America’s Big Hero

You think I'm promoting credit cards?

No, I am creating a new life and bringing convenience to more people!

You think I'm fighting crime?

Wrong, I was promoting a credit card...

True and false, two seemingly irrelevant things are often the real positive and negative sides!

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Sean thought that it would be over after solving the major difficulties Sean Bank was currently encountering, but in fact, just when Sean was about to run away, Pete Chernin came to the door.

Too much business is not good, even if it is a hands-off shopkeeper, the actual workload is also huge.

"New Century's 24-hour news station has started operation, so far, it's pretty stable." Pete Chernin came up with good news first.

For this 24-hour news station, Sean didn't have much hope. Not to mention the first-mover advantage of Fox's 24-hour news station, News Corporation's global media network allows them to be far ahead in news professionalism and timeliness. Others left behind.

The new century still needs to catch up slowly.

"So..." Sean raised his brows, Cheerning would not talk nonsense.

"So, what is the focus of our news station?" Pete Cherning said after deliberation: "Any TV station has its own focus, such as youth, such as serious news, such as entertainment, etc. The news station , Fox focuses on 24-hour international news, emphasizing timeliness, seriousness, and neutrality, so what about us?"

Sean frowned. It seemed that a form of expression was not important, but in fact, this was the key to the life and death of a TV station.

There are many TV stations in the United States, including New Century, Fox, ABC, etc. The biggest advantage is in terms of coverage, and there are more small local TV stations, which have their own unique skills to survive.

Therefore, the opponents of the new century are not just Fox, ABC and other big TV stations, but also those local small stations that are as numerous as stars.

The first thing to do is to snatch the users from the small platform, or the scene where the boss fights with the second child and beats the third child to death...

"Our new century, as a whole, is youth-oriented. From the first day of our establishment, our publicity has been biased towards youth storms." Xiao En said after consideration: "So, what I mean is that the news must also conform to our general character."

"It's too abrupt for a group of young people to come out of an entertaining program with a serious one."

"We also report the news, but we have to report from the perspective of ridicule. For example, the previous Malay government incident, Fox's reporting direction is racial discrimination, reversing history, backwardness, and ignorance, so can our reporting direction be to select a This year's top 10 worst governments in the world."

"What kind of situation is such a stupid policy made?"

"Did you have any childhood shadows?"

"When a profile picture appears on the news, you can zoom in on your head, it will make you look more stupid..."

"Do you understand what I mean?" Sean tilted his head and looked at Chernin.

Chernin looked at Sean with a look of enlightenment, "Entertaining the news, boss, I have to say, you are a fucking genius!"

"It's just that we have to work hard for our editor, and I think we will lose a lot of hair."

"Hahaha, add a chicken leg to them, or go to Hollywood to dig some editors who write comedy, whatever you want, I believe you can handle it!" Sean said with a smile: "Okay, now you can say that you came to me real purpose."

"Haha, haha." Chernin touched his nose with a smile, "That's right, boss, New Century still needs an appropriation."

"Piu Liang!" Sean rolled his eyes, "I know the fuck, what's going on?"

"The sports channel and the TV and movie channels you mentioned, boss." Chernin said concisely.

"How much additional investment does the budget need?" Sean asked calmly.

Don't ask, ask is rich!

I just earned 2 billion half a year ago and haven't spent it all. This time Sean Bank is planning to use free funds for expansion, and now I still have 1.2 billion in cash.

Well, it is the 35 billion credit line brought by the credit card, financial tools and so on, Monroe and the others used it without ambiguity at all, and Sean was terrified when he saw it.

The investments in Microsoft, Oracle, and AOL this time all used Sean Bank's money.

Sean didn't understand, until now it's still a net investment, he didn't earn a penny back, the account is a loss, how can there be money for foreign investment?

Sean can't figure out how to do finances. Anyway, it's right if you don't make money, and you don't have to pay taxes...

Sean didn't have any psychological burden on not paying taxes. What's more, he didn't earn a penny from Sean's bank!

Why pay taxes!

The reason why Sean Bank was used for this investment is, in Shen Bi’s words: Since you are so optimistic about these companies, of course you should use Sean Bank as the shareholder’s bank, and ask them to replace the settlement bank with Sean Banks is all right?

