Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

The restaurant Calvin booked was called Ascot, an upscale restaurant located near the stock exchange.

The restaurant is well-known locally as many financial celebrities often dine here.

When Li Yi, Daniel, Sandy, Dolson and others arrived at the agreed restaurant, they found two rows of tall and strong men standing at the door.

These sturdy men were all wearing black suits and black leather shoes, and their hair was all styled into the same short style. They looked a bit like mafia members or thugs in suits.

Seeing Li Yi and others' car stopped at the door, an old man who looked like a butler came up quickly and saluted Li Yi, Daniel and others.

After a brief greeting, the butler brought Li Yi and others into the restaurant.

After entering the restaurant, Li Yi found that there was not a single customer in the huge restaurant. There was only a white old man with gray hair sitting near the window. The whole place must have been reserved.

What a big deal! This restaurant is very popular and the cost of booking the whole place is not low.

Seeing Li Yi and others coming in, Calvin immediately stood up from his seat and walked towards them.

"Lee, nice to meet you, please take a seat!"

Li Yi also nodded and said, "Mr. Calvin, I'm glad to meet you too!"

After a brief greeting, several people sat down around a round dining table.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Calvin say, "Li, I heard that you had a conflict with Royce from the Labor Party just now. Do you need my help?"

Li Yi said calmly: "Mr. Calvin is really well-informed. You knew about it just ten minutes after it happened!"

Calvin immediately explained: "Lee, don't get me wrong, we don't mean to monitor you."

"You may not know that our Jones family started out in finance. London's largest investment company and second largest securities company are both our family's businesses. Therefore, our family has people stationed at the stock exchange all year round. The supervisor there just told me this news!"

Li Yi nodded, agreeing with Calvin's explanation.

Of course, he didn't really care about these.

After all, we are now on someone else's territory, and it is normal to be watched and even monitored.

The reason he said this was to see Calvin's attitude.

Judging from the current situation, this person is still keeping a very humble attitude, which means that there is a high probability that the other party will ask him for help in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately said: "Mr. Calvin, you know, I don't like to play dumb with people. What is the matter with you asking me to meet? Please tell me directly!"

Calvin didn't say anything, but looked at Sandy and Dolson beside him, his meaning was very clear.

Li Yi naturally understood what he meant and said immediately: "Sandy and Dolson are my partners and my friends. I trust them."

"Well, in that case I will..."

Just when Calvin was about to start talking, Daniel suddenly said, "Sandy, Dolson, Kevin, the chef at Ascot Restaurant, is a real master. It's a real pleasure to watch him cook. Can I take you over to have a look?"

Sandy and Dolson were also smart people and immediately understood what Daniel meant.

The two men immediately apologized to Li Yi and Calvin, then stood up and walked towards the kitchen in front with Daniel.

After they left, Li Yi said, "Mr. Calvin, you can say whatever you want to say now!"

"Li, I'm here on behalf of someone and want to talk to you!" Calvin said.

"Oh, I wonder who commissioned Mr. Calvin and what he is going to talk about?" Li Yi said with interest.

"Li, you are a smart and capable person, so I will tell you straight away. I was entrusted by the President of the Bank of England, Major, the President of Barclays Bank, and others to convey to you their intention to cooperate with you."

As soon as the voice fell, Li Yi said indifferently: "As for cooperation, I have no interest at all, and I don't see any sincerity in their cooperation. What you are doing now is more like mediating, or asking for peace!"

Calvin didn't expect Li Yi to be so direct. He was silent for a moment, then said, "Li, you are right. I am here to mediate between the two of you!"

"What if I don't accept your mediation?" "Lee, it seems that Major and Kratt's intuition is still very accurate. You really came here to take revenge on the Conservatives!" Calvin said in a low voice.

Li Yi said coldly: "Mr. Calvin, since you can come here to mediate this matter, you should know what they did to me."

"They were the ones who provoked the incident in the first place, and they are the ones who are saying they will stop fighting now. If you put yourself in their shoes, I think you will accept this kind of mediation, right?"

"Li, I understand how you feel, but if I were you, I would accept the mediation. After all, they have the power to do so, whether in terms of strength or status!" said Calvin.

His meaning was very clear, that is, no matter from which aspect, the strength of Major, Kratt and others was far superior to Li Yi, and they had the privilege of fighting when they wanted to and truce when they didn't want to.

However, Li Yi said coldly: "If that's the case, I can't accept your mediation even more!"

"What?"

Li Yi grinned and said domineeringly: "Because I think they are not qualified to talk about strength and status in front of me. As long as I want, I can hit any of their consortiums, companies and families at any time. If they don't accept it, let them try."

Hearing this, Calvin fell silent.

If someone else said this in front of him, he would definitely sneer at it, or even refute the other person harshly.

But now the person speaking is Li Yi, so Calvin cannot help but take it seriously. After all, this young man has created too many miracles in the past few years.

Now he not only has a fortune of hundreds of billions of US dollars, making him the world's richest man, but more importantly, his investment vision and methods are amazing, and coupled with his background, no family or company can compete with him.

If he is determined to deal with a family or a consortium, the other party will most likely suffer a heavy blow.

"Li, is there no room for maneuver in this matter?" Calvin asked in a deep voice.

"That's not true, but the premise is that those people should put themselves in the right position. If they want peace, they should act like they want peace. If they don't want to fight, who are they trying to disgust by pretending to be arrogant?"

Then Li Yi continued: "Mr. Calvin, please tell those people that if they don't want me to specifically target any of them, it's better to show sincerity."

"What do you mean by sincerity?"

"Mr. Calvin, I don't need to teach them how to deal with things that go wrong!" Li Yi said.

"Lee, I understand what you mean."

Then, he changed the subject and said again: "Lee, regarding this election, you seem to be very optimistic about Margaret?"

"Why do you say that?" Li Yi said lightly.

"As far as I know, all the stocks acquired by your team are from the Conservative Party or companies that support the Conservative Party. Doesn't this explain the problem?" Calvin said.

"Haha, how can you be sure that I bought the stocks of those companies because I am optimistic about Margaret, and not in order to control the entire company and thereby weaken the power of the Conservative Party?" Li Yi said.

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, he saw Calvin's face change.

At that moment, he looked at Li Yi seriously, and then said: "Li, is this really what you plan to do?"

"Mr. Calvin, you seem to care about this matter a lot. Can you tell me why?" Li Yi asked with interest.

After a brief silence, Calvin immediately said, "Lee, I came to see you today not only to mediate the conflict between you and Major and others, but also on behalf of the royal family, I want to ask you not to interfere in this election!"

"The royal family is worried that I will join forces with the Labour Party to deal with Margaret, and the Queen hopes that Margaret will be re-elected?" Li Yi said with interest.

"Yes, it is in the interest of the royal family that Margaret should be re-elected!"

Then Calvin said again: "If Mr. Li Yi promises not to form an alliance with the Labour Party, the royal family will reward him handsomely!"

Hearing this, the corners of Li Yi's mouth slightly raised. It would be a shame not to take advantage of the opportunity when it comes right to your doorstep.

Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.
(End of this chapter)