In a high-end hotel in Vienna, a huge conference room was booked.
But there were not many people in the conference room. On one side of the long table sat Mike Li, Tony Wilson, and David Li.
David Li is the young man of the same generation as George Li and Mike Li in the family. He also graduated from a well-known university and now helps manage the family's sports business. To put it simply, he is the liaison between George Li, Mike Li and their uncles.
And George Li was sitting in the corner, holding his Nokia mobile phone and playing Snake. Anyway, he couldn't get in the conversation about business cooperation, so he just turned on his phone and played games for a while.
Sitting opposite were two senior executives from Red Bull. They were here to discuss cooperation today.
Of course, it's not a big cooperation project, it's just a small cooperation project worth millions, and it's not an advertisement on Leeds United's chest.
Lee George thinks the two red bulls from Red Bull are too ugly when printed on Leeds United’s white jersey.
Mike Lee had always wanted to have his company's name printed on the front of his jersey, but his good friend Wilson said: "Don't you think having Lee printed on the chest looks like an advertisement for jeans?" ?".
This idea was later abandoned.
Others who have ideas for chest advertising include Bill Ross and Carl Olson.
But Tony Wilson would not agree until Bill Ross's career was completely transformed. After all, it’s okay to have a bookmaker printed on your chest, but it’s not appropriate to have a DM printed on your chest.
As for Olson, the idea of "Charles Fried Fish" will not be realized until "Charles Fried Fish" defeats KFC and M's.
The cooperation between the two parties was discussed very quickly. After all, this had been agreed before, but it just needed a few big guys to come over and make the final decision.
The cooperation project involves Red Bull becoming the official sponsor of Leeds United, Leeds United and Red Bull's teams carrying out cooperation projects, etc.
After it was over, the people from Red Bull left first, leaving the conference room to George Li and the others. The two parties agreed to have a celebration reception in the evening, but George Li could not attend. He had to fly to Hungary that evening to continue the team's training.
After the Red Bull people left, Mike Li immediately asked George Li.
"Tell me, why are you calling us all here? I don't believe you want us all to come here for such a multi-million dollar cooperation." Michael knew his brother, and Wilson was in charge of the business part of the team, so he disdained it. Regarding intervention, the division of labor between the two parties is very clear. Moreover, the cooperation between the two was very pleasant and there was no dirty work.
"How many teams does Red Bull have? Do you know?" George Li started to ask the other three people.
"One, it's the Salzburg Red Bull they acquired last year." Wilson blurted out.
Because it was he who arranged for Leeds United to come to Austria for training. He was also contacted about the game against Salzburg. Later, George Lee proposed cooperation with Red Bull, and he began to follow up. It's just that he didn't expect that all three of them would come over this time.
"They seem to have an F1 team, and they seem to have been on the podium this year." This is what Michael said. He is also familiar with sports competitions other than football.
"Really?" Obviously, George Li was not very satisfied with their answers and was ready to tell them the answer himself, "Actually, there is..."
At this time, David Li, who had been silent just now, spoke. He read out what was on his phone. It was obvious that he was looking up information just now.
"On March 9 this year, the New York Metropolitan Stars of Major League Baseball were acquired by Red Bull and have been renamed the New York Red Bulls."
Several people looked at David, obviously surprised.
Then, Mike Li and Wilson were thoughtful. After all, they were all scholars, so they could obviously guess what George Li wanted to express.
"You also want us to get an American team?" Mike Li thought for a while and said.
"There is a model called multi-club co-ownership, or MCO model for short. That is, we can own multiple clubs, as long as they are not in the same country or the same league." Li George began to explain the purpose of calling them here.
"Do you have any specific requirements for the team?" Mike Li has already thought very far, and he completely agrees with George Li's views.
Owning a club in other leagues can not only help major clubs provide direct assistance such as player transfers, player training, scouting information, etc., but can also help increase the local visibility of major clubs.
These are obviously things that ordinary cooperative clubs or satellite clubs cannot do.
"My vision is to acquire a small club in Northern Europe and North America first, so that we can provide our club with good regional scouting data and player reserves."
"Is that a football desert in North America?" This is a question raised by Wilson.
"The football industry in the United States has been developing rapidly in the past few years, and their player and fan bases are relatively large, which can be fully utilized. Even if we have no results, we can still carry out some cooperation projects. The earlier we enter the North American market, the earlier we can gain distribution Get a piece of the pie.”
"Good idea!" David Li was the first to react and said.
Then he noticed that the other three of them were looking at him.
"Why are you looking at me?" David Li was a little scared when they looked at him.
But then Mike Li turned his head and continued talking to George Li.
"So you asked us and David to come here just because you want David to be in charge of this?"
"Yes, I, you and Wilson will definitely focus on the local Leeds United. As for overseas projects, I think David can do it."
Wilson and Mike Li both nodded, but David Li was completely confused.
He could understand what they wanted to do, but he didn't know what he could do.
"How about someone else?" David Li, who was used to running errands, wanted to back down.
But immediately he was grabbed by Wilson's neck and educated.
"Don't be afraid, David, we will all help you. When I first became the general manager, I didn't know anything. Let me tell you one thing, if you follow George, you will definitely not go wrong."
David Li immediately got rid of Wilson.
"Tony, I understand everything you said. But can you please not get so close to me?"
David Li started to stay away from Wilson in disgust.
^^^
Just as the four people walked out of the conference room, a waiter came over and handed over a business card, indicating that someone wanted to meet George Li.
The business card said "Florentino Pérez."
The former Real Madrid chairman who just resigned this summer wants to meet with George Lee.
Everyone looked at the business card in George Li's hand, waiting for him to make a decision.
"How about we meet?"
"Okay, you go ahead." Mike Li said that George Li was casual and he wouldn't worry about Lafayette poaching him.
After all, Real Madrid is a Spanish team and has nothing to do with his brother's dream.
Can you, Real Madrid, form a team consisting only of English, Dutch and Nordic players?
