Winners in life: starting from the street writer

Chapter 151 The boss is rich and happy

Palma City, as a tourist destination, is full of tourists, and there are many familiar European and American stars and rich people.

Among them, the Hyatt Hotel is undoubtedly one of the best-known luxury hotels in the local area, and it is also the first choice for many rich and famous people to stay.

As the boss, Shen Hao's check-in experience is undoubtedly the most important.

From the general manager to the doorman, they all show their fullest work status, hoping to gain the approval of the big boss.

During this period, Shen Hao and the others took that yacht and played around the islands.

Sometimes the whole family spends the night on the yacht.

After playing for a few days, Shen Hao originally planned to let the yacht set off to change places.

The old horse found him with a short man with gray hair.

The old horse got straight to the point and introduced directly: "Mr. Shen, this is Mr. Gao of Rhine Holdings, Gao Jisheng."

"Hello."

Shen Hao was at a loss, he remembered that he didn't seem to have any business dealings with this Mr. Gao in front of him.

"Hello Mr. Shen, I Gao Jisheng, Mr. Thomas introduced me this time. I really have no choice. I wonder if Mr. Shen is interested in buying a Premier League team?"

Gao Jisheng smiled wryly and said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Shen, I invested in the Premier League and bought Southampton in the early years. I spent 2.1 million pounds, and now it is difficult to even keep my capital. If Mr. Shen is interested, I am willing to give Mr. Shen a very low price." Discounted prices."

The old horse drank the tea indifferently, and he was only in charge of introducing.

If Gao Jisheng hadn't asked him, he wouldn't have bothered to take care of this kind of thing.

"let me see……"

Shen Hao stroked his chin, lost in thought.

If Gao Jisheng had found him before, he would have been rejected. He has no interest in investing in the Premier League.

But now he intends to improve asset allocation.

Investing in a Premier League team seems to be pretty good.

As for being restricted from selling, Shen Hao is not worried.

With the system, you are invincible.

"I want to hear Mr. Gao's quotation. If it is reasonable, I will send someone to investigate Southampton..."

Shen Hao didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Gao Jisheng understood what Shen Hao meant.

In the past two years, Southampton's annual fiscal deficit has been quite serious, almost losing tens of millions of pounds.

If this continues, I'm afraid I will lose all my capital.

The original treasure has now become a hot potato.

How dare Gao Jisheng lie to Shen Hao, since then there will be no opportunities for cooperation, and even President Ma will lose face.

"Mr. Shen, in the past two years, many buyers have contacted me, but the asking price is generally too low, only a little over 1.5 million pounds. If you are willing to bid [-] million pounds, I will sell the team to you immediately."

Gao Jisheng also recognized the reality. When he first listed the team, he offered a price of 2.5 million pounds, which scared away countless buyers.

After all, Southampton in his hands is just a relegation team, and the commercial value is not as good as he thought.

"1.5 million pounds is really not much."

Shen Hao made a phone call, then said with a smile: "However, this price can only be the final bid, and you have to help me settle the other 20% equity."

Gao Jisheng smiled bitterly. He only holds 80% of Southampton's shares.

Former Southampton owner Katrina Liebherr retained a 20% stake.

Since he wanted to buy it, Shen Hao didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Either do it all at once, or don't buy it at all.

When Gao Jisheng went out to make a phone call, Shen Hao chatted with Mr. Ma.

After more than an hour, Gao Jisheng walked back with a look of relief.

"Mr. Shen, fortunately, Katerina also agreed to sell the shares at this price."

Originally, Katerina was reluctant to sell at such a low price.

But he couldn't stand Gao Jisheng's hard persuasion, and even spoke harshly.

If she does not agree to the sale, she will not be involved next season and the club will be suspended directly.

If it is really suspended and relegated, then Southampton's value will be even lower.

Katerina also had to agree to sell the shares in her hand.

In this way, Shen Hao bought 1.5% of the shares of the Premier League team Southampton from Gao Jisheng and Katrina at a price of 100 million pounds!
After the deal was concluded, Gao Jisheng also heaved a sigh of relief.

However, it is only a verbal agreement.

Shen Hao will also send someone to conduct due diligence on Southampton to ensure that there are no hidden debts before paying Gao Jisheng.

