Football giants

Chapter 545 Are you still letting people live?
A skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, USA, in the office of RS company.

Matt Higgins pressed the number on the phone expectantly and made an overseas call.

In an instant, a phone rang somewhere in the West End of London, the European capital of England, across the Atlantic.

"Hello, Ms. Granovskia!"

As soon as it was connected, Matt Higgins immediately greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Higgins!" Granovskia listened to the phone, "Excuse me, what can I do?"

"Oh, that's right, Ms. Granovskia, we want to know, this summer, whether you have decided on the training and warm-up matches at Chelsea?"

Matt Higgins' tone was polite.

No way, who made them ask for help now?
"Summer warm-up match?" Granovskia is not as useless in front of Abramovich.

In front of people, she is the number one leader of Chelsea. Apart from Abramovich, even Bruce Barker can't do anything about her.

"Your North American Invitational still going?"

This is so right... Matt Higgins on the other side of the microphone almost collapsed.

But he still held back in the end, and kept nodding, "Yes, I will definitely do it!"

"Oh!" Granovskia said nothing more.

Matt Higgins knew what was going on, and immediately asked: "I don't know if you Chelsea are interested in participating in the events we organize?"

"Uh..." Granovskia pondered for a while, "I don't know which teams you plan to invite this year?"

Matt Higgins immediately got excited, and quickly smiled: "We decided to continue to invest more this year and invite a group of outstanding European teams. At present, we have confirmed Everton and AC Milan. We are contacting Atletico Madrid. In addition, several teams in the United States."

"Oh!" Granovskia thought for a while, "Okay, then send a fax, and I'll ask our boss."

"Hey, okay, okay, I'll send it right away!"

After finishing speaking, Matt Higgins did not forget to thank Granovskia.

No way, with the success of the International Champions Cup last year, the North American Invitational Tournament organized by RS was really miserable.

Whether it's attendance or business operations, RS company can be said to be in a mess.

This time, if Matt Higgins and Charlie Stillitano did not try their best to convince Stephen Ross, I am afraid that the American real estate tycoon would no longer plan to continue investing.

But even so, they decided to avoid the International Champions Cup schedule.

Who made the huge gap last year cast such a deep shadow on them?

After hanging up the phone, Matt Higgins laughed, "Finally, we've got another big team!"

After speaking, he put a tick on Chelsea's team name.

Further down, it is Atletico Madrid.

This team is the big dark horse in La Liga this season, and it is currently ranked first. Diego Simeone's team can be said to have stole the limelight, which shocked everyone.

You know, last year Miracle Media could be said to have included the giants and league champions from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.

But this time, they missed Atletico Madrid alone.

Who would have thought that this season's Sheets could perform so well, and they still beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​ranking first in La Liga?

This is tantamount to giving RS company a chance to pick up the fish that slipped through the net!
And for a hanging silk team like Atlético de Madrid, they must be very happy to have the opportunity to participate in the North American Invitational. That is a few million, or even nearly ten million euros in income, can you not be happy?

Therefore, in Matt Higgins' view, Atletico Madrid is a sure thing.

So, he also saved the sheet army for last.

Press the number again and call directly.

"Hello, this is the Atletico Calderon Stadium!" The voice of the woman at the front desk came from the phone.

"Hello, I am American RS Corporation."

The person on the phone was a little surprised, "America? RS company? What's the matter?"

"Oh, it's like this. We plan to invite you to participate in a cup competition we organize. Can you transfer me to Mr. Soriano?" Matt Higgins raised his head and chest this time, and Bel had a face.

Facing Chelsea, he can only admit defeat, but in front of Atletico Madrid, he has to put on a show.

"Okay, please wait a moment!" The front desk also seemed very polite.

The call was quickly transferred, and within a few seconds, it was connected again.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Hello, Mr. Soriano, I'm the organizer of the North American Invitational, Matt Higgins from RS USA!"

"Hello, Mr. Higgins, I'm not Soriano, he's not here!"

"Not here?" Matt Higgins was a little surprised.

"Yes, he's on a business trip!"

"Then, who are you?"

"I'm Begiristan, if there's anything you can tell me."

Begiristan?
Atletico Madrid's second in command!

"That's right, Mr. Begiristan. We successfully hosted the North American Invitational Tournament last year, which attracted great attention in North America and even the world. Therefore, we plan to continue to expand our influence this year. Atletico Madrid has performed very well in La Liga this season. Are you interested in participating in our tournament?"

Matt Higgins looked very confident. After introducing his purpose with a smile, he began to wait for the answer from the other side of the phone.

In his imaginary picture, the person on the other side of the phone should smile and agree after listening, yes, we are very happy to participate, and even the entry fee can be lowered.

But what he didn't expect was that Begiristan almost didn't even think about it, and shook his head directly after listening.

