Chapter 203: Buying Chelsea

UEFA was established to announce the list of three types of sponsors in June 2oo2, Zhuo Rushan signed a thick enough cooperation agreement on behalf of Yundian, and flew back to Yunguang first, leaving the team responsible for the 4-year cooperative marketing and promotion of the European Cup, and the top public relations companies in Europe to make detailed and appropriate marketing plans, including advertising films, the cooperation of dealers around the country, print media advertising, Internet advertising and a series of matters.

Wang Bing was also driven to Los Angeles by Yu Jun, and he couldn't let him stay in Europe anymore, if he stayed any longer, he would be able to go back to Europe to pick up his children in ten months.

Yu Jun took Wu Yu on a private jet to go to London, and Yundian's authorization scheme to purchase aRm is the largest since the establishment of aRm in 1985, changing most of the core structure, and paying a price of 100 million US dollars at a time, which can shorten the progress of Yundian's research on microprocessors.

Wu Mingche gave Yu Jun a schedule plan that he would not be able to reach the level of 1ghZ by mid-2oo2, and could only reach the level of the first generation, that is, the Pentium I, but this is not bad.

Hengchun Technology is still bursting with good news, and it may be almost impossible to pass through Yundian.

European and American countries have extremely strict control in the semiconductor and processor industries, and they will not lightly authorize foreign manufacturers, unless they are in the same camp.

aRm commissioned a company to conduct an investigation, but it didn't come up with a clue, and it could only be investigated that it was a U.S.-funded company.

Yu Jun hopes to carry out more extensive cooperation with aRm, which itself is a technology licensing enterprise, and if it can have strong production capacity, it will definitely form a block with TE1 and AMD on 2oo2.

aRm is on par with Inte1 in a wide range of microprocessor fields, and its research capabilities are also outstanding.

It's just that the current aRm is still on the fire.

Yundian's research strength is extremely strong, and it is still staggering forward in terms of complex microprocessors, such as those suitable for home PCs and servers, but in terms of microprocessors for mobile phones, it is not inferior to Nokia and other companies.

This is due to the fact that when smartphones have not yet become mainstream products, the microprocessor unit of mobile phones is really not complicated, and the computing and processing functions to be carried out are still at a very low stage.

The smart function of the mobile phone has attracted attention because after the 911 incident, when the communication of all the officials in the White House in the United States has been cut off, Vice President Cheney's mobile phone with the blueberry function can also rely on mobile mail, that is, wireless Internet mail receiving function for external communication.

It was only after media reports that it came to the fore.

aTT immediately added 5oo OEM orders to Yundian in September, and wireless Internet access functions such as IFI have long been conquered by Yundian, and Yundian's series of mobile phones are also pre-installed with Kingsoft's email software.

To cooperate with aRm, not only in mobile phone microprocessors and CPUs, if possible, it will cover the field of chips, but Yu Jun does not have much hope, if the semiconductor industry opens up a gap, it will make European and American countries jump.

The plane stopped smoothly at the airport in London, Yu Jun tucked off his coat, the wind in London is really strong enough, bigger than the windy city of Chicago or Wellington in the United States, I think of London is not called the fog capital?

Wu Yu walked out of the airport next to Yu Jun, rented a Lotus car, squeezed into the car and said, "Do you want to go to Chelsea first?" "

If you go to aRm, you won't stop in London, which is headquartered in Cambridge.

"I asked Haitong to collect information about Chelsea's finances, this summer manager Ranieri spent 420,000 pounds on players, 200 million pounds on the redevelopment of the stadium, and also built a luxury hotel at Stamford Bridge, which cost tens of millions of pounds, and the difficulty is that if it can't rank in the top three this year, in terms of TV sharing, the FA will not be able to repay the loan, and if it can't reach the Champions League next year, it will be even more troublesome. Chelsea Football Club is a publicly traded company and needs to deal with both the capital markets and the fans, and bringing in new investors is the only solution to its long-term problems. "

Since Yu Jun promised that Wang Bing would go to Chelsea to have a look, he would be fully prepared, even if he would not buy Chelsea in the end, he would have enough understanding of it.

"It will cost £200 million to buy Chelsea," Wu Yu asked, tilting her head slightly, "Do you still want to privatise it?" "

Privatization is definitely needed, and Yu Jun doesn't want to be put under a magnifying glass.

"Well, let's see, if it's appropriate, form a shell company, and then control another shell company, you don't need to provide my relevant information to the shareholders, and it will be good after privatization."

Yu Jun squinted at the bright sunshine in the city of London.

It has only been a month since Hancourt, the chairman of Chelsea FC, released the news, and there are indeed many consortiums interested in buying close to 7o% of his shares, but there are still very few who will actually come to investigate.

If you count the investment before and after, it will take 4.5 billion pounds to revitalize Chelsea, which is indeed not a small amount.

