Football giants

Chapter 88 A big gamble 【First order】

"You want to buy Aston Martin?"

Ulrich Bates was taken aback and looked at Yang Huan dumbfounded.

Even, no matter how harsh Yang Huan's conditions are now, he will not be so shocked.

A Chinese actually wants to buy Aston Martin?

"What's the problem?" Yang Huan was very calm, looking at Ulrich Bates calmly.

The German Mediterranean shook his head and smiled wryly, "Don't joke with me, Mr. Yang Huan, I am here to discuss with you a solution to this lawsuit seriously, and you should be able to feel my sincerity."

Yang Huan can really feel it, because Ulrich Bates waited for three full days in Southampton.

"Then let me tell you, the best and most effective way to solve Aston Martin is to sell it to me and make it my property. Then naturally there will be no problem of left hand hitting right hand."

Speaking of this, Yang Huan showed a confident smile, "And I believe you are also very clear that David Richards can't give you anything at all. His plan to bring Aston Martin into the F1 circuit has completely failed, and Aston Martin is already heavily in debt."

"However, once Aston Martin is owned by me, I will provide you with ample funds to invest in research and development. Otherwise, I believe you should know better than me that within two years, Aston Martin will be completely squeezed out of the ranks of top car brands and lose its last aristocratic aura."

Ulrich Bates was greatly shocked by Yang Huan's strong self-confidence and his words.

He could tell that Yang Huan knew about Aston Martin before.

Ulrich Bates is not a pedantic British diehard. He once said a controversial sentence in a public event, and even now he dare not say it a second time.

"Aston Martin must be produced abroad!"

This has been criticized by countless Aston Martin fans, because in their opinion, only by producing in the UK can the original flavor of Aston Martin be guaranteed to the greatest extent, and the strong style of British aristocrats.

But they forget another thing, a business needs cost control.

David Richards runs a company that revolves around racing technology and vehicle modification projects. The largest customers come from those racing teams. The business is very scattered and there is simply not enough money to acquire Aston Martin.

A very important reason why he was able to take over Aston Martin from Ford in 2007 was that he attracted the support of two large investment companies in Kuwait through financing, and finally succeeded in taking over Aston Martin from Ford for 500 million pounds.

Yang Huan feels that there have been similar cases in the field of football.

That is Manchester United.

The Glazer family used funds and leverage to swallow the big with small things, and ate Manchester United, turning the club that was originally the most profitable in football into the most indebted club overnight.

Similarly, since Ulrich Bates took over Aston Martin, he has forged ahead. From [-] to [-], it took six years to increase Aston Martin's annual sales tenfold to [-] vehicles. This is the best sales result in Aston Martin's history.

But with the emergence of the subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis, David Richards' financing method has problems. Instead of continuing to increase investment and further consolidate the achievements of Aston Martin in the past six years, he is constantly sucking blood from Aston Martin.

Coupled with the impact of the economic crisis, Aston Martin’s sales have gradually declined since its peak in 2007. It is estimated that the sales volume in 2010 is expected to be around 7000 units, with annual revenue of about 3000 million pounds and a loss of more than [-] million pounds.

In other words, not only do they have no money to invest in new car research and development, but it may even be a problem for the company to maintain normal operations.

That's why Yang Huan ordered four ONE-77s before, but they haven't delivered them yet.

Ulrich Bates looked at Yang Huan complicatedly. He never thought that he only wanted to settle a lawsuit, but now the situation was completely beyond his expectation.

He has no doubts that David Richards, the current chairman of the Aston Martin board of directors, wants to sell Aston Martin. After the failure of his plan to enter the F1 circuit, he has always wanted to do so, but he has not waited for a suitable buyer.

As the CEO of Aston Martin, he watched the sales of his competitor Ferrari increase steadily, and the Bentley of Volkswagen also turned from loss to profit, while Aston Martin gradually declined. It is conceivable how he felt.

But, can Yang Huan really become the savior of Aston Martin?
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Yang Huan saw Ulrich Bates pondering over the problem, thinking about the problem with a distressed face, and he didn't bother him.

For Aston Martin, this is really a big deal.

But for him, Yang Huan, it was not a big deal.

At best, it was part of his entrepreneurial plan.

However, the game also seemed to have reached a stalemate with Ulrich Bates' distress.

Throughout the first half, Southampton fell into a situation of gaining momentum and not scoring. Poyet did a good job in targeted tactics. Isco is still young after all, and it is difficult to help Southampton open the situation.

"It seems that the midfield still needs further improvement."

For a team, the midfielder is like a person's waist.

The waist is hard, the talents are strong, and so is the team.

Southampton made some adjustments in the second half. Both James Rodriguez and Neymar began to retreat more to participate in the midfielder's possession of the ball and sideways advancement. David Alaba and Carvajal on the two sides also actively participated in the attack.

