"Well, boss," kenyon cleared his throat and explained why he chose basketball. "Since we are looking for a match in the United States to help us develop the North American market, we have to think about what it will cost us if we want the other party to promise to join us in Florence on an equal footing."
"I thought that the other side would want to expand their influence in Europe through our Florence, otherwise this combination would be completely unequal," Zhuang Ge said suddenly with an epiphany.
"That’s right, all the clubs we choose to engage in sports must be close to the football audience in some aspects, otherwise we are just doing work." kenyon wrote down the four major sports leagues in the United States on paper. "In the four major sports leagues in the United States, rugby fans will definitely not like us football clubs. This is a fundamental change in the concept of two kinds of ball games. After all, compared with soccer, which relies on technology to play sports, rugby fans obviously prefer the fierce collision of muscles and muscles, and the intensity is even rougher than that of the five big and three rough people in the Premier League! Therefore, compared with the physical collision in the football game, football is simply a game full of sissies in these people’s eyes! Can’t afford their interest in soccer! All these football fans, we simply can’t win it or just give up. "
Speaking of which, kenyon drew a black line in the NFL (National Football League) to cross it out, and then went on to say, "Although ice hockey is very similar in the form of competition, its popularity in Europe is far less popular than that in the United States, even if we reach an agreement, it will be difficult to maintain it for a long time;" Although baseball has many similarities with football, for example, both sports emphasize technology and strength, and also require teamwork. Occasionally, there will be a hero who rides alone to attract people’s attention, but its problems are the same as that of ice hockey. There are too few audiences in Europe, and the differences in competition forms will make it very difficult for the two clubs to jointly promote activities! "
As he spoke, kenyon crossed out MLB (Major League Baseball) and NHL (National Hockey League), leaving only one choice: NBA.
"Except for several sports, we can choose basketball!" After talking a lot, kenyon made this conclusion: "Basketball, like football, belongs to big ball sports, and attaches great importance to both physical and technical conditions, instead of overemphasizing physical confrontation like football; Moreover, although the NBA emphasizes the individual ability of the stars, no one can deny that basketball is a team sport. Similar preconditions allow many basketball fans to support their NBA and pay attention to football at the same time. "
"So if we choose an NBA team and we partner in Florence, we can make the fans of this NBA team accept soccer in the shortest time and support our team to a certain extent. The most important thing is that basketball has a considerable influence in Europe. Many cities have a long history of basketball teams. Although the European Basketball League is not as good as the NBA in terms of business transportation, it is also an outstanding basketball event in the world, which makes it unnecessary for us to promote basketball and spend too much energy to find ways to expand the popularity of our partners in Europe."
"Well, what you said is very reasonable." After listening to kenyon’s answer to Zhuang Ge’s praise, he nodded his head. He also thought that it would be more profitable for Florence to form a business partner with an NBA team in the American market. "So that’s it. After you and your team initially complete Florence in the European satellite club, you can take this team to the NBA for an inspection. After that, make a list of NBA teams interested in joining us, and then we will discuss again which team to choose as our partner."
"Good, I know my boss" was given another thank-you by Zhuang Ge. kenyon didn’t have the slightest dissatisfaction, but smiled, because he knew that the more such workers, the more the boss valued him, the more stable his position in Florence would be and the more he would get paid.
Kenyon, a business elite who grew up in a capitalist society, has always believed that the specific performance of personal value is the salary level.
After the meeting on building a satellite club, Zhuang Ge and others took their own actions.
Kenyon’s first negotiating team set off from Florence immediately after the meeting, and arranged a long journey according to the secret meeting. Their goal was to complete this huge satellite club plan with good quality and quantity, and then go to the other side of the Atlantic to meet those NBA teams.
Antonioni transferred the scouting system of the club and the player database, and at the same time borrowed the player information from GM company to prepare for a big fight to dig out the potential newcomers from abroad and classify their information separately to prepare for the implementation of the plan.
