Four Hundred and Seventieth Chapters Are All Caused by Anger

Headquarters of William Hill bookmaker, UK. ⊙Four⊙Five⊙Chinese⊙Chinese

The manager of the betting department hastily knocked on the door of CEO Ralph Topping's office.

Ten minutes later, all high-level executives, including the chairman of the group, Gareth Davis, appeared in the high-level conference room.

It looked like an emergency and major accident had happened, and the atmosphere was very tense.

"What's the matter?" Gareth Davis asked nervously.

Just ten minutes ago, a phone call from Ralph Topping made him drop everything and show up here.

But what happened in the end, he has no idea.

Ralph Toppin nodded to the manager of the betting department beside him, and the latter stood up.

"Everyone, ten minutes ago, we just received a betting slip."

As soon as he spoke, everyone in the conference room fell silent and listened attentively.

Everyone is very clear that there must be something wrong with this betting slip, otherwise how could it be possible to call all the high-level executives for a meeting for no reason? Could it be that you are free and have nothing to do, and plan to treat you to afternoon tea?

"This is a betting slip we received at a betting shop outside Wembley Stadium, and the amount is as high as one million pounds"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the audience was in an uproar.

"What? A million pounds?"

"Really? Who is that crazy?"

"The stakes are too high, right? Who is it?"

"This is probably the biggest betting slip William Hill has ever received, right?"

"Absolutely"

Gareth Davies' eyelids twitched too. The executive who had only airborne to William Hill two years ago as the chairman and served as the CEO of Imperial Tobacco for 14 years was also in his heart. This betting slip gave me a shock.

one million pounds

What kind of talent must be able to vote for this?

"Tell me about the specific situation." Gareth Davis asked patiently while suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart.

The manager of the betting department nodded, "The one who bet is none other than Southampton's behind-the-scenes boss, Yang Huan"

"It's him?"

"Yeah, he's the only one who can mess around like this"

"Last year he gambled heavily on the Southampton match, and won a lot of money. I heard that all of it was paid to the players as bonuses. I didn't expect him to come this year."

"It doesn't matter if it's still coming, the most important thing is that he actually gambled bigger and bigger"

The people in the conference room were discussing for a while, and the scene was very noisy.

Ralph Toppin saw that the situation was a bit chaotic, so he had to cough heavily, "Everyone"

He didn't continue until everyone was quiet again.

"The bet of one million pounds is indeed quite large, and it is also the largest bet amount that William Hill has received so far, so we must take it very seriously. The incident two years ago is a warning .”

The larger the bet amount, the greater the risk for the bookmaker.

Two years ago, William Hill’s betting project of the Royal Ascot Jockey Club in the United Kingdom was caused by a calculation error, which directly led to heavy losses for the company.

It was because of this incident that Charles Sturt, the former chairman of the company, resigned.

"As far as I know, Yang Huan is not only betting on our William Hill this time, he is also betting on Ladbrokes and b136, and each bookmaker's bet is one million pounds."

"What?" Everyone was shocked again.

Oh my god, a family of one million, that's three million pounds in total?

Yagobe's, they don't print British pounds, do they?

How can you spend money like this?

Everyone started talking again.

"Why?" Gareth Davis looked calm.

At times like these, there is no point in shocking or arguing, the most important thing is to solve the problem.

"I heard it was out of anger." Ralph Topping smiled wryly.

"Angry?" Gareth Davis didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Everyone present was one or two, and the expressions on their faces were so funny.

Because of anger, each bookmaker bets a million pounds?

Obediently, my young master Huan, do you think this is a joke?

That's a million pounds in real money.

"Someone heard a few words in the royal box. It seems that Yang Huan felt that our odds for Southampton were too low, so he was not convinced."

Gareth Davis opened an internal document in front of him, and saw that Southampton's odds were 150, which ranked seventh among the Premier League teams this season, and he couldn't help frowning.

"What's the matter with the odds? Southampton's winning odds are indeed a bit low."

This also exposed his unfamiliarity with the gaming industry, after all, he was airborne two years ago.

On the contrary, Ralph Topping has been at William Hill for more than 30 years, starting from the grassroots level, step by step to the present.

Strictly speaking, the CEO is the real power of the company.

"When we calculate the odds, we not only consider the overall strength of the team, the most important thing for us is to control the risk."

All the people present couldn't stop nodding, it involved very complicated calculations.

"Southampton is undoubtedly very strong, but this is their first season in the Premier League. Fans are generally not optimistic about this team, because in the history of England's top league for more than 100 years, there has never been a precedent for a newly promoted team to win the championship. "

Everyone nodded again and again.

"Also, Southampton is very popular in the underground black market. Everyone knows that this team has never played match-fixing, but in the eyes of regular bookmakers, he is still too unfamiliar. Who knows that they are the first What about the Premier League season?"

"How many teams were so bullish in the low-level leagues, and even lost the Premier League giants in the cup to win the championship, but in the Premier League, they failed to relegation in the first season and returned to the low-level leagues. This is not unheard of."

