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News that a new Premier League will be formed and run independently from the Football Association soon spread in circles, and will be promoted on a larger scale.

This was warmly welcomed by every club in League One.

How to determine whether a project is profitable?

The following are required:

1. There must be a huge audience.

2. It must have sufficient influence.

3. Have strong promotion capabilities.

4. There must be broad prospects for charging fees.

Does the expected Premier League have this capability?

Audience?

In the UK, even if you are a pseudo-fan, he can tell you what local teams there are, how many famous players there are in England, and the characteristics, tactics, history, and interesting facts of each team.

After all, you hear and see this information every day, so how could you not understand it?

In the UK, if you don’t understand football, you will feel out of place with everyone in your study, work and life.

Therefore, the audience is definitely enough, even if the scope extends to the entire Europe.

Influence?

Is Prime Minister Major influential?

Although he is a bit stupid and is often cited by others, he is still the Prime Minister of the British Empire, one of the Five Permanent Members, and the leader of the second largest alliance of nations in the world after the United Nations.

It has enough influence all over the world.

Promotional ability?

There are the world's largest and second largest media groups, News Corporation and New Century Group.

In addition to the two companies being equally divided in North America, New Century Media has heard of the powerful force of the umbrella and occupies a large market in South America, the Middle East, and North Africa.

After all, these are places where ‘battles’ have been fought.

News Corporation is also in a leading position in Southeast Asia and Europe.

Together, the two companies can easily promote the Premier League to the world.

Fee prospects?

The television broadcast rights jointly purchased by News Corporation and New Century alone can allow the entire Premier League to barely break even. As long as they do not commit suicide, there will be no risk of bankruptcy.

So, what are the chances of this business failing?

Major was extremely active in trying to restore his image among the British people.

I personally called the owners of major clubs and gathered together to hold a roundtable meeting.

Sean and Murdoch attended the meeting in their capacity as owners of Arsenal and Manchester United.

Sean decided to hand over the leadership of the meeting to Major. This was British territory and they were too strong for their own good.

As we all know, Sean is a low-key person. "Who is hosting today?"

"Can you give me some advice? Don't let everyone look at me. I am the convener today, not necessarily the chairman." Sean smiled and spread his hands.

"Since everyone is so polite, I will host it. Please turn off your cell phones and the like."

"Regarding the Premier League, I propose a plan for everyone to study."

"I made two conditions."

"First, members of this alliance can discuss their own stadium advertising, jersey advertising, commercial activities, etc. independently without interfering with each other."

"Second, the television broadcast rights are handed over to New Century Media and News Group. This broadcast right is tentatively reserved for five years, totaling 150 million pounds. It will be divided among everyone. Each club can receive 1.5 million pounds every year."

"Of course, it is impossible to broadcast every game. After all, there are too many games and not so many people watch it. Therefore, our TV station does not care about the local broadcast of each club. How many yuanzi soup you make is your responsibility.

We don't care about our own affairs."

"After I finish speaking, who agrees and who opposes!"

How important is this £1.5 million to the club?

In the first year of the Premier League, the top striker was snapped up by Blackburn Rovers for £3.6 million, setting a record in Premier League history. In the same year, Manchester United signed Cantona for a transfer fee of £1.2 million.

1.5 million can buy Cantona plus two years of salary. This price is definitely not low!

"I object!" exclaimed Liverpool owner David Moores.

"It is said that Mr. Sean doesn't like money. He works neatly and generously. He likes to use money to solve problems and satisfy both buyers and sellers. But isn't this TV broadcasting right too low? It's 150 million pounds over five years.

It’s only 30 million a year, and 20 families need to share it, which is too little!”

"Also, I heard that Mr. Sean's mantra is fair, fair, or damn fair, but this seems to be a fair equal distribution, but it is the biggest unfairness!" David Morse pushed up his glasses, "

The first-place team gets the same amount as the last-place team, so why are we still competing for the championship?”

"Besides, Mr. Sean just said that it is impossible to broadcast every game, so who will broadcast it?"

"Is it the top-ranked game, the most exciting, and the most critical game?"

"Some teams can't be broadcast twice in a year, and some teams are broadcast more than ten or twenty times, but everyone gets the same money. Is this fair?"

