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Speaking seriously, he also wanted to buy Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mainly because of his strong influence in Huaxia and the world.

With him on the team, Leicester City wouldn't have to worry about selling tickets at all.

The transfer fee for him would undoubtedly be higher, estimated to be at least one hundred million euros.

Besides the transfer fee, the annual salary is also a big issue.

If too many top stars were dug out at once, the valuation of the team would definitely rise rapidly, and the losses of the team would also be immeasurable.

The valuation of a team is such an intangible thing.

Once you don't think about selling it, it's basically something you can't cash out.

Yet the cash paid out is very real.

Having dug out a striker, he needed to consider other positions for outstanding players.

After all, football is a team sport.

Maintaining a soccer club really means that money just flows out like water.

He could only hope that spending so much money would yield good results.

Chen Pingsheng could only wish for that, as his Tengfei New Energy Automobile was expected to achieve mass production in 2019.

Up to now, there hadn't been much advertising.

Let it start with this soccer club, make the fame abroad first, and by the time it returns to Huaxia, it will be a globally renowned brand.

The brand value would instantly be high-end.

This was why he spent a fortune to acquire a soccer club.

Isn't everyone after the ultimate business realization?

Chen Pingsheng also counted on using Leicester City to turn his Tengfei New Energy Automobile into a globally known car brand.

However, he was also thinking of acquiring a well-known new energy car factory in America.

It wasn't because their cars were so good, but mainly because they owned the new energy chassis technology he was extremely eager to have.

Once the capital reached a certain level, acquisition would undoubtedly be the fastest way to expand technology.

These matters had to be approached slowly, let's manage this club well first.

Mbappe had been bought, and negotiations for Dingding were ongoing; there would probably not be much news in a short while.

After all, Manchester United was a top club, and the ones carrying the title of top clubs naturally had no shortage of money.

Contact with Cristiano Ronaldo was also possible, and it would be good if either of the two could be brought over.

For this, he would have to pay a transfer fee of at least six or seven hundred million yuan.

That was all small change.

Chen Pingsheng had established a Leicester City Development Fund in England and had put in 1.5 billion US dollars in one go.

Whether it was the 4.5 billion yuan for building a super stadium or the 250 million pounds for acquiring the club.

Including the fifty million pounds transfer fee for Mbappe, it was all within this.

Future expenses, including buying Dingding and Cristiano Ronaldo, and paying the club's wages,

were all funded by this foundation.

He didn't have time to stay in England for too long, so he had hired a professional investor to manage it here.

However, the controlling party of the Leicester City fund was still Tenghui Capital, located in the North American division.

Chen Pingsheng hadn't returned to Magic City with Tong Zelan on his private plane until the end of February.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, clearly about to pour rain.

Chen Pingsheng frowned, "This weather is not peaceful."

"Speaking so ominously, you're implying something, aren't you?"

Tong Zelan asked him with a strange laugh.

"Indeed, I am implying something,"

said Chen Pingsheng as he let go of the curtain in his hand, "I've felt somewhat uneasy since coming back from Manhattan; our country is in the midst of a major economic transformation, and if it continues to develop like this for a few more years, it is bound to cause a huge industrial conflict with New York."

"You've noticed it too,"

said Tong Zelan, "In fact, since the start of the reform and opening in the eighties, we've been an industrial cluster doing everything."

"But everything is done more at the lower end, and in the nineties, there was talk of 'technology for market' leading to a wave of joint ventures, yet the technology still remained firmly in the hands of those developed countries."

"Now the country is vigorously developing new energy and supporting tech startups, even more encouraging companies to conduct their own R&D, with the goal of seeking an integrated industrial upgrade.

"Moving from low-end manufacturing to high-end technology industries, and this sector is precisely the greatest strength of America and those developed countries.

"You think they'll calmly watch us step by step towards the high-end market and go snatch their rice bowl?"

"Exactly."

Until 2010, Huaxia had always been known as the world's factory.

The so-called world factory meant relying on cheap labor to pick up leftovers.

The real big profit margins were essentially taken by those companies in control of technology or core technologies.

They took care of the technology and design.
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We were responsible for OEM production, then pushing these products vigorously into the domestic market.

The profit sharing ratio had always been one for us and nine for others.

This certainly couldn't go on indefinitely.

Chen Pingsheng said, "We must try our best to break through, and others will inevitably set up blockades, which is the essence of the contradiction.

"The key is that we have the world's largest consumer market, just relying on domestic consumption can support a number of tech companies valued at over a hundred billion US dollars, which would make everyone extremely vigilant."

For Chen Pingsheng, investing in a soccer club is clearly not as nerve-wracking as the trend of the big picture.

Whether spending 1.5 billion US dollars on football would pay off is up to chance.

Compared with the major trend, football is merely a sport that excites people.

To become a somewhat successful businessman, all you need is a bit of luck and insight.

Chen Pingsheng felt that before long, the clash of powers might break out.

This was destined to involve the entire global economy and the economic situation in our country in the future.

That was what truly deserved his attention.