v2 Chapter 696： Team plan

The black Rolls-Royce just stopped in front of a hotel next to the Thames. Dozens of reporters and paparazzi swarmed like flies smelling blood. If it weren’t for the security personnel, they formed a group of people in front of the car. Wall, I'm afraid the car will be swallowed by them.

The door of the car was pushed open from inside. Duke had just got out of the car, and the shutter sound of the camera and the chaotic voice of questioning pounced on his face like a storm.

"Mr. Rosenberg..."

"Director Rosenberg..."

Under such messy questioning, Duke could not answer any questions. The reporter and the paparazzi seemed to understand this, and a certain order was formed by tacit understanding, and soon only a few reporters at the front were left asking questions.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was postponed?"

The reporter from "The Sun" had the loudest voice, "It is said that it is because the crew refused to make concessions in the pay of the actors? The conflict between the two parties is sharp? Is this true? When will it be resolved?"

Duke stopped, raised his hand and made a downward gesture, waited for a moment to be quiet in front of the hotel, and said, "The Harry Potter crew is a whole, all reasonable requirements of the actors will be met, and the producer is working hard to resolve it. For the issue of new contracts with actors, it won’t take long for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to be officially established."

Having said this, he ignored the reporter's questions and walked into the hotel under the protection of security personnel.

Someone had been waiting here for a long time. Just as Duke entered the hotel lobby, a man with the style of an English housekeeper greeted him.

"Please here, Mr. Rosenberg."

He took Duke to the dedicated elevator room, through the elevator to the third floor, here is a huge banquet hall, because the arrival time is a bit late, the party has already begun.

"Hey. Duke."

"Hi, Rupert."

Walking into the banquet hall, Duke shook hands with Rupert Murdoch and said, "Sorry, I was chased by reporters when I went out. I was surrounded by reporters again here, and it took some time."

Rupert Murdoch waved his hand, "It's okay."

Although there were hundreds of guests in the banquet hall, Duke and Murdoch must be at the highest end of the circle. Under Murdoch’s leadership, Duke walked towards a small circle in the banquet hall and sat around There were only a few in front of those sofas, but they were all famous people.

For example, Ryan Blavatnik, the top billionaire in the UK and the largest individual shareholder of Warner Music. And Tony Blair, who just stepped down from the position of British Prime Minister.

"Hi Duke,"

Ryan Blavatnik had met Duke several times at Warner before, "You are late, did you get stopped by Rupert's reporters?"

Hearing the other party's joking words, Duke slightly stretched his hands and said, "The reporter of the "Sun" is always at the forefront."

Several people laughed.

Then Rupert Murdoch formally introduced the famous politician to Duke. "Duke, this is Tony Blair. Just call him Tony. Tony, this is Duke Rosenberg, you can also call him Duke."

"It's nice to meet you, Tony." Duke took the initiative to stretch out a hand, and the leader of the Labor Party shook his hand firmly, "I can meet you. I'm also very happy."

Shaking hands with Tony Blair, when Duke sat on a single sofa, he glanced at the Mrs. Murdoch without a trace. Once her scandal with Blair spread all over the world, I don’t know how they are together now. Is it?

This thought is only fleeting. Whether Rupert Murdoch was wearing a hat has nothing to do with him.

The topics of several people have always revolved around the political situation in Britain. Duke is a layman. He listens most of the time and rarely speaks actively, but he can also vaguely hear that Rupert Murdoch is on stage as the new prime minister. Later, I ran into some troubles.

What these troubles are, of course Duke can guess, but he does not want to be involved. The wiretapping scandal will have an impact on Rupert Murdoch, but it will not pose a fatal threat.

It is true that he and Murdoch are partners, but a news company that is not particularly powerful is what Duke wants to see.

Just as he actually didn't want to see News Corporation acquire Time Warner, an overly powerful News Corporation did not meet his interests at all.

Duke knew very well that the eavesdropping scandal dragged down the development of News Corporation and severely hit Rupert Murdoch's ambitions.

In particular, Murdoch is old, and the fighting within the family is also extremely fierce. The future News Corporation will not be able to grow and develop again at the same rapid speed as before.

If not, Duke would not choose to cooperate with Rupert Murdoch.

