Chapter 227 Two records breaking! Crazy Racing! Let's conquer the Premier League together! [Subscribe]
As the International Champions League is in full swing, football popularity in North America and Asia remains high.
In addition, the Premier League has also launched preseason this season, and multiple teams are arranged to go to Asia to participate, so the football heat wave this summer is one wave higher than the other.
After gradually adjusting to the state, the Bethwater Chinese won all three warm-up matches.
First, he defeated AC Milan 3-1 at Felix.
Then the team narrowly defeated Arsenal 4-3 at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas.
This is a very exciting offensive battle. Both teams are trying their best to attack and the game is also very exciting.
And after the team returned to Los Angeles, they faced Real Madrid at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
Yang Cheng's team once again knocked Real Madrid down 2-1.
Three wins and three wins, the Bethwater Chinese played 6 pre-season warm-up matches this season, 5 wins and 1 draw, and remained unbeaten!
On the East Coast, Ferguson's Manchester United's overall strength has been significantly improved after introducing several players.
After joining during the winter break, David Louis joined in the middle. Although he performed well, he did not show too convincing performance.
But in the recent warm-up match, the Brazilian central defender performed very well.
In addition, after Juan Mata joined, Scholes made up for the vacancy after retirement.
By the way, Juan Mata plays as a left-wing forward in Valencia, but at Manchester United today, he plays as a midfielder.
In the Eastern Conference, Manchester United defeated Barcelona, Chelsea and Juventus with an impressive record of winning all three games, and successfully won the first place in the Eastern Conference group.
Among them, the attendance rate of the Beswater Chinese and Real Madrid at the Michigan Stadium was once again close to last year's record, reaching 109,318 people, and infinitely close to 110,000 people.
In addition to other games including Beaver Stadium, the attendance rate has always remained high.
This makes the International Champions League more and more popular.
After playing in the East and West group stages, the Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United set out at the same time and arrived in Bristol, Tennessee.
Long before the International Champions League kicked off, everyone was surprised when ICC announced that it would set the final in Bristol, Tennessee.
Because they don't remember that there is a football field of this size in Bristol.
Don't arrange the final at the Michigan Stadium with the largest capacity, but go to Bristol instead?
Isn't this outrageous?
But with the continuous warm-up of the International Champions League and as more and more content is revealed, everyone has to be amazed at the ICC company's big investment.
There is indeed no big football stadium in Bristol, but there is a very famous racing stadium in the world.
Some of the reputation of Bristol Racing Circuit comes from its shape similar to a football field. The surrounding stands are completely enclosed and surround the entire track.
The track is 858 meters long, which makes it look like a larger stadium.
In fact, as early as the 1960s, the NFL preseason was held here.
However, the capacity at that time was only 18,000 people.
After continuous expansion, especially since the 1990s, the capacity of the entire racing yard has become increasingly larger.
After the renovation in 2000, the capacity reached 147,000 people.
But in 2007, the racing stadium underwent a new round of renovation, with a capacity of 153,000 people.
Note that this is a nominal estimate.
In fact, there is only a preliminary summary of how many people can be seated.
Because the racing stadium is so large, it is difficult to get a very accurate data.
And in the past few years, this racing stadium has never been filled.
But this time, ICC decided to put the final of the International Champions League in this racing stadium.
When the news came out, American fans and media were in amazement.
This is a crazy decision!
That's a racing stadium, not a football stadium at all!
It just looks like it!
Even, it hasn't held a rugby game in many years.
As a result, various doubts emerged one after another.
Everyone thinks that ICC must be crazy and is doing everything he can to sell more tickets.
If there is doubt, there is agreement.
Many fans think this is a very cool idea.
Why?
Bristol Racecourse is not only a closed quasi-football field with round stands.
Although there is no ceiling on the stadium stand, there is a huge LCD screen directly above the stadium, connected to the stadium by several steel cables, suspended directly above the stadium.
