Chapter 921: A Night of Sorrow

Thinking of the faucets called bull's head and dog's head, which were originally only worth a thousand yuan, were bought back by relevant people at a large price, Chen Taizhong's heart must be a little unbalanced.

You know, it was snatched by someone, and it was inexplicably whitewashed after a few laps, and it became the original robbery of you, and now it is robbing you again.

On the contrary, people still have their own set of crooked theories and rules, which really makes people angry when they think about it.

Thinking of this, Director Chen looked at Nick and asked with a smile, "Nick, I remember that you were in Birmingham and had your own underground forces?" ”

"Oh, I've changed my ways," Nick's face tensed, his expression solemn, "You know, I'm not very addicted to drugs now, and if you have a purpose, you can be noble." ”

"Oh, no more drugs? That's really a pity," Chen Taizhong smiled and shook his head, "I thought you would like those two gifts I gave you." ”

"Occasionally...... Occasionally, you know, it's easy to get nervous in politics," Nick heard that people were going to take the opportunity to take back the two pieces of heroin and didn't give them, so he was anxious and explained with a smile.

"Occasional indulgence is also good for the body and mind, and celebrities who smoke marijuana abound, but I don't ...... It's just a little bit ahead of them, so what? ”

"Well, I don't want to hear your explanation," Chen Taizhong smiled and shook his head. Then he stared at him with an extremely serious expression, "But you can't deny that you are inextricably linked with those underground forces, right?" ”

"I don't know why, I think it's a little dangerous to see you look like this," Nick smiled and nodded, he wasn't stupid. As it turned out, he was still very sharp, "Well, even if you say so." Is there anything you can help me with? My friend? ”

"Ever heard of the Champs-Élysées Night of Sorrow?" Chen Taizhong looked at him with a smile. It was a bit too barbaric for him to shop in Paris. That's why I got such a reputation that night.

"You're dry?" Nick Eyes. When he boarded, he was the boss. It's so famous in Europe. It was especially shocking to the upper class. It's just too profound.

Just think about it. On the eve of the most important festival of the year. Such a big thing happened in Paris, the "shopping paradise". What a shocking thing it was.

"It's not me who dry the ground." Chen Taizhong denied it very resolutely. The heart says that you can claim justice. This did the bitch and set up the torii place. Dude can do it too. He smiled and shook his head. "I'm just going through certain channels. Part of the stolen goods was obtained. You know. This involves state secrets. I have no authority to explain to you the details of what happened. ”

"Uh...... Well then. I believe it too. It's not you dry land. Hehe. Nick smiled and nodded. But he looked into Chen Taizhong's eyes. It's still a little suspicious. "What the hell are you trying to say?"

"Mortgage. I never found out. Why are you so stupid? Chen Taizhong looked at him. Smile and spread your hands. "I think I'm making it clear, right? Take advantage of the underground channels you master. Mortgage these things. I have only one request. You are not allowed to reveal who the owner is. ”

"You don't believe in government guarantees. So, it's not a problem for me to use jewelry as collateral, right? Am I not clear enough? ”

"Lost ......and Found on the Night of Sorrow," Nick muttered for a long time, still shaking his head dejectedly, "No, there are too many giants involved here, and I will be under a lot of pressure." ”

"Oh, okay then, I'll go find someone else," Mrs. Chen said faithfully, you don't earn this money, someone else earns it.

He didn't think about making a big fuss about jewelry before, it was because of psychological barriers, he always felt that this was a thief, and if he took it out, it was not only easy to cause trouble, but also always felt that he couldn't get up and down.

However, he remembered the situation of those faucets today, and the guilt in his heart was left behind, buddy just walked according to your habits, so everyone can't say anything about me, right?

Are you looking for someone else? When Nick heard this, he was stunned again, and said in his heart that this guy actually has this kind of goods in his hands, and once the news spreads, it will definitely be the target of several giants in Europe and the United States, especially those insurance companies that have made huge compensation, and they will never let this person go!

