Football Giants

　　 "Stay in a five-star hotel?"

　　, on the first floor of St. Mary’s Stadium, in Yang Huan’s office, Nicolas Cortes almost made the highest tenor of his life.

　　The purpose is to show his surprise and unacceptability at this moment.

　　 "Do you know how much a night a five-star hotel costs?"

　　 Opposite him, Sun Yue had a calm smile on his face, nodded and said, "I know, I live in a five-star hotel now."

　　 Nicolas Cortez was taken aback, he just remembered that this buddy had stayed at the Grand Harbour Hotel for more than half a month.

"You don’t have to stand and talk over there without backache. Since you know how much a five-star hotel costs for a night, you should know that there are three referees in a game, plus the fourth official. A lot of money."

"Even if we have a Monday game, but if we arrange it in a five-star hotel, there will be 24 teams in the League. Forty-six rounds of matches will be played. Among them, there are 23 rounds at home. How much will it cost."

　　 After finishing speaking, Nicolas Cortes sat angrily in another seat in front of Yang Huan.

　　 "Don't forget it, do you think the 100,000 pounds will be spent?" Sun Yue asked in a leisurely manner.

Nicolas Cortez smiled bitterly, "Is one hundred thousand pounds still less? And you also said that you want everyone to give them a gift every game, my God, don't you know that we are now in debt? "

　　Southampton is indeed in debt this summer. Almost all of the team’s signings are Yang Huan’s own pockets. These are all included in the team’s debts, but Yang Huan is the team’s owner.

　　 "Don't be so nervous, the gifts are not valuable. It is not a big deal to receive them in a five-star hotel, but doing so can help us establish a good image in the hearts of the referees."

Having said that, Sun Yue paused, "At the beginning I said I wanted to give reporters a gift. You didn’t think it was necessary, but now you see, we have been in England every day for the past 20 days. In the newspapers, this attention is only available to the top teams in the Premier League."

Nicolas Cortez also has to admit that gifts are small gifts and worthless. Even now, whenever the team has any news, they will hold a press conference, give gifts and give things, and even invite reporters to eat. Even now, Southampton’s relationship with the reporters is very active, and the reporters’ treatment to Southampton is indeed very high.

　　Sun Yue, this is the extension of some of the domestic styles to the UK, and this set works anywhere in the world.

　　 In the recent period, Southampton's popularity is far ahead in the League of Nations.

Not much else, the team is currently negotiating with the shirt sponsor Umbro, asking Umbro to increase the shirt sponsorship from the original two million pounds to five million pounds, especially when the team signs Ibrahim. After Morovich.

　　 I believe that it is difficult for Umbro to refuse Southampton, because once Umbro refuses, Southampton will quickly switch to other sponsors.

　　 is not just a jersey sponsor. In terms of chest advertising sponsorship, Southampton did not hesitate to reject some sponsors with less than one million pounds before, and the current sponsorship market has also rapidly increased to two million pounds.

　　 But both Yang Huan and Sun Yue refused all sponsorship intentions. They plan to strike a big deal with the sponsors after Ibrahimović’s transfer is announced.

　　 As long as Southampton maintains the current media attention, the sponsorship fee will certainly not be low.

Yang Huan silently listened to the quarrel between the two assistants. In fact, it was Nicolas Cortez who was arguing, while Sun Yue calmly saw the trick. As the team’s owner, he could hardly tell who was right and who was wrong. .

　　 After all, one is thinking about how to save money for oneself, and the other is for the purpose of propaganda.

　　 "Well, stop fighting between you two!"

　　 Yang Huan saw that the two of them were almost quarreling, and called out to stop.

　　 Can't let them keep arguing, right?

"Nicholas, I think your idea is good, but Sun Yue's plan is more in line with my taste, so this matter is left to Sun Yue, and future marketing and external public relations matters will be left to him. Be responsible for."

　　 Yang Huan felt it necessary to divide the work between the two assistants and clarify each other's authority.

"As for you, Nikola, you are responsible for the team's daily operations and transfer operations, especially the construction of the training base, and the community promotion plan we have drawn up before. These two are key projects for the team's development. ."

　　 The community promotion plan was formulated before Yang Huan took over Southampton. The attendance rate of St. Mary's Stadium still depends on the support of local fans, so the community promotion plan is very important.

　　 Nicolas Cortes’s wife is the person in charge of this project. After Yang Huan took over the saints, he did not make any personnel transfers, and continued to use the previous team.

　　 Nicolas Cortes listened and sighed helplessly.

"I told you a long time ago that Master Huan is someone who does big things. Unlike you, who cares about hundreds of thousands of things, can Master Huan see it? With a small belly and a narrow heart, how can you do big things?" Sun Yuejian Going to Nicolas Cortez, he squatted and sneered.

Yang Huan listened and felt very refreshed, but he coughed twice, "If you dare to flatter me again, I will break your neck, kick your little egg with one kick, and then take you Throw it to the **** bar to pick up soap, if you don't believe me, try it!"

　　 Sun Yue felt flustered when he heard it, and immediately laughed with him, "I dare not try, I dare not try."

Nicolas Cortez still shook his head and sighed, "You don’t know, I looked at the financial situation of the team last month. We lost more than 10 million pounds last month. We made several blockbuster signings this month. Coupled with a series of expenditures, I feel flustered and full of fiscal deficits."