Thinking about the capital flow of these companies in the future, Sean immediately agreed.

Now he more or less understands what a financial institution is!

What the bank earns is never a small fee, what the bank wants is a large amount of capital flow, as long as one yuan flows in the bank, the bank dares to spend it as ten yuan!

"The initial estimate is 1.5 billion." Chernin glanced at Sean secretly, and said softly.

"Fuck, so much?" Sean was taken aback, and bounced off the chair with a bang.

"It's mainly the broadcasting contracts of the four major leagues." Chernin quickly stood up and explained: "The result of the current negotiations is that each one has to sign every four years."

"The current contracts for the broadcasting of events in the four major leagues are signed every four years. The broadcasting contracts for baseball and rugby are around 120 million per year, while those for ice hockey and basketball are a little lower at 80 million."

"In addition, there are college games, football, baseball, basketball, and the broadcast price of college games will not be lower than that of professional leagues."

As we all know, college leagues are pure, passionate sports that do not contain any impurities, and athletes participating in college games are also prohibited from receiving any form of remuneration.

To sum it up, college athletes are not allowed to get a penny.

The waters of business are too deep for you students to grasp, so leave it to the universities to grasp.

Take the NCAA as an example, earning $1.1 billion a year with tears...

What is pure basketball!

"Every year we invest 800 million US dollars in broadcast fees, and we also need to build new broadcast lines, program planning, staffing, etc., so..."

"What do you mean, this 1.5 billion is not enough for you?" Sean's mouth was twitching.

You are fucking burning money, it is really burning!

"Should, probably, maybe, almost enough." Chernin said without any confidence. "Theoretically speaking, the sports station can bring in a lot of income every year."

Heh, Sean rolled his big eyes, what the hell, I won't laugh at you if you say something with confidence.

However, Chernin was really not sure.

Dedicated sports cable premium channels, this is the first time in the US television market.

In the past, it was a free public channel to conduct live broadcasts across the United States, but there were very few live broadcasts, and professional paid sports channels were all small local channels.

However, Sean is more or less confident. After all, he remembers that in 2016, the broadcast contract signed by the NBA was 9 years and 24 billion US dollars.

This kind of growth rate is explosive, which means that the sports station does make money, a lot, otherwise the broadcast contract will not skyrocket.

So, what Sean can say is to give money...

It's just that I have no money in my hand, damn it!

Thinking of the NBA's ever-increasing income, Sean remembered his desire to acquire the New York Knicks, but where did the money come from?

Thinking of acquiring an NBA team, Sean thought of Paul Allen, his new best friend, who was also an avid sports fan.

So how much would it cost to acquire the New York Knicks plus Madison Square Garden?

Damn Falk!

I don't know if I tell Shen Bi now that he will mobilize one billion from Sean Bank, will Shen Bi kill himself?

For a moment, Xiao En looked a little dazed, which made Chernin next to him feel a little confused. What do you mean, will you give me money?

After quite a while, when Sean came back to his senses, he realized that Cherning was looking at him eagerly like a little Gogou, and Sean couldn't help shivering with that look.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you the money later." Sean said a little speechlessly.

"Okay, Boss, then I'm fine." Cherning immediately smiled in relief.

Sean came and the money came!

After dismissing Chernin who was asking for money, Sean sat on the spot alone, squinting his eyes, playing with the...

Thinking, thinking, Xiao En squeezed it hard, and there was a whimper that sounded like pain and pleasure...

As an imposing boss, do you still need to consider the mood of your subordinates?

What a piece of shit, Shen Bi, just an old man, let him be wiped out with a wave of his hand!

what is money

Money is a bastard!

Spend and earn again!

Knicks I'm sure, Jesus can't stop!

Do as soon as you think of it, Sean called Dolan on the phone.

...

"You want to buy the Knicks?" Dolan looked at Sean in a bewildered expression. He didn't expect this to be the first sentence 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, "How about it, sell it to me!"

"No..." James Dolan's mouth was twitching, "You, it's too sudden."

"What's sudden, you just say it's over if you sell it or not!" Sean looked impatient.

