i am beckham

Chapter 440 The Madman Comes Again

Someone asked himself to be the president of the club?

This is probably the craziest thing Beckham has heard.

No wonder Lloyd specifically explained that he was not talking nonsense before he said this.

But the matter itself is very nonsense. How bad is a club to make such a decision?
Truth be told, Beckham feels like he never thought about it.

He has been getting used to how to run in with big guys like Shearer and Yorke all season.

After asking Lloyd in detail, he figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

The American Major League Soccer was established in 1996. At the beginning of its establishment, there were only 10 clubs. Last year, it expanded to 12 clubs. At first glance, the scale is very small.

There is no relegation and relegation system in the American professional league, and no matter what the difference in strength is, they can only be played together.

The rules of this league are also very strange. The 90 minutes of the game are counted down. If the two teams are tied in regular time, they will start at a position 35 yards from the goal and shoot each other.

The rules of the game also refer to basketball. Clubs in the same division sometimes meet three times in the regular season, which sounds very confusing.

The United States has always been known as the desert of football. Baseball, rugby and basketball are the mainstream sports in this country. Football can only be regarded as a niche sport.

Beckham also heard that the American Major League Soccer has no profitability, so the income of the players is very low. The basic salary is only about 3 yuan. Many players have to work part-time after training to maintain their quality of life.

In order to increase the influence of the league, American clubs try every means to attract rich people and stars to enter the stadium, with the purpose of increasing the influence of the entire major league.

According to Lloyd, a rich man named Anschutz holds more than 60% of the equity of all teams.If someone wants to become the chairman of the club, he only needs to get about 15% of the shares to run a club.

I heard that the owner of a certain team is a pop singer who is good at hip-hop and rap.

Anyway, everyone is messing around, and there will definitely not be much improvement in a few years.

After talking here, Beckham decisively refused.

He has neither the time nor the desire to pay, especially in the face of such an unpopular industry that is sure to lose no profit, and he has to advance the money himself for a long period of time.

Why bother?
Instead of this, it is better to put money where it can make money.

Lloyd was not very surprised by Beckham's feedback. After all, the nature of the work of professional players is quite special. Unlike stars in the entertainment industry, they can allocate their time freely in many cases.

Unexpectedly, after answering Lloyd's call, Beckham saw the square-faced man named Musk in the club again.

The doorman called into the office and said that an American named Elon Musk wanted to visit Beckham.

Beckham saw that training was over anyway and let him in.

The square-faced Musk was very interested when he visited the club, and he kept asking Beckham about his team leadership experience.

According to Musk, Beckham's performance against Tottenham in the last game of the league has aroused enthusiastic responses in the United States.

Compared with the British way of thinking that thinks things too rationally and restricts everywhere, Americans are more open.

This is a country rich in heroism, and people like to see a story of an epoch-making person taking responsibility at a critical moment, and then leading the team to success.

As for the impact of failure, they are more inclined to consider success first.

Beckham introduced him to the dressing room culture of English football, and then briefly chatted about his feelings that day.

The situation that day was that Tottenham scored a goal, half of the teammates panicked, Keane lost control because of his emotions, and no one played the role of comforting his teammates and unifying their thoughts.

Beckham needed someone to speak at this time, and he was qualified to speak, so he did it.

To be honest, even if he called everyone together that day, he did not pat his chest and say that he would lead everyone to victory, but promised to do his best to find a way.

Musk listened thoughtfully for a moment, then said, "We're one of a kind."

Hearing this, Beckham was a little speechless. The two had met three times in total. Why did this buddy look like he met a confidant?

Although he didn't know, he believed that there must be a reason, so he shared his feelings and listened carefully to Musk's self-report.

Old John made it clear that this person is not simple, and he will become a pivotal figure in the aerospace industry.

But judging from the current situation, it is completely impossible to see that this guy has any signs of making his business a success.

The Zip2 company founded by Musk himself has just been acquired by an Internet company called Compaq.

Musk told Beckham how he made the company from scratch. After the company got an investment, he was still the majority shareholder, but the control ability was not strong.

Before being acquired, his company tried to acquire a company of the same category, but the acquisition failed due to overlapping positions and lack of agreement among partners.

Although his company was acquired by Compaq for 3.07 million, he has always been worried about the failure of the previous acquisition: "If I can have stronger control, then maybe there will be stronger room for bargaining when I am acquired."

Musk received 2200 million yuan from the acquisition, which is actually a bit wronged, after all, it is the company he built by himself.

Unexpectedly, he lost control of the team and only got such a small benefit.

Musk told Beckham that he is living a very ostentatious life now. He changed to a villa of 1800 square meters, bought a limited edition McLaren sports car, and tossed back and forth on the road all day long.

Those rich people bought such expensive sports cars only for important occasions, but he deliberately parked the car at the entrance of the supermarket and in the company's underground parking lot.

Encountering unpleasantness on the road, he drove faster and blocked the car that dared to offend him on the road. Those people ran away when they saw his license plate. No one dared to take the risk of ruining their lives and exchange cars with him on the road.

Today, Beckham feels that Musk talks a lot. It seems that it is not easy to come from Silicon Valley, so he must talk enough.

He said that investors generally believe that real Internet people are lunatics, because only lunatics can do things that are different from ordinary people.

"David, I used 1200 million to create a company for the purpose of realizing payment operations on the Internet. Entrepreneurs like me who have a successful experience can always win more favor from investors. If you also join in the investment, you will definitely get good returns."

Oh, so you are waiting for me here.

After Musk revealed the real purpose, Beckham was finally relieved, this purpose is very pure.

Otherwise, what's the matter with the two big men cherishing each other and going all the way to see each other once.

"I still need time to think about it."

Hearing what the other party said, Beckham was actually quite happy. Although this guy looked like a cheater, he was after all certified by Old John.

This matter completely suits his mind, he is afraid that this buddy will have good things and completely miss himself.

Of course, even Musk probably isn't sure it will work.

But Beckham still wants to make things logical. If the other party invites him to invest, he will send the check immediately. No matter how he looks at it, he feels that his brain is not working.

Musk said that the purpose of starting this company is to be acquired, and then use the funds to realize his ultimate dream. He always needs to find someone to invest and make the plate bigger first.

Since you always have to find someone to invest in, finding someone to invest in is not investing.

Beckham nodded, this person is indeed a lunatic, let Lloyd follow up on this matter.

Let Jason send Musk to the airport, and Beckham continues to study Arsenal's game video at home.

In the past two days, Ferguson and Wenger have been arguing to the sky. It feels like the two are trying their best to find reasons to argue with each other in order to interfere with each other, regardless of the influence, just do it!
The Champions League final is crucial for both teams, and neither wants to lose.

(End of this chapter)