Although the wide track between the stands and the stadium, coupled with the open air environment, may make the atmosphere on the scene less fanatic, it is definitely a very crazy decision.
Especially when ICC companies ask a question in marketing. "You want to know how many people can sit in the Bristol Raceway?"
Young people in the United States, especially fans, were all incited.
This is so cool, isn't it?
But it is actually very difficult to achieve this.
First of all, this is a racing stadium, and the tracks are nothing, but how to solve the stadium in the middle?
You know, it's been decades since the last time they held a rugby game.
At this time, the channels and relationships of Bethwater Chinese in the UK, as well as the professional backgrounds of many senior executives in the ICC company, were effective.
The whole world knows that the most powerful turf technology in football fields is the UK.
So, British experts flew to the United States specifically and after on-site inspection, they proposed a very outrageous plan.
That is to temporarily create a standard piece of football turf that can host top-level events in 19 days.
And it cannot be too early or too late. It means that the turf will reach its best condition and can be put into use on the night of the International Champions League final.
After the race, the turf will be shoveled off and re-converted into a racing stadium.
How to do this?
This requires a lot to test the abilities of the team, especially professionals in stadium management.
Tickets have been sold, and the more they sell, the more they are sold, and the renovation of the stadium here is also in an orderly manner.
ICC also announces progress to the public every day.
More than 400 trucks of sand and rock were used.
All turf and base materials are shipped from the UK, and British experts are personally responsible for laying and maintaining.
When all the group stages of the International Champions League were played, when the Bethwater Chinese and Manchester United came to Bristol, a brand new standard football stadium appeared in the racing stadium.
The stadium is surrounded by dense seats.
At this time, the tickets were still being sold.
When the day of the International Champions League final, when all the fans from afar walked into the racing stadium with tickets, they felt what shock was!
The live broadcast was also constantly reporting the number of fans entering the venue.
From the beginning of the report of one thousand, one thousand, then it turned into five thousand, and finally it was 10,000.
Fox TV's live broadcast room was also extremely excited and excited.
Because this will create American football, no, is the history of North American football!
In the world football world, the most popular fans were in the 1950 Brazil World Cup final.
According to statistics from the organizers, there are about 173,000 fans who paid to enter the stadium, but there are more than so many fans who actually entered the stadium.
Some people say it is 199854, but there is also a saying that it reaches 220,000.
Anyway, this game is far ahead.
In North America, the highest attendance rate is the top match of the International Champions League group stage last year, with nearly 110,000 people.
But in this final in Bristol, before the game started, everyone decided that the seat would be full and a brand new record would be set.
What people are most concerned about is how many people can sit?
And, I must become one of the creators of this record!
So, tickets are in short supply.
Before the final, when the players of the two teams entered the game, the live broadcast reported the number of people entering the game, reaching 156,990!
The entire court was cheering!
A total of 150,000 fans made deafening cheers at the scene.
But the live broadcast is still reminding everyone that there are still fans entering the field, which is not the limit of the Bristol Raceway.
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In this International Champions League final, both parties involved sent out their main players and deployed their strongest lineup.
Baswater Chinese still lined up 433 formation.
Goalkeeper: Courtois;
Defender: Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Kyle Walker;
Midfield: Matic drags behind, Tony Kroos and Modric are in the center;
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Di Maria.
Pischek and Walcott both missed the game due to injuries.
Manchester United has a 4231 formation.
Goalkeeper: De Gea;
Defense: Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Rafael;
Midfield: De Rossi and Carrick form double midfielders, with Ashley Young, Juan Mata and Robben in front;
Forward: Rooney.
The winning prizes given by the International Champions League are pretty good, and it is another cup champion, so both teams want to give it a try and see how much strength they can exert.
As soon as the game started, it directly entered the fast-paced offense and defense that all Premier League fans were very familiar with.
Both teams actively adopt active tactics to push them out and attack.
This made the game open, and the fans on the scene shouted very excitedly from the first minute.
