Chapter 1085: Large-scale acquisitions
"I can't ask for it! Don't know how much money you want to invest and how many shares to buy? Liu Neng couldn't wait to ask.
"Based on the company's current stock price, I am willing to give this number." Liu Tao stretched out a hand as he spoke.
"Fifty million? If you say 50 million, you can buy almost 4% of the shares. Liu Neng said.
Liu Tao shook his head and said, "It's not 50 million, it's 500 million." ”
"I only have 60 percent of the shares in my hands, and if these shares are given to you, I will have less than 20 percent left in my hands. If you count it that way, I'm a marginal figure. Liu Neng said with some hesitation.
"Why do you have to sell your shares? My investment can be regarded as a capital increase. You can dilute it according to the shares in your hand. Liu Tao said with a smile.
"The group's current market capitalization is 1.25 billion. If you invest 500 million, then you can own almost 30% of the company's shares. Liu Neng simply calculated and said.
"In this way, you are still the majority shareholder of the company. I am the second shareholder. Liu Tao nodded and said.
"When will the contract be signed?" Liu Neng's love became excited. Once he gets a cash injection of half a billion, he'll be able to go big. At the very least, he can make those competitors nervous.
"If you want, you can arrange for someone to draw up the contract now, and then we can sign it." Liu Tao said.
"Okay." Liu Neng immediately called his secretary and asked the other party to organize people to draw up the contract.
"Now let's talk about the club. How much money are you going to sell now? Liu Tao asked.
"The club is also part of the group, and according to the proportion of your current shareholding, plus the right of first refusal enjoyed by shareholders, it will only cost about 40 million." Liu Neng calculated and quoted the price.
"Forty million is forty million, and I won't bargain with you here. By the way, let them draw up the club's contract and sign it later. Liu Tao said.
"Okay." Liu Neng immediately complied.
After almost an hour, the contract was delivered. Liu Tao did not look at the contract, but was done by Fang Baichuan.
Fang Baichuan carefully checked the various details listed on the contract. nodded at Liu Tao.
Then both sides signed separately.
"I hope we have a good time together." Liu Tao stretched out his hand as he spoke.
"Yes." Liu Neng hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party.
"Wait a minute, 540 million will be remitted to the group's books immediately." Liu Tao called Fan Wenjuan and asked the other party to remit the money directly to the account of Huaneng Group.
Soon, the money reached the account of Huaneng Group.
Liu Neng didn't expect the other party to be so clean and neat. In less than half an hour, such a large sum of money entered the group's account. It seems that the young man in front of him is really not simple!
"Chairman Liu, now that the transaction has been completed, you arrange for someone to move the club to Binjiang City as a whole." Liu Tao said.
"Is there a professional football stadium in Binjiang City? If not. It's better to let the team stay here for the time being. At the very least, there is a dedicated football pitch here. Liu Nengjian said.
"Yes." Liu Tao nodded and said, "The stadium in Binjiang City can become a very standard football stadium with a little transformation. Of course, this football stadium is only temporary, and I will find a better place in Binjiang City to build a top-notch football stadium. ”
"I'll arrange it right now." When Liu Neng saw him say this, he no longer dissuaded him at the moment.
Everything has been done, and there is no point in Liu Tao and the others staying here. After saying goodbye to Liu Neng, the group of three left the hotel.
"Uncle Fang, when are you going to Binjiang?" Liu Tao asked.
"Anytime. I've taken care of all the properties pretty much and I can go with you now. Fang Baichuan replied.
"When you go, you can be with Uncle Xia." Liu Tao nodded and said.
"I have eight billion dollars in cash right now. Is the money sent directly to the account of the future investment company? Fang Baichuan asked.
"No, you don't." Liu Tao shook his head and said, "This money will be in your hands for the time being." I'll look for you when I need it. ”
"Okay." Fang Baichuan nodded.
"Coach Zhu, now the team has bought it. Can you give me a list of players I want to buy? Liu Tao asked Zhu Xiaoming with a smile.
"The list has been drawn up." Zhu Xiaoming took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the other party.
Liu Tao took it and took a look and found that there were a total of twenty-five people's names listed on it.
"Isn't it twenty? How did it become twenty-five? Liu Tao asked with some incomprehension.
"Five of them are in the Shuda Club. You also know that the backstage of the Shuda club is very rich, so these players may not be able to be sold. I'm just listing it for your attention. If you can buy them, of course, it's best, if not, then forget it. Zhu Xiaoming explained.
"Shu Da has a lot of money, and he has won three consecutive championships in the domestic football league, it is estimated that these players will not leave. I'll take care of the remaining twenty players. Liu Tao said.
"If you can buy these players, it's definitely a sure thing to win the championship. Even if it is Shu Da's strength, no matter how strong. It's also impossible to win. Of course, we can also bring in some foreign aid. Zhu Xiaoming said.
"There is no need for foreign aid. When these players come to the club, I train them physically. Liu Tao said.
