Football Giants

Chapter 966: Is this crazy?

The stands of the Glory Stadium burst!

The stadium, which can only accommodate 60,000 fans, has attracted nearly 200,000 people.

In front of every entrance of the Glory Stadium, a full reminder of zero seats appeared on the electronic display.

Thousands of fans gathered outside each entrance. While looking at the giant advertising screen on the outer wall of the stadium, they were staring at the stadium to see if anyone came out of it.

When one came out, a group of people rushed to get in immediately.

It can be said that the popularity of the Glory Stadium has reached a shocking level!

Not only the stands, the media center of the Glory Stadium also burst!

Originally, Southampton had predicted that the scene would be very popular, but considering the capacity of the stadium, it prepared 300 reporter seats, which can be said to be overloaded.

But who could have imagined that in less than three days, the number of applicants for journalists' seats would exceed 1,000, and they were all over the world. This shocked everyone in Southampton.

This is far beyond the tolerance of the Glory Stadium.

In the end, Southampton selected 500 media outlets and accepted their applications.

But today when Messi joined, this number had to be broken again, and it rose to more than 700.

The reason is that many reporters and media have come uninvited one after another, and there is a kind of rush to get on the train and then make up the ticket.

With a friendly attitude, Southampton finally had to support them and put them on a temporary stand to give them convenience.

British TV stations have also exploded!

From the moment Messi was decided to join, Southampton has been actively operating, cooperating with local TV organizations such as Sky TV, ITV and British Telecom, as well as overseas TV organizations including Al Jazeera Bein Sports, espn and Fox. Is the top priority.

Among them, several local TV stations in the UK have given strong support. In addition to Sky TV and British Telecom will live broadcast Messi’s joining ceremony, the TV station will also arrange a total of 90 minutes to report on Messi’s joining today. .

And if you know, just a week ago, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Tottenham Hotspur. Although Sky TV has produced a special program, the report time is only about ten minutes, and the TV report time is only about ten minutes.

In comparison, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed far inferior to Southampton in terms of operational capabilities.

After preliminary estimates, today, in the British Isles, there will be at least more than 10 million people watching Messi’s joining ceremony.

In other words, at least one of the six people watched the ceremony.

This is no longer just Southampton's matter, it is even a major event in the UK.

The Southampton City Government even had to temporarily announce that traffic control will be imposed on the surrounding area of ​​Glory Plaza. At the same time, nearly 2,000 police officers have been arranged to enter the square for security, of which 600 will enter the stadium.

The rest of the police are scattered around the stadium and cooperate with the stadium security team to guard the area around the Plaza of Glory and the Royal Wharf to prevent problems.

When the Lagonda conqueror Messi was riding in appeared at the Royal Wharf, the Plaza of Glory suddenly boiled.

Although the fans who grab the seats in the stadium have taken advantage of it, those fans who have not been able to enter the stadium also have no shortage of benefits.

This is the smartest aspect of Southampton when carefully arranging this joining ceremony.

Combining with the unique location of Glory Plaza, Messi must get off the bus from Royal Docks, and then walk all the way from Royal Docks into Glory Plaza.

The whole process takes about ten minutes, and he will interact with the fans throughout.

This is why it can attract so many fans to the Plaza of Glory.

Even though Messi was used to seeing countless big scenes, he was still stunned by all this.

There are huge crowds of people, a large area of ​​black and white, all people.

Although the club has long established an independent channel, both sides of the channel are full of fans.

Although there are security guards, police, and even private bodyguards to protect him and surroundings, the fans' hands are still stretched out unsuspectingly. They are not doing anything, just to touch him.

Messi!

Messi! !

Messi! ! !

The screams were deafening, and everyone cheered and shouted Messi.

He felt he was surrounded by countless enthusiastic fans, and he really felt like he was caught in the sound.

Being in it, he seemed to feel that the voices of these people, the passions of these people, seemed to melt him.

Is this crazy?

Is this football in England?

There are too many people, too many.

It was originally estimated that the journey took about ten minutes, although there was no stop during the whole journey, but in the end it took a full 15 minutes.

Yang Huan, Sun Yue, Peter Kenyon, Ron Gurley, and others stood in front of the curtain wall on the second floor, watching the crowds surging below, like a stabbed ant nest in the square, they all had their faces The joy, even excitement.

This is pretty cool, isn't it?

"Master Huan, we have already negotiated with the sponsors. Starting from the new season, the sponsorship fee has been increased. The new contract can basically be increased by 30% on the original basis." Ron Gurley Report with a smile.

Yang Huan laughed, "Good job!"

"In addition, thanks to the support of Miracle Media, we will sign six sponsorship contracts in North America, Asia and South America, which are expected to generate an annual income of 40 million pounds."

Yang Huan turned his head, smiled appreciatively at Sun Yue, nodded and expressed affirmation.

