Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 567 Europe Chapter 2003

The summer of 03 was a relatively calm summer for world football. After the European leagues ended, there were no games worth noting this summer. Players could have a rare and relatively relaxing holiday. Fans can also breathe a sigh of relief and gather energy with either excitement or regret (depending on the results of the clubs they support) for another promising season.

But this calm, after entering June, was broken.

Originally, after the end of the season, the hype of Newcastle's stock on the London trading market had stopped, and the price per share had also dropped from the highest point of 93 pence to 82 pence, but overnight, the whole situation turned upside down The change.

A newly established company—St. James Capital Co., Ltd.—is a company specially established by Pei Wei to acquire Newcastle shares. "St. James" is the name of St. James Park, the home stadium of Newcastle United, and the company is named after this name , Pei Wei's intentions are already obvious - it is for the shares of Newcastle United!
The company bought 530 three shares at a price of one hundred pence each from those companies in which the Hall family held Newcastle shares overnight, paying more than six Five million pounds.

The London trading market shakes, Newcastle shakes, the UK shakes.

These shares accounted for 50.00% of Newcastle's total shares at 15.00, plus Pei Wei's original 60.00% at [-] (During this period, St. James Capital Co., Ltd. has successively acquired some stocks in the market), Pei Wei The share of Newcastle United's stock has reached [-]% [-], becoming the well-deserved first shareholder.

According to the rules of the London trading market, Pei Wei can immediately issue an offer to other shareholders at the same price. The price of 89 pence is higher than the current price of [-] pence on the market (after Pei Wei bought so many shares in a big way, Newcastle’s The stock has risen again) is much higher, which is quite tempting for any shareholder.

While acquiring Newcastle shares, John Hall issued an open letter, publicly expressing his support for Pei Wei's entry into Newcastle: "I have led Newcastle for more than ten years. During this period, before my retirement, I have led the club through modernization, and everyone has seen it. Now is the time for me to leave and let others continue this challenge in the global market. Pei Wei is a pivotal player in the sports world, and I believe that He is the right man to take my place and take this club forward. I am sure he will work for the good of the club, his loyal supporters and the region. I wish him the best and hope he enjoys it as much as I do Work. Finally, I would like to thank all the fans for their support and hope they will send the same to Pei Wei. He has my support [-] percent."

This statement caught all Newcastle fans by surprise. Although Hall has stepped down for five years, his position in the hearts of Newcastle fans is still unshakable. Since he also supports this Chinese, does it prove this? Can the Chinese really bring us something special?And everyone has seen Newcastle United's poor finances in the past few years. Since this guy is so rich, at least a debt-free Newcastle United is what all fans would like to see.

The British reporters immediately began to act frantically, and they were the best at digging materials, and they quickly got the first-hand information of Pei Wei: "Pei Wei, male, Chinese Han nationality, born in 1960 in a city called Yunjia in China In 80, when he was only 20 years old, he started to do business alone. He established a local business group in the city where he was born in 94 years. Time allowed this newly formed team to enter the highest level league in China, and then quickly became a pivotal team in the Chinese league. Arsenal's current head coach Arsene Wenger has coached this team for two years, and Arsenal The current two main players from China are also from this club. Last year, they became the FIFA executive committee and the honorary vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, but they resigned from these two positions at the end of last year. Family status, married in 1999, wife She is the daughter of the boss of another large group in China and has a son."

This is all the information about Pei Wei. He is not a high-profile person, but he is definitely not a low-key person. However, his personal wealth is still relatively mysterious. The outside world only knows the nearly tens of billions of dollars he obtained from the Hong Kong stock market and the Cerent company. As for the identity of Google's second largest shareholder, few people know.

But this alone is enough, Pei Wei's experience is enough to make everyone amazed-a net worth of nearly [-] billion from scratch is amazing in itself, not to mention that he can be regarded as an important player in the football circle. At least in England, there are not many people who can become the FIFA executive committee.

