All-round Athlete

Chapter 800 Another Way

Surrounded by a group of reporters, Zhang Guan felt helpless.

"I really don't plan to go to the NBA." Zhang Guan said.

"But there is already news from the United States that the Los Angeles Lakers have sent someone to contact you!" the reporter asked eagerly.

"If I wanted to go to the NBA, I would have gone two years ago instead of waiting until now." Zhang Guan shrugged.

"It is reported that two years ago, you reached an agreement with the Boston Celtics, but you were selected by the Lakers in advance. You are very dissatisfied with the news that the Lakers have cut off the Hu, so you have not gone to the NBA?" A reporter Said provocatively.

Zhang Guan frowned slightly, these reporters like to write nonsense, sometimes they can write ugly without hatred. He had to respond: "My relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers has always been very harmonious. I will not go to the NBA for the time being, mainly because my game tasks have always been relatively heavy."

"For the time being? Are you saying that you will still go to the NBA in the future?" A reporter immediately asked.

"Well, but I probably won't go for the next two years. The new Olympic selection cycle is about to start, so my main task next year is to carry out recovery training for Olympic events, and then prepare for the 2012 Olympic trials. Zhang Guan immediately changed the subject.

The topic of the Olympic Games obviously aroused the new interest of reporters, such as "How many gold medals are going to be won in this Olympic Games", "Which events will the London Olympics participate in", "Do you have the confidence to surpass Phelps in the Olympic history gold medal list?" "And other topics were all withdrawn by the reporter.

After all, the NBA is just basketball, and basketball can only be regarded as a part of sports. Compared with the topic of the entire Olympic Games, the latter is more able to attract people's attention.

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Zhang Guan leaned on the sofa and heaved a sigh of relief. Dealing with reporters is indeed a very troublesome thing, and he can neither say more nor less. If you talk too much, the reporters will misinterpret various meanings, and if you talk too little, the reporters will add fuel and make all kinds of conjectures.

"These reporters are really troublesome!" Zhang Guan felt a little tired and closed his eyes to take a rest, but the ringtone of the mobile phone woke him up.

"It's Huang Weida!" Zhang Guan answered the phone immediately.

Since the Athens Olympics, Zhang Guan has become a major customer of Fidelity Investments. After all, Hong Kong Island is an international financial center. Zhang Guan's overseas investments are mainly completed through Huang Weida's Fidelity Investments, and these investments are also for Zhang Guan. Guan has obtained a lot of income. It can be said that Fidelity Investment is the manager of Zhang Guan's overseas assets.

"Zang Xiansen (Mr. Zhang), like Huang Weida (I'm Huang Weida)!" Huang Weida said, his Mandarin is still a bit vague, except for the three words "Huang Weida", Huang Weida hardly has a word to say The words are correct and round, but Zhang Guan is already used to these.

"Mr. Huang, what's the matter?" Zhang Guan asked.

"There is an investment, I wonder if you are interested?" Huang Weida emphasized his voice, and then said, "It's in the sports industry."

"Sports industry? What project?" Zhang Guan asked immediately.

"Basketball, the American NBA." Huang Weida said.

"NBA? Could it be that someone wants to sell the team?" Zhang Guan asked, but he began to recall in his mind that around 2010, there was a team owner in the NBA who wanted to sell the team.

"It's not selling the team, it's selling the team's shares." Huang Weida said.

"Oh, it's selling shares!" Zhang Guan nodded, but his tone was quite interested in it.

The NBA has developed rapidly in recent years, especially the pace of nationalization has accelerated. Audiences from more than 200 countries around the world have begun to pay attention to this professional league, which has also brought a lot of benefits to the NBA. At the same time, the NBA The team's shares have also become fragrant momos.

In fact, there are not many NBA teams that can make a profit. The vast majority of teams are losing money. Even for profitable teams, the income is not high, so the dividends for shareholders are not much. From a perspective, investing in the NBA is not a profitable business. Even if the money is deposited in the bank, it will give some interest, and if the NBA team loses money this year, the shareholders will of course not get a penny.

