The next day, Zhang Xiao called Clark over and asked him to start acquiring shares of nineteen companies. Each company must acquire at least 20%. This was the bottom line.

After Clark saw the names of these companies, he nodded secretly.

My boss's vision is still as vicious as ever.

In the next month, Zhang Xiao waved the straw in his hand and started buying.

Before the financial crisis, he used 320 billion to buy shares with a capital of trillions. Without exception, they were all high-quality industries.

Zhang Xiao's big move attracted the attention of many people. Many big bosses took the initiative to contact Zhang Xiao, hoping that he could buy their own properties. Unfortunately, most of them looked down upon Zhang Xiao.

"Hey, Mr. Lott, how are you thinking?"

In a cafe, Zhang Xiao looked at the haggard owner of the NBA Knicks team and asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiao wanted to buy a team for fun before, but unfortunately no one was willing to take action. Even if they did, they wouldn't sell it to him, a Chinese.

But things are different now. Few people will buy a team under such a background.

Lott said: "It's 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, and we won't sell it for a penny less."

Lott is in his fifties and is the president of a technology company with a market value of more than 20 billion US dollars.

The financial crisis caused Lott's company's stock price to plummet by 70%. His assets were only a measly six billion dollars. The key is that he still owed billions of dollars in bank loans.

With no other choice, he decided to sell the Knicks.

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "The original Knicks team is indeed worth 1.5 billion US dollars, but the record in the past two years is really bad."

"Mr. Lott, I am rich and I also like the NBA team, but I am not the one who took advantage of me. The maximum amount is one billion US dollars. This is my bottom line."

"This is impossible." Lott stood up directly and said with great enthusiasm: "You have no sincerity at all."

Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "Mr. Lott, don't be anxious. There is an old saying in China that business cannot be done without justice. What I want to tell you is that the owners of the Bucks, Jazz and Pacers are all ready to ship out goods. I

The Knicks are not the only choice."

"The reason why I chose the Knicks is because I live here. I only give you one day to think about it. If you still don't agree, then we can get together and part ways."

Lott gritted his teeth and said: "It's a dream to buy my team for one billion dollars."

Zhang Xiao took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Don't be so absolute. What if you agree?"

"Dream!" Lott said angrily and turned around to leave.

Zhang Xiao smiled slightly, picked up the phone and called Clark: "Clark, Lott didn't agree."

Clark said: "This old man is really stubborn. Unfortunately, he has defaulted on Citibank's loan for half a month and has no leverage to bargain with us."

Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "Then let Citigroup do you a favor and urge our Mr. Lott to pay back the money."

Clark said: "Understood."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xiao took another sip of coffee and said, "Damn, when did I become so bad?"

That night, Lott called Zhang Xiao.

"Mr. Zhang, you win." Lott's voice was full of exhaustion, because Citibank gave him an ultimatum in the afternoon, and he had to go wide tomorrow, otherwise they would sue Lott.

Once Lott is indicted, his company's stock price will definitely plummet, because Lott has no choice at all.

Zhang Xiao said: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I will come to you with a check for one billion US dollars and a contract to purchase shares. Mr. Lott, you have made a very clear decision."

Lot snorted and said, "In my opinion, this is a very stupid decision."

After saying that, Lott hung up the phone directly.

Zhang Xiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Clark is right, this old man is really a stubborn old man!"

the next day.

Zhang Xiao and Lott signed a contract, and from then on Zhang Xiao became the owner of the New York Knicks.

The news quickly spread throughout the Lighthouse Country.

"Oh my God, Zhang actually bought the Knicks."

"What a surprise."

"As a super fan of the Knicks, I am very much looking forward to Zhang's actions in the summer."

"At the juncture of the financial crisis, Zhang spent one billion US dollars to buy the Knicks team, which is really a big deal."

“···”

Netizens are still very happy to see Zhang Xiao become the owner of the Knicks team. There is no other way, who allows him to have countless fans in the lighthouse country?

If it were other Chinese people, I'm afraid netizens wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

When the news spread to China, Zhang Xiao's fans gathered on his Weibo account.

"Congratulations to Xiao Shi for becoming the owner of an NBA team."

"Xiao Shen is simply awesome."

"The Knicks will be our team from now on."

"In the second half of this year, whenever there is a Knicks game, I will definitely watch it."

"As an elective in the middle of the year, I don't know if Yao Feng will have a chance to join the Knicks."

"The Knicks' performance last year was not good, so they have priority. The key is whether they can get a good pick."

"I hope Dayao can go to the Knicks. Xiao Shen will definitely not treat him badly."

"Strongly implore Xiao Shen to go to Europe and buy a football team."

"Yes, yes, NBA teams can buy it, and football teams should be able to buy it too."

“···”

After seeing the comments from netizens, Zhang Xiao immediately laughed.

In fact, he has been a shareholder of Tottenham for a long time, owning 21% of the shares and ranking second on the board of directors, but he soon became the first.

Because Zhang Xiao is discussing with other shareholders about purchasing shares of the Tottenham team.

You must know that the total valuation of Tottenham Club is only US$600 million a day, and during the financial crisis, it dropped to US$430 million. This amount of money is really nothing to Zhang Xiao.

Sure enough, within three days, news came from Tottenham.

All shareholders, including major shareholder Harry, are willing to sell their shares for a total price of US$450 million.

Zhang Xiao immediately flew to Europe and signed the contract. He posted photos of himself with Tottenham on his Weibo and wrote: "A few days ago, I saw a fan wanting me to buy a European football club.

Team."

"Actually, I have been doing this for a long time, and now everything is settled."

Netizens went crazy when they saw this Weibo post.

"Xiao Shen is awesome, here's Ollie."

"Why do you like Xiao Shen? This is the reason."

"Xiao Shen is so awesome, I bought it as soon as I said it."

"The famous Tottenham Hotspur team now has the surname Zhang Li, which is great."

"Chinese Football Association, what are you waiting for? Contact Xiao Shen quickly."

"The national team is now going to compete in the World Cup. Even if Xiao Shen buys Tottenham, it is impossible to switch back immediately."

"There are still three months until the World Cup starts. I hope we can achieve good results by now."

"The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Last year, we were able to get out of the qualifiers mainly because of the final penalty shootout. Luck accounted for most of it."

"My requirements are not high. It would be great if I can enter the top 16."

“···”

In recent years, China has produced several athletes with good football talents, including forward Wang Mi, center Chen Feng, and defender Bao Shuiyuan.

With their outstanding performance, the Chinese football team advanced to the World Cup for the second time in history.

In August this year, we will compete in the World Cup.

Now the Chinese football team has gone to the local area for training.

After buying Tottenham, Zhang Xiao called everyone for a meeting and said that no one would be laid off, which completely reassured the staff who had always been worried about their future.

After staying overseas for a month and a half, Zhang Xiao received a call from Reba.

"Hey, brother-in-law, we are going to Vienna in two days. Can you make it?"

"Romantic Travel" has been recorded for more than two months, and now it is the last episode. They need family members to record it with them.

Since Reba had no partner, he could only drag Zhang Xiao, his brother-in-law, over with him.

Zhang Xiao said: "Don't worry, I will be there tomorrow."

Reba said happily: "That's great."

Zhang Xiao asked: "What time is your flight?"
To be continued...