The more anxious you are to prove something, the more you are often lacking, those who have big gold chains around their necks are often poor, those who show affection, their emotional lives may be in crisis, and those who complain about social unfairness all day long often live at the bottom of society.

Ivan used to live at the bottom of society, and although it seemed that Ivan was better than the homeless people living on the streets, it was not much better, at least Ivan felt that he had never been respected in New York.

Who is to blame for this? His life is his own choice, even if he regrets it, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, Ivan was once desperate, but now he sees hope, and if he wants to adapt to the future life, Ivan still needs a process.

"Is it necessary to send a few more people to Russia? This kid, I'm afraid he can't do it. In front of the floor-to-ceiling window of Li Mu's office on the top floor of the Junma Building, Chu Wushuang looked at the BMW in the distance and was not worried.

The office of the Horse Weapons Company and Li Mu's office are in the same building, when Chu Wushuang saw Ivan just now, Li Mu was drinking tea in the office, the reason why Li Mu did not come forward was not that Li Mu did not pay attention to Ivan, but that Ivan was not qualified to see Li Mu now, and if he wanted to be received by Li Mu, Ivan had to at least make some achievements.

In Chu Wushuang's opinion, Ivan really has nothing to do except for being a little clever, and even the most basic loyalty cannot be guaranteed, it is difficult for a person like Ivan to even gain Chu Wushuang's trust, let alone complete the important task assigned by Li Mu in the future, although the choice of Ivan is Li Mu's decision, but it is Chu Wushuang's operation, if there is any problem in the future, Chu Wushuang may also be affected.

"No, it's just an attempt, and even if this guy fails, we won't have anything to lose." Li Mu also has no choice, Li Mu also wants to find a "007" to go to Russia, but where to find it?

Relatively speaking, Ivan is already a very good candidate, being picked off and breaking his hamstrings can still survive in New York, a city full of enemies, has fully demonstrated Ivan's ability, and now this ability is only potential, if there is no opportunity, maybe potential can never be transformed into ability, now there is an opportunity, if Ivan can't do it, it can only be said that Ivan is unlucky.

Of course, Li Mu will not pin all his hopes on Ivan, Ivan is just an attempt by Li Mu, Li Mu has also prepared other plans, the most effective of which is to find an agent directly from St. Petersburg, this matter Li Mu has been handed over to the branch of the Junma Group in Germany to carry out, the main task of the agent is: to use all means to publicize the desolation and hardship of Siberia as much as possible, not only to let those who are preparing to emigrate clearly know what they will face, It is also necessary to make the princes and ministers of St. Petersburg realize how much it costs to support a war thousands of miles away, and even if they win the war, they may not get the desired return.

Well, Li Mu did not have the luxury of expecting the tsarist government to abandon Siberia through these small actions, the best situation is that as long as the tsarist government delays for a while because of disagreements when making certain decisions, then maybe the result will be completely different, you know, at this time between St. Petersburg and Vladivostok, even the telegraph line has not been built, in this case, the tsarist government has been slow to respond to the changes in the Far East, if it is deliberately delayed because of human factors, then the result will be more interesting.

"Leo, send a telegram to Bai Qi, and ask him to work harder to drive all the Russians out of Sakhalin as soon as possible - and tell Lawrence that he can contact the Russians at the right opportunity, without too much contact, and let the Russians know that the Pacific Company has enough presence." Li Mu used a two-pronged approach, not giving the Russians time to breathe.

In this year's Siberia, there was nothing but forests and animals, and limited to transportation reasons, Siberia's forest resources could not be developed, so in the eyes of the Russians, Siberia was really not of much value, and there were people in St. Petersburg who called for the abandonment of Siberia before, but the voice was not high enough, and the tsar did not hear it.

One of the important reasons why Russia sold Alaska to the Americans in the first place was that the Russians did not find Alaska's oil and gold, and the Russians would not sell Alaska to the Americans, no matter how serious the threat of British Canada to the Russians was.

