Chapter Thirty-Seven: Finding a Strong Woman for Chelsea 1
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Seeing the hopeful Leo, his mood also became happy. While walking, he talked to Andrew enthusiastically about Liverpool Football Club.
The Liverpool football team in the sixties and seventies had a really strong record. Three English First Division titles, two FA Cups and one UEFA Cup.
Compared with Liverpool, Chelsea Football Club's historical results can only be said to be relatively average.
Andrew is the owner of the team, though. This identity made Leo very envious. Listening to Leo's sour tone, Andrew jokingly said: Then you have the opportunity to buy Liverpool in the future, so you don't have to envy me.
Leo excitedly said: Yes, this is indeed a good idea! But then I thought about it, and the excitement couldn't help but dim, this goal is very difficult to achieve. If nothing else, the price for the acquisition of Liverpool will definitely not be possible without 50 million pounds.
£50 million is not a small amount. Although for the Wilson family, 50 million pounds can still be taken out. But this is the family's funds, and he, Leo Wilson, doesn't have the ability to use the family's funds to satisfy his hobbies.
When the two came to the living room, Andrew and Emma's parents and two older brothers greeted each other one by one and gave them gifts. As it was close to lunchtime, Emma and Andrew met in a hurry, and then went to the kitchen with their mother to arrange and prepare lunch.
The others sat down in the living room, drank tea and chatted.
When talking about the current state of the British economy, everyone's mood is a little heavy. The main business of the Wilson family is export trade.
Therefore, I feel the same for the decline in the international competitiveness of British products. In recent years, the business volume and profit margin of trading companies have been declining year by year.
Indeed, in recent years, Britain's economic growth rate has been the lowest among developed capitalist countries.
The trade deficit ratio is the highest among developed capitalist countries. The profits of domestic enterprises are declining year by year, but the government's financial deficit is increasing year by year.
The inflation rate is also the highest among developed capitalist countries. As a result, the people in China have begun to lose their strength, and their purchasing power is declining year by year.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little heavy, Leo took the initiative to divert the topic. The original reason for Andrew's acquisition of Chelsea Football Club was mentioned.
Emma's family is mostly Liverpool fans, and the reason for Andrew's acquisition of Chelsea is subconsciously believed to be due to Andrew being purely fond of football.
But Andrew's original intention to buy Chelsea was a tool for the family to expand their influence. But this reason is not enough for outsiders. So, Andrew chose the reason for business behavior.
Since the purpose of buying Chelsea is a commercial activity, it must be profitable!
Andrew sorted out his thoughts and brought out the business philosophy he had at the Chelsea club meeting the day before yesterday.
Run Chelsea Football Club as a sports and entertainment company. This business philosophy is still very innovative among football clubs in England. aroused the interest of the chatter.
Leo asked Andrew very directly: "According to your business philosophy, this Chelsea Football Club has the prospect of making money, right?" The people on the side are also very interested in this issue.
Andrew begins to paint scenes from his past life memories: there must be a prospect of making money. You see, football is the number one sport in the world. In Europe, there are hundreds of millions of fans who have a direct audience. The number of indirect audiences is even greater, at least hundreds of millions of people.
With such a huge audience, you can imagine how much potential value is contained in it! It depends on how you run a football club and how you attract fans to pay.
Today's football clubs mainly generate their income from the sale of tickets. In my opinion, the main source of income for football clubs in the future will come from the associated income caused by the wide broadcast of television media.
For example, the cost of TV broadcasts, the sponsorship of advertisers, and the popularization of fan goods. Most importantly, through the wide broadcast of television media, football has the ability to create stars.
If you think, football today is like a popular stage play, and football in the future will be like a popular movie. How much difference is there between a stage star and a movie star in terms of influence among the people?
Although, given the current penetration rate of television sets and the limitations of television broadcasting technology. In recent years, the operating profitability of football clubs has not been very good. But the football club of the future has a very profitable prospect.
Emma's family in the living room, after listening to Andrew's tirade about the football club, couldn't help but start their own reverie.
"Oh Andrew, your soccer club business idea reminds me of the soccer club reform plan of the female warrior Ewell. There is a lot in common between the two. It's just that your football club's business philosophy is the general direction, and Ewell's football club reform plan is the specific implementation method. Leo suddenly realized.
Listening to Leo's words, Andrew became very interested in the female warrior Ewell's football club reform plan.
In fact, Andrew benefited from the memory of his predecessor, and there is no problem in choosing the general direction of the development of the football club, but the specific implementation method is not very well understood.
The others, after being reminded by Leo, thought about it for a while, and all nodded in agreement with Leo's words. The business ideas of the two football clubs really have a lot in common.
Andrew then spoke to Leo about the female warrior Evel herself and her plans to reform the football club.
Leo understood Andrew's thoughts. He recounted what he knew about the female warrior Ewell:
"Female Warrior" is Ewell's nickname among Liverpool fans. She is a 28-year-old MBA from the University of Liverpool, enthusiastic, beautiful, fashionable, good at organizing speeches, a strong woman, and an advocate of new feminine ideas. Among Liverpool female fans, it is a banner with a lot of influence.
At the beginning of last year, as a representative of female fans, she proposed to Liverpool Football Club to form a Liverpool women's football team. It has received the attention and appreciation of the majority of fans.
The Liverpool Football Club also accepted Ewell's suggestion and said that it would officially form the Liverpool women's football team at the right time.
Earlier this year, Ewell made a number of proposals to Liverpool Football Club on a plan to reform the club. Crucially, one of the pieces of advice is to focus on the depth of fan involvement in the club's affairs.
It is because of this suggestion that the managers of Liverpool Football Club feel very unhappy. You fans are starting to think, if you are involved in the affairs of Liverpool Football Club, isn't that just a rush for power?
So they began to resent Ewell's actions. The proposal to form a Liverpool women's football team that was accepted at that time also began to be pushed back without limits.
Such a move made Ewell very angry, and this year, the two sides have started many fierce verbal conflicts. In the end, Ewell still couldn't twist his thighs with his arms.
In order not to affect the formation of the Liverpool women's football team, Ewell took the initiative to withdraw from the Liverpool membership, and published an announcement in the media to withdraw from the Liverpool membership, saying that he would no longer be a fan of the Liverpool Football Club.
From the fans' point of view, Ewell's actions are endearing and respectable. But for the old-school-minded Liverpool FC managers, it was an unacceptable move to challenge their professional authority.
After listening to what Leo knew about Ewell's situation, Andrew did not dislike Ewell's actions as much as the management of Liverpool Football Club. Allowing fans to be involved in the management of the club to a certain extent is one of the strategies Andrew proposed to Chelsea Football Club to harmonize the fan community.