Chapter 326: Tottenham Hotspur
"Hello Mr. Zhang, thank you for the banquet invitation!"
After Beckham approached, he greeted Zhang Yida.
"Hello Mr David Beckham, I saw you playing football on TV when I was a kid. You have a huge fan base in our country, and everyone loves you!"
Zhang Yida shook hands with Beckham and greeted Victoria, "Hello Ms. Victoria!
Victoria smiled, Zhang Yida's compliment made her very useful, and she also boasted back:
"Hello Mr. Zhang! You are really good at talking! You are also very remarkable! The youngest Internet billionaire in the world!"
Zhang Yida looked at Cruz again and said with a smile: "Hello little Cruz! Your song "If Every Day Is Christmas" is very good, I believe you will become a very good singer in the future!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!" Cruz smiled, "I will definitely do my best! Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your scooter, I love this gift very much! I ride him to school every day." ”
"Then be sure to wear helmet protectors!"
Zhang Yida looked at the chubby little princess again and said with a smile: "Hello little princess! You are one of the most loved children in China. ”
Princess Xiaoqi's real name is Harper Severn Beckham, and the Severn in her name is similar to the number "Seven", so she is also known as Little Seven.
It is also said that Beckham especially admired the number 7 and gave this number to his daughter as a name.
"Hello!"
Xiao Qi, who was only five years old, was held in his father's arms and whispered hello to Zhang Yida.
The little Internet celebrity BabyAriel standing next to Zhang Yida was a little angry, but he couldn't disturb the Beckham family with Zhang Yida, so he said hello to Zhang Yida and turned away.
Cruz tried to hold back, but before he could, BabyAriel turned around and left, only to watch the girl leave.
Zhang Yida witnessed all this the whole process, and secretly said, this kid has inherited his flowery father!
I remember that in my previous life, this kid showed affection to his girlfriend on Instagram at the age of 14, and it was also in the United States.
In China, believe it or not, you stand on the flag-raising platform and read a letter of repentance in front of the whole school.
"Mr. Zhang, I think Green and I are entering the European market in a big way, do we want these two companies to become global enterprises?"
In response to Victoria's question, Zhang Yida admitted: "Yes, we do have this idea, and we are implementing it according to the established plan!"
"That's remarkable, you're only 21 years old and you've achieved such remarkable business results. ”
Zhang Yida shook his head and smiled, looked at Beckham and said: "20 years ago, the 21-year-old Mr. Beckham represented Manchester United against Wimbledon.
Standing in the middle circle and kicking a super long-distance lob shot, the ball flew over half of the stadium, also flew over the head of the opposing goalkeeper, and entered the net against the lower edge of the crossbar!
The goal was rated as one of the best goals ever scored in the Premier League.
Mr. Beckham also became famous for this goal!
Therefore, at the age of 21, Mr. Beckham has also achieved impressive athletic results. ”
Beckham laughed, that goal was really awesome, enough for him to brag about for a lifetime, and it was also the goal he remembered the most, because the media and friends love to mention that goal.
"I heard that Mr. Zhang Yida also likes to play football?" asked Victoria.
Zhang Yida didn't expect this woman to know so much about herself, and said with a smile: "Yes, I used to be a member of the university team. Later, when I started my business, it gradually fell into disuse.
If you don't waste it, you won't be a professional player!"
"Hehe, huh?" Victoria laughed, "If you really become a professional footballer, then there will be one less rich man in the Internet circle." ”
"Mr. Zhang, have you ever considered buying a football team?"
After asking this sentence, even Beckham looked at his wife in surprise.
Victoria had a smile on her face, and judging by her experience, the young rich man must have an interest in the football team.
After all, he became famous at a young age and has hundreds of millions of assets, can he not play some exciting sports?
Nowadays, the rich like to buy teams to play, and football, the number one sport, can be used to promote the rich and powerful.
The best football teams are all in Europe, and Zhang Yida's Green and are all making inroads in Europe.
Buying a team and promoting its products not only satisfies the hobby, but also makes the money more worthwhile.
Zhang Yida was silent for a long time before he said: "I have this idea, but I can't do it yet!"
smiled bitterly and said: "I am different from those old rich people, most of my assets are unlisted company equity.
The two companies listed are still small-cap stocks, so they don't have a lot of liquid assets, and even fewer assets that can be used to buy teams. ”
Victoria's smile widened when she heard this, and she was deeply proud of her business sense.
However, when she heard Zhang Yida's tone, it was as if the two listed companies were drizzling.
She just saw Zhang Yida appear at the banquet, so she secretly used Google software to query Zhang Yida.
I was shocked when I looked up, and Google showed that he was the chairman and major shareholder of 10 unicorn companies.
Although she is a mixed fashion person, she has also heard of the concept of unicorns, which refers to internet/technology companies that are less than 10 years old and have a valuation of more than $1 billion.
Strictly speaking, there are only 8 unicorn companies in Zhang Yida, because 2 have been listed.
