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Chapter 473: Kozlov (2)

He didn't know if he would go back this time, and that Tsar Pu would find him to settle the account, so he had been hesitating for a while.

He hesitated to develop the land and how to continue his luxurious life, so he raised funds in a big way, intending to make a good impression on the tsar at the Christmas reception held by Puting

"This house is not bad, I am satisfied, how much are you going to sell it?"

Li Zhiyang asked with a smile, in fact, he already knew the price, but at this time, he still asked a question, that is, the scene, and explained it at once.

"Two hundred million dollars. ”

Kozlov was not verbose, and spoke directly in his curled English.

"Okay, deal, Citi's promissory note can be Weifu?"

Li Zhiyang said that he is the executive shareholder of Citigroup, so of course part of his money is deposited in Citibank, and because of his special status, he is one of the only special people who can use hundreds of millions of dollars without the bank's permission

"K is no problem"

As soon as Kozlov heard that this Celestial Empire man didn't even pay back the price, he didn't frown, and directly took out 200 million, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

This young man can definitely socialize, maybe there will be some place where this person will be used in the future Kozlov thought to himself at this time.

Li Zhiyang didn't have any ink, so he took out the prepared promissory note directly from his body and handed it to Kozlov. Kozlov hurriedly took it, and then arranged for Vasily, the accountant and bodyguard next to him, to verify.

"Haha, you're really a cheerful person, I like to do business with a cheerful person like you, come and have a drink. ”

Kozlov didn't expect the house to go so smoothly, and the $200 million dollar would have a great impact on his future plans, how could he not be happy?

To be honest, his house has already been put up and said to be sold, and it has not been a day or two. However, the cause of the financial crisis in the United States is real estate.

The current U.S. real estate industry can almost be said to be on the verge of bankruptcy and closure.

The state-owned enterprises in the United States, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are about to be shut down by the US government for rectification, and now the entire US real estate market has fallen into an unstoppable contraction.

Banks have repossessed a lot of houses from many people who can't afford to repay their loans, but housing prices have been falling, and people with two spare money are not willing to invest in real estate at this time, so the real estate market is in a continuous downturn, and housing prices are constantly falling.

And the luxury real estate sector, which was once very prosperous for the sake of Mrs. investment, has also fallen into a downturn.

Many luxury houses are now depreciating, and there are constantly wealthy people who want to cash in their mansions to save their own businesses or industries.

This has resulted in a market where luxury homes are piled up and house prices are constantly falling.

Kozlov's estate, in terms of location, environment, area, newness of buildings, and actual investment, is actually worth more than $200 million.

But who would dare to buy such a mansion now, 200 million US dollars, which is not a small amount of 180,000 US dollars in the United States, is already very remarkable, not to mention that his house will be sold for 200 million?

So even in the Hampton area, where there are so many wealthy people, such houses are rare, and there are not many buyers.

Since Kozlov's manor was listed, few people have been interested, and it can even be said that no one has come to see it at all.

He was also having a headache about this matter, but how could he have thought that these days, the first family who came to see the house would directly take over the house, and he didn't even pay back the price, how could he not be overjoyed?

Originally, he had already done it, and he really planned to reduce the house price to 150 million if he couldn't do it, but he didn't expect that at the moment when he wavered, this generous boy from the Celestial Empire made such a move.

Of course, Li Zhiyang knew that there was actually a bargain here, but he wanted to leave a good impression on this Kozlov, and leave a chance for the possibility of cooperation in the future, so he had no intention of counteroffering at all, and these two hundred million were really nothing to him now.

Kozlov was very happy, and Li Zhiyang and his mother-in-law were even happier at this time, and now the venue of her daughter's engagement ceremony was finally settled.

Li's father and Li's mother were completely at a loss, they didn't know what Li Zhiyang and those foreigners were talking about, if they knew that their son spent 200 million US dollars to buy such a house, it was estimated that he would have to have a heart attack.

Now a few of you here are hello, hello, hello, everyone, everyone's mood is quite good, Li Zhiyang is still thinking, how to inquire about this Kozlov's business, so as to start a relationship with him and talk about cooperation

At this moment, Kozlov's accountant and bodyguard Vasily walked in and whispered a few words in Kozlov's ear.

When Kozlov heard this, he smiled even more, because Vasily had just told him that the promissory note had been verified by Citi, and it was no problem at all, and it could be cashed anywhere in the world where there was a Citi branch.

As soon as Kozlov was happy, he couldn't help but immediately stand up and say.

