The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 431 Cash Is King
With the temporary suspension of the Premier League and the two-week national team match day, on the morning of September 9, major newspapers across Europe reported on this football feast held in London, England. The first football economic forum, Great results.

In the Premier League alone, before the transfer deadline on the evening of August 8, 31 transfers were completed in the Football Economic Forum on that day, of which 35 were on loan, 500 were free transfers, and the rest were all normal transfers. According to the total transfer amount disclosed to the outside world, it reached 15 million to [-] pounds, which does not include the four transfers that have not been announced to the public.

Among them, the highest transfer amount was 500 million pounds. Portsmouth's midfielder Gary O'Neill was transferred to Middlesbrough, and there were also some famous stars in the loan transaction, such as Daniel Murphy. , and Liverpool's former rookie Le Talay was loaned back to Ligue [-], Corradi was loaned to Parma by Manchester City and so on.

This is only the last day of the Premier League. If the total transaction value of the four professional leagues in England in the three days of the Football Economic Forum is included, the total transaction value exceeds 4000 million pounds, and there are more than 30 transfers that have not disclosed the transaction value to the public. .

This undoubtedly made the Football Economic Forum a good start, but as The Times said in the follow-up report, this is only the beginning.

"According to the official information we have received, this summer, the total transfer value of the entire English football club reached 2000 million pounds, and this figure was [-] million pounds in the summer of last year. That is to say, our football market has greatly exceeded Last year, the Premier League should be thanked for this, because there were [-] Premier League teams invested more than [-] million pounds."

According to the analysis of The Times, the Football Economic Forum is a great innovation in the transfer market, which can greatly promote the mobility of players. Bringing so many club officials and agents together is a bit similar to promotion, but it is beneficial The team shoots some players who have lost their position and trust, but it can allow some small and medium teams to get some high-quality and cheap treasures.

"The transfer market of the Premier League has been expanding over the years, because judging from this season, a total of [-] of the [-] Premier League teams have been acquired or controlled by foreign capital. Thorns were bought by the Chinese Ye Qiu, Manchester United by the Glazers, Chelsea by Roman Abramovich."

"In addition, Liverpool, a veteran football team, was acquired by capital from the United States. Portsmouth was also acquired by Israeli businessmen in January 06. West Ham United was acquired by Icelanders. Fulham was acquired by Egyptians. Stone Villa was bought by the Americans, Birmingham was bought by businessmen also from Hong Kong, and Manchester City was bought by the Thais."

"It is precisely because of such a huge influx of foreign capital into the Premier League that the entire transfer market in the Premier League has risen accordingly. Not only that, we have also received very definite news that Arsenal and Blackburn are currently in the process of acquiring Negotiations are ongoing, so what we can expect is that the English transfer market will continue to expand in the next few years."

"The emergence of the Football Economic Forum and the scouting data platform will undoubtedly provide more and more convenient choices for all transfer parties. We can even predict that in the era of such rapid development of information technology, it will greatly change the past. With the traditional transfer model, maybe in the future the club will not need to arrange scouts to select players, but just sit in the office and click a few mouse buttons to complete it, which can also greatly improve the transfer efficiency.”

The total turnover of the Football Economic Forum is undoubtedly inconspicuous in the transfer market of up to [-] million pounds in England, but this is only the first time, and the positioning of the forum is not to replace those traditional transfers, but is a powerful supplement.

The authoritative accountant Deloitte also expressed its high affirmation of the Football Economic Forum in an interview with German Kicker, "According to the information we have obtained, in the few months since the scouting data platform was launched, the current neutral The platform has already attracted more than [-] clubs from major European leagues to participate, and there are many giants among them.”

"The English Football Economic Forum is just an attempt, but according to our understanding of their plans and strategies, within the next five years, the Football Economic Forum will become the most influential football economic forum in the world, attracting teams from all over the world. Enthusiastic participation from agents, football industry people and business people."