The original sponsorship fee increase, coupled with the signing of six new sponsorship contracts, Southampton's annual revenue is bound to exceed Real Madrid, becoming the veritable world's number one gold buyer.

"Master Huan, there are many rich people in contact with us recently, hoping to join our Saints Fan Club."

When Yang Huan heard this, he immediately laughed, "You tell them that we have no plans to expand the enrollment for the time being."

After a pause, he said again, "The enrollment is expanded, and the Saints Fan Club is worthless!"

Today's Saints Fan Club has only 1,000 members, and the membership fee is still £100,000, which has not changed in several years.

But after a few years of operation, the Saints Fan Club has matured, and it is no longer the rich second-generation organization that was generally believed to be down.

Although there are some rich second-generation members of the Saints Fan Club today, many of them have begun to stand alone.

In the past few years, fans have invested in many entrepreneurial projects and commercial projects, large and small, all over the world. Although there have been many losses, overall, they have made more.

In addition, in recent years, the Saints' performance has improved by leaps and bounds, and it has become the most popular top team in the Premier League.

The climate of Southampton on the south coast, as well as the city's supporting facilities, has faintly become the most popular tourist and livable city in South London, and it has begun to attract the attention of the rich in London.

In this case, the membership of the Saints Fan Club has become very popular and has no market.

With the continuous improvement in the past few years, the membership fee of 100,000 pounds has been considered quite cost-effective for the members of the Saints Fans Club, but more importantly, the Saints Fans Club members have become a distinguished status. symbol of.

what? Southampton has only risen for a few years, not a traditional giant?

You are all pictures of Tucson broken!

Are traditional giants great?

Whether the saints are giants or not is not important. The important thing is that we must make the saints more powerful than those traditional giants, and step all the traditional giants on the soles of our feet. That is our means!

It was not that Yang Huan had not considered expanding the enrollment, but after discussing it with Peter Kenyon, Sun Yue and others for a long time, he finally decided not to expand the enrollment and kept the existing 1,000 places.

"Ron." Yang Huan watched Messi finally walked into the court, knowing that it was time to go down.

"Master Huan."

"After the ceremony is over, you will meet Sky TV, British Telecom and other TV broadcasters."

Ron Gurley was a little confused, but did not ask, standing silently behind Young Master Huan.

Because I know, Master Huan will say.

"Richard Skudmore has already told me that the Premier League will promote internal reforms in the near future."

Yang Huan said with a calm and confident smile.

"Overseas copyright income will use the British local distribution model, and the Premier League will also establish a European war bonus system. At the same time, the league will provide more live broadcasts, packaged into packages, for live broadcasters to bid."

Ron Gurley's eyes lit up, "Master Huan, you mean, let the broadcasters come forward to increase our live broadcasts?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded appreciatively.

Talking to smart people saves trouble.

The current Premier League live broadcast, even if it is as strong as Southampton, is only about 30 games in a season.

If it is Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and other teams, it will be 26 games.

Like Chelsea's poor performance last season, the number of games was temporarily adjusted, and the result was 18 live broadcasts.

You know, every live broadcast is paid for.

In this single piece, the Blues lost at least five or six million pounds. Coupled with the team's poor performance, the ranking bonus also suffered heavy losses. When this is fully calculated, Chelsea lost at least 20 million pounds in the broadcast fee last year.

So, where does Chelsea have any money to sign up this summer?

For a team like Southampton, even the least suspenseful game is quite attractive to ordinary fans, especially now that there are superstars like Messi, it is completely possible to achieve three All eighteen games were broadcast live.

If you count the distribution of copyrights on local, overseas, and other platforms, Saints will increase their income by a large margin.

For live broadcasters such as Sky TV, British Telecom and Al Jazeera, they also have such a demand.

Therefore, it is more appropriate for live broadcasters to come forward and negotiate with the Premier League.

Ron Gurley nodded inaudibly.

If it is true as Young Master Huan said and thought~lightnovelpub.net~, the saint’s one-year broadcast fee income will increase by a large margin, or even more than half.

And now the Premier League wants to increase the number of live broadcasts and provide more bidding packages. The increase in the number of games by the Saints will not affect the share of other teams at all, and they will even receive more share benefits.

Of course, as a member of the Premier League, the Saints certainly cannot come forward in person.

Therefore, it is best for the live broadcasters to come forward, the bad guys do it, and Southampton just pretends to be innocent.

Ron Gurley knows very well in his heart that what Young Master Huan wants to do now is to slowly, step by step, set up the banner of the Saints in the Premier League and make the Saints the flagship of the Premier League. team.

Exactly in the past two years, Manchester United and Chelsea and other teams have declined, Arsenal refused to invest heavily, Manchester City has never been able to find the right style, Liverpool has not been able to rise.

Therefore, if the Saints do not exert their efforts at this time to completely consolidate their dominance in the Premier League, wouldn't they miss this heaven-sent opportunity for nothing?