Chapter 233: Hollowing out Chelsea's Rhythm

"Excuse me, Marcus!"

As soon as Sun Yue walked into the negotiation room of Adidas, he immediately put on a helpless smile.

"You know, Bert Hoyet kept pulling me over and wouldn't let me come over. I really had no choice but to let him pester me!"

Marcus Bauman and his trusted assistant Jack looked at each other, and neither could tell the truth from the false.

The only thing that is certain is that Sun Yue talked with Bert Hoyet for nearly half an hour.

As for how much and what we talked about in this half hour, who knows?

"I also know Belt, he is indeed a troublesome person!" Marcus Baumann replied with a smile.

Sun Yue smiled faintly, "However, they are very sincere."

This sentence suddenly made Marcus Bauman and others' hearts skip a beat.

Could it be that Nike offered a higher price?

"Let me be honest with you. Nike's price is 28 million pounds, which is 10 million pounds higher than yours. So, I can only say, sorry, my friend!"

Marcus Bauman's anxiety finally became a reality.

"Impossible, Nike can't possibly offer such an outrageous price!" This was his first reaction.

You know, how much sponsorship fee did Nike give to Inter Milan?

This sponsorship fee is on par with that of Barcelona!

Giving Southampton such a high salary, aren’t you afraid of being killed by other sponsors?

"It is definitely impossible to simply sponsor the jerseys. In addition to sponsoring the jerseys, they also want to cooperate with us in two aspects: our virtual training system and the use of virtual reality technology."

really!

Marcus Bowman confirmed his guess that Nike also attaches great importance to these two projects.

As an American company, Nike has always been the world's number one in the industry in terms of research and development and adoption of high technology.

It would be a lie to say they didn't see the potential here.

In order to obtain some player training data and analysis results, Adidas is willing to spend money to help Ajax build a training center. Nike just increased the sponsorship fee, which is not too outrageous.

"I'm sorry, Marcus. I hope we can have a chance to cooperate next time!" Sun Yue said apologetically.

Marcus Bauman had many thoughts and considerations in his mind, but in the end, he shouted, "Slow down!"

Sun Yue did not turn around immediately. Instead, he felt happy in his heart and smiled before turning around.

"We are willing to offer a sponsorship fee of 30 million pounds, and the conditions are the same as Nike. In addition, we can also provide experts in high-end precision machinery manufacturing to help you build this virtual training center."

Germany's capabilities in high-end precision machinery manufacturing are truly unquestionable and among the best in the world.

Sun Yue knew Master Huan's temper well. What this young master valued most was talent.

Experts and talents in high-end precision machinery manufacturing are what Master Huan is most in need of at present.

Aston Martin and Sunseeker Yachts are both made in China. If we can recruit more talents in this field, then...

"Okay, on behalf of our Young Master Huan, I agree to cooperate with you!"

Sun Yue also stretched out his hand generously.

He knew that his pressure and intimidation tactics had worked.

Marcus Bowman reached out his hand and shook his hand vigorously. "Mr. Sun, you are the most troublesome negotiation expert I have ever met!"

"Thank you!" Sun Yue accepted it with a smile.

At the very least, that's a compliment, isn't it?

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"I'm sorry, Belt, they offered £30 million, there's no reason for us to refuse, right?"

Sun Yue was really honest this time.

Because he believed that even Nike could not offer such a high price.

Sure enough, Bert Hoyet sighed helplessly with a bit of disappointment, "Then I can only congratulate you!"

Once this sponsorship contract is signed, Southampton will surely shock the entire football world again.

Although there are many other aspects of cooperation behind the contract, the media will not care about them.

Thirty million pounds in sponsorship fees, this is definitely a sky-high price!

In today's football world, only Barcelona, ​​the triple crown winner, can afford such a sky-high price!

But the problem is that Barcelona is a super giant that has been in great glory in the past few years and has won many championships.

Southampton has only won one FA Cup title and is a team that has just been promoted from the third-tier league to the second-tier league, but it receives sponsorship fees at the same level as super giants.

Isn’t that amazing enough?

Wouldn't this cause media all over the world to hype it up?

"Mr. Sun, I wonder if Southampton is interested in discussing another cooperation?"

Sun Yue became interested when he heard this. "We are interested in any cooperation that is beneficial to the interests of both parties."

"You, Southampton, are planning to build a virtual training center, which will surely cost a lot of money."

Sun Yue nodded. According to preliminary estimates, the size of the virtual training center is equivalent to that of an indoor football field.

The area is comparable to that of a regular football field, and the budget is as high as 20 to 30 million pounds.

Especially those advanced equipment, as well as the assembly, debugging and running-in of the entire system.

"You must have heard that Nike has always had an independent department called the Innovation Kitchen, which brings together many top talents in related industries."

Sun Yue had heard of this department and it was indeed amazing.

Nike has been able to remain a leader in innovative technology in the industry for many years thanks to this department.

They even have in-depth cooperation with high-tech companies such as Apple.

"I believe that if you want to build such a large system, or even make your virtual reality technology more perfect and mature, you will definitely need experts and talents in professional fields. In this regard, we can provide help that Adidas cannot provide."

