Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 930: Starting with Debt
Faced with the gift given by Hideki Hanyu, Ferguson, who already knew Hanyu Hideki's style of doing things, did not refuse and chose to accept it with pleasure.

As for the numbers, Ferguson believes that Hideki Hanyu will not treat him unfairly.

Of course, in addition to Ferguson, Hideki Hanyu will not forget his exclusive scapegoat Green Laws.

The same envelope was delivered to him, and immediately made the Manchester United chairman smile.

After giving the benefits, the next step is naturally to get down to business.

Hanyu Hideki directly asked Green Laws, "Regarding the idea of ​​a new league, which clubs are more active now?"

Green Laws replied, "There are five clubs that are most active at this stage. In addition to us, there are Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham."

Ferguson, who was not aware of the matter, was surprised when he heard this and asked, "New league? What new league? How come I have never heard of it?"

Green Laws replied, “Because it is still in the discussion stage, it has not been disclosed to the public except for the top management of several clubs.

But next we need to contact more allies to advance this matter, I believe the news will spread soon. "

Ferguson asked curiously, "Is there any difference between the new league and the current English League One?"

Green Laws explained, "It will be more independent in operation and have the right to negotiate sponsors and broadcasters independently. This is also our main purpose in promoting the new league, which is to improve the current income and expenditure difficulties of top clubs in England."

At this point, Green Laws flattered Hanyu Hideki and said, "After all, other English clubs are not like Manchester United, who have a boss as generous as Mr. Seraphim."

Although Green Laws was just flattering, Ferguson, who was standing next to him, heard it and nodded in approval.

Because when it comes to investing in the team, the boss Hideki Hanyu is truly impeccable.

While all the teams in English football are having a miserable time today, Manchester United is indeed having the best time.

A brand new modern training base, renovation and improvement of Old Trafford Stadium, guaranteed treatment for all employees, and ample funds for signings.

When Hideki Hanyu acquired Manchester United, the wave of opposition from Manchester United fans was overwhelming.

But over the years, the fans have witnessed with their own eyes that Manchester United's infrastructure, salary and benefits, and morale have continued to improve.

In this situation, except for some extremist fans, the vast majority of fans' attention has been focused on the game and results, and things like protests are rarely seen.

Especially under the current poor environment of British professional football, Manchester United relies on the support of its big boss Hideki Hanyu, and the contrast with other peers is too obvious.

As a result, Manchester United fans felt a little bit proud and gradually began to recognize the team's new owner.

Of course, this is also related to Hideki Hanyu's "low-key" attitude.

Although he is the boss, he rarely uses his status as Manchester United's boss to show off. Unless there is an important match or a major event, he will not easily come to the stadium to watch the game.

It is this attitude that prevents him from overly stimulating the fans, allowing him to control the team well and allowing the fans to gradually get used to his identity through recognition.

But then again, the reason why Hideki Hanyu does this is not because he is deliberately keeping a low profile, but because he really has no time and no interest in showing off his status in the stands every day.

He doesn't care whether the fans like him or not, because no matter how loud these people shout, it will not affect his status as the team owner at all.

Moreover, he himself has no "fan" complex for Manchester United.

The decision to buy Manchester United was not only to treat it as a large toy to satisfy one's vanity and emotional value, but it was also an investment consideration.

Just like he himself is not interested in the NBA, but he would consider buying an NBA team in the future for fun. It's just a pastime when he has too much money to spend.

After all, for a Chinese time traveler, if you have the ability, wouldn't you want to buy the Rockets and become Yao Ming's boss?
Even if you know it's probably more profitable to buy another team.

But the problem is that for Hideki Hanyu nowadays, making money is really not the most important thing anymore.

Just like now he is concerned about the establishment of the Premier League, promoting the merger of Abovecloud TV and British Satellite Broadcasting Corporation, preparing to win the Premier League broadcasting rights, making money is just a by-product, what he really wants is to gain influence in the British television media industry.

To this end, he did not mind sharing the TV station's profits with his allies in exchange for their support.

While Hideki Hanyu was thinking divergently, Ferguson, who knew the relevant information about the new league, had already begun discussing with Green-Laws what preparations Manchester United itself should make if the new league was established.

In short, from team recruitment to echelon construction, from infrastructure to community culture, the two discussed with each other and put forward many opinions.

