Li Mu searched around the Internet and found that most future superstars in football are now as cheap as cabbage. This made him feel like he had discovered a new continent.
Interestingly, Li Mu also discovered information about Neymar on the Internet. Neymar, who just turned 11 years old this year, has actually joined the Brazilian Santos Club and became a member of the Santos Youth Team, although he was only a member of the Santos Club’s official website. It appeared once in an article about the youth team, without even a photo, but Li Mu was certain that Neymar, who had just joined the Santos youth team, would be the Brazilian genius in the future.
For a talented youngster like this, we might as well let him practice well in Santos and wait another three to five years before signing him.
Li Mu also knows that he does not have enough energy. If he is really allowed to manage the club, he may be picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon, so he is only prepared to do two things for the club, one is to invest, and the other is to select players. As for the other things, he can only do two things for the club. Leave it to professional managers to manage.
The morning before leaving for Manchester, when Li Mu came to the restaurant accompanied by Wendy, William had been waiting here for a long time.
Seeing Li Mu come in, he stood up, waved to Li Mu, and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, do you want to have breakfast together?"
Li Mu smiled slightly, nodded politely, and sat across from William.
William smiled and said: "Mr. Li, why haven't I seen you participating in any activities these days?"
Li Mu laughed at himself and said, "I'm not very interested in the activities that everyone is interested in, so I didn't participate."
William said: "Since Mr. Li is not interested in golf or equestrian, why not find some time to play five-a-side football? Mr. Li should really like football, right?"
Li Mu said: "I like watching football, but when it comes to playing football, I can't even dribble the ball well."
After saying that, Li Mu added: "And I have to leave tomorrow, so I'd better wait until I have a chance to talk about it later."
"Leaving tomorrow?" William asked in surprise: "Why so sudden?"
Li Mu said: "I'm going to Manchester tomorrow."
"Going to Manchester?" William was even more puzzled. What is there in Manchester worth visiting for Li Mu
Li Mu saw his confusion and did not hide it deliberately, so he said: "I asked Davidson to help me buy a Premier League club. I plan to go there tomorrow to take a look."
William immediately thought of the news he had just heard. The Goldberg family bought the Manchester City Club. It turned out that they bought it for Li Mu.
Thinking of the task given to him by the family a few days ago, William said: "Mr. Li, on behalf of the Windsor family, I would like to invite you to Buckingham Palace as a guest. I wonder if you still have time in the UK this time?"
The Windsor family is the British royal family. As a member of the royal family, William invited himself on behalf of the royal family. From a formal point of view, it is very grand. However, if he had not gone to Goldberg Manor, Li Mu might still be interested in the British royal family and Buckingham Palace, but here he is. Afterwards, Li Mu realized that there was nothing unusual about the royal family. Their pursuit of fame and fortune was even more intense than that of entrepreneurs and capitalists.
For example, William, since he earned millions of followers on Twitter, he has regarded Twitter as his home on the Internet.
Not only does William post at least five to ten tweets every day, each tweet is very carefully worded and is infinitely close to a formal press release, and most of the content revolves around the British royal family. At a glance, you can tell that his Twitter has become the center of the entire United Kingdom. The royal family’s online publicity self-media platform.
The entire British royal family is not the only one who has joined Twitter. Most of the famous Windsor family members have opened their own Twitter. Even the Queen has opened a Twitter named after her and is updating it every day.
Now, the Windsor family is inviting them to visit Buckingham Palace again. You don't have to think about it to know that this is a highly topical matter. If you agree, the news of your visit to Buckingham Palace will definitely become a hot topic in the UK and even Europe. .
It is no exaggeration to say that Li Mu is a hot news topic wherever he goes now, and there are naturally countless people who want to take advantage of him.
Although he was not very fond of the royal family, Li Mu thought about it carefully and decided to accept William's invitation. Accepting the invitation was not to establish a good relationship with the royal family, but to gain recognition and support from the British people. In this way If so, it can also accumulate enough fan base for Manchester City Club. Otherwise, with the proud character of the British, it is estimated that Manchester City Club will end up similar to Chelsea after officially announcing that it belongs to itself.
After Chelsea was bought by Roman Abramovich, it encountered strong resistance across the UK. It is said that at that time, except for Chelsea fans, everyone in the UK unconsciously became fans of the other team's home team when watching Chelsea games. Seeing Chelsea lose, as long as Chelsea loses, they are happy.
This is not because they have any objections to Abramovich, but because they have huge resistance to the purchase of British clubs by foreign capital. Therefore, Li Mu is also worried that once the news that he becomes the owner of Manchester City is released, British fans will boycott Chelsea boycotted Manchester City like that.
Since the British generally respect their royal family, being a guest of their royal family can give the British a little more recognition.