Nick's understanding of insurance companies is much deeper than that of ordinary people, and he knows very well that offending the Queen of England or the Prime Minister will not be a big problem, offending the president of France or even the United States, in fact, it is like that, but offending the insurance company - the consequences are really unimaginable!

In small things, the power of the insurance company may not be reflected - after all, a good image is the goal pursued by the insurance company, but in the big thing, in the big thing where the insurance company has made huge payouts, once it gets in the hands, it is destined to be worse than death.

Am I going to be killed? This is the problem he will consider at the next moment, since Chen Taizhong has said all this kind of private things, obviously, if he does not agree, there is a high possibility of suicide.

I knew that there would be no good thing with this guy! In Nick's heart, he shouted with indignation.

However, the benefits are also obvious, and the next moment, his thinking began to turn, dealing with black words, and in the meantime, Nick also knows very well that in this world, there are always some interests that are worth taking the risk of turning around and going to dry the land.

For example, drug trafficking, arms trafficking...... And the same is true of this current transaction, the benefits that can be generated in the process are really staggering, and the most important thing is that Nick knows that the risk of this thing is actually much smaller than that of drug trafficking - but it is just to pay attention to the rules.

"People die for money, birds die for food" is a Chinese proverb, but there are many similar sayings in the UK. After hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind, "Can you tell us the details?" ”

"This ...... I can't be the master," Chen Taizhong pondered, and made this answer first, now he is used to self-deprecation, but he doesn't feel how embarrassing things are, "I want to discuss it with someone...... We are very democratic. ”

You are not democratic. It's about me, that's just an excuse to interfere in the politics of your country! Nick slandered with hatred in his heart, but because of this, his speculation about Chen Taizhong's identity became more and more confirmed, but. But he had just the right smile on his face. ,

"Hehe, then I'll wait for good news...... However, I will say hello to you first, in the case of stolen goods, the highest mortgage price is 20% of the market price, and you must be mentally prepared. ”

"Well, I'll bring you the words." Chen Taizhong nodded with a calm face, and he was noncommittal, in fact, he was just looking for an excuse to take stock of the price of the jewels in the Sumeru ring.

He hadn't paid attention to these things before, and even, in Tang Yixuan's Sumeru ring, maybe the jewelry was much more valuable than what he had here, who wanted him not to pay attention to it before.

For the next afternoon, Chen Taizhong just got a calculator. Sitting in the room, I kept adding and subtracting, but fortunately, although there are many jewelry, the top ones are limited, and the grades are not enough, so just ignore them.

He did the math roughly. Converted francs into pounds, there is roughly a similar amount, about two billion pounds of jewellery -- a figure that is not worth mentioning, even if it is only jewellery, when you count the hundreds of shops and warehouses he has swept through.

Moreover, this is just jewelry, and moreover, Tang Yixuan took it. And that's not counting it!

In short, more than two billion. It took him another two hours or so to pick out what he thought would be convenient for collateral. It's not good if it's too high-end, it's a waste of time if it's too low-end, and it's about 300 million pounds of jewelry.

More than 1,000 pieces are less than 2,000 pieces, and on average, one piece is only about 150,000, which is exactly the content suitable for high-end groups to digest.

When he walked out of the room, he found that the delegation had not yet returned, and in the afternoon it was the Supo City Government and the Birmingham delegation to finalize various cooperation and exchange matters, although most of the content had been discussed by telephone, fax and e-mail, but it still took some time to finalize.

However, Nick, who said he had gone to jet lag, woke up and was wandering the halls with nothing to do, and there were two city secretaries and the like, talking and laughing around him—the feeling of being at home was about that.

It's just that Nick didn't seem to have much heart to talk, he didn't say a word, and his eyes were relatively blank, until he saw Chen Taizhong, and his eyes let out a little light, "Ha, Chen, are you awake?" "You still call me Chen Taizhong," Chen Taizhong couldn't accept his new title, and sounded like a "toad" in a strange voice, "What, didn't you go out for a walk?" ”

"I'm waiting for the guide you found for me," Nick smiled, "hehe, but to be honest, jet lag is really a chore, and it's a good thing I didn't go to Japan, otherwise I'd feel like a vampire crawling out of the middle of the night." ”

The two of them were a little dumbfounded, we thought that this Briton wouldn't laugh, dare to be affectionate, people's smiles are also divided, and I don't know how this Phoenix Director Chen managed to entrap this British parliamentarian?

