Chapter 106
(8th Update............ )
Sunday, December 5th. After a week of gloom, on this day, the sky over the capital finally began to scatter scattered snowflakes. Chen Mo followed Minister Xue and a group of colleagues from the Oil Refining Marketing Division to get on a flight to London.
In addition to Chen Mo and Minister Xue, there were only two colleagues in charge of commodity negotiations. On the contrary, the refining division is the main body of negotiations, and they sent four negotiators and two technicians to participate in the identification of oil tankers.
Together with a deputy department-level vice president of the leading refining division, a translator from their department, and two lawyers from the legal department, the number of people on this business trip reached 14.
Now that everyone else has irreplaceability, Chen Mo really has a bit of a soy sauce posture in this negotiation team. Almost all of the business staff in their purchasing department are proficient in English, and although the two negotiators in the refining department are not good at English, the other department has its own translator. The role played by Chen Mo is a dispensable role.
However, no one expressed surprise at his appearance, and took the opportunity of negotiation to travel abroad, there are many people like CNPC, and Chen Mo is also regarded by others as such a second ancestor.
Because of this impression, except for a few people in their purchasing department who have a good attitude towards him, everyone else doesn't think much of him. Even when he chose a seat on the plane, no one wanted to sit with him. Only the salesman named Yao Jun in their department wanted to get closer to Chen Mo and sat with him.
Chen Mo didn't find this kind of estrangement, and even if he did, he wouldn't take it to heart. His mind had already flown to England, to Nastya's side, thinking about how to act this time and create opportunities. I can get closer to my relationship with her, or with her father.
In December, Berezovsky became even busier, having resigned from his post as deputy secretary general of the National Security Council, but is still a member of the Duma. He still holds the position of Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee. Towards the end of the year, he was spending far more on politics than on economics.
It is precisely because he is a person who is keen on power that he is unwilling to be left in power after Putin comes to power, and actively fights against Putin. If it weren't for his character, his ending would definitely be much better.
Berezovsky was named the godfather of the Kremlin by the American media in 96. Because during Yeltsin's presidency, he helped Yeltsin foil the plots of his political opponents many times, Yeltsin trusted him very much and gave him a lot of power.
But the Kremlin is a big quagmire. Whoever steps into this quagmire will no longer be able to be left alone. Because he has been entangled in political struggles, he has even neglected to plunder money, otherwise he would not have sat idly by, and Abu, who he propped up, has more shares in the Siberian Oil Company than he owns.
But there are thousands of mistakes, and they are all worse than the fact that he does not admit defeat. He picked a proxy like Putin. It was Russia's luck, but not his own. If Chen Mo didn't have Lang Yufu's memory. It is also inconceivable that Putin, an upstart in the Russian political arena, will firmly control the power of Russia for the next 15 years, and no one can shake his throne.
Even if Berezovsky fails, it will only be at the hands of Putin, but this does not mean that he is a loser. As a matter of fact. Even a failed Berezovsky is a peerless hero, not to mention that he is now at the peak of his life.
Chen Mo is not qualified to talk to him directly now, if it weren't for the fact that he has won Nastya's attention, Berezovsky would not care about a young man from a foreign country at all. Although now the other party knows about him. But the reality is that Chen Mo still hasn't shown anything to make the other party pay attention, and the only connection between them is the sick Nasjia.
So, Nastya's attitude is very important now, and if he comes to the UK this time, Nastya still remembers him and is still interesting to him, which means that there is still a chance. If Nastya had forgotten about him, or said that he no longer liked him, it would make Chen Mo's plan a castle on the beach.
Along the way, Chen Mo was caught in the mood of gaining and losing, and he hid things in his heart, so that he and Yao Jun didn't say much. However, Yao Jun is not a person who talks a lot, seeing that Chen Mo is not in a high mood, he didn't bother him much, and watched a movie all the way on the plane.
They took an afternoon flight, and arrived in London on the evening of the 5th local time, so they were not allowed to sleep on the plane for the sake of jet lag. When we arrived in London, we went to sleep and went to Liverpool early the next morning to work.
Although from a dimensional point of view, London is farther north than the capital, but when Chen Mo and the others arrived, the temperature here was higher than that in the capital. The temperature in the capital has dropped to about zero degrees, and when Chen Mo and the others arrived, it was night, and the temperature here was still six degrees. One thing is the same as everyone thinks, and that is that the sky over London is drizzling with light rain day after day.
