The Royal Football Stadium in Xincheng, South District of Beijing, is undoubtedly an industry jointly invested by Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. It is currently the largest football stadium in the entire Ming Dynasty and can accommodate 100,000 people to watch football matches at the same time.
Such a huge football stadium is packed with people at this moment. The huge stadium is so crowded that the severe cold in winter has been washed away. Being among a sea of 100,000 people, you can't feel the slightest chill at all.
Since Liu Jin first invented football in Tianjin, in just a few years, it quickly became popular throughout the Ming Empire, and even vassal states such as Korea and Japan gradually emerged.
With the football boom, stadiums of all sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and various football matches have been organized quickly.
Here in Ming Dynasty, football games are the hottest games now.
Under the organization and advocacy of Zhu Houzhao, an avid football fan, the Daming Professional Football League was established. The system was copied by Liu Jin from the later European Football League.
Ming Dynasty football teams of all sizes are divided into three leagues: A, B and C. Among them, the highest level A league is naturally the most popular league.
At the same time, with the investment and initiative of Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, football leagues such as the Daming Royal Cup Football League and the Daming Cup were held. The Daming Royal Cup Football League and the Daming Cup Football League are the most valuable leagues among various leagues today.
It is also the top league.
At this moment, the official Ming Dynasty Royal Cup Football League Hongzhi Twenty Years Finals is being held in the huge Royal Football Stadium!
The two sides facing each other are the Ming Dynasty National Football Team from Beijing and the Tianjin Navigation Team. The National Football Team and Tianjin Navigation are currently the two top football teams in the Ming Dynasty Football League.
The Ming Dynasty National Football Team is mainly a football team established by the sons of many powerful people in the capital. As for the Tianjin Navigation Team, it is mainly a football team established by large and small sea trading companies in Tianjin. Their strength is the best.
At the same time, because they represent Beijing and Tianjin respectively, this final has attracted great attention from the entire Beijing and Tianjin regions from the very beginning. As soon as the 100,000 tickets were released, they were sold out immediately.
"Dong Dong Qiang~Dong Dong Qiang~"
The huge football stadium was in full swing. Fans and fans brought their war drums into the stadium. Supporters of the Ming Dynasty international football team and the Tianjin Navigation Team were clearly facing each other.
In each camp, gongs and drums were beaten, and along with the rhythmic drumbeats, tens of thousands of fans in the camp also interacted with each other.
Some people were waving flags, some were shouting slogans, and others were playing in the waves. When they were in it, they were unknowingly affected by this craze and fell deeply in love with football.
Of course, in addition to these exciting atmospheres, what is more important is the off-site betting.
Those who watch football but don’t bet on football are all fake fans. Real fans want to buy their favorite team to win.
Gambling is a legal industry in the Ming Dynasty, let alone betting on football.
For many arenas in the Beijing-Tianjin area, one of the main sources of income is ticket sales, and the other is gambling, and the income from gambling is much greater than the income from tickets.
The income from the tickets is fixed. Even if the venue is full, there are only so many seats and the ticket income is only so much. However, betting on football is different. There are too many rich people in the Beijing-Tianjin area and they gamble on every football match.
The income generated is very considerable.
This is also an important reason for the rapid development of Ming Dynasty football.
You must know that a few years ago, there were very few football fields in Beijing and Tianjin, and they were built with investment from Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao. However, in the past two years, football fields in Beijing and Tianjin have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
There are more than ten large-scale football stadiums under planning and construction, and there are hundreds of football clubs.
This shows how popular the sport of football is, and the huge benefits that football matches bring.
Only people will do this if it is profitable.
Outside the football stadium, there was a long queue at the specialized gambling sales point of the Royal Football Stadium. A large number of people gathered in the huge square. Those who had not bought tickets would not leave until the football game was over.
Even if there is no way to go in and watch the game in person, they have to wait here.
In the VIP room of the football stadium, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin were eating snacks and discussing the outcome of the football match.
"Lao Liu, which team do you think will win?"
"I don't know either, but I am a fan of the Tianjin Navigation Team, and I definitely support the Tianjin Navigation Team."
"Tch, I think the Ming Dynasty national football team will win."
"Come here, I'll buy you 10,000 taels of silver. If you buy it, the national football team will win~"
Zhu Houzhao took out a stack of silver notes from his pocket, all of which were one hundred taels of silver each. He just threw out the 10,000 taels of silver.
After saying that, he didn't forget to look at Liu Jin provocatively.
