Lakers owner Jake Cook took the initiative to find Han Chudong, and this kind of trade is really easy to negotiate.

Speaking of the current owner of the Lakers, Mr. Kent Jack Cook, is mainly engaged in the media field, and he is also a well-known wealthy businessman in the local area.

Assistant Arthur helped convey Han Chudong's meaning, saying that he was willing to buy all the shares of the Lakers for 18.5 million US dollars, and soon received a reply from Mr. Cook Sr. that he would come to the city to talk to Han Chudong in person.

At first, I thought I had agreed to the price, so I wanted to negotiate the details in person before the transaction, but after the meeting, I found out that this was not the case.

"I thought that a flamboyant young businessman like you should have an exaggerated office, but I didn't expect that like an old guy like me, he likes to set up a special table for making tea, and I can drink tea alone for two hours a day, and I have also specially commissioned a friend who travels to Asia to buy me the best tea on the market. ”

Hearing Old Cook's words, Han Chudong returned with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to praise me first, when my new office building is renovated, the whole floor will be my office, but drinking tea is indeed a good habit, now my grandfather makes a cup of strong tea every morning, and then goes for a walk in the park, and the next time I meet top good tea, I will have someone send you some." ”

The secretary standing on the side quietly wrote down the incident in a small notebook.

Even if Han Chudong forgets about this matter in a blink of an eye, these employees will help implement it and send it over in the name of the small boss.

"It's good to be young, to get rich at a young age, it's even better, you can easily get everything you want, instead of walking with a cane like me, and it's not far from the age when you can sleep in adult diapers. ”

After saying this, without waiting for Han Chudong to speak, Old Cook continued to add: "The 20 million dollars from the sale of the team, I plan to donate all of them to my Kent Jack Cook Charity Fund, and my other wealth will also be donated, which seems to be better than leaving it to those relatives who fight openly and secretly all day long, and it will be used for the education of young people."

It doesn't matter if it's less than $1.5 million, but you can treat it as charity and donate in your name. The Lakers are a good team that I have single-handedly supported, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, etc., who made the Lakers never miss the playoffs throughout the sixties, and George McCann in the early days, who gave the Lakers five championships in six years, great teams have great spirits, and I think it will not disappoint you. ”

Knowing that the other party actually wanted to donate all the money from the sale of the team, Han Chudong instantly stopped worrying about the specific purchase amount, and said frankly: "You should have told me earlier that you plan to donate all of it to the charity foundation, then I will definitely not say a word, and prepare the check before you arrive." ”

Some wealthy people always like to use charitable foundations to achieve wealth inheritance under the banner of charity, and avoid inheritance tax, real estate tax and so on.

However, judging from what Han Chudong has already learned, he feels that Old Cook should really belong to the kind of person who is ready to give back to society, after all, he has no children and no daughters, and he has no idea how much money to give his relatives.

"So...... Mason, you agreed to this deal, right? My only request is to give me a few tickets on a regular basis when you get the team, some old friends have been taking tickets from me for a long time, and when they are sold, they can't give them again. ”

"Don't worry, I'll give you a few tickets with the best locations before every tournament. ”

"Thank you very much, but it's better not to be too close to the pitch, my friends and I are all too old, and maybe life and death are just a matter of getting a ball in the head. By the way, if you are willing to invest more money to build the stadium, I also have a piece of land in my name, near Echo Park, a total of 160,000 square meters, which can be sold to you at a low price, to be honest, I have always had the idea of building a stadium, and even the land is ready, but I don't have the money to build it, at least it will cost about 80 million US dollars. ”

"This matter, Mr. Cook, I will give you an answer when I have seriously considered it, can you tell me the area of that land and the quotation first?"

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Han Chudong was taken to Echo Park in person, and had a more intuitive understanding of the land area, located in the north of the park, a large piece of land, which has been leveled, and is now rented to others as a parking lot and a temporary waste recycling warehouse.

In the end, he still didn't give an accurate answer, although the price was only 7.7 million US dollars, because he didn't think that investing so much money to build the stadium now would bring him extra enjoyment, or profits, and it didn't matter if this matter was carried out a little later.

It's true that you like impulse spending, but you don't buy everything you encounter.

The two Bell-212 helicopters customized last year have just been delivered, and the shape of the red pattern on a black background looks quite cool, and after informing the location through the satellite phone, a pilot drove it to land in the open space, and took Han Chudong back to the city.

When I got back to the office, I heard that Governor Olson had just called and told him that the Dodgers shares had not been sold, and that Mr. Walter O'Malley, the elder who owned most of the Dodgers' shares, was willing to rush back to talk to Han Chudong after his vacation.

I called back in person, thanked Mr. Olsen, and agreed to go golf together when I had time, and hung up quickly, which is a small favor, and there is no need to care too much.

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Last year, I met with Warren Buffett and Munger to discuss the acquisition or financing of Berkshire Hathaway.

Han Chudong temporarily changed his mind, and did not plan to realize the layout through the increasingly large Mason United Group, but chose to use a shell company registered on St. Barthes Island to secretly invest in this enterprise.

There is no need to worry that Buffett and Munger will leak secrets, this practice belongs to the unspoken rules in the business world, and it is a good thing that is beneficial to each other, since they did not intend to become enemies with Han Chudong, then after Han Chudong specially instructed, the two will naturally keep their mouths shut.

In the next few days, the investment bank called the oracle quickly acquired Berkshire Hathaway shares worth more than $17 million, and it is expected that in the next two months, another shell company will raise about $20 million more, and by then Han Chudong will hold 25 percent of Berkshire Hathaway's shares.

After briefly sorting out the short-term development strategy, Han Chudong took a helicopter to Silicon Valley, and took several candidates for supervisors, that is, professional managers, to Aurora Games after completing the relocation work.

After completing the ownership transfer procedures of the Lakers, in early February, Han Chudong got a reply from White Horse Winery, and the other party was willing to sell all the assets to him at a price of 66 million US dollars......