Red Rebels

"My name is John Davis, the John to John Terry, the Davis to Curtis Davis."

The person who said this used to be a policeman, a policeman who worked at Bury Police Station. He was once a player of Bury Football Club in North Manchester, but in 1998, he began to switch to the Red Rebels and played in a game against After the great reversal of the Ruston Diamond game, I completely declared that I have become a die-hard fan of the Red Rebels. Fq

As if he was worried that others would doubt his loyalty to the team, not long after the Red Rebels Stadium was established, he changed jobs with his good friend, Fat Driver Jim, and joined the Red Rebels, but Fat Jim went to the stadium to receive the ball. Ministry, and John came to the Red Rebel Stadium.

A few years have passed. With his youth, knowledge and ability, John has now become the top leader of the security department of the Red Rebel Stadium Park. He has been a policeman and has practiced a few tricks. He looks powerful, but when he smiles But very honest.

Today is a very special day, the Champions League final between the Red Rebels and Manchester City. Although the game is held at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, like every Red Rebels game, there are always countless people gathered at the Red Rebel Stadium Park. The ballí.

I don’t know since when, this place has become the largest gathering place for Red Rebels football players in the world. It has become a place where Red Rebels players come to watch and chat about football. 's palace.

Every time, when John puts on the neat uniform of the security director and looks at the crowded stadium outside, he realizes that his responsibility is particularly important, so he always works conscientiously, so under his control and arrangement, Things are always orderly at Red Rebel Stadium Park.

"There are probably 60,000 people outside tonight, right?" A security captain asked with a smile when he saw John patrolling over.

John nodded, "There may be more, but don't be careless. Let the guys watch carefully and keep their posts. If there is any emergency, notify me as soon as possible."

"I know." The security captain smiled and nodded.

During the inspection, there would always be some enthusiastic golfers who tried to get John to drink, but John refused without exception. He always banned alcohol during work, and he was very concerned about some people who wanted to guard the stadium and park. By the early morning of the next day, Qiu, who was waiting for the team's return, always tried his best to arrange all-night arrangements for them.

More than 60,000 football players came to the scene to watch, chat, drink and have fun. The liveliness of the Red Rebel Stadium Park was evident. The arrival of these football players brought a huge consumption effect and further stimulated the business of the stadium. business.

As a young man, John knew very well that people nowadays pay more and more attention to safety. They only go to places they trust and are willing to eat, drink and have fun freely.

Therefore, the board of directors entrusted him with the important task of security at the stadium and park because of its trust and reassurance in his ability. He definitely did not want to screw up this meaningful job.

Arriving in front of the big TV screen in the square outside the Red Rebels Stadium, John couldn't help but laugh as he watched the crazy celebrations at the Bernabeu Stadium. He is a die-hard Red Rebels fan, and he is honored for the team to win the championship.

"They will probably come back tomorrow, and this place will definitely be bustling by then." John thought to himself, and he was also thinking about how to prepare the security system for tomorrow.

But at this moment, his cell phone rang.

"John" came a familiar voice on the phone.

John suddenly became excited at this moment, because the call came from a person he admired very much. Xiao Yu, the chairman of the Red Rebels, was technically the former chairman, but among all the Red Rebels players In his mind, he will always be the owner of the Red Rebels, and he will always have unchallengeable authority in the team.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao Yu," John replied tremblingly.

It was very noisy on the other side of the phone, obviously the team and players were celebrating, but Xiao Yu's voice could still be heard clearly.

"How is the situation over there?" Xiao Yu asked with concern.

John felt a twinge of warmth. Xiao Yu would never forget the players staying at home. Almost every away game, he would personally call and ask, "Well, everything is normal."

"That's good, you strengthen the security system and we'll go back tonight," Xiao Yu said with a smile. FX

"Tonight?" John was a little confused. It was already midnight, where could he come back?

"Yes, tonight, I believe the players can't wait to share the trophy with them. I also believe that the players can't wait to touch this trophy, so I and I Mr. Walsh has agreed to rush back to Manchester overnight tonight.”

John felt a flash of emotion, because he knew that there would be at least 40,000 football fans here tonight to celebrate all night long and also wait for the team's return. If they knew the news, they would definitely be happy. Crazy.

"I have already contacted the airline. I rented a charter flight. We will arrive at Manchester Airport at about 4 o'clock in the morning. You should quickly arrange manpower over there and notify the ball of the news at the same time. Just say that it will be red by then. Rebel Stadium is free”

"Okay, I understand." John was moved and replied with courage.

Xiao Yu didn't have anything else to do, so he hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy signal on the phone, John grabbed the phone in his hand and immediately ran to the stadium's publicity department. He immediately relayed what Xiao Yu had just said on the public address system.

