Kroenke said: "I heard that you hired Kenyon and bought the shares in the hands of the minority shareholders. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Your purpose is not just to buy my Arsenal shares, right? ”

Lu Yang nodded and said: "I admit that I do want to buy Arsenal, and after the acquisition, Arsenal will be my only team." ”

Kroenke looked at him with interest: "Are you so sure, I will sell you the shares in my hand?" ”

Lu Yang smiled and shook his head: "It's the first time I've met you, and I haven't had a relationship or understanding before, so how can I be sure?" However, we are all businessmen, and as long as everyone can get what they want, I believe that the deal will always be done. ”

Kroenke was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "You're right, but do you know what I want?" ”

Lu Yang looked at him with a look of deafness.

Kroenke's cloudy eyes looked out the window, recalling something.

"I've been making sports my career for a long time, and I can't say why. I have real estate, shopping malls, and farms, but the most important thing for me is sports. The acquisition of Arsenal is the most proud thing I have done in ten years, so I will not sell Arsenal back. Kroenke abruptly refused.

Lu Yang was slightly stunned, and immediately returned to normal. He didn't know much about Kroenke and didn't know what the story was behind it.

"Mr. Kroenke, I think you can hear my quote first. For 63% of your Arsenal shares, I'm willing to pay £1 billion. Lu Yang looked at him and said.

"£1 billion, Arsenal aren't worth that much money......," Kroenke laughed.

"Perhaps, this is my sincerity."

"He is the richest man in the world. However, even if you buy my shares, Usmanov will not let you monopolize Arsenal. The stubbornness of this Russian is not something that ordinary people can imagine. Kroenke said.

Lu Yang was overjoyed: "So, Mr. Kroenke, you said you agreed to sell Arsenal?" ”

Kroenke didn't answer Lu Yang's words, and asked rhetorically: "Young man, can you tell me why you want to buy Arsenal." I know you have a lot of industries to your name, and each of them is very profitable. In contrast, Arsenal doesn't have much value to you. ”

Lu Yang said: "If Arsenal is worthless to me from the perspective of making money, not only can it not create profits for me, but it requires my continuous investment. ”

Kroenke nodded in agreement, knowing better than anyone else how Arsenal are doing. In his hands, Arsenal did not lose money, however, because there was not enough investment, Arsenal never achieved results. Kroenke knew in his heart that if Arsenal were in Lu Yang's hands, he would definitely invest heavily in improving Arsenal's results. How can the richest man in the world like Lu Yang endure the lack of a championship in his team?

"I bought Arsenal because I wanted to use its influence to promote sports in China. To tell you the truth, I had a plan to buy a team for a long time, and in Huaxia, although I didn't buy a team, I invested in hundreds of sports schools. I invest in sports, not for gold medals. I prefer sports for all to professional sports. In the future, I will buy other influential teams, and the team I want to buy must have considerable influence in China. Lu Yang said.

"I kind of get it, it's a great idea." Kroenke nodded, he heard that Lu Yang wanted to develop national sports, but this needed to be driven by a team with enough fame, so he chose Arsenal.

"Arsenal can sell you." For some reason, Kroenke changed his mind, "I see your sincerity, and I believe that your acquisition of Arsenal is not out of utilitarianism. I'm also older and I don't have any juniors in my family who like to run a football club, so maybe it's the right decision to give it to you. ”

"Thank you very much for your trust, I won't let you down." Lu Yang's face was overjoyed.

Regardless of Kroenke's change of attention, Lu Yang still won Arsenal after all. Neither of them is a dragger, after reaching an agreement, they signed on the same day, and Lu Yang bought 63% of Kroenke's Arsenal shares for 1 billion pounds. After the agreement was signed, Lu Yang replaced Kroenke as Arsenal's largest shareholder.

After Kroenke got it, all that was left was Usmanov. At this time, Lu Yang already held 70.72% of Arsenal's shares, while Usmanov only had 29.28% of the shares. In this case, Usmanov gave up his shares very well.

When Kroenke was there, the reason why he was able to carry it for a few years was because Kroenke's own financial resources were not as good as his. If Kroenke hadn't prevented Usmanov from getting a 30% stake, perhaps Usmanov would have taken Arsenal into his pocket. This is because according to Premier League rules, when a shareholder owns more than 30% of the club's shares, he has the right to make a statement of the club's full takeover.

After knowing that Lu Yang became the majority shareholder of Arsenal, Usmanov also knew that he had no hope. Lu Yang himself has more shares than him, and his net worth is far greater than that of him, rather than insisting on losing both with the other party, it is better to sell the other party a favor.