"Haha, Mr. Li, I have to say that you are really a cheerful person, okay I don't want the furniture in my house, and those antiques, and the wine in the underground cellar, I don't want it, now these are all yours, I will ask the housekeeper to bring the account book later, you can verify it yourself." ”

This Kozlov is also generous, and the furniture in this manor is of the highest quality, many of which are mahogany furniture, and he is specially looking for famous people to make it.

Moreover, in many rooms of this villa, there are many antiques from different periods of the East and the West, which he bought at the auction house when he was a vassal and elegant, but they all cost a lot of money, at least tens of millions of dollars.

Moreover, the wines in his cellar are all world-famous wines, among which there are no less than 1,000 bottles of high-quality red wine from Bordeaux, France, worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This mess was added together, and they were all packaged and given to Li Zhiyang, which is not a small amount.

Li Zhiyang didn't feel anything, but his mother-in-law was happy when she heard it, in fact, Mrs. Carnegie has been coveting many works of art in this villa for a long time.

The walls of the upstairs rooms are filled with famous paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe, as well as antiques from the old Tsarist period, as well as antiques from Egypt and the Celestial Empire.

Those things, if they are taken to the outside market, are worth a lot.

This time, Mrs. Carnegie, looking at this Kozlov does not feel so annoying, although this guy sometimes behaves rudely, but in the face of his generous attitude, those small flaws are negligible.

"Haha, well, thank you so much, Mr. Kozlov, by the way, this month's Christmas is the engagement ceremony of my daughter and James's daughter, Miss Nancy, and we are going to have a drinking party here, and we hope that Mr. Kozlov, you will also be able to attend. ”

Li Zhiyang suddenly remembered at this time, it was better to simply invite this guy to attend his engagement ceremony, although his mother-in-law didn't like him, but he still wanted to communicate with him more

"Ah, this micro-service... ”

When Kozlov heard this, he suddenly felt some regret in his heart.

He knew that James was a figure in the small cabinet of the Rockefeller family, and his daughter's engagement ceremony would definitely have many wealthy dignitaries from the United States and even the world and other countries to come and cheer.

It's a great opportunity to make friends with celebrities, and it's hard for people out there to get an invitation

At that time, maybe even the president of the United States will come over, which is a great opportunity to have a good relationship with the White House, and those rich people outside may rush over even if they are squeezed.

But he had to attend the drinking party held by Puting at that time, and that drinking party was an important drinking party related to whether he could turn over in the future, and he didn't want to, and he couldn't be absent.

Now that he wants to come at both ends, he will inevitably fall into a dilemma for a while

"What, Mr. Kozlov, you're going to be very busy by then?"

Li Zhiyang asked with a smile, but he wondered in his heart, could this Kozlov still not give himself face.

In fact, Kozlov really wanted to come, he has not been able to open up the situation in Europe and the United States, which has caused him to sit on the mountain, because he has not succeeded in contacting the upper class in Europe and the United States, if he can participate in this party, it may be of great help to his future business.

But he was thinking about whether he could be appreciated by the general hearing now, which was a more life-and-death matter for him, so he made a decision in his heart, so he gritted his teeth and said to Li Zhiyang.

"Mr. Li, it's really unfortunate, I really want to attend your engagement ceremony, but I have other important drinks to attend on Christmas Day, so I really can't come to your engagement ceremony, I'm really sorry, but my gift will definitely arrive then."

Kozlov's dilemma expression fell into Li Zhiyang's eyes, is there anything unspeakable about this guy?

What else will be more important than my engagement ceremony on that day? Li Zhiyang pondered in his heart

"May I ask Weifu? What kind of drinking party are you going to attend?"

Mrs. Carnegie asked very angrily, her son-in-law had asked this Russian to attend his engagement ceremony that day, which was actually a great way to save face for this guy.

But this guy actually picked it up, what other drinking party to attend, isn't this a shameless face? Mrs. Carnegie felt very angry, so she deliberately asked.

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James's daughter was going to get engaged at Christmas, and now the whole Hamptons were discussing how to get an invitation from the Rockefeller house.

Such a grand event, as a member of the rich people, no one wants to be absent, because if you don't receive an invitation, it means that you are not qualified to participate in such a reception, which is a very shameful thing

Now the engagement ceremony of the Rockefeller family's daughter is a major issue in this community, and it has become a hot topic for many wealthy ladies and ladies after dinner, and everyone is speculating where this drinking party will be held, and those celebrities will attend at that time, and who in the community will not receive their invitations and so on.

