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   Chapter 673 Immediate results

Snow Leshan Games is paying attention to the sales of "Half-Life". As the first game released after it was "split" from ICQ, if the sales volume is low, then Xue Leshan's golden signboard may be a little bit. smashed.

  If the sales of "Half-Life" can catch up with Blizzard's "Diablo" and "StarCraft" games, then Xueleshan is almost the only one in the American game industry.

   Song Yang glanced at the retail store of Game Station, and saw that the crowd of people buying game discs not only did not decrease, but instead gathered more and more.

   When the car entered the Astros' arena, there were already many people there, waiting for Song Yang's arrival.

   "Song!"

Adrian, who led the chief of staff Matthews and others, was with the Astros team owner Jimmy Crane and others, when he saw Song Yang, he immediately waved to Song Yang, his attitude was the same as the one next to him. Jimmy Crane is here, and it's a world of difference.

Jimmy Crane and the general manager of the Astros team, coaches, etc., were not surprised or surprised by this scene. In Houston, the Astros baseball team has a bit of influence, but for those congressmen Adrian, , Song Yang, the big moneymaker, is much more important than a baseball team.

Jimmy Crane started logistics and acquired the Astros for $110 million a few years ago. However, the Astros baseball team has had a dismal performance in recent years. Since the acquisition, the team's valuation has fallen all the way. Compared with the Yankees and other giants, it is really a bit of a stretch.

   "Song, the thing I regret the most now is that the Astros didn't let the Astros pick you in the MLB draft. Missing you is a loss for the Astros and the entire MLB!"

  Jimmy Crane looked remorseful and said to Song Yang, which caused a burst of laughter from the people around him, and Song Yang shook his head with a smile.

When    entered the arena, Jimmy Crane chased Song Yang about his plans for the Astros.

   "Song, I plan to renovate this arena and make it the top multi-purpose arena in Texas, with an estimated capacity of more than 50,000 spectators!"

Jimmy Crane drew a big cake in front of Song Yang, "The Astros team also plans to introduce a few superstars next year. The Astros team has already started contact with several baseball superstars. If the signing goes well, then The Astros will form MLB's Galactic Fleet..."

  The conversation turned, and Jimmy Crane asked Song Yang both tentatively and expectantly, "Song, I wonder if you are interested in investing in the Astros?!"

  Song Yang appeared as a baseball genius, but in the past few years, especially after the price has skyrocketed, he has not yet acquired a professional baseball team, which is a bit strange in itself.

Everyone knew that Song Yang would have to buy a baseball team sooner or later, whether it was for face or if he really liked a baseball team. With Song Yang's worth, if he wanted to buy a professional baseball team, there were two options. One is to acquire the hometown team and pocket the Astros. With Song Yang's worth, it is enough to make the Astros a giant.

   This is what Houston and even Texas baseball fans have to look forward to, bringing Houston its first MLB world championship.

  If you don’t buy the Astros, it’s basically a few giants in the MLB league, two or three giant baseball teams such as the Red Sox in Boston and the Yankees in New York.

  Jimmy Crane and several Astros general managers, coaches, etc. all pricked up their ears, waiting for Song Yang's response.

If it is possible, the Astros team will be up and down, of course, it is hoped that another big sponsor will come to the Astros team. Jimmy Crane is a big mouth, and he has a lot of wild words, making some controversial remarks, and talking with others. Team chatter.

The point is, Jimmy Crane is a football fan, a diehard fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, don't look at the bragging he just bragged in front of Song Yang, what kind of MLB Galaxy Fleet is going to be formed, but what's so special, a few years ago , Jimmy Crane said, would not pay a dollar to watch a baseball game, and would rather stand and watch a baseball game!

And when it came time to watch the Philadelphia Eagles football game, Jimmy Crane had booked a VIP box. If it wasn't for his lack of wealth, he couldn't buy the Philadelphia Eagles. Jimmy Crann, who was born in logistics, is estimated to have taken the space for a long time. The team is sold.

   "Jimmy, I'll consider this proposal!"

After entering the arena, Song Yang walked towards the Devers baseball team that was warming up.

Hearing Song Yang's words, Jimmy Crane breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of what he said, Song Yang is welcome to invest in the Astros, but if Song Yang invests, he may not be able to sleep. Safe.

