Chapter 253: BIG4's Premier League
Wang Shoufu supports the masses, how to become the richest man, the answer is "first set a small goal that can be achieved, such as earning it 100 million first!"
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At the end of the 2005 Huayin annual meeting, Xu Teng set himself a small goal that he could achieve, such as not losing money in 2005, such as in 2008, the initial realization of Huateng's industry 3.0 strategy.
Xu Teng's net worth is very high, but compared with Hong Kong's richest man Li, he only has a net worth, and his actual annual income has not even reached 1% of the richest man Li.
Wrong, not one in 10,000.
Because he is losing money.
Li Shoufu is the most successful entrepreneur in Asia, there is no one, his Cheung Kong Industrial, Hutchison Whampoa is very healthy in operation, not fancy, not exaggerated, real two money printing machines.
To tell the truth, Xu Teng was under a lot of pressure.
He started his business in November 2001, and in just 4 years and 4 months, the total assets of the Huateng system have increased to 113.74 billion...... Because Xu Teng is too forced, he always buys state-owned enterprises at a high premium, and these state-owned enterprises are all high-debt enterprises.
At the end of the annual meeting in 2005, Xu Teng added another 20 billion low-interest debts, with a total debt of 73.08 billion yuan, a debt ratio of 64%, and a net loss of 3.145 billion yuan last year.
To put it simply, Xu Teng is borrowing loans to acquire other companies and assets, and when the profits paid by these companies are lower than Xu Teng's loan interest, it is naturally a loss-making operation, which is the same as the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United, and in the end, it is necessary to rely on Manchester United to pay off the debt.
Why SoftBank suffered serious losses later is actually exactly the same as the current situation of Huateng Company.
Anyway, Huateng Company is a private company, and its subsidiaries also have a large number of unlisted companies, he doesn't say how much money he has lost, and basically no one knows, as long as he pretends to make a lot of money, then everything is OK.
Of course, even if everyone knows that he is losing money, it probably doesn't matter, because the whole country knows that his parents have money and will lose it.
At the end of the annual meeting, Xu Teng took a special plane to the United Kingdom to do an insider deal and buy Liverpool Club from the British Phoenix Capital Group at a price of 230 million pounds.
Very good.
After Xu spent 175 million pounds to buy Liverpool FC, he has invested 250 million pounds to clear his debts and reinforcements, and in 2003 he invested a net of 50 million pounds in reinforcements, buying Makelele from Real Madrid, buying Krauser from Kaiserslautern, and bringing in Benitez as head coach last summer, with a net investment of 93 million pounds for reinforcements, bringing in Deco, Alonso, Villa, Reina and Robben to meet Benitez's requirements for technicalization and Spanishization.
The money is spent, and the effect is not good.
Mr. Xu was actually quite disappointed, and decided to buy Manchester United instead of buying the opponent in line with the principle of buying the opponent if he couldn't beat it.
There is nothing difficult about the whole thing.
Xu Teng flew to the UK on February 12 and went directly to Birmingham St Andrews Stadium, accompanied by Mr. John Wally of Phoenix Capital Group all the way, which is the chairman of the board of directors recognized by Chinese and British shareholders, and of course, mainly for the Xu family.
Mr John Wally is also the president of Liverpool FC and if all goes well, this tenure will end in a week's time.
After arriving at St. Andrew's Stadium in the afternoon, Xu Teng met the chairman of the Birmingham Club and the majority shareholder of the Gott brothers, these two started as **** magazines, and are currently planning to build a new stadium, which is said to be a casino business.
That's ......!
Xu Teng just chatted with the other party for a few words, and he didn't know what to say, but fortunately, in the 26th round of the 0405 Premier League season, Liverpool's away game against Birmingham was about to start.
Xu Teng waited quietly in the stands on the second floor, sitting behind the two club presidents, a little lonely, he came in a hurry this time, the entourage was only Guo Jian and Hua Lingling, the translator was hired temporarily, a master's student majoring in sports economics at Liverpool John Moores University, a male classmate, and the family should also be very rich.
Wrong.
Xu Teng chatted with him for a few words and realized that this was a second-generation official, the cost of studying abroad was paid by others, and there was probably a plan to immigrate to the UK.
