Chapter 196: Pocket Watch
The four of them sat in the private room, chatted briefly for a while, and then waited for the other two shareholders and relevant people from the Sports Bureau to arrive, and then began to negotiate about the transfer of Shangyuan Greenland Shenhua Football Club this time.
Shangyuan Greenland Shenhua Football Club is a professional football club in Shangyuan, China, referred to as "Shangyuan Shenhua", which is currently competing in the Super League of the Chinese Football Association. The team's home stadium is Shangyuan Hongkou Football Stadium. He has won the 1995 Chinese Football League A Championship, the 1998/2017 Chinese Football Association Cup Championship, the 1995/1999/2002 Chinese Football Super Cup Championship, and the 2007 East Asian A3 League Championship.
On January 30, 2014, Shangyuan Greenland Group officially announced that it would take over the club, and in February of the same year, it was renamed "Shangyuan Greenland Football Club", and the team name was changed to Shangyuan Greenland Shenhua Team. In January 2015, the club changed its name to "Shangyuan Greenland Shenhua Football Club". In 2017, the team won the Chinese Football Association Cup again after 19 years and qualified for the AFC Champions League.
"Mr. Li, you also know that it is not easy for us to form this team, if not for necessary reasons. We are reluctant to transfer him. After all, don't look at our age, our love for football is still there. Dai Honghou said to Li Hao very seriously.
He, like Bi Anbang, Xu Yuanxun and others, will spend money to play football clubs because he likes football. It's not like it's a money-making tool. It's a pity that because of the resignation of the coach and the injury and retirement of the main player, this upcoming new season seems to be more difficult than in previous years.
That's why Greenland Group had the idea to transfer the team, after all, in 2017, they had won glory, and it was time for them to retire bravely.
Bi Anbang, the major shareholder, after taking a sip of soft drink, added to Li Hao, "Mr. Li, about the transfer of the team, in fact, we have also talked briefly with several intending groups recently. In terms of price, there's nothing wrong with that, it's just a bunch of numbers anyway. It's mostly about the love of football and we want to find someone who can keep the team running and get him on track. May I ask Mr. Li, do you know more about football here?"
Before Li Hao could answer, he saw Zhu Ping, a relevant person from the Sports Bureau sitting not far away, who seemed to know something, and said, "Boss Bi, I have something here that I want to say before Mr. Li, as far as I know, Mr. Li seems to have donated 70 million yuan to Xu Genbao Football School in the last two weeks, and also carefully selected 26 young talents as a talent reserve in the future." I don't know about this, Mr. Li, am I right?"
After listening to what Zhu Ping said, Dai Honghou, Bi Anbang, Xu Yuanxun and others who were sitting at the table suddenly had some shocked expressions!
"Donated 70 million, and also selected 26 football talents? Zhu Ping, is your news true?" Xu Yuanxun couldn't help asking.
"It's true or not, it's not false, isn't this Mr. Li just sitting in front of us? Just ask if you don't know, I also listened to what my friend said. Zhu Ping intended to curry favor with Li Hao, so he said.
"Really, Mr. Li, is what Zhu Ping just said true?" Since Zhu Ping is a relevant person in the Sports Bureau, the football talent he said must be a talent, and there should not be too much water.
Seeing a table of people looking at him, Li Hao smiled without denying it, "Sort of." ”
Hearing Li Hao's final word, the five people sitting at the dinner table couldn't help but open their eyes and look again, the young man sitting in front of them!
The previous shareholders of Park Hyatt, the other five couldn't help but look up to Li Hao by three points. And now the football school donations, as well as the provision of talent transfer, which fully proves Li Hao's love for Chinese football. And just looking at the degree of these two things, it proves that it may be more profound than the five of them.
Because of these two events as an interlude, the first round of negotiations went very smoothly. Among the four interested parties, Dai Honghou, Bi Anbang, and Xu Yuanxun are more inclined to Li Hao. Even if one of them is willing to pay an extra 20 million to buy a football club, the five are not too tempted.
Kang Sheng, the CEO of Greenland Group, owns 39.8% of the shares of Shangyuan Greenland Shenhua Football Club. Regarding the second round of negotiations, he took Dai Honghou, Bi Anbang, and Xu Yuanxun to participate.
Three days later, in the evening, Li Hao drove his Ferrari sports car to the headquarters of Greenland Group in Shangyuan and met the famous CEO of the world's top 500 companies.
As soon as the two met, the boss Kang Sheng stepped forward in a precious gray suit and shook hands with Li Hao cordially, "Hahaha, Li Hao, the boss of Yihao Entertainment Group, I know you." At the charity auction, you stole the limelight from a lot of people!"
In celebrity society, there are no permanent friends, and there are no permanent enemies. In line with the principle of harmony and wealth, everyone rarely has disputes with others, unless the conflict of interests between the two parties cannot be reconciled.
"Mr. Kang has won the award, I'm just doing charity. Li Hao replied modestly.
Kang Sheng took a closer look at the young man in front of him, and then he noticed that in Li Hao's suit, there was a pale gold pocket watch-like watch, only a small ring and a chain strap were exposed.
Because Kang Sheng has a soft spot for Huai's expression, he recognized the metal similar to a pocket watch at a glance, "Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to be so young and like to play with something as antique as a pocket watch? Maybe the two of us can take out our pocket watches and admire each other?"
After hearing this, Li Hao subconsciously touched the pocket of his suit, and the golden pocket watch in the pocket was an item rewarded by the game when he completed the main quest on the road. At that time, because I didn't care too much, I simply put it in my suit pocket and wanted to go back and put it in the safe.
But because there are too many things to do, and there are too many task rewards, Li Hao forgot about this pocket watch, and until today, when he wears the suit, he simply keeps it in his pocket.
"Mr. Kang, in fact, I don't have much research on pocket watches, and I just play casually with them, so I can't compare with an expert like you. ”
After Li Hao spoke modestly, Dai Honghou, Bi Anbang, and Xu Yuanxun said to him with a smile, "Mr. Li, don't be too modest, we all know that you spent more than 400 million yuan to buy a private jet half a year ago." With Mr. Li's handwriting, I'm afraid the pocket watch in his pocket is not ordinary!"
"That's right, Mr. Li is young and promising, and he loves football so much. Why don't you just take it out and give it to everyone to enjoy? This Zenith alarm pocket watch of our Mr. Kang was auctioned at auction for 21.8 million. He's been obsessed with this pocket watch lately!"