Thinking about the faucets called cow heads, dog heads, etc., which were originally worth only a thousand yuan, but were bought back by relevant people at a huge price, Chen Taizhong must have felt a little unbalanced.
You know, it was taken away by someone forcefully. After a few rounds, it was inexplicably washed away. It became that I was robbed of you in the first place, and now I am robbed of you again.
Unfortunately, they also have their own set of fallacies and rules, which really makes people angry just thinking about them.
So the democracy and justice that Westerners advertise is just that, and it's all nonsense. Thinking of this, Director Chen looked at Nick, smiled and asked, "Nick, I remember you have your own underground force in Birmingham?"
"Oh, I have changed my ways," Nick's face tightened and his expression was solemn, "You know, now I am not even addicted to drugs. If people have goals, they can become noble."
"Oh, you don't take drugs anymore? That's really a pity," Chen Taizhong smiled and shook his head, "I thought you would definitely like the two gifts I gave you."
"Occasionally... I still smoke occasionally. You know, engaging in politics can easily make people nervous." When Nick heard that they wanted to take the opportunity to take back the two pieces of heroin, he immediately became anxious and explained with a smile.
"Indulging occasionally will be good for the body and mind. There are many celebrities who smoke marijuana. I'm just... I'm just a little ahead of them. So what's the point?"
"Okay, I don't want to hear your explanation," Chen Taizhong smiled and shook his head. Then he stared at him with an extremely serious expression, "But you can't deny that you are inextricably linked to those underground forces.
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"I don't know why, but I feel a little dangerous when I see your look like this," Nick smiled and nodded. He was not an idiot. Facts have proved that his reaction was very sharp, "Okay, even if it's what you said.
So. Is there anything you need my help with, my friend?"
"Have you ever heard of the Sad Night at the Champs Elysées?" Chen Taizhong looked at him with a smile. His shopping in Paris that time was a little too barbaric. That's why that night gained such a reputation.
"Did you do it?" Nick's eyes were wide open at once. This incident was so famous in Europe, and it shocked the upper class especially. It was really profound.
Just think about it and you will know that such a big thing happened in Paris, the "shopping paradise", on the eve of the most important festival of the year. It was such a shocking thing.
"I didn't do it." Chen Taizhong denied firmly. He said in his heart that you can flaunt fairness. This is like a bitch setting up a memorial arch. Brothers can do it too. He smiled and shook his head. "I just passed some
We obtained part of the stolen goods through channels. You know, this involves state secrets. I don’t have the authority to explain to you the details of the matter.”
"Uh... Okay then. I also believe that it wasn't you who did it. Haha." Nick smiled and nodded. However, when he looked into Chen Taizhong's eyes, he still couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. "What on earth do you want to say?
"
"Pledge. I've never found out. Why are you so stupid?" Chen Taizhong looked at him and spread his hands with a smile. "I think I made it clear, right? Use the underground channels you control to mortgage these things.
.I have only one request. You are not allowed to reveal who the owner is."
"You don't believe in government guarantees. So, if I use jewelry to guarantee the mortgage, it's not a problem, right? Didn't I make it clear enough?"
"The lost property of the sad night..." Nick pondered for a long time, but still shook his head dejectedly, "No, there are too many giants involved here, and I will be under great pressure."
"Oh, okay then, I'll find someone else," Chen Taizhong said. If you don't earn this money, someone will still earn it.
He never thought about making a big fuss out of jewelry before. That was because he had a mental disorder. He always felt that it was stolen property. If he took it out, it would not only easily cause trouble, but he also always felt that it would make him lose face. He missed my majestic Luo Tianshangxian.
, you can’t do things so lowly, right?
However, today he thought of the condition of those faucets, and the guilt in his heart was immediately forgotten. Dude, I just followed your habits. In this way, you can't say anything about me, right?
Are you looking for someone else? When Nick heard this, he was stunned again. He thought to himself that this guy actually had this kind of stuff. Once the news got out, he would definitely be the target of vigorous pursuit by several wealthy families in Europe and the United States, especially those who made
The insurance company that paid huge compensation will never let this person go!
