At a manor house in England, Zhang met Tottenham's two owners, Daniel Levy and Joe Lewis.

He was accompanied by David Beckham, who led the way to the meeting.

Levi was in his fifties, with a large shaved head, a stern face, and a cold expression.

Another Jewish tycoon, Lewis, is 80 years old, with loose skin and an old complexion. He greeted Zhang Yida and Beckham very warmly.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are in finance, and I am also in finance, so we have to have a good exchange. ”

Zhang Yida said with a smile: "Mr. Lewis's name is well-known in the foreign exchange circle.

My business is mainly in the Internet sector. Even if it is finance, it is more in terms of financial management, investment, and lending. ”

Zhang Yida has specially learned about Lewis, and his experience is indeed legendary.

He dropped out of high school at the age of 15 without a degree in finance or economics, but he was a good speculator in foreign exchange.

In 1992, he began to get involved in foreign exchange trading, he participated in the operation of the financial predator Soros to snipe the pound, and quietly retired from the "Black Wednesday" incident when the pound crashed after reaping a huge amount of loot.

Immediately after the Mexican financial crisis in 1995, Lewis shorted the peso again, and his assets skyrocketed again.

Two successful speculations laid the foundation for his career to take off.

Of course, when he dropped out of school at the age of 15, his first pot of gold came from running his father's catering company.

In other words, this guy is also a rich second generation.

Lewis nodded, "The Internet is good business, and it makes more money than we engage in speculation."

Google, Facebook, Amazon, which is not a large company with a market capitalization of hundreds of billions of dollars.

I also regret that I didn't read much back then. Otherwise, you have to get an Internet company to play around. ”

Zhang Yida smiled, and his words were a bit too much.

said modestly: "My company is still far from them, and it is working hard." ”

Lewis smiled: "At your age, it is rare in the world to be able to achieve this achievement."

I believe that by the time you are 30 years old, you will be able to match or even surpass them. ”

This old man is quite good at talking, Zhang Yida laughed and said, "Then thank you Mr. Lewis for your blessings." ”

"Young people should enjoy life. You're worth a lot more than me, but life may not be as colorful as mine. ”

This is true, these bigwigs who are engaged in finance are the best at playing.

Zhang Yida knew that the collection of famous paintings and other items had cost 1 billion pounds, and he had moved his office to a yacht. The days are very chic!

"For a wealthy man like you, it's necessary to have a football team to increase its influence.

Especially if you're still in the Internet industry, I've heard that your apps are popular all over Europe. It's remarkable. ”

Zhang Yida doesn't smile, the Jews just know how to do business and get to the bottom of their own situation.

"Tottenham Hotspur, I've been a shareholder for more than a decade, and I have a lot of affection for the team. ”

This is a deceit, and the Jews investigate themselves. I have also investigated the Jews, and I know that this old man basically does not participate in the management of the team, and has a hairy feeling.

"But I'm also 80 this year, and my days are running out. If Zhang Yida sincerely wants to buy Tottenham, I am willing to fulfill you. ”

Lewis's cloudy eyes flashed with shrewdness, "I wonder how much Mr. Zhang is willing to bid?"

"1 billion pounds!" Zhang Yida blurted out.

"This offer seems too insincere. Lewis was expressionless and said lightly.

"Manchester United are only worth just over $2 billion, how much does Mr Lewis think Tottenham should be worth?"

Lewis did not answer, but Levi, who had not spoken for a long time, took over the topic.

He scoffed: "Mr. Zhang may not know much about the Premier League, let me introduce it to you."

Manchester United are currently sixth in the league and have not tasted the Premier League title for nearly four years, and the Champions League place is no longer "certain".

Tottenham are currently third in the league and we were third last season with a solid result. ”

Zhang Yida nodded, "Tottenham's results are good, but judging from past honors and team income, we have to admit that there is a gap between Tottenham and Manchester United."

Manchester United's financial revenues last year, including commercial sponsorships, broadcasts and matchday revenue, reached a record £515 million.

Their 10-year, £750 million sponsorship contract with Adi and £330 million with Chevrolet is beyond the reach of other teams. ”

Before coming, Zhang Yida had done his homework. He is not a desert tyrant, and he can't withstand the lion's mouth.

"Those numbers are correct, but we're not in a bad situation, with revenues of £209.8 million for the 2015-2016 financial year.

The 2016-2017 financial report is yet to be released, but it is expected to be around £300 million, a 50% increase from the previous year.

The most important thing is that our club is profitable, last year it was £33 million, and this year it is expected to be more than £40 million.

Since 2012, we have been profitable for 5 consecutive years.

Such a team that focuses on localization, young cards, and a maximum salary of only 100,000 pounds a week has only paid 248 million pounds in transfer fees in the past three seasons.

Far below Manchester City's £669 million, Manchester United's £455 million and Chelsea's £433 million, it is only sixth in the league.

Shouldn't clubs that can produce results and make money be sought after?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yida sighed in his heart, it is indeed a rare high-quality asset.

Many football clubs are losing money, and it is very rare for Tottenham to make profits for five years in a row, as rare as pandas.

He knew that being able to obtain such good financial statements was inseparable from Levi, the president of the club.

