Chapter 916: Auction of foals
"Mr. Li, don't you want it?"
"Yes, I don't, gentlemen would do well to transfer it to the investment amount. I know that you are all people of your word, so that you will not lose your trust and will not suffer undue losses. ”
"Mr. Li thinks our investment is too small?"
"No, I don't think so, we've already said it. I am sure that if necessary, the gentlemen will definitely increase the amount of investment. ”
Mike said, "Mr. Li, please come to the side to rest, let's discuss some trade secrets, okay?" ”
"Okay, you guys discuss slowly, I'll go over for tea."
Wuyang walked to the other side, sat down on a chair, and chatted with Xu Zhengliang. It took a while for a few people to come. Mike said, "Mr. Lai, let's go." ”
"Mr. Mike, what have you done?"
"We didn't do anything, just increased our investment to $3 billion, and all seven of us were the same."
"Well, thank you, gentlemen."
Back at the hotel, the tea party was still open, Wuyang glanced at the door and was seen by Liu Qingyuan, "Secretary Li, come, please come and sit here." ”
Wuyang also wanted to convey the news that Mike and others had come to Zhongnan to invest, which could play a role in boosting morale, so he went inside. A conference room that can accommodate 200 people for a meeting is already packed, and chairs have been added to the aisle, but fortunately, everyone consciously got up and gave way, otherwise they would not have been able to pass at all.
Wuyang told Governor Liu about the investment of Mike and others, and he immediately said into the microphone: "Gentlemen, our seven American friends and two Japanese friends have not signed an investment agreement. $27 billion has been transferred to the account of our provincial investment bureau. This is a great trust in our governments at all levels in Central and South Africa. Gentlemen. Thank you, and we promise to prove that your investment decision is a wise choice with strong returns. That's it for the meeting. If you are interested in investing in Central South Africa, please get in touch with our conference organizers. Now it is enough to sign an agreement of intent, and our provincial government will urge the city and state governments to follow up and implement it. ”
It must have been arranged by Liu Qingyuan and announced the adjournment of the meeting. The staff arranged by Fu Ying came in. On the three tables, the plastic signs of the provincial government, Lujiang City, and Yihe City were placed respectively, and two staff members sat in each place, took out the printed forms, and waited for the merchants to sign up.
Wuyang took a table and looked at it, which was nothing more than the name, phone number, website, investment project, and investment amount. Waited for a few minutes and no one signed up. Wuyang walked up to a somewhat familiar guest and asked with a smile: "Sir, are you not ready to invest?" "Because he knows that people who can buy horses and raise them themselves. Certainly not a small businessman.
The man shook his head, and Wuyang spoke again in English. The man said, "Sir, we are here to buy horses." If we can't buy a horse tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we don't want to come here anymore and we won't think about investment. ”
Wuyang thought about it for a while, and if he told them that he couldn't buy it this year, and that he still had horses to buy next year, then they might invest. However, if they know that there will be Marco to buy next year, the auction price will definitely not go up, and they will suffer a loss. Although it is common knowledge for mares to produce every year, it is certainly not the same if they are promised. In order to cooperate with the provincial government's investment promotion, if you suffer, you will suffer.
"Gentlemen, what we are going to auction tomorrow are horses that are already more than two years old and will soon be ready to race. The quantity is limited this time, and if you are interested in buying, we will still have so many next year. If it is in Central South China or has invested in mainland China, we will give priority to it. ”
Say it again in Chinese, and again in English. With that, someone started walking towards the staff's desk. After Wuyang finished speaking, he left. He felt that this method of attracting investment was similar to that of organizing a group to go to Hong Kong and Macao to attract investment, and it would not have much practical significance. Even if the amount of intentional investment is registered, it would be good to have one-tenth of the amount of investment that can be put in place, but if the provincial government wants to do it, it must do its best to do it well, even if it is at the expense of some of its own interests.