Gao Jisheng was also a little anxious, but he could obediently obey, who let the initiative rest in Shen Hao's hands.

The elites of the legal department and financial department sent by Shen Hao quickly straightened out Southampton's accounts.

After making sure that there were no hidden debts, Mr. Shen directly transferred money to the accounts of Gao Jisheng and Katerina, using the start-up subsidy for this month.

1.5 million US dollars, approximately equal to 1.2 million pounds.

Shen Hao took out 3000 million pounds himself and quickly completed the deal.

Compared with Gao Jisheng who entered the market at a high price, Shen Hao undoubtedly took advantage of it.

I'm afraid there is no boss in the world who is more willing to spend money on the team than him.

The system's monthly start-up subsidy also applies to club investment.

Even those so-called wealthy clubs may not be willing to invest 1.5 million US dollars a season.

But Mr. Shen can spend so much money every month.

Of course, Shen Hao would not be that stupid, all the money was spent on a football club.

In a year, as long as two months of start-up subsidies are provided, it is enough for Southampton to eat a lot.

After the news of the transaction was confirmed by the media, many Southampton fans were immediately excited.

A poor Chinese boss left, and a richer one came.

Just based on the net worth revealed by the media, Shen Hao is undoubtedly the most expensive group of bosses in the entire Premier League.

It's only worse than those local tyrants who sell oil, but they are better than young.

Southampton Club CEO Martin Semens was not fired. He immediately went to Spain to meet the new boss and listen to the new boss's instructions.

His first impression of Shen Hao was that he was young.

But Simmons didn't dare to be careless, and waited respectfully for the boss's instructions.

Shen Hao was also looking at Semens. He was bald and fat, but he was very witty, which made him feel better about Semens in his heart.

Now Southampton is all his, just a CEO, and some people can replace him.

"Martin, I want to hear your thoughts on team building."

Shen Hao gave Simmons a test question.

For the CEO of a club, one must have a clear mind on team building and operational thinking.

"Boss, our team has always been underwhelming in the Premier League all these years.

The wages of the players are so high that we have to spend tens of millions of pounds every year to stay in the Premier League in order to remain competitive.

The most important thing for us now is to find an excellent sports director, and the signing of the team is very important.

The old stadium also needs to be expanded to meet the needs of the fans on matchdays...”

Simmons said a lot, and to sum it up, it just needs investment!
Signing up requires money, poaching people requires money, and expanding the stadium requires money!

In the era of commercial football, there is no saying that you can achieve results without spending money.

Shen Hao was quite satisfied with Simmons' answer, "Martin, I hope you leave for Milan immediately. I want to see the news of the signing of Maldini and Marsala within a week."

The Simens are all stupid, that's a feat of Milan.

What is the level of our club, can people appreciate it?

"Don't worry, you can go ahead and talk, I can offer Maldini and Marsala an annual salary of no less than 400 million euros + bonuses after tax, and give them greater autonomy than in Milan."

Shen Hao lacks other things, but the most important thing is money.

After the lifting of the ban period, a large amount of money can come into the account again.

Simmons nodded dutifully.

Generally speaking, the position of CEO is in conflict with sports director and technical director.

After all, what the CEO thinks is how to save money and keep the club profitable.

The technical director and the sports director are thinking about how to ask for a higher budget and improve the strength of the club.

Both are correct, but they are inevitably opposed by nature.

For Semens, before he became the new boss' confidant, he just had to execute whatever the boss told him to do.

……

Sitting on the plane to Milan, Semens was still a little absent-minded.

I can't imagine that the new boss is so willing to spend money.

The signing budget for this season alone is as high as 1.5 million U.S. dollars. This is definitely a joy that Semens has never experienced!

Holding 1.5 million U.S. dollars in hand, converted to 1.2 million pounds, it really feels different.

This is the budget of a wealthy team!

It seems that the stars of the world, Simmons dare to try to make an offer.

It's one thing to come or not, but at least Southampton has stood up since then.

Moreover, this is not a capped budget, even if it is necessary, Shen Hao will continue to increase investment.

After getting off the plane, Semens visited Maldini directly.

Maldini, as a meritorious service to Milan, completed the reconstruction of Milan single-handedly, at the peak of his life.