The following reports were a bit outrageous. In order to exaggerate Pei Wei’s sense of mystery, those newspapers even said that Pei Wei had never borrowed money to do business—this is absolutely nonsense. You must know that Pei Wei used money to defend Hong Kong. What about the 60 billion yuan that does not belong to me? Of course, these things are not enough for outsiders.

However, in the next few days, Pei Wei's series of statements in the media reassured Newcastle United fans a lot.

First of all, Pei Wei said that Sir John Hall is still the lifetime honorary chairman of the Newcastle United club. Sir John Hall already was, but he no longer has any shares in the club, even if Pei Wei does not let him be Granted: "I am delighted that Sir John Hall has agreed to continue as chairman for life of the club and he will always be honorary chairman for life of Newcastle United for as long as he wishes. Lord Earl gave what he could."

This passage obviously made the fans of Newcastle United very happy. People they respect can also be respected by the new boss. Although it is not known whether it is true or false, it is at least a statement.

"Newcastle have a proud tradition. The passion of their supporters is legendary. English fans have always had the hallmarks of this legend. They save money and save money to buy authentic football shirts from the club. It is a good quality. I am very happy. I am glad that the club can have such a group of loyal fans."

This remark made Newcastle fans even more happy. You must know that the current chairman Sheppard once laughed at those fans who spent [-] pounds to buy team T-shirts worth only [-] dollars (although the money was given to them). At least in this regard, Pei Wei seems to respect the fans more than Shepard.

Thanks to Newcastle's poor performance over the past few years, Newcastle fans are already very dissatisfied with Sheppard. Under this situation, they are eager to have someone like Sir John Hall to save the team - although The fact that Pei Wei is not a native of Newcastle, not even British made them feel very uncomfortable, but a considerable number of rational Newcastle fans still maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

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"Pei, you have to know that although you have become the largest shareholder of the club, if Sheppard insists on not selling his shares, you still can't do anything."

The meeting between Pei Wei and John Hall was very successful this time. Although the price of 97 pence per share that Pei Wei offered was not as high as the price of 130 five pence per share when Newcastle was listed in 60 (you can see from this price How unsuccessful was the business after Newcastle’s listing? Before Pei Wei bought it, the price of Newcastle’s stock was as low as [-] pence a share, which has shrunk by half), but compared with the current stock price, it is already much higher. In addition, Pei Wei promised that John Hall himself could become the honorary chairman of Newcastle United forever, which also made Sir Hall feel much better. Therefore, a few days ago, Hall sold the Newcastle United team owned by his family All the shares were transferred to Pei Wei, and he also retired from the position of the club's first shareholder.

"It's okay, sir." Pei Wei said with a smile: "Now Shepard is more uncomfortable than me...According to the rules, after I own more than half of the shares, I can have the right to choose the chairman of the Newcastle club...At that time he If he is in an awkward position, if he is smart, he should choose a more dignified way to leave."

"Pei, you are really scary." Hall looked at Pei Wei with complicated eyes: "If you don't make a move, you will die, if you make a move, you will die... But this kind of decision-making ability and vision may be what Newcastle needs most Stuff... Also, I'm amazed at how familiar you are with the UK stock market."

"As you said, I have a very professional financial team." Pei Wei smiled and held up the cup: "I never do things that I am not sure of, because I am afraid of losing face."

Hall also raised his glass to touch him, then drank the red wine in the glass, and murmured: "Sheppard, my old friend... I hope you will be smarter this time, so you might Will be missed by Newcastle fans in the future..."

PS: For the update of the 270th ticket, there is another chapter tonight.

Seeing that the debt is about to be paid off, I feel so relieved...

Also, brothers, don’t keep voting 15000 for renewal votes. It’s too uncomfortable to say whether you can watch or not eat.

Finally, I would like to thank an unknown brother in the Inter Milan bar. He pointed out that the chairman of Newcastle should be named Sheppard instead of Sheffield. Thank you very much.Lao Guo's English level is really a mess, alas.

(End of this chapter)