Chapter 70: Big Deal
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work!"
Yang Huan walked into the locker room, and his first words sounded like a leader visiting the room, as he said them with a smile.
“It’s not hard.”
"Master Huan, you are the one who is working hard!"
"Yeah, why would it be so hard for us?"
Everyone in the locker room knew what was going to happen, and they all laughed and flattered the boss.
From this we can see that foreigners are not necessarily inferior to Chinese people in their ability to flatter.
Otherwise, how could I, sitting in the stands watching the game, feel as hard as the players playing on the field?
Yang Huan laughed inwardly, and with a wave of his hand, Zhang Ning came over with a box in his hand. He placed it on the table in the locker room, and when he opened it, everyone's eyes lit up.
Inside were stacks of cash that had just been withdrawn from the bank, a total of four million pounds.
"I said that if you score a goal, I will reward you with 500,000 pounds. Now here is 4 million pounds. Divide it among yourselves!"
As soon as Yang Huan finished speaking, everyone present was in an uproar, and the entire locker room was in an uproar.
What a big deal! It’s really a big deal!
You know, this is just a very ordinary professional league, and it's a professional league in English Football League One, but the reward is 4 million pounds? If this gets out, won't the whole world be shocked?
Oh my God, Master Huan, you are trying to irritate my fragile little heart!
Even Bielsa, who has always been the most indifferent, was shocked by Yang Huan's generosity.
I've seen rich people, but I've never seen anyone so rich.
Four million pounds, just given away like that?
Yang Huan didn't take it to heart. He had just won so much money, including 7 million pounds in cash and so many assets. He was willing to give 4 million pounds as a reward to the players.
Besides, how can we make so much money without the players’ hard work?
"Oh, by the way, I noticed that some of you don't have cars. I just got a dozen cars, all parked in the parking lot outside. If you need one, go and see Nicola Cortes. If you're interested, drive it back to Southampton and consider it as a gift from me!"
"Really?" There was another cheer in the locker room.
This is a gift of money and a car. Does Young Master Huan have so much money that he has no place to spend it?
The oldest one, Luis Borini, pressed his chest, wondering if he had heard it wrongly or was dreaming.
He had lived for decades and had never seen anyone spend money like this.
Even Abramovich, the chairman of Chelsea who is known as the richest man, or the Middle Eastern tycoons of Manchester City have never been like this.
"Long live Young Master Huan!" Someone shouted this first.
Then more and more people followed suit.
"Master Huan, I love you so much!"
"Don't worry, Master Huan, we will fight to the death and we will never let you down for your kindness today!"
"Yes, long live Master Huan! Long live Southampton!"
When Yang Huan heard these guys making solemn promises to him, he couldn't help feeling a little proud. He smiled and said a few more words, then turned around and left, leaving Bielsa and the coaching staff to divide the money with the cooperation of Nicola Cortes and Zhang Ning.
The bonus is distributed mainly according to the principle of contribution to the team, but Yang Huan requires that every player, even substitutes and those not included in the match roster must have a share, and the coaching staff and staff must also have a share. Therefore, in the end, everyone will only get a few tens of thousands of pounds.
It is generally recognized that the person who received the most was Ibrahimovic, who received 300,000 pounds, while Adam Lallana and Neymar, who performed well, received 200,000 pounds.
However, these stars all received generous bonuses, so they all took the initiative to suggest that the cars given by Yang Huan should be chosen first by the players who received less, because they all felt that they were not good cars.
But after they divided the money, walked out of the locker room and reached the parking lot, they were all dumbfounded.
At a glance, there are nearly twenty cars, all of them luxury cars.
Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Ferrari...some are limited editions.
"Oh my God, if these cars were sold, they could be sold for at least 50,000 pounds, and some could easily be sold for 100,000 pounds. Are they really going to give them all to us?"
"Yeah, look at this Ferrari, it's still so new, it's only a year old at most."
"This is Audi's latest Q7 flagship model, which was just released this year. The price outside is 65,000 pounds."
"Look at the Porsche Cayenne Sports Deluxe, which was released last year and costs £100,000."
"Where did Master Huan get so many nice cars?"
"This is incredible. Are we really allowed to choose all these cars?"