After the game started, Xu Teng had nothing to say.
After the Xu family bought the Liverpool club, in addition to repaying most of the debt, making the club financially self-sufficient, they also spent 143 million pounds on recruitment, which was really unsatisfactory.
Probably playing away, the team not only used anti-counter tactics, but also sacrificed the double back of Alonso and Makelele, the defense is very solid, the counterattack is weak, and Krauser, who is still in his prime, has been a little out of place in the team.
That's a £28 million signing!
Last season, it was okay, this season it hit the Premier League's rookie wall, scoring seven goals in half a season, in addition to Krause, the team also has two strikers, Baros and Villa, who did not play.
At the end of the first half, neither side achieved anything.
Benitez is a good coach, a master of tactics, success and defeat, and the tactical style of play has been unfixed, claiming to be 34 rounds, 34 kinds of formations, and it is not the same in one season.
In short, the team is constipated in attack and the opponent is playing very hard.
The good news is that the overall level of the team's squad is slightly higher than before, Robben was bought by Xu Teng, and money is not a problem, the key is that Benitez is a little unwelcome, and he finally came on as a substitute in the second half.
Liverpool's recruitment in the past two years, Xu Teng has thought about it, and it stands to reason that he does not lack the ability to break through the dense defense, and it is not easy for Xu Teng to say anything after playing like this.
If there is no miracle in Istanbul, he can only send Benitez away, the question is who to replace?
It is estimated that he will be fat.
The two tacticians are the polar opposite, with Carlo Ancelotti notoriously not rotating, and a line-up that lasts until it collapses.
Xu Teng is neither a Birmingham fan, nor a Liverpool fan, the scene is like constipation on both sides at the same time, he can only hold his cheeks in a daze, the Premier League in recent years is at its peak, and Saqima has not yet dominated European football.
Barcelona is still in the era of Ronaldo, Bayern has no Ribery, no Robben, and is in the Bundesliga, and Real Madrid is in the final stage of the galaxy.
From 04 to 10 years, this is almost the period of dominance of the Premier League, except for Barcelona and AC Milan, there are almost no opponents.
This is also Liverpool's painful stage, Arsenal is at the peak of the Henry era, the 92 generation of the lord still has room to spare, and there is a big killer like Vanney, Mourinho is the king, and Abu can be called a golden partner.
In the era of the BIG4 hegemony of the four major teams, the dialogue between the strong and the strong is too frequent.
Now this situation is not the most bitter, there will be all kinds of mysterious teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League in the future, and everyone has the probability of overturning the leader.
The Premier League is bitter, but the most profitable in the Premier League is Manchester United, and the results are still the top three top clubs in world football by income.
It wasn't until the last 20 minutes that Villa, who came on as a substitute, finally scored a goal.
Okay, just because the two sides are constipated on offense, isn't this the rhythm of curling up for three points?
To be precise, the two sides attacked fiercely, shot a lot, and a long pass reached the front of the opponent's penalty area, with a bright rhythm and thrilling to watch, but basically long-range shots and 45-degree crosses.
It was too late, it was too late, and a corner was scored.
Oh yes.
Birmingham went into the revenge hammer of former Liverpool veteran Husky.
Xu Teng's egg is broken, and it doesn't take more than fifteen minutes to count stoppage time, if this goes from curling up three points to curling up for one point, the Xu family invested 425 million pounds before and after Liverpool, and this is the result?
The only good news now is probably that Liverpool is in good financial condition, compared to Chelsea, Liverpool's foundation is good, the financial income is still good, as long as there is not too much bank debt, basically can come up with 40 million pounds a year for recruitment.
"Hey, how's the kick?"
Xu Tengzheng was heartbroken, heard Chen Jian's voice, looked back, and found that Chen Jian, Su Wan, Liu Junsheng, Zhao Pu, and Gu Chen were all here, and Luo Yujuan also came with her boyfriend Liu Junsheng.
Xu Teng was a little strange, there were several empty seats in the two rows behind him, it turned out that these people were high-level ticket bookings, and they came here to join in the fun.
"What can I do? Xia Li didn't come with you?" Xu Teng didn't want to answer the question of the game, he was too sad.
