Today, Ashley has always been in a good mood, he has leisure to go for a run in the morning, and when he returns to the office, he takes a shower and changes his clothes to rest, and sits in a chair to read a magazine.

His good mood came from transfer negotiations.

Zhen Shaolong's transfer is definitely a big deal, the total value can almost top the cost of acquiring the club, and it has doubled the money in only two years, and the market value of the club has increased hugely, which can definitely be said to be quite successful.

Ashley was in a better mood as a result, and he decided to save most of the money for Lola as a dowry after the transfer deal, and some of it was used to buy new helicopters, sports cars, and estate properties in the suburbs.

Wait a minute.

These thoughts made him feel very comfortable.

Midway.

Ashley has also considered the situation this season, he mainly thinks about the financial aspect, the team can achieve the current results, it is a bit unexpected, the initial expectation is only 'league title', 'Champions League quarter-finals or even group qualifying for the UEFA Cup', now to reach the Champions League semi-finals, and even hopefully to reach the Champions League final, the club's income can also increase a lot.

The income composition of the Champions League is more complex, but it is roughly divided into two aspects: TV broadcast and bonus distribution, and other related ticket revenue, increased influence, business development, etc., because they have nothing to do with income distribution, are not counted in direct income.

Among them, the TV broadcast income is fixed, each participating team regardless of the results, will be based on the previous year's league ranking, to distribute the overall share of the TV broadcast costs, the first league is 40 percent, the second league is 30 percent, the third and fourth leagues are 20 percent and 10 percent respectively, Newcastle United is the league champion last season, you can get the largest 40 percent of the TV broadcast distribution income.

The Champions League can play well, and the increase in income is mainly due to the distribution of prize money.

The rules for the distribution of bonuses are more complicated, each game will be calculated according to the results of the game (wins, losses, and draws will affect the amount of bonuses), and each stage of the game, the prize money will be different, and it can also be explained in a very simple and intuitive way: according to the existing Champions League prize pool amount, on average, every additional game participated, can increase nearly one million euros of income, to reach the top 16, quarterfinals, semi-finals, finals, will be allocated a large amount of bonuses, of which the amount of the final is the largest, will reach nearly four million euros, If you can win the eventual championship, you will also add two million euros in prize money.

After a series of complex calculations, Ashley came to the final conclusion.

Newcastle United reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, receiving more than 10 million euros in prize money compared to the elimination of the group.

If you can make it to the final, you will get another five million euros.

If you can win the eventual championship, you will get nearly 8 million euros more.

"Bonus!"

"What a good thing!"

Ashley is a billionaire man, but most of his assets are shares in sports companies under his name, which cannot be liquidated at all.

If you want to forcibly liquidate, the result is that the assets will shrink significantly.

He is still very happy that the club has increased its income by 10 to 20 million euros, and the club has increased its influence, and its popularity, business development, and even direct ticket revenue have been greatly improved.

Because the home stadium is almost full, he is even considering increasing the ticket price to increase the income from the home game.

The only thing he didn't think about was giving bonuses to the players.

According to Asley's businessman logic, players are under contract with the club, and they should work hard to play games to get better results for the club.

That's rightfully so.

Lee Charnley also offered to give the whole team a bonus to boost morale and give the players more motivation to play, to which Ashley replied, "That's a waste!" ”

"There's no need!"

'I've never given the team a prize money but we won the league last season and now we're in the last four of the Champions League and we have a chance to win the league as well.

"It's better to keep the status quo than anything else, if the bonus is suddenly given out, they (the players) will become vampires and will want extra bonuses in the future as long as they play well!"

This was Ashley's idea.

In fact, he just made an excuse and used it to convince himself.

"Yes!"

"That's what I thought."

Ashley is a very determined businessman, or in other words, everyone who can succeed will have the trait of 'firmness', and when there is any idea or decision, it is difficult to be persuaded by others.

Now hearing Zhen Shaolong raise the issue of bonuses, Ashley decisively refused, "Impossible!" ”

"I'm not going to give out any winnings or losses!"

Ashley refused very simply.

Zhen Shaolong is also a person with considerable perseverance, or rather, the system task requires that it must be completed, and he was also a little annoyed by Ashley's refusal, "I think there should be a bonus, an extra bonus, Mr. Ashley!" If you want to win the game and if you want us to reach the final, you have to make everyone more motivated! ”

"We still have a chance to win the championship, and the benefits of winning a championship are not comparable to a little prize money."