As soon as the tens of thousands of Red Rebel players heard the news, they burst into applause. Everyone couldn't help but cheer. As Xiao Yu said, they all couldn't wait to see this trophy.

The players are looking forward to it. John is busy strengthening the security manpower. The club's office is also brightly lit. People from the publicity department are urgently making a commemorative video for the team. People from the football service department are working all night. In order to serve the needs of the football team, even the Ministry of Commerce must closely contact sponsors and partners.

May 23, Saturday, is a holiday, but for everyone related to the Red Rebels, it is destined to be a busy and sleepless night full of joy.

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As dawn approached, the fog shrouding Manchester showed no sign of dissipating. A B-sound plane with its fuselage dyed with images of Red Rebel players and the club's emblem slowly landed at Manchester Airport.

Due to the fog and the club's advance notice, the thousands of football players stationed outside the airport did not receive the news. Instead, they waited until the team bus slowly drove out of the airport, waiting for the team's arrival. We received the notification, and under the arrangement of the airport security, we followed them out of the airport one by one.

In the mist-shrouded city ring, the red Rebels football cars with their fog lights turned on looked like a winding dragon from a distance, especially when the team bus opened its windows and let out When the Red Rebels anthem was played in the bus, the players rolled down their windows one by one, singing loudly along with all the players and coaching staff in the bus.

The singing alarmed many people. In this silent early morning, countless people were awakened from their dreams. The players of Manchester United and Manchester City must have responded with anger and contempt, but the players of the Red Rebels happily walked away from the scene. Jump down and join the city-wide carnival.

According to the rules, the traffic circled the city ring in downtown Manchester, passing Manchester City's City Stadium and Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium. By the time they returned to the Red Rebel Stadium, the fog had already covered them. After it dissipated, the world gradually began to warm up.

When the team bus arrived at the Red Rebels Stadium Park, the ball on the scene suddenly started to move. Fortunately, not only the Red Rebels Security Department, but also the Manchester Police Department also specially arranged personnel to maintain order at the scene. There wasn't much chaos.

The team bus drove directly into the dedicated parking lot and then entered the stadium from the parking lot.

When the players came directly to the center of the stadium, they found that the huge Red Rebel Stadium was already packed, and all the players were standing on their seats. When they saw captains Curtis and Terry walking out holding the Big Ear Cup, When they did, everyone gave thunderous cheers.

"Poor Manchester United, it took you more than a hundred years to win three Champions Leagues, but it took us 13 years to win four. We are the undisputed king of Manchester and the king of England. , we are the kings of Europe, we are the kings of the world”

The Red Rebel players in the stands excitedly sang songs they had made up on the fly, many of which were ridiculing their rivals, such as Manchester United and Manchester City, which have never won the Champions League.

Now the Red Rebels already have 4 Champions League trophies in hand, second only to Real Madrid, Milan and Liverpool, of which Liverpool has won 5 times. With the current momentum of the Red Rebels, the possibility of surpassing Liverpool is not very high, or even Some people are calling for the Champions League trophy to be permanently left in the exhibition hall of the Red Rebel Stadium.

This expectation of the Red Rebels football team is not an extravagant hope, but a common spectacle in European football at present, that is, everyone is watching, who can defeat the Red Rebels? How long can the Red Rebel dynasty last? How much more amazing brilliance can we create?

You know, according to media speculation, with UEFA's heavy investment in a series of sponsors and live broadcast companies of the Champions League, the bonus share of this season's Champions League will reach a new high.

As the Red Rebels who finally won the championship, they can get a bonus of 150,000 euros for the final alone. In addition, this team has maintained a complete victory in 13 games in the Champions League. This will make the Red Rebels go from 35 to 35 in the Champions League this season. Ten thousand euros in game income, and another 350,000 euros in TV broadcast income, with a total income of 6.55 million euros.

This is only the bonus income and live broadcast sharing that the team receives from UEFA, but this is only part of it. In addition, there is also the team’s match day ticket sales income, match day stadium operating income, and the club’s additional commercial revenue. Open income and so on.

For top clubs like the Red Rebels, the huge bonuses received from UEFA are only a small part, and the real bulk of the profits come from several other sectors.

According to Mark David's preliminary estimates, the Red Rebels won the Champions League with a complete victory this season. This event alone can bring nearly 200 million euros in revenue to the team, and this does not include the English and European competitions. Income from other competitions such as the FA Cup, as well as the added value gained by the team’s participation in the Champions League.

The team's management is getting better and better, the club's finances are getting healthier, and the profitability level is getting higher and higher. This makes the Red Rebels fully qualified to retain all the big-name superstars in the team, and can even provide small and medium-sized players at the same time. Ronaldo, Kaká, and Messi pay the top three salaries in the world, and the Red Rebels occupy 6 of the top ten annual salary rankings of world stars, which shows their financial strength.

