Chapter 650: Crazy Poor

"Welcome to Monaco City, Mr. Yang Huan!"

In the castle located on the hillside of Monaco, Prince Albert, accompanied by Michel Pastor, Udrucci and Piccinini, came to the gate of the castle to greet him.

As soon as Yang Huan got out of the car, he immediately shook hands with the Prince of Monaco who had completely shed his cap, and was very polite.

But I was depressed in my heart, and I would never come to this place no matter what.

The reason, it's a bit embarrassing to say it, it turned out to be because of getting lost.

Although Monaco is a small pocket country, as the saying goes, although a sparrow is small, it has all internal organs and everything it should have.

For example, the protection of members of the royal family is very important, so the entire city of Monaco does not even have a GPS signal, and it is completely blocked. In addition, the houses here are densely built, and the roads are twists and turns. Had to admit defeat in this labyrinthine small town.

Therefore, the moment Yang Huan saw Prince Xie Ding, he smiled wryly in his heart.

I won't tell you that I got lost here with you, but even if you find someone to invite me with eight sedan chairs in the future, this young master will never come again!

On the surface, everyone was still laughing and laughing, looking very polite to each other.

After entering the castle, Prince Albert naturally wanted to take Yang Huan to have a good tour, look around, introduce the princess and the child to get to know each other, and finally came to a spacious oval conference room.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I'm very happy to hear that the yacht club of your Yang Group has joined forces with our Royal Yacht Club of Monaco, and I'm also very grateful to Sunseeker Yachts and Aston Martin for their sponsorship of our Royal Yacht Club!"

Prince Albert smiled happily.

This cooperation was reached last year. The Yang Group joined the Royal Yacht Club of Monaco. The two parties will cooperate to build the world's top high-end hotels in five cities including Longhai, Jincheng, Ludao, Pengcheng and Sanya. Yacht club.

In addition, Yang’s Group plans to build the world’s top luxury yacht club in Monaco. The project has been approved by the Monaco government. Both Sunseeker Yachts and Aston Martin will participate in this series of activities and projects.

Not only that, the Yang Group also successfully won a large piece of land in the golden area on the hillside of La Turby, which is far away from the Monaco training base, and will be used to build luxury residences.

Clients are mainly faced with rich people from China.

Yang Huan is not very interested in these commercial cooperations, and his father will specially arrange people to follow up.

So, after Yang Huan chatted with him without saying a word for a while, he immediately got to the point.

"His Royal Highness, the main purpose of my trip is to talk to you about the Monaco Club."

Prince Albert laughed after hearing this, "Mr. Yang Huan, to be honest, I am very grateful for your dedication to Monaco Football Club. We are very satisfied with the current status of the team. Please believe that we will definitely remember you contribute!"

For these polite words, Yang Huan usually just heard them.

"Your Highness, I'm glad to hear you say that!" Yang Huan smiled lightly, a little flattered.

"But I heard that there are people in the French Football Federation who have complaints about us Monaco."

Prince Albert was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Michel Pastor and the others, obviously smiling wryly.

"I didn't expect Mr. Yang Huan's news to be so well-informed!"

Yang Huan smiled and said nothing, he was waiting for Prince Albert to speak.

"Yes, some people do think that Monaco's privileges should be restricted!" Prince Albert nodded.

"I believe that Mr. Yang Huan must also know that the Hollande government will start to levy a new tax called special mutual aid contribution tax, which will be levied on employees with an annual income of more than one million euros. The tax rate is about 50% .”

According to the calculations of the Monaco club's financial staff, once this tax rate starts to be collected, players with an annual salary of more than one million euros will pay 75% of the tax.

In other words, if any team wants to pay a player an annual salary of 1 million euros after tax, they have to give a pre-tax salary of 1.75 million euros. This is simply the government stealing money from the football club!

Because in all walks of life in France, professional players, especially professional players in the Ligue 1 league, mostly have an annual salary of more than one million euros.

This matter has nothing to do with Monaco, because even if it is tax payment, it is a matter in France. As a foreign team, Monaco does not need to pay this tax.

In the tiny country of Monaco, there is almost no personal income tax!

But within the French Football League, some people suggested that Monaco's tax advantage must be limited, otherwise, Monaco's zero tax advantage would be enough to attract the world's biggest superstars.

By that time, in the entire Ligue 1, who will be able to compete?

Prince Albert only received the news two days ago. Unexpectedly, Yang Huan came to his door in the blink of an eye.

It can be seen that Yang Huan is also a well-informed person!

"Mr. Yang Huan, can you tell me your specific thoughts?" Prince Albert asked.

Yang Huan still didn't show the slightest sign of anxiety or anger. He still looked calm and calm, smiling slightly, and nodding towards Prince Albert.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, I personally think that imposing high tax rates on the teams in Ligue 1 is not beneficial to the entire league. Lack of competition!"

Prince Albert and others nodded in unison.

