Chapter 1536 Buy a Premier League Club

Manchester City.

Li Mu knew that this club was in the same city as Manchester United, but in his impression, Manchester City's overall strength and reputation were much worse than Manchester United's.

It is even worse than Chelsea before Abramovich took over. The trend of this team after 2010 was relatively bright, but that was only after the team completed the capital replacement and the Middle East rich took over.

Li Mu asked Davidson: "In the 2002-03 season, where did Manchester City get?"

Davidson was fully prepared before he came, so he blurted out: "Mr. Li, Manchester City finished ninth last season."

Li Mu nodded: "There are 20 teams in total, and the ninth place is only a little bit above average."

After that, Li Mu asked again, "What about Manchester United?"

Davidson said helplessly: "Mr. Li, Manchester United was the champion last season."

Li Mu smacked his lips and asked again, "What place did Manchester City take in the 2001-02 season?"

Davidson said with some embarrassment: "This... Manchester City had just been promoted to the Super League in the 2001-02 season, but they were immediately relegated back to the First Division, and only re-promoted to the Super League in 2002."

After speaking, Davidson saw that Li Mu's expression seemed a little dissatisfied, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, if you are not very satisfied with the Manchester City team, I can continue to help you find it, and tomorrow I will have someone contact Liverpool, or Arsenal still There's Newcastle United and see if they're interested."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "No need for Davidson. If Manchester City is really interested in making a move, let's talk to the behind-the-scenes capital of Manchester City. If the price is right, I'll buy it."

As soon as the words fell, Li Mu hurriedly added: "Oh, by the way, please tell them for me, I only consider a wholly-owned acquisition."

Although the strength of Manchester City is not very strong, its comprehensive strength is definitely much stronger than that of any domestic club. As long as it is won, it can serve as the bridgehead for the overseas training and training of Chinese players. Moreover, the team previously The results are not very good, but this will be a better start. If you really buy a defending champion like Manchester United, in case of third place next year, the fans of Manchester United and the British media will definitely feel sorry for themselves and blame the team's decline in performance. To my own Chinese boss.

Li Mucai would not give these arrogant British people such a chance to pretend.

Buy a team that is not slippery like Manchester City,

Spend some money to get a better coach and bring in a batch of excellent players, the team will definitely improve in strength. Last year, we played ninth, and this year we can play eighth. Fans and the media will not compete blindly. If you can make the top five, the atmosphere will be more relaxed.

Seeing Li Mu's decision to acquire Manchester City, Davidson hurriedly nodded and said, "Mr. Li, I'll probably introduce you to the situation of Manchester City Club."

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Thank you Davidson, but I don't need to go into too much detail. I'm not interested in its current financial situation and behind-the-scenes capital structure, nor its active players, nor its current head coach. I’m not even interested, you just tell me a price that can probably be dealt with, and I will arrange for someone to come and connect with them.”

For Li Mu, a Premier League club can range from tens of millions of pounds to as little as hundreds of millions of pounds. To spend this amount of money does not need to struggle to understand so much, understand an approximate price, and then let someone come to negotiate. That's it.

Davidson naturally knew what Li Mu meant. For him, a transaction worth tens of millions or one or two billion pounds was no longer worth his effort to understand, analyze and research. It was like going to a billionaire. To buy a car, as long as he likes it, he only needs the other party to tell him a number, and then he can write a check according to the number.

So Davidson said: "Mr. Li, the current price of Manchester City is about 100 million pounds, but the actual transaction price should be around 65-70 million pounds."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Then I'll ask someone to negotiate at the price of 80 million. By the way, Davidson, you should know someone over there. Please introduce me to an interface person."

Davidson hesitated for a moment, and after about ten seconds, he said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, among the shareholders of Manchester City, there are some very stubborn old British people who are declining but stubborn. old-money, likes money, needs money, but always pretends to have no shortage of money and doesn’t care about money. If you send someone directly to talk business with these people, there are often two possibilities. One is that the other party sees you as Chinese. , tell you directly not to sell; the other is to know that Chinese people want to buy, and then drive up the price and take the opportunity to make a fortune."

Li Mu's brows couldn't help but wrinkle tightly, and he asked him inexplicably, "What's the point of not selling to Chinese people, or selling to Chinese people at a higher price? Is it racial discrimination?"

Davidson hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "It's not racism, it's that these old stubborn people are too self-righteous, they look down on anyone but them, you are richer than him, he will be with you, you and him Compared with culture, he compared your family history with you, if you want to compare your family history with him, he might compare football with you, and if football can’t compare with you, you will compare your drinking…”

Li Mu smiled helplessly and asked, "What about your suggestion?"

Davidson said: "My suggestion is, just let the Goldberg family talk to them about the acquisition. We will negotiate first and determine the price. If Mr. Li has no opinion, we will go to the contract with them, do an audit and complete the acquisition, and then Transfer the original price of this club to you, Mr. Li."

