Chapter 750 I haven't finished yet!

In the German media, Hamburg's management was once ridiculed like this.

They said the Hamburg directors' most common mantra was, "Just keep it to yourself and don't tell anyone else."

What a weak and powerless statement!

Is this something the manager of a large institution with total assets of over 100 million yuan should say?

But this is something that almost the entire German media knows and often makes fun of, because it fully exposes the incompetence and cowardice of the Hamburg directors.

But human beings are strange creatures. The more incompetent and cowardly a person is, the more he desires to control everything in the territory he manages, and the less he tolerates any dissent.

Therefore, the two things that the Hamburg board of directors has been best at over the past decade are firing coaches and infighting.

Since winning the German Cup in 1987, Hamburg has not won any honors. This is completely inconsistent with the huge commercial potential of the city where the club is located and the large number of fans.

But in the past ten years, Hamburg has changed more than a dozen head coaches, almost one every year. The frequency of coaching changes is jaw-dropping, because according to common sense, the more mid- and lower-level teams are, the more secure the coaching position should be.

Just like the change of coaches, the infighting among the management has also been going on for years and has never stopped.

There is no need to talk about others, let’s just talk about Beiersdorf.

This former Hamburg star has made great contributions to Hamburg since he became the club's football director.

Under his coaching, Hamburg successively introduced stars such as Kompany and Van der Vaart, helping Hamburg to move into the upper-middle level of the Bundesliga standings and even enter the European war zone.

However, such a capable and meritorious general had conflicts with the board of directors, especially Kkhoff and others, and was eventually excluded and had to leave Hamburg.

After leaving Hamburg, Beiersdorf has done quite well both at RB Leipzig and Zenit.

For example, at Zenit, Witsel and Hulk were his creations.

These two players undoubtedly cost a huge amount of money, but don't forget that this is the Russian Premier League, and even if you have money you have to be able to pry them away.

Therefore, there is no doubt about Beiersdorf's ability, especially his ability in transfer operations.

What about hamburgers?

After Beiersdorf left the team, the team's signings were a mess and the club's finances were in trouble.

Now, they have to sell shares in the club to survive.

Yang Huan was mentally prepared for this.

He knew very well that after he acquired shares in Hamburg, it would be difficult for the management to keep quiet in the future.

So, he has to be strong.

Not only does he have to be strong, but his two agents, Thomas Lake and Beiersdorf, also have to be strong.

Only in this way can we calm down these shitty directors.

Now Yang Huan only owns 35% of the shares, but it doesn’t matter. He can take it slow and chip away at it step by step. There are still plenty of opportunities.

As long as the team's performance improves, the fans feel the changes in the team, slowly accept the new management team, and then gradually strike out this group of outdated directors, can Hamburg still escape from their grasp?

But there is a lot that needs to be done if the team's performance is to improve.

After Yang Huan intimidated this group of board members, he knew very well that he had to go one step further.

So, he looked at Thomas Lake.

"Thomas, tell me your plan!"

Except for Beiersdorf, Cash Harris and others, everyone else present was shocked.

This guy had just been appointed CEO and had no preparation before. Now he was asked to come up with a plan?

What plan?

But who is Thomas Lake?

Isn’t the reason why he resigned from Allianz Insurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers and other international companies because he didn’t want to be lonely?

Even at Deutsche Bank, he gradually felt the suppression of his personal abilities by large international companies and felt depressed.

He longs for an opportunity and a platform to let everyone see his abilities and prove his worth.

Hamburg is undoubtedly such a platform.

Although it is just a Bundesliga team, it has a huge influence in Germany, and its assets of 100 or 200 million are not a small amount.

If he can make Hamburg bigger and stronger, wouldn’t that be the best proof?

Thinking of this, Thomas Lake had already implicitly accepted the challenge in his heart, and he firmly believed that as long as he could do his job well, Young Master Huan would not let him suffer any loss.

The middle-aged German man exhaled heavily, and under the gaze of everyone, he stood up, picked up his laptop, and walked to the podium in the conference room, obviously intending to present the materials he had prepared.

"Everyone, nowadays professional football is a competition of resources. I don't know much about football, nor am I an expert in it. I believe Dietmar is an expert in this area, and he will explain his ideas later."

Thomas Lake was a man who had experienced many ups and downs. He spoke eloquently and captured the feeling as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I am good at finance, operations and business administration. Let me briefly talk about my understanding of Hamburg's current situation!"

As he spoke, he turned off the lights and showed his PPT to everyone on the projector.

"According to the data I got from Deloitte, Hamburg's revenue has basically remained stable at around 120 million euros in the past few years. Around 2010, this data ranked it in the top 20 in Europe."

"But in the past few years, European teams have made great progress in business. A revenue of 120 million euros can only rank around 30th. If my data is correct, this season should be 28th, but it is also quite good. The Bundesliga ranks fourth, behind Bayern Munich, Dortmund and Schalke 04."

