"Also, before the naming rights of the stadium end, Emirates Airlines will be the only sponsor of the Crystal Palace Club in the aviation field. If the Crystal Palace Club needs to travel by air, it must take Emirates flights."

"I see, these Emirati people really make the most of everything. So what if there are no Emirates flights to the place we want to go?"

"They have also thought of this. They will take out a special aircraft and paint the Crystal Palace Club logo on the fuselage. It will carry out normal flight missions and serve as our charter flight when we need it."

"These Emirati people are really thoughtful."

"Then we also need our players to cooperate with Emirates Airlines in filming a promotional video."

"Okay, okay."

"besides......"

In total, Emirates Airlines made nearly twenty requests.

Although it was not a big deal, it still annoyed Chen Ran quite a lot. She grabbed Stephen's hand and lamented that it's not easy to make money these days.

For someone like Chen Ran, who was so good at taking advantage of him, Stephen didn't even bother to pay attention to him and just walked away.

Once the money problem is solved, the rest will be trivial.

Having reached an agreement, Crystal Palace and Emirates Airlines will soon prepare to hold a grand signing ceremony.

Reporters from all walks of life who received the invitation letter immediately started talking about it.

Crystal Palace just held a press conference not long ago, so why is there another signing ceremony being held so soon?

Looking at the introduction on the invitation letter, it was a signing ceremony jointly held by Crystal Palace Club and Emirates Airlines.

For many experienced journalists, they immediately guessed that this was probably the signing ceremony held by Emirates Airlines to sponsor Crystal Palace.

However, this kind of sponsorship is commonplace for many big clubs. As for engaging in such a big battle?

Journalists also have their own small circle. Once everyone got to know each other, they discovered that the invitation letter issued by the Crystal Palace Club was not just for sports reporters.

Regardless of social or financial issues, as long as they are reporters from major newspapers, almost everyone has received an invitation letter.

Looking at the beautifully crafted invitations in their hands, the reporters speculated that this signing ceremony would definitely not be simple.

That Chinese guy might make another explosive news.

The signing ceremony was arranged at the Four Seasons Hotel in London. On the day of the ceremony, the entire banquet hall of the Four Seasons Hotel was bustling with activity. Almost all well-known journalists in England were present here.

When Stephen announced a package sponsorship contract between Crystal Palace and Emirates Airlines with a total amount of 550 million euros, the entire banquet hall of the Four Seasons Hotel immediately exploded.

"OMG!"

"Did I hear wrongly?"

"Did the Crystal Palace CEO just say 550 million euros?"

"Is this the largest sponsorship contract in football history?"

"Yes, and it will be difficult to be surpassed in the future."

"Emirates is so rich."

"Not only is he rich, but he also seems to have a bad mind."

"Crystal Palace has caught a fat sheep."

"That Chinese guy is making a lot of money now."

"That's right, I guess he won't even have to spend the money to build a new stadium this time."

"Not only does it cost nothing, the Chinese can also make money. The construction cost of the new Crystal Palace stadium will not exceed 500 million euros even if it is exhausted."

"Tsk, tsk, that Chinese guy is really good at it. The stadium hasn't even started yet, and with just a few drawings, someone sent money."

...

Looking at the noisy scene below, Chen Ran didn't show any displeasure and chatted easily with the big financier beside him, Clark, the chairman of Emirates Airlines.

The purpose of his coming today is to throw another shocking bomb.

Taking advantage of the fact that the influence of the last two incidents of poaching captain Vieira from Arsenal and building the new stadium Crystal Palace has not completely faded, Chen Ran is ready to add fuel to the fire.

Let the influence of Crystal Palace Club spread rapidly from the small British Isles to the whole world. From the small football circle and sports circle, it quickly spread to all circles.

All in all, there is one sentence: you may not be a fan of Crystal Palace, but you have at least heard of the name of the club Crystal Palace.

This is why Chen Ran must spend tens of millions of euros more to build the new stadium at Crystal Palace.

