At the entrance of Portsmouth City Hall, amid the curious eyes of several female employees, Mr. Mayor was shaking hands with a young Asian man. After laughing for a while, the two said goodbye, and saw the mayor walking back to the city hall, and the young Asian man got into the car accompanied by several people, and a female clerk asked curiously, "Who is that? Mr. Mayor will personally deliver it to the door?"

"I don't know, it must be a big shot, right?" guessed another female clerk, "but it's handsome...... Wow!"

"What's wrong with you?" the others were startled by the scream.

"The man...... That guy looks like the parkour guy in the movie, you think, you think, he's also Asian!"

"No, how could he come to Portsmouth......? I think he's cute, too. ”

"Hee-hee, you guys should be nymphomaniac!"

“……”

Jing Jian didn't know that he was almost recognized by those female. And today, accompanied by Gregory and the former owners of the Portsmouth Club, he came to the town hall to pay a courtesy call to the mayor. The acquisition has been largely completed, £800,000, taking on the club's debt, and promising to inject no less than £10 million over the next three years. Later, there were some things like lawyers, but it can already be said that Jing Jian is already the owner of the Portsmouth club.

On a Rolls-Royce, Gregory was introducing Jing Jian: "Bramble, this is Mr. Hofkin, the director of AGC. He is also a Portsmouth fan and has booked a spot at the restaurant to celebrate. ”

After the pleasantries, the 40-something Hofkin smiled and asked, "Bramble, what you have done in the United States is impressive, I really hope you can bring a new life to Portsmouth." As a fan, I was worried about the loss of key players due to relegation, the huge debt to replenish the squad last season, and I was afraid that Portsmouth would sink again for many years. ”

Having just been acquired, Jing Jian will definitely boost morale. "My short-term goal is to be back in the top flight in two years," he laughs. Of course, it's better next season, but ...... Football is round. The medium-term goal is to qualify for Europe within three seasons of being in the top flight. The long-term goal is to be a champion. Forgive my arrogance, I respect the objective laws of football, but I believe more in the magic of money. I can reveal a secret that I invest much more than I promise every season. ”

"That's great. Hofkin seemed overjoyed, and then asked casually, "You're so young, you have time to build slowly." If you want the club to develop healthily, it is best to have your own stadium and training base. ”

Jing Jian smiled secretly in his heart, and suddenly this director of AGC appeared, Jing Jian had long known that he was tired. But it's okay to listen, the decision is up to you anyway: "Of course the stadium and the training base need to be built, but many things need friends, and the club is the calling card of the city of Portsmouth. Jing Jian's answer is very clear: Don't think I'm stupid, there are no preferential conditions, don't talk about it!

After the acquisition of Portsmouth, Jing Jian has a very rough development strategy, which will invest a total of around £200 million before the 96/97 season. The reason why this timing was chosen is because of the Boseman Act.

Of the £200 million investment, Jing Jian is indeed ready to spend more than £100 million to build a modern stadium and training camp. Truth be told, Portsmouth's infrastructure is so bad that the stadium and training camp are currently on loan.

In the next six or seven years, Jing Jian will invest 70 to 80 million pounds to get Portsmouth into the top level first, and then qualify for the Champions League. It's not too difficult to do this, the current transfer championship of the English league is only 15 million pounds, and the weekly salary is quite low.

Subsequently, before the Boseman Act verdict, he took the opportunity to buy a large number of Mavericks from other European leagues at a low price, and then such a championship squad could guarantee glory for nearly a decade. Even if it is resold, it can also make a lot of money. And during this period, Jing Jian is also ready to invest hundreds of millions of euros to make Portsmouth completely become the top club in Europe.

In addition, with the development of global brands, Portsmouth has gradually reached a break-even. In the future, with the addition of local tyrants such as Abu and the Middle East, then normal competition! Anyway, it doesn't matter, don't you see, AC Milan, which can't win the championship later, is still the great AC Milan?

Of course, it will definitely be an IPO in the end. Jing Jian is ready to choose the United States, where the regulations are relatively free, just like Microsoft, which can easily guarantee a controlling stake. In his previous life, the owner of Manchester United later sold a 2% stake in the stock market, cashing out nearly 100 million US dollars in cash. Jing Jian doesn't want that kind of good thing, and is ready to sell 40%, even if the stock price is half of Manchester United, it is about 1 billion US dollars, and while ensuring the holding, it can recover the investment with interest.

If you can guarantee to stay in the Premier League, the total broadcast fee allocated in 10 years will exceed hundreds of millions of pounds. In addition, the box office revenue increased by the new stadium, the prize money of the European stadium, the development of various advertisements, the management of monopoly products, the investment of the naming rights of the stadium, and the catwalk in East Asia to make money?......。 There are so many tricks to play.

Those who are far away do not fantasize first. Great oaks from little acorns grow.. Jing Jian really wanted to build the stadium and the training camp. But such a project will definitely need the support of the city of Portsmouth, either on land or on tax incentives. Jing Jian's brain didn't enter the water, and he ate to contribute to the sports and cultural cause of the United Kingdom?

Originally, Jing Jian was going to take his time and have a tug of war with the city of Portsmouth and bargain. I didn't expect to sleep on a pillow, and now this Hovkin actually offered it? Let's listen to what he has to say.

However, Jing Jian's attitude was expected by Hoffman. Looking at each other and smiling, Grigory smiled: "It's almost time to get to the restaurant, we'll talk about it later." ”

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Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea, seagulls fly diagonally, sparkling. On the plate, the medium-rare veal steak is tender and juicy, mixed with peppery flavors, and exudes an enticing aroma.

After eating and chatting with some anecdotes, Jing Jian realized that the sea outside the window turned out to be the famous English Channel. The Port of Portsmouth is one of the closest ports to the European continent. In World War II, the small sampan flotilla of the Dunkirk retreat and the Normandy landing fleet both departed from Portsmouth. Now, the regattas are also famous.

When it was finally time for dessert, Hofkin wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, ready to get down to business......