Chapter 454 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 main stand, the mayor of Miami, Regalado, was very excited along the way.
It seems that the more than 70,000 fans of the huge Yongming Stadium are not for watching football games, but to vote for him.
Below the pitch, both teams have completed the warm-up phase and returned to the locker room to prepare for the game.
But the stadium was still quite lively, and the rock troupe invited by high salaries were performing frantically in the stadium.
The explosive drumbeat and the excited crowd gathered together into a turbulent sound.
Anyone who walks into this stadium will be infected and ignited by this strong atmosphere.
Yang Huan was sitting next to Regalado, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly, "If the results of the Miami Dolphins improve, it is estimated that the atmosphere at home will be good too!"
Regalado shook his head, "It's difficult, Stephen Ross doesn't have much interest in football, but he is interested in real estate and business. It would be good if the Dolphins can continue to operate."
Yang Huan still smiled 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 help?
"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that the Premier League Manchester City wants to form a brand new football team in New York, right?"
Yang Huan nodded and said, "Yes, Mubarak mentioned this to me."
Without waiting for Regalado to speak, Yang Huan took the initiative to speak.
"But none of us are optimistic about Manchester City's plans to create a New York City team in New York."
"Why?" Regalado wondered.
"The reason is very simple. The football market in the United States is not mature enough, and the fan base is not stable enough. Now entering the Major League Soccer is definitely operating at a loss. If you want to invite European balloon stars to play football in the United States, the salary alone is enough. !"
This time Regalado could only smirk.
When it comes to professional football, he is not qualified to give Yang Huan shoes.
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 set off across the United States in the past month, he is helpless to see that there is no Major League Soccer in Miami. 's team.
You know, Major League Soccer has announced that after 2020, the Major League will no longer accept new teams.
This is the same with the NBA and NFL.
In other words, before 2020, Miami will not organize a football team, and then there will be no hope.
If he hadn't seen the ball market so hot, Regalado might not have any ideas.
But now, a total of more than 70,000 fans have gathered, attracting the attention of all fans around the world, and thousands of journalists from all over the world.
For the entire city of Miami,
This time, he showed a big face in front of the interface of the whole world!
For Regalado, this is also an achievement!
"Mr. Yang Huan, why are you losing money?" a government official sitting beside Regalado asked politely.
Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It's very simple, the team has no income."
Seeing the other party frown, Yang Huan laughed.
"Look, a superstar-studded team like Barcelona spent more than $217 million in salaries last year, and Real Madrid spent $200 million in salaries, which is nowhere near any professional club in the world. In the department, they are the highest, even more than the New York Yankees in professional baseball."
Regalado and the government officials next to him looked at each other, and couldn't help but stunned.
Such a high salary? How can you afford it?
"Even if it is to recruit a group of expiring stars, organize a competitive team, and control the total salary to less than 100 million US dollars, it is still a loss!"
Yang Huan explained patiently.
"The three major incomes of a team, the broadcast rights of the Major League Soccer are not sold very well, the eight-year contract signed with ESPN in 2006, the total value is only 64 million US dollars, a It's only $8 million a year, and it has to be divided with a dozen other teams, as well as Major League Soccer."
Yang Huan laughed directly.
This amount of money is not enough for Beckham's monthly salary!
"In terms of game day income, it's not bad. The average attendance rate of the Major League Soccer is 17,000, but the ticket price is not high, and the income in this area will not be too much. In addition, the major leagues adopt unified control. With special systems such as unified distribution, the club has little room for operation.”
In order to control costs and taxes, Major League Soccer even has a very strange phenomenon.
That is, professional players sign contracts with major leagues, not clubs.
It was not until Beckham moved to the United States in 2007 that an exception was introduced to a designated player signing clause, allowing clubs to sign players individually and pay high salaries.
There are also major league events that are quite bizarre and completely out of line with the international arena.
For example, what kind of regular season, playoffs, all-star games do they have, and there is no promotion and relegation system, etc. These are all imitating the 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 income from game days and broadcast rights is still quite sluggish, but the franchise fee is quite high. $100 million."
The most valuable team in Major League Soccer is the Seattle Sounders, with a market value of $170 million.
But in 2009, they only had $37 million.
Yang Huan secretly laughed in his heart. I don't read much, but I also know why your market value has doubled so much in just three or four years? Did your income increase, or did you find the way to long-term profitability?
Also, the total market value of your best-run team is only $170 million, so why should a new team cost $100 million in addition fees?
