Chapter 183 £200 million
July 5, Saturday, is also the day when the second season of "The Traitors" premieres on SDTV.
Also benefiting from the rapid development of the Freeview platform, although the number of viewers of the first episode of the second season of "The Traitors" is far less than last year's more than 6 million, it can still reach a total of more than 3 million users. On the Freeview platform, it received over 95% ratings.
Although the total sponsorship amount for this season of "The Traitors" is lower than last year, compared with the development of the Freeview platform, Digital UK's market value has surged. In terms of Barron's revenue, it is still Very cost effective.
Moreover, under the copyright operation of Halo Company, and considering the sales of the British version of the first season of "The Traitors" to overseas countries last year, as well as the revenue from the remake of this variety show in other countries, "The Traitors" can still bring a lot of money to Summit Studio. income.
"It's a great honor to meet you, Your Highness the Duke, and Ms. Bonnie. I often watch the programs you host, and you are even more beautiful in person..."
When he arrived at Abu's residence, Barron discovered that the party had specially invited him to this banquet, and there were no other guests.
At this time, Abramovich was still living in a penthouse on the Thames River worth tens of millions of pounds. He had not yet spent a huge sum of 150 million pounds to buy several apartments and build a huge palace-style mansion.
Abu was the only one who greeted the couple Barron and Bonnie.
At this time, he had not yet divorced and was with Zhukova, the daughter of a Russian arms dealer, whom he later met in London. His current wife was his second wife, Irina, a former stewardess. Had several children and had not come to London at this time.
"In fact, Your Highness the Duke, my idea of buying the team was ignited at Old Trafford. Two months ago, I watched the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United there. That wonderful game made me want to buy the team. Decided to have a team!"
Barron knew that the game Abramovich was talking about was Manchester United's home game in the Champions League quarter-finals on April 25. In that game, Real Madrid's "alien" Ronaldo scored a hat trick, and Beckham came on as a substitute. Tom (who had already had the "flying shoe incident" in the locker room with Ferguson) scored two goals.
It can be said that in that game, Beckham's performance made Real Madrid more optimistic about taking him to the Bernabeu.
According to Abramovich, after he came up with the idea of acquiring the team, Bruce Buck, a senior lawyer at UBS Group AG and American law firm Skadden in London, was brought in to help make it happen.
Kritzmann and others in his circle prepared a number of potential teams for Abramovich to choose from, but ultimately Abramovich narrowed the list down (it included Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur).
They flew from Moscow to England at the end of June and had a series of meetings scheduled - starting with Chelsea.
"My first choice is Manchester United. Well, this is a great club that everyone dreams of owning. But unfortunately, Your Highness, you started earlier, so after evaluation, we gave up this option. .”
"You are very welcome to join the Premier League, Mr. Abramovich. I believe that with your financial injection, Chelsea will soon become a compelling team in the Premier League."
"I will, Your Highness the Duke, whether others believe it or not, but I really hope to turn this club into a club as great as Manchester United."
When Abu said this, anyone who heard it might sneer at him.
But this did not include Barron. After all, he knew that fifteen years later, Abramovich almost really did it-if it were not for the outbreak of the war and his identity was targeted in England, by that time, he would have become Chelsea history. The most successful president in history, and Chelsea Club has become one of Europe's top teams.
In the past 15 years, his total investment in Chelsea was close to 1.7 billion pounds. When he finally had to sell Chelsea, he no longer bothered with the 1.5 billion pounds of debt he owned in Chelsea Club, and would sell all 2.5 billion pounds of Chelsea. Donate it without taking away a penny.
At least on this matter, Abu really had nothing to say.
"I heard that you have a private equity fund called Mars Fund, right? Your Highness the Duke."
When Abu brought up this topic, Barron knew that the drama was coming.
Why did Barron finally decide to come to see Abu and not refuse his invitation?
It's not because he has any sympathy for what happened to Abramovich later, or because he has any good impression of the rich man's investment in Chelsea.
The most important thing is that Barron is interested in the large amount of cash in his hand.
After leaving Russia, Abramovich sold many properties, so he had a large amount of cash on hand at this time, while Barron wanted to invest as much as possible.
It seems that Abu is indeed a smart man. His success today is not due to luck, but to his ability.
"Yes, Mr. Abu, the income from this fund is pretty good."
"As far as I know, I'm afraid it's not just good. The returns from the Mars Fund are very impressive. So when it opened for investment in the first half of the year, it received 300 million pounds of investment. I'm right, Your Highness the Duke."
"Ha ha……"
Hearing Abu's words, Barron laughed:
"As you know very clearly, the assets owned by Mars Fund now exceed 500 million pounds."
"That's a really good result, but what I want to know is..."
Abu looked at Barron and asked seriously:
"Is your Mars fund still accepting investments?"
"Mr. Abu, are you also interested in investing in our fund?"
Barron's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly to Abu:
"The Mars Fund just opened investment in April, and now..."
"If possible, I would like to invest 200 million pounds in the Mars fund first..."
Uh...darling, you are really rich...
Barron smiled and said:
"Are you so optimistic about our fund? Mr. Abu, but if you really want to invest, I suggest you join next month, because by then the first phase of investment will be available within one year, and we will take stock of those funds. The profits are calculated and divided.”
Barron didn't expect that Abramovich would immediately throw out 200 million pounds after he said he would invest. This is really a wealthy man...
If he really invests this 200 million pounds, he will become the largest single investor in the Mars Fund.
"No problem, Your Highness the Duke, just remember to inform me when the time comes."
Aba is willing to invest in the Mars fund. On the one hand, he hopes to have a good relationship with this young Duke, who is quite powerful in England. Today, the other party can accept the invitation and appear here, which means that at least he still has no big barrier to him. of.
Of course, after his own investigation, the results of the Mars Fund were impressive enough, which was one of the main reasons why he was willing to invest. After all, getting closer to the company was one thing, and he would not say that he would simply use 200 million pounds to waste it.
On the other hand, Abramovich brought a large amount of funds from Russia, and he also needs to find investment directions. As he plans to live in England, investment here is also more important to him, and private equity funds are also a good choice.
Therefore, he told Barron that the Mars fund will open for investment again next month, and then he can invest funds in it, so he doesn't care about it for a while at night.