Florence’s main goal this summer is not to chase a player, but to complete a huge plan that will shock other teams in the future!
The fifth volume 979 season
Chapter 5 Prodi Action ()
Just as Florence was busy building a huge satellite club, it had quietly arrived at the special day of July 1, 1997.
The arrival of July 1st means the official opening of the summer transfer door in Italy!
So ze Roberto, who has already passed the team’s medical examination, officially arrived in Florence from Real Madrid today. The Brazilian is very satisfied with his transfer. When he comes to Viola, he can get more appearances than when he was in Madrid. And if he can show his tacit cooperation with Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos, he may even attract the attention of national team coach zagallo and get a ticket to the World Cup in France.
When someone comes, someone will naturally leave Zhuang Ge and introduce the first non-Italian player, youri djorkaeff, after the chairman. He has lived here for three and a half years and went to Milan, the fashion capital. At the same time, he also left Florence with veteran Verjoward and little Inzaghi (the first player to leave after the end of the 9697 season in Glenshire, which was half a month earlier than Serie A). The former went to Vicenza, a dark horse, to play the heat, and the latter joined Atletico Madrid, a bedsheet army.
Inter Milan, which has been active in the transfer market for several years, disappeared after djorkaeff was introduced from Florence. Although they are still looking for players who can enhance their strength, Moratti is chasing diego simeone and recoba, and they have not yet entered the substantive stage of negotiations. Therefore, when the transfer door was opened, Inter Milan actually introduced a player from djorkaeff, which made many fans who expected Inter Milan to play a transfer storm in Italy quite disappointed.
Juventus is also not moving much in the transfer market. It is a big deal for Moggi to spend 10 million US dollars to introduce otero. However, the dominance of Florence is getting stronger and stronger in the league, and the so-called financial balance can not be considered. It is his focus to overthrow Florence’s rule in Serie A.
After the coaching change, AC Milan’s first move after the transfer door was not to sign, but to clean up whether the new coach Ranieri needed players bogarde and reiziger. Both of them were sent to Barcelona and Bromquist was loaned to Parma. Marco Simone and Stefano Eranio, who are getting older, left the Rossoneri today.
Roma duo are also active. Lazio bought Boksic from Juventus and Yugoslav midfielder Jugovic sent away the main striker and team captain signori. The arrival of Argentine midfielder Almeida and local defender pancaro made the Biancocelesti stronger and stronger. Although Rome, its arch-rival in the same city, is not a big spender, most of the imported players have played in Serie A for many years, and the overall strength of the powerful faction has naturally increased
Because the big money owner Parmalat Company has made great efforts to burn money, Parmalat has not moved much. Piero Della Francesca can find some other teams to reinforce the team without scraps and relegation team bargains. Maniero, Felicano, Padalino and other stars all came to Parma in this situation.
Although the deal of Seven Sisters players in Serie A is quite eye-catching, on this day, the protagonist of the Serie A transfer market is that Vicenza Club, which eliminated Florence in the Italian Cup last season, has attracted almost all fans’ attention.
Luca toni, a young centre forward on loan from Florence, and a talented teenager said that Pirlo was just a strong player who was sold by Guidolin and got a transfer in exchange for a large number of elite soldiers.
Ukrainian flying wing Kanchelski moved from Everton, and Swedish striker Larsson rushed to Atlanta from the Netherlands. Two young talents, Mo ‘ao and C. lucarelli, also fell into Guidolin. Together with veteran Wiljoward teenager Oddo and Czech international repka, the overall strength of Vicenza increased greatly.
I believe that Vicenza will perform well in all battlefields in the new season after the running-in of this array is completed.
On the first day of the summer transfer door, so many transfer transactions were completed, which not only excited many fans, but also further stimulated the arms race of Serie A teams, and they entered the transfer market one after another in search of players to strengthen their squad.
However, these have nothing to do with the completion of the transfer target in Florence.
