After Mubarak and Magnus had a conversation, he contacted the real boss and investor of Manchester City via video call-

Mansour.

Mansour's full name is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Alhyan, the son of former UAE President Khalifa and one of the richest and most powerful people in the world.

In 2009, in the 39-year-old Forbes, in the ranking of wealthy people under the age of 40, Mansour, the 39-year-old, ranked third in the world in terms of property of 17 billion pounds, while Mansour's family wealth has US$1 trillion (555 billion pounds), allowing him to acquire assets abroad for such a huge amount of property.

Although Mansour’s personal wealth cannot be regarded as the world’s number one, it is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth he can control and use is the world’s number one.

Mansour is the real boss and real investor of Manchester City club.

Mubarak is the chairman of Manchester City club, but it is just the person who has been supported by Mansour and is responsible for managing Manchester City club. When the club has major financial trends, Mubarak has made a decision directly, but he still has to report to Mansour.

After Mubarak made a brief narrative, Mansour asked with interest, "You mean, are you going to activate the buyout clause and bring Zhen Shaolong to Manchester City? Starting next August, will he represent Manchester City?"

"Yes, but that will use a lot of money."

Mansour waved his hand and said indifferently, "If Manchester City can win the Premier League championship, it will be worth it no matter how much euro it costs. I just want to see the results. Manchester City this year still cannot meet the requirements. Al, do what you think. I believe you can make Manchester City the best club in the world, and at that time, it will become the solemn place of football in the Arab world."

"I will."

After Mubarak finished speaking, he found that Mansour had turned off the video call. He had always shown in front of people that 'I'm not short of money' and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "There is a lot of pressure to have a boss who doesn't care about money."

Mansour may not care about money or how much investment he invests in Manchester City, but he must care and achieve results.

Manchester City's performance this year is still not up to standard. At least so far, they have not seen hope of competing for the league championship. They will be under greater pressure next year. Buying out Zhen Shaolong's contract will definitely greatly strengthen Manchester City's strength. At that time, the team will have greater hope of winning the championship.

This is what matters.

Manchester City wants to buy out Zhen Shaolong’s contract, but it is actually a problem of funds.

According to the cooperation agreement signed by both parties, if Manchester City wants to buy out the contract in advance, they need to pay the remaining two-thirds of the transfer funds, and the specified amount is about 170 million euros, which is a huge and amazing amount.

Mansour doesn't care about money, Mubarak can't ignore it.

170 million euros is too huge, and there will definitely be investments in other aspects. The summer transfer investment will easily exceed 200 million euros, and may reach 300 million euros. The funds are also simple numbers. They must discuss in detail with Real Madrid club on how to pay.

Just like Zhen Shaolong joins Real Madrid, there are players exchanges in transfer negotiations and players exchanges with Real Madrid, which is also a good choice.

For the current Manchester City lineup, it is already qualified to exchange players with Real Madrid, and a successful exchange will be beneficial to both sides.

On the one hand, it is to eliminate unwanted players in their respective teams.

On the one hand, new signings are used to supplement the lineup.

The players who are excluded from their respective teams do not mean that they are "bad" or "poor strength". For example, players who can enter top clubs will not have poor strength. They will be eliminated, maybe because they are not adapted to the league style, maybe because they are internal problems in the locker room, maybe because they want to leave, etc.

During the operation of the transfer, Zhen Shaolong's opinions must also be coordinated. His joining is very important to Manchester City and his requirements must be considered.

"Now from now until May, the focus of the transfer work is on Zhen Shaolong."

"It cannot be delayed until the summer transfer, it is also important to have more time to end early, and this part of the work must be completed."

Mubarak wrote down his work very seriously.

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When Manchester City club was about to start buying out negotiations with Real Madrid, the protagonist Zhen Shaolong, the negotiations, was not idle either. He hosted a big shot at home.

Ferran Soriano.

Zhen Shaolong didn't know what Soriano did.

If Alice hadn't stopped him, he wouldn't even want to kick this guy out, because what the other party said was a bit like a pyramid scheme.

"Zhen, you have more than 500 million fans around the world, or even more fans, but you only get an annual salary of more than 20 million euros, plus your income in other aspects, and it will definitely not exceed 100 million euros. Do you think this is normal?"

"We assume that every fan is willing to take out one euro for you, and your annual income should also exceed 500 million euros!"

Listen!

Is this human word?

Zhen Shaolong wanted to whisper, "If you can help me earn 500 million euros, I'm willing to share one tenth of it to you."

or.

Just drive the other party out of the door.

Zhen Shaolong felt that what the other party said was a bit too big, which made him a little unbearable. Of course, he liked to make money very much, but 500 million euros a year was too unreliable.

Even if it covers all areas, it is difficult for the world's most profitable star to make more than 200 million euros a year.

Five hundred million euros?

This number is really amazing.