Facing the sudden appearance of Simens, he couldn't help being a little contemptuous.

An invitation from a big football team will not make him want to change jobs at all.

But after listening to Simens' offer, Maldini suddenly fell silent.

The annual salary of 400 million euros after tax + the floating bonus clause of nearly 600 million euros is more than double that of Milan.

In addition to the scary high annual salary, the rights Southampton offered him made it difficult for Maldini to refuse.

The club will provide Maldini with a budget, and Maldini has the power to make his own decisions.

Of course, as the owner of the club, Shen Hao naturally retained the privilege of being the owner.

Such as whether to give the green light to a certain strategy, the appointment of a coach, and the decision to make important signings and sales.

Even though Maldini looked down on Southampton, he still couldn't help asking: "Martin, what is the independent signing budget you can provide me?"

"1000 million pounds, below this price, you can make a decision directly, this is the right given to you by our boss."

Simmons said confidently: "Paul, I believe that the Red Bird will never provide such a right. This is also the sincerity of our boss to you and the affirmation of your achievements in Milan. We will have 1.2 million pounds this season. The transfer budget will also start a new stadium costing close to 8 million pounds, Paul, join us, you will never regret it!"

Maldini was even more surprised. This kind of investment is no worse than that of a giant team like Milan.

Moreover, Maldini is no stranger to Shen Hao, a young oriental rich man.

Worth tens of billions of dollars, he is definitely a rare good boss.

But his feelings for AC Milan also made Maldini very hesitant.

"Martin, I need to think about it. When I think it through, I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

Maldini didn't dare to make a decision rashly, he didn't even dare to think how disappointed Milan fans would be with him.

But his cooperation with his current investor, Red Bird Capital, was not pleasant either.

The Red Bird has always wanted to sell Milan at a high price, rather than a solid and patient operation.

He is also frequently restricted, and he will not be given such a large autonomy.

Simmons also understood Maldini's hesitation, leaving Maldini's house as a gentleman.

Turn around and visit another hero of Milan's reconstruction - Marsala.

Compared with Maldini's feelings for AC Milan, Marsala seems relatively indifferent.

He himself was just invited to join Milan, and now he has a better opportunity to appear in front of him, so there is no reason not to accept the other party's invitation.

No way, who made Southampton give too much.

The annual salary of 350 million euros after tax is double that of Milan, and it is also linked to bonuses!

Massala readily agreed to serve as Southampton's sporting director.

Even if Maldini failed to be kidnapped in the end, Simens was relieved.

With Marsala's lobbying, Maldini quickly made a decision.

After the news broke out, there was an instant uproar.

Milan's meritorious legend Maldini was poached by Southampton and served as Southampton's technical director, with greater power than Marsala.

The two cornerstones of Milan's reconstruction were just dug away by Southampton waving a check.

Countless enthusiastic Milan fans wanted to shoot all those damn investors.

But it's a done deal, and Maldini also expressed his nostalgia for Milan, which most fans can still understand.

The main reason is that Southampton is too weak. If you go to a rich team, many fans may have objections.

But Maldini went to a Premier League underdog.

At such an advanced age, who would want to miss the opportunity to make a lot of money?

But when Southampton offered 5000 million euros to buy Theo Hernandez, many Milan fans were dumbfounded.

How rich is this motherfucker underdog in the Premier League?
But after the signing of the new broadcasting contract, the last team to be relegated can also get 1.06 million pounds.

The champion can get 1.76 million pounds in broadcasting share.

With Southampton's results, there is no worry about relegation, and the broadcast fee is steadily 1 million pounds.

Counting match day tickets and commercial sponsorship income, there should be around 3000 million pounds.

However, the salary of the players is a big one, and it is expected to cost nearly 5000 million pounds, as well as some transfer fees that were previously in arrears.

In the case of not investing in this season, there is still some profit.

But if you don't invest, it means relegation, and countless English championship teams are very jealous.

But now Southampton is so ambitious that they dare to bid for a wealthy defender. This really shocked countless Milan fans.

How dare you?

But this is not over yet, many giants have offered Southampton's offer, which is much stronger than Newcastle, which made countless fans look forward to it.

(End of this chapter)