Chapter 553: The King of Hot Spots
The interview began in a relaxed atmosphere. Karouhe's first question turned out to be football: "Mr. Bramble, congratulations to the Portsmouth team on their good results. ”
"Thank you. In his heart, Jing Jian actually didn't care about this football club for a while.
Since the start of the new season, Portsmouth have been hovering around four or six places in the league as promoted horses. Although the results are good from the perspective of the promoted horses, there is no need to worry about relegation and qualify for Europe. Therefore, Jing Jian doesn't care much about the current results.
And in the team's long-term planning, this season is still a year to strengthen the squad. As a result of the Hillsborough tragedy in the first half of the year, the United Kingdom issued a court order to reinforce all courses and eliminate all safety hazards. So in recent days, all English football clubs have had a very hard time, and the funds have been used on the pitch, which has been a large area of losses. Except for a certain local tyrant who is building a new stadium.
So at the end of the season, the big clubs will definitely sell their players, and Portsmouth will undoubtedly take advantage of it. He then became part of the league-winning group and was guaranteed a quarterly European qualification.
In '95, when the Bosman Act ruled that Portsmouth would be the first to recruit a group of Mavericks across Europe to become a super-luxury squad, and then compete for every trophy and build the club into a real giant.
Therefore, Jing Jian will not rush for quick success, everything will come slowly.
Of course, Caruhe would not have known about the long-term plan, as is the usual interview, and he asked with a compliment: "Mr. Bramble, we all know that after you took over Portsmouth, you invested a lot of money to bring in players, and built a new modern stadium and a first-class training base for the club, is this out of your love for football?"
"There are two points. Jing Jian smiled and stretched out two fingers, "I love football, I like the powerful, rough and delicate beauty of English football." This is an important premise. However, I don't want to say anything against my will, when the idea of buying an English club was born, any club could do it. ”
"Oh, what do you mean, it wasn't necessarily Portsmouth Club at the time?" said Karouhe. He thought to himself, no wonder the press is circulating, this Chinese kid is the king of hot spots.
"That's right. Jing Jian smiled and nodded, "However, I was deeply moved by the warm invitation of the former chairman of the club and the directors at that time. Their love for the Portsmouth club, that noble gentlemanly attitude. Also, the warmth of the Lord Mayor and the fans of the club, the charm of the city of Portsmouth, all of this, you should understand, people have feelings. ”
Karouhe smiled and nodded, "I know that, I understand." As a British journalist, Karouhe certainly likes these good words touting Britain.
Jing Jian continued: "So I decided not only to give the city of Portsmouth happiness, but also to provide as many jobs and taxes as possible. With White Lotus' UK headquarters already in Portsmouth, and with the addition of a training base, we have added more than 120 jobs. I want my company, my club to grow together with the city and the fans. ”
"Uh-huh. In response to such routine self-advertising, Karouhe smiled...... Understood, but not much attention either. Unbeknownst to him, however, this passage was precisely the point. And the reason why Jing Jian "gladly" accepted the interview was to say this naturally in front of the media.
Anyway, at this moment, Karouhe didn't even notice at all. As the interview continued, Jing Jian smiled and said, "Regarding the second point, I am a businessman. I think investing in a football club will pay off well. I reiterate once again that the English league and English clubs are seriously undervalued. In today's stagnant football, I would like to turn it into a spoonful of boiling oil and bring football back to life. ”
"Are you talking about accusations against the FA?" said Caruhe with a malicious smile, smiling for fear that the world would not be chaotic.
"Actually, there is no disagreement about the overall goal. Jing Jian smiled and shook his head, "The club wants the value to return, the fans want the championship, the FA wants the wonderful league and cup games, and even the players want higher pay." In fact, from a bystander's point of view, the team's exploitation of the players is too bad. ”
"Huh?" Karouhe was shocked, he thought that Jing Jian would fire at the FA again, but he didn't expect the muzzle of the gun to turn and actually bombard all the club owners, including himself?
Jing Jian shrugged, seemingly unconcerned about future troubles: "The existing player contract is actually illegal. Of course, this is my personal opinion, whether it is really illegal or not, or it needs to be decided by the court. ”
"Violation...... "Karouhe was already dumbfounded, and he couldn't even speak.
"Really. Jing Jian smiled, "After the player's contract expires, he thinks of playing in another club, and he still has to pay a transfer fee? God, what could be more ridiculous than that? The original club can offer an unrealistic transfer fee, so that the player can only stay in the original club and get paid far less than he should get? To be honest, do workers in other industries other than players have such oppressive contract clauses? And your British Ministry of Labour actually turns a blind eye? The whole society and the judiciary turn a blind eye? It can only be said that these players are really pitiful. ”
Jing Jian came up with one of the core provisions of the Boseman Act. In a legal sense, it is absolutely tenable. Of course, he is not a good man, he just wants to mess up the European transfer market and fish in troubled waters by the way. Anyway, next year, Mr. Bosman, the famous stunned young man in history, he will make this kind of lawsuit to sacrifice himself and happiness all the players. In this case, Jing Jian won a good reputation by the way.
However, it is a bit shocking to hear these words now. Karouhe stammered, "And ...... are you?" and ...... you want?"
"Hahaha. Jing Jian shook his head with a smile, "I have no intention of disrupting the existing order of football." After all, it is up to them to fight for the interests of the players. What I can do is to raise the weekly salary of my club's players more before I change, which is kind of compensation!"