Chapter 408 Strike?

Richard Scudmore sat at the round table and glanced at everyone, feeling a lot of pressure in his heart.

As the chief executive of the Premier League, his annual salary is only nearly one million pounds.

But anyone sitting here represents a huge consortium with astonishing wealth.

It is the kind of master who can make an industry earthquake by saying one word!

Even if they say the last sentence, they may lose their title as chief executive of the Premier League.

Can it be stressful? Can you not tremble?

He is so, and David Bernstein is even more depressed.

He's not even better than Scudmore!

"Everyone, thank you for participating in the regular meeting of the Premier League Chairman Summit!"

There was no applause, but everyone listened silently.

Scudmore seems to be used to it. It is difficult to make this group of big bosses applaud!

"First of all, according to the practice at the end of the season, let me introduce the three new members to you!"

Every season, there are three newly promoted teams in the Premier League.

That is, every year three people leave and three people come in.

This is the norm!

"Mr David Gold, owner of West Ham United!"

Two years ago, when Yang Huan came to the UK, he had contact with West Ham United, but he did not acquire the team.

On the contrary, David Gold joined a wealthy Welshman and an investment bank in Norway to jointly acquire West Ham United.

However, David Gold's own financial resources are not strong, with a net worth of only 250 million pounds.

"This is Mr. Anton Zingarevic, the rich Russian man, the owner of Reading!"

The Russian nodded lightly towards the crowd as a compliment.

Zingarevic is only 30 years old this year and is the most famous second-generation rich in Russia.

But his worth is staggering, sitting on a huge asset of 3.4 billion pounds, which can be called the second generation of the best wealth in Russia.

But what impresses most about Zingarevic is not his wealth, but his effervescent wife.

As a Victoria's Secret contract model, Garcia? Zingarevic has always been a unique and beautiful landscape in the Reading stands.

Even a few days ago, the Sun newspaper just did a fan survey, who will become the most beautiful first lady in the Premier League stands in the new season, Southampton, Reading and Liverpool ranked the top three.

The charm of the Victoria's Secret female model is still not as good as Zhuang Ziqing, the alluring country.

"Finally, the boss of Southampton, Mr. Yang Huan!"

When Yang Huan heard Scudmore read his name, he just smiled faintly and sat up all the time.

No one else stood up to say hello, why did you stand up?

Everyone else looked at Yang Huan in unison, surprised at his youth.

You know, Zingarevic is only thirty years old, which is already young enough.

But in front of the relatively old Russian rich second generation, Yang Huan is like a tender and charming little fresh meat.

I believe that there must be many people who are not familiar with Yang Huan who are suspicious. This is the Saints boss who has brought Southampton to the Europa League champion in the past two years and has become the most powerful Premier League newly-promoted horse in history?

Is this too young?

It's just too young!

But there are also people who are in the mood to watch the play, just want to see how the legendary saint boss resolves the immediate crisis.

You know, the Premier League team has rarely reached an agreement on the issue of Southampton this time.

After briefly introducing the three new members, Scudmore began to introduce some situations of the Premier League in the past three months. Auction progress for Premier League broadcast rights.

"At present, a total of five TV stations including Sky TV, British Telecom, and ESPN have signed up to participate in the bidding of local broadcast rights. In addition, the auction of North American copyright has also attracted the participation of many TV organizations including Fox and ESPN. Copyright, as well as copyright auctions on other platforms such as the Internet, will also be put on the agenda one after another."

When Scudmore introduced this matter, he seemed to be very hard.

This is his biggest bargaining chip to secure the chairmanship of the Premier League!

"According to our current negotiations with Sky TV and other TV agencies, this auction will still be divided into seven packages, but the number of live broadcasts will be significantly increased compared to the previous contract!"

This is the result of compromise after negotiation and negotiation between the two parties.

Although Scudemore didn't say it explicitly, he was actually telling everyone that the Premier League broadcast rights will definitely be more abundant than the previous one, and it is not impossible to double the rumored one.

This caused an uproar in the entire round table conference room.

Amazing, isn't it?

David Bernstein was even more envious, jealous, and hateful. Such a big piece of cake has nothing to do with their FA.

That's more than a billion pounds a year in revenue!

Scudmore glanced around, taking everyone's reactions to heart.

When passing by Yang Huan, he found that the Southampton boss was not surprised at all, and he seemed completely unmoved.

The patience of this young master Huan is too good, right?

Could it be that such a large sum of income is not enough to make him tempted?

On second thought, Scudmore thought it was no wonder.

The outside world has always been rumored that Yang Huan is just a game company, with a single day income of more than 10 million pounds.

So much money!

Don't look at the high sales of Premier League broadcast rights, but in fact, even if it is a championship-winning team, it will be 100 million at most.

"Next issue!"

