Recast youth

Chapter 1759 Invitation

Chen Huang and others have no experience in Ye Feng's previous life, so they can't understand why Starbucks sounds so resonant in Ye Feng's ears. Just like the people born after 00 in the previous life can't understand why people born in the 80s and early 90s were so resonant in Internet cafes. of happiness.

feelings.

Atmosphere.

People who have not experienced it cannot feel it. There is no doubt that in the previous life, Starbucks promoted and marketed its corporate culture very well, so much so that it became popular among the domestic petty bourgeoisie.

And people also have a herd mentality. After seeing others going to Starbucks to drink coffee, they will also go to Starbucks to order a cup of coffee, and imitate the bourgeois sentiment copywriting in the circle of friends to indulge themselves.

But now that Ye Feng knows that the SuperSonics team is owned by the owner of Starbucks, Ye Feng has a certain degree of confidence in the acquisition of the Sonics team, and he also revealed his true thoughts on acquiring the Sonics team to the head of global capital markets, Dixon. That is to buy the Sonics and move the team from Seattle to San Francisco or New York.

After listening to Ye Feng's thoughts, Dixon shook his head: "If you do this, Schulz will not sell the team to you."

"why?"

Ye Feng looked at Dixon and wanted to hear his thoughts. After all, he only knew that the SuperSonics successfully moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City and changed its name to the Thunder in the previous life, but he was not very clear about the details.

Dixon said: "Although the NBA is not ranked high among the five major sports in the United States and is not as popular as the NFL and other sports, it is still very important to a city. The Seattle government will not easily let you move the team, and Schultz himself settled in Seattle. The reason he sold the SuperSonics team was that he lost $6000 million in the five years he ran the team. The price he purchased the Sonics at the time was $2.5 million. If He successfully sold the SuperSonics team for US$3.5 million. Not only could he stop the loss, but he could also make a profit of US$4000 million. If he continued to hold it, he might continue to lose money. The most important thing is that Schultz Just settling in Seattle, even if he sells the team, he can come to the stadium to watch games at any time."

Ye Feng asked incomprehensibly: "Most NBA teams are profitable, why has the SuperSonics been losing money in the past five years?"

"Poor management and lack of good and sound mechanisms are the main reasons for Sonics' losses."

Dixon said: "In addition, as I said before, the NBA is not well-known among the five major sports in the United States. Seattle has a strong Super Bowl team, the Seahawks. In comparison, the Sonics are not that popular."

Ye Feng understood after hearing this.

However, after knowing that the owner of the Sonics is the owner of Starbucks, he still has some confidence in acquiring the Sonics. Therefore, it is not a problem on Schultz's side. The problem lies with the Seattle authorities.

Then Ye Feng raised his head and asked Dixon: "So tell me, what should I do to successfully acquire the Sonics? A premium of US$5000 million and a price of US$4 million, what do you think?"

"It's best not to. We'll buy it at the price the other party wants. We won't take the initiative to raise the price until the last step."

Dixon shook his head and rejected Ye Feng's plan, but he also knew that Ye Feng was now extremely wealthy and could indeed solve many problems by throwing money at it, but throwing money at it was not the most appropriate method. Use the least money to do the most affordable things. , this is the most appropriate method, and buying an NBA team is an investment in itself.

"Well, that's fine."

Ye Feng nodded. It would be best if he could save 5000 million US dollars. After all, it was only 4 million yuan.

But thinking of this, Ye Feng suddenly looked at Dickson, the head of Citibank's global capital markets. Dickson has been accompanying him on road shows these days, and he is also responsible for many matters related to the rights issue.Because the road show was so popular with investors, Ye Feng did not have enough shares to sell, so he allotted 500 million shares to investors. Dixon helped him solve a lot of problems. Although investment banks such as Citibank and Credit Suisse As the underwriter of Lanshan Company's IPO, I received a commission and was obligated to help Lanshan Company complete the listing. However, completion is one thing, and failure to do everything in the process is another.

Dixon didn't know what Ye Feng meant when he suddenly looked at him, and was a little surprised.

At this time, Ye Feng asked: "Mr. Dixon, what do you think of the current financial market in the United States?"

"Not ideal."

Dixon said without hesitation: "Affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, all walks of life in the United States have been affected to a greater or lesser extent. Many old financial institutions have experienced financial problems, and bank finances are also tight. The financial industry is not as good as it was in the past two years. It’s easy to do when the time comes.”

It is now May 07, and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has completely broken out. This matter is no longer a secret internationally. It is just that due to the impact of this subprime mortgage crisis, a more serious global financial crisis will not occur until next year. Completely explosive.

However, as the head of global capital markets at Citibank, Dickson is exposed to capital markets and finance every day. He is the most aware of potential crises in the financial sector. It seems that Wall Street in the United States is still thriving, but in fact, it is going bankrupt every day. I don’t know how many investment banks like Lehman Brothers have had huge problems with their funds and are looking for financial help to tide over the difficulties. However, because the gap is too large, there are too few banks that are able to lend a helping hand.

In other words, the landlord's family did not have much surplus food.

This is also one of the reasons why veteran investment banks such as Citibank and Goldman Sachs are so happy that Lanshan is listed on Wall Street. Perhaps Lanshan's listing on the Nasdaq market is a booster for the U.S. securities market, allowing investors to gradually The sluggish securities market regained confidence.

Thinking of this, Dixon felt a little worried.

At this time, Ye Feng looked at Dixon and extended an invitation: "Do you want to come to my company for development?"

"your company?"

Dixon couldn't help but look at Ye Feng. Not only Dixon, but Wen Yueqi and Chen Huang also looked at Ye Feng. Zhou Yihang and Hou Yao couldn't understand English, but they could still understand it.

Ye Feng wants to poach the head of global capital markets from Citibank.

However, Dixon quickly shook his head and did not intend to develop in Ye Feng's company, because he is now the head of Citibank's global capital markets, and his position is high enough, while Lanshan Company has just started, and its business direction is also different. Not in finance, its company's game revenue accounts for more than 60% of its overall revenue.

As for Maple Leaf Fund, which acquired Hilton Hotel Group some time ago and is an upstart private equity fund on Wall Street, it currently has a limited capital chain. Among the US$200 billion it borrowed to acquire Hilton, US$20 billion was borrowed from Citibank.

And Maple Leaf Fund now has Yang Qingzhi in charge.

Dixon and Yang Qingzhi debuted at the same time. It can be said that they watched Yang Qingzhi step by step from an unknown intern at Goldman Sachs to the head of two major Wall Street hedge funds and the world's top five assets. They also helped Goldman Sachs expand the European market. Yang Qingzhi Now, even if he arrives at Maple Leaf Fund, he will not develop very well.

So Dixon declined Ye Feng's invitation and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Ye, for the invitation. I have been with Citigroup for many years and have feelings for it. I don't really want to move to other industries in a short period of time, and I have a close relationship with majors and The business direction of Ye Corporation is also inconsistent.”

(End of this chapter)