Chapter 241: Acquisitions and Films

When Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all won 1-0 on the road, Liverpool's home win brought joy to all Reds fans.

In the standings, Liverpool are just six points clear of top-placed Chelsea with a game in hand, giving fans hope of competing for the title.

Especially under the "tuning" of Liverpool to sweep away the lifelessness of the Houllier era, in the words of the media: "The process of Liverpool's game is far more enjoyable than the result, not so much sexy football, but sexy green dance."

With both the Gunners' Red Devils and Blues having struggled to win, Liverpool's victory was a rare one.

According to The Guardian, if the league is a dance competition, then Liverpool, led by Cisse, must be the champion!

As Irving's successor, fans don't want this white-haired guy to play the same role as Irving, but they want him to score goals like Irving did when he was at his peak.

Prior to this game, Cisse, the team's leading scorer, had just scored two goals in eight games and was only 16th in the Premier League's scorers' charts.

Just when doubts began to arise about Cisse's ability, he set up Garcia's goal and then scored the third goal himself. The three strikers, Cisse, Garcia and Baroche, each scored a goal, and the forward problems that fans feared were finally resolved.

As for the midfield, most people generally agree that Liverpool's ups and downs in form depend on the 'Spanish gang' and Steven Gerrard's play. So after hearing before the game that Steven Gerrard was out of action for eight weeks due to injury, the self-righteous "pundits" thought Liverpool was about to collapse in half.

But in the first game after Steven Gerrard's injury, Liverpool claimed their biggest win of the season. And this result also confirms Bei's judgment: "If I have to deal with an injury to a player, I would prefer this to be a midfielder because I have a lot of options in this position. Gerrard is important, but he also has Hamann and Alonso in his place, and they can do the job just as well as Gerrard. ”

As a result, Hamann and Alonso each had one assist. It was Hamann's 150th appearance for Liverpool and Alonso preferred to partner him to Steven Gerrard.

When Gerrard was around, Alonso was like a supporting character; As soon as Hamann came on in place of Steven Gerrard, the Spaniard became the protagonist.

Alonso played well and was replaced in the 65th minute to a prolonged applause from the Reds fans.

And Liverpool's backfield is the most reassuring place for fans and coaches.

Tang Wu has already thoroughly proven himself in the Double Red Society.

Not only proved their strength, but also proved their attitude!

Liverpool red fans believe that even if Liverpool concede, it is a necessity in football. And our Tom, must have done their best!

As Liverpool fans began to aspire to the title, the discerning media reported another shocking news.

There's a Liverpool-born Hollywood producer who's buying Liverpool!

In May, Thailand's prime minister's £65 million takeover of a 30% stake in Liverpool fell through in the days that followed. Then there was Morgan, Liverpool's third largest shareholder, who wanted to invest 70 million pounds to control Liverpool, which was vetoed by Morse, the largest shareholder; In June, it was also reported that the Thai media giant would complete the takeover of Liverpool in place of the prime minister...... Now, rumors of a new round of acquisitions are circulating again.

Milkshake Films' Chairman Mike Brown. Jeffries, with one of his business partners, Stuart. Forde, deputy head of investment at Miramax Films, is interested in paying £100 million to buy a majority stake in Liverpool to take full control of the club. However, the Moores family, who originally held an absolute majority of 51.6% of the shares, can remain on the boards.

Jeffries's takeover plan is very suspicious: where is the profit point for a Hollywood company to buy a Premier League club?

You know, Americans don't know anything about football, and Hollywood's main market isn't in the UK.

'I just wish I could do something for Liverpool, for example, to help Liverpool become the most successful club in the world. In the report of The Echo, Liverpool-born Jeffries said.

"It's a tragedy that the Liverpool brand is declining so quickly, in Los Angeles you can see the Manchester United shirt but no one has heard of Liverpool. We want to contribute to Liverpool and bring it back to its glory! ”

But there are big doubts about Jeffries's grandiose appearance, because his studio's only major title so far is the first part of the £100 million Goal trilogy, which has not yet been released. At the bottom of the company's website, it simply reads, "Goal!" was released in August 2005. ”

This movie caused a lot of noise during the Chinese New Year because of the choice of clubs, and the city was full of storms. But lately, coverage of him has all but disappeared without a trace, with Morgan, who failed in his bid for the Reds, saying, "These two guys don't know where they came from, and what's even more interesting is that they came from a football film company." ”

Jeffries was furious about this: "This is not a PR ploy at all, and I would be really disappointed if someone hinted at it like that!" The two of us just want to help the Liverpool fans, and I don't think Hollywood movies and Liverpool clubs are in conflict, so it's a win-win! ”

The reaction from fans has been more diverse, with some suggesting that they remake the film as Shankly's Redemption to gain more goodwill from Liverpool fans.

After all, so far, the Latino actor who will play the lead role has not been determined!

Another fan thought: "We don't need any Hollywood movies to let the world know, because this season we have Benitez, as well as Cisse, Alonso, and the Chinese city wall Tom cat!" With such good coaches and players, we can win glory on our own! ”

In this regard, Jeffries's reply was very intriguing, he even claimed that he had contacted Tang Wu and his agent, and he had also been highly recognized by Tang Wu.

In other words, Liverpool's current "core players" are also optimistic about this matter.

