Vol 5 Chapter 424: another way

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Surrounded by a group of reporters, Zhang Guan was helpless.
"I really didn't plan to go to the NBA." Zhang Guan said.
"But there is already news from the United States that the Los Angeles Lakers have sent someone to contact you!" the reporter asked chasingly.
"If I want to go to the NBA, I have gone two years ago, not waiting until now." Zhang Guan shrugged.
"It is said that two years ago, you had reached an agreement with the Boston Celtics, but the result was selected by the Lakers in advance. You are very dissatisfied with the news that the Lakers cut the Hu, so you have not been to the NBA?" A reporter Say something challenging.
Zhang Guan frowned slightly, these reporters liked to write blindly, and sometimes they could write ugliness without hatred. He had to say in response: "My relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers has always been very harmonious. I will not go to the NBA for the time being, mainly because my game tasks have always been relatively heavy."
"Temporarily? Are you going to go to the NBA in the future?" A reporter immediately asked.
"Well, but it should not go in the last two years. The new Olympic selection cycle is about to start, so my main task next year is to carry out restorative training for the Olympic events and then prepare for the 2012 Olympics selection round. Zhang Guan immediately changed the subject.
The topic of the Olympics has clearly aroused new interest from journalists, such as "A few gold medals for this Olympics", "London Olympics to participate in those events", "Do you have the confidence to surpass Phelps in the Olympic gold medal list?" "The topics such as "were all withdrawn by reporters.
After all, the NBA is just basketball, and basketball can only be regarded as a part of sports. Compared with the topic of the entire Olympics, the latter is more able to attract people's attention.
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Zhang Guan leaned on the sofa and took a breath. It was indeed a very troublesome thing to deal with reporters. He could neither say more nor less. If you talk a lot, the reporters will misinterpret various meanings, but if you talk less, the reporters will add a lot of conjecture.
"These reporters are really troublesome!" Zhang Guan felt a little tired, closed his eyes and prepared to take a break, but the ringtone of the phone made him awake.
"It's Huang Weida!" Zhang Guan answered the phone immediately.
Since the Athens Olympics, Zhang Guan has become a major customer of Fidelity Investment. Hong Kong Island is an international financial center after all. Zhang Guan’s overseas investment is mainly done through Huang Weida’s Fidelity investment, and these investments are also for Zhang Guan has gained a lot of income. It can be said that Fidelity Investment is the manager of Zhang Guan's overseas assets.
"Dirty Xiansen (Mr. Zhang), it seems like Huang Weida (I am Huang Weida)!" Huang Weida said, his Mandarin is still a little vague, except for the three words "Huang Weida", Huang Weida has almost no words to say The characters are round, but Zhang Guan is used to them.
"Mr. Huang, what's the matter?" Zhang Guan asked.
"With an investment, I don't know if you are interested?" Huang Weida aggravated the voice, and then said: "It is in the sports industry."
"Sports industry? What project?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.
"Basketball, the NBA in the United States." Huang Weida said.
"NBA? Is there someone who wants to sell the team?" Zhang Guan asked, but in his mind he began to recall that in 2010, there was a team owner in the NBA who wanted to sell the team.
"It's not selling the team, it's selling the team's shares." Huang Weida said.
"Oh, it's selling shares!" Zhang Guan nodded, but was very interested in the tone.
The NBA has developed rapidly in recent years, especially the pace of nationalization. The audiences in more than 200 countries around the world have begun to pay attention to this professional league, which has also brought a lot of benefits to the NBA. At the same time, the NBA The team's shares have also become sweet buns.
In fact, there are not many profitable NBA teams, most of the teams are losing money, even the profitable team, the profit is not high, so the shareholder dividends are not much, simply to obtain profit From a perspective, investing in the NBA is not a profitable business. Even if the money is deposited in the bank, some interest will be given, and if the NBA team loses money this year, the shareholders will certainly not get a penny.
But from an investment point of view, buying shares in NBA teams is absolutely profitable. Because with the promotion of the NBA, the market value of the team has also continued to increase, and the team's shares will become more and more valuable. It may cost 10 million US dollars today to buy the team's shares, which will be worth 20 million US dollars in a few years, and 30 million US dollars in a few years. The rate of return in terms of "times" means that there is no need to care about the profitable dividend.
For example, Jordan bought the Charlotte Bobcats to be their own boss. Although the Bobcats are almost losing every year and the record has been in the bottom row, but the market value of the Bobcats has also increased a lot by the influence of the NBA general trend. Joe’s personal assets have at least doubled.
Because of this, the shareholder of the NBA team has not changed much, and such things as team shares are also very popular with many large investors, and Zhang Guan is also very interested in this.
So Zhang Guan asked: "Which team is going to sell shares?"
"It's the shares of the Los Angeles Lakers." Huang Weida said.
"The Lakers?" Zhang Guan straightened up involuntarily.
With the Los Angeles Lakers' "Jianghu status" in the NBA, their sale of shares may attract many investors.
On the other end of the phone, Huang Weida continued: "Magic Johnson bought a 4.5% stake in the Lakers in 1994, and this time he is planning to sell the 4.5% stake. There are already many investors on Wall Street who have expressed this Very interested, but Johnson's asking price is a bit high, so many people are still hesitating. In addition, the Bass family is also a problem."
"I think the high asking price should not be a problem. After all, the price can be discussed. The main problem is the Bass family?" Zhang Guan said with a smile.
"One word hit!" Huang Weida continued: "If there is no recognition from the Bass family, I am afraid it is difficult to get this 4.5% stake in the Lakers."
"So how much does Johnson cost?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"50 million dollars." Huang Weida said.
"50 million US dollars, 4.5% of the shares, then his valuation for the Lakers is 1.111 billion US dollars." Zhang Guan began to calculate whether it was worth it.
"In the current situation of the Lakers, the valuation of 1 billion US dollars is a relatively reasonable price. After all, the Lakers did not disclose their debts. The 50 million US dollars is indeed slightly higher. If you are really interested, you can bargain. Huang Weida said.
"It's best to bargain. If Johnson refuses to lower the price, he will be given $50 million!" Zhang Guan said without hesitation: "As for the Bass family, I'll get it done!"
50 million US dollars to buy 4.5% of the Lakers shares worth? It must be great value! It is important to know that the Clippers in the same city will sell for $2 billion in the future, and with the Lakers’ heritage, the valuation of 1 billion is too low.
What makes Zhang Guan determined is the improvement of the overall value of the NBA in the future, such as the increase in the price of the overall NBA broadcast contract, so that the market value of each team has improved to a certain extent, especially after one year, Time Warner and the Lakers signed Under the 25-year high-value broadcast contract of 5 billion US dollars, the Lakers' broadcast fees exceeded Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and the market value of the Lakers also rose all the way, approaching 3 billion US dollars.
Of course, the market value of 3 billion US dollars does not mean that you can buy the Lakers with 3 billion US dollars! High-quality assets like the Lakers may not always be available at a premium.
So some people in the future commented that it was a huge loss that Magic Johnson sold the Lakers at this time. And Zhang Guan is obviously willing to be the one who picks up the cheap. What's more, the opportunity to buy the Lakers' shares is a rare opportunity, so Zhang Guan did not hesitate to decide to buy the 4.5% shares of the Lakers.
Zhang Guan put down the phone and rubbed his temples.
"I didn't want to have any intersection with the Lakers, but this time, it wouldn't work if there was no intersection! But if the transaction was successful, although I didn't become a Lakers player, I became a shareholder of the Lakers. One way to enter the NBA!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

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