And this is the advantage of being the initiator of the future "Premier League", being able to start preparing for the new league one or two years in advance.

Just when the two were talking about the same thing, Hanyu Hideki finally spoke.

He first looked at Ferguson, "Coach Alex, in my opinion, with the lifting of the ban on English clubs' European competitions, the establishment of a new league that can increase club revenue is inevitable.

So, when we think about our preparations, let's be bold.

For example, when it comes to team recruitment, we will have the opportunity to participate in European competitions next season, so we will consider multiple fronts when recruiting players.

Of course I know that signings are a comprehensive job, and the more and more expensive they are, the better it is not the case. But I still hope that coach Alex can let go. The club and I will fully support your work.

I can promise now that before the new league is established, all the team's income, including advertising sponsorship, will not be taken by the board of directors, and all can be invested in the construction of the team itself. "

When Hanyu Hideki said these words, Ferguson's eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

Times are indeed tough in England's top flight.

But Manchester United has the best view thanks to the sponsorship from a lot of companies affiliated with Hideki Hanyu.

For example, jerseys, sneakers and related items are all sponsored by Supreme·Sport, a black label sports brand under Supreme.

Supreme Sport not only sponsors sports equipment, but also pays for jersey advertisements. It even learns from Supreme Sport's cooperation with NBA teams in North America and cooperates with Manchester United to establish a British sports laboratory.

The sports laboratory has a wide range of cooperation content. In addition to combining practice in cooperation and using scientific means to create sports equipment, it also involves scientific training of athletes, daily health testing, and player injury treatment and recovery.

Hideki Hanyu, who is well aware of the future technological development direction of sports brands, took into account the disadvantage of the late start of Black Label Supreme Sport (S&S). Therefore, when most other brands still rely on celebrity endorsements and focus on commercial marketing, he let "S&S" embark on the development path of technological diversification.

According to the plan, following the North American sports laboratory established with the NBA partner and the British sports laboratory in cooperation with Manchester United, "S&S" also intends to build another comprehensive sports laboratory on the European continent.

As for China, "S&S" will certainly launch cooperation in related fields as its business develops.

I believe that as long as "S&S" persists, it will definitely get rich rewards in the future, and its business scope will definitely not be limited to traditional sporting goods.

But these are all things of the future. Even Ferguson does not realize how much help the sports laboratory in cooperation with "S&S" will bring to Manchester United.

What Ferguson cares about now is how to recruit players, build the echelon, train new players, etc. with so much money used for team construction.

After all, Ferguson is still very satisfied with his work at Manchester United and his boss Hideki Hanyu.

Therefore, under the current circumstances, he must of course treat Manchester United as a long-term career, and naturally he is not considering the present, but the longer-term future.

After making a promise to Ferguson, Hideki Hanyu turned around and said to Green Laws.

"In addition to the funds promised to coach Alex, I will also provide the club with a separate fund, which will be used for the renovation and construction of Old Trafford."

Hearing this, Green Laws asked in confusion, "Wasn't Old Trafford just renovated the year before last?"

Hanyu Hideki replied, "This time it's different. This time it's more of a reconstruction than a renovation. In order to welcome the new league, I need a brand new, large and modern Old Trafford stadium."

“That would probably cost a lot of money, and time is also a problem,” Green Laws warned. “Money is not your concern.”

For Hideki Hanyu, even if Old Trafford is demolished and rebuilt, he can easily afford the cost.

It's just that he won't do that. Whether it's a loan or other methods, he will use this matter to gain as much benefit as possible for himself.

After all, in Manchester, where urban construction has stagnated, the Old Trafford project will definitely bring massive employment and economic growth.

These alone are enough to trade for a lot of things.

Then he said to Green Laws.

"We will contact the design company now, come up with the design as soon as possible, and then calculate the funds needed. As for Manchester United's match venue, we will rent other stadiums starting next season.

As for time, I'll give you two years. The team must use the new stadium in the 92-93 season.

Can you do that? "

If I remember correctly, the first season of the Premier League was the 92/93 season, when the new Old Trafford was just in time to welcome the new league.

Seeing Hanyu Hideki's seriousness, Green Laws immediately assured him, "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely complete your instructions."