"Okay, I'll give you the last price!" Sean knocked on the table, "First, the broadcast fee will be increased to 250 million pounds."

“Second, 50% of all revenue is distributed equally to the 20 teams.”

"Third, the other 25% will be subsidized to teams with broadcast games, and the remaining 25% will be allocated in descending order from high to low."

"After I finished speaking, who agrees and who opposes!" Sean stood up and looked around.

He really considered this matter from the perspective of the development of the entire league, supporting the middle and lower-tier teams to ensure their healthy development. If the league only relies on a few big teams, it will lose its competitiveness, which will make the league

Loss of development potential!

"I..." Before David Morse could finish his sentence, Sean glanced sideways, "I agree!"

"I, I agree too!"

"I agree!"

The sound echoed, and Sean smiled and clapped softly, "Then thank you everyone for giving me face."

Negotiation is that simple. It doesn't require back and forth, it doesn't take months, just sit down and drink tea and chat, and the matter will be settled.

"Let's talk about the operation of the Premier League. In the past, football related matters were managed by the Football Association. As we all know, these people are very bureaucratic and have become a stumbling block to the development of British football. This matter..." Sean looked at it.

To Prime Minister Major, who had been attending but said nothing, "This matter depends on our Honorary Chairman, the Honorable Prime Minister Major."

"Is there a problem?"

"No problem!" Major knew that this was Sean's purpose in wooing him, so he naturally agreed.

"Good!" Sean took the lead in applauding, "I am an American, and I have always heard that the bureaucracy in the UK is very serious and things are delayed. Now I see that this is not the case. This efficiency is surprisingly high!"

Everyone applauded and praised. The people sitting here are worth at least tens of millions, and most of them have family inheritance, but the gap with Sean must be too big.

Whether it's comparing family or net worth.

Murdoch's net worth is that of everyone present except Sean, and Sean is ten times as rich as Murdoch!

There is no comparison.

A large part of the reason why everyone agreed so quickly was because they wanted to make friends with Sean.

Whether it is the Rockefeller family or Sean himself, their business scope spans several fields and hundreds of industries. A little bit of money is enough for them to make a lot of money.

In comparison, football is nothing more than a platform for communication.

Well, football does play a role as a platform among European upper class society, and many business deals are concluded in this environment.

For example, the president of Real Madrid...

After talking about this, there are still some peripheral things left, such as the problem of insufficient funds of some clubs.

"If the rent is not enough, you can get a loan. Don't say that I, the chairman, don't do my job. If you want to borrow as much as you want, go directly to Sean's Bank." After saying that, Sean looked at Major, "Prime Minister Major, Sean Bank's business has entered."

There is nothing wrong with the UK."

Major hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "No problem."

The more Sean invests in the UK, the more ties he has. Now you can't just take out that little notebook.

He clearly remembered that Sean wrote in his notebook a few days ago that Major scolded me three times, but I was not angry.

What kind of pervert is this!

"Satisfactory solution!" Sean smiled and took the lead in applauding, and there was a round of applause in the conference room.

Previously, football clubs in the UK were experiencing operating difficulties. Their ratings in the banking system were significantly lowered, and their valuations were lowered. It became increasingly difficult to obtain loans and the conditions became more and more stringent.

Now Sean has solved their urgent need.

As for Sean, no one understands better than him how valuable the Premier League will be in the future. I am not afraid of your loans, but I am afraid that you will have fewer loans!

Sports is definitely a blue ocean, and it can also be closely integrated with the media to create greater profit margins.

…

Five days later…

The major clubs jointly held a press conference, and the Premier League, which had been rumored for many days, was officially established. This news directly made the major European media go crazy.

At the press conference, Major, the honorary chairman of the Premier League, appeared and presided over it in person. He gave a long speech about the purpose of the establishment of the Premier League, the measures to be taken, the methods of promotion, etc.

British football has been suppressed for many years since being severely punished by UEFA. Now it finally sees the opportunity to step out of the shadows and return to the top. The majority of fans are rejoicing!

Major wiped away the haze of heavy losses due to short selling of the pound and once again became the favorite of the British people.

