In recent days, Portsmouth City has suddenly become a hot topic in the news across the UK, with three foreign players from the Brazilian national team joining collectively for a total transfer fee of 7.14 million pounds (actually calculated in US dollars, which is converted into pounds here). In addition, Jing Jian actually paid 9 million pounds according to the agreement).

In addition, the transfer market in England is also turbulent. Portsmouth FC has brought in one current England national team player, two former national team players, four national youth team players, and eight other players, all of whom are main players in the first division (the UK has four national teams, and there is no limit to the English league. The latter national teams and the national youth team are the combined name of the four teams). Throw £31 million. A mere second-division club actually exceeds the sum of the top three first-class transfer fees.

A series of blockbuster transfer news swept through the European green field like a hurricane. In particular, the high salaries that are far beyond the norm, with 12 players collectively exceeding the maximum weekly salary of existing English league players.

And all the life of the football circle is still on the TV news, looking at the Pixar manager sourly: "Unfortunately, the boss blamed me, saying that I was too economical, and our club's transfer budget this summer is actually 50 million pounds......"

"I'm sorry, but the club feels that the weekly salary should reflect the value of the player. And now the income of the players is really too low......"

Envy, jealousy, and hatred, many club managers and managers want to pull this ostentatious old boy out and shoot him 100 times.

Such a crazy move successfully aroused the hatred of the rich in the whole Britain. "Strong teams can't be bought with money", "disrupted the entire transfer market", "ruined the salary structure of English clubs"......

Almost everyone seems to forget that Portsmouth is only a second-division team, and those comments are based on the standards of the first-division powerhouses. As for the second-division teams, they have a hard tone but a fairly honest body, and they have quietly set their sights on a few other promotion spots.

Even this news has crossed the ocean to the European continent, and the French "Team Newspaper" is more representative: "...... While there has been limited welcome to the commercialization of football, such irrational behavior remains repugnant. If such a trend prevails, it will definitely ruin football. Football clubs will become a game for the rich, and many small clubs will go bankrupt because of high deficits. I hope that the owner of the Hollywood director is sensible, and if you love football, please follow the inherent rules of professional football......"

And Pixar was-for-tat, and at the press conference, he "made a lot of nonsense": "...... In our view, the English league and clubs are significantly undervalued. We should learn from the NBA across the ocean, organize our own top-level league management company, promote it overseas, and bid for broadcast fees. With all due respect, the broadcast fee that our club has now allocated is to send beggars......"

“...... And we at Portsmouth are just one step ahead. In the future, the club will form a virtuous circle, ensure huge investment, huge profits, and bring back enough championships......!

“...... I'm sorry, I don't have time to pay attention to those jealousies, I'm busy starting a new era......"

As soon as this statement came out, it once again detonated the entire English football circle. This shot immediately offended the English Football Association, but it reached the hearts of Manchester United, Liverpool and other clubs. And the club managers of some first-division powerhouses began to quietly contact Pixar, hoping to form an alliance and "talk" with the English Football Association.

In fact, this is Pixar's quotation of the core content of Jing Jian's conversation at that time, plus his own free play. Jing Jian has never seen a pig run, hasn't he ever eaten pork? In his previous life, the NBA and later the Premier League were both very successful business cases, and Jing Jian had carefully analyzed and studied them a long time ago. He doesn't know much about football, doesn't he understand business operations?

By the way, among the Brazilian players introduced, one of them is named Bebeto. When Jing Jian found out later, he couldn't help but be startled.

Of course, there are also entertaining tidbits. The "Times" film review column, note it, is a film review! It says: "...... Actually, I personally love this kind of big investment and I want Portsmouth FC to do it year after year. Although the film "Infinity" was fully completed, the total global box office has exceeded 450 million US dollars, and the respected director Bramble has at least earned hundreds of millions of dollars. It should be said that he invested most of his money in Portsmouth FC......"

“...... If he does this year after year, there is no doubt that he will create an equally good action movie every year. And we fans are blessed. Hehe, forgive my crow's mouth, I personally hope that Mr. Bramble will always love football......"

And the reaction of the fans was the most immediate. In the pre-season warm-up match, Portsmouth beat a visiting First Division team 5-1 at home. The home stadium was packed, and the fans sang five minutes before the end until the whistle blew. Repeating the lyrics: "We're fucking rich! rich!"

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Maybe it's the critic who said it. In the United States, "Parkour Youth" was released in the summer, and 1,877 screens were opened in North America. In the summer season full of strong players, $22.23 million in the first weekend, $2,553 in the second week, and $18.65 million in the third week, its strong performance shattered the glasses and once again revived the song and dance film. And there is no doubt that the total box office in North America exceeds 100 million. You know, the total investment in this movie is only $3 million. With the addition of publicity expenses, it has reached more than 10 million. Before and after the two films, Seed Pictures is hot in Hollywood.

In particular, the original soundtrack and videotape performed even better. The soundtrack once again topped the North American charts, and Lumina's theme song topped the singles chart again. Although only half of the year has passed, Lumina is already turning purple. At the next Grammy Awards, the best newcomer has become no suspense. And Lumina is also a popular candidate for other important awards.

The other four members of Elf Bird also became popular overnight. Make persistent efforts, the second and third parts of "Parkour Youth" are already in preparation at the same time. And this time, the remuneration of the four members will be greatly increased, which can be regarded as a new development in the movie.

The happiest should be Nike. Although they paid a full 1 million advertising dollars, after the release of the film, parkour quickly became popular in North America, especially among teenagers, and the sales of Nike parkour professional shoes skyrocketed, suddenly becoming the most popular street sport. Even Nike is ready to sponsor the latest North American Parkour Grand Prix.