Nick's understanding of insurance companies is much deeper than the average person. He knows very well that offending the Queen or Prime Minister of England will not be a big problem. Offending the President of France or even the United States is actually just that, but offending an insurance company will not be a big problem.
The consequences are really unimaginable!
In small matters, the power of insurance companies may not be reflected. After all, a good image is the goal pursued by insurance companies. However, in major matters, where insurance companies have made huge compensation payments, once they get their hands on it, it is destined to be bad.
die.
Will I be silenced? This is the question he will consider at the next moment. Since Chen Taizhong has revealed such private things, it is obvious that if he does not agree, there is a high possibility of committing suicide.
I knew that nothing good would happen if I stayed with this guy! Nick was shouting angrily in his heart.
However, the benefits are also obvious. The next moment, his thoughts began to turn. When dealing with black goods, Nick is very clear about the benefits involved. In this world, there are always some benefits that are worth the risk of turning around.
Risk going to dry land.
For example, drug trafficking, arms... And the same is true for this current business. The benefits that can be generated are really staggering. The most important thing is that Nick knows that the risks of this thing are actually much smaller than drug trafficking.
Just pay attention to abide by the rules.
"People die for money, birds die for food" is a Chinese proverb, but there are many similar sayings in the UK. After hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind, "Can you tell me the details?"
"This...I can't make the decision," Chen Taizhong pondered for a moment before giving this answer. Now, he was used to devaluing himself, so he didn't find it embarrassing. "I want to discuss it with someone.
… We are very democratic.”
Whether you are democratic or not is none of my business. It's just an excuse to interfere in your country's politics! Nick cursed in his heart, but this made his speculation about Chen Taizhong's identity more solid. However, his face said
Just the right smile.
"Haha, then I'll look forward to good news... But let me say hello first. For stolen goods, the highest mortgage price is 20% of the market price. You must be mentally prepared."
"Well, I will bring you your words." Chen Taizhong nodded solemnly, without comment. In fact, he was just looking for an excuse to take stock of the price of the jewelry in the Xumi Ring.
He had never paid attention to these things before. Even the jewelry in Tang Yixuan's Sumeru Ring might be much more valuable than the ones he had here. Who wanted him to not pay attention to it before?
For the next afternoon, Chen Taizhong just took a calculator. He sat in the room and kept adding and subtracting. Fortunately, although there were many jewelry, the top ones were limited. If the grade was not enough, just ignore it.
He did some rough calculations. Then he converted the francs into pounds, and he roughly got a similar amount. It was about more than two billion pounds of jewelry. Counting the hundreds of stores and warehouses he swept through, this figure was really worth it.
The land is not worth mentioning, although it is just a jewel.
Moreover, these are just jewelry, and what Tang Yixuan took away is not included in them!
All in all, it was more than 2 billion. It took him about two hours to pick out the items that he thought were easy to mortgage. Anything that was too high-end was bad, and something that was too low-end was a waste of time. It was about 300 million pounds of jewelry.
There are more than 1,000 pieces but less than 2,000 pieces. On average, one piece only costs about 150,000 yuan, which is exactly the content suitable for high-end groups to digest.
When he walked out of the room, he realized that the delegation had not returned yet. In the afternoon, the Supo City Government was finalizing various cooperation and exchange matters with the Birmingham delegation. Although most of the content had been discussed over the phone, fax and email,
But it still takes some time to finalize.
However, Nick, who said he was catching up on jet lag, woke up and was wandering around the hall with nothing to do. There were also two city government secretaries and other people chatting and laughing around him, making him feel at home. That was about it.
It's just that Nick didn't seem to have any intention to talk. He kept saying nothing and his eyes were relatively blank. It wasn't until he saw Chen Taizhong that his eyes shone a little, "Ha, Chen Chu, are you awake?" "You should call me Chen Taizhong."
"Well," Chen Taizhong couldn't accept his new name. His strange voice sounded like "toad", "Why, you didn't go out for a walk?"
