Chapter 732: Coming to Ask for Money
After Ye Qiu entered July, the itinerary was densely arranged and compact.
When he returned to London, the first thing he did was to visit the fully completed Stratford Stadium, now known to many as the Eye of God, a masterpiece known as a work of art.
Many people say that the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London is the most attractive thing about three buildings, one is the Stratford Stadium, known as the heart of London, which is the main venue of the Olympic Games, and the other is the data cloud of Ye Technology's meticulous masterpiece outside the main stadium, and the other is the skyscraper Zhenhua Building, which has long been opened and operated.
Three iconic buildings have stolen the limelight from the entire Olympic Park, especially the data cloud of Leaf Technology.
The 250-meter-tall spiraling building is designed with transparent glass curtain walls, which can be seen from a distance, and with the light, lights and clouds floating above, the whole building is like a dream, especially inside the data cloud.
Visitors can go up to the top floor in three ways, namely stairs, elevators and ramps, and even allow cyclists to challenge the spiraling slopes in the data cloud, which is actually a membrane-like structure similar to the outer layer of the Water Cube, but the difference is that it can be used to display some color images and information data, which is very dreamy.
Climbing to the top of the data cloud, you can not only feel the beautiful data cloud overhead, but also overlook the whole of London, so although the Olympic Games have not yet started, as soon as the data cloud is open to the public, it immediately attracts countless citizens and tourists to pay to visit and participate in some games and interactive programs.
The largest flagship store of Leaf Technology in Europe is located at the bottom of the data cloud, and it is also the data center of Leaf Technology in London, which can be called the European headquarters and heart of Leaf Technology.
Ye Qiu is in Peter? Kenyon, Ron? Gulley, Eliza? Moon and the president of the Olympic Organising Committee, Sebastian? Accompanied by Lord Coe, he visited Leaf Technology's data cloud before heading to Stratford Stadium.
Different from Ye Qiu's previous life, this stadium is more beautiful than the London Bowl in the previous life, and it is also more artistic, the entire curtain wall is a display screen, and the ceiling adopts adjustable hinges and cantilever design, once it is rainy and snowy, the ceiling can be fully closed, and after the sophisticated ventilation design, even if the stadium is fully closed, more than 100,000 people will not feel depressed when watching the game in the stadium.
This stadium finally cost more than 600 million pounds, that is, about 750 million euros, which seems to be more than 100 million pounds more than the London Bowl in Ye Qiu's previous life, and it is not much more expensive, but in fact, if it were not for Ye Qiu's investment of 300 million and appropriate support from other parties, the Olympic Organizing Committee and the City of London would definitely not do it.
The London Bowl in the previous life claimed to have invested about 500 million pounds or 600 million euros, but this was an investment, and after the Olympics, they dismantled everything that could be dismantled and sold, so the whole investment was actually not that much.
But now it is different, except for the ground floor because of the temporary renovation in the future, there are some temporary stands, all of which are fixed permanent building structures, and there are not many places that can be disassembled and recycled, so the investment is greater.
But the biggest problem lies with the British government and the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games themselves, as the UK's current industrial manufacturing capacity has declined significantly, so that the budget for the stadium has been increasing over the past few years to finally reach such a staggering figure.
Just like the same skyscraper, Zhenhua Building is higher than the Shard Building, with higher technology content and technical level, but the cost is much less than that of the Shard Building, the reason is that almost the entire construction team and materials of Zhenhua Building are made in China, so it is much cheaper than the British mainland.
Ye Qiu signed an agreement with the London City Council and the Olympic Organizing Committee, he paid 300 million yuan for them to build, and he would bear the future renovation money, and get a stadium after the Paralympics, so he didn't care about how much the Olympic Organizing Committee paid for this stadium, and he never even asked how much money was in the pockets of some people.
Because it has nothing to do with him!
As the Olympics approached, more and more tourists flocked to London and gathered at the Olympic Park.
