to introduce stars.
Because the introduction of stars represents a further increase in the team's operating costs.
"Master Huan, I also talked to Bielsa about this issue. He is very satisfied with the current situation of the team."
Yang Huan looked at Nicola Cortez and listened to his opinion.
"I think that with our current strength, there is still a great hope of upgrading in the Championship next season, and more importantly, our current debt situation is already very serious, and financially I am afraid..."
Southampton's income is not high, even very little.
Although it has attracted a lot of sponsors, it has also brought in brand-name sponsors including Heineken Beer and Citibank. Currently, it is also actively negotiating the jersey sponsorship for the next season, including brands such as Nike, Adidas, Reebok, and Puma. All interested in Southampton.
From a financial point of view, Southampton is indeed seriously unable to make ends meet. If nothing else, Ibrahimovic's salary of nearly 10 million pounds a year is enough to make Southampton bear heavy debt pressure.
From this point of view, it is really unnecessary to introduce superstars again.
How big is the head and how big the hat is. Southampton is a low-level league team. A superstar like Zlatan Ibrahimovic is already very dazzling. If you introduce another one, the effect may not be obvious, but it may be. will weaken.
However, it is imperative to introduce high-quality players.
"Nikola, financially, I'm sure it won't be a big problem."
Yang Huan believes that with the improvement of the team's performance, Southampton's finances are gradually improving.
The node is the season when the team is promoted to the Premier League.
"Starting from the next season, Heineken has sponsored three million pounds, and Citibank also intends to renew the contract for another year, with a minimum guarantee of seven million pounds, but my psychological price is nine million pounds, which requires us to continue to sign. Gain the confidence of the sponsors and increase the bargaining chips."
Nicola Cortes was a little puzzled,
Because £9 million is too much for a chest ad sponsorship, especially considering that next season Southampton are still in the Championship, not the top Premier League.
But it is not impossible, after all, sponsors want advertising value.
Sometimes, the advertising value created by the lower leagues is higher than that of the Premier League.
As if Southampton beat Arsenal this time, the shock and advertising effect caused is significantly higher.
"Umbro's five million pounds is too low. We have to contact other shirt sponsors more. Next season, we will continue to strengthen signings to ensure the team's promotion to the Premier League."
This is exactly what Nicholas Cotes thought.
Chest ads and jersey sponsorships are the two major sources of business income for any team.
"Combined with some of our current sponsors, we will be able to get close to 20 million pounds of commercial revenue from the commercial sponsorship field next season, plus our ticket and match day revenue, the financial revenue will be A new high could be made."
Southampton's attendance rate is full, and every home game in the League One is full. Although the ticket revenue cannot be compared with the amazing giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal, it is quite good.
According to Yang Huan's preliminary estimates, the total amount of revenue from tickets and matchdays, as well as the existing commercial sponsorship contract revenue, exceeds 60 million pounds. However, Southampton will be in the British Championship next season, and there are many more Great commercial potential can be further tapped.
But the problem is also quite obvious, Southampton's salary expenditure this season is nearly 50 million pounds.
Many teenagers have performed very well this season, and it is imperative to renew their contracts and raise their salaries. Yang Huan has already asked Nicola Cortez to prepare for a number of players to renew their contracts and raise their salaries.
As a result, the salary expenditure next season will exceed 60 million pounds.
Coupled with the cost of building a new training base, if they invest heavily in signings, Southampton's debt will be further raised, and may even exceed 100 million pounds.
One hundred million pounds!
How much did Yang Huan buy when he bought Southampton?
Nicola Cortez is a banker by birth, and his policy is to run a healthy business and be thrifty, so his philosophy is to maintain the current status quo next season, or, in the case of ensuring the competitiveness of the team, only produce Do not enter.
But Yang Huan didn't see it that way.
In his opinion, football has always been a business that burns money. The key question is whether the money is worth it.
"I have received news that the minimum broadcast share for a single season in the Premier League is 40 million pounds, and the highest championship is even 60 million pounds, and I can guarantee that the value of the next Premier League broadcast contract will be in the existing one. Half the base."
If Yang Huan remembers correctly, the next Premier League broadcast contract will ensure that even the bottom-ranked team can earn at least £60 million, while the middle-ranked team will earn at least £80 million.
If it ranks upstream, it is very hopeful that it will exceed 100 million.
Therefore, for Southampton, how much money to burn now is not the key.
The key is to rush to the Premier League with the fastest speed and stand firm!
"Half?" Nicola Cortez was a little surprised.
Now the Premier League broadcast fee is quite high, and it is not outrageous to double it again?
"You have to have a concept, Nicola!" Yang Huan smiled lightly. "Football is always a scarce resource. As long as there are fans in this world, football will always be the target of commercial capital."
From a certain perspective, the number of football fans has always been on the rise.
Not only the Chinese and Asian markets, but even the U.S. market, which has the highest spending power, has seen a rapid increase in the number of fans.
But the Premier League has always only had those 20 teams, and the seats have not changed!
Giants teams have always been so few!
Anyone who has studied business knows what this means.
And what Yang Huan wants to do most now is to use his powerful identity as a traverser to create a strong team that can compete with the top giants before it fails.
As for how much to burn, it is not his consideration for the time being.
"This is the list of signings I drafted, and you can operate according to this list."
Yang Huan took a piece of paper from Long Wu's hand, on which was written the names of the players and the club where the players belonged.
