Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 846 Done
When Chu Xiangqian saw that Li Peishan had already bought the 2-year-old purebred horse, he actually suspected that he was cheating her.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and said, "Sister Li, if you are under financial pressure, why don't I pay you 505 million US dollars and you sell the horse to me?"

Making $5 by reselling the item, even if Li Peishan is rich, the reward is already high enough just for shouting out the price at the auction.

But Li Peishan's cash pressure suddenly increased after buying the horse.

This is why you worry about gains and losses.

Seeing Chu Xiangqian say this, Li Peishan naturally would not really sell the horse to Chu Xiangqian.

He quickly began to apologize.

The anger in Chu Xiangqian's heart finally disappeared.

Then he said consolingly, “If this 2-year-old horse doesn’t win one of the English or American Triple Crowns next year, I won’t take a penny.

And to give you more confidence, if this horse doesn’t win the first stop of the Triple Crown in March next year, I will still buy it for $3 million.”

After hearing this, Li Peishan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Chu Xiangqian never liked being taken advantage of. Since he had given more guarantees, he would of course want more in return.

So after Li Peishan was happy for a while, Chu Xiangqian continued, "But if Riben wins the championship in the first stop, then..."

Li Peishan naturally understood what Chu Xiangqian meant, and replied unhappily, "Okay, okay, if you can really win the Japanese championship, I'll give you an extra 200 million US dollars, okay?"

It is highly likely that this money was not paid by Li Peishan, so she gave it so generously.

However, although Japan's triple crown will naturally start this year, its fame cannot be compared with that of England and the United States.

200 million US dollars for a champion was already a very high commission at that time.

And with Chu Xiangqian's promise just now, the Li family will have more initiative when they go to Princess Patina to discuss buying back the horse.

Sure enough, when Chu Xiangqian brought Li Peishan, Bridge and other shareholders, as well as Aiyuan, Ailin, and Zheng Baoyi to look at the 2-year-old horse.

Princess Batina's agent, Songta, hurried over to the stable with a few people.

Chu Xiangqian only took a look at Songta and guessed from the smile on his face that this guy had called Batina after the auction.

It is even possible that in the past half hour, Batina has already understood all the circumstances and reported the matter to her uncle Prince Lu or grandmother.

Chu Xiangqian saw Zhang Tianzhi approaching him and knew what he wanted to say, so he said in advance, "Please ask Mr. Chalunpeng to come over."

Songtha's full name is Songtha Charumpong, but in daily interactions, people do not call each other by their surnames, just like in China.

Moreover, it is already the 60s, and there are still many people in Lu State who only have a given name but no surname.

Or, just now they used the combination of their parents' names as their surname. To put it bluntly, such people have a low social status, and may even be the lowest class who have worked for the landlords for generations.

Moreover, the State of Lu was a society where capital and landlords coexisted, and the vast majority of land belonged to the landlords, which naturally restricted a large number of laborers to the land and forests.

After getting permission from the bodyguard and the stable security, Songta walked over quickly with a smile on his face and saluted Chu Xiangqian first.

Chu Xiangqian was a little surprised at first, but fortunately, after a few seconds he remembered that he had been knighted by Elizabeth the year before.

Whether in England or other monarchies, a low-ranking knight like himself is considered a noble.

He smiled and said to Songta Xukong, who was bowing deeply with his hands clasped together, "Mr. Chalumpong is too polite. Besides, this is Hong Kong Island. We don't care about so many empty formalities."

After hearing this, Bridge and a few other foreigners remembered that Chu Xiangqian had a noble title, and wondered if they had been too casual in the past.
According to the rules, every time you meet Chu Xiangqian, you have to add "sir" before his name when addressing him, or simply use the Hong Kong Island customary "Sir".

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian never takes this matter seriously.

Moreover, they have basically never proactively asked the foreigners working in Hong Kong Island to greet them or use honorifics first.

This immediately made Bridge and the other foreigners feel that Chu Xiangqian was indeed as the outside world said, very kind and easy to talk to in his daily life.

After some polite exchanges, Li Peishan took the initiative to tell Song Ta about the promise Chu Xiangqian had made at the auction just now.

Songta had already obtained Patina's approval and was planning to buy back the 2-year-old purebred horse at the auction price.

I didn't expect there would be such surprises and surprises here.

Chu Xiangqian only needed to look at Songta's expression to guess that there was a high possibility that the royal family would agree to his conditions.

At the same time, I also understood that the royal family of Luoyang is really rich.