In this "stadium" without a ceiling and separated by a spacious horse racing and racing track in the middle, the sound of more than 150,000 fans still shocked everyone.
Especially when the game reached the 27th minute, Gareth Bale received a straight pass from Tony Cross on the left, dribbled the ball and rushed, surpassing two Manchester United defensive players, and crossed the ball in the middle on the left side of the penalty area.
Lewandowski made a mid-distance shot under the attack of two central defenders.
The entire stadium was in a state of madness!
All the fans at the scene were cheering wildly.
But Manchester United still did not retreat and chose to take the initiative and continue to attack.
Just before the end of the first half, Di Maria and Modric completed a beautiful two-pass one-on-one cooperation, received the ball from the left side of the penalty area, drifted past Evra, shot from the far corner with his left foot, and sent the ball into Manchester United goal.
2 to 0!
Dimaria is obviously more aggressive than Yang Cheng's previous life, especially when playing on the right side, cutting inwards with her left foot, which is very threatening, but not stable enough and needs to be practiced more.
The first half ended with two goals.
But after the second half of the game, Ferguson made a substitution in the midfield, and Nani replaced Ashley Young.
Just 6 minutes into the game, Nani dribbled the ball from the left and broke Kyle Walker.
The England right-back relied on his own speed and had excellent physical confrontation. He suppressed Ashley Young in the first half, but when he met Nani, he struggled and was directly overwhelmed.
Nani passed to the back point, and Robben pushed the ball from close range.
1 to 2!
Everyone at the scene shouted very enthusiastically.
The offensives in the field were wave after wave.
After the 60th minute, both teams made substitutions one after another, but the exciting scenes in the game were still there.
In the 69th minute, De Bruyne made a 45-degree diagonal pass from the right rib and quickly penetrated Manchester United's defense line and landed outside the post on the left side of the goal.
Garez Bale inserted at high speed, penetrated Manchester United's defense line with lightning speed, headed the ball to a far corner from a close distance, and sent the ball into the goal guarded by De Gea.
3 to 1!
In the 74th minute, Xavi Martinez made a diagonal pass in the midfield and gave the ball to the right.
After De Bruyne and Kyle Walker completed a two-pass and one-on-one cooperation, the Belgian received the ball from the right side of the penalty area and sent another diagonal cross, which was still given to the back point of the goal.
At this moment, Gareth Bale has been replaced.
Hazar is short and is not suitable to grab this kind of ball.
When everyone thought that the ball was about to go out of bounds, a black and strong figure suddenly came out.
Pogba was near the bottom line, before everyone was grabbed, headed back to the middle.
Harry Kane followed up with a push and sent the ball back into De Gea's goal.
4 to 1!
Manchester United quickly returned to the color.
Robben dribbled the ball and threw Ryan Bertram away, and cut inside to the middle. When the defender thought he would hit the ball, he suddenly made a very light pass.
The ball just slid past Kompani.
In the penalty area, Rooney received the ball and pushed the ball into the goal of Beswater Chinese.
2 to 4!
At this time, the game was already in the 86th minute.
In the end, the Bayswater Chinese defeated Manchester United 4-2!
Yang Cheng and Ferguson, Bayswater Chinese and Manchester United players entered the court to celebrate.
This is a friendly match!
Although the game was real and the kicks were very exciting, it was not a real actual combat!
At least, both teams intentionally or unintentionally tend to attack when choosing tactics.
The live broadcast also announced the number of fans entering the game at this time.
Achieved an amazing 160990!
At this moment, the warmest cheers in the entire stadium have exploded!
Even the players and coaches on the stadium are cheering for this!
All 160,000 people!
The commentator of Fox TV was also extremely shocked!
Last year, at Michigan Stadium, the game between the Bethwater Chinese playing Real Madrid had already set a record for North American sports events.
Now, it’s still the Chinese who plays against Manchester United, and the record of attendance jumps to 160,000!
This is not just a North American record!
In the history of world football, the number of attendees in this game is second only to the 1950 World Cup final!