Once Song Yang invests in the Astros, the problem facing Jimmy Crane is, who will be the team boss, Jimmy Crann is sure, but once Song Yang publicly wants to invest in the Astros, Then from Houston to the team, Jimmy Crane will be forced to sell the team. After all, who doesn't want the second richest man in America to be the big sponsor? !

More than half of the venues have been built in the arena one after another. Today is a charity open exhibition game, so there are no rules for tickets. Even if it is a dollar, you can buy a ticket to come in and watch, and the location is a bit more expensive. .

"do not worry!"

   "Today your parents, classmates, and MLB scouts will all be there to show them your strength!"

The coach of the Devers school baseball team and the former coach of Song Yang, old Mark was shouting at a group of young people, giving them chicken blood. The drafts of the Beauty Society and the MLB professional league are all at your fingertips.

   "Coach Mark!"

   Twenty members of the Devers school baseball team came to the warm-up venue when they saw a figure surrounded by stars.

   Several of the main players of the Devers school baseball team saw Mark, who has always been strict and unsmiling, turned out to be full of smiles when they saw this person.

Song Yang hugged Mark, looked at the twenty strong school baseball team members behind him, and smiled at Mark, "Coach Mark, it seems that we won the America High School Baseball League Championship this year, not the Devers team. No way!"

  Old Mark smiled, he seemed to be a little younger than a few years ago, but thinking about it, his life now is many times better than it was a few years ago.

As the saying goes, it is not a good baseball coach who can't teach America's top ten richest people. high score.

After all, the coaches of those baseball teams can at most teach a superstar who is famous in the baseball world, or lead a professional baseball team and build a dynasty, but his old Mark has taught a baseball superstar, the second richest man in America. There can be multiple, and there can be multiple championship dynasties, but America's second richest man has only one...

   "Last week, the Devers varsity baseball team, in the Americas High School Baseball League, defeated the Mette Dey High School and Sierra Canyon Baseball Teams!"

Old Mark was proud of himself, and boasted to his most proud protégé, these two middle schools are both powerful sports schools. Every year, they send a large number of star players to major universities and professional leagues. The Devers school baseball team can Winning them is enough to show that the Devers school baseball team is no longer the grass chicken school team that had to take off its brand at any time a few years ago.

Of course, in a few years, there can be such a big change, nothing more than smashing enough US knives. Song Yang donates more than several million US knives to the Devers school baseball team every year. General college sports Ministry, don't have this kind of treatment, don't improve middle school.

   With sufficient funds, Old Mark has set up a professional coaching staff and training camps, and has recruited many talented baseball players from other schools. It is difficult to improve his grades. This is the effect of the silver bullet offensive, which is absolutely immediate!

After returning to the auditorium, the entire arena is basically full. After all, it is almost free to watch a game, even if it is an exhibition game, which makes many spectators who have never entered the stadium feel strange, especially at Christmas. period.

   The opening speech is of course inseparable. He did his best for this game, gave all of Adrian for the Greater Houston City, and donated his salary for three months today, which was a big wave of support.

After putting down the microphone, Adrian waved to the audience and whispered in Song Yang's ear, "Do you want to buy the Astros?!"

   If Adrian can ask this, it means that he will settle everything for Song Yang, including sweeping Jimmy Crane out of the house, pressing him, and selling the team to Song Yang at a low price.

  Song Yang coughed, he could clearly feel that Adrian had a deeper and deeper control over Houston, and now he does these things without any cover.

Asking Jimmy Crane to leave the game is too simple for Adrian to cancel all tax incentives for the Astros, cancel team subsidies, etc. In less than half a year, the Astros will have to pay for jumping off the building. , Jimmy Crane doesn't want to let the team go bankrupt, he has to resell the team, or it will rot in his hands.

Adrian looked at Song Yang, and his words were full of dissatisfaction with Jimmy Crane, "Houston needs to increase its popularity, the team is a city's business card, the Rockets brought me an NBA championship, and I gave the space With so many subsidies and discounts for the team, that guy Jimmy Crane takes more than $15 million in tax incentives from me every year, and the results are getting worse and worse!"

Adrian is very supportive of Houston's teams in major leagues. The team is the most famous business card to improve a city's popularity. Of course, the world is bustling, and it's all for Lilai. He did this to promote himself, the ball. The better the team's performance, the higher the city's popularity, and the more popularity and votes he has in America. All of these complement each other.

   A whistle sounded, and the exhibition match officially started. Song Yang thought about Adrian's proposal.

   (end of this chapter)