The same is true of Siberia now, Russia is a very realistic nation, since Sakhalin cannot generate benefits, and let Russia continue to bleed, it is not impossible to sell Sakhalin, as for the price, it is very good to refer to Alaska, Li Mu is very willing to be this pick-up man.

Of course, the Pacific Company must not show interest in Sakhalin until the Russians decide to sell it to the Pacific Company, otherwise the Russians, no matter how stupid, will link these things and then it will be self-defeating.

In other words, if Russia decides to sell Sakhalin, and the Pacific Company is in the sight of the Russians at this time, then the Pacific Company will have a great chance, anyway, the Russians will not sell Sakhalin to the Japanese or the British, then the Russians will have very limited options.

"Sir, Mr. Situ wants to see you with a Mr. Edward, and Mr. Situ said that this Mr. Edward is very important." Mason came in to report according to the rules, even if Situ Lei wanted to see Li Mu during working hours, he had to make an appointment.

Li Mu nodded to Mason, and then gave Chu Wushuang a questioning look, Chu Wushuang's expression was very innocent, indicating that he didn't know who this "Edward" was.

Well, white names are so boring, there are more than thirty Macks in the whole Horse Mansion, and more than twenty Williams, and the rest are called Jack.

Edward is an old man about the same age as Situ Lei, and in terms of clothing and etiquette alone, he is impeccable, which means that he must have received strict etiquette training, and he has been trained since childhood, and now he has formed an instinctive kind, which is amazing, such as those low-level gangsters in the Springfield Company, even if they have received long-term etiquette training, they are like monkeys who have just put on their clothes.

"Mr. Ream, allow me to introduce that this is Baron Eduard Szcelli from Russia." Situ Lei's words confirmed Li Mu's conjecture, the "barons" in this year have all received strict etiquette training, no wonder Edward feels very special to Li Mu.

"Mr. Edward, it's a good thing." Li Mu invited Baron Edward Scottli to sit down, where Mason was clumsily pouring wine, and Li Mu immediately wanted to scold in annoyance, and told Mason to get out with his eyes.

"Mr. Reem, I heard you're looking for someone who is familiar with St. Petersburg?" Baron Edward Szcelli's mood was not very high, and he looked at Situ Lei very fearfully before speaking, needless to say, there must be some handle in Situ Lei's hands, which was forced by Situ Lei to see Li Mu.

"Yes." It's good to have a handle, and Li Mu immediately became calm.

"Well, unfortunately, I'm the one who knows St. Petersburg well." Baron Eduard Szcelli had no choice but to spread his hands, the etiquette of the people was indeed good, and even this kind of action was very elegant.

Only then did Li Mu finally remember who Baron Edward Sczelli was, this Baron Edward Sczeli was the former Russian ambassador to the United States, and he must be extremely familiar with St. Petersburg, but unfortunately, for the current St. Petersburg, the name Edward Sczeli is a taboo.

In 1867, when Russia sold Alaska to the United States, Baron Edward Sczeli was the negotiator on the Russian side, and now it seems that the whole negotiation process did not go well, and there were many questions about Eduard Sczelli, the baron handed the Russian treasury a voucher of "7.2 million dollars received in full", and the money was transferred to the Tsar's account of the Bank of New York Baring, which can be used when the Bank of Bahrain testified to the US Congress, Only $7,035,000 was confirmed to have been remitted to the bank, and about $165,000 disappeared.

It is said that the tsarist government is looking for him and wants him to hand over the $165,000, and the Bank of Bahrain is also looking for him and asking him to go to the US Congress to testify, and the US Congress seems to be looking for him, the reason is not clear to many people, but Li Mu, who has a good relationship with Washington, heard that the baron violated the US regulations on cash and gold coins, and without any objection, he received a check for 7.2 million "Greenbek" banknotes, "Greenbek" It was a green-backed banknote issued by the United States during the Civil War, and its market value was much lower than that of gold coins, and the "Greenbeck" check paid by the United States was actually worth only 5.4 million gold dollars, which caused the Russian side to lose 1.8 million gold dollars.

