Winning the new financial era

Chapter 378 Premier League Grandet

In a manor in England, Zhang Yida met the two owners of Tottenham, Daniel Levy and Joe Lewis.

Accompanied by Beckham, it was he who led the way that led to the meeting.

Levi was in his fifties, with a big shaved head, a serious face, and a cold expression.

The other Jewish tycoon, Lewis, is already 80 years old, with loose skin and an old face.He greeted Zhang Yida and Beckham very warmly.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are in finance, and I am also in finance. Let's talk about it."

Zhang Yida laughed and said: "Mr. Lewis' name is well-known in the foreign exchange circle.

My business is mainly on the Internet.Even if it is finance, it is more about financial management, investment, and borrowing. "

Zhang Yida knew Lewis well before, and his experience was indeed legendary.

He dropped out of high school at the age of 15 without a degree in finance or economics, but he has a knack for foreign exchange speculation.

In 1992, he started to get involved in foreign exchange trading. He participated in Soros' attack on the British pound. After reaping huge spoils from the "Black Wednesday" incident when the pound plummeted, he quietly retired.

Immediately after the Mexican financial crisis in 1995, Lewis shorted the peso again, and his assets surged again.

Two successful speculations laid the foundation for his career to take off.

Of course, he dropped out of school at the age of 15. His first pot of money came from running his father's catering company.

In other words, this guy is also a rich second generation.

Lewis nodded, "The Internet is a good business, and it makes more money than we make from speculation.

Google, Facebook, Amazon, which one is not a big company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

I also regret that I read less books back then.Otherwise, you have to get an Internet company to play. "

Zhang Yida smiled, his words were a little too pretentious.

He said modestly: "The company under my umbrella is still far from them and is working hard."

Lewis said with a smile: "At your age, it is rare in the world to be able to achieve this achievement.

I believe that when you are 30 years old, you will be able to match or even surpass them. "

This old man is quite good at talking, Zhang Yida laughed and said, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Lewis for his blessing."

"Young people should enjoy life. You are worth much more than me, but life may not be as colorful as mine."

This is true, these financial bosses are the best at playing.

Zhang Yida knew that he spent 10 billion pounds on collections such as famous paintings, and moved his office to a yacht.The day is very chic!
"For a rich man like you, it is necessary for a football team to increase its influence.

Especially since you are still in the Internet industry. I heard that your Musical.ly app has become popular all over Europe.It's amazing. "

Zhang Yida's smirk wasn't real, the Jew knew how to do business, so he found out about his situation.

"Tottenham Hotspur, I have been a shareholder for more than ten years, and I have some feelings for the team."

This is a lie, the Jews investigate themselves.I have also investigated the Jews myself, and know that this old man basically does not participate in the management of the team, and has Mao's feelings.

"But I'm 80 this year, and time is running out. If Zhang Yida sincerely wants to buy Tottenham, I'm willing to help you too."

Lewis' cloudy eyes flashed shrewdness, "I wonder how much Mr. Zhang is willing to bid?"

"10 billion pounds!" Zhang Yida blurted out.

"This offer seems too insincere." Lewis said lightly with a blank face.

"The market value of Manchester United is only more than 20 billion US dollars. How much does Mr. Lewis think Tottenham should be worth?"

Lewis did not answer, but Levi, who had been silent for a long time, took the topic.

He sneered and said, "Mr. Zhang may not know much about the Premier League, so let me introduce it to you.

Manchester United is currently ranked sixth in the league, and has not been able to taste the Premier League championship for nearly 4 years, and the Champions League seats are no longer "certain".

Tottenham are currently ranked third in the league, and we were also No.3 last season, with very stable results. "

Zhang Yida nodded, "Tottenham's performance is good, but in terms of past honors and team income, we have to admit that there is a gap between them and Manchester United.

Manchester United's financial revenue last year, including commercial sponsorship, broadcast and match day income, achieved a record 5.15 million pounds.

Their 10-year sponsorship contract of 7.5 million pounds with Adidas and 3.3 million pounds with Chevrolet is beyond the reach of other teams. "

Before coming, Zhang Yida had done enough homework.I am not a local tyrant in the desert, and I can't stand the lion's mouth.

Levy spread his hands, "These figures are correct, but our situation is not bad, our revenue in the 2015-2016 fiscal year was 2.098 million pounds.

The financial report for the 2016-2017 fiscal year has not yet been released, but it is expected to be around 3 million pounds, a 50% increase from the previous year.

The most important thing is that our club is profitable. Last year's profit was 3300 million pounds, and this year it is expected to be more than 4000 million pounds.

Since 2012, we have been profitable for 5 consecutive years.

Such a team that focuses on localization, young cards, and a maximum salary of only 10 pounds per week has only paid 2.48 million pounds in transfer fees in the past three seasons.

It is far lower than Manchester City's 6.69 million pounds, Manchester United's 4.55 million pounds and Chelsea's 4.33 million pounds, ranking only sixth in the league.

Shouldn't a club that can produce results and make money be sought after? "

After hearing this, Zhang Yida sighed in his heart, it is indeed a rare high-quality asset.

Many football clubs are losing money, and those that have been profitable for five consecutive years like Tottenham are almost as rare as giant pandas.

He knew that being able to obtain such a good-looking financial statement was inseparable from Levi, the chairman of the club.

