"You want to buy the Knicks?" Dolan looked at Sean in confusion. Unexpectedly, this was the first thing Sean said when they met.

"Yes, I like the NBA, and New York is very close to me." Sean put his arms around Dolan's neck, "What do you think, sell it to me!"

"no."

.

"The corners of James Dolan's mouth were twitching, "You are so sudden."

"If anything happens suddenly, just tell me whether to sell it or not!" Sean looked impatient.

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"I" James Dolan said with a confused look:

"First, I can't make the final decision on this matter. My father has the final say. Second, our family does not own all the ownership of the Knicks."

Sean's eyes suddenly brightened as he looked at Dolan, "How many shares are there out there?"

"Uh, 10%." Dolan said, turning his head.

Sean's face suddenly turned dark. What the hell are you talking about when you take out those shares?

However, after Dolan's reminder, Sean remembered that it was 1997 when the Dolan family took over all ownership of the Knicks. After a series of equity transactions, they finally paid out US$30 million.

However, many media reports said that the Dolan family bought the Knicks for 30 million. In his previous life, Sean believed it. Later, he learned that the Buss family spent 67 million to buy the ownership of the Lakers in 1979.

Cheated!

"Then ask your dad how much he is willing to sell it for!" Sean nudged Dolan with his elbow.

"Do you have to buy it?"

“I have to buy it!”

"It's expensive!" Dolan tried.

"Rich!" Sean pouted, looking nonchalant.

"Okay, let me ask." Dolan shrugged. Now Dolan is still a playboy, not the Knicks owner. Two days later

When Dolan came to Deer Island to discuss the price with Sean, Sean was completely stunned.

"No, how much?" Sean felt that he heard wrongly, raised his hand to pick his ears, and asked again.

"800 million!" Dolan repeated again.

"Are you crazy or am I crazy!" Sean yelled at Dolan: "I'm not a fool, okay? The Portland Trail Blazers who were just traded this year were only worth 70 million!"

"Brother, you also said that that is Portland, the Portland cornfield, that is in Maine!" Dolan spread his hands and said innocently: "This is New York, the largest city in the world.

, that’s the New York Knicks, the best basketball team in the United States!”

"We won the championship twice, and Madison is a basketball mecca and a holy land!"

"The best teams are the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers!" Sean rolled his eyes.

"When the Buss family bought the Lakers ten years ago, it was only 70 million. Besides, they will never sell the Lakers. All their investments are in sports projects, and the Boston consortium will not allow the Celtics to be bought by others.

Let's go!" Dolan shrugged. In business negotiations, don't mention any relationships.

Although Dolan is a playboy now, his basic qualities are not bad at all.

(This chapter is not finished yet!)

"That's too damn expensive. It's twelve times that of the Trail Blazers. Can the Lakers' market value increase so much in ten years?" Sean slapped his forehead hard, "Damn it!"

"The Bulls are cheap. They were sold for 16 million three years ago." Dolan shrugged and said with an envious look: "That guy made money. They picked a strong player. That kid Jordan played really well.

Now the value of the bull has at least tripled!"

"Don't yell at me. This is my father's decision. Besides, I never thought about selling the team." Dolan muttered in a low voice: "If you insist on buying it, I don't know what's good about it."

Sean sat there and rubbed his forehead.

He previously estimated that the Knicks were worth 300 million, but he never expected that.

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800 million!

*** is an auspicious number.

Sean doubts that, excluding the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and Celtics, all other NBA teams combined are worth 800 million!

He had the idea to simply buy another team, such as the Bulls. Jordan was still a rookie, and he could definitely get 100 million from Jerry. However, there was no way Sean could live in that damn place in Chicago.

Or hit the Lakers?

Well, the Lakers probably won't be much cheaper. When the Buss family bought the Lakers, the Lakers were at a trough. They won five championships in nine years after the purchase, and their market value skyrocketed.

It is foreseeable that this is the financial age and finance controls the world, so Sean's main residence must be New York, the world's largest financial center.

Besides, Rockefeller is also based in New York, and he will definitely be in charge of Rockefeller in the future.