"In the history of world football sports, the game with the most spectators, today's game ranked 7th!"
"In the game of closed stadiums such as football and rugby, it ranked 2nd!"
The whole stadium was cheering wildly!
160,000 fans shouted wildly in the stands.
Especially before the awards, when the broadcaster on the scene called on fans to spread the Mexican waves, the atmosphere on the scene was pushed to its climax.
160,000 fans were scattered in the stands!
This immediately set a historical record.
"The Mexican with the largest number of participants in history has been born!"
The second International Champions League came to an end in such a fanatical atmosphere!
Baswater Chinese successfully defended the championship!
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The next day, almost all major media around the world were rushing to report on the final of the International Champions League held in the United States.
Bayswater Chinese beat Manchester United 4-2!
The showdown between the two giant teams is eye-catching, but what really breaks the circle is the Mexican wave with 160,000 people participating and the crazy atmosphere on the scene.
Countless fans who went to the scene were constantly sharing their personal feelings.
Although the venue conditions are not ideal, the atmosphere on the scene is quite warm and the experience of watching the football is also very outstanding.
There are 160,000 people!
This is definitely a huge test for the organizer!
But ICC has demonstrated its execution efficiency and control capabilities to everyone through this final.
As reported by the media.
In such a crazy football match, the International Champions League got a happy ending!
But this game will have a huge impact on American football and even the sports in North America.
Football's popularity in North America is rising, and more and more football fans are attracting attention from the outside world.
160,000 people walked into the Bristol Racecourse.
Average ticket price is $250.
The ticket revenue for this game alone exceeded US$40 million.
This does not count the various incomes such as fans' consumption in the game.
In addition, in the familiar field training before the competition, nearly 60,000 people flooded into the scene, which was simply crazy!
According to US media reports, Bruton Smith, owner of Bristol Racing Circuit, revealed that the football field used for the game was laid on a foundation of 10,000 tons of sand and rock. "It took us a total of 19 days and used countless manpower and material resources to transform the stadium into a football field that meets international competition standards." Bruton Smith said that through this event, everyone saw the potential of the Bristol Racecourse.
It is not only horse racing and car racing here. Now after the renovation is completed, it will host a series of major events such as football and rugby.
Finally, Bruton Smith also took this opportunity to advertise his own stadium.
The stadium can accommodate 160,000 people, is the only one in the United States.
As long as it is a competition that is confident in its box office appeal, you can try it!
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When the International Champions League came to an end and Yang Cheng and his party were preparing to return to London, David Pensell and Richard Masters found Yang Cheng.
In addition, Adam Croze and Omar Berrada, who were preparing to return to the UK with the team, held a meeting together.
The second International Champions League was held very successfully.
On the contrary, the World Football Challenge has an average of only more than 20,000 fans, and even less than 30,000.
Although the appearance costs of teams such as Valencia and Benfica are cheap, for the organizers, not only will they not make money, but they will lose a lot.
"After seeing the International Champions League in full swing, I think they shouldn't want to do it from next year!"
Richard Masters said with a smile.
When the International Champions League squeezes into this track, it will be difficult to compete in the World Football Challenge.
Unless they can beat the International Champions League head-on.
But judging from the holding of the second session this year, this is basically impossible.
"After preliminary statistics, the number of fans entering the group stage this year reached 1.48 million, which is a very obvious improvement over last year. If the finals are included, the total number will reach 1.64 million."
Yang Cheng made a preliminary calculation and there were 180,000 more people than last year.
The number of people increased mainly in 13 games in North America.
Especially the finals.
Last year's final was in New York, with only more than 80,000 people.
This year there are 160,000, doubled.
As the number of people increased, the ticket revenue naturally also increased.
The average price of tickets for group matches this year has increased by 5%, with an average of about $105.
But the final tickets increased to an average price of $250.
So, this final alone, the ticket revenue exceeded US$40 million.
