Chapter 453: Dig My Girlfriend in Front of Me

The last time Yang Huan came to the Miami Yongming Stadium, he was deeply impressed by the huge empty parking lot outside the Yongming Stadium. His first reaction at that time was, how could it be fully occupied when it is so big?

But this time, when he came to the Miami Evergreen Stadium, he found that it had almost become a sea of ​​cars.

At a glance, there are cars everywhere, all kinds of cars, it's like a car kingdom.

Don't mention how shocking that scene was.

"If your Fox crew can capture this scene from mid-air, it would be really amazing and will surely become popular all over the world," Yang said with a smile.

James Murdoch was also shocked by this grand scene.

They are already finding it spectacular just from a level view in the car. If they were to take a bird's-eye view from mid-air, wouldn't it be terrifying?

While thinking about this, the rich second generation of News Corporation suddenly took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"Robin, can you send out a drone to take aerial photos of the Yongming Stadium and the parking lot?"

When Yang Huan heard this, he was delighted. This really is the essence of the second generation of rich people.

But don't think it's just nonsense. It's also a reflection of strength and a way to please the audience.

Haven’t you noticed that for every major event, the broadcasting organizations will first show a few close-ups of the outside of the stadium, and some are even aerial shots. The scene is really pleasing to the eye.

"Well, okay, you try it right away, yes, try it now."

Having said that, James Murdoch hung up the phone and looked at the parking lot in the distance with anticipation.

"We have long had the idea of ​​trying to use drones to shoot high-altitude shots, but we have never had the opportunity to do so. This time, Yongming Stadium gave us a chance."

In the past, many overhead shots of stadium exteriors were actually taken from high-rise buildings around the stadium, and the angles were relatively simple. But if drones are used to shoot, the effect will definitely be different.

"Master Huan"

The two had just arrived at the internal parking lot of Yongming Stadium, got out of the car, and just stepped into the gate when a person came over.

Yang Huan and James Murdoch both turned their heads and saw who was coming. Their expressions changed immediately.

The former was obviously very happy, while the latter had a look on his face as if he had stepped on shit.

It's none other than Gavin Patterson, the dashing CEO of British Telecom.

As soon as the guy with three buttons unbuttoned approached, he immediately greeted with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Murdoch"

At this moment, James Murdoch's expression changed completely.

Everyone knows that he has a bad relationship with his father Murdoch, and they have almost no contact except for work.

Therefore, James Murdoch hates being called Mr. Murdoch or Little Murdoch the most.

Whether familiar or unfamiliar, he likes others to call him James.

Now, hearing Gavin Patterson deliberately calling him that, he became angry and snorted coldly, which was considered as his agreement.

Gavin Patterson was deliberately trying to disgust him, but he didn't care and walked closer to Yang Huan with a smile.

"Master Huan, I want to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Yang Huan knew that this guy was like this and there was nothing he could do about it.

"The UK rights for the International Champions Cup have only been sold for one year, right?"

When he asked this, James Murdoch's eyelids twitched. What was this guy thinking?

In front of me, trying to steal my girlfriend?

Is that too much?

"Hmm?" Yang Huan didn't say anything.

"Sell it to us, British Telecom, next year. No matter how much others offer, we will only pay more, not less."

When Gavin Patterson said this, he really sounded very wealthy.

James Murdoch was secretly annoyed, thinking, did this guy do this on purpose?

"I know that British Telecom has become quite wealthy recently. You just grabbed two of the most valuable Premier League broadcasting rights packages, and now you are trying to grab the International Champions Cup broadcasting rights?"

At this point, James Murdoch smiled slightly, "But unfortunately, I have already reached an agreement with Master Huan."

"Is the deal done?" Gavin Patterson looked at Yang Huan.

Yang Huan did not deny it and nodded.

"Then the contract hasn't been signed yet?"

James Murdoch's face changed immediately.

Gavin Patterson is definitely a very capable person.

After this guy took charge of British Telecom, he has been ambitious to enter Sky TV's core market, which is media services. At the same time, they are also actively planning to transform into the Internet video field.

From this we can see that this guy is not as rumored by the outside world, who can do nothing but promiscuous relationships between men and women.

On the contrary, this guy has a very good eye.

Apart from anything else, the fact that he had teamed up with several TV stations to jointly bid for the Premier League broadcasting rights and snatched the event package including the prime live broadcast time from Saturday afternoon to evening from Sky TV at a high price was enough to make Sky TV feel threatened.

Everyone knows that broadcasting of top sports events, especially the Premier League, is Sky's core business.

This move by British Telecom is clearly a threat to the survival of Sky TV.

But this is just Gavin Patterson's first step.

While he won some of the Premier League broadcasting rights, he also persuaded the board to spend 3 billion pounds to deploy a high-speed fiber optic network across the UK, which is expected to achieve 90% coverage by 2015.

Once the layout is completed, British Telecom will become Sky's most powerful competitor in the UK market.

From the perspective of a colleague in the same industry, even James Murdoch had to admire this romantic guy.

But from the perspective of his competitor, he just wanted Gavin Patterson to get out of here.

