American Fortune Life

Cannes, a seaside resort city on the famous azure coastline, is on the verge of the Mediterranean Sea, with blue sea water, mild climate and sunny sunshine. It is famous all over the world for its beautiful beaches and the Cannes Film Festival held every May.

In a holiday villa on the scenic coastal boulevard, Monica Bellucci was wearing a white bohemian dress, her slightly curly hair was loose, and a slender hairpin was held between her fingers. Cigarette, holding a mobile phone in the other hand, watching the sunset slowly setting on the sea level.

Monica, who is known as Italy's work of art dedicated to the world, has been troubled by reporters and paparazzi since she was photographed arguing with Vincent Caso, and the outside world speculated that the marriage was a red light. With her daughter Deva, she came to Cannes, a quiet town, to escape the hustle and bustle.

The text message she just received made Monica's mood extremely complicated. She knew very well about Andy, a little man, and she coveted her appearance and his body.

"Hey~"

Monica sighed melancholy, and the smoke cleared away. For her husband Vincent Cassel, if it was just stealing or something, to be honest, it was really nothing to those in the circle of fame and fortune. .

But GAY, for a woman, is undoubtedly a fraudulent marriage, and she also gave birth to a child. This kind of deception is unforgivable. Thinking about the sweetness of the past, one can't help but feel sick.

I remember the scene when I threw the photo to him that day, seeing his flustered eyes, and roaring from embarrassment, and finally told her the truth, which made Monica even more sad.

A month has passed, and the marriage has also come to an end in the entanglement, and it is kept secret. After all, the influence of the two in Europe is still very large.

On her slightly haggard face, the only thing that remained unchanged was her firm, confident and calm eyes. As deep as the starlight in the dark night, I put out the cigarette, walked to the sofa with bare feet and sat down, raised my legs and curled them up on the sofa, stretched my right hand to comb my hair back, and looked at the little man with his mobile phone Incoming SMS.

After a little hesitation, he flicked his slender fingers and replied a text message.

"I'm in Cannes."

The text message alert sounded, and Andy, who was videoing with Ivana, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and his mood was unavoidably turbulent.

"Honey, the American media has given you a new title, sports tycoon!"

Andy couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "Investing in these teams is based on business strategy considerations, not just out of interest. Under the impact of the financial crisis,

The global real industry, especially the traditional manufacturing industry, will be greatly impacted, and the real economy is facing the thorny trend of funds moving from real to virtual. But I hope to quickly turn the wealth obtained from the capital market into high-quality real assets, and sports investment is undoubtedly a high-quality project that can be inherited. "

Ivana smiled sweetly and nodded. She still agrees with Andy's investment ideas. In fact, sometimes she also feels that her boyfriend is a collection of contradictions. He has a past industrial tycoon and emerging industries such as IT and venture capital. Many traits of a gangster.

Introverted, likes to stand behind the scenes, and will not show up easily. Manage the industry with a professional attitude, hire professionals to operate, and only make decisions in person when it involves major affairs.

But at the same time, he is used to getting rich overnight, likes to spend a lot of money, and is more willing to use money to solve all problems in various capital operations or acquisitions.

"Honey, now many media are analyzing what kind of impact your joining will bring to the three major alliances, the New York Times' evaluation of you... wait a moment, let me read it to you.

"Flexible management, open communication, gathering the wisdom of external consultants and constantly reassessing the way and goals of the company. These are not common in the field of professional sports. The "Silicon Valley model" is exactly what he brought to sports. New changes in the league."

"Well, dear, I can only say that they think too much. You know, there are many smart people in this world. I'm not the smartest one. I'm just an integrator." Andy said noncommittally .

In the video, Ivana couldn't help but twitched her mouth. Her boyfriend likes this kind of subtle pretense the most, it's really unbearable.

The two chatted for a while before ending the video call. They immediately picked up the phone and opened the text message. When they saw the message on it, they couldn't help laughing, "Wait for me!"