"Not only that, the scouting data platform has strong operational and data analysis capabilities. According to sources, they are currently negotiating with Sky TV about the acquisition of OPTA Data. Eliza Moon doesn't want to be involved with News Corp, and hasn't even ruled out the idea of ​​re-establishing a data company herself."

"Once it has strong and professional data processing capabilities, this scouting data platform will not only be a paradise for football clubs and agents, but will also attract the attention of bookmakers and lottery players. This will undoubtedly be built into the most An authoritative online data platform, it is even hopeful that the business will spread rapidly to the world within three years."

"There is no doubt that this is a company with great potential for development. It is bound to completely change the model and structure of the entire transfer market in the next five years, and it is bound to create a more free transfer system for all teams and agents. , a more convenient and effective transfer channel!"

It is not an exaggeration to describe the scouting data platform and the football economic forum as an overnight hit. You don't need to think about anything else, just because of the name of Ye Qiu and Eliza Moon's two ace combination, it is enough to make These two projects have received great attention from the outside world.

However, there are also many fans complaining on the Internet, especially some fans who are not fans, who think that the two ace founders of Leaf Company started to play tickets in the football field, forgetting all Zeus fans, because the much-anticipated Zeus There has been no definite news about the second-generation mobile phone.

Regarding fans' complaints on the Internet, Ye Qiu took the time to reply on his official Twitter, saying that he had not forgotten the development of the second-generation Zeus mobile phone. On the contrary, he had always maintained close contact with the R&D team. The ticket is to provide users with better and more comprehensive services and experiences.

"This is going to be a revolutionary phone, you're going to go crazy over it!"

As early as January 07, Leaf Technology launched the enhanced version of the first generation of Zeus, because with the acceleration of the upgrading of digital electronic products, many new gadgets a year ago are obviously behind a year later, so Leaf Technology An enhanced version was launched, and the two generations were sold under the same roof.

In 2006, the sales volume of Zeus mobile phones reached 1136 million units, and by 2007, this number is expected to double to 2500 million units. Although in terms of mobile phone sales, Leaf Technology’s market share is very small, even as small as It can be ignored, but when it comes to profits, it can definitely blow up all mobile phone companies.

Leaf Technology even licenses mobile phone systems, patents, and various technologies to other mobile phone manufacturers through the Smartphone Alliance. , has reached billions of dollars.

How to deal with such a huge amount of cash flow has become a big trouble in the hearts of Ye Qiu, Eliza and other company executives, especially Eliza, who knows better than anyone how much money Ye Qiu currently holds. Cash, with the advent of the subprime mortgage crisis, Ye Qiu's income from investing in the stock market is no less than the company's cash flow.

Sometimes, more money is not necessarily a good thing.

In addition to continuing to increase the company's research and development and innovation, Ye Qiu also quietly acquired an American semiconductor research and development and design company. This company had previously participated in the research and development of Zeus mobile phone processors and various chips. It spent [-] million US dollars, but it has perfected the entire R&D system of Leaf Technology.

At the same time, Ye Qiu also acquired a semiconductor company in China, merged the two, and established a semiconductor research and development and design center in Xiamen, China in a low-key manner. At the same time, he decided to continuously increase investment in semiconductor research. Strong support and affirmation, because Leaf Technology has accumulated a group of powerful software and hardware innovation talents in the past few years.

As for the remaining funds, in addition to continuing to make money from the subprime mortgage crisis in the stock market, Ye Qiu also focused on gold.

With the advent of the subprime mortgage crisis, the U.S. economy was greatly affected, and then the European debt crisis also occurred in Europe. The price of gold rose immediately, and the price of gold will continue to rise in the next few years.

Leaf Technology already holds a lot of Google shares, and Ye Qiu doesn't have the ambition and strength to eat up Google, so there's no need for more. Instead, he thinks, first complete the initial accumulation, and when the time is right, it seems that he wants to acquire a company. Telecom operators, or want to swallow mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola with strong patents in their hands.

