Shenhao who plays around the world

Chapter 227 This boss drank too much wine

Many domestic fans did not have any hope for the 2032 World Cup.

Even, many people are protesting against hosting the World Cup.

The reason is simple, the national football team is a piece of shit.

What’s the point of hosting the World Cup at home and being humiliated like Qatar?

What the fans want is simple. At least the national football team has the qualifications to compete with strong teams.

Just like Japan, they learned skills from foreigners to defeat Germany.

Or like South Korea, Son Heung-min is born and is recognized as the king of Asia.

Fortunately, in this half season, under the management of Boss Lin, the Chinese Super League has become visibly better.

Especially for Guangzhou City, Gao Huai and his players have been on the hot search list many times due to their devastating ten-game winning streak.

This is a spontaneous act by netizens, which shows how much everyone loves Gao Huai and his Guangzhou team.

After all, many fans never thought that Guangzhou would be so crazy.

At the end of half the season, the entire team was sold out.

Although for Chinese football, the advantages do outweigh the disadvantages.

But for the fans in Guangzhou City, it is quite painful.

One by one, the leading stars were sold, and even some good prospects were packaged and bought by Wanda at a bargain price.

Don't think that the substitute Wanda bought is weak.

Nice's lineup has achieved fourth place in Ligue 1, and the substitute lineup has no big problem in avoiding relegation in Ligue 1.

Lao Wang specially called Lin Shen to thank Lin Shen for this. The talented people under him are not just for free.

This group of players has the potential to become the main force of the upper-middle and upper-tier teams in the five major leagues in the future.

With a net worth of only 5 million euros, they undoubtedly got a bargain.

In the early years, when Lao Wang was spending money in the Chinese Super League.

A so-called national football player is willing to spend this price to buy someone.

The national football team at that time was completely the product of hype due to the inflated market.

But this group of players is different. After a few seasons of training, their value can at least double.

In the entire league, only Wanda received this gift from Lin Shen.

Lin Shen also gave them a big gift because of his love for football.

Lao Wang said with a smile: "Director Lin, I won't say much about this matter. We will cooperate more in the film business in the future. Your company has movies to release, and our Wanda Cinemas will definitely try to increase the proportion of movies in the future. "

"It's a small matter. I also see Director Wang's affection for football. In the future, the value of the Chinese Super League will become higher and higher, and there will definitely be no shortage of opportunities for us to cooperate."

Lin Shen understood what Lao Wang meant.

It's just that we want to cooperate with each other and not maliciously squeeze the movies released by the other party.

Lin Shen himself didn't care much about the theater chain's income. What he valued more was controlling the voice brought by the theater chain.

The theater chain's profit is not as big as his profit from buying and selling the "football population".

If players are continuously sent to the five major leagues in the future, the numbers they earn every year will make countless people jealous.

After chatting for a few words, Lin Shen hung up the phone.

"The Wanda one?"

Xu Lei came over to have a drink with Lin Shen. He just heard Lin Shen talking on the phone with Lao Wang, and he was a little envious in his eyes.

Although he is already worth a bit, according to the valuation of Youliang Apartment, if it were to be listed on the market, his net worth would be considered to be over 100 million.

But compared with the big guys at the level of Lin Shen and Lao Wang, they are as different as clouds and mud.

"Well, drink."

Lin Shen smiled and nodded without saying much.

The identities are not on the same level, so there is no point in talking too much about them.

If the relationship between the two is good, Xu Lei will also come to trouble.

It wouldn't hurt if Lin Shen carried it casually.

"Hey, Lao Lin, what do you think about me setting up a team to play with?"

Xu Lei rolled his eyes and had an idea in his mind.

"Chinese Super League team?"

Lin Shen shook his head: "You can't afford it."

"Ahem...I didn't say I would buy a Chinese Super League team. I plan to buy a Chinese League One team and slowly upgrade."

Xu Lei almost choked himself to death with a sip of wine. He coughed for a long time and looked at his old friend resentfully.

Although he is indeed very poor, who dares to say that he is not a billionaire when the company goes public?

As a billionaire, can’t you afford to play football?

Seeing that Xu Lei was not convinced, Lin Shen smiled and gave him an analysis: "To be honest, I don't recommend you to play football. First of all, you don't have a talent training system under me. You just spend money to buy people. Your worth is very low."

