Chapter 674: Problematic
"Hasn't Steven come back yet?"
In a luxurious suite at a hotel in Varese, northwest of Milan, near Malpensa Airport, Thohir was anxiously asking a middle-aged man in his forties sitting across from him.
His name is Jason Levine, a native of New York, 40 years old, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School with a master's degree in social policy.
In front of him, he was the executive president of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA, and a year ago, Grizzlies owner Robert Pera was able to buy the Grizzlies from his predecessor, Michael Haysley, because he threaded the needle through them.
Jason Levine's identity and position are complex, and his experience is quite legendary.
He worked as a lawyer for several years, as a professor in law school, as a campaign consultant and strategist for many of American political stars, and later as an assistant general manager for the NBA Kings, and has since entered the sports world.
To date, he has successfully managed three NBA team acquisitions and is one of the most successful traders in American sports, including the acquisition of the Philadelphia 76ers by a team of nine, and later the acquisition of Washington United in Major League Soccer.
Three successful runs have made Jason Levine famous in the American professional sports scene.
It was also while running the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington United, that he met Tohir.
A rich second generation from a wealthy Indonesian family, but always living in the glorious shadow of his father and brother!
The two can almost be said to hit it off, and they intersect irreversibly!
This time, Tohir decided to buy Inter Milan, and Jason Levine was behind it, because he also wanted to successfully enter the European professional football scene at the heart of world football through this deal.
Everyone can see that international capital is pouring into European professional football with an astonishing momentum, and the potential of this area is too great!
Because football is the number one sport in the world, fans are all over the world.
It's just that they didn't expect that in the first acquisition battle out of the United States, they encountered a Waterloo.
It's no wonder that Thohir is so anxious, because he has already boasted in front of his father and brother that he will definitely be able to win a Serie A giant, and persuade the latter to put pressure on Pirelli, but if he fails now, then he will not become the laughing stock of his family in the future?
When Jason Levine thought of this, Torhir said anxiously: "Jason, why don't you give him a call, urge him, and let him hurry up!" ”
"Don't be in such a hurry, Eric, don't worry, it should be almost there!" Jason Levine laughed heartily.
"Reassured? How can you tell me to rest assured? "It's been half a month, Moratti's guy hasn't contacted us again, rumors are flying all over the place, one moment it is an American consortium, another moment it is a Middle Eastern consortium, and another time it is a local consortium, I am all stunned." ”
Jason Levine shook his head and smiled, and stood up, "Don't be nervous, man, the most important thing you need to do right now is to take it easy." ”
So saying, he walked leisurely to the window facing the street of the room, opened the curtains, and smiled.
"Look, he's coming!"
Thohir immediately jumped up from the couch and hurried to the window.
I saw a red mountain bike driving in the distance of the street, and the person on the car was a full set of mountain biker equipment, riding very fast, obviously making the final sprint.
"Oh, he thought he was competing in a mountain bike race?" Thohir scolded angrily and amusedly.
Jason Levine laughed.
This partner is this virtue!
A few minutes later, the mountain racer appeared outside their room door.
"Here we go, Steven!" Jason Levine opened the door for him.
"Hmm!" Steven gasped hard, "Damn, getting here from Milan is really a big challenge!" ”
Thohir looked at this freak helplessly, he didn't drive the car, but he wanted to ride a bicycle, he deserved to be exhausted!
"I say, Steven, tell me what's going on?"
"It's not going to be very good!" Steven took off his racing gear, and even took off his shirt altogether, revealing his strong upper body, the most striking thing was the thick chest hair, but he didn't answer the question.
"Is there any water?"
"Whoa!" Jason Levine obviously knew him well, and had already taken out a large bottle of mineral water in the refrigerator in the living room and threw it over.
The guy took it, unscrewed the cap, and poured it into his stomach with a gurgling grunt.
Not long after, a large bottle of water poured into his stomach, and he just sighed, very enjoyable.
"Hurry up, quick!" Thohir urged anxiously again.
Steven glanced at Thohir and sighed, "I received the news that Moratti was in contact with Moratti three days after your last meeting, and in the following week, the negotiation teams of the two sides were in frequent contact. ”
"The negotiation on behalf of Inter Milan was carried out by the local law firm CG in Milan, and the Razard Bank was in charge of the financial valuation, while I checked that the law firm representing the mystery buyer was from the UK, but it was through the partner of this law firm in Italy who was involved in the negotiations, and the financial valuation was carried out by the famous British football investment bank Kesh Harris Investment Bank."
Thohir was a little stunned when he heard this, what the hell is this guy eating? You can even inquire about such a confidential matter?
