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Chapter 466: Oriental Secrets

The next morning, when Li Zhiyang woke up, Nancy was already gone, and it was estimated that she would not go to school today, but probably to her mother...

Li Zhiyang got up and exercised for a lap, and then planned to stay at home, and he didn't plan to go

At noon, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were going to come to his house to discuss with him, and the matter of his engagement to Nancy was probably some preparatory ceremonies or something, so he didn't plan to go there, but only to recuperate and wait at home for his mother-in-law's visit

Sure enough, at noon, there was a noise at the door, and as soon as Li Zhiyang greeted him, he saw Nancy open the door, and James and Carnegie followed and walked in.

Li Zhiyang hurriedly greeted his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then welcomed them into the house

James has been to Li Zhiyang's house many times, he is familiar with this place, and he has not found any fault. But after Mrs. Carnegie had sat in the living room for a while, she asked Nancy to accompany her, and she walked up and down Li Zhiyang's villa

"Yang, is this house of yours a little smaller?"

After Mrs. Carnegie visited Li Zhiyang's house, she said to Li Zhiyang very implicitly.

Is it true that all mothers-in-law in the world have such requirements for their sons-in-law Li Zhiyang complained a few words in his heart, but he could also understand.

Nancy is also surnamed Rockefeller, and this surname is not only in the United States, but also in the world, and it can be said that it is synonymous with wealth and power.

Wouldn't it be a bit shabby for the Rockefeller family daughter to live in such a house? Not to mention that her mother was still surnamed Carnegie?

Li Zhiyang also knew that his villa could indeed be called a villa in the Celestial Empire, but if he was taken to the United States, it would be nothing.

As long as it is an American upper-middle-class family whose life is still passable, they can live in such a house, and some are even better than the one he lives

He wasn't the one to pay much attention to them, and Nancy didn't care too much, but in the eyes of his future mother-in-law, it wasn't okay, it was the face of the Rockefeller family after all.

In case in the future, relatives and friends come to the Celestial Empire to travel or something, come to Nancy's house to see, and see that Nancy lives in such an environment, people may not necessarily say anything about them when they go back

Marry your daughter to a Celestial Hillbilly who doesn't cost money, or a miser?

Although Mrs. Carnegie also knew that Li Zhiyang was not such a person, she still did not want such bad news to reach her ears

Li Zhiyang actually thought about such a problem before, and he was not short of money, but he just didn't have time to buy it.

Now that his mother-in-law had already asked, he hurriedly said.

"That's Sarah, we're going to build a manor in the United States, and then another one in the Celestial Empire, but I've been busy lately, so it's been delayed. ”

He really discussed this matter with Nancy, Li Zhiyang really wanted to enjoy his life, but it was still a little difficult to get a piece of land in the Celestial Empire to build a manor, especially the fucking land approval system in the Celestial Empire

Now the imperial court is speculating on the land to sell, if you want to get a piece of land to build a manor, I am afraid that tomorrow the tax bureau will come to your door to check your tax situation.

But if it's in the United States, it's not that hard

In the United States, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you like, but although the land use in the United States is more relaxed than that of the Celestial Empire, the annual taxes imposed by the national government and the state government are not light

Speaking of robbery, the court of this country is not soft

"Oh yes, Weifu? That's right, before I came, I was still thinking about whether you should buy a house in the United States, and now if you want to build a manor, it's a little too late, I'm afraid it won't be in time for your engagement ceremony. But before I came, there was a house for sale in the Hamptons, Long Island. ”

When Mrs. Carnegie heard that Li Zhiyang also had the idea of buying real estate, she immediately became energetic, and it seems that women are not rational in terms of comparison and vanity.

"Oh, it's Weifu, it's that house?"

When James heard this, he asked, they also had a house in the Hamptons on Long Island, and every year when they had time, they would go over for a few days, so he was familiar with that area

"There can be that one, it's that Kozlov's"

When Mrs. Carnegie heard her husband's question, she replied with disdain

"Haha, I guessed it's this German, this guy must have had a hard time lately"

When James heard Carnegie say this, it confirmed what he thought in his heart, and he also said with disdain.

Kozlov, this is not a typical polar bear name Weifu? Why is it a German? Li Zhiyang thought it was very strange.

James also saw the strangeness in Li Zhiyang's expression, so he hurriedly explained.

"Haha, this Kozlov is very interesting, he is a German, but not a pure German, to be exact, he is a Russian. However, he is a bit of a distant relative of the original Tsar, so he also has German aristocratic blood. But until 2000 he lived in Russia, holding a Russian passport. ”

As soon as James explained this, Li Zhiyang somewhat understood why this Kozlov was a German.

