Red Rebels

Regarding the acquisition of Umbro, David Pace gave a reply two days later, and he was willing to cooperate with Xiao Yu.

The 39-year-old clothing businessman knows very well that this is likely to be a crucial career change. If he misses it, it may make him beat his chest in frustration in the future.

After finalizing the cooperation matters with David Pace, Xiao Yu immediately called John David who was far away in the United States, together with a whole operation team he built according to Xiao Yu's request, and because they were in During the period in the United States, all the information about Umbro had been collected, and the preparations were done in great detail, so they started negotiations with Umbro as soon as they arrived.

After several days of arduous negotiations, Xiao Yu finally successfully won the troubled Umbro at a high price of 180 million pounds, while David Pace sold his clothing company and other assets to raise funds. 40 million pounds, occupying 20% ​​of the shares, and served as the president of the new Umbro.

While Umbro's adjustments to the company's business strategy and internal structure adjustments were in full swing, Xiao Yu and John David rushed to Silicon Valley in the United States and signed another acquisition agreement on the day they arrived. The investment company established by Xiao Yu in Silicon Valley acquired a Pyra laboratory in Silicon Valley.

When it comes to Pyra Labs, many people may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to blogs, they are certainly no strangers. In fact, in 1999, when the Internet technology stock bubble burst and countless investors lost confidence in Internet technology, the blog However, it has achieved rapid development in this year.

This situation is caused by the increasing improvement of blog technology, among which the blogger publishing software launched by Pyra Labs is one of the best, and the company's blog site ranks in the forefront.

Since not many Internet companies have paid attention to blogs for the time being, the current value of Pyra Labs is not high. However, in Xiao Yu's previous life, when Google acquired this company in 2003, it caused a great sensation. Even big companies like AOL and News Corp. are getting into blogging.

It is precisely because he is well aware of the prospects of blogging that Xiao Yu decisively took over the Pyra laboratory, which was short of funds, at this time, and planned to inject a sum of money and provide it to the company for further research on blogging technology.

At the same time, what attracted Xiao Yu was Evan Williams, one of the founders of the company, who was later the founder of Twitter, and the prosperity of Twitter in the next few years convinced Xiao Yu that the acquisition This company is definitely a lucrative business.

In addition to the acquisition of Pyra, Xiao Yu plans to set up a laboratory in Silicon Valley, which is dedicated to the research of network technology. For example, Xiao Yu plans to let them start researching Internet social service websites and video sharing websites. These two big ideas These will be the first research projects in the laboratory.

In addition to these known studies, Xiao Yu will also give researchers the most lenient space to develop their own creativity, give each of them as many opportunities to try as possible, and allow them to put their ideas into practice.

Of course, it will take time to put these into practice, but with the backing of Xiao Yu's huge capital, everything becomes possible, and you must know that the successful precedents of investing in companies such as Google and Apple have made Xiao Yu a leader in the Internet field. Its investment reputation is extremely resounding, which can be seen from the fact that thousands of people signed up on the first day of the lab's recruitment.

However, while investing in these future projects, Xiao Yu did not forget to continue to increase investment in Google and Apple, especially Apple, which is definitely the most worthwhile company to invest in in the next ten years. During his stay in Silicon Valley, Xiao Yu I met several times with Jobs, the president of Apple, and the latter also agreed with Xiao Yu to further increase his shareholding in Apple, and Xiao Yu used his vision for the next few years to communicate with Jobs about Apple. The core of development for the next few years.

Xiao Yu is very familiar with MP3, mobile phones, and tablet computers. Although he could not afford such luxuries in his previous life, he is also very familiar with these electronic products just like Xiao Yu is keen on sports cars. He communicated with Jobs It seemed clear and logical, and Jobs was full of praise for many of the subtle ideas, which indirectly led to Jobs agreeing with Xiao Yu's suggestion to further invest in Apple.

In just a few days, Xiao Yu negotiated several big deals one after another, leaving the rest to John David and his team. Returned to Manchester on the 14th.

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After the rematch of the third round of the FA Cup on January 13, the results of the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup were officially announced on January 14.

The much-anticipated scene of the new Manchester United meeting the Red Devils and sparks hitting the earth did not appear. The new Manchester United met the Premier League powerhouse Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup, and it was an away game, while Manchester United played against Everton at home. .

