Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 855 Grand Plan
After trading with Philips twice, Chu Xiangqian thought these guys would calm down and stop for a while.

Unexpectedly, within less than a week, Philips not only called again, but also invited Chu Xiangqian to meet at a pier on the Thames in London.

After Chu Xiangqian hung up the phone with some surprise, he immediately commanded the tit to fly towards London.

It only took two or three minutes to arrive at the dock and hover over it to investigate.

I noticed that on a sailing yacht that was more than 40 meters long, there appeared several people who had a good relationship with Philip and often hung out together. They gathered on the deck of the yacht and were talking about something.

Many yachts these days still have sails. Even Philips and Eliza’s private yachts are three-masted sailing boats with diesel power.

However, the ship is more than 80 years old and will continue to be used until the s.

A few years ago, Philips traveled around the world with a large group of friends and held open-air meetings on that ship.

Because of the sails, yachts cannot be built high, so the usable area is much smaller than that of the three- or five-story super-large luxury yachts of the future.

Even though Chu Xiangqian was so rich, he had never been interested in yachts. He had always been using that 30-meter small yacht.

Of course, if you are willing to spend money, you can build any yacht you want.

After all, super luxury cruise ships have already existed, and it is not technically difficult to build a yacht that is 100 meters long with a more modern shape and decoration.

Chu Xiangqian was good at reading spoken language. He landed on the mast of the yacht and watched for a while. He quickly determined from the lip shapes of these people that these guys were also involved in the theft of museum cultural relics.

The titmouse flew around the yacht several times and saw through the small glass windows of the yacht that there were many wooden boxes inside. Chu Xiangqian guessed that they were probably all antiques.

Chu Xiangqian's heart beat faster when he thought about the possibility of a cabin full of Chinese antiques, and they were fine and rare items.

At around 3 pm, Chu Xiangqian kissed Margaret on the face as she was seeing him off, and drove a Rolls-Royce to London alone.

At around 4 o'clock, I met Philip who was standing outside a booked pub at the dock.

After ordering a glass of whiskey and chatting for a while, Philip couldn't help but point at the sailing yacht docked at the pier and whispered.

"There are 140 boxes with 1600 antiques from the Celestial Empire, all without any records, to ensure that they will not affect collection and trading.

Among them are three 2-meter-high painted Buddha statues from the Tang Dynasty and more than a dozen representative works by famous painters of all dynasties in the Celestial Empire.

There are several pieces that can be considered national treasures.

As long as you agree to give us 14 of the 10 Arabian horses, not only will all these antiques belong to you, but the ship will also sail towards Hong Kong Island.

The transaction is considered complete only after the goods arrive at the port, you or your people receive them, and verify that there are no problems.

Any problems that arise during this period are our responsibility.”

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian cursed in his heart. Once the things came into his hands, he directly put them into the Novice Village warehouse.

Why would it be necessary to transport it to Hong Kong Island?

It's just that I can't say this, and Philips means well.

After all, the transaction amount involved more than 1200 million, or even 1500 to million US dollars. Philips was willing to take the initiative to transport the antiques to Hong Kong Island, which was already considering and solving the trouble for himself as the buyer.

So even though Chu Xiangqian was cursing in his heart, he didn't blame Philip.

After thinking for a while, he said, "The transaction is fine, but you don't need to drive the ship to Hong Kong Island. I will find someone to drive it away."

Philip was stunned for a moment, then his expression became serious.

It was already expected that Chu Xiangqian had people in London.

What Philip didn't expect was that if his men were caught while sailing away from the Thames and leaving the British waters, the antiques would inevitably be confiscated.

At that time, what will be lost will not only be the antiques, but everyone may also be implicated.

But since Chu Xiangqian said so, it means that he is not afraid of being investigated at all.

Does that mean that Chu Xiangqian and his people have already bribed the people from the navy, police, customs and other departments?

Fortunately, Philip is not an Anglo-Saxon. To put it bluntly, his ancestors are in Europe.

Even counting back to his father's generation, there were titles of kings, and they were real princes.

Of course, there are many down-and-out princes in Europe.