Because, as long as the Crystal Palace, the world's first palace-style football stadium, is built, it will be like a radiation source, spreading the influence of the Crystal Palace in all directions around the clock.

Finally, the reporters below fell silent and the signing ceremony continued.

Stephen signed the contract with the CEO of Emirates Airlines on behalf of Crystal Palace Club.

At this moment, whether it was true or false, everyone present gave him warm applause.

Soon, the question-and-answer session that reporters had been waiting for finally began.

All questions were directed at Chen Ran.

"Mr. Chen, can you tell us how you got Emirates to sign the largest super contract in history?"

The reporter who asked the first question couldn't wait to ask the question that everyone wanted the answer to the most.

"First of all I would like to thank Emirates for their confidence in Crystal Palace Football Club."

As Chen Ran spoke, he smiled at Clark, the chairman of Emirates Airlines, who was beside him.

"Crystal Palace, as an emerging wealthy club that is rising rapidly, its rising momentum can be seen by everyone. I think this is one of the important reasons why Crystal Palace can attract Emirates Airlines."

"Emirates Airline is committed to becoming the world's top airline; Crystal Palace also hopes to become the world's top football club. I think such similar goals are another important reason why the two of us can reach a cooperation agreement. "

"Mr. Chen, the total amount of the agreement between Crystal Palace and Emirates Airline has exceeded all the sponsorship contracts of old and wealthy clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. Do you think the current Crystal Palace Club is worthy of this contract?"

Let me go, this guy is here to cause trouble, right?

Chen Ran glanced at the reporter who asked the question unhappily and remembered his appearance.

Fortunately, in the past two years, Chen Ran had been battling wits with English media reporters for a long time, and he had already developed the ability to deal with the media.

"Haha, it doesn't matter what you and I think about whether it's worthy or not. If the person who paid the money thinks it's worthy, then it's worthy."

"Another point is that people should take a long-term view."

"Crystal Palace and Emirates Airline have a long-term cooperation. In my first season at Crystal Palace, I won the Championship and the League Cup; in my second season, I won the Premier League and the UEFA Cup. ."

"I would like to ask this reporter, can you name another team that has won so many championships from a second-tier league team in just two seasons?"

"Nottingham Forest won the European Champions Cup."

The reporter retorted not to be outdone.

"Haha, it seems that your understanding is not very good. I said within two seasons, and it is already the third season that Nottingham Forest has won the European Champions Cup."

"But Nottingham Forest finally won the European Champions Cup, twice in a row. This is far from being comparable to your UEFA Cup championship."

The reporter got a little angry and held his neck while trying to quibble.

"Haha, Mr. Journalist, I have only been in charge of Crystal Palace for two seasons. How do you know that Crystal Palace will not win the European Champions Cup in the future?"

After that, Chen Ran ignored the reporter and turned to look at Clark, the chairman of Emirates Airlines, beside him.

"Mr. Clark, do you think Crystal Palace Club can win the European Champions Cup in the future?"

"Of course, I am very confident about this. Otherwise, Emirates will not sponsor Crystal Palace Club."

Clark is also a seasoned actor. Although he didn't rehearse in advance, he worked perfectly with Chen Ran.

"Haha, thank you Mr. Clark for your trust. Based on this trust, I will give Emirates a preferential price when we renew our contract in the future."

"Really? That's great. It's a deal."

...

After the signing ceremony, the sponsorship contract between Crystal Palace and Emirates Airlines immediately grabbed the front page of all media.

"The largest sponsorship contract in football history was born, with a total amount of 550 million euros!"

"Crystal Palace received a sky-high sponsorship contract and already made money back before construction of the new stadium started."

"Crystal Palace surpassed traditional giants such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool to become the club with the highest commercial value in the Premier League."

"A new wealthy club is rising."

"After bringing in Vieira and building a new stadium, the Chinese made another amazing move."