Governor Liu hadn't left yet, he was standing in the corridor outside the door of the conference room with He Shulin and Qi Wanlin, and when he saw him come out, Liu Qingyuan said: "Comrade Wuyang, it seems that I am completely right to invite you here." When it comes to attracting investment, you are indeed superior. Everyone was tired, so we went to rest for a while and toasted the guests in the evening. Comrade Shulin, you are responsible for today's hospitality. ”
At dinner, Fu Ying gave him a bank card, "This is the money you won, Mr. Mike's foreign exchange savings account in the Bank of China with his passport." ”
Wuyang said: "I don't want it, you go and return it to him." ”
Fu Ying smiled and said, "Are you stupid? Even if you don't want the money, you have to keep this card. Accounts opened by foreigners will not be checked by the authorities. ”
Wuyang smiled: "It's just to cover your ears and steal the bell." However, I still have to listen to Madame's words, give it to me. ”
After dinner, Mike comes to invite him to Texas Hold'em, which he declines on the grounds that he has drunk too much. If you do it occasionally in the United States and Macao, you can do it in the mainland, and if you still do it in the mainland, it will be really addictive. said goodbye to Liu Qingyuan and went home early.
I got up at 4 o'clock the next morning, and when I arrived at the horse farm, it was only 5 o'clock, and I began to inject true qi into the horses. In the past two months, the continuous input of true qi, coupled with the increase of concentrate feed and the amount of exercise, the horse's back height and body length have increased a lot, which is almost the same as that of the white dragon, but the muscles can still see the difference.
At first, it was two hands pressed on the horse's back to input true qi, but then slowly it didn't work, and it was inconvenient to raise the hands. Two-year-old horses have a height of 1.80 meters on their backs, and those foals that are more than one year old are also about 1.5 meters. Like a 15 or 6-year-old boy, tall and slender, that's called a pretty one. As long as the tendon meat is protruding, it is a divine horse.
I typed it all once, and it was past 8 o'clock. After having breakfast with Mr. Ou, Mr. Ou began to admonish, "You must run as fast as possible, but you can't let any horse run too fast, and you should try to go hand in hand, so that the price of horses can generally increase." Those two best horses are to be left to Boss Fu. Her horse won the money. We have bonuses. This time by the white dragon. You've all tasted the sweetness, haven't you? ”
Everyone laughed. Wuyang didn't know what happened later, so he asked, "Teacher Ou, after we left, how was Bailong's performance?" ”
Teacher Ou smiled and said, "It's definitely good, otherwise how can I give them a bonus of 800,000 yuan." ”
"That's the number one in every game?" Wuyang calculated, the general prize money for a game is 120 million, and the head horse gets 70%, 84 million. Teacher Ou will share at least 15% of them, and Fu Ying may also give him 3 more points as he said, then there are more than 15 million per game, I don't know how many games there are in a season, if there are 20 games, it will be more than 300 million. 22 intern horse trainers, 17.6 million, and the district teacher and another can also get more than 100 million. The horses were sold here. Wuyang promised to give each horse a bonus in addition to proportional sharing. What is this for? As long as you do a good job, you will be productive.
Teacher Ou smiled and said, "Boss Li, you eat slowly, I'll go hide the two horses." If it is bought by a guest, Boss Fu is not happy, and he will fire me for squid. I'll be right back. ”
Wuyang heard the sound of horses' hooves and went out to see that the teacher was riding a red horse and leading a white horse away.
After eating, I rode the white dragon around a few big circles, and people came one after another. Li Xiangyan arrived with people from the bank, as well as people from several other state-owned banks and local banks, and immediately set up the table, connected the wires, and opened the notebook. There are more than a dozen tables lined up, and it's quite a formation.
Then came the van. It's not that kind of big truck, that is, a 6 or 7-meter-long cargo box that can hold two horses.
Buses and cars came, and when the auctioneer and assistant arrived, the auction began. What Wuyang didn't expect was that Governor Liu also came, but he didn't invite him last night, maybe Fu Ying sent an invitation. Fu Ying didn't know that when Governor Liu and He Shulin, Qi Wanlin and a group of people came, he could only accompany him, and when he was going to load the horses into the cart, he would definitely not be able to leave him.
After shaking hands, it was time for the auctioneer to announce the rules. "The jockey rides 10 horses at a time and runs on this standard track. You can observe the physical condition and training of the horses, and after the finish line, we will start the auction with the No. 1 horse. The price starts at $1 million, and everyone remembers, it's dollars. The price increase is $100,000 per sign, and it can also be quoted, and there is no limit to multiples of more than 100,000. After the hammer is dropped, the buyer will choose his own convenient bank to pay, and after paying the money, he will take the horse from the jockey, and how to transport it, please contact the owner, and the owner will be responsible for providing transportation to the city where the buyer is located. If you have any questions, please ask. ”
The auctioneer himself repeated it in English, and the assistant translated it in Arabic, and it began. Looking at the time at noon, it is exactly 9 o'clock.
