Chapter 1366 Invitation to Invest

Zhao Yongjun didn't know the intention of Zhou Leiyun to meet with Xia Ruofei, so he turned his attention to Zhou Leiyun.

Zhou Leiyun smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. Yongjun, I bought a football club to play two years ago. Do you know that?"

Zhao Yongjun thought about it and said, "I have a little impression, isn't it... a club in Spain?"

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "At a glance, you know that you don't usually care about football. It is indeed a Spanish football club, but it is not an ordinary club. It is a La Liga club, which is one of the five major leagues in the world! Messi knows Is it? His Barcelona team is the La Liga team!"

"Of course I know Messi!" Zhao Yongjun said, "The number one player in world football!"

Messi is so famous that even people who don't watch football have heard of this name.

"You said that... Ronaldo's fans don't want it!" Zhou Leiyun said with a laugh, "I'm a big fan of Ronaldo!"

Zhao Yongjun smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother Zhou, I really don't know much about football, but I know Messi and Ronaldo..."

Zhou Leiyun nodded and said, "The full name of the club I bought is Royal Spaniards. This is the 'Royal' title granted by the King of Spain, so the team emblem has a crown on it!"

When Xia Ruofei heard the words, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Zhou, as far as I know, there are quite a few Spanish teams named Royal!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei broke his fingers and said: "Real Madrid, Real Betis, Real Zaragoza, Real Sociedad..."

Zhou Leiyun showed an embarrassed smile and said: "It seems that President Xia still knows football very well! Although there are many teams in Spanish football with the name of the Royal, it is also a great honor! And it is known as the universe. The Barcelona team is not the Royal team!"

Xia Ruofei laughed and said: "Mr. Zhou seems to be entering the role very quickly! As far as I know, Barcelona is the mortal enemy of the Spaniards! Every time the Catalan derby scene is quite hot!"

Xia Ruofei does know a lot about football. In fact, there are many officers and soldiers in the army who love football. Xia Ruofei often played games with his comrades when he was in the army. He is faster and has good physical fitness. His favorite position It is the right winger, who often makes various breakthroughs along the right flank, and the ball comes down heartily.

And by the weekend,

The comrades will also watch the football together at the company club.

However, after retiring, he has been busy all the time, and the number of times he watches football is significantly less.

Despite this, Xia Ruofei's knowledge of the top league is far more than that of a football novice like Zhao Yongjun.

He has some grievances and grievances against the five major leagues, such as the double red club between Manchester United and Liverpool, the national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton, and even the Catalonia between Espanyol and Barcelona. Derby, etc., etc., can all be familiar.

Espanyol and Barcelona have a long history of grievances, and the two teams were full of conflicts at the beginning of the team's establishment. Barcelona was founded by foreigners such as the British in the Catalan region at that time. After the Barcelona team was established, the local Spaniards in Catalonia also established a club, and they directly used the name Spaniard, which can be said to be tit for tat. .

In addition, because of the gap in strength, the Barcelona team has suppressed the Espanyol for a long time. After so many years, the players and fans of the Espanyol are naturally suffocated.

Of course, there is a more important reason, both teams are located in Barcelona, ​​Barcelona is world-famous, while Espanyol is less well-known. They are all in the same city, and the honor always belongs to Barcelona. When someone mentions the city of Barcelona, ​​they will only know about the Barcelona team. Many fans may know that Espanyol is also a regular player in La Liga, but they do not necessarily know that this team is actually a powerful universe. Team Barcelona is in the same city. In the eyes of the Spaniards, this is unbearable.

The so-called mortal enemy in the same city is probably the case.

Therefore, whether in the Copa del Rey or in the league, as long as the Spaniards meet Barcelona, ​​they do not need to mobilize at all, they are full of fighting spirit, and often because of this strong spiritual motivation, the players often perform beyond the standard. , and occasionally draw or even beat Barcelona.

In the face of Real Madrid, which is basically the same level as Barcelona, ​​the Spanish team has very few wins, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a boy.