Chapter 922: Mutual Compromise

Since the Labour Party came to power in 1997, a series of local government reform plans have been introduced, and although the decision-making power of parliamentary committees has been denied, due to the direct election of mayors, the city government has to look at the faces of local council members.

This is one of the reasons why Nick wants to run for Speaker.

Since he saw Chen Taizhong come out, he didn't bother to wait for the evening reception, "Hehe, let's go, take me out to see, I haven't stayed in Beijing for long, I really want to get close to this magical country." ”

The two staff members glanced at each other, and one of them asked, "Director Chen, it's getting dark, do you need someone to accompany you?" ”

It's just over five o'clock, and it's at least three hours before dark, but the idea is that we want to be accompanied.

"Personal relationships, just walk around." Chen Taizhong shook his head with a smile, rejected their suggestion, and walked out with Nick, not even bothering to drive the car, just wandering on the street.

"Here, it's more prosperous than I thought," Nick said in a somewhat sincere tone, although he had nothing to say. Some people demonize China just for the sake of demonization, while others don't know anything and just follow the flag, and the Nepalese parliamentarian probably belongs to the latter.

"I won't talk to you about that. Let's put it this way, the approximate market value of jewelry is more than 200 million," Chen Taizhong didn't accompany him to press the road and talk nonsense, "If you mortgage it by 20%, we agree in principle." ”

"More than 300 million ......" Nick was silent, apparently, the number surprised him a little. Even though he had already made some preparations, after a long time, he asked in a deep voice, "Is it because of the 50 million I said at noon, you only have 300 million, or do you only have 300 million?" ”

"This ...... I don't know," Chen Taizhong shrugged his shoulders and pushed it directly to those unwarranted colleagues, "that's what they sued me." I'll just relay it to you. ”

"There's one thing, I think, I need to tell you," Nick mused, "and there are a few jewels that were missing on the night of sorrow. The original owner wants to redeem ......"

Dare to be affectionate, while waiting for a reply in the afternoon, he carefully combed through Chen Taizhong's request, and was stunned to find that it was actually necessary to speculate on this matter, whether it was from the perspective of accumulating wealth or from the political point of view -- having the underground support of a country's government would be his rare political capital.

This strengthened his speculative determination even more, and the risk is always proportional to the return. Politicians who won't speculate on what to do?

Soon after. News came from Europe that the deal was fully accepted. However, many of the jewels lost that night can be called priceless, and some are close to the nature of non-sale, which is used for display.

In the underground passage of Nick Land, someone received Dark Red, and he wanted to recover a few of them, so he had to explain clearly: the business can be done, but I hope you will return those few things to their original owners.

"Is it back to its rightful owner? Don't even think about it," Chen Taizhong snorted coldly, "I've never been a philanthropist, and to be honest, I'm very interested in sending these owners back to heaven." ”

These words were so tough that Nick was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and he was stunned for half a minute before he smiled bitterly, "I've already said it, they intended to pay for it." ”

"Well, this can be discussed," Chen Taizhong nodded with a smile, "Can it be redeemed at the market price?" ”

"Definitely not," Nick shook his head with a bitter smile as he peered into his reaction out of the corner of his eye, "they're willing to redeem it for 10%, that's the rule - of course, in return, they won't ask for the provenance, which means that you will cash out the jewelry, and there will be no back-up." ”,

"It's only a percentage?" Chen Taizhong sneered and shook his head, "I'm not interested in this suggestion, after a hundred and eighty years, who will investigate the provenance of these jewels?" ”

"This is actually a protection fee," seeing that he was not angry, Nick was naturally willing to explain a little more, "You can just pass a hand and collect money from them, you should know the price of the jewelry...... It's all hyped up. ”

"You don't need to say it," Chen Taizhong stretched out his hand, "Give me the list of lost items, if it is in my supply, I will eliminate it." ”

