Chapter 5 Fame and Fortune

In the financial center of London's New Town, in a 57-storey office building, Phil, who looks the most stable, rented half of the office building on the 23rd floor and hung a sign called "Star" for a metal smelting import and export company. Everything was completed in just three days, and the place where the office was located, which used to be the office of a small company, I don't know if it was because of the closure or what, now the people are gone, and while the owner is anxious to find a new tenant, Phil rents it for three years at a price 12% below the market price.

Yi Chen and Fattadio are still quite satisfied with this office space, at least it seems that they have such a little bit of style.

Immediately after, Yi Chen called another boss in the city of London: "Dear David, can you do me a favor?"

David said with a hypocritical enthusiasm: "Of course, China Yi, we are friends, and it is appropriate to help each other." ”

Yi Chen smiled and said, "So, I am going to donate 10 million pounds to the British Royal House Archives, can you help me with this?"

David was puzzled and asked, "Can't you solve these things by yourself?" Do you still need help with donations?...... Well, oh, I see, well, you'd better prepare another five million pounds, I need to check it up and down, you know, the second half of the year is almost here, and you'd better familiarise yourself with the etiquette. Also, everything must be kept secret, otherwise, it will be ugly above, you know, my relationship with them, that is, a little familiar with each other, they are not from our class. ”

Yi Chen said OK, hung up the phone, and smiled at Fatadio: "Everything is OK, there are still two months before the British royal family's award ceremony in the second half of the year, and it is the easiest to get a knighthood for life." ”

Fatadio's hands trembled and he laughed: "According to the British royal family's practice, two hundred years later, the whole of Britain will be called Mr. Sir when they meet each other...... Hahahahaha...... Can you buy it with money?"

Yi Chen showed a sneering smile: "Now, many of the truly serious people in Britain refuse to receive the award, but those of us who need to be bleached are still happy to shroud ourselves with a golden halo of nobility." ”

Fei Li walked in with two cups of coffee, put them in front of the two of them, and then got tired of Yi Chen's body. Yi Chen gently stroked her little hand, smiled and said, "Now, on the Manchester side, we also have a very good goal. The Manchester United Metals & Metals Company had been losing money for seven years, and his boss was about to sell him, but no one was ready to take over. It is estimated that his price will be around 90 million pounds, although the factory is not big, but as long as we add a little bit of broken boiler or something, and do something about the registered capital, we will be eligible to go public. ”

Fatadio nodded, showed a hint of a smile, picked up the coffee, carefully controlled his trembling hands not to spill the coffee, and said in one gulp: "Our boss really found the right person to work with, and you are the first among our previous partners who can get things done with such quick efficiency." ”

Yi Chen smiled, nodded gently, and accepted his praise with a subtlety peculiar to Chinese.

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Two months later, Yi Chen, the leader of the hooligans, wore a luxurious dress and carried a jewel worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and was honored by the Queen of England with those outstanding people from all walks of life in the British Empire.

Fatadio, who was watching the ceremony below, didn't know how to get the invitation, his two eyes had narrowed into a slit, as long as Yi Chen had such a lifelong knighthood, it would be of great benefit to them to acquire the steel mill and go public in the future. After all, England is still a conservative country, and the aristocracy is still very powerful in their society.

After the award ceremony, ignoring the whispers of those reporters, Yi Chen led a group of people to roar away, a row of eight luxury BMW cars highlighted his power, but it made those reporters of large and small media puzzled, and asked: "Who is this? Why was he awarded the Queen?" Of course, they would never have imagined that a certain chairman of the committee under the royal family of their sacred British Empire was smiling at the number added to his passbook.

Leaving the award-winning Buckingham Palace, Yi Chen's motorcade joined Fatadio's motorcade, and the group headed straight to the train station towards Manchester. Everything was pinched just right, not a minute was wasted, and less than five minutes after they got on the train, the train left the station. Fatadio seems to have a little bit of a special cleanliness fetish, and insists on chartering a carriage.

Negotiations to buy the steel mill took place at the private residence of their current owner.