Jason Levine seems to have been accustomed to this for a long time, "It's not surprising that a British lawyer would do it with a local Italian lawyer, and it's normal to do it through Kesh Harris Investment Bank." ”
"Yes!" Steven nodded and smiled, "The other party is also a powerful character, playing the media and reporters all over Italy, but in the end, no one knows what they are all about." ”
"But I have a question!" Jason Levine asked, "How did he buy the shares in the hands of Tronchetti Proveira?" ”
Tronchetti Provilla is the chairman of Pirelli and the second largest shareholder of Inter Milan, with a small stake but a close relationship with Moratti, who has previously exerted pressure on Tronchetti through his family, who also said that as long as Thohir takes Moratti's shares, he is willing to sell his shares to Tohir.
It is worth mentioning that one is making tires, and the other is engaged in petrochemicals, so over the past few years, the business contacts between Tronchetti and the Moratti family have also been very close.
"Good question!" Steven smiled, "In recent years, Pirelli's development has obviously not been as expected, although it will not lose money, but seeing that its competitors are getting stronger and stronger, Pirelli is also worried about its market share being eroded, so he has always wanted to develop the Asian market, so they are happy to sponsor Inter Milan, which is quite well-known in Asia." ”
Speaking of this, Steven glanced at Tohir again, "In the same way, he also supports our acquisition of Inter Milan, because after we acquire Inter Milan, we will definitely develop the Asian market in a big way, which is in line with their strategy." ”
Jason Levine and Thohir looked at each other, both nodding in unison.
Steven's analysis makes sense.
"I have learned that there are two reasons why Tronchetti is willing to sell his shares, one is that he is very tempted by the other party's plan to run Inter Milan and develop Asia, and even Tronchetti promised that as long as Inter Milan qualifies for Europe this year, from next season, the team's sponsorship fee will be increased."
This surprised both Jason Levine and Tohir.
With this plan, can Tronchetti promise to increase the team's sponsorship fee?
What the hell is this guy coming from?
"The second piece of news I received was that Pirelli was about to win an order from Aston Martin!"
"Aston Martin?" Jason Levine is a little weird.
What does this have to do with Aston Martin?
Steven nodded, "Since Aston Martin was acquired by a consortium from China, it has made a big push into the Chinese and Asian markets, and sales have also been rising, especially after the launch of the Lagonda sub-brand, the launch of luxury sedans and crossovers, and the sales have skyrocketed, especially in the Chinese market. ”
"I have seen media reports before, Aston Martin in the first half of 2013, in China sold more than 10,000 units, is expected to exceed 30,000 units worldwide, the annual break of 50,000 units, double last year, and last year than the year before doubled, and in the second half of this year, Aston Martin's Chinese branch will be officially put into operation, the annual output will exceed 100,000 units."
"The outside world is also very optimistic about the sales of Aston Martin, now there are a lot of orders, but the production capacity can not keep up, once the production keeps up, the annual sales of more than 100,000, or even higher, it is entirely possible, so almost all tire companies attach great importance to the cooperation with this top luxury car brand, Pirelli is no exception."
Jason Levin and Tohir have also heard of Aston Martin's resurrection.
Through the past three years of operation, Aston Martin has not only successfully achieved a resurrection, but also launched a sub-brand Lagonda, which has broadened the model and market in one fell swoop, and the average price of each car is around 200,000 euros.
In other words, if Aston Martin really sold 30,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, then their turnover would be more than 6 billion euros, and according to media reports, Aston Martin's gross profit margin is as high as 35 percent, that is, more than 2 billion euros of gross profit.
"Oh my God, no wonder that Chinese tyrant dared to come to Italy to spend money and buy everywhere, it turned out to be ......"
is also a rich second generation, Thohir has long been very envious and jealous of the whirlwind caused by Yang Huan's visit to Italy not long ago, and now that he thinks about it, he does have the capital to show off.
In other words, any car manufacturer in the world, with such a high gross profit, can't sell so many cars, and can sell so many cars, there is no way to maintain such a high gross profit.
I don't know how that Chinese played Aston Martin to this level.
But wait...... Problematic!
Tohil suddenly pointed at Steven, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it, but he always felt that something was wrong.
Jason Levine was also shocked, obviously figured it out.
"Yes, I definitely have reason to suspect that it was Yang Huan who bought Inter Milan!"
Although they had been mentally prepared, Tohir and Jason Levine were still very shocked when they heard it.
They never thought that the person who secretly had a trick with them turned out to be the legendary Yang Huan!
What is even more unexpected to them is that the Chinese is really worthy of his name, quietly, playing with everyone in applause, and cleanly pocketing Inter Milan, just for this, it is not convincing!
But Tohir is also a rich second generation in the end, and he is used to being arrogant.
When he first heard Yang Huan's name, he was still a little bit psychological, after all, his name was terrifying.
But after thinking about it, he had already been with Inter Milan and secretly sent Qiubo for so long, but when he was about to enter the cave room, the groom was robbed of him.
You say hateful or hateful?
Therefore, the second generation of Indonesia's rich snorted fiercely.
"Yang Huan? Rob with me? I'm going to call the newspaper office right now to expose you, and I'm going to let the whole world know about it, and then it's up to you to clean it up!" ”