Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 948: It’s time to use the connections I’ve accumulated over the years
After the plane landed in Hong Kong Island, Chu Xiangqian got into Zhang Tianzhi's car and asked.

"Has Hong Kong reported the news from Java?"

Zhang Tianzhi and Zhou Bili, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt a tightness in their hearts at the same time.

They looked at each other and couldn't help but look worried.

The boss was obviously suppressing his anger, and Zhou Billy saw Zhang Tianzhi nod.

He quickly took out a stack of newspapers and handed them to Chu Xiangqian.

“Boss, apart from the Oriental Daily, there are 11 newspapers in Hong Kong Island that reported the murder of Chinese people in Java this morning.

Last night, the newspaper's editor-in-chief He Yisheng called the first and third wives and learned that you would be returning today. After discussing with the first wife, the newspaper decided to lobby other newspapers for the time being.

We hope to get more newspapers to report this, and let more people around the world know about it.”

Chu Xiangqian nodded with satisfaction, picked up the car phone, and called Hader from the Government Affairs Department first.

Hader knew that if he didn't help Chu Xiangqian at this time, that guy might turn the gun on himself.

Just thinking about Chu Xiangqian's connections in London, Hader immediately became timid.

Not only did he promise it, he would also issue a news release condemning it.

They will also lobby the Hong Kong 'capital' and most of the British nationals in Hong Kong to be condemned.

It will also be reported to Downing Street.

However, whether Downing Street will come out to support him immediately is not something he can do alone.

Chu Xiangqian naturally understood Hader's hint.

After saying thank you, I thought about it and decided not to call Margaret and Philip.

Instead, he called Norton in London.

In the past few years, this guy has been very popular and well-connected in the circle of powerful people in Yingguo.

And I heard that this guy already had illegitimate children with the wives of several nobles.

But the husband didn't care at all.

After Chu Xiangqian learned about this from Philip, he could only say, you guys are really playing tricks.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the call was finally connected to Norton's villa in London.

It was still 1 o'clock in the morning in London.

When Norton's cursing voice came from the other end of the phone, Chu Xiangqian said, "It's me."

Instantly, Norton subconsciously sat up straight in bed.

As for the woman who was woken up by Norton, she was directly driven out by him.

Then he asked carefully, "Master, what's the matter?"

"Well," Chu Xiangqian thought for a moment and said, "Publish the news. Anyone with a British nationality certificate or a celebrity who publishes a news report condemning the atrocities committed by the Javanese military early tomorrow morning will receive a reward of 5 pounds.

There will be a reward of £5 for any MP in the House of Commons or the House of Commons who proposes that Downing Street impose sanctions on Java.

Others who agree, or are able to lobby MPs to agree, will receive £5 each.

If this thing is finally accomplished, I will reward you with the same amount of money."

Zhang Tianzhi, Zhou Billy, and Norton who was far away in London were all stunned.

Although there are not many seats in the House of Lords, anyone who is a noble is basically qualified to become a member of the House of Lords.

Including the clergy, there are at least seven or eight hundred people who are qualified to speak out.

The House of Commons has 640 seats, which require elections, but even if only one-third of them are elected, it will cost two or three million pounds in total.

Not to mention that the bill to push for sanctions would likely cost several times more.

But don’t be fooled by the fact that Councillor Ying Guo seems very powerful. In fact, these people’s income is not high.

Most of them have financial backers, but the financial backers are also divided into different levels. Relying solely on wages and other income, the average annual salary is only about four to five thousand pounds.

Condemning Java, a country that has no vested interest in England, is free extra income for England witnesses.

Norton only thought about it and felt that if this news spread, at least one or two hundred witnesses would come forward tomorrow in London alone.

But Chu Xiangqian was not confused at all. The most important media in this era were newspapers and radio.

Newspaper space for signed reports is limited, and although radio is available 24 hours a day, it is impossible for broadcasters to have witnesses line up on the air to condemn Java all day long.

Therefore, only a few hundred people can get the money.

But with these hundreds of people condemning in newspapers and on the radio, it will surely arouse the anger of ordinary people in Yingguo.

If we buy off newspapers and radio companies, we can easily create a huge momentum.

After that, Chu Xiangqian will no longer need to bribe other European and American countries, because they will start to follow Yingguo's lead because of the timeliness and hot topics of the news.

