There is naturally nothing wrong with the acquisition legal documents prepared by the Morgan consortium. In fact, unless these large consortiums want to deceive people, they will hardly make such low-level mistakes. However, Chen Zhiwen still needs to save it for himself.
In addition, his own people had also been investigating the situation of the Lakers for a long time. After confirming that there were no problems with the debt, Chen Zhiwen readily signed.
"Mr. Chen, if you need a super villa in Los Angeles, you can contact me. I will be happy to serve you. This is my new mid-level villa project in Los Angeles. You can take a look." The former owner of the Lakers, a A middle-aged white man with a big belly said with a smile.
"Okay, I will consider it if necessary." Chen Zhiwen took the promotional page and nodded.
The former owner of the Lakers is the owner of a real estate company. In recent years, the oil crisis has led to the deterioration of the US economy and the increase in bank interest rates. The real estate market has also fallen into a downturn. In order to maintain the main business, he can only sell his favorite basketballs. After learning Chen Zhiwen's identity, he immediately started promoting his luxury villa.
Unfortunately, Chen Zhiwen has no interest in this, mainly because although he often comes to Los Angeles or New York, it is enough to just stay in a hotel, because the hotel is in the city center and is convenient for business meetings. Various luxury houses are either by the sea or in the mountains. Unless the whole family comes frequently for vacation in the future, then you can consider a super villa.
As for investment attributes, the value of luxury homes in big cities like Los Angeles and New York will indeed increase in the future, but the increase is limited and far from Hong Kong. If you only consider appreciation, it is better to invest in Hong Kong, Japan or Bayan first, and wait for the United States Come and buy here when you need it. Anyway, the growth here cannot compare with Hong Kong, not to mention the property tax.
"Okay, if you like any house, you can come to me at any time." The middle-aged man said with a smile, and after a while, he said goodbye and left. As an elite in the real estate market, he can still tell whether people are willing to buy a house or not. , and also knew when it was time to leave.
"Eric, congratulations on becoming the owner of the Lakers." Henry Morgan said with a smile.
"Haha, it's not a big deal. Come and congratulate me when I acquire Disney." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "You also said that basketball is not very popular in the United States, and only a few people like it."
"Eric, from what I know about you, when you acquire a company, you will definitely improve it. Disney, I can actually imagine that maybe you have your own methods to stop it from losing money and turn it into profit, but this basketball? I I really can’t figure it out,” Henry Morgan asked.
Although Disney has many problems, as long as you have money, you can still solve many problems in the short term. At least on the surface, many problems can be solved. The simplest way is to spend some money to renovate Disneyland and use various resources to advertise. For example, Henry's NBC TV station can theoretically attract a large number of people to travel. Maybe this is an opportunity to save the two major parks. In other aspects, cartoon characters and movie business, if you really spend money on it, please go now. It is possible to succeed if you have management and hire more professional people.
Although the probability is unclear, there is always a chance to turn around. Moreover, Chen Zhiwen is very accurate in seeing future opportunities, and may have his own ideas.
But basketball? This thing is useless to anyone, right? Even if Chen Zhiwen has the money to recruit powerful players from other teams, it is useless to be strong on his own for this kind of thing.
"Just wait for the opportunity. Besides, I don't dare to spend tens of millions of dollars. If I lose, I'll lose." Chen Zhiwen shrugged indifferently.
In fact, he has no ability to actively stimulate the popularity of basketball. Although Jordan could be poached in advance, the most fundamental reason for the rise of basketball in the 1980s is that the entire league changed a CEO. The new CEO has very strong operational capabilities and is good at utilizing. Various policies are implemented to help each team discover outstanding talents. At the same time, they also do their best in publicity.
Of course, Jordan's contribution is also indelible. His outstanding ability has also become a focus of the league's promotion. In the end, Jordan promoted the popularity of basketball, the league took advantage of the opportunity to grow, and everyone gained very high profits.
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After signing the contract and notarizing it, Chen Zhiwen delivered the first tranche of US$10 million in accordance with the contract and waited for the remainder to be traded three months later. This also gave the acquirer three months to check whether the acquiree had What a hidden problem.
However, due to the signing of the contract, the money was not paid, but Chen Zhiwen already owned the Lakers.
"BOSS, the players below are all members of our team. Only four of them took leave for various reasons and are not here today." Lakers coaches Mike and Chen Zhiwen stood in the stands on the second floor and introduced to Chen Zhiwen. .
"I heard that we are going to play against the 76ers soon?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"Yes." Mike suddenly said with some embarrassment: "We have lost two games before, and now the brothers are practicing hard!"