"I'll also buy ten thousand taels of silver to buy the Tianjin Navigation Team and win~"
Liu Jin curled his lips slightly. To be honest, Liu Jin didn't like betting on football. A pure football fan should just like football, not betting on football, and the outcome of betting can easily affect his preference for his favorite team.
But Zhu Houzhao had already spoken, so naturally he wanted to play along.
"His Royal Highness, Mr. Liu~"
Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin came to watch the football and bet on it. Naturally, Li Mu, the manager of the Royal Football Stadium in Beijing, was so stupid that he came over in person.
Looking at his two bosses, he was also a little speechless. You guys with left pockets out and others pockets in, are you having fun?
It's better to put 20,000 taels of silver together, and whoever supports the team will take it away.
"Hmm~"
"How are the stadium's revenues going this year?"
Liu Jin looked at Li Mu and asked.
Although Liu Jin did not intend to use football to make money at the beginning, it was purely his hobby and he liked to watch football games, so he came up with football and developed a football league.
But now it seems that the income from the football field is still very good, and it is already comparable to some of the small industries under its control.
"If I go back to Mr. Liu, the profits from the golf course this year are very good."
"In terms of ticket revenue, the total revenue for the whole year was 2 million taels. In addition, in terms of stadium gambling revenue, the total revenue for the year was 5 million taels. The sales of clothes, footballs, advertisements, shop rentals, etc. around the stadium also totaled almost more than 1 million taels of silver.
After all, the total global revenue exceeds 8 million taels of silver, and the net profit exceeds 5 million taels of silver."
Course manager Li Mu is naturally very clear about this data and can explain it in detail without looking at the report.
When he heard that he could earn five million taels of silver a year, Liu Jin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a golf course could earn five million taels of silver a year.
"Not bad~"
Zhu Houzhao also grinned and nodded with satisfaction.
"Your Highness, Mr. Liu, this year is the best year, but next year it is expected to be greatly reduced, because several large stadiums will be put into use next year, and the number of games played in our stadium will be reduced, and our income will be reduced.
It will be greatly reduced.”
Li Mu smiled, and then said helplessly.
"Let's reduce it, but important large-scale games must still be held in our stadium."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
"Of course, our stadium has the most complete facilities and the largest scale. It is also located in the most prosperous Southern District New City. It has the most people watching football and the best transportation. Naturally, other stadiums cannot compare with us."
Li Mu nodded solemnly and said.
"Okay, you go down, I want to watch the game."
Zhu Houzhao didn't care much about this. He looked at the stadium and saw that the game was about to start.
In the center of the field, a group of girls wearing beautiful costumes began to dance. The entire stadium was instantly ignited, and countless people started howling.
The dances performed on the court are naturally very different from the traditional dances here in Ming Dynasty. They mainly express the theme of youth, liveliness, passion and blood. The beauties wearing shorts and showing their long white legs will stop wherever they go. How can they not make people laugh?
passionate.
The game officially started soon. With 100,000 people watching, this decisive battle was destined to be very exciting. No one on either side would give in easily.
"Dong da, dong da, dong da~"
"Humph~Humph~"
In the huge football stadium, the football was in full swing, and the fans also played a game of attacking each other with their voices.
Fans from the Ming Dynasty national football team shouted "dong da, dong da", while fans from Tianjin Navigation responded with "hum ha" in unison.
This made Liu Jin in the VIP box couldn't help but hold his stomach and laugh.
Compared with the hooliganism of fans in later generations, the fans of Ming Dynasty are still very particular about quality. Even if there is a confrontation between fans, they will use their voices to fight against each other.
"Dong da, dong da, dong da~"
"Humph, humha, humha~"
Each team has its own unique two-character cheering sound, the Ming Dynasty national football team's "dongda", Tianjin Navigation's "humha", and the Beijing University League's "weiwei", which are now used throughout the Beijing-Tianjin region.
It is almost a household name.
Whenever there is a football match, you often can't hear any other sounds, you can only hear the voices of the fans of these teams shouting in unison.
"It really has the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with later generations, it is no wonder that football can quickly become popular throughout the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin was also smiling as he listened to the confrontation between the two voices in the venue.
In this era, people's entertainment items are really scarce, which has led to the popularity of entertainment and leisure activities such as football, horse racing, and theater. Among them, football, although it appeared last, has become the most popular entertainment.
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Compared to later generations, the atmosphere of football alone was completely overwhelming.