"I..." James Dolan said with a tangled face: "First, I can't decide this matter. My father has the final say. Second, our family does not have full ownership of the Knicks."

Sean looked at Dolan with bright eyes, "How many shares are there?"

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

Sean's face turned dark immediately, what a fart you have to take out that share.

However, after Dolan’s reminder, Sean remembered that it was 1997 when the Dolan family took full ownership of the Knicks. At that time, after some equity transactions, they finally made up 30 million US dollars.

However, in many media reports, it has become that the Dolan family bought the Knicks for 30 million. In the previous life, Sean believed it. Later, he found out when he learned that the Bass family spent 67 million to buy the ownership of the Lakers in 1979. cheated!

"Then ask your father, how much are you willing to sell!" Sean poked Dolan with his elbow.

"Do you have to buy it?"

"Don't buy it!"

"It's expensive!" Dolan tentatively said.

"Rich!" Sean pouted, with a nonchalant expression on his face.

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

two days later...

When Dolan came to Kashima to negotiate the price with Sean, Sean was completely dumbfounded.

"No, how much is it?" Sean felt that he had heard wrong, raised his hand to pick his ear, 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 just traded this year are only 70 million!"

"Brother, you also said, that's Portland, the Portland cornfield, that's 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 America!"

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

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

"When the Bass family bought the Lakers for ten years, it was 70 million. Besides, they will never sell the Lakers. All their investments are in sports. The Boston consortium will not allow the Celtics to be bought by others. Go!" Dolan shrugged, don't mention anything in business negotiations.

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

"That's too expensive, twelve times that of the 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 enviously, "That guy made a lot of money. They chose a good one. That kid Jordan played really well. Now the value of the bull has at least tripled!"

"Don't yell at me, it's my father's decision. Besides, I never thought about selling the team." Dolan whispered, "If you insist on buying it, you don't know what's good about it."

Sean sat there rubbing his forehead.

Before, he estimated that the Knicks were worth 300 million at most. He never expected it.

800 million!

What a fucking lucky number.

Sean wondered if all the other NBA teams were worth 800 million without the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and Celtics!

He had the guts to just change the team and buy it. For example, the Bulls, Jordan is still a rookie, and 100 million can definitely be dropped from Jerry's hands, but it is impossible for Sean to live in that damn place in Chicago.

Or hit the Lakers?

Well, the Lakers probably won’t be much cheaper. When the Bass family was able to buy the Lakers, the Lakers were in a low period. After buying it, they won 5 championships in 9 years, and their market value skyrocketed...

It can be predicted that the future is the financial era, and finance controls the world, so Sean's main place of residence must be in New York, the world's largest financial center.

Besides, Rockefeller's foundation is also in New York, and he will inevitably be in charge of Rockefeller in the future.

As for old man David...

That's just an old man who works for me! !

So, is it a loss to buy the Knicks for 800 million?

From the perspective of investment, it must be a loss, 800 million. Whatever Sean does now, the future value will far exceed the Knicks, several times, ten times.

But if you want to say a loss... Xiao En frowned and thought about it for a long time, and it seemed that he was not at a loss.

After all, after all, what he wanted was not the money to invest, but something to invest in!

The land in Pudong is still very cheap, but can Xiao En go for a large-scale acquisition?

Obviously not, the Eastern government is not stupid...

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

Going to the east to develop large-scale real estate or something, don't say whether 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. Large real estate companies have almost no foreign capital.

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

However, Sean can get rich through the Asian Investment Bank and the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Many other lucrative investments were either made at the wrong time or were simply not eligible to touch.

What the investment market lacks is never funds, what is lacking is valuable projects, funds, etc. Banks have too much...

After all, it is a place where 10,000 yuan can be used as a hundred thousand dollars.

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

Of course, the premise is that you don’t fail to invest, and you still have to count losses if you fail.

After digging his ears, Sean stomped his feet cruelly, damn it, I have worked so hard to grab so much money, why the hell can't I spend some money for my hobbies?

Spend some time, even if...

All the money I have worked so hard to rob all these years has been fucking invested by my subordinates. Speaking of enjoyment, there is nothing but a deer island and a palace in the sky.

