£68 million in cash is undoubtedly a huge sum, but compared to water, electricity, and communications, the amount of capital needed and the fierce competition for basic areas of people's livelihood are somewhat stretched.

So after a few days of discussion, Hall and Helena initially decided to put the money into natural gas, which is the least competitive and most cost-effective industry these days.

In the sixties, the discovery of large oil and gas reserves in the North Sea region of the United Kingdom led to the transformation of the gas industry from coal gas to natural gas.

At this stage, the state-owned enterprise "British Gas" monopolized the entire gas industry, and at the same time assumed the responsibility of building a natural gas transportation pipeline network and replacing gas equipment with a series of infrastructure for the entire gas industry.

On the other hand, the government also gave supportive policies to encourage the development of the natural gas industry, and from the discovery of the North Sea oil and gas fields in 1965 to 1986, the consumption of natural gas in the UK increased 68 times in 20 years.

Then the interesting thing happened, as the British economy was on the verge of recession and collapse, the Iron Lady, who held a new version of the ship's economic philosophy, successfully came to power, and in her first term of office, she aimed the big knife of state-owned enterprise reform at the gas industry.

bG was cut off the first option to buy natural gas, but after all, bG has monopolized the industry for decades, and this knife is not a pain in the bones.

It doesn't matter, the Iron Lady has been re-elected!

In the second term, it continued its efforts to completely privatize the company, introduced a bill to remove its exclusive right to cooperate with large customers, and obliged it to transport natural gas sold by competitors to customers through its own gas pipeline network.

This knife made bG want to cry, you must know that it has just completed the construction of the UK's domestic natural gas infrastructure, and the average annual installation of new natural gas pipelines in the UK will only be about 3% in the following decades.

To sum up, the natural gas industry has a complete infrastructure, the market size has grown exaggeratedly, and the monopoly has just been abolished in a real sense.

Hall can't think of a better quality than natural gas, suitable for an industry that does big things with little money.

"Entering the natural gas industry within two years to occupy a certain market share, when the next government comes to power and completely splits the bG company, the Hall family industry will usher in a golden period of development." He looks forward to the future with confidence.

Helena shook her head and smiled, glanced at Gao Guxuan, who was standing at the door of the church and looked at her toes, and said in a voice that was neither light nor serious: "Hugo, pay attention to your words, we can't make decisions for the government. ”

"A lot of people don't think that way." Hall's tone was playful.

Is it that the Iron Lady and her government are happy to see that the bG company has been slaughtered one after another, and the British steel company has been carved up among various stakeholders?

Helena took his hand: "That's because they have lost their awe, and the reason why the Hall family has been able to maintain their transcendent status for a long time is precisely because they have always maintained awe. ”

"Keep your teachings in mind." Hall got up and sat down beside her, "So the family is only responsible for the natural gas business in the UK and parts of Europe, and I will register another company to select the right person to cooperate with Gagosian in the natural gas business in Eastern Europe." ”

He didn't want Helena to be personally involved with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet intelligence system had to be feared at this time. The daughter of the deceased Greek ship king was once told by the KGB and was deeply hurt by the seduction of Soviet agents.

If you are recruited as your old mother, the political impact will be immeasurable, let alone a shitty beautiful man who will be hurt by love!

He did not twist Gorba's head off with his own hands, so that the Soviet Union died two years earlier.

Hall had just said that he would take care of his mother for his grandfather, and even though he was greeted by a seductive person, the light returned to Helena, and he was alone in the pain!

"Hugo, I've been wondering if it's necessary to get involved in Eastern Europe, where the existing markets in the UK and Europe are enough for the family to grow in the long run."

Helena didn't notice her son's dirty thief smile, and said cautiously with a slight brow.

As the saying goes, a whale falls to all things, and with the political energy of the family, it can embezzle the heavenly nutrients from the corpse of the bG company, and the North Sea oil and gas fields are currently an important supplier in Europe.

Under such circumstances, is it necessary to take risks and plot against the future of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, even if it is not glorious to encroach on bG......

Hall retracted his expression, clasped his hands against each other and prayed silently, and said in a long and low voice: "Mom, the status of the family is no longer transcendent, from the moment I am crowned. ”

"Sorry, Hugo......"

Helena stopped talking.

"People don't want to provoke a traditional aristocracy with billions of assets, orphans and widows, if it doesn't affect their own interests. It's my apologies to say to you, but in any case, it's me who started it all. ”

Hall squeezed her hand and said word by word, "Either we can move forward or we will wait for the decline, and we will forever lose the qualification to say 'satisfied'." ”

If there is a choice, it is obviously better to seize the communications industry in a down-to-earth manner. Billions of dollars are not the top wealthy families in England, and the two Lords are not the top political families in England.

The Hall family can't compete with those top political and business families. The Soviet legacy can only be found in other ways.

The Iron Lady's ten years in power is a period of opportunity for the capitalist family to expand and take off, and if the boat does not advance against the current, it will retreat, and if the Hall family develops slowly and gradually, it will unknowingly fall into an embarrassing and dangerous situation.

No one would tolerate an ant enjoying an unbeatable aura.

"The USSR will really collapse, right?" Helena closed her eyes, her palms slightly cold.

Hall did not answer.

"Gagosian doesn't want to stand in front of the stage?"

"He's fit for dirty work."

"Who is the right person you are going to push to the front of the stage, and is it trustworthy?"

Hall smiled, "It's a secret, I don't want to tell you for a while." ”

"Little Hugo is an adult, and adults seem to have many secrets." Helena leaned slightly, "Can you let Mom lean on her shoulder for a while?" ”

"Of course."

Gao Guxuan, who had always stood at the door of the church, quietly withdrew from the church, the old wooden door slowly closed, the sunlight was blocked inch by inch, and the two backs on the floor snuggled against each other in the last moment of sunlight distorted and merged.

Jesus, who hung on the cross and suffered, watched everything.

"Jordan Belfort."

Luca, who was standing outside the church, handed over a business card.

"He's my next buddy?" Gao Guxuan asked.

Lukka shrugged: "Not yet, you do your part of the work first, and I will turn him into your colleague as soon as possible." ”

"You?"

Gao Guxuan frowned, he and Lukka had a good personal relationship, and he knew what role the other party was playing.

"He's going to set up an energy company in West Germany that has nothing to do with the Hall family's gas. Work hard, and when the time comes, you will be able to reap the corresponding commission, and believe me, it is much more profitable than selling art. Luca encouraged.

Gao Guxuan looked around and lowered his voice: "What about you, what good do you have?" ”

"Man, I'm not a businessman." Luca patted him on the shoulder and said meaningfully.

"May God bless him to appear before me intact."

Gao Guxuan shook the business card in his hand and put it in his pocket.

Luca protested dissatisfiedly: "Don't say that, this is his salvation. After a pause, he took out a red cross from his pocket and continued: "The boss gave you a gift that is said to have been used by St. Peter, the head of the Twelve Apostles, and the antique goods are expensive. ”

"It seems to be really redemgent."

"Otherwise, you bad things will have to go to hell if you can't be redeemed, so don't let down the boss's kindness."