The fat English man with a red face said solemnly: "Gentlemen, I am glad that you are interested in my factory...... My joint smelting company is an ancient enterprise with a history of more than 100 years, with a good social reputation and reputation in the local area, and a high degree of integrity in the industry. ”

Yi Chen interrupted him unceremoniously: "Dear Mr. Billy, honesty can't be exchanged for white money. In these years, only clever management methods and strong economic strength can turn an old and glorious company with a good social surplus and prestige into a hen that lays golden eggs. ”

Billy rolled his eyes and went straight to the point: "I ask for 130 million pounds, and you can get the right to use the plant, the land and the machinery of my company, you must understand that the asking price is very reasonable." ”

Yi Chen whistled, slumped on the sofa very carelessly and said, "According to the size of your company and the cost of those machines, well, your asking price is reasonable." ”

Billy was pleased, and said, "So, my dear, are you going to sign the agreement now?"

Fatadio smiled nervously beside him, watching as if he were a pig being played with by the sinister Yi Chen.

Yi Chen refused: "No, I will never buy your company for 130 million." He's not worth the price, and your company is definitely not worth the price. ”

Billy's pride seemed to be hurt, and he stood up sharply: "Sir, you are too ...... to speak"

Without waiting for him to finish, Yi Chen snorted: "Your land use right will expire in less than five years." Your factory is in tatters, your machines are twenty years old, and even your workers are ...... Dear God, if your factory has a group of capable and hard-working workers, will you lose money for seven years in a row? If your company is doing well, will you sell it to us?"

Billy opened his mouth: "You...... How much are you going to pay?"

Yi Chen said: "Eighty million pounds, a fixed price, there is nothing negotiable, either you sell it to me, or you find another buyer." ”

Bili quickly shook his head: "Impossible, your bid is too ruthless, I absolutely can't accept it, then, we have nothing to talk about." ”

Yi Chen tilted his head to look at Bi Li, and showed a strange smile: "What if, if I take it together with the bill in your hand? What if, together with the union of your factory, take it over? Your factory, the amount of debt is about 20 million, and also, according to the general purchase contract, the new boss has the right not to accept the previous workers, then, do you say that the thousands of workers in your factory will come to you for trouble or come to me? How do you think the Manchester District Court will pronounce the sentence?"

Yi Chen quickly stood up and said, "Forget it, since Mr. Billy is unwilling, then let's go, anyway, there are many objects we have acquired, and we don't necessarily have to buy Mr. Billy." ”

Bili took a few steps forward quickly, and took Yi Chen's hand with a smile: "Sir, let's discuss it carefully." Do you mean, the debts of the company, the joint and the takeover of the workers?"

Yi Chen nodded.

In the end, Billy asked for three million pounds, and his small steel mill was sold to a smelting company jointly controlled by Yi Chen and Fatadio's boss.

Ignoring Bili's invitation to attend the dinner, Yi Chen escorted him directly to the local court and a series of related political axe departments, and in one night, the brand of Bili's United Smelter was changed to the 'Star' Metal Smelting Import and Export Company. At the same time, members of the local trade union supervised the entire acquisition process, and they were satisfied that Yichen did not have the idea of firing any workers, and at the same time paid an extra month's salary very generously.

Yi Chen stayed in Manchester for a week, and counted the value of the current factory with a few financial experts brought by Fatadio, and then reported the total value of the restructured assets by various illegal means. Yi Chen kept saying that there was a huge investment in Russia that was about to arrive, so the bosses of the local business community in Manchester were surprised to see that the dilapidated steel factory of Old Billy had a total of two billion pounds after reorganization.

Yi Chen looked at these reports with satisfaction in the hotel, and said with a smile: "As long as these reports are approved by the local government, we can directly apply for listing, I am indeed not very familiar with the stock market, so it depends on you." ”

The Russians with big faces said proudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Yi, we will never let go of such a rich place as the British market." We've never made a mistake with this portfolio, so your investment is absolutely secure. ”

Yi Chen showed a hint of a smile and said to Fattadio with a smile: "My dear, your subordinates are very confident...... Well, of course, I hope that such self-confidence will be preserved until the end...... Chinese are a polite people, so they will not do anything out of the ordinary to their friends, but I am an outlier among Chinese, so I will warn you in advance that if there is any abnormality in my investment, I will directly kill your boss first, and then slowly play you to death. ”

Fatadio smiled a little awkwardly: "Mr. Yi, don't worry, everything is fine." ”

Yi Chen nodded, stood up and said, "I hope so." You Russia still haven't conquered Chechnya yet, and if I send someone to plant a hundred bombs on your boss's territory, what do you think will happen? So, with the money I invested, I can't go wrong...... After all, it's not easy to earn money hard these days. ”

Fatadio nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, don't worry, I can understand you." ”

Yi Chen smiled with satisfaction: "Then, very good, I want to solve the problem of the 20 million arrears, people come to the door to ask for debts, we can't ignore it, right? However, 20 million is also money, especially when I occupy 45% of the shares in it, I don't want to go out 9 million pounds unjustly, so I can only go in person." Gore, get the car ready. ”

After Fatadio waited for Yi Chen to go out, he whispered to several financial experts: "Be careful, if something goes wrong this time, without the boss coming forward to kill you, all of us will not be able to leave the UK, this guy is ruthless, and even the largest family in Moscow can't figure out the details of him, do you understand?"