While the financial crisis is sweeping the world and causing a large-scale economic recession, the football industry has seen a booming development trend that has bucked the trend. Whether it is the UEFA Champions League or the English League, there has been long-term progress. This has made the football industry In the economic recession, the potential of high-quality assets has been reflected.

Everyone knows that the global economy is in recession, and all kinds of investors are looking for asset preservation, hoping to obtain investment returns and find a safe haven. In this case, the football industry stands out.

"I remember that Chadwick, a professor of sports economics at Coventry University, said that every time there is an economic recession, the football industry will always become more and more popular. For example, when the unemployment rate in Liverpool remained high, Liverpool The team's attendance actually increased, but after the economy improved, attendance actually dropped."

On the court, the players were interacting with those in the stands, and the Red Rebels' championship celebration ceremony was also in full swing. However, in the player tunnel, Xiao Yu stood with Mark David, Walsh and others. We were discussing plans for next season there.

"This is indeed a very interesting phenomenon, but today's world economy has become integrated. I believe that in the context of the global economic crisis, the hedging ability of the football industry will be valued by investors, especially if there is a rise against the trend. In the future, more and more consortiums will definitely enter this field.”

"Sponsors and investors will definitely want a piece of the pie. Therefore, for our team, winning the Grand Slam is just a clarion call. The real long march has just begun."

Sponsors sponsor teams, investors acquire teams, and teams such as Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea continue to increase their transfer budgets. It is not difficult to see that more and more funds will be invested in the football industry. After Xiao Yuwei's series of reforms, the football economic bubble in European football has become very small, so this time in the global crisis, the football industry can appear in front of the world as a high-quality asset.

The key is how to prevent the influx of hot money from inflating the bubble again.

"I can't control other teams, but our Red Rebels must continue to maintain the current development trend. I believe that as long as we continue in the current direction, we will be at the top of world football in two years." Xiao Yu said with full confidence.

Walsh and Mark David looked at each other, "I can tell, you plan to leave and never look back."

Xiao Yu smiled. After he resigned as chairman of the Red Rebel Army, Walsh inherited his position as chairman and awarded him the fictitious position of honorary chairman. However, with Xiao Yu's influence, let alone Even if he has no title, he can influence every move of the Red Rebels.

But he doesn't plan to do that

"Are you really planning to return to your motherland to help them with football reform?" Mark David was actually concerned about Xiao Yu's plans.

Xiao Yu nodded, "I won't go back on what I promised, so this time I want you and Andy to help. I need a few outstanding business managers, as well as experts who are familiar with the English league system."

In Xiao Yu's impression, a country's professional football level does not depend on their system and background, but on their league system and youth training.

To put it bluntly, every country on the planet has its own characteristics, and no professional league in any country dares to say that there is no match-fixing in its league and it is absolutely fair and impartial.

Our ancestors have a saying that is right: if the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Florentino has evil intentions in running Real Madrid, Labarta has evil intentions in running Barcelona, ​​the Glazer family controls Manchester United, and Berlusconi controls Milan. These are also caused by evil intentions, but have their teams fallen?

No

Because when they took over these teams, they knew one thing very clearly. The professional league has the rules and gameplay of the professional league. Either they don't come, or if they come, they can only follow these rules, otherwise they will Finished.

So after the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus was relegated and Milan and other Serie A teams were punished. However, the level of Serie A is still among the best in the world, and the Italian national team still wins the world championship. Why?

Xiao Yu has been saying that the reform of domestic football must start from two places. First, the league. With the Football Association decentralizing power, the league can manage and operate autonomously, similar to the Football Association and the English League. In this way, As long as strict league rules are formulated to restrict those with evil intentions and perseverance, the league will be on the right track in just a few years.

The domestic league has become professional. What Xiao Yu has to do now is to let all league investors see that the benefits gained from running a team through formal means will be far greater than using those sideways tricks. This is yu But on the other hand, we must use iron-blooded means to deter those black whistleblowers of match-fixing, make them fearful, and make them fearful.

As long as there is a complete league system and as long as club owners openly operate according to the rules of the league, then the league will not be bad.

Second, youth training, only youth training is the future of a country's football. This is something that all football players know, but many countries lack the perseverance and patience, and what Xiao Yu has to do is to stick to this.

Xiao Yu has reason to believe that as long as these two points are achieved, domestic professional football will be able to embark on a step-by-step road regardless of the system or social background.

Furthermore, reform always adds up to a small amount. It always starts from a lot of details, accumulates sand into a tower, and then evolves into a big revolution.

Throughout history, among those who acted too hastily and wanted to carry out the arduous Great Leap Forward-style reforms, how many of them ended up well? How many of these reforms can last in the long term?

Ancient and modern, it’s better to be like this