But this Kozlov actually refused Li Zhiyang's invitation in this way, which in the eyes of Mrs. Carnegie, was really a little too ignorant.

"Well, I'm going to attend the Christmas charity reception hosted by President Puting. ”

Kozlov could not hear the reproach in Mrs. Carnegie's words, he knew that in the eyes of these Yankees, he was nothing more than an upstart who had just gained German status.

Although he greeted the eight generations of the ancestors of these Yankees in his heart, this could not change the fact that people looked at him.

And he also knows that the reason why his business failed some time ago was because he didn't have a good relationship with these hypocritical guys.

So now he didn't want to offend the Rockefellers, a famous American family, again, so he gritted his teeth and told him that he was going to attend a charity dinner held by Puting.

When Li Zhiyang heard this, he suddenly felt his eyelids jump, this guy seems to be in the activity path

You must know that the Christmas dinner party that is common to hearing is also not something that everyone can attend, and those who can go must be Russian oligarchs and super-rich

Compared with these families with a long history in the United States and Western Europe, they can indeed be said to be nouveau riche.

However, Russia, as the only country in the world that dares to confront the United States from time to time, has come to this country with oligarchs and super-riches, which cannot but make people feel a little interesting.

Li Zhiyang felt James's gaze sweep over his face, and he hurriedly looked up at James, and James was also looking at him with questioning eyes.

As if he was also asking, what exactly do those guys want to do? But at this time, Li Zhiyang could know that after all, he didn't know much about Russia.

In fact, at the moment when the Soviet Union had just collapsed, the relationship between the newly established Russian Federation and the American Federation was quite good.

At that time, Yeltsin adopted the American Jeffrey. Sachs's shock therapy almost didn't put Russia into a complete shock.

However, this also made the Russian people, who were still liberated from the Iron Curtain of the Soviet Union, completely distrust the Americans.

This kind of emotion has become even more serious since the iron-fisted Tsar Pu came to power.

Pu Ting was not polite to the Americans at all, and when he came to power, he sent Khodorsky, who was close to the Americans, to prison.

Then he cleaned up all the Russian oligarchs who sang about the goodwill between Russia and the United States in the country.

After the fight, the voice of goodwill between Russia and the United States has completely weakened, so it is very difficult for the Americans to get some news from Russia

So James didn't know that Pu Ting was going to do this Christmas dinner.

In fact, there are really not many people who know about this matter, and there are only about a hundred people in the world who can know about it, most of them are Russian rich oligarchs, because most of them have been invited by the general public.

And everyone also understands the meaning of Pu Ting, as soon as next year passes, Pu Ting will step down, and the new president will be the puppet he selected, Medviv.

The purpose of his reception this time was, firstly, to ask everyone to contribute generously and contribute to Russia's economic development, and secondly, to introduce this Medviv to the big guys.

Third, although he is no longer the president, he will continue to be the prime minister, so he also wants to tell the big guys, don't look at me stepping down.

But the center of gravity in Russia has simply shifted from the president's office to the prime minister's office

This small former KGB is still using this way to declare his strength in Russia

And the fact that Kozlov was actually going to Bangpu to listen to the stinky feet made Li Zhiyang feel strange

This guy has already been strong and middle-class, and he has been reduced to the point of coming to sell the house, and now he still has the heart to go to the field of listening to the public.

Then there's something to watch out for, what is this guy planning?

"It's a pity, it's not too early, our lawyer is about to arrive, what about your lawyer and the deed are ready Weservice?"

Li Zhiyang didn't plan to discuss this issue with James here, he planned to go back and discuss with his father-in-law how to make good use of this matter.

"Yes, Mr. Li, you know that I really want to attend your engagement ceremony, but I really can't get out of it, so I'm really sorry. My lawyer is outside, and when your lawyer comes, I'm calling him in. ”

Kozlov hurriedly replied.

Li Zhiyang and James made eye contacts, and James was no longer in a hurry to ask.

"I don't know, Mr. Kozlov, what business are you doing now?"

Li Zhiyang asked.

"I'm mainly engaged in the import and export of some resources, hey, in the current world, business is not very easy to do."

Kozlov didn't hide it, because he also felt that if he had a good relationship with this Li Zhiyang now, then maybe the two sides would have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.

"Oh, yes, Weifu? What kind of resources are involved? Not including resources like iron ore and oil?"

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and asked directly

When Kozlov heard this, he was shocked in his heart, could it be that he was really going to die in a desperate situation and was going to be transferred? This Li Zhiyang asked every question

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