The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 636
The team's tactical thinking has been re-established, but the Tottenham Hotspur tank has no way to adjust its direction immediately, because the current Tottenham Hotspur is the same as the Tottenham Hotspur when Ye Qiu just took over. Significantly different.

At that time, Tottenham Hotspur could almost be said to be poor and empty. Ye Qiu could directly overthrow it and rebuild it, but now Tottenham Hotspur can't, because there are many top stars in the team, and there is a huge team. The business system, and fans' demands on the team are getting higher and higher, so all of these require Ye Qiu not to act too hastily.

But whether it is Theobald or White Hart Lane, the staff of the two offices have already begun to prepare for the future according to Ye Qiu's idea, especially for the upcoming summer transfer market, they have already begun to actively Prepared.

After a week of rest, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the No. 20 nine rounds of the Premier League and challenged Wolves away.

This time Tottenham Hotspur finally ushered in a convincing game, beating the Wolves 3-0 away, but Phil Jones did not play, Ye Qiu arranged for Beckham to start, with Fabre Gass and Coutinho formed the midfield.

And in this game, Beckham also conscientiously fulfilled the duties of a midfielder, that is, the position.

Many people look at another aspect of data when looking at midfielders, that is, tackles. They often think that a good defensive midfielder is a good player with tackles, but they forget one thing, tackles, especially when they fall to the ground. Tackle, in fact, has two sides.

Usually, a player will only make a tackle when he loses the best and most reasonable defensive position. Of course, the cause of the player's loss of the best defensive position is not necessarily the player himself, it may be the surrounding environment and teammates, and even the team's tactics.

Therefore, in theory, if a player always appears in the best and most reasonable defensive position and makes the most effective defense, he does not need to tackle, but should be intercepted or frontally defended. steals.

Even many people have misunderstood the importance of the midfielder. The reason why this position is important is not because there is a player with excellent defense and strong stealing ability here, no, but because there is a player here Cut off the opponent's passing and coordination routes.

Note that there is a player, anyone, as long as you have enough ability and awareness to cut off the opponent's passing and coordination routes, then you can become a qualified midfielder to protect the front of the penalty area.

Because the front of the penalty area is often the key area for the opponent's long-range shot or the last pass.

Therefore, on the surface, Beckham's physical fitness has declined, his physical fitness has declined, and his fighting ability has also declined sharply. It seems that he cannot take on this important task, but he performed well after playing, at least he protected himself very well. restricted area.

Phil Jones is better than Beckham in everything, but he just can't protect well, that's why!

But Beckham couldn't play every game, and even at his current age, it was difficult to play such high-intensity games continuously, so Ye Qiu was very cautious about using him.

After defeating the Wolves, Tottenham Hotspur remained unbeaten in all 29 rounds of the Premier League this season, and the unbeaten record was added to 41 games. Even if the team changed and there were many problems, Tottenham Turnham Hotspur still rely on their own overwhelming strength advantage to continue to maintain their unbeaten record.

With 29 games, 25 wins and four draws, Tottenham Hotspur scored 79 points, 2 points ahead of Manchester United, currently ranked No. [-] in the league. With a [-]-point lead, it can almost be said that the Premier League champions The odds are in hand, unless Tottenham Hotspur collapses in the remaining nine rounds of the league.

But this possibility is almost impossible, because everyone knows that with the current lineup of Tottenham Hotspur, no matter who is missing, they can still be invincible in the Premier League, even in the Champions League. Very competitive.

After finishing nine rounds of No.20 in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of [-].

This time, Ye Qiu made an interesting adjustment to the midfielder, choosing a combination of David Silva, Ramsey and Phil Jones, but what is interesting is that the three midfielders adopted irregular The deep stance, David? Silva forward, Phil? Jones galloping all over the field, Ramsey behind the organization.

From a tactical point of view, it is a bit like Ancelotti's tactics when he was in AC Milan. David Silva is Seedorf, Phil Jones is Gattuso, Ramsey is Pirlo, and at that time Kaka looks more like an attacker, so whether it is Hazzard or Messi, they can serve as part of Kaka's duties.

This kind of adjustment is also unavoidable. Phil Jones likes to run around, very much like Gattuso back then, so Ye Qiu simply adopted this tactic to release his energy in this area, and then through David Silva And Ramsey to play the role of midfielder connecting the past and the future.

It has to be said that in this game Tottenham Hotspur almost overwhelmingly suppressed Roma at home, Phil Jones once again messed up Roma, and David Silva It was also a pass and a shot, and they performed very well. Messi and Cavani each scored a goal in the frontcourt. They beat Roma 3-0 at home.

In this way, Tottenham Hotspur eliminated Roma from the Champions League with a total score of 7:2, and they successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

After Tottenham Hotspur reached the quarter-finals, the other seven teams that reached the quarter-finals have also been released one after another. This time the Premier League still has three teams entering the quarter-finals, namely Tottenham Hotspur , Chelsea and Manchester United, another team that reached the top [-], Arsenal, was defeated by Barcelona in the knockout round.

