Chapter 738: Meeting of the PBC consortium

In the Stirling incident, except for Sterling's miserable end, everyone else was generally satisfied with the ending, and it was a happy situation.
The consortium of Magicians and others preparing to acquire the Clippers can accept this result. They did not know that Ballmer participated in this competition. Now that they have so much buffer time, they can also go to Dora for some funds... …
At present, Johnson and the consortium behind him can get about 800 million US dollars. They were still confident. After all, ESPN announced that the clippers had a market value of more than 600 million, and the premium was more than 100 million US dollars. The Clippers should be fine.
But now because of Ballmer's participation, they obviously have no confidence...
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After returning to Charlotte, Richard led the team to start the next road trip.
The first game away is against the Thunder. The Thunder lineup is pretty good right now. There are three players in the team: Wei Shao, Love and Ibaka, which means there is a lack of outside offensive points. Otherwise, this lineup can not pick out any problems , At least the playoffs are no problem.
McLendon specially invited Richard to have a meal the night before the game.
Many people came to this meal, except for McLendon, the consortium to which he belonged also came.
The shares of the Thunder team are quite complicated. Generally, other teams are either a single boss, or two or three bosses, and the number of Thunder bosses is as high as eight!
McLendon is just one of the bosses...
The PBC consortium has absolute control over the Thunder, and these eight bosses are all members of the PBC consortium.
In the impression of the fans, the boss of Thunder seems to be a poor guy...
Actually, otherwise, the financial strength of the PBC consortium is no less than that of Ballmer or Paul Allen. The richest of their eight bosses has a value of more than $10 billion.
And the reason why there will be stigmatization in later generations is definitely because there are more people and everyone's opinions are not unified, so it will happen that Harden is released.
Right now Richard is having dinner with the eight bosses of the PBC consortium.
"Li, really young and promising, when I was your age, it seemed that I was worth only tens of millions of dollars, which is far from comparable to yours." Clay Bennett, chairman of the PBC consortium, looked at Richard and sighed. Said endlessly.
Look at this name to know that this product is not an ordinary person, the combination of Tang Shen and the first parallel import is quite extraordinary...
However, although Bennett is the chairman of the consortium, he is actually the least valuable among the eight members. At present, he is only about two or three hundred million US dollars, which is not as rich as the Golden Dragon...
"Overwhelming, Clay, I am also in my forties, not considered young. You know that Paul was already worth 10 billion when I was my age." Richard said with a smile.
Several people laughed, and it was really impossible to compare with Paul Allen, the lucky man of God's grace.
It is precisely because Bennett's hometown is in Oklahoma, so the Supersonics moved to Oklahoma and changed its name to Thunder.
Of course, the relocation was not caused by Bennett, but by McLendon.
The league was also reluctant to let the supersonic move away at that time, because Seattle's economy is quite developed, with high-tech industries, and residents are quite rich, willing to pay for the ball.
And Oklahoma, nicknamed Goose Village, can tell the difference from the name...
This is why Stern had to punish McLendon. He was really angry with the PBC consortium.
Don’t do it in the big ball market. You have to move to Ecun Village. Isn’t this brain sick?
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"Everyone, maybe it's not a simple meal tonight?" Richard asked with a smile.
Although Richard is considered to be a top rich man at the moment, his face is not big enough for the PBC consortium to be dispatched...
"Yes, we have a cooperation to talk to you. To be precise, George wants to talk to you." McLendon said with a smile.
Richard looked at the sixty-year-old man called George and nodded and smiled.
George Caesar, he is the richest member of the PBC consortium, worth more than 10 billion US dollars.
"Li, we know that you have the idea of ​​acquiring the Clippers."
"We also admire your personal financial resources, but with Ballmer's blending right now, I think this will cause you a lot of pressure. Let me share some pressure with you, how?" George Caesar said with a smile .
The words were rather euphemistic, but Richard generally understood the purpose of this meal tonight.
George Caesar is preparing to inject himself and share the Clippers' shares with himself.
Richard laughed in his heart, how could he agree to this matter, if it is true, then it is meaningless for him to work so hard for the Clippers.
He wants to implement a 100% shareholding in the Clippers and will never accept any other shareholders. Even if Paul Allen wants to come in and blend, Richard will definitely not agree...
Of course, Paul Allen is certainly not interested in blending. The Trail Blazers did a good job, and he will only remember the Clippers when he is full.
