Volume 1 Chapter 448 I Remember You!
Sheehan Ingle, a young journalist for the Guardian's sports complex, has just gone through his internship and has already reported on several news stories independently, but none of them have caused much movement, and the response is very average.
A reporter like him has a lot of information in the Guardian Group, which claims to be the largest comprehensive newspaper in the United Kingdom, so this young man, who always combs his short hair neatly and looks like a standard British gentleman, has always been going around grabbing news, because he feels that now is the time for his career.
So there are a lot of news that no one else wants to follow, and the editor-in-chief chooses to let him go, as if he is sitting on the subway to Canary Station, just like all young people, with a backpack on his body, which contains all his interview props, but not anything valuable.
For a journalist like him, who has just passed his internship, he doesn't have the treatment of those big names, and he doesn't even have a car.
I heard a jingle bell, and a chime came from the subway.
"Passengers, please note that when you arrive at Canary Wharf ahead, please be prepared when you get off the train, thank you
Hearing this beep, Sheehan Ingle tightened the strap of his backpack on his chest and quickly moved to the door.
Just outside the tube station is Canary Wharf's most famous bank street, which is the most famous financial center in London, and almost all the most famous banks in the world have opened their branches and offices here, so there are many high-rise buildings here.
Walk out of Bank Street and head north to Groneded Road, and after a short walk to the east, you will come to the Churchill Centre, which houses the offices of HSBC, Barclays and many other world-class financial institutions.
But at the same time, he's also home to the offices of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, and they're on an interesting floor, floor.
It has been said that this is David Beckham's shirt number, as the England flag star wears the shirt at both Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur.
Coming to the downstairs gate of the Churchill Center, several security guards were like vultures looking for food, their eyes wandering around all the people who walked into the lobby, Sheen Ingle was a little unaccustomed to this kind of look, a little panicked, so Yu Crisp took out his press card and hung it in the suit pocket on his chest.
Perhaps, this would have made him feel much more at ease, after all, almost every Englishman knows the Guardian.
The press conference of the Olympic Organizing Committee, this is not a good errand, now there are more than four years before the London Olympic Games, and recently, although the outside news has not been reported, but everyone knows that the Olympic Organizing Committee is short of money and is raising money everywhere, but I heard that no company has publicly expressed its willingness to sponsor so far.
"Needless to say, it must be the same old again, it's not interesting"
Probably the same is true of their colleagues in the newsroom, so they are not very interested in coming to the Churchill Centre for this press conference, after all, they are relatively willing to follow other news such as Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.
There have been reports that there has been a recent change of power within Chelsea, and it has been heard that CEO Peter Kenyon has been sidelined, but this rumor has not yet been confirmed by any Chelsea insiders, but it is enough to β₯ journalists across the UK to frantically flock to Stamford Bridge and Cobham training bases.
As a newcomer, Sheehan Ingle rarely has to be on his own, so he can only hide in the elevator, behind a group of colleagues who are obviously also attending the press conference, showing a wry smile, with a little expectation, "I hope it will be a good news, or, I can get a little exclusive insider"
The elevator speed is fast and steady, and the twenty-third floor has arrived unconsciously.
Although many people say that the Olympic Organizing Committee is short of money, the faΓ§ade of this organization is still quite good, and when they get out of the elevator, they are greeted by staff members who go to the conference hall, looking very enthusiastic, and when they arrive outside the conference hall, they see Jackie Bullock Doyle, the press officer of the Olympic Organizing Committee Office, arranging and greeting them on the spot, looking very enthusiastic.
"What the hell is important news to announce today, Jackie?"
"yes, what the hell is the news? Is it really big news? β
Obviously, a few colleagues from other newspapers who were close to the female press officer were chasing after the press officer and asking questions.
"Trust me, it's really big news, but I can't say it right now" Jackie shook her head with a smile and went to beckon someone else.
Sheehan Ingle listened, and felt a little comforted in his heart, and found a place to sit down, and perhaps because of the inferiority of the newcomer, he didn't dare to sit too far forward, because he didn't know what the news was even now, so he couldn't prepare what question he was going to ask, if he was clicked, but he couldn't ask it, or asked a stupid question, then his face would be lost.
Within minutes of sitting down, everyone saw the arrival of several key members of the London Organising Committee, Lord Sebastian Coe, President, Keith Mill, Managing Director of the Olympic Organising Committee, Neil Wood, Treasurer, and Neil Coleman, representing the Greater London Area Municipality.
Sheehan Ingle had done some preparation before he arrived, and he had gotten to know the members of the Olympic Organising Committee, so he immediately recognized these famous Olympic bigwigs in the UK, but when they walked into the conference hall, he was still surprised.
He wouldn't be surprised if he just saw these people from the Organising Committee, but the problem is, he saw two other people.
Tottenham Hotspur's chairman and manager Ye Qiu, and Tottenham Hotspur's vice-captain, England flag David Beckham.