Because of the recent shortage of accommodation in the London office, this time, they all need to find a hostel to stay. The liaison for this business trip was Xia Junchao from the Oil Refining Division, and as soon as he got off the plane, he actively contacted the bus of the CNPC office. Everyone was excited to be in a foreign country, and even if they hadn't rested for a long time, they were all in good spirits for a while.
However, when leaving the customs, several colleagues from the refining and chemical department were stopped at the customs. Although it was a business visa, several of them were first-time entrants and had to undergo some inquiries. Chen Mo is familiar with Heathrow Airport, and will only take other colleagues to pick up his luggage.
Vice President Shen, who led the team, originally had a general impression of Chen Mo, and Kang Xuedong had also heard of Chen Mo's love and calf protection. Originally, I only thought that Chen Mo was also a good-for-nothing gentleman, but I didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in the UK, he would accept a favor from him first. He couldn't help but smile at Minister Xue and said, "I originally thought that this Chen Mo was just a dry eater, but I didn't expect that he would need to come out and work as soon as he arrived in the UK." ”
Minister Xue said with a smile: "This kid has been in the UK for a while and is familiar with the situation here, so I specially brought him with me." ”
"Didn't Lao Kang arrange it?"
"How so? Mr. Kang can't wait to tie him to his side every day, and I brought him this time, mainly because I have some personal things here, and I want him to help me do it, so I pretend to be a private person. ”
Vice President Shen laughed, "You...... Lao Xue, you won't be playing tricks with me, will you? ”
Minister Xue shook his head and smiled: "I have nothing to hide in front of you, and when the negotiations are on track, he won't be able to help much, and I want to arrange for him to help me do something else." ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, he's your subordinate, and it's your business how you arrange it."
A group of people finally explained clearly, got rid of the embarrassment of the customs officer, and left the airport. These people often encounter this situation when they are on a business trip, and everyone is used to it. Only Chen Mo thought that in later generations, all countries would relax the examination of Chinese passports and entry customs, and he looked forward to it, and at that time, the motherland would be truly strong.
After the bus sent by the company picked them up, they did not stop in London, but went directly to the M25 ring road and turned into the M40 road. After rounding Birmingham, we drove from the M6 to Liverpool, more than 300 kilometres away.
The bus will pick up British colleagues to work tomorrow morning, and everyone is not willing to delay one night in London, so they simply rush to Liverpool overnight and can sleep well the next day.
Chen Mo thought about it and dialed Mrs. Karina's phone. Karina went back to Russia a few days ago, and Chen Mo didn't contact her for two days, and I don't know if she has returned to the UK in a few days. But whether she comes back or not, it's always right to call her as soon as possible.
Knowing that Chen Mo had arrived in the UK, Karina also seemed very happy. "It's great news, but I'm in France now and I won't be back until tomorrow. Nastya's father will also come to England, and I think he would love to see you. ”
"It makes me very excited, Mr. Berezovsky has always been my idol and I am honored to meet him. However......" Chen Mo said deliberately: "I am on my way to Liverpool now, and I try to try to return to London tomorrow." ”
"Okay, I'll talk about anything when I get back to the UK, I'll call you as soon as I get there."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo always felt that something was wrong, why would Karina be so enthusiastic about herself? She is just a small person, why does she take herself so seriously?
And in a luxurious villa in Cap d'Antibes, near Cannes in southern France, Berezovsky is chatting with a middle-aged woman who is a. The two of them sat on the large sofa in the living room, and several accountants sat across from them, quickly calculating the bills.
Karina hung up the phone and said with a smile: "Boris, that little boy you are very interested in, he has come to England. If you can make a trip to the UK, you might be a little surprised. ”
"For me, Nasha's health is the most important thing, but I don't expect much from this boy."
"But you don't have time to visit your daughter in England, so it doesn't look like you're a good father."
The middle-aged woman said, "Boris, no matter how busy you are at work, you can't neglect your family, I think you should go to England." You don't have to care about me, even if I don't go back to Russia tomorrow, I will accompany you to England and then back to Russia, nothing will happen. ”
Berezovsky shook his head and said: "Tatyana, you can't accompany me to England, if you let the media know, it will cause an uproar, and at such a time, we must be cautious." (To be continued......)
PS: (Actually, Berezovsky has six children, I will write a few at my discretion, not all of them.) )