Chapter Ninety-Five: Superyachts
"The first army has been in a short period of time, the second is not buying the right person, and the third is the head coach." Chen Boyan said succinctly.
"Crespo, Veron, the talented teenager Mutu, and Glen Johnson are all good players, and they are not bad in terms of fame, right?" Abu retorted.
"Let's talk about Veron first, he didn't play at Manchester United, obviously not adapted to the rhythm and style of play of the Premier League, otherwise why did the coach put him on the bench? Crespo is a good player, good and hardworking. But don't you think it's a bit inefficient? As for Mutu, he is a well-known bad boy in Serie A, or Inter Milan would not have sold him in just half a year. Johnson is too tender to take on big responsibilities, don't you notice that he often drops the chain? Chen Bo analyzed with him one by one.
"What then?"
"You need real superstars to make a qualitative leap forward for the team, but also to bring more impact to the team and increase commercial income. Since it costs money, it is better to take the money of three second-rate players to buy a first-class player, and take the money of two first-rate players to buy a superstar. ”
"Well, that makes sense." Abu stroked the beard on his chin and nodded.
"The other is the coach, Ranieri has a nickname in Italy, do you know?"
"What?" Abu apparently watched the game for a bit of a short time.
"Tinkman, good old man. It is undeniable that others are very good, and business ability is okay, but too conservative. You need a coach with magical powers, a manager with an iron fist, to turn Chelsea into a torrent of steel. Chen Bo's words were half demagoguery, and Abu's blood boiled when he heard it.
"And with whom? I immediately contacted the candidates for next season. ”
"What's the hurry, a turnip and a pit, good coaches are in the pit, it's not too late for you to change at the end of the season, and now everything has just begun." Chen Bo, the guest, began to count down his master, and Abu didn't mind, because the professional agents who contacted him only wanted to take money out of his pocket, so naturally they were coaxed by a bunch of good words, Chen Bo helped him analyze from the perspective of professional football, and didn't have to consider those interests, of course it was different.
"Okay, let's see, maybe win the championship in one fell swoop." Abu thought of this and ignited hope again, after all, the momentum is good now, although it is not the top of the rankings, but it is also hovering in two or three, there is really no need to change coaches, which is too demoralizing.
The second half of the game was rekindled, and Chelsea's redeployment was still thunderous and rainy, and it was not even as good as the first half.
But there was luck, just over 60 minutes, Manchester City captain Dunn made a return pass error, giving Crespo a chance, the Argentine striker did not waste, burst into the penalty area and shot through Manchester City's net, the score became 1-0.
Abu had already jumped up excitedly, with a smile on his face, and although Chen Bo also stood up and applauded, his mood was not so refreshing. The situation in the box was also recorded by the stadium cameras and transmitted to the audience in front of the television.
However, according to the current score, Chen Bo is still in a state of winning, as long as it is maintained until the end of the game, the victory still belongs to him.
Abu's eyes were already starting to have a smugness, as if to say, look, the next goal will come soon, you just wait to lose. But where is the next goal? Although Chelsea came out on top, the next attack was still the same old routine, and Manchester City not only tightened the fence, but also frequently relied on quick counter-attacks to almost succeed, making the fans at the scene exclaim.
Ranieri, the white-haired good man, once again chose a conservative strategy, replacing a striker with impact Hasselbaink and replacing him with a defensive midfielder, which is equivalent to self-defeating, and the defense is stable, but the midfield circulation is not smooth, the attack cannot be played, and the striker does not have to be supported, let alone break the goal.
The referee finally blew the whistle and the game ended with Chelsea beating Manchester City 1-0, but the winner was Chen Bo.
Abu was depressed in his heart, but he was not ambiguous, he took the cheque holder and wrote a set of numbers, signed it and handed it to him, "Ten million pounds, I don't have any dollars in my account, I will lose to you in the hand of God, I will accept it!" ”
Take a look at the cheque slip of the Royal Bank of Scotland, according to the current exchange rate, 10 million pounds can be exchanged for 13 million US dollars, which is an extra 3 million.
"That's a lot of money, it's so easy to make money." Chen Bo smiled very much, as if he was very greedy for money, but then he tore the check in half and threw it in the trash.
"That's £10 million! I can buy a good player. Abu was surprised, he didn't care about money, what are you doing.
"Roman, I want to ask, are you short of money?" Chen Bo stood up, the body shape of Abu, who had not yet been fat, continued the characteristics of a fighting nation, and he was still relatively strong, but there was little difference between the two in height and momentum.