It’s easy to lose everything.”

"Even if your team is lucky enough to be promoted to the Chinese Championship, it must have a professional football stadium with at least 30,000 seats and a cost of at least 500 million."

"If you are lucky enough to be promoted to the Chinese Super League, you will also need to have a stadium with more than 50,000 people and a cost of at least 2 billion."

Xu Lei was stunned when he heard this. When did Chinese football become so valuable?

Just being promoted to the Chinese Championship, not counting the investment in signings and management, just one stadium was enough to scare him silly.

That’s 500 million!

Who knows if his company will be able to cash out so much money after it goes public.

Even if he could, he would not dare to cash out so harshly in order to prevent the stock price from collapsing.

If they were to be promoted to the Premier League, a stadium costing 2 billion would be an astronomical figure.

"Ahem...what, how about I buy an amateur team for fun."

Xu Lei was really frightened and couldn't help but scratch his head and smiled awkwardly.

Lin Shen smiled and asked: "It's not that there is no other way. Are you interested in holding a club on my behalf?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Lei was a little confused.

"It is not convenient for me to hold shares. I will use other people's names. You can invest and hold shares. On the surface, you are the owner of this club, and I will provide the people and money."

Lin Shenyan explained briefly and concisely, smiling and waiting for Xu Lei's reply.

Xu Lei suddenly realized that he was just a glove for Lin Shen.

This is nothing at all.

"It's absolutely fine with me, but I don't want the shares."

Xu Lei will also come up with things, raise shares and so on, he really has no face.

This means that the two of them are very familiar with each other. Otherwise, Lin Shen would just find a professional manager to hold the position on his behalf, and the outside world would not be able to find out.

The only thing worth mentioning about him is that he is one of the co-founders of Youliang Apartment.

Lin Shen smiled with satisfaction, "Don't worry, I'm not that stingy. I'll give you 10% of the shares. You don't have to make the initial investment. You will need to make up for it later, or it will be deducted from your dividends."

"This...Dad, I love you."

Xu Lei just wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Shen. Where in the world could he find such a good thing?

"You don't need to take care of the specific management. Just go check it out and show that you are the boss."

Lin Shen did this in order to use the league gift package rewarded by the system as soon as possible.

Guangzhou City alone cannot use up the entire team every year, right?

But Lin Shen was reluctant to give those high-quality player templates to others.

After thinking about it, I might as well push Xu Lei ahead.

"By the way, which club should we acquire?"

Xu Lei is gearing up and wants to buy a club right away and have a big go.

"I'll take a look at the standings first."

Lin Shen directly skipped the Chinese Super League and Chinese Championship, Chinese League One, and found the Chinese League Two standings.

"Well, if we don't buy the Chinese Championship team, we can also buy the Chinese League One team!"

Xu Lei originally wanted to lead the team to compete with Lin Shen's Guangzhou team, but he never imagined that Lin Shen would be interested in the Chinese second-division team.

This is the fourth level league and the lowest level of professional league.

Lin Shen smiled and asked: "Playing is all about excitement. It would be easier to buy a Chinese Super League team directly, but don't you think it would be more exciting if the newly promoted team wins the championship?"

"Uh...that's true."

Xu Lei couldn't help but feel excited when he thought about Leicester City's miracle.

What's the point of buying a Chinese Super League team directly? What you want is to rise from the bottom.

Today's China Second Division is equivalent to the previous China Championship, which is regarded as the domestic professional football floor level league.

Jingchuan Wenhui, who had defeated Beijing Guoan before, is in the Chinese League Two.

Clubs in the Chinese Super League and Chinese Championship have seen their market vitality recover after Lin Shen took over.

As long as there is money to be made and the league has prospects, there is no need to worry about no investors being interested.

As for China League One and China League Two, many clubs finally see hope.

In addition to the copyrights of the Chinese Super League, the copyrights of the Chinese Championship, Chinese League One and Chinese League Two have all been acquired by Lemon Films.

Among them, Zhongguan was purchased by Lemon Films for US$100 million.

The copyright fee for China A is US$50 million, and the copyright fee for China B is US$20 million.

In addition to copyright fees, Under Armor provides jerseys and sports equipment for the four professional leagues for free, becoming their sponsor in disguise.

