The Era of Emerald

Under the tandem of Antonioni, a league for next season's Serie A TV broadcast fee has been initially formed, just waiting for the professional league meeting to be held on July 7.

On the day of the meeting, the general manager of AC Milan, Galliani, who came to the venue early, was surprised to find that many of the people who came to the professional league meeting this time were not the general managers of the teams, but the behind-the-scenes owners of these teams. !

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!This is the experience that Jiabald has accumulated over the years.

Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Galliani decided to preemptively strike, and took the lead in throwing out a topic that did not reach a consensus in the previous meeting: the amount of the Serie A broadcast contract for the next three years.

"Everyone, I think the broadcast contract offered by Mediaset is quite sincere. After all, this 3-year $5000 million contract has exceeded the previous broadcast contract by a full $1000 million in value." As soon as Galliani came up, he threw out a bait that he thought was very tempting to many small and medium-sized teams.

Zhuang Mingge sneered in his heart. The increase of 1000 million US dollars does seem to be a lot on the surface, but if it is evenly distributed over the next three seasons, the 18 Serie A teams will be distributed according to the records of each season and the number of broadcasts. , then in fact, most of the small balls whose strength can only be regarded as the middle and lower levels will only get a sip of soup at most.

$1000 million just looks pretty.

"Galiani! You have to speak with your conscience!" Franco Sensi, who is the most contemptuous of the sacred alliance between AC Milan and Juventus in the league, jumped out first and took the lead in attacking, "Don't You want to use this tactic to fool us again! Why do we have to sign a contract with Mediaset on the issue of broadcasting?"

"That's because..." Before Galliani could say anything, Zhuang Mingge interrupted him.

"Well, Chairman Sensi's opinion is very reasonable. The law does not stipulate that we must sign a broadcast contract with a specific company." Zhuang Mingge rubbed his chin with one hand and began to express his views, "Everyone here is There are outstanding achievements in the business circle, you should know that you should shop around for this kind of issue, I think the way of public bidding can better protect the rights and interests of our Italian club.”

"The price given by Mediaset is already very reasonable..." Galliani struggled to say, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, he had already begun to imagine in his head that his big boss failed to meet his ideal The scene where Price got the broadcast rights of the league, if this situation continues, it is really possible that this situation will happen.

This must not be allowed to happen!After all, this is directly related to Galliani's status in Berlusconi's mind!

"Ahem." This time, it was Zhuang Mingge who interrupted Galliani's defense again. He ignored Galliani's dissatisfied eyes, waved his hand, and let everyone focus on himself before letting him be himself. Karin, the secretary who attended the meeting, distributed the prepared material to the representatives of the clubs present, and said, "Everyone! This material has clearly told us that the Premier League is the group of British guys who are on the verge of It is a product produced under desperate circumstances, and its broadcast contract is 5 million pounds for 1.91 years!"

Having said this, Zhuang Minge paused for a moment, and then threw out an even more "shocking" news: "Moreover, according to reliable sources, Sky TV under Murdoch plans to pay £4 million over four years next year!"

Of course, Zhuang Mingge did not say some more shocking facts, that is, when the contract was renewed in 01, the broadcast fee became 3 billion pounds in 11 years, and when Zhuang Mingge crossed, the broadcast fee had risen to a terrifying 3 billion pounds in 20 years GBP.

This is only the TV broadcasting rights in the UK, and the overseas broadcasting rights are not included at all, but Zhuang Mingge vaguely remembers that he once saw a report saying that the broadcasting fee of the Premier League in Hong Kong was sold for [-] million in three years Dollar……

What a terrifying gap!

Therefore, in order to change the status quo of reduced investment in Italian football after the Lira crisis, the TV broadcast fee, which accounts for a considerable share of the club's income, must rise!And it must not be too much lower than the Premier League!Otherwise, Serie A will repeat the same mistakes sooner or later.

"Chairman Corleone is right!" Old Tanzi, the owner of Palma in a small town, was the first to respond to Zhuang Mingge's point of view, "Everyone knows that the population of the city where my team is located is completely burdened by ticket sales alone. I can’t afford the salary of the team’s current staff, and I have to pay the club out of my own pocket every year to maintain normal operations. If the broadcast fee reaches the same level as the Premier League, I believe that many of you here will no longer have to pay for it. The team is pissed off paying for it."

Tanzi’s speech touched the hearts of many small and medium-sized team owners. After all, a league has a broadcast fee of 4000 million pounds a year. According to the distribution method of the Premier League, even relegated teams can get a lot of money. , can almost offset the current operating costs of the entire club.

"Chairman Corleone, this is pure nonsense! I doubt the authenticity of this information!" Galliani had already begun to panic in his heart at this time, he did not expect Zhuang Mingge to be so fully prepared, From the very beginning, the Premier League, which can only be regarded as second-rate in the eyes of the Italians, severely stimulated everyone.

Think about it, if these Italian bosses knew that the broadcast fee for a season of the Premier League would be higher than that of Serie A for three years combined, would they still choose to sign with Mediaset at a low price?

As long as you're not a fool, you won't...

Therefore, Galliani had no choice but to doubt the authenticity of this information, and now he will delay this matter for a few days, and then use this time to inform his boss to seek a coping strategy.

It's a pity that Zhuang Mingge, who came prepared, obviously wouldn't give Galliani room to breathe. Knowing what Baldy Jia is capable of, he clearly knows that if he can't beat the opponent to death with a stick, then he will definitely suffer in return. Its harmful.

"Manager Galliani, the Moratti family has done some research on this information. Unfortunately, this information is indeed true and reliable." At this time, Moratti added to Galliani "I think that due to the huge gap in the amount of TV broadcast fees between the Premier League and our Serie A, Mediaset, as the main TV broadcaster of Serie A, is suspected of manipulating the market and unfair competition. Therefore, I hereby propose that the league broadcast contract for the next three seasons should be openly tendered to TV broadcasters all over the world!"

When Galliani heard Moratti's proposal, he slumped down on a chair. He knew that he was powerless to stop the sharp increase in broadcast fees.

If Berlusconi knew the news, he would be so angry that he wanted to tear Galliani off.