When we were negotiating with Bruton Smith, the owner of Bristol Racing, the two parties agreed that the ICC company would be responsible for the renovation, with priority lease rights and discounts on rents. For example, this year, after the ICC company invested and renovated, the rent was directly exempted.
The renovation cost is actually not cheap, especially the 10,000 tons of sand and gravel, plus investment in turf, base materials, and various expert expenses and labor costs.
After all of this, ICC company still has a lot of investment.
But from the results and feedback, everything is worth it!
Not to say anything else, just for this marketing, I directly promoted the International Champions League to the whole world.
Now fans around the world are looking at this event with admiration. "According to our current preliminary estimates, the total ticket revenue is about $195.4 million. Including the tickets for pre-match visits and training and game-day sales, we earn about $235 million from 19 games." "Last year's figure was $150 million." David Pensell said proudly.
This growth rate is really too fast!
Of course, the capacity of the stadium has reached its limit now, and it is basically difficult to grow any further.
According to the ideas of David Pensell and Richard Masters, the ticket price will rise by another 5% next year. At the same time, we can increase our efforts in attracting investment, and I believe there will be good growth.
235 million US dollars, about 163 million euros.
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According to the original agreement, the appearance fee for the 12 teams is still 64 million euros.
There is also deducted from food, accommodation, travel, stadium rental and various security measures, and the total expenditure is expected to be 120 million euros.
The main ones are investment in the team and renovation of the final venue.
In other words, there is a profit of about 40 million euros.
According to the previous agreement, each of the 12 giant teams holds a 5% stake, which means that each team can get another 2 million euros.
Yang Cheng holds 40%, and he can get 16 million euros directly.
This is a huge sum of money!
Whether it is for Yang Cheng or for the 12 clubs, it is!
"Are you going to take out the dividends for this money? Or do you still have some operating funds?" Adam Crozer asked with concern. "We still have a lot of funds that have not been returned, including some commercial promotions, advertising, and television copyrights. We initially estimate that these funds are enough to support the company's operations and the funding for the preparation of next year's International Champions League." David Pensell said.
After hearing this, everyone looked at Yang Cheng one after another, obviously waiting for him to make an idea.
Does this money be distributed to you or will it be kept?
The reason for staying will be very sufficient.
After all, the cup has only been held for two sessions, and the operating costs are increasing, so the company needs funds.
But to be honest, everyone has their own little abacus in their hearts, so are the clubs.
Will the other 11 giant teams not settle the score?
Things like this are extremely common in the business world.
The key is whether Yang Cheng lets go.
If Yang Cheng is greedy for money, he can find a lot of reasons to settle the other 11 giant teams, and they can't say anything.
For them, receiving high appearance fees is already very good.
Dip?
Who has seen it?
"Adam, call them and go to London to have a meeting after returning to Europe."
Yang Cheng said this and turned to look at David Pensell and Richard Masters, "You two take advantage of this time to quickly clarify the accounts, return to report to the shareholders' meeting, and make a plan for next year."
As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately understood what Yang Cheng meant.
This is going to give dividends.
2 million euros.
It’s not too much to say more, and it’s not too much to say less. "Enterprise is the most powerful weapon for us to unite these 11 wealthy teams, and it is also a moat that cannot be dug in other competitions!" Yang Cheng said simply and bluntly.
In order to participate in the International Champions League, Barcelona even considers suspending the Gambian Cup.
Can you still see Arsenal's Chiefs Cup?
There is also Bayern's Audi Cup, which has moved to mid-July now. Isn't the purpose of avoiding the International Champions League?
Why are these giant teams willing to do this?
Because you have money to make money! "The wealth is scattered and people gather together. Only when this event is held for a long time and the cooperation will be solid!" Yang Cheng said.
Adam Croze and others all showed admiration after hearing this.
Although Yang Cheng is young, he can see more thoroughly in many things than anyone else.
40 million euros, it spread out without thinking.
Although 16 million euros fell into my pocket, this is a huge sum of money.
But don’t people who want to do big things want this?
Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt that their future was brighter.
As long as the International Champions League becomes more and more prosperous, as long as the Chinese in Bayswater are operating better and better, Yang Cheng will never let them suffer a loss.
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When Yang Cheng led the team back to London from the United States, he began the final sprint of the new season.
The team's first match in the new season is the Community Shield Cup.
Because the team won the Premier League and FA Cup championships, the opponent this time is Manchester City, the runner-up in the league.
This should be the most valuable warm-up game before the start of the new season.
During the active preparations of the Bethwater Chinese, the owners or senior executives of 12 giant teams invited to gather at the Lancaster Royal Hotel in London.
Because it was time outside of training, Yang Cheng, as the host, also attended and entertained everyone.
The main content of this shareholders' meeting is very simple, dividends.
Each club has a portion of 2 million euros. As the holder of the company's 40% stake, Yang Cheng received 16 million euros.
When the news came out, everyone at the scene was in an uproar.
They would never have thought that they would make a profit in just 2 years!
And also give dividends!
This shocked everyone on the scene.
The eyes of Yang Cheng again became completely different.
You know, they were both half-believing and half-doubting about Yang Cheng’s decision back then, and they were just trying it out.
Therefore, when Yang Cheng called on them to invest money and share the shares equally, they all had a negative attitude.
For them, they just want to earn the appearance fee.
But nowadays, ICC not only earns them the appearance fee, but also gives them a dividend of 2 million euros.
This made many people at the scene, including Florentino, obviously regret it so much that their intestines were blue.
They got 2 million euros, and Yang Cheng got 16 million euros.
He did invest money back then, but now he must have paid back his capital.
After thinking about this, everyone had to silently change their past impression of Yang Cheng in their hearts.
This guy is more than just a cake maker.
And it’s a big cake!
After the formal meeting, the lunch meeting began.
Everyone was chatting around Yang Cheng, and the topic at the beginning was the International Champions League.
Especially the game at Bristol Raceway was praised by the Americans as the Super Bowl in the football world.
It caused a huge response all over the world.
"From the games in the past two years, American fans are still very eager for football. They are eager to communicate with the best stars in the world, and we can provide them with similar services!"
The most important thing is that the International Champions League is still held in the name of a warm-up match, and it does not require the consent of the American Football Association.
This is a commercial competition.
But the problem also exists.
The first is the stadium restrictions in Asia.
The current Asian stadium capacity is much smaller than that of the United States, which leads to the same appearance fee and game revenue in the United States is much greater than that in Asia.
But this does not mean giving up the Asian market.
As the most dynamic and populous region in the global economy, once the International Champions League operates stably, the income in commercial sponsorship and broadcasting rights will undoubtedly become a very large growth point.
But this requires ICC companies to persevere. "So, I still hope that everyone can have more patience and confidence in our company and our brand new cup competition." Yang Cheng's words also received recognition and support from many wealthy helmsmen.
Not talking about anything else, they just want to pay dividends, and they believe in Yang Cheng.
2 million euros are nothing to them.
Especially, member-based clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona, as chairman, they don’t care about the 2 million euros at all.
But dividends are an attitude!
David Pensell also talked about his experiences after the competition over the past two years.
All of them all, it's actually just one sentence.
It’s easy to do things with so many people!
Twelve giant teams united to North America and Asia to make money!
I went to one or several of my own, and each of them fought for it, and it was not a good time at all.
Just like this year's final, there were 160,000 fans entering the court.
Who is so attractive when fighting alone?
With the generous appearance fee and the 2 million euro dividend, many wealthy teams have also tasted the sweetness and expressed their willingness to continue to support ICC.
This also reassured Yang Cheng, Adam Croze, David Pensell and others.
As long as these wealthy families are stabilized, no matter who comes, they will not be able to shake the basic foundation of the International Champions League.
