Chapter 669: Whatever You Want Will Come
A yellow bus drove slowly by. Yang Huan was standing under the shade of a tree in Renzo Letourneau Square in Milan, looking across at a long wall covered with all kinds of graffiti.
"Master Huan, that's the old site of the World Expo!"
Raiola, who was standing next to Yang Huan, pointed to the old and dilapidated wall opposite and introduced it.
Yang Huan pinched his chin and nodded. He had guessed it long ago.
Everyone knows that the 2015 World Expo will be held in Milan, but perhaps not many people know that Milan has hosted a World Expo before, more than a century ago.
The large open space surrounded by a wall in front of Yang Huan is the former site of the World Expo.
This is an irregular trapezoidal piece of land, about 1,200 meters long on the north side and more than 1,800 meters on the south side. The vertical distance from north to south is about 350 meters. The east side is an arc and the west side is a pointed triangle.
According to preliminary estimates, the entire piece of land is approximately 600 acres.
"Master Huan, even though the road here is not wide, there is a lot of traffic around here, and the flow of people is quite large."
As he spoke, the fat Italian took the initiative to introduce Master Huan.
"Across the road to the east is Le Tu Station, which has two subway station entrances. The QTB subway station entrance is about 200 to 300 meters to the north. There is also a subway station to the northwest, and there are two subway stations to the south, all within 500 meters. The farthest one is the San Siro Stadium station."
While listening to Raiola's introduction, Yang Huan kept looking around.
Judging from the subway stations and bus stops, the transportation here is very convenient and can be said to be well connected.
From a geographical point of view, 500 meters south of here is San Siro, also known as the Meazza Stadium and racecourse by Inter Milan fans, so although there are residential areas all around, it is not a big problem.
After all, with the San Siro Stadium case in the past, the voices opposing the construction of a new stadium will not be strong.
"The surrounding area has great development potential in recent years. To the north is Park Park, where a small urban oasis will be built with a shopping mall. Opposite Park Park is the new headquarters of LG."
"Cross the road to the east and walk about 500 to 600 meters along the street to the east, and you will reach Citylife, a high-end residential community designed by Zaha Hadid. To the north of this community is the landmark Milan Exhibition Center."
"The surrounding area is full of residential areas where the rich and middle class live, and all the supporting facilities are quite complete."
Yang Huan can check this information anytime and anywhere using the map in his mobile phone, so he has no doubt about the authenticity and reliability of Raiola's words.
Six or seven hundred acres of land in the center of Milan where every inch of land is valuable, what is the value of that?
"With the upcoming Milan Expo, the Milan municipal government and the Lombardy region are considering using this piece of land for development. In addition, some temporary construction land for the new Expo will also be auctioned to ensure the future development of the area."
Hearing this, Yang Huan shook his head and said, "The New World Expo is farther from the city center, and taking advantage of the hype of the World Expo, the value has been inflated. The cost-effectiveness is definitely not as high as here, because this is the city center and the transportation is extremely convenient!"
"That's right, Master Huan!" Raiola nodded with a smile, "This piece of land is very valuable. I've learned that the price of the land alone is more than 300 million. If you add other cleaning costs, I'm afraid it will be 400 million!"
This is only natural.
Although Italy's economy is in a downturn, that is just an appearance. For the general public, Italy's consumption capacity is still quite high, especially considering that Milan is still a popular world-class tourist city.
Not to mention that there are many large financial groups in Italy that are drooling over him, even those wealthy people all over the world who are eyeing this piece of fat meat, which one of them is not eagerly waiting to pounce on him?
Yang Huan had to admit that Raiola was indeed smart and grasped Yang Huan's needs at once.
In Yang Huan's opinion, it is almost impossible to make money from football. Not making a loss, or even making a smaller loss, is already quite good. Therefore, for Yang Huan, there are two most important things about football.
One is the football league that Yang Huan is carefully building, which is to enhance his influence in European and even world football.
Another is to use the advantages of the football club to gain as much profit as possible outside of professional football.
For example, in Madrid, after acquiring Atlético de Madrid and taking over the land for the new stadium, the Yang Group naturally took over the land around the new stadium and is currently busy building a commercial city with complete supporting facilities.
In Monaco, after Yang Huan acquired the team, he began to build a new stadium, a yacht club, and luxury houses halfway up the mountain. He may even build hotels and casinos in the future.
As for Southampton, it goes without saying that the largest share of the profits from the old town renovation project went to Young Master Huan. He and the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor Group were the biggest beneficiaries of the entire Southampton old town renovation project.
Previously, Yang Huan played a very good trick by acquiring Tottenham Hotspur. By introducing the Qatari consortium, Yang Huan became the second largest shareholder of Tottenham Hotspur with minimal investment. At the same time, he also got a big piece of fat from the Northumberland plan for the transformation of North London.
In the past few years, since Yang Huan entered the European professional football scene, the benefits he really wanted to gain were never from football.
He even made considerable investments in several professional teams.