Nicola Cortes came out at this time, nodded and smiled, "Yes, Master Huan said that you can choose any of these cars."
In fact, they had already picked out some cars themselves.
Yang Huan himself likes brand new luxury cars, so he picked out a top-of-the-line Bentley Mulsanne, a limited edition Land Rover Range Rover, a Jaguar XJL Ultimate Edition, and a BMW X6M which was just released this year.
Yang Huan also arranged a Rolls-Royce Phantom for the company, Sun Yue picked a Ferrari, Nicola Cortes didn't like Mercedes-Benz, so he picked an Audi, and Zhang Ning liked the red Mercedes-Benz C63AMG limited edition that Yang Huan gave her, and she didn't like any of the others.
Although the remaining ones are not liked by Yang Huan, each of them is valuable, at least more than 50,000 pounds, and they are no more than two years old, so they are still in a very value-preserving stage.
Some are even very popular.
For example, the limited edition Mercedes-Benz SLK convertible released in 2008 had only 388 units in the world. As a die-hard fan of Mercedes-Benz, Ibrahimovic wanted one very much, but the car had already been picked up by young player Paul Pogba, so he had no choice but to buy it.
The final transaction price was 100,000 pounds, and Ibrahimovic bought the Mercedes from Paul Pogba.
Originally, what the Swedish center wanted most was the Mercedes-Benz C63AMG limited edition in Zhang Ning's hand. There are only 25 of them in the world, and it is in a very rare red color. But Zhang Ning was already sitting in the car, touching and wiping it everywhere and couldn't let it go. How could he possibly transfer it?
Seeing their young teammates busy choosing cars, the stars secretly regretted that they should not have promised to let them choose first, otherwise they would be able to compete with them now.
However, since they received generous bonuses, they naturally felt embarrassed to compete with their young teammates for these cars. Even if they occasionally took a fancy to a car, they would definitely follow Ibrahimovic's example and pay for it.
As a result, the whole car selection process was also enjoyable.
After everyone had chosen their cars, those who had cars got in their own cars, and those who didn't got in their teammates' cars, or got on the team bus. The group drove out of South London in a noisy manner, got on the highway, and headed straight for Southampton.
There were dozens of luxury cars in the row, and the scene was truly astonishing to all passers-by.
Many people were even wondering what had happened.
How come it seems like everyone in Southampton has become rich overnight?
Then some reporters started receiving the news and started follow-up reports.
On the Internet, Ibrahimovic took a selfie of himself and the Mercedes-Benz SLK before getting in the car, and left a comment below, "A generous gift from the boss, limited edition!"
For a moment, Ibrahimovic's fans were excited.
He just performed a hat trick and right after that he was given a limited edition Mercedes-Benz sports car?
The media soon discovered that many Southampton players were posting selfies, and most of them were selfies with luxury cars.
Ravel Morrison is a local rookie. He attracted a lot of attention when he was arguing about the transfer before, and has accumulated more than 100,000 followers on WeChat. He posted a selfie of himself with a Porsche Cayenne and said it was a gift from his boss.
Almost everyone who gets a car will post a selfie on WeChat, and then follow and tease each other.
For example, Neymar posted a selfie of himself and the Valle de Valle stadium, with a long line of luxury cars behind him, followed by a wronged cartoon emoji, saying with a sad face: "They all have cars, but I don't."
This immediately attracted a lot of comments.
"Take your six-figure bonus and trade it for it!"
"I don't need all of it, just half is fine, buddy, let's change it."
"I don't need half, just one-third."
The whole of Southampton was having a great time on WeChat, which attracted the attention of netizens and major news websites. In addition, many whistleblowers provided information about the grand scene of dozens of luxury cars heading south to Southampton, which shocked the media.
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The Sun headquarters, London.
Rebekah Wade looked at the photo on the computer screen in front of her in disbelief.
It contains all the photos about the Southampton luxury car incident collected by his employees, as well as selfies and screenshots of messages from stars on WeChat.
All of these indicate one thing without exception, that is, after Southampton beat Charlton 8-0 away, the club owner was very happy. Not only did he reward the team generously, but he also gave each member a luxury car.
I've seen rich people, but I've never seen anyone as rich as this.
