The party on the grass continued, and a middle-aged, somewhat balding uncle, wearing suspenders, holding an accordion in his arms, and a young man playing the harmonica next to him.

They are not invited bands from the party, but invited guests. The middle-aged uncle is a nobleman, even if it is only a viscount. And the young man was his son.

If you want to be the center of attention in Western gatherings, in addition to the natural appearance of your parents, talent is also very important, such as dancing, such as singing. Musical instruments are also a great way to attract attention.

But most of the time it's the piano that pretends to be X, but today is an ordinary weekend party, everyone relaxes on the grass and doesn't hold a grand party in a luxurious place, the manor hall is a place for people with status to talk about things, and playing the piano in it attracts not attention, but disgust.

Therefore, being able to perform on the grass is the focus of the party, and the harmonica and accordion are more predominant, and of course a handsome man or an elegant girl with long hair playing the violin is more perfect.

But now the accordion and harmonica music is also good, very British country style. Let these aristocrats who still regard the glory of the empire that never sets as their pride in their lives, listening to the music of the British style, dancing, seem to have returned to the era when they were kings and hegemons.

Natasha had already left, and Yang Dongxu was sitting alone on the sofa frowning, his eyes were empty and unfocused, as if it was obvious that he was contemplating something.

Toy, who went down to talk to his friends for a while, walked up to the second floor not long after Natasha left, and saw Yang Dongxu pondering and didn't walk over, but stood alone in the window and looked at the crowd dancing below.

After half a beat, the music ended, and the sound of noisy applause and praise sounded, waking up the pensive Yang Dongxu, who frowned and glanced outside, and turned his head to see Toy standing on the edge of the window.

"Looks like you've agreed to her terms. When he looked at Toy, Toy seemed to notice and turned to look at him, with no disappointment on his face, but shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly.

"The conditions are so enticing that you can't say no. Yang Dongxu sighed, even if he has a big business now, he has experienced a lot of things, but in the face of this cooperation, he can't help but feel a little nervous, if he succeeds, he will go to a higher level regardless of his identity and assets, and if he fails, he needs to make money diligently to make money and make up for holes in the next few years.

"Did you promise her that we were going to have a son together and inherit the Gut family?" said Toy.

Yang Dongxu rolled his eyes speechlessly.

Then he muttered for a moment and organized his language: "How much do you know about the Middle East?"

"Do you mean Iraq, Libya, or Iran?" asked Toy.

"Iraq. A trace of solemnity flashed between Yang Dongxu's eyebrows.

"That's not a good place. Toy's brow furrowed.

The Middle East is naturally a powder keg because of oil production, and looking at the entire situation in the Middle East, the United States is basically suppressed, even if it is not a friend who stands on the side of Russia, but at least it can be regarded as some cooperation.

Since the Gulf War, the United States and its allies have imposed economic sanctions on Iraq, and the sanctions have continued to deepen. Instead of being poor, Iraq has become richer, especially in terms of military might. Iraq is definitely the largest buyer of arms in the Middle East.

In recent years, Rarity has bought a lot of good things from Ukraine, Russia, and even from the Americans, as well as from the Europeans, which has made Rarity uneasy throughout the Middle East.

"But there's a lot of interest there, a maturely developed oil field, as long as you drive a tanker to the port of Basra, you can take away crude oil by ship. Although his face was solemn, he couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought of the promise Natasha made to him.

A mature oil field that is being developed must invest manpower and material resources by itself, as long as you find an oil tanker to pull oil in the past, and the number is not limited, this is a lucrative business.

Of course, Yang Dongxu also paid a certain price for this, for example, part of Microsoft's shares in his hand were mortgaged at a premium, and became a bargaining chip for Natasha to negotiate with those financial oligarchs who were not at ease when she integrated the Russian banking industry.

"I'm not very familiar with that area, but after I left Russia, I was mainly responsible for my family's overseas investments, which were concentrated in the United States and several European countries, and the Middle East was not very involved in it from the beginning. Don't you have a team over there?" said Toy.

In the past, the weapons of the overseas company of the Blade Security Company were provided by Toy, although since he left Russia, Du Suo has found other ways to obtain weapons and equipment from the Middle East, but after all, he has cooperated with Toy and knows a little.