The more Sean thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved, he stood up abruptly, stared at Dolan fiercely, his eyes widened, and Dolan shivered in fright, "What are you doing? My dad, it is he who wants to quote such a price, not me!"

Sean: "..."

What a loving father and filial son, so filial.

"Tell me your dad, 800 million, I agree, I won't bargain with him, but I have to get the rest of the messy equity, I want a complete Knicks, and let him do it for me Martin Davis of Gulf Western Industries, I want to buy the ownership of Madison Square Garden together, including the land!"

"I, Sean, won't use other people's arenas!" Sean gritted his teeth, and 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 has taken a fancy to the land of Madison Garden.

By the way, when Mitsubishi Estate acquired Rockefeller Center, what it acquired was the property and management rights of the building, not the land, which 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 to go further. Therefore, building a global headquarters is a must, and it is a manifestation of strength, just like the boss's car.

I planned to get a piece of land through the Chinese gang in Chinatown before, but it is still slowly accumulating, very slowly.

There is no way around this. 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, and Sean took a fancy to this.

Is there any unprofitable way to develop real estate in Manhattan, New York?

Why do you have to move three times if you really don't make money?

Can others move it? Can't I, Sean, move?

Besides, Rockefeller developed a lot of real estate in New York, not to mention the famous Rockefeller Center, including the investor behind the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the builder of the World Trade Center, is also the Rockefeller family.

Now, Madison Gardens is in the hands of Gulf Western Industries, while Martin Davis is also the parent company of Paramount.

Of course, Sean knew Martin Davis, and we had met several times, but it would take human affection to buy the ownership of Madison from the other party.

Old Dolan made a lot of money from him, and of course it was the old Dolan's responsibility.

Debts of favor are the most difficult to repay.

Dolan looked at Sean in shock, with an unbelievable expression on his face, "No, you really agreed?"

"Crazy, 800 million, what can I do wrong?" Dolan looked at Sean with a tangled expression, "You really decided? I feel worthless for you!"

Sean secretly rolled his eyes, Dolan is a good friend, what a real friend!

It's the kind that really sticks knives for friends. Apart from a bad brain, there are no shortcomings...

"Yes, I've decided, I like it after all." Sean smiled and put his arms around Dolan's shoulders, and said indifferently: "With so much money, you can't just think about work, work, or fucking work every day." Bar?"

"Always enjoy life. Isn't working hard to make money just to make yourself happier?"

"I like basketball, I can't play it, so I can buy it, and then let a group of NBA superstars play around me!"

"Let me ask you, would the gorilla stop me for a layup!" Sean said with an 'arrogant' face!

Dolan shook his head, thought about it seriously, and said, "Don't dare, there are a dozen big men with submachine guns on the sidelines watching, he must be afraid of death! Even if you miss a layup, he will give it to you if you grab a rebound. You, and then hold you, let you hit him hard on the top of the head, and fall to the ground with a bang, whining like a defeated dog."

Otherwise, can Sean still have a fucking basketball dream?

Sean's face turned dark on the spot, you know it when you know it, it's disgusting to say it!

After all, the two burst out laughing. In front of the gorilla Ewing, Xiao En is such a small one, the scene is funny even thinking about it.

Dolan left and went back to find his father. He still agreed with Sean's words, the most important thing is to be happy.

If you like it, do it, it doesn't matter how much you spend.

I don't know if this guy will regret it when the market value of the Knicks rises to 5 billion in the future.

Of course, the cash you get now can also be invested. The situation of Dolan's family is different from that of Sean.

To put it bluntly, the Dolan family has only been inherited for a long time, with limited assets and limited cash flow. Rockefeller or Sean would feel that the large sum of money has nowhere to go, but they will not.

The investment projects and separated assets that Sean and the others looked down upon were already good investment projects for a small family like Dolan and the others with only a billion dollars in assets.

For example, Sean sold most of the disciplinary education companies and those construction-related companies.

Charles Dolan was a little dumbfounded when he heard his son say that Sean agreed immediately, no, you really bought it!

800 million, he felt that he was a lion, but now it seems that he is still missing...

Tangled!

...

Sean lay on the sofa and let out a very comfortable groan. For some reason, the money was gone again, but he felt relaxed...