Top of the Great Era

Went to Manchester to watch a League Cup semi-final against Manchester United VS Manchester City.

This year's Manchester United has undergone coaching changes and lineup adjustments, and their results have fluctuated.

In the Premier League, it is still the biggest favorite to win the championship; but in the Champions League, the odds have fallen to fourth place, behind Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

However, Zhou Buqi did not put pressure on the team's performance.

If we can win the League Cup this year, it will be regarded as a successful completion of this transition period.

Although this is just a very unimportant small cup match, this is the "Manchester Derby" and the "Red and Blue War".

This is a focus battle.

Klopp's team did not lose the chain. In the 3rd minute of the game, Rooney, Van Persie and Vidal completed a frontcourt steal of the encirclement, and a kick was given to Bale on the left.

Manchester United's No. 7 strode the ball directly into the penalty area, and the second touch was a powerful shot!
The ball went straight to the dead corner.

Manchester United have made a fantastic start.

This is not surprising, the current Manchester City is not at the same level as Manchester United.Without four or five years of careful building, it is difficult for Manchester City to reach the top European level.

After taking the lead, Zhou Buqi felt relaxed, and chatted with his father Zhou Jianjun about the private island.

Zhou Jianjun said with a smile, "It is an island located near the northern part of Ibiza in Spain. It has a blue view of the Mediterranean Sea and has more than 300 days of sunshine every year. After renovation, it is an excellent tourist destination."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Reformation? Isn't it ready-made?"

Zhou Jianjun said: "There are only some simple constructions, and the cost is too high. In addition, the economic situation in Spain has been too bad in the past few years. The previous owner of the island has no money to invest in further repairs and construction, so he plans to sell it."

"What about the price?"

"1800 million US dollars has been negotiated."

"The price is not high." Zhou Buqi was a little amused, and turned to look at his father, "Why didn't you pick a better place?"

Zhou Jianjun said with satisfaction: "This is very good. The Spaniard bought it 7 years ago and only spent 1200 million US dollars. The main reason is that the location is relatively good. Another 3000 million US dollars will be invested to build a luxurious manor on the island. , kitchen, pool, bar, wine cellar, sports field, airport, and pier are all built. The total price is 5000 million US dollars, which is not bad.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Alright, then it's settled."

Although the financial pressure in hand is more difficult, but this little money to honor my parents can still be used. $5000 million is not a lot.

Sister Zhen Yu is going to rebuild the "Island Manor" in Miami. The first project is to bulldoze all the buildings on the island, and then raise the height of the island like reclamation to cope with the rising sea level every year.

Then recreate the luxury manor on the island.

The entire project is expected to take 5-6 years to complete, and the total investment may reach 5 million US dollars.

Zhou Buqi is actually less interested in these mansions and private islands. There are more people in the family, the wives and concubines are harmonious, and the bustling life is the best life, and there is no high requirement for material life.

However, if others like it, he doesn't object.

Happiness is the cheapest thing money can buy.

Zhou Jianjun glanced at his son sitting beside him, feeling very proud in his heart.

I think this kid is really filial.

He bought a private jet, bought a luxury yacht, bought a mansion in England, and then gave him a dreamy private island.

Of course, this is nothing.

What is more filial is carrying on the family line. According to statistics, Xue Baoshan, Zhen Yu, and Shi Jinglin's three daughters-in-law were all pregnant last year. This is the most important thing for the Zhou family.

After talking about the private island, Dad remembered something again, "By the way, someone in China found me, and I want to ask you what you mean, and see if I can help you."

"who?"

"People with connections."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Buqi was actually very cautious about those related households with backgrounds, "If it's too much, I won't agree."

Zhou Jianjun said, "It's CNOOC."

"I'll go!" Zhou Buqi was stunned, feeling that his father's tone was too loud, "What are you doing? You dare to participate in such a big event?"

Zhou Jianjun said: "I didn't participate, but someone asked me about it... CNOOC, you know, right? It is working to acquire Nexen Petroleum Company in Canada."

"Haven't we been talking for more than half a year..."

Of course Zhou Buqi heard about it. This should be the largest merger and acquisition of domestic capital going overseas recently. If it is completed, the transaction volume may reach 200 billion US dollars.

Zhou Jianjun said with a smile: "Yes, but it seems that there are some disagreements during the negotiation process. Do you know anyone who can speak out from them, and be accommodating."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Dad, don't be fooled by others. Don't be fooled yourself, and come here to implicate your son."

"Isn't it?"

Zhou Jianjun frowned slightly.

Zhou Buqi whispered: "It's a super state-owned enterprise, and it's complicated. Spending other people's money to buy things for others, what do you think is the biggest obstacle? Let's not participate in anything. When things fail, be careful." Involved."

Zhou Jianjun glanced at him, "You don't like it?"

"Ha ha."

Zhou Buqi laughed twice.

Zhou Jianjun was so angry that he stretched out his arm and bumped him, "Speak!"

