Manchester City.

Li Mu knew that this club was in the same city as Manchester United, but he had the impression that Manchester City's overall strength and reputation were much worse than Manchester United.

Even worse than Chelsea before Abou took over, the team has been relatively bright since 2010, but that happened after the team completed the capital change and the Middle East tycoon took over.

Li Mu asked Davidson: "In the 02-03 season, how many places did the Manchester City team win?"

Davidson had already made full preparations before he came, so he blurted out: "Mr. Lee, last season, Manchester City finished ninth. ”

Li Mu nodded: "There are a total of 20 teams, and the ninth place can only be regarded as a little bit above average." ”

After that, Li Mu asked again: "What about the Manchester United team?"

Davidson said helplessly: "Mr. Lee, Manchester United was the champion last season. ”

Li Mu smacked his lips and asked again: "What ranking did the Manchester City team win in the 01-02 season?"

Davidson was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... Manchester City had just been promoted to the Premier League in the 01-02 season, but were immediately relegated back to the First Division, only to be re-promoted to the Super League in '02. ”

After speaking, Davidson saw that Li Mu's expression seemed a little dissatisfied, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, if you are not very satisfied with the Manchester City team, I can continue to help you look for it, and tomorrow I will ask someone to contact Liverpool, or Arsenal and Newcastle United to see if they are interested in making a move." ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "No need Davidson, if the Manchester City team is really interested in making a move, then talk to the behind-the-scenes capital of the Manchester City team, if the price is right, I will buy it." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Mu hurriedly added: "Oh yes, please help me tell them, I only consider a wholly-owned acquisition." ”

Although the strength of the Manchester City team is not very strong, but the comprehensive strength is certainly much stronger than any club in China, as long as it is won, it can be used as a bridgehead for overseas training and training of Chinese players, and the team's previous results are not too good, so it is a better start, if you really buy a defending champion like Manchester United, if you play third next year, then the fans of the Manchester United team and the British media will definitely sour themselves, and blame the team's performance decline on their own Chinese boss.

Li Mucai would not give these arrogant Britons such a chance to pretend to be forced.

Buy a team like Manchester City, spend some money to get a better coach, and then introduce a group of excellent players, the strength of the team will inevitably go up, last year played ninth, this year can play eighth, fans and media will not be blind comparison, if you can enter the top five, then the atmosphere will be more relaxed.

Seeing Li Mu's decision to acquire Manchester City, Davidson nodded hurriedly and said, "Mr. Li, I will probably introduce you to the situation of Manchester City Club." ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Thank you Davidson, but I don't need to go into too much detail, I'm not interested in its current financial situation and the capital structure behind the scenes, I'm not interested in its current players, and I'm not interested in its current head coach, you just need to tell me a price that can probably be handled, and I will arrange someone to come and connect with them." ”

For Li Mu, a Premier League club, as little as tens of millions of pounds, more than hundreds of millions of pounds, spend this money without bothering to understand so much, understand an approximate price, and then let people come over to negotiate.

Davidson naturally knew what Li Mu meant, for him, a deal of tens of millions or one or two hundred million pounds is no longer worth his investment in too much energy to understand, analyze and research, just like a billionaire to buy a car, as long as he likes it, he only needs the other party to tell him a number, and then he can write a check according to the number.

So, Davidson said: "Mr. Li, the current price of Manchester City is about 100 million pounds, but the actual transaction price should be around 65 million to 70 million pounds." ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Then I'll let people talk about it at the price of 80 million, by the way, Davidson, you should know someone over there, please introduce me to an interface person." ”

Davidson's expression hesitated for a moment, and after about ten seconds, he said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, among the shareholders of the Manchester City team, several of them are very stubborn old Englishmen, they are all declining but stubborn old-money, like money, If you directly send someone to negotiate business with these people, there are often two possibilities, one is that the other party will tell you not to sell when they see that you are a Chinese; ”

Li Mu's brows couldn't help frowning tightly, and he asked him puzzledly: "What is the reason for not selling to the Chinese, or selling to the Chinese, or at a higher price? Is it racist?"

Davidson hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "It's not that it's racism, it's that these old diehards are too self-righteous, they look down on anyone but them, you are richer than him, he is more cultured than you, you compare culture with him, he compares family history with you, you have to compare family history with him, he may compare football with you, if football can't compare to you, compare the amount of alcohol with you......"

Li Mu smiled helplessly and asked, "What about your suggestion?"