But compared to the benefits he gained away from the court, the team's investment is just a drop in the bucket.
In today's professional football world, Yang Huan is not the only one who plays this way.
Just like Manchester City, after the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City, how many investment projects did it get in Manchester and the UK?
There is also Paris Saint-Germain. After the Qatari consortium acquired the team, it gained a lot of benefits in Paris and France, especially Al Jazeera, which expanded in the European market at an almost shocking speed.
Even someone like Abramovich, who fled to London to escape disaster, used his Chelsea ID card to buy a lot of fixed assets in the UK. As the UK economy has started to pick up in recent years, these fixed assets have generally appreciated in value. Didn't Abramovich make a lot of money?
Therefore, Raiola's proposal just met Yang Huan's needs.
The price of this piece of land seems high, but the potential is huge.
There is not much Yang Huan needs to do. He just needs to copy the model of Madrid and Monaco and build a new stadium on this piece of land, and then build hotels, shopping centers, shops, office buildings and other supporting entertainment and consumption facilities.
With the strength of the Yang Group, it is entirely possible to make this place the first choice for Chinese tourists to consume and shop when they come to Italy.
By that time, even if Yang Huan broke his legs, he could still count money while sitting at home!
"Mino, if what you said is true, then the value of this piece of land is indeed very high, and there must be many people who want to grab it. What makes you sure that we can get it?" Yang Huan frowned and asked with concern.
Raiola nodded and smiled. "Master Huan, you are right. Since the Milan City Government and the Lombardy Regional Government released the news, many investors have been attracted, but they are more concerned about the venue of the new World Expo."
"According to the plan of the Expo Management Committee, the two plots of land will be bid at the same time, leasing will not be allowed, and the project must be started within a specified period, so many investors are discouraged."
Yang Huan also understands this.
Whether it is the new Expo site or the old Expo site, the prices are quite staggering, at least several hundred million euros.
But this is just the land price. We will have to invest several hundred million more to build the project.
Judging from the area of the two large plots of land, it would cost at least ten billion!
And this is just the minimum. If you want to build large shopping malls, hotels, etc., the investment will be even more staggering.
Let me ask, with the economy in such a downturn and money tight now, who can easily come up with such a large sum of money to invest?
So, this piece of meat is fat, but not everyone can chew it.
"Master Huan, if you are interested, I can help you get the land in the name of either of the two Milan teams. I believe it will be easier. As long as I help you with all the arrangements, I believe it will not be a problem!"
Yang Huan could really see that Raiola was really popular in Italy.
When it comes to corruption, Italy is one of the worst in the European Union.
It is said that in the corruption rankings of countries and regions around the world, Italy is similar to Brazil, Mexico and other countries. In other words, in this country, many problems have special solutions.
"Mino!" Yang Huan smiled and waved his hand.
"Master Huan!" Raiola came over immediately.
"Help me arrange it. I want to meet with the mayor of Milan and the president of the Lombardy region."
Raiola knew that Master Huan was moved!
So the fat Italian man immediately nodded with a smile, "No problem!"
"I will arrange someone to assist in this matter, you are in charge!" Yang Huan said lightly.
"Okay, I will try my best!" Raiola assured again.
We are all smart people, so we naturally know what is going on.
No matter what, Young Master Huan is a world-famous figure and he is bound to keep himself clean. Don't expect him to personally participate in such matters. On the contrary, he must have his own way to distance himself from it.
Even if something goes wrong in the future and the truth is revealed, it will not implicate Young Master Huan.
Therefore, it is not surprising at all that Raiola made such an arrangement for Young Master Huan.
Master Huan's meaning is very clear. I will arrange people to help you. I will take care of all your needs. I don't care what means or methods you use. I will not ask anything because I only want the result!
Raiola knew better than anyone that the benefits of this matter were staggering, even exceeding the projects of Yang Group in the area around Atletico Madrid's new stadium. Therefore, once it was done, he would definitely be able to gain the favor of Young Master Huan.
Considering Young Master Huan's character, would he be afraid that he would be left out when it comes to rewarding people based on their merits?
Unexpectedly, as soon as this thought came to his mind, Yang Huan spoke again.
"That's right, Mino!"
"Master Huan, what do you want me to do?"
"Didn't you ask me before if there were any houses for sale in Crescent Bay?"
"Well, yes, Master Huan!"
"There's none in Crescent Bay, but Hamad and a few people from the Saints Fan Club are planning to do a project near the Doha Yacht Marina in Qatar. If you're interested, I'll give you my share."
This project is in line with Crescent Bay, but for Yang Huan, he is not very interested in it. It is still a little small.
"Give it to me?" Raiola was a little shocked.
Whatever you think will come true!
Raiola knew very well who Hamad, the person Young Master Huan mentioned, was.
The son of the Prime Minister of Qatar, you said this person is interested in the investment projects, can they be bad?
"I'll find a chance to tell them later!"
After Yang Huan finished speaking, he smiled, patted Raiola on the shoulder, said nothing more, turned around and left.