Recast youth

Chapter 1763 The cruelty of capital

Oklahoma.

In the office of an energy company, McClendon, who was sitting in the office smoking a cigar, received a call from Bennett. On the phone, Bennett was very anxious and said that Schultz had noticed that they were going to move the Sonics to Oklahoma. Homer's Thoughts.

McClendon's expression changed after hearing this. It was his idea to move the Sonics to Oklahoma. As long as he bought the Sonics, he would ask the Seattle government to build a new arena as their home stadium. The Seattle government will definitely not agree.

At that time, he can move the team out of Seattle and relocate to Oklahoma, where he lives, on the grounds that he does not receive support from the local government.

But I didn't expect Schultz, a notorious stingy man, to know about his plan.

This made McClendon shocked and angry. What was surprising was that no one else knew about his plan except Bennett and Ward. What was angry was that Schultz knew about their plan and would probably terminate the team. Trading plan.

"How could this be?"

McClendon couldn't help but sit up straight and asked: "Only you, me, and Ward know about the plan to move the SuperSonics out of Seattle. How did Schultz know about it?"

"do not know."

Bennett's voice came from the phone: "Schulz called me suddenly and his tone was very bad. I guess someone may have said something to him."

"damn it!"

McClendon said angrily: "You can call him later to explain, and just say that we have no plans to move the team out of Seattle."

"If I call again, won't it make us feel guilty?" Bennett asked rationally.

McClendon said impatiently: "What should we do?"

"We can only wait and see what happens." Bennett replied. He was also very angry about this matter. They paid US$3.5 million to acquire the NBA SuperSonics and WNBA SuperSonics Storm. , Schultz is also quite satisfied with the price.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened now.

As for the sudden change, there was no doubt that someone was behind it.

After hearing this, McClendon sat down, his eyes a little gloomy: "You should pay attention to the official news from Seattle and see who is behind it."

"understood."

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In an apartment next to Lake Washington in Seattle.

Schultz was loose.

Originally, he wanted to sell the Sonics to Bennett. Although he lost 7000 to 2.5 million U.S. dollars in a few years, the price he paid for the Sonics at the time was 3.5 million U.S. dollars. Now he sells the Sonics for [-] million U.S. dollars. Not only can he He could still make a little profit by getting back his money, but when he thought that Bennett and the others might move the team from Seattle to Oklahoma after buying the team, he became very angry and felt deceived.

Once the Sonics are sold by him and moved from Seattle to Oklahoma by Bennett and the others, he will definitely bear the infamy of losing the Seattle NBA team.As the head of Citibank's global capital markets, Dixon is best at observing expressions and figuring out other people's psychology. Schultz relaxed and said: "Mr. Schultz, there are only 30 teams in the NBA. A team has a great impact on the city. If you sell the Sonics to Bennett and the others and then lose Seattle's NBA team, then whether it is in the eyes of the local government or the people of Seattle, Here, you will be the one responsible for losing the only NBA team in their city."

"Your information may not be accurate."

Schultz glanced at Dixon and said, "Bennett promised me that he would keep the Sonics in Seattle."

Dixon asked, "It's a gamble, isn't it?"

Schultz remained silent. This was indeed a gamble, and the price of losing was something he was unwilling to see.

Dixon continued: "In comparison, it is different when you sell the team to us. Seattle itself is a very beautiful city, and we like this city very much. For Mr. Ye, he came to Seattle and Is there any difference in going to other cities in the United States? There is no difference. Therefore, compared with Bennett and others, Mr. Ye is the most suitable buyer for the Sonics. Moreover, Mr. Ye has strong funds and the ability to make the Sonics a championship-chasing team. team."

Dixon grabbed three points.

The first point is that Bennett and the others will buy the team and move it to Oklahoma.

The second point is that Ye Feng is Chinese and there is no precedent for NBA teams to come to China, so selling to Ye Feng will not risk moving the team away.

The third point is that Ye Feng has money, a lot of money, and the money of a team owner is the capital to chase the championship.

There are pros and cons.

So Schultz had no reason to say no.

However, Dixon has another plan, which is to use commercial threats. Schultz’s main business is making Starbucks coffee, and Starbucks is not the only one in the United States that makes this kind of coffee. If Schultz disagrees, he will If the Sonics are sold to Ye Feng, Dixon will use the excuse that Ye Feng is also interested in the coffee industry and wants to acquire a coffee chain brand that is not inferior to Starbucks.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is business competition. Wherever your Starbucks opens, the store I acquired will open there.

Although these ideas are just weapons used by Dixon to threaten Schultz, does Schultz dare to take a gamble?Although Schultz is also a billionaire with a large net worth, compared with Ye Feng's net worth, it is far, far behind.

When doing any business, the most fearful thing is the malicious competition between capital and you. Once this malicious competition is formed, no individual can resist for a long time and will always bid with you and sell it cheaper than you. The rule of bidding is that the party with more money wins.

After your store goes bankrupt, he will start to form a monopoly and raise prices again.

As the head of Citibank's global capital markets, Dixon can be said to be very familiar with capital operations. As for the means of malicious competition, it is a bit disgraceful, but the process is not important at all. What is important is always the result.

Just like a peerless murderer who kills ten or hundreds of people ends up being called a prodigal by saving people, but a peerless good man who saves ten or hundreds of people finally kills one person, people will yell at him and think he is sanctimonious. It was hypocrisy that had been hidden deep before.

Human nature has always been so complex, yet so realistic and true.

Only those who can successfully stay can ultimately determine the right to speak and change the impression of others.

As long as we can acquire the Sonics, it doesn't matter what others say. What matters is that we own the team, and we will have enough time to change other people's impressions in the future. At most, we will be burdened with the curse of the people of Seattle, but it is also important. You will receive enthusiastic cheers from another city.

(End of this chapter)