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"So, we have now purchased 9.9% of Tottenham Hotspur Club's shares from the stock market without attracting any attention?" Coming to the London office of Trafalgar Company, George Nelson carefully looked through the report on the acquisition that had just been submitted in front of him, "I thought I had to wait for a while, but I didn't expect you to act so fast. It only took less than 10 seconds." It took just one month to complete the first phase of the task.”
"That's right, boss. Since Tottenham Hotspur's results in recent seasons have been quite average and they haven't introduced any stars with enough appeal, its stock price has been falling. It even fell earlier this year. It has reached an all-time low of 31.7 pence per share, so we can collect so many stocks from the market so easily without attracting other people's attention." Regarding George's appreciation, the current president of Trafalgar Company The manager, John Smith, quickly lowered his head and replied in a very respectful tone, "If not, it would be difficult for us to acquire this amount of shares in less than a month."
For John Smith, although everything he has now is obtained through his own efforts, without the Nelson family's careful training and vigorous promotion of him since childhood, he would have never been able to come into contact with the upper class. society, let alone become the general manager of a world-class investment company like Trafalgar. Therefore, John Smith, who knew exactly where everything he had come from and had a grateful heart, resisted the temptation of high salaries from other companies and resolutely stayed at Trafalgar Company to work for the Nelson family. .
By the way, it is important to select those children who show certain talents from childhood to grow up with the family heirs, to instill in them a sense of loyalty and belonging to the family during their growth, and to give them the opportunity to stand out at the appropriate time. This is the way most traditional British nobles cultivate family talents. Although the scale of this talent training method has been greatly reduced over time, its success rate and talent loyalty are still quite guaranteed. For example, John Smith's performance is enough to show that this ancient way of cultivating talents still has merit.
Another reason why Smith did not choose to change jobs after becoming famous was that he admired George Nelson very much in front of him, who although he had a distinguished status, could also be called a self-made man. This is not because the two were playmates who grew up together. Smith made such comments about them out of personal feelings. It is because he has witnessed and participated in the entire history of each other's family and is fully aware of this development. How vicious is Xiao's vision in the investment field, that's why he is willing to help George, a guy who usually only grasps the general direction and spends most of his time as a hands-off shopkeeper, to help him handle specific affairs and details in the company.
"John, how many times have I told you, just call me George when there are no outsiders. Why do you have to call me so harshly?" George also had a headache for the caution shown by Smith. He couldn't figure it out. The two of them were obviously very close when they were young, so why did their relationship become a little distant as they got older?
In fact, keeping such a distance between John and George is the most normal and correct move. After all, the gap between the two in identity and status is too obvious. If the two of them still maintain the close relationship they had when they were teenagers as adults, both George and John will be accused of not knowing the rules, which will have a negative impact on their careers and development.
It is true that as a hereditary noble, George can indeed have friends from common people, but his range of friends is quite restricted. Talents like John Smith who were cultivated by the family can be regarded as capable subordinates and can be entrusted with important tasks, but they cannot become close friends with George.
In addition, unlike what many people imagine, although George is a direct descendant of Horatio Nelson and has the hereditary title of Viscount Koscielt, his relationship with his father, the current Earl of Essex, is also They were quite harmonious, but as a time traveler, he had quite different ideas from traditional British aristocrats on how to run the family business. Therefore, in 1997, George, who was only seventeen years old, revealed that he was investing in emerging technologies such as network technology. When the industry was used to revitalize the Nelson family, which relied on living on its laurels, it naturally encountered strong opposition from the conservative forces of the family.
Under such circumstances, George's cheap father, Nelson Sr., the patriarch of the family, had no choice but to compromise. That is to say, George is allowed to start his own business, but the family will not provide any financial support to George, and he has to rely on himself to do everything.
Fortunately, there is a loyal John Smith by his side, and with the help of memories and luck from his previous life (the trajectory of this world has not changed in any way compared to his previous life), George was able to survive in just six short years. During the years, he built a huge family fortune and became another miracle in the investment world after Warren Buffett.