Philips quickly thought that the fact that Chu Xiangqian was able to transport the Arabian horses into London quietly already explained a lot of problems.

And Chu Xiangqian is not the only one doing this. There is no telling how many people are engaged in smuggling, and no one has actually caught any of them, let alone implicated the financial backers behind them.

Philip sighed in his heart, but he could do nothing about it. Besides, Philip could clearly distinguish between the royal family and the country.

Not to mention, so many people have always wanted to abolish the royal family, so it’s nonsense to say that Philip is so patriotic.

Making more money is the real thing.

Only by controlling more money can the interests of the royal family be better maintained.

So Philip just complained a few words in his heart that the Yingguo Customs and the Coast Guard were all useless, and then he agreed without hesitation.

Even this sailing yacht was given directly to Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian had no interest in these old-fashioned sailboats that were more than ten or twenty years old. Even the sailboat that Philip and Elizabeth owned was not valuable in his eyes.

So he quickly decided to drive his boat out of the Thames, and after entering the sea, he would simply collect the antiques and put them into the Novice Village.

Of course, the antiques were stored in the warehouse, and the ship was thrown directly into the sea east of the Novice Village.

Anyway, if you keep things in the Novice Village, they won't age.

Maybe if it is kept for thirty or forty years and then taken out, it can be sold at a high price like an old Ferrari, like an antique car or an antique boat.

The business deal was settled, and Chu Xiangqian was not in a hurry to go on board to check.

Instead, he pulled Philip and said with a smile, “You buy 10 horses from me, which will be used for the Olympics this time.

In addition to valuing the Ferghana horse, they may also want to send their children to participate in the equestrian events this year, right? "

Philip chuckled, “It makes me angry just to talk about it, I shouldn’t have trusted the judgment of those idiots of the royal advisors.

The Arabian horse that was traded for antiques the second time was not even a little bit inferior to the horse traded the first time.

So this time we won't consider anything else, we'll just focus on the dozen or so racing horses you brought over this time."

Chu Xiangqian laughed after hearing this. Although Philip was smiling, he was actually unhappy and rolled his eyes at him.

This guy got the advantage and laughed at himself as the buyer, which made Philips even more depressed.

At the same time, he became more and more disdainful of the so-called horse experts in the royal family.

He thought to himself that the royal family's horse farms and ranches were managed by these idiots, no wonder they had never bred a champion horse. Thinking of his wife Eliza, who spent tens of millions every year to raise these idiots and horses, Philip felt that he must have been cheated.

Comparing it with Chu Xiangqian's gaze, the anger in my heart was almost unsuppressed.

He took a few deep breaths and calmed down before continuing, "As for participating in the equestrian events, we not only plan to participate this time, but also plan to place a bet. With your horses, we can squeeze out all the other civilian players who are participating in the equestrian events.

The three best gold, silver and bronze medals are all awarded to our people."

Chu Xiangqian curled his lips after hearing this, but after a few seconds, he gave Philip a thumbs up.

When I first heard this idea, I thought Philips and his team were just daydreaming.

But if you think about it carefully, this plan has very few disadvantages and many advantages.

If I were Philip and those nobles, I would make the same choice as them.

Although the influence of the Olympics in this era is not as great as that in the 8s and 90s, many cities in Europe and the United States are not willing to host the Olympics at all.

The reason is simple. It was the 84 Los Angeles Olympics that commercialized the Olympics.

At that time, Los Angeles could not even raise enough funds to build Olympic venues and had to introduce private capital.

It was because of the influx of capital and the huge profits made that the Olympic Games became a hot commodity that various cities competed for from that session onwards.

But in the 60s, the Olympics were a burden on the host cities and countries.

Therefore, the influence is not even as great as that of a football match, which gives great nobles like Philips a huge amount of room for maneuver.

Although the influence of the Olympics is far less than that of later generations, it is still a world sporting event after all, and any medal is glory for the country.

If the nobles monopolized the medals in equestrian events and defended their titles for several Olympic Games, it would be an unparalleled achievement to be honest.

It is no exaggeration to say that he dominated a generation.

The public's support and tolerance for the nobility will increase significantly.

