Chapter 732
After Ye Qiu entered July, his itinerary was arranged in a dense and compact manner.
After returning to London, the first thing he did was to visit the completed Stratford Stadium, which is what many people call the Eye of God, a masterpiece called the work of art.
Many people say that when you come to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in eastern London, the most attractive thing is nothing more than three buildings, one is the Stratford Stadium, known as the heart of London, the main stadium of the Olympic Games, and the data cloud of Yezi Technology, which is the meticulous masterpiece of the main stadium, and the other is the Zhenhua Building, a skyscraper that has been opened and operated.
The three landmark buildings have stolen the limelight of the entire Olympic Park, especially Yezi Technology's data cloud.
This spiral rising building, which is as high as 250 meters, uses a transparent glass curtain wall design. Anyone can see this towering spiral building from a distance. With light, light and clouds floating above, the entire building looks like a dream, especially when entering the data cloud.
Visitors can reach the top floor in three ways, namely stairs, elevators and slopes, and even allow bicycle enthusiasts to challenge the spiraling slopes in the data cloud. The so-called cloud is actually a membrane-like structure similar to the outer layer of the water cube. The difference is that it can be used to display some color images and information data, which is very dreamy.
By climbing to the top of the data cloud, you can not only feel the beautiful data cloud above your head, but also overlook the entire London. Therefore, although the Olympics have not yet begun, the data cloud has been opened to the public, which immediately attracted countless citizens and tourists to pay to visit and participate in some games and interactive programs.
Yezi Technology's largest flagship store in Europe is located at the bottom of the data cloud, and it is also Yezi Technology's data center in London, which can be called Yezi Technology's European headquarters and heart.
Ye Qiu visited Ye Zi Technology's data cloud accompanied by Peter Nean, Ron Gourley, Eliza Moon and Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Lord Sebastianko, and then went to Stratford Stadium.
Unlike Ye Qiu's previous life, this stadium is more beautiful and artistic than the London bowl in his previous life. The entire curtain wall is a display screen, and the ceiling adopts adjustable hinges and cantilever design. Once it is rainy and snowy, the ceiling can be completely closed. After the precise ventilation design, even if the stadium is completely closed, more than 100,000 people will not feel depressed when watching the ball in the stadium.
The stadium eventually cost more than 600 million pounds, or about 750 million euros. It seems that it is more than 100 million pounds more than Ye Qiu's London bowl in his previous life, and it is not much more expensive. But in fact, if Ye Qiu had not invested 300 million and provided appropriate support in other aspects, the Olympic Organizing Committee and the London Municipal Government would definitely not be able to do so.
The London bowl in my previous life claimed to have invested 500 million pounds and about 600 million euros, but this was an investment. After the Olympics, they dismantled all the detachable things and sold them, so the entire investment was actually not that much.
But now it’s different. Except for the ground floor of the entire stadium, it will be temporarily renovated in the future and has some temporary stands, all of which are fixed permanent building structures, and there are not many places that can be detached and recycled, so the investment will be even greater.
But the biggest problem lies in the reasons of the British government and the Olympic Organizing Committee themselves, because the current industrial manufacturing capacity of the UK has declined sharply, which has caused the budget of the stadium to continue to increase in the past few years, and finally reached such an amazing number.
Just like the same skyscraper, Zhenhua Building is higher than the Fragment Building, with higher technological content and technical level, but the cost is much less than the Fragment Building. The reason is that almost the entire construction team and materials of Zhenhua Building are made in China, so it is much cheaper than the British local area.
Ye Qiu signed an agreement with the London Municipal Government and the Olympic Organizing Committee. He paid 300 million yuan for their construction and he took on the future renovation funds. He received a stadium after the Paralympic Games. Therefore, he ignored how much the Olympic Organizing Committee paid for this stadium. He never even asked about how much money there was in the pockets of some people.
Because it has nothing to do with him
As the Olympics approached, more and more tourists gathered in London and Olympic Park.
When Ye Qiu and others visited Stratford Stadium, they also attracted the attention of many tourists, and many of them were even from China. When they saw Ye Qiu and others, they looked excited.
For Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspurs, visiting Stratford Stadium is not very meaningful, because many things will be completely transformed in a few months, but the Olympic Organizing Committee needs some news to build momentum, so Ye Qiu also cooperates with their plans to visit the team and conducts inspections for future transformations.
"Mr. Ye Qiu" Lord Sebastianco came over with a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, "This is the CEO of the London Olympic Park Heritage Development Company, Ultraman Andrew."
Ultraman, this is why Ye Qiu almost laughed after hearing this name. He really didn't expect that someone's surname was Ultraman. I wonder if he came from the Land of Light?
"Hello, Mr. Ultraman" Ye Qiu smiled and reached out his hand, laughing in his heart, welcome to protect the earth.
