649 Stakes in Manchester United and the last English album
Cao Xuan doesn't mind becoming a shareholder of Manchester United.
Even after Manchester United went through a period of shock and became an internet celebrity, its business development capabilities still ranked among the top five among major European clubs.
The subsequent market value is not low either. It will be nearly 5 billion US dollars in 2022. It has always been one of the most valuable clubs and is very popular. Glazer said he wanted to sell it. Immediately, the former richest man in the UK, the Saudi tycoon, and major consortiums wanted to sell it. After taking over the baton, even Musk came over to enjoy the heat.
From this point of view, taking over a part of the shares at this time is definitely a stable business without losing money.
This is from the perspective of business investment and personal fan sentiment. Cao Xuan is very interested in becoming one of the owners of Manchester United.
Watching football becomes more immersive!
And another point is that Manchester United, as a giant European club, has considerable influence in Asia and the world.
Cao Xuan becoming a shareholder is a good gimmick for Manchester United itself. On the other hand, his becoming a shareholder of Manchester United can also bring him a certain amount of attention.
Manchester United plans to explore the Asian and international markets through him, and Cao Xuan also hopes to consolidate his influence in Europe and the world through Manchester United. Even domestically, Cao Xuan's "joining" a wealthy club is also a very exciting thing.
Therefore, considering all parties, the proposal of the Glazer family has more advantages than disadvantages for both parties.
However, Cao Xuan has a different view, that is, 2% is too little. Those who don’t know better think that his boss Cao has no money, so he still needs 10% no matter what.
Of course Glazer won't do it. 10% is not a small amount. Coupled with some other shareholders and shares in the stock market, it can already threaten their control.
You must know that their initial stake in Manchester United was only 3.17%, and it exceeded 15% in half a year. They have already started to acquire the shares, and officially started after owning 19% of the shares. They swallowed the elephant with snakes, and won the last bit. Manchester United.
They didn't know Cao Xuan's specific net worth, but they were from the capital circle, so they had a rough idea.
They still needed a loan at the beginning, but Cao Xuan could buy Manchester United on his own.
Glazer introduced Cao Xuan because he wanted to increase the stock price, spread his influence and develop the international business market. He did not want to introduce the wolf into the sheepfold.
Therefore, Glazer rejected Cao Xuan's request, but also gave in and could sell 5% of the shares, but the price would not be less than 85 million pounds.
Glazer's point is clear.
The current market value of Manchester United is 1.8 billion pounds, and 1% is 18 million. Although the stock and actual value may fluctuate somewhat, it will not be too much.
Previously, they were willing to sell 2% of their shares to Cao Xuan for 20 million pounds, which was considered a loss-making transaction. However, this share did not pose a threat to them, and it could be converted into Cao Xuan's advertising expenses.
Nowadays, 5% is a bit sensitive. Although the threat is not great, it still has a certain say in the Manchester United board of directors, and can even be regarded as the third shareholder of Manchester United.
Such shares have exceeded their advertising needs, so Glazer decided to sell them as normal shares.
85 million pounds is neither high nor low, it is considered a normal price range.
Cao Xuan was noncommittal about the price, but was curious as to why Glazer would sell shares since it exceeded advertising needs.
Boss Cao also had connections in the international financial circle, so he sent someone to inquire and found out what was going on. When the Glazer family bought Manchester United, they borrowed money to buy it, and they have been paying off their debts in the past few years.
They had to repay the money themselves, but most of them used Manchester United's money to plug the hole, so the Glazer family was called vampires by Manchester United fans.
Because they are equivalent to buying Manchester United with nothing, and then using Manchester United's money to pay off their debts. They did not spend much money to become the owner of Manchester United, and they also paid dividends from time to time.
Of course, Manchester United and the British government are not fools. They made some clauses in order to prevent them from going too far and ensure the operation of Manchester United first.
In this way, most long-term debts or small debts can be plugged by Manchester United, but there are still some debts that Glazer and the others will have to figure out on their own.
