Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 845 A Promise Worth 2 Million

Although Li Peishan was envious, the bidding at the auction site would not stop.

Li Peishan didn't have time to think too much after Chu Xiangqian made a $300 million offer from Ahmed.

Without hesitation, he directly shouted out 400 million.

It's like this anyway, 300 million or 400 million makes no difference, and the appearance of Li Peishan means that the people of Luguo have taken the bait.

Now, no matter whether you spend 400 million or 500 million, you will most likely earn double the money back from the Thais or the Japanese in the end.

The price of 400 million also caused a sensation at the scene.

This is a 2-year-old foal. Not only did it break the auction record, even some non-Triple Crown champion horses could not sell for this price.

No one at the scene doubted Chu Xiangqian's vision, but horse racing is a competition that not only depends on the horse's talent, but also on training, the rider, and the horse's condition during the race.

If I fail to train this horse well, it will be a real disaster in my hands.

There are negative examples of this situation in the horse racing world.

In other words, in all competitive events, there are too many examples of people who were favored by everyone when they were young, but when they grew up and took part in formal competitions, they failed to get the expected results.

Sure enough, there are indeed many people who have such concerns. Unfortunately, after Ahmed and others retreated, the agent who had been talking to Morgan Jr. on the phone told Morgan Jr.

Morgan Jr. hesitated for only seven or eight seconds, and when the auctioneer called out 400 million for the second time, he ordered his men to raise the price to 450 million US dollars.

Chu Xiangqian cursed out loud, but when he saw that the man was Morgan's agent, he quickly understood what was going on.

He, McDonald and Ahmed had the guts to spend 1500 million US dollars to buy the Triple Crown horse 'Victor' before it went to the United States to participate in the Triple Crown competition.

Now that I am so optimistic about this 2-year-old foal, if I were little Morgan, I would also be very eager to take a gamble.

Chu Xiangqian frowned and thought for a few seconds. Rather than letting Little Morgan buy it, it would be better to let Li Peishan buy it.

Chu Xiangqian turned his head and said to Li Peishan, "Sister, it's time to test your courage. Buy this horse for 500 million and I will help you train it, but the training fee is 1 million US dollars.

If I don't win one of the Triple Crowns, I don't want a penny.

But for every additional Triple Crown champion, the training fee will increase by $500 million.”

If he wins three championships, it means he will have to pay Chu Xiangqian a full 2 million US dollars in horse training fees.

Aiyuan and Ailin, who were standing by, almost jumped up when they heard this. They suppressed their excitement and suspicion and looked at Li Peishan. They saw that the woman was stunned for a moment.

Then he stood up with a gleam in his eyes and shouted out a price of 500 million.

Songta knew that if the horse could be returned to Patina, it would eventually be given as a gift to Patina's grandmother or uncle.

Li Peishan could also imagine that if she helped the royal family win the Triple Crown, not only would her family's status in the country be greatly improved, but she would also have more opportunities to make money in the future.

As for whether he can come up with $1000 million, plus the possible additional $1000 million, that is a matter for after he buys the horse.

Besides, spending 500 million to buy it, with Chu Xiangqian's promise, it doesn't seem to be a loss no matter how you look at it.

Not to mention, there is a high probability that Batina will not ask the Li family to pay the 2000 million yuan.

This matter must be reported first, and the final decision will be made by Patina's uncle.

But Li Peishan felt that there was a very high possibility that Prince Lu would agree.

Although Prince Lu had great status, reputation and power, his elder brother was assassinated abroad in the early 1940s, so he inherited the throne.

After becoming the King of Luxembourg, the current King continued to study in Switzerland for several years for fear that he would end up like his brother if he returned to Luxembourg.

Fortunately, in 47, a military coup d'état drove out the then prime minister, and the situation at the time was not conducive for the military to take power.

In order to save his life and preserve his wealth and power, he simply turned to King Lu.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and when Prince Lu was abroad, he took the initiative to approach the royal family's branch and married the daughter of a family that had great power, wealth and influence in Lu at the time.

Although the two families were relatives by ancestry, this was a very common occurrence in Luoguo.

Not to mention relatives within the fifth degree of kinship, there are many cousins ​​or even closer relatives who are married in the royal family.

Therefore, the royal family of Xiguo, just like the royal family of Tsarist Russia, has always had precedents of hemophilia within the family.

He has the support of the army outside and his wife's family inside, so in the past decade or so, although there have been coups from time to time, Prince Lu's position is very stable.

However, being able to maintain this situation has a lot to do with King Lu's own abilities.