"Yeah." Chen Zhiwen nodded, not paying too much attention.
Since he had already decided to acquire the Lakers, he naturally had already done the research on the most basic information.
The NBA has existed for a long time, but before the 1980s, it was not well-known, and it was almost unknown outside the United States.
But this reputation is actually only relatively speaking. It cannot compare with baseball and football in the United States, but it still has many fans. Various popular playoff games and draft games in the 1990s have been around for a long time. .
Even last year, the Lakers were considered one of the league's hegemons. After all, they are headquartered in Los Angeles, and the boss behind them has strong financial resources. Their long-term poaching or other means, including purchasing rookie rights, etc., naturally turned the Lakers into a strong team. team.
In fact, no matter what sport, in the long run, they are still fighting for money. A few cases like the rise of Jordan in the Bulls are special cases.
The Lakers have been in the era of strong lineups over the years, but the league has not yet risen, resulting in much lower popularity and value.
"When does the rookie competition start?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"It will take another two months or so, usually during the summer vacation!" Mike replied.
"Can we bypass the rookie competition and directly go to college or high school to recruit people?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.
"Of course, it's just that it's difficult for us to really investigate so many potential players. Generally, we can only look at the player's ability during the rookie game. But if you are already optimistic about someone, you can directly approach him to sign a contract, as long as he agrees. Okay." Mike asked a little strangely.
In fact, the league basically doesn't manage how each team finds high-quality rookies, but it is difficult for each team to do it independently. The United States is so big and there are so many high school students and college students, how to find them? A long time ago, each team communicated with internal university personnel to find suitable prospects, but this was too inefficient and required them to send people to the university to inspect.
Subsequently, the league held a rookie competition, which was recommended by various schools or basketball-related celebrities. Everyone gathered together for a round-robin competition, allowing all league teams to watch and find the talents that suit them.
However, high-quality prospects are always fiercely competed for. When the league started, it was based on which team was willing to pay and free to choose. Later, after complaints were filed, formal management began. The right to choose rookies was also won by one's own strength. In fact, this It is also very reasonable. A strong team is naturally qualified to choose high-quality seedlings, and vice versa. Those with strong abilities are willing to join a strong team.
But outside of the rookie game, players and teams are still free to choose, but it is generally difficult to find the right one.
"I once watched a college student at the University of North Carolina. I think his skills are very high, so I want to recruit him to the Lakers. What do you think?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"University of North Carolina, boss, I wonder what this person's name is?" Mike asked.
"My name is Michael Jordan. He is either a freshman or a sophomore this year. He is a very good potential star. If you send someone there, you can find him by his name." Chen Zhiwen replied.
In his impression, Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 rookie game and started his legendary basketball life. This is still more than a year away from now, which means that he is still a free man, but like him He is an outstanding young talent and must be at the top in the university basketball competition. With his name, it is easy to find him.
"Okay, I won't be very busy in a few days, so I'll go there in person. As long as Jordan doesn't object, I will definitely sign him to our team." Mike said quickly.
In fact, it doesn't matter what Jordan's ability is. What's important is that the boss has spoken, so he has to go there in person.
If he has strong abilities, then focus on training him in the future. If he succeeds, the boss will be happy and he may get more bonuses. If his ability is not good and the boss has misunderstood, then he can just sit on the bench in the team. This is also normal. After all, ordinary people When people watch football, they only see the show-off action. For such a big team, it is easy to raise an idle member. He also knows the details of his own boss. He is the owner of Costco Supermarket. If Disney succeeds in its acquisition in the future, it will become one of the entertainment giants in the United States, even if it is a Lakers team. , to others, it may just be a hobby toy.
Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Try to sign a long-term contract with Jordan. You should carefully examine his abilities. If he is really strong, then the signing bonus and annual salary will be the normal amount. Don’t lower the price just because you think the other party is a newcomer.”
This is common in any industry, but Chen Zhiwen needs Jordan to serve him long-term and stably. As long as he can really achieve international fame, he will never be stingy.
"Okay, don't worry." Mike agreed, but in his heart he wondered, does the boss know this person? Otherwise it would be so good? He didn't believe that any good capitalist could choose to treat them fairly when squeezing players. Even for them, the previous boss always tried every means to save costs on a few of them.
"One more thing. I want to select a few Chinese people to join the team across the United States. I don't need to specify who they are, as long as they are Chinese. What do you think?" Chen Zhiwen suddenly asked again.
PS: There is a contradiction in the Rookie Game. I checked the encyclopedia and it started in 1994, but the Jordan Encyclopedia has information about his participation in the Rookie Game, so I am not sure. I will go with the latter.
(End of chapter)