"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu." Ultraman smiled politely and shook hands with Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiuxin knew exactly what was going on, "I wonder what projects are your Olympic Park Heritage Development Company mainly responsible for? Where can my team and I help?"
Ultraman didn't expect Ye Qiu to be so generous. He felt good and smiled: "We are directly under the jurisdiction of the Mayor's Office of the London City Hall, and are specifically responsible for the management of the entire Olympic Park after the Olympics, including the coordination and management of owners, developers, planning bureaus and investors, etc. We are the only management department with a term of twenty years."
Ye Qiu was not interested in the deadline, but the only word showed that they had the final say in the future planning of the entire Olympic Park.
What does this mean? This means that after the Olympics, the London government will continue to vigorously develop the surrounding area of Olympic Park. If the developer likes it and wants to invest in some development projects, it must be licensed and supported by the so-called London Olympic Park Heritage Development Company.
Even Tottenham Hotspur entered the Stratford Stadium in the future, Yezi Technology entered the data cloud, and Zhenhua Building, both within the sphere of influence of Olympic Park, all need to deal with them.
"You keep going" Ye Qiu smiled and signaled him to continue.
The group walked slowly in the stadium, especially when they walked to the turf in the middle of the stadium. Ye Qiu felt that the turf was too bad. If Tottenham Hotspur came in, they must replace it and replace it all.
"I believe Mr. Ye Qiu also knows that this place was originally a highly polluted heavy industrial area and was demolished for the Olympics, but the soil here was listed as highly polluted. So when we were preparing for the Olympics, we set up a special soil hospital to clean up the contaminated soil through soil bioremediation technology, that is, through bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms, so that the soil can be used again."
Ye Qiu felt that this person was a little nagging, but he still looked like I listened very seriously and nodded constantly.
This land has been a heavy industrial zone for the past four hundred years. Textile printing has been developed in the 17th century, gasoline factories have been built in the 18th century, and later waste, chemicals, glue factories, garbage filling and auto repair shops, etc. Not only land pollution, but also waterways have become dirty, and even the sky has been polluted very much, especially those dense cables.
It must be admitted that the London Municipal Government has indeed invested a lot of money and manpower in renovating these things.
But all this has nothing to do with Ye Qiu. Who made London bid for the Olympics? Who made London vigorously develop the East?
Ye Qiu doesn't think he is a living Lei Feng, and he doesn't have to worry about these things in London, right?
"Mr. Ye Qiu, the pollution situation in the entire Olympic Park has improved a lot in the past few years, but this is only temporary. You should know that if all governance stops after the Olympics, pollution will return again."
Ye Qiu also knew about this and attracted his attention.
"Prime Minister Mr. Cameron has urged the government and Mayor Johnson has also decided to use the municipal government to allocate funds. Both funds from the government will be used to continue to invest in environmental governance after the Olympics. We will slowly consolidate and improve the achievements of environmental governance by transplanting trees, flowers, plants and wetland plants. It is initially estimated that 6,000 trees and plants will be planted in the next year."
This Ultraman Andrew said this, in fact, it was very obvious. If you believe that the same thing, he must have said to several other large companies that live in the Olympic Park, including the supermarket at the subway station exit.
To put it bluntly, this is money
The British government and the London Municipal Government have taken the lead. You companies who live in the Olympic Park are also living on this land. They are all worthy and need to bear some costs, right?
"I understand, Mr. Ultraman." Ye Qiu nodded with a smile. He was laughing from beginning to end. "I can promise that Tottenham Hotspur, Yezi Technology and Huangtian Group will all strongly support the Olympic Park Heritage Development Company. If you have any difficulties in the future, even if you have any questions, we will provide support and help as long as you can."
Ye Qiu's words are also very nice, but there is a word in it, which means you should not speak too much.
"Thank you very much for your support, Mr. Ye Qiu" Ultraman Andrew was already very satisfied with the answer that he had received. At least Ye Qiu was very generous and did not get entangled with them on these issues.
Some other companies and institutions basically complained when they heard about money, as if their companies were too poor to go bankrupt.
Ultraman Andrew's next job is very difficult because they have no money, but they have to ask others for money. Among all the errands, the most difficult job is to ask others for money. But now with Ye Qiu's words, at least things have turned around.
In the future, other companies and companies will be slow and say, "There are all Tottenham and Yezi Technology that have paid for it, are you still embarrassed to pay it?"
Thinking of this, Ultraman Andrew really had the urge to pick Ye Qiu up and kiss him. This Chinese is so interesting.
Ye Qiu originally thought that it was the Olympic Organizing Committee that he asked him to visit the stadium, but he didn't expect that he took the opportunity to pay for it. His mood of visiting the stadium also declined a lot. After all, he was very busy himself, so after walking around, he casually found an excuse to ask Peter Nean to remind him that the few people left first.