If you have seen photos of Emperor Gaozu when he was young, you will know that this monarch did not have a good life. It can be said that he was in a state of tension and anxiety all year round.

Chu Xiangqian believed that King Lu would definitely not give up the opportunity to enhance the reputation of the royal family and gain more support from the people.

As for the 2 million US dollars championship training fee, although it is enough to make King Lu feel painful, money is no longer a priority for him.

After Li Peishan figured this out, she immediately felt more confident.

And even if King Lu did not buy this two-year-old foal in the end.

At worst, the Li family can stay.

Anyway, Chu Xiangqian has promised that he won’t take a penny if he doesn’t win the championship.

This means that the only investment you have made is the money to buy the horse.

And with Chu Xiangqian's authority in championship events, if this horse wins the Triple Crown next year, it will be worth more than 2500 million US dollars if it is sold directly.

No matter how you calculate this business, Li Peishan feels that she and her family will not lose money.

Last year, Chu Xiangqian promised to sell a Triple Crown horse for 1500 million US dollars, and he personally promised that he wanted more than just the 1500 million US dollars.

As an additional condition, not only did he get an oil field that produces 5 barrels of crude oil annually.

He also obtained 30% of the shares of Hong Kong Electric Company and 4 Victory ships worth HK$25 million from Morgan Jr.

There is also the 30% stake in Hong Kong Electric that Royal Bank's major shareholder MacDonald bought from the British, and a 4-story building in Central that is also worth 16 million.

Of course, in return, Chu Xiangqian would need to exchange 40 thoroughbred horses every year for the 60 Victory ships in the hands of Morgan Jr. and McDonald in the next three years.

Exchanging the thoroughbred horse for the victory wheel seemed to be a loss for Chu Xiangqian, but it was a compensation for the Royal Bank represented by Morgan Jr. and MacDonald.

But in fact, Chu Xiangqian has no shortage of purebred horses, so this is a true win-win situation.

That's why he, Morgan Jr., and McDonald have gotten along so well over the past year or so.
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Sure enough, after Li Peishan called out a bid of 500 million US dollars, all the more than guests attending the auction looked at J.P. Morgan's agent.

Unfortunately, this person only discussed with Morgan Jr. over the phone for more than 500 seconds. Even if the auctioneer wanted to delay, he had already shouted out " million for the second time."

For a moment, Li Peishan wanted to rush to the stage, grab the gavel from the auctioneer, and directly knock it down and shout "deal". Fortunately, the auctioneer was quite professional, or he didn't dare to delay too obviously.

While Morgan Jr. was still hesitating, the gavel fell heavily, and the audience immediately cheered, followed by thunderous applause.

Bridge and other shareholders were the most excited. With the appearance of this 2-year-old thoroughbred horse, there would be news about him not only tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but also in the next ten days or half a month.

Moreover, this news will inevitably spread to Europe, America and Southeast Asia, which will really help the Hong Kong Island Horse Racing Auction House gain fame.

Of course, with Chu Xiangqian’s special session, the auction house itself is not lacking in fame and appeal.

But the higher the auction amount in an ordinary auction, the more discussion it causes, and the stronger the presence of these shareholders becomes.

After the hammer fell, Li Peishan was worried for a moment that Chu Xiangqian was colluding with outsiders to deceive her.

But this idea immediately disappeared when I thought about the special auction amount of more than 60 million US dollars yesterday.

In addition, there will be a special auction of 40 purebred horses under Chu Xiangqian's name tomorrow morning. If nothing unexpected happens, the total amount of this spring's special auction will definitely exceed 1 million US dollars.

There was really no need for Chu Xiangqian to fool around with his own $500 million.

Moreover, they have been working together on tiger bone wine for such a long time that Li Peishan asked herself whether she knew Chu Xiangqian quite well.

In addition, he has an excellent reputation in Hong Kong Island and has never done anything that goes against his promise.

Of course, that’s another story if anyone pisses him off.

So after Li Peishan sorted out the clues, she couldn't help but hug Chu Xiangqian excitedly and kept saying "thank you".

For a moment, she even hoped that Princess Batina and the royal family would not agree to Chu Xiangqian's conditions in the end.

Then the Li family will most likely become the only family in Southeast Asia and China to win the Triple Crown.

Of course, the horse racing atmosphere in Southeast Asia is far inferior to that in Europe and the United States, but horse racing is still very popular among the rich and the nobles.

After all, horse racing, car racing, airplanes, yachts and the like have always been aristocratic projects among the niche.

To put it bluntly, if you don’t have money you don’t even have the qualifications to participate. You can only be a spectator during the horse racing season and a菡菡 in the gambling industry like the horse racing fans in Hong Kong Island.

