Chapter 480: Goodbye Dudleyway
"A good friend is like a star, you don't see him every day, but you know he's there," Prince Abdullah said excitedly, "You are the brightest one in my starry sky"
Fang Mingyuan only felt that he was chilling all over his body at this moment, and goosebumps were rising layer by layer, how could he feel more and more that this person had a tendency to carry back the mountain. But he still had to keep the smile on his face and shook his hand again and again: "Your Royal Highness, your words are really too polite. I can't afford it."
Prince Abdullah clapped his palms, and a servant came over with a silver tray and placed the tray in front of Fang Mingyuan, the tray was covered with red silk, and he didn't know what was underneath.
Fang Mingyuan looked at Prince Abdullah in surprise, and Prince Abdullah smiled and made a gesture, motioning for Fang Mingyuan to open it by himself.
Fang Mingyuan casually lifted the covered silk, only to see a thick stack of documents in the tray, Fang Mingyuan picked up one casually and looked at it, and couldn't help but be startled, this is a business jet transfer document, on the document, the Kuwaiti government gave Fang Mingyuan a "Gulfstream" IV luxury business jet, this is the latest model of the "Gulfstream" company to obtain the FAA type certificate in 87 years. He flipped through the following pages, and there were some house deeds and land deeds, all of which were located in tourist resorts in Japan, the United States, and Europe.
"Your Royal Highness, this is ......" Fang Mingyuan said with a puzzled expression.
"We have great concerns about the transfer of oilfield shares, and we have to take into account the reactions of European and American countries, but these things are private gifts, and even the governments of European and American countries can't say anything. So as a token of our appreciation, all of our adult members of the Kuwaiti royal family will each give you a property or estate, and if you like it, sign it. If you don't like it, they can buy it back from you at the market price. Prince Abdullah said with a smile.
"This ......" Fang Mingyuan hesitated for a moment, he took a cursory look, these house deeds and land deeds, there are more than 30 copies, although I don't know the specific market now, but it is certain that the total value is quite amazing. Although it is said that due to Fang Mingyuan's early reminder, Kuwait avoided an oil field fire, but such a generous gift made Fang Mingyuan a little hot to hold. As the saying goes, if you have a short hand and a short mouth, will the Kuwaiti royal family have a plan for giving yourself such a generous gift?
"Prince Abdullah, there is an old saying in my country that I am very ...... if I do not succeed in the reward that your country has given me."
Before Fang Mingyuan's words were finished, Prince Abdullah's face was already gloomy and said: "Fang, we Arabs will not refuse gifts from brothers and friends, everything you have done for me and Kuwait, we Kuwaitis have it in mind. You may think it's just a casual remark, but for us, it means recovering tens of billions of dollars in losses. We are ashamed to repay you only for this, if you still take me Abdullah as a brother......"
"Gotta get it, I'll take it all, take it all" As soon as he opened his mouth, Fang Mingyuan suddenly remembered, this is Arabia, not Huaxia, the Arabs will not take back what they send easily, if the reason for refusal is not appropriate, they will think it is an insult. I still don't want to make extraneous things Hearing that Fang Mingyuan should accept it, the clouds on Prince Abdullah's face dissipated, and he took the tray and told Fang Mingyuan about the value of these properties or properties one by one.
"I think you should be satisfied with this place. Prince Abdullah pointed to a deed and said, "This is a villa located in the Kobe City area of Japan, very close to your Huaxia. In addition, I remember that the scenery of Kobe is also very beautiful, and it is indeed a great place to rest and spend a vacation full of exotic atmosphere. ”
"Kobe?" Fang Mingyuan immediately felt like a radical, but he remembered very well that in the winter of 1995, that is, four years later, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale struck Kobe, Japan, which was the worst earthquake to occur in a Japanese city since 1923, killing thousands of people. The Great Kobe Earthquake caused water, electricity, gas, transportation, and widespread fires. The north-south highways and railway arteries of the Japanese archipelago were cut off. The total damage caused by the earthquake to Japan amounted to trillions of yen. It can be said that in addition to the Tokyo earthquake, the earthquake in Japan that left the deepest impression on Fang Mingyuan was the most.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, about the real estate in Japan, please help me exchange all of them for cash. And I would like to remind His Royal Highness the Prince, in Japan, it is better not to buy real estate easily, the geological activities there are very active, earthquakes occur frequently, for foreigners, it is really not a good place to live for a long time," Fang Mingyuan said solemnly. He doesn't know how many people in the Kuwaiti royal family still have real estate in Japan, or how many people have properties near Kobe, but he has already said what he can say, and as for believing it or not, it is not something he can control.