After the top [-] knockout rounds, UEFA will draw lots for the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals on the second day. This time, Tottenham Hotspur will draw their old rival Manchester United, who will never die. They staged a Premier League derby. Tenham Hotspur are in the same zone as Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk.

It should be said that Barcelona's luck is better than that of Tottenham Hotspur. In addition, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan are divided into the same area. It seems that Serie A and La Liga are besieging the Premier League.

After finishing the Champions League in the middle of the week, Tottenham Hotspur went north to Manchester to play an FA Cup game with Manchester United.

Manchester United did not use their main force in this battle, because many of their players played in the Premier League and the Champions League consecutively, so Ferguson arranged a rotation for this battle, and Ye Qiu arranged a lot of substitutes in the second round of the Champions League match , so the rotation effect is more ideal. With the goals of Cavani and Fabregas in the away game, they defeated Manchester United 2-0.

The FA Cup semi-final opponent is still from Manchester, Mancini's Manchester City team!

On March 30th, in the No.1 round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Messi's goal to beat Ranieri's West Ham 0-[-] at home. Although the Hammers played very tenaciously, The defense was also organized quite tightly, but in the end it was no match for Messi's flash of inspiration.

After this battle, Tottenham Hotspur's [-]-point lead made the Premier League almost lose suspense in advance, or it should be said that other teams only had a theoretical possibility of winning the championship, because Tottenham As long as Tottenham win two more victories, they can declare an early championship.

After [-] rounds, the Premier League was suspended, and the European Cup qualifiers started. Ye Qiu was in Theobald every day, discussing with the coaching staff, Bobby Harms and others on how to further improve the team. Tactical transformation and changes, while also discussing the team's summer transfer operation.

Just at the fifth round of the European Cup qualifiers, the day before the No. 30 match in March, Ye Qiu received a phone call from Finland in Theobald. call.

"Can we meet and talk?" John Ollila asked on the phone, his tone more or less tragic with a loser.

"Yes!" Ye Qiu nodded and agreed, "I'm going to Estonia tomorrow, but I can go to Helsinki first!"

Ye Qiu's original plan was to go to Estonia to watch their match against Italy, and Tallinn and Helsinki are separated by the Baltic Sea, a very short distance away, so he can go to Helsinki to meet John Ollila first, and then go to the capital of Estonia.

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There is a saying that is right, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

Don’t look at Nokia’s embarrassment now, its financial statements are appalling, its stock price has continued to decline, its market value has shrunk rapidly, and its huge empire in the past seems to be faintly collapsing. Now, Nokia is still a long way from bankruptcy.

The reason is simple, there are still many valuable assets in Nokia's hands.

For example, the mobile phone business and patents of Nokia's core assets, as well as Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia's map business, and... In short, there are still many assets that can support this company.

At the very least, the Nokia headquarters park on the outskirts of Helsinki currently has the idea of ​​selling it to the public, and the price is not very high. Leaf Technology has already been in contact with Nokia, and it is very hopeful to win this area. There are four office buildings. The office park with an office area of ​​[-] square meters has become the Nordic headquarters and data center of Leaf Technology.

It should be said that in the past Nokia layoffs, Leaf Technology has tasted the sweetness. Almost all the top talents have been absorbed by Leaf Technology, especially some top software and hardware technical talents. This is also a part of Leaf Technology to further improve its talent system. This method does not require a lot of money to poach corners.

For this kind of move, Nokia has nothing to do. Who told them to lay off staff?

Ye Qiu and John Ollila did not meet in Helsinki. For the sake of confidentiality, they met in a small town called Botvik, about 30 kilometers west of Helsinki, where Nokia has a building.

In fact, if Nokia is willing to sell their assets in Finland and Europe, they can continue to support this huge empire, but this is more of a lingering life, and the market value will decrease the longer it drags on.

John? Ollila once worked as an executive at Citibank, so he knows this very well.

This time, Ye Qiu was the only one on the side of the meeting. Mauro Tassotti, who was going to accompany him to watch the football game in Estonia, didn't understand at all, and he didn't participate in the meeting, while John Ollila took the chairman of Nokia, Risto? Together with Silasma, a three-person closed-door meeting was formed.

Obviously, this will not be a negotiation with a final result, but more of an intentional negotiation.

"Congratulations, Mr. Ollila, you have successfully acquired Nokia Siemens Networks!" Ye Qiu smiled and congratulated as soon as they met. The business finally completely belongs to Nokia.

You must know that although Nokia Siemens lags behind Ericsson and China's Huawei in terms of market share, and in the past period of time, it has been challenged and swallowed by emerging rivals such as China's Huawei and ZTE in the global market. Adjustments and layoffs, but it has survived and is now back to profitability.

For this reason, Nokia paid 17 billion euros to acquire a 50% stake in Siemens, of which 12 billion was cash and the rest was paid through secured loans. Cash flow, now there are only more than 40 billion euros left.

At first glance, this sum of money is a lot. For ordinary people, don’t expect to earn this much money in your life, but you must know that Nokia has a big business, with so many industries and employees in the world, and a cash flow of more than 40 billion It can only be regarded as making do with it, and now there are more than 20 billion left, which can almost be said to be tight.