In the eyes of Songta, the royal agent, neither the 2000 million yen prize money for winning the Triple Crown nor the 200 million yen prize money for winning the March championship is as important as winning the championship.

That is to say, the royal family values ​​honor and reputation more, and perhaps Princess Patina herself can afford the money.

No wonder before the emergence of Internet giants in the new century, the people recognized as rich by the world were never the richest people.

Rather, they are the royal families that have been passed down for hundreds of years, and the old financial families that have been passed down for one or two hundred years.

But as information becomes more and more developed, these old money people can only become more low-key.

Songta politely bowed to Chu Xiangqian again before confirming with him whether the promise was valid.

Chu Xiangqian naturally would not go against money. Besides, he had already set his sights on the land and tourism industry of his country. If possible, he did not want the 2200 million US dollars in cash.

It would be best to replace them all with beaches in Pattaya and land in Phuket.

If possible, it would be great to get a gaming license or a telecommunications industry license.

However, Chu Xiangqian knew that the license issue could not be rushed, and before the new century, the country of Lu had been trying its best to ban the gambling industry.

Not to mention issuing licenses, even playing cards is illegal.

But nothing is absolute. If you want to develop tourism in this era, especially to develop the impoverished Phuket, the investment amount will definitely not be small.

The best way, of course, is to attract tourists with spinach. Only when guests come will they be attracted by the beautiful scenery.

Songta was naturally overjoyed when he saw Chu Xiangqian nod, and he hurriedly apologized, saying that he had to report to the Lu State first.

Chu Xiangqian had no objection and ordered Zhang Tianzhi to take Song Ta to the office area to make the phone call.

More than an hour later, Chu Xiangqian had confirmed with Li Peishan that the two-year-old horse would be kept at Kowloon Racecourse for the time being.

And regardless of whether the royal family agrees to repurchase, the two will sign the training contract first.

Although doing so might seem presumptuous to Li Peishan, it also ensured the interests of Chu Xiangqian and herself.

It is not the best option for the Li family to transport this horse back to the Kingdom of Lu now.

To put it bluntly, Li Peishan herself was also on guard against someone finding a way to take the horse away through coercion or bribery.

And in Hong Kong Island, even Prince Lu himself did not have the ability to force Chu Xiangqian to compromise.

Just as the two of them had agreed on the general terms of the agreement, Songta had already obtained authorization from the Lu State.

As soon as he came back, he congratulated Chu Xiangqian and Li Peishan.

Li Peishan and Chu Xiangqian naturally understood that the Kingdom of Lu had basically accepted their conditions. As for the specific benefits, Li Peishan would have to go back to Bangkok and discuss it with her family first, and then go to the royal family.

Chu Xiangqian doesn’t care. As long as this 2-year-old horse stays at Kowloon Racecourse, he has the initiative.

Chu Xiangqian made an appointment with Songta to send someone over in a few days to discuss the specific matters, and he did not even invite Songta to have lunch.

Just ask Uncle Hai, the person in charge of the horse farm, to take Songta to the airport to catch the flight and fly back to Bangkok as soon as possible.

As for Li Peishan, she had no appetite. After apologizing to Chu Xiangqian, she hurried back to her home in Hong Kong Island and called her family to discuss things.

After all the outsiders had left, Aiyuan took advantage of Chu Xiangqian entering the stable and personally stroked the 2-year-old thoroughbred horse.

Standing outside the stable and looking at Chu Xiangqian, he asked with some excitement in his tone, "Brother, are you sure you can train this horse into a champion?"

Chu Xiangqian laughed and thought about how to train the horse, and replied, "To be honest, even I misjudged this horse before.

Fortunately, this horse will stay in our stable for more than a year, so there is plenty of time to train it slowly.

but,,."

At this point, Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt that he still had to put on an act, so he might as well fly to Beijing as soon as the auction was over tomorrow.

This is to tell the outside world that he does have a secret recipe for training horses, but this secret recipe or secret medicine is left in the mainland.

On the one hand, it is a cover for the upgrade of the Novice Village, and on the other hand, it is telling the outside world that although he has secret recipes and secret medicines, the things are not in his hands.

After those with ulterior motives know this, they will most likely not attack the horse in the future.

After figuring this out, Chu Xiangqian smiled and said to Aiyuan, "The three-day auction will end tomorrow, and I have to go back to the capital as soon as possible.

Do you want to go back with me to see your father and nephew?"

Aiyuan is not stupid. Seeing that her elder brother is trying to change the subject, she knows that Chu Xiangqian doesn't want to talk about training.

He muttered something to Chu Xiangqian and then shook his head.