"I said, you don't look like such a generous person no matter how you look at it." Although Peter Nion is an Englishman, he is now an executive under Ye Qiu. With Ye Qiu's salary, he naturally has to think and look at the problem from Ye Qiu's perspective.
Ye Qiu smiled bitterly, "Am I usually very stingy?"
Peter Nean and Ron Gully laughed in unison. Fortunately, no one heard it in the car except the company driver, otherwise they would have thought these two guys were crazy. As for laughing back and forth?
"First of all, I feel that we really need to support the work of the Heritage Development Company, because our stadiums, shops and hotels are all in this park and take part in it, which is our obligation."
Ye Qiu's words are indeed reasonable.
"And after the Olympics, they have the right to plan the Olympic Park, so I believe we will help them with a little help now. In the future, they will help us a big favor. Do business, right? Isn't it just you who can help me, I will help you."
Peter Nion and Ron Gurley heard Ye Qiu's words, and their original tall image immediately became vulgar, and an adjective flashed through their minds, "The Prodigal Businessman"
In fact, Ye Qiu has another consideration, that is Stratford Stadium.
In the eyes of the stadium, it was indeed a loss. It took 300 million yuan to get it for five or six years. It also had to pay for the renovation of it yourself. It would be a loss no matter how you calculate it. But the problem is that if you look at it from the current perspective, you will find that you have made a lot of money because the tourism income alone is not expensive every year.
According to current preliminary estimates, the potential number of football matches in London is 15 million. In addition to the population of Greater London, it also includes surrounding areas, as well as foreign tourists, etc.
So there is a problem. If you look at all the newly built stadiums in the UK, the Arsenal Emirates Stadium has the largest capacity, reaching 60,000 people, but it is in London. In other places outside London, there are basically no newly built stadiums with a capacity of more than 30,000.
Therefore, Liverpool has been shouting that he would build a new stadium for so long, so why didn’t he do it? It was because of this consideration, thinking that spending money to build such a stadium cannot bring much profit, and the capacity cannot be increased too much, which is not cost-effective.
It was only after the Indians took over Liverpool that they promised the fans, so the construction started, but the capacity was only about 60,000, so they could not be higher. If they were higher, there would be blockbuster empty stands, which would affect the atmosphere of the stadium.
In the UK, one of the four people is in the Greater London area. So, Ye Qiu had many choices at the beginning, including Aston Villa, and some other teams, but he chose London. There is only one reason, so that it can become bigger and stronger, and that is the basis to challenge the super giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid like that of super rich families like Barcelona and Real Madrid
What is the basis for Barcelona and Real Madrid?
In addition to a lot of other reasons, it is very important that the Bernabeu Stadium and the Camp Nou Stadium have much more capacity than other competitors, as well as the team's attendance rate that can guarantee, which can ensure that the two major teams can earn millions of game-days more than other giants in each game.
The capacity of Tottenham Hotspur’s Stratford Stadium is locked at 80,000 people, and space for the third floor stand is reserved. Everyone thinks that Tottenham must be crazy, because the Emirates Stadium is only 60,000 and the Old Trafford Stadium is less than 70,000. Tottenham Hotspur dares to touch the 80,000 stadium? How to ensure the attendance rate?
But a few years have passed, and it turns out that although Ye Qiu's original decision was risky, it was right
After the stadium is built, it will be real estate. The transformation costs money and has a great impact. However, the team's performance and influence can be improved anytime and anywhere. In other words, after the stadium is completed, the capacity will be difficult to change, but the team's performance and influence can be improved through a series of operations.
So, Ye Qiu decided to set up a large-capacity stadium at the beginning, but now, Tottenham Hotspur doesn't need to worry about attendance at all. What they even need to worry about is that 80,000 attendance is enough?
From this point of view, Stratford Stadium has made a lot of money for Tottenham Hotspur. I believe everyone, including the British government and the London Municipal Government, knows it well, so Ye Qiu must make concessions in some small things. If he continues to be petty with them in small things, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not wear small shoes for you in the future.
Rather than doing this, it is better to be more fragile and refreshing, and try to cooperate and help in some details. Although some money has been lost, where can it be lost? How much does it cost to maintain 6,000 trees a year? How much does it cost to maintain every year after planting?
But how much does Tottenham Hotspur earn in a year?
If you have the opportunity to help Huangtian Group acquire a piece of land for development in a good location around the Olympic Park, how much money can you make?
So, Ye Qiu's abacus was very smart. He firmly believed that in one sentence, people who can make money were better than those who could spend money.
Of course, as a boss, Ye Qiu is not convenient to say more about many things. If your subordinates understand, they understand it. If they don’t understand it, they still don’t understand it. Keeping some distance and mystery appropriately is a good thing.
"By the way, Peter, how is Alves' transfer operation working?" Ye Qiu asked, breaking the silence in the carriage.
Chapter completed!