Spring Thunder Chapter 0250 Old Turtle Grandson, Little Fox
Pan American wanted to gain a foothold in the United States, so it was inevitable that the Cocos family would take advantage of it.
Most of the richest people in the United States are of Jewish descent, and a small number are of Irish descent. Alexander has both ancestry. Although the Kokos family is not the most powerful, it can integrate into both circles.
When good things happen, people may not necessarily play with the Cocos family, but when good things happen to the Cocos family, they will give in as long as it does not harm their own interests.
When something good happens, they will talk to the Kokos family about bloodline and inheritance, and the benefits must be shared by everyone, not just your family.
Everyone can sit down together and talk, and divide the interests through negotiation, instead of directly positioning the Kokos family as the "opponent", using all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to defeat them, and then everyone can share the profits.
What Nan Yi needs is the "negotiation power" of the Cox family, which means that other people can regard him as a marginal person among "their own people". This is enough for him. The gap has been opened, and which circle he can squeeze into depends on his own ability.
As night fell, after a grand dinner, Scarlett took him out.
Go and see where she played as a child, which was her secret base and where her secrets were hidden, nothing more than some dolls and the like.
I also climbed up her tree house. Scarlett said that she would come and repair it every year, so there would be no problem with safety.
After lighting the candles, the two sat on the edge of the tall tree house and listened to Scarlett talk about her mother's past. The moon was hiding in the dark clouds that looked like red spider lilies, making the warmth of this moment a little mysterious.
"Adam, I miss my mom."
"Our next stop is Las Vegas. We'll see you soon."
"No, I miss my past mother." Scarlett rested her head on Nan Yi's shoulder and said, "My current mother is different from my past mother."
Nan Yi stroked Scarlett's hair and said, "Actually, your mother is still the same, but you have changed. You have grown up, and you are going to be a mother."
Taking a look at Scarlett's belly, Nan Yi was filled with mixed emotions. It cost him half his life to plant this seed.
"Yes, I'm going to be a mother, and my baby will be born in April or May next year."
"Well, our first little piglet is about to be born."
"Are you talking about your zodiac signs?"
"Yes, those born next year are born in the Year of the Pig."
“Pigs are good. Pigs in our culture represent a gluttonous and lazy image. What a drudgery like a pig; like catching a pig covered in grease, to describe the impossible; in the eyes of a pig, to describe the impossible.
You see, pigs are not a threat at all in the eyes of others, so it will be much easier for them to do things.”
"Well, pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger."
As they chatted, they accidentally triggered the hexagram teleportation array on the ground, and with a whoosh, they arrived in Las Vegas. However, this "whoosh" lasted for a day and a half.
Las Vegas, Southwest District, this is an old wealthy area. The area is lush with pine and palm trees, and the environment is very elegant. There is even a small river flowing through the area.
The stream was not big, only two meters wide, but when Nan Yi walked past it, he found that the water was extremely clear, without any impurities in it.
It was only after Scarlett's reminder that he realized that the source of the stream was the tap.
Walking further in, you can see some bare trees without any leaves on the treetops. Nan Yi can't tell what kind of trees they are.
After passing through some houses that were not as beautiful as those in the rural areas of China in the late 1990s, we came to an iron general. Through the iron fence, we could see the green trees guarded by the iron general.
The reason why the rich area is called a rich area is not because of the houses, but because of the four words "green trees". Las Vegas is a city built in the desert. You can imagine how high the maintenance cost of green plants is.
The Iron General was opened and she was led through the path between the lawns to the main building, where she met Scarlett's mother, Miranda Adelson.
Compared to facing Alexander, Nan Yi felt much more relaxed facing Scarlett's mother Miranda. There were no open or covert attacks, nor did he turn into a cannibal with a bloody mouth, wishing to eat up the entire Nan family.
During the conversation, Nan Yi was distracted and fantasized about meeting Liu Zhen's mother.
"Look, take a good look, this is top quality human flesh, three fingers of fat. We won't sell it unless you pay 8,888 per pound."
"Then we have to talk it over. I'm buying it to give birth. Its pelvis is too small, so it's hard for it to give birth. It's skinny, so it can't do any work without some strength. Its teeth... its teeth are okay, but it definitely needs some food. How about this, 88 yuan a pound, I'll buy it all."
Miranda chatted with Nan Yi for a few words, and then told Scarlett about the precautions for pregnancy. She explained it in great detail, using the example of when she was pregnant with Scarlett and comparing it with what she was pregnant with now.
That’s right, Nan Yi’s future mother-in-law is also pregnant.
As the mother and daughter were chatting, a middle-aged man walked into the living room. He first flirted with Miranda, then with Scarlett, and then said to Nan Yi, "Adam, welcome."
