"What? You're Roman Abramovich?! ”

"Yes, I am." The self-proclaimed Berezovsky "assistant" nodded a little confused, "That, is there anything wrong?" ”

"No, no, there's nothing wrong with that, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Abramovich." As he spoke, Zhuang Mingge stretched out his right hand like the "assistant" comrade in front of him.

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Chairman Corleone." Abramovich, who was still not well-known at this time, was flattered by Zhuang Mingge's "condescending" behavior.

After all, Abu heard from Berezovsky that the president of the Fiorentina club in front of him, although he relied on the help of his family to get a football club to start his own business, but since he had his own business in 93 years, Antonio Corleone, the youngest son of the patriarch of the Corleone family, has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in profits for himself in less than two years, and his nouveau riche experience fascinates Abramovich, who has not yet become a billionaire at this time.

Although Abramovich, who was not yet thirty years old at this time, felt a little inexplicable about the "kindness" expressed by the son-in-law in front of him, the shrewd Abu obviously would not refuse such kindness: "Chairman Corleone, in private, just call me Roman, always call me Abramovich or something, it sounds too tongue-twisting." ”

"Haha, haode, Roman, just call me Antonio in private." Zhuang Mingge immediately climbed up the pole and cordially approached the "assistant" gentleman in front of him, but left Ivanov and Karin aside.

"That Roman, I want to ask you something." The two chatted for a while, and then Zhuang Mingge pulled the topic back and said, "Is Mr. Berezovsky because Weishenme wants to see me?" ”

When Abu heard this, he knew that the main drama was coming, so he retracted his expression and replied a little nonsensically, "Antonio, do you know who organized this party?" ”

"Well, let me guess...... Could it be Mr. Berezovsky? ”

"Hehe, you're only half right, Mr. Boris is indeed one of the organizers of this banquet." Seeing a waiter passing by with a plate of drinks, Abu took a glass of vodka from it, took a sip, and said, "Guess who the other one is?" ”

"Uh......" Zhuang Mingge's brain began to quickly recall the deeds of the seven oligarchs in Russia in the nineties that he knew.

The seven oligarchs in Russia refer to the seven big capitalists who became rich overnight in the process of privatization in the 90s of the 20th century, they are Berezovsky, President of the United Bank, Gusinsky, President of the Bridge Bank, Vinogradov, President of the International Commercial Bank, Smolensky, President of the Capital Sberbank, Friedman, President of Alfa Bank, Khodorkovsky, President of Menajet Bank, and Malkin, President of Credit Commercial Bank of Russia.

These seven people are all flexible and adventurous elites, almost all of them have a bachelor's degree or above, aged between 40~50 years old, some have won national bonuses, and some are still corresponding academicians of the Academy of Sciences. These seven people, together with Chubais, the president of the United Power Company, basically control Russia's oil and gas, power, metallurgy, and financial industries, and to a certain extent, manipulate public opinion in Russia. Not only are they turning things up in the economic sphere, but they are also hollowing out their minds to engage in political speculation. Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar once said: "At their best, they can even change government personnel at will." ”

According to the information obtained from the previous chat with Abu, Zhuang Mingge knew that most of the guests attending the banquet at the Air Force Club today had a large industry in Russia, and at the same time had a certain interest in participating in politics.

So, apart from Berezovsky, what other oligarch would be so enthusiastic about Russian politics? Zhuang Mingge began to eliminate them one by one in his mind.

Friedman? No, during the Yeltsin era, Friedman always had representatives of his own control in the Russian government, but Friedman never wanted to enter Russian politics; In Putin's era, the Alpha Group he was at the helm of was the closest company to the Russian government, and the result of Zuihou was that this brother Tai was the only one of the seven oligarchs to get a good death. Friedman kept a low profile, and little attention was paid to anyone other than his interest in making money. So it can't be him.

Could it be Khodorkovsky? No, at this time, he was still preoccupied with running his Menajete investment bank, and in the near future, he would buy a 78% stake in Yukos oil company for $350 million, thus becoming the richest man in Russia, and the idea of entering politics has not yet appeared.

As for Smolenssky and Vinogradov? Zhuang Mingge said that these two guys made a fortune completely by making a fortune in the country, and they lacked judgment of the situation, otherwise they would not have gone bankrupt in the financial crisis of 98. Therefore, these two are also PASS.

Then, Gusinsky and Malkin are left, and in contrast, Zhuang Mingge feels that Gusinsky is more likely to be the organizer.

Zhuang Mingge clearly remembers that after Yeltsin left office from the Russian government, Gusinsky, as a media tycoon, once set off a media war in an attempt to interfere with Yeltsin's political testament, vilify Putin's encirclement and suppression of illegal armed forces in Chechnya, and set off an anti-war wave in Russia. He is extremely interested in politics, and he once said that he himself came from an ordinary background, and in order to have social appeal, the first thing he should do is to build a powerful media empire, fundamentally control the direction of public opinion in Russia, and realize the political ambition that "even if he is not the president, he can influence the government".

"It's Gusinsky, right?" After thinking about it, Zhuang Mingge gave his own answer, and what he got was naturally Abu's admiration.

"Guessed accurately." Abramovich smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Then, let me tell you the purpose of this banquet." ”

So, from Abu, Zhuang Mingge learned that the banquet in the evening was really not a simple "private" banquet!

The initiators of the banquet were none other than the two most influential of Russia's "seven oligarchs" -- Gusinsky and Berezovsky, and the banquet invited many celebrities from all walks of life in Russia to attend, and with the exception of some people from the news media circles who were invited, the vast majority of these people had one thing in common, that is, they all had the same or close "political stance."

And what surprised Zhuang Mingge the most was that the main purpose of the two oligarchs holding this dinner was to build momentum for Yeltsin, the Russian presidential candidate they jointly supported!

PS: Chapter 22 of "Jihua".