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"Brother Tang, did you really promise that American?" Zhou Hao didn't know the details of Jeffries, only knew that the other party was from Hollywood, USA.

Holding his girlfriend's carcass, Tang Wu reached out and opened the corner of the curtain, letting the sunlight shine in through the floor-to-ceiling window.

Last night, the two of them were in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the sixteenth floor, shaking their bodies one after the other, looking at the street scene. Because the room has a super good soundproofing effect, after waking up in the morning, Zhou Haohao's voice is still a little hoarse.

"I'm just supporting them to make a movie!" Tang Wu shook his head, "As for the acquisition of the club, it is not something that our players can intervene in at all, they are just stealing the pillars." “

"What do you mean?" Zhou Hao is still puzzled.

"The main market for Hollywood movies is in their homeland, but do you think, how many people are there in the United States? Even if many people watch it over and over again, the film company can't make much money on tickets. So their future development goal is export. ”

"Then do you say, is it better to export to Europe, which has a small population but many countries, or to Asia, which has a large land and a large population?"

"In other words..."Zhou Hao suddenly realized.

"Baby, you're so smart!" Tang Wu took the opportunity to bite his girlfriend.

"It's impossible for the Hollywood capitalists not to know how big the market is behind our country." Tang Wu continued, "I happened to be playing in Liverpool, so they approached me and wanted me to make a cameo role. ”

"So Brother Tang, you agreed?"

"I didn't just say yes, I also invested!" Tang Wu laughed.

"What? Investment? ”

"That's right!" Tang Wu snapped his fingers and said proudly, "The idea of their movie is a South American young man in a slum who came to European football alone because of his family environment. Finally, through your own efforts, you will achieve success! ”

"Huh? Isn't that just Brother Tang? Zhou Haohao's eyes blinked, "Brother Tang, you also came to Europe alone, and now you have succeeded!" ”

"Haha, that's far from it!" Tang Wu laughed, but he still liked his girlfriend very much, and he felt like thinking of him for everything.

"Although I have been in Europe since I was a child, my family is not short of money! And the most important thing is that I'm a goalkeeper and the goalkeeper is always on the opposite side of the goal. For spectators who like to watch goals, the goalkeeper often plays the role of a villain! ”

"So this player must be a striker or a midfielder or something like that, so that he can show his ability by scoring goals, and he can be liked and trusted by big clubs!"

After listening to Tang Wu's explanation, Zhou nodded well. But when he heard the "villain", Zhou Hao pouted, "No, my big brother Tang is not a villain!" My Big Brother Tang is a big hero! ”

"Haha, of course! But to Liverpool fans I'm a hero, and to Manchester United fans, I'm a 'tom cat'! ”

"Then Brother Tang, what's the matter with investment?" Zhou Hao said curiously.

"That's right." Tang Wu explained, "At the beginning of the year, they made it known when they chose a partner club in the Premier League in order to promote the film. But in the end, they only made Newcastle tentative, and because of this wasted a lot of time, the protagonist and the supporting characters have not yet been contacted. ”

So I persuaded them to change the South American background to China, and the main character to a Chinese kid. In this way, it is more down-to-earth and can open up our domestic market! ”

"Why do you want to help them open up our market?" Zhou Hao asked while holding on to the handle.

"You're stupid!" Tang Wu glanced at his girlfriend dotingly, with an expression of enjoyment on his face, "I have read their rough script, if the protagonist of this movie is changed to Chinese and released in China, the influence of football in China will definitely increase by several levels!" ”

"It's like Xingye's kung fu football?" Zhou Hao said, his left hand squeezed fiercely, as if he was about to make a stick swing action.

Tang Wu let out an "oops" and stopped his girlfriend.

"Almost!" Tang Wu grinned and said, "But Xing Ye's kung fu football promotes kung fu, and it is still a little magical; This football movie is to play the story of an ordinary person who becomes a star through his own efforts, which is more inspirational! ”

"Oh! So that's it! Zhou Hao stuck out his tongue, "Brother Tang, what do they say?" ”

"They said it was a good note and would give it a lot of thought! And they also sent people to investigate the market in China, and if the market allowed, maybe they would find a leading actor to come back. ”

"Will they choose Xing Ye as the protagonist?"

"Then I don't know!" Tang Wu shook his head, "But I heard them say that they want to find someone who can play, preferably an active player." But maybe, what if Xingye's acting skills impress them! ”

"Wow! That's great! Zhou Hao put his arms around her boyfriend's neck, "Brother Tang, you say that, I can't wait to see it!" By the way, what's the name of the movie? ”

"The English version is called Goal! The Chinese version is called "One Ball Becomes Fame"! ”

The more the two chatted, the more excited they became, although the movie had not yet been skimmed, and the other party did not completely agree to make a Chinese-style football movie. But under Zhou Haohao's vision, Tang Wu has already become the protagonist of the movie and has become the most influential player in the Premier League.

Of course, all this is just the imagination of the daughter's family. Tang Wu has explained many times that he may be portrayed as a supervillain in the movie.

After a while, the two were tired of talking. Tang Wu tightened the curtains again, and in the dimly lit room, pinched his girlfriend's single quotation marks, kissed his girlfriend's full stop, and used his own exclamation mark to pass through Zhou Haohao's small brackets, leaving a string of ellipses inside.