Chapter 401 Premier League Joint Meeting

"I'm sure of this. Although Danny Levy is in charge of the club's big and small affairs, including the transfer, he can make a decision, but as long as Joe Lewis speaks, he will never refute. In fact, all the major issues of Tottenham in the past few years The pound transfer was all proposed by Joe Lewis, this is a businessman in an absolute sense, he doesn't love football at all, and he doesn't even know the basic rules."

Yang Cheng could hear Ian Ayer's faint disdain for Joe Lewis. For a person who loves football, how could he like a businessman who treats football as a business.

"I see, call me if you have any news."

Hanging up the phone, the good mood of wanting to eat a big meal disappeared completely, but he didn't want to spoil Susu's interest, so he found a Chinese restaurant, and specially asked the chef to cook an authentic Chinese meal, and immediately he was full of satisfaction. Susu went back to the hotel to play the game of 'dire water'. Playing games after dinner can not only burn calories, but also help to eliminate depression and change mood.

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The next morning, Yang Cheng, dressed in a stuffy beige plaid suit and a navy blue long windbreaker, appeared in an ordinary gray four-story building, which is where the famous Premier League headquarters is located.

Every quarter, the joint meeting of the Premier League committee composed of the owners or chairmen of the 20 Premier League clubs is held here. Of course, the general meeting is attended by the executive chairman or CEO of the club instead of the big boss. Sora personally attends meetings that don't have much influence, and the club is just a toy in the hands of the rich.

But today is different, because it involves the sale of a new cycle of Premier League live broadcast copyright contracts, as well as the important issues of the distribution of broadcast income of each club, the Premier League specially sent a letter asking the owners of each club to attend in person.

Therefore, in front of this ordinary four-story building, luxury cars are rarely parked. Considering the age of the owners of the Premier League clubs, these luxury cars are generally Rolls-Royce, and occasionally there are one or two Bentleys among them. A little green, it looks particularly conspicuous.

The khaki Rolls-Royce Phantom that Yang Cheng was riding in was parked steadily in front of the gate, and the Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore waited outside the gate in person to welcome every shareholder of the Premier League committee—the owner of each club. arrival.

"Mr. Yang, in the words of your Chinese, I have admired you for a long time."

Seeing Yang Cheng get off the car with a bow, the silver-haired Richard Scudamore smiled and shook hands with Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng shook his hand vigorously, "I should be the one to say that. It was thanks to Prince William's help to buy Liverpool back then. It's a pity that I didn't meet you."

Scudamore seems to be very proficient in dealing with the Chinese, and there is no jerk in his polite words, "This is what we should do. There is no regret. We will communicate more in the future."

Seeing another Rolls-Royce coming up from behind, Yang Cheng didn't want to waste other people's time, so she took the lead to end the courtesy, "You're still busy, I won't disturb you, let's talk inside later."

"Of course, I'll send you up." Scudamore understood Yang Cheng's intentions, and his smile became even brighter. He beckoned a female employee to lead Yang Cheng, watched Yang Cheng go upstairs, and smiled again to welcome Yang Cheng. to the next guest.

Arriving at the large conference room on the third floor, Yang Cheng, who thought he had come early, suddenly found that the bosses of twenty clubs arrived in sevens and eights, but he was the last one to come, and told the female staff who led the way. Thank you, and asked her to take good care of Susu, then entered the big meeting room alone.

Following his footsteps, the already lively atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became quiet, making Yang Cheng a little confused. Is his influence so great?

Fortunately, as the person who is most familiar with Yang Cheng here, Abu became a landlord, stood up to ease the embarrassment, and at the same time took Yang Cheng's arm to introduce everyone present, "Let us welcome new friends to join us, Chairman of Liverpool Club , the heir to Wall Street Yuanshan Capital, and the founder of New Era Media, Jason Yang, is a very outstanding young man."

When Abu introduced Yang Cheng, the order of names was particular.

First of all, to participate in the meeting of the Premier League meeting, so naturally, his identity as the club owner should be put first; secondly, his identity as the heir of Yuanshan Capital is to remind those who are not familiar with him that this is the second generation with a background. , not an upstart, so be careful; the last mention of New Era Media is to emphasize that Yang Cheng's own ability is not bad, and everyone should not underestimate it.

They are all human beings, no idiot would jump out to embarrass Yang Cheng when he has nothing to do, let alone whether he has the capital to provoke Yang Cheng, just because Abu took the initiative to stand for Yang Cheng, everyone will sell this face, this Russian oligarch Although life has been difficult recently, but after all, the wealth is only this and the local tyrants in the Middle East exist, there are no threes and twos, it is better not to try to challenge the majesty of the polar bear.

