Chapter 340 Solutions
With Antonioni's connection, a league for next season's Serie A TV broadcast fee has been initially formed, and it is waiting for the professional league meeting to be held on July 5.
On the day of the meeting, AC Milan general manager Galliani, who had arrived at the venue early, was surprised to find that many of the people who came to participate in the professional league meeting this time were not the general managers of the team, but the bosses behind these teams!
If something goes wrong, there will be a demon! This is the experience accumulated by Bald Man over the years.
Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Galliani decided to take the lead and took the lead in throwing out a topic that did not reach a consensus in the last meeting: the amount of the Serie A broadcast contract in the next three years.
"Everyone, I think the broadcast contract issued by Mediaset is quite sincere. After all, this three-year, US$50 million contract has exceeded the previous broadcast contract in amount of US$10 million." As soon as Galliani came up, he threw a bait that he thought was extremely tempting to many small and medium-sized teams.
Zhuang Mingge sneered in his heart. The increase of $10 million seems to be quite large on the surface, but if it is evenly distributed to the next three seasons, and 18 Serie A teams will be allocated according to the results of each season and the number of broadcasts, then in fact, most of the balls with mid- and lower-level standards will only be considered as the middle and lower-level footballs at most can only get a bite of soup.
$10 million, it just looks beautiful.
"Galliani! You have to speak with conscience!" Franco Sensi, who was the most unsightly member of the Holy League between AC Milan and Juventus, jumped out first and took the lead. "Don't think of using this trick 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, she was interrupted by Zhuang Mingge.
"Well, Chairman Sensi's opinion is very reasonable. The legal provisions do not stipulate which specific company we must sign a broadcast contract with." Zhuang Mingge stroked his chin with one hand and began to express his opinion. "Everyone here has achieved outstanding achievements in the business circle. You should know that you should compare the market on this issue. I think the method 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 and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. He had begun to imagine in his head that his boss failed to get the league broadcast rights at an ideal price. If this situation continues, this situation may really happen.
Never let such a thing happen! After all, this is directly related to Galliani's position in Berlusconi's mind!
"Ahem." This time, Zhuang Mingge interrupted Gagliani's defense again. He ignored Gagliani's dissatisfied eyes and waved his hand to make everyone's attention focus on him. Only then did Karin, who was his secretary, attending the meeting, distribute the prepared materials to the representatives of the clubs present, and then said, "Everyone! This information clearly tells us that the Premier League is the product produced by those British men on the verge of despair. Its broadcast contract is 5 years and 191 million pounds!"
Zhuang Mingge said this, paused for a moment, and then threw out an even more "amazing" news: "And, according to reliable news, Murdoch's Sky TV station plans to price 670 million pounds next year!"
Of course, Zhuang Mingge did not say any more amazing facts, that is, when the sign-up was renewed again in 2001, the broadcast fee became 1.1 billion pounds in three years. By the time Zhuang Mingge traveled, the broadcast fee had risen to a terrifying 2 billion pounds in three years.
This is just the television broadcasting rights in the UK, and the overseas broadcasting rights are not included at all. However, Zhuang Mingge vaguely remembers that he once saw a report saying that the broadcasting fees of the Premier League in Hong Kong were sold for US$200 million in three years...
What a terrifying gap!
Therefore, if you want to change the current situation where Italian football investment has decreased after the Lira crisis, the TV broadcast fee that accounts for a considerable share of the club's revenue must rise! And it must not be too much lower than the Premier League! Otherwise, Serie A will repeat the same mistake sooner or later.
"Chairman Corleon is right!" The owner of Parma, who is in a small town, was the first to respond to Zhuang Mingge's view. "Everyone knows that with the population of the city where my team is located, the income from tickets alone cannot afford the team's existing staff. Every year, I have to pay out my own capital to inject funds into the club 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 worry about paying for the team."
Tanji's speech hit the hearts of many small and medium-sized team bosses. After all, a league can have a broadcast fee of 40 million pounds a year. According to the distribution method of the Premier League, even relegated teams can get a considerable income, which can almost offset the operating costs of the entire club now.
"Chairman Corleon, this is purely nonsense! I doubt the authenticity of this information!" Galliani was already a little panicked in his heart at this time. He did not expect that Zhuang Mingge would have prepared so well. He used the Premier League, which could only be considered a second-rate in the eyes of Italians, to stimulate everyone.
Think about it, if these Italian bosses knew that the broadcasting fee for the Premier League in one season was higher than that for the three years of Serie A, would they choose to sign with Mediaset at a low price?
As long as you are not a fool, you won't...
So, Galliani had to doubt the authenticity of this information, and now dragged the matter for a few days, and then used this time to notify his boss about seeking strategies for coping.
Unfortunately, Zhuang Mingge, who was prepared, obviously would not give Galliani a breath. He knew that he was very resistant to baldness and knew clearly that if he could not beat the other party to death with one stick, he would inevitably suffer.
"Manager Gagliani, the Morati family has conducted an investigation on this information. Unfortunately, this information is indeed true and reliable." At this time, Morati made the final blow to Galagiani. "I think that due to the huge gap in the amount of TV broadcasting fees between the Premier League and our Serie A, Mediaset, as the main TV broadcaster of Serie A, is suspected of market manipulation and unfair competition. Therefore, I hereby suggest that the league broadcasting contracts for the next three seasons should be openly tendered to TV broadcasters around the world!"
When Galliani heard Morati's proposal, he suddenly collapsed in the chair. He knew that he was powerless to prevent the broadcast fee from rising sharply.
Chapter completed!