Chapter 646 Is This Day Going to Collapse?

As the Community Shield came to an end, Southampton defeated Manchester United 2-0 at Wembley Stadium with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez. The first championship trophy.

This immediately made Southampton's reputation great, and the call for winning the championship became even louder.

With the approach of the new season, according to the traditional practice, the three major European bookmakers have also offered the odds of winning the Premier League team. To everyone's surprise, Southampton turned out to be the one with the highest call for the championship!

The defending champion tied for first place with Manchester City at 3.25, ranking among the favorites to win the championship.

Southampton and Manchester City are followed by Manchester United, followed by Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Don't look at Tottenham Hotspur spending 200 million pounds this summer, but in fact, the outside world doesn't think highly of this team. The warm-up games in Asia have been quite average. Boah Si has never been able to blend the team into an organic whole and inspire the team's strongest combat effectiveness.

This is why the outside world is not optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur!

At least, in the eyes of the commentators, Tottenham Hotspur's ideal position should be the top four in the league.

On the contrary, Southampton, after winning the Premier League championship last season as a newly promoted horse, this season, with the turmoil of Manchester United and the adjustment of Chelsea, it has been tied with Manchester City as the favorite to win the Premier League in the new season.

There are even quite a few fans who are optimistic about Southampton's successful defense of the title.

As soon as the odds were opened, the bookmakers immediately got busy.

They make a living by analyzing data, so after the odds are issued, they have to pay close attention to the betting and movements of lottery players anytime and anywhere, and grasp all the movements of the market.

"Before we had exchanges with Ladbrokes and Ribo, because last season they all lost a big deal, so our three companies have adopted a relatively safe, even conservative strategy for the new season, and the odds are quite close. "

In a conference room at William Hill headquarters, chief executive Ralph Topping lays out the company's latest developments.

The chairman of the group, Gareth Davis, was sitting in the first place, flipping through the report documents submitted by the staff, from the first page to the last page, and then closing it gently, looking at Ralph Topping .

"Ralph, we lost such a large bet in the first half of the year, what do you think about the second half of the year?"

Many core executives present also showed expressions of concern.

The big order they mentioned was actually the betting slips that Yang Huan placed last year.

Southampton performed the miracle of a newly promoted horse winning the FA Cup and Europa League. Atletico Madrid also won the championship. Monaco was promoted to the Ligue 1. These betting slips made William Hill and other bookmakers lose money. It's a mess.

Especially William Hill, they also took in the risk transfers of two other bookmakers, and they lost badly.

"Yes, Gareth, in order to make up for the huge losses in the first half of the year, we have drawn up a detailed plan, please read it!"

As he said that, Ralph Topping asked everyone to open the document, and several pages of it focused on the plans he would implement in the second half of the year, as well as the forecast and evaluation of this series of plans.

Gareth Davis and the others couldn't help nodding after hearing this.

But when they were talking about how William Hill could generate more profits and revenue in the second half of the year to make up for the deficit in the first half of the year, there was a rush of knocking on the door in the conference room.

"Who? Come in!" Gareth Davis was a little dissatisfied.

Haven't you seen so many management meetings?

Knock on the door at this time? Still making such a big commotion? What do you mean?

The door of the conference room was pushed open, and it was found that it was a manager of the betting department, sweating profusely, and it seemed that the matter was urgent.

"What is it?" demanded Ralph Toppin hastily.

"The big thing is bad, the big thing is bad!" the man shouted anxiously as soon as he entered the door.

"What's the matter?" Gareth Davis asked very dissatisfied.

What does this panic look like?

Fortunately, all the people present were from the company. If outsiders were there, people who didn’t know would think that William Hill was going to close down? As for all the fuss?

Could it be that the sky is going to collapse?

As soon as the man saw Gareth Davis and Ralph Toppin's unhesitating faces, he quickly shut up, took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and immediately said: "Just now, Southampton St. The betting site at the stadium called me and he said..."

"Say what?" Ralph Toppin's eyelids twitched with a sense of foreboding.

St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, isn't that Yang Huan's territory? Is it possible...

"He said that when Yang Huan went to St. Mary's Stadium today, he would go to their betting shop to place bets!"

"What?" Gareth Davis jumped up.

"He wants to bet again?"

Ralph Topping was also taken aback, "We didn't underestimate Southampton this year, did we? The odds are ranked first in the Premier League! He still wants to bet?"

I would like to ask, throughout the ages, even in the world of football, which team has become the number one favorite to win the championship in the second season after promotion?

Even if there is, I am afraid it is very rare, right?

At least in the top European leagues, Southampton's treatment is unique!

We have all done this, and you, Young Master Huan, still want to get angry with us? Still like that?

The manager of the betting department smiled wryly, "The person at the site said, Yang Huan said, this time he is happy, and he happens to have some change, so he wants to invest a million pounds, just for fun, as a good fortune! "

Everyone present was dumbfounded!

Damn Xipi, you're too rich, aren't you?

In your eyes, a million pounds is all change? Still playing casually, but also want to buy a good fortune?