In short, in Li Mu's mind, if a person offends both Russia and the United States, then he is probably bolder, but what Li Mu didn't expect was that Edward Sczeli was so bold that he dared to stay in the United States now, but unfortunately he was found by Situ Lei, which is really bad to say whether Edward Sczeli was lucky or unlucky.

"Do you dare to go back to St. Petersburg now?" Li Mu was a little curious about what the Russians would do with Edward Scotti if they captured him.

"Don't dare, I don't even dare to let St. Petersburg know that I'm alive, in fact St. Petersburg now thinks I'm dead, and Washington thinks so too." Eduard Sczeli told the truth, he did not have any advantage in front of Li Mu, as long as Li Mu went out and shouted "Edward Sczeli is here", St. Petersburg and Washington would probably rush to kill him.

"And how can you help me?" Li Mu was a little disappointed, since he couldn't go back to St. Petersburg, the value of Eduard Szczeli was more than half.

Of course, if Li Mu is ruthless, Eduard Sczeoli may not be able to return to St. Petersburg, it is not easy to change people's face, but it is easy to make people unrecognizable, just take a knife and make a few more strokes in the face.

"Since Mr. Reem has found me, then the purpose is nothing more than a few, you don't look down on my money, you don't look down on my flesh, you probably need my interpersonal resources in St. Petersburg, I think, in this regard, I still have some use." Eduard Sczeli didn't dare to slack off, and if he didn't prove his worth at this time, he wouldn't have a chance in the future.

To be selected as ambassador to the United States, of course, Edward Sczeli is not stupid, and it can even be said that Edward Sczeli is very smart, otherwise he would not have the ability to eat the upper house and eat the next home, for Li Mu, Edward Sczeli's role is limited, and on the way to see Li Mu, Edward Sczeli has already thought very clearly.

"Well, I want to buy Sakhalin, or a part of the Siberian Plain, what do you propose to me?" Li Mu is also not polite, if it were someone else, Li Mu may still have doubts, don't worry about Eduard Scotti, except to play for Li Mu, this guy has no way out.

"Sakhalin - Sakhalin?" Eduard Szecholi thought for a while before he remembered what "Sakhalin" was.

This is not to blame Eduard Sczecholi, the official name of Sakhalin in Russia is "Sakhalin", this is because Eduard Sczeli was a diplomat, so he will understand the history of a few decades ago, and other Russians probably have never heard of the name "Sakhalin".

Li Mu didn't speak, waiting for Edward Sczeli's suggestion, this is an interview, if Edward Sczeli is not qualified, the consequences may be disastrous for Edward Sczeli.

"Mr. Reem, how much money do you want to come up with, first of all, I want to explain that it is not ten years ago, and the price of ten years ago is not indicative, if Mr. Reem you still want to get Sakhalin at the price of ten years ago-" Edward Sczeli told the truth, or rather, Edward Sczeli first had to dispel some of Li Mu's unrealistic illusions.

"It's Sakhalin, Edward, and that's important." Li Mu interrupted Edward Scottery's words, and did not object to Edward Sczeli's need for more money, even if there is more money now, as long as you can buy Sakhalin, it is just worth it, don't look at the many Americans who scold William Henry Seward again, in a few years, as long as oil and gold are found in Alaska, William Henry Seward will be an American hero.

William Henry Seward was the Secretary of State during the Lincoln presidency, and it was precisely because of William Henry Seward's insistence that the United States bought Alaska, and now Alaska has not shown value, so William Henry Seward is a "clown" in many people's mouths, and Alaska is also ridiculed as "Seward's refrigerator", or "Seward's foolishness", William Henry Seward only said one sentence about this, he said: Now I buy it, maybe many years later, our children and grandchildren will buy this landand get the benefits.

Well, it seems, this is the American version of Seon's lost horse.