However, Chu Xiangqian knew that West German equestrianism would dominate dressage for five consecutive Olympic Games. The champions for 5 years had all come from Germany. It would be very difficult for Philips and others to win the championship in this event.

But Chu Xiangqian does have enough confidence in show jumping and cross-country endurance races.

It is generally acknowledged that Andalusia and Hanover are not as fast and durable as the Turkish team.

Otherwise, these two types of horses would not only appear in obstacle races and dressage competitions, in addition to being used as military horses.

As for Margaret, the worst that could happen is that she would find a Ferghana horse to level up and add the points to her strength.

When it comes to show jumping, this horse is absolutely dominant.

In cross-country endurance races, because the strength is doubled, the impact of the rider's weight is halved, so running saves more energy and is much faster.

The champion knight broke the tournament record and won three championships in a row because he increased his strength by 1 point.

By then, if Margaret wins two more championships, and it would be best if Alice wins two silver medals, the sensational effect brought about by this will also make the Arabian horse more famous.

Chu raised his glass and clinked glasses with Philips, then said with a smile, "Then I wish you success in your plan."

Philip shook his head. "Stark, we know very well that as long as Margaret participates in the competition, you will definitely get her a better horse."

Chu Xiangqian laughed. Normally, these 16 horses had similar body shapes and very similar physical qualities. It seemed that Chu Xiangqian had spent a lot of effort to find them.

But this is just like a whole pearl necklace with very small differences in size and color. It must be made up of thousands of fine pearls to make such a necklace.

This means not only a large base number, but also a high probability that there are larger, rounder, and better-colored pearls. It is just that it is impossible to make a necklace because there are not dozens of them together.

But the value of this large pearl may be more valuable than the entire necklace.

The same principle applies to horse racing, which is why Philips and others are certain that Chu Xiangqian has better horses that are more suitable for equestrian competitions.

Chu Xiangqian has always doted on Margaret and was willing to give her even the Triple Crown horse Champion Knight.

And every piece of jewelry was a rare item. Sometimes even Eliza would feel jealous of a piece of jewelry that Chu Xiangqian gave to Margaret.

Therefore, if Margaret recovered well after giving birth, and then acted coquettishly towards Chu Xiangqian, it would not be difficult to get one or two better horses.

If Philips and his team want to win the championship, they will have to pray that Margaret has not recovered.

Chu Xiangqian shrugged and said with a smile, "Don't forget, a few days ago, it was you who came to me and asked Peggy to participate in the equestrian event of this year's Olympics.

And Peggy is also a noble and a member of the inner circle.

Now you want her to give up the idea of ​​participating in the competition. If you piss her off, I can’t guarantee what she will say in front of the media.”

Philip suddenly got a headache.

The reason why Margaret was asked to sign up for the competition was that if the media reported this matter, it would likely affect the reputation of the royal family.

But after the matter was resolved, the situation changed again.

The root of everything is related to the 16 Arabian horses that Chu Xiangqian brought out this time.

Alice had been training at a suburban manor for more than ten days, so she naturally knew how powerful these horses were.

And Philips himself also exchanged an antique for one.

In addition, Norton's chestnut horse did not perform very well on the track, but performed exceptionally well in the show jumping competition.

These few nobles began to think about making a big splash in the Olympic equestrian events.

Unfortunately, it is basically impossible to get Margaret to give up at this time.

Besides, there is a precedent that Margaret is a big mouth. When this girl is acting naughty, she sometimes really dares to speak out.

He even spoke to Eliza in public and asked her to fulfill her childhood promise.

Although this was not stated explicitly, many nobles and common people could guess with a little thought that it was probably related to the throne.

But Margaret is Eliza's biological sister. Unless Margaret really does something that crosses the line, no one dares to touch her because she is just a big mouth.

And Margaret also has the right of inheritance.

Although she ranked behind Eliza's three children, her inheritance rights were real, so there was no problem at all that she was a member of the core circle.

If she talks nonsense in the media, she will be very credible in the eyes of the public.

Philip scratched his head and finally had no choice but to compromise. He said in a depressed tone, "Okay, let Peggy do whatever she wants."

(End of this chapter)