Soriano's calculation is correct, but most fans are unwilling to spend money on the stars they like. Not to mention fans in other regions, most domestic fans are willing to spend money on the fans they like, but they only watch the game and buy tickets. The income cannot directly enter the stars' pockets. At most, they watch the game and take various forum support. Similar support can increase the popularity of the stars, and have little to do with direct income.

After Soriano made a thrilling lobbying, Zhen Shaolong pulled Alice and asked carefully before he knew what Soriano was doing.

Soriano is really a big shot.

In 2008 and the five years before, Soriano has been the manager of the Barcelona club, responsible for Barcelona's financial affairs. The financial records created by Barcelona are largely due to Soriano's work. His business philosophy has influenced Barcelona, ​​and until now, the operations of Barcelona have the shadow of Soriano's philosophy.

Soriano also published a club-run book called "The Goal Is Not a Contingency", which reads, "Barcelona's success is the result of outstanding and creative business management."

In 2008, Club Barcelona fell into a whirlpool of political struggle, and Soriano had no choice but to resign from Barcelona.

Perhaps another reason is that Soriano's concept cannot be implemented in Barcelona. He has always wanted to set up franchise clubs in other countries (similar to satellite clubs) so that Barcelona's brand can truly develop globally. However, within the Barcelona club, there are objections to Soriano's idea. They believe that Barcelona is rooted in Catalonia and the club's 143,000 members with voting rights are fundamental. Soriano's idea is indeed very good, but the pace of investing in other leagues is too far.

After Soriano left the Barcelona club, he had basically disappeared from the public eye. Most people didn't care where he went. They didn't expect to come to find Zhen Shaolong again.

After listening to Alice's story, Zhen Shaolong couldn't help but re-examine Soriano. The other party's philosophy may be very reckless, but he was very successful in managing Barcelona's finances, and he must have outstanding abilities.

so……

"Maybe it is possible to make 500 million euros a year?"

Zhen Shaolong's eyes lit up.

When he looked at Soriano again, Zhen Shaolong's attitude changed. He was eager to know what Soriano had. "You came to me, must have come up with a solution? What should I do to make every fan willing to pay? Even if everyone is one euro."

One euro per person.

Five hundred million fans are five hundred million euros.

Even after-tax income can easily exceed 300 million euros!

Zhen Shaolong was so moved that he looked at Soriano, as if he was looking at a money printing machine. Even if the money printed with his own avatar was printed, as long as it could be circulated and used normally, it would not be a problem at all.

Soriano smiled gently, his friendly expression gave people a favor, but in fact, his heart was filled with a bitter smile.

One person, one euro?

Not that easy!

Soriano just drew a big cake. He was not here to be an agent for Zhen Shaolong, but hoped to cooperate with him.

Soriano has always had a dream of running a football empire. Barcelona was once the origin of his dream, but it turns out that the member-based Barcelona club cannot give him enough room to display, and some of his ideas cannot be implemented at all.

He needs absolute support.

Money support!

Rights support!

To build a global football business empire, you also need a foundation at the bottom - a very excellent club.

Zhen Shaolong's huge influence allowed Soriano to perfect his ideas. He found that when a player has a high enough influence, he can play a similar role as the club. The only thing is that the player's influence is too single, and it is best to be able to complement the club and serve as a pillar supporting the development of the business empire.

So, he came.

Soriano took a deep breath and began to explain his personal philosophy. He talked about the various models of monetizing the influence of stars and the issues in business development.

These things with super high technical content make Zhen Shaolong drowsy.

Alice was very energetic. She seemed to have become a hard-working student, listening carefully to every word Soriano said and said.

Five minutes later.

Zhen Shaolong interrupted Soriano and asked a question, "Just say directly, can you help me earn 500 million euros a year! I don't need to explain how to do it."

Soriano took a deep breath and had the urge to turn around and leave directly.

He can only continue to elaborate on the concept.

Zhen Shaolong was drowsy when he heard this. No, he fell asleep directly. When he woke up, he found that Soriano was still talking, while Alice was taking notes seriously.

All right!

You guys talk!

Zhen Shaolong felt that he would just wait for the result and didn't have to participate in such a complicated matter. He went to the study to browse Twitter for a while before finally waiting for Soriano to leave.

"What the hell is he here to do?" Zhen Shaolong asked with some confusion. He generally understood. The other party came to explain his ideas, hoping to cooperate in the future, and listened in a daze in the way of cooperation.

Alice smiled, "Mr. Soriano hopes to cooperate with you and in the future, but his ultimate goal is to talk to Manchester City Club."

"Manchester City?"

"Yes, his purpose is to get the support of Manchester City clubs, or the support of Manchester City investors, the Abu Dhabi consortium. He hopes to use your influence and rely on the financial support of the Abu Dhabi consortium to run a football business company covering the world."

Zhen Shaolong understood a little, and he subconsciously asked, "If he wanted to get the support of Manchester City club, why would he come..."
To be continued...