Chapter 778 Whatever You Fear Will Come

"Master Huan, something terrible is happening!"

Hearing Nicholas Cortes' shout, everyone in the room was startled and looked over in unison.

The Italian banker realized that he had lost his composure and was a little embarrassed, but he still came over.

"Nikola, what's going on?" Yang Huan frowned.

This is a critical moment. If something happens at this time, it may be a big deal!

If by any chance something happened to a fan, then the situation that Yang Huan was most worried about would happen.

So, at this moment, Yang Huan's heart was in his throat.

"Master Huan, a lot of fan organizations came to me or called me just now. They can't buy tickets at all."

After Nicholas Cortes said this, Yang Huan was obviously relieved.

Oh my god, so this is what is going on. I was scared to death!

But soon, his brows began to frown. Fans could not buy tickets, which was also a long-standing problem.

For example, when Southampton plays against Bayern Munich at home, there are only about 30,000 seats at St. Mary's Stadium. After deducting some free tickets from the club, at most 25,000 tickets are available for sale. What is the result?

There are more than 400,000 players who want to buy tickets!

Oh my god, it’s four hundred thousand!

Even the Camp Nou stadium can't accommodate such a large group of people!

"Master Huan, I just contacted the Lisbon City Government. The initial estimate was 150,000 tourists and fans, but in fact, there are already 150,000 now. By evening, it is estimated that there will be 200,000 people!"

"Among these 200,000 people, the vast majority are fans of Southampton and Atletico Madrid, so the city government hopes that we can actively cooperate with them to divert and guide them."

Lisbon's Stadium of Light can only accommodate a total of 58,000 fans. Southampton and Atletico Madrid were each allocated 17,000 tickets, which is a drop in the bucket for both teams.

According to Southampton's past distribution, each player can be allocated 50 tickets for each game. The coaching staff, employees and sponsors all have some free tickets. In addition, there are 1,000 members of the Saints Supporters Club, each with five tickets. All together, there are nearly 7,000 tickets.

In other words, at most 10,000 tickets can fall into the hands of fans.

But these 10,000 tickets are not distributed fairly. For example, fans who hold season tickets for this season and next season have priority purchasing rights, and the club's official fan organization will also be allocated a certain number of tickets.

As a result, this point was not enough at all.

"Originally, all the fans who came to Lisbon hoped to buy tickets on site, and some even planned to snatch tickets from scalpers. As a result, tickets outside are now sold for 4,000 euros each, and it is still hard to get a ticket!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he smiled bitterly and helplessly.

The Stadium of Light can only seat so many people, and there's nothing he can do about it, okay?

Could it be that he knows magic? Can he make everyone smaller and fit them all in?

"Nikola, you should explain these things to the fans. It's no use telling me!"

Nicola Cortes certainly knew, "Master Huan, I have already explained it to the fans, but there is one thing I believe you should be able to do."

"What's the matter?" Yang Huan was puzzled. What could he do?

"According to the ticket distribution, we and Atletico Madrid each received 17,000 tickets, but UEFA has 24,000 tickets. According to the information I received, they still have a lot of tickets, but I have communicated with them and they refused to supply them to us, and even refused to pay for them."

Yang Huan understood immediately.

Actually, if you think about it, UEFA is really shady.

The two teams participating in the competition only received a total of 34,000 tickets, but UEFA alone received 24,000 tickets.

Of course, considering that ticket sales revenue is also a major source of income for UEFA in the Champions League final, Yang Huan feels that such a distribution is understandable.

But the question is, you still have the tickets, why can't you sell them to fans of both teams?

"Well, Nicola, you go and raise votes internally first. I believe there should be a lot of tickets left from the players, employees and sponsors! Raise all the remaining tickets for the fans. As for UEFA..."

Yang Huan thought for a moment and said, "I just happen to have something to talk to Platini about. I'll go talk to him!"

"Well, okay, I'll do it right away!"

"Go!" Yang Huan waved his hand.

After sending away Nicola Cortes, Yang Huan sent away the management of various clubs one after another.

Then he called Platini again and made an appointment to have lunch in the private room of Wangjiang Pavilion.

An hour later, Yang Huan met the UEFA president, who was acting like a thief, in a private room on the second floor of Wangjiang Pavilion's Lisbon branch.

This guy must be afraid of being seen and causing trouble!

"Don't worry so much, Michelle. The more you fear something, the more likely it will come!" Yang Huan laughed when he saw his look.

"Look at me. I'm fearless and nothing has ever happened to me!"

As soon as Platini sat down, he smiled bitterly and said, "Master Huan, you are you, how can I compete with you?"

If I had Young Master Huan’s ability, oh no, if I had only half of Young Master Huan’s ability, would I still need to be the miserable president of UEFA?

We were given a FIFA president, but we didn’t even take him seriously!

"Okay, okay, I'm just talking!" Yang Huan smiled and waved his hands.

Platini smiled a few times, and seeing that Master Huan had already ordered a table full of delicious dishes, he immediately started to eat without hesitation, and did not forget to praise the food for being delicious.

