Chapter 218 The More You Give, the More You Get
With the matter of the diamond group shares settled, Li Changheng finally has time to spend with Annie.
The two booked a private jet and spent a whole month in France, Spain, and Greece before returning to London at Philip's urging.
Had a family dinner at Buckingham Palace.
Annie pulled Li Changheng to take out the presents she bought for her family in the past month.
Philip and the others thought that each of them only had one or two gifts, but they didn't expect that Andrew and Charles, who had the fewest gifts, both received three.
As for Anne's mother, not to mention the whole set from headwear, earrings, necklaces to brooches, bracelets, and rings, all of them belonged to Tiffany.
However, to make his mother-in-law happy, Li Changheng didn't care that Anne actually spent 300,000 pounds this month.
After chatting for more than an hour, Philip hinted to Li Changheng that it was time to talk to Grosvenor about the land.
On October 23, 1969, Li Changheng and Annie drove to the Jockey Club more than 20 kilometers away from London.
After parking the car in the parking lot of the Jockey Club, I saw Steven, the head of Charles's bodyguard, walking quickly with two people to open the door for Annie.
Holding Annie's hand, Li Changheng smiled and asked Steven, "Is Grosvenor here?"
"Not yet, sir," Steven shook his head, "His Royal Highness Charles made an appointment at 10 am."
Li Changheng looked at the newly bought Patek Philippe couple watch. It was only 9:20 and he was indeed early.
Walking into the racecourse, standing on the terrace, you can see Charles in a jockey suit from a distance, riding a horse with a young girl, chasing each other and galloping on the track.
"Who is that girl?"
Steven shrugged, "Your Highness met Dame Bateman a week ago when he was playing cricket."
For those who have never heard of it, Li Changheng lost interest immediately.
Seeing Annie, who had changed into her knight uniform, riding a thoroughbred horse on the track, and Li Changheng, who was standing by the fence, couldn't help but think about the 35 million pounds in his hand, which could be invested in an aboveboard manner.
Such a large amount of money certainly cannot be put in the bank just to eat some interest, and England is now in the prelude to the recession in the 1970s. Small businesses are not easy to do, and good businesses are monopolized by large groups.
After much deliberation, he is still Qian Jingda from the United States, and he is more familiar with it.
It's a pity that the biggest problem facing the United States is that he may be selected by the conscription department and sent to Vietnam.
However, if you have money and are willing to spend money, there is still a turning point.
The only problem is who to find to bribe the head of the US military recruitment department.
Might have to ask Trench and Barney.
After thinking about it, it's better to ask the trenches. That guy Barney is a big soldier who is full of missions.
But Trenches is different. If you look at his body size, he must be a muscular man, but looking at his eyes, you can tell that this guy is definitely very cunning.
If not, just wait a year.
At that time, even if they were selected by the lottery, the probability of recruits going to Yuenan was very small.
Besides, there must be someone in the American army who will collect money.
The $10,000 in this era is more than the per capita annual income of big cities like New York and Los Angeles.
$100,000 is more than millions of dollars in the future.
I don't believe that those American military officers who are lieutenant colonels and colonels can block the bribery fees that are higher than their own wages for fifteen or twenty years.
Now that he has plans to return to the United States to invest, Li Changheng can't help thinking about how much money he has.
Because of the two transactions of the 2.1% shares with the shareholders of the Diamond Group, he easily laundered 35 million pounds of cash with the help of 7 shareholders.
Of course, this money was converted into U.S. dollars early in the morning, which was equal to the cash I could take out and use casually. It suddenly reached 140 million plus 59 million, which was 199 million U.S. dollars in cash and the remaining 5 million pounds in UBS.
Li Changheng patted his forehead and thought it was a bit messy to use the simplest way to calculate.
I had 59 million US dollars that I could put aside first.
To get a 5% stake in the Diamond Group with a market value of 1.6 billion pounds and a value of 80 million pounds, the payment was 35 million pounds and was secretly transferred to 7 shareholders through UBS.
In order to help Philip, who is on the bridge, to buy land near Hyde Park, at least 25 million pounds is needed.
The sum is 60 million pounds, which means that there are only 40 million left over the 100 million pounds.
Moreover, Li Changheng was willing to pay the money for the land.
After all, if Philip hadn't used the leverage he had in his hands, the shareholders of the Diamond Group, to coerce him, he would have gotten a 5% stake worth £80 million with £35 million, which would not have been so easy.
£100 million turned into £40 million in cash, plus shares worth £80 million.
Not only did he not lose money, but he made an extra 20 million pounds.
So this trip, Li Changheng was so generous to Annie that even she couldn't believe it.
£300,000 in just one month.
At 9:50 in the morning, when I was silently thinking about the good investment in the United States in the 1970s, I heard someone calling myself.
Looking back, I saw a young man with a height of about 1.8 meters and a thin body with a Beatles hairstyle popular in this era with Andrew.
Needless to say, the current Duke of Grosvenor, the richest man under the age of 30 in England, is also the largest landowner in London.
As soon as Andrew saw Li Changheng, he walked down the steps quickly, "Henry, it's great to see you, hahaha".
It's a pity that Li Changheng is not very willing to talk to him, "Did Oliver help me pay what I want to give you?"
Originally, Li Changheng didn't know whether Oliver had bought information from Andrew, but when this probing sentence came out, Andrew's face changed drastically.
Moreover, Li Changheng's half-smile expression looked at Andrew, who was trembling in his heart, and he stammered for a few seconds before replying.
"No, that's right, buddy, the amount is right, right."
After answering, being stared at by Li Changheng for a few times, Andrew subconsciously thanked, "Thank you, Henry, with that money, my life has obviously improved a lot during this time."
"It's fine if you're satisfied." Patting Andrew on the shoulder, Li Changheng lied with his eyes open, "If it wasn't for Annie's pleading, those absurd things you have done this month would have been exposed by the media in the United States and France.
Just be honest with me from now on, okay, buddy? "
"No, no problem, I promise there will be no next time."
Andrew, who didn't know that he was cheated, thought of attending that kind of carnival party more than once in this month, and suddenly thought a little bit, how much scandal did Li Changheng know about himself?
And Li Changheng can tell from Andrew's expression that he has definitely been absurd this month.
"Let me remind you, those garbage who are responsible for providing girls have liked to use floor-to-ceiling glass or large glass mirrors as cover at the party scene since the year before last.
Hide behind the mirror and take sneak shots of the rogue celebrities.
As far as I know, at least a dozen stupid and powerful people in England have been recruited. "
After finishing speaking, Li Changheng stretched out his hand to Andrew's face which changed greatly, and patted gently, "If you need help, you can ask me for help.
The fee is not high, the same as what you quoted Ofori, a million pounds at a time."
"Henry, Henry, stop playing with me, I apologize, I'm damned".
Andrew quickly grabbed Li Changheng's arm, "Dude, for Annie's sake, you must help me this time."
Now it was Li Changheng's turn to be surprised and surprised, frowning and waiting for him to ask, "Have you been threatened? Or have you really been photographed?"