The broadcast rights auction has not yet started. After Scudmore briefly introduced the situation, he immediately moved to the next topic.

"I received a document from the FA not long ago, which mentioned that the government wants to set up a constructive club licensing system, which will be approved by the FA and will also be managed by fans. ."

As soon as Scudmore's words fell, there was a loud objection at the scene.

"This is absolutely impossible!"

It was David Gill, the chief executive of Manchester United, who seemed outraged.

"Portsmouth have been relegated, and what they are doing in the Championship has nothing to do with the Premier League!"

David? Gill's words were immediately and enthusiastically agreed.

"I agree that the current system of the Premier League is very standardized, and there is no need to introduce another licensing system!"

"I'm afraid I don't want to get some licenses, but I want to reach into the Premier League to make money!"

"We have already allocated a sum of money to the FA every year. We pay so much tax and generate so much consumption every year. Isn't that enough?"

"It's too much, it's too outrageous!"

"If they want to force the licensing system, we'll strike!"

"Yes, strike!"

It can be seen that on this point, the interests of all are the same.

That is the Premier League must unite against the FA and the British government.

David Bernstein was embarrassed. He felt that he was invited to participate, not to listen in at all, but to be shot.

Speaking of this matter, the FA can be regarded as a shield against bad luck.

In the past two years, Portsmouth in the Championship has had two major infighting over finances, angering Pompeii fans and leading to protests against the government.

Robson, the new sports minister, is also unhappy with the fact that the Premier League is out of the FA's jurisdiction.

He even said publicly that football was the worst sport regulated by the British government.

The subtext is that the supervision of football will be strengthened.

The broadcast rights of the Premier League are on the rise, and almost every contract is soaring, but these have nothing to do with the British government and the FA. Not only that, the British government and the FA have to invest an annual amount of money in youth training. and so on.

That is, in this case, the British Ministry of Sport proposed the so-called licensing system.

But it is clear that this matter is unlikely to be passed by the Premier League.

The Premier League has too much power right now, it's really deadlocked, and neither side can get any benefits.

Just look at the performance of these turbulent billionaires!

Scudmore is also a smart person. Inviting David Bernstein to attend this time also means to let the FA see the reaction of the Premier League. It is best to let the FA retreat.

David Bernstein looked embarrassed, but he had no right to speak.

Of course, he spoke, and no one listened to him.

The FA in the Premier League is an unfortunate and tragic role.

"Then let's move on to the next issue." Scudmore felt that it was almost the same, and cut in decisively.

The following issues are not too big of a problem, such as the plan to reorganize the Premier League reserve league and the formation of an U23 league, but these require increased investment from clubs.

So the response is not very good.

The people present are all profit-seeking businessmen, and only fools can do things that are not beneficial!

As for the youth training, anyway, there is money and self-willedness. There are good embryos everywhere in Europe. Who can't buy them?

And those who have no money can only accept their fate.

Just when the topic was almost over, David Gill, the chief executive of Manchester United, suddenly stood up.

The head of the Red Devils was the loudest voice in this roundtable meeting.

Even a little overshadowed by Scudmore's suspicion.

Of course, the person here, he is the oldest and the most qualified, even if other people refuse to accept it, it is difficult to shake him.

"I think, taking advantage of the fact that Mr. Yang Huan from Southampton is here, let's have a good talk about the Southampton jersey advertisement!"

When David Gill said this, everyone immediately turned their attention to Yang Huan.

Yang Huan leaned back against the soft seat, looked at everyone with a relaxed look, smiled faintly, and seemed to have no pressure.

I don't know why, but when Abramovich saw him like this, he was so angry that he wanted David Gill to kill him.

David Gill is not afraid to offend anyone for the benefit of Manchester United.

"As we all know, the Premier League has regulations that all Premier League teams are not allowed to advertise on their shirts, but Southampton's shirts are full of advertisements, which is obviously contrary to the rules of the Premier League."

Having said that, David Gill looked at Yang Huan who was sitting across from a few people.

"I don't know what Mr. Yang Huan thinks about this matter?"

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Yang Huan again.

There are so many people present, I don't know how many people are laughing in their hearts, waiting to see a good show!

In fact, whether Southampton advertises or not has nothing to do with the vast majority of people present.

If the saints don't advertise, they don't necessarily benefit, but if they advertise, they don't lose the slightest at all.

To put it mildly, among the 20 teams on the field, the ones who really have the ability to advertise on their shirts and get sponsorships are probably the tycoons such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, and Southampton can barely get sponsorships. .

As for other teams, even if the restrictions are really lifted, they don't expect to be able to pull in sponsorships.

But sometimes people are like this, and you don't want to do things that I can't do.

So ah, we can't advertise, you Southampton don't expect to.

When Yang Huan saw David Gill asking him by name, he laughed and stood up. ()