Chapter 1239 This is a matter of principle

For Zhou Buqi, private placement is just to make money. But there is a deeper meaning behind it. The Middle East is a place of contention for global trade. The sovereign funds of various wealthy countries each have at least hundreds of billions of dollars. This is a big piece of fat.

Europe and the United States are fighting desperately.

In the current situation, it seems that the United States is stronger and has been snatched by them. According to Goldman Sachs, there are as many as several hundred other projects that have been launched at the same time as Zhou Buqi to lure money from local tyrants in the Middle East back to the United States.

In the past few months, the wave of withdrawals has been too turbulent, and the market is in urgent need of hot money.

Therefore, Zhou is not in a hurry, the local tyrants in the Middle East are in a hurry, and the markets all over the world are in a hurry, waiting for the US stock market to take the lead and the global stock market to pick up. The prerequisite is to find money!

There is a small problem right now. The Abu Dhabi Sovereign Fund will take up to 75% of the investment share. This is a bold decision made at the UAE Royal Conference, which requires additional conditions for Ziwei Star to enter the UAE to invest in the Internet industry.

25% of the share remains.

The Qatar Investment Authority also contacted Zhou Buqi, but they insisted on following the requirements, up to 5%.

There is still 20% of the share left, what should I do?

Goldman Sachs is very confident, saying that they can solve it within 48 hours at most!

Zhou Buqi is happy to see the success.

Anyway, he only has one request, not to ask rich Europeans for money.

At the beginning, he was almost fooled into going to Europe to find money, but fortunately he woke up in time, this is not going to work.

This is a matter of principle.

Just like he can't find money from China when doing private equity, this is a red line that cannot be touched.

Under the financial tsunami, the whole world is short of money, and so is China.

The country is also introducing various policies. It is necessary to start a crazy money printing model, to severely crack down on the confiscation of property by businessmen with original sins, and to find ways to attract foreign capital and stimulate the economy through investment.

The troika that drives the domestic economy: investment, consumption, and export.

The most important thing is to invest.

Investment is also divided into state-owned capital, private capital and foreign capital, and the most leading role is foreign capital. Foreign capital represents an increase, which is to bring foreign money into the domestic reservoir, to bring foreign old hens to the country to lay eggs, and it is the main reason for the prosperity of the country after the reform and opening up.

If Zhou Buqi engages in a private placement, and then pulls domestic money to the United States, and draws water from the country to help the United States relieve economic pressure, this is a principled error.

As early as the beginning of the private placement, he had consulted with the domestic side. One of the country's small demands on him is that he can attract some foreign capital to invest in China. If the mainland is inconvenient, you can go to Hong Kong Island.

This is true for the country as well as for Europe.

If Zhou Buqi made an investment project and brought in a large number of wealthy Europeans to invest in the US market...the EU would be offended to death.

Zhou Buqi is very clear-headed. The reason why he wants to acquire Manchester United is to gain a firm foothold in Europe through the football industry and break into the upper class circles of Europe. With so much effort, we must not be fooled by Goldman Sachs to bring European investment to the United States.

Fortunately, Goldman Sachs has long realized that the logic of this young man's private equity is not playing investment, but playing politics. To be honest, I will only go to the Middle East to find customers, and will not cross the border.

Goldman Sachs has gone to work, and it should be resolved soon.

Zhou Buqi had another contact with the Manchester United board of directors and put forward the first official offer, 1.15 billion pounds. The Glazers did not take it coldly, reporting back that they were open to negotiations. But this offer did not meet their psychological expectations. They said they would come to Manchester to hold formal talks.

Such news made all parties very excited.

The next morning, the news was flying all over the place.

"The Times" had a headline on the front page: "Manchester United change hands!"

"Daily Telegraph": "The spring of Manchester United is here! According to insiders, the new owner intends to turn Old Trafford into a magnificent modern stadium! It is estimated to cost 200-300 million pounds!"

The "Guardian" gave more details of the acquisition: "The mysterious buyer is a consortium from Asia, and the offer has reached 1.15 billion pounds. The psychological expectation of the Glazer family is 1.5 billion pounds, but the two parties have reached an agreement. A preliminary consensus has been reached, and the next round of negotiations is about to start. If there is no accident, Manchester United may complete the equity transfer before the winter window opens..."

"The Independent": "Manchester United will usher in a new owner!"

Sky TV even invited many celebrities in the football industry to make a special program for this purpose. The views of the guests are surprisingly unanimous, which is definitely a good thing for Manchester United! A good day for Manchester United fans is coming! It doesn't matter who the mystery buyer is. Because the Glazer family is the most greedy vampire in the world, even if there is a Lord Hades, they are ten thousand times stronger than the Glazer family.

Manchester United is about to usher in a new life!

...

Zhou Buqi was on the plane and received a message from San Dezi.

Good birds choose trees to live in.

San Dezi has rebelled.