Lu Yang's acquisition of Arsenal was carried out in secret, however, he himself did not expect that the acquisition would be exposed by the media while he was negotiating with Usmanov.

"Lu Yang, the richest man in the world, secretly bought Arsenal, and the Gunners may have changed owners!" Britain's notorious The Sun made a front-page headline, along with a photo of Lu Yang and Kroenke in a café.

The report of "The Sun" caused an uproar, Arsenal is a Premier League giant, the world's top football club, it has only been a few years since it was acquired by Kroenke, why has it changed owners now?

"The British paparazzi are amazing." When Lu Yang saw the news, he smiled at Usmanov.

Usmanov laughed: "After a long time in England, you will get used to it." ”

The acquisition of Arsenal is just an episode of Lu Yang's visit to the UK, and he is still paying more attention to those technology companies. However, in the eyes of the outside world, this news is obviously more eye-catching. Following The Sun, British newspapers have taken turns to report on the inside story of the acquisition, with some saying that the acquisition has been completed and others saying that it is still under negotiation.

The happiest people to see this news are the Chinese fans, in China, Arsenal has a lot of fans, and now seeing that Arsenal is about to become a Chinese team, these fans cheered. Many people left messages on Lu Yang's Weibo and put forward many suggestions......

After the acquisition of Arsenal, Lu Yang appointed Peter Kenyon as the manager of the team, and as for the head coach of the team, it is still Professor Wenger. For Arsenal fans, Professor Arsene Wenger is the soul of the team, and even if the owner wants to change the coach, he has to ask the fans if they agree.

Lu Yang did not bother to care about what the fans thought of the acquisition, he spoke to Arsene Wenger and expressed his recognition of his achievements. Wenger heard that it was Lu Yang who bought Arsenal, he was surprised and happy, who didn't know that Lu Yang was the richest man in the world with a net worth of more than 200 billion, if he became the owner of the team, would Arsenal still be as poor as before?

At the same time, Wenger was also a little worried, he had not dealt with Lu Yang, and he did not know what his management style was. Through this conversation, Wenger finally put his heart back in his stomach, and Lu Yang has said that he will give him full autonomy, and at the same time, will increase his investment in the team.

After Arsenal changed hands, Lu Yang met with fans at a press conference to show how much he values Arsenal. Although many fans did not seem to welcome the Chinese owner, most fans cheered when Lu Yang announced that he would invest 100 million euros as transfer funds for Arsenal. Even the media have lamented that Arsenal has finally ushered in a big rich man, and there is no longer a need to live the kind of frugal life and live by selling star stars.

Just when everyone was discussing the impact of Lu Yang's entry into Arsenal, he had quietly returned to China. However, Lu Yang did not return to Fuhai, but came to Yuhang.

"Brother, you went to the UK this time, and you gained a lot, right?" In Yuhang, Ma Yun gave Lu Yang a reception banquet. There were only three people at the reception banquet, in addition to Lu Yang and Ma Yun, there was also one person who was Sun Zhengyi.

'It's okay, a couple of acquisitions and a Premier League club. Brother Xiaoma, Mr. Sun, looking at your posture, Ali is ready to go public, right? Lu Yang looked at the two and asked.

Ma Yun laughed: "I've been preparing for so long, and now it's finally over." We have already negotiated with six investment banks including Goldman Sachs, and on the 19th of next month, Ali will be officially listed in New York. However, as for the stock price, we are still talking, and our initial IPO pricing range is $60 to $66. ”

Lu Yang said: "The price is very reasonable, once listed, Alibaba Group will be one of the largest Internet companies in the world." Come, we all wish Ali a successful listing! ”

After the three of them drank a glass of wine, Ma Yun talked about sex and began to talk about Ali's past, present and future. For Son Masayoshi and Lu Yang, Ma Yun toasted and expressed his gratitude, these two are the largest shareholders of Ali, among them, Lu Yang holds 40% of Ali's shares, and Son's SoftBank holds 34.1% of the shares, however, although they are major shareholders, but from beginning to end, both of them unconditionally support Ma Yun, which makes him very moved.

"Mr. Sun, after Ali went public, I don't know if you have any plans to sell your shares?" Lu Yang asked Son Zhengyi.

Masayoshi Son smiled: "I am very optimistic about Ali and think that its future far exceeds people's expectations, so SoftBank will not sell its shares." (To be continued.) )