Moreover, this was a period when Europe and the United States were both strong, and there were many people who worshipped foreign things, whether in East Asia or Southeast Asia.

Even regardless of their background, they are everywhere.

Even Chu Xiangqian, who knew that Europe and the United States would decline in the future, had to admit this.

Then hide yourself in this trend.

Fortunately, he really likes money and beautiful women, which made many Europeans and Americans who once doubted him finally have to believe that even if someone like him ran to join the red team, no one would want him.

As for Chu Xiangqian donating money and supplies in the name of charity to help Chinese coming to Hong Kong, the foreigners didn't take it too seriously.

There are actually quite a few such people in the wealthy circles of Hong Kong Island. Even many of the KMT members who were driven away and came to settle in Hong Kong have come forward to donate money.

As long as it is not an isolated case, Yingguo people themselves are unwilling to use this matter to make things difficult for Chu Xiangqian.

As for the Chinese, Chu Xiangqian cooperated with Sakura and the Philippine garrison and spent more than three million US dollars every year to bribe them. Even the people from the East Asian Group of the Central Qing Bureau now regarded him as their financial backer.

Chu Xiangqian's cooperation with the garrison could only be concealed for a while from the Zhongqing Bureau.

In this case, why not get them to get rich together?

Two or three hundred thousand dollars a year is enough for several leaders of the East Asian Group to take the money even though there is no clear evidence to prove that Chu Xiangqian is in trouble.

Don't think that it is difficult to bribe the Zhongqing Bureau. During the decades when the polar bears and the bald eagles were competing with each other, they could often bribe each other's people with just $10,000 or $20,000.

Chu Xiangqian had watched many decrypted videos in his previous life. Many of those who had been traitors for more than ten or twenty years had earned less than $10 during those years.

Moreover, at certain times, the two parties will actively exchange information, and even use some outdated information to actively defraud each other of money.

In fact, the Zhongqing Bureau has always been short of money, otherwise it would not have so many side projects.

Selling flour is actually just a small part of it.

In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the United States had very strict bans on reading. Reagan and his wife both spoke publicly on television about the importance of banning reading and the harm of drugs.

Most of the external businesses are actually the trade of arms, industrial products and basic raw materials.
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Li Peishan felt a fire burning in her heart just thinking about becoming a champion horse owner.

Not to mention how much her business and reputation will improve in the future.

Just by coming to Hong Kong Island to do business, Li Peishan felt that she would definitely become a guest of honor among Hong Kong Island's prominent families, wealthy people and foreigners.

Maybe with some connections, you can even get an honor from Elizabeth.

This is more honorable and has more practical benefits than the awarding of honors by King Lu.

Feeling Chu Xiangqian's shoulders struggling slightly while being held by her, Li Peishan let go of his hand with a somewhat resentful expression.

He thought to himself that although he was more than ten years older than Chu Xiangqian, he still had his charm. It was a good deal for you to be held in his arms, okay?

Unfortunately, when Li Peishan thought about it, she felt that she was just deceiving herself.

Not to mention Chu Xiangqian's wealth and power, his appearance and figure alone are enough to make all women drool over him.

Especially for women who are older, have had emotional experience, or even are married, just looking at Chu Xiangqian's figure, you can tell how happy this woman is.

And this guy really has no shortage of women. He has several wives and concubines in Hong Kong Island alone.

Not to mention Margaret in London, who also missed him. It was said that every time Chu Xiangqian went to London, he would stay in Margaret's manor outside the city.

As for the fact that Margaret was already married, one could tell at a glance that the other party was just a fallen nobleman that this marriage was most likely just a formality.

Moreover, after European and American aristocrats and wealthy people get married, they have many lovers and paramours.

When Li Peishan thought of this, she couldn't help but admire Chu Xiangqian.

Then I secretly sighed that I was born at the wrong time and wished I was born ten years later.

Unfortunately, this was something he could only think about. Then, accompanied by Chu Xiangqian himself, he went to hand over the business to the people from Standard Chartered Bank.

Fortunately, Li Peishan is quite capable and can still come up with 500 million US dollars, otherwise she would not have the confidence to participate in this auction.

However, after the payment of 500 million US dollars, the available cash in hand was greatly reduced, so when Chu Xiangqian accompanied her to see the 2-year-old foal.

Li Peishan didn't care that Chu Xiangqian was surrounded by Aiyuan, Ailin, Zheng Baoyi, and Bridge, the shareholders of the auction house.

Pulling Chu forward, he asked, "Mr. Chu, is your promise really effective?"

(End of this chapter)