Then, Zhang Yida visited five clubs, including Manchester City, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Wolves.

After Li Rui just said hello, Sheikh Mansour, the current chairman of Manchester City, came forward and warmly received Zhang Yida and his delegation.

Mansour is a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, UAE, with a strong background and a focus on investing in the oil sector.

He owns countless properties in the UAE, enjoys sports cars and horse racing, and is also the president of the UAE Jockey Club.

In addition, private life is better protected. According to incomplete statistics, it is only known that he has 2 wives, 2 daughters and 4 sons.

According to local customs and the style of the royal family, how could there be only such a few people in the family.

Similar to the outside evaluation, after he learned that Zhang Yida had an Akhal-Teke horse, he took the initiative to chat with Zhang Yida about horse racing.

Today is not a match day, Zhang Yida and Mansour are walking on the empty Etihad Stadium, followed by a large number of entourages and security personnel.

Zhang Yida glanced at the magnificent stadium with bowl-shaped and three-tiered seats in the east and west, and praised: "This stadium is quite good, very modern!"

Mansour shook his head, "It's still a little smaller, it was used as a stadium for the Commonwealth Games in the early years, and then it was transformed into the home stadium of Manchester City. ”

He pointed to the north again, "It will be good when the expansion of the north stand is completed, and it will be able to accommodate 62,000 spectators by then."

Not yet, it can only accommodate 55,000 people. Originally, it was even smaller, with a capacity of only 48,000 people. ”

Zhang Yida nodded, the expansion of the stadium generally means that there are more spectators, more fans, and the team's performance is good, and it is going uphill.

Through such a small thing as the expansion of the stadium, it can also be seen that Manchester City has mixed well in recent years.

In fact, it is true, Manchester City's Jinyuan offensive has worked, and Manchester City has been either the champion or the runner-up in the Premier League in recent years, and the strength is strong.

"I heard that the stadium was expanded at a cost of more than £100 million?"

Mansour nodded and smiled, "Yes, but it's all small money." Do you know how much City Football Group has invested in the transfer market in the more than eight years since it became its owner of Manchester City?

"I want to hear about it!"

Zhang Yida looked deaf and humble.

At the football club, he is a complete newcomer to the industry. I came here today with the idea of learning from Mansour.

"£1.3 billion!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yida smiled bitterly, this is the real local tyrant! There is an oil field at home, you should be criticized.

"When I bought Manchester City for £210 million in '08, there was a general dislike. ”

Faced with Zhang Yida, the world's youngest billionaire, Mansour suddenly became interested and ready to talk about his football business.

He looked at Zhang Yida as if he was serious about studying seriously and was very satisfied.

He continued: "Before I took over, Manchester City were a Premier League club with relegation goals.

At that time, Manchester City's frequent changes of coaches and lack of financial resources made them unable to compete with strong teams.

The fans boycotted us and said we didn't understand football and it would only ruin Manchester City.

Our peers laughed at us, saying that we would only throw money at us and not respect football at all.

Anyway, few people are optimistic about us.

As a result, in four years, we lifted the Premier League trophy.

Now Manchester City, the Premier League title is no longer our most important goal. Our goal is the Champions League.

After investing so much money before and after, in fact, it was not lost in vain.

According to Forbes' 2016 Football Club Value List, Manchester City is $2 billion, ranking 6th among all football clubs behind Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, as well as Bayern Munich and Arsenal. ”

Zhang Yida has also seen this list, and it is relatively conservative, so it can only be said to be a valuation reference.

Tottenham is in tenth place above with a valuation of $1.02 billion.

"Mr. Mansour, those who looked down on and laughed at you back then. I guess they would want to retract what they said today. ”

Mansour waved his hand, "It doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is that City proved themselves, didn't it?"

"Haha, you're right!"

Who said that even if you have money, you can't get results? Zhang Yida felt that this matter was scored on both sides.

Ordinary rich people spend money for a year or two, and if the results do not rise, they will not be able to invest; how can a man like Mansur not produce results after seven or eight years of smashing.

Of course, the national football team may be a different species. It's hard to say.

Mansour's exaggerated investment method, purely from the perspective of business, must be a loss.

What he really pursued was the international status of his country. He is not just a businessman, but also a statesman, a member of the UAE Cabinet and the UAE Minister for Head of State.

"Mr. Zhang, do you also want to buy a football team to play with?"

Zhang Yida said with a smile: "I have this idea, but I lack experience, so I will ask Mr. Mansour first." ”

'Then you have to be mentally prepared that the Premier League is very xenophobic. It took eight years for City Football Group to slowly become accepted by fans and the Premier League. ”

Zhang Yida waved his hand, "It doesn't have to be the Premier League, we are still looking for a suitable target." ”

"If there is anything I need help with, I personally really enjoy making friends from China. ”

"Haha, I also like to be bold and generous with my Emirati friends. ”

Then Mansour talked to Zhang Yida about the Internet industry, and he said that China's Internet industry has risen very quickly and is very remarkable.

He also asked about the development of Ruixiang Group and expressed his interest in investment.

For this kind of potential big financier, Zhang Yida will definitely not refuse, and also invited Mansur to visit China.

The two chatted together for two or three hours, and then had lunch together before Zhang Yida left with the harvest.

Zhang Yida then visited four other Chinese-funded clubs one by one.

The four Chinese-funded consortia are all from a lot of backgrounds.

