Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 154 The Crystal Palace of the Crystal Palace

As soon as the little fat man entered Chen Ran's office, he began to complain non-stop. Chen Ran ignored him at all, but turned to look at Stephen behind the little fat man.

"Luis was right, Mendez was a little too greedy."

Even Stephen was a little angry this time, and rarely echoed the little fat man's complaints.

"As expected, let's talk, how much is Mendes asking for?"

"Annual salary of 800 million euros, plus bonuses."

The little fat man blurted out, with an indignant look on his face.

Hearing this quotation, the corner of Chen Ran's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.

Damn, Mendes is killing me like a fat sheep.

Chen Ran suppressed the fire in his heart. These guys usually call each other brothers, but when it comes to talking about money, they reveal their true colors, a bunch of jerks.

"In this way, you go and tell Mendes that the annual salary is 500 million euros and cannot be increased. This is related to the salary structure of the Crystal Palace team. If Chris is given too much, other players will rebel."

"However, we can increase the amount in terms of bonuses. If the team qualify for the Champions League, Chris can get a bonus of 50 euros; if the team wins the Premier League championship, Chris can get a bonus of 100 million euros."

"In the European Champions Cup, if the team can reach the quarter-finals, Chris can get a bonus of 100 million euros; if he wins the Champions League, Chris can get a bonus of 200 million euros."

"In this way, as long as Crystal Palace's performance is good enough, then Chris can also get an annual income of 800 million euros. You can talk about it according to this plan. I believe that as long as Mendes is not stupid, he will accept it."

Chen Ran was mentally prepared for the difficulties that might be encountered in this contract renewal negotiation, and at this time, he took advantage of the situation and threw out his well-designed solution.

"Wonderful, this way Ronaldo's income can be tied to the results of Crystal Palace, which can ensure that he will go all out in every game. Hey, Chen, you still have a smart brain."

The little fat man slapped his thigh, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Chen Ran's method was good.

"Well, this is indeed a good way. As long as the team's performance is good enough, it is worth paying a little more money. If the team's performance is not ideal, there is no need to spend more money."

Stephen nodded frequently as he listened to the sidelines. As the butler of the Crystal Palace, what he cares most about is whether the team can make ends meet.

"Since you all agree with this method, in the subsequent contract renewal negotiations, all those who ask for too high a price will all be dealt with in this way. Of course, the amount of bonuses must not be as large as Chris. Understand?"

"Understood. Chen, don't worry, you have prepared such a great solution, and leave the rest to us."

The little fat man hastily patted his plump chest to make sure.

"By the way, Chen, you asked me to arrange a trip to Asia. I initially arranged three places, one is Shanghai in China, the other is Tokyo in Japan, and the other is Bangkok in Thailand. Look at this arrangement How about it?"

Seeing that Chen Ran had finished explaining the contract renewal negotiations, Stephen immediately began to inquire about the arrangements for the trip to make money in Asia.

"Well, yes, you chose these three places very well. By the way, have you contacted Xu Yuan, the president of "Sports Weekly"?"

"Contacted. He is very interested in our Crystal Palace's plan to go to Huaguo, and he suggested that their newspaper is willing to undertake our competition arrangement to Huaguo this time, so I'm here to ask your opinion."

"It can be entrusted to them to undertake, but the team's various expenses such as board, lodging and transportation in China will be borne by them, and they also need to pay us 200 million euros as an appearance fee."

"The other thing is that the competition is scheduled to be held in Shanghai, so that it is convenient for us to participate in the unveiling ceremony of the smart island base. This is my condition. You send it to them to see if they can accept it. If not, we will find someone else."

"Okay, I'll contact them later."

"Wait a moment."

Chen Ran lowered his head and thought for a while, and added: "The quality of the turf on the field where the competition is held must pass our inspection. I don't want the players to be injured in the warm-up match before the season."

As a reborn, Chen Ran is well aware of the quality of the turf in domestic stadiums at this stage, and he doesn't want to stumble on it.

Soon, the "Sports Weekly" newspaper office, thousands of miles away, received the conditions from Chen Ran sent by Stephen.

