Chapter 455 Sports Industry
While Ivanka was worried about the rumors, far away in London, England, Anna represented Little Gilbert and planned to contact the management of Arsenal.
Before communicating with Arsenal management, Anna first contacted Arsenal coach Wenger to win Wenger's support.
In a coffee shop in London, Anna and Professor Wenger met first.
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Anna went straight to the point: "Professor, Mr. Landrini is very interested in Arsenal. He wants to buy the team and hopes to gain your support."
Wenger said he was powerless: "Madam, you should know that I am only the head coach and cannot influence the board's decision."
"Yes, of course we understand." Anna said: "But Professor, you have a very great influence in Arsenal. With your support, I think there will be less resistance from the board of directors."
Wenger thought the damn Americans were buying Arsenal to make money. Anna seemed to know what Wenger was thinking and said with a smile:
"Professor, I know Arsenal are building a new stadium and are financially strapped.
Mr. Landrini promised that once he takes over Arsenal, he will not only go all out to build a new stadium, but will also not be stingy in the transfer market. "
What Anna said made Wenger quite moved.
Little Gilbert is not only a famous Hollywood director, but also one of the world's few super-rich people. It is not a problem to support an Arsenal.
But the professor still has a question: "Why does Mr. Landrini want to buy Arsenal? There are many teams in the Premier League."
Anna explained: “There are many teams in the Premier League, but the suitable and well-established teams are good. Apart from Manchester United, there are only a few teams such as Arsenal.
Of course, I won’t hide it from you. Mr. Landrini believes that football and movies can be connected.
To be a cultural tourism industry and achieve long-term development. "
Anna added: "At present, I have contacted some small shareholders, and the talks are almost complete. As long as you come forward, we will contact you immediately and promote this acquisition as soon as possible."
Professor Wenger thought for a long time: "Let me think about it!"
Anna also knows that this cannot be achieved overnight, so she is not in a hurry. That's what acquisitions are like, look for a breakthrough and wait patiently, like a hunter.
Anna has enough patience to help little Gilbert complete multiple acquisitions.
After chatting with Professor Wenger, Anna called Little Gilbert, compiled the contents of the conversation into an email and sent it to Ivanka, including her own opinions.
Little Gilbert, who was in Los Angeles, received the email and read it carefully. He felt that Anna's work was progressing well.
"The acquisition cannot be completed overnight. As early as last year, Anna had contact with several shareholders of Arsenal."
Gilbert Jr. introduced the whole story of this acquisition to Ivanka: “As the largest sport in the world today, football has unparalleled influence.
Whether in Europe, South America, or even Asia, there are countless fans.
Acquiring Arsenal can better complete the film brand promotion strategy and win two birds with one stone. "
Ivanka expressed her little doubt: "If there are fans supporting Arsenal, there must be fans supporting other clubs.
How do you get these fans who support other clubs to watch your film? "
"This is not a problem," little Gilbert was not worried at all: "Movies are movies, football is football, and the two are connected because of me.
But in between, there is life.
A family can go to a football match a week and a movie a week, and there is no conflict.
More importantly, this can develop markets in many third world countries. "
Little Gilbert's movies have always done well in South America, and several football stars who have now played have said in interviews that they are fans of Little Gilbert's movies.
Arsenal is not only a well-known club in the Premier League, but also very popular in South America.
Although it is not as good as La Liga, which is the first choice for South American players, at least it is enough that he is not unknown.
Back home, little Gilbert also said to Cameron Diaz: "After the new stadium is built, we must name it as soon as possible. How about calling it Cantaloupe Stadium?"
Cameron Diaz rolled his eyes: "This name is really uncreative..."
Although Cameron Diaz complained that the name was useless, little Gilbert was quite satisfied with the name.
After some investigation, he decided to buy a football club and a basketball club because he really didn't understand sports such as baseball, football, and ice hockey.
This is not just about movie brand promotion. In addition to the energy and military industries that cannot be touched, his industry also needs to develop in many aspects.
Besides, seeing that he will have more children in the future, he will not be able to live forever. He must have property and things for his children to do.
Maybe someone will be interested in becoming a team owner or something.
He chose Arsenal for football, which was the result of careful consideration. Some people say that Arsenal is unlikely to be taken over, but it depends on human nature.
Before Abramovich acquired Chelsea, the Fleet Street media also said that Abramovich would never take over at Stamford Bridge.
But now Chelsea and Abramovich have reached an agreement, and Abramovich will watch the game at Stamford Bridge next year. And Abramovich also announced that he will provide the new head coach with 200 million pounds in transfer funds.
This tone really made the football world experience the arrogance of an oligarch.
Now the acquisition of Arsenal is a good result. Since the start of the Premier League in 2003/2004, Arsenal has won consecutive victories in the Premier League and has a strong momentum to win the championship.