"Didn't she go to Huzhou to play, I guess she can arrive at noon tomorrow." Chen Jian and the secretary next to Xu Teng changed positions, and by the way, they brought Xu Teng a pack of fish and chips and a piece of mineral water, and continued to ask Xu Teng, "What's the score?"
"1 to 1. Xu Teng scratched his head, not knowing how to explain, their group of black card groups, usually like to watch football games together in Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou football level is low, Xu Teng's investment club is only at the second level, and it is still impacting the middle league.
"That's good, it's a goal. "Jian Chen is very satisfied, they also often watch Serie A games, it is really a good game to have goals, not to mention goals on both sides.
"Birmingham has only invested a lot in the past two years, and we have invested 400 million, and the unit is still pounds, which is honestly similar to not investing money. Xu Teng took a sip of water with a heavy mood to ease his strength.
"It's okay, at least we can keep the top 4, there were a lot of reinforcements in the summer window last year, and the team also needs to run in. "Su Wan is a Premier League fan, but a Manchester United fan, and he has no feelings for Liverpool Club," with Liverpool's current squad level, as long as the tactical play is stable, there is still hope to compete for the championship this year...... Then again, this year's Chelsea have been fierce. ”
"The coach factor!" Xu Teng does not admit that his squad is worse than his opponent, so far, the Xu family has invested twice as much in the club as Abu, because Liverpool has a good foundation and high debt, and the actual investment in reinforcements is about the same.
Benitez is already one of the very good top coaches, the advantages and disadvantages are too obvious, try to meet the needs of this manager, try to cooperate with the other side, and make up for some of the opponent's shortcomings, this is the most realistic way out for Liverpool at present.
It's too late, it's too soon.
Liverpool's target for last summer's transfer finally scored, and Deco scored.
Penalty kick, overnight.
It's good, it's powerful.
Xu Teng got up and applauded excitedly, almost burst into tears, money, the real money of the old Xu family is smashed in this bottomless pit, it still has an effect, 2:1 is okay, he is not demanding.
Thank God.
He doesn't ask for beautiful football, he doesn't ask for possession, he just needs to curl up for three points away from home.
He doesn't dare to look any further now, he is really afraid that Liverpool will score another goal, but judging from the situation that the goals of both sides are purely medium and long-range bombardment, empty shots, and no real threat, he estimates that both sides are unlikely to score quickly.
Really.
Bei Shuai also thought so, and all the staff retreated and defended to three points.
Stoppage time was a bit long and the situation was a bit chaotic.
Liverpool eventually got the three points and walked away.
Birmingham is an industrial city, and the Xu family's main investment in the UK is concentrated in Birmingham, and the atmosphere of the stadium is still very good.
"Yes, the Premier League looks much better than the Second Division. Su Wan sat behind Xu Teng, sighed a lot, and asked Chen Jian in front and Liu Junsheng next to him, "Otherwise, let's invest in one too, it won't cost much, 200 million pounds should be enough, right?"
"Boring. Luo Yujuan directly refused and refused this ridiculous plan to spend money on behalf of her boyfriend Liu Junsheng.
"Let's go, Chairman Wally wants to accompany me to meet with the head coach, will you go too?" Xu Teng got up, in fact, he just asked Jian Chen to accompany him, and the two went to meet with Bei Shuai and the club's senior management and chat a few words.
If possible, he will also meet with several important players, today's game ball, the club has arranged for Bei Shuai and all the players to sign autographs, he wants to take home for collection - of course, in the case of winning, if you lose, who wants this ball?
Liu Junsheng and Su Wan are also going.
Let's go together, anyway, they are all best friends, two generations of world friends, college classmates, neighbors in the same community, this relationship can no longer be close, this face still has to be given.
Everyone flocked to Xu Teng and Chairman John Wally to the club's makeshift meeting room at St Andrews Stadium, where they waited for 10 minutes while the head coach attended the post-match press conference.
Gu Chen and Luo Yujuan didn't have the patience to wait, and the two followed the arrangement of the home team to visit the Birmingham team's honor exhibition room as guests.
The chairman of the Birmingham Club, Gault, was a little overjoyed to hear that Xu Teng was the heir to the Asian gambling king family, and he was very eager to co-invest with The-ShunFamliy in the planned Birmingham casino hotel.