And you must know that a very important reason why all companies go bankrupt is that the cash flow is cut off!
There is no doubt that the acquisition is a good thing, but the bad thing is that there is a problem with cash flow.

When Eliza Munn told Ye Qiu the news last night, Ye Qiu already knew the purpose of John Ollila's meeting with him, that is, he decided to sell the assets, in this way In exchange for a huge cash flow, otherwise, with the current decline of Nokia, it will not be long before it will fall into bankruptcy crisis.

Obviously, the changes brought about by Ye Qiu are exacerbating the decline of Nokia, at least faster than in the previous life.

"I believe that Mr. Ye Qiu is also a very busy person, and I also heard that you always like to be direct, so I won't say much!" John Ollila sat down and said a few polite words when they met, and got straight to the point. "We do have the idea of ​​selling some assets, but we feel that the price offered by Leaf Technology is too low, and there is also a problem with the payment method!"

After hearing this, Ye Qiu nodded, "Please tell me!"

"According to our thinking, we plan to sell the mobile phone business, but we don't plan to sell the map and patent and technology research and development departments for the time being. As for the price, it must not be calculated according to the current stock price. We demand a higher quotation!"

"Reasonable!" Ye Qiu nodded, "But what I want to say is that without patents and maps, I'm not interested in Nokia's mobile phone business!" He also said it very simply, and this is where all the negotiations in the past have stalemate.

Nokia's business mainly has four parts, mobile phone and some electronic equipment business, which is what Nokia calls mobile phone business, map business, network communication equipment business, and patent and scientific research advanced technology department.

Many people in the previous life said that Microsoft made a lot of money. It bought Nokia with more than 50 billion euros and got the right to use the patent. People who would say this are stupid, because Microsoft lost a lot, and he just got a mobile phone business. Others The three pieces of the company simply didn't get it, so this is where Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia is cheaper than Google's acquisition of Motorola.

This is the reason why Ballmer fell out with Bill Gates, and finally stepped down in disgrace.

Of course, from Microsoft's point of view, they lack hardware technology, and the acquisition price of Nokia is reasonable even if it is a little higher.

Ye Qiu's idea is not only about mobile phones, he also wants mobile phones, maps, and patent and R&D technology departments. In this way, after Nokia is acquired, there will only be one network communication equipment business left, which is the business of Nokia Siemens.

The reason why Leaf Technology is firm is that the map business is Leaf Technology’s weakness, and it is also one of the key points of this acquisition. Another focus is patents. For Leaf Technology, the mobile phone business is purely a buy two get one free thing. , when it comes to mobile phones and electronic equipment, Leaf Technology may not lose to Nokia now, but also spend money to acquire it?
Nokia's calculations are well-calculated, sell the things that lose money, and keep the valuable things, but is Leaf Technology so stupid?
Leaf Technology is not like Microsoft now, it does not lack that bit of hardware technology!
"Mr. Ollila!" Seeing his resolute words, Ye Qiu made the scene a little awkward, and the three of them fell silent, so he took the initiative to break the deadlock, "I hope you can understand our sincerity, I will sit here myself It is the most powerful proof, and we will also show sincerity in terms of price, but unless you sell the map, patent and mobile phone business in a package, otherwise, I don’t think this deal will be possible!”

John Ollila and Silasma looked at each other, and they both saw each other's helplessness. They were indeed very short of cash, because the current cash flow was too dangerous for them, and one carelessness might lead to bankruptcy crisis, but if it is really sold as Ye Qiu said, then Nokia will only be left with an empty shell.

Because in terms of network communication equipment, they are not leading at all, but lagging behind Ericsson and Huawei by a large margin.

But the problem is, with the acquisition of Nokia Siemens, after the announcement of financial statements, Nokia's share price will drop sharply, even to an embarrassing level.

In the last round of slump, many of them, including Ollila and Silasma, bought a lot of Nokia shares and increased their holdings, so no matter from which point of view, they do not want Continue to fall like this, or even go bankrupt.

Ye Qiu and Leaf Technology know that you are short of cash, and I have nothing but the most cash, and now I am the only one who can propose an acquisition in a short period of time and promise a cash transaction, so if you want to sell, sell it , If you don't sell it, you will pull it down.

If it is sold earlier, the price can still be negotiated, even if it suffers a little loss, it doesn’t matter. After all, we have to beware of Microsoft, which has a clear view of the situation, coming out to disrupt the situation. Ballmer has always wanted to develop Microsoft’s hardware technology, so it’s better to finalize it quickly. It's too late, it's hard to talk about the price, and Leaf Technology may not have the kind of interest to slowly entangle it.

Time, for Nokia, is very unfavorable!

Both John Ollila and Silasma felt Ye Qiu's intention to take advantage of the fire, that is, rich and powerful.

But although Ye Qiu said that the price would show sincerity, John Ollila certainly wouldn't take it seriously, because he guessed that Ye Qiu was only in charge of the overall situation, and Eliza Moon, who was in the actual acquisition negotiations, would definitely do everything possible to lower the price.

That woman is extremely beautiful, but she is very vicious at the negotiating table!

(End of this chapter)