"Since the first step of the plan has gone so smoothly, John, we will now act according to the original plan, and you will send someone to invite Sir Alan Sugar to London. Let's talk about me, the current Viscount Koscielt, George Nelson There is a big business deal that I want to interview with him." Seeing that John was once again indifferent to his expression, George had no choice but to bring the conversation back to the topic, "John, you know, this step is the most critical part of our acquisition plan. As long as we can get Alan Sugar, the obstacles we will encounter in the next acquisition will be much smaller. Otherwise, the two vampires from the ENIC Group will definitely take the opportunity to give us a hard blow, and even Let our plan to acquire Tottenham be completely aborted."
"No problem, boss, just wait for my good news." Seeing George giving the order, John immediately turned around and left the room to contact Alan Sugar, the former owner of Tottenham Hotspur Club He is also the former largest shareholder.
"Hello, Sir Alan Sugar." Three days later, George finally met the former chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Club in the office. "Introducing myself, I am the current Viscount Koscielt, George Nelson."
"I have admired you for a long time, Mr. Viscount." Seeing that George was so polite when he came up, Alan Sugar, who had already obtained a knighthood, naturally had to show corresponding magnanimity. "I was appointed as the interim coach of the team in the middle of the season. And finally led Manchester United to come back and win the championship. The whole of England is now praising your heroic deeds."
After a brief polite greeting, the host and guest took their seats one after another. Alan Sugar, who was seduced to London by George's words, could no longer restrain his impatience after sitting down and asked impatiently: "Mr. Viscount, you told me through Mr. Smith before that there was a big business." You want to interview me, I wonder if this is true?”
"That's true." Looking at the Jewish businessman in front of him, George said nothing and went straight to the topic of the meeting, "Actually, the main reason for inviting you here this time is because I want to acquire Shu Sir Sugar, you have all the remaining Tottenham shares in your hands. According to our investigation, Sir Sugar, you still have 25% of Tottenham shares in your hands. As for me, I plan to buy this part of the shares for 40 million pounds. I don’t know. What do you think?"
First, they collected scattered shares from the market without triggering the 10% warning line to avoid attracting the attention of the ENIC Group. Then, by acquiring the shares of Alan Sugar, the major shareholder of Tottenham, they broke through the 30% watershed in one fell swoop and were initiated. Qualifications for a tender offer, thereby completely squeezing the power of ENIC Group out of Tottenham. This is the most important part of George's plan to acquire Tottenham Hotspur!
Although it is true that Tottenham Hotspur’s current largest shareholder is Joe Lewis, the owner of ENIC Group, and his subordinate and friend Danny Levy controls the club’s operations, in fact, ENIC Group is Spurs' rule is not stable, because as the largest shareholder, they currently only hold 29.9% of Tottenham's shares, which is far from being able to turn Tottenham into their own party!
In other words, ENIC Group has not yet made up its mind to acquire Tottenham and take the club into its hands, but it still has doubts. Otherwise, Joe Lewis would not have lingered at the 30% warning line that could initiate a tender offer, and had not taken any further action for two years.
What shakes Joe Lewis the most is that after he became the largest shareholder of Tottenham, this historic London club not only showed no improvement in performance, but its stock price also plummeted, with no sign of bottoming out at all. This current situation naturally makes Joe Lewis, who aims to rely on Tottenham for profit, feel extremely entangled, and also makes him doubtful about further acquiring Tottenham shares.
After all, as a businessman, maximizing profits is Joe Lewis’s ultimate goal. And those that cannot bring enough benefits like Tottenham naturally belong to the so-called "bad assets" in the eyes of Joe Lewis, and they are also the category that needs to be dealt with urgently. However, because Tottenham has really lost hope of re-emerging in recent years, team captain Sol Campbell's free transfer to rival Arsenal in the same city two years ago dealt a fatal blow to Tottenham. Therefore, even if Joe ·Lewis wants to sell his Tottenham shares, but not many people are willing to take over.
It was precisely after seeing this that George chose to take action at this time. Because he knows that once Joe Lewis realizes the positive role a Premier League club like Tottenham can play in his career, it will be much more expensive and difficult to launch a tender offer than it is now!
Therefore, in George's plan, as long as he can first get Alan Sugar, let his Tottenham shares exceed 30% in one fell swoop, and then launch a tender offer to shareholders such as Joe Lewis to make them feel profitable, then he will It is very possible for Tottenham to become a club fully controlled by him!