"Mr. Yang Huan, maybe running a football club, we're not as good as you are, but you seem to take Major League Soccer too lightly. You know, there are ten out of nineteen major league teams. Profit is achieved, how do you explain it?"
The government official heard the dissatisfaction in Yang Huan's tone, and felt that the Major League Soccer was a little bit tricky to investors, and immediately made a rhetorical question.
"I have nothing to explain!" Yang Huan shrugged and said with a smile, "But you should take a look. Major League Soccer's data is calculated based on earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, isn't it? What about the real finances of the ten teams?"
Everyone knows that this is a very typical means and trick to whitewash financial statements.
What is the real situation, if you don't understand it in depth, who knows?
Besides, if I invest in a football team, to join your major league, I have to pay $100 million in joining fees, plus the stadium, team formation, training ground, and employees, then I have a total of $100 million. How much to invest?
It's almost time for me to go to Europe to buy a team from the four major leagues!
Except for the rich and rich like Manchester City, or some rich people and companies in the United States who use football teams to gain other benefits, otherwise, who would spend such a waste of money?
Regalado and others really did not expect that Yang Huan had done such an in-depth investigation of Major League Soccer.
It is clear 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 they have their own cups, why should I team up to go to your Major League Soccer game?
Isn't that taking off your pants and farting?
Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation was getting a little wrong, Regalado quickly changed the subject.
"Mr. Yang Huan, I wonder if the plans for the International Champions Cup have started next year?"
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."
"Do you really plan to expand the army?"
Some American media broke the news that the organizers of the International Champions Cup saw that the cup was so prosperous and planned to expand the army into three groups.
But Yang Huan shook his head, "I'm not so anxious. Next year should still follow the current method of two groups and eight teams, but there may be changes in the choice of competition cities."
"Oh?" Regalado panicked.
what does this mean?
Not in Miami?
Or is he trying to make a starting price?
You know, in order to convince the International Champions Cup to hold the final at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Miami not only waived the rental fee for the stadium, but also gave the organizers an additional $3 million in funding.
Are these conditions not good enough?
Yang Huan looked at Regalado like that, secretly laughing in his heart.
Three million dollars?
You don't take a good look at it. How much attention did we bring to Miami from the lottery and grouping ceremony to the final?
That's the attention from the world!
Also, these more than 70,000 fans are all from Miami?
How many came to Miami specifically to watch the game?
The arrival of these people, is it just to watch the ball?
they don't eat? don't live? do not play? Don't spend shopping?
Yang Huan is not in a hurry. He has already received invitations from several American cities. The price offered is at least five million US dollars in government subsidies. Your three million US dollars in Miami is at best. Can only host one semi-final.
As for the lottery grouping ceremony and the final, you either increase the price or don't count on it!
"We will have more time to prepare for the second session, and we already have the experience of the first session, so this time we plan to arrange the lottery and grouping ceremony in February 2013, and it will still be held at the final stadium. !"
Regalado's heart jumped when he heard it, so much in advance?
Yang Huan's attitude is very clear, the competition is mine, and I am the uncle!
Come and talk if you want, the price will definitely go up, whether to hold it or not, 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 the US!
This is also a typical practice for 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 for the bid in advance.
Of course, the International Champions Cup has not yet reached that level, but with the first one being a hit, there must be a lot of cities willing to take over.
Regalado is depressed!
It is said that the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, but his own local snake was suppressed by Yang Huan, the cross-ocean strong dragon, so he couldn't lift his head.
You say depressed or not depressed?
Is there any way?
There is really no way, I still have to find someone to discuss and discuss whether we should continue to hold this event!
Just at this time, the broadcast in the stadium came out to remind the lights to turn off.
Immediately afterwards, all the lights in the audience turned off in an instant.
Immediately, the audience burst into screams.
Because everyone knows that the most important performer tonight is going to appear!
Sure enough, as the lights turned on again, when they gathered on the stage in the middle of the stadium, everyone saw a man and a woman.
The male is chubby and the female is slender.
As soon as the two came out, more than 70,000 fans in the entire Yongming Stadium immediately cheered and cheered in unison.
"Uncle Bird! Uncle Bird!! Uncle Bird!!!"
"Yooner! Yuner!! Yuner!!!"
With the cheers of the fans, fireworks exploded in the stadium and live music played!
The long-awaited third-generation Divine Comedy by countless fans around the world has finally come out!
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