"Sorry, we haven't considered participating in your event for the time being!"

"What?" Matt Higgins was shocked.

That's several million, or even nearly ten million euros in income.

"Mr. Begiristan, our appearance fee is very generous, and the venue of the game is in the United States, which can definitely help you expand the influence of the Atletico Madrid brand in North America. In addition..."

"Sorry, Mr. Higgins, we really can't participate!"

"No, if it's an appearance fee or something, we can definitely talk!"

"It's not about the appearance fee!"

No?

On the contrary, Matt Higgins felt that it must be a matter of the appearance fee, and the other party was just bargaining.

Even, maybe even Soriano's failure to show up was one of their negotiating tricks.

"Okay, Mr. Begiristan, I can represent the company and give you the same level of appearance fees as Chelsea and AC Milan. In this way, you Atletico Madrid can get at least 1000 million euros in appearance fees!"

This is already the limit that RS company can develop!

Unexpectedly, Begiristan still shook his head, "I'm sorry, Mr. Higgins, it's really not about the appearance fee."

"Why is that?" Matt Higgins was depressed.

According to his understanding, European teams usually have not finalized their summer preparations in February.

Besides, under the temptation of 1000 million euros, even if the summer preparations are finalized, it can be changed!

"We decided to participate in the Asia Challenge organized by Miracle Media!"

"Asian Challenge?" Matt Higgins was a little stunned.

When will Miracle Media come up with such a competition?
Aren't they organizing the International Champions Cup?Why is there an extra Asian challenge all of a sudden?
Is it...

Matt Higgins immediately realized a problem, that is, Miracle Media was planning to expand the International Champions Cup!

And the target is locked in the Asian region!
Therefore, this summer, they launched the Asian Challenge to try it out, find out the details of the Asian region, and lay the foundation for the future expansion of the International Champions Cup to explore the market.

"Excuse me, Mr. Begiristan, is it convenient for Fang to disclose the specific list of invited teams for the Asian Challenge?"

Matt Higgins asked cheekily.

Begiristan on the phone laughed a few times, "Sorry, Mr. Higgins, I can't do anything!"

After finishing speaking, Begiristan hung up the phone.

Matt Higgins stared blankly at the microphone in his hand, feeling an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Miracle Media's International Champions Cup is about to expand!

The so-called Asian Challenge is definitely just a warm-up. What Miracle Media really wants to do is to expand its army!

And since it is an expansion, there must be at least one more team, four teams!

The participating teams last year all signed five-year contracts in one go. So this time, besides Atletico Madrid, who are the other three teams participating in the Asian Challenge?
With Yang Huan's contacts in the Premier League and the Premier League's influence in Asia, there must be a Premier League team.

Who will the other two teams be?
Thinking of this, Matt Higgins couldn't help being a little at a loss, and felt chilly all over.

How rich and powerful Miracle Media is. Now that the International Champions Cup has been completed, if it expands its army further, it will deal a heavy blow to the North American Invitational Tournament that RS has carefully prepared.

There are only a few top European teams, and the schedule is fixed for that period of time. If they go to the International Champions Cup, how can they participate in the North American Invitational at the same time?
This is to drive us to death!

Still let people live?
Matt Higginston panicked!
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When Matt Higgins called Stephen Ross and Charlie Stillitano in a panic to report the latest progress and information, Yang Huan walked into the private banquet hall of the top hotel in Miami with a smile.

The bosses and core executives of the major European clubs gathered here.

"Hi, Master Huan!"

"Mr. Yang Huan, good evening!"

"Nice to meet you, Master Huan!"

"You are much more handsome in person than in the photo, Mr. Yang Huan!"

Yang Huan accepted everyone's praise and greetings with a smile all the way, and kept shaking hands and chatting with European powerful men under the introduction of Sun Yue.

Appearing here are not only the eight wealthy teams that participated in the International Champions Cup last year, but also the core executives of several teams that participated in the Asian Challenge.

Among them, Florentino could not participate, but arranged for his right-hand man Sanchez to come to the scene, and asked Sanchez to apologize to Yang Huan.

However, Russell from Barcelona, ​​David Gill from Manchester United, Mubarak from Manchester City and others all attended the scene, giving Miracle Media and Yang Huan enough face.

Just kidding, Miracle Media's International Champions Cup is not only a huge appearance fee, but also earns enough attention and attention for the participating teams, and more importantly, provides them with exposure opportunities and attracts more sponsors to join.

Of the eight teams that participated last year, which one didn't make a lot of money?

It's like Manchester United signed the most expensive jersey sponsorship advertisement in history with Chevrolet.

It's scary just thinking about it!

Because of this, all participating teams generally pay more attention to this event.

They even plan to start their summer preparations around this event.

(End of this chapter)