After almost finishing his meal, the UEFA president finally remembered his business.

"Master Huan, you said you had something to talk to me about. What is it?" Platini asked.

To be honest, he was a little wary of meeting Young Master Huan at this sensitive moment.

I’m afraid that Master Huan will do something himself in the Champions League final, which would be too risky.

Besides, aren't Southampton and Atletico Madrid both Huan Shaoye's teams? Is there any need to do anything else?

Yang Huan understood in his heart, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiled and said, "I heard that you still have some tickets that haven't been sold yet, right?"

"Tickets?" Platini frowned and thought for a moment. "Well, yes, there are some tickets, but not many. They are all originally allocated to sponsors and invited guests. Some are mobile tickets, so..."

Yang Huan hummed, "Actually, it's already noon now. Those who should have come have all come, and those who didn't come probably won't come again. So, I was wondering if I could take out those tickets and sell them to the two teams?"

After finishing speaking, Yang Huan did not want Platini to misunderstand him, so he added, "Of course, the revenue from ticket sales belongs to UEFA!"

Just kidding, UEFA has at least a few thousand tickets left, which is a considerable amount if converted into money.

As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Yang Huan never haggles over such trivial matters.

If he really wanted to calculate, it would definitely be a large sum.

Platini thought for a moment and said, "I will have to discuss this matter with them later, but I believe it won't be a big problem!"

This can be regarded as the UEFA President's agreement.

Yang Huan also nodded with satisfaction, "There is one more thing."

"Master Huan, please speak!"

Platini is now in the same boat with Yang Huan. In fact, to some extent, he still has to look at Young Master Huan's mood.

Therefore, he didn't dare to say that he would comply with Yang Huan's requests, but he tried his best to satisfy them.

"It's not a difficult matter. I just want you to postpone the announcement of the result of the bid for the 2016 UEFA Champions League final for a few months."

"Postponed? Why?" Platini was very surprised.

According to past practice, it should be announced now.

But why did Master Huan postpone the announcement?

"Our Glory Stadium has already applied to UEFA for a five-star hotel review, and it will probably be approved in June."

Platini immediately understood, "Master Huan, what you mean is..."

"Yes, I hope to use the Stadium of Honor to apply for the right to host the UEFA Champions League final."

Platini nodded.

Platini personally visited Southampton's Glory Stadium. Whether in terms of software, hardware, or the capacity of the stadium, it has reached five-star standards. It was not difficult to pass the five-star review.

It can even be said that if the Glory Stadium cannot reach five stars, then no team in Europe or even the world can reach the five-star standard, but...

"Master Huan, as you know, in recent years, there are certain requirements for the host city of the Champions League final. As for Southampton, I'm afraid... it's a bit difficult!"

According to UEFA's requirements, the stadium for the Champions League final must be a five-star hotel.

In Europe, there are only about 30 five-star stadiums, and a considerable number of them have long been abandoned.

More importantly, with the operation over the past decade, the influence of the Champions League has become increasingly greater, and its role in promoting the economy of the bidding cities has become increasingly obvious. Therefore, selecting some large cities with relatively strong economic strength has become one of the bidding criteria for the host cities of the Champions League.

Looking around, almost all of them are major European cities, such as London, Madrid, Berlin, Munich, Milan, etc.

Southampton is just a small city and doesn't meet the criteria on this point.

"I know, but Southampton is within the one-hour economic circle of London. Most of the fans go in and out through London airports. The transportation is very convenient. I believe this should not be a problem, right?"

After listening to this, Platini thought about it and felt that it made sense.

"But, Master Huan, we have already reached a consensus to hold the 2015 Berlin and 2016 Milan events. If we make adjustments hastily now, it will probably easily cause controversy."

Yang Huan laughed again after hearing this, "That's easy. Milan will host the tournament in 2017, and Southampton will bid for 2016. Although the time is a bit tight, it is still in time. And if we really want to compete fairly, who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

This did make Platini a little embarrassed, but since Young Master Huan had asked, he couldn't refuse, right?

Without going into too much detail, Young Master Huan had helped me so much and had never asked for anything. Now that he had asked for something, it would be outrageous to refuse him.

"Don't worry, Michel. I will handle the work with the Milan government. There won't be any big problems. As for AC Milan, they can do whatever they want. If they dare to talk too much, I have plenty of ways to discipline them. So, there won't be any big problems!"

After hearing what Master Huan said, Platini no longer had any concerns.

"Okay, Master Huan, but I can only promise you that I will do my best to fight for it. As for the postponement, no problem, I will handle it. I will just postpone it until the Champions League draw in September!"

"Well, okay, let's do it!" Yang Huan was also very satisfied.

By September, Southampton's Stadium of Honor had already passed the review, so it seemed only natural for it to host the Champions League final.

As for why Yang Huan wanted to apply to host the Champions League final, the reason is very simple.

In 2016, the entire Southampton old town renovation project will be completed.

By that time, the brand new Southampton new town will be officially unveiled, marked by the Glory Stadium and the Undersea Hotel.

It would be great if there was a Champions League final to liven things up, wouldn’t it?