Chapter 695(1/2)
“Welcome to Milan House!”
At the gate of the office building C in Keino Square, Milan, Barbara Berlusconi, in a fiery red dress, stretched out his jade hands to the guests who had just gotten out of the car, accompanied by bald manager Galliani.
This Audi is a special car specially used by AC Milan to receive noble guests.
And this time, the customers it picked up were the buyer from the United States, Tohill and the team behind him!
"Hello, Barbara!" Tohill's eyes were a little straight when he saw Barbara who had been dressed up carefully.
Jason Levin and Steven got out of the car one after another, but more of them looked up at the six-story building of the glass curtain wall.
Strictly speaking, it is a four-story building, because only half of the fifth floor can be used, and only a small part of the sixth floor can be used.
This is an irregular inverted trapezoidal building with a slope of nearly 30 degrees on the roof. There are models of five athletes running and sprinting, which has a very enterprising sports spirit.
The exterior walls are the same as Building A and Building B in Keno Plaza. They are all gray, but with the sharp corners of the top floor as the center, a red and black circular pattern different from the color is drawn. It is considered a kind of decoration, but it is quite good.
"Several people, please come in!" Barbara was obviously full of confidence in the team's new headquarters.
Such a headquarters is second to none even if it is placed in the entire European football world.
After all, most teams are headquartered at their own home courts, and only some Serie A teams do not have home ownership, so they will build another headquarters outside the stadium.
Inter Milan's headquarters is at No. 24, Dulini Street, while AC Milan's headquarters is at No. 3, Tulati Street.
Although I have just moved here, the new headquarters has been carefully renovated.
The ground floor is a fan shop, bar, restaurant, and the basement is also fully utilized and is arranged into a team's museum and trophy showroom. The second to fourth floors are office floors. The higher the level, the higher the level.
So, Barbara, Berlusconi, Galliani and Braida are all on the fourth floor.
The fifth and sixth floors are not put into use due to space.
When new guests come, they naturally have to follow the customs and take them to the museum and trophy showroom for a good tour, and by the way, they can check out the team's restaurants and fan shops.
During this period, Toshire also bought a few souvenirs, saying that he would go back and give them to his children.
"What a pretty good office space!"
Walking into the bright conference room on the fourth floor, Tohill felt very sad.
He has also been to No. 24 Dulini Street, which is so shabby compared to this place.
Of course, some people may say that there is a lot of flavor there, but it cannot keep up with the times at all, right?
But Steven, who had never spoken, suddenly said without a word, "If I remember correctly, the Geno Square should be the work of the famous Italian designer Pitro Valle. It was planned since 1998 and has not been completed until now, including a fan square and three office buildings."
Both Tohill and Jason Levine were very surprised by Steven's words. Why did he suddenly show off his knowledge?
Could this bike boy fall in love with Barbara?
No way?
Doesn’t he like riding a bicycle? Why do he fall in love with women?
But Jason Levin soon realized the problem and immediately opened the documents that AC Milan staff had just handed over, which included the building in AC Milan's fixed assets.
But it is obvious that this is rented by AC Milan!
Even though they have always claimed that this is the asset of their club!
No wonder when I turned in, I saw that the two buildings outside were almost exactly the same as this one, but one of them had been rented to South Korea's LG Electronics as its Italian headquarters. So that's what it is!
Barbara was also a little embarrassed, but she reacted quickly and immediately laughed, "We signed a long-term lease contract with Keno Plaza, and you have also seen that the surrounding land is getting higher and higher recently, and the rent is also rising steadily. Therefore, we think the prospects for this asset are also very good."
Is this a reasonable explanation?>
Obviously not, but if you want to continue talking, you can't keep track of this!
"OK!" Toshir also understood, "Then let's have a good talk."
Barbara nodded at Tohill and smiled, "Then let's start!"
Everyone found their own seats to sit down. The bald manager Galliani never said a word from beginning to end, but just had a very hypocritical and old fox smile.
"We have also been in contact with each other before, and our opinions are very clear. We can only sell up to 49% of the shares, and it is impossible to have more, because we have the responsibility to ensure that AC Milan is still in control of the Italians. Otherwise, it would be difficult for us to predict how intense the fans' reaction will be!"
Speaking of this, Barbara smiled slightly, "I believe you have seen it too. Not long ago, Inter Milan was just acquired by investors from China. The fans immediately triggered a big riot and almost became out of control. For the same thing, we don't want it to appear on AC Milan, which will damage our brand value!"
