Chapter 454 I am the boss!

"I really hope that events like tonight can happen more often."

Walking up the main stand from the inner passage, Miami Mayor Regalado was very excited all the way.

It seemed as if the more than 70,000 fans in the huge Yongming Stadium were not there to watch the football game, but to vote for him.

Below the court, both teams had completed their warm-up phase and returned to the locker room to prepare for the game.

But the stadium was still quite lively, as the rock band that was invited at a high salary was performing crazily in the stadium.

The explosive drumbeats and the excited crowd together formed a surging wave of sound.

Anyone who walks into this stadium will be infected and ignited by this strong atmosphere.

Yang Huan was sitting next to Regalado. When he heard this, he smiled and said, "If the Miami Dolphins' performance improves, the atmosphere at home will probably be good too."

Regalado shook his head. "It's difficult. Stephen Ross is not very interested in football. He is interested in real estate and business. It's good enough that the Dolphins can continue to operate."

Yang Huan still smiled faintly, but did not speak.

Seeing him like this, Regalado felt helpless. Was it because the encouragement in my words was not obvious enough?

No, I think this Young Master Huan is pretending not to understand.

What a cunning Chinese.

Well, seeing you act cool, I can only bow my head

Who made me ask for help?

"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that the English Premier League Manchester City team wants to form a new football team in New York, is that right?"

Yang Huan nodded and said, "Yes, Mubarak mentioned this to me."

Without waiting for Regalado to speak, Yang Huan took the initiative to continue.

"But none of us are optimistic about Manchester City's plan to set up New York City in New York."

"Why?" Regalado was very curious.

"The reason is simple. The American soccer market is not mature yet, and the fan base is not stable enough. Entering the American Professional Soccer League now is definitely a loss-making business. If you want to invite European out-of-date stars to play in the United States, the salary alone will be enough to make it difficult."

At this point, Regalado could only smile awkwardly.

When it comes to professional football, he is not even qualified to carry Yang Huan's shoes.

To put it bluntly, he is just a politician. Seeing Manchester City going to New York to invest in a football team, and seeing the football storm that has swept the entire United States in the past month, he was helpless to see that Miami did not even have a professional football team.

You know, the Major League Soccer has announced that after 2020, the league will no longer accept new teams.

This is the same as nhekoue.

In other words, if Miami doesn't organize a football team before 2020, there will be no hope in the future.

If he hadn't seen how hot the ball market was, Regalado might not have had any ideas.

But now, a total of more than 70,000 fans gathered, attracting the attention of all fans in the world, and also gathered thousands of reporters from all over the world.

For the entire city of Miami, this time it really made a big splash in front of the whole world.

For Regalado, this is also a political achievement.

"Mr. Yang Huan, why are you losing money?" a government official sitting next to Regalado asked politely.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It's simple, the team has no income."

Seeing the other person frown, Yang laughed.

"Look, a team like Barcelona, ​​which is full of superstars, spent more than 217 million U.S. dollars on salaries last year, and Real Madrid spent 200 million U.S. dollars on salaries. This is the highest among any professional club in the world, even higher than the New York Yankees in American professional baseball."

Regalado and the government official next to him looked at each other and were shocked.

How can we afford such a high salary?

"Even if we recruit a group of outdated stars and organize a competitive team, and keep the total salary within $100 million, we will still lose money."

Yang Huan explained patiently.

"One team has three major sources of income. The broadcasting rights of the Major League Soccer are not selling well. The eight-year contract signed with EPN in 2006 was only worth $64 million in total, or $8 million a year. It still has to be shared with more than a dozen other teams and the Major League Soccer."

Yang Huan just laughed.

This amount of money is not even enough for Beckham's monthly salary.

"As for the income on match days, it's not bad. The average attendance of Major League Soccer is 17,000, but the ticket prices are not high, so the income from this aspect won't be much. In addition, the Major League Soccer adopts a special system of unified control and unified distribution, so the clubs have little room for operation."

In order to control costs and taxes, a very strange phenomenon even occurred in the Major League Soccer.

That is, professional players sign contracts with the major leagues, not the clubs.

It was not until Beckham moved to the United States in 2007 that a designated player signing clause was introduced as an exception, allowing clubs to sign players individually and pay high salaries.

Also, the Major League Baseball events are quite weird and totally out of touch with international standards.

For example, they have regular seasons, playoffs, and all-star games, but no promotion or relegation system, etc. These are all imitations of successful competition systems such as NBA and UEFA.

"From the current situation, as the atmosphere of American football has become stronger in the past few years, the commercial operation potential has increased, but the income from match days and broadcasting rights is still quite low. However, the franchise fee is quite high, now it costs $100 million."

The most valuable team in Major League Soccer is the Seattle Sounders, with a market value of $170 million.

But in 2009, they only had $37 million.

Yang Huan laughed inwardly. I have little education, but I know how you can increase your market value so much in just three or four years? Is it because your income has increased, or have you found a way to make long-term profits?

