12. Green card
Coming back from Huaiyang Road, as soon as he entered the door, Song Zihui took off his coat, threw it on the sofa, took out a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, opened it and took a sip, then sat on the sofa and shouted: "Cool!" ”
Song Zihui came back in a BMW X6, and he was in a very good mood to be able to drive his favorite car.
Tang Ming also took a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, opened it and sat next to Song Zihui, took a sip of the drink, and then said, "I have something to tell you." ”
Song Zihui turned on the TV with the remote control and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”
Tang Ming said: "When the diamond auction is over, I am going to go to Australia to buy a ranch. ”
After hearing this, Song Zihui was startled, looked at Tang Ming in disbelief, and asked, "Is it really fake?" You're not kidding me, are you? ”
Tang Ming waved his hand innocently and said, "What am I lying to you for?" Besides, when did I lie to you. ”
Song Zihui nodded and said: "That's right, you originally longed for the rural life, not the city life very much, now that you have money, it's not bad to go abroad to buy a ranch, but since you are going abroad, why do you still buy a car?" ”
Tang Ming smiled and asked, "What do you say?" ”
Song Zihui smiled and asked, "It won't be bought for me, right?" ”
Tang Ming smiled: "You are too shameless, did I say this?" ”
Song Zihui said: "I really didn't say it, but even if you really bought this car for me, I can't ask for it." ”
Tang Ming said: "It's true that I didn't buy it for you, this car was bought for me, but when I'm not in China, I can let you drive it first." ”
Song Zihui shook his head vigorously and said, "Don't come with me, I don't know what you mean, I really can't ask for it." ”
Tang Ming threw the BMW X6 car key on the coffee table and said, "Then throw it here, whoever wants to drive it can drive away, anyway, I'm not short of this 1.8 million." ”
Song Zihui didn't pick up the car keys, just threw them on the coffee table.
In fact, buying a car for Song Zihui is something Tang Ming has thought about a long time ago, if it weren't for taking care of Song Zihui's self-esteem, he would have wanted to buy a house for Song Zihui in Songjiang, but unfortunately, he knows Song Zihui too well, if it is a house, he must not accept it, and it is already the limit to be able to accept this car.
Until it was time to go to bed at night, Song Zihui didn't touch the car key, Tang Ming didn't care, went back to the house to lock the door, went to Xiahedong to water the fruit trees and ginseng seedlings, and he went to bed.
The next morning, Tang Ming came to his senses, got out of bed, stretched his waist, put on his clothes, opened the door, and saw that Song Zihui had already gotten up, he asked strangely, "Why did you get up so early today?" ”
"I'm going for a drive, can't I?" Song Zihui waved the car key in his hand to Tang Ming.
Tang Ming smiled and asked, "What's the matter, have you figured it out?" ”
Song Zihui said indifferently: "What can't you figure out, you are so rich now, what is it to give me a car, if I am as rich as you, it is no problem to send you ten cars." ”
Tang Ming put his arm around Song Zihui's shoulders and said with a smile: "It's about the same, we are brothers when we sleep, I thought you would accept it in a few days, but I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly." ”
Song Zihui slapped Tang Ming's hand away and said: "You gave me the car, did you also report the cost of maintaining the car to me, I am not raising a car for myself, but for you to maintain a car, you know, the cost of this car for a year is very high." ”
"Get out." Tang Ming responded.
After eating, Song Zihui drove away.
……
Before the auction began, Tony invited Tang Ming to attend the auction in London, but Tang Ming refused, and he took the opportunity to go home.
When he returned home, he told his parents about the meteorite that fell from the sky when he came home last time and found diamonds in the meteorite, although his parents were surprised, but they also accepted it, he stayed at home for a few days, and left a million to his parents, so that they could repair the house and stop farming, and take care of the days, when the auction was over, he rushed back to Songjiang.
The 35 diamonds were all sold, and the price was not low, a total of 68.41 million pounds were sold, which is 96.62 million dollars converted into US dollars, which is more when converted into RMB, as long as it is multiplied by 6.5, this price is nearly double the reserve price marked by Sotheby's, and the transaction price is not bad.
Of course, not all of this money will go to him, first the cutting cost of removing the rough diamond is 2 million US dollars, then Sotheby's 12 points of commission, and British taxes, which is left with 66 million US dollars.
His question now is where to put the money, Tony is already waiting for him in the capital, he needs to go to the capital and discuss with Tony, after all, Tony is an employee of Sotheby's, often runs around various countries, and has experience in this area.
So, he stayed in Songjiang for a day and then took a plane to the capital.
Tony drove him to a five-star hotel, where they sat in the presidential suite and began to discuss the issue.
Tony said, "Why don't I help you open an account in a Swiss bank and keep your money in it, so that you can do whatever you want in the future." ”
Tang Ming shook his head.
Tony asked, "So what do you think?" ”
Tang Ming said: "I want to buy a ranch in Australia, can you help me get a green card in Australia." ”
Tony shook his head with a smile as Tang Ming looked like just now.
Tang Ming frowned and asked, "What, is it more difficult?" ”
Tony said: "No, it's very simple, this matter is handed over to me, although our family mainly operates in the United States and Europe, but also has a certain amount of power in Australia, Australia's Westpac Bank has my family's shares, this is one of Australia's four major banks, and it is also one of the world's top 500, although the ranking is relatively low, but it is also very powerful, in addition, Australia can refuse the poor, but will not refuse the rich, let alone a rich man like you, I just didn't expect that you actually want to be a rancher, it's really surprising, I thought you'd be thinking about how you'd enjoy the money when you got it. ”
Tang Ming waved his hand and said with a smile: "For me, owning my own land is the greatest enjoyment, you don't know, people from our rural areas have land complexes and want to have their own land, but it is a pity that land cannot be privately owned in our country." ”
Tony nodded and said, "I understand, I'll help you get it done, and I'll help you keep the money in your private account at Westpac." ”
Tang Ming said: "Then it's troublesome for you." ”
Tony said, "It's okay, my friend, you're also taking care of my family's business, I'm grateful that you're too late, how can you be too troublesome." ”
Tang Ming stayed in the capital for a few days and quickly got an Australian green card, which surprised him, in his impression, in a country with high welfare like Australia, it is difficult to get a green card, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.
This reminded him of what Tony said, Australia will not reject the rich, especially a rich man like Tang Ming, who is worth six or seven million dollars.