The Gault brothers have applied for a new site in the city of Birmingham to rebuild a stadium with a capacity of around 50,000 people and the facilities of a five-star hotel.
Xu Teng really thinks it's unlikely, and Birmingham is not a relatively famous British tourist city.
In this temporarily arranged living room, Xu Teng, Chen Jian, Su Wan and Liu Junsheng waited for a full half an hour before Bei Shuai, accompanied by Chairman John Wally, came to the meeting slowly, and had already sent the game ball full of autographs.
Su Wan and Liu Junsheng were very excited and anxious to ask Bei Shuai for an autograph.
Benitez didn't mean to play a big name, he was very in line with the enthusiasm of young people, signing autographs, taking photos, and talking to Xu Teng about some ideas for this game, mainly explaining to Xu Teng that the current situation of the team is very stable, and being able to score three points is a portrayal of strength.
Bei Shuai knew early on that Mr. John Walley was only the chairman of the club appointed by the Xu family, and the team's investment in reinforcements was ostensibly funded by the British Phoenix Group, but in fact, the Xu family decided the amount.
He had just heard that Xu Teng would be the chairman of the club himself, and then he would appoint Mr. John Wally as the club's vice president, and the club would also hire a new CEO and technical director.
"There will be some changes to the team, but nothing will change, it's business as usual and my family will continue to support you. Xu Teng chatted with Bei Shuai for a few words, and he didn't mention the problem of constipation in attack, he didn't care about this anymore, as long as he could win the championship.
Xu Teng's real favorite team is AC Milan, of course, it is not Milan in a nursing home, that is really sad for him, the sadness of not watching the game for a long time.
The investment value of the Serie A team is too low, even the stadium belongs to the municipal government, and the broadcast contract is also low, and it is doomed to sink.
Xu Teng personally estimates that in the long run, only one Juventus may be left in Serie A to maintain the status of the traditional giants, and other teams will slowly decline, which is an inevitable result of the economy.
As for the Premier League, it is also a reality that the income is high and the level is not as good as Saqima for a long time.
Whether the reason for this is internal friction and the mysterious middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, or whether the technical and tactical characteristics of the Premier League cannot keep up with the development trend of European football's increasing technology, Xu Teng is not clear.
Anyway, Liverpool's Hispanicization is a good trend that should be maintained for a long time.
This also means that Xu Teng must do his best to support Benitez in the past few years, and only Benitez can do it in the Premier League, although it is not very good.
Benitez has a lot of good backs, and he mainly plays 4231 this season, but it's just talking, it's basically a chaotic war, and I really believe that his opponent who plays 4231 will suffer.
It was a really ugly game today.
The boss tried to explain to the incoming new president of the club that it was mainly a matter of the players, and that if they wanted to compete for the title, they had to bring in reinforcements in the winter.
"Do you have a suitable partner for reinforcements?" Xu Teng was not in a hurry to refute, he really felt that it was a coaching problem, this lineup was used by Ferguson, Wenger, and Ancelotti, and it was probably not constipated offensively, of course, if the offense was smooth, the defense might also have problems.
Bei Shuai is a top coach with serious advantages and disadvantages, and his requirements for the lineup are weird, and the key is that Bei Shuai's own vision is not good.
"Now the main thing is that there is a problem with the forward line, and there is a lack of fulcrum and fulcrum in the midfield!" Bei Shuai made a few gestures, hoping that Xu Teng could understand what he meant.
"Isn't Klose still good?" Xu Teng really can't understand, Loew has to rely on Klose to continue his life, and some people say that Klose is the last classical striker, and he has continuously improved from a header machine to one of the most comprehensive center forwards.
"The fulcrum requirement is to be able to hold the ball with his back, to be able to hold the ball, to be able to respond. "Beshuai doesn't agree with Klose.
This made Xu Teng a little embarrassed, can he say that he still likes Klose very much, and would rather change coaches than strikers, unless Keshen is really old, and now Keshen has really reached a new peak.
Xu Teng watched Liverpool's games in the past two years, and invited two of the most famous domestic coaches to serve as his professional consultants to help him analyze.
According to their meaning, Keshen's progress in Liverpool in the past two years is still obvious, with advantages in headers and balls at his feet, especially in the case of not opening the situation, headers were once Liverpool's best stepping stones.
