Chapter 307: Chess Pieces
Lu Yan felt his hands trembling.
Xie Sipeng took the chips and gently tapped on the table, Shen Ji and Zhang Chaoyang were whispering something, Abacha re-lit the extinguished cigar, Zhou Han stood behind Cao Mo immediately, the deep and slightly sharp eyes glanced over from time to time, Cao Mo picked up the two hole cards in his hand and showed the little Tubman who had folded next to him......
All this seemed to be a group of fighters roaring in his ears, and it seemed to be separated by a transparent film, giving him a feeling of alienation, and it also made the back of his head ache faintly, his throat and eyes were dry, and there was a feeling of difficulty breathing.
Lu Yan subconsciously stretched out his fingers, and when he touched the chip at the top of the stack, it seemed to be lightly pricked by the tip of a needle, and when he saw clearly that the face value of the chip was two dollars, he couldn't help but want to laugh dumbly.
They only play Texas Hold'em with a two-dollar bet, why are they so nervous as if they are gambling on their worth? Could it be that they really care so much about winning or losing in front of Cao Mo and Zhou Han?
Lu Yan seemed to have been submerged for a long time and suddenly surfaced to breathe freely, and finally discarded the hole cards in his hand, and no longer took two hole cards that did not show any chance of winning to fight with Cao Mo.
Cao Mo glanced at the two hole cards in his hand to Zhou Han behind him, raised his head and smiled at Zhou Han from the bottom to the top, before throwing the two hole cards into the card pile, and slowly and neatly grabbed the few more than thirty dollars of chips on the table to his table.
Zhou Han's bright and brilliant cheeks showed a light smile, but it seemed to be like a knife blade scraping a mysterious and sensitive string in Lu Yan's mind, and he couldn't help but think impetuously: Cao Mo's hole cards are worse than himself, and he was stolen by Cao Mo?
However, he was short of the last ten chips, and he was never qualified to look at Cao Mo's hole cards, which made him feel more and more uncomfortable in his heart.
Lu Yan himself felt strange, why couldn't he relax in such a low-end entertainment game?
A text message came in, the screen of the mobile phone next to the chip pile flashed, Cao Mo picked up the mobile phone and glanced at it, and asked Zhou Han to sit down and continue to play the game for him, he finished Song Yuqing's text message, put the mobile phone back into his trouser pocket, he was condescending, and looked down to see Zhou Han's slightly open collar, revealing a corner of the snowy peak, which was extremely attractive.
Zhou Han wanted to return the seat to Cao Mo, but when he looked up, he saw his eyes drilling into his collar, and glanced at him as if he was flirting, his eyes were rippling, and his face was overflowing, and this scene made Lu Yan's forehead twitch slightly.
Everyone knows that Zhou Han was once his forbidden body, no matter what the reason, now he throws himself into Cao Mo's arms and is coquettish, which is a shame that he can never wash away.
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Their entertainment bureau ended on time at twelve o'clock, settling the chips, Cao Mo also lost more than 100 US dollars, and in the corridor back to the room, jokingly said to Zhang Chaoyang: "I haven't succeeded in hooking for most of the month......
Cao Mo's suite is located in the southeast corner of the main building, standing in front of the round and lonely floor-to-ceiling windows of the bedroom, you can see the original beach casino (east banquet building) submerged in the silent night, only faintly revealing a few traces can barely be distinguished.
"You don't plan to spare Lu Yan and them......" Zhou Han walked in, saw Cao Mo staring at the beach casino, and said against the floor-to-ceiling window.
"They now think that they are in Dracula's Tiger and have to put away their fangs and claws, but the minions are always there, and they will definitely be exposed as long as they have the opportunity," Guo Jian once discussed with Lu Yan in the car about buying the killer, Cao Mo couldn't have acted as if this hadn't happened, which was completely different from when he took action to stop the members of the Brotherhood of Steel from besieging the Taihua Industrial Park and stopping them from taking crazy revenge on the Taihua employees, looking at Zhou Han and asking, "They should arrange for someone to contact Yan Ming, right?"
"The day after Yan Ming was sent back to China, the Lu family came to the door, but Yan Ming was frustrated and was unwilling to return to Kanem - besides, in addition to smuggling in a short period of time, Yan Ming had no way to return to Kanem," Zhou Han said, "But looking at Lu Yan like this today, even if he can't invite Yan Ming to Draculamo, he will get Yan Zhicheng's contact information from Yan Ming......"
To bait is to be patient, and to let the Lu family take the initiative to find Yan Zhicheng, so that they will be unsuspecting.