The president Xu Yuan, who attached great importance to this matter, immediately called a meeting of the backbone of the newspaper to discuss it.

"You have seen the conditions of the Crystal Palace, now let's talk about your own views."

"President, we are just a newspaper office and have no experience in hosting competitions."

"There is a first time for everything. It didn't happen before, but now it does? What's more, we don't have experience, so we can find someone with experience to cooperate with us."

"This opportunity is very rare. Crystal Palace is the champion of the Premier League this season, and it is at the peak of the limelight. If we hadn't cooperated with Crystal Palace before, do you think whoever wants to host this event can host it?"

"President, who shall we cooperate with?"

"Starting from the next issue of the newspaper, advertise in the newspaper and open the bidding. With the current momentum of the Crystal Palace Club, I don't believe that no one is interested."

"However, President, the condition proposed by Crystal Palace is that we will bear all their domestic expenses, and we will also pay them an appearance fee of 200 million euros. Can we earn back so much money? We won't lose money Bar?"

"Don't worry, we didn't pay for this money. In the conditions of the public bidding, the bidding threshold is set at 250 million euros. Those who have no strength, don't come to join in the fun."

"Our primary goal is to maintain a good relationship with the Crystal Palace club. I have a hunch that Crystal Palace is very likely to become a new giant club in the future."

"We can establish a good relationship with the Crystal Palace Club in advance, and the benefits in the future are limitless. As for whether the winning bidder can make money, it has nothing to do with us. Understand?"

"The president is wise!"

London, Crystal Palace Club, Chen Ran's office.

"Chen, according to your instructions, according to the new budget for the current site of Selhurst Park Stadium, even if the cost of renting the Highbury Stadium and the cost of demolishing the existing stadium are included, the cost of the new stadium will be too much. A full 5000 million euros lower than before."

With a new budget report, Stephen ran excitedly to announce the good news to Chen Ran.

"Oh? That's good news."

Save the cost of buying land, the cost of building a new stadium is much cheaper.

No way, who makes London's real estate market rise every year.

"Stephen, since the cost of 5000 million euros has been saved, we can play bigger."

Chen Ran was also a little excited. He had a very awesome idea before, but because the cost of building a new stadium was too high, he never mentioned it.

Now that there is an extra budget of 5000 million euros, Chen Ran feels that it is time to realize his vision.

"Chen, what do you want to do?"

Stephen asked with a trembling tone.He is really a little afraid of Chen Ran's endless thoughts now.

Because every time Chen Ran came up with a new idea, it usually meant that the club had to spend money again.

"Ahem, Stephen, don't be nervous, you won't spend too much money. And if this matter is done well, our Crystal Palace will benefit a lot, and we can eat it for a lifetime."

"Okay, tell me what are you going to do?"

Stephen knew that if Chen Ran really wanted to do something, he couldn't stop him, so he simply lay down.

"Do you know the origin of the name of our Crystal Palace club?"

"of course I know."

Hearing Chen Ran's question, Stephen rolled his eyes speechlessly.

A Chinese came to test him, an Englishman?It's ridiculous.

"The name of our club is taken from the Crystal Palace, the venue of the International Exhibition of Industry in 1851. It is a building with steel as the skeleton and glass as the building material. It is known as one of the wonders of British architecture in the 1936th century. Unfortunately, in [-], It was destroyed by a fire."

"That's right. Stephen, have you ever thought about how the appearance of our new stadium can be borrowed from the Crystal Palace more than 150 years ago? The Crystal Palace of the Crystal Palace is worthy of the name."

Having said that, Chen Ran opened the drawer, took out a file bag, and took out a few hand-painted restoration pictures of the Crystal Palace from it and handed them to Stephen.

"Chen, I didn't expect you to have such a genius idea. If our new stadium can really be built in the shape of the Crystal Palace, then our new stadium will definitely become one of London's landmark buildings."

Looking at the hand-painted drawings of the Crystal Palace in his hands, Stephen was trembling with excitement.

