80_80813 "I wish there were more pomp and circumstance like tonight!" ”

From the inside passage of the main stand, to the chairman's stand, Miami's mayor, Regalado, was excited along the way.

It was as if the more than 70,000 fans at the huge Sun Life Stadium were not there to watch a football match, but to vote for him.

Below the pitch, both teams have completed their warm-up phases and are back in the locker room to prepare for the game.

But the stadium is still quite lively, and the high-paid invited rock troupe is performing wildly in the stadium.

The sound of the drums and the excited crowd converged into a wave of turbulent sound.

Anyone who walks into this stadium will be infected and ignited by this strong atmosphere.

Yang Huan sat next to Regalado, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly, "If the Miami Dolphins team's results improve, it is estimated that the home atmosphere can also be good!" ”

Regalardo shook his head, "Hard, Stephen?" Rose didn't have much interest in football, he was interested in real estate and business, and it would be nice if the Dolphins could run it. ”

Yang Huan still smiled faintly, but did not speak.

Seeing him like this, Regalardo felt helpless, could it be that the encouragement in my words was not obvious enough?

No, I think this young master Huan is deliberately pretending not to understand!

What a cunning Chinese!

Well, seeing you pretending to be cool, I can only bow my head!

Who has made me ask for help?

"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that the Premier League Manchester City team wants to form a new football team in New York, right?"

Yang Huan nodded and said, "Yes, Mubarak told me about it. ”

Without waiting for Regalado to speak, Yang Huan took the initiative to speak.

"But none of us are optimistic about Manchester City's plans to form a New York City team in New York."

"Why?" Regalardo is weird.

"The reason is very simple, the football market in the United States is not mature, the fan base is not stable enough, and now entering the Major League Soccer is definitely operating at a loss, if you want to invite European balloon stars to play in the United States, the salary alone is enough!"

At this point, Regalado could only laugh.

When it comes to professional football, he doesn't have the qualifications to lift shoes for Yang Huan.

To put it bluntly, he is a politician, seeing that Manchester City is going to New York to invest in a football team, and then seeing the football storm in the United States in the past month, he is very helpless to see that Miami does not have a professional football team.

You know, Major League Soccer has announced that after 2020, Major League Soccer will no longer accept new teams.

It's the same with the NBA and the NFL.

In other words, Miami does not organize a football team until 2020, and there is no hope after that.

If he hadn't seen the ball market so hot, Regalado probably wouldn't have had any ideas.

But now, more than 70,000 fans have gathered, attracting the attention of all fans around the world, as well as thousands of journalists from all over the world.

For the whole city of Miami, this time it is a big show in front of the world!

For Regalado, this is also a political achievement!

"Mr. Yang Huan, why do you lose money?" A government official sitting next to Regalado asked politely.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It's very simple, the team has no income." ”

Seeing that the other party frowned, Yang Huan laughed.

"You see, a team with a lot of stars like Barcelona spent more than $217 million in salaries last year, and Real Madrid paid $200 million, which is the highest in any professional club in the world, even more than the New York Yankees of American professional baseball."

Regalado and the government official next to him glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but be stunned.

Such a high salary? How can you afford it?

"Now even if you recruit a group of outdated stars, organize a competitive team, and control the total salary within 100 million US dollars, it will still be a loss!"

Yang Huan explained patiently.

"The three major revenues of a team, the broadcast rights of Major League Soccer are not selling well, and the eight-year contract signed with ESPN in 2006 is only worth $64 million, and it is only $8 million a year, and it has to be divided with more than a dozen other teams, as well as Major League Soccer."

Yang Huan laughed directly.

That's not enough money for a month's salary for Beckham!

"In terms of game day income, it's not bad, the average attendance rate of Major League Soccer is 17,000, but the ticket price is not high, and the income in this area will not be too much, plus the major leagues adopt special systems such as unified control and unified distribution, and the club's operating space is very small."

In order to control costs and taxes, Major League Soccer even has a very strange phenomenon.

That is, professional players sign contracts with the major leagues, not clubs.

It wasn't until Beckham's move to the United States in 2007 that an exception was made to introduce a clause for the signing of a designated player, allowing the club to sign players individually and pay high salaries.

There are also major league events that are quite bizarre and completely out of line with international standards.

For example, they have regular seasons, playoffs, star games, and no relegation and relegation system, etc., which are modeled after successful formats such as the NBA and NFL.

"Judging from the current situation, with the growing atmosphere of American football in the past few years, the potential for commercial operation has increased, but the revenue from game days and broadcast rights is still quite sluggish, but the franchise fee is quite high, and now it costs $100 million."

The most valuable team in Major League Soccer is the Seattle Sounders with a market value of $170 million.

But in 2009, they had only $37 million.

Yang Huan secretly laughed in his heart, I don't read much, but I also know, why did you increase your market value so much in just three or four years? Has your income increased, or have you found a way to make a profit in the long run?