Suppressing the passion in my heart, I put my phone aside, opened my Facebook, and started to read the recent messages.

There have been hundreds of thousands of comments under a photo of him wearing a Tottenham scarf after he successfully acquired Tottenham.

After looking at it, I found a few messages and replied, this is the best way to maintain my fan group, that is to keep bubbling, instead of just ignoring it with a cold look.

"It's great to have a Premier League team, let alone Tottenham Hotspur..."

Records, market value, exposure... These are what Andy wants most in acquiring the sports industry. He will not treat these teams as accessories or big toys. He knows better than anyone that professional sports clubs will become real cash cows due to the sharp increase in TV broadcast fees.

In the current 2007, the total market value of NBA teams is 11.2 billion US dollars, and the average market value of each team is 373 million US dollars. In the future, this average market value will at least increase by 3 or 4 times with the influx of new capital and sky-high broadcast fees.

Andy doesn't have so much emotion in investing in sports. He prefers the NBA's catchphrase, "business is business".

Andy has no regrets about the properties or players in his hands. As long as the price is right, he does not rule out the possibility of trading. .

Browsing the official websites of several teams under his banner, looking at the new announcements above, who left and which players joined, and looking at the various fans' messages after the announcements, some were happy, some were abusive, and there were all kinds of comments. Analyzing Emperor, very lively.

Of course, it is unavoidable that the players who are traded will be dissatisfied. Some foul-mouthed players even faced various complaints from the media, which made Andy laugh again and again.

"When you leave, if you have feelings, please wipe away your tears and quickly enter the state; when you are full of resentment, please calm down, you don't necessarily offend anyone or make a big mistake, because you are just commodities, commodities The value lies in the exchange!"

Andy muttered to himself, although he really wanted to write it on Facebook, but thinking of the storm of saliva that might be caused, he could only live his mouth addiction for a while. There are many things to know, but he can't do it. To maintain your own image, you can't be unconventional and go to death.

During dinner, Andy made an arrangement for Tori and the others, giving them two days off to play in Paris, the fashion capital where women can't calm down, and he himself naturally needs to disappear for a few days.

After all, European journalists are not vegetarians, and in Europe, journalists and paparazzi dig out celebrities with even more insane and crazed methods. You must know that Vincent Cassel’s black material was obtained by a few French subordinates, and he can’t guarantee it. Nobody did that to him.

After dinner, Andy called Kenny over and said to him, "You send someone to Cannes to rent a yacht. I will spend the next few days on the yacht."

Kenny nodded and said, "Understood, boss."

Andy smiled, but seeing Kenny's obvious hesitant expression on his face, he couldn't help but continued to laugh and said, "Just tell me if you have anything to say, who will you show this expression to?"

"Ahem..." Kenny coughed a little awkwardly, smiled and said, "Boss, it's like this. Since the incident in Iraq's Nasul Square on the 16th of this month, Blackwater has been revoked. License to operate in Iraq . . . "

"Huh? Are you trying to get involved? Are there enough operatives?" Andy immediately understood what Kenny and Joseph meant, and asked with a serious expression after pondering for a while.

"Enough is enough. The security company currently has three rapid response teams. They are all retired veterans from the company Joseph and I served in. They all have battlefield experience. They also hope to make more money, so..."

"Okay, need me..."

Before Andy could finish speaking, Kenny hurriedly said: "The company has already received the order, but in addition to the order sent by the security guard, there is also an order sent by the army. Boss, what do you think?"

"..." Andy was a little silent, Nima, this is going to make money from the war.

Well, because Blackwater has already stink in the streets in Iraq, women and children were shot and killed, which aroused protests from the Iraqi people. After the license was revoked, Blackwater employees were grounded and could not go out for activities, so the resulting business gap is natural Someone needs to make up for it, and Andy's security company with a background and the new CEO who has a deep relationship with the US military, as well as the two partners, Joseph and Kenny, will naturally not lack such orders.

"business is business". Andy fixed his eyes, looked at Kenny, and said lightly.