Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 86 Investors

The two parties quickly reached an agreement on Chen Yingxiong's investment and the starring role. In order to show his sincerity and reassure Medjani, Chen Yingxiong would first put 500,000 euros into the account provided by Medjani, so There's not much you can do with a little money, the main thing is earnest money to show sincerity.

With the money in their account, Medjani and Jones-Jackson could start writing the script. What I told Chen Yingxiong before was just a summary, and there are no specific script details yet.

After the script is written, it will be shown to Chen Yingxiong, the largest investor at present. Once Chen Yingxiong is satisfied, everyone can start to form a crew and find other investors at the same time. Chen Yingxiong is a layman, and Medjani is mainly responsible for these things. But since the money has been paid, Chen Yingxiong will definitely not allow the other party to mess around with his own money.

For this reason, he must arrange his own people in this crew, and Dracula, who can go to heaven and earth, is obviously the most suitable candidate.

Chen Yingxiong entrusted Dracula to contact Medjani for all other specific details. He is a player, and playing football is his main business. Whether it is investing in movies or starring in movies himself, Chen Yingxiong finds it fun, and he Now that you have money and have a chance to play, let’s play.

He will not devote all his energy to the movie.

Anyway, it only takes Dracula a blink of an eye to get to any place on Earth, so there is no need to worry about not being able to make it in time. As Mr. Aurora, who possesses special powers, of course he has to work harder for those who are capable...

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This matter is over.

Chen Yingxiong's mind is on the game, and Liverpool has an FA Cup game next. However, this game has nothing to do with him. Martin O'Neill was very determined to put him out of the squad this time, allowing him to get sufficient rest time. In the FA Cup, O'Neill sent the Liverpool second team composed of youth team and reserve team players.

As a result, Liverpool was forced to a 1:1 draw at home by a semi-professional team from the fifth tier league on the road.

According to the rules of the English FA Cup, the FA Cup is a single knockout match. There is no home or away game, so there is no away goal advantage.

If the two sides are tied within 90 minutes, there will be no overtime, but a rematch on another day. If the rematch ends in a tie, overtime will be required. If the winner cannot be decided in overtime, a penalty kick will be used.

Therefore, in this game, Liverpool was tied with Luton away from home. The two sides need to find another day for Liverpool to face Luton at home.

Why is the FA Cup so attractive to teams in lower leagues? It is because if they draw their opponent at home, they will have the opportunity to play their opponent's away game. If the opponent is a wealthy team, then naturally there will be more people watching the game. The ticket revenue allocated to the visiting team alone is enough to be worth the financial budget of these teams for a year. Not to mention that if they are lucky enough to be selected for the TV broadcast, they can also get a broadcast fee that is not cheap for them.

In addition to these, a weak team may also unexpectedly receive a short-term chest advertising sponsorship by challenging a strong team in an away game... This has happened many times in history. A certain team once drew with Manchester United at their home court, and their next game was going to be played at Manchester United's home court. Originally, there were no advertisements on the chest of the team's jerseys, just because they were going to Old Trafford to show their faces. So some businesses came to our door and were willing to spend money to print their brand logo on the chest of this team's jersey... It's because this game will be played at Old Trafford, and it will be broadcast live on TV. In this case, it is naturally a good opportunity for merchants to advertise. Those weak teams don't have much appetite. They only need to spend a small amount of money to show their faces across England for 90 minutes, and they can continue to promote their brands for free in various news reports after the game.

To put it bluntly, money is the reason why many low-level teams desperately compete in the FA Cup and cause trouble for strong teams.

Because many strong teams will always have reservations about the FA Cup, the rise of the Premier League and the Champions League has caused the FA Cup, the oldest modern football competition in the world, to lose its original charm.

Facing absent-minded opponents from strong teams, weak teams may suffer upsets. Therefore, the FA Cup is called the "hotbed of upsets". Almost all of the top ten classic moments in the history of the FA Cup are related to upsets.

Luton's draw with Liverpool at home was considered an upset.

However, considering that Martin O'Neill rested all first-team players, this upset can only be regarded as moderate.

And once he returns to Anfield, even if O'Neill doesn't value the FA Cup, he must value his own face - if Luton knocks out Liverpool at Anfield, where will his face be? Where to put the face of Liverpool's wealthy family?

So predictably, that's the end of it for Luton.

They definitely can't get past Anfield.

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Chen Yingxiong did not go to the away game, nor did he watch the game in front of the TV. At that time, he was eating and chatting with Chen Xing.