Zhou Leiyun said: "It is necessary! Although we are not as strong as each other on paper, what does that matter! Just do it!"

Xia Ruofei couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. He has no tendency. To put it bluntly, he has no loyal team, a high-level team, whether it is Barcelona or Real Madrid. He also appreciates it, but Zhou Leiyun's remarks are very temperamental to him.

Xia Ruofei then asked: "Mr. Zhou, we talked about football for a long time, and you haven't said anything about me!"

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "Speaking so much, of course it has something to do with football! I would like to ask President Xia and Yongjun, are you interested in investing in football clubs? I can release some of my shares in Espanyol, everyone. Put some money in and play!"

Zhao Yongjun raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Although he doesn't know much about football, as a friend of Zhou Leiyun, he has an impression of the original acquisition.

Zhao Yongjun asked, "Brother Zhou, if I remember correctly, your stake in that team is more than 50%, right?"

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "Yes, I spent more than 60 million euros and won about 54% of the shares!"

Zhao Yongjun couldn't help but ask: "That's just over the holding line! If you divide up some shares, won't you be able to absolutely hold the shares? Don't tell me that Shengshi Group is short of money! This is not funny at all. …”

For the scale of Shengshi Group, tens of millions of euros is just a drizzle. If there is a real difficulty in the group's funds, even if all the shares of the Spaniard are sold, it is estimated that it is a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough at all.

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "It's all my own, is there any difference between giving the shares to you and leaving them in my hands? Besides, we can sign a concerted action agreement! Or if you can trust me, just give me all the voting rights. Now, I can still absolutely control it!”

"That's true..." Zhao Yongjun shrugged and said, "But I have no interest in this matter! I didn't know much about football, and after investing in Taoyuan Club, my funds were also relatively tight, so I invested in football. Forget the club, you can ask Ruofei, this guy is also a small local tyrant!"

Zhou Leiyun himself didn't take this small investment project too seriously. He made this suggestion just to get closer to Zhao Yongjun and Xia Ruofei, and also to make up for the cracks created by Zhou Yuan.

Therefore, Zhou Leiyun said without hesitation: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money for the time being! I'll give you a little share..."

"Don't, don't, don't!" Zhao Yongjun waved his hands again and again and said, "Brother Zhou, I never do things like empty gloves and white wolves, and I really have no interest."

Although Zhao Yongjun doesn't watch football very much, he also knows that investing in football is slow and needs to continue to burn money. In addition, if you don't invest money, you will take a stake, which is not in line with his principles, so he firmly refuses.

Xia Ruofei didn't show much interest, but Zhou Leiyun was so enthusiastic that he couldn't refuse too directly, so he asked, "Mr. Zhou, how many shares do you plan to sell?"

Zhou Leiyun said with a slight smile: "Then it depends on President Xia's interest. Since the Yongjun is not interested, we can give half a point. Of course, if President Xia wants to be less, it's fine, anyway, just invest some money to play. ."

Xia Ruofei showed a contemplative color. He didn't want to refuse too quickly, and he also had to think about the wording and declined Zhou Leiyun's proposal.

At this moment, Zhou Leiyun showed a hint of mystery and said: "Mr. Xia, it is still very good to invest in Espanyol now! We will make big moves in the transfer market soon!"

"Oh?" Xia Ruofei also showed curiosity, and asked with a smile, "Which world-class star is Mr. Zhou looking for? Could it be that the Spaniards are going to make a big move in the winter window?"

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "Is there a world-class star? My philosophy of running this team is not that of burning money. I still hope to play steadily and steadily. But this transfer may have a sensational effect for us in China. No worse than buying a superstar!"

"Really?" Xia Ruofei raised his eyebrows and said, "So... Zhou is always running our Chinese players to join?"

Since it is not those hot superstars, and at the same time can cause a sensation in China, then the answer is ready to come out, most of which is to introduce a Chinese player!

