Chapter 358 The world is all business
On the couch in the center of the large living room of the suite, a middle-aged man with a tiger's head sat up, and he kept staring at Zhuo Yang and Li Xiaoqing until the two approached, and then slowly stood up.
"Hello, Mr. George Fung." Zhuo Yang stretched out his right hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”
"Hello, Mr. Zhuo." George Feng and Zhuo Yang shook hands: "Please be seated." ”
Georg von Haupsburg-Lorraine, 47 years old, is the youngest son of the late Habsburg Grand Duke Otto von. Otto, who died two months ago, died at the age of 98, which shows that the eldest duke was still quite old and strong in his early fifties.
The meeting with George Feng was a thread drawn by Li Xiaoqing at the suggestion of Zhuo Yang. At the wedding of Cheng Hao and Zhao Xue in July, the two reunited, and Zhuo Yang heard Xiaoqing say that EC Technology and the Habsburg family had a business to discuss, so he inquired out of curiosity, and found out that it was with George Feng of Hungary.
Georg von studied at Innsbruck, Munich and Madrid at university, with degrees in law, politics and history. After graduating, he began working as a TV reporter, and traveled to many countries around the world and came to China many times.
George Fung is very capable and has a sharp personality, which makes him very proactive and very self-conscious. However, although he was very good, old Otto did not look down on him very much, thinking that he did not know how to keep his head in the dark, and he was impulsive and lacked a sense of the overall situation, and was easy to be taken advantage of.
Otto Feng's eldest son, Carl Feng, was a mediocre man, and George looked down on him as a big brother, and often publicly mocked his brother Carl within the family or on other occasions, and the brothers were very discordant because of this.
George thought he was clearly better suited than his brother to be the heir to the Habsburgs, including titles and patriarchs, but this was a matter of choice between him and me, and the two brothers began to be at odds.
Otto only had these two sons, and he was tired of the palace fight under his knees, so he gave his youngest son George 'banishment' to Hungary after giving the bargaining chips, out of sight and out of mind.
Unexpectedly, George was indeed very capable, and he was like a fish in water in Hungary, and ran Hungary into his own exclusive kingdom.
Due to the influence of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Habsburgs still hold a respected position in many countries on the European continent, especially in present-day Germany, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, where the patriarchs of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine are automatically granted citizenship.
In just over a decade, George has managed his power in Hungary into a monolith, and he also has some influence on the Hungarian government. It was not until a few years ago that the eldest prince Otto was worried that he would not lose his tail and drag down the family's long-term strategy, and appointed his eldest grandson, Thomas von, to enter Hungary to develop, which gradually divided George's sphere of influence.
Before the First World War, George and Karl would have developed into a self-respecting civil war, and now in the new century, George von will also become the Habsburg family's unannounced vassals.
But when everything was undecided, Otto Feng suddenly died, and the Feng family faced great pressure from the Joseph family, and also found an opportunity to overturn the old man's helpless decision to make concessions. For the sake of their common interests, the brothers George and Carl joined forces for the first time.
George had been in business for so many years, and he had many of the Habsburgs' hidden assets in his hands, and he also had the support of most of Hungary, and the other half of his nephew Thomas. As soon as they united, the whole of Hungary became the staunchest supporter behind the Feng family.
It has been more than two months since the death of old Otto, and the Habsburg family is in a state of leaderlessness, and the anxious father Frank Joseph has already had the heart to back down, and it is a big deal that he will not have contact with the Feng family in the future, and the two families were like this fifty years ago.
But Zhuo Yang can't just forget it, the matter is so big, and if he goes back, he will waste all his previous efforts. The Joseph family lost the position of the head of the family, and in the future, they would not be the main line of the Feng family, but they would still be subject to the family everywhere, after all, they were suppressed in name.
What should I do if I and Coco get married in the future? has already torn his face, expecting the Feng family to give the green light? Zhuo Yang prefers to believe that there are ghosts on the mountain.
The business negotiations between Li Xiaoqing and George Feng allowed Zhuo Yang to find an opportunity to break up the Feng family's 'brotherly alliance'.
Of course, all of this requires the consent and cooperation of Li Xiaoqing, president of EC Technology. Or that Miss Xiaoqing is always the most considerate, and she is still the same eight years ago in front of Zhuo Yang.
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"Mr. Zhuo Yang, I don't think you and I have anything to talk about." George Fung quickly ended the pleasantries. "If it weren't for President Li Xiaoqing, you and I would never have sat together. I'm sorry for being so direct, and I ask for your understanding. ”
The aggressive George is like a traditional power center on the pitch, and that's what his personality and way of doing things are. The wise and perfect Kou dad is like a shadow blade, similar to Baggio, with an aggressive and powerful charisma, but not ostentatious.
Otto, the boss who hides needles in the cotton, is very similar to Baresi, who does not leak water and watches people cook. As for Carl Feng, the eldest son of the Feng family, he is a mediocre goalkeeper who is passively defensive, and his son and eldest grandson Thomas, a little fox Harvey.
Zhuo Yang is Zhuo Yang, irreplaceable, football is like this, and it is also true outside football.
George Feng sat in the center of the couch, and Zhuo Yang and Li Xiaoqing sat on the small sofa at each end.
"George Von, straightforwardness is a plus." Zhuo Yang didn't even call 'sir' very bluntly. "I appreciate your straightforwardness, and I certainly won't sit with you, except today. After today, let's both try to avoid it. ”
George nodded, "I agree." I heard President Li say, you and I have business to discuss, I'm curious, what business will you have to talk to me? I am neither a football club nor a piano trader. Mr. Zhuo Yang, I would like to ask you to help me solve my doubts. ”
"George......" Zhuo Yang smiled and said, "I call it that, I hope you don't mind, you can also call me Zhuo Yang." George nodded noncommittally.
"Everything in the world, everything on earth, is nothing more than business. From ancient times to the present, from China to Europe, from the Holy Roman Empire to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then to your Habsburgs, everything is actually business. ”
"Zhuo Yang, let's talk straight up."
"From the Grand Duke to the professional footballer, you and I, in the final analysis, are both businessmen. Therefore, I think that it is better for businessmen to only talk about business, only about interests, and about feelings hurts money. Are you right? George. ”
"I'd love to hear what business you're going to talk about." George Feng said.
Zhuo Yang nodded, gestured to his bodyguard Wilder, and Wilder turned and walked out the door. Li Xiaoqing and George Feng also signaled their bodyguards to leave, and ten seconds later, only the three of them were left in the living room.
Business has officially begun.
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