Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs: Chapter 333 Distracted?

   Chapter 333 Distraction?

   Still in Spain, in Real Madrid, Mourinho reluctantly pouted.

   "This time, it was Chen Ran who was cheap for nothing"

   "Haha, Jose, I didn't expect you to help Chen Ran, it's really surprising."

   Looking at Mourinho's complicated expression, Mendes, who was gloating at the misfortune, couldn't close his mouth with laughter.

   "No way, who asked Rijkaard to compete with me for the La Liga championship? If he voluntarily gives up, it will be fine."

   figured out Mourinho spread his hands and shrugged, looking like it was all Rijkaard's fault.

   "José, have you noticed that your shameless appearance is becoming more and more like that guy Chen Ran?"

  Mendez looked at Mourinho speechlessly. A few years ago, this guy fought with Chen Ran. He didn't learn other skills, but his face became thicker and thicker.

"Have it?"

   Mourinho couldn't help but touched his cheek, which seemed to be a lot rougher than before, and then put on a broken can.

   "Maybe this is the way to get so many championships."

   In this season's La Liga, Barcelona is the leader with its super attacking power and has won countless games with big scores.

   But their tradition of attacking the strong and defending the weak also caused them to lose some games they should have won.

   And Real Madrid, under the leadership of Mourinho, played the tactics of defensive counterattacks to the extreme. 1:0 to win, ugly games abound.

   Even under the overwhelming criticism from Real Madrid fans, Mourinho still went his own way.

  The two Western Super League teams, one crazy attacking, the other desperately defending, diametrically opposed to two styles of play, collided in La Liga to create a magnificent song of ice and fire.

   In the last round of La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid were evenly tied.

  The rules of the Premier League are different. La Liga first compares the relationship between the winners and losers when the points are the same, and then looks at the goal difference.

   While Real Madrid played 0:0 with Barcelona at home this season, they used defensive counterattack tactics in the away game and succeeded in a sneak attack to beat Barcelona 1:0.

   In this way, Real Madrid grabbed the initiative in the outcome of the relationship.

   Even if Barcelona is far ahead of Real Madrid in goal difference, as long as Real Madrid wins the last game, then the championship will fall to Real Madrid.

   This is also an important reason why Rijkaard frowned, while Mourinho was in the mood to discuss Chen Ran and Crystal Palace with Mendes.

   On May 18th, both Barcelona and Real Madrid sent all their main force.

   In the end, Barcelona beat Murcia 5:0 away, while Real Madrid beat Levante 1:0 at home.

   With the two teams tied, Real Madrid once again beat Barcelona to win the La Liga title.

  After being suppressed by Chen Ran for three seasons, Mourinho, who was forced to leave Spain, finally raised his eyebrows and stepped on the head of the famous coach Rijkaard to steal the La Liga championship trophy.

  Leading Real Madrid to win the league title also allowed Mourinho to prove his coaching ability once again, and effectively countered those who questioned that he led Porto to win the championship. It was **** luck.

   Just when Mourinho and his players were celebrating wildly, Rijkaard had to pack up and fly to Russia with the entire Barcelona team to prepare for the upcoming Champions League final three days later.

   This season's Champions League final will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

   Luzhniki Stadium, formerly known as Lenin Stadium, can accommodate more than 80,000 people and is the largest stadium in Russia.

   As Crystal Palace continues to gain ground in Europe, it has also attracted more and more new fans from all over the world.

   These fans can only watch Crystal Palace games on TV or the Internet through a screen. When Crystal Palace once again reached the Champions League final as the defending champion, many people wanted to be there to witness the moment when the team won the cup again.

   However, according to UEFA's UEFA Champions League final ticket allocation rules, out of the 80,000 tickets sold publicly, the participating Crystal Palace and Barcelona each received only 20,000 tickets.

   Then UEFA sold 15,000 tickets to the world on its official website, and the remaining tickets were sold by the host Luzhniki Stadium.