"If you can improve your fitness, it will definitely help the whole team. Look at those black people. Basically, the running ability is very strong. Even if you collide with someone else in the game, basically the other party suffers. Zhu Xiaoming nodded and said.
"I want fans all over the world to know that the yellow race is the best in the world!" Liu Tao said confidently.
Soon, they returned to Binjiang City from the island city.
Regarding the move of Huaneng Football Club from the island city to Binjiang City, he felt the need to hold a press conference. After all. For the citizens of Binjiang, this news is absolutely shocking.
Of course, he has already thought of the name of the new football club, which is Shenlong Football Club. The reason why he chose this name is mainly to promote the DPCA Automobile Manufacturing Company.
Although not yet a single car has been produced, the marketing campaign must be sufficient.
In this way, DPCA became the backstage of the club.
He immediately called Xia Xueqing. Tell her to get the news out and announce that the press conference will be held at 7 p.m. in the Plaza Auditorium.
Xia Xueqing immediately complied.
Soon, news about the acquisition of Huaneng Club by DPCA was flying on the Internet.
Since the club moved from the island city to Binjiang City, the fans of the island city did not have too many radical remarks. Binjiang City is a county-level city under the island city. The fertilizer water finally did not flow into the fields of outsiders.
However, most people are not optimistic about this acquisition. After all, the current Huaneng team is basically an empty shell, and it is already at the bottom of the entire league. Unless DPCA invests a sum of money to buy good players, there will still not be much interest in the team.
Of course, one person still piqued their interest.
This person is Zhu Xiaoming.
Fans didn't expect Zhu Xiaoming to come out of the mountain to coach the new team. For Zhu Xiaoming's coaching ability, many fans admire it from the bottom of their hearts. Precisely because of this. Everyone will be full of hope for the reform of the team.
After all, they believe that Zhu Xiaoming is a shrewd coach and will never go out of the mountain again casually.
There was a lot of uproar on the Internet, and Liu Tao was not idle offline.
He immediately used all the connections at his disposal to make an appointment with Zhu Xiaomingluo's twenty players and their agents to Binjiang.
In less than two hours, twenty players and their agents all appeared in front of Liu Tao.
I have to say that Liu Tao's connections are really not ordinarily strong.
Liu Tao and Zhu Xiaoming shook hands with these players one by one, and then beckoned everyone to sit down.
"I know everyone's time is valuable. So I don't want to say any more polite words to you here. I'm bringing you here to invite you to join a new team. Liu Tao said.
"You're not kidding, are you? Those of us who have a contract in place, and if we breach the contract, we need to pay a lot of liquidated damages. One of the players, Liao Weidong, said.
"The penalty is paid by the team. As long as you want to come, double your salary. I'm sure you're all familiar with each other, too. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to play in a team. In this way, it is also conducive to the cooperation between you, and even if you represent Huaxia in the competition, you don't need to sharpen your guns in battle. Liu Tao said with a smile.
"I'm willing to come." Liao Weidong hurriedly expressed his position. The most attractive thing for him is not the double salary, but the ability to play with these high-level players. You must know that his football club is already in the lower reaches of the league, and there is no way to change the fate of the team by his efforts alone.
The rest of the people also took a stand.
Soon, twenty people expressed their willingness to join the new players.
After Liu Tao received the replies from these people, he immediately arranged for people to talk to the heads of various clubs.
Since the player automatically terminates the contract, the club has no right to keep the player. It's just that you need to pay a lot of liquidated damages.
Soon after Liu Tao paid almost 500 million liquidated damages. All of these players have signed with new teams.
500 million is not a small amount of money for a business. But for Liu Tao, it can really only be a drizzle. You must know that the drug he developed has not yet been marketed, and once it is on the market. Millions can be credited in minutes.
Liu Tao paid another sum of money to sign these players. However, when signing the contract, Liu Tao chose to sign a five-year contract.
Within five years, a player cannot be terminated casually. If you cancel the contract, you will need to pay a sky-high penalty damages.
In order to prevent the players from terminating the contract, Liu Tao set these liquidated damages very high, and almost everyone looked like hundreds of millions.
And so it goes. Even if other teams want to poach people, they have to weigh whether these players are worth the money.
After signing these players, Liu Tao asked them to talk to Coach Zhu.
At the same time as signing the contract, he has already sent someone to release the news that is enough to make domestic fans crazy.
Soon, almost all the domestic media sent reporters to Binjiang City.
In addition, there are a large number of fans who rush to Binjiang City through various ways.
All of a sudden, the entire Binjiang City was overcrowded.
After Cui Guodong learned the news, the first object of conjecture was Liu Tao. He knew that only Liu Tao could do such a crazy thing! In other words, only Liu Tao has the ability to do such a thing in such a short period of time!
He immediately called Liu Tao!
Liu Tao after receiving his call. Smiled and admitted this fact.