"Why are they here?" There was an uproar at the scene, and almost everyone's hearts were full of doubts like Sheehan Ingle, and the first reaction of many people was the news that came out not long ago.
Could it be that the negotiations on the main stadium of the Olympic Games have finally been settled?
This group of celebrities who casually walked out of the city and were the objects of the media flock to now sat in a row in front of the reporters, and the interesting thing is that Ye Qiu sat in the middle with the chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, which has obviously given a signal.
"Churchill Centre, join this press conference" The gray-haired Lord Sebastian Coe greeted the reporters in his old voice.
"The main reason why you are invited here today is to announce one thing to the public" With Lord Sebastian Coe's words, everyone present almost held their breath, because if they were not mistaken, it would be an agreement of more than three hundred million, and at the same time, it would be a cooperation that caused an uproar.
There have been extremists who have been very dissatisfied with Ye Qiu's move as a Chinese to get the main venue of the London Olympics, and even protested, but from the current situation, the protest is ineffective.
"We are very pleased to have reached an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur and we have all agreed to the proposal submitted by Tottenham Hotspur as we believe that only the most professional, well-run and high-achieving football clubs will be eligible to enter this magnificent stadium
Sheehan Ingle listened silently below, but he knew very well that these were official words, in fact, what was it to hand over the stadium to Tottenham Hotspur, everyone knew it, and it was still because of money in his bones, Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu were rich.
Of course, it must also be said that West Ham United are really too uncompetitive, and the Hammers are really a bit of a scoundrel.
Originally, everyone thought that the London Olympics was to support East London, and West Ham United was the flag team of East London, although the results were a little worse, but at least it was a Premier League team, but he was good, not only did he not want to pay for the rental fee of the stadium, but he was not even ready to pay for the renovation of the stadium, but hoped that the London City Council would support.
I heard that this incident also made Lord Sebastian Coe and others of the Olympic Organizing Committee angry, and Tottenham Hotspur is foreign-funded, and West Ham United is also foreign-owned, at least Tottenham Hotspur has enough sincerity and funds to support the work of the Olympic Organizing Committee, but West Ham United looks like they want to empty gloves white wolf
It can be said that from the very beginning, everyone had only one suspense about this plan, that is, the Olympic Organizing Committee would not consider converting the main stadium into a football stadium and transferring it to other institutions, if not, then Tottenham Hotspur would have no play, and this means that the Olympic Organizing Committee is not short of money at all.
But if anything, Tottenham Hotspur are the only team qualified to compete for the stadium, others like West Ham United, Leyton Orient, and even some London university football teams and those that want to convert into a PI circuit have never shown enough ambition or funding.
Sheehan Ingle listened silently, but his attention was focused on Ye Qiu, because he found that this time Tottenham Hotspur's agreement with the Olympic Organizing Committee and the London City Council stated that Tottenham Hotspur would pay 100 million euros per year for the construction of the stadium in the next three years, starting from the start of the stadium construction in UR year.
After the Paralympic Games in September, ownership of the new stadium will automatically pass to Tottenham Hotspur, and a vacant plot of land in the Olympic Park, across a small river from the new stadium, will also be automatically transferred to Tottenham Hotspur and allow them to build a five-star hotel on it.
However, because the Organising Committee has previously signed a cooperation agreement with Westfield Retail Group to sell a large piece of land in the northern part of the Olympic Village to the Australian retail company to build a shopping center with a total area of nearly 200,000 square meters and just outside the subway station, the Tottenham Hotspur site will not be allowed to build a shopping center.
Speaking of which, the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games really racked their brains for money, and they sold the land and bundled up the sponsorship of the Olympic Games, and received 700 million pounds in revenue from Westfield Retail Group, and construction has already begun.
Through negotiations, Ye Qiu promised not to violate the sponsorship regulations of the Olympic Organizing Committee, but he wanted to start a five-star hotel immediately, because in his previous conversation with Chen Zhong, Huangtian Group, which has been developing in the field of commercial real estate in recent years and wants to enter the hotel industry, is also very interested in this project.
So in the end, the result of the negotiation is that the stadium can wait until the end of the Paralympic Games in September to take over, but the land can be put into construction now, but the design must be integrated into the planning of the entire Olympic theme park, and Ye Qiu said that the five-star hotel will be made into a landmark building in London, with an estimated total investment of nearly 1 billion euros.
Huangtian Group has its own abacus, and Tottenham Hotspur also has its own ideas, the club will be a #leather shareholding, which will be the most famous tourist attraction in London in the future, the surrounding transportation is so convenient, and it is close to the most prosperous financial district, there is absolutely no harm in building a five-star hotel here, Huangtian Group will not lose money.
Of course, for the time being, Tottenham Hotspur only revealed that they would be looking for partners, but did not disclose the specifics.