Although I have been in Hong Kong Island for more than four years, I return to Beijing quite a few times every year.

Having stayed in the capital for more than half a year last year, Aiyuan is naturally not in a hurry to return to the capital.

But then I thought again, Jingru calculated the confinement period and found that the baby in her belly was almost five months old. I really wanted to go back to see Jingru.

However, this thought only lasted for a moment before Ehime rejected it.

Although my family in Beijing has no shortage of houses, they are still far behind those in Hong Kong.

Thinking that it was still very cold in the capital and it would be very difficult to go to the bathroom urgently in the middle of the night, Aiyuan shook her head at Chu Xiangqian.

"Forget it. When Jingru reaches her due date, I will go back to take care of her for another ten days or half a month."

Chu Xiangqian didn't care. As for Ailin, the kid had to go to class, so how could he be allowed to go back?

Besides, Ailin doesn't have much affection for the capital, and he doesn't want to go back even if he is asked to.

After lunch, the afternoon passed quickly.

Probably because a horse was auctioned for $500 million in the morning, and there were rumors that Chu Xiangqian had bid up to $400 million.

In the end, he was unable to buy the horse. When the news spread to the outside world, it immediately caused a sensation in Hong Kong Island. The number of people who came to participate in the auction in the afternoon was obviously at least twice that of the morning.

Chu Xiangqian did not make any more bids in the afternoon, but he did find several horses of good quality at the afternoon auction.

Although they are not one in a million, they are at least as good as the horses refreshed in the Novice Village.

In the real world, this kind of horse is considered to be of the highest quality.

Otherwise, no matter how famous Chu Xiangqian was, it would be impossible for the horses he owned to be auctioned for millions of dollars each.

However, Chu Xiangqian did not make any more moves, but that did not stop him from doing favors for his good friends.

Zhao Congyan, after hearing Chu Xiangqian's hint, bid against others and gritted his teeth to spend $17 to buy a 2-year-old thoroughbred horse from Turkey.

Then when Zhao Congyan heard Chu Xiangqian say that this horse could be trained at the Kowloon Racecourse for a year or two, he immediately realized that Chu Xiangqian was really optimistic about this horse.

Zheng Yutong, He Chaosheng, Ye Xiaoli, Lan Gang Fei Bo and San Jiangshui, who came to watch the fun in the afternoon, couldn't help but regret it.

Why didn’t you continue fighting with Zhao Congyen just now?

Although 17 US dollars is equivalent to about 75 Hong Kong dollars at the current exchange rate, it is actually not a lot of money for Zheng Yutong and others.

Even for Lan Gang and Fei Bo, this money was just a drop in the bucket.

In the past two years, Lan Gang is no longer the pauper who had to borrow money from Chu Xiangqian when he was promoted to Chief Chinese Inspector.

Even if I don't make tens of millions every year, it's no problem to make 20 or 30 million.

Moreover, this guy retired and ran away in the late 60s, but according to later rumors, his net worth was 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

You can see how quickly this guy made money in the less than 10 years he was the Chief Chinese Detective.

It can be said that Lei Luo's speed in making money is probably not as fast as his.

After all, Lei Luo took the position of Chief Chinese Detective three or four years earlier than Lan Gang.

He retired four or five years later than Lan Gang.

So 75 is really nothing to Blue Steel.

Of course, whether it is Lei Luo, Lan Gang, or Fei Bo, their net worth of hundreds of millions is also related to the continuous depreciation of the pound in the mid-to-late 60s.

The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the British pound. If the British pound falls, the Hong Kong dollar will naturally fall as well.

So not only will there be inflation, but the properties and assets under the names of Lei Luo and Lan Gang will also appreciate in value.

In addition, the export competitiveness of Hong Kong products has also increased significantly due to the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar.

The speed at which Lei Luo and his people made money suddenly increased a lot.

So Blue Steel is really not short of money now.

It’s a pity that Chu Xiangqian’s hint was not made clear.

In the past two years, Lan Gang and Chu Xiangqian have not been as close as before, and they don't have as much tacit understanding as before.

Of course, it’s not that the relationship between the two deteriorated, but after Chu Xiangqian started to cooperate with people like Zheng Yutong and He Chaosheng.

These chief Chinese detectives seem to be of low rank.

Moreover, anyone who makes 20 or 30 million yuan a year will have more money in his pocket than he can spend on partying every night, so naturally he will not run to Chu Xiangqian all day long to continue to be his younger brother.

Even Sanjiangshui has visited Chu Xiangqian much less frequently in the past year or so.

(End of this chapter)