  The tickets are divided into four grades, which are the fourth tier of 70 euros, the third tier of 180 euros, the second tier of 490 euros, and the first tier of 690 euros.

  If you are not a local Moscow fan, the cost of air tickets, room and board, ball tickets, etc. together is not a small sum.

   But even so, tickets for the Champions League final are still in short supply.

   "Chen, the club's phone has been blown up, and the website has been paralyzed. They all came to ask about the tickets for the Champions League final. What should we do now?"

   Stephen found Chen Ran with a frown, and Chen Ran needed to decide how to distribute the 20,000 tickets that Crystal Palace got.

   With Crystal Palace’s record getting better and better in the past few seasons, the fan base has shown an explosive growth trend, and 20,000 tickets are now far from meeting the needs of fans.

   "What a happy trouble."

  Chen Ran also shook his head with a wry smile. This kind of thing can't be sloppy, or he will be scolded to death by the fans.

   "Stephen, how about we take this opportunity to launch our own membership system for Crystal Palace Club? The 20,000 Champions League final tickets are only sold to club members."

"Membership system? It's a good idea. Those old-fashioned giant clubs do this. Although our Crystal Palace has been up for a short time, it is booming now. There should be many people who want to become our members. At least the scene will not be too ugly. ."

   Hearing Chen Ran's idea, Stephen's eyes suddenly lit up.

   You must know that all football clubs that can recruit members from all over the world are the top giant clubs.

   Even some second-tier teams dare not do this, because if no one cares, it will immediately become the laughing stock of the world.

   "However, Chen, how is the entry threshold for our member?"

   Stephen thought for a while, and then he threw a new question.

   "This standard must be carefully considered. It can't be too high, so that no one wants to join the membership; it can't be too low, it will appear unclassified and will be ridiculed by those old giant clubs."

   "Stephen, what do you think of the membership fee of 99 euros? Let's add another jersey."

   "99 euros? Also comes with a jersey?"

   Stephen lowered his head and pondered for a long time. He wanted to say that the membership fees of Barcelona and Real Madrid are as high as hundreds of euros. Crystal Palace not only only needs 99 euros, but also comes with a jersey. Is it too low.

   But considering the background of Crystal Palace, he swallowed these words again.

   "That's right. And as long as you buy more than 99 euros of merchandise from the club's official channels every year, you can continue to retain your membership."

  Chen Ran thought and said, constantly improving his thinking.

   "Only members of the club are eligible to purchase the package for each season of the team in the future."

   "For tickets to popular games like the Champions League final, club members have the right of first refusal."

   "Members have priority to sign up for various activities held by the club."

   "In the future, we can also contact our sponsors to offer some discounts to members of the club."

   "That's all for now, Stephen, do you have anything else to add?"

   ".Chen, are these what you just thought of?"

   Stephen stared at Chen Ran with wide eyes, once again surprised by Chen Ran's endless thoughts.

   "That's right, there must be a lot of immature things that I thought of temporarily. Let's study it when we come back."

   "This is already very good. Then let's take the tickets for this Champions League final as the first shot to launch the club membership system?"

   "Well, you make the membership system a little more strict and don't leave any loopholes."

"Ok, I see."

   However, things went beyond Chen Ran and Stephen's expectations again.

   After Crystal Palace officially launched the club membership system, the club’s official website, which had just recovered, was once again paralyzed.

   "Chen, there are too many people applying to join the club, and the server of the official website can't keep up and crashes."

  Stephen came to report to Chen Ran sweating profusely, but his face was smiling from ear to ear, showing no sign of anger.

   "Oh? It seems that our first shot is fired?"

  Chen Ran raised his eyebrows, obviously hearing Stephen's subtext.

   "That's right. You bundled the tickets for the Champions League final with the club membership system. This trick is too high!"

   Unlike the fat little Louis who likes to flatter, Stephen, who is restrained and reserved, couldn't help but slapped this time.

