Chapter 170: Soon after
Derby County celebrated for a long time at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and after the celebration, the players were a little tired, but the team returned to Derby County overnight.
They were flying back, and the team's chairman, Jie Smith, was generous for once.
When he met Ji Smith, the chairman had a smile on his face, even if he had confidence in Wan Sheng and the team, Ji Smith could not imagine that the team could beat Manchester United in Cardiff and help the team win back an FA Cup trophy, this trophy is the second time that Derby County have won it in 58 years, which means a lot to the club, and this FA Cup title also brings the team a championship bonus of 1 million pounds.
Β£1 million is not a lot, but it is not bad for the Derby County club, with Gie Smith giving 500,000 of that to the coaches, players and staff, including a special bonus for Winston - Winston's contract includes a share of the team's prize money for winning the championship, and he will receive Β£200,000 for winning the FA Cup.
This amount of money is not a small number, and it is estimated that Ji-Smith did not expect that Wan Sheng could really lead the team to win the league championship and the FA Cup, and the prize money that these two championships brought to Wan Sheng alone was twice as high as his salary in a year.
But Ji-Smith was only β‘ happy.
If you can spend so much money to buy these two championships, there will definitely be no club that will refuse, giving Wansheng a lot of bonuses, but the two championships bring more benefits to the club.
On their return to Derby, the players were busted to the club and the next day they had a parade of celebrations, just like they had won the league last time, but obviously it was going to be even crazier this time because they won the FA Cup.
The FA Cup is a huge part of the importance of English clubs, and that's why the FA Cup is more important to English fans than the top-flight title. Every club cares a lot about the FA Cup, and the League One title is really nothing compared to the FA Cup winner.
That's why the fans were very enthusiastic about celebrating the championship.
This time the town of Great Derby was much crazier than the last, the celebration lasted for three whole days, the whole region was plunged into three days of revelry, the streets were full of celebratory crowds, some large vehicles were even banned from passing, and the town hall of Great Derby put all the streets with all kinds of shining lights, which are often used at Christmas.
All in all, Derbyshire was full of enthusiasm for three days, and it looked much more lively than Christmas
The celebration in the county town of Great Derby lasted for three full days. It took three days for the celebratory mood to subside and the fans returned to their normal lives.
It was only then that the Derby County club announced that the players were on holiday.
League One teams that don't need to play in the promotion play-offs had a holiday at the end of the league as early as 10 days ago, and under normal circumstances, the team would have a holiday directly after the match against Manchester United, but the Derby County club was still three days late, after all, the players had to party with the fans, but there was nothing to complain about in the squad. They also want the more celebration the better, as this is the FA Cup, an honour that many players will never get in their lifetime.
On this day, after the fan signing ceremony, Wansheng gathered all the players. And announced the disbandment of the team, "We worked hard for a year and we have gained a lot, including two championship trophies. I think we have been successful this season. β
Everyone smiled and nodded.
Wan Sheng continued, "But I think. For many of you youngsters, the biggest takeaway is not two titles, but the result of a season of hard work, and I think you can all feel the improvement over the past year, and that's what matters most to you. β
'From August, we're going to the Premier League, it's the top league, some of you have played and some of you haven't, it's nothing, I'm also leading the team for the first time, you know'
Hearing this, everyone laughed out loud.
They realized that the dignified manager in front of them was only 27 years old, there are many players at this age, but there are very few coaches at this age, and one of them can find Wansheng one, of course, he has not led the team to the top league, he is the first time to coach Derby County.
"So, like a lot of you, I'm going to play in the top league for the first time, the difference is that I'm the coach and you're the players, but I hope that this time next year, we can still celebrate happily, celebrate the team's results, celebrate the championship, even if the top league title is a bit far away for us, but at least, I hope we won't just be happy about the relegation." Do you know what I mean? β
Everyone nodded.
Derby County's return to the Premier League, in the eyes of many people, is that they can only work for relegation, and Wan Sheng naturally does not want the team to linger in the relegation circle, but to play better.
"If you want to do better, you have to work harder. Many of you have a good season and the media and fans have a very high opinion of you, but we are only playing in League One, it is the second league, and I don't think anyone will refuse to be good in the top league, but if you want to do it, you have to keep working hard! β
After Wan Sheng finished speaking, he looked at everyone.
In the end, he concluded, "The team will be disbanded in a while, and you will have more than a month of vacation, and I hope that in a month, when I see you again, there will be no overweight guys, and there will be no soft foot shrimp that will focus all your energy on the belly of a woman, so that I will definitely let him know that it is very hard to get back to the state."
Wan Sheng's words were not threatening, but when everyone thought about the rigors of the weekday recovery training and physical training, they still broke out in a cold sweat.
If the state is not good, it is indeed possible to recover the state, and they also know that Wansheng will definitely have a way, but the hard work to be paid in the process of recovery is not something that ordinary people are willing to face.
Some players who want to indulge are thinking that the 'happy dΓΉ' of the holiday seems to be going to be lowered a bit
The 2003-2004 season is over, a season in which English football has changed, and the most notable ones are undoubtedly the two clubs.
One is the arrival of Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, who have beaten Manchester United to finish second in the league this season after throwing away 100 million euros last summer.
The other is League One side Derby County, who won the FA Cup by beating Manchester United in a miracle in the FA Cup final.
Former. Famous is Abramovich.
The whole of England, and even the whole world, know his name, maybe Abramovich was also famous before, he is the richest man in Russia, but in fact, not many people care about who the richest man in Russia is, and now his name is linked to football, linked to Chelsea, so more people know him.
The latter, the famous one is Wansheng.