　　 Yang Huan and Sun Yue looked at each other, knowing that this is the truth. Who made Southampton a League One team?

　　 And in the past, Southampton didn't have many commercial channels, which made this team's income generating ability extremely bad.

　　 Everything was created step by step from scratch after Yang Huan took over.

　　Nicholas Cortez is a banker and he has a natural resistance to deficits. So last season, although Southampton under his control was not profitable, it did not have much loss.

And you must know that before Nicolas Cortez took charge of Southampton, the Saints had just fallen into a financial crisis and were deducted ten league points for this reason. It can be seen that Nicolas Cortez did have a lot in this regard. Strong business ability.

　　 "Don't worry, Nikolai, everything will get better!" Yang Huan said soothingly.

　　 "Yes, we all understand your difficulties."

Sun Yue is not as careless as he seems on the surface. On the contrary, he can be integrated into the entire management organization of Southampton in less than a month. His ability, especially the ability to deal with colleagues not bad.

　　 Nicolas Cortes and Sun Yue, one is good at business, the other is good at marketing and public relations.

　　 With the help of the two of them, Yang Huan was very relaxed, and he was able to spare more time to bubble girls.

　　 When it comes to picking up girls, Yang Huan thinks of Zhang Ning.

　　 I am ashamed to say that he can't even soak up the woman he has taken care of. It is really shameless to see the old folks in Longhai City!

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　　 Jonathan Moss, thirty-nine years old, one of England’s newly promoted young referees.

According to the characteristics of the English League, Jonathan Moss is currently not eligible to enter the elite referee group that specializes in the Premier League. In addition, he is young and needs to accumulate more experience. Therefore, he is currently in the League Two, League One, and Championship. Random sentries in the four professional leagues of the Premier League.

　　 This time, he was appointed as the opener of the 2010-2011 League One season, Southampton vs. Plymouth's referee, which is also an affirmation of his ability to handle the sentry.

　　 As usual, he arrived in Southampton a day earlier with the two linemen and the fourth official.

　　 The Saints used a luxurious Bentley to pick them up at the train station.

　　 "I have always heard that the new owner of Southampton is very rich. I didn't expect it to be true. I used Bentley to connect to and wait for the car."

　　 "This is the only one in the English professional league, right?"

　　 "Well, not even Manchester City."

　　 The two linemen in the car laughed and talked about Southampton's high-standard reception.

Jonathan Moss sat there but kept silent. He was used to this kind of scene, and even he could predict it. Then he will continue this kind of high-level reception, and then there will be people from the club coming up to get close to them. .

　　 This kind of thing has been encountered many times, and he does not find it strange.

However, as a professional referee, he has his own bottom line, because he knows very well that there is a fourth official on the sidelines and a game supervisor in the stands. All his actions on the court will be recorded by them. The referee company after the game His penalty will be scored, and if the score fails, he will face a fine or even a ban.

　　 The referee used to be a part-time job, everyone is relatively indifferent, but now he is a full-time referee, Jonathan Moss dare not make fun of his career prospects.

　　 Therefore, he has always been wary of Southampton's high-level reception.

　　 He even suspected that Southampton was going to pay bribes before the game.

　　 "How others receive is their business, what should we do, and what else should we do."

　　 Jonathan Moss' words were approved by the two linemen, they both knew that their every move was being supervised.

　　 To their surprise, the reception is indeed a high standard reception.

　　Southampton arranged for them to stay in the Grand Harbour Hotel. According to the driver, this is the best hotel in Southampton. The new owner of the club, Yang Huan, lives in this hotel.

　　 This further increased the suspicion of Jonathan Moss and others.

　　 After they checked into the hotel, they found that the people from Southampton never appeared in front of them.

　　 Even the new owner of the club who is rumored to be staying at the Grand Harbour Hotel.

　　 This makes Jonathan Moss a bit ashamed, and they have saved the abdomen of a gentleman with a villain.

　　 At noon the next day, near the start of the first game of the new season, the Southampton driver once again drove the Bentley, came to the hotel, and took them to St. Mary's Stadium.

　　 When the referees arrived at St. Mary’s Stadium, there were not many fans here, and Southampton’s executive chairman Nicolas Cortes just came over to meet them, say hello, and then arrange a staff member to receive them. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 Checking the playing field and locker room, Jonathan Moss proceeded step by step in accordance with the pre-match process, and recorded everything on the record, which must be submitted to the referee company for filing after the match.

　　 During the whole process, Southampton did not have any unprofessionalism, or showed the slightest sign of getting close to them.

　　 While Jonathan Moss and others were relieved, they couldn't help but have a good impression of this team.

　　 "If every English team is as professional as theirs, then our job will be much easier." The fourth official said with a smile.

　　 For them, facing the home team management or the fans through various means before the game to exert pressure, even verbal intimidation, these are very common things, even the FA can not stop it.

　　 This situation has been repeatedly banned in the lower leagues, so the referee is often very stressed.

　　 The feeling that Southampton now gives them is more professional than many Premier League teams, which left a deep impression on them.

　　 "I heard that the relationship between Southampton and Plymouth is not good."

　　 Jonathan Moss smiled bitterly. Several cities on the south coast of England have a terrible relationship with each other, especially Southampton, which can be said to be the target of criticism. Who has always regarded them as the flag of the south coast?

　　 Portsmouth, Plymouth, Brighton...Who doesn't want to take the flag instead?

　　 "All in all, let's just enforce the law fairly!"