Prince Abdullah was stunned for a moment, rummaged through the remaining land deeds, found three more, received them in front of him, and said, "Okay, I will exchange these four for cash and deliver them to you, can you sign for the rest?"
"Okay, I'll sign for it," Fang Mingyuan picked up the pen. If the Arabs are enthusiastic, it is really unbearable.
Early the next morning, not long after Fang Mingyuan got up, he was sitting in the garden of the villa drinking tea with Prince Abdullah, when the servant came to report that Mr. Dudliwe, the chief representative of Fudy Petroleum Holding Company, asked to see him.
In the early days of the Gulf War, when the price of Shijie oil skyrocketed, the Fudy Petroleum Holding Company he represented bought a huge amount of oil futures from Fang Mingyuan. also helped Fang Mingyuan "pit" Japan's Scomo Oil Company and Shikoku Petroleum Co., Ltd., and obtained huge profits. After Kuwait was restored, he returned to Kuwait.
"He's well-informed," Fang Mingyuan said with a smile. It had only been one night since he came to Kuwait, and he actually got the news.
"I told him," said Prince Abdullah, with a smile, "that your oil was sold to him for the first two months of the Qafar oil field, and I think that if you don't need to ship the crude oil back to China for the time being, then it would be a good choice to sell him the oil." Although Fudy Petroleum Holding Company is weaker than those old oil group companies, its price is fair. Fang Mingyuan immediately understood what Prince Abdullah meant, wasn't it just to avoid the shopkeeper from bullying customers?
As he spoke, Dudley had already come to the garden.
Dudliwe smiled and greeted Prince Abdullah and Fang Mingyuan, and Prince Abdullah beckoned his servants to set him up in a seat. Dudleyway exchanged polite words with the two of them, and then sat down.
"Dear Fang, I heard from the representative of our company in Hong Kong that there has been a flood in the coastal areas of your country? Mrs. Yu, the daughter-in-law of Mr. Guo, the major shareholder of Guo's Shipping Group Company, is organizing a charity performance by the Hong Kong entertainment industry to raise donations for the people in the disaster area. It's so unfortunate," said Dudleywi, with a look of compassion.
"Sister Qiu Xuan organized a charity performance to raise donations?" Fang Mingyuan's heart moved, in his previous life, after the flood in East China, the Hong Kong entertainment industry did organize a large-scale charity performance to raise donations for people in the disaster area, but Yu Qiuxuan didn't mention it to himself at all.
"Xiexie, you care, there are indeed floods in the coastal areas of our country. Now it is being organized by the local government for flood prevention and disaster relief. Fang Mingyuan smiled, "As for Mrs. Yu, I don't know much about the recent situation in Hong Kong. ”
"Fang, if our company wants to donate to the disaster area in your country, is there any limit?" Du Deliwei took a sip of red wine.
"Fudy Petroleum Holding Company intends to donate money to the disaster area in China?" Prince Abdullah said with a look of surprise, "As for your boss Grandet, who picks the door, can you have such a good heart? Why didn't you think of donating some funds to our Kuwait? We are in war here, which is worse than the flood." ”
"Dear Prince Abdullah, don't be joking," Dudley said with a wry smile, "Our Fudy Petroleum Holding Company donated one million US dollars to Huaxia, and it is estimated that we will be able to leave a name in the media in Huaxia, if it is in Kuwait, the donation is less than 10 million US dollars, it is estimated that your staff will not take it seriously at all, we are just a small company, and this donation will also be rewarded." If you donate money and you can't even hear a sound, the company's board of directors will not agree. Your Royal Highness, Prince Abdullah, don't embarrass me. ”
Prince Abdullah snorted and said no more, and Dudliwei turned his gaze to Fang Mingyuan again.
Regarding donations, Fang Mingyuan really didn't know what the government's regulations on donations from abroad, he only remembered that in his previous life, the East China flood in 91 was the first time in the history of the Republic of China to openly ask for assistance from the international community. However, the Kuwaiti oil field fire did not burn, and the floods in East China should not have reached the same level of harm as in the previous life, and it is not known whether the government will ask the international community for help.
However, what does this Dudliwei mean when he suddenly proposes to donate to Huaxia? If he really wants to donate, wouldn't it be better for Kuwait to have a Chinese embassy and ask them?
Or is it ...... Dudley is using this topic, but in fact, he has another intention?