"I still refuse." Ashley continued to shake his head, "I don't think you should give anyone any extra bonuses, that's the wrong thing to do. ”

Zhen Shaolong found that the dead fat man did not enter the oil and salt, and immediately signaled Owen and Viduka with his eyes.

Owen also spoke, "Mr. Ashley, now the team is in the most important stage, and everyone knows how important the remaining games are......"

"I refuse!"

Ashley interrupted Owen dryly.

"But we need ......"

"I refuse!"

"Knock knock......" There was a knock on the door, Keegan stood in front of the door and waved hello, he listened to the next few words, and knew what the three of them were doing.

Fighting for a prize?

All right!

Although he is not very comfortable with the players themselves fighting for the extra prize money, it is the right thing to do to take a bite out of the miser of Ashley.

"Mr. Ashley, I think they have a point, now the team needs incentives and the bonus is a good idea, of course, I'm not fighting for myself, with or without the bonus I'm going to try to do everything well." ”

“……”

Ashley panted and looked at the four people in front of him, he felt that he should call Charnley, otherwise one person and four people would be a little too passive.

Other than that.

He felt like he owed a sum of money, and he was approached by someone who asked for an account, but he had obviously done nothing.

Now what?

Still refused?

Ashley looked at Zhen Shaolong and Keegan, both of them are the key to the team, especially Zhen Shaolong, if Zhen Shaolong does not play well, it will be difficult for the team to win.

Because the prize money affects the results of the Champions League, it is definitely worth the loss.

And then.

Ashley felt that he should find another way, and he coughed lightly and said, "Okay, I'll think about it." Zhen stays, you all go back to training, Zhen will bring back the final news. ”

The four looked at each other.

Keegan still left with Owen and Viduka.

As soon as they walked out of the door, Ashley suddenly had a smile on his face and whispered to Zhen Shaolong, "Zhen, I know that you are for the good of the whole team, and I hope to achieve better results." Champions League, who doesn't want it? I'm the president of the club and I want to have a championship as well. But it's not a good idea to give everybody bonuses, so if the team wins, I'll give you an extra 500,000 pounds, how about it? ”

“……”

Zhen Shaolong's heart was moved.

Although it is not good to betray teammates and take the bonus alone, but if no one knows, it is not illegal, but it is just a normal bonus, and it seems that it is nothing to pass it on?

But...... Mission!

Zhen Shaolong said with a straight face, "Mr. Ashley, if it's me...... Ahem......"

Oh yes!

"Real"!

He continued, "Anyway, I still hope to get the prize money for the whole team. It's about the next game. ”

He did not specifically explain.

Ashley 'understood' what Zhen Shaolong meant, and for the first time he found out that Zhen Shaolong was so great that he would think about the whole team, not just his own interests.

"Am I wrong about him?" Ashley looked at Zhen Shaolong carefully, and his thinking was slightly off, "Last time, Li also said that Zhen and Laura had a good relationship, and he was also very profitable...... But now, no matter how much money this guy makes, he will definitely be a poor bastard in the future! ”

After some contempt, Ashley also felt that there was nothing he could do, because the Champions League victory and defeat were more important, he took a deep breath and decided to talk about the bonus, "The bonus, you can use it, but the specific amount is ......"

"Four million pounds!" Zhen Shaolong immediately said what he thought was a 'reasonable' figure.

"You go and rob the bank!"

"Three million nine million?" Zhen Shaolong's tentative reduction.

"A million!"

"You're too stingy!"

"A million pounds is not stingy!" Ash said angrily, "Everyone can get nearly fifty thousand pounds." ”

"Isn't that stingy?"

"You can't measure other people with your salary!" Ashley gritted his teeth.

"Otherwise, three and a half million pounds." Zhen Shaolong said, "Everyone can get more than two weeks of salary on average, I believe everyone will be very motivated......"

"I can't lift that much cash!"

“……”

Zhen Shaolong couldn't help but admire the reason Ashley found, and then the two had a fierce negotiation.

Ashley was stuck with two million pounds.

Zhen Shaolong thinks that 2.5 million pounds is more reasonable, because the minimum bottom line of the system is 2 million, so why should he exceed the task.

The two glared at each other.

In the end, Zhen Shaolong was better because he had more leverage, "If you firmly think that two million pounds is reasonable, I will refuse to sign the transfer." Yes, I have decided to stay at Newcastle United until the end of my contract and leave on a free transfer. ”

"And ......"

"I'm going to pursue Lola publicly, and to be honest, I love Lola, English law supports free love, and I'm sure we'll be blessed......"