Years later, the media and fans recalled the summer of 2017 and found that it was the beginning of the Chinese sports industry to go global, and the connection between the Chinese market and the top international teams is increasing.

After 40 years of reform and opening up, the sports industry has become an important industry that enriches the people's spare time, and has also become a new growth point under the new economic model. It is through various opportunities that the Chinese sports industry has begun to go global, which has accelerated its own development while influencing the world sports pattern.

At the end of August, news came from England that Xiao Ma's Taobei Group bought all the shares of the Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur for 280 million pounds, becoming the second Chinese owner in the Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur had a thriving Champions League a few years ago, but because the team did not have the full support of a big consortium behind it, they had to rely on selling their star players to maintain the team's operations, which led to a gradual decline in competitiveness.

For the third year in a row, Tottenham Hotspur have not qualified for European competitions, and their record in the Premier League and domestic cup competitions has deteriorated, which has further lowered the team's market valuation.

After painstaking negotiations, Pony took full stake from Tottenham's big and small shareholders and took on more than £100 million in debt, with an overall purchase price of a staggering £400 million.

This figure is much higher than Xiao Feng's acquisition of Newcastle United, which is closely related to the city where Tottenham Hotspur is located, after all, London's influence is greater than that of Newcastle. At the same time, Xiao Feng's acquisition has received strong support from the Morgan family, and Xiao Feng, who holds Ashley's hundreds of millions of pounds, can easily acquire Newcastle Club at a low price.

As a super-rich man with a net worth of more than $20 billion, Little Ma's entry into White Hart Lane has undoubtedly further intensified the arms race between the respective teams in the Premier League, after all, the example of Newcastle United is vividly placed in front of the world.

For this reason, when the acquisition is completed, the Premier League teams are moving more and more in the transfer market. It was also dubbed by the media as 'the most brutal summer transfer market in history'.

On the fifth day after Brother Xiao Ma was called the owner of Tottenham, another Brother Ma also officially made a move and became the owner of the Premier League team West Ham United, and the third Chinese owner appeared in the Premier League.

Although the Hammers are not well-known overseas, they have a huge fan base and influence among the middle and lower classes in East London and even throughout England. Ma was able to convince the conservative and stubborn traditional consortium of England among many competitors. Becoming the new boss of the Hammers is also a big price.

In the blink of an eye, three clubs in the Premier League have become vassals of Huaxia Capital, which is also quite difficult for the always sensitive Englishmen to accept.

However, because Newcastle's jewel is in the forefront, most England fans hope that these two teams can achieve their former glory with the help of Huaxia Capital, which is also a good story.

The sensation caused by Huaxia Capital in the Premier League has not subsided, and new news has come from Madrid, the 'Qianxin Group', which was originally the second largest shareholder of Atletico Madrid, has successfully taken the remaining shares from other shareholders and has become the sole shareholder of the club.

That's it. Huaxia Capital has 4 teams in Europe's top leagues, which undoubtedly opens up the investment horizons of many Huaxia consortiums, after all, the profit prospects of these clubs are still quite impressive.

In the case of Newcastle United, for example, Xiao Feng spent only 300 million pounds to buy the team, but in three years, the club's market value has increased far more than this figure, and the book has already paid off. In addition, the club achieved a net profit of £80 million in the just-concluded 16-17 season, which is undoubtedly a cash cow. It can be seen that people are envious, jealous and hateful.

Even the troubled Tottenham and West Ham United have been able to maintain profitability in their club operations. The only area where losses have been made is in the player transfer segment.

In a sense, most of the Premier League teams will not lose money, as for how to manage, it depends on how the capital side crosses the sea and shows their powers!

The large-scale expansion of Chinese capital in European football has undoubtedly stimulated the capital of other countries to compete in this arms race, and also made the capital of various countries pay more attention to the development of the sports industry. The pattern of the world's sports industry has undergone drastic changes after a few years, not to mention for the time being, after all, no one knows that Huaxia Capital's large-scale entry into the Premier League will cause a storm.