A few bearded men hurriedly nodded in agreement.

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It was a local private bank that came to collect the debt, and Billy once borrowed 20 million pounds from them as working capital due to business problems, which was used to pay the wages of the workers, the payment for coal, and so on. Now that they saw that Billy's company had changed bosses, they were a little anxious and hurriedly came to the door to ask for it. Although I have heard of the strength of the new boss, after all, there are too many fraud cases in the mall, and God knows if something will go wrong. They trust Billy, a Manchester-born boss, but they don't trust these 'Londoners' from London.

Yi Chen met with their boss in the bank's general manager's office and said straight to the point: "We hope to wait for our smelter to resume normal operation before returning to the 20 million loan given to us by your bank." ”

The boss of the bank was a little embarrassed: "Dear Mr. Yi, the request you said is really ......"

Yi Chen smiled: "Mr. Green, your business is an old bank with a good reputation, I believe you won't be in a hurry because of just 20 million pounds, right?"

Green, who had a pure appearance, nodded honestly and said: "£20 million is not a problem, but we have to be responsible for our depositors." To tell you the truth, for Mr. Billy, although we know that he has some problems with his business, but he is a well-known person in our local area, and we trust him. And you, who have never had any dealings with our bank, have zero integrity with you, and our board of directors will not rest assured......"

Yi Chen interrupted his nagging: "Aha, dear Mr. Green, do you mean integrity? Integrity? So, how much integrity do you think your motherland, the Holy British Empire, has?"

Sure enough, like any conservative and orthodox English gentleman, Green stood up, waved his hands excitedly, and said, "Dear British Empire, his integrity is unlimited, he is a great and holy empire, do you doubt her integrity?"

Yi Chen raised his eyebrows and said with a shameless smile: "So, what do you think of the nobles of the British Empire?"

Green smiled: "They are all noble people, and their integrity is infinite because of the British Empire." They are gentlemen, and gentlemen will not give up their status and dignity for a little money. ”

Yi Chen laughed: "So, do you think that I, a recipient of the Order of the British Emperor [***], a knight for life of the British Empire, will give up my status and honor because of a mere £20 million?"

Green was dumbfounded and looked at Yi Chen: "That's right...... I'm sorry, you, you're a lifelong knight? God, sorry, I don't know, you, are you really ......."

Yi Chen carefully took out his medal from the inner pocket on his chest, the iron piece that cost about 100 pounds to manufacture, but was kept by Yi Chen in a very valuable crystal box, Yi Chen smiled and said: "I have just received the honor of the Great Queen, and I am fortunate to be included in the ranks of the British Empire Life Sir." I'm sorry, I didn't mean to show it off, but because, for business reasons, I came straight after accepting the medal. As a sign of my respect for the British Empire's royal family, I put it on my chest for storage. ”

Green looked at the medal enviously, nodded and said, "I believe in your strength, but, Mr. Yi, how can I explain it to the board of directors?"

Yi Chen groaned for a moment, smiled and shook the medal in his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "In this way, you put an advertisement in the local newspaper, saying that in order to support the operation of our company, your bank will invest 100 million pounds in shares, and you only need to invest 80 million pounds." Of course, when you sign an agreement with us, we will return your loan at a certain rate of return of interest, which is beneficial to us. Our large investment has not yet arrived, and your investment will be our most recent start-up capital. ”

Green pondered for a long time......

Three hours later, Green's bank approved Yi Chen's proposal, and Yi Chen promised to give them a certain interest rate return, and Green Bank's good reputation in Manchester invisibly increased the surplus and integrity of Yi Chen's new company.

After leaving Green's bank, Yi Chen pouted, casually threw the box containing the medal that he had just seen as incomparably precious on his seat, lit a cigar and said, "It's really strange, don't these people know that the so-called flashy fame and reputation are all illusory, and only actual interests are the most wonderful?"

The subordinates laughed......

In any case, with Green's bank, a backer pulled over by Yi Chen's mystery, and later operating in Manchester, everything was much easier.

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