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Volume 1 Chapter 734 New Boss (Part 2)

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    Hicks didn't say much, and Gillette did most of the talking.  Gillette said to Benitez: "The first thing I did after acquiring Liverpool was to come and see you. In my opinion, you are the soul of Liverpool and the key to Liverpool's dominance of the Premier League and Europe."  Niites waved his hand and said: "Mr. Gillette deserves the award. I am just an ordinary member of Liverpool. I just get a salary for doing my job." Gillette said: "No need to be modest, Rafa, your role is  I know better than anyone that if you are not qualified, the first thing I will do today is fire you. You don¡¯t have to doubt this, I am not a layman in sports. My business mainly includes sports marketing and meat processing.¡±  That's right. Neither he nor Hicks were outsiders in the sports world. Gillette's first pot of gold came from the National Football League.  Gillette's experience of acquiring the Miami Dolphins was quite accidental. At that time, he called Football League Commissioner Pete Roselle to seek opportunities, but the latter mistakenly thought that he was a member of the Gillette family (Gillette razor manufacturer)  a member of.  As a result, he successfully found a good opportunity and successfully acquired 22% of the shares of the Miami Dolphins in 1972. At that time, the Dolphins had just won the first championship title in team history before the acquisition.  The Dolphins successfully defended their title the year after the Gillette acquisition.  In 1966, Abel Sapelstein, the founder of the Harlem Goodwill basketball team in New York, passed away.  The following year, Gillette and German John Kluge (former chairman of Metro Television) and another partner bought the legendary basketball team.  In 1976, he sold the team.  In 1979, he bought three small television stations from Gillette Communications and three years later purchased WSM Television Station in Tennessee.  By 1984, Gillette, who had become rich in the media industry, already owned 8 television stations, 22 newspapers and numerous estates.  In the following years, because Will, where he lived, had the potential to develop ice and snow sports, he made great strides in ice and snow sports and successfully entered this new field.  In the early 1990s, Gillette suffered the first setback in his business career. After his investment in a Florida television network worth up to $325 million failed, his company's shares were suspended from trading on the New York Stock Exchange and he subsequently declared bankruptcy.  A few years later, he made a comeback, not only successfully taking back several companies he once owned, but also starting a meat processing business.  After painstaking efforts, his wealth grew to US$1.4 billion.  Gillette knows that sports is a new growth point for the economy and one of the best ways to gather wealth.  One of his key partners is Pat Bowlen, CEO of the NFL's Denver Broncos.  It is for this reason that Gillett was able to continue to enter the field of sports.  In 2000, he, Bowlen and John Elway (former American football star) bought the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, the Denver Avalanche of the Hockey League and the Pepsi Center in one fell swoop.  On January 2 of the same year, he bought 80% of the shares of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team and the team's home stadium, the Bell Center, for US$185 million.  Compared with Gillette, the 61-year-old Hicks is much less famous in the United States.  The Thomas Jefferson University-educated Dallas businessman is the owner of Southwest Sports Group, which owns the Texas Rangers baseball team and the Dallas Stars ice hockey team.  It is worth mentioning that this baseball team was purchased by Hicks from the current President of the United States, George Bush.  In the 1980s, Hicks invested in movies.  In 2004, in order to spend more time with his family and take care of the sports club he owned, he chose to leave the film industry and join hands with Gillette to enter the field of football.  Benitez said calmly: "I understand your brilliance in the sports world, but football is different from other sports, and England is also different from the United States and Canada. In addition to funding and management, fans are also an important factor.  "Other sports don't have as many die-hard fans as football." Gillette smiled: "I bought the Canadian ice hockey club: the Montreal Canadiens. Like Anfield now, the Canadiens fans did not welcome me. They.  They doubted my nationality and my ability to run the team, but it didn't take long for the fans to discover that I was guiding the club on the best path. I just came to May.  I had a chat with Mr. McKenna from Soul of Shankly when I was at Elwood, and we had a great chat. I believe he likes our arrival now.¡± Benitez said: ¡°Liverpool is a team that can improve and grow.  As a club, we have to have some ideas to make us stronger and make the improvements we need.  For example, how many fan shops do we have in the world?  We have to develop our market in Asia, even in Spain, where we are very popular.  In terms of business, we are somewhat different from Real Madrid. Madridistas are not only able to sell their jerseys, but also increase the value of Real Madrid's commercial brand.  Maybe we are not as successful as Real Madrid off the court, but we can learn from them their experience of success off the court and become the best one day.?Club.  " Gillette smiled and said: "Thank you for your advice. You are Spanish. I believe in your understanding of Spanish football. I have always been impressed by your vision, but we will not make all the club's strategies public.  , we hope that Liverpool can develop in its own way, rather than simply repeating the path that Manchester United and the others have taken.  Whether Manchester United or Chelsea, their success is not just based on spending a lot of money.  Transfers are an important part of a club's operations, but they definitely don't mean everything about success.  Of course, if we do have the opportunity to bring in those great players, then the club will definitely go all out.  We'll give you our full support.  " Hicks added: "We hope to improve the team's strength and record in our own way. Of course, we also know that just spending a lot of money is not enough, but adding fresh blood to the team is necessary.  Indispensable, on the premise of buying new players and improving the efficiency of training, this will ensure that we move towards the goal of victory to a large extent.  Your task is to take action promptly when you find a good player, and we will fully support him financially.  Our acquisition targets are high-quality, dedicated players. It can be said that we want as many players as there are on the market. We have not set a cap on the budget.  Excellent players are the lifeline of Liverpool, and their addition can help continue the team's winning tradition.  I can boldly say that Liverpool¡¯s next goal is to win as many championship trophies as possible in the Premier League and European competitions.  " This is what Benitez likes to hear most. Previously, Benitez's biggest pain was that there were too many good players in the transfer market, and he had too few pounds. He believed that the reason why Liverpool could not win in the league  The reason for winning the championship is because there are not enough outstanding players. In a long season, only if you have two groups of equally outstanding players can you ensure the stability of the record. However, although the two American bosses have not said what they have said in the media,  . 200 million pounds or 150 million pounds, but this attitude has been very clear. He will not lack money in the summer transfer market. Players like Alves who he originally liked will no longer be just because of  Give up above ¡ê10 million.
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