American Fortune Life

Canary Wharf, City of London.

Andy's convoy stopped at the empty pier and got out of the car. A slightly cool sea breeze blew on his head. The suit on Andy's body was close to his body, his tie fluttered, and his hair was a little grinning. Also blown a bit out of shape, could not help but frowned slightly.

"Boss, that is Joe Lewis’ Aviva luxury yacht, his floating office and gallery. He spends several months a year on the boat and travels the world to do business. He brings his most cherished collection with him, including The works of Lucien Freud, Gustav Clint, Paul Cezanne and Picasso. Only guests he valued will be invited on board. "

When David Dunn saw the young boss's slightly unhappy expression, he hurriedly explained, don't cause any misunderstanding because he didn't understand, after all, Joe Lewis really attached great importance to this meeting with Andy.

Andy looked at the five-story white yacht not far away and nodded his head slightly, for which he also secretly skimmed his lips. The old guy was really able to pretend, and brought hundreds of millions of pounds of art to the sea. Around the tour, Nima was not afraid to invite pirates to grab her.

"Boss, the old man headed by the people is Joe Lewis."

"Well, let's go, we will meet this invisible billionaire foreign exchange speculator Joe Lewis, and hope that there will be a good result today."

With a bright sunny smile on Andy's face, he took the lead and walked towards the group of people across from him. David Dunn quickly followed.

"Hello Mr. Lewis, I'm Andy Smith. It's a great honor to meet you." After all, he's a 70-year-old man, and Andy's etiquette is still in place. .

With a wide and bright forehead, thick eyebrows, and a pair of golden glasses, although the skin on his face was very slack and wrinkles because of his age, the old man's complexion and spirit were very good.

"Hello, Mr. Smith, it's a pleasure to meet you. It's amazing age and achievements. Welcome to London. Please, I have prepared good blue mountain coffee and black tea. Hope you will like it. . "Joe Lewis looked at the handsome young man in front of him, no matter how he looked, his temperament, or etiquette.

"Thank you, please." Andy smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to make a gesture, and walked side by side with Joe Lewis to the luxury yacht.

"This is my Aviva. I drive it around the country at sea every year. It is also my office. It can make me more energetic at sea." Joe Lewis introduced Andy with a smile in front of him. The four-storey luxury yacht.

Andy smiled slightly. He had read this Lewis material and knew that he had emigrated to the Bahamas because of tax avoidance in 1979. It was from the Caribbean countries that he turned his millionaires into billions through wealth. .

"It's beautiful. I also ordered a new yacht some time ago, with a top speed of 29 knots. I'm looking forward to driving it in the sea and breaking the waves." Andy said with a smile.

"Wow, that's really good, the speed of young people, haha, it seems that we have a good topic, come, let me show you my floating office and gallery, maybe it will give you some decoration of the interior space of the yacht inspiration..."

A group of people boarded a luxury yacht, and under the ostentation of the elderly Lewis, Andy began to tour the entire yachting space.

"This is Picasso's painting" Dream "by painting her young woman, Marière ..."

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Andy looked at the many precious artworks and paintings hanging in the room, and couldn't help sighing. It was really a moving treasure house. Even if he doesn't know much about art, he can guess that some of the paintings here can cost tens of millions of dollars each.

As for why the other party did not put it up for auction to alleviate the cash crisis, but instead wanted to sell the football club, Andy could think of it.

For Joe Lewis, a Jewish businessman, these artworks are his treasures and hobbies, and many of them are nothing more than cut-offs and measured by price. As for football, he never asks the club's affairs, but he puts football As an investment, it is a business, and this is also the general intention of the Jewish consortium to run a football club.

Bald-headed Levy was in a complex mood, looking a little dimly looking at Blue Mountain Coffee, cigars on his fingers, and laughing at Andy and Lewis, sighing.

David Dunn, sitting next to him, looked at Levy, and couldn't help smirking. As a Premier League boss second to Abu in terms of economic strength, the Jewish businessman who developed his forex business and had billions of pounds in assets was A shopkeeper who never asks about club affairs.

However, this does not mean that Levy, who is on the power side, can do what he wants. His football is the business philosophy of Enic, which is exactly the same as the speculation of Enic, especially on the road to building a continental organization. The change of order and indecisiveness, frequent faint moves, also made this Joe Lewis impatient.

To be honest, given the intricate competition in the Premier League and the glorious tradition of a century-old store, Levi can't turn the clouds in the talent market like Da Costa, Castro and Pozo, but this does not affect his sale of star players. Timely determination and coldness.

As one of the first family clubs to win honors for Britain in the European battlefield, in the past 30 years, only the League Cup can talk about the embarrassing situation of Spurs, which has made Tottenham more sensitive and vulnerable. Spurs missed the opportunity to grow bigger and stronger.

This is an underlying issue and takes time to operate. Don't look at Andy who doesn't know much about football. For his young boss, David Dunn is highly respected, mainly because of Andy's employment, which is superior to many club owners.

In Andy's words, "Although I don't understand, I can hire the best people in this field to help me. I can give money, power, and trust to each other. If that doesn't work, then I don't have enough people. Great! "

"Since David invited you to buy Tottenham on your behalf, White Deer Lane has become the most watched in the Premier League, even more attention than Arsenal, which is competing for shares. Fleet Street has questioned the acquisition of Tottenham. The voice is also endless, because of David's reasons, many other factors have been annotated by the media, what dead enemies, what revenge, what conspiracy theories, is really lively.

Football is just a business for me. It ’s nothing special. I ’m not the Russian. I do n’t spend money on football. Every summer, Tottenham fans and some media hope that I will also be generous and join the gold dollar football fight. I have no interest in this.

I always thought that if you succeed, one of the rewards for your success is to enjoy it quietly. I ca n’t enjoy this blessing on the front page of the newspaper. Now, my name appears in the newspaper almost every day. This is not the life I like. Andy, we need to find a balance point and trade this. Complete it as soon as you can. "

The smile on Andy's face was still so sunny, and he nodded slightly, indicating that he understood the other person's meaning. He also knew the low-key style of the old man across, Joe Lewis was definitely a low-key invisible rich, but since joining Spurs Every time Tottenham's performance is not satisfactory, he will be drawn out by the media every summer during the transfer period. The media generally believes that it was him and Levy's nerves who personally buried the team, Levy's interference in the head coach too much, and the player's trade in and out, which is inseparable from his personalism and indulgence.

He is quite helpless about these delusional calamities, but Levi's achievements are worthy of recognition. At least the current ranking of Tottenham clubs has a qualitative improvement in market value.

"Mr. Lewis, you know, the negotiations are now deadlocked due to the valuation of the club, and the team's liabilities cannot be ignored. Even if the plan for the new stadium is put aside, the expansion of White Hart Lane will be needed. For me, investing in the Premier League club is also a business, and the business needs to consider all aspects of costs. After all, there is only one Abu in the Premier League, isn't it? "

Andy would not forget about the other party's hospitality and relationship, and he wouldn't forget some good words. But he didn't lack the money, but 40 million pounds is not a small amount, enough for him to do a lot of things.