"Of course there is no shortage of money, 10 million is just a small number for me." Abu didn't care.
"So I'm short of money?" Chen Bo asked again.
Abu thought about it, and it was really difficult to answer, who knows if you are short of money, but he still chose to shake his head.
"Well, since we're not short of money, why would we use this scrap of paper to ruin our friendship?" Chen Bo freely switched from a serious expression to a smile again, "I can spend 2 million to get to know you, and I can also spend 10 million to buy your friendship." ”
"Not bad, not bad! Haha......" Abu laughed heartily, if he was a mediocre man, he would be in a cold prison in Siberia, but he was not, so he understood the importance of friends, and he would take the initiative to establish a relationship with the new president who had been a KGB and sell his property. Even if the prosecutor general wanted to investigate, he eventually became unsettled because of the scandal.
Then the one in front of him, who can abandon 10 million and the trash can, is either a fool, or has greater ambitions and schemes, and it is a good choice to make friends with such a person, because he is obviously not a fool.
"Come to my yacht tomorrow to play, and I'll arrange for someone to pick you up." Abu patted him on the shoulder, turned away, walked to the door, and turned back to say, "Friend." ”
With Abu's approval, the matter was half done, and the stone hanging in his heart was loosened.
The check for 10 million pounds looks like a lot, to be honest, is it useful to Chen Bo now? It is not very useful for individuals and companies. Unless the company he looks at is a small start-up, it will have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars, which is a drop in the bucket, and it will cut off his path to Russia, which is not worth it.
If it was two years ago, he might have seriously considered it, but at that time, he might not have thought that he could sit with the richest man in Russia in London, England.
After the game, Chen Bo found Sun Jihai and asked him to finish dinner and then go back to Manchester, Britain is so small, even if you can't catch the team's bus, it doesn't matter, it's just more than two hours by train. It's not easy to meet an acquaintance abroad, last time was in South Korea, this time in England, naturally there is a lot to say.
Now the players who stay abroad are working hard here, except for him is Everton's Li Tie, but the one who has been seriously injured and has a firm foothold is only Sun Jihai, who is known as the Sun of China, because his surname is Sun. The time was in a hurry, and they just chatted briefly, and after complaining about the Football Association, the two broke up and said goodbye.
When Chen Bo stood in Southampton's private marina the next day, he was shocked, the yacht has been seen, but he has never seen it as big as a football field, the key is that the annex boat alone is 75 feet long, and there is a small sailboat, and there is a helicopter parked on the top deck, which is a cruise ship.
"Blue Sea and Blue Sky, how's it going? Isn't it a very romantic name. Abu stood on the dock and said to him as he showed off his treasures.
"It's romantic, it's just too rough." Chen Bo said truthfully.
"I think so too, so I've ordered a bigger Magnetic Compass." Following Abu's gaze, there is a pure white, streamlined ship not far from the Blue Sea and Blue Sky, full of science and technology. "Helicopters, bulletproof steel plates, anti-air missile systems are all available, and the cost is 150 million euros, and today we will try this new ship."
In addition to the local tyrant, Chen Bo really can't think of any words to describe this guy, more cash is hi, buy it hard, anyway, the bank interest is not much. These two ships together are enough for a Chelsea football club, and it is rare to see such a wayward Middle Eastern billionaire, and it may be that Ellison can compete with him, both of them are showing off their wealth.
It's just that he hasn't seen the true face of Ellison's Rising Sun, so he can't judge it for the time being, and it must not be much worse.
"Wine and beautiful women, you have it all." Abu took Chen Bo on a luxurious ship, all the workmanship and decoration revealed incomparable luxury, coupled with the swimming pool on the ship, as well as NB's fire control safety system, this oligarch can do it, 150 million euros is enough to buy three Gulfstream G450 private jets.
"Let's go, go to Copenhagen." Abu summoned his entourage and instructed the itinerary, and then said to Chen Bo, "You have no opinion, right?" ”
"Of course, I can't jump into the sea and escape." Chen Bo shrugged and smiled.
"No, if you're leaving, I'll send you back to land by helicopter, but now should be the time to enjoy the sun and the sea."
Denmark and Sweden are the two major superyachts on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, many wealthy people like to play there, from Southampton Port Island Copenhagen about 500 nautical miles, with this big ship speed of 25 knots to arrive in a day and a night, enjoy the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, fishing on the boat, swimming, and private cinema and other entertainment facilities, the pace of life in the West is much slower than that of developing countries, but also more able to enjoy life.