The Glazers were fine in the past, but due to the economic crisis, their assets have shrunk significantly. If they want to incur debt, the only way is to liquidate Manchester United's shares.
That's why they tried to find ways to bring Cao Xuan into the game, just to build momentum, raise the stock price, and then take action at a relatively high point.
However, because Cao Xuan wanted more shares, Glazer and the others realized that Boss Cao was also very rich. If they could reach an agreement, they could directly resolve most of their debts.
Although it may not be sold as much as after raising the stock price, but then again, it is not easy to find suitable buyers in a short period of time for single-digit share transactions.
And if it is all put on the stock market, no one knows what the consequences will be. If the stock price is turbulent, it may cause the overall market value of Manchester United to decline. It is a small loss but a big loss.
Even if the stock market is fine, if all the stocks are taken away by a careerist and then comes to fight among themselves, it will be very bad for the Glazer family.
They have known Cao Xuan for so many years, and because of Cao Xuan's reputation in business, they still trust Boss Cao's character. At least they don't have to worry about being tricked.
Therefore, for the Glazer family, trading with Cao Xuan has become a relatively good idea.
Not only has most of the debt funds been resolved, it can also increase the stock price. At that time, you only need to take out a few shares and put them into the stock market, and you can cash out without affecting the stock price, make up for the remaining debt, and achieve perfection at a relatively small cost.
Survive the crisis.
What's more important is safety. Although Cao Xuan is not necessarily a good person, compared to other buyers, he knows everything.
It can be said that he is worthy of being a businessman who was able to take down Manchester United with nothing, and his calculations were perfect.
Even Cao Xuan has to praise Ming Ming.
He was not angry because he was being plotted by Glazer. Anyone doing business does not count. As long as it does not affect his own interests, he does not care about other people's plans behind his back.
However, in business, if you don't get angry, you won't get angry, but Cao Xuan will not be soft when it comes to fighting for his own interests. He will lower the price when he should, and he should not miss out on the benefits and rights he deserves.
He found his financial team and talked with the Glazer family for almost a week before finally reaching an agreement.
He acquired 5% of Manchester United's shares for 72 million pounds. At the same time, Manchester United's board of directors gave a directorship to Cao Xuan. The two parties will also launch a series of promotional and commercial cooperation in the future.
In order to ensure safety, Glazer asked Cao Xuan to inform them about the purchase and sale of Manchester United shares to prevent the wolf from being lured into the house.
Cao Xuan also added that if Glazer sells Manchester United shares, Cao Xuan has the right of first refusal. He is still very optimistic about the value of Manchester United. If the conditions are right, he does not recommend holding some shares for a long time.
After reaching the preliminary agreement, Glazer immediately excitedly went to the media to build momentum. The alliance between international superstars and the world's richest families also caused an uproar at home and abroad.
Frankly speaking, 72 million pounds is not a small amount. According to the average exchange rate in 2012, it was 1:9.99, which is equivalent to 720 million yuan.
At this price, you can directly buy a Chinese Super League football club in China, you can also buy a mid- and lower-tier team in the five major leagues in Europe, and you can even barely win the control of a mid-tier club.
With so much money, only 5% of Manchester United's shares were acquired, which seemed like a loss.
But then again, Manchester United is not an ordinary football club after all, but a world-renowned top club. As of 2012, it was still the most competitive team in Europe and even reached the Champions League final last year.
The value of such a top-class club is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary clubs.
And in principle, Manchester United has shareholders to distribute dividends every year, but due to the development of the club and the regulations of the Football Association, the proportion of annual dividends is limited, but it is still a steady stream, and it is not a minority.
Not to mention that Manchester United's market value is growing. Cao Xuan has a golden finger and knows that he will make money in the future.
Based on their professional judgment, his financial team also believed that this was a good deal, even more than Cao Xuan had estimated. Some people proposed to directly acquire Manchester United and let Jiaoyang Venture Capital enter the sports field.
If it's football, the stake is too small to be the master of the business, but if it's business investment, investing in Manchester United is guaranteed to make a profit, so there's no need to worry.