Over the past six months, for some reason, this guy became good friends with Yang Huan and others, and also organized and planned many carnival parties for the rich second-generation people in the Saints fan club, which made James Murdoch feel threatened again.

Who knows if this guy will use this relationship to persuade Yang Huan?

Of course, Sky TV is confident enough to keep its existing resources and the territory it has worked so hard to build.

But there is no doubt that British Telecom has become a serious problem.

Thinking of this, James Murdoch couldn't help but be secretly alert in his heart. He had to ask the company's people to come to negotiate as soon as possible, and even give up more interests and pay a higher price, just to sign the contract quickly.

Who knows what other tricks this guy who unbuttoned three buttons has?

"Master Huan, I'll go over first."

James Murdoch apologized to Yang Huan.

"Okay, James, let's talk later." Yang Huan smiled and saw him off.

After James Murdoch left, Gavin Patterson shrugged his shoulders in frustration, "Is it necessary to give me a hard time?"

Yang Huan smiled and said, "If you are like this, I will not be nice to you."

"No way? Master Huan, I'm really helping you." Gavin Patterson asked for credit with a smile.

"Really? I don't think so," Yang Huanle said.

But he knew in his heart that Gavin Patterson's involvement would be a great help to Miracle Media.

The most feared thing in everything is competition. Now that Sky TV has the threat of British Telecom, are we afraid that Sky TV will invest more?

Gavin Patterson is a smart man. He knows very well that British Telecom does not have the resources like Sky TV. So in the short term, no matter how high the price he offers, Master Huan will not let British Telecom participate in the competition.

You know, British Telecom has never broadcast sports games before. Now that they have won the broadcasting rights for the Premier League, they have just started to familiarize themselves with the market operations in this field. This major flaw has doomed them to miss the broadcast of the International Champions Cup.

Because this event is not mature enough, it needs more management and promotion.

James Murdoch is not a fool either, he also understands his own advantages and Yang Huan's ideas, so he does not need to worry about being robbed, but he will definitely feel threatened and will pay more attention to it.

"I heard that Sky TV and Vodafone have recently formed an alliance and will also launch an N service."

Gavin Patterson was a little surprised by Yang Huan's sudden and unreasonable words.

What does this mean?

Yang Huan looked at him like that, shook his head and smiled, "Scudmore said that in the next three years, the revenue from the Premier League's Internet and mobile Internet broadcasting rights will double, and in the future it will even compete with local pay TV and overseas broadcasting rights."

When Gavin Patterson heard this, he immediately understood.

What Master Huan meant was that Sky TV has already begun to actively develop its presence on the Internet and mobile Internet.

One of the important reasons why Sky TV is so impatient is that the UK will launch the network this year.

In other words, the time has come to watch high-definition Premier League live on your mobile phone.

When it comes to the Premier League broadcasting rights landing on the Internet, we have to talk about the EU's antitrust law.

When the EU opposed Sky TV's monopoly on Premier League copyright, many people thought it was a blow to the Premier League.

Little did they know that the Premier League was very shrewd and had a lot of calculations in mind.

As early as 2004 when the antitrust law came out, the live broadcast technology on the Internet was already very mature, but all broadcasters in the new media field had to buy the copyright from Sky TV, and the Premier League did not get a penny.

But as soon as the antitrust law came out, the Premier League approached Sky TV to negotiate and directly won the copyright for Internet and mobile live broadcasts. The first contract was sold for 400 million pounds.

And this amount of money is considered a lot for the Premier League and the teams.

Now, with the rapid development of the Internet and mobile Internet, the Premier League broadcasting rights in the new media field are becoming more and more popular, and the broadcasting fees are also rising.

The reason why Sky TV cooperates with Vodafone is very simple: Sky TV has the resources and Vodafone has high-speed broadband network.

Obviously, this is aimed at British Telecom.

At this moment, Gavin Patterson couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

If Master Huan hadn't reminded me, I might have ended up like Independent Television and Setanta back then, regretting it only after they were brought down by Sky TV.

For a moment, Gavin Patterson looked at Young Master Huan with eyes filled with gratitude.

But Master Huan didn't look at him, but looked ahead with a smile.

There was an old man with white hair but strong steps walking towards me, laughing all the way.

He stretched out his hand to Yang Huan from a distance, "Mr. Yang Huan"

Yang Huan also hurried over and shook the man's hand with a smile, "Hello, Mayor Regalado"

The two men shook hands, and the staff member following Regalado immediately walked away to take pictures.

Gavin Patterson saw clearly that the person coming was the Mayor of Miami, Regalado.

"It's very lively tonight. Yongming Stadium hasn't been so lively for a long time." Regalado said with a smile.

Miami does not have a football team, so Yongming Stadium is more used as the stadium for Miami's local football team, the Dolphins. Interestingly, the major shareholders of the Dolphins are Stephen Ross and the tennis stars, the Williams sisters.

But in recent years, the Miami Dolphins' performance has been quite poor, and they have always aimed to make the playoffs. Coupled with the economic downturn, the attendance at Yongming Stadium has also been low.

It has been many years since we have seen such a crowded and full house scene as tonight.

So, as the mayor of Miami, Regalado is also very excited.

This is a great opportunity to appear on stage, have fun with the people, and please the voters. How can I not be excited?