I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

"What? Is this true?"

Katarina Liebherr on the other end of the phone exclaimed excitedly, sounding as if she wanted to rush to Gu Ran's side immediately, hugging Gu Ran's thigh and shake her hard.

"Gu, are you kidding me? Do you really know Taylor Swift? Have you really helped her write songs?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Yes, if you want to see her, I can do it with just one phone call."

Catalina said excitedly: "If you can let Taylor Swift come to Germany to hold a concert and have a meal with me, then I can completely accept the equity plan you mentioned with twice the premium!"

Gu Ran immediately said: "Great, Catalina! I'll call to arrange the concert right now. After the concert schedule is confirmed, I will send someone to trade your equity with you."

"Okay, okay, we've made an agreement!" Catalina's voice was full of joy.

For her, the football club is not important at all. Being able to chase entertainment stars up close is the happiest thing.

After Gu Ran hung up the phone, he immediately dialed Taylor Swift's phone number and told her that he wanted Taylor Swift to go to Europe and Germany to hold a concert.

Taylor Swift's original plan was to hold three concerts in North America, but she suddenly gave up her North American concerts and went to Germany, which completely disrupted Taylor Swift's plans.

However, as soon as Gu Ran opened his mouth, Taylor Swift agreed without hesitation.

Not to mention giving up her concert in North America and going to Germany for a concert, even if Gu Ran asked her to come to Dune Villa and sing for Gu Ran alone, Taylor Swift would still be willing to do so.

After finalizing Taylor Swift's concert plan, Gu Ran sent Mendes to personally go to the Liebherr Group and acquire Catalina's shares at the agreed double premium.

As a result, Gu Ran's Southampton Club shares reached 89%.

This is equivalent to complete control and control of the board of directors.

Of course, Gu Ran was not in a hurry to come to the front of the scene. After all, he was now a player. If it were directly announced that he had acquired Southampton Club, it would definitely cause a huge shock.

Gu Ran first found Lai Lai, who was idle at home and went to sea every day, but couldn't catch any fish, and informed Lai Lai about the current equity situation.

After hearing this, Laisi was completely stunned.

Old Les also never expected that Gu Ran could complete the feat of acquiring the club a year later.

Gu Ran asked Lao Les to come out and take over the operation of Southampton Club again.

Lao Les declined at first, but when Gu Ran said that his goal for the new season was not only to win the EFL Cup and FA Cup, but also to win the English Championship and the Europa League, Lao Les Si's expression showed that his heart was moved to the naked eye.

Gu Ran then told Lai Lai that the current CEO Nikolay Coster was too conservative and only wanted to distribute money and did not want to buy people. Only people like Lai Lai who really understand the game and know the business are qualified to be Nan'an. Pton's new CEO.

And, old Les, don’t you want to create a miracle with me?

With these words, Laisi slapped his thigh and agreed to Gu Ran.

A year ago, Les Sr. was the senior manager of the club and Gu Ran was just a newcomer. But now, the situation has completely reversed. Laisi now works for Gu Ran.

Gu Ran asked Laisi to keep him secret among the club's senior management and not to reveal his identity as the big boss behind the scenes. This would also make it easier for him to work behind the scenes.

Old Les agreed wholeheartedly.

Next, Southampton Club entered the process of high-level reorganization.

Old Rice took over the top management of Southampton with a power of attorney, and cleared out Nikolaj Coster and other senior members of the Liebherr faction from the high-level office in the morning.

Since Nikolaj Coster learned that the Liebherr Group was selling its shares, he had already known that this would happen one day, so he left fairly decently.

But he couldn't figure out why the Southampton club's equity suddenly changed hands.

Many sports newspapers also rushed to report on the Liebherr Group's loss of controlling stake. Many media and tabloids reported that the new owner of Southampton Club was Gu Ran. However, Southampton Club and Gu Ran both no respond.

The less you respond, the more exciting the news becomes.

Throughout the break, the English sports media has been almost exclusively about Southampton.

After Gu Ran cleared Southampton's senior management, he took a vacation and took time to go back to the country to meet his parents and old classmates and friends.

Because of the traffic-draining effect of the live broadcast, domestic media also welcomed Gu Ran home with the same standards as Messi and Ronaldo.

On June 6th, the transfer window for all levels of British leagues opened.

Under Gu Ran's secret control, Southampton Club began to take action in the transfer market.

Gu Ran sent Lao Lesi a list of players to be purchased via text message.

This list is almost full of names that Rice has never heard of, such as Salah, who is still playing in the Egyptian league, Mane, who is still playing in the youth training camp of a club in Senegal, and De Bruyne. , such as Toni Kroos, such as Kante, such as Van Dijk who is still a substitute in Groningen, and Rudiger who transferred to the Stuttgart U19 team as a free agent, and Varane who is still playing in Lens in Ligue , as well as Neymar, Coutinho, etc. who are still playing in the Brazilian League.

When Laisi got the buyer's list, he was dumbfounded.

What Laisi didn't know was that Gu Ran actually wanted to add the names of Mbappe and Haaland, but Mbappe and Haaland were still young, and their parents couldn't agree to their distance. Traveling across the ocean, he came to the youth training camp of the English Championship team to train.

Old Rice looked at these unfamiliar names and thought it was nonsense. However, Gu Ran gave him a transfer budget of 7000 million pounds, and the players on the list were not big names, so Old Rice calmed down. After calming down, he still sent scouts to make contact.

A week later, scouts from all sides sent back news one after another.

Neymar, Coutinho and others decisively rejected Southampton's invitation. De Bruyne also rejected Southampton's invitation after hearing the price.

This was expected by Gu Ran. Although Neymar, Coutinho, and De Bruyne are not yet popular stars, they have already shown their prominence in leagues in various countries, and have also won players such as Barcelona, ​​​​Liverpool, Chelsea and other giants are paying attention and contacting them, so in this case, of course they will not come to a team like Southampton, which has just been promoted to the English Championship.

The reason why Gu Ran wanted to quote a price was based on the mentality of hitting three shots if there is no date. What if Neymar, Coutinho, and De Bruyne have a brain convulsion? (End of chapter)