Of course, Zhou Han thought that Cao Mo would not reach out to touch this matter, but he didn't expect Cao Mo to take the bait to Lu Yan today, but did Cao Mo really think that the Lu family would not give up after all so he decided to do so?
Zhou Han had some doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but look at Cao Mo in a daze.
Zhou Han is wearing a dark green floral dress, with a slender waist, even if he returns to the room to change into comfortable slippers, his tall figure is also Tingting Yuli, his skin is white and delicate, and it is an appropriate adjective to blow it really well, the long eyelashes make the eyes more deep and clear, the straight nose bridge and the lower sandalwood lips seem to be dyed, and the chin is slightly sharper, not as round as Song Yuqing, but it also makes her face more pure and vivid.
Cao Mo stretched out his hand to cover Zhou Han's eyes and said, "Don't look at me like this, it's tempting." ”
Zhou Han's face turned red inexplicably, and he changed the topic and asked, "Ensanger leaked a lot of details about the cooperation between you in front of Lu Yan, are you worried that Niz Oppenheimer is not reliable?"
"Niz Oppenheimer was greedy and short-sighted, and even wanted to reverse the gambling agreement between Sika Idet Power Grid and Cornello Energy, whose shares were originally divided between the Oppenheimer family and two other investment companies, and I am now more concerned that the other two have always existed only on paper, and have not yet been officially revealed. Cao Mo said.
The Oppenheimer family, as a family descended from the colonists, had shortcomings in Kanem, especially in Draculamo, Ogun and Oyo, where the Yoruba people are the absolute main body.
Politically, they would not dare to break with the Blakes and the rising stars of the Sika and Fellician families.
If Taihua was just cooperating with the Oppenheimer family, Cao Mo wouldn't worry about anything, but in addition to the Oppenheimer family, what did the other two investment companies cooperate with him
It's still not clear.
After the end of Kanem's military rule, Niz Oppenheimer entered politics in local elections, and his family has never been particularly prominent in business, far inferior to the Brahm and Rupert families.
Cao Mo originally decided to use Western Union Oil as a bargaining chip to replace Niz Oppenheimer to solve the crisis of Chinese employees being besieged, thinking that the profits brought by Western Union's annual crude oil trade of 200,000 tons should be able to satisfy the appetite of the Oppenheimer family.
However, in the subsequent series of performances, Oppenheimer's ambition is not limited to this.
In addition to the fact that the Taihua Industrial Park was originally a listed company responsible for investment, they also transferred 30% of the shares of Lake Conero Port and the new Taihua Refinery to the listed company Taihua Group, so as to reduce the Lu family's direct investment in Kanem and avoid falling into a debt crisis.
In accordance with regulatory requirements, Taihua Group has also disclosed to the public the information and acquisition status of the two projects of Conero Lake Port and New Taihua Refinery.
According to the information released by the Taihua Group, the Oppenheimer family and the two investment companies not only obtained a 30% stake in the Port of Lake Conero through Western Union Petroleum, but also injected US$30 million into the new Taihua refinery and took away 30% of the shares.
At the same time, the listed company Taihua Group and Western Union Petroleum also agreed to provide another US$100 million in construction funds for the new Taihua refinery within one year in the form of a loan, so as to start the second phase of the more advanced fuel oil refining project at the same time, so that the total annual refining capacity of crude oil will reach 700,000 tons.
According to the proportion, the funds provided by Western Union Petroleum will account for 40% of the entire loan, but even so, including their capital injection into the new Taihua refinery and the corresponding funds for the follow-up construction of Lake Conero, at least a total of 100 million US dollars in cash will be needed.
With the strength of the Oppenheimer family, it is impossible to bear even a third of it, and it is clear that the other two investment firms are the main providers of funds.
It's a pity that these two are offshore registered investment companies, and the information that Cao Mo can find is very limited.
Cao Mo is not worried about what bad intentions these two investment companies have for them now, but how will things change if the situation continues to develop in the future?
The Lu family has already learned more details about many things before from Ensanger and the Oppenheimer family, and today Lu Yan and Huang Hebin tried their best to be calm, after all, their current energy is still mainly focused on promoting the construction of Conero Lake Port, New Taihua Oil Refinery, Taihua Industrial Park and New Taihua Casino Hotel, but they still decided that the transfer of Beiku Cement Plant and New Taihua Grinding Station but they have not been able to get the transfer money for the time being, and they have been blackmailed by him again!
In their eyes, this revenge is not a failure to take revenge, but the time has not yet come.
And after the completion of the new Taihua refinery, Cao Mo could also predict that Niz Oppenheimer would inevitably breed greater greed and ambition at that time?
Under the influence of the Lu family and Niz Oppenheimer, how will the attitude of the interest groups hidden behind the other two offshore investment companies change?