And this guy's experience is not simple, his family turned out to be an old Russian nobleman, in the nineteenth century, his ancestors married a German noble lady, and the Russian tsar at that time was very close. Their family has been living smoothly, until later in October, after the ** gunshots rang out, everything in their family was confiscated by those ** elements, and almost all of them were destroyed in that **, and then he still survived. ”

James explained to Li Zhiyang the origin of this Kozlov, and Li Zhiyang suddenly became very interested in this guy.

"After the Soviet Union was founded, the family continued to work for the guys in the Kremlin, and there have been several high-ranking officials. It wasn't until after the collapse of the Soviet Union that their family was also a famous family, and in the chaotic period at the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union, this Kozlov, and then his relationship with Lao Tzu, were a big deal in Russia, saying that many state-owned assets were taken for themselves, and they soon became a huge wealth in Russia. At that time, their family had a good relationship with Yeltsin, but you also know that after Yeltsin stepped down, Pu Ting was a strong figure, and he would not allow too many oligarchs to control the economic lifeline of that country, especially a guy like Kozlov, who controlled a lot of iron ore resources in Siberia. ”

As soon as Li Zhiyang heard this, he felt that this Kozlov must be a cup, otherwise this guy would definitely not have been, and he suddenly ran to Germany to get a German passport

And when he heard this, he became more and more interested in this Kozlov, this guy once controlled the iron ore in Siberia, well, which couldn't help but remind Li Zhiyang of two people.

One is the now famous Chelsea club owner Roman Abramovich, and the other is Khodorkovski

These two people, without exception, were thieves who made a fortune at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the circumstances of the two people are also very different

Abramovich, this guy is very shrewd, when Yeltsin was forced into the palace by Pu Ting, he began to invest in Pu Ting and gave Pu Ting a lot of money.

After Pu Ting came to power, he immediately broke up his company, donated a lot of money to Russia, and then left Russia in a chic manner with the banknotes that he had fished from Russia and could not spend in several lifetimes, and transferred to the British Empire, singing the Empress God Bless

Of course, while he paid a large amount of protection money to the British Empire, God blessed not only the Empress, but also him

This guy is simply the contemporary Wei Xiaobao, the modern Tao Zhugong

And the fate of Khodorkovsky, who is the richest man in Russia and even richer than him, is not so smooth.

This guy didn't deal with Pu Ting when he didn't come to power, and his attitude towards Pu Ting was very unfriendly.

After Pu Ting came to power, he still didn't know how to restrain himself, and actually announced that he wanted to participate in politics and fund the opposition party, and finally Pu Ting couldn't bear it anymore, so he was directly taken down, locked up in a small black room, and sentenced to eight years first, and then added eight years

Li Zhiyang believes that what happened to Kozlov should be a mixture of that Abramovich and that Khodorkovsky

He must have made enough money during the Yeltsin era, and then a year after he came to power, he ran to Germany.

But now listening to James, this guy's life doesn't seem to be satisfactory, and Li Zhiyang can't help but be more interested in this Kozlov

"Since he has so many resources in Russia, why should this guy run away?"

Li Zhiyang asked James out loud.

"Haha, it's not because of the KGB president?"

James said.

I don't know much about the situation in Russia, and to be honest, things there have always been mysteries to me. ”

Li Zhiyang replied directly, it is true that before his rebirth, the world's mainstream media was almost monopolized by the European and American worlds, so there have not been many reports on Russia, especially in politics, even if the Celestial Empire, which was once very close to Russia, there are not many news reports on Russia.

Polar bears, in the impression of Chinese people, have always been greedy, and have no credibility at all, and often backtrack.

"Yes, since Gusinsky and Berezovsky left Russia, the current Russia is really the world of this KGB alone. ”

James also sighed, which showed that he was also very jealous of the little man who was far away in Moscow

"This Kozlov, now he's having a bad time micro-service?"

Li Zhiyang asked again.

"Hehe, it's very bad. After he left Russia, he still had shares in many large Russian companies, such as Yukos, Aeroflot, Rusal, Siberian Oil, Siberian Iron Mine. But after Putting forced Berezovsky out of England last year, there was no one left in Russia who could protect his assets. Much of his property has been confiscated, and this year is another major financial crisis, and many of his investments in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are said to have lost a lot. ”

James explained to Li Zhiyang again.

"Oh, no wonder he's going to buy a house, well, let's get down to business, so what does this guy's house look like?"