Believe it, the government and the French Football Federation must have considered it, but they decided to levy it anyway.

After all, they are poor and crazy!

But the Ligue 1 team has made a lot of money recently, including the TV broadcast order of more than 400 million euros sent by Al Jazeera. This is tantamount to giving the Ligue 1 big cake for nothing. Naturally, they want to take a share soup!

In the final analysis, it is still a question of how to distribute benefits!

"In the past few years, more and more foreign capital has entered European leagues, first the Premier League, then La Liga, and now Ligue 1. I believe there will be Serie A in the future, and the benefits brought by foreign capital are obvious, especially those like Southampton. , Chelsea and Manchester City and other teams' continuous big signings, as well as the sensational effect created, have greatly increased the influence of the league."

This statement was once again recognized by everyone present, because it is a fact!

As Yang Huan said before, the positioning of a club determines the success or failure of a team.

Some teams are born to win the championship, so they are willing to spend a lot of money to introduce stars and strengthen their own competitiveness.

And some teams are for long-term orderly and healthy operation, so they take the route of human traffickers who train players and sell them.

There are also teams that are purely for relegation.

Well, the presence of teams like Southampton, Chelsea and Manchester City brings a benefit.

First of all, the championship team felt the pressure, so they needed to strengthen signings, but because of the rich and powerful competitors, the difficulty of signings increased, and the transfer fee also increased accordingly, so the selling team made money!

Sell ​​the stars, get a generous transfer fee, and then introduce suitable semi-finished products, reprocess them, and sell them at a high price after they become talents.

This has become the way of survival for many middle and lower league teams.

It's like Everton, Aston Villa, and even the former Tottenham Hotspur, didn't they all follow this route?

Therefore, the emergence of foreign-funded teams, as long as they are well guided, will be beneficial to the entire league!

On the contrary, if foreign teams and foreign capital are restricted, will it be good for the league?

Looking at the Bundesliga, why can Bayern Munich buy the entire Bundesliga?

It is because they have the strongest financial resources, no one can compete with them!

Then why is Bayern Munich's financial strength the strongest and its finances so healthy?

To put it bluntly, the Bundesliga prohibits the entry of foreign capital, and even prohibits the operation of capital!

The name is that it suffered a big loss more than ten years ago, but isn't it necessary to restrict capital operations because of this?

This is called giving up food because of choking, not rational management!

Therefore, Yang Huan dares to conclude that if the Bundesliga continues to go like this, in another ten, twenty, or even three years, no team can keep up with the pace of European powerhouses except Bayern Munich.

Why is Bayern Munich the only one?

Because Bayern Munich regards the entire Bundesliga as their own youth training backyard, they can take whatever they want!

It can be seen that closedness will not work, and openness will have a future!

Just ask, if there is no opening up in the early years, can the Premier League have the influence it has now?

"Then here comes the problem, whether it is foreign capital or local capital, if any league wants to grow, it must rely on the stars, and the stars must be paid high salaries. If there is no high salary, they will run away. Therefore, this new tax Appearing, completely cut off the possibility of leaving a popular superstar in the Ligue 1 league!"

When Yang Huan said this, he was slightly shocked and sneered.

"The widow of former Adidas president Dreyfus wants to sell Marseille, the seven-time champion Lyon team also expressed its willingness to sell part of its shares, and Lille, the chairman Sedoux publicly called for it. These all prove the future trend."

When Prince Albert heard this, he naturally understood what Yang Huan meant.

That is, Yang Huan is an outright opponent of the new tax!

"Mr. Yang Huan, I can understand your mood, but this is an internal French government affairs, I'm afraid..."

Yang Huan was waiting for this sentence, and immediately said with a smile: "What about Monaco?"

"Monaco has no willingness to impose new taxes!" Prince Albert quickly explained.

"But they want to limit Monaco's tax advantages, and at the same time require us to move our headquarters to France outside of Monaco!" Yang Huan said without giving an inch.

"This is impossible, absolutely not allowed!" Prince Albert was also anxious.

Monaco Football Club has always been the exclusive team of the Monaco royal family, and even has a crown on the team emblem.

If this makes Monaco Football Club leave Monaco, where will the face of the royal family be put?

Moreover, in the past year, Monaco has also seen improvement in the management of the Louis II Stadium. If Monaco can perform well in Ligue 1 and European competitions, it will definitely attract more fans.

"So, my attitude towards the new tax is that they take whatever they want, and it has nothing to do with us, because we belong to Monaco!"

Prince Albert's heart warmed when he heard this.

This is my own words spoken by my family!

"However, if the French Football Federation must require us to pay taxes according to their standards, then I will only make one choice!" Yang Huan said here, unusually sonorous and powerful.

Everyone present immediately looked at Yang Huan in unison, and they only realized now that once this young man gets angry, he really has a lot of momentum.

I really answered, if a tiger doesn't show its power, don't treat me as a sick cat!

And everyone was also curious, what exactly is Young Master Yang Huan's trump card?