商人出价买Neverland

Rainlotus · 发表于 2006-3-16 07:51:48

Trader's bid to buy Neverland AN entrepreneur, who started out selling cut-price clothes on Lancashire's markets, is bidding to buy the hottest property on the world market. Simon Yates, founder of the QS Discount chain, is to head a consortium of North West investors aiming to buy Neverland, the Californian home of Michael Jackson. The businessman, whose first job was working on the markets in Chorley and Preston, spent an hour last night talking to Jacko’s close friend, Uri Geller, to kick-start the bid. He is due to fly to the Middle East next week hoping to discuss the deal. Mr Yates insists the bid is not a publicity stunt and said he was “deadly serious” about heading the group aiming to buy the $100m of real estate. However, Jackson’s official spokesman Raymone Bain exclusively told the Evening Post: “Neverland is not for sale. I don‘t know what authority they have to be making a bid for something not for sale.” Ms Bain also dismissed rumours the pop star was planning to make a new home for himself in London, branding suggestions he had been looking at houses or scouting schools for his children as “erroneous”. But Mr Yates said: “I am expecting the sale to go through for a significant amount of money. It will be a highly sought-after property, but the extent of my bid will be for the attention of Mr Jackson’s advisors only. “I know he is in Bahrain at the moment and if I could meet up with him while I am out in the Middle East that would be great, especially if it gives me an advantage in clinching the deal. “We are looking to expand the chain of stores over the next five years. This is further afield than we had planned, but it is not every day a property of this profile comes on the market.” The entrepreneur, who has already sounded out several Manchester money men about the deal, said if the bid is successful, he plans to rename the property the QS Neverland Discount Outlet. He said he would keep many of the fairground attractions and combine them with a ‘world-leading retail unit’ to create a family shopping destination based on the model QS has established in the North West. Yesterday, California state barred workers from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and fined the singer $69,000 (£40,000) because their compensation insurance policy lapsed. Regulators found that coverage for 69 employees at the ranch in Santa Barbara County lapsed on January 10. Jackson and his immediate family may still live at Neverland and he could keep the ranch running by hiring an outside company whose employees are covered by workers’ compensation. The ranch operators have five days to appeal against the order and fine. 15 March 2006 大家自己看吧~ 大概意思就是一个叫Simon Yates的兰卡郡的商人出价买MJ的Neverland,但是MJ的发言人Raymone Bain说Neverland没有出售,他还说,他不知道他们哪里来的权利为不卖的东西出价.