Just as Yang Cheng was about to say hello and say some kind words, there was a rush of footsteps behind her, and she turned her head inexplicably, and happened to see a group of people rushing in aggressively. The son, the younger brother of the current president - Sheikh Mansour.

Compared with other handsome princes in the Middle East, Mansour's looks are a bit embarrassing, but his extravagance is enough to make up for his lack of looks. At least I haven't heard of anyone who thinks he looks like a donkey.

"Jason, long time no see." As soon as Mansur entered the door, he saw Yang Cheng standing at the door of the meeting room at first sight, and he took the initiative to spread his arms and offered a warm hug.

Yang Cheng smiled and hugged Mansur, "Mansur, it's been a long time, are you okay?"

Speaking of which, Mansur is more than ten years older than Yang Cheng, and the two of them didn't have much contact with each other, but because Mansur was studying in the United States, he met Yang Cheng under the introduction of a friend at a party, and Yang Cheng at that time was still The underage second generation, with upturned nostrils, has a kind of "vigor" like no one in the world knows the king.

As an outsider, Mansour, although he is a dignified prince of the Emirates family, has no friends in the United States. At the party, he just drank alone and sat next to Yang Cheng. Yang Cheng was not allowed to drink at that time. The wine in Sur's hand was longing for his eyes, and he tried every means to trick him into drinking it. Mansur thought it was interesting, so he teased Yang Cheng. After going back and forth, the two formed a good relationship because of a bottle of wine. .

It is worth mentioning that although there is a ban on alcohol in the Arab region of the Middle East, in the eyes of these wealthy sons and local tyrants who are not short of money, it is only a regulation that needs to be followed in the country. The idea of ​​better integrating myself into the local life coincides with the idea of ​​some second-generation international students from country Z.

Didn’t he say a few words just now, Mansur joked with Yang Cheng again with wine, “I’m fine, but now you don’t need to cheat wine from me anymore, right?”

Yang Cheng had no choice but to smile bitterly, "What a long story, Mansur, you hold grudges too much, don't you?"

"Haha~ It's not that I hold grudges, it's that you cheated me so hard back then, it's still fresh in my memory." Mansour joked that it doesn't matter, but it didn't matter if he frightened the servants behind him. Character, so not serious?

Abu couldn't stand watching from the side, and reminded aloud, "Jason, Mansur, this is not a meeting for the two of you to reminisce about the old days."

Yang Cheng hurriedly smiled apologetically, "Sorry, my mistake."

After speaking, he invited Mansour to find two adjacent vacant seats to sit down. This office has a large area and there is no standard conference table. Instead, there is a circle of single sofas in an oval shape. There is a coffee table partition, and drinks and snacks are placed on it, creating a casual sense of a tea party.

With the arrival of Mansour, all the participants were present. Anthony Fry, chairman of the Premier League Committee, who is nearly 60 years old, accompanied by Richard Scudamore, walked into the large conference room and said hello to the club owners one by one. Finally, he sat on the sofa in the center on the side facing the door, and Richard Scudamore took the empty seat next to Yang Cheng, and the meeting officially started.

"First of all, I would like to inform you that a preliminary agreement has been reached with several TV stations regarding the copyright negotiation of the Premier League live broadcast for the three seasons from 2016 to 2019. In the competition for local live broadcast copyright, Sky Sports and BT Sports will jointly win the next three seasons. The final transaction price is expected to exceed 5 billion pounds.” As a capable person who has led the development of the Premier League in the past 20 years and negotiated 6 live broadcast copyrights, Richard Scudamore has once again produced amazing results .

There was an uproar in the conference room, because this figure was 70% higher than the previous contract of more than 3 billion pounds. This is an astonishing statistic, and Yang Cheng, who is used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but click his tongue.

The surprise is not over yet, Richard Scudamore continued, "The overseas copyright negotiations are coming to an end. According to our estimates, it is not a problem for the final transaction price to exceed 2 billion pounds, and 3 billion pounds is not unreasonable." Opportunity, that is to say, our total broadcast revenue in the next three years will exceed at least 7 billion pounds, and we will sprint towards 8 billion. This is a miracle created by all of us. Cheers to the prosperous development."

Seeing that Richard Scudamore raised his wine glass first, everyone would not be disappointed. They picked up their red wine glasses to pay tribute to each other, and then drank it down. This is indeed good news.

However, Yang Cheng felt depressed because he was about to join the board of directors of Sky TV. As the second largest shareholder, he also had a share of the seven or eight billion pounds. Although he could earn some money from Liverpool, his mood was always Not beautiful, of course, he also knows that the Premier League and TV stations have always complemented each other. Sky Sports can spend such a high price to snatch the live broadcast rights of the Premier League.

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