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At the end of September, some tall guests appeared on flights from Los Angeles to Peking and Haizhou, and the flight attendants and tourists broke the news as soon as they got off the plane, so that the media learned that the Lakers players had arrived in China one after another.

This year. As an important element of the NBA's strategy for the Chinese market, the Lakers will hold all six preseason games in China, and they will be the protagonists of the Chinese pre-summer games.

As a super team that has won the championship for two consecutive years, although Kobe Bryant has retired, the overall strength of the Lakers has not declined drastically, and in the eyes of the media and fans, they are still the biggest favorites to compete for the championship.

Therefore, the Lakers' every move is naturally a lot of attention, and the presence of these stars in various resorts a few days ago has spread to the world through fans and paparazzi.

This time, the Lakers have arrived in China through flights such as China Express Airlines and American Airlines, as long as they know something about basketball, they know that the Lakers will conduct pre-season training in China to make final preparations for the new season.

Almost invariably, major sports media in China and even around the world have sent reporters to 'Ginkgo Village' to report on various matters of the Lakers' training camp.

For reporters from mainstream media and financial media, 'Ginkgo Village' is not an unfamiliar term, but is closely related to many of their important reports throughout the year, and even many media have sent reporters to 'Ginkgo New District'.

But for the reporters of the world's sports media, the 'Ginkgo New Area' is like an extraterrestrial planet, if it were not for the fact that the Lakers' training camp this year is set here, and this is also Xiao Feng's hometown, it is impossible for reporters to find this small village located in the northwest and mountainous areas of southern Yunnan from the map.

Rao is at the ceremony of the establishment of the 'Jinghu Sports School' a few days ago, there were platforms including Xiaobei, Kobe, Nadal and others, but the major media only sent a short message. How did you ever ask the root cause of 'Ginkgo Village'?

However, now that the Lakers have chosen to place the pre-season training camp in 'Ginkgo Village', the major sports media will certainly not be perfunctory, but have sent elite teams to report in depth.

The presence of many sports media reporters surprised tourists, but the residents of the 'Ginkgo New District' have long been accustomed to it, and there is no fuss.

Over the years, the 'Ginkgo New Area' has attracted the attention of the global world in addition to its economic construction. It has also become a location shooting point for many film and television dramas because of its beautiful scenery and rich cultural landscape, and dozens of crews come here every year to film.

At the same time, many kings and queens also like to come to the 'Ginkgo New District' to shoot the MV, which is why many entertainment media often send reporters to squat here to try to catch the big news.

In a sense, the residents of 'Ginkgo New District', especially 'Ginkgo Village', are not too curious about media reporters from all walks of life, after all, they have seen a lot. Many villagers can talk eloquently when interviewed by the media, and even show their proficiency in foreign languages to overseas media from time to time, which is also talked about.

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September 28th. The Lakers held a press conference at the 'Ginkgo Stadium' to officially announce the lineup and jersey numbers for the new season.

As the defending champion of the NBA new season, the Lakers naturally attracted much media attention, with more than 100 media attending the press conference, including many big media in Europe and the United States.

At the press conference, the biggest focus of reporters was 'whether the Lakers still have the confidence to defend their title after losing Kobe', and Xiao Feng was asked several times by many media reporters.

In this regard, Xiao Feng's answer is still very firm. It is believed that with the strength of the Lakers' current roster, it is entirely possible to achieve three consecutive championships in the new season. This is also the Lakers' public statement of their championship ambitions before the new season.

Based on Xiao Feng's perception of the strength of NBA teams, although Kobe Bryant retired, the strength of his own team has not suffered much loss, especially after Zhou Qi came in, the team's small forward position has been greatly strengthened.

In the just-concluded summer league, Zhou Qi averaged 20 points per game. The all-round performance of 11 rebounds and 2 blocks won the recognition of the national media and professionals. Zhou Qi's height, strength, athleticism, and basketball IQ are not weaker than the starting small forwards of their respective NBA teams, and his addition will undoubtedly make the Lakers' starting lineup without much hole.

