Muddy Waters is short Antler Coffee.
In front of the short-selling giant, this Chinese company had no ability to resist, and its stock price collapsed rapidly.
The US media used many words to report this short selling incident.
Countless local retail investors gritted their teeth and were once again bloodbathed by Wall Street short-selling giants.
If retail investors cannot provide enough proof of assets or are guarantors for borrowing stocks, they cannot find investment institutions to borrow stocks for short selling.
Every time we encounter a short-selling giant, they are the ones who actually suffer the most losses.
Chen Pingsheng listed his newly purchased single-story headquarters on Tenghui Capital.
Mainly investment and share trading.
In addition to the team he brought here, he also advertised to invite some graduates from prestigious schools.
Basically, it is mainly foreign students. After all, he himself does not speak foreign languages. It is much more convenient to invite domestic international students to communicate.
Very few people who have studied in the United States are willing to return to their country to find a job.
Unless your parents have a business that you want to inherit.
Work five days a day and have two days off. You can work an eight-hour day and get a high salary. In mainland China, you can only take the civil service exam.
In just a few days, he also established a North American branch on Wall Street.
Tong Zelan often came up and asked him his opinion on the muddy water short selling. Chen Pingsheng had no opinion.
Tong Zelan understood instantly. No wonder Xiangjiang kept publishing some indifferent news without any clarification at all.
Chen Pingsheng himself is also thinking of robbing retail investors.
Okay, let Muddy Waters bring the stock price down.
When the stock price of Antler Coffee falls below the issue price, she is also prepared to shell out several hundred million to buy some more.
Antlers Coffee has developed extremely well in China, and now it is mainly going into the global market.
We are planning to open stores simultaneously in several other developed countries, probably to compete with Starbucks.
Chen Pingsheng checked international news in his president's office and learned about the Premier League club.
Should it be said, football is still very attractive.
If you want a brand to quickly spread around the world, the best way is to directly win a Premier League club.
It’s just that this thing is not an ordinary money-burning thing. Only the real rich can afford it.
Chen Pingsheng also has a more far-reaching idea, whether he can try to win a Premier League club and then select some outstanding young football players from China to train.
Only by avoiding domestic football mechanisms and starting training directly from abroad, Chinese football may have hope of rising.
This is also the path Lao Wang has traveled before, and facts have proven that there is nothing wrong with him.
The only pity is that we shouldn’t play football in China.
Chen Pingsheng told Tong Zelan about the idea of buying a Premier League club. It was impossible to sell ordinary old and wealthy clubs.
The situation is different for those from non-rich clubs. Players who are a little bit better will be immediately bought by those top clubs.
Wanting to play football without money is absolutely impossible.
He is also planning to spend several billion to buy a Premier League club as a long-term investment.
After all, didn’t everyone here buy an NBA team?
Tong Zelan asked people around for consultation, and she really found a suitable Premier League club.
That is Leicester City in England.
Last year this team miraculously won the Premier League championship two rounds ahead of schedule.
Afterwards, the leading stars were quickly bought out by major established and wealthy clubs.
Of course, this is also the most profitable way for clubs. Star transfers often require high transfer fees.
The owner of Leicester City is also an Asian.
Successfully running Leicester City has allowed his personal net worth to rise rapidly in just a few years.
Achieved about two billion US dollars.
Net worth includes many types, including share value, business value and personal assets.
It is impossible for a boss with a net worth of two billion to cultivate a wealthy club.
I didn’t expect that right after winning the championship, Leicester City’s leading stars were immediately bought out.
Kante and Drinkwater were all bought by Chelsea, while Mahrez was sold to Manchester City.
Many players want to join a wealthy club, which is quite normal.
What Tong Zelan contacted was that the boss was interested in selling, and the specific price had to be discussed.
"Old Chen, with your wealth, you can run a wealthy club!"
A wealthy club means spending gold coins everywhere to buy it.
The transfer fee for a high-quality star is usually not less than 30 million pounds.
As for those top stars, it is obviously even more exaggerated, with a price of 5 to 6 billion yuan.
It is impossible to build a wealthy club without tens of billions.
“Let’s talk about that separately. The key is to buy the club first.”
“Okay.”
Tong Zelan said: "I asked the team to contact you. Anyway, you are not short of money. If you really play a wealthy club, it will be of great help to Antler Coffee's global road!"
It's more than just right. Antler Coffee has extraordinary meaning to him and the entire Tengying Group.
This means that he will officially enter the global market from the domestic market.
Negotiation is nothing more than a price issue.
The owner of Leicester City has made hundreds of millions of dollars from the club over the years, and they only won the league championship last year.
This is when the team offers the highest price.
Unfortunately, half of the star players in his team have transferred out.
Now quoted £250 million.
In 2014, its club valuation was only 39 million pounds.
In 2016, it rose to 100 million pounds.