When Ye Qiu and others visited Stratford Stadium, it also attracted the attention of many tourists, and even many of them were tourists from China, and they were all excited when they saw Ye Qiu and others.
For Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, it doesn't make much sense to visit Stratford Stadium, because many things will be completely transformed in a few months, but the Olympic Organizing Committee needs some news to build momentum, so Ye Qiu also cooperated with their plan to visit with the team, and by the way, to investigate the future transformation.
"Mr. Ye Qiu!" Sebastian? Lord Coe led a middle-aged man in a suit and tie over, "This is the CEO of the London Olympic Park Heritage Development Company, Andrew? Altman. ”
Ultraman, this is the reason why Ye Qiu almost didn't laugh when he heard this name, he really didn't expect that someone with the surname Ultraman, I don't know if he is from the Land of Light?
"Hello, Mr. Ultraman!" Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand, smiling secretly in his heart, welcome to protect the earth.
"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Ultraman smiled politely and shook hands with Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu knew what was going on, "I don't know what projects your Olympic Park Heritage Development Company is mainly responsible for?" Where can my team and I help? ”
Ultraman didn't expect Ye Qiu to be so generous, he had a good heart, and said with a smile: "We are under the direct jurisdiction of the Mayor's Office of London Guildhall, and we are responsible for the operation of the entire Olympic Park after the Olympic Games, including the coordination and management of owners, developers, planning bureaus and investors, and we are the only management department for a period of twenty years!" ”
Ye Qiu was not interested in the deadline, but the only word indicated that they had the final say in the planning of the entire Olympic Park in the future.
What does this mean? This means that after the Olympics, the London government will continue to vigorously develop the area around the Olympic Park, and if it is favored by developers and wants to invest in some development projects, it must be approved and supported by the so-called London Olympic Park Heritage Development Company.
Even, in the future, Tottenham Hotspur entered Stratford Stadium, and Ye Technology entered the data cloud, plus Zhenhua Building, all of which are within the sphere of influence of the Olympic Park, and they need to be dealt with.
"You go on!" Ye Qiu smiled and motioned for him to continue.
The group walked slowly in the stadium, especially on the turf in the middle of the stadium, Ye Qiu felt that this kind of turf was too bad, if Tottenham Hotspur came in, it must be replaced, all replaced.
"I believe Mr. Ye Qiu also knows that this was originally a highly polluted heavy industrial area, which was demolished for the Olympic Games, but the soil here was classified as highly polluted, so when we were preparing for the Olympic Games, we set up a soil hospital to clean up the contaminated soil through soil bioremediation technology, that is, through bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms, so that the soil can be reused."
Ye Qiu felt that this person was a little verbose, but he still put on an attitude that I was listening carefully, and nodded incessantly.
This land has been a heavy industrial area for the past 400 years, with textile printing in the 17th century, gasoline factories in the 18th century, and later scrap, chemicals, glue factories, landfills and car repair shops, etc., not only the land has been polluted, but the waterways have also become dirty, and even the sky has been very polluted, especially the dense cables.
It must be admitted that the City of London has indeed invested a lot of money and manpower in transforming these.
But none of this has anything to do with Ye Qiu, who asked London to bid for the Olympics? Who told London to make a big push for the east?
Ye Qiu didn't feel that he was a living Lei Feng, and he didn't need to worry about these things in London, did he?
"Mr. Ye Qiu, the pollution situation in the entire Olympic Park has improved a lot in the past few years, but this is only temporary, you should know that if all the treatment stops after the Olympics, the pollution will return again."
Ye Qiu also knew about this, and it also attracted his attention.
"Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the government, and Mayor Johnson has also decided to allocate funds through the city government, and both funds from the government will be used for the Olympic Park after the Olympic Games, and we will slowly consolidate and improve the results of environmental governance by transplanting trees, flowers and wetland plants, etc., and the preliminary estimate is that 6,000 trees and plants will be planted in the next year."