Zhou Buqi said: "How many times have there been a history of blood and tears? They didn't learn a lesson, but I did. A few years ago, the domestic aluminum giants went to Australia to acquire the Rio Tinto Group, and I reminded them. What happened? They came to the door with tens of billions of dollars and gave them to the Rio Tinto Group to help them survive the economic crisis. After they recovered, they immediately broke the contract. Do you know this?"

Zhou Jianjun looked awkward, really not quite clear.

Because the matter is too big and the impact is too bad, it is not reported in China.

Zhou Buqi simply said: "In order to complete the transaction and achieve such a great political achievement, many terms and conditions were lowered. The compensation for breach of contract is only 1%. After the Chinese government has recovered, it only takes 1%, about 2 million U.S. dollars in liquidated damages, to tear up the contract. You know, for those tens of billions of U.S. dollars, the two-year interest will be 40 billion U.S. dollars.”

Zhou Jianjun said speechlessly: "There is no spirit of contract."

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "They paid liquidated damages according to the requirements of the contract, so why is there no contract? The existence of liquidated damages is to provide a termination procedure. Either follow the requirements or pay liquidated damages."

Zhou Jianjun said: "What happened later?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It was even more embarrassing later on. The person who signed the contract made achievements and was promoted. Later, the person in charge who broke the contract and suffered huge losses took responsibility. So this is not a corporate behavior at all, it is not for Enterprises make money. A few days ago, I discussed with Liu Qiangdong of JD.com that state-owned enterprises are power, and private enterprises are money. Let’s deal with money honestly and not with power.”

At this time, Manchester City won a penalty.

Even the score.

Zhou Jianjun's expression turned ugly, and he said in a deep voice, "Do you think CNOOC is doing the same this time?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's the same, just wait and see the joke. It's best if the acquisition fails. If the acquisition succeeds, it's guaranteed to cause the country to suffer heavy losses. How can you help me? I'm going to promote the transaction and help them After the matter is done, isn’t that helping Canada to plunder the wealth created by the hard work of the people of our country? I am no longer a national thief?”

Zhou Jianjun laughed angrily, "I think you're just lazy and don't want to help."

"Really not." Zhou Buqi was angry and funny, "If I could help, I was worried that people would be embarrassed to ask, so I rushed to help. Geely bought Volvo last year. How beautiful was that deal? I I have helped. And this time Ali is also the same. If private companies go overseas to initiate mergers and acquisitions and only deal with money, I will definitely help anyone who can help.”

Zhou Jianjun was a little annoyed, "You have a reason!"

Zhou Buqi poked his neck, "You just say that I am not familiar with Canada, and I have nothing to do with the energy industry. Recently, I have to be busy with the listing of several companies, so I can't get away. Anyway, just a word, related to power Leave me alone. I'm an entrepreneur, a capitalist, and I play money."

It's not that he intends to push the blame, it's that he really can't participate.

The case my father mentioned will inevitably become another tragedy worth tens of billions of dollars.

At the beginning of the second half, with plenty of physical strength, Manchester United launched another wave of tyrannical offensive.In just 10 minutes, Rooney scored twice with a head kick.

The score became 3:1.

Zhou Buqi got up to celebrate, and just as he was seated, Sun Guanran who was next to him came over and whispered, "Wanda's Mr. Wang wants to ask you for help."

"what's up?"

It seems that he is going to talk about an acquisition, an overseas acquisition.

"Acquisition?" Zhou Buqi laughed immediately, glanced at his father on the other side, and deliberately raised his voice, "Oh! Lao Wang is going to buy overseas, what is it? As long as you can help, help as much as you can!"

Sun Wanran pursed her lips, "Wanda Cinemas is doing very well now, and should be the largest theater chain in Asia. They want to acquire the troubled AMC theater chain. If this deal is concluded, they will be number one in the world."

"This..." Zhou Buqi nodded, "It's possible."

As the big boss of Ziwei Star Global, he also has some understanding of the situation of AMC theaters, and some people even suggested whether to try to acquire AMC theaters.

However, internal discussions did not pass.

The scale of Ziwei Star Global is too large. If the theater assets are incorporated, there will be a risk of monopoly. Hollywood has encountered the Paramount Act decades ago, that is, the anti-trust act.

AMC theaters are now struggling to operate, mainly due to two reasons.

[-]. Insufficient cash flow;

Second, the overall performance of the box office market is not good enough.

In the next few years, Hollywood blockbusters will follow Zhou Buqi's new ideas for Ziwei Star Universal, find the right direction, and the box office market will be particularly prosperous.

In other words, now that Wanda is in charge of AMC, as long as the cash flow problem is solved, it can make a steady profit without losing money.

This is a good opportunity to bargain.

Zhou Buqi did his part to help, "Okay, let's make an appointment with him, and I'll introduce him to a few people."

"Is it set in Los Angeles?"

"can."