The Godfather of Football

The so-called open class, that is, not only Harvard students but also teachers and even school leaders came to listen to Ye Qiu's speech, and all of them could feel the lively atmosphere of the whole class.

The speech, which was originally expected to be about 40 minutes, ended up lasting 20 minutes longer than the scheduled time and ended in about an hour. This was mainly because the students in the class were too enthusiastic in asking questions, and it could even be said that they were unexpectedly enthusiastic. They even asked many strange questions.

For example, they would ask Ye Qiu what it felt like to lose a game, and ask Ye Qiu if he would spy on the opponent's intelligence like a spy, etc., but there were also some very constructive questions, such as many people mainly focusing on how Ye Qiu formed a coaching team, how to analyze and study opponents, etc.

Ye Qiu also answered these questions one by one. Even at the end of the speech, when the host had announced the end, there was a college student from London, England, who was obviously not named, and claimed to be a Tottenham Hotspur diehard, who shouted and asked Ye Qiu what the team's goal was for the new season.

"Are you really a Tottenham fan?" Ye Qiu was about to walk down the stage, but stopped.

"Absolutely true, my membership number is 5201314!"

"Don't you know that our Tottenham goal is always only one, that is the championship!" After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled again and said to the student confidently: "But I will try my best to get more."

There was another round of warm applause at the scene, and Ye Qiu left the lecture hall amid the applause of the students.

"A very wonderful speech!" Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School, walked beside Ye Qiu, and the two walked out of the lecture hall side by side, and there were many college students who came out of the lecture hall and kept greeting them.

"It is really wonderful to teach students some content of management in the way of football, and it is full of many vivid cases, and it is very exciting to listen to!" Nitin Nohria praised Ye Qiu beside him as he walked.

He is of Indian descent and the first non-native dean in Harvard University's more than 100-year history. It is not difficult to see the efforts made by Nitin Nohria in the past few decades.

"The students here are very excellent. Teaching them is an exciting thing. It is also a very pleasant and comfortable process. Especially when communicating with them, I found that many of them have made sufficient preparations. I originally thought that they were not familiar with football, or even didn't like it at all, but I found that I was wrong!"

Ye Qiu's words made Nitin Nohria laugh and shook his head and said, "You are too modest, you know? There are a lot of young people who like football and Tottenham Hotspur because of you. Previously, a student proposed to open a course dedicated to studying you on the school forum, which received support and recognition from many students, so we are preparing."

"I am a native of the earth, please!" Ye Qiu joked.

"But there are a lot of people who regard listening to your lectures, or even studying your past and success, as an honor!" Nitin Nohria said this very seriously, because he knew that there were many, many students in the school who were Ye Qiu's fans.

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Ye Qiu’s speech at Harvard University was not only enthusiastically supported by students, but also received attention and coverage from the American media. After the speech, it even appeared in a prominent position on major American news websites, and major news TV stations also reported on this event. Many reporters even came to the scene to interview students.

Undoubtedly, this was a very successful speech, full of some unknown details and content. At the same time, Ye Qiu also used football to explain some of his ideas and experiences in management and operation, which were supported by students.

Harvard University also quickly uploaded the video of this one-hour open class on its official website, allowing all interested people to download it from the official website. The video of this open class soon attracted crazy downloads and viewings from netizens around the world, setting off a trend of pursuit on the Internet.

After Ye Qiu finished the open class, he quickly returned to New Haven.

Mauro Tassotti was mainly in charge of Tottenham's pre-match training. In this regard, the entire coaching team of Tottenham has accumulated considerable experience, so everything is done with ease. Even if Ye Qiu is not there, it will not have much impact.

With the news and attention created by Ye Qiu's open class at Harvard University, Tottenham also began to build momentum for the team's training in the United States. Major sponsors also made various moves to attract the attention of the media and fans, especially in conjunction with Tottenham's multiple publicity and promotion plans. For a time, Tottenham completely occupied the important sections and news time of major American newspapers and TV stations, causing a huge response in the United States.

In this trend, Tottenham played a warm-up match with AC Milan in Boston, and Tottenham finally won AC Milan 1:0 with Vidal's goal, but Tottenham did not play well in this game, but just had better defense.

The media and reporters also took the initiative to find reasons for Tottenham Hotspur. After all, Tottenham Hotspur had just finished a round of difficult and cruel physical reserve training, and it was understandable that they performed poorly.