"Yeah, it’s really different to have money in your pocket." Song, sitting on the train to Rome, handed Karin a newspaper with a lot of player transfer messages written on it. "Don’t these guys know to save some money to improve their hardware facilities? Look at what their home court is rotten! "
"There’s nothing I can do about it. Who wants the stadium to be owned by the club and the municipal government to take some of the profits? Those people are naturally not interested in spending money on this," Karin said while leafing through the newspaper. "Tony, I think it’s better for you to take care of yourself first. Tell me about what Prime Minister Prodi invited you to meet in Rome this time."
"I think it’s probably the result of talking with him at the beginning of the year." Zhuang Ge shrugged his shoulders and said that his trip to Rome was just speculation. "I can’t think of anything else I can do with the Prime Minister."
"If Prodi really said that the parliament had successfully amended that law, it would be good news for all Serie A clubs." Karin certainly knew what Zhuang Ge said, but she certainly couldn’t directly pick the words "I didn’t expect him to actually do it."
"Although Prodi is an excellent economist, he is also a politician as Italian Prime Minister. Of course, he should consider his own political future," Zhuang Ge explained. "Amending this legal provision that is no longer suitable for social development can not only make the government get rid of a big burden, but also win the support of the big families behind the club. Why doesn’t he do this?"
"Well, it seems so …"
In this way, while chatting with Karin, Zhuang Ge and Karin took the train to Rome, the next destination.
Chapter 51 Prodi Action ()
As soon as Zhuang Ge and Karin got off the train, they met the people sent by Prodi to meet them, and then they arrived at the Prime Minister’s Office by special bus.
"Chairman Corleone, I’m glad to see you again." I haven’t seen Prodi for months, and he looks much better than before. I used to feel like I’ve never been with him before. "It’s really early for you to be told that you have something important to discuss. I didn’t expect you to come to Rome sometime these two days."
"Since it is the Prime Minister, you invited me to come as soon as possible, of course, so what’s the big delay?" Since Prodi is so friendly to himself, Zhuang Ge naturally said a few words of courtesy: "Is there anything good about inviting me here this time?"
"Of course something good happened." Prodi smiled and blinked at Zhuang Ge. "Why? Don’t you hear anything, Chairman Corleone? This is not the Corleone family style. "
"What do you mean, Mr. Prime Minister?" Although I was psychologically prepared on the way, I heard Prodi say so himself, and Zhuang Ge’s heart was pounding twice.
"Haha, let’s not talk about these things yet. You must have not had lunch in such a hurry?" Prodi’s appetite for Zhuang Ge is very bad. "I have a cook with quite good skills here. You and this beautiful lady around you can have a light meal here."
"This … well," Zhuang Ge glanced at Karin, who was behind her side, thinking that this time she chatted with Karin on the train and missed lunch, so she readily agreed to Prodi’s invitation.
"I won’t say much about what happened. On the whole, the privatization case of the stadium has had preliminary results after the first vote of the parliament." After a sumptuous lunch, Prodi took a sip of wine and finally brought the conversation to the point.
"So what’s the result, Mr. Prime Minister?" Seeing Prodi’s smug expression, Zhuang Ge guessed a thing or two in his heart, but he still asked, you have to let the other side vent a happy mood
"the result? Of course, the ticket passed! " Prodi said that he couldn’t help but recall that silvio berlusconi, who had been trying his best to drive him out of the post of Prime Minister, was beaten and smiled brightly. "Although the final draft of the bill has not yet been completed, from the news I have received so far, the vast majority of parliamentarians are in favor of privatizing the stadium, which will increase taxes and reduce government financial expenditure, so I think it is timely for the bill to pass."
"Mr. Prime Minister, is this true?" After hearing Prodi’s reply, Zhuang Ge almost got up from his chair with excitement. Originally, he wanted to say that even with the support of Agnelli and other big families, it would take Prodi a year. Unexpectedly, it took only half a year to get the result. "Mr. Prime Minister, on behalf of other Italian clubs in Florence, I would like to thank you for your great contribution to the development of Italian football."