"Snapped!"

Stephen slammed Chen Ran's desk, leaned forward, and fixed his eyes on Chen Ran's.

"Chen, tell me what you plan to do. As you said, if we do this, the home court of Crystal Palace will surely become a famous attraction in London in the future. Our club will definitely benefit a lot. "

"Haha, Stephen, I knew you would support me."

Seeing that Stephen, the big butler, also agreed with his own ideas, Chen Ran was relieved to speak freely.

"My preliminary idea is that the internal facilities of the new stadium are still a standard modern stadium. However, the exterior will adopt a combination of steel structure and tempered glass, and strive to restore the appearance of the Crystal Palace on the basis of more in line with the aesthetics of modern people."

"Well, how much will the budget increase?"

Stephen, who had calmed down, immediately thought of the issue he was most concerned about.

"Specifically, we need to find a professional to evaluate it. However, we have saved a budget of 5000 million euros. I think this money should be enough."

"Huh? Is this money gone?"

Hearing what Chen said, Stephen's face suddenly collapsed. Taking money from him now is like cutting his flesh.

"Stephen, take a long-term view. Just imagine, if we complete this great plan, then all tourists who come to London in the future will come to visit our home court of Crystal Palace."

While speaking, Chen Ran walked up to Stephen's side, patted his shoulder and continued to pour him the ecstasy soup.

"Leaving aside the peripheral income related to tourism, the promotion of the influence of our Crystal Palace club alone will have immeasurable benefits."

"In the future, even a person who is not a fan may know: Oh, there is a Crystal Palace in London, which is the home stadium of the Crystal Palace Club."

"Thinking about this scene, is everything worth paying now?"

London, Chelsea FC, Peter Kenyon's office.

"Peter, you won't tell me that you haven't talked about any of the Crystal Palace players, have you?"

Mourinho, with a stinky face, came to Peter Kenyon again, and his tone seemed a little impatient.

Although Peter Kenyon was unhappy with Mourinho's attitude, an old Jianghu like him has long been able to show his emotions and anger.

"José, there is no way. Now the Chinese man is negotiating with those players to renew the contract. It is said that the salary increase is very large. So no one is willing to give us an affirmative answer before the contract renewal negotiations collapse."

Peter Kenyon spread his hands, not because he was careless, but because that Chinese man was too cunning.

The Chinese man used contract renewal negotiations to hang all the Crystal Palace players.

If the salary of the new contract can satisfy these players, then there is no need for them to transfer again.

After all, not every player likes to constantly adapt to new situations.

Only after it is determined that Crystal Palace's new contract cannot meet their own requirements can these players seek a transfer.

But when that time really comes, I am afraid that there is not much time left before the transfer deadline.

Peter Kenyon was sure that that was the plan of that Chinese man.

When these players did not have time to find a suitable next home, they had to stay in Crystal Palace in the end.

That Chinese man is really a little fox.

"Then shall we just wait?"

Mourinho glared at Peter Kenyon, resentful of his passivity.

"Unless we lure those players with a price that Crystal Palace is absolutely impossible to agree to, let them go to the Crystal Palace club and force Crystal Palace to agree to their transfer request."

It's not that Peter Kenyon has no way to deal with the current situation, but it depends on whether the value is worth using.

"Then do it. Peter, why are you still hesitating?"

Seeing that Peter Kenyon had a solution but didn't use it, Mourinho was even more dissatisfied now.

"José, it will cost a lot to do this. Although Chelsea has money, it can't be spent indiscriminately. It depends on whether it is worth it. I am the CEO of the club, and I have to be responsible to the boss."

"I think the main players of Crystal Palace are worthy of the method you just adopted."

Mourinho stared into Peter Kenyon's eyes, not budging an inch.

"Hehe, that's good. Take your Portuguese fellow, Ronaldo who is the same agent as you. If you can persuade him to negotiate a transfer with that Chinese man, I will provide him with an annual salary of 1000 million euros. How about it?"

Peter Kenyon was also on fire this time, and gave Mourinho a small stab.

(End of this chapter)