"Which one?" Chen Zhiwen immediately became interested, the farm thing, in fact, I want to buy, no matter when, as long as there is money to buy it, that is, recently because of the US government's riotous operation, oil crisis, inflation, high bank base interest rate and other reasons, the farm price is at a historical low, and he can take the opportunity to buy a large number of farms or reclaimable land at the most favorable price.

But a top basketball team, even if the NBA is not very famous now, may not be able to acquire it.

"Los Angeles, Lakers." Henry Morgan smiled and said, "How? If you want a basketball team in a big city, I'm looking for it in the top 10 cities in the United States, and my subordinates asked several of them all closed, but the owner behind the Los Angeles Lakers team said he was willing to talk about it! ”

"Los Angeles Lakers?" Chen Zhiwen's eyes were full of a little surprise, this was his favorite team in his previous life, especially Kobe, who was a little Jordan.

Although the current Lakers team is definitely completely different from the future, and he doesn't know the current Lakers' ranking in the NBA, it doesn't matter, as long as you use your "money ability", you can form a fantasy super team in the 80s/90s.

This kind of team, which may have a large investment, has a strong profitability in itself, especially when the influence of the NBA began to affect many countries from the United States in the late 80s, and the star effect will increase significantly.

And this is what Chen Zhiwen wants, his Red Bull is a sports drink brand, and his own sneaker brand Anta needs sports stars to endorse, and even Midea's electronic civilian products can also be endorsed by sports superstars.

Of course, this is not the only one, ads like Red Bull also rely on a variety of other different sports events and celebrity endorsements, but there is one of the most well-known ones that always brings more traffic.

And if the team is in Los Angeles, it will be very convenient, and the current headquarters of Midea and Red Bull in the United States are in Los Angeles, and it will be much more convenient for him to go to the United States to lead various things in the future.

"But this team, the strength can only be said to be average, and there are no well-known sports superstars in it, the advantage is that it is cheap, tens of millions of dollars are enough, do you want to think about it carefully? If so, I'll arrange for someone from Morgan Stanley to talk? Henry Morgan said.

"Yes, buy it first, the NBA doesn't stipulate that an owner can only buy one team, right? It's really not suitable, I just need to buy a few more teams. Chen Zhiwen said indifferently.

Now the strength is average, there is no superstar, then you just need to wait until a few years later to poach Jordan, for others, Chen Zhiwen is not very familiar, but as long as there is money, just dig up mature members of other teams, or spend money in the draft to choose the best, as long as these people are not bad, and then cooperate with Jordan, it will be enough.

"Okay, then I'll arrange it when I get back to the United States." Henry Morgan said.

Chen Zhiwen asked again: "Disney, is there any news?" ”

"There's no news yet, I'll go back and find out again after I go back this time." Henry Morgan said: "Don't worry, the last time you met with Jason, we all understood what you meant, if we can't figure it out, you will go to Goldman Sachs, don't say that our family hopes to be able to cooperate with you for a long time, but there is no such thing, the merger and acquisition of a large company like Disney alone is enough to make any investment bank pay attention." ”

"Okay, then let me know as soon as there is news." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, this matter should not be delayed for too long, Hong Kong's economy itself is in a very sensitive state at this time, originally he should not have carried out large-scale overseas mergers and acquisitions at this time, but the window period for the acquisition of Disney is now, and if it drags on, it is the time when the new CEO and management team are ambitious, and it is impossible to give more money.

"It's nature." Henry Morgan said suddenly: "I heard that you have a bit of friction with the Hilton Hotel in Hong Kong?" ”

"You know that, too?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously, although this matter can not be kept secret, there are only a few people who know about it, and the Hong Kong media has not received any news, otherwise it would have been broken out a long time ago, it stands to reason that Henry Morgan should not know.

"I don't know it from Hong Kong, it's the United States." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "The Hilton family and the Morgan family also have a lot of cooperation, you want to buy out the contract in Hong Kong, they found us, hoping that we will come forward, maybe our family has invested a lot in Asia recently, and they all think that our relationship in Asia is relatively strong." ”

"Your network is really powerful, you can know about it after going around." Chen Zhiwen shook his head with a smile and said. If the Hilton headquarters in the United States had not kept it secret, the news would indeed have spread, and by chance, Henry Morgan would have known that he now controls the American television station, not to talk about it, but there must be many people who take the initiative to make friends.

"It's a trifle." Henry Morgan smiled and said: "Either I will be a middleman, and you will both take a step back, otherwise it will really hurt the harmony, and there will be no need for this." ”

"It's okay on my side, it's up to Hilton." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently, in fact, now it's just a matter of price, how can there be any contract to buy constantly, some time ago, Hilton Hotel Group proposed a buyout fee of 250 million Hong Kong dollars, which made it clear that it was going to kill Chen Zhiwen, although this amount may be just a drop in the bucket for the income of this land, but the money that should not be spent should naturally not be spent.