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When Yang Cheng and ICC held a shareholders' meeting in London to announce the dividends, at the headquarters of CAA Innovation Artist Brokerage Company in Los Angeles, the Italian-American Charlie Stiletano was walking out of the boss's office with his head down.
As the senior director of football at the sports department of the world’s number one brokerage firm, Charlie Stiletano just screwed up a business, World Football Challenge.
After financial accounting, the loss was more than 10 million US dollars.
This made him feel tremendous pressure in this company that counts performance as the king.
Charlie Stiletano is not a football practitioner who became a half-time monk. They have close ties to football.
Although he was born in the United States, his parents were Italian.
Stellitano, the old man, was also one of the founders of the American Football League. He had already started to engage in football brokerage business as early as the 1970s, including Santos, who operates Bailey, to play friendly matches in European teams such as the United States and Lazio.
At Charlie's generation, he started playing football in school and later worked as a coach.
During the preparations for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, he was involved in it, mainly in charge of the venue business.
After the World Cup, he was appointed vice president and general manager of the Major League Soccer League New York and New Jersey.
In 2003, Charlie Stiletano started a business and established a champion world LLC company, serving as the founder and CEO. Through his relationship with his father in the football circle, he operated European teams including Real Madrid and Manchester United to play warm-up matches in the United States.
This also made him become famous in the industry and made friends with many famous European coaches and wealthy executives.
But in 2005, the company declared bankruptcy and owed a large fine from the American Football Federation.
In 2006, after CAA's company experienced a series of senior turmoil at the turn of the century, it ushered in a box office explosion in the film industry, and its performance was booming. The company's senior executives were ambitious and wanted to enter the sports industry, so they formed the Sports Department.
Charlie Stiletano entered the CAA Sports Department and was responsible for the football business.
He also quickly achieved results and signed the superstar Ronaldo in the first year.
After the time was right, Charlie Stiletano began to return to the track where he had achieved success and founded the World Football Challenge.
In 2009, the first World Football Challenge achieved great success.
The joining of the Chinese in Bethwater made CAA profitable, but the event also exposed many problems, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the participating teams.
Due to the South African World Cup, it was decided to temporarily suspend the meeting in 2010.
But unexpectedly, an ICC company took the International Champions League event and swept across North America and Asia with extremely strong qualifications, and took advantage of the suspension of the World Football Challenge to seize the initiative.
Both CAA and Charlie Stiletano felt the threat and decided to resume the World Football Challenge in 2011.
But all the giant teams were poached and all signed contracts.
Stilitano, without any help, invited teams such as Valencia and Benfica to the United States to participate in the competition through various relationship channels.
But the box office appeal of these teams is far inferior to that of the giant teams.
So, this year's World Football Challenge suffered a large loss.
When Charlie Stiletano returned to his office, he felt like he was back to the time when the company went bankrupt in 2005.
The boss asked him to find a way to continue the World Football Challenge no matter what.
But now, how could he have any solutions?
The 12 giant teams have been signed by ICC companies. What else can he do?
Watching this, Charlie Stiletano felt very helpless.
It was at this moment that his cell phone suddenly rang.
Call ID: Steven Ross.
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The next day, New York, USA, southwest of Central Park.
When Charlie Stiletano walked into the office of the RSE venture capital firm, he was immediately invited to an office by the lady named Rora at the front desk.
After knocking on the door, a familiar voice came from inside.
"Please come in."
That was Steven Rose's voice.
The U.S. real estate tycoon, with assets of more than $7 billion, also owns the Miami Dolphins in the NFL League.
When Charlie Stiletano opened the door, he found that there were not only Steven Ross inside, but two other people.
He recognizes that he is now CEO of the NFL New York Jets, Matt Higgins, and is also the executive vice president of business operations. He is a very famous business expert in the entire NFL.
The other one is a young man, whom Stiletano does not recognize. "Charlie, welcome, my friend!"
Steven Ross greeted Stiletano and stood up to introduce him.
"Matt, you must recognize it."
Matt Higgins and Charlie Stiletano nodded slightly with their heads.