Having said that, Hideki Hanyu looked at Ferguson again.

"Coach Alex, as the team owner, I have done everything I can. In the future, what I hope to see is the best stadium in England, used by the best team in England. I hope Coach Alex will not let me down."

"I will do my best." Ferguson said in a serious tone.

In this way, the preparatory communication between the three most important people of Manchester United Club before the establishment of the "Premier League" started calmly and ended with united efforts.

After Hideki Hanyu made the arrangements, the rest of the work was up to Ferguson and Green Laws.

Of course, the Premier League is still in the future, but there are more important things waiting for Hideki Hanyu to deal with now.

He did not forget what the most important purpose of his trip to the UK was.

So after saying goodbye to Green Laws and Ferguson, he drove to another restaurant to pick up Olivia Hurley, who had just finished entertaining the prince and Camilla.

At the restaurant entrance, while waiting for Olivia Hurley to come out, Kate Beckinsale, who was bored and hadn't said much during the whole dinner because she couldn't participate in the topic, asked.

"Are you really going to take Mrs. Hurley to live in your house?"

Hanyu Hideki did not answer, but just said, "This is not something you should care about."

"Humph……"

The girl, dissatisfied with Hanyu Hideki's answer, snorted and turned away.

But soon, she found that instead of coaxing her, Hanyu Hideki opened the car door to greet Olivia Hurley who came out of the restaurant.

Then the girl became even more unhappy.

So much so that after Olivia Hurley got in the car, Kate Beckinsale didn't say a word the entire time from picking up her luggage at the original hotel to returning to the Kensington Gardens district.

After getting off the car, Kate Beckinsale walked back to the house in her high heels.

Olivia Hurley, who got off the car later, saw this and looked at Hanyu Hideki with a charming smile, "It seems that Mr. Seraphim's lover is angry. Is it because of me?"

While speaking, the woman deliberately leaned close to Hanyu Hideki's ear.

Feeling the alcohol in the woman's mouth, Hanyu Hideki replied unmoved, "Mrs. Hurley, you are drunk."

"I'm not drunk. I saw your little lover looking at me with dissatisfaction all the way."

Olivia Hurley approached Hideki Hanyu again, allowing Hanyu Hideki to see clearly that her already mature and beautiful face had a hint of seductive blush due to being slightly drunk.

But in the face of such a charming beauty, Hanyu Hideki only responded indifferently.

"You have time to care about my lover, why don't you tell me what we talked about at dinner just now."

Hearing Hanyu Hideki's words, Olivia Hurley deliberately showed a pitiful and sad expression, "Do I really have no charm at all to you, sir?"

Hanyu Hideki didn't answer at all, but walked into the room.

And he left a message from afar, "If you want, I don't mind sending you back to the hotel."

Hearing this, Olivia Hurley stared at Hanyu Hideki's back and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

"He doesn't look like a playboy at all..."

……

"Are you sober?"

Under the cover of night, on the top-floor terrace of a mansion in the Kensington Gardens district, Hideki Hanyu asked Olivia Hurley who was sitting opposite him.

Olivia Hurley, who had already taken off her evening gown and put on silk pajamas, answered lazily.

"I'm not drunk at all."

After saying that, he deliberately asked, "Sir, have you comforted your little lover?"

Hanyu Hideki chuckled and asked back, "Haha, do I look like the kind of man who would please a woman?"

Olivia Hurley said, "Sir, for a man as good as you are, women should be trying to please you."

"Like you?" Hanyu Hideki asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course." Olivia Hurley said with a seductive look.

"Very well, if you want to please me, just tell me what you talked about at dinner. I'm only interested in business right now."

As soon as Hanyu Hideki said this, Olivia Hurley immediately pretended to be resentful and said, "Sir, you really don't understand romance."

But it looks like Olivia Hurley has had enough.

Or maybe the woman just wanted to use the excuse of being drunk to test Hanyu Hideki's attitude and bottom line towards her. Now she has the answer in her heart.

So immediately afterwards, Olivia Hurley sat up straight and her expression became serious.

"With Camilla's help tonight, I did learn something from the prince. He suggested that we start with the debt of British Satellite Broadcasting Corporation. Combined with the information we have, I think this is a good suggestion."

"debt……"

Hideki Hanyu looked thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)