"Thank you Mr. George for his kindness, but I didn't feel much pressure." Richard's mouth grinned and continued.
"Don't forget, I still have Paul Allen with me. I don't hide it. I may only need a phone call to get a loan of less than one billion dollars."
"Including my personal working capital, I think I can still get 2 billion dollars. If Ballmer really wants to drop 2 billion dollars on the Clippers, then I will not go to this muddy water. ..."
Several members of the consortium sitting around Richard suddenly dumbfounded...
Is Richard crazy? Directly prepared 2 billion US dollars? !
This is 2 billion US dollars in cash. Among the members of the PBC consortium here, except George Caesar, the total net worth of everyone else has not reached 2 billion US dollars!
Even George Caesar, worth more than 10 billion dollars, would never give him 2 billion dollars in cash.
Originally, George Caesar prepared 500 million dollars, thought of giving up the Thunder, and cooperated with Richard to build the Clippers. Even if it was calculated according to the premium, he felt that the Clippers would definitely get 1 billion dollars.
Your own 500 million US dollars will allow you to occupy 50% of the Clippers, just like Jordan...
Jordan has made a lot of money in these years, and George Caesar feels that his future earnings will never be lower than Jordan.
The reason is simple. The Clippers' potential is too great.
In terms of the market value and profitability of NBA teams, the Clippers are not ranked high, and it is difficult to enter the top ten in the mid-level.
But to say the team's potential, if the Clippers call it second, nobody dares to call it first.
Sitting in the Los Angeles market, as long as the Clippers can cultivate a large group of fans, then the Clippers may be another Los Angeles Lakers in the future.
Not ten years, then twenty years, anyway, as long as Richard is there, the Clippers can reach the Lakers' kind of foundation sooner or later.
Unless one day New York also has a second team, otherwise the No. 1 potential team is the Clippers.
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But now George Caesar felt like he had miscalculated, or underestimated Richard.
A person who is about to smash 2 billion dollars in one mouth can't afford to...
Don't really say, Richard's remarks just now are not bragging.
This acquisition of the Clippers, his psychological limit price is 2 billion US dollars, unless Ballmer can come up with a price tag of more than 2 billion US dollars, otherwise Richard is bound to win the Clippers.
The reason is simple. It doesn't take long. After the NBA signed the huge broadcast contract, the market value of each team has risen sharply.
The Clippers have a market value of US$2.2 billion in 2019, and it looks like Ballmer’s acquisition of US$2 billion seems to have earned nothing...
But when you think about it, when Ballmer bought the Clippers, the market value of the Clippers was only 600 million US dollars, which rose by 1.6 billion in just five years. What a horror.
And the most important thing is that the Clippers have no record of success in 2019, and if Richard is acquired, he is confident that the Clippers will become the second warrior.
To know the market value of the Warriors in 2019 is 3.5 billion US dollars, why it can achieve such a terrible market value is not the reason for the team's record.
In terms of background, the Warriors are not better than the Clippers. In terms of the ball market, apart from New York, who's ball market can be better than Los Angeles?
Therefore, even if Richard buys the Clippers at a premium of $2 billion, he will be able to make a profit after a few years, as long as he can lead the team to a strong record.
It may even make a net two billion dollars!
Of course, making money has never been Richard’s main goal. His biggest goal is still to create a giant team that belongs to him.
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"Well, Lee, if you are really young and promising, then we wish you every success in the acquisition of the Clippers." George Caesar did not continue to struggle. He knew that he certainly had no chance to get involved in the Clippers.
A meal is very lively, and there is no righteousness in trading. The businessmen of the PBC consortium do not rely on this topic without scorn.
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The next night ~ EbookFREE.me ~ the game officially started.
Richard is still very interested in Wei Shao. In fact, Wei Shao, who has just entered the league, actually has a good reputation.
But I didn’t expect that since I played alone, the word of mouth is not as good as one year. When I first got the season’s triple-double, the fans were quite boiled. After all, even if such data is brushed, it is actually quite difficult...
In the second season, the triple-double had little influence.
Waiting for the third triple-double, Wei Shao has almost reached the point where everyone is unbelievable...
A three-season playoff round of the game, a crazy shot but less than 40% of the players, really can not fall in love.
Later, Kobe once said that the player most like him in the league was Wei Shao, but he never said that again after the collapse of Wei Shao.
What a Kobe of chicken thieves...