As for old man David

That’s just an old man working for me!! So, is it a loss to buy the Knicks for 800 million?

From an investment perspective, he will definitely lose 800 million. Whatever Sean does now, his future value will far exceed that of the Knicks, several times or more than ten times.

But if it's a loss, Sean frowned and thought about it for a long time, and it seemed like it wasn't a loss.

After all, after all, what he wants is not the money to invest, but what he invests in!

Land in Pudong is still very cheap, but can Sean make large-scale acquisitions?

Obviously not, the Eastern governments are not stupid

The last time I bought a palace in the capital was already the bottom line.

Going to the east to develop real estate on a large scale, even if Sean is interested, the east will not agree.

The purpose of opening up the market is to exchange the market for technology, not to make money for you. Big real estate companies have almost no foreign investment.

Of course, it is not prohibited in principle. In fact, the only foreign investment is Hong Kong investment, Sun Hung Kai, Cheung Kong, Wheelock, Henderson, Hang Lung, New World and the like.

However, Sean can benefit from it through the Asian Investment Bank and the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Many other hugely profitable investments were either made at the wrong time or simply not qualified for them.

What the investment market is never short of is funds, what is lacking is valuable projects, and banks are plentiful with funds.

After all, this is a place where ten thousand dollars can be spent as hundreds of thousands.

Just like the money Sean previously invested in Microsoft and Oracle, because the settlement bank was changed to Sean Bank, most of it still had to be circulated within the bank, but in fact it was not spent at all.

Of course, the premise is not to fail in your investment. If you fail, you will still be considered a loss.

After picking his ears, Sean stamped his foot cruelly, Damn it, I worked so hard to rob so much money, why the hell can't I spend some money on my hobby?

Spend some money, no matter what.

All the money that I have worked hard to grab over the years has been invested in my gang. Speaking of enjoyment, there is nothing except a deer island and a palace in the sky.

The more Sean thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. He stood up suddenly, stared at Dolan with wide eyes, which made Dolan tremble. "What are you doing? It's none of my business. If you don't like it, go and beat him up."

My dad, it’s him who wants to quote the price, not me!”

Sean: "."

What a loving father and filial son, so filial.

"Tell me, your father, I agree to 800 million. I won't bargain with him, but I must settle the remaining messy equity. (This chapter is not over yet!)

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I want a complete Knicks, and in addition, let him help me get Martin Davis from Gulf Western Industries, and I want to buy the ownership of Madison Square Garden, including the land!"

"I, Sean, will not use other people's arenas!" Sean said through gritted teeth. Those who didn't know thought he was going to eat people.

How could Sean really be willing to be taken advantage of just to win the Knicks? He was interested in the land of Madison Garden.

By the way, when Mitsubishi Estate acquired Rockefeller Center, it acquired the property and operating rights of the building, not the land. The land is much more expensive than the building.

Sean Bank has entered the top 100 financial institutions in the United States, and it is already a certainty that it will go further, so building a global headquarters is necessary and a manifestation of strength, just like the boss's car.

I previously planned to acquire a piece of land through the Chinese gang in Chinatown, but it is still slowly being accumulated, very slowly.

There is nothing we can do about it. The center of global finance is in New York, and the center of New York is in Manhattan. Land is so scarce.

The ownership of Madison Square Garden changed hands several times, and every time they moved, a skyscraper would be built on the original site. Sean took a fancy to this.

Is it unprofitable to develop real estate in Manhattan, New York? Why do you have to move three times if it is really unprofitable?

Can others move it? I, Sean, can’t move it?

Besides, Rockefeller developed a lot of real estate in New York. Not to mention the famous Rockefeller Center, the investors behind the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which built the World Trade Center, were also the Rockefeller family.

Today, Madison Garden is in the hands of Gulf Western Industries, which at the same time, Martin Davis is still the parent company of Paramount.

Of course, Sean knew Martin Davis, and we had met him several times. However, it would take a lot of favors to buy the ownership of Madison from him.

Old Dolan made a lot of money from him, so of course he should be responsible for this matter.
To be continued...