How much will this cost?
Doesn’t this Chinese tycoon care about money at all?
Just when Rebekah Wade was very puzzled, there was a knock on the office door.
The person who came in was a reporter under his command, running in anxiously.
"Editor-in-chief, I got the news!" The reporter was panting and sweating profusely.
Because he had a hunch that this news would most likely become the front-page headline of The Sun, which would be published in a few hours.
This is the opportunity he has been longing for and waiting for!
"What news?" Rebekah Wade had also been waiting for news.
"According to a friend of mine who works at the Southern Echo, Southampton's big win really made the Chinese owner behind the scenes very happy. He gave out a cash reward of 6 million pounds in the locker room after the game."
"So many?" Rebekah Wade was so surprised that she stood up from her seat.
The reporter knew that it was a bit exaggerated because the information he received was four million pounds, but he felt that it should be increased appropriately.
"Ibrahimovic received a bonus of 400,000 to 500,000 pounds. Everyone else, including the coaching staff and staff, received at least tens of thousands of pounds. In addition, each player received a luxury car worth more than six figures."
Rebekah Wade was shocked. How could this be possible?
If they really give it away like this, nearly 10 million pounds will be given away in that game!
He was absolutely skeptical because it didn't make sense.
You know, 10 million pounds is a huge sum of money, enough to bring in a talented star.
Just give it to the players like this?
Just to reward the players for a big win?
But looking at the dazzling array of photos on the computer monitor and the players' obvious excitement and behavior on WeChat, they all show without exception that this is true.
"Oh my God, I knew that Chinese people were rich, but I didn't know they were this rich!" Rebekah Wade couldn't believe it. He thought it was too outrageous.
“In fact, editor-in-chief, based on the intelligence I learned from some interviews and colleagues who attended Southampton’s press conferences, Southampton’s big spending has always been consistent,” the reporter continued to analyze his findings.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Rebekah Wade also became interested and looked at the photo on the computer screen in front of her.
It contains all the photos about the Southampton luxury car incident collected by his employees, as well as selfies and screenshots of messages from stars on WeChat.
All of these indicate one thing without exception, that is, after Southampton beat Charlton 8-0 away, the club owner was very happy. Not only did he reward the team generously, but he also gave each member a luxury car.
I've seen rich people, but I've never seen anyone as rich as this.
How much will this cost?
Doesn’t this Chinese tycoon care about money at all?
Just when Rebekah Wade was very puzzled, there was a knock on the office door.
The person who came in was a reporter under his command, running in anxiously.
"Editor-in-chief, I got the news!" The reporter was panting and sweating profusely.
Because he had a hunch that this news would most likely become the front-page headline of The Sun, which would be published in a few hours.
This is the opportunity he has been longing for and waiting for!
"What news?" Rebekah Wade had also been waiting for news.
"According to a friend of mine who works at the Southern Echo, Southampton's big win really made the Chinese owner behind the scenes very happy. He gave out a cash reward of 6 million pounds in the locker room after the game."
"So many?" Rebekah Wade was so surprised that she stood up from her seat.
The reporter knew that it was a bit exaggerated because the information he received was four million pounds, but he felt that it should be increased appropriately.
"Ibrahimovic received a bonus of 400,000 to 500,000 pounds. Everyone else, including the coaching staff and staff, received at least tens of thousands of pounds. In addition, each player received a luxury car worth more than six figures."
Rebekah Wade was shocked. How could this be possible?
If they really give it away like this, nearly 10 million pounds will be given away in that game!
He was absolutely skeptical because it didn't make sense.
You know, 10 million pounds is a huge sum of money, enough to bring in a talented star.
Just give it to the players like this?
Just to reward the players for a big win?
But looking at the dazzling array of photos on the computer monitor and the players' obvious excitement and behavior on WeChat, they all show without exception that this is true.
"Oh my God, I knew that Chinese people were rich, but I didn't know they were this rich!" Rebekah Wade couldn't believe it. He thought it was too outrageous.
“In fact, editor-in-chief, based on the intelligence I learned from some interviews and colleagues who attended Southampton’s press conferences, Southampton’s big spending has always been consistent,” the reporter continued to analyze his findings.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Rebekah Wade also became interested.