The two are not strangers.
"This young man is from Rose Business School in Michigan, named Daniel Hillman, a very thoughtful and very interesting young man."
Stilitano saw Daniel Hillman all at once. His first impression was very good, and he was a likable child.
"Come on, Charlie, let's discuss the serious matter."
After Stiletano sat down, Steven Ross was straight to the point.
As a rich man like him, it is impossible to sit here and chat for no reason.
He obviously had some plans to accumulate this game.
He said bluntly that he was frightened by the International Champions League model.
All 160,000 fans entered the game to watch the game!
"What does this mean?"
"This means that there is an extremely strong demand in our country. It is not that we don't like football, but that no one has provided us with these in the past!" Steven Ross seemed a little excited.
He felt that he saw a big blue ocean! "You know, do you have a problem, Charlie?"
Stilitano shook his head.
Steven Ross smiled slightly, "You and CAA are too careful and not brave enough."
"Do you think that fans in our country like to watch football games?"
"No, no, no, Charlie, they don't like to watch football games. They like stars, superstars, wealthy families, and those names that are exciting to say!"
"So, they can rush into a temporary renovated racing stadium for a so-called record and watch a football game. This is a very crazy idea, but you have to admire the professionalism of those footballers in Europe!"
Stilitano was a little silent.
He had thought about it, but the problem was that it was too expensive to invite giant teams.
According to his original intention, we should follow the steps and take our time, first stand firm in the market, and then strive for the joining of the giant teams.
But unexpectedly, a guy who didn't play according to common sense appeared in the middle!
But I have to admit that in the past two years, the operation of ICC companies has been really powerful and professional.
Although there are some minor problems, they are very professional in terms of operations, publicity, or logistics support.
Of course, behind this is the operation of the entire European football industry. "The reason why I invited you here today is that Charlie wants to discuss it with you. Our RSE Venture Capital is very interested in the World Football Challenge, so we are willing to invest in this event and make it bigger and stronger together."
When Stiletano heard this, the expression on his face suddenly turned dark and he laughed immediately.
It would be better to have such a big shot investing. "Also, do you know the Chinese in Bayswater?" Steven Ross asked with concern.
"Of course, fans all over the world know them."
"I heard that they were still playing in the amateur league in 2003?"
"No, it's not the amateur league, it's the third-level league in England, and it's also the professional league." Stiletano hurriedly explained.
A lot of news has been spreading in this year. "No matter what league, I just heard that their valuation has increased a lot in the past few years. Previously, a Qatar consortium and an American investment company were willing to pay £4 billion to buy them, but they were rejected. Is that true?" A hint of greed fanaticism flashed in Steven Ross' eyes.
"Indeed, in the past few years, the Chinese in Bayswater have done a very good job."
When Steven Rose heard this, he smiled and pointed at Matt Higgins and Daniel Hillman in front of him. "Look, we now have Matt, who is the best at commercial operations in the NFL, and Daniel, a young man with great ideas and motivation, and a very good at business promotion. We also have you who are very familiar with and understand football."
Finally, Steven Ross freezes his hands on Charlie Stiletano. "You know, our country needs football, and the best football league in the world is the Premier League now. I think we should go to the Premier League to buy a team and run this team like the Beswater Chinese!"
"What do you think?"
Steven Ross looked at Charlie Stiletano with a confident look on his face.
As the owner of an NFL team and a well-known real estate tycoon in the United States, he has absolute confidence in his business vision and ability.
These people under their command are all elites in the industry, especially good at various businesses.
Bring the elites of the American sports industry to Europe and the UK, wouldn’t it cause a dimensional reduction blow to the decadent old guys in the Premier League?
In just a few years, the Chinese in Bethwater have soared by billions of pounds with the help of the Premier League platform.
Now, such a big deal has been made in the United States.
Steven Ross felt that he could do it even if he and the group of people under him went there.
It can even be done better!
He wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean and conquer the Premier League!
(This chapter ends)