When Jason Levin and Steven heard this, they all leaned back and laughed.
Can this be said so well-sounding?
"Barbara, I think you are quite clear about our sincerity. One billion euros is exactly in line with your and the outside world's valuation of AC Milan. We also have enough financial resources to complete this acquisition."
Toshire's words made Barbara, who was sitting opposite him, shake his head slightly. It was obvious that AC Milan would not agree.
"Of course, if you ask for only forty-nine percent of the shares to be sold, then we can agree, but we have a requirement."
"What are the requirements?" Barbara immediately became interested.
Berlusconi introduced foreign capital and planned to use Kaizi's money to run AC Milan. How could he let go of his controlling stake?
Therefore, in this negotiation transaction, as long as the holding is not involved, everything else can be negotiated.
"We hope that you can divide the acquisition funds into three parts according to Inter Milan's method, part of which is used to repay the team's debts, part of which is used to strengthen the team's recruitment, and part of which is used to appear stably in the Champions League, and part of which is used to build a new stadium."
These days, all football investors are very clear that the Champions League and the new stadium are the largest piece of fat.
"We hope to obtain a piece of land in Milan through Mr. Berlusconi. In addition to building a new stadium, we also include other supporting facilities. We are responsible for buying and building the land. After completion, the stadium will belong to the club and other supporting facilities will belong to us!"
This is also a big piece of fat!
Think about it, a new stadium can accommodate about 50,000 people. On average, there will be about one game in a week. Every game day, a series of supporting commercial facilities such as shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants will bring huge benefits.
Jason Levin, who has experience in NFL and NBA operations, knows this better than anyone else.
And he has also recently used this set of chips to successfully convince the American real estate tycoon Steven Ross to agree to invest in his acquisition team, who is also very interested in buying Italian real estate projects.
Barbara sat there, frowning slightly, but was silently thinking in her heart.
According to the acquisition strategy of Toshir and others, the Berlusconi family could hardly get even a penny.
Not only can't get it, maybe you have to invest another amount of money to operate the new stadium.
Otherwise, they will lose their controlling rights if their shares are diluted by them.
But this is not the point. The real point is, where does the land come from in Milan now?
"Mr. Toshir, I still need to discuss your latest proposal with my team, but I think it would be very difficult if the land you requested must be in the city of Milan!"
"Why?" Tohill was a little surprised.
"Because there is no extra land in Milan."
"That piece of land diagonally opposite the former site of the World Expo..."
Barbara suddenly realized that these guys were eyeing that big fat piece of meat.
He is quite brave and dares to grab the meat that Yang Huan eats in his mouth!
<> "You shouldn't pay attention to yesterday's newspaper news."
Tohill, Jason Levin and others all showed their attention.
"The Milan International Expo Foundation announced yesterday that because only one company from China participated in the bidding, the land had been taken down by the other party, so I can only say that you are late!"
"What?" Jason Levin couldn't sit still.
"Didn't it mean that qualifications need to be assessed and publicized, isn't it that fast?"
Barbara laughed in her heart, and her father was right. Jason Levine was the protagonist in the acquisition team.
"Yes, it should have been, Mr. Levine, but, you should understand that this plan will never catch up with changes, bid early, which was unanimously agreed by all members of the General Council of the Milan International Expo Foundation."
"Why?" Steven was also very upset.
They finally convinced investors that they came for that piece of land.
I originally wanted to take advantage of Berlusconi's connections and relationships in Italy to snatch the land from Yang Huan. Who knew that the guy had started so quickly and got it done in advance!
"According to the explanation of the Council Chairman Bennettini, the other party plans to complete the construction and start operations two years later!"
"What?" Jason Levine almost laughed, "How is this possible?"
But Barbara didn't find it funny at all, "No, Mr. Levine, this is absolutely possible!"
When the three big men across the street looked over, she smiled sweetly, "Because they contracted the project to a construction company from China!"
At this moment, everyone present was silent.
If we want to say that the infrastructure industry can create miracles repeatedly, it must be an infrastructure company from China.
Jason Levine felt very depressed, but she felt funny.
It’s not that Yang Huan is funny, but that they are funny.
Who is Yang Huan?
I just sold 10% of the company's shares to Apple and made $20 billion, and I had too much money to spend.
Look, the headlines of all Italian newspapers, big and small, were Inter Milan a few days ago, and stars were introduced one after another without blinking.
And now?
To be continued...