Of course, neither he nor Murdoch would foolishly believe in each other. In fact, everyone knows that no one is good.

Warner-Fox World will officially start construction in Shanghai next year. The project that Duke promotes alone can be said to be the greatest bond of interest between the two parties.

The two sides cooperate and lack competition. This is the case in business circles.

During a chat, Duke and Rupert Murdoch reached another investment. Together with Ryan Blavatnik, they will invest in Tony Blair’s upcoming political and economic consulting company, the Blair Association.

Although he retreated from the position of prime minister, Blair’s political-business relations established over the years can play a huge role at certain moments.

However, their topic also ends here, because a person who does not belong to this circle walks over.

"Russian upstart." Ryan Blavatnik shrugged his shoulders when he saw the man who came over, and simply left here, apparently having some opinions on Roman Abramovich.

Although he wanted to break into the upper class of the West, Roman Abramovich would still be rejected a lot.

After a few brief conversations with him, Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch went to other places to socialize, and Duke was the only one left here.

Unlike others, Duke will not despise anyone, even if a pig can have Abramovich's wealth, it is enough to prove that this is a very powerful pig.

"I originally thought that our team could play against each other in the Premier League."

The rich Russian man turned to football in a few words, "As a result, you later withdrew from the ranks of buying Manchester United..."

"The price they offered is too ridiculous." Duke casually said a reason, "It has exceeded my psychological expectations."

Abramović sat across from him and asked, "Now what? Are you interested? The Arabs are also planning to join the Premier League club. They want to join this game. This league will soon become the most popular in the world. The eye-catching professional sports league."

The Abu Dhabi consortium acquired the Manchester City Club. Duke also saw it in the newspapers after he came to London.

It's just that he is not so interested in football, shook his head and said, "There is no such plan in the short term."

Compared to English football, he is more interested in American football. Unfortunately, there is no NFL team in the Los Angeles area, otherwise the price would have been offered long ago.

In fact, he didn't have this plan, the Oakland Raiders in the San Francisco area was the main target.

This team was founded in 1960 and is one of the first eight teams of the American Football League. In 1982, the team moved to Los Angeles and then changed to the "Los Angeles Raiders", but moved back to Oakland in 1995.

The team currently owns Al Davis. The opponent is old and wealthy. He has always held the position of coach, manager and owner of the Raiders team. Under his coaching and management, The Raiders have won 1 AFL championship and 3 Super Bowl titles. In 48 seasons, 28 seasons have a winning percentage of more than 50%, including 16 consecutive years from 1965 to 1980.

The economic crisis swept the United States, and Al Davis was not spared. Although the profitability of the NFL team is quite good, other investments still brought him a financial crisis.

One of Duke’s agents contacted him last month, but Al Davis’s willingness to sell is not too strong, especially against Duke’s plan to relocate to Los Angeles after buying the team. Both parties can only It is said that it is in the preliminary contact stage for the time being, and even formal negotiations have not been conducted.

However, there are always some ways to make the opponent have to shoot the team. For example, Duke’s investment agent David contacted the banks and foundations where Al Davis borrowed. These creditors will soon call for debt... …

Of course, Duke does not have to buy it. If the cost is too high or the difficulty is too high, just give up.

David once suggested that he buy the Los Angeles Clippers, but Duke didn't know anything about basketball and didn't have any interest in the NBA.

In fact, the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball are not bad, and their influence in Los Angeles is not worse than that of the two NBA teams, but it is more difficult to buy it than the Oakland Raiders.

And the Los Angeles Dodgers are valued at more than $1.5 billion, which is more valuable than the current Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers combined.

Faced with such a large sum, even Duke has to think about it.

Such a large amount of funds does not mean that it can be thrown away, it will involve all aspects of his entire industry.

"It's a pity that you came a little late." Abramovich obviously wanted to make Duke good, "otherwise we can go to the European Cup together."

"It is said that the Spanish team won the championship?"

Although he doesn't know each other deeply, Duke will not just push away the kindness of others. He still has the least courtesy. He also followed Abramovich's words and said, "I don't watch football. Many, but I really appreciate the controlled play of the Spanish team..."

Abramovich laughed, "My team is also developing in this direction, and you are welcome to come to see the game at Stamford Bridge." (To be continued...)

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