Based on the broadcast fees, each team in the three competition levels will also be given jersey sponsorship fees of 10 million, 5 million, and 2 million.

For these clubs, they simply wish they could boast to Boss Lin.

When did Li Dazuo and Anta have any control over the life and death of their low-level leagues?

Only Under Armor, which was acquired by Lin Shen, would turn its attention to them.

Don’t think this sponsorship is small. For the Chinese second-tier teams, except for the first-class teams that compete in the first division, the single-season operating costs of relegation teams are only about 5 million.

In addition, a large part of it is spent on football stadiums and maintenance of on-site security.

For this kind of team, don't think about jersey sales and peripheral product development, they don't exist at all.

If we take the China League Two broadcasting fees and divide them equally, each team will earn 3.5 million.

Coupled with the 2 million from jersey sponsorship, it is enough for them to operate and even make a small profit.

If you can train a few young players, it is not impossible to make money by running the club.

"Let's just change the name of this team."

Lin Shen picked a team located in the capital, the capital city is full of stars.

"Ha, there shouldn't be much of a problem. What about the home court after the acquisition?"

Xu Lei nodded, a little curious: "Is it possible that we share the work body with Guoan?"

"I'm not in the habit of sharing with others."

Lin Shen waved his hand, "Our home court will be at the Bird's Nest."

"What?"

Xu Lei was confused: "Can the Bird's Nest be rented to us?"

"With my current status, they will still give me this little face."

Lin Shen's greatest confidence is naturally the system.

As long as the system remains intact, these are all trivial matters.

Of course, the Bird's Nest is now making a lot of money every year.

As long as the price you offer is high enough, you don't have to worry about those people not being tempted.

Xu Lei couldn't help but nod, Lin Shen did have this face.

Thinking that the team's home stadium is the Bird's Nest, Xu Lei couldn't help but get excited.

This is definitely the configuration of a top wealthy family!

"Then what's the name of our team?"

Xu Lei himself contributed several alternatives: "Beijing Imperial Guards? Capital People? Capital City?"

"It's called Jingcheng Cathay."

Lin Shen smiled and said: "The country is peaceful and the people are safe. Just because we are starting late now does not mean that we will be weaker than Beijing Guoan in the future."

"Tsk, that's a really good name, haha, it's a bit like Derby."

Xu Lei recited the name of the club several times and flattered him without any trace of it.

Lin Shen waved his hand and warned: "Okay, you go and handle the formalities. I will greet you. Don't make any noise in the early stage. Keep a low profile."

"Don't worry, I can still handle this."

Xu Lei patted his chest and listed this matter as a top priority.

…

The fact was not what they expected. Faced with someone interested in acquiring the club's equity, Wu Dan, the chairman of Beijing Smart Star Club, was also very surprised, and he was even a little confused about whether to sell the team.

Lin Shen asked Xu Lei to acquire them just to save trouble.

If the price cannot be negotiated, it is not difficult to acquire another team and move it to the capital.

Since Lin Shen took office, he has also relaxed his policy on club relocation.

If a club does not perform well in the fan market in the registered area, it will have three opportunities to move.

There is no penalty for first migration.

For the second migration, you will be directly downgraded by one level.

The third migration was to be downgraded by two levels.

Unless it is a club with a bad record, relocating once is enough to improve their business conditions.

Wu Thant has not invested much in the team and has always let nature take its course.

Investing too much will only result in nothing.

Although the Chinese Super League has gained momentum, even the Chinese championship teams have become more popular.

But they are a Chinese second-division team, thousands of miles away from the Chinese Super League.

According to the current situation, the investment of a Chinese championship team in a single season may exceed 200 million, and promotion is not necessarily guaranteed.

As for the Chinese second-division team that wants to upgrade, the investment will probably exceed 30 million.

Such a large amount of expenditure has always made Wu Than very troubled.

The price Xu Lei offered was neither high nor low.

800w.

If before, U Thant would have said nothing and just sold it, that would have been the end of it.

But now, the market value of each team has obviously increased.

Many investors do not buy Chinese Super League and Chinese Championship teams. Instead, they focus on Chinese League One and Chinese League Two teams with good value for money.

Take Chinese League One teams as an example. Their market value ranges from 30 million to 70 million. Once a team is promoted to the Chinese Champions League, its market value will immediately increase several times.