Of course, when Jeremy Lin replaced Kobe Bryant as the team's starting point guard, the Lakers didn't have a big brother in the bench, but considering Xiao Feng's style of almost never going off the court. The strength of the Lakers' bench lineup should not be underestimated!

After the press conference, the Lakers officially entered the pre-season training stage, after all, the team has less Kobe Bryant and more Zhou Qi, and many tactics have to be changed.

The Lakers' training is more often in the 'Ginkgo Arena', which is sometimes closed and sometimes open to the public and the media, depending on Xiao Feng's mood.

Through the revelations of fans and media reports, the Lakers' various training situations in 'Ginkgo Village' are also known by many basketball fans and Lakers' competitors around the world.

In fact, for many NBA teams, no matter what kind of tactics the Lakers use, the key is that Xiao Feng is a bug that ignores tactics, as long as Xiao Feng is on the court, many times tactics become decorations.

Therefore, even if the Lakers open up training sessions, opponents will not be able to get a good way to deal with the Lakers, at most they can see the good state of the Lakers.

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The vast majority of the Lakers' players are under the age of 30, and their hunger for glory is undoubtedly stronger than that of veterans, so they have been very disciplined this past season.

According to the physical test on the first day after the training camp, all the players' weights were within the standard range, and none of the players who had increased fat content due to eating Hesse because of the holiday.

Without Kobe Bryant, a top scorer, the Lakers' offense next season will become more diverse, so Xiao Feng tries to reduce the opportunity to shoot as much as possible in training, so that other teammates can familiarize themselves with the offensive play of the new season.

For Xiao Feng, when he focuses more on tandem and organizing the team, he can better control the situation on the field, and the team's operation becomes more fluid. However, this style of play puts forward higher requirements for Xiao Feng's physical strength, fortunately, Xiao Feng is an individual who can be weird, but it can also be implemented very well, if it is replaced by another player, I am afraid that in the third quarter, I will have more than enough strength and insufficient strength.

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When the Lakers were training in the distant 'Ginkgo Village', the NBA teams also gathered one after another to begin to make final preparations for the new season.

Although the defending champion Lakers lost Kobe, the three starting All-Star level players, as well as Jeremy Lin and Zhou Qi, are enough to ensure that the Lakers' starting lineup is strong, and they are still ranked first.

If it were changed to a few years ago, the American media would still have great doubts about Chinese players such as the United Arab Emirates, Jeremy Lin and Zhou Qi, after all, the Chinese backcourt cannot have enough proof in the NBA.

But over the years, Xiao Feng, Jeremy Lin and the UAE have all proven that they have the ability to establish themselves in the NBA, and the North American sports media will no longer look at these Chinese players with colored eyes.

The Lakers, who continue to top the rankings, are naturally the target of their respective teams, and in the eyes of many players, the loss of such a great superstar as Kobe Bryant, the Lakers have suffered a huge blow both in terms of strength and psychology, and perhaps this year is their best chance to beat the Lakers and win the championship!

However, if you want to find out the details of the Lakers, it is not enough to just look at the training, and the teams also need to compete with the Lakers in the preseason to have a more intuitive feeling.

Therefore, in this delicate mentality, the six teams that played the preseason with the Lakers are also gearing up and ready to compete with the Lakers in the preseason.

The calendar is turning over day by day, and the media is also more and more promoting the pre-summer games in China, and Chinese fans are rushing to tell each other, even those who can't buy live tickets are meeting at home to watch the TV broadcast.

This year, the preseason with the Lakers undoubtedly made Chinese fans feel like a home team, after all, the Lakers have 4 Chinese players, even if Jeremy Lin grew up in the United States, he is regarded as 'his own person' by Chinese fans!

The pre-season is imminent, and both fans and the media are holding their breath and waiting patiently! (To be continued.) )

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