Chapter 778: What are you afraid of
"Young Master Huan, something is wrong!"
Hearing Nicolas Cortez's shout, everyone in the room was taken aback and looked over in unison.
The Italian banker realized that he had lost his temper and was a little embarrassed, but walked over anyway.
"Nikolai, what's the situation?" Yang Huan frowned.
This is a critical moment, and if something happens at this time, it is likely to be a big deal!
If something happens to a fan, then Yang Huan's worst fearful situation will happen.
Therefore, at this moment, Yang Huan's heart can be said to be hanging to the door of his throat.
"Master Huan, just now a lot of fan organizations came to me or called me, but they couldn't buy tickets at all."
When Nicola Cortez said this, Yang Huan was obviously relieved.
Yayagobe's, it turned out to be like this, scared the baby to death!
But soon, his brow also frowned, and the fans couldn't buy tickets, which was also a big problem.
For example, Southampton played Bayern Munich at home, and St. Mary's Stadium had a total of more than 30,000 seats, deducting some of the club's free tickets, and at most about 25,000 tickets were sold.
The number of players who want to buy tickets exceeds 400,000!
Oh my God, it's 400,000!
Even the Camp Nou can't accommodate such a large group of people!
"Young Master Huan, I just contacted the Lisbon City Government, and the initial estimate was 150,000 tourists and fans, but in fact, there are now 150,000, and at night, it is estimated that there will be 200,000!"
"The vast majority of these 200,000 people are fans of Southampton and Atletico Madrid, so the city government hopes that we can actively cooperate with them to divert and guide."
The Stadium of Light in Lisbon can only accommodate 58,000 fans in total, while Southampton and Atletico Madrid each received 17,000 tickets, which is a drop in the bucket for both teams.
Southampton's usual allocation in the past was to allocate 50 tickets per game for each player, with some free tickets from the coaching staff, employees and sponsors, plus the 1,000 members of the Saints Fan Club, five tickets per person, adding up to nearly 7,000 tickets.
In other words, there are only 10,000 tickets that can fall into the hands of fans.
However, the 10,000 tickets are not fairly distributed, for example, fans who hold season tickets for this season and the next season will have the right of first refusal, and the club's official fan organization will allocate a certain number of tickets.
As a result, this point is not enough at all.
"Originally, these fans who came to Lisbon hoped to be able to buy tickets on the spot, and some even planned to grab tickets from scalpers, but now the tickets outside have been sold for 4,000 euros, and it is still difficult to find a ticket!"
When Yang Huan heard this, he also smiled helplessly.
The Stadium of Light can only seat so many people, and he is very powerless about this, okay?
Could it be that he can do magic? Can you make everyone smaller and crammed all of them in?
"Nikolai, these things, you should go and explain these things to the fans, it's useless to tell me!"
Of course, Nicola Cortez knew, "Master Huan, I've already explained it to the fans, but there is one thing, I believe you should have a way." ”
"What's the matter?" Yang Huan was surprised, what could he do?
"According to the distribution of tickets, we and Atletico Madrid have 17,000 each, but UEFA has 24,000, and according to what I have learned, they still have a lot of tickets in their hands, but I have communicated with them and they refuse to supply them to us, not even to pay for them."
Yang Huan immediately understood.
In fact, if you think about it, this UEFA is indeed dark enough.
The two teams participating in the tournament only get a total of 34,000 tickets, but you get 24,000 for UEFA.
Of course, considering that the revenue from ticket sales 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, why can't you sell them to fans of both teams when you still have tickets in your hands?
"So, Nikolai, you go and do the internal votes first, I'm sure there will be a lot more on the players, employees and sponsors' side! The remaining tickets are all raised for the fans, and as for the UOUDA side, ......"
Yang Huan thought for a while, "I just have something to find Platini, I'll talk to him!" ”
"Well, okay, then I'll do it right away!"
"Go ahead!" Yang Huan waved his hand.
After sending Nicola Cortez away, Yang Huan sent the management of each club away one after another.
Then he called Platini again and made an appointment to have lunch in the box of Wangjiang Pavilion.
An hour later, Yang Huan met the UEFA president who was like a thief in the box on the second floor of the Lisbon branch of Wangjiang Pavilion.
This guy should be afraid of being seen and causing more trouble!
"Don't worry so much, Michelle, the more you are afraid, the more you will come!" Yang Huan laughed when he saw him like this.
"Look at me, I'm not afraid of heaven and earth, and I haven't seen anything happen to me!"
As soon as Platini sat down, he smiled bitterly, "Young Master Huan, you are you, can I compare with you?" ”
If we have the ability of Young Master Huan, oh, no, as long as we have half of Young Master Huan's ability, we still need to be the president of UEFA who is so bitter?
Give us a FIFA president, we don't even see it!
"Alright, alright, I'm going to say!" Yang Huan smiled and waved his hand.
Platini laughed twice, and when he saw that Young Master Huan had already ordered a table of delicacies, he immediately ate unceremoniously and happily, and did not forget to praise it again and again that it was delicious.
It was only after eating that the UEFA president remembered to get down to business.
