American Fortune Life

Canary Wharf, City of London.

Andy's team stopped on the empty pier and got out of the car. Some cool sea breeze was blowing in front of him. The suit on Andy's body was blown tightly and his tie fluttered, making a little grinning sound. His hairstyle He was also blown out of shape, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Boss, that's Joe Lewis's Aviva luxury yacht, his floating office and gallery, where he spends several months a year traveling the world doing business. He takes his most cherished collection with him, including Lucian Freud, Gustav Klint, Paul Cézanne and Picasso. Only those whom he valued are invited aboard."

Seeing the young boss's slightly unhappy expression, David Dunn hastily explained, don't cause any misunderstanding because of ignorance, after all, Joe Lewis really attaches great importance to this meeting with Andy.

Andy looked at the five-storey white yacht not far away, and nodded slightly. He also curled his lips secretly. The old guy is really good at pretending to go out to sea with artworks worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Traveling around, damn, I'm not afraid of attracting pirates to rob me.

"Boss, the old man who is the leader among the people here is Joe Lewis."

"Well, let's go, let's meet Joe Lewis, the invisible billionaire foreign exchange speculator, and hope there will be a good result today."

With a bright smile on his face, Andy took the lead and walked towards the group of people coming from the opposite side. David Dunn followed quickly.

"Hello, Mr. Lewis, I'm Andy Smith. It's an honor to meet you." After all, he is an old man who is almost 70 years old. Andy's etiquette is still very good. When he was three steps away from the old man, he extended his hand and introduced him. .

With a broad and bright forehead, thick eyebrows, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, although the skin on his face is very loose and wrinkled due to his age, the complexion and spirit of this old man are very good.

"Hi, Mr. Smith, nice to meet you, amazing age and achievement, welcome to London, this way please, I have prepared the best blue mountain coffee and black tea, hope you like it "Joe Lewis looked at the handsome young man in front of him, no matter his appearance, temperament or etiquette, people had to sigh with emotion that he was really a proud son of heaven.

"Thank you, please first." Andy smiled lightly, stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, and then walked slowly towards the luxury yacht side by side with Joe Lewis.

"This is my Aviva. I use it to travel around the world every year. It is also my office. Being at sea can make me more energetic." Joe Lewis introduced to Andy with a smile on his face. That luxury yacht with 4 floors.

Andy smiled slightly,

He has read the information on this Lewis and knows that he immigrated to the Bahamas in 1979 because of tax avoidance. It was from the Caribbean country that he turned his millions of fortunes into billions of net worth through financial skills.

"It's beautiful. Some time ago, I also ordered a new yacht. The fastest speed can reach 29 knots. I am very much looking forward to driving it to ride the wind and waves at sea." Andy said with a smile.

"Wow, that's really good, the speed of young people, haha, it seems that we have a good conversation, come on, I will show you my floating office and gallery, and maybe give you some ideas to decorate the interior of the yacht inspiration..."

A group of people boarded the luxury yacht, and under the showing off of the old man Lewis, Andy began to tour the entire yacht space.

"This is Picasso's study of painting his young concubine Marie, "Dreamland"..."

. . . . . .

Andy looked at the many precious artworks and paintings hanging in the room, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a moving treasure house. Even he, who doesn't know much about art, can guess that some of the paintings here can fetch tens of millions of dollars each.

As for why the other party didn't take it up for auction to alleviate the cash crisis, and instead sold the football club, Andy could figure it out.

For Joe Lewis, a Jewish businessman, these works of art are his collections and hobbies, and many of them are nothing more than giving up and measured by price. It is regarded as an investment and a business, which is also the general original intention of Jewish consortiums to run football clubs.

The bald Levi was in a complicated mood. He looked at Andy and Lewis, who were tasting Blue Mountain coffee with cigars between their fingers, and chatting happily with a gloomy expression. He couldn't help sighing.

David Dunn, who was sitting on the side, looked at Levi and couldn't help but sneered. As the owner of the Premier League with economic strength second only to Abramovich, this Jewish businessman who made his fortune in foreign exchange transactions and has assets of billions of pounds is A hands-off shopkeeper who never intervened in club affairs.

However, this does not mean that Levi, who has a lot of power, can do whatever he wants. His football is business philosophy is exactly the same as ENIC's speculation. Especially on the road to building a mainland organization, Levi Changing orders day and night, indecisiveness, and frequent stupid moves also made this Joe Lewis lose his patience.

To be honest, considering the intricate competitive situation in the Premier League and the glorious tradition of a century-old store, Levi can't make ups and downs in the talent market like Da Costa, Castro and Pozzo, but this does not affect his ability to sell star players The decisiveness and coldness of the time.

As one of the first family clubs to win honors for Britain in the European battlefield, the embarrassing situation that only the League Cup can be discussed in the past 30 years has made Tottenham more sensitive and vulnerable. Levi's speculators sent orders Tottenham missed the opportunity to become bigger and stronger.

This is a matter of background, and it takes time to operate. Although Andy doesn't know much about football, David Dunn admires his young boss very much. The main reason is that Andy's employment is better than many club owners.

In Andy's words, "Although I don't understand, I can hire the best people in this field to help me. I can give them money, power, and trust. If it still doesn't work, it means I haven't hired enough people. Awesome!"

"Since David offered to buy Tottenham on your behalf, White Hart Lane has become the most watched one in the Premier League, even more than Arsenal, which is currently competing for shares. Fleet Street has doubts about Tottenham's acquisition. The voices are also endless, because of David, many other factors have been added by the media, such as mortal enemies, revenge, and conspiracy theories, it is simply extremely lively.

Football is just a business for me, nothing special, I am not that Russian, I will not spend money on football, every summer, Tottenham fans and some media hope that I will also give generously to join the gold dollar football battle , which I have no interest in.

I have always believed that if you are successful, one of the rewards for your success is to enjoy it quietly. Being on the front page of the paper doesn't give you that kind of blessing, and now, my name is in the paper almost every day, it's not my life, Andy, we need to find a balance and make this deal Get it done as fast as you can. "

The smile on Andy's face was still so sunny, and he nodded lightly, expressing his understanding of the other party's meaning. He also knew the low-key style of the old man opposite him. Joe Lewis is definitely a low-key invisible rich man. Every time Tottenham's performance is not satisfactory, every summer during the transfer period, he will be pulled out by the media to criticize him. The media generally believed that it was he and Levi's neuroticism that ruined the team. Levi interfered too much with the head coach, and the players traded in and out.

He is also quite helpless about these unwarranted disasters, but Levi's achievements are still worthy of recognition. At least the current ranking and market value of Tottenham Club have improved qualitatively.

"Mr. Lewis, as you know, the negotiations are now at an impasse because of the valuation of the club, and the team's debts cannot be ignored. Even if the plan for the new stadium is shelved in the future, White Hart Lane will need to be expanded. For me, investing in Premier League clubs is also a business, and business needs to consider all aspects of costs. After all, there is only one Abramovich in the Premier League, isn’t there?”

Andy won't get carried away just because of the other party's entertainment, relationship, and some good words. He doesn't lack that little money, but 40 million pounds is not a small amount, enough for him to do a lot of things.