You must know that China Football has just gone through a dark age. It can be said that its vitality has been greatly damaged. In recent years, because some large companies have entered this circle and started the money-burning mode, the popularity of the China League has begun to slowly recover. The broadcast of the China Super League The more and more Quan is hyped, the more and more people pay attention to football.

However, those dark years have a long-term impact on Chinese football. The problem of football talent gap is very serious. The ability of Chinese players in these years is obviously not as good as that of the players who entered the World Cup in 2002, and there have been no Chinese players for a long time. Those who have gained a firm foothold in the five major leagues and looked at drinking fountains and sold cars do not count.

If you can seriously introduce a powerful Chinese player and maintain a certain appearance rate, it will undoubtedly detonate a hot spot.

The football market in China is quite huge, and the fan base also makes the teams in small European countries envious. If a Chinese player really enters the Espanyol, then the Espanyol can undoubtedly become the number of Chinese fans second only to Barcelona and Real Madrid. La Liga team.

It may even surpass Barcelona and Real Madrid to become the most popular team in La Liga.

This will greatly promote the popularity of the team and subsequent business development.

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "Mr. Xia really has a quick mind! I guessed the point at once!"

Xia Ruofei asked with interest: "Mr. Zhou, is it convenient to reveal which Chinese player you are going to introduce?"

Before the transfer was completed, all operations were kept secret, but Zhou Leiyun did not intend to hide it, he said directly: "Wu Lei, you should know?"

Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Of course, the local top scorer in the Chinese Super League!"

Zhou Leiyun laughed and said: "It seems that Mr. Xia will not watch the Chinese Super League for some time... This season, the word 'local' can be removed. It should not be a problem for him to win the top scorer in the Chinese Super League!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Xia Ruofei showed surprise, "Is he so hot? Those big-name foreign aids can't do him?"

After the Huaxia Football Super League started the money-burning mode, many big stars in their playing years have changed their families to come to Huaxia under the golden dollar, and because the quota of foreign aid is limited, the team generally gives priority to the introduction of midfield and frontcourt players. These people The goal efficiency is much higher than the local Chinese players.

This has also led to many domestic strikers slowly starting to change their positions, either pulling to the flanks to become assaulters, or simply changing their positions in the backcourt.

Wu Lei's physical condition is not particularly good, but he can gain a firm foothold in the frontcourt of strong players such as Lin. This is not easy in itself. I didn't expect that this season he could beat so many popular stars with annual salary of more than ten million euros. Be the top scorer in the entire league.

Zhou Leiyun said with a smile: "Yeah! Lei Wu's characteristics are very distinctive, that is, he has a very smart movement and a very sensitive sense of smell in front of the goal. With so many excellent foreign players feeding him the ball, the scoring efficiency must be much higher! "

Xia Ruofei couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and said: "The running position is first-class, but his approach to the door seems to be a little bit mean!"

Wu Lei is often criticized for missing single-handed shots, especially in the national team, the support from the backcourt is not as good as the club, so the scoring efficiency is also reduced a lot.

Zhou Leiyun also knew that what Xia Ruofei joked about was the fact that Wu Lei often missed the single-handed ball. He showed a wry smile and said, "No one is perfect! Even Messi can't guarantee that the single-handed ball will be scored! Besides, he will lose so much. So many single-handed shots, first of all, it means that he has great moves! And his sense of smell is very sensitive in front of the goal, otherwise, why don’t you see others getting so many single-handed opportunities?”

"That's true..." Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Whether Wu Lei loses a single shot or not, at least for domestic players, he is really quite powerful, and his characteristics are also quite suitable for playing in La Liga! After all, La Liga is partial. The technical flow, the physical confrontation is a little worse, but it is not a big problem!"

"Heroes see the same thing!" Zhou Leiyun said happily.

As soon as Xia Ruofei heard that Wu Lei might join Espanyol, he had planned to reject Zhou Leiyun, but now he is really a little tempted.

So Xia Ruofei asked, "Mr. Zhou, can you tell me how likely this transfer is to be successful?"