After Lord Sebastian Coe finished speaking, the two sides signed the cooperation agreement in the presence of all reporters in the audience, and the press conference was over, and then Ye Qiu and the senior management of the Olympic Organizing Committee also chose to leave the venue.
While the rest of his colleagues had left the Churchill Centre with satisfaction, Sheehan Ingle chose to stay at the gate downstairs, because he felt that this should be an opportunity, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, so he waited downstairs for a full hour, and waited until Ye Qiu and Beckham went downstairs after talking with the Olympic Organizing Committee, and then he blocked him in the parking lot.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, Mr. Ye Qiu" Sheen Ingle rushed up immediately and handed over the recorder, "Can you delay a little bit of your time and answer me a few questions?" β
At noon, everyone went to eat, but he was waiting in the parking lot, after Ye Qiu was stopped, he looked at the young reporter with interest, as well as the press card on his chest, "The Guardian? β
"Yes, I'm a reporter for the Guardian, Sheehan Ingle"
Ye Qiu and Beckham looked at each other and smiled, "We have a good relationship with your newspaper, and we have several regular interviews every week. β
"I know," Sheehan Ingle nodded, but was a little ashamed, "I haven't interviewed you individually. β
After Ye Qiu listened, he looked at Sheen Ingle again, "Okay, Sheehan, you have five minutes." β
"Thank you" Sheehan Ingle immediately opened his notebook after thanking him, obviously afraid of forgetting, so he prepared the questions in advance and wrote them down, this move won the favor of Ye Qiu and Beckham, there are not many reporters who are so dedicated and dedicated these years, and others are more thinking about how to hype and how to win attention.
"I would like to ask Mr. Ye Qiu, many local citizens have expressed their opposition to your acquisition of the main Olympic stadium through Tottenham Hotspur, and even triggered demonstrations, are you worried that after the announcement of this incident, it will cause dissatisfaction among the citizens again?" Sheehan Ingle is more careful with his wording, because he himself knows very well that he is opposed to some ultra-nationalists.
"We will take a good approach to this aspect and we will continue to introduce more initiatives in the future, such as further strengthening the club's interaction with Tottenham and several communities around the new London stadium, strengthening the connection, and we will prove our sincerity with facts."
"I hope everyone understands one thing, this is not some Chinese acquisition of the London Olympics, this is Tottenham Hotspur's investment in a new stadium, that's all" Ye Qiu has also been prepared for such a question
Sheehan Ingle was quite satisfied with Ye Qiu's answer, and asked: "Then I believe that all Tottenham Hotspur fans will have some worries, just like Arsenal was preparing to build a new stadium not long ago, Tottenham Hotspur will fight for the main stadium of the London Olympic Games, and will pay 300 million euros in the next three years, and the renovation cost will be nearly 100 million, and at the same time, it also intends to participate in the five-star hotel project, will this lead to financial problems for Tottenham Hotspur?" β
Ye Qiu smiled again after hearing this, "I hope you can convey it to all Tottenham Hotspur fans, I am confident that in the next few years, under the condition of ensuring that Tottenham Hotspur is doing well, I will complete this series of initiatives and development projects." β
"Of course, I want to reiterate that it is impossible for Tottenham to do this without losing money, but I personally think that the team needs to take this step because according to our initial estimates, as long as the team guarantees to participate in the Champions League every year in the future, then when we get this new stadium, it will increase the revenue by at least 80 million pounds a year, not including the income from the five-star hotel."
"That is, for the time being, the loss is certain, but for the next five years, or even ten years, this new stadium will keep Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the Premier League forever."
Sheehan Ingle also felt Ye Qiu's ambition, and in fact, as an Englishman, he is also a fan, but he doesn't have a fixed favorite team, but he knows very well that almost all Premier League teams now want to build new stadiums, and Tottenham Hotspur can exchange 300 million euros plus the existing White Hart Lane stadium and surrounding land for the Olympic stadium, which is definitely a very, very good deal.
And whoever has a new course in the future will always be invincible, because with a new course means a bigger income than the competition, and if it is developed properly, it will be very impressive, especially in the heart of London.
Maybe it was because he saw that Sheehan Ingle didn't have any more problems, Ye Qiu also thought that this young man in England was quite interesting, and looked at him and smiled, "Well, I'm still in a hurry to leave, and this is the end of the interview, but, Sheen Ingle, I remember you"
After hearing this, Sheen Ingle was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Ye Qiu was going to sue him, so he immediately became a little anxious, and blushed and wanted to explain and ask Ye Qiu for forgiveness.
"Next week's fixed interview, I will inform the Ministry of Information to convey to your editor-in-chief, count you as one" Ye Qiu smiled and pointed to Shean Ingle and said, "Remember, Mr. Sheen Ingle, don't block me in the parking lot in the future"
Seeing Ye Qiu and Beckham getting into the car with a smile on their faces, Sheen Ingle still couldn't believe it, he still doubted it, was what Ye Qiu said true?