"Young Master Huan, you said you had something to look for me, what's the matter?" Platini asked.
To be honest, he was a little wary of meeting Young Master Huan at this sensitive moment.
I'm afraid that Young Master Huan wants to do something in the Champions League final, it will be too risky.
Besides, aren't Southampton and Atletico Madrid both young master Huan's teams? Is it necessary to do anything more?
Yang Huan understood in his heart, but he didn't show it, but smiled slightly, "I heard that you still have some tickets in your hands that haven't been sold, right?" ”
"Tickets?" Platini frowned and thought for a moment, "Well, yes, there are some tickets, but there are not many, they are all originally allocated to sponsors and invited guests, and some are mobile tickets, so ......"
Yang Huan snorted, "Actually, it's noon now, and those who should come are all here, and if they don't come, I'm afraid they won't come again, so I'm thinking, can I take out those tickets and distribute them to the two teams to sell?" ”
After finishing speaking, Yang Huan didn't want Platini to misunderstand him, so he added, "Of course, the revenue from ticket sales goes to UEFA!" ”
Jokes aside, there are at least a few thousand tickets left in the UEFA team, which is a lot of money when converted into money.
As the so-called brother settles accounts, Yang Huan never cares about this kind of trivial matter of sesame mung beans.
If he really wants to calculate, it must be a large number.
Platini thought for a moment, "I'll have to discuss this matter with them again, but I believe that it's not a big problem!" ”
This can be regarded as the UEFA president agreed.
Yang Huan also nodded with satisfaction, "There is another matter." ”
"Young Master Huan, please speak!"
Platini is now in the same boat as Yang Huan, and even, to a certain extent, he still has to see Young Master Huan's face.
Therefore, for Yang Huan's request, he didn't dare to say that he was obedient, but he also tried his best to meet it.
"It's not that difficult, I just want you to postpone the results of your bid to host the 2016 UEFA Champions League final for a few months."
"Delayed? Why? "Platini is weird.
According to past practice, it should be announced now.
But why did Young Master Huan delay the announcement?
"Our Glory Stadium has already applied to UEFA for a five-star hotel review, and it will probably be able to pass in June."
Platini suddenly understood, "Young Master Huan, what do you mean ......?"
"That's right, I want to use the Stade de la Glory to apply for the right to host the UEFA Champions League final."
Platini nodded.
For the glory stadium in Southampton, Platini personally visited, whether it is from the software, hardware, or from the capacity of the stadium, it has reached the five-star standard, and it is not difficult to pass the five-star audit.
It can even be said that if the Glory Stadium does not reach the five-star standard, then there is no team in Europe and even the world that can reach the five-star standard, but ......
"Young Master Huan, you also know that in recent years, there have been certain requirements for the host city of the Champions League final, and Southampton, I'm afraid...... It's a bit difficult! ”
According to UEFA requirements, the stadium where the Champions League final will be held must be five-star.
In Europe, there are more than 30 five-star stadiums, and a considerable number of them have long been abandoned.
More importantly, with the operation of the past ten years, the influence of the Champions League has become more and more influential, and the economic promotion effect of the bidding city is also becoming more and more obvious, so the selection of some large cities with strong economic strength has become one of the bidding criteria for the host city of the Champions League.
In the past, almost all of them were big European cities, such as London, Madrid, Berlin, Munich, Milan, etc.
Southampton is just a small city, and there's no way to meet the criteria at this point.
"I know, but Southampton is part of London's one-hour economic circle, and most of the fans get in and out of the London airport, so I'm sure it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Platini listened, thought about it again, and barely made sense.
"However, Young Master Huan, in Berlin in 2015 and Milan in 2016, this is a consensus that has already been reached, and if you make hasty adjustments now, I am afraid it will be easy to cause controversy."
Yang Huan listened and smiled again, "It's simple, Milan will leave it until 2017, and we Southampton will bid for 2016, although the time is a little urgent, but it is completely in time, and if you really want to compete fairly, who do you think has a better chance of winning?" ”
This did make Platini a little embarrassed, but Young Master Huan opened his mouth, he couldn't refuse, right?
Not much else, Young Master Huan has helped him so much, he has never asked for anything, this time he opened his mouth, and it would be too unreasonable to refuse.
"Don't worry, Michelle, I'll do the work of the Milan government, there won't be any big problems, as for AC Milan, what do they like to do, if they dare to talk more, I have a way to rectify them, so, it's not a big problem!"
Hearing what Young Master Huan said, Platini didn't have any worries.
"Okay, Young Master Huan, but I can only promise you, I will do my best to fight for it, as for the delay, there is no problem, I will deal with it, and it will be announced at the Champions League draw in September!"
"Well, okay, that's it!" Yang Huan was also very satisfied.
By September, the review of the glory stadium in Southampton had already been approved, and it seemed logical to host this Champions League final again.
As for why Yang Huan wants to bid for the Champions League final, the reason is very simple.
In 2016, the entire Southampton Old Town redevelopment project will be fully completed.
By that time, the new Southampton New Town will be officially unveiled, marked by the Glory Stadium and the Undersea Hotel.
It would be great if there could be a Champions League final to make it lively, wouldn't it?