Chapter 2 First Arrival in Manchester
A week later, in a skyscraper in Washington, USA, Huang Long, wearing a famous brand, was staring at a lot of documents in front of him. He basically didn't know the English language except Yes and No. Celtic tried to find someone to translate the documents into Chinese and hand them over to him. When he saw the terms above, he was stunned.
Celtic explained: "It's like this. Your uncle is afraid that you have no ability to run a company, which will lead to his bankruptcy. So he added a provision that you will work in any company or entity under his name for five years. If you can increase the net assets of the company by 50% within five years, then you will have control over all the property. Otherwise, although the property belongs to you, you cannot interfere in any company affairs. That is to say, how to operate cannot be determined by you. You can only withdraw 100,000 US dollars as living expenses every year, and you can fully inherit the property until your son is twenty years old. Of course, when you take over any company, you will give you 30 million in activity funds. If you double the property of the company, you will not be subject to the five-year limit, although you can completely inherit the inheritance."
Huang Long's head suddenly became bigger. If the living expenses of 100,000 yuan were placed in the past, it would definitely be a huge fortune for him, but now it is 20 billion yuan in front of him! One hundred thousand yuan has completely lost its appeal to him!
But he knew nothing about business. He had to rely on his own ability to increase the company's assets by 50% within five years, which was completely a dream! He asked Celtic second-hand: "If I don't invest that 30 million, then..." Celtic replied clearly: "No, the board of directors must supervise the flow of funds. If you don't invest, you won't get money. Moreover, the assets of any company are more than 500 million. Your 30 million will not play much role, and you can only use it for emergency use!"
Huang Long sat in the class chair weakly. Could it be that he could only have five years of happiness? Even if he wanted to have a child now, he would have to wait fifteen years to get the inheritance? And he had to have a boy! Seeing that there was a billion he belonged to him in front of him, but he couldn't get his hands on it, he couldn't help but sigh that the most painful thing in the world was this.
Huang Long asked Celtic unwillingly, "Can't I ask for help?" Celtic smiled and said, "I'm sorry, there will be someone to accompany you in all your actions, and there will be someone to monitor your phone; but it is not very difficult to make 50% of a company worth 50 million in five years? Why are you so frustrated?"
Huang Long cursed inwardly: "Fuck, of course it's easy for you. I don't know how to make money at all!" He had no choice but to read the company information to see if miracles could happen and whether there were any projects he was good at.
Transportation, unfamiliar; energy, unfamiliar; casino, forget it, be killed by someone and don’t know how things happened. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and the name of ‘Manchester City’ appeared in his eyes. He turned his head and asked Celtic: “Is this club ours?” Celtic shook his eyes and said: “Yes, now we own 35% of its shares, why do you want to run it?”
Huang Long thought to himself: "I'm going to buy and sell players, buy garbage, sell good ones, and be a human being when the assets double, and the results are nothing to do with me." He immediately replied with affirmative answer: "Yes, I'll go here."
Celtic picked up the information and said, "I'm going to report to the board of directors now. The company's shares are not enough to let you go in and manage them."
Two hours later, Celtic appeared in the office again. He said to Huang Long very politely: "The board of directors has decided to acquire 40% of Manchester City's shares within half a year, and now holds 75% of the shares. At that time, you can issue any orders to the Manchester City football team. However, the board of directors stipulates that you cannot sell any fixed assets, such as training grounds, and your asset increase must be completed under the premise of the team's relegation. If the team is relegated, your task will be cancelled in advance."
Huang Long was immediately hit and couldn't speak, and his small abacus was lost again.
Celtic smiled and said, "Mr. Huang, why don't you take a gamble? The team is worth 230 million US dollars now. If you sell all the main players, you can barely earn more than 100 million. If you use the youth team, you are confident of relegation... Oh, I forgot to tell you that for fairness, you are responsible for the command of the team. Now the coach is only responsible for training, tactics and the arrangement of the field staff, etc., all of them will be followed."
Huang Long defended unwillingly: "How can I compare to professional coaches? I'm responsible for buying and selling players." Celtic shook and said, "I'm sorry, this is the decision of the board of directors, I can't change it."
Huang Long shouted, "You mean I have to do two jobs by myself." Celtic was not angry at all, and still kept a smile and replied, "It seems that Mr. Huang, for the sake of the 20 billion, you should bear it. This is the result of the board of directors' discussion based on your uncle's will. I can't help you. Of course, you needed some necessary social funds in the past. The board of directors only approved 300,000 yuan. I personally can lend you one million US dollars. Huang Long believes that you can complete the task well."
After hearing what he said, Huang Long suddenly felt that the lawyer in front of him became very cute. He immediately said generously: "You can work part-time in my team. The salary is 1.2 according to the policy. No, it is not too much for such an excellent lawyer to give you a 1.5 times salary!"
Celtic nodded in praise and said, "If Mr. Huang has financial difficulties in the future, you can tell me. If you can help, I will definitely help. Just leave the part-time job to my law firm. It would be better for me to go directly."
Huang Long shook hands with Celtic with a smile on his face. But he was cursing in his heart: "You guy is completely lending money. I borrow your money, but I give you my money to you! That devil uncle is also doing such a bad rule, let me give the money to others for free. I'd better not touch your money less. Damn, borrow one yuan and pay at least two yuan for at least!"
Celtic said with a smile: "Mr. Huang is here to get used to living in the West. You can take office until August next year!"
With a living expense of 100,000 US dollars, Huang Long first hired a tutor to teach himself English in the United States, and then bought a lot of professional football books and started to read them. Occasionally, he went to a banquet between rich people. Although he didn't have much money now, no one underestimated him because he would inherit such a large amount of property in the future. However, compared with the tens of millions of transactions that people talk about at every turn, he often felt that he couldn't find anything to say. While reading professional football books, he added another project in his daily life to learn business knowledge. For him, he was just a little busy, and it was August of the next year.
Manchester is the most important business, education and cultural center in the UK outside London. It has a clear contrast with avant-garde music, fashionable cities and modern high-tech industries. Huanglong, who first came to Manchester, sighed sincerely: "This is such a beautiful city."
Today is Huang Long's first day in office. With everyone's side, Huang Long inspected the entire club and walked into the club's honor room, which was filled with the honors the club had previously won.
1936-1937, 1967-1968 League One Championship
1903-1904, 1920-1921, 1976-1977, 1999-2000 League One runner-up
1898-1989, 1902-1903, 1909-1910, 1927-1928, 1946-1947 1965-1966 League Two Championship
1895-1896, 1950-1951, 1987-1988 Runner-up
1904, 1934, 1956, 1969 FA Cup Champions
1926, 1933, 1955, 1981 FA Cup runner-up
1970, 1976 League Cup Champion
Runner-up in the 1974 League Cup
1970 Winners Cup Champion
Seeing this result, Huang Long himself was surprised. He never expected that the history of Manchester City's team, which was inconspicuous in his eyes, was so brilliant. He had been cold because of pressure and could not help but smile on his face. Looking at these many honors, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope.
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Chapter completed!