"No, I shouldn’t express my gratitude. Thanks to President Corleone’s proposal at the beginning of the year, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to resist the attack of Berlusconi’s old fox so easily." Prodi gulped down the wine in his glass and said with a smile.
"Ha-ha, Mr. Prime Minister, you are really flattering me." Zhuang Ge knows that he and Prodi can keep a good personal relationship, so it’s better not to hang the credit on himself. "I am in a responsible attitude towards the future of Italian football and clubs, and I told you my idea and really put it into practice, but you, Mr. Prime Minister!"
"Ha-ha" heard Zhuang Ge’s compliment, but Prodi was still very worried. After all, the passage of this bill enabled him to establish a good relationship with many big families in Italy, which gave Prodi more confidence in changing prime ministers as often as changing clothes. In the past ten years, ten people were elected as Italian prime ministers, and four of them were elected for less than one year.
At the same time, this experience also allows Prodibal to show more positive attitudes in football in the future, so these big families will also give him a corresponding reward, that is, the Italian prime minister’s throne
Then Zhuang Ge learned from Prodi’s population that he was going to hand over the new bill to the parliament for deliberation and voting later.
According to Prodi’s idea, the new bill will definitely stipulate that the stadium will be owned by the club, and the owner of the stadium will have all the benefits to the stadium, including the most critical reconstruction and commercial profit, and will no longer be rigidly bound by the government, thus losing a lot of money-making opportunities in vain.
After the bill is passed, Italian clubs can raise funds to buy land to build stadiums, and they can also make a request to the local municipal government to buy existing stadiums.
If a club wants to buy the stadium they are renting now, the local municipal government should give the club some discounts, such as giving the other party a discount on the selling price of the stadium; Give the club a long-term low-interest loan to tide it over when the other side doesn’t have enough funds to buy the stadium.
Prodi is a well-known economist in Europe. It took him a long time to come up with such a method. He intends to increase the purchasing power of Italian society through this national macro-control method, thus affecting the economic operation of the whole country.
However, this preferential policy is only suitable for clubs that want to buy existing stadiums. If they want to build new stadiums, clubs need to find ways to raise funds themselves.
After all, it is different from buying an existing stadium, but it is quite expensive to build a new stadium. Prodi’s purpose is only to promote the elimination, not to print money indiscriminately, which will cause hyperinflation in the country.
Zhuang Ge fully agreed with Prodi’s idea. In his view, although the home hardware facilities of Italian teams are somewhat backward, the degree of backwardness is quite limited. After all, just seven years ago, many stadiums here also hosted the World Cup.
Therefore, each club can adapt to the current demand by purchasing the existing stadium and making some transformation. There is no need to rush to build any new stadium.
Chapter 52 Serie A Reform (1)
This time, the Rome Opera got a satisfactory result from Prodi, so as soon as he returned to Florence, he immediately called kenyon, who was discussing the signing of the contract at the Belgian Andes Laichter Club.
"hello? Is it the boss? " Kenyon picked up the conversation and reported his current progress to Zhuang Ge cheerfully. "Perhaps our previous resistance to these small country league clubs was too overestimated, and the impact of Bosman Act on them was far beyond our expectation. Even Andre Laichter, the most famous club in Belgium, had such a large number of excellent players, and the low price was very far from the price, which weakened them. Because they didn’t get enough income from these transfers, these clubs were in financial trouble. Therefore, clubs like Andre Laichter welcomed us to come to Florence to join them. I think we should be able to sign a priority purchase contract with them at a relatively cheap price."
Speaking of this, kenyon asked Zhuang Ge a question buried in his heart. "Why should the boss sign a priority purchase agreement with these clubs to buy directly those players and then lease them to these teams? Won’t Florence benefit more from them?"