Chapter 155 An accident happens
"There is another interesting thing..."
Daisy said to Barron:
"We were approached by someone from the Glazer family who wanted to buy shares in Manchester United from us."
After hearing Daisy's words, Barron asked in surprise:
"Don't they know we are also planning to buy Manchester United?"
"It's probably because of our acquisition of O2 that they thought we had limited funds, or they wanted to test us."
Daisy smiled and said:
"But I also deliberately talked to them a little bit to find out what price they would be able to accept."
"What was the outcome?"
"The most they are willing to give is a 50% premium."
Although Daisy said this, as a competitor in Manchester United, this premium may not necessarily be the real bottom price of the Glazer family.
But speaking of it, at this time, I am afraid that the Glazer family has not yet made up its mind whether to really complete the acquisition of Manchester United.
In other words, they chose to initially purchase Manchester United's shares from the stock market, with an acquisition strategy similar to "barbarians at the door."
The so-called "Barbarians at the Gate" comes from a book called "Barbarians at the Gate" in the last century, which records a leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. It refers to certain hostile takeovers that use financial leverage. When aware of When the stock price of a certain company is relatively low, you will absorb its shares and try to make an acquisition. Even if the acquisition fails, you will eventually be able to sell it at a high price.
At this time, the Glazer family started to acquire the Manchester United club with this idea. In their eyes, Barron's DS Capital may also be the same, so they took the initiative to contact them, hoping to acquire their shares in the Manchester United club at a premium. .
But I'm afraid they are destined to be disappointed. For Manchester United, Barron is a must-win.
The reason is that Manchester United is not only a well-known club in the Premier League and even in Europe, but its profitability is also very strong.
You know, in the original time and space, when Barron was about to be reborn, a Qatari consortium even offered 6 billion euros to acquire Manchester United...
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In the morning, when Barron woke up from the Royal Suite of the Devonshire Hotel, the woman next to him was still asleep.
He didn't stay at his residence last night, but came here because he made an appointment with the beauty next to him - Carla Bruni.
I have to say that although Bruni, who is 35 years old this year, is a full round older than Barron, she is indeed well-maintained and very charming.
After a wonderful night, Barron also saw the beautiful voice of this beauty... although by the end, it was a little hoarse.
Through the light through the gap in the curtains, Barron could still see the woman sleeping in his arms, with a graceful figure, which made him feel a little impulse to learn...
"Let me rest for a while, okay?"
It can be seen that after the continuous study of knowledge last night, the woman is very tired at this time.
But of course Barron didn't want to waste this beautiful morning time...
Then Bruni's singing sounded in the room again.
By the time Barron got up again and put on his clothes, he was already full of energy.
Bruni on the bed fell asleep again.
After having breakfast in the hotel, Barron got into the Rolls-Royce and went to today's charity venue.
He also knew that the relationship between Bruni and him was just a "friendship".
After all, she now has a boyfriend-in 2000, 33-year-old Carla Bruni fell in love with French publisher Jean-Paul Entoone and began living together.
What's even more outrageous is that Barron remembered that in her previous life, she had an affair with her current boyfriend's son, Rafael, who was ten years younger than Bruni and was married, and later married Rafael - two The marriage lasted only four years.
After that, Bruni married again, to the French president...
Well, it's really a bit bloody.
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"Our heroic soldiers are fighting in Iraq. Some of them have died, and some will encounter difficulties in integrating into normal society after leaving the army. The purpose of setting up this charity fund is to help those who serve for the benefit of the country. Young men who join the army can have no worries..."
Barron has previously donated £1 million to Worcestershire and Sherwood Forest Regiment.
This time, he spent 10 million pounds to establish the Devonshire Soldiers Fund to help retired soldiers.
The Duke of Westminster, who has just been promoted to Assistant Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defence, also attended today's charity fund establishment ceremony and spoke on behalf of the military, thanking Duke Devonshire for his contribution to soldiers.
"You're doing a great job, Barron, and I'm glad to see more and more forces joining in to do some work for those soldiers."
"That's what I ought to do, Mr. Grosvenor."
Hearing Barron's words, the Duke of Westminster nodded:
"I heard that your Mars fund will be opened again soon?"
"Yes, there are too many investors who want to make additional investments or join the Mars fund, so we made this decision."
"Very good, I will invest more when the time comes. Your ability is beyond my expectation."
Of course, the two inevitably talked about the ongoing war in Iraq.
Nearly two weeks after the war, the US military deployed the 173rd Airborne Brigade and special forces in the mountains of northern Iraq, and formed an alliance with the local Kurdish armed forces. The US's expected deployment of the 4th Infantry Division in the north was due to Opposition from the Turkish parliament prevented him from participating in the fighting there.
After this period of fierce fighting, the British army first took control of Basra, the oil town in southern Iraq and the second largest city in Iraq.
It can be said that the current progress of the British and American coalition forces is extremely smooth. This is also due to the bribery of the Iraqi high-level officials for so long. It can be said that they are well aware of the movements of the Iraqi army at this time.
However, things went smoothly on the battlefield in Iraq, but in Africa, something happened that Barron had not expected.
"Is Mr. Coy okay?"
"His life is no longer in danger, but... because the explosion was too close at the time, his legs were injured. I'm afraid he will only be able to rely on a wheelchair in the future."
Nigel, Barron’s intelligence adviser, said with a solemn expression:
"Currently, the 'Imperial Shield' has been assembled in a safer place. Mr. Coy's deputy, Markle Paulson, has boarded a flight to London and hopes to meet with you."
Just two hours ago, Barron had just received news that an accident had occurred in the "Empire Shield" military company he had previously invested in.
A team of the "Imperial Shield" that was training an armed organization in an African country was attacked at the opponent's station.
This kind of mission itself is relatively safe, but the other party didn't know whether the intelligence was inaccurate. The artillery shells originally intended to attack the armed organization fell on the station of the "Imperial Shield" team, resulting in the "Imperial Shield" One person in the "Shield" team was killed and two were injured. Melvin Coy, the founder of the Imperial Shield, was one of the injured. A cannonball exploded not far from him. His leg was injured by shrapnel, and he was probably disabled.