So, Chen Zhiwen, as the owner, began another round of financial review of the entire hotel, not letting go of a penny, although a few years ago had cleaned up the Hilton Hotel, but it may have been a long time, plus Chen Zhiwen's other businesses have not paid much attention to the scale, and this time the financial review quickly found out the problem, and sent 5 Hong Kong people and 2 Americans to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Although Lao Mei may care more about the interests of overseas people, this is a real illegal act carried out in the British sphere of influence, what can Uncle Sam say if he is caught? A few little people, can they still have a diplomatic dispute with Britain for them?

At the same time, it is not only these that have been found, but what is more important is that the Hilton Hotel is suspected of deliberately transferring some of the owner's interests to the head office through some methods, although it is not very big, but if Chen Zhiwen wants to make a big fuss, such as fighting a lawsuit in the United States, or spending more money to do publicity, once the scale is large, it will be troublesome for the Hilton Hotel.

In fact, this kind of thing, not only hotel groups, many chain franchise businesses have this thing, legal affairs may also be prepared in advance, plus each black fund is not much, the owner may need to invest more money if he goes to court, and although Hilton is black, it can still ensure the profitability of the owner, so basically all franchisees have turned a blind eye.

But if there is really a family with a lot of money that has to be tossed, then the Hilton Hotel will also be in trouble, which may be the reason why the Hilton Hotel found Morgan.

"Since it's a matter of price, what is your willingness on your side?" Henry Morgan asked.

"120 million, this is my bottom line, if they don't agree, then I don't mind spending another 100 million Hong Kong dollars to fight a protracted transnational lawsuit with Hilton in the United States." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said. This figure, in fact, is not Chen Zhiwen's oppression, but the data calculated according to the contract and the income of previous years, and in the original history, Li Jiacheng only paid 150 million Hong Kong dollars, that is a few years later, the current 1.2 and the future 1.5, the value is actually higher, just the exchange rate is different.

"Okay, I'll take a message, Hong Kong is your territory after all, and the Hilton Group probably just wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune and leave." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

After one week:

Hilton Headquarters, USA.

"Mr. Morgan, please be seated." Hilton's CEO, Brooke, greeted politely.

"Just call me Henry, Morgan's name, there are too many of us in the family." Henry said with a smile.

"Well, Henry, we've got the news from you." Brooke said: "We think the buyout price of HK$120 million is too insincere, and since the Morgan family has come forward to reconcile, we can reduce it a little bit, HK$200 million." ”

"Are you going to actually fight them in the United States? Do you know how financially powerful the person you are dealing with? Although he is not an American, his influence on the side of the United States is also very high, or do you think that the American court will deliberately favor American companies because of your trivial matter? Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"I naturally know his financial strength, and [Fortune] magazine concluded last year that although it is indeed strong, our Hilton Group is not weak." Brooke said confidently.

"If I tell you that the [wealth] data is wrong, the fact is that Eric is worth far more than the above data, and that he has at least 3 companies under his umbrella, and his annual profit is stronger than that of the Hilton Group, and his debt ratio is not much, are you really ready to spend money with such a person? He is a young man, a young man is very arrogant, he really spent tens of millions of dollars to fight a lawsuit with Hilton, I don't say what the final result will be, but in the long run, Hilton should not be a big deal, but as a professional manager, you will not have any benefits, right? Henry Morgan said with a light smile.

"Then I can't afford to lose the interests of the board." Brooke said.

"You don't really think that in Hong Kong, on other people's turf, you end up playing with other people, right? Why bother? I heard that you also fancy the mainland market, do you think that if you fall out because of the Hong Kong incident, what will happen in the future? Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"The mainland is so big, he has so much influence?" Brooke asked rhetorically, but his tone didn't seem as tough as before. A few years after the reform of the mainland, the tourism industry has developed substantially, which has attracted the attention of international hotel giants, besides, even if the mainland economy is poor, but such a large base, there are still a lot of rich people.

"The mainland is indeed very large, but there are only a few big cities in Yanjing, Shanghai and Guangdong, I heard that you want to invest in Shanghai, and you are still looking for partners, I actually don't know how influential Eric is in the mainland, but are you willing to bet? Besides, the conditions he offered are not excessive, right? Henry Morgan said with a smile.

Brooke frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Okay, I still need to discuss this matter with the board of directors, please pass on a word to your friends, we are just talking business, no matter what the outcome is, we are not enemies." ”

"Okay, but it's better to hurry, my friend has a big business, so he doesn't have time to spend here." Henry Morgan said with a smile, he already sensed that Brooke was regressing.

A few days later, Hong Kong.

Li Haonan walked in with a smile and said, "Chen Sheng, it's better to have a relationship with you, Hilton has already agreed to our request, 120 million Hong Kong dollars, and we will buy out the contract." ”

PS: I also wanted to write about this hotel, but it didn't feel meaningful, so I didn't want to water and asked for a monthly pass.

(End of chapter)