In July, Arsenal started construction of its new stadium, with plans to build a modern stadium that can accommodate 60,000 people.
Everything seems to be developing prosperously, and the club is very happy. But only he knows that the construction of a new stadium costs a lot of money, and the professor spends a lot on the transfer market every year.
Although Arsenal has been brilliant in recent years, the club's financial situation has actually begun to deteriorate since this year. It won't be long before the board tells Wenger that the team needs to cut back.
Lack of money was almost an obvious thing, and little Gilbert happened to have money.
Without waiting for news from Professor Wenger, Anna decided to test the reaction of Arsenal's top brass through Fleet Street reporters.
So when the Premier League was in full swing, the British media suddenly broke the news that the famous Hollywood director Gilbert Jr. planned to acquire Arsenal.
As soon as this news came out, it instantly detonated all walks of life in the UK.
Football's influence in the UK is much greater than in the United States. It can be said that one essential thing for British people is to go to watch football.
As long as you are British, you must have a team that you like and support.
As a traditional giant in the Premier League, Arsenal naturally has countless fans. As soon as the news came out, regardless of the club's reaction, the fans were already in a frenzy.
In fact, fans have always been opposed to foreign funds acquiring their favorite teams because they believe that these businessmen only make money and do not really like football.
When it came to Little Gilbert, Arsenal fans had the same reaction.
Before Arsenal's top management responded, angry fans surrounded the club's office building and protested.
The Arsenal board of directors is baffled. Except for a few shareholders who have had contact with Gilbert Jr., no one else knows why such false news has spread.
So the club's press officer immediately held a press conference and denied the acquisition rumors.
Affected by takeover rumors, the team also lost one game.
But most of the rumors in the world were finally confirmed to be true and not groundless.
It was the same this time. After the club's press conference, Anna came directly to the door.
Faced with Anna's request, the club certainly refused, but was still surprised by little Gilbert's generosity.
Gilbert Jr. promised that if he acquires the club, he will not only expand the new stadium but also build a large modern stadium that can accommodate 100,000 people.
At the same time, it promised to provide no less than 200 million pounds in transfer funds during the annual transfer period.
Abramovich had just spent 200 million pounds in transfer funds to make Chelsea dizzy. At that time, Arsenal still laughed at Chelsea's management for their lack of will.
Isn’t it just 200 million pounds, I don’t even care about it.
But when all this fell on itself and the other party promised to increase investment in the stadium, the management said that they were moved.
However, this kind of acquisition battle is a long tug-of-war, and it is estimated that it will not be completed in a year or two, but Gilbert Jr. said he is patient.
He also made a phone call to Professor Wenger and personally promised to help Wenger build the most luxurious and powerful team.
Isn’t Real Madrid using the superstar policy to burn money? Little Gilbert said that I am not short of money. Professor, who do you like and tell me, let’s buy it directly.
Of course, the premise is that you have to become the owner of Arsenal.
Professor Wenger was shocked by Little Gilbert, an American tycoon. He called Little Gilbert a country bumpkin and was very excited at the same time.
If he had sufficient transfer funds, the Champions League would no longer be a dream.
I have to say that Abramovich’s trick is very easy to use, and throwing money is a very effective method. However, little Gilbert has so much money that he can use Arsenal as a toy.
So when money was no object, Anna's actions were very effective.
The football club still needs to go through a long tug-of-war, but the basketball side went very smoothly and agreed almost as soon as they contacted the other party.
What Gilbert Jr. acquired was not the Cavaliers. Although the Cavaliers have selected LeBron James this year, the most valuable player on this team is LeBron James.
Little Gilbert also knows something about LeBron James. A friend in his previous life told him that James is an NBA Lu Bu.
If you don’t know who James is, don’t you also know who Lu Bu is? House slaves with three surnames.
So once LeBron James is lost, the Cavaliers will lose value.
The most valuable acquisitions in the NBA are undoubtedly the purple and gold Los Angeles Lakers and the Celtics.
Although Gilbert Jr. is a native of Los Angeles, the Lakers are the Buss family's most important asset and will certainly not be sold to Gilbert Jr.
The same goes for the Celtics. They have a rich heritage. Although their record seems to be poor now, it is not something that little Gilbert can just touch.
In the end, Gilbert Jr. set his sights on the Seattle SuperSonics. After a phone call with NBA President David Stern and the current largest shareholder of the Sonics, he quickly took over the Sonics.
None of the Sonics front office expected that they would change bosses so quickly.
However, this boss doesn't seem to be very involved in the team's management affairs. Apart from notifying that the team will be renamed the Thunder starting next season, there has been no movement.
Therefore, the current SuperSonics team is still operating as before. The team's biggest star is still Ray Allen, but the record is not very good.
Gilbert Jr. feels that it is not yet time for him to intervene in team management.
Don't rush some things, turn over slowly, otherwise the fish will rot.
(End of chapter)