Cao Mo still thinks that Yan Zhicheng can break into their interior as soon as possible, at least help him find out the bottom behind the other two offshore investment companies.
Another point is that Liang Yuan does not dare to contact the Lu family now, but after he gets Han Shaorong's support or some kind of guarantee, will he take the initiative to go to the Lu family and explain everything?
If that's the case, he will definitely fight with the Lu family in the future, unless he kicks Zhou Han out of the game in advance!
"What are you thinking?" Zhou Han saw Cao Mo glance at him, and his eyes quickly shifted to the quiet night outside the window, and asked suspiciously.
"You're sensitive," Cao Mo smiled, "I'm wondering if I'll kick you away!"
"Are you worried that Liang Yuan will explain everything to the Lu family?" Zhou Han asked.
"Liang Yuan can get Han Shaorong's guarantee, or tell Han Shaorong everything, the Lu family will naturally understand what your true intentions are," Cao Mo said, "I am counting on you to clean your hands and feet on Yan Zhicheng now, so that they don't see the flaws!"
"Yang Xiaofeng and Yan Zhicheng are one-line contacts, and they will never show up easily - as long as they don't investigate the process of Yan Zhicheng's release from prison, they shouldn't be able to see flaws!"
Zhou Han also realized this a long time ago, and was worried that the Lu family would investigate the details of Yan Zhicheng's release from prison, so Yan Zhicheng must not be allowed to take the initiative to contact the Lu family, but to let the Lu family unknowingly enter the house, take the initiative to find Yan Zhicheng, and said,
"If you are worried that Liang Yuan may tell the Lu family about all this, you should let Yan Zhicheng break into them so that you can keep track of their movements at any time......
"Okay, now I hope to cooperate with the new steel union, and there will be some moths in the middle," Cao Mo sighed lightly and said, "Otherwise, I really regret not kicking you out of the ......game earlier."
"You don't care why I've been targeting the Lu family?" Zhou Han asked.
"Don't care, don't want to know, you don't say. Cao Mo said.
"......" Zhou Han choked in his throat, and glanced at Cao Mo resentfully......
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Although the casino is closed, the property here still belongs to the New Taihua Investment Group.
After Lu Yan returned to Kanem, he still lived in a beach house, but he was no longer secure enough at this time, in addition to hiring a number of armed bodyguards from the famous South African security and defense company, he also took out three other villas and arranged rooms for Huang Hebin and other Taihua dispatched employees.
In a small entertainment game, Lu Yan doesn't know why he is so impetuous, maybe Cao Mo's face is really disgusting, right?
Lu Yan tried not to let himself think about Cao Mo's disgusting face, sitting on the sofa in the living room, through the window, he inevitably saw the huge black shadow of the two rows of coconut grove Houdong banquet building.
New Taihua Investment Group is almost the core and main asset of the Lu family outside the listed company Taihua Group, and the East Banquet Building and the four seaside villas are all properties directly held by New Taihua Investment Group.
Four waterfront buildings
The villa can be used as a staff dormitory, but the construction area is as high as more than 20,000 square meters, and the East Banquet Building, which used to be rich and golden, is vacant there, which is a pity.
Nsanger wanted to take over the East Ballroom and move his Victorian Bar to his name.
Kanem's economic development as a whole is very backward, but the annual output of nearly 100 billion US dollars of crude oil still brings a huge amount of wealth to the country - and Draculamo, which gathers more than 60% of Kanem's manufacturing industry and a higher proportion of financial and port distribution, has also relied on immeasurable siphoning effect to achieve abnormal development and become increasingly prosperous.
The West Bank area, which was formerly home to a concentration of indigenous poor, especially on both sides of the Central Avenue on the west shore of the Salt Lake Strait, has developed considerably in recent years.
This has also contributed to the prosperity of the entertainment industry in the region.
The demise of the Brotherhood of Steel and the Gidam family has left a large void in the region to be filled.
Ensange wanted to be beautiful, but how could Lu Yan symbolically collect some rent and give him the place for nothing?
Since the new Taihua Casino Hotel is to be built according to the standards of high-end star hotels, after the completion of the main body of the building, the interior decoration will take at least a year, and the decoration company of Draculamo needs to be able to give enough power.
If you choose an engineering decoration company from China to undertake the interior decoration project, the cost will be higher.
Of course, it is also necessary to take into account the preparation of the casino......
Thinking of this, Lu Yan asked Guo Jian: "Have you contacted Yan Ming again in the future?"