He is now the spokesperson representing Zhou Buqi on the Manchester United board of directors and has started a new job.

It is said that thousands of fans ran outside the Old Trafford Stadium and hung banners to express their welcome to the new buyers. They also hung up portraits of the three Glazer brothers in an unfriendly way, with a striking and dazzling " X", quite a bit of a death sentence for the Glazer family.

"We must control the order of the scene."

"ah?"

San Dezi was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding what the new boss meant.

This being the UK, crowds, mass gatherings, and even demonstrations are common. More than a thousand enthusiastic fans expressed their welcome to the new owner and their annoyance at the Glazers outside the stadium, which seemed to him nothing more than normal.

Zhou Buqi was different, and said very cautiously: "The brand of Manchester United is established by little care. Fans are the biggest support for a team. It is necessary to ensure the safety of the gathering site and avoid accidents. .Once an accident occurs, it must be dealt with in time. Hmm...I don’t think the weather is very good, it will rain in Manchester today, right?”

"It has fallen, but not much rain."

"Are the fans still there?"

"Well, I just came over there and the fans were singing."

Zhou Buqi said: "Go and bring them warmth. In this way, arrange people to do it immediately, buy some raincoats and umbrellas, distribute them to women, children and the elderly, and prepare some free bread and hot drinks. In short, do the logistics work well. Fan work is also part of the work of the club."

San Dezi admired in his heart.

Sure enough, it's different!

This style is completely two extremes with the Glazer family!

The previous boss would keep raising the price of season tickets to suck blood from the fans; the current boss is bleeding himself to resupply the fans.

Of course, this is not a simple gift of warmth.

Manchester United is a super giant, and will always occupy the hot spots of major media and TV programs, and is the focus of attention in the UK, Europe, and the world.

Doing things well this time is equivalent to a political show, and it is a signal sent by the new boss to Red Devils fans all over the world.

San Dezi is a financial expert from Morgan. He has a wide range of contacts in the United States. He has heard of it a long time ago. Boss Zhou is not good at investing, but playing politics.

From this point of view, it is true.

This is using Manchester United as a stage.

Not only that, Zhou Buqi went a step further, "By the way, Manchester United has a fan organization, right?"

San Dezi said: "There are many, the largest of which is MUST, the Manchester United Fans Trust Fund, which has more than 100,000 members and manages more than 160 million pounds in assets. This event was organized by MUST, and they are all Manchester United A diehard supporter of the West Stand."

"This organization is going to take advantage."

"Um?"

"How about putting the head of this fan organization on the board of Manchester United?"

"ah?"

San Dezi was taken aback.

This is a huge uncontrollable factor!

In the past, Manchester United's board of directors was mainly composed of three parties, the controlling party, the management and the veterans. These three parties have the same nature, and they all have deep interests tied to Manchester United, relying on Manchester United's football to make money.

Fan organizations are different.

Fans are not there to make money, on the contrary, they are willing to spend money for football.

Decision-making on the board of directors often involves constantly thinking of ways to suck blood from the fans, how to generate income for the club, and how to maximize the benefits.

It may even be a cooperation between Manchester United and Manchester City. The two parties deliberately acted to create conflicts, induce the fans of both sides to intensify the gunpowder, stimulate the market, and earn more money.

Completely treating fans like puppets.

This must never be made public.

If a fan is recruited into the board of directors, such gray issues will no longer be possible.

It is really necessary for Manchester United to seamlessly connect with the fans.

San Dezi said in a serious tone: "This is absolutely not possible. This is related to the issue of sovereignty. Whose Manchester United is Manchester United? The pursuit of the MUST organization is that the club belongs to all fans. The fan organization can watch the game with peace of mind and spend money on consumption. Let them know too much, let alone give them too much power."

"you're right."

Zhou Buqi accepted the other party's statement, and his decision was a bit risky. Decision-making is a matter for the elite, and the bottom line just needs to applaud and cheer.

San Dezi said: "This fan organization has helped the club do a lot of things. Everyone is very grateful, but also very nervous."

"Yeah?"

"The fan base is a mob, so be vigilant. It happened once last year. Because the Glazer family's reputation is so bad, the MUST organization united with another trust fund to mobilize the fan base to create public opinion and constantly criticize the Glazer family. , trying to use the pressure of public opinion to force the Glazers to sell the team at a price far below the market price. Fortunately, the Glazers withstood the pressure, otherwise they would suffer big losses. In 2005, the Glazers were going to take over Manchester United At that time, MUST united the community and city councilors and wanted to buy the Old Trafford stadium to boycott the Glazer family, but Ferguson firmly rejected it. He would rather accept the Glazer family to lead Manchester United than the fans. Lead Manchester United."

Zhou Buqi frowned, "So serious?"

San Dezi said seriously: "It's more serious than what I said. We control football, and football controls the fans. Fans must not be allowed to control football. This is a matter of principle."