Cao Xuan was very satisfied with this result. It not only fulfilled his wish to be a boss, but he didn't have to become a loser like Abu.
He understands the benefits of being a shareholder very well. He can make a lot of money, and when something goes wrong, the boss and the person in charge will take the blame and be scolded. He can also use the rights and interests of shareholders to hold him accountable.
It's just a pity that the British cannot hear the word "stars" and feel full of awe in their hearts...
In response to external public opinion, Cao Xuan responded on Weibo and Twitter. On the one hand, he emphasized that it was just a commercial investment and was not the purchase of Manchester United as an external investment company intended. In addition, he also made some remarks, hoping that Manchester United would get better and better and contribute to the club.
Such power.
Although Cao Xuan's response was more official and restrained, many people were still very excited, especially the domestic fans, who were blown away.
[Awesome, I believe Cao Xuan is a die-hard Red Devil] [Manchester United shareholders, this is more awesome than building Evergrande] [I like Manchester United: I dream of making a pilgrimage to Old Trafford]
[Cao Xuan likes Manchester United: buy it and become the owner]
[To be precise, they are shareholders. They have no decision-making power, but they are also very good. They seem to have joined the board of directors]
[crying with envy]
[Why not buy Real Madrid? Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo. Aren’t they two good friends?] [To popularize science, Real Madrid is a member and cannot buy it] [720 million yuan, it’s great to have money]
[If I want money, I will buy Arsenal and poach people for 200 million pounds a year, especially captains of other teams]
[It’s not just money and hobbies. After asking insiders, there should be some business cooperation. In other words, others can’t buy it even if they want to buy it]
[Boss Cao, buy another Chinese Super League, I want to see you and Boss Xu throwing money at each other]
[I also like, buy more stars to come to China, Shenhua can bring Drogba, Cao Xuan can bring Torres]
[Cao Xuan is smart. He doesn’t want to go to the Chinese Super League and go to the Chinese Super League. Zhao Benshan is crying because he loves football. Investing in Europe is the right choice]
[Liverpool fans and Cao Cao fans are very sad]
[Haha, I am also a fan of his, but I have just become a fan of Manchester City, which won the championship] [Um, we are both day lily flowers, but I like Chelsea more] [Show me, I was lucky enough to have played with him]
[Really or not, does Cao Xuan play regularly? How do you make an appointment? How are his football skills?]
[Well, I only played one game, and I don’t know how I made the appointment. The captain seemed to know them. Cao Xuan’s skills were just okay. He scored a penalty kick in that game, but what impressed me was that he was particularly generous.
The team's cigarettes, water, dinners, etc. are all-inclusive, the quality is not low, and it costs tens of thousands]
[Understood, good at facing cashiers one-on-one]
[No wonder there was a penalty, no wonder he kicked it, obediently, it’s all human nature] […]
The external turmoil did not affect Cao Xuan, and the subsequent shareholding contract was settled. On August 25, he went to Old Trafford at Manchester United's home court in the second round of the new Premier League season.
Before the start of the game, he made a appearance with the Glazer family, Ferguson, Manchester United captain Vidic and management staff.
This appearance not only announced that Cao Xuan has officially invested in Manchester United, but also that he will serve as Manchester United's chief promotion ambassador.
Normal share changes, especially for small shareholders, do not actually need to be done like this, but the key is that Glazer and Manchester United need to build momentum, so they organized a unique welcome ceremony, which is not for shareholders, but for the chief promotion ambassador.
The fans of Manchester United also showed great respect to the "new boss" and sang his popular song "Ake" to express their welcome.
Cao Xuan raised his hands to applaud, and then followed the Glazer family to the box at the top of the stadium to watch the game. In fact, from a viewing point of view, the tickets in the first few rows are more immersive, and the atmosphere is also better.
However, Cao Xuan's status did not allow it. If he sat in the crowd, he would not say that he would be harassed all the time, but he would not be able to watch it at all. Moreover, he was not comfortable with other people taking pictures and recording videos with their mobile phones, so he simply watched in the box.
ball.