Listening to Wu Yu's thick American-accented English, he was a little surprised when he received a call from his secretary to the landline.

"What kind of consortium do you represent?" Hancourt asked.

"Oh, I'm representing a private acquirer, but rest assured, the person I'm representing has the financial power to do so." Wu Yu squeezed her eyes at Yu Jun and said.

Hancourt imagines perhaps a reclusive aristocrat in Europe, or a billionaire at the top of the world's richest list.

"Okay, will you come over now?" Hancourt thought for a moment and said.

"Of course, I'm going to rush over with my client right now." Wu Yu heard Hancourt's affirmative reply, hung up the phone and held it in his hand, and looked at Yu Jun.

"You don't have to learn the English language, do you?" Yu Jun smiled, "The British still maintain the self-righteous reserve of the empire on which the sun never sets, I don't know what that Hancourt is." "

Hancourt watched the secretary lead Yu Jun and Wu Yu into the office, and was stunned for a moment, the pure American English was not like something that this lady could speak.

"May I ask if you are from ......?"

"China," Yu Jun smiled and shook Hancourt's outstretched hand, "What?" Isn't it a surprise to the Japanese? "

"No, of course not," Hancourt shook his head, smiled and invited Yu Jun and Wu Yu to sit on the sand opposite, and asked, "Are you interested in buying my stake in Chelsea Club?" "

"Well, I'd like to see this club first." Yu Jun said as he looked around the old and old office.

The walls of the room are full of photos, most of which are individual photos of the club's presidents and chairmen over the years, as well as photos of famous stars from the previous main lineup. As a team with a history of nearly 100 years, these set-ups are full of weight.

"That's as it should be, I'll take a look at it with you." Hancourt observed that Yu Jun's clothes were custom-made products from the top luxury brands, which made him feel a little relieved.

Even if this is a mob from China, as long as he can get him out of this bitter water, he doesn't care about anything.

"It's the Hall of Honour, where the trophies the team has won over the years are displayed." Hancourt took Yu Jun and Wu Yu with him, and said as he walked, "In front is the gift storage room that fans give to the team. "

Chelsea have won very few trophies, compared to the traditional powerhouses of England, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and the once-smash hit Leeds United.

Although there has been some improvement under the leadership of Claudio Ranieri and Gianfranco Zola in the past two years, they have entered the European competition for several consecutive years, and won the FA Cup this year, there has always been a lack of some first-class teams.

It's still too far from the traditional powerhouses, and the league championship was more than 40 years ago, and it has only been won once.

Standing at Chelsea's home stadium, in Stanford Stadium, Yu Jun looked at the players who were still practicing, turned his head and asked Hancourt: "How much does it cost to buy your shares?" "

"£2500,000." Hancourt said with an eyebrow.

Wu Yu didn't know why Yu Jun suddenly changed his mind and turned her head to look at him.

"Are you responsible for all the debts? Mr. Hancourt," said Yu Jun with a smile, "£2ooo million, plus all the debts, will be borne by me." "

This means that Hancourt will receive £2ooo million without having to repay any of the loans, and he said without hesitation: "Okay, now I will organize a meeting of the board of directors and shareholders." "

"Miss Wu will have full authority to participate on my behalf," Yu Jun said, patting Wu Yu on the shoulder, "I hope to make a decision as much as possible." "

Wu Yu watched the excited Hancourt walk away and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to buy it?" "

"Chelsea is a good platform, if you do sports marketing, Ying's influence in the world is also big enough, and," Yu Jun leaned on the railing and looked at the stars who were practicing, and said with a smile, "I am also a Chelsea fan." "

"Didn't I hear you mention it?" Wu Yu asked curiously.

"Not Chelsea now." Yu Jun put his arm around Wu Yu's waist, looked up at the clouds in the distance and smiled.

Wu Yu registered an offshore company in the Cayman Islands, and then registered another in the Solomon Islands, with a Cayman Islands company controlling the Solomon Islands, and then called Chu Haowei to inject 1 billion pounds into the company's Swiss account.

Hancourt's votes on the board and shareholders' meetings also went smoothly, leaving Yu Jun to take over Chelsea with legal, financial and timing.

Leaving Wu Yu in London, he arranged for two bodyguards to protect her at any time to deal with the rest.

He took Xie Qing to Cambridge, and everything had to be handled on Christmas Eve, so that he could take Wu Yu to join Xiaoxiao, who flew from Yunguang to Los Angeles, and spent Christmas with Sun Yuhao and Qin Xue.

The assistant president of aRm stood downstairs at the headquarters in Cambridge City and watched Yu Jun come out of the limousine, frowning slightly, the matter about Yundian was handled by him personally, but he didn't expect Yundian to arrange such a young person to come over, this sincerity was not enough.

At least talents of the level of Zhuo Rushan, Carly, and Yu Junhao are needed.

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