Time Is Running Out

Once he came to his senses, Wang Ye said with a smile, "Then thank you, Uncle. I'll use my shares in Siberia Gold as collateral. We should still go through the proper procedures."

Although Khovchenko might not care about such things and could not be bothered to mention them, Wang Ye could not pretend to be clueless.

This was a massive sum of three billion US dollars!

Even between a father and son, no one would lend that much money without any security, much less given the relationship between the two of them.

By bringing it up himself, he would also seem more sensible.

Borrow and repay—then borrowing again would not be difficult.

Khovchenko nodded without objecting. While Wang Ye's shares in Siberia Gold might not be worth three billion US dollars, the company was extremely profitable!

Wang Ye received several hundred million US dollars in dividends alone every year. Using them as collateral was more than sufficient.

Over casual conversation, they settled the important matter. Wang Ye got the three billion US dollars he wanted.

He now had the money to buy a stake in Gazprom Industrial Group and acquire Arsenal, with some likely left over.

After all, acquiring Arsenal, repaying the club's debts, and even including this year's transfer budget would only require 250 million pounds—around 500 million US dollars.

The reason Wang Ye had set aside one billion US dollars was because he was considering signing two or three top-tier players.

The players he wanted to buy were practically all considered "not for sale" by their clubs!

Of course, in this commercial society, "not for sale" basically meant they wanted more money!

As long as the price was right, how could anyone truly be not for sale?

Even superstars like Maradona, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and Ronaldinho had