silent farm

Chapter 366 For a Promise and Li Sheng's Bottom Line

"Jinning team?"

"Yes, this team was only upgraded this year. It was previously jointly owned by Linggang Group and the Jinning District Government. It was a second-tier team before, and the burden was not too big. But now it is a first-tier team. Now it's late in the season, still in a relegation situation, and the form is not very good."

Li Sheng looked at the scoreboard of the league. The Jinning team was in the fourth from the bottom, and if they fell one place down, they would be in the relegation zone.And it is one point more than the third from the bottom.One mistake is about to become a lift.

Qiu Desheng said: "The Jinning team has been established for more than 20 years and has been playing in the amateur league. The best historical result is this year's promotion to the first division. But in the past two years, it can be regarded as regularization. It's just that the Linggang Group is not doing well. In addition, the new stadium plan requires too much investment. The investment in the team has been tens of millions before, but the team’s performance has not improved significantly, so they are unwilling to continue to increase investment.”

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Then if we propose an acquisition, how likely is Linggang to agree? How much money is needed?"

"Jinning District has great expectations for the Jinning team. They have specially set aside a piece of land in the suburbs for the construction of the team's home stadium. At present, the China Football League allows the team to have its own home stadium. So the right to use the land already belongs to the Jinning team. The stadium is currently being built on that land. Linggang has invested nearly 5 million yuan. The land price is also more than 20 billion. The Jinning club has debts of more than [-] million yuan, but if you want to buy all the shares, you may need to buy them at a premium .”

Li Sheng looked at the document he gave, nodded after reading it for a while, and said, "Help me make an appointment with the district chief in charge of culture and sports in Jinning District."

After hearing what Li Sheng said, Qiu Desheng knew that he decided to buy this team that was not in a good situation.He had to remind: "This team is likely to be relegated."

Li Sheng pondered for a while, and said, "Then come back next year."

After sending Qiu Desheng away, he couldn't help but seriously consider whether it was worth buying the Jinning team with more than 25 billion.

It is difficult to predict whether football can make money or not.Even if it is profitable, it will not be much.But there are still so many people burning money on football.It's just for fame.He is also for the title.

It's just that his current purpose is not just for fame.Huaxia football is actually not in his plan. His plan to buy a team in Huaxia is more for a promise.When the football school recruited students in Huaxia, he promised to provide Huaxia students who had reached a certain level with a chance to play professional football.

Originally, he asked Fernando to help.It's just that there are not too few Chinese students in football schools now, and for European teams, whether they are Chinese students or Brazilian students, they are all foreign aid.Fernando prefers Brazilian students.Many Brazilian students have been brought to the Portuguese league.But there are only two Huaxia students.

There were 23 Huaxia students in the first batch, and only one of them was taken to Europe.The remaining 22 need to be arranged by him.

Spending billions for a promise may seem like a lot, but in fact, this investment is not lost.

He looked at the report again. Although Ling Gang invested [-] million yuan to build the stadium, he has just laid the foundation now. If he wants to build the stadium well, he needs to invest at least several billion yuan in it.The land is real. After the stadium is built, it can be developed into a commercial circle.

And the stadium under construction is considered a modern stadium, which can accommodate [-] seats, which is not too much in a few billion.It is also the first club-owned stadium under construction in the country.If it can be completed on schedule, this stadium alone will allow the Jinning team to be written into the history of Chinese football.

In the afternoon, Qiu Desheng helped him make an appointment with the deputy head of Jinning District in charge of style.Li Sheng met the deputy district chief for a short while, and then proposed the purpose of his trip: "Director Ou, I have mentioned it to you before Consultant Biqiu. I am here to visit mainly to consult Let’s talk about the possibility of my own wholly-owned acquisition of Jinning Linggang Football Club.”

Director Ou did find out from Qiu Desheng that Li Sheng asked him to meet to buy the Jinning team.However, he thought it was bought by Nam Kwong Group, but unexpectedly, it was Li Sheng who bought it himself.

He couldn't help saying: "Our domestic football team has never tried a private operation model. And...Mr. Li's nationality."

Li Sheng said with a smile: "A sound league does not depend on whether the owner is a company or an individual, nor does it depend on the nationality of the owner. In fact, many teams in Europe belong to individuals, and many of them are foreign owners. Because football The club itself is a business and a business should not care about that."

District Chief Ou thought for a while and said, "Then I don't know what plan Mr. Li has."

Li Sheng said: "I plan to acquire all the shares at a 10% premium to the team's market value. Complete the construction of the stadium according to the construction schedule, and invest at least [-] million a year until it is upgraded to the Super League. After being promoted to the Super League, I invest a lot every year. at [-] million."

Director Ou felt that his condition was acceptable.However, Li Sheng hesitated to propose 100% holding: "Can the district government continue to hold some shares? Of course, we know that professional matters should be handled by professional people. We will not participate in the management. But this fund Team Ning, our district government has put a lot of effort into it, and it is difficult for us to let go of this feeling as a child raised by our Jinning District."