Although Leaf Technology is very popular now, everyone knows that the change of high-tech companies is as fast as the replacement of digital products. In the early years, Microsoft was awesome, but it didn’t take long for Google to replace it. In the past two years, many people There is speculation that Leaf Technology will replace Google and become the most valuable company on the Internet, but after a few years, someone may replace Leaf Technology.

Therefore, whether it is Microsoft or Google, the current investment focus is not limited to the Internet, because it is too unstable, and any news can bring your stock price to the bottom. Therefore, if you want the company's long-term stable For development, the most important thing is to build a diversified empire.

Even looking at Microsoft now, it seems that there is no development and a bottleneck, but many people have not noticed that Microsoft's cash is the largest among all Internet companies, and as long as they hold this huge amount of cash in their hands, they will Always be invincible.

Ye Qiu has studied Li Chaoren's investment, and he agrees with one thing very much, that is, cash is king, so Leaf Technology's current investment is mainly focused on R&D and innovation, because this is the future of any company, and it is also Leaf Technology's biggest weakness. A large part of the company's R&D and innovation is arranged in China.

As for other investments, Ye Qiu is more cautious, but that doesn't mean he's conservative. After all, it's not easy to spend billions of dollars in cash, and he doesn't have pressure from shareholders, so he doesn't have to worry about being asked by shareholders like Google. How much money must be spent in how long and so on, he can take it easy and wait for the best time to make a move.

In terms of football investment, Ye Qiu's strategy is also the same, to ensure cash flow to the maximum extent.

It should be said that fans generally only pay attention to the team's performance on the field, and those who are more motivated to invest will pay attention to profits and losses, but remember that to a certain extent, profits and losses do not mean that the club is really profitable or It's a real loss, it's an accounting gimmick, but there's one thing that's at the heart of a club and that's cash.

Without cash, any club or any company is bound to go bankrupt!
Compared with high-income giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur's current operating income is indeed low. On the one hand, it is limited by the White Hart Lane Stadium, and on the other hand, it is because it has not been able to participate in the Champions League. , and the latter will change as they enter the Champions League this year.

But Ye Qiu is not going to invest in real estate like Arsenal did. At least the real estate project of the Gunners has now become the main source of the club's crisis, and they are even considering introducing foreign capital to buy the team.

A football club is like a company, the most important thing is to guarantee cash, so that the salaries of players and employees, taxes, as well as the daily operation and maintenance of the team can be guaranteed. The most important investments in the next few years are mainly youth training camps and stadiums. Players will depend on their needs, but Ye Qiu absolutely cannot bring in superstars.

For a team like Tottenham Hotspur, a superstar represents a huge investment and huge salary and tax pressure. Even if Beckham was introduced in early 07, it was Beckham who took the initiative to cut his salary to join. Otherwise, Tottenham Hotspur must also bear huge operating pressure.

Look at Chelsea, why has Abramovich locked up money in the past two years?
Because of the joining of the two superstars Shevchenko and Ballack, the salary, tax burden and bonuses alone are surprising enough every year, and as Drogba and others have made a name for themselves, the salary must also rise, and the club's operating pressure It's getting bigger and bigger, and even Ye Qiu is thinking that Abramovich has nothing to complain about now, and he probably misses the stress-free business model during Ye Qiu's time.

Therefore, for Tottenham Hotspur, the introduction of superstars is tantamount to death, especially in the next few years, the salaries of stars have been greatly increased, and many players in the team must be given salary increases, unless Ye Qiu is willing to act like a bottomless pit. Throw money into the club, otherwise, you will never be able to afford the cost of bringing in superstars.

Now the London side has obviously loosened up on Tottenham Hotspur's participation in the construction of the Olympic Stadium, because Tottenham Hotspur has shown great sincerity, and since 2008, three consecutive years of funds of [-] million euros Devotion, for them, is a temptation that is difficult to refuse.