The first batch of 10 horses swept to the finish line, and the time on the electronic display was 1 minute 2 seconds 47, and the crowd cheered. You know, if it is a racecourse in Hong Kong, such results are not bad, but these horses are only more than two years old, and they belong to underage horses, so when they grow up in the future, their results will definitely improve.
After the cheers, the auction began. There are too many people, and there are too many auction cards, which makes people feel messy. Wuyang thought, it would be good if he could press the keyboard like a Burmese jade public auction auction clearly marked wool, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no such scene of fierce competition, and there were pros and cons.
"No. 1 horse, 1 million to start raising cards." The auctioneer shouted in English. Most of these wealthy people are well-educated, and English is the universal language, so there is no need for translation.
"5 million." A chubby, dark-skinned man shouted.
Wuyang knew that this person wanted to carry out a surprise attack before everyone came to their senses. When bidding for jadeite or wool, this tactic is often used, and it can often achieve unexpected results.
Sure enough, after the auctioneer shouted 5 million for the third time, still no one raised the card, and the auctioneer dropped the hammer, "Congratulations to the representative of the King of Tonga for winning the No. 1 horse." We will now start bidding on the number two horse. ”
Governor Liu's secretary whispered: "Tonga is a rich country, and it has made a fortune by selling guano. Their people are beautiful because of fat, and they are all fat. Their king owns more than 100 world-class cars and more than 70 world-famous horses. ”
Liu Qingyuan smiled and said: "They are an island country, where do famous cars and horses go?" ”
The secretary smiled and said, "You can still run in the velodrome and racetrack." ”
The second is a jujube red horse, which is more powerful among the many white horses. It's eye-catching. Wuyang suspected that it must have the genes of a sweaty BMW.
"6 million." It was the chubby man who spoke.
This time, someone immediately raised a sign. After several rounds of bidding, it was the Tongan who won the auction again.
Because of the special plane to Tonga, the organizers began to load the horses. A ramp was built on the ground for loading the mare the last time it was sent off, and there were two exits at the top of the ramp to accommodate different car heights. The saddle was removed, the reins were still there, and the two trainers led the horses to the car. But the horses were jumping around, and they just didn't go up the slope. It was only with great difficulty that he got into the carriage, but when he fixed the reins, the horse broke free again and ran down the slope. If this runs away, it is estimated that it will have to be caught with a lasso. But these horse trainers don't have the ability of the herdsmen on the prairie at all, and they don't know if they can hold it.
Wuyang didn't care about greeting the people next to him, so he hurriedly ran over and intercepted the horse halfway. The horse was familiar with him, and he had been groomed by his true anger. Besides, he wasn't frightened, so he stopped when he saw him. Bribed a little bit of true anger. When they were led up the slope and fixed, the horses were no longer noisy. The mare was loaded into the cart that day, and the foals were seen from the side.
After loading the two horses and walking back to the stands, Governor Liu and his party had already gotten up and come down, "Comrade Wuyang, let's go." After going to work, you arrange someone to sort out the investment intention information registered yesterday, contact the investor as soon as possible, and strive to implement some within the year, and all of them will be implemented next year. ”
"Good. Governor, there may be some duplicate construction projects, our city will not want them, we will report to you after we sort them out. ”
"Okay. You're busy, don't send it. ”
In the morning, 10 batches were auctioned, and all the people involved in the work were sweating. Especially for those jockeys, there is no place for the clothes to dry. Originally, it was not done after lunch, but the people who bought the horses demanded that it be finished in one day, and everyone had to go back to take care of the business, and they could not afford to delay, so they had to start again at 3 o'clock.
I thought that the weather was hot and there should be people and horses in the afternoon, but I didn't expect that the results of the horse run in the afternoon were getting better and better, and the bidding price was higher, reaching 20 million US dollars. Wuyang said to Mr. Ou: "This price is a bit outrageous, right?" ”
Teacher Ou smiled and said, "This is the normal price." The fastest horse in the world sells for $80 million. Boss Li, your white dragon, will it be sold for 80 million? ”
"I won't sell it for any money, I have to send it back to the prairie."
"The two horses I hid in the morning, if Boss Fu agrees to sell them, the two of us are willing to pay 100 million dollars to buy them, and as long as we win a few games a year in the future, we will make a fortune."