"With the blessing of a sky-high sponsorship contract, the momentum of the Crystal Palace club's rise has become unstoppable."

...

Thousands of miles away in China, Crystal Palace fans were also shocked by the news of this sky-high sponsorship contract.

"Let me go, this guy Chen Ran has just made 550 million euros. If converted into domestic currency, wouldn't it be more than 5 billion?"

"Damn it, I don't even have more than 500,000 yuan."

"Oh my god, is it so profitable to run a football club?"

"Put it down. Are you watching football on your first day? Don't you know that the majority of football clubs in the world are losing money?"

"Then the contrast is too great, isn't it?"

"There is no way. Who told us that Chen Ran is so awesome? He made the Crystal Palace prosperous and was able to attract oil tycoons."

"That's right. The oil tycoon is not stupid. Everyone can understand the current rise of Crystal Palace. They are investing in the future, do you understand?"

"But Chen Ran is very ruthless. He can kill more than five billion with one blow."

"Look at Crystal Palace, and then look at our domestic clubs. They are all engaged in football, so why is the gap so big?"

"Forget it, that country in China deserves to be called a professional club? But, have you heard? Crystal Palace will come to China to play a friendly match in a while."

"I heard that some time ago, Sports Weekly published an advertisement for public bidding."

"Is there any follow-up news?"

"Yes. I heard that there will be a friendly match between Shanghai City and Shanghai Flower."

"Ah? Why Shen Cheng?"

"I heard it was to attend the opening ceremony of Crystal Palace's youth training base on Smart Island."

"Huh? Is that youth training base ready?"

"It's finished. I've been working on it a while ago, probably just to accommodate the Crystal Palace Club's domestic schedule."

"Then I will fly to Shanghai to watch the Crystal Palace game, and then stop by to visit the youth training base on Smart Island. Anyone interested? Let's go together."

"This is a good idea, count me in."

"And me, we can form a group and go to Smart Island together."

"Yes, add me too."

"And me."

...

London, Chelsea Club, Peter Kenyon's office.

Looking at Mourinho, who showed a very rare expression of frustration, Peter Kenyon gave some advice.

"José, let's forget it. Haven't you read the news in the past two days? That Chinese guy got a sky-high sponsorship contract of 550 million euros. Crystal Palace is not short of money. Let's change our target."

There were obvious dark circles on Mourinho's face, obviously due to a serious lack of sleep recently.

Hearing Peter Kenyon's voice, Mourinho looked up at the other party. After hesitating for a long time, he finally nodded.

Seeing that Mourinho finally emerged from the corner, Peter Kenyon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Peter Kenyon knew very well that Mourinho was capable, but had some character flaws.

At best, it's pride, at worst, it's too conceited.

He can only win against others. If others defeat him, he will not be able to accept it.

It's also because Mourinho has been too successful since he took charge. He won one championship after another, but suddenly he couldn't win it, and he couldn't adapt.

"Then do you have any new signing targets?"

Seeing that Mourinho finally stopped staring at the Crystal Palace players, Peter Kenyon quickly diverted his attention.

"Crack!"

Mourinho took out a piece of white paper with his name written on it from his pocket and placed it on Peter Kenyon's desk.

"I have arranged the candidates here in order of importance. If there is any agreement, please notify me immediately."

After saying that, Mourinho immediately turned around and left Peter Kenyon's office.

Peter Kenyon shook his head helplessly and carefully looked at the list left by Mourinho.

"Essien, a Ghanaian player, was born in 1982. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Lyon, France."

...

Also in London, Arsenal Club, Wenger's office.

Looking at the newspapers in front of him, Wenger couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

If it had been known that Crystal Palace would be able to sign this huge contract, Vieira's transfer fee would not have been less than 40 million euros.

"Boss, we suffered a big loss this time. Patrick was sold too cheaply."

Assistant coach Pat Riley was also looking at the newspaper and kept mumbling.
Chapter completed!