"Give me an account number, preferably a bank account on an offshore island, and I'll have someone transfer £500 million to it."

After that, Chu Xiangqian began to speak in a serious tone, "You must handle this matter for me. As for what happened, go and find out for yourself. I still need to contact other people."

"I understand." When Norton heard Chu Xiangqian's tone, he knew that his master and financial sponsor was really angry this time.

If you offend him at this time, you will definitely be in big trouble.

However, Norton thought again and realized that just giving money might not necessarily achieve the best results.

He hurriedly said, "Master, it would be best if we could airlift a batch of tiger bone wine here. Some people don't lack money, but they often can't buy tiger bone wine."

At this point, Chu Xiangqian felt that it made sense, and Norton seemed to have a new idea.

He then said, "Master, if you are willing to hold a horse auction in London and use the horses from the auction to offset the reward.

I think there is absolutely no need for you to strive for those politicians and celebrities who have no fame or power.

Capture the hearts of dozens of London's great men, and they will do it faster and more perfectly than you or I can."

Chu Xiangqian thought for a few seconds and decided to do as Norton said.

If Harold, who is in power, and other bigwigs of the Public Party came out to condemn Java, there would definitely be many people in the Public Party who would support Harold and others.

There are also the bosses and bigwigs of the Conservative Party, who can be easily bought off in the same way.

So Chu Xiangqian said without even thinking, "You go find Philip and your grandfather, and I will give you 20 of the best Ferghana horses and 20 of the best thoroughbred horses.

The reward for this operation will be decided by you, your grandfather and Philips on how to distribute it.

However, these 40 horses are not your reward, in case your grandfather and Philip have any evil intentions.

Whatever they want, let them discuss it among themselves and then call me to discuss it. "

"I understand," Norton chuckled, not caring at all about Chu Xiangqian's words just now, which clearly showed that he did not trust his grandfather and Philip.

Even though Mountbatten is Norton's grandfather and Philip is Norton's uncle, this guy will still be on guard against them when it comes to money.

Perhaps it was only Chu Xiangqian, the financial sponsor, that made Norton feel that as long as he did things for him, he would get benefits.

This means there is no conflict of interest, so Norton is so obedient.

And Chu Xiangqian would be the first one to call him.

Chu Xiangqian added, "As for your reward, you did a good job this time. From now on, the amount of tiger bone wine in Yingguo will be increased from 3 bottles to 4 bottles."

The smile on Norton's face immediately became brighter.

Although the purchase price is 200 pounds, the selling price is 250.

Adding 1 bottles can only earn an extra 5 pounds per year, but for Norton, this business is for the long term. Moreover, this wine is already famous and its actual medicinal effect is also excellent, so everyone likes it, and it is also a bargaining chip used by Norton to make friends and win over the rich and powerful.

It is even as Norton himself said, some people are not short of money, and giving tiger bone wine is far more useful than giving money.

Not to mention, Norton also has other businesses with Chu Xiangqian.

The annual export of cattle, sheep, sika deer, salmon and trout to Neon only used the company jointly owned by Norton and Margaret as the main export entity.

The two of them earn $328 million per year.

Norton holds 4% of the shares of this company.

This is the big head.

There is also the antique business, which is also extremely profitable.

Not to mention that Norton and Mountbatten would still help even if it was for nothing.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian knew that favors were favors, and it would be better to give benefits to others instead of wasting favors when asking them to do things for you.

After hanging up the phone.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it and called Robert Alessandro in California.

This guy is a senior senator who has been re-elected for more than ten years and has extensive connections in the Senate.

Although there hasn't been much contact in the past two or three years, the ranch in Los Angeles has never stopped donating to the Alessandro family's charitable fund every year.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian is the savior of Robert's two children.

After some pleasantries, Robert understood why Chu Xiangqian called.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Stark, I understand your feelings, but you have to understand the possible consequences of your actions?"

Chu Xiangqian certainly understood what Robert meant in this era of extremely fierce confrontation between the East and the West.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter whether you lean towards the Red Party or not. As long as the Zhongqing Bureau thinks you have this potential, they will keep an eye on you.

Robert, on the other hand, doesn't care whether Chu Xiangqian is capital or red.

The source of the fund donations is the M&S fund held by Margaret. If anyone suspects that there is something wrong with the money, they should check Margaret first.