Now it is quoted directly at 250 million pounds, which is equivalent to 2.3 billion yuan.
The price is acceptable, Tong Zelan suggested that we discuss it further.
Seriously speaking, Leicester City is not worth the money after losing Kante and the others.
Chen Pingsheng still didn’t hesitate much and chose to sign the contract.
Take your own private jet and fly directly from New York to England.
With his current strength, he is enough to support a semi-top wealthy club.
Important financial news, as well as football news, were also released on the day of the signing.
Chen Pingsheng does not need a loan, so naturally there is no need to worry about it.
All payments will be made in U.S. dollars to gain absolute control of this club.
He did not touch the club management team. After all, in his opinion, he was just a layman.
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He also gave his own monetary encouragement.
After all, the new boss is here, no matter what, there are still three fires to burn.
His rules are very simple. In the next 17 to 18 years, he will be in the English Premier League.
Whoever can score a goal will be awarded 10 million yuan.
In addition, as long as they can enter the top three, the management team will share the bonus of 100 million equally.
The teams split another 100 million equally.
This is what he learned from Xu Tieguo. Under a heavy reward, a brave man will emerge.
Beyond that.
He also announced that he would spend 4.5 billion to build a super stadium in England.
To put it bluntly, he is not short of money now, but what he is short of is global influence.
And a brand channel that allows his brands to quickly go global.
The money invested in the club is nothing compared to the money he will make.
Tong Zelan still knows him well, knowing that he will definitely throw away gold coins when he comes.
Compared to the former boss of Leicester City, Chen Pingsheng’s net worth is not a bit higher.
In addition to rewarding players for scoring goals, the fastest way to quickly improve their performance is undoubtedly to buy some top stars from other clubs at high prices.
Every club has talent scouts, and Leicester City is no exception.
That is, by analyzing the situation of other clubs, you can buy some potential stocks.
Of course, if you want to buy a famous star, you must have hard power.
In the past, Leicester City's valuation of three dollars plus one dollar was not enough to pay a transfer fee for Ronaldo.
Things are different now. Now that Chen Pingsheng has entered the football field, he must spend a lot of money.
How can you play good football in a small way?
He asked Charlie, the club's professional recruiter, to be bold enough to find top players.
Price is not an issue.
After the team changed ownership, the new owner was greeted with the aura of a rich man.
The most important thing is that he doesn't interfere in team management at all.
It’s still the same as group management, leave professional matters to professionals. Compared with buying a team in the country, buying a Premier League club directly is not much better.
All kinds of news in the country were also emerging one after another, but Chen Pingsheng ignored it.
He made such a trip, first spending 120 million US dollars to buy a headquarters in Manhattan, then spending 250 million pounds to buy Leicester City Club, and now spending 4.5 billion to build a super stadium in England.
It can also be regarded as the preliminary completion of capital expansion in overseas markets.
He stayed at the club for three days, and Charlie, the club's talent scout who was responsible for recruiting people, actually asked him to recruit a French teenager Mbappe.
In last year's European Cup, Mbappe played on behalf of the French team.
Unfortunately, he missed a penalty in the penalty shootout and became the first player to miss a penalty in a penalty shootout in that European Cup.
Just a small mistake cannot cover up the genius of this French teenager.
Charlie believes that their club urgently needs such a fast and brave center.
Chen Pingsheng doesn’t have many opinions, just let him talk about it.
Mbappe is not a well-known star yet, at most he is a potential stock with very good qualifications.
It doesn’t cost much money to negotiate a transfer at this time.
Because of his penalty kick error, the club cannot offer him a high price.
Sure enough, the quotation came out within two days.
The youth team of Monaco Football Club, the Lions loudly shouted out a sky-high transfer fee of 50 million pounds.
Chen Pingsheng did not hesitate for too long and agreed directly.
It means nothing to him if he cannot build a world-class club.
Charlie was extremely excited, the new boss was so heroic.
Tens of millions of pounds without blinking an eye.
Mbappe is still just a young player and cannot directly enhance Leicester City's global popularity.
Charlie also proposed to buy a world-famous football player.
That’s Tintin, Kevin De Bruyne.
This one is difficult to buy. The first reason is that he has a very good reputation.
The second reason is that the club he plays for is the giant Manchester City.
If you want to buy someone from such a football club that is not short of money, you will undoubtedly have to pay a very high transfer fee.
In July 2015, De Bruyne was elected the 2015 German Footballer of the Year.
In August of the same year, De Bruyne joined Manchester City Football Club with a basic transfer fee of 74 million euros.
If he wants to buy it, he has to pay at least 100 million euros.
Of course, once this footballer can be bought, Leicester City's influence will directly increase by three levels.
Chen Pingsheng knocked on the table and thought for a while, and finally decided to spend the money.
A club without top stars will lose a lot of influence.
What Leicester City lacks is top stars.
One hundred million euros is less than 800 million yuan, he can still afford it.