"I'm waiting for the tour guide you found for me." Nick smiled and became more energetic. "Haha, but to be honest, jet lag is really a chore. Fortunately, I didn't go to Japan, otherwise it would feel like I was in the middle of the night.
There’s a vampire crawling out of it.”
The two people looked a little dumbfounded. We thought that the British man couldn't smile. Oh my god, his smile was different. We don't know how Director Chen from Phoenix managed to win over this British congressman?
Chapter 922: Mutual Compromise
Although Nick was mixed in with the delegation, his schedule was not restricted. Since the Labor Party came to power in 1997, a series of local government reform plans were introduced. Although the decision-making power of the parliamentary committee was once denied, it has since been realized
With the direct election of the mayor, the people in the city government are looking at the faces of the local council members.
This is also one of the reasons why Nick wants to run for Speaker.
Now that he saw Chen Taizhong coming out, he was too lazy to wait for the dinner reception in the evening, "Haha, let's go, take me out and have a look. I haven't been in Beijing for long, and I really hope to get close to this magical country."
The two staff members looked at each other, and one of them asked, "Director Chen, it's getting dark, do you need someone to accompany you?"
This is pure nonsense. It's only after five o'clock now, and there are at least three hours before dark, but what they mean is that we want to accompany them.
"It's a personal relationship, just a casual walk." Chen Taizhong smiled and shook his head, rejecting their suggestion, and walked out with Nick, not even bothering to drive, just wandering on the street.
"It's more prosperous here than I thought," Nick said, although he was looking for something to say, but he also had a somewhat sincere tone. It can be seen that some people demonize China just for the sake of demonizing, while some people
I didn’t know anything, so I just followed the flag-waving and shouting. The Nigerian congressman probably belongs to the latter group.
"I won't talk to you about that anymore. Let's put it this way, the market value of jewelry is probably more than 200 million." Chen Taizhong was not interested in accompanying him to talk nonsense on the street. "If we mortgage it at 20%, we agree in principle."
"More than three hundred million..." Nick was silent. Obviously, this number surprised him. Even though he had made some preparations, it took him a long time before he asked in a deep voice, "It's because I said fifty million at noon. You
Only 300 million, or do you only have 300 million?"
"Um...I don't know," Chen Taizhong shrugged, directly blaming it on his unreasonable colleagues, "That's how they sued me. I'll tell you this."
"There is something I think I need to tell you," Nick pondered for a moment. "There are several pieces of jewelry that were lost on the sad night. The original owner hopes to redeem them..."
Fortunately, when he was waiting for a reply in the afternoon, he carefully sorted out Chen Taizhong's request, and was shocked to find that it was actually necessary to speculate on this matter, whether from the perspective of making money or from the political perspective of owning a country.
The government's underground support will be his rare political capital.
This further strengthened his determination to speculate. Risks are always proportional to returns. What can a politician do who doesn't speculate?
Not long after, news came from Europe that the sale was completely acceptable. However, many of the jewelry lost that night could be called priceless, and some were close to the nature of not-for-sale items and were used for jewelry.
displayed.
In Nick's underground channel, someone received Dark Red and wanted to find a few of them. Therefore, he had to explain clearly: the sale can be done, but he hopes that you will return those items to their original owners.
"Are the things returned to their original owners? Don't even think about it," Chen Taizhong snorted, "I have never been a philanthropist. To be honest, I am very interested in sending these owners back to heaven."
These words were so strong that Nick was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time. He was stunned for half a minute before he smiled bitterly and said, "I have already said that they intend to pay to buy it back."
"Well, we can talk about this," Chen Taizhong smiled and nodded, "Can I redeem it at the market price?"
"Definitely not," Nick smiled bitterly and shook his head, while using the corner of his eye to peek at his reaction, "They are willing to redeem it at 10% of the price. This is the rule. Of course, in return, they will not ask
Provenance means that if you cash out the jewelry, there will be no consequences."
"Only 10%?" Chen Taizhong sneered and shook his head, "I'm not interested in this suggestion. In 180 years, who will still investigate the provenance of these jewelry?"
"This is actually considered protection money." Seeing that he was not angry, Nick was naturally willing to explain a little more, "Just get involved and collect the money from them. You should know that the prices of jewelry...are all hyped up."