This time even Gareth Davis nodded in agreement.

"Also, if you look at the schedule for the new season, the first few rounds for Southampton are simply devil's schedule, but if you look at the next page, a total of ten players from Southampton were transferred to play in the London Olympics. "

"So many?" Gareth Davis was a little surprised.

Turn it over and see, it really does exist.

The British Olympic team has Sturridge, Gareth Bell, and Lavelle Morrison. This is also the frontcourt trident attack combination that the British Olympic team coach Pierce trusts most.

Spain has Javi Martinez, Azpilicueta, Isco and Cork.

These four players are also the main players of the Spanish Olympic team, and Spain is also the favorite team to win the Olympic Games.

The other three Olympic internationals are Brazil's Neymar, Danilo and Alex Sandro.

Among them, Neymar is the main force, Danilo and Alex Sandro are substitutes for Rafael and Marcelo respectively.

"I really can't see that Southampton is not only full of stars, but also young players are so strong"

"That's right, the lineup of ten Olympic team players is strong enough."

"But it's sad. Is there anyone in the Premier League like Southampton?"

"The roster of twenty-five people went to ten at once, and the lineup for the expedition was not complete."

Looking at the schedule, we are facing strong opponents such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton, and we will also play the Europa League, and there will be a European Super Cup at the end of August.

It's quite sad when you think about it

Even if Gareth Davis is not a professional, after reading so much information, he can somewhat understand why William Hill and other bookmakers gave Southampton such low odds.

After all, as a newly promoted, Southampton is too strange.

Especially considering that if you don't get off to a good start, the whole season will be over

Thinking of this, Gareth Davis nodded and looked at Ralph Topping, "Then what do you think?"

"Pick up" Ralph Topping said almost without hesitation.

"Not only to accept, if other gaming companies want to transfer risks, we will also accept"

It seems that William Hill is very pessimistic about Southampton winning the championship after internal evaluation.

even thought it was impossible

Gareth Davis thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, then take it."

Three companies, William Hill, Ladbrokes and b136 each received a £1 million Premier League betting order. Although the three companies caused an uproar within the three companies, they did not attract much attention from the outside world.

On the one hand, due to the confidentiality agreement, the news of Yang Huan's betting cannot be disclosed.

But more importantly, the much-anticipated London Olympics begins

During the entire Olympic Games, Yang Huan and Zhuang Ziqing kept shuttling among the major venues of the Olympic Games.

Table tennis, swimming, diving, gymnastics, badminton...

As long as the time catches up, Yang Huan and Zhuang Ziqing can be seen in almost all competitions where Chinese athletes participate. For this reason, they were photographed by Capital TV several times, but Yang Huan declined to be interviewed.

This feeling of experiencing the Olympic Games in person made Yang Huan indescribably excited, and his whole body was on fire

In addition to watching the matches of the Chinese delegation, Yang Huan will also take time to watch the Olympic football matches as long as he has time.

Different from the previous life, perhaps with the strong support of Southampton, the British team can be said to be the main force this time.

In addition to Southampton's Gareth Bale, Sturridge and Ravel Morrison in the frontcourt, there are Arsenal's Theo Walcott, Manchester United's Welbeck, etc.

In the midfield, there are Ramsey, Henderson, Wilshere, Cleverley and other stars, and the defense line also includes Phil Jones, Evans, Micah Richards, Neil Earl Taylor and other stars.

With a gathering of stars, superior strength, coupled with adequate preparations, and playing at home, the British United team appeared to be unstoppable from the beginning of the group stage, winning three consecutive victories and qualifying as the top of the group.

The team's number one star, Gareth Bale, was even more brilliant, and his performance was dazzling.

After that, in the knockout round, the British United team eliminated the South Korean team and the Mexican team successively, and successfully reached the final.

The other team that reached the final at the same time was the Brazilian Olympic team led by Neymar.

This is also a star-studded team, including Neymar, Lucas Moura, Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Oscar, Pato and Hulk.

As a result, the two sides launched a fierce duel at Wembley Stadium. In the end, the British United team, which played at home, defeated the Brazilian team 2-1 and successfully won the men's football championship medal in the local Olympic Games.

The Brazilian team made it to the finals three times tragically and won three silver medals, which is embarrassing.

Although he missed the championship, Neymar won the top scorer with six goals.

After two years of experience in England, the Brazilian striker almost regards England as his home game and is in very good condition.

Gareth Bale, England's top scorer, ranked second with five goals, tied for second with Senegal's Konate.

Sturridge scored four goals and ranked fourth.

The outstanding performance of several Southampton stars in the Olympic Games has aroused unanimous praise from the outside media.

In particular, Neymar and Gareth Bale, who each led their teams to the finals, have shown convincing strength and let people see their outstanding potential.

But behind the scenery of the Olympic Games, Southampton did not start well in the first season after returning to the Premier League after many years of absence.

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