Football Giants

Headquarters of William Hill Gaming Company, UK. ⊙Four ⊙Five ⊙Chinese ⊙Chinese

The betting department manager hurriedly knocked on the door of CEO Ralph Toppin’s office.

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

It seemed that there was an emergency and a major accident, and the atmosphere was very tense.

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

Just ten minutes ago, a call from Ralph Toppin made him put everything down and appear here.

But what happened, he knew nothing.

Ralph Toppin nodded to the betting department manager beside him, who stood up.

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

When he spoke, everyone in the conference room fell silent and listened intently.

Everyone knows very well that there must be a problem with this bet slip. Otherwise, how could it be possible to call all the senior leaders over for a meeting for no reason? Is it okay to be idle, planning to invite afternoon tea?

"This bet slip was received at the betting shop outside Wembley Stadium, and the amount is up to £1 million."

As soon as his words fell, everyone in the audience was in an uproar.

"What? One million pounds?"

"Really? Who, so crazy"

"This bet is too big, right? Who the **** is it?"

"Is this probably the largest bet slip ever received by William Hill?"

"Absolutely"

Gareth Davis was also eyelid. The executive who only parachuted to William Hill as chairman two years ago, and was the CEO of Imperial Tobacco for 14 years, was also This bet slip was taken aback.

One million pounds

What kind of talent does it have to vote for?

"Tell me about the specific situation" Gareth Davis asked patiently while holding down the complex emotions in his heart.

The manager of the betting department nodded, “It’s not someone else who is betting, it’s the boss behind Southampton, Yang Huan.”

"It's him?"

"Yes, he is the only one who can do such a fool."

"Last year he made a big bet for the Southampton event and won a lot of money. I heard that all the players were awarded bonuses. I didn't expect him to come back this year."

"It doesn't matter if you come, the most important thing is that he actually bet bigger and bigger"

There was a lot of discussion in the meeting room, and the scene was very noisy.

Ralph Toppin saw that the situation was a little messy and had to cough twice, "Everyone."

He waited until everyone was quiet again before he continued.

"The one million pound bet is indeed quite large, and it is also the largest bet amount we have received by William Hill so far, so we must take it very seriously. The incident two years ago was a warning. ."

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

Two years ago, William Hill’s calculation error in the betting project of the Royal Ascot Jockey Club directly caused the company to suffer miserable losses. If it weren’t for the World Cup to make a lot of money, William Hill would lose out.

It was because of this incident that Charles St, the former chairman of the company, took the blame and resigned.

"As far as I know, Yang Huan is not only betting on William Hill this time, he is also betting on Ladbrokes and b136, and every bookmaker has a bet of 1 million pounds."

"What?" Everyone was shocked again.

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

Yayagope’s, their family does not print British pounds, right?

How can you spend money like this?

Everyone talked again.

"Why?" Gareth Davis seemed very calm.

At this time, neither shock nor argument makes any sense. The most important thing is to solve the problem.

"I heard it was because of anger." Ralph Toppin smiled bitterly.

"Fuck?" Gareth Davis couldn't laugh or cry directly.

Everyone present was also one or two, and the expressions on their faces did not know how interesting.

Because of anger, every bookmaker bet a million pounds?

Good deed, my young master Huan, do you think this is for fun?

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 they were not convinced."

Gareth Davis opened an internal document in front of him and frowned when he saw that Southampton's odds were 150 and ranked seventh among the Premier League teams this season.

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

This also exposed his unfamiliarity with the gaming industry. After all, he was parachuted over two years ago.

On the contrary, it is Ralph Toppin, who has been at William Hill for more than 30 years, starting from the grassroots, and walking step by step to the present.

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

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

All the people present nodded unceasingly, which involved very complicated calculations.

"Southampton is undoubtedly very strong, but this is after all 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 promotion to win a championship. "

The crowd nodded again and again.

"Also, Southampton is very popular on the underground black market. Everyone knows that this team never plays match-fixing, but in the eyes of regular bookmakers, he is still too strange. Who knows they are the first What will happen to the Premier League season?"

"How many teams were 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 league. It's not impossible."

At this point, even Gareth Davis nodded in agreement.

"Also, you look at the schedule for the new season. The first few rounds have been a devilish schedule for Southampton, but if you look at the next page, a total of ten Southampton players have been assigned to play in the London Olympics. "

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

When I opened it, I found it really did.

The British Olympic team includes Sturridge, Gareth Bale, and Ravel Morrison. This is also the frontcourt trident attack combination most trusted by the British Olympic team coach Pierce.

Spain has Xavi 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 Olympics.

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 a star, but the teenager is also so strong."

"No, ten national Olympic team internationals, this lineup is also strong enough"

"But it's also sad. Who in the Premier League is like Southampton?"

"Twenty-five people squad, ten of them went all at once, and the lineup for the expedition was not complete"

Looking at the schedule again, they are all facing strong opponents such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton, and they are going to play in the Europa League. There will be a European Super Cup at the end of August.

It's sad enough to think about it

Even if Gareth Davis is not a professional, he can read so much information and he understands to some extent why William Hill and other bookmakers would offer Southampton so low odds.

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

Especially considering that once the start is not played well, the whole season is over.

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

"Accept" Ralph Topping said almost without hesitation.

"Not only to accept, if other bookmakers want to risk transfer, we also accept"

It seems that William Hill is not optimistic about Southampton's win after internal evaluation.

Even thought it was impossible

Gareth Davis thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, then pick it up."

The three companies William Hill, Ladbrokes and b136 each took over a £1 million Premier League bet slip. Although they all caused an uproar within the three companies, they did not attract much attention from the outside world.

On the one hand, because of the confidentiality agreement, the news of Yang Huan's bet cannot be disclosed.

But more importantly, the much-anticipated London Olympics has begun

Throughout the Olympics, Yang Huan took Zhuang Ziqing to and fro in the major stadiums of the Olympics.

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

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

The feeling of experiencing the Olympics in person on the spot made Yang Huan's unspeakable excitement, and the whole person burned.

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

Unlike the previous life, perhaps with the strong support of Southampton, the British team is the main force this time.

In addition to Southampton's Gareth Bale, Sturridge and LaVille Morrison, there are also Arsenal's Walcott, Manchester United's Welbeck, etc.

In the midfield, there are also stars such as Ramsey, Henderson, Wilshere, Cleverly, and the back line also includes Phil Jones, Evans, Michael Richards, Nis Taylor and other stars.

With a gathering of stars and superb strength, coupled with adequate preparation and a home game, the British United team has appeared to be a broken team from the group stage, with three consecutive victories leading the group.

The team's top star Gareth Bale is even more brilliant and dazzling.

Afterwards, in the knockout rounds, the British United team eliminated the South Korean team and the Mexico team successively and successfully reached the final.

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

This is also a star-studded team, including Neymar, Lucas Mora, 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 at home defeated the Brazilian team two to one and successfully won the men's football championship medal in the local Olympics.

The Brazilian team made a tragic three-finals, winning three silver medals. Although they missed the championship, Neymar scored six goals and won the top scorer.

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

And ranked second is England's leading scorer Gareth Bale, who scored five goals and tied for second with Senegal's Konat.

Sturridge scored four goals and ranked fourth.

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

Especially Neymar and Gareth Bale, who 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 returned to the first season of the Premier League after a long absence, but the start was not ideal.

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