Also, the total market value of your best-run team is only $170 million, so why should you pay $100 million for a new team?

"Mr. Yang Huan, maybe running a football club, we are not as good as you, but you seem to take Major League Soccer too lightly, you know, at present, ten of the nineteen major league teams are profitable, how do you explain it?"

The government official heard the dissatisfaction in Yang Huan's tone, and felt that Major League Soccer was a bit of an element of fooling investors, so he immediately asked a rhetorical question.

"I don't have anything to explain!" Yang Huan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "But you should take a look, the number of Major League Soccer is calculated according to the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, is this the real financial situation of those ten teams?" ”

Everyone knows that this is a very typical means and trick to whitewash financial statements.

What is the real situation, without in-depth understanding, who knows?

Besides, if I invest in a soccer team, and to join your major leagues, I have to pay $100 million in franchise fees, plus the stadium, team building, training grounds, and employees, so how much do I have to invest in total?

It's almost time for me to go to Europe and buy a team from the big four leagues!

Except for the big tycoons like Manchester City, who are not bad for money, or some rich people and companies in the United States who use the operation of football teams to obtain other benefits, otherwise, who is willing to spend such unjust money?

Regalado and others really didn't expect that Yang Huan would do such an in-depth investigation into Major League Soccer.

It can be seen that he is interested in entering the American football market.

But this interest is very cautious.

Especially after the International Champions Cup is booming.

Now that I have my own cup competition, why should I team up to play in your Major League Soccer game?

That's not taking off your pants and farting, that's an extra move?

Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation was gradually becoming a little wrong, Regalado quickly changed the subject.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I wonder if next year's International Champions Cup has already started planning?"

Judging from the shape of this year's International Champions Cup, the situation next year will definitely be very hot.

"Well, it's already started."

"Then you really plan to expand the army?"

Some American media broke the news that the organizers of the International Champions Cup saw that the cup was so prosperous and planned to expand the army into three groups.

But Yang Huan shook his head, "I'm not in such a hurry, next year should still be in the same way as the current two groups of eight teams, but there may be changes in the selection of the competition city." ”

"Oh?" Regalado panicked.

What does this mean?

Not doing it in Miami anymore?

Or is he going to start the price of the land?

You know, in order to convince the International Champions Cup to hold the final at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Miami not only waived the rental fee of the stadium, but also gave the organizer an additional $3 million in funding.

Isn't that good enough?

Yang Huan looked at Regalado like that, and secretly laughed in his heart.

Three million dollars?

You can't take a look at how much attention we brought to Miami in this event, from the draw and grouping ceremony to the finals?

That's a lot of attention from all over the world!

Also, these more than 70,000 fans are all Miami natives?

How many of them came to Miami specifically to watch the game?

Is the arrival of these people just to watch the game?

They don't want to eat? Don't live? Don't play? Don't shop?

Yang Huan is not flustered, he has received invitations from many American cities now, and the price offered is at least five million US dollars in government subsidies, and your Miami's three million US dollars can only host a semi-final at best.

As for the draw grouping ceremony and the finals, you either increase the price or don't count on it!

"We will have more time to prepare for the second edition, and we already have the experience of the first edition, so this time we plan to schedule the draw and group ceremony in February 2013, and it will still be held on the final court!"

Regalado's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, so much in advance?

Yang Huan's attitude is very clear, the event is mine, I am the uncle!

If you want to talk, the price will definitely rise, whether you want to hold it or not, whatever you want!

If you don't do it, we don't care, anyway, there are a lot of cities willing to do it!

No, I'll move outside the United States!

This is also typical of heavyweight events such as the Olympics, World Cup and European Championships, and even the host cities of the Champions League and Europa League finals have to compete in advance to bid for them.

Of course, the International Champions Cup is not yet at that level, but with the success of the first edition, there must be a large number of cities willing to take over.

Regalado was depressed!

It is said that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, but his own head snake was so pressed by him Yang Huan, a strong dragon that crossed the ocean, that he couldn't raise his head.

Are you depressed or not?

Is there a way?

I really can't help it, I still have to find someone to discuss and see if I want to continue to hold this event!

At this moment, the sound of a reminder to turn off the lights came over the radio in the stadium.

Immediately afterward, all the lights in the audience were turned off in an instant.

Suddenly, the audience screamed.

Because everyone knows that tonight's biggest performer is coming!

Sure enough, as the lights came back on, and when they gathered on the stage in the middle of the court, everyone saw a man and a woman.

The male body is round and chubby, and the female body is delicate.

As soon as the two appeared, more than 70,000 fans in the entire Sun Life Stadium cheered and shouted in unison.

"Uncle Bird! Uncle Bird!! Uncle Bird!! ”

"Yuna! Yuna!! Yuna !! ”

Accompanied by the fans.