"Are those two horses so good?"
"If you run the short track speed race now, you won't lose to the White Dragon, but your endurance is a little worse, and it won't be bad next year. The two of them bought it in partnership, ran for 5 or 6 years, and the pension money was available. ”
"Can two people buy horses together to raise them?"
"There are many such cases, and among these people today, many people in Hong Kong and Macao are buying horses in partnership. It's not that they can't afford it, it's mainly that their funds are transferred in the factory, and they can't just put the treasure on this matter. If you can't win, there's no way out. ”
Wuyang smiled and said, "No wonder so many people came." Mr. Ou, you are a horse trainer here, you are familiar with all the horses, and they didn't think of bribing you to get information? ”
"There are more people who want to get information. Many people are willing to pay 10 million Hong Kong dollars. But that's a little less than the prize we have here. If I can't run back after buying it, they will definitely sue me for accepting commercial bribes, and it's not worth it. Boss Li, some people have offered to buy a one-year-old foal, you won't sell it, right? ”
Wuyang smiled and said: "If it is hundreds of thousands less than these two-year-old horses, it can still be considered." ”
Teacher Ou said: "Then it will definitely not be able to talk, people just want to pick up cheap." You are not a merchant, or you are better than a buyer, the words of the ancients are true. ”
The Heyuan Hotel opened a running water seat, and those who were okay went to have dinner, but except for those who bought horses and those truck drivers, everyone else insisted until 7 o'clock, and sold all 206 horses before leaving.
The people from the bank were still settling, Wuyang was fine, and was about to leave, when Fu Ying came to him with some people. "Boss Li, these bosses have two things I want to talk to you about."
"Okay, let's talk."
Fu Ying said: "These bosses want to ask, what you said as long as they invest in China, they can come to buy horses next year, can they cash in?" ”
"Definitely cash, but also bidding."
A group of people listened and left, leaving 7 or 8 left. Without waiting for Fu Ying's introduction, a man about 30 years old spoke, "Secretary Li, this horse farm belongs to your family?" ”
A pure Beijing accent, Wuyang is a small local person, I don't know how deep the water in the capital is, the king of Hades is respectful, the little ghosts are difficult, I can't offend them, I am more careful when I speak, "Yes, you have something?" ”
"My surname is Cao, Cao Zhihua, thanks to the blessing of the King of Hong Kong, people also call me Andy, you can also call me that. Today, a few of our brothers also wanted to come over to buy horses, but they didn't bring so much cash, so we could only return with regrets. ”
Wuyang smiled and said, "I can only be sorry for this matter." Why did Andy teach me? ”
"Brothers, I think that horse racing in Hong Kong is so prosperous, and it is said that Macao is also ready to do it, so should we also do it in the mainland."
"Gambling is strictly prohibited in the mainland, and without commercial horse racing, horse racing can only be a pure sports and entertainment activity, and it may be difficult to get strong financial support."
Cao Zhihua said: "These are run by the brothers, you only need to be responsible for what you should do." ”
"What do you need me to do?"
"All you have to do is arrange for your family to keep the horses and build a standard race on the grassland. Of course, in addition to the short track speed races, there are also middle and long distance races, and the venue must also be prepared. ”
"It's not hard. What is your purpose? ”
"That's right, before we got official approval, we went to the grassland to compete, and the people who participated were just people in the circle. Once approved, we can do it near the capital. Like the Jockey Club in Hong Kong, we need to use our income mainly for charity. ”
Wuyang said: "I agree with this. Who are the people in the circle you are talking about? ”
Andy said: "You don't need to know this, you don't even need to come forward to do these things, you just arrange someone to do it." ”
Wuyang smiled and said, "Mr. Cao, it's okay if you don't need me to come forward, it's okay if I don't know anything, but I still have conditions." ”
"Okay, please."
"I'm in the system, I don't want this to be known by people in the system, that's the first; Second, my attitude is zero tolerance for violations of national laws and regulations; Third, our family company only collects legitimate income. ”
Cao Zhihua said: "Your first and second points can be understood, and we promise to do it, but the third one is not easy to understand." What do you mean is to only sell horses, collect horse breeding fees, horse training fees, harness fees, venue fees, accommodation and catering, etc., and your company does not charge anything that has nothing to do with legality, is my understanding correct? (To be continued......)
PS: Children's Day, I wish all the children at home a happy holiday.