It's very strange that after Bei Shuai took office, he directly lost this big killer.
Nima, fuck up.
Xu Teng didn't understand Bei Shuai's heart at all, this person was really sick, and he had to continue to support him.
Benitez is not blind, it can be seen that Xu Teng's appreciation of Klose can only try to explain the weaknesses of the other party in the tactical system, and after talking for about ten minutes, he proposed a new recruit who can perfectly solve his tactical requirements, "Morientes, the introduction price will not be very high." ”
Xu Teng didn't rush to answer.
Su Wan and Liu Junsheng have never been cared for, so they simply went to find Gu Chen and Luo Yujuan, mainly because Liu Junsheng was a little anxious, and now I remember that Gu Chen has always had a crush on Luo Yujuan and has been competing with him for a long time.
In the living room, Xu Teng, John Wally, Chen Jian, and Benitez gathered around the table, accompanied by two interpreters, translating from Spanish to English and then to Chinese.
Fortunately.
Xu Teng's English skills are very good, and he has not left it behind, trying to read an English newspaper every day and doing some English listening training.
This is mainly the foundation laid in junior high and high school.
His English was probably a little better than the translator John Wally had found in his temporary interns at the club, but he wasn't comfortable with the English accent.
"Coach, I can tell you that the price of reinforcements is high, or not high, it's not something we have to think about, my family can afford higher reinforcements, but I ask you to try to use your cards as well as possible. If you feel that the club is underdog in the Premier League this year, then you can try to pursue cup results on the basis of guaranteeing a top-four finish, which I can understand and accept. ”
Xu Teng does not want the intervention of the Xu family to cause Liverpool to lose the Champions League that may be obtained in the 0405 season, and he also wants to tell Bei Shuai not to always want to scratch the lottery ticket, it is better to directly recruit a truly valuable player for millions of pounds.
'In the summer, I'll give you more money and the club can do that right now, but for now, I really want the club to make the most of their cards. ”
Xu Teng's meaning is very simple, he doesn't want to bring in Morientes, blind people know that this is an exclusive center forward in La Liga, and it is difficult to adapt to it when it comes out of La Liga, "I think we have to make the players believe in one thing, that is, we believe in their strength very, absolutely and can achieve something this season, unless there are injuries, don't bring in reinforcements in the winter." ”
He outright rejected Benitez's proposal.
Liverpool now has Klose, Villa, Barosh three strikers, Xu Teng really thinks it's not bad, this is not good, there are a few better strikers in European football in the 0405 season.
Klose and Villa's two-front combination is still good, one high and one fast, and they are both forwards with very comprehensive skills, the key, Benitez himself does not use it often.
Morientes certainly has a slightly better back to the ball than Klose, but does it have to be much better?
Benitez would be even more if the goal of buying Morientes was to play as a single striker.
Liverpool's real weakness at present is the left and right full-backs, and Benitez often uses left-back to play left midfield, strengthening the defense, and it is normal for the attack to be constipated.
Of course, Bei Shuai has his own ideas, and Xu Teng doesn't force it, but Xu Teng really has to say that it is very difficult to communicate with Bei Shuai, basically he says his, and the other party says the other party.
Xu Teng vetoed the winter recruitment, Bei Shuai's face was a little dark, Chairman John Wally did not have a special reaction, at this point, Chairman Wally must have supported Xu Teng.
From the Xu family to Liverpool, he has provided too much support for Liverpool, and the current results are really unreasonable, the head coach does not take responsibility, and let the players and the club executives responsible for the recruitment take the blame?
"So be it. Xu Teng does not intend to waste time to continue to talk about this matter, Liverpool is like this this year, he has no intention of continuing to invest for the time being, and the main job of this time in the UK is also to meet with Sir Alex Ferguson to reach a final agreement on the acquisition.
This matter is actually quite strange, the Xu family bought Liverpool before, and now they want to buy Manchester United, the interesting thing is that Sir Alex Ferguson did not raise objections, maybe even if there is an objection, he will wait until the meeting.
As for Benitez's fulcrum request, there is another very good candidate in European football - Toney, the problem is that Xu Teng has no intention of acquiring it.
Keshen is good. (To be continued.) )