As for the Chinese Second Division, the current market value of several teams at the top of the standings is around 10 million.

The market value of the teams that are relegated is over five to six million.

Smart Starry Sky is ranked 10th in the league, neither above nor below.

It's difficult to upgrade unless you spend a lot of money.

The assets of the club are those players.

The home court is rented from the Changying Sports Park. Due to insufficient funds, the stadium only has 500 seats.

The attendance rate of China League Two has always been very low. They also focus on community football, which is incomparable with Guoan's fan base.

Wu Thant hesitated again and again and decided to sell.

If you want to upgrade, it's not just as simple as spending money on signings. To be promoted to the Chinese League One, you need a professional football stadium.

Looking across the entire capital, there is no professional football stadium that meets the requirements.

It would be an unrealistic idea for them to build their own stadium.

The land prices in Beijing are absolutely terrifying.

Moreover, not everyone can win the land.

Don’t even think about going within the Fifth Ring Road. Tongzhou still has some hope.

"Mr. Xu, I can sell the team, but the price needs to be discussed again."

U Thant is too lazy to worry about running the club.

There is no hope of promotion, and if he is demoted in the future, he will lose blood.

After some haggling, Xu Lei negotiated the price to 10 million, and after reporting to Lin Shen, he signed the contract readily.

"Congratulations to Mr. Xu, you will be the chairman of the Beijing Smart Star Club from now on."

Wu Dan smiled all over his face, and he didn't suffer much.

"We are all happy, this name needs to be changed."

Xu Lei thought of the pie that Lin Shen had described for him, and his mouth almost grinned to the point where his back teeth were exposed.

"oh?"

Wu Thant also has deep feelings for his club and asked curiously: "Is it convenient to reveal the new name of the club?"

"Jingcheng Cathay, isn't it very domineering?" Xu Lei asked proudly.

"Well...it's quite domineering, but I guess Guoan fans will be very unhappy."

Wu Dan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

One is a Chinese League Two team and the other is a Chinese Super League team, they are not at the same level at all.

"Mr. Wu, it only takes two and a half seasons for us to become a member of the top league of the Chinese Super League. When we meet Guoan, we will teach them how to behave."

Xu Lei is full of confidence.

Others don't know, and he doesn't know what Lin Shen is capable of.

Guangzhou City's player supermarket model can be perfectly replicated by their club.

In the second half of the season, Cathay Pacific's only mission is to be promoted to the Chinese Premier League.

The miracle of a newly promoted team is that just being a Chinese Premier League champion is not enough.

Only if they are dark enough will they attract more fans to pay attention to them.

It shouldn’t be too much to win the Chinese League One championship next season, eliminate many Chinese Super League teams along the way, win the FA Cup championship, and participate in the AFC Champions League, right?

Wu Dan looked at Xu Lei as if he was mentally retarded.

Two and a half seasons to the Chinese Super League?

This means three jumps in a row. Putting aside the home court issue, the total amount of reinforcements needed for the triple jump alone will not be less than 500 million.

Anyway, he can't afford to play. Unless he is a rich man on the level of Lao Wang and Lin Shen, he might be interested in playing.

"Then I wish Mr. Xu's dream to come true, and I will definitely buy season tickets to support the team."

Wu Than naturally said something nice, after all, the money hadn't arrived yet.

As for whether the club lives or dies, that has nothing to do with him.

The acquisition of a Chinese championship club did not cause any ripples in the current football world.

On the contrary, the name change of this Chinese Champions League club caused many Guoan fans to protest and ridicule.

"These days, cats and dogs dare to touch Guoan."

"Please, Cathay Pacific Group doesn't know how to ask them for copyright fees?"

"Haha, if Cathay Pacific wins this time, it will cost you a sponsor status."

"No, no, no, no. Cathay Pacific wants to curse people. They probably don't know that they have become the sponsor of a Chinese championship team overnight. It's quite magical."

"Wocao, brothers, there is something special about this club. I just saw that they cleared their previous Weibo updates and changed their name to their first Weibo post. Don't be too sarcastic. They actually want to jump to the Chinese Super League three times in a row!"

"I'm afraid the owner of this club has drunk too much fake wine. With three consecutive signings and the requirement of playing at home, do they have the strength to satisfy it?"

(End of chapter)