In order to pay for your big order last season, we almost sold ourselves to pick up soap. Are you still paying?

If we lose again, wouldn't we have to pay with our lives?

For a while, there was a lot of discussion on the scene about whether to accept Yang Huan's bet.

"Actually, it doesn't seem so scary!"

"That's right, Southampton now pays 3 for 1. He voted 1 million pounds. The big deal is to pay him more than 3 million. But I don't believe that Manchester City is so strong this season, and Southampton can win again!"

"You can't say that, I'm afraid that Yang Huan will become addicted to betting, and if there is another big upset, then..."

"Well, what you said makes sense, but if you don't accept it and spread the word, then our company's image will be ruined!"

"Hey, it's not a promise, and it's not a promise. What should I do?"

After discussing it, everyone felt that this matter was very difficult.

"Ralph, what do you think?" Gareth Davis looked at Ralph Toppin and asked.

The latter also had a distressed look on his face, and he was obviously in a dilemma.

"I heard that Southampton's data analysis center can deduce the results of the game, and even predict the score, with a very high accuracy rate!"

Ralph Topping's thoughtless words surprised everyone present.

What do you mean?

We're talking about betting, how did it involve Southampton's analysis center?

Wait, deduce the result of the game? Pretty high accuracy?

Gareth Davis was the first to react, and looked at Ralph Topping, "You mean, Yang Huan's bets were not made randomly, but predicted through precise calculations and deduction?"

Ralph Toppin nodded. "It's entirely possible."

When everyone heard what he said, they suddenly felt enlightened.

"No wonder, he has placed a lot of bets with us before, and he wins more than he loses!"

"Yeah, just like last season, the League Cup lost 1 million, but the Premier League champions alone won over 100 million, and the FA Cup and Europa League also earned quite a lot!"

"It was previously reported by the media that Yang Huan's wife bets on Southampton every time she bets, and every time she bets, Southampton will definitely win. The media regards her as the lucky star of Southampton. Now it seems that , I am afraid it is also a conscious hype!"

"My God, if that's the case, Southampton's data analysis ability is too scary, right?

"Who says it's not? None of the three major gaming companies in Europe can do this!"

"It's different. We are proficient in calculation and analysis in the field of betting, but they are proficient in the professional field of football."

Everyone said what they said, as if as long as Yang Huan placed a bet, he would definitely win.

If Yang Huan was present at this time, I'm afraid he would have laughed three times.

This young master is really just playing for fun, and still need to use the data analysis center?

Isn't that setting up a cannon to shoot flies?

If you really want to do this, I'm afraid that the big cows in the data analysis center will leave angrily sooner or later, because this is simply an insult to their research results, is there any?

But everyone in the conference room obviously believed his own inference.

"Ralph, what do you think?" Gareth Davis asked again.

Ralph Toppin thought for a while, "I think the best outcome of this matter is that Yang Huan voluntarily gave up the bet."

After hearing this, everyone nodded frequently, thinking it made sense.

Since Yang Huan voluntarily gave up, William Hill's face was saved.

It's not that we don't want to, or dare not accept your bet, but that you don't vote yourself, and it's none of our business!

"However, how could he voluntarily give up the bet?" Gareth Davis asked again.

Ralph Toppin thought for a while, "I think we should take the initiative to go to Southampton."

Everyone was suspicious for a while, why?

"I'm very interested in seeing Southampton's data analysis center. I think it will be a big strengthening for us if we can cooperate with Southampton in this aspect!"

There is no doubt about it.

They are doing gambling. If they can really predict the approximate results and scores of the game in advance, wouldn't it be more advantageous?

"But why would Southampton work with us?"

"Yes, as far as I know, there are only two companies that can cooperate with Southampton in this regard, Nike and Adidas, and others include Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Tottenham Hotspur. , are just sharing data.”

Ralph Topping also laughed when he heard this, "We don't need to underestimate ourselves!"

Everyone looked at his unpredictable appearance and felt a little strange.

"To put it bluntly, we have been engaged in the gaming industry for so many years. As the world's largest gaming company, the data we have at hand is quite amazing. A lot of the data is quite in-depth, and the outside world has no It’s impossible to get it, it’s classified data.”

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what Ralph Topping meant.

Indeed, after so many years of accumulation, William Hill has mastered a set of core databases.

Usually those odds, scores and the like are calculated based on the data in the database and combined with the bets of the players.

It's just that their data and the data held by Southampton belong to different fields, and each has its own strengths.

If the two sides cooperate, then...

"I heard that Yang Huan attaches great importance to data analysis and application, which is why he invested heavily in the research and analysis center. Therefore, I believe he will definitely be interested in cooperating with us!"

Ralph Toppin's words were immediately recognized by everyone present.

Since we are going to cooperate, what's the point of betting?

Gareth Davis nodded vigorously, "Okay, let's do it like this, Ralph, you will be responsible for this matter!"

On the surface, Ralph Toppin nodded calmly in agreement, but in fact, he secretly wiped a cold sweat in his heart.

There was no danger, and he escaped another catastrophe! r1148

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