Levy is the famous Grande in the Premier League, and he is simply famous for his careful budgeting.

In Ferguson's words: Negotiating with Levi was more painful than my hip replacement.

He likes to buy those young players the most, hundreds of thousands, millions of imported players, and then train them, and then sell them at a high price.

For example: Modric for £35 million and Gareth Bell for £91 million.

Not only that, but the routine players also have a set.

When the rookies were just starting to rise, they signed them to long-term contracts at very low salaries. When these players are playing well, they choose to renew their contracts quickly.

Players should hate such club presidents, but big bosses like this kind of talent who can make money.

Football clubs are like that, if they don't do it properly, it's easy to overspend financially and then go into the red.

"Mr. Levy, can you tell me your offer?" Zhang Yida decided to listen to the quotation.

"£2.5 billion!"

Beckham, who was silent on the sidelines, was drinking coffee when he heard the number and almost spit out.

The movement he made was a bit loud, and Levi frowned, "Mr. Beckham, are you alright?"

Beckham waved his hand again and again, "I'm fine, I'm fine, but I'm in a hurry to drink coffee, I'm sorry." ”

He cast a sympathetic look at Zhang Yida, and before he came, he had greeted Zhang Yida.

These two Jews are not easy to deal with, and it is estimated that you are young and suddenly rich, and they will definitely extort you a sum of money.

Although Zhang Yida was a little mentally prepared, when he heard the offer of 2.5 billion pounds, he almost flipped the table and left.

Holding back the emotions in his heart, Zhang Yida comforted himself: Talk about business, open prices all over the sky, and pay back the money on the ground.

"Mr. Levy, this is a higher offer than Manchester United. Hehe, it's close to Barcelona and Real Madrid. ”

As if he didn't understand the ridicule, Levy said with a smile: "The club has been profitable for five consecutive years, and there are tens of millions of pounds in profits every year.

Such a high-quality asset, in exchange for Mr. Zhang, are you willing to sell it cheaply?"

'£2.5 billion is outrageous, Tottenham didn't win either the Premier League or the Champions League. Not worthy of the value of a wealthy family!"

Levy said toughly: "What if it's not a big club? The club is financially healthy and its results are steadily rising. How many people are willing to sell such a team?

If Mr. Zhang sincerely wants to buy the team, show your sincerity. ”

After speaking, he didn't forget to run on Zhang Yida, "Mr. Zhang is worth nearly 30 billion US dollars, and 2.5 billion pounds is not difficult for you!"

The ghost's $30 billion, Zhang Yida thought that Hurun's value for himself was too great.

Zhang Yida set his eyes on Lewis who was there. The old man smiled and said, "Levi's opinion is my opinion." ”

It seems that he really thinks of himself as a fat sheep, and Zhang Yida also said: "I can accept an offer of up to 1.1 billion pounds." ”

Levy smiled, "That's not going to be a good deal?"

"Mr. Levy, your offer is indeed too high. I think you should give a number of sincerity. ”

Beckham couldn't stand it anymore, where is the lion's big mouth, it's just a shark's big mouth!

"Well, Mr. Beckham has helped to speak. If I give him this face, then we will lower it a little bit, £2.4 billion, which is also our final offer. ”

Zhang Yida shook his head and said with a wry smile: "For me, it's still a little too high." ”

Levy smiled faintly: "In this world, good things are always expensive.

If Mr. Zhang chooses a team in the Championship, I am afraid he will not be so troubled and entangled. ”

A Championship team is a team that is one level lower than the Premier League. Zhang Yida said secretly, what is this kind of team bought for? It wants to be famous but not famous, and it wants exposure but not exposure.

The advantage is that it is cheap. But if you want to produce results, or even promote to the Premier League, you need to spend a steady stream of money. It also takes a long time, and it doesn't always lead to results.

Although he likes football, he is not willing to accept the sky-high extortion of 2.4 billion pounds.

He has analyzed that Levy keeps saying that he will not sell the team, but isn't he sitting at the negotiating table today?

These sanctimonious hypocrites like to say how much they like the team. But offering a price that they can't refuse is not about running around and trading.

Today's meeting is a mutual test of hole cards, and no one will easily show the reserve price.

"I'm not as worth as much as Hurun, and most of my assets are not listed.

The combined assets of the two listed companies are only four or five billion US dollars. And these shares cannot be sold at will.

It is true that the financial resources are limited, so I can only give up the acquisition. ”

Zhang Yida decided to retreat and test Levy again.

Levy shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Zhang, all of your Internet companies are treasures! There are several companies with a valuation of more than 10 billion US dollars, and the number of users is also hundreds of millions.

These companies are all high-quality assets. Hurun's statistics are still very accurate. ”

"It's over, Mr Levy, I can only come up with £1.15 billion at most, and I can't do anything more.

After all, I can't drag my other industries into the quagmire for a simple football hobby. ”

Levi secretly said funny, and said that there was no money, and the price increase was so refreshing, adding 100 million or 50 million pounds without blinking an eye.

He himself sometimes fights for millions of pounds over transfer fees.

Comparing the two, you can see how bold the young man in front of him is.

He expected that Zhang Yida was in love with Tottenham, this kind of nouveau riche would not be worthy of his name as Grande of the Premier League.