This Andrew Ultraman is actually very obvious at this point, and I believe that he must have said the same thing to several other large enterprises that live in the Olympic Park, including the supermarket at the exit of the subway station.
To put it bluntly, this is asking for money!
The British government and the City of London have taken the lead, and those of you who live in the Olympic Park are also living on this land, and you should and need to bear some costs, right?
"I see, Mr. Ultraman!" Ye Qiu smiled and nodded, he was smiling from beginning to end, "I can promise that Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Technology and Huangtian Group will all vigorously support the Olympic Park Heritage Development Company, if you have any difficulties in the future, just mention it to us, as long as we can, we will give support and help!" ”
Ye Qiu's words are also very good, but there is a word in it, within your ability, that is, you don't have to be too open-mouthed.
"Thank you very much for your support, Mr. Ye Qiu!" To be able to get such an answer, Andrew? Ultraman was already very satisfied, at least Ye Qiu was very generous and didn't get entangled with them on these issues.
As soon as other companies and organizations heard that they were asking for money, they complained bitterly, as if their companies were so poor that they were about to close down.
Andrew? Ultraman's next job is difficult, because they don't have money, but they have to reach out to others to ask for money, and among all the errands, it is the most difficult errand to reach out to others to ask for money, but now with Ye Qiu's words, at least things have taken a turn for the better.
In the future, other companies and companies will grind again, and it will be a direct sentence, Tottenham Hotspur and Leaf Technology have paid for it, are you still embarrassed to pay the bills?
Thinking of this, Andrew? Ultraman really has the urge to pick up Ye Qiu and kiss him, this Chinese is too interesting!
Ye Qiu originally thought that the Olympic Organizing Committee had asked him to visit the stadium, but he didn't expect that he was taking the opportunity to pay for himself, and his mood for visiting the stadium also dropped a lot, after all, he was also very busy, so after walking around, he casually found an excuse to let Peter? Kenyon reminded him that a few of them left first.
"I say, you don't look like such a generous person!" Peter? Although Kenyon is British, he is now an executive under Ye Qiu, and with Ye Qiu's salary, he naturally has to think and look at problems from Ye Qiu's point of view.
Ye Qiu smiled wryly, "Am I usually stingy?" ”
Peter? Kenyon and Ron? Gulley suddenly laughed in unison, fortunately in the car, no one heard it except the company driver, otherwise he must have thought that these two guys were crazy, as for the laughter leaning forward and backwards?
"First of all, I think we really need to support the work of the Heritage Development Company because our stadiums, shops and hotels are in this park, and it's our obligation to take some responsibility."
Ye Qiu's words are indeed reasonable.
"And after the Olympics, they have the right to plan the Olympic Park, so I believe that we will do them a small favor now, and they will do us a big favor in the future, do business, isn't it just you help me, I will help you!"
Peter? Kenyon and Ron? When Gurli heard Ye Qiu's words, his originally tall image immediately became vulgar, and an adjective flashed in his mind, profiteer!
In fact, Ye Qiu has another consideration, that is, Stratford Stadium.
In the eyes of this stadium back then, it was indeed a loss, with an investment of 300 million, it took five or six years to get it, and it had to be renovated out of its own pocket, no matter how it was a loss, but the problem is that if you look at it from the current perspective, you will find that it is a lot of money, because the annual tourism income alone is not expensive.
According to current preliminary estimates, the potential audience for football matches in London is 15 million, including not only the population of Greater London, but also the surrounding area, as well as foreign tourists.
So there's a problem, if you look at the whole of the UK, of all the new stadiums, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium has the largest capacity, at 60,000 people, but it's in London, and in other places outside of London, there are basically no new stadiums with a capacity of more than 30,000.
Therefore, Liverpool has been shouting for so long that they want to build a new stadium, why don't they do it, because they have this consideration, thinking that spending money to build such a stadium will not bring much profit, and at the same time, the capacity cannot be increased too much, which is not cost-effective.