"Okay, I'll get it straight," Nick could only shrug his shoulders regretfully and spread his hands when he saw that the oil and salt were not entering, "I will give you the land on the list, but there is one of them...... It has to do with the channels I can use, and I hope you can open up the net. ”

"Oh, this......" Chen Taizhong groaned, feeling that this guy's request was not too much, so he smiled and nodded, "Okay, it's okay, it's just one piece, even if it's not in my hands, I will help you recover it." ”

He still has a clear grip, since it is related to Nick's channel, it is necessary to compromise on this point, otherwise this mortgage will inevitably have problems, "But I hope you and your channel can manage your mouth, and you don't need me to say it a second time, right?" ”

"You can rest assured," Nick replied with a smile, "the mouth is not tight, it is long gone, and I know about it here, and there are no more than three people including me." ”

After this matter was negotiated, his mood was greatly relaxed, Chen Taizhong was also in a good mood, anyway, another large investment was done, and the next time, the two walked and chatted while walking.

After chatting and chatting, he walked to the door of the Organ Affairs Bureau, and a Santana 2,000 rushed to the two of them and honked the horn, but it was Xu Chunliang who poked his head out of the window, "Taizhong, come to Subo?" ”

"Hehe, receiving British guests," Chen Taizhong patted Nick beside him, "No way, this guy must ask Zhu Bingsong to call me from Phoenix to greet him." ”

"Hehe, this is the councilor?" Xu Chunliang pushed the car door and walked down, stretching out his hand to Nick with a smile,

Chen Taizhong knew Nick's stinky and hard bird temper, and he was afraid that he would offend his friend, so he was about to turn his head and hint at him, who thought that Nick had already stretched out his hand with a smile, but what he said was Chinese, which was still a relatively standard kind, "Hello, nice to meet you." ”

Chen's mouth opened in astonishment, not because the pronunciation was very standard, nor because Nick actually knew how to be polite, but he suddenly thought that the conversation between himself and Liu Bin at noon would not really let this guy hear clearly, right?

It would be a shame if it was heard! Everyone knows that Chen Taizhong is a very face-saving guy, so he really feels a little disgraced at this moment.

Seeing the two Chinese looking at him dumbfounded, Nick was happy and laughed, "How is it, I speak Chinese very well, right?" ”

"Haha," Hearing such a yin and yang weird words in the back, especially if this person was still speaking "Chinese", Chen Taizhong and Xu Chunliang burst out laughing.

The three of them stood on the side of the road and chatted for a while, Xu Chunliang's English is basically the level of jumping words, and Nick's Chinese is even more miserable, but this does not have to hinder everyone from chatting, even guessing and talking, it is also quite lively.

After about ten minutes, Xu Chunliang raised his hand to look at his watch and nodded at the two, "I have something to do, go first, Taizhong, and entertain the British guests for me." ”

"Why?" Nick stopped and took his hand with a grin, "Xu, it's rude to leave halfway like this, let's have dinner together at night?" ”

"This ...... Actually, I don't like Western food very much," Xu Chunliang didn't expect this guy to be so enthusiastic, he was a little puzzled for a while, and couldn't help but squint at Chen Taizhong, what's going on?

"I'm here in China, of course I'm going to eat Chinese food," Nick grinned and held his hand, "I'm only going to stay for a few days, since I'm Chen's friend, I don't think my invitation is presumptuous, right?" ”

"Ahem," Chen Taizhong coughed heavily twice before nodding to Nick, "Oh, I forgot to introduce to you, Xu Chunliang is the son of Governor Xu, Nick, I think you can let go." "Governor Xu?" Nick blinked, but seeing that Chen Taizhong's face was a little unhappy, he still laughed and let go of Xu Chunliang's hand.

In the end, Xu Chunliang was still not as enthusiastic as Nick, and the three of them sat Santana to a restaurant called "Guxiang", which was not big but the decoration was quite elegant - Nick said that he liked spicy food.

(It's four more, compared to the average speed of 6K in the past, the attitude of wind and laughter, I believe everyone has seen it, so it is reasonable to ask for a monthly pass.) ）