"Although we are eager for talent, we are not taking advantage of it. As long as the price is acceptable, you can negotiate or even win it directly."
Nicola Cortez took over this list from Yang Huan.
When he opened it, he was a little stunned.
Although there are no famous superstars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the list, there are still many stars, some of them are even hot stars, facing competition from many top teams. To win such players, the transfer fee is There's definitely going to be a lot of bleeding.
"Master Huan, this..." Nicola Cortez is in trouble. This is a rhythm that costs tens of millions of pounds, or even over 100 million.
Yang Huan waved his hand, "Don't worry, you can talk about it, funding is not a problem."
Nicola? Cotes can only smile bitterly.
It seems that Young Master Huan is determined to burn money.
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(I always miss you so much),
(I always miss you so much),
(I always miss you terribly),
(before you came into my life),
(I always miss you so much),
(you should know it),
, meybe (call me if you can).
...
In the recording studio, Lin Yuner used her sweet and refreshing voice to sing a lively, lively, playful and beautiful melody.
After singing the song [Callmemaybe], standing outside the recording room, the famous arranger Josh, who was specially invited from the United States, applauded vigorously.
"Good singing!"
Lin Yuner in the recording studio took off the headphones on her head, showed a playful smile at Josh, Li Zhushan, Uncle Piao and others outside, and gave a thumbs up to the people outside.
When she came out of it, everyone immediately greeted her.
"It sings so well!" Josh was full of praise.
"Especially the chorus part of this song is very catchy, and it matches your voice very well. It's as sweet and sticky as fruit candy, and it's easy to get stuck when you listen to it!"
"Really, Teacher Josh?" Lin Yuner was also very happy to hear such a high evaluation.
Josh nodded with a smile, "The melody is simple and catchy, the rhythm is brisk, the lyrics are short and powerful, and it does have the potential to be popular."
Generally speaking, it is difficult for songs that are too mouthy to catch on.
"Of course it is!" Uncle Bird Du Ziteng laughed aside, "This is Master Huan's own composition and lyrics. If it's not popular, it won't make sense."
He is already full of admiration for Yang Huan now, and he simply worships him as a god.
It has been ten days since Josh came to the UK. From the mouths of Uncle Bird, Li Zhushan, Lin Yuner and others, he has heard the name Young Master Huan a lot. He is also full of curiosity about the person behind the scenes who made Uncle Bird, the emperor superstar. .
But unfortunately, Yang Huan has not been in the UK for a while.
"I think the arrangement of this song should be playful and pure. Recently, there has been such a trend in the American music scene, but it is not obvious, and it fits Yoona's image positioning."
Everyone listened and nodded.
Yang Huan once said that Lin Yuner was born with the innocent face of the heroine of a literary film, and she would be useless if she did not follow this route.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Teacher Josh." Lin Yuner nodded politely at Josh and smiled.
"You're welcome." Josh left first, and he still had to think about how to arrange the music.
Watching Josh leave, Du Ziteng looked at Lin Yuner with envy.
"Yun'er, it seems that it won't be long before you, the pure goddess, will be even more popular than me."
"Where?" Lin Yuner smiled shyly and modestly.
"Master Huan makes it clear that he wants to support you. As long as Master Huan wants to support you, I firmly believe that you will be popular."
Du Ziteng was full of confidence in Yang Huan, "Oh, but speaking of it, Master Huan said that this year, he will play another Divine Comedy for us, and I really have a little expectation."
With the popularity of Jiangnan Style, Yang Huan decided to release a single for Du Ziteng every year.
Now, it’s already 2011, the popularity of Gangnam Style is still going on, the click rate on the website is also rising, and the number of downloads on the Apple Music Store is also increasing rapidly, but Du Ziteng feels that it should start to make new The single is ready.
But he didn't dare to urge Yang Huan.
Everyone knows that Young Master Huan is busy, so who would dare to urge him?
The mention of Yang Huan made Lin Yuner's heart warm, but she felt a little empty.
She hadn't seen Yang Huan for nearly half a month.
"Uncle Bird, I heard that Young Master Huan has returned," Lin Yun'er said with a bit of shyness on her face.
"Well, I'm back. I watched a football match in London last night." Du Ziteng also watched the football match.
"Then... is he back today?" Lin Yuner was a little excited.
She didn't know why, she just wanted to see him.
But every time I see it, I don't know what to say.
You can't just stand there dumbfounded and don't speak, right?
"Who knows?" Du Ziteng couldn't understand Yang Huan's temper.
Lin Yuner pursed her lips beautifully, her charming eyes revealing anticipation.
Just at this moment, Paul Yarrow, the fat man, ran up from the stairwell, out of breath, and shouted when he saw someone.
"Master Huan is here, Master Huan is here!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard it.
"Master Huan is here?" Du Ziteng was full of surprises.
"Is it really here?" Lin Yuner took a step forward and asked nervously.
Paul Yarrow liked the feeling of being noticed, he smiled, "Come on, I just saw him get out of the car and go upstairs."
"Ah!" Lin Yuner lost her voice, turned and ran.
"Hey, Yoona, where are you going?"
Of course, Lin Yuner wouldn't say that she was going to wash up. She was sweating all over her head while singing, and she didn't want to go out to meet people like this.
"I'll... go and come."
Du Ziteng had a strange look on his face, "I was still talking about whether I would come or not, but now someone came, but I ran away."
He laughed dumbly, "Oh, this woman's heart is really a needle in the sea!" ()