Thinking of this, Li Mu had already made a calculation in his mind. At this time, Anne Hathaway happened to come to the restaurant wearing a black dress. When she saw Li Mu, she looked at him and smiled, and then unnaturally smoothed her hair around her ears. , gracefully came to Li Mu and William.
Ever since Li Mu realized that the Goldberg family was deliberately neglecting Anne Hathaway, he had paid extra attention to Anne Hathaway. Whenever he left his room or carried out any project, Li Mu would take Anne Hathaway with him. In order to prevent her from being left out here, in the past few days, Anne Hathaway basically had three meals a day with Li Mu, which made her mood suddenly change and she felt a lot happier.
After Anne Hathaway said good morning to the two of them, she sat on Li Mu's left side. Li Mu said to her: "Anne, Prince William wants to invite us to Buckingham Palace as guests. What do you think?"
"Going to Buckingham Palace as a guest?" Anne Hathaway looked particularly surprised, but returned to normal after a moment and said, "But didn't you say you were going to Manchester tomorrow? Then go back to China directly from Manchester."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "I will definitely go to Manchester, but the time can be adjusted slightly."
Anne Hathaway smiled brightly, blinked and said, "I have to take your plane back anyway, so the specific itinerary is all up to you. You can arrange whatever you want."
Prince William looked at Li Mu expectantly and asked again: "Mr. Li, what do you mean?"
Li Mu thought about it and said to William: "Thank you very much for the invitation. If possible, can the time be set for tomorrow morning? In this way, I can still get to Manchester tomorrow afternoon."
William was overjoyed immediately, but then asked further: "Mr. Li, you are in such a hurry? I wonder if you can postpone your arrival in Manchester by one day, so that we can properly entertain him."
Li Mu smiled and said: "You don't have to be so polite. I originally planned to go directly to Manchester, stay for a day and then return home. If I postpone going to Manchester by one day, the entire trip will be postponed. If I visit Buckingham Palace tomorrow morning, I will rush there in the afternoon." Manchester, then I can still fly back to China that night or early the next morning."
William heard that Li Mu was eager to return to the country, and he also knew that Li Mu was willing to spare half a day to go to Buckingham Palace under such a tight schedule. This was already a great honor in itself. It would be disrespectful for him to force it any further.
So, William said to Li Mu: "Since Mr. Li is in a hurry to leave, I won't force him. I'll make a phone call to make arrangements. We'll set off together tomorrow morning."
Li Mu nodded and said calmly: "No problem, I will also say hello to Devinson later and put the meeting with the club members in the afternoon."
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Early the next morning, Davidson and Prince William's motorcades were all ready.
Although today's itinerary is a bit rushed, fortunately the distance is not round.
Going to Manchester from Goldberg Manor, you just have to pass through London, so you can stop at Buckingham Palace, meet with the British royal family, have lunch, and then set off for Manchester in the afternoon.
Li Mu had a simple breakfast and prepared to leave Goldberg Manor with Anne Hathaway and his entourage.
The entire Goldberg family was basically present to see her off. After wishing Li Mu a safe journey, Wendy Goldberg said to Li Mu with a smile: "Mr. Li, I will go to China to study in September. Please take care of me then."
Li Mu nodded generously and said with a smile: "Please contact me as soon as possible when you arrive in China."
Later, Li Mu and Prince William rode in a royal bulletproof Jaguar car together, while Li Ziwei and Anne Hathaway rode in the same Jaguar car.
When leaving Goldberg Manor, Prince William's motorcade was in front, Davidson's motorcade was behind, and more than a dozen vehicles drove quickly towards Westminster, where Buckingham Palace is located, with six police motorcycles clearing the way.
On the way, William very carefully said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, the family hopes that the news of your invitation to Buckingham Palace can be spread through the media. I wonder what you want?"
For the entire royal family, Li Mu's visit is a huge hot spot. The royal family naturally hopes to carry out large-scale coverage to increase the royal family's exposure and presence. However, the royal family also believes that this must first be approved by Li Mu, otherwise If he makes his own decisions this time and uses Li Mu to increase his exposure, it will be basically impossible to have any contact with Li Mu next time.
Li Mu understands the needs of the royal family very accurately. He knows that what the royal family needs is exposure, and he also hopes to use the royal family to enhance the British people's recognition of him. Naturally, he will not refuse such a mutually beneficial thing.
So, he said to William: "There is no problem with media reporting, but I am short of time, so please do not arrange interactions with reporters."
When William saw Li Mu's promise, he was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Li, please rest assured that we will never arrange any interaction sessions with reporters. Even when you are a guest at Buckingham Palace, we will not invite any media, but our own photographers The meeting team will follow the whole process and then provide the rough cut material to the media. By that time, you may have already arrived in Manchester."
Li Mu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "This is best."
(End of chapter)