It's just that after the Indians took over Liverpool, they promised the fans, so they started construction, but the capacity is only about 60,000, and it can't be higher, and no matter how high it is, there will be a large number of empty stands, which will affect the atmosphere of the game.
In the UK, one of the four people is in the Greater London area, so Ye Qiu had a lot of choices, including Aston Villa, including some other teams, but he chose London for only one reason, it can be bigger and stronger, and it has the foundation to challenge super giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid.
What is the basis of Barcelona and Real Madrid?
In addition to a host of other reasons, it's important to note that the Santiago Bernabeu and Camp Nou have much more capacity than their rivals, as well as the guaranteed attendance, which ensures that the two giants earn millions more matchday per game than the others.
The capacity of Tottenham Hotspur's Stratford Stadium is locked at 80,000 people, and the space for the expansion of the third floor of the stands is also reserved, everyone thinks that Tottenham Hotspur must be crazy, because the Emirates Stadium is only 60,000, and the Old Trafford stadium is less than 70,000, and Tottenham Hotspur dares to move the stadium of 80,000 people? How is attendance guaranteed?
But a few years have passed, and it turns out that although Ye Qiu's original decision was risky, it was right!
After the stadium is built, it is real estate, and the renovation costs money and has a great impact, but the team's performance and influence can be improved anytime and anywhere, that is, after your stadium is completed, it is difficult to change the capacity, but your team's performance and influence can be improved through a series of operations.
Therefore, Ye Qiu decided to build a large-capacity stadium at the beginning, and now, Tottenham Hotspur does not need to worry about the attendance at all, and even what they need to worry about is that the attendance rate of 80,000 is enough?
From this point of view, Stratford Stadium has made a lot of money for Tottenham Hotspur, and I believe that everyone, including the British government and the City of London, knows it, so Ye Qiu must make concessions in some small places, if he continues to deal with them in small places, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not give you small shoes in the future.
Rather than this, it is better to be refreshing, try to cooperate and help in some details, although you have lost some money, but where can you lose it? How much is 6,000 trees a year? How much does it cost to maintain it each year after planting?
But how much does Tottenham Hotspur's Stratford Stadium earn in a year?
If there is an opportunity to help Huangtian Group win a piece of land for development in a good location around the Olympic Park, how much money can it make?
Therefore, Ye Qiu's abacus is very shrewd, and he firmly believes in a sentence that those who can make money are not as good as those who can spend money.
Of course, as the boss, there are many things that Ye Qiu is inconvenient to talk about, and the people under him understand it when they understand it, and they still don't understand it, and it is a good thing to keep some distance and mystery appropriately.
"By the way, Peter, how is Alves' transfer working?" Ye Qiu broke the silence in the carriage and asked. Therefore, Ye Qiu decided to build a large-capacity stadium at the beginning, and now, Tottenham Hotspur does not need to worry about the attendance at all, and even what they need to worry about is that the attendance rate of 80,000 is enough?
From this point of view, Stratford Stadium has made a lot of money for Tottenham Hotspur, and I believe that everyone, including the British government and the City of London, knows it, so Ye Qiu must make concessions in some small places, if he continues to deal with them in small places, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not give you small shoes in the future.
Rather than this, it is better to be refreshing, try to cooperate and help in some details, although you have lost some money, but where can you lose it? How much is 6,000 trees a year? How much does it cost to maintain it each year after planting?
But how much does Tottenham Hotspur's Stratford Stadium earn in a year?
If there is an opportunity to help Huangtian Group win a piece of land for development in a good location around the Olympic Park, how much money can it make?
Therefore, Ye Qiu's abacus is very shrewd, and he firmly believes in a sentence that those who can make money are not as good as those who can spend money.
Of course, as the boss, there are many things that Ye Qiu is inconvenient to talk about, and the people under him understand it when they understand it, and they still don't understand it, and it is a good thing to keep some distance and mystery appropriately.
"By the way, Peter, how is Alves' transfer working?" Ye Qiu broke the silence in the carriage and asked.