To find out that Chu Xiangqian is the actual controller of the M&S Fund is to investigate Margaret thoroughly.

Philip and Eliza were the first to disagree.

At the same time, he will try his best to protect Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian himself is not stupid and certainly knows how to avoid risks.

He smiled and said, “I plan to donate $100 million to the Alessandro family’s charity fund, specifically for humanitarian aid to Java.

The specific method of doing this is decided by the fund.

But I think the foundation needs to let the women of Java know that the suffering happening in Java has broken the moral bottom line of the women of Java. "

When Robert heard this, he couldn't help but relax.

In the past two years, didn’t the people of Magnesium allow Maple Leaf to export large quantities of grain to China for their own reasons?
Of course, because of Chu Xiangqian's existence, the amount of exports from the Maple Leaf Country is much, much less than in the real world.

But this also proves that many things are not absolute.

To put it bluntly, although confrontation is the theme, there is also cooperation under confrontation.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, there would be no problem in asking Robert to speak out and push the White Palace to condemn Java.

Moreover, as a senior senator, he doesn't need to step forward and take the lead.

However, human nature is the most greedy. Since Chu Xiangqian asked him for help, Robert would not let go of this opportunity.

He smiled and said, “There’s no problem with the fund, but Stark, I suggest you contact a few more big guys like the elephants or donkeys.

It is best to win over both sides, so that there will be fewer obstacles.

Things will soon have a good outcome.”

Chu Xiangqian was mentally prepared, as 100 million US dollars was only a little over pounds.

He was willing to use 40 horses as reward in London, and he was actually willing to spend more on Meiguo's side.

And horses are of no cost to him.

It is also easy to circumvent regulation. A horse can be sold for tens or even millions of dollars at an auction.

As long as there is damage, it is normal for the price to plummet by 90% or even 99%.

When these horses are traded outside of Magna, no matter who checks them, they are all injured horses and can only be used as stallions.

The price will naturally not be high.

But the horses were brought into the hospital and treated at a ranch in Los Angeles.

Chu Xiangqian only needs to take these horses into the Novice Village and the horses can be easily recovered.

Of course, even if it's just a pretense, it definitely can't be the kind of injury that's extremely difficult to recover from.

Chu Xiangqian thought for a few seconds and said, "The money donated to the fund will remain the same, and I will give you four Ferghana horses or purebred horses.

The reward for the bosses of other elephants and donkeys is also 4.

And if you win over one, I will give you one more.

If you are worried, I can hold a horse racing auction in Hong Kong Island.

There are so many experienced practitioners who can help you verify and bid for you. I think that should prove the quality of those horses?"

Robert was delighted.

Even though I haven't met Chu Xiangqian much in the past few years, the Hong Kong Horse Racing Auction is becoming more and more popular every year, and it is no longer a secret in the minds of horse racing enthusiasts all over the world.

Many newspapers in Meiguo have reported on this a long time ago.

In particular, the 'Winner' owned by Morgan Jr., McDonald and Ahmed won the Triple Crown in the Magnesium Women's Championship.

The newspaper also reported that the horse came from an Asian horse farm.

As for why she didn't report directly on 'Kowloon Racecourse', it was probably because of her stubborn self-esteem.

Chu Xiangqian didn't care about it at all.

Other racecourses wished that the whole world would report on them, but Chu Xiangqian wished that the 'Kowloon Racecourse' should be mentioned as little as possible.

I have no shortage of buyers, let alone good horses.

When a person has both fame and financial resources, it is impossible for him to be completely low-key.

But it is better to be low-key if possible.

Morgan and the other three also don't want the media to mention too many things about the previous owner of the 'Victor'.

Otherwise, part of the Triple Crown honor would have to be given to Chu Xiangqian.

However, after Robert was excited, he forced himself to calm down and said, "Stark, I heard that Morgan Jr. trades 20 thoroughbred horses with you every year.

And, did he buy his Triple Crown winning horse, Victor, from you?"

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard it, he knew that this guy was trying to trick him.

But sometimes, no matter how you deny it, how you explain it, or how perfect your explanation is, it doesn’t mean that others will believe it.

He smiled and asked directly, "Does Magnesium Bank also want to win the Triple Crown?"

(End of this chapter)