It should be said that Thomas Lake's data is very accurate and the discrepancies are not too large.

"But there is a problem here. From the data I have received from the club, I guess that Hamburg's revenue this season will be lower than last year because several sponsorship contracts have expired and there is no intention to renew them."

When it came to this, Yang Huan and the others all looked at Khoff.

Young Master Huan didn't say anything, but his eyes were very clear: Please explain it to me!

Khov was embarrassed, but he had to nod his head. "Yes, three sponsorship contracts have indeed expired. It is expected that the annual income will decrease by 10 million euros, but the annual income should be able to barely maintain around 120 million euros."

The last sentence was simply ignored by Yang Huan.

Because his word "should" was too weak.

"Go on!" Yang Huan looked at Thomas Lake again.

As the saying goes, a new official starts with three things to do, and Thomas Lake also knows that he should make this one burn even harder.

"I listed these two data and rankings for everyone to see that in the past few years, we have not made any progress in club management. We have not caught up with the good time when European clubs generally developed rapidly, but have retreated step by step."

These words are simply accusing Khov and others of being incompetent!

But Yang Huan likes it very much, because his spokesperson should be so strong and powerful!

“That’s the first point!”

Thomas Lake obviously had not finished speaking, there was more to come.

"Secondly, everyone, take a look at this data, which I got from my friends at Wall Street Magazine!"

Khov and others were about to collapse.

Damn it, can you please stop playing tricks on us like this?

Deloitte one moment, Wall Street Journal the next. We know you know a lot of people and have a wide network of contacts, but can you please stop playing tricks on us? Give us a way out?

"I personally made a comparison based on these data. Apart from the ranking in the standings, I made a new data based on points and goals, combined with the team's salary expenditure, that is, how much does it cost for each point? How much do we spend for each goal?"

Krof and others were stunned.

Can this thing be calculated like this?

“This is the data I got in the end!”

As Thomas Lake pointed his finger, a list immediately appeared on the projector.

At the top of the list is Augsburg, which spends an average of £450,000 per league point and £460,000 per goal.

Close behind is Mainz, with each point worth 630,000 pounds and each goal worth 730,000 pounds.

Looking down from above, Hertha Berlin, Freiburg, Monchengladbach, Nuremberg, Leverkusen, Frankfurt...

Hey, where's the burger?

"Sorry, we can't finish it on one page, we are on the second page!"

As Thomas Lake clicked on the next page, everyone was stunned by the result.

Hamburg spent a total of two million pounds for each league point, and its points efficiency was only higher than that of Bayern Munich, which spent two million and sixty thousand pounds for each league point, no more and no less, and sixty thousand pounds more than Hamburg.

This is so interesting.

Everyone knows that Bayern Munich is the league champion and has to fight on multiple fronts, so the depth of their lineup is unmatched by Hamburg. Therefore, all teams participating in European competitions must have higher salary expenditures and will definitely suffer in such a ranking.

But even so, hamburgers are still ranked 19th. What does this mean?

Compared with teams like Mainz, the money Hamburg spends for each point is nearly five times as much as theirs.

Yang Huan couldn't help but feel a little surprised, because he simply couldn't imagine how bad the management and operation must be to lead to such low efficiency of the team.

What’s even more terrifying is that Hamburg is still in the relegation zone!

Even Yang Huan was somewhat moved, not to mention Kkhov and the others, whose faces changed immediately.

Because they know better than anyone that if this data is released, they will be finished!

By then, the angry fans will surely tear them to pieces!

So, they were surprised at first, but then they panicked, especially Khoff, who looked at Yang Huan.

"Master Huan, please listen to my explanation. I..."

Yang Huan waved his hand, stopping him from continuing.

The words came to Khov's lips, but he couldn't finish them. His heart fell into an ice cellar.

Because he knew that with just one word from Yang Huan, he would have no hope of turning things around.

But just when this group of people were at a loss, Yang Huan gave them a shot in the arm.

"Don't worry, everything you see here, I guarantee, will not be spread outside."

Not only that, Yang Huan also looked at Thomas Lake and said, "Thomas, go back to the Wall Street Journal."

Thomas Lake was also a smart man. Naturally, he understood the hidden meaning of Master Huan's words and immediately nodded in agreement.

If you think about it carefully, what's the point of exposing these things now?

Yes, Khoff and others might be driven out by angry fans, but Yang Huan’s shareholding would also encounter twists and turns again.

This is obviously not what Yang Huan wants.

Now, the most favorable situation for Hamburg and Yang Huan is stability.

But Thomas Lake knew in his heart that holding such a chip in his hand would be his trump card.

With it, we have the confidence to compete with this group of boards of directors!

Thinking of this, he felt that his future was bright!