Nike's biggest advantage is that it owns the United States, the world's most advanced high-tech innovation market, and has a strong talent pool that can provide strong support in innovation, information, semiconductors and software programs.

"We are willing to sponsor Southampton to build this virtual training center and do our best to provide talent support. In addition to the conditions mentioned above, we hope to obtain the naming rights of this virtual training center."

Naming rights?

In other words, from now on, the name of this training center can only be called Nike Training Center.

No way?

Isn't this disgusting to Adidas?

Although it was just a small disgusting thing in the training base.

But it's creative, I like it!

Sun Yue was completely willing in his heart, but he still had to talk to the boss about this matter.

"I'm going to call our Master Huan right away, wait a minute!"

Having said that, he walked out of the meeting room. This time he simply didn't use WeChat and just made a phone call directly.

"What, pay to help us build a virtual training center?" Yang Huan on the other end of the phone was also a little surprised.

Is it really my turn, Xiao Yang, to have such a good thing?

"Master Huan, they want the naming rights."

"Then give it to them. How simple is that?"

There is a rich guy who pays for you and wants a sponsorship, but you still don’t want it?

"But, Adidas..."

Nike's behavior is somewhat disgusting to Adidas, and there is no guarantee that the Germans will not be angry.

"That's even simpler. If you want to sponsor, then sponsor. If you don't want to sponsor, forget it. We don't need that little money anyway!"

Yang Huan is still as wealthy and powerful as ever.

Sun Yue smiled bitterly. That was tens of millions of pounds in income a year, which would be converted into hundreds of millions.

"Okay, I'll try to talk."

After saying that, Sun Yue hung up the phone.

If you think about it carefully, Adidas should not set up obstacles in this regard.

Unless you also use this money to help us build a training center, otherwise, what right do you have to stop us?

The more he thought about it, the more proud Sun Yue became.

Which team in the world can be as awesome as Southampton and attract two major sponsors?

Even top teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona can only choose one of the two major sponsors, right?

Our Southampton is awesome, so awesome that two major sponsors are vying to sponsor us together!

It seems that this point needs to be used for publicity.

At the very least, this can make Southampton fans more proud and have more face, right?

Next time you meet fans of those big teams, you can use this to slap them in the face. It will be so satisfying!

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Charlene Lahiri discovered that she really couldn't bet with Yang Huan.

This guy doesn't make bets with others easily, but once he wants to make a bet with you, he is basically very confident.

It was like he had made a bet with Charlene Lahiri about signing Drogba.

At that time, Charlene Lahiri's first reaction was that it was impossible.

Unexpectedly, not long after, The Sun dug up the inside information. Drogba's agent revealed that Chelsea planned to sell the Ivorian to Southampton.

This news caused a huge earthquake in the football world!

A Championship team actually went to a Premier League giant to poach its core center forward?

If it were the other way around, the news wouldn't have much news value.

But now, almost the whole world is shocked!

Everyone’s first reaction was, Impossible!

But when this thing became possible, everyone felt that the Chelsea management must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Otherwise, how could they be so stupid as to sell their main center?

Although Drogba is old, the point is that he is still strong!

If it weren't for Drogba last season, Chelsea would have been in a very bad situation.

As a result, there was a heated argument among Chelsea fans about whether to sell Drogba.

As bystanders, the topic that everyone is more concerned about is how much Drogba was sold for?

Charlene Lahiri tried several times to dig out some explosive information from Yang Huan, but this guy just gritted his teeth and refused to give in.

However, she still got some information from the few words.

That is very very very very cheap!

These are Yang Huan’s original words!

It appeared in the newspaper and was immediately reprinted and reported by countless newspapers around the world.

So how cheap is it?

neither knows!

What's even more frightening is that I heard that Southampton's poaching target at Chelsea is not just Drogba, but also includes others, at least two more targets, which is even more shocking.

According to The Sun, Southampton is trying to hollow out Chelsea!

With capital pouring into professional football, there are some with deep pockets.

Chelsea back then, Manchester City later, and now Paris Saint-Germain, are all incredibly wealthy.

However, there is only one team in the world as wealthy and powerful as Southampton.

Even looking at the history of world football, there is no other like it!

The media are flocking to such a team, wishing to dig up all the explosive information about them.

But he just likes to hide things, play ambiguously with you, tease you, and make you revolve around him.

More importantly, this team always has explosive news that attracts the media's attention.

Just like this time, Adidas sponsored Southampton for a five-year period at a sky-high price of 30 million pounds.

Once Southampton announced the news on WeChat and its official website, it was immediately forwarded and reported by major news websites, causing a frenzy of shock on the Internet.

Countless netizens expressed their incomprehension.

How could a Championship team be so expensive?

This is neither realistic nor scientific!

Isn’t Adidas afraid of angering other top teams?

However, only those who really know the inside story know that this sponsorship is more than just sponsoring jerseys.

Do other top teams also charge such high prices?

OK, do you have the strength, creativity and resources of Southampton?

But just when the news had spread to the entire Internet and might even have spread throughout the world, Charlene Lahiri received another private WeChat message from Yang Huan.

"I have an exclusive here. If you want it, send me a sexy photo that will disappear after reading it!"