Behind Southampton is the Rheinland Holding Group, which has an A-share listed company, Rheinland Sports;

West Bromwich Albion is 88% owned by Yunyi Guokai, and Yunyi Guokai is a sports investment company established by the actual controller of A-share palm shares and various partners.

Both are currently in the Premier League, with the Chinese consortium spending around £200 million each to win them.

For the arrival of Zhang Yida and his entourage, the two clubs are still very welcome.

Because Zhang Yida is not a lonely person in China, the reception specifications are quite high.

The management of the two clubs led Zhang Yida and his entourage to visit their own stadiums, training grounds and other hardware facilities, and also explained the operation mode and business philosophy of their respective clubs.

Next, I went to Aston Villa.

This Championship club is interesting, with the British royal family and the English people among the fans of the club.

The Chinese shareholder of the acquisition of the club is United Ruikang Group, which also owns three A-share listed companies: Lotus Health, Ruikang Shares, and Tianxia Wisdom. The industry calls it Ruikang system.

The boss Xia Jiantong is also very powerful, he went to college at the age of 14, the youngest design doctor at Harvard, and was selected into the first batch of "Thousand Talents Program" in the country.

A person with such high academic attainments has to fly up to engage in capital transfer in A-shares. In two years, it controlled three listed companies.

Zhang Yida remembered that in his previous life, he also collapsed and became another Boss Jia.

This Boss Xia was not in the club, and Zhang Yida and his entourage visited for a while and left.

Standing behind the Wolves is Fosun Group, and the boss Guo Guangchang is known as the richest man in the magic capital.

From the operation model of the Wolves team, we can get a glimpse of the wisdom of this capital operation boss.

Wolves and football agent Mendes have reached a strategic partnership.

Mendes is not a nobody, he is the agent of Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Maria, Silva, J Ronaldo and many other famous stars.

He is even more well-connected in his hometown of Portugal, and has brought a lot of Portuguese youngsters who can play and are cheap and obedient to the Wolves team.

Fosun has given Mendes benefits, such as buying a 20% stake in the latter's brokerage company, operating Cristiano Ronaldo to become the spokesperson of a Chinese mobile phone brand, Mourinho to become the spokesperson of a resort hotel in Sanya, and the transfer between Chinese and European players.

Boss Guo is indeed very good at doing business, and Zhang Yida has learned.

While Zhang Yida was inspecting various clubs, the Sun was not idle.

not only made Zhang Yida's net worth and industry clear, but also turned out the endorsement of Beckham's dog food brand for the former, and Beckham's son becoming an Internet celebrity.

The editor of the Sun newspaper was very excited, and Zhang Yida's age, worth, and identity as a Chinese were very gimmicky.

As for what Zhang Yida came to Tottenham Hotspur for the boss?

Combined with the former's value and Beckham's status as a star, it is easy to analyze the results.

As for investing in Tottenham Hotspur, the odds are slim to none.

In the past two years, Chinese capital has made large-scale acquisitions in British football leagues at all levels, and the whole of Britain knows the financial strength of Chinese tyrants.

Under the editing of The Sun, a report headlined "China's 21-year-old entrepreneurial genius worth $30 billion is about to buy Tottenham".

Accompanied by David Beckham, the Chinese internet tycoon came to Tottenham Hotspur owner Lewis' estate......

Given the financial difficulties faced by Tottenham Hotspur due to the new stadium, it is speculated that they are negotiating a sale of the club with the Chinese buyer.

Let's take stock of the industries of this Chinese tycoon, Yimin Netfinance, which has a market value of $11 billion, and Yimin Wealth, which has a market value of $2.8 billion......

The Green scooter on the streets of London is also his property, as is the short video app that my son is also playing.

I really have to admit that this is a very powerful rich man. At the same time, I wish you all the lilies, you are about to usher in a boss with strong assets.

I also have to sigh that the Chinese are too rich and are about to buy out the Premier League clubs. In the future, it will be renamed the Chinese Super League, forget it......"

In the newspaper, several photos taken by William "risking death" were also posted, and the faces of Zhang Yida and Beckham were clearly photographed.

Other newspapers saw this big news and followed up with reprinted reports.

For a time, the news spread throughout the UK.

Tottenham fans are also divided into two factions, one group thinks that it is good to introduce powerful Internet rich shareholders like Zhang Yida, and they can spend money to buy big-name players, and the league championship and Champions League championship are no longer out of reach;

On the other hand, there are conservatives who believe that Levy has managed the club well and that his results have risen steadily. A sudden change of shareholders is likely to cause fluctuations in the club's performance.

There are also some extremists who say that they will not accept foreign invasion and will maintain the purity of the club's British capital.

When Levy went to work the next day, he looked at the blackened crowd of protesters outside the club's training ground, and his good mood suddenly disappeared.

The protesting fans held signs and shouted slogans.

Levy had no choice but to get the club to issue a clarification announcement, saying that the existing shareholders did not have any intention of selling the team, and also called on fans not to listen to rumors.

Fans don't believe it, there are photos that are really hammered, and they are still fooling around.

The protesting crowd refused to leave for a long time, and reporters rushed into the crowd to conduct interviews.

"Let that damn Chinese, roll out with his stinky money, White Lily doesn't welcome him!"

A strong man with a big waist yelled into the reporter's microphone.

"Tottenham are not short of money and not lack of results now, I don't understand what Levy is thinking?"

Rational fans faced the camera and told their opinions in a very calm tone.

"Chinese can only play table tennis, so forget about football!"

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At the same time, Zhang Yida received a Chinese boss who had just flown in from Italy in the hotel.