Also, the total market value of the best team you run is only 170 million US dollars. Why should the franchise fee for a new team be 100 million?

"Mr. Yang Huan, we may not be as good as you in running a football club, but you seem to underestimate the Major League Soccer. You know, out of the 19 major league teams, 10 are profitable. How do you explain that?"

The government official heard the dissatisfaction in Yang Huan's tone and felt that the Major League Soccer was trying to deceive investors, so he immediately asked a question in return.

"I don't have much to explain," Yang Huan shrugged and said with a smile, "But you should take a look. The data of the Major League Soccer is calculated based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Is this the true financial situation of the ten teams?"

Everyone knows that this is a very typical means and trick to embellish financial statements.

How can anyone know the real situation without in-depth understanding?

Besides, if I invest in a football team and want it to join your major league, I have to pay a franchise fee of 100 million US dollars, plus the stadium, team formation, training ground and employees. How much money do I have to invest in total?

It's almost as fast as me going to Europe to buy a team in the four major leagues.

Apart from wealthy tycoons like Manchester City, or some wealthy people and companies in the United States who use the operation of football teams to gain other benefits, who would be willing to spend such money?

Regalado and others really didn't expect that Yang Huan had conducted such an in-depth investigation into the Major League Soccer.

It can be seen that he is interested in entering the American football market.

But this interest is very cautious.

Especially after the International Champions Cup became popular.

They have their own cup competitions, so why should I form a special team to participate in your Major League Soccer games?

Isn't that just taking off your pants to fart, a waste of time?

Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation was gradually becoming a little strange, Regalado quickly changed the subject.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I wonder if planning for next year's International Champions Cup has already begun?"

Judging from the situation of this year's International Champions Cup, the situation next year will definitely be very hot.

"Well, it has already started."

"So you really plan to expand the army?"

American media revealed that the organizers of the International Champions Cup saw that the cup was so popular that they planned to expand it into three groups.

But Yang Huan shook his head, "Don't be too anxious. Next year, the tournament should still be held in the same way as now with two groups of eight teams, but there may be some changes in the choice of competition cities."

"Oh?" Regalado was startled.

What does this mean?

Not in Miami anymore?

Or is he trying to raise the price?

You know, in order to convince the International Champions Cup to hold the final at the Miami Suncity Arena, Miami not only waived the stadium rental fees, but also provided the organizer with an additional $3 million in funding.

Aren’t these conditions good enough?

Yang Huan looked at Regalado and laughed in his heart.

Three million dollars?

You see, from the draw ceremony to the final, how much attention our event has brought to Miami?

That's global attention.

Also, these more than 70,000 fans are all from Miami?

How many of them came to Miami specifically to watch the game?

Are these people here just to watch the game?

They don’t want to eat? They don’t want to live? They don’t want to play? They don’t want to spend money or go shopping?

Yang Huan was not panicking. He had already received invitations from several American cities, and the price they offered was at least $5 million in government subsidies. With Miami's $3 million, at best, it could only host a semi-final.

As for the draw and finals, you either pay more or forget about it.

"We will have more time to prepare for the second edition, and we already have the experience of the first edition, so this time we plan to arrange the draw ceremony in February 2013, and it will still be held at the final stadium."

Regalado's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. So much in advance?

Yang Huan's attitude is very clear, the event is mine, I am the boss

If you want, come and talk. The price will definitely go up. It's up to you whether you want to hold the event or not.

We don't care if you don't do it, there are plenty of cities willing to do it anyway.

If that doesn't work, I'll move outside the United States.

This is also a typical practice for heavyweight events such as the Olympics, the World Cup and the European Cup. Even the host cities of the Champions League final and the Europa League final have to compete for the bid in advance.

The International Champions Cup is certainly not at that level yet, but with the huge success of the first edition, there are bound to be a lot of cities willing to take over.

Regalado was depressed.

It is said that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake, but this local snake himself was suppressed by Yang Huan, a powerful dragon from overseas, and could not even raise his head.

Do you feel depressed?

Is there any way?

There is really no other way. I have to find someone to discuss whether to continue holding this event.

Just at this moment, a voice came from the broadcast in the stadium reminding people to turn off the lights.

Then, all the lights in the venue were turned off in an instant.

Suddenly, the whole audience screamed.

Because everyone knows that the most important guest performer tonight is coming.

Sure enough, as the lights came on again, everyone gathered on the stage in the middle of the stadium and saw a man and a woman.

The man is chubby and the woman is slim and well-proportioned.

As soon as the two came on the stage, more than 70,000 fans in the Yongming Stadium cheered and shouted in unison.

"Uncle Bird, Uncle Bird, Uncle Bird"

"Yoona, Yoona, Yoona"

With the cheers of the fans, fireworks exploded in the stadium and live music sounded.

The third generation of divine songs that countless music fans around the world have been waiting for for a long time has finally come out