Li Zhiyang didn't plan to be here, continue to discuss this profound Kozlov with James, he and James discussed these political and economic news, but his mother-in-law on the side was already a little unhappy, Nancy also looked lackluster, Li Zhiyang hurriedly changed the topic.

Mrs. Carnegie had been putting up with the two men's off-topic discussions just now, but fortunately, Li Zhiyang still had some eyes, and now she finally turned the topic back to her favorite.

"Well, although this Kozlov is a vulgar nouveau riche, but fortunately his castle in the United States was not designed by himself, he was specially invited from Europe to design, and the land alone cost three thousand acres. In the center of the manor is a medieval castle is a building, even every stone was transported from Bulgaria, every piece of stained glass on the dome of his living room is purely Venetian production, the carpets are all products of ancient Persia, and the marble used is Greek, in short, he has invested a lot in this castle。。。。。。 ”

Li Zhiyang was a little drowsy, but his mother-in-law was getting more and more energetic, and it seemed that Carnegie really liked the castle.

"Haha, thanks to this financial crisis, this unlucky Russian, his castle has just been built, and he has to sell it before he can live in it. It's been sold for three months, and it hasn't been sold yet. ”

Mrs. Carnegie chattered for a while, and it wasn't until this sentence that Li Zhiyang, who was out of the world, came back to his senses.

"His house hasn't been sold on the market for Weifu, why hasn't it been sold yet?"

Li Zhiyang felt very strange, such a good house, if it was to be sold, in Europe and the United States, especially in the Hampton area of Long Island, there were many rich people who could not be counted.

"Haha, Yang, you know, this is the era of financial crisis, and now our neighbors, I don't know how many people, have to move out of the Hamptons. Including the nasty Texas cowboy next door to that vulgar builder from Illinois. Oh God, thank you for finally hearing my prayers. ”

Mrs. Carnegie said, drawing a cross on her chest. Li Zhiyang saw a chill, what is this, one set in front of him, and another set on the back

Some time ago, during the last ten days in the United States, he accompanied the James family everywhere to attend the drinking banquet in that community, and Mrs. Carnegie, when she met several of her neighbors, was all smiling.

"And how much is he going to sell this house for?"

Li Zhiyang asked again.

"Haha Yang, you can't believe how lucky you are, that Kozlov may be in dire need of cash flow, so he didn't take the house to auction, and you also know that if it is auctioned, he will be charged a lot of intermediary fees, so he just made a connection in the community, between the symbols that didn't move out, to see who has the ability to take over. But you also know that everyone's life is tight at the moment... ”

Carnegie hurriedly said again.

"And how much did he bid?"

Li Zhiyang was a little impatient by his mother-in-law, but he didn't dare to be anxious with her, this woman was not able to take advantage of a small advantage, she was a virtue.

"Two hundred million dollars, Yang, this price is really not expensive at all compared to his castle. ”

Mrs. Carnegie hurriedly said that it seemed that she really hoped that Li Zhiyang would be able to buy the house.

"Okay, no problem, contact him quickly, and I'll go directly to the United States to see the house in a few days." ”

Li Zhiyang was really scared of his mother-in-law's nagging, for fear that this Carnegie was nagging something out, so he hurriedly responded at this time.

"Okay, no problem, I'll call him in the evening. ”

Carnegie hurriedly agreed.

After dealing with his mother-in-law, Li Zhiyang was also relieved, and then had lunch with Nancy's family, sent Nancy to school in the afternoon, and went home.

When he got home, Li Zhiyang first called his parents and asked them to prepare, and after a while, they would go to the United States together.

Li Zhiyang pondered, so he simply asked the two of them to open the hotel, and this time he just took the two old men to the United States to open their eyes.

The two old men thought about it, it was also such a gift, they had worked hard for their children for half their lives, and now that their sons wanted to repay them, it was time for them to enjoy it.

However, if their hotel wants to be redeemed, it will take a few days, so the two old men and Li Zhiyang said that they want to redeem the hotel and go to the imperial capital when the time comes.

Li Zhiyang agreed, but he still called Tan Lang again and asked him to send a few people from the company to help the two old men take care of the situation.

Because he had to apply for a passport at the public security bureau in his hometown, he was also afraid of the trouble of his parents running around.

There is basically nothing to do during this time, and it is not bad to go to the United States, but this time he goes, engagement is the first important thing.

And the second most important thing was not that he wanted to buy an old castle to come down, but that he wanted to meet the hapless Kozlov, and he really wanted to see if there was anything worth investing in this guy

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