Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 562 Europe Chapter 2003 Preparation for Acquisition
Pei Wei's words are true, he didn't intend to hide Su Mei, it's just that a man may not tell a woman everything - even his closest wife, this has nothing to do with trust, it's just a man's habit .

So Su Mei was not angry. On the contrary, she agreed with Pei Wei's carefulness. Although Pei Wei was not involved in any political struggles, big businessmen in China have never had much sense of security since ancient times—in fact, in the whole world The world is the same, unless you, a big businessman, also possess considerable power, you can protect yourself to a certain extent, but often such people will die faster, so Pei Wei should make more preparations.

The question that Pei Wei needs to consider now is how to achieve his acquisition goal.

His goal is Newcastle United, a team with a long history in England and the team with the most fans in England.

It is not an easy task to acquire such a team. It is not a matter of funds. In fact, the funds that Pei Wei now has can even buy all the Premier League teams—if allowed, However, if he wants to acquire such a team with great reputation in the UK, Pei Wei's identity is a big obstacle.

Now is not the era when a large number of foreign capitals enter the Premier League, although it will start soon-in Pei Wei's memory, it was in this summer that the Russian rich man Abramovich bought Chelsea, and then created a golden dollar in the Premier League Empire, after this, set off a storm of foreign capital entering the Premier League.

In fact, Abramovich is not the first rich man to acquire a Premier League club. As early as 97, Fayyad, the department store tycoon from Egypt, had already acquired Fulham, which was still in the League One at that time, and made this team After rushing to the Premier League, the team has stayed in the ranks of the top league.

However, Fulham is not well-known in England, and the acquisition did not touch the sensitive nerves of England fans-you must know that after Manchester United won the miracle of the Triple Crown in 99, the rich and powerful Sky TV invested a billion dollars to acquire Manchester United , At that time, they had already impressed the board of directors of Manchester United, but they stumbled on the minority shareholders. A small shareholder alliance composed of about 20.00 members owns about [-]% of Manchester United's shares. Sky TV only became Manchester United's largest shareholder, but failed to control the club.

Sky TV is still a British TV station, and Pei Wei, an Asian, wants to buy a Newcastle United team that is more famous in England than Manchester United!

The point is that the English fans don’t have a correct understanding of the entry of foreign capital at all. The British are traditional, rigid, old-fashioned, and not good at accepting new things. In fact, if Abramovich’s entry into Chelsea has not achieved great success , Then those rich people may not be able to acquire other teams so smoothly in the future-the scene of Chelsea fans singing "We are fucking rich!" on the field deeply stimulated the fans of other teams!

"Issuing shares is a double-edged sword." In a hotel in Newcastle, England, Pei Wei said to several brokers in front of him: "It is the same for any company. Obtaining more funds online makes the company develop faster, but at the same time, it also risks being acquired by others. If a company is not listed, then there is no external force that can buy them except for poor management and bankruptcy, but There is no additional funds for development, so every company going public is risky, because they are likely to lose everything, and the club is the same. After listing, the club can get more income from the stock market, but it is also possible Easy to be bought by others, independent clubs don't have that problem... and Newcastle United, that happens to be one of those clubs."

Although it is difficult, Pei Wei still has great confidence in the acquisition of the Newcastle club. The source of confidence is that Newcastle United is a listed club. Acquisition, as long as he owns more than 30.00% of the shares, he can fully control the club, and when he owns more than 70.00%, then the club completely belongs to him, and he can completely announce that the club will not be listed again, just like Gray What the Ze family did to Manchester United.

Pei Wei's self-confidence also comes from this. The billion-dollar acquisition of Sky TV failed, but the Glazer family succeeded, because as long as the club is in the stock market, they must follow the rules of the stock market.

If it is a club like a Serie A team, if Pei Wei wants to gain control of the club, he can only buy it from the chairman of the club. As long as the other party refuses to sell it, no matter how much money you have, it is useless. For clubs like the Premier League that are basically already listed, if you can control the vast majority of the shares, then even if the other party is reluctant, you can achieve your goals.

Pei Wei has fully considered the opposition of Newcastle fans. After all, Newcastle United has never been short of money, because many of his fans are well-known and rich in England, and they are happy to support the team they support. At the beginning of the acquisition, it must be kept secret. After the acquisition is successful, even if the fans object to it, it is useless. After a few years, after the team’s performance comes up, those opposing voices will definitely turn into praise. ——Manchester United This is how the fans treat the Glazer family. Although the Glazer family bought Manchester United to make money, as long as the team performs well, the fans don't care about it.

The team in front of Pei Wei is a team of elites in the stock market. This kind of talent is always hard to find, but as long as you have money, you can definitely find it. The investment of the annual dividend income is all handled by them, and they have always done a good job.

Abramovich bought Chelsea directly from former Chelsea chairman Betts, so he didn't spend too much, 5000 million pounds, and Pei Wei wanted to buy Newcastle United from the market, maybe Pay more, maybe pay less, it depends on the role of this group in the stock market.

"50.00% of Newcastle United's shares are held by former chairman John Hall's family, and another 20.00% is held by current chairman Sheffield. These add up to 80.00%. , completely controls the entire club, and only 19.00% of it is circulating on the market. We can buy up to [-]% of it. This is determined by the market. No matter how rich you are, it is impossible to buy a company on the market For all stocks, if we want to increase the share of the acquisition, we can only achieve our expected goal by raising the stock price of Newcastle United and luring the two major shareholders to sell some of their stocks.”

A team member was reporting to Pei Wei, and his tone was clearly not optimistic about the acquisition.

"In this way, our initial investment in the market will be much higher than the actual amount... If we cannot obtain more than 30.00% of the shares, then this acquisition will be meaningless." Another broker said .

"Football clubs are indeed different from other listed companies. Most companies have at least 30.00% of their shares in circulation on the market, but they have less than 20.00%... I doubt how much money they can raise by going public. It just doesn’t have much effect.” Another broker said with a sigh.

"Gentlemen, you don't need to worry about this...Football clubs are different from other listed companies. They don't need to raise too much money, because the income of football clubs cannot be as much as other companies, so raising funds is also difficult. It can’t be too much, otherwise the club will lose.” Pei Wei knocked on the table and stopped their discussion: “You don’t need to worry about other things, you just need to buy as many shares of Newcastle United in the market as possible. Then it is enough to lure Sheffield to make a possible move... You don't need to buy too much, [-]% is enough... Others, you don't need to think too much."

"Ten percent? Boss, there is absolutely no problem. As long as big hands come in and small hands go out, this effect can be easily achieved. It can also create a false impression in the market that stock trading is booming. As long as the big shareholders are not fools , will sell some of the stocks to cash out at this time to obtain part of the cash proceeds." An agent said: "But boss, I must remind you that there is not much money to be made as a shareholder of a football club, because dividends are not paid. It would be too much ... there is no football club in the world that makes money forever."

"As an agent, you have fulfilled your responsibilities." Pei Wei said with a smile, "The rest is what I consider."

"No problem, boss." The leading agent shrugged his shoulders: "Now, it's time for us to work... Brothers, let's go to London immediately and prepare for the acquisition!"

A group of his subordinates immediately howled like wolves. Brokers like them would immediately get excited when they heard about the acquisition.

Pei Wei looked at them with a smile, and said leisurely: "The British stock exchange market is so cute, they even canceled the stamp duty...Newcastle United, wait for me, wait for me, the greatest chairman in your history Lead you forward!"

PS: Update on ticket 240... There is one more chapter tonight.

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