There are widespread rumors in the outside world that it is likely that the gimmick of the new Manchester United meeting Manchester United was too heated by the outside world. In addition, the previous match between the new Manchester United and Arsenal made the FA dare not do too much to control the draw. Obviously, that's why the new Manchester United didn't meet Manchester United.

But even so, the recent English football is still very lively.

Since the last time the prostitution incident was exposed by the Brazilian media, Edwards did not dare to stay in Brazil, but returned to Manchester. Unexpectedly, three days after he returned to Manchester, the British newspaper found the Brazilian woman Maria.

"I think I've tried all the methods that all women can use, and it's still very, very bad!" Maria's bloody complaint frequently appeared on TV and newspapers in England.

There is no doubt that the media in England have always liked to dig out the most private scandals. In order to increase sales and ratings, they even resorted to the method of creating and destroying stars, constantly creating English stars, and then while creating stars, Keep collecting the privacy and scandals of the star, and wait until the star becomes famous, and then a scandal breaks out, destroying him in one fell swoop.

Today, the Edwards scandal is obviously more interesting than the Triple Crown Manchester United's defeat in Brazil, so for a while, the major media in the UK and even Europe began to pay attention to Edwards, and dug out his private affairs. hidden.

It was not the first time that Edwards was peeping in the women's bathroom, but it was dug up and hyped again at this time, which undoubtedly made Edwards worse.

Then the news media dug up the golden house where Edwards hid her pets, and even had a prostitution den only 6 kilometers away from their own house. In order to prove the reliability of this news, they even found Edwards. Sarah Carter, a call girl who had been having an affair for many years.

And according to the testimony of Sarah Carter, Edwards also had affairs with many women in this place, and even held several sex parties and naked meetings, and in the eyes of this call girl, Edwards was a stingy , Self-righteous, and at the same time, a perverted old man with a tendency to abuse.

As soon as this news broke out, it immediately caused a great sensation in English football, especially in the eyes of Manchester United fans, Edwards' image was even more unbearable than before.

For a long time, Manchester United fans have been dissatisfied with Edwards' desire to sell his Manchester United shares. Now that these scandals broke out, the fans immediately launched a series of criticisms against Edwards, especially after Manchester United returned from Brazil. , The gate of Old Trafford stadium is frequently seen demonstrations of fans protesting.

Some more radical fans even called on the Red Devils fans to refuse to go to Old Trafford to watch the game, in order to ask the Manchester United board of directors to punish Edwards, because they believed that the proud Red Devils followed Standing together with the unbearable Edwards is a humiliation to the Red Devils.

Under such circumstances, Manchester United's board of directors obviously could not continue to sit idly by. They quickly held a meeting of board members. At this meeting, after intense discussions, the board members finally decided to remove Edward. Manchester United chairmanship, appointed his assistant Peter Kenyon as Manchester United chief executive to succeed him.

However, despite drastic personnel changes at the top of the club, under the control of Ferguson, after returning to England, the Red Devils Chariots washed away Brazil's decadence and continued to make great strides. This has become the most comforting thing for Red Devils fans recently.

But what the vast majority of fans don't know is that the newly appointed Kenyon still follows Edwards' strategy in terms of the club's governing policy, and is currently planning to increase the ticket price of Old Trafford next season. .

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In the middle and late January, the new Manchester United's schedule has been relaxed compared to before, which relieved the physical pressure of the players to a certain extent, and this immediately allowed the new Manchester United to reap the results.

From the two national league games held on January 15th and 18th, the new Manchester United successfully scored 6 points. In these two games, Zikic continued to maintain his stable scoring rate since the season, scoring 3 goals.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 22, although the new Manchester United opened the scoring with Zikic's header in the first half, they still failed to save the defeat at Stamford Bridge. The team scored 2: 1 Lost to Chelsea at home, the Libyan star George Weah, who had just been loaned to Chelsea from AC Milan, performed well, scored twice and was the best player of the game.

However, after returning to the National League after losing in the FA Cup, the new Manchester United immediately showed a strong offensive power. They beat the visiting Hereford team into a sieve at home and declared a 5-0 victory. The strength of the new Manchester United in the National League has washed away the depression of the FA Cup defeat.

At the same time, in the third round of the FA Cup on the 29th, the new Manchester United defeated their opponents in an away game and successfully advanced to the fourth round.

After that, the new Manchester United rushed to an away game to challenge the second-ranked Boston team in the league. This is a key battle that will affect the ranking of this season.

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