Davidson said: "My suggestion is that the Goldberg family simply negotiate with them about the acquisition, we will first come forward to negotiate and determine the price, if Mr. Li has no opinion, we will go through the contract with them, do the audit and complete the acquisition, and then transfer the original price of this club to Mr. Li you." ”

Li Mu thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed, he didn't want to talk about business with such an old stubborn, too tired, wasting energy and feelings, if Davidson could do it for him, it would be really good.

So, Li Mu said to Davidson: "Makino Technology will pay a commission of 10% of the acquisition price to the Goldberg family as a thank you." ”

Davidson smiled: "Mr. Li, there is no need for commissions, we are friends, and you are the guests of our Goldberg family, if you still charge commissions for this little thing, it is really too angry." ”

Li Mu smiled: "It's true that we are friends, but I also believe in a principle, that is, never let others volunteer to help." ”

Davidson nodded lightly, he probably understood what Li Mu meant, he couldn't accept his obligation to help in vain, and he couldn't win the lead qualification of Makino Technology's future listing IPO from Li Mu in vain.

So Davidson didn't say much more, and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, it's almost time, let's go downstairs for breakfast." ”

"Good. ”

……

The Goldberg family arranged breakfast in two separate dining rooms, yesterday's ballroom for most people, and a small dining room for important guests.

Davidson took Li Mu to a specially arranged small restaurant, there were not many people dining here, there were probably only a dozen people, of which there were only four members of the Goldberg family, and most of the remaining members of the Goldberg family were entertaining other guests in the banquet hall.

Wendy was entertaining guests at the moment, and as the eldest granddaughter of the Goldberg family, she was in the dining room herself, not only greeting each guest warmly, but even offering the latest newspapers this morning.

Seeing Davidson and Li Mu coming in together, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, Mr. Li, good morning, what do you want to eat?"

Davidson pointed to Wendy and said to Li Mu: "Look, my favorite eldest granddaughter is more professional than a professional when she becomes a waitress." ”

Wendy laughed, "Grandpa, you forgot that I used to work at Starbucks for a summer job?"

"Oh...... I almost forgot. Davidson patted his head and said with a smile: "I'm still the same, I'll just tell Mary later, you can use the professional skills you learned at Starbucks to serve Mr. Li, a guest from afar." ”

Wendy stuck out her tongue, and then said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, the front page headlines of British newspapers today are all about you!"

Li Mu smiled and asked, "Really?"

Wendy picked up a folded new newspaper, showed the first page to Li Mu, and said, "Look, this is today's "Times", the front page headline. ”

Li Mu took a serious look, and the front page of the Times was written in huge and eye-catching words: "Titter, another Internet miracle created by Li Mu!"

The picture accompanying the article turned out to be a photo of himself and Prince William published by Li Mu on Titter yesterday.

Li Mu smiled slightly and teased: "It seems that I am more photogenic than Prince William." ”

Wendy smiled, then approached Li Mu, and whispered in his ear: "When Prince William just came, his face was full of red light, and he was very happy to look at it, just now he received an important phone call, and he went outside to talk on the phone, please ask me when you leave, saying that when you come, you must let me invite you to have breakfast with him, do you see if it's okay?"

Li Mu said indifferently: "I can do it." ”

Wendy smiled: "Then please come with me, I'll pour you a cup of coffee first, Prince William should be back soon." ”

……

At this time, William was on the lawn outside the castle, excitedly talking to his father on the phone.

By half an hour earlier, William had gained five million followers on the Titter, a number that shocked the entire British royal family.

These five million fans come from all over the world, almost all of them know and follow William through Li Mu's Titter, before that, the British royal family has not received such a high level of attention in the world, and William, not only suddenly appeared on a new world-class stage, and even became one of the protagonists on this stage, which is of great significance to the entire royal family.

What makes the royal family even more excited is that this morning, William's photo with Li Mu began to be adopted by a large number of media, not only the British local media, but also the media in other European countries are also using this photo to report the grand occasion of Titter sweeping the world, and this photo is the first photo released by Li Mu on Titter, which is naturally very significant.

In this way, William has successfully rubbed the headlines about Titter and Li Mu, and even many media have written articles specifically for William, and these media are very optimistic about William's future, for no other reason, that is, because he is young, he has become Li Mu's friend, not only became Li Mu's first Weibo photo taker, but even got Li Mu's first @, if he can continue to maintain a good relationship with Li Mu, it is definitely a great thing for the future British royal family.

So, William's father personally called him early in the morning and gave him three tasks:

First, continue to enhance friendship and get closer to Li Mu at Goldberg Manor;

second, continue to update its own Titter, to show fans around the world the upbringing and temperament of the British royal family;

Third, invite Li Mu to Buckingham Palace as a guest.