Yan Zhicheng is nowhere to be found, and no one knows his whereabouts who have long been admitted to Kanem's nationality, but Yan Ming was deported half a month ago, and Lu Yan and the others got the news early in the morning, and they also knew Yan Ming's address in China.
And Lu Yan insisted on building a comprehensive casino hotel on the south shore of Conero Lake, so he planned to enlist Yan Ming to help in the past, so he also got Yan Ming's contact information as soon as possible and invited him to return to Draculamo.
Since Yan Ming was deported, it is impossible for him to return to Kanem with a legal identity in a short period of time; after this blow, he did not know what happened, and he wondered if the Lu family and Liang Yuan had partnered to betray the Jidam family, and where did he still have the ambition to return to West Africa to do something?
Yan Ming didn't have to think about it, so he directly rejected Lu Yan's invitation.
This time it was Lu Yan who deliberately wanted to alleviate the contradictions, and did not let Guo Jian appear at today's dinner and card game, Guo Jian didn't know why Lu Yan suddenly mentioned Yan Ming again, and he seemed impetuous, and said: "The last time I contacted Yan Ming, I was hung up without saying a few words, and I ......."
"You contact Yan Ming again and ask him what conditions he is willing to return to Draculamo. Lu Yan said, thinking that if he could control a casino behind the scenes, that disgusting face probably wouldn't put on that contemptuous smile at the gambling table again, right?
After Guo Jian took refuge in the Lu family, he knew very well how terrifying the running water of the Lana Dere Beach casino was at its peak, but if Yan Ming was unwilling to return to Draculamo, what could they do?
Seeing that Guo Jian was standing there hesitantly, and did not immediately contact Yan Ming, Lu Yan said impatiently: "If you contact Yan Ming, just tell him that if he can support the Lana Dere Beach Casino, in addition to the annual salary of one million, he can also take away 3% of the bonus! If he wants, I can give him two years' basic salary in advance!"
Lu Yan thought to himself that he really didn't believe it, after rolling around in the world of flowers, Yan Ming could really find an ordinary job with a monthly salary of thousands of yuan in China to live!
"Well, I'll contact him!" Guo Jian said, very envious in his heart.
Although Lu Yan finally took him in, he always treated him as a miscellaneous person, and he did not say anything other than giving him living expenses ranging from three to five thousand US dollars a month, and Guo Jian could not ask Lu Yan for anything.
It was early morning in China at this time, Yan Ming received a call from Guo Jian, to be honest, he couldn't be unmoved by Lu Yankai's conditions - in the past few years in Kanem, except for sending some money back to the building and building a small building in the countryside, he didn't get anything, and he was also tortured in the suburban prison of Draculamo, he was really willing to find a job with a monthly salary of three to five thousand yuan in his hometown or open a small shop to live?
He didn't agree to Lu Yan's invitation before, but he really didn't figure out how all this happened, and he was even afraid that Lu Yan would trick him into Draculamo, which would be unfavorable to him.
However, Guo Jian said that Lu Yan would give him two million in advance, Yan Ming thought to himself, no matter how valuable he was, it was probably not worth Lu Yan to spend such a big price against him, right?
However, Lu Yan hoped that he would prop up the casino after arriving at Draculamo, but Yan Ming was not sure.
The Brotherhood of Steel Fist collapsed, and the staff of the casino were scattered, and the previous Jinyuan Casino was also supported by his cousin Yan Zhicheng.
Even if he wanted to get some old people back, Yan Ming didn't feel that he had enough face.
And Yan Ming knows very well in his heart that the Lu family is full of talents, and crooked and evil ways are involved, whether it is the reopening of the Lana Dere Beach Casino, or the new Taihua Casino Hotel, which can only be launched in a year or two, other affairs will not be his turn to intervene, Lu Yan still wants him to support this part of the "gambling".
However, this part is most afraid of peers and professional gamblers coming to smash the field, and people with sufficient skills are needed.
"What, Yan Ming said that he wanted to find Yan Zhicheng?" Lu Yan asked irritably, "Yan Ming didn't hear from him, I know where he went?"
Yan Zhicheng finally got out of prison, and he must still be afraid that someone would kill him before he hid and didn't dare to show his face, but he should still be hiding in a corner of Draculamo. Guo Jian said.
"Of course I know that he is in Draculamo, but even if he is Chinese, he has been in Draculamo for more than 20 years, how can he find him if he wants to hide and not show his face?" Lu Yan asked.
"We don't know where he's hiding, but if Yan Ming can come to Draculamo, he should contact Yan Ming......" Guo Jian guessed, "and we have to let him know that we won't do anything to him!"
"Of course we won't do anything to him, it's all a game done by Liang Yuan and Cao Mo's little deflated three!" Lu Yan said impetuously......