   "Cough, normal, normal. Stephen, don't forget to inform the commercial department to stock up, you must know that each member will come with a jersey."

   "OMG! Chen, thanks to you for reminding me, I was busy dealing with the official website server just now, and I really forgot about the jersey."

   Before he could finish speaking, Stephen, who had just sat down, walked away in a hurry.

   I have to say that the 99 euro membership fee that Chen Ran set for Crystal Palace is quite attractive.

  Crystal Palace's current full set of genuine jerseys, including a short-sleeved top, a pair of shorts and a pair of socks, costs 99 euros together, of which the unit price of the jersey accounts for almost half.

   In this way, the membership fee of Crystal Palace is equivalent to only 50 euros. Coupled with the lure of tickets to the Champions League final, and then a series of attractive offers, the number of applications for Crystal Palace members suddenly exploded.

   UEFA only gave Crystal Palace 20,000 tickets for the Champions League final, but more than 30,000 people have applied to buy them, including many Crystal Palace fans from China.

   And this number is still increasing rapidly.

   To this end, Stephen found Chen Ran's office again.

   "Chen, there are too many fans applying to buy tickets for the Champions League final. UEFA only gave us 20,000 tickets, which is not enough to allocate."

   First, I was busy formulating the rules of the club membership system, and now I am busy applying for membership and selling tickets for the Champions League final.

   Because of a new idea from Chen Ran, Stephen has been very busy these days.

   "It is to be expected that there are not enough tickets, Stephen, you don't have to worry. In this way, you contact the major media and say that we are going to hold a lottery lottery ceremony, and publicly draw out the lucky ones who are eligible to buy tickets for the Champions League final."

   "Uh, is this okay?"

   Stephen looked at Chen Ran stupidly, once again surprised by his whims.

   is just selling tickets, as for such a big battle?

   "Why not? Isn't this a good opportunity to promote our Crystal Palace club?"

  Chen Ran glanced at Stephen in amazement, he just moved to England with the rotten lottery method in China in his previous life. This guy has been with him for so long, why is he still making a fuss?

"ok, I get it."

   Stephen, who is resolute in his work, sent invitations to major media in England on the same day.

  The next day, he personally presided over the entire lottery ceremony at the Crystal Palace Club.

   Not only all the major print media were present, but even Sky TV broadcast the whole lottery ceremony live.

   For a while, Crystal Palace Club once again became the focus of the media.

   "The Champions League final is about to start soon, and you still have the mind to do these grandstanding things? That Chinese man is simply not doing his job!"

   "The membership system was launched again, and the tickets for the Champions League final were sold by lottery. The Chinese people put all their minds on how to make money. This is not good news for Crystal Palace, which is about to participate in the Champions League final."

   "That Chinese man is walking a tightrope right now. If Crystal Palace can successfully defend the Champions League, it will be good, once they lose to Barcelona, ​​then these things he is doing now will become the material for people to criticize."

   "According to the latest data from the gaming company, when Crystal Palace Club held the Champions League final ticket draw ceremony, the odds that were originally ahead of Barcelona have now been successfully overtaken by Barcelona."

   "Amazing. An ordinary Champions League final was played out by Chen Ran."

  After winning the La Liga championship, Mourinho, who was completely relaxed, sat with Mendes with great interest to point out the country.

   "Hehe, Jose, that's the difference between you and Chen Ran. You're just a pure football coach, but he's the owner of a club, so the two of you think about things from different angles."

  It was none of his business, and Mendes took a leisurely sip of his cigar.

   "But I think the media is right. That guy Chen Ran was distracted before the Champions League final, which is obviously not good for Crystal Palace's championship prospects."

   Mourinho curled his lips and argued a little unconvinced.

   "How do you know that Chen Ran is distracted?"

  Through the smoke of the cigar, Mendes gave Mourinho a faint glance.

   (end of this chapter)