In the team's second warm-up match in New York, facing Pellegrini's superstar-studded Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur played a crazy offensive football with the La Liga giants. The two sides tied 2:2. Nesta, who did not play in the first warm-up match, started this time and played the whole game.

But because of this, the team's defense was broken by Real Madrid twice. However, Ye Qiu gave a high evaluation of the team's performance after the game, believing that the most important thing now is running-in and warm-up. He is very satisfied with the team's performance. As for Nesta, he believes that as the schedule progresses, he will gradually integrate into the team.

As early as when the team was training in Theobald, Ye Qiu had already asked the research center to tailor training plans and arrangements for veterans such as Nesta, Drogba and Pirlo according to their physical conditions, and there were special people to follow them and take charge of their injury prevention work.

Judging from the team's high-intensity physical reserve training in Theobald and after coming to the United States, they are not too old to run, especially Drogba. With his professionalism, his physical fitness is still quite good, and the rich game experience accumulated over many years of career has made this elephant more and more clever, and he can even dance.

A flexible Ivorian elephant that can dance, scary, right?

With one win and one draw in two warm-up matches, Tottenham Hotspur's performance can only be regarded as mediocre. After all, it is now the warm-up stage. If the current state is too good, Ye Qiu will feel a little worried.

The third warm-up match was in Washington, and the opponent was Bayern Munich. This was also the second time that Tottenham Hotspurs encountered the Bundesliga giants after the Champions League final. After the introduction of Mandzukic this summer, Bayern Munich's frontcourt was obviously more aggressive, but the midfield has not yet found a suitable candidate, so they still couldn't do anything to Tottenham Hotspurs in this game.

In the end, 2:1, Tottenham Hotspurs beat the opponent steadily and won another victory in the warm-up match.

The Bundesliga game came earlier than the Premier League, so Bayern Munich's current state is obviously better than Tottenham Hotspurs, but Heynckes' team's weaknesses are still quite obvious, especially the defense line, which is a big problem.

After finishing the game in Washington, Tottenham Hotspurs returned to the New Haven training camp again. After four days of training, they went south to Miami along the east coast of the United States.

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Watson Island, one of the small islands east of Miami, is a place that everyone wants to visit when they come to Miami.

To the east of this island is the most famous beach in Miami, and to the west is downtown Miami. The beautiful scenery of Miami that often appears in Hollywood movies is basically on these islands and beaches.

Watson Island has the famous Miami Children's Museum, the largest yacht port in Miami, and the most famous Jungle Island Theme Park. The latter is one of the most famous attractions in Miami, with more than 3,000 wild animals and more than 500 plants. It is a must-see for all tourists in Miami.

But even for such an island, a road connecting the beach and the city divides the island into two. The northeast half is the jungle and yacht center, while the southwest half has only a children's museum, and the rest is vacant land, because more than a decade ago, investors proposed a plan to build a commercial center here.

Around 2010, they formally proposed to build a 975-meter skyscraper here, which will surpass the Dubai Tower and become the tallest building in the world. The entire plan has completed the design and land acquisition, but in the end, this plan had to be suspended in the past two years.

The reason is simple, there is no money!

Everyone knows that this plan has great potential, because according to the design plan, the building's energy will all come from renewable energy, 60% of which comes from wind energy. In addition, a series of new technologies such as greenhouse gas management and wastewater recycling will be used, making the entire building have very advanced ecological technology.

In addition, this skyscraper is planned to be built with 160 floors, including amusement parks, observatories, trade centers, shopping centers, restaurants, shops, apartments, office areas, hotels, docks, yacht clubs and other facilities. It will occupy most of the land in the southwest half of the island. They even applied for a no-fly order from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.

In other words, because of this skyscraper, American planes in Miami will be forced to change routes.

The reason is very simple. Even the Miami government knows that this is a city-in-a-city plan. Once successful, it will become a brand new commercial city in Miami. The new commercial center will create 50,000 construction jobs and 40,000 permanent jobs. It will also bring about 3 billion in funds and 1 billion in taxes to the Miami economy every year, which will directly drive the entire Miami economy to rise again. It is undoubtedly a great help for Miami's ambition to become a commercial center in the Americas.

The Americas mentioned here mainly refers to the countries south of the United States. They have been discussing the Free Trade Area of ​​the Americas for the past decade or so. Although the negotiations have reached a bottleneck, Miami has always been regarded as a very important commercial center city in the Americas.

But such a plan has come to a standstill because no bank is willing to provide financial support and loans.