This immediately made Southampton's entire offense active again.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic stands alone at the front, like Southampton's bridgehead. The team's entire offense revolves around him, bringing the Swedish center's personal ability and penalty area dominance to the extreme.

Brighton's tenacity didn't last too long either.

Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Brighton was once again scored by Southampton.

This time it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic who used an acrobatic smash in front of Brighton defender Painter, and then volleyed vigorously, further expanding the score for Southampton.

After falling behind by two goals, Brighton completely lost the determination to resist in the end and was defeated like a mountain.

After that, Southampton took advantage of the victory and pursued, Ibrahimovic scored twice, and the British player Lambert, who finally replaced the Swedish center, made another victory, and finally locked the score at 4:0!

It was so easy for Southampton to win the top competitor of the season at St. Mary's Stadium.

This battle also made Brighton feel depressed and humiliated, but head coach Poyet said after the game that Brighton lost convincingly, and admitted that Southampton is the number one favorite for the League One championship this season.

After World War I, the whole of Southampton fell into a sea of ​​joy. Almost everyone seemed to have seen the moment when Southampton was promoted to the British Championship.

Yang Huan also felt extremely happy because of the team's victory over the opponent.

What makes him even more excited is that after defeating Brighton, Southampton's excellent state did not decline at all. They also defeated their opponents in the English League Championship and the FA Cup successively, and successfully advanced to the next round.

Southampton's astonishing offensive storm, under the publicity and care of many influential media such as the BBC, Southern Echo, and ITV, quickly attracted a lot of attention in the entire British football world.

Even in Europe, and even around the world, countless fans are cheering for this low-level league team, but the team is sitting on a team of top stars, looking forward to him having the opportunity to compete with the top teams.

And when Yang Huan led the team to be invincible in the British football field.

At the headquarters of the Yang Group in Longhai City, Yang Wenfeng encountered a major headache.

This time, he mobilized various resources and channels of the company to collect all relevant intelligence in the shortest possible time.

And an emergency high-level meeting was held at the headquarters of the Yang Group.

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Zhang Ning came to the Yang Group headquarters.

When she walked into the gate, she couldn't help but recall the first time she came here in her mind.

That was the second day after she was taken care of by Yang Huan.

Before coming to the headquarters of the Yang Group, Yang Huan specially took him to the most expensive luxury shopping mall in Longhai to buy a lot of things.

More money was spent that day than she had spent in the past 20 years.

So, she was very impressed.

"Miss Zhang, Director Yang is already waiting for you in the meeting room."

As soon as the front desk lady saw Zhang Ning, she immediately came up to him.

"Okay, thank you!" Zhang Ning nodded politely, and went straight to the elevator.

But I was wondering in my heart, what happened when I suddenly called myself to a meeting?

Since he came to the company, it must be business.

This also made Zhang Ning relax a bit, she was always a little afraid to face Yang Huan's family now.

With a ding sound, the elevator arrived.

As soon as Zhang Ning got out of the elevator, Yang Wenfeng's secretary had already received the news, stood outside the door waiting for her, and took her directly to the conference room.

Pushing open the door and going in, Zhang Ning was surprised by the person he saw in front of him.

She found that not only all the senior managers of the Yang Group were there, but even the old Mr. Yang Baoping was sitting in the middle of the head.

Everyone was looking at her when she walked in.

However, from the eyes of these people, she didn't feel even the slightest distraction, only seriousness.

"Zhang Ning, you are here!" Yang Wenfeng turned his head and greeted her.

"Yang... Grandpa, Mr. Yang." Zhang Ning greeted Yang Baoping and his son.

In contrast to Yang Baoping's smiling nod, Yang Wenfeng directly motioned her to sit down in an empty seat not far from him.

If seats are divided according to status and importance, then Zhang Ning is undoubtedly very important.

This is definitely not just because she took over WeChat China, but also because behind her is Yang Huan.

The only future heir of the Yang Group.

After everyone was seated, Yang Wenfeng, the convener of the meeting, stood up.

"Today we urgently asked everyone to come to a meeting, mainly to discuss one thing."

Following Yang Wenfeng's words, the secretary immediately distributed a thick document to every senior executive present at the meeting.

Zhang Ning also got a copy, and after opening it, she was shocked.

This document comes from Yang Huan, who proposed to his father to carry out a huge bargain-hunting plan in the UK that had already reached one billion pounds in the early stage. This plan will include automobiles, yachts, jewelry, wine and many other fields.

After Zhang Ning saw this document, his first feeling was that his heart beat faster.

She wondered if Yang Huan was crazy?

Now that the global economy is so depressed, it is actually proposed to carry out such a large business plan in the UK?
But when she looked down patiently, she had to admit that this plan was really tempting.

Especially the blueprint for the future outlined by Yang Huan.

Either way, it's a big gamble.

A big risky gamble.

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