All those who follow the FA Cup final. Everyone knows why Derby County can beat Manchester United, not because of how good one of their players is, nor because of how strong their overall performance is in the final, but because they have a young manager from China - Wan Sheng.
Several Derby County players, including Layton Bynes, including Frank Ribery, including goalkeeper Oakes, all rose to fame in this game, but no matter how big it is, it can't keep up with 10,000 wins.
There are so many things about Wansheng that attract attention.
He is Chinese, he is only 27 years old. He was the first official season in charge of the team and he won two titles.
All of this adds up, and almost anyone who follows Derby County will be interested in Wansheng.
With the increase in fame. Advertisers from all walks of life have also come to the door, and Kevin Tagore has also become busy, he is not a full-time agent, his main job is still on investment companies. But even part-time jobs need to cope with these jobs.
Fortunately, Kevin Tagore has a very high vision, and he will simply pass some small companies and small product endorsement contracts. Shooting an advertisement, the income is not as high as the investment company's profit in a week, how to let Wansheng shoot this kind of small advertisement is not worth the loss.
However, Wansheng's fame is still difficult to attract those really big companies, so Kevin Tagore's job is much simpler, and after screening, there are few endorsement invitations left.
Wan Sheng didn't care about any of this.
He knows very well that his current fame, it is very difficult to get a real big contract, after all, no matter how much attention he gets, he is only a coach, in terms of advertising endorsements, the coach is worse than the player, and the reputation will be a lot worse, and the endorsement contract of a really big company, he doesn't have to rush to sign it now, even if he signs it now, he also signs some short-term contracts, if he is more famous in the future, the income of the natural endorsement contract will be better.
So in this regard, Wansheng would rather lack than excess.
Perhaps more importantly, in addition to his own salary income, he is most concerned about the investment company, and the development of his investment company with Kevin Tagore is much more than his hard work as an endorsement, but now the scale of the investment company is not large, and the total assets are about 3 million pounds, which is really not a wave in the investment industry.
But in fact, the profits of investment companies are already quite amazing.
Wan Sheng and Kevin Tagore only invested 1 million pounds in the early stage, and the subsequent investment of the two together was less than 500,000 pounds, plus the funds raised in the Great Derbyshire area, it was only about 500,000 pounds, that is, in a few months, the income of the investment company reached at least 50% or more.
Kevin Tagore's manipulation of capital investment is still concentrated in Apple and the news website Marketwatch, the stocks of these two companies have risen highly, and they are directly manipulated in the form of short-term investment and income, even if the proportion of profits as retail investors is still very high.
Wan Sheng knows that Apple's share price has risen by more than 30 times in 10 years, and he does not know the specific value, but it is generally at least 30 times, that is, if you buy 1 million pounds of Apple shares in the early stage, then ten years later, this money will become 30 million pounds, and it will triple in an average year, and it will double in more than 4 months.
It's a pity that they haven't been able to catch up with the low value of the stock price, so that the earnings will not be too high.
However, Kevin Tagore's focus has been on MarketWatch recently, Apple's stock price has plummeted due to Steve Jobs' diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and it is not a good choice to make short-term investments now, despite this, there are two stocks that will definitely rise in the general trend of stocks to choose from, and there are professional geniuses like Kevin Tagore who manipulate them in the way of short-term investment, and the profits of investment companies are very amazing.
So when Kevin Tagore triumphantly helped Wan Sheng get rid of the advertising endorsements of those small companies, and compared them with the amazing profits of investment companies, Wan Sheng just pouted disdainfully, "Kevin, you know, I am the biggest shareholder of the company." β
Kevin Tagore immediately wilted.
But he is very satisfied, he really admires Wansheng's vision now, he has always felt that Wansheng is a genius, but he didn't expect him to be so accurate in the financial industry.
Next, Kevin Tagore talked about the recent movements of the U.S. stock market, and also talked about some problems, "It's good for us to continue to make short-term investments, but if we want to raise more funds, we have to make some long-term investments, otherwise the company's capital chain will be very unstable." β
Wan Sheng understood what Tagore meant.
As an investment company, if you want to raise funds normally, you must have a long-term investment project, which is like the central bank needs gold reserves, no gold reserves, a qiΔ guarantee is empty, gold reserves are enough, in order to have the confidence to issue more banknotes, the same is true for investment companies, long-term investment is the guarantee of funds, if the capital chain is broken, it is a big deal to sell some long-term investment stocks, of course, the premise is that these stocks will not lose, otherwise it will really outweigh the losses.
But it's a bit early to talk about this, if you want to make a long-term investment, it will definitely need a lot of money, to invest in the company's current market value of 3 million pounds, this investment should be at least more than 2 million pounds, preferably 3 million pounds, but the market value is the market value, they can't withdraw the investment, directly take out 3 million pounds and then invest.
So where does the money come from? Or do you need future profits.
According to the current rate of return of investment companies, this will be at least more than a year, hearing Kevin Tagore's statement, Wansheng suddenly remembered one thing, "Is Google's stock going for sale?" β
Kevin Tagore nodded, "In August, there was a lot of news, and that company was very hot in fundraising. β
Wan Sheng smiled.
Apple's stock price is definitely not able to catch up with the low value of the stock price, but Google's shares have not yet been issued, they can still catch up with the low value of the stock price, even if the future increase of Google's stock cannot catch up with Apple, but as a number of US stocks with high gains in the next ten years, it is guaranteed to catch up with the lowest value to buy, and it is guaranteed to increase tenfold in ten years.
"We're going to focus on Google's stock next, and as long as we have money, we're going to put it all in."
Kevin Tagore was a little puzzled, "but we don't have much money"
"Soon after." Wan Sheng smiled mysteriously. (To be continued......)