Because the total investment of this plan is also very staggering, up to 4 billion US dollars, it is indeed difficult for American banks that have suffered from the subprime mortgage crisis to arouse their interest in such a plan.

But it may not be the case for others.

Ye Qiu held a parasol and appeared at the construction site southwest of Watson Island under the evening sun. Chen Zhong also held an umbrella and walked beside him. He had just returned to Miami from Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, and brought back a promise.

"They have agreed to let us take over, and also agreed that you build a new stadium here, and will use public finances to provide assistance for your new stadium, but we don't have such benefits, and even the bank has to be handled by ourselves!" When Chen Zhong spoke, he felt that the state legislature was partial to one side and the other side.

In recent years, the government has been encouraging domestic enterprises to invest abroad, including the United States. Although Huangtian Group is actively transforming, it has successfully created several precedents for real estate projects abroad, setting a good example for domestic real estate companies, that is, going abroad and making money all over the world.

Chen Zhong joked that people in other countries in the world have become house slaves.

Of course, for projects like this with an investment of up to 4 billion US dollars, Chen Zhong himself has also done a lot of research within Huangtian Group. In the end, they all agreed that with the current strength and relationship of Huangtian Group, with a group of domestic business partners, this plan can be fully implemented.

In the short term, this plan is good for the economy of Miami and Florida, and it is a very big stimulus effect, but in the long run, when you contribute more than 10 billion in taxes to them a year, when your city-in-city plan becomes an important part of Miami's economy, you can influence some of their policies.

This principle is common all over the world!

"But to be honest, I heard that the football market in Miami is not good. Why did you choose to set up a new team here?" Chen Zhong was full of doubts about Ye Qiu's decision.

Frankly speaking, even without Ye Qiu, Huangtian Group could have won this skyscraper project, but why did Ye Qiu choose to build a new team in Miami, a city that is not interested in English football?

You know, around the turn of the century, Miami had two football teams, Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Rebellion, but both teams announced their withdrawal from the major leagues in 2001. The reason is very simple. The fans here don't buy it and there are not many spectators.

After hearing this, Ye Qiu laughed, "That was at the beginning of the century, but now it's 2012, it's been eleven years!"

The major league at the beginning of the century did not have much appeal, but in the past ten years, the American football market has become more and more popular with the active development of a number of European giants. This can be seen from the fact that football can become the second largest sport in the United States, and the number of fans is also increasing.

The American major league is different from the European league. It has a fixed number of teams playing. In other words, once it is established, it will be difficult to join new teams. This means that Miami Tottenham will monopolize the entire Miami and even Florida football market in the future. The team's future development potential is very large.

Moreover, given the business environment in the United States, the Major League has formulated a series of measures such as salary caps to encourage healthy operations. The development potential of the Major League teams in the future is really amazing. Coupled with the relationship and influence of Tottenham Hotspur, I believe there is a lot to be done.

"It is precisely because everyone thinks that the American football market is not good and not many people are interested, so I came in. When everyone realizes that the Major League has begun to enter a period of rapid development, a Major League team will be of amazing value, especially a Major League team with a beautiful and advanced football stadium!"

Ye Qiu is convinced that this is a very cost-effective transaction, but his future business focus will still be on Tottenham Hotspur.

This is a bit similar to the way Ajax and Ajax Cape Town in South Africa, the difference is that Ajax Cape Town provides more talents and youth training for the parent team, and he needs Ajax to transfuse blood, so this model is very stressful for Ajax.

But Miami is different. It is one of the richest cities in the United States. If they set up a team here and participate in the major league games, they can fully support themselves. With the help of Tottenham, they can also establish themselves in the United States and have more appeal in Miami and Florida.

This is why Beckham and even LeBron James are so optimistic about this team and try every means to find Ye Qiu through their connections and get some shares. This is an investment, an investment in the future.

Ye Qiu is now releasing some shares to attract these stars. Without saying anything else, as long as LeBron James shows up to watch the game from time to time out of support for his team, the attendance rate of this stadium will not be low, and its influence in the United States will not be bad.

"I may not be as good as you in business, but when it comes to football, buddy, you are too far away from me!" Ye Qiu smiled and patted Chen Zhong on the shoulder, with a very discouraging attitude.

Although Chen Zhong had a very resentful expression, he actually knew very well that even in business, especially in some investment vision, he was not as good as Ye Qiu. At least Ye Qiu had proved this with facts in the past few years.