Khodorkovsky's pupils shrank: "The other half of the story?"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "Yes, the story just now was a tragedy, and what I want to talk about next is a comedy." ”

Khodorkovsky picked up a glass of water and drank it with a clatter, "Tragedy is eternal, but I prefer comedy, tell me about it?"

Zhang Chen took a birch branch from the bucket, soaked it in the bucket of cold water, patted his whole body, and said casually: "The reason why the ancient rulers of China were so wary of merchants is related to the story I want to tell. Two thousand five hundred years ago, there was a merchant surnamed Tian, who was originally the queen of a country, but due to political struggles, he was forced to leave the motherland and go to another country to do business. The state of Qi was much larger than his original country and was one of the most powerful countries at that time. ”

After a few generations, he became a wealthy businessman in the Qi country, and at the same time, he also became a high-ranking official in the country by currying favor with the monarch and bribing those in power. ”

Khodorkovsky raised an eyebrow, he is now the deputy minister of Rakshasa Energy.

Zhang Chen continued: "After the Tian family is the grandson of the king, of course they are not satisfied with just being a businessman, this family wants higher power. So, they began to carefully accumulate strength and do charity in the country. They lent money to the peasants, lent a bucket of grain, and only asked for half a bucket to be recovered, and over time, Tian became a good person in the eyes of the people, and his reputation grew. ”

"But that's not enough, obviously. After all, the monarch's power is supreme, and this small favor alone is not enough to make the people follow him to create a monarch. Therefore, it is also necessary to make the monarch even more mediocre, and the more chaotic the country, the more benefits he can receive. ”

Therefore, in addition to luring the monarch to extravagant and unscrupulous, they also stirred up friction between China and other countries and intervened in the wars of other countries in order to consume the national strength of Qi and the strength of the major wealthy families. ”

As time passed, the reputation of the monarch and other clans in the country became worse and worse, but the reputation of the Tian family in the country became better and better, and the people supported him more and more. ”

At this time, the only people standing in front of them were other heroes like him who were eyeing the throne. ”

"At that time, the Tian family was not the most powerful family in the Qi Kingdom. At that time, Qingfeng, the prime minister of Qi State, was a generation of powerful ministers, and he had basically hollowed out the monarch and covered the sky in the country. The Tian clan's first task at this time was to get rid of Qingfeng and the wealthy clans such as the Guo clan, the Bao clan, the Gao clan, and the Luan clan, which were comparable in strength to the Tian clan. ”

The Tian clan first instigated other wealthy clans to support the rebellion of Qingfeng's most powerful subordinates, and at the same time, several families sent troops together to destroy Qingfeng, after that, all the property of Qingfeng Tian did not take anything, and gave it to the monarch, further narrowing the distance with the monarch, so that the monarch trusted him more. ”

With the support of the monarch and the will of the people, gradually, the Tian family became the most powerful family in the Qi country. ”

"Tian is very patient, although he is already the most powerful giant in China, he has been waiting for an opportunity. Finally, there was civil strife in the Qi State due to the issue of the heir, and the Tian family took this opportunity to abolish the orthodox monarch heir and find a puppet to be the monarch of the Qi State. Decades later, seeing that the general trend had been decided, Tian abolished the monarch of Qi and became the real master of the country. ”

Khodorkovsky's eyes flickered, and under his gentle appearance, his ambition was hidden, and the story Zhang Chen told was exactly what he wanted to do.

He has long been keenly aware that the current Rakshasa is in a great change unseen in hundreds of years, and the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union has brought the Rakshasa into an unprecedented power vacuum. Moreover, this power vacuum is open to everyone, as long as you have the skills and luck enough, even a common person can become the ruler of the whole country.

And the most promising are the oligarchs of them.

Although Yeltsin filled this power vacuum in a short period of time, he still needed the help of these oligarchs.

But there are too many oligarchs.

The seven oligarchs are only representatives of the oligarchic economy, and there are at least four or five economic oligarchs in the country whose strength is not less than theirs, and there are no less than 100 local oligarchs in strength but with a huge impact on the local economy.

Therefore, at this stage, Khodorkovsky's real trouble is not Putin, who is not well-known and is still working as a staff chief under Chubais, but Berezovsky, who is also an oligarch and is known as the godfather of oligarchs!

Petroleum, Finance, Media, Automobile Manufacturing。。。。。。 Berezovsky took advantage of his good relations with Western financial capital and the huge political and business network he had woven in the country to frantically grab high-quality state-owned assets and create the first Kangzen monopoly group since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

At the beginning of the year, Forbes ranked him as the ninth richest person in the world, and his assets were valued at more than $15 billion!

After grabbing a large amount of wealth, Berezovsky extended his hand to the political circles and manipulated the appointment and dismissal of senior executives in the Rakshasa cabinet behind the scenes, and now more than two-thirds of the high-ranking officials in the Rakshasa cabinet can only be promoted by Berezovsky's support.

"As long as I want, a dog can be the president of Rakshasa. "Berezovsky has praised such a Haikou in front of others more than once, which shows the degree of arrogance.

If Khodorkovsky wants to realize his political ambitions, Berezovsky is the biggest obstacle!

"Hahaha, hahaha. Khodorkovsky laughed a few times: "The story is very interesting. ”

After that, Khodorkovsky drank another glass of water and suddenly said, "Do you dare to swim in the lake with me?"

Finland and Estonia are both lake-rich countries, and many woodlands are densely packed with very small lakes, the smallest of which may be only a dozen square meters, and the Khodorkovsky wooden house is next to a small lake with an area of less than 100 square meters.

In the tradition of Finnish bathing, after steaming in a wooden house for more than ten minutes, when sweating profusely, you walk out of the bathroom naked, jump into the nearby frozen lake or icy sea water to cool down, and the near-zero water only takes more than ten seconds to freeze people shivering. Once you've cooled down, go back to the bathroom and continue steaming, repeating it a few times, and then taking a shower at the end, and you're done with a Finnish bath.

Zhang Chen pushed open the door of the wooden house: "Of course, the two heavens of ice and fire are the essence of Finnish baths, wouldn't it be a pity not to freeze in the water?"

The night was dark, and the sleet outside the door had turned into a heavy snowfall. Just steamed red in the steam room, and the snowflakes fell on the skin of Zhang Chen and Khodorkovsky**, but they didn't feel cool at all, but there was a kind of comfort.

Khodorkovsky tore off the bath towel around his waist, and the two of them came to the lake with snowflakes and cold and wet grass all over their bodies.

Zhang Chen also jumped down, at this time, you must not hesitate, if you stay outside for a long time, your body will be cold, and you will have cramps immediately after entering the water.

The two swam five or six meters in the lake, then climbed ashore again, and several strong Rakshasa men on the side hurriedly draped the two with bath towels and escorted the two back to the steam room.

"Whew. Khodorkovsky let out a long sigh of relief, "Don't beat around the bush and tell me about your plans." If I cooperate with you, what are my benefits?"

Khodorkovsky's tone changed, the modesty and softness in his tone just now disappeared without a trace, and his two eyes were bright and scary, staring at Zhang Chen tightly.

At the age of thirty, he can become an economic oligarch that affects the political situation of Rakshasa and be, how can he be a real white rabbit?

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "It's very simple, short Rakshasa ." ”