Li Mu thought for a while, then nodded and agreed. He didn't want to talk business with such a stubborn old man. He was too tired and wasting energy and emotion. If Davidson could do it for him, it would be great.

As a result, Li Mu said to Davidson: "Jianshi Makino Technology will pay the Goldberg family a commission of 10% of the acquisition amount as a thank you."

Davidson smiled and said, "Mr. Li, there is no need for commissions. We are friends, and you are an honored guest of our Goldberg family. If you are charged commissions for such trivial matters, it will be too raw."

Li Mu smiled and said, "It's true that we are friends, but I also believe in a principle, that is, never ask others to help out voluntarily."

Davidson nodded lightly. He probably understood what Li Mu meant. He couldn't accept his obligation to help in vain, and he couldn't win the qualification to lead the IPO of Muye Technology from Li Mu in vain. , then the next thing is really not easy to advance.

So Davidson stopped talking and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, it's almost time, let's go downstairs for breakfast."

"it is good."

...

The Goldberg family arranged breakfast in two restaurants. Yesterday's banquet hall was used to arrange meals for most people. In addition, a small dining room was arranged to arrange important guests.

Davidson took Li Mu to a specially arranged small restaurant. There were not many people dining here, only about a dozen people. Among them, there were only four members of the Goldberg family, and most of the remaining Goldberg family members were in. The banquet hall entertains other guests.

Wendy was entertaining guests at the moment. As the eldest granddaughter of the Goldberg family, she was in the restaurant herself. Not only did she warmly greet every guest, she even took the initiative to deliver the latest newspapers and magazines this morning.

Seeing Davidson and Li Mu come in together, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her and said with a smile, "Grandpa, Mr. Li, good morning, what would you like to eat?"

Davidson pointed at Wendy and said to Li Mu, "Look, my eldest granddaughter, who I love the most, is more professional than a professional as a waiter."

Wendy smiled and said, "Grandpa, have you forgotten that I used to work in a summer job at Starbucks?"

"Oh...I almost forgot." Davidson patted his head and smiled: "I'm still the same, I can tell Mary directly later, you still use the professional skills you learned at Starbucks in service. Mr. Li, this guest who has come from afar."

Wendy stuck out her tongue, and then said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, the headlines of today's British newspapers are all about you!"

Li Mu smiled and asked, "Really?"

Wendy picked up a folded new newspaper, showed the first page to Li Mu, and said, "Look, this is today's "The Times", the front page headline."

Li Mu took a serious look, and the front page headline of The Times read: "Titter, another Internet miracle created by Li Mu!"

The picture for the article turned out to be a photo of himself and Prince William that Li Mu posted on Twitter yesterday.

Li Mu smiled slightly and joked: "It seems that I am more photogenic than Prince William."

Wendy smiled, then approached Li Mu and whispered in his ear: "When Prince William just came, his face was red, and he looked very happy. He received an important call just now and went outside. I'm on the phone, please ask me before leaving, saying that when you come, be sure to let me invite you to have breakfast with him, do you think it's okay?"

Li Mu said indifferently: "I can do it."

Wendy smiled and said, "Then please come with me. I'll pour you a cup of coffee first. Prince William should be back soon."

...

At this time, William was on the lawn outside the castle, excitedly talking on the phone with his father.

As of half an hour ago, William had gained five million followers on Twitter, a number that shocked the entire British royal family.

These five million fans come from all over the world. Almost all of them know and follow William through Li Mu's Twitter. In the past few decades, the British royal family has not gained such a high degree of attention around the world. William has not only stepped onto a brand-new world-class stage, but has even become one of the protagonists on this stage, which is of great significance to the entire royal family.

What makes the royal family even more excited is that this morning, the photo of William and Li Mu began to be adopted by a large number of media, not only the local media in the UK, but also media in other European countries are using this photo to report the grand occasion of Titter sweeping the world. As the first photo Li Mu posted on Twitter, this photo is of great significance.

As a result, William has successfully grabbed most of the headlines about Titter and Li Mu, and even many media have written articles for William, and these media are very optimistic about William's future, for no other reason than that. Because of his young age, he has become Li Mu's friend. Not only did he become the person who took a group photo on Li Mu's first Weibo, he even got Li Mu's first x-on:x-on:, if he can continue to maintain a good relationship with Li Mu, yes For the future British royal family, it is definitely a great thing.

So, William's father personally called him early in the morning and gave him three tasks:

First, continue to enhance friendship and get closer with Li Mu at Goldberg Manor;

Second, continue to update your own Twitter, to show fans around the world the upbringing and temperament of the British royal family;

Thirdly, Li Mu was invited to be a guest at Buckingham Palace.