Seriously, he also wants to buy Cristiano Ronaldo.
The main reason is that he has a strong influence in China and the world.
With him here, there is no need to worry about selling Leicester City tickets.
The transfer fee for this one is undoubtedly higher, estimated to be at least 100 million euros.
In addition to transfer fees, annual salary is also a big issue.
If too many top stars are poached at once, the team's valuation will definitely rise quickly, and the team's losses will also be immeasurable.
Team valuation should not be too unrealistic.
Once you don’t think about selling it, it is something that cannot be cashed out at all.
The cash paid out was real money.
He has already dug a center position, and he must also consider outstanding players in other positions.
After all, football is a team game.
To support a football club, the money is really flowing out.
I hope I can achieve good results by spending so much money.
Chen Pingsheng can only wish this. His Tengfei new energy vehicle is expected to achieve mass production in 2019.
Up to now, there has been no advertising.
Let’s start with this football club. First build our reputation abroad. When we return to China, we will be a well-known global brand.
Brand value will rise immediately.
This is also the reason why he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to acquire a football club.
Who is not aiming for the final commercial realization?
Chen Pingsheng also pointed to using Leicester City to directly transform his new energy vehicle into a world-renowned car brand.
However, he also wants to acquire a well-known new energy vehicle factory in the United States.
It’s not because of how good the car is, but mainly because it has the new energy chassis technology that it desperately desires.
Once the amount of funds reaches a certain level, acquisition will undoubtedly be the fastest technological expansion.
This matter needs to be done slowly, and we must first run this club well.
Mbappé has been bought, and Ding Ding still needs to talk slowly. There won’t be much news for a while.
After all, Manchester United is a wealthy club, and those who can be labeled as wealthy are naturally not short of money.
C Ronaldo can also be contacted, as long as the two of them can buy one of them.
For this, he has to pay at least 6.7 billion yuan in transfer fees.
This is all small money.
Chen Pingsheng established a Leicester City Development Fund in England and invested US$1.5 billion in one lump sum.
Whether it is the 4.5 billion yuan to build the Super Stadium or the 250 million pounds to acquire this club.
And the 50 million pounds transfer fee for acquiring Mbappe are all included in this.
The later period also includes buying Ding Ding and Ronaldo, and the club paying wages.
They are all funded by this fund.
He didn’t have time to stay in England for too long, so he hired a professional investor to take care of it.
The controlling shareholder of Leicester City Fund is Tenghui Capital, which is located in the North American branch.
At the end of February, Chen Pingsheng took his private plane back to Shanghai with Tong Zelan.
There are dark clouds outside, and it is obviously going to rain heavily.
Chen Pingsheng frowned, "It's not a peaceful day today."
"You said such a strange thing, do you mean something?"
Tong Zelan asked him with a strange smile.
"It does mean something."
Chen Pingsheng put down the curtains in his hands, "I always feel a little uneasy when I come back from Manhattan this time. Our country is in the midst of economic transformation. Among the major changes, once it develops like this for a few more years, it will inevitably form a huge industrial conflict with New York.” Since the reform and opening up in the 1900s, we have a whole industry chain cluster here, doing everything
"But everything is relatively low-end. In the 1990s, we proposed to exchange the market for technology and ushered in a large number of joint venture factories, but the technology is still really in the hands of those developed countries."
"Now the country is vigorously The purpose of developing new energy, supporting technological entrepreneurship, and more strongly encouraging enterprises to engage in research and development themselves is to seek integrated industrial upgrading.
“From low-end manufacturing to high-end technology-based industries, this area is. This happens to be the biggest advantage of the United States and other developed countries.
“You said it can quietly watch us move towards the high-end market step by step, and run to steal their jobs?”
“Indeed.”
Before 2010, China had always had the title of the world's foundry.
The so-called foundry means using cheap labor to pick up some leftovers.
The real big profits are basically taken by those big manufacturers that master technology or core technology.
They are responsible for technology, design.
We are responsible for OEM production, and then vigorously sell these products to the domestic market.
The share ratio has always been one for us and nine for others.
It will definitely not work in the long run.
Chen Pingsheng said: "If we try our best to break through, others will surely chase and block us. This is a contradiction in itself.
"The key is that we have the largest consumer market in the world. Domestic demand can support a number of core technology companies with a market value of over 100 billion US dollars, which will make everyone strongly vigilant. ”
For Chen Pingsheng, investing in a football club is obviously not as stressful as this trend.
When it comes to football, whether you can play it well after spending 1.5 billion US dollars is entirely up to you.
Compared with the general trend, football is just an inspiring sport.
If you want to become a moderately successful businessman, you only need a little luck and vision.
Chen Pingsheng feels that maybe it won’t be long before the battle between the two powers begins.
This is destined to involve the entire globalized economy, as well as the future economic situation of the country.
That's what really deserves attention.
(End of this chapter)