silent farm

Chapter 321 Sometimes losing money is not really a loss
Ali is relatively clear about the origin of the Siparu Cup.The original Silent Farm Cup was promoted to the Siparu Youth Cup after being held for [-] editions, and has now become a very successful youth cross-border league.There are a total of [-] teams from three countries playing in this league with the Caboclo Youth Team and Silent Farm Football School Team.

The number of participating teams in the three countries varies, and all national organizations determine their qualifications through selection competitions. Brazil has [-] teams, Portugal has [-] teams, and China has [-] teams. Caboclo Youth Team and Silent Farm Football School The team is a fixed finals team.

These teams are not considered professional teams, but under the premise of sufficient funds, these teams are already relatively regular amateur teams.And later, the young echelon players of professional clubs who did not sign a formal professional contract were allowed to participate on loan, which improved the level of this cup a lot.

And this league has become a professional player because many players are favored by professional league teams. Although most of them are low-level leagues, they are already quite good.In addition, there are actually several young players who attract attention in this league, which also makes many scouts focus on this league held twice a year.

And Li Sheng needs to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for each session of this league every year. The trials of the three countries cost up to 50 dollars for each game. To enter the finals, the appearance fee for each game is 14 dollars.The final winning prize is as high as $[-].And even if each team has no bonus and loses all [-] games, they can still get [-] US dollars, and even if the final ranking is the last, they can still get [-] US dollars in ranking bonuses.

This part of the funds was provided by Li Sheng alone, but the national trials are in charge of non-governmental organizations that are not affiliated to the national football associations.Before each country decides the top 64, all the expenses of the game are sponsored by themselves.

Individual good players have also been found in this league.

Among them, Mariano is the most eye-catching player in this league.Especially in the second Siparu Cup, in 19 games, he scored [-] goals and assisted [-] times, and he was the biggest contributor to the Silent Farm Football School team winning the championship.Although this league has not gained international recognition, the level of these teams is actually not much worse than the professional U[-] teams.This surprised all the scouts, thinking that this is another talented midfielder.

However, there are too many football talents in Brazil. Although Mariano was selected into the Olympic national team, he is only a marginal figure.And the two young Huaxia players are more likely to just feel the atmosphere.Because they are both only 16 years old now.

In fact, Ali didn't understand Li Sheng investing so much money in such a league that obviously didn't make any profit at first.But now, he thinks that Li Sheng made a good move.

Such a league will not cause conflict with any country's professional league, but it can give them a chance to train young players.Therefore, it can be said that the leagues of the three countries are very fond of this amateur cup.

At the same time, this league allows more children who like to play football to have a chance to exercise themselves, and it also gives some young coaches a place to play.In China, where the football environment is the worst, there were more than 200 teams that signed up for the primary election in the last session, and Brazil, the football kingdom, had as many as a thousand teams.

And the social benefits brought by this league are not small.Especially in Brazil, many of the teams participating in this cup are composed of teenagers from the slums. The league provided by Li Sheng gave them a hope, so that these young people would not be so easy to join the gang.

So under Li Sheng's deliberate propaganda, his reputation is very good in Brazilian society, especially among the poor.

Of course, Ali also saw that this league actually helped the three countries train a lot of players.

In addition to some special rules to protect young players, the game is very formal, and the exercise of dozens of official games every year makes these young players a little more mature than their peers on the court.

But perhaps only Li Sheng dared to play in such a league.Now that his income is so high, holding such an event may only require one percent of his annual income, and it will definitely be even less in the future.

Thinking of the benefits of this league, Ali couldn't help but feel a little moved: "Li, now the Siparu Cup, is there any plan to expand the army?"

Li Sheng looked at him and asked: "Now there are 32 teams, and each team has to play at least [-] games in two months to complete the competition. This game is already very intensive. The expansion of the army may not be suitable. But why do you ask this?" ?”

Ali smiled and said, "As you know, football is actually one of the most popular sports in the Middle East. I want to see if I can accept some Kuwaiti teams to participate in the competition."

Li Sheng thought about it for a while. Although he felt that adding a team from another country would bring more attention to this event, it was more troublesome to operate.He still shook his head and said: "32 teams are already the limit that Siparu can accommodate."