"They're mainly responsible for security companies, and they're hired by some rich people, and they don't touch anything else. Yang Dongxu said.

In the past few years, although the Blade Security Company has not had a good reputation in the international community, it has a very good reputation in the rich circle, and it has even been with Blackwater more than once without suffering.

And the reason why the United States only allows such an uncontrolled armed force to exist in its own money bag in the Middle East is naturally because Blade Security Company is only responsible for security hiring, and will never participate in any war as a mercenary, or compete for any mineral resources with orders.

Blackwater will care about this little money in the security market, but the United States obviously won't. And many Middle Eastern tyrants who have a good relationship with the U.S. government are very relieved when they accept the protection of Blade Security, so the U.S. government will naturally not make those tyrants unhappy because of this little thing.

"Let me help you ask Uncle Andrei, some of the minerals and oil fields that sold you before belonged to Uncle Andrei, but you should know the reason why he sold those oil fields, especially those in Iraq. Toy reminded.

Yang Dongxu nodded, of course he knows what the reason is, starting from the Asian financial crisis, the economy of the whole world has been in turmoil in recent years, especially the bursting of the Internet bubble last year, which made the Yankees have a very hard time.

And at this time, a very belligerent president took office, and the clouds of war had begun to hang over the sky. What's more, since the Gulf War, the war in the Middle East has not been extinguished.

A few years later, the Iraq War was a continuation of the Gulf War, all the way to Libya, until he was reborn and almost didn't fight Iran.

In short, the Middle East is not peaceful, and there is a constant game between major powers, and now the center of the game is in Iraq.

However, when others saw Bush Jr. coming to power, Saddam Hussein was making such a fuss, and the clouds of war over Iraq's head had begun to make up, but no one could say clearly when the lightning flashed, thundered, and rained heavily, and they only realized that they would fight, but they did not know when to fight.

But others don't know Yang Dongxu, but they know that the Iraq war will not really start until 2003, which means that he has at least two years to continue pulling oil from Iraq. After two years of not being online, Yang Dongxu felt that countless gold coins were gushing into his pocket with oil tankers.

"Let's get in touch with me first, and if there's anything we can work with, I'll talk to him personally when the time comes. Yang Dongxu said.

"I'll call Uncle Andrei in the evening, and you can contact him directly when the time comes. But I'll remind you if there's no need to stay away from Natasha. In order to be able to take over the Gut family, she has become crazy in recent years. More than half of the financial oligarchs on the stage who have been killed in the past few years were handled by her. ”

"Isn't it?" Yang Dongxu looked surprised.

Although he has received some rumors before, he does not know very well because the focus of investment is no longer on the Russian side. Hearing Toy say this, he realized that the current Natasha was no longer the Natasha he knew before, who was just a white glove on behalf of the big family.

"Otherwise, why do you think my uncle doesn't want to get in touch with her? Even this cooperation is limited cooperation. And she has no supporters in China except for the one on the stage, and the support given by the Gute family is also limited, so she pulls collaborators around to increase her capital, otherwise she is not qualified to sit at the table at all. ”

"So she sits at the table and plays cards, and it's actually my money that is used as chips?" Yang Dongxu said.

"That's right, so it's too late for you to regret it now. Toy reminded.

Yang Dongxu shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, "Forget it, since I have promised her, there is no reason to return." What I can do now is to take advantage of the convenience of her sitting at the table to see if I can earn back the money she put in before she loses all the money she has in her grasp. ”

"Whatever you want. Toy didn't continue to persuade, "Let's go, don't mention her, I'll introduce you to a few friends." There is also a small trade fair in the evening. ”

"Trade fair?" Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment, Toy didn't tell him this before coming to this party.

"I decided it on the spot when I went down to chat just now, you know these ......" Toy pouted downstairs: "Although many families have fallen, as long as they are passed down to the present, they have more or less good things in their hands."

After all, their elders followed the royal family to plunder the world back then. Now I can't go on, so I take out my treasures and see if I can make an investment turnaround. ”

"Are there any Chinese antiques?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.

"There will be somewhat, but compared to Chinese antiques. In fact, the private small trade fairs in Europe and the United States trade more works of art that meet the aesthetic standards of Europeans and Americans.

For example, some modern Van Gogh, or some imperfect manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, or some gemstone jewelry of historical significance, etc. ”