Chen Xing curiously asked Chen Yingxiong and Cabrera about their experiences along the way.

Chen Yingxiong has never told the media about this matter, not because it is nothing, but because there is no need to tell reporters in such detail... When faced with Chen Xingxing, Chen Yingxiong naturally can't just talk about it in vague terms and call it a day. .

So he told Chen Xing the whole story.

Of course, after he finished speaking, he talked about Medjani's filming of the movie, and also told Chen Xing the outline of the script.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xing was very interested.

"Making a movie? What a great idea!"

"Huh?" Chen Yingxiong didn't expect Chen Xing to be so interested in this matter. He originally only talked about it as a fun fact.

"You said your director friend is short of funds?"

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Yes..."

"I can come out!" Chen Xing patted his thigh.

"ah?"

"But there is a condition, that is, the team where the protagonist of the story belongs must be Liverpool!"

Chen Yingxiong suddenly understood. Chen Xing wanted to promote Liverpool's image around the world. Movies were obviously a good tool.

"According to what you said, this movie actually doesn't require too much investment... because there aren't any big scenes. Generally speaking, it's just a road movie... so the investment doesn't need to be too much. We can help solve the game scenes. "

When Chen Xing said this, Chen Yingxiong also thought it was a good idea. Since he was starring in the movie anyway, wouldn't it feel weird if he wore the jersey of another team in the movie?

"Are you really sure?" he asked Chen Xing.

Chen Xing nodded: "Nonsense, are you sure I'm joking?"

"Okay, I'll call him, and then you two can talk." After speaking, Chen Yingxiong took out his cell phone and called Karim Medjani directly.

On the phone, he told Chen Xing that he was interested in investing. Karim Medjani was busy writing scripts with Jones Jackson at this time, and he hadn't bothered to find investors yet. But if someone takes the initiative to invest, he will definitely welcome it with both hands.

"Then I let him talk to you?"

"No problem! Welcome!"

After hearing Medjani's answer, Chen Yingxiong handed the phone to Chen Xing.

The next thing is not what he has to worry about. The success or failure of the cooperation between Chen Xing and Medjani has little to do with him.

Chen Xing had no intention of avoiding Chen Yingxiong, and started talking to Medjani directly in front of Chen Yingxiong.

The two talked for about twenty minutes, and they only agreed on an intention.

Chen Xing can only decide whether to invest after seeing the book.

Medjani promised that after the book is written, he and Jones will personally visit Liverpool. At that time, we will discuss specific cooperation matters.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xing smiled at Chen Yingxiong: "You want to star in this film? I'm suddenly looking forward to seeing your performance on the big screen, haha!"

At this moment, Chen Xing's phone rang.

"Hey, is it Lu Niang?" Chen Xing glanced at the caller ID on the phone screen, and then answered the call.

"Hmm... um... eh?" Chen Xing's tone changed obviously, and he looked surprised.

Chen Yingxiong also became interested and wanted to know what Niang was calling.

"Okay, I get it, it's okay. It's not a big deal."

After hanging up the phone and not waiting for Chen Yingxiong to ask questions, Chen Xing said himself: "The team was tied with Luton in the away game."

Chen Yingxiong was also surprised: "What?"

"1:1." Chen Xing shrugged. "Now Luton have a chance to come to Anfield, but this is their last chance."

Because this game was too insignificant, Chen Xing did not go to watch the game. Unexpectedly, the result was beyond his expectation.

But he also knows that it is absolutely impossible for Luton to eliminate Liverpool.

Chen Yingxiong also held the same view, so he was just a little surprised, but not worried about the future of the team.

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Liverpool was tied in an away game, which had a lot to do with the fact that all the main players in the first team were missing their comrades. But O'Neal said at the post-game press conference that there was nothing surprising about the result.

What he values ​​more is the league, but unfortunately, it seems that after the devilish schedule, everyone suddenly relaxed.

In the 22nd round of the league, Liverpool challenged Reading away from home, but was tied by their opponent. The score was still 1:1.

In this game, Chen Yingxiong, Sanchez, Suarez, Adam Johnson, Gerrard, Inler... all the main players played, but there was no way to win the game.

When the game ended, the Liverpool players could not hide the disappointment on their faces...

Chen Yingxiong was particularly disappointed.

Because he didn't score in this game.

He originally thought that after resting for a game, he would be full of energy and be able to kill in the game against Reading.

Who would have thought that it would be worse than his performance in the game immediately after driving 1,500 kilometers...

It seems that he is the kind of player who needs pressure...

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