In other words, Tottenham Hotspur should be moderately thrifty now, and even Ye Qiu's strategy, as long as it doesn't affect the team's performance and strength, it doesn't matter to be a black shop, so he has nothing to do this summer. He hesitated to sell Van Nistelrooy for 500 million euros.

This is a kind of accumulation, indenting the belt to live, wait until the new stadium is available in a few years, the team's operation is stable, and Tottenham Hotspur has already unknowingly become one of the top giants in Europe team to go.

With healthy finances, strong revenue, and a large amount of cash in hand, you can choose the star of the world's richest teams, and you can buy whoever you want, and the team will naturally It is the top giants!

Of course, Ye Qiu has money now, so he can spend as much money as he likes without any problem, what about the future?

If Tottenham Hotspur cannot create a self-reliant operating system, he will always rely on Ye Qiu's spending money in the future. Once Ye Qiu does not spend money, he will be greatly affected, just like Chelsea now. Same.

Ye Qiu also made a plan for himself. When the team is on the right track, he will also choose to let go, choose to be the club owner, chairman and fans, and at the same time be responsible for his already considerable family business. After all, these are He has worked so hard to build a family business, so over the years, he has not only read football books, but also many business management and investment books.

This is an information age in which if you do not advance, you will retreat. If you do not keep up with the pace of the times, you will be eliminated by the times.

As with running a business, so it is with running a football club!

In early and mid-September, Ye Qiu was mainly discussing with Elisa about the gains and losses of the football economic forum and the scouting data platform and the improvement work. Negotiations and negotiations between various departments such as the Heritage Committee.

The City of London government has given the green light to Tottenham Hotspur's plan, and the Olympic Games Preparatory Committee will definitely not stop it. Now that the Olympic Games are so short of money, they will naturally not refuse to agree, but the Heritage Committee responsible for the aftermath of the Olympic Games is following up. Tottenham Hotspur are wrangling, mainly focusing on the renovation of the stadium runway.

Before, they hoped that Tottenham Hotspur could obtain the Olympic Stadium in a permanent lease. For example, the term can be enlarged to 250 years, similar to Manchester City’s City Stadium, but they do not have the right to renovate, and the stadium income and commercial development can give them a share. A piece of the pie, but what Tottenham want is ownership and a clean break with them.

Just kidding, spent [-] million to help you build the stadium, and want to get a share in the future?I've seen greedy people, but I've never seen such greedy ones!
The two sides began to continue to fall into wrangling, but there is still a little time, after all, the new stadium is still in the design and planning stage.

But Tottenham Hotspur is not in a hurry. With the successive crises in the global economy, fewer and fewer companies are willing to invest in the preparation of the Olympic Games. This will inevitably increase the pressure on the government and the Olympic Organizing Committee. In the end, they have to choose Concession, who makes Tottenham rich now?

Of course, Ye Qiu doesn’t panic now that he has enough money, but he is also considering that he should work hard to increase income and reduce expenditure for Tottenham Hotspur. After all, since 08, the investment of [-] million euros a year has been great for the club. It's not small, but it's better not to invest money if you can.

Amid all the commotion, two weeks passed quickly.

By mid-September, members of national football teams and youth teams from various countries have returned to the Theobald training base one after another, and Tottenham Hotspur have also begun intense and orderly preparations for the weekend's North London Derby.

Arsenal's record so far this season is four wins and one draw and remains unbeaten. The current Premier League ranks first, and the results are indeed good. This also makes Wenger and the Gunners fans ambitious. They want to return to the Champions League this season, and even compete League champion.

On the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur fell to No.18 in the league. It is a bit horrible. Many people have ridiculed that if Tottenham Hotspur is relegated this season, it must be very interesting.

But everyone knows that this ranking is only temporary.

(End of this chapter)