"You don't need to say anything," Chen Taizhong stretched out his hand, "Give me the list of lost items. If they are in my supply, I will delete them."
"Okay, I'll just say it," Nick could only shrug his shoulders regretfully and spread his hands when he saw that this guy was in trouble, "I will give you the list, but there is one thing... that I can use
It’s related to channels, I hope you can be more open-minded.”
"Oh, this..." Chen Taizhong pondered for a moment and felt that this guy's request was not too much, so he nodded with a smile, "Okay then, fortunately it's just one thing, even if it's not in my hands, I will help
You recovered it."
He still understands the importance. Since it is related to Nick's channel, it is necessary to compromise on this point, otherwise the mortgage will inevitably have problems. "But I hope you and your channel can take good care of yourselves."
Mouth, you don’t need me to say it a second time, right?”
"Don't worry about that," Nick answered him with a smile, "I didn't keep my mouth shut, it disappeared a long time ago, and there are no more than three people here who know about it, including me."
After this matter was settled, he felt greatly relaxed, and Chen Taizhong was also in a good mood. In any case, another large investment was secured. In the following time, the two of them walked and talked.
As they chatted, they walked to the door of the Government Affairs Bureau. A Santana 2,000 honked at the two of them, but it was Xu Chunliang who stuck his head out of the window and said, "Taizhong, are you coming to Subo?"
"Haha, we are hosting British guests," Chen Taizhong patted Nick beside him, "There is no way, this guy must ask Zhu Bingsong to call me over from Phoenix to greet him."
"Haha, is this the congressman?" Xu Chunliang opened the car door and walked out, smiling and extending his hand to Nick,
Chen Taizhong knew Nick's bad temper and was afraid that he would offend his friend, so he turned around and hinted at him. Unexpectedly, Nick had already stretched out his hand with a smile and spoke in standard Chinese.
Zhong, "Hello, nice to meet you."
Chen's mouth immediately opened in shock, not because the pronunciation was very standard, nor because Nick actually knew how to be polite, but because he suddenly thought that the conversation between himself and Liu Bin at noon would not really make this guy happy.
Did you hear that clearly?
It would be really embarrassing if he was really heard clearly! Everyone knows that Chen Taizhong is a very face-conscious guy, so at this moment he really felt a little embarrassed.
Seeing two Chinese people looking at him dumbfounded, Nick was happy and laughed, "How about it? I speak Chinese very well, right?"
"Haha," Chen Taizhong and Xu Chunliang burst out laughing when they heard such strange words, especially when the person spoke "Chinese".
The three of them stood on the side of the road chatting for a while. Xu Chunliang's English was basically at the level of skipping words, and Nick's Chinese was even worse. However, this did not need to hinder everyone's chatting. Even the guessing and talking was quite lively.
.
About ten minutes later, Xu Chunliang raised his hand to look at his watch and nodded to the two of them, "I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Taizhong, please entertain the distinguished guests from England for me."
"Why?" Nick stopped and held his hand with a smile, "Xu, it's very rude to leave halfway like this. Let's have dinner together tonight?"
"Well...actually I don't like Western food very much." Xu Chunliang didn't expect that this guy was so enthusiastic. He was a little confused for a moment and couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Chen Taizhong. What's going on?
"When you come to China, of course you have to eat Chinese food," Nick said with a smile on his face and held his hand. "I'm only staying for a few days. Since I'm Chen's friend, I don't think my invitation is presumptuous, right?"
"Ahem," Chen Taizhong coughed twice before nodding to Nick, "Oh, I forgot to introduce you. Xu Chunliang is the son of Governor Xu. Nick, I think you can let go." Governor Xu
?" Nick blinked, but when he saw Chen Taizhong's face was a little unhappy, he still laughed and let go of Xu Chunliang's hand.
In the end, Xu Chunliang still couldn't resist Nick's enthusiasm. The three of them took Santana to a restaurant called "Guxiang". It was not big but the decoration was quite elegant. Nick said that he likes spicy food.