Levi is a well-known Grandet in the Premier League, and he is famous for his careful planning.

In Ferguson's words: negotiating with Levi is more painful than my hip replacement surgery.

He likes to buy those young players the most. He brings in hundreds of thousands or millions of players, cultivates them, and sells them at a high price.

For example: Modric for £3500m and Gareth Bale for £9100m.

Not only that, but routine players are also very good at it.

When the rookies were just emerging, they signed long-term contracts with extremely low salaries.When these players perform well, they choose to renew their contracts quickly.

Players should hate such a club chairman, but the big boss likes this kind of money-making talent.

This is the case with football clubs. Without restraint, it is easy to overspend financially and then lose money.

"Mr. Levi, tell me about your quotation?" Zhang Yida decided to listen to the quotation before proceeding.

"25 billion pounds!"

Beckham, who was silent at the side, was drinking coffee, and almost spit out when he heard this number.

The movement he made was a bit loud, and Levi frowned and said, "Mr. Beckham, are you okay!"

Beckham waved his hands again and again, "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm just in a hurry to drink coffee, sorry."

He cast a sympathetic look at Zhang Yida, he had already greeted Zhang Yida before coming.

These two Jews are not easy to deal with. I think you are young and suddenly rich, so they will definitely blackmail you.

Although Zhang Yida was somewhat prepared, when he heard the offer of 25 billion pounds, he almost turned the table and left.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Zhang Yida comforted himself: It's about business, asking prices everywhere, and paying back the money on the ground.

"Mr. Levi, this offer is even higher than Manchester United. Hehe, it is almost close to Barcelona and Real Madrid."

As if he didn't understand the ridicule, Levi said with a smile: "The club has been profitable for five consecutive years, with tens of millions of pounds in profit every year.

Such a high-quality asset, if it were you, Mr. Zhang, would you be willing to sell it at a low price? "

"25 billion pounds is outrageous. Tottenham have neither won the Premier League nor the Champions League. They are not worthy of the wealth of the giants!"

Levi said forcefully: "So what if it's not a wealthy family? The club is financially sound and its performance is steadily increasing. How many people in such a team are willing to sell?
If Mr. Zhang sincerely wants to buy the team, then show your sincerity. "

After finishing speaking, I did not forget to run Zhang Yida, "Mr. Zhang is worth nearly 300 billion US dollars, 25 billion pounds is not difficult for you!"

The ghostly 300 billion U.S. dollars, Zhang Yida thought that Hurun's evaluation of his worth was too much.

Zhang Yida turned his attention to Lewis, who was still alive.The old man smiled and said, "Levi's opinion is my opinion."

It seems that he really regards himself as a fat sheep, and Zhang Yida also expressed his position: "I can accept an offer of 11 billion pounds at most."

Levi smiled, "That means we can't agree?"

"Mr. Levi, your quotation is indeed too high. I think you should give a sincere figure."

Beckham couldn't stand it any longer, it's not a lion's mouth, it's a shark's mouth!

"Okay, Mr. Beckham also helped to speak. I'll give him this face, then let's lower it a bit, 24 billion pounds, and this is our final offer."

Zhang Yida shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "For me, it's still a bit too high."

Levi smiled slightly: "In this world, good things are always expensive.

If Mr. Zhang chooses a team in the English Championship, I am afraid that he will not be so troubled and entangled. "

A Championship team is a team one level lower than the Premier League.Zhang Yida secretly thought, what is this kind of team bought for?If you want fame, you don't have fame, if you want exposure, you don't need exposure.

The advantage is that it is cheap.But if you want to achieve results, or even upgrade to the Premier League, you need a steady stream of money.And it takes a long time, and it may not necessarily produce results.

Although I like football, I am not willing to accept the sky-high extortion of 24 billion pounds.

He analyzed that Levi kept saying that he would not sell the team, but didn't he sit on the negotiating table today?
These sanctimonious hypocrites like to say how much they like the team.But to offer a price that they can't refuse, it's not about running around to make a deal.

Today's meeting is a mutual test of hole cards, and no one will easily show the reserve price.

"My net worth is not as high as Hurun's ranking, and most of my assets are not listed.

The combined assets of the two listed companies are no more than US$50 billion.And these shares cannot be sold at will.

It is true that financial resources are limited, so we can only give up the acquisition. "

Zhang Yida decided to retreat and test Levi again.

Levi shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Zhang, all of your Internet companies are treasures! There are several companies with a valuation of more than tens of billions of dollars, and hundreds of millions of users.

These companies are all high-quality assets.Hurun's statistics are still very accurate. "

"Excuse me, Mr. Levy, I can only give out 11.5 billion pounds at most, and there is nothing more I can do.

After all, it is impossible for me to drag my other industries into the quagmire for a pure football hobby. "

Levi secretly thought it was funny, and said that there was no money, and the price increase was so straightforward, adding 5000 million or [-] million pounds without blinking an eye.

He himself sometimes fights with others for millions of pounds because of the transfer fee.

Comparing the two, one can see how bold the young man in front of him is.

He guessed that Zhang Yida had his eyes on Tottenham. This kind of upstart, if he didn't kill him severely, how could he be worthy of his title of Grandet in the Premier League.

(End of this chapter)