You can see the panoramic view of the stadium directly through the window in the box, and it is specially equipped with TV broadcast. If you can't see clearly at the scene, you can watch TV.
In addition, the private room has drinks, wine, food, sofas for resting, and even waiter service. Regardless of the atmosphere and viewing angle, it is absolutely comfortable and luxurious.
The price is also very impressive. The boxes are divided into several levels according to location and service. Cao Xuan’s box is the best one, costing about 65,000 pounds per season, or RMB 650,000.
Of course, as the club's shareholder + promotion ambassador, Cao Xuan enjoys the right to use this exclusive box for free.
Cao Xuan is not short of this amount of money, and he can afford it ten times more, but spending money and the club taking the initiative to give it for free are two different things.
"Glazer is quite a good person."
Zhang Chong whispered something, and Cao Xuan smiled: "Of course Glazer knows how to be a good person, but who will score the points?"
As far as he knows, even members of the Manchester United first team have to spend their wallets every year if they want a box. This seems to have been criticized by the players' families.
When it comes to business operations, it is difficult to say that the Glazer family is generous, and has even reached the point of being stingy.
The reason why they are so generous to Cao Xuan is not because Cao Xuan is a shareholder, but because Cao Xuan is a super rich man who is richer than them. He may be begging Boss Cao one day in the future. The smart Jews know what money should be paid to them.
it took.
Really, the more he interacts with the Glazer family, the more Mr. Cao understands what a standard American Jewish capital family is like.
In this game against Fulham, Manchester United won 3:2. Newly joined General Fan scored the first goal. After the game, Cao Xuan even asked for a signed jersey.
After declining the gracious invitation from the Glazer family, Cao Xuan returned to China after taking the promised promotional photos and videos for Manchester United.
At this time, the box office of "Avengers" has basically reached its end.
The mainland has been postponed and has officially started filming. The final box office was 1.18 billion, ranking second only to "Avatar" in the mainland box office list.
Domestically, the perception of this film is quite complicated. On the one hand, this is indeed a genuine Hollywood movie, and it has added another big mountain to the box office list. In addition, this big mountain has Cao Xuan joining the cast, which makes many people proud.
Everyone is worried, proud, and quite confused!
However, there is still some discussion in the industry. It has been two years since "Let the Bullets Fly" and there has never been a more than 1 billion Chinese-language movie in China.
The closest movie "Now You See Me" has over 800 million. Strictly speaking, it can be considered a Sino-US co-production. It is not a purely Chinese-language movie. Other high-grossing Chinese-language movies basically hover around 600-700 million, which is still far from 1 billion.
Small gap.
Considering the overall situation of the industry, everyone still hopes to produce a few more hit movies to tap the market potential and enhance the confidence of practitioners.
There is no doubt that this important task is placed on Cao Xuan. Only he, the box office king, will be considered to be able to create another miracle.
However, Boss Cao is more Buddhist and currently has two movies to be released.
One "Taken 3" has a limited upper limit, and the other "Hunting" is a literary film.
Lao Mouzi is now working on a new movie "Return", but the final production progress is slow. In addition, the movie will be selected for three major film festivals next year or the year after that, so the release date is yet to be determined.
At the moment, Cao Xuan has no new movie plans. In the next two to three years, his work will focus more on the music industry. The outside world has placed their expectations on him, and he may be disappointed.
Aside from its success in the mainland, the box office in other places was also quite impressive. In the end, the global box office totaled 1.8 billion+ US dollars, ranking third in global film history, second only to "Avatar" and "Titanic".
Even Cao Xuan couldn't help but sigh, Cameron is such a pervert that he can't even cheat him.
Or maybe this guy is cheating too...
Marvel's influence in the United States and internationally has exploded, and main creators such as Cao Xuan have become international superstars.
Although Cao Xuan was already a superstar before that, the popularity of "Avengers" made him reach a higher level. In addition to being a singer, his other label became Hawkeye.