People are always forgetful!

At this juncture when the Premier League is officially established and the next season officially begins, as the chairman of the league, he has already appeared in Baghdad, the capital of YLK.

…

King YLK invited Sean to the succession ceremony. Many parties participated, but Sean was still the most important one.

Sean has multiple identities. On the one hand, he represents Rockefeller, on the other hand, he represents his own oil company, and on the other hand, he represents the largest umbrella of private armed forces in YLK.

These identities are extremely important to the new king of YLK. Without Sean's participation, this coronation ceremony will not be so successful.

The fighting in YLK has stopped, and conflicts are still taking place in markets in various places, but this does not delay the celebration in Baghdad.

This YSL style succession ceremony was quite ceremonial and lasted for a whole day.

The new king, who had worked hard all day, had no rest at night.

"Tomorrow we will be negotiating with the major oil groups represented by Sean. Do you think we can get the oil industry back?" The new king is alone, and the think tank around him was established with the help of the Hashim family.

I don’t know how many people have been placed inside, but the new king doesn’t think that any of them are his confidants.

"Let's open Sanqi."

"How come it's only 70%?" The new king was previously an 'ordinary person' in the branch. An ordinary person with a net worth of millions of dollars spent his days eating, drinking and having fun. How could he understand this?

"Seventy percent belongs to someone else, but the other 30% still depends on his face!"

"Whose face?"

"He, Sean Rockefeller!"

"Sean? I finally defeated the other candidates and became the king, but I still have to look at his face?" The new king looked shocked.

"Have you ever been a king?"

"No!"

"Let me tell you, as a king, you have to create a clever name, win over the gentry, pay taxes and donations, and if they pay, then the people can follow suit and pay, so that the country can have tax revenue and continue to operate. Of course, the gentry must pay back the money in full.

"

"I finally became the king, but I still have to win over the wealthy gentry, use clever names, and look at his expressions. Am I not going to be a beggar on my knees?"

"Then you have to put it this way. Being a king really means kneeling down to beg for food. How many people want to kneel down but don't know how to do this?"

"Let me ask you, why did I come to YLK to be the king? I just have weak legs and feet and can't kneel down."

"So if you want to make money standing up, you should go back to Jordan and be a rich man. In the eyes of the people, you are a king, but in the eyes of Sean, you are just begging for food. Being a king is not shabby.

.”

The think tank member glanced at the new king and said, "You are the king chosen by the Americans."

The new king, who had just ascended the throne and reached the pinnacle of his life, seemed to have been poured cold water on his head. He instantly lost his spirit and became dull.

During the second day of negotiations, the new king kept smiling throughout the whole process. Except for expressing welcome at the beginning and being polite for a while, he completely stopped talking once the negotiations began.

He finally saw that he was a puppet.

It was just that I saw it too late. I was too excited before. I really thought it was God’s blessing that I had reached the pinnacle of my life.

Of course, the people in the think tank are not undercover agents sent by Sean. They are indeed fighting for the interests of the new king. They are tied together. The conversation last night was just to let the new king put his position in order. Don't put it aside.

Things are messed up.

Young people are not stable and always drift too easily.

"I think 20% is a reasonable figure!" Sean, as a representative, started to lower the price crazily.

"Mr. Sean, 20% is too little. We know that the current situation is chaotic, equipment has suffered heavy losses, and recovery of production capacity is far away. However, you must also consider the burden on our side. It is not only the survival of the domestic people, but also the problem of people's survival in the country.

Huge war reparations need to be repaid."

"If we only occupy two layers of oil production interests, then we won't even be able to repay the war reparations. How can we restore YLK to life as soon as possible."

"A chaotic Iraq will not bring any benefits except increasing your development costs. We believe that you also hope that peace will return here."

After some haggling, it was no different from a vegetable market, and in the end we got a result that was satisfactory to both parties.

The two parties signed a 99-year cooperative development agreement, with British Petroleum, Shell, Rockefeller, and Sean Jifang jointly funding to help YLK resume oil production and processing. The YLK royal family accounts for 25% of all oil output, and will increase by 1% every year thereafter.

Until it accounts for 60% of the total share.

Known in history as the YLK Agreement!