Chapter 23: Club Building (2)

"What are you kidding?" Jonathan Chan toasted another beer, this guy is really good at drinking.

"I'm not joking with you, I came to you this time to talk to you about a deal, I didn't come to you for something as simple as just opening an ordinary column." Lao Liu casually filled Jonathan Chen, "The column is different from the column, let's talk about your newspaper first, it is now the largest sports newspaper in the Chinese community, but how many sports newspapers can it rank in London?" "

"This" Jonathan Chen raised his head and looked at Lao Liu very suspiciously, not knowing what the owner of the second-division club who had just been relegated wanted to express, "Of course, there is no way to compare, we basically only face Chinese readers."

"Okay, so how much does your ad revenue have?" "

"Very little."

"Then do you want to make Xinhua Sports Newspaper a mainstream sports newspaper in London?"

"What do you mean, what do you suggest?" Jonathan Chen wiped his face with a wet towel and began to listen carefully to Liu Luyi's suggestion. This newspaper is his father's life's work, but it is limited to the Chinese community and cannot be bigger, Jonathan Chen graduated from Sheffield University in the United Kingdom, where the media major is also counted in the UK, and has always wanted to make a big newspaper, but there is no way.

"Then you have to have a strategic cooperation with me, now the club, the bigger ones have their own official websites and team newspapers, their official information is published through these channels, if you are interested, I can let you contract our official media, you watch it, and then we will have a lot of news published on it, which will definitely increase the circulation for you, and you have to have the guts, sign with me for ten years, I will give you the opportunity to become the first reporter of the Champions Cup final." Lao Liu himself was a little embarrassed to say this, he was fooled ten years later, no matter how idiotic people were, they would not easily agree to such cooperation, not taking a big risk, in fact, Liu Luzhen didn't expect much money to get back from Jonathan Chen, as long as he could fool him into cooperating with himself, then there would be a newspaper platform, and the next step would be easier, but if you don't want money, the other party won't pay attention to it.

Sure enough, Jonathan Chen was stunned for a long time, and his heart has been calculating, now all the news of "Xinhua Sports News" is old, except for the Chinese player trial and other other coal bodies in London are not particularly concerned, now with their strength can not get the first-hand materials that can attract the British, the only thing to rely on is the Chinese layout, if a Championship team makes this suggestion to him, it is estimated that without saying a word, he has long agreed, but for a second division team that was still fighting for relegation a week ago, this is a completely different feeling.

After making the suggestion, Liu Luzhen stopped talking, shook off his cheeks and ate the fish head, not to mention, the fish head of this fathead fish produced in the upper reaches of the Thames River is really delicious.

"I can consider forming a partnership with you, and set aside a page for you in both our Chinese and English newspapers every issue to introduce you to your club, but I still insist that in such a situation, it is already very good not to charge you, and it is a bit too much to ask us to pay."

"It's okay, two options, one sign a year, free this year, and then talk about it later, or ten years to sign, 200,000 a year, but we rush to the first division prize of 500,000, rush to the Championship prize of 1 million, if we rush to the super, the prize money is 2 million, enter the Champions Cup, the prize money is 1 million, enter the Champions Cup semi-finals and another million, the final 2 million, you see what, if we reach the Champions Cup final in ten years, you have to pay a total of 9.5 million pounds, and if we only go to the super, you only need to invest 5.5 million, But how much do you think you can earn, and with the help of this opportunity, what kind of situation your newspaper can develop, I'm afraid I don't need me to analyze it for you, a talented student of Sheffield University, if we can't, you will only invest 200,000 pounds a year, but if you choose to sign a contract a year, then I can't guarantee that I can sign with you after rushing to the first division next year, after all, the bigger newspapers in London will be interested."

"Can you let me think about that? Jonathan Chen doesn't care much about the amount of money, and there is no problem with the payment of the money left for him by the family, but he has to think about it, is this kind of cooperation worth it?

"No problem, I'll wait for your news, come, for your health and for your father's hard work, let's have a drink."

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"Wait a minute, the chairman and general manager of our club will come out soon," Tommy was sweating with white hair on his forehead, and he was busy greeting the representatives of the local London sporting goods, FMCG and communication supplies manufacturers who were invited, while secretly complaining in his heart, why didn't this Lao Liu come out.

Originally, Lao Liu still attached great importance to this meeting that had been scheduled a few days in advance, but just half an hour ago, Xue Lin came to him and put forward some suggestions for the team, which fascinated Lao Liu, and forgot about this matter completely, until Tommy called to urge, he suddenly remembered, got up and said to Xue Lin, "You write down your thoughts, on the one hand, I can take a good look at it first, and on the other hand, we can sort out our ideas, and then we will talk again, right, Those two Chinese lads don't let them relax, they can't register to play, and they have to train me well." Seeing Xue Lin nodding his head, Lao Liu walked into the conference room.

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"I've heard that the boss can sell us all at the end of the season and buy new people for money," a deep voice said.

"No, we're all leaving, how can he fight, don't talk nonsense, I think the boss is strict, but he's quite good at leading the team, as long as he follows his requirements, in fact, he's not bad to us." Another voice, this person's voice should be very loud usually, but now he deliberately lowered his voice, which seemed a little deformed.

"Hehe, he's really good at being a person, and now most of the players in the team have become his followers, but that doesn't mean he won't sell you, I heard him discuss with Murphy to adjust the team, mainly people who usually don't follow discipline, anyway, I've already contacted the next family, I wanted to leave when SJB was going to quit, but at that time in the middle of the league, there was no good position anywhere, and you signed this time."

"Is it okay if you don't sign, don't you see that I didn't sign at that time, I didn't even have a chance to play, hurry up and find a place to prepare to leave."

"But I still don't think the boss will be so ruthless." The voice disappeared.

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In a small city in Eastern Europe, Anna was talking to her uncle on the phone, "Yes, uncle, I'm going to live in Eger for a few months, yes, and don't let him come to me, it doesn't seem to be the time yet, I don't know, maybe I really can't help but fall in love with him, but he won't belong to me...... I know, don't tell him where I am, please uncle."

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"Okay, guys, I want to explain my thoughts again, Willingham is a civilian team in London, it is now, and it will still be in the future, even if we enter the Premier League, I can guarantee a few points, first, we will not bring in a lot of foreign funds, let alone monopolize the club, secondly, when the time is right, we will issue most of the shares to the club, so that the civilians of London will become the owners of the team, and your products are also aimed at the civilian class, and may never have had the opportunity to be tied to football before, But hopefully starting with Willingham, change the situation, okay, Tommy has a business plan for several ways of cooperation that we have prepared, please go home and take the time to read it, thank you again for coming, the next room has prepared refreshments for everyone, if there are any questions, I will be there for you."

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