Film appointments, program invitations, interviews and endorsements came to Cao Xuan like snowflakes, but 99% of them were declined by Cao Xuan.
After being free, Cao Xuan returned to Qin City to spend the last few days of leisurely vacation. As Zeng Li and Cao Li started school, he also returned to the capital and started working on the last English album.
Cao Xuan had previously planned to retire from the music scene before 2015, and now he has basically started making arrangements.
After this album is completed, Cao Xuan will prepare his last album, which is expected to be released in 2014. After that, Cao Xuan plans to hold another farewell concert around the world before officially bidding farewell to the music industry.
With two albums and a global concert that may be even more popular than in 2007, Cao Xuan's work in the next few years will be quite intense.
I don’t say that the movie has been completely put down, but I estimate that there may only be one or two. In addition to the Marvel film contract, the actual shooting is estimated to be only about one.
Fortunately, he still had some inventory on hand, otherwise Cao Xuan would have been afraid that he would not be able to produce new works for a long time.
The first song of the new album has been mentioned before, "SeeYouAgain" by Duan Mei, which is a global hit song and is also the title song of the new album.
As for the other 9 songs, they are all mid-range. If you pick one at any time, it will be a hit. Let me introduce 4 songs first.
The second song "ThatGirl".
The Chinese translation should be "That Girl", and a more naughty translation would be "That Ni'er" or "That Niu'er".
The song released by British male singer Ollie Morse in 2016 once topped the British charts. It was also very popular in China and even became the most popular English song in a certain period.
This song can be considered a pop rock song, with a bright melody and beautiful vocals. It sounds like an irrepressible sadness. The lyrics are about regretting and painful love songs after a breakup. It is also Cao Xuan's specialty and is a must-have for every album.
The third song "Unstoppable".
The Chinese translation is called "Unstoppable". It is a rock song with a very passionate rhythm. It was released in 2016 and served as the NBA theme song for one season.
The lyrics of this song are very passionate and inspiring, and the singing is also very explosive. Cao Xuan wanted to copy it during the Olympics, but later he kept it.
It is worth mentioning that the experience of this song is very interesting. Singer Sia Fuller, also known as Sia, wrote this song. It was originally intended to be sung for Adele, but it turned out that she was not interested and gave it to Fruit.
Sister, I was also rejected.
I had no choice but to sing it by myself, and it became a hit as soon as I sang it.
Although the results on the list are not particularly eye-catching, it is extremely popular in the field of streaming media and even has high popularity around the world. It can be regarded as a mistake.
It is worth mentioning that both Shia and the aforementioned Duanmei are very talented singers. Each of them has several masterpieces, but they are more or less homogeneous, so there is no big selection.
Choose the best.
The fourth song "DuskTillDan"
The Chinese translation is called "From Dusk and Dawn". It is a very healing song. The melody is warm and gentle, giving people a sense of peace and calm.
Released in 2017, it has reached the top ten in music charts in more than 20 countries, reaching the top in six countries. It is not well-known in China, but has many loyal fans.
The fifth song "prose" or "Past Lives".
This song is relatively niche compared to the ones above, but it’s actually quite popular and is the BG of many clips.
Known as a healing song, your ears can get pregnant when you hear it. The melody is fresh and beautiful, and the singer sings it softly, making people feel like bathing in the sunshine in the morning.
Although Cao Xuan only wants to make a big deal in the end, in fact, when he chooses songs, although he will consider the factors of popularity, he will occasionally be more willful.
Therefore, there will be a few relatively unpopular songs in the new album, but they are of extremely high quality.
For Cao Xuan, who is about to bid farewell to the music scene, although he wants to have a glorious ending, being able to receive some heartfelt praise and have his works be passed down for a long time is a temptation he cannot refuse.
Therefore, in this album, although Cao Xuan will inevitably add some fire songs, he will also add some songs that he personally likes and have excellent quality.
Of course, it is also because he has picked out too many songs that he likes, are popular and of high quality, and there are not many songs that are still comprehensive, so he can only settle for the second best...