"And Obidus!" Hassan said suddenly. "Me and Ali can build a few improvised pitches and some training grounds in Obidos. Maybe some games can be played here. Of course, I also hope that the Qatari team can appear in this league."

What Ali can think of, of course Hassan can think of it too.In Brazil, there should be no better way to please Brazilians than to fund their football career.And this league can indeed train some young players.

Li Sheng is not afraid of spending money. In fact, he has too much money to spend. Every year, he gives Tia 20 billion dollars to charity, and donates a lot of money to other charities every year.As for the cost of this league, he has money in the bank, and the annual interest can hold two such leagues.

So he nodded and said: "Yes, but this competition system needs to be discussed with the three existing participating countries."

Ali smiled and said: "Of course, if they agree to the Kuwait team participating in this cup, I can sponsor each country with 800 million US dollars a year for them to organize the qualifiers. Another 2000 million will be used every year for national selections. Appearance fee, and another 2000 million finals appearance fee and rewards."

"Me too. And I can afford all the money needed for Qatar's domestic team trials."

When Li Sheng heard this, he felt that this was a good thing for everyone.Teams from two more countries will participate in the Siparu Cup, and the attention will also increase.Organizers in the previous three countries also had more money to operate.Each country has an extra 1000 million US dollars in bonuses and appearance fees to attract more teams to participate.This is even more so in the finals.

He thought for a moment and said, "Personally I agree. And I think they will too. If your proposal is agreed, I think maybe we can double the size of the army. How many places do you say you want?"

"Ten."

Li Sheng said, "Too many. How many people are there in your two countries? Four at most."

Hassan said: "At least six. And it can't be expanded to 64 immediately at the beginning. 48 is more suitable. It will take some time for Obidos to accommodate 32 teams like Siparu."

Li Sheng felt that there was nothing to refute his reason, and said, "Okay. Then there are four places left, one for Brazil, two for China, and one for Portugal."

Ali smiled and said: "When it can accommodate 64 teams, maybe we can attract more countries to participate and hold it as a Junior World Cup."

But Li Sheng said: "This kind of competition is not suitable for those more developed countries to participate in. The teams that can participate in the finals must compete at least eight months a year. Those parents will never agree." The members of the team are all seventeen or eighteen-year-old children who regard playing football as a profession.The same is true for Huaxia.Let alone Brazil, they are basically children from slums who have no books to study.

Hassan also opened his mind and said, "Doesn't Fernando have a team? This year's Champions League quarter-finals, the results seem to be good. Now I am thinking about whether it is time to buy a team in Europe."

Ali went a step further: "I'm going to buy one in China and one in Europe. Lee, don't you ever think about buying a European team?"

He felt that Li Sheng was still very interested in football.Otherwise, it wouldn't burn [-] million a year to hold an amateur competition.In addition, Li Sheng also bought a state league team from the state of Para in Brazil, and moved the team's home court to the town of Siparu.

But Li Sheng said: "I'll forget it. I don't have the energy." He bought the Brazilian team mainly to give hope to the football school students.In addition, Luo Zheng also privately formed a Chinese second-tier team, which has already been promoted to the first-tier league this year, and that is one of the places where football school students go.Of course, that requires these students to have a certain amount of ability.

Hassan also persuaded him: "Actually, you are sparing no effort in charity now. I think if you own a team, the prestige of charity will be even higher."

Li Sheng smiled, but just shook his head in silence.Charity is not done by him, but by Tia.

Ali continued to fan the flames, saying: "Now that the European economy is still at a low ebb, buying a team should not be a problem. In fact, you don't have to manage it yourself. Anyway, your current team seems to be doing pretty well. Adding a team, I think they will also You will not be too busy. Besides, money is not a problem for you at all. Spending hundreds of millions of transfer fees every year is trivial. Although the team is not managed by you, as an owner, it will enhance your reputation in the world. It is far from being able to do hundreds of millions of dollars in charity.”

Li Sheng thought about it and found that it was indeed so.Back then, Abramovich's wealth was far inferior to Bill's, and his charity was far inferior to the other party's.But when Abramovich bought Chelsea, his reputation was much higher than that of Bill, at least the number of media reports outside the United States far exceeded.And before that, besides Russia, who had heard of Abramovich?

(End of this chapter)