But from an investment point of view, buying shares in NBA teams is definitely a surefire way to make money. Because with the promotion of the NBA, the market value of the team has also continued to increase, and what has been brought about is that the team's shares will become more and more valuable. It may be worth $10 million to buy a team share today, and it will be worth $20 million in a few years, and it will be worth $30 million in a few years. With the rate of return in units of "times", there is no need to care about the little profit dividend.

For example, Jordan bought the Charlotte Bobcats and became his own boss. Although the Bobcats were losing money almost every year and their record was always in the bottom ranks, affected by the general trend of the NBA, the market value of the Bobcats also increased a lot. Gang Leader Qiao's personal assets have at least doubled.

Because of this, the shareholders of NBA teams have not changed much, and such things as team shares are quite popular with many big investors, and Zhang Guan is also very interested in this.

So Zhang Guan asked, "Which team is going to sell the shares?"

"It's the shares of the Los Angeles Lakers." Huang Weida said.

"The Lakers?" Zhang Guan sat up straight involuntarily.

Given the Los Angeles Lakers' status in the NBA, their sale of shares may attract many investors.

On the other end of the phone, Huang Weida went on to say: "Magic Johnson once bought 4.5% of the shares of the Lakers in 1994, and this time he is going to sell the 4.5% of the shares. Many investors on Wall Street have expressed this Very interested, but Johnson’s asking price is a bit high, so many people are still hesitant. Besides, the Bass family is also a problem.”

"I don't think it's a problem to ask for a high price. After all, the price is negotiable. The main problem is the Bass family, right?" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"One word hit!" Huang Weida continued: "Without the approval of the Bass family, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get the 4.5% shares of the Lakers."

"So how much does Johnson want?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"50 million US dollars." Huang Weida said.

"For 50 million US dollars, 4.5% of the shares, then his valuation of the Lakers is 1.111 billion US dollars." Zhang Guan began to calculate whether it was worth it.

"Based on the current situation of the Lakers, a valuation of US$1 billion is a relatively reasonable price. After all, the Lakers have not disclosed their debt situation. US$50 million is indeed a little higher. If you are really interested, you can negotiate the price. "Huang Weida said.

"It's best to be able to negotiate the price. If Johnson refuses to lower the price, I will give him 50 million dollars!" Zhang Guan said without hesitation: "As for the Bass family, I will take care of it!"

Is it worth $50 million to buy a 4.5% stake in the Lakers? Definitely great value! You must know that the Clippers in the same city will sell for 2 billion US dollars in the future, and with the background of the Lakers, the valuation of 1 billion is really too low.

What makes Zhang Guan determined is the increase in the overall value of the NBA in the future. For example, the increase in the overall broadcast contract price of the NBA has greatly increased the market value of each team, especially a year later, Time Warner and the Lakers. A 25-year broadcast contract worth 5 billion U.S. dollars was signed, allowing the Lakers to surpass Real Madrid and Barcelona in broadcast fees, and the market value of the Lakers has also been rising all the way, approaching 3 billion U.S. dollars.

Of course, the market value of 3 billion US dollars does not mean that you can buy the Lakers with 3 billion US dollars! For high-quality assets like the Lakers, sometimes they may not be able to buy even at a premium.

Therefore, some people will comment in the future that it is a huge loss for Magic Johnson to sell the Lakers at this time. And Zhang Guan is obviously willing to be the one who picks up the bargain. What's more, the opportunity to buy the shares of the Lakers is rare, so Zhang Guan decided to buy the 4.5% shares of the Lakers without hesitation.

Zhang Guan put down the phone and rubbed his temples.

"At first I didn't want to have any intersection with the Lakers, but this time, it won't work if there is no intersection! But if this transaction is successful, although I have not become a player of the Lakers, I will become a shareholder of the Lakers. One way to enter the NBA!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

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