Chapter 45: The Cullen Banquet
As a vast and sparsely populated country, the most of them is land, so it is very easy to build a house here, although at this time Northern Russia has not yet reached the crazy standard of almost every family with a country house in later generations, but various estates can often be seen in the suburbs.
Villa Kulen is a luxury villa located in the eastern suburbs of Chrisko, and on the seventh day after the start of the privatization reform in North Russia, from noon, many cars 66 continued to come here.
In the courtyard of the villa, tables and wine glasses have been set up, and there are many beautiful girls dressed as maids passing through, tables and chairs arranged, and it is clear that a grand banquet will be held here.
For this kind of upper-class banquet, it is generally a good opportunity for everyone to socialize with each other and expand their contacts and business circles.
Of course, this is not for those green tea girls, and those wonderful women in it, in fact, those who can participate in this kind of feast are all tens of billions of family assets, and many of them come by private jets.
These people participate in such a feast more to expand their own network, to expand their circle, only more and more business partners, business will become bigger and bigger, the way to make money will be easier and easier, as for women, it is just a way to communicate, or entertainment after communication. It's like the joke says: There are two big irons in life, they have carried guns together, and they have prostituted together.
The form of the club was introduced to the country from the West, and the North Russian side may not belong to the Western world, but some things are still in common.
Although the banquet has not officially started yet, the communication during the banquet has already begun.
Inside and outside this villa, as long as it is open, you can see businessmen or officials with status who come to the banquet, they gather in twos and threes, and everyone toasts and talks.
"Hello Mr. Comodo, I am in charge of the forest farm in the east, I know that you are our domestic paper tycoon, I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, I believe that my forest farm and your paper factory will be able to go to a higher level!"
"Of course, in fact, I have always wanted to find a chance to talk to you, after all, the eastern mountain range has a large area of rich forest resources, which are inexhaustible. ”
Some people come up and talk about business directly, while others don't talk so directly, but develop common interests first.
"Opera is a very elegant art, I have always been fond of this art, the high singing voice and beautiful melody can make me intoxicated every time I hear it, my favorite is that no one sleeps tonight in the Turandot, and now there happens to be a professional opera singer here, we can ask her to perform for us......"
"This caviar is very delicious, and when you eat them in your mouth and feel them pop in your mouth, the juice is so intoxicating......"
"My father and grandfather were proud knights, so I also like to ride horses, I can take you to my horse farm when I have time, or we can ride horses together and play a hearty game of polo together, but you must bring protective gear, I don't want to see any accidents......"
This or that conversation may sound like nothing to do with each other, but in fact it's just a kind of communication, and the conversation is not the point, the point is to let everyone go from not knowing each other to the common wealth in the same circle.
When the communication in the villa was in full swing, suddenly a very atmospheric car drove into the villa, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the villa.
The car stopped at the designated location, and then a middle-aged man in his forties stepped out of the car, and when he saw this person's appearance, it immediately caused a commotion at the scene, and many people immediately walked towards the middle-aged man, surrounding him like a star arching moon.
"Dear Mr. Ilbedov, I am very glad that I have the opportunity to come to your estate to participate in this grand banquet, to be able to witness the legend of Mr. Ilbedov, if I miss this banquet and not be able to meet Mr. Ilbedov, I think I will regret it for the rest of my life. ”
Listening to the compliments of these people, his face was full of smiles, and he shook his hand and said: "Don't say that, I'm just an ordinary businessman, and I'm not a big man. ”
Hearing Ilbedov say this, some people immediately objected: "Oh no, how can you say that, Mr. Ilbedov? You are the pioneer of our privatization reform in North Russia, and if you had not opened this different door for us, I am afraid that we would still be like in the past, guarding a mountain of gold, but never knowing how to use it." ”
Someone took the lead, and the others naturally chimed in and said: "That's right, Mr. Ilbedov is a follower of all our North Russian businessmen, and now he is not only the largest shareholder of the Union Bank, but also integrates the big giants of the Southern Oil and Gas Company.
Ilbedov smiled, he has indeed lived a very nourishing life this week, in the past he was the president of the United Bank, and he was also a person with a lot of status in North Russia, but it was far from reaching the current height, and because of political reasons, he was still the target of suppression, and many people who were related to him did not take him seriously at all, how could he be a rising star in the country like now?
Now he is not only the big boss of the United Bank of North Russia, but he also holds more than one-fifth of the capital flow of the whole of North Russia, plus his business operations, and the integration of energy companies in the south, there is a faint prototype of a financial oligarchy.
Such a huge force, even if it is the head of the country, has to respect him for three points, and other businessmen in North Russia have to take him as their goal and example, so when he appeared here today, everyone surrounded him, making him the focus of the whole banquet.
"Mr. Ilbedov, now that there are new changes in the shape of our North Russia every day, such a banquet was held today, and so many like-minded friends from all over the country were invited to come over, I guess there must be some serious decision, right?"
Someone asked Ilbedov, and the others immediately nodded and looked at him, no one who could be invited today was a fool, so everyone understood that Ilbedov must have done this today for a purpose.
Ilbedov did not hide this, he said: "Since the privatization reform, I believe that everyone has made a lot of profits in this matter, but I want to tell you that these benefits are not the ultimate benefits, because these benefits are all obtained by our own skills, and the time is too short, and if there is an accident, we are likely to lose all our money." ”
Everyone nodded their heads at Ilbedov's words, and listened to him more intently, because what Ilbedov said was exactly what they feared.
Whether they admit it or not, the property they have obtained is very problematic, and the long-standing totalitarian system, no matter how it is reformed now, still makes them feel very uncertain, afraid that one day the money they have made will be taken away by the state again, as they have done in the past few decades.
"So is Ilbedov holding this banquet today just to tell us the method?" he was asked.
"That's one thing," Ilbedov said, nodding, "but I think the most important thing today is that we should all come together to meet another challenge in the future." ”
Ilbedov's words made everyone stunned, obviously everyone did not understand what he meant by this challenge, and Ilbedov did not explain much about this, he just said: "Okay, let's talk to each other more first, the banquet will start soon." ”
This sentence aroused everyone's interest: "Why are you here, Mr. Ilbedov, and the banquet has not yet begun?"
Ilbedov shook his head and said, "Of course not, because we have to wait for the most important guest." ”
Everyone gasped and looked at Ilbedov incredulously, because the current Ilbedov is no longer the Ilbedov of the past, he is a person with great potential to become the largest financial oligarch in North Russia, regardless of his status and status, it is definitely not ordinary, so he now says that the reason why the banquet does not start is to wait for the most important guest, what will be the identity of this guest?
"Mr. Ilbedov, is this guest you are waiting for Mr. President of our Republic, or is it an important leader?"
Some people asked him this, because it seemed to everyone that the only person who could make Ilbedov wait like this was the leader of the country, or some important official of the central government.
But Ilbedov gave an answer that no one expected: "This guest is not an official of our country, he is not even from our country, his name is Zhou Ming." ”
This answer made everyone look at each other, and no one understood what he meant by this, but they did not need to guess anything, and when Ilbedov's words were finished, the housekeeper of the villa came to report to him that the guest had arrived, and Ilbedov immediately said goodbye to everyone, and walked with the butler towards the gate of the villa.
When Ilbedov left, the others immediately followed, for they all wanted to know what was sacred about this person who could make Ilbedov treat so seriously?
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