However, the media likes to do things, so they use two companies that have been listed to make up the numbers, and the double digits seem more bluffing than the single digits, and the news is more attractive.
In Victoria's mind, 10 unicorn companies are valued at least $10 billion, and even if they only hold 10% of the shares, they are a billionaire.
The more she looked at the news she searched, the more frightened she became, $30 billion Ruixiang, $7 billion Douyin, and $6 billion Huimin Travel......
Come on, she searched out the translated version of the article that Tiger Sniff took stock of Zhang Yida's assets some time ago.
She looked at the company's valuation or market capitalization of more than $60 billion.
She also opened the financial website and looked at the market value of Yimin Net Gold and Yimin Wealth, one is $6.5 billion and the other is $2.5 billion.
She also looked at the shareholding ratio, Zhang Yida holds 47.51% of the former's shares and holds 33.84% of the latter's shares.
In addition, she also saw that Zhang Yida cashed out more than $60 million worth of Yimin Netgold shares when he went public.
She calculated that Zhang Yidaguang's holdings in these two listed companies, plus the tens of millions of dollars cashed out, his wealth was already above $4 billion.
So she encouraged her husband to come to meet Zhang Yida, and maybe she could talk about cooperation or business.
Even if it doesn't work, knowing such a rich man is a connection!
"Mr. Zhang, your shares in two listed companies are worth more than $4 billion.
This is a huge fortune enough to buy any football team in the world.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United, which currently have the highest valuation or market value, are only between more than $2 billion and more than $3 billion!"
Zhang Yida laughed and said to Victoria: "I want to buy their three clubs, but I can't buy them even if I have money!"
Victoria nodded, "Real Madrid and Barcelona are membership-based, and those fans won't sell them if they die."
In the case of Manchester United, the Glazer family has done a good business, buying Manchester United for 790 million pounds 11 years ago, of which only 250 million pounds are its own funds, and the rest are all financial leverage.
Manchester United has been under such a huge loan pressure in those years, but it has achieved such good results. Thanks to Sir Alex Ferguson!
Manchester United is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange and has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion today!
The Glazer family are businessmen through and through, and if Mr. Chang can give them a satisfactory price, I am sure they will be willing to sell the club. ”
Zhang Yida also likes to play football, so he naturally knows the Glazer family and Manchester United.
Victoria is right, the Glazer family is indeed a vampire lying on Manchester United.
It was also with Ferguson to support him that Manchester United was able to get through those difficult times, not only to pay off debts, but also to bring in reinforcements, and to keep the results.
As soon as Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United's performance fell sharply, and its market value also shrank seriously, plummeting by £1.2 billion in a year.
When Zhang Yida was reborn in his previous life, the Saudi tycoon wanted to buy Manchester United for 4 billion pounds, but the Glazer family was still holding each other.
You can see its greed!
"Manchester United! The Glazer family are so good, I don't really want to deal with them.
As much as I love Manchester United, I can't afford to be a lion in the Glazer family. ”
Beckham smiled bitterly, as Ferguson's favorite general, he also has a special affection for Manchester United.
He didn't expect that the reputation of the Glazer family's stinking street would spread to China.
Truth be told, he also hates the Glazer family. I only know how to pick up money from Manchester United Club, but I am not willing to invest.
It would be best if there was a local tycoon to save Manchester United and improve the club's financial situation.
However, Zhang Yida's identity as a Chinese made him emotionally difficult to accept.
"In addition to Manchester United, other clubs in the Premier League, Mr. Zhang can also tell me about the goals he is interested in.
I have some good friends in English football who might be able to help a little bit. ”
Beckham said to Zhang Yida with a smile that in addition to Manchester United, Zhang Yida wants to buy other Premier League clubs, and he is still willing to help lead the needle.
'I'm interested in Tottenham!'
Beckham pinched his chin and said: "Tottenham Hotspur's current majority shareholder is the ENIC Group.
The group currently holds 85.55% of Tottenham Hotspur's shares, owned by two people of Jewish descent, one is the big owner Joe Lewis, who holds 70.6%, and the remaining 29.4% is in the hands of the current club chairman, Danny Levy.
Big boss Lewis is one of the top 10 richest people in the UK and the world's top forex trader with a net worth of more than £5 billion.
He is not particularly interested in football, preferring forex trading and art collection.
Danny Levy is different, he is an avid fan, and there are 5 football clubs under ENIC, in addition to Tottenham.
At the outset of his tenure as Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Levy made three commitments: to build Tottenham into a team capable of challenging for the highest glory on home and in Europe, a new training centre and an expansion of home capacity.
These promises are now being fulfilled one by one!
If you want to buy Tottenham, as long as you are willing to make a bid, it is not difficult to get Lewis, but it is difficult to get Levy. ”
Beckham still knows Tottenham Hotspur and its chairman very well, and took stock of the situation to Zhang Yida one by one.