The next day, New York City Forest Group, Arthur and his men visited La Bruce Ratner, the current owner of the New Jersey Nets, according to the appointment time.

La Bruce was very enthusiastic about Arthur's visit, the young English count. Of course, he had learned about Arthur's purpose this time.

After polite greetings between the two sides, Arthur did not try it around the bush, but directly expressed his intention to acquire the New Jersey Nets directly.

However, Labruce did not feel happy about Arthur's acquisition intention because the buyer appeared. Instead, he frowned and picked up the coffee and took a few sips, and said apologetically.

"Sorry, Mr. Bolin, about the Nets' deal, at the end of last year, I had reached a verbal agreement with Bears billionaire Mr. Mikhail Prokorov, who will be the team's first choice..."

Hearing this answer, Arthur did not perform too surprised, but smiled and looked at the other party and continued: "I have already learned about this, but according to the NBA regulations, whether the team can successfully acquire it depends on the vote of the bosses of other teams in the league.

And the background of this Mr. Mikhail Prokorov seems to be too complicated, and I think it would be a very troublesome thing, isn't it?"

"Haha..." Labruce looked at the extremely young Arthur with a meaningful look, shook his head and laughed: "In fact, it is not as difficult as you think. NBA is a commercial sports league after all, to put it bluntly, it is just a business."

"Twenty million!" Arthur narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his lips, stretched out his two fingers, and said to Labruce: "On the basis of 200 million, I will add another 20 million dollars. Please believe me, I am full of sincerity."

Labruce frowned slightly, lowered her head and stretched out her chin, then looked at Arthur who was smiling from time to time, and pondered.

Arthur was not in a hurry to urge the other party. He had already investigated the greed of the Nets boss. The reason why the Nets fell was because Ratner was too stingy.

"Sorry, although this touched me, I can only say sorry to you. It's not just a matter of money. Rokolov promised me that the Nets will win the championship and I believe the Nets will return to the finals.

Everything we do is to give the team more sufficient funds as a backing. In this way, we can get the best players and share greater happiness. The most important thing is the development of the team, and I don’t care whether I have the largest equity. I hope the team will develop better in the future. I love the Nets."

Hearing Labruce's words, Arthur couldn't help but tugged at the corner of his mouth, and almost squirted to death with a sip of coffee. His words were the same as they were. However, Arthur was not angry or discouraged, but turned his eyes to the faces of his subordinates who had been following him, remembering what he had said in the car that came to meet Labruce.

"...Boss, Ratner made his fortune by real estate. In 2004, the New Jersey Nets were transferred to Ratner. After acquiring the Nets, he announced that he would move the Nets home to Brooklyn, New York City. However, the Nets' relocation of Brooklyn is only part of Ratner's "Atlantic Courtyard Plan" and is expected to be completed around 2010. Later, Ratner also plans to build a high-end apartment, office building, luxury hotel and other supporting facilities. This will be the largest construction project in the history of Brooklyn, New York, with a total cost of $4 billion.

However, due to the impact of the US economic crisis and shortage of funds, his "world's most expensive stadium" project had to be postponed. Another thing is that Bruce Ratner's Forest City Group spent $300 million to acquire the Nets in 2004, but in the past five years, the team's pre-tax losses reached $380 million.

At the same time, although the plan to relocate Brooklyn has received support from New York Mayor Bloomberg, local people strongly oppose and the huge funds involved have also repeatedly postponed the relocation plan. Opponents have even sued Forest City Group. It can be seen from the above that it is already very difficult for Ratner to complete the "Atlantic Courtyard Plan" by himself, so he thought of the Selling Nets team to find partners to complete his "Atlantic Courtyard Plan". Selling Nets team is not the main purpose, it is mainly to be able to complete the "Atlantic Courtyard Plan". I think that Ratner should think so...

"Haha, Mr. Ratner, don't rush to refuse. To be honest, in addition to being interested in the Nets, I am also interested in the Atlantic Courtyard program you led. If possible, I hope to join this program. Of course, the Nets can serve as the basis for our cooperation. To be honest, I attach great importance to the development of real estate around the new stadium." Arthur smiled and looked at Ratner who thought he was talking brightly.

"Really? This is really good news..." Ratner smiled happily, swept away the previous sense of alienation, and began to talk about his Atlantic courtyard plan.

An hour later, Arthur left the City Forest Group with a bright smile, and after getting into the car, he smiled at his subordinate named Ron, "Ron, just like you analyzed, sure enough, he attaches more importance to the Atlantic Garden Plan."

"Haha, he has no choice. The big plan costing 4 billion yuan will not endure, then his losses will undoubtedly be huge and he can't bear it at all. The price of the Nets' sale this time is largely a friendly price, and the focus is on finding partners who can invest in his real estate projects.

But boss, we can't take it lightly. That Mikhail Prokorov is really not short of money. He ranks 40th on Forbes' Rich List with a price of 9.5 billion US dollars. If the acquisition becomes a bidding war, we..."

Arthur frowned and nodded. Although his subordinates did not finish their words, he naturally understood that if there was more money, he really could not compare with this great rich man in the Xiong Kingdom.

According to the information he saw, Mikhail Prokorov was not only very rich, but also the most fanatical sports fan. He was once the boss of the basketball team that won the European championship in the Bear Kingdom and the coach of the national team.

This time he entered the NBA because after seeing his compatriot Abram's success at Chelsea, he tried to create a "Chelsea myth" in the NBA.

He has gold mining companies in Siberia, and he also accounts for a large part of his country's aluminum producers. There is also a media empire, two banks, an insurance company and many real estate and other assets.

However, like most bear billionaires, Prokorov's wealth was shaped by the ashes of the former bear country, a little bit of luck and a strong zz relationship.

This is undoubtedly his biggest resistance to entering the NBA. After all, the United States' hostility and rejection of the Bear Kingdom is extraordinary. Moreover, this guy's private life is even more chaotic and has no good reputation in the Bear Kingdom and Europe.

Especially in 2007, he and his friends went to a French ski resort and brought eight models to help them entertain. French police detained Prokorov for three days for suspected essays and jailed him.

Thinking of this, Arthur's eyes narrowed slightly, with a sharp cold light flashing, and the corner of his mouth raised slightly and sneered: "Help me make an appointment with David Stern, and at the same time, let the news that I want to acquire the Nets. It's time to make good use of the media in New York."

"Okay boss."

"By the way, did I ask the person you contact?" Arthur asked suddenly remembered something.

"Bob Miles was very surprised and happy with your invitation. He had already set out to New York and arrived back in the afternoon."

"Well, that's good."

Arthur's lips raised and smiled. Although he didn't know much about his seemingly irrelevant decision to invite a strange American to join the team that acquired the NBA team, he knew better than anyone else. It was because of this man named Bob Myers who led the transformation of the Golden State Warriors.
Chapter completed!