"Now Binjiang City is full of reporters and fans from all walks of life, draining the water that has been blocked on the side of the square auditorium. How are you going to deal with this? Cui Guodong asked with a little crying and laughing.
"It's a good thing for Binjiang that so many people come to Binjiang! So many people have to eat and sleep! It seems that these merchants can make a lot of money again. Liu Tao said with a smile.
"Don't interrupt! I've called the traffic police brigade and now all the manpower has been sent there to maintain order! If something really happens. When the time comes, I'll have to take the blame and resign. Cui Guodong said.
"This one was easy to deal with. I could divide the press conference into twenty places at the same time. Liu Tao said with a smile.
"Twenty places? Will this work? Cui Guodong asked in disbelief.
"Of course. Didn't I just let the club sign twenty players! Let them hold separate press conferences! Originally, I was going to make a collective appearance for them, but it seems that this idea has failed! Let's hold it later. Liu Tao said regretfully.
"Good! I'm going to send someone out there right now! In this way, fans who like different players can be dispersed. Cui Guodong said.
"Don't worry. I'll ask them to arrange it first, and when it's done, I'll send someone to the auditorium square to let them know. Liu Tao said.
"You've got to hurry." Cui Guodong urged.
"Yes." Liu Tao hung up the phone.
Then. Liu Tao explained these situations to Xia Xueqing and Zhu Xiaoming.
Soon, a new press conference program was introduced.
Twenty players will be arranged to meet in 20 open venues.
As for the square auditorium, Xia Xueqing and Zhu Xiaoming came forward to hold a press conference.
In order to protect everyone's safety, Liu Tao also called Cui Guodong and asked the other party to come forward and send some policemen to maintain order.
Soon, the already congested roads became less waterlogged. Those fans who came to Binjiang City went to find their favorite players.
Just when everyone was busy, Liu Tao left the office and went home.
Anyway, he has already arranged everything, and the rest is left to Xia Xueqing and the others to deal with.
When he returned home, he found that everyone was discussing the purchase of the football club and players by DPCA.
See him come back. Fan Wenjuan hurriedly asked, "Ah Tao, did you do this?" ”
"Yes." Liu Tao nodded and said, "I just bought the original Huaneng football team and twenty players. ”
"I said, do you have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend it? I heard that you spent hundreds of millions in total? Aimei reproached. She wasn't very interested in football either, so her first instinct was that the money was a bit of a waste.
"Counting the liquidated damages for buying the team and paying the players, plus their salaries, it costs almost a billion." Liu Tao replied.
"OMG! One billion! What the hell do you think? When will you earn all this money back?! Aimei exclaimed.
"I don't know." Liu Tao shook his head and said. He was telling the truth, it is difficult to say when so much money will be able to return to its original value.
"If you don't know, you're buying blindly? You're the one who burns a lot of money. Ai Mei said.
"Auntie, don't blame Ah Tao. I'm sure he did it on his own. Besides, one billion is not a big number for Tao. Fan Wenjuan comforted beside her.
"A billion is not a big number? Ajuan, do you have a fever? Ai Mei said as she touched Fan Wenjuan's forehead.
"Nope." Fan Wenjuan shook her head. said: "One billion is really not a lot of money for Ah Tao. ”
"Stinky boy, where the hell did you get so much money?" Ai Mei couldn't believe her ears. She knew that her son was rich, but she didn't expect her son to have so much money.
"Some of this money was given by Grandpa Fan, and some of it was earned by myself. There are also some of them from Uncle Xia and Uncle Fang. Liu Tao replied.
"So you're taking other people's money and squandering it at will?!" Aimei asked in surprise.
"How can it be considered a casual squander! Although I spent a billion yuan, I don't have a team in my hand! In addition, now that a large number of media reporters and fans have come to Binjiang City, it will also be of great benefit to Binjiang City's consumer market. Of course, there is a deeper reason why I bought a team. Liu Tao said this to his mother and said with a wry smile.
"Really? Speak up and listen. Aimei suddenly became interested.
"The football team is a big part of a city's business card. You look at the big cities. Which does not have a football team. Even island cities have football teams. If Binjiang wants to truly become a big city, it is very necessary to have a football team. With this team, it will enhance the image of the whole city. I now have so many projects in Binjiang, if Binjiang develops better and better, for me, it will definitely make more and more money. Mom, now you understand why I should buy the team, right? Liu Tao said with a smile.
"I see. Wouldn't it be over if you just said it earlier? I'm worried about you in vain. I thought you were a loser when you had the money in your hands. Ai Mei gave him a blank look.
"I want to be a loser, isn't there no chance yet! Have you all eaten? I'm a little hungry. Liu Tao asked.
"I haven't done it yet. It's not like you're just coming home and you're here to talk about it. I'm going to cook now. Ai Mei said.
Then, Ai Mei and Chu Tianjiao entered the kitchen together. (To be continued.) )