Dating turned into business negotiations and turned female guests into free legal counsel. Li Rui estimated that this was the first experience in the history of love.

As soon as he saw Steve Parish, he stepped forward and gave Li Rui a warm hug: "Li, I'm so happy to see you!"

Li Rui smiled and said, "Steve, I thought I would have to wait until May to meet you in Eagle Kingdom. I would be so happy to see you in Eagle Kingdom."

After the greetings, the two sat down.

Steve Parrish is a businessman from the Eagle Kingdom. In 2010, he formed an investment group with several partners and jointly acquired the Eagle Gran Champions League team Crystal Palace and served as chairman.

A few months ago, Li Rui launched inquiry negotiations with several Hawk Super League and Hawk Crown teams through the matchmaking of the internationally renowned agency Caa, including Manchester United, Liverpool, Brighton, Aston Villa, etc. Crystal Palace, who is in Hawk Crown, is also one of them.

Due to the price, team building philosophy, and the factors that fans objected, the acquisition was not going well, especially the 2 billion Eagle Pound quote from Manchester United Lions made Li Rui completely unacceptable.

According to Li Rui's plan, he will take a European trip in May or June this year, and will make a special trip to the Eagle Country to inspect the actual situation of several teams before making a decision. Unexpectedly, Parrish ran to Hong Kong Island in advance.

Then let’s have a good chat.

Li Rui took the initiative: "Steve, how is Crystal Palace's record? I heard that there is a lot of hope to hit the Eagle Super League this year?"

As soon as these words came out, Parrish's face became a little embarrassed, and he coughed lightly: "The team's record has fluctuated recently..."

Not only did it have some ups and downs, Crystal Palace's record at the beginning of the season was once ranked among the top, giving fans hope to advance to the Super League. You should know that they have been relegated from the Eagle Super League for 8 years and have always dreamed of returning to the highest level of the stage.

However, as the schedule deepens, the shortcomings of the strength of the Crystal Palace team's lineup are fully exposed. They have lost consecutively for a while, especially last week's defeat to Brighton, the direct competitor who made the Super League, who just lost 0:3 last week, and the situation of the Super League has become precarious again.

The worst thing is that the team's plan to expand the stadium was rejected by the local parliament, resulting in a decrease in expected revenue. The team's economic situation is very tense. If the promotion to the Super League is unsuccessful and there is no external fund injection, the leading stars may have to be sold next year to make up for the fiscal gap.

Unlike several other teams that were targeted by Li Rui, Manchester United is backed by the Magnesium Consortium, Liverpool is a veteran giant, Aston Villa has royal fans, Brighton has a fan boss, and Crystal Palace has nothing.

Seeing the team's recent performance decline, Parish felt something was wrong. She didn't wait until May and ran to Hong Kong Island to meet Li Rui in advance, hoping to promote the introduction of Huaguo Capital as soon as possible.

Li Rui actually didn't know how Crystal Palace's record was, and even forgot when this team returned to the Eagle Super League. The biggest impression of it was only three points.

First, Crystal Palace introduced Huaguo players Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, and was once the home team of many Huaguo fans. Li Rui also stayed up late with his father to watch many Crystal Palace games, leaving a very deep impression.

Second, Crystal Palace was founded in London in 1905. It is also a veteran team and has a relatively deep fan base in southern London.

Buying a team is actually similar to buying a house. You have to choose a good location to buy a house, and buying a team must depend on the size of the city you are in.

When he acquired the NBA team, Li Rui first considered big cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston. As for small cities like New Orleans, Charlotte, Memphis Salt Lake City, they wouldn't even consider them at all.

Yingchao is the best-run football league in the world, but it still needs to choose a more attractive or well-known city.

In London, Manchester City, Liverpool, the team is definitely more well-known than in Hull City, Sunderland, and Swansea, and is more likely to be favored by fans.

The Eagle Crown team can be promoted to the Eagle Super League, but Hull City team cannot move to London.

So Li Rui has focused on these big cities from the beginning, and would rather buy Brighton or Crystal Palace, which is still in the Eagle Crown than consider the Eagle Super League teams in those remote cities.

Another third point is that Li Rui remembers that the broadcasting fee of Eagle Super League will soon usher in a surge. Even the team ranked last can still receive a broadcasting fee share of Eagle Super League, which resulted in a surge in the value of Eagle Super League.

If Crystal Palace is not unexpected, it will have a good chance to enter the Eagle Super League this year, and it is a good time to take action now.

"Steve, we have talked a few times before, so let's get straight to the point this time." Li Rui said, "I'm more interested in Crystal Palace, and if you have the idea of ​​selling the team, then let's talk in detail about the conditions for the acquisition."

Ding Huimin listened aside, and then she realized what Li Rui was going to do.

Acquisition of the Eagle Super League team?

Although I have known that Li Rui is a billionaire, everyone lives together every day and does not think that Li Rui is so special. Isn’t it just a head and two legs, eating the same thing and sleeping in the same bed?

But at this moment, Ding Huimin felt the gap between the two deeply.

When she was still trying hard to pay off her mortgage for a small house, Li Rui was already considering buying a team.

Suddenly, she regretted setting her target on Li Rui.

If she chose Ouyang Ming or Ma Jiangning, would it be better and would it make her future life easier?

But she chose Li Rui, who was completely different from the same world. Is this a bit of a dream?

After hearing Li Rui's words, Parrish quickly quoted his ideal price.

Two hundred million eagle pounds.

Li Rui was slightly stunned when he heard this number.

It’s not that it feels too high, but it’s too low.

In another two years, this is just a two-year broadcast fee sharing.

Moreover, the 200 million Hawk Pounds is indeed not a big money for Li Rui. He spent nearly one billion magnesium dollars when he bought the Houston Rockets!

Seeing that Li Rui was silent, Parrish was a little nervous, afraid that the price would scare the buyer away, and hurriedly said: "This offer actually includes a 25-year lease for Selhurst Park Stadium, with the lease period from 2008 to 2033."

"Oh..." Li Rui nodded. Isn't this even lower?

When he was just reborn, Li Rui almost never bargained in order to compete for investment opportunities, and even took the initiative to raise prices in order to hold more shares, for fear of missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Now that he has money, he has become much stingy.

Or he has more choices, and he has a more calm mind and a bargaining mood.

"The 200 million eagle pounds are still too high. If my previous investigation is correct, you only spent 50 million eagle pounds when you acquired Crystal Palace in 2010." Li Rui smiled slightly, "It's only been three years. The profit of reselling the 200 million eagle pounds is too high, right?"

This is a bit shameless.

In terms of investment returns, who can compare with you?
Chapter completed!