Li Sheng heard what he said.After thinking for a while, he said in a negotiating tone: "Mr. Ou, the condition of full ownership remains unchanged. But I can guarantee in the form of a contract that if the acquisition is completed, the team's name will be changed to Jinning Football Club, and there will be no change in the future." will change."

When Li Sheng proposed this condition, Director Ou felt that he was not unreasonable.At least Li Sheng understands his intention of asking for shares and is willing to negotiate.But he still can't completely give up his stake in the Kinnings.Because they don't have any shares, the Jinning team really has nothing to do with Jinning District except for their name.He just sat in this position temporarily and didn't care about the ownership of the Kinning team.It's just that during his term of office, the Jinning team is considered a state-owned asset. Even if it is to be sold, it cannot be sold so that it can be attacked.

"We don't ask for a lot of shares, only 30%. Then you can also have complete control over the team. And our district government still maintains the blood relationship with the team."

Li Sheng said with a smile: "In terms of follow-up investment, will the district government undertake a corresponding share of investment?"

District Chief Ou was a little embarrassed.Before Linggang Group was unwilling to invest because the district government owned half of the shares, but it had never invested a penny except for a piece of land, which made Linggang Group unwilling to invest in the team.

I just heard Li Sheng say: "Director Ou, you have to forgive me for talking about business. I regard the team as an enterprise. Since it is an enterprise, the two parties that own the shares must cooperate with each other when investing. The district government is the government. Department, if you want to invest in enterprises, I think that is unlikely."

Director Ou also understood Li Sheng's words.If Li Sheng really bought the Jinning team according to his conditions, Li Sheng would invest money in it in the future. In fact, every dollar invested would be equivalent to [-] cents for the district government.I'm afraid no one wants to do such a business.

But the head of the European district also has his reasons: "But the land we allocated to the team is worth at least 30 billion yuan."

Li Sheng shook his head and said: "Although the land price in Lingang is very high, the location of the new stadium is only in the suburbs. According to the land price, it should be around 22 billion yuan. And if the stadium is completed, it will cost 80 billion yuan."

"Then, our district government can only hold 20% of the shares."

Li Sheng shook his head again and said, "Director Ou, to be honest, I'd rather pay for the right to use that piece of land."

District Mayor Ou insisted, but he had no choice but to say, "I can't make a decision on this matter. It needs to be discussed and approved by the district committee and reported to the city government for approval."

Now it was Li Sheng's turn to hesitate.If that's the case, I don't know how long it will take to complete this transaction.He thought for a while and asked: "If the acquisition can be completed in the end, how long will it take to complete the corresponding procedures?"

Upon hearing his words, District Chief Ou hurriedly said, "We will complete the proposal to the district committee as soon as possible." But no one is sure about it.

Li Sheng pondered for a moment and said: "I understand that the government needs some time to investigate and make a decision. But I think if it can be confirmed as soon as possible and the players can play with peace of mind, it will be more beneficial to the team's relegation. If the Jinning team is relegated, then it will It’s not much different from other second-tier teams.”

How could Director Ou not understand the subtext of Li Sheng's words.If it takes too long, Li Sheng may have to buy another team.

If the Jinning team now has a piece of land to build a home court.But now that the policy has been relaxed, if Li Sheng buys a team and wants a home court, money will definitely not be a problem.

So the only advantage of the Jinning team is that it is still a first-tier team.If this identity is also lost, then its attractiveness to Li Sheng will be greatly reduced.Investing tens of billions in a second-tier team, even the head of the European district felt taken advantage of.

But this matter is really not up to him.He could only say: "If you can give us a certain amount of shares, our district committee should be able to approve your acquisition proposal more quickly." He paused, and then said. "Actually, Linggang Group has a lot of power to speak."

Li Sheng raised his eyelids slightly, and said with a smile: "Then please report the actual situation to the district committee as soon as possible. I am very sincere about the acquisition of the Jinning team."

As he spoke, he stood up and stretched out his hand and said, "Then I won't disturb the work of President Ou."

District Chief Ou stood up and walked out of the desk, shook hands with him, and sent him away, saying, "As soon as there is news, I will inform Mr. Li in time."

Li Sheng left the district government, followed by three cars.Now he seems to be a key protected animal, and he was almost locked in a zoo.There are not only one car and four bodyguards sent by Zhang Dingbian, but also two cars and four people sent by Huang Lei.As long as he went out, these eight people followed him all day long.

Fortunately, these people will not cause trouble to his life, and they can also save him a lot of trouble.

He was still on his way back to the company when Luo Zheng called him: "Where are you?" Knowing that Li Sheng was on the way, he said again.If there is nothing urgent, come to Tianjing.I'll wait for you in the office. "

Li Sheng asked, "What's the matter?"

"The technology of the battery has been taken down. The follow-up plan must be discussed as soon as possible."

When Li Sheng heard about this, he drove to Tianjing.

(End of this chapter)