Berlusconi's private villa in Sardinia, Italy.

Due to the recent "sex scandal" and the unsatisfactory physical condition, the president of AC Milan and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi not only rarely travels to watch his team's games, but even the Fenningwest Group has been handed over to a few children to take care of.

However, Berlusconi intends to handle the sale of AC Milan club, which has indirectly helped him rise to the pinnacle of power in Italy. After all, if AC Milan can be sold at a relatively high price, it will not only get him rid of his infamy, but also greatly reduce the financial burden of the Finningwest Group.

You must know that the Ferningwest Group, owned by Berlusconi, spends tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of euros every year to fill the deficit to ensure the normal operation of AC Milan club.

A few years ago, when the situation of Italian competition was relatively normal, it was insignificant for the Fenningwest Group, which has an annual profit of more than one billion euros, to spend tens of millions of euros; But now, in the context of the continued decline of the Italian economy, the profit margins of the Fenningwest Group have also shrunk significantly, resulting in them not being able to come up with a large amount of money to help AC Milan fill the shortfall, and can only rely on the sale of the core of the team to maintain the balance of the books.

Because of this, AC Milan's results have been declining year after year, so that angry fans can only vent their anger on Berlusconi.

Therefore, Berlusconi's current priority is to get rid of the heavy burden of AC Milan as soon as possible.

However, because the initial asking price was too high to "scare" many interested buyers, even if Berlusconi conveyed to the outside world through familiar media that "the price can be reduced to reopen negotiations", the previous interested buyers did not seem to have colluded to restart negotiations, and all hoped that AC Milan could end the season with worse results, so that the future negotiations could be better reduced.

Although Berlusconi, who has been up and down in the business for many years, has easily seen through the minds of buyers, he is deeply involved in scandals and is eager to make a move, and in the past two years, AC Milan has to "sell his kidney" to support himself AC Milan has missed the European competition again this season, and how easy is it to sell at a higher price?

Thinking of this, Berlusconi couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, I knew that this was the case, and I should have sold the club when I regained the Serie A championship four years ago." ”

At this moment, the old butler, who had served Berlusconi for more than 20 years, hurriedly came to his side and said: "Mr. Silvio, the group has just called to say that there is a consortium from China interested in buying the Milan club. ”

Hearing that the offer was made by a Chinese company, Berlusconi hesitated slightly before asking, "What is the offer from the Chinese?" ”

"The offer is 550 million euros."

If it had been a few days ago, Berlusconi would have immediately rejected the 550 million euro offer, which was not far from what he expected.

But now, with no other buyers bidding, Berlusconi has no choice but to force his anger and say: "If the other party can increase the offer significantly, I can meet them here in person, otherwise there is no need to talk." ”

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Domestically, on the 8th floor of an office building in the 2nd Ring Road of the capital, the general manager's office of the "Wind Team Sports Management Company".

More than two years ago, the "Wind Team", which only had 6 people, including Feng Quan's two personal physical trainers, did not have a special office location, after all, except for the two personal coaches who often had to follow Feng Quan to participate in various competitions around the world, and Zhao Shijie often needed to negotiate contract renewals with Feng Quan's club, personal portrait rights and other matters, there were not many times when other people were needed.

To some extent, except for Zhao Shijie and the two physical trainers, the other three are more like temporary workers of the "Wind Team", so they don't need a regular office location at all.

However, with the opening of chain restaurants in China, Germany and Spain, the signing of young athletes with outstanding potential such as Sun Mingyue, and the establishment of football schools in cooperation with Wande Group, especially after the joint establishment of the "Fengquan brand" with Biaoma Company, the "Six King Kongs" at the beginning of the establishment of the "Wind Team" have long been unable to maintain the normal operation of the entire team.

As a result, Feng Quan established the "Wind Team Sports Management Company" at the suggestion of Zhao Shijie, and also rented an entire floor in an office building in a prime location in the capital for office.

Just as Zhao Shijie, who had been busy all afternoon, was about to merge his lunch and dinner, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the office.

With a "please come in", a young man of medium stature and simple appearance walked into Zhao Shijie's office.

"Mr. Zhao, there is new news from Italy." Zhang Xin, who served as Zhao Shijie's assistant as an "intern", said a little hurriedly.

Zhang Xin, who has not yet graduated, although he is only an "intern" in name, but considering his status as a small man, Zhang Xin's salary is the most except for the "Six King Kongs".

Of course, although Zhang Xin's appearance is very simple, he is still very capable of being admitted to the School of Business Administration of Northeastern University.

"Well, let's talk about it." Zhao Shijie pushed the instant noodles in front of him to the side and said.

"The other party said that although our offer lacked sufficient sincerity, if the offer could be greatly increased, Berlusconi was willing to meet us directly at his villa, otherwise there would be no negotiation."

Hearing this, a faint smile immediately appeared on Zhao Shijie's face.

In fact, Zhao Shijie himself knows very well that Berlusconi will not be able to agree to an offer of 550 million euros, after all, there are many world-renowned sports economic companies that have made a valuation of AC Milan FC at about 700 million euros (including debt).

The reason why Zhao Shijie gave an offer that was far lower than the valuation was more for the purpose of exploratory.

More than half a year ago, when Feng Quan and Wonder Group discussed cooperating to establish a football school, Weng Xuelin inadvertently revealed that he had tried to buy AC Milan Club, but when the other party learned that it was a Chinese company that was ready to buy, he immediately rejected Wonder Group's proposal without any reason.

Because of this, Zhao Shijie deliberately gave an offer far below the valuation to test whether the other party really had the sincerity to negotiate.

Now, after hearing that Berlusconi was willing to negotiate in his villa, Zhao Shijie was even more convinced of the judgment that "the other party is in a hurry to make a move". In this way, you can gain more initiative when negotiating.

However, even if the other party agrees to sell AC Milan at a price lower than the valuation, there is still a big gap in the acquisition funds on the side of the "Wind Team".

So, Zhao Shijie said to Zhang Xin: "Tell them that we are very sincere in acquiring AC Milan, but we need to hire a professional appraisal team to go to Italy for on-site evaluation before we can determine the new offer." ”