"Thank you, Mr. Adelson."
Stephen Adelson, a Las Vegas casino tycoon, owns several casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. He is also one of the major shareholders of the Venetian.
"Come to my cigar room and taste my private collection," Stephen invited.
"I'm sorry, but I don't smoke cigarettes or cigars."
"That's a pity. Life would be boring if you don't know how to smoke cigars." Stephen shrugged and said, "Then go and have a look at my wine collection. I have a large wine room with a lot of good wines."
"OK."
Nan Yi nodded and followed Stephen. Looking at the wine collection was just an excuse. Stephen obviously wanted to talk to him about something. Coincidentally, Nan Yi also wanted to have a good chat with Stephen.
Entering the wine room, Stephen pulled out a bottle of wine from the wine rack. "1907 Piper-Heidelberg champagne, I call it the Ship of Silence. An accident occurred on the way to the Soviet Union, and a batch of 4,000 bottles of champagne sank to the bottom of the sea.
I heard the news from a gambler, so I sent people to the shipwreck site to salvage the bottle. Only 2,000 bottles were salvaged and placed here, and the remaining 2,000 bottles were left sinking in the sea.
I opened a few bottles and they tasted good. If you like them, you can take a few bottles away."
"Thank you so much."
Stephen shared a little secret with Nan Yi, but he didn't say what would happen to the 2,000 bottles of champagne still sunk in the sea. His subtext was to tell Nan Yi that everyone was smart and should be frank in the conversation later.
Stephen then showed Nan Yi several bottles of wine, such as Romanee-Conti, Leroy, Lumière, Henri Jay, Liberté, etc., all of which were from the world's top wineries and the best vintages.
Stephen is showing off his financial resources and connections. Some wines are so high-end that you can't just get them with money, you also need strong connections.
The winery will only sell its collection to you if they think you are a big shot who can improve their status.
Of course, if you are willing to pay tens of millions of dollars for a bottle of wine, the winery will kneel down to you. Isn't it to make money to raise your status? It doesn't matter who makes money, but they just want to make money without doing anything.
"Adam, I want the shares of Scarlett Gold Mine Company. How much can you sell to me?"
“5%.”
"What's the price?"
"700 million."
Nan Yi gave up 50 million, and Scarlett's external valuation was 1.5 billion US dollars to buy 10% of the shares. Of course, this price is not available to everyone. Nan Yi and Scarlett will inject 5% of the shares into the Scarlett Fund, which has not yet appeared, and sell them to retail investors with a total valuation of 2.5 billion.
A gold mining company, this couple is planning to do something special.
"What are the conditions?"
Stephen doesn't believe that Nan Yi gave Miranda away for free. Americans make a clear distinction between business and life, and they won't give someone a free gift just because of a little family affection. Whatever happens, happens.
At most, if there is an opportunity, they will think of their relatives and friends first, which is the so-called nepotism.
"I know that many gamblers will throw their high-quality assets onto the gambling table when they lose money, and many of them will eventually fall into your hands. I want to have the right of first refusal for those that you don't want to hold."
Nan Yi's condition was not excessive at all. For Stephen, there was no loss at all. If he didn't want it, it didn't matter who he sold it to.
"Deal." Stephen agreed straightforwardly, and then said, "I have plenty of cash on hand. You can contact me anytime if you need financing."
"certainly."
Apart from banks, only casino operators have a lot of cash. A gambling tycoon worth 10 billion can take out tens of billions in minutes.
If you do anything else, the little liquid funds in the account will have to go somewhere. You may have to mobilize funds from several subsidiaries to buy a yacht; if you buy a building, you have to ask the bank's senior executives to come out and give you a massage.
The conversation between Nan Yi and Stephen was very brief. The deal worth hundreds of millions was settled in just a few words. The rest was up to the lawyers of both parties.
"Come to my casino tonight and I'll have someone get you some chips." Stephen said as the two men walked out of the wine room.
"Then I'll go and see it for myself."
At night, Nan Yi and Scarlett really went to the casino to play. Stephen was quite generous and prepared 200,000 US dollars in chips for each of them.
However, Nan Yi's behavior was very grandson-like. He and Scarlett played a few rounds at a blackjack table, and then Nan Yi took the chips to the exchange place to exchange them. He deposited most of the money into Scarlett's account and kept 21,000 in cash for himself.
He changed all the thousand into cents, and he and Scarlett played three slot machines each. After all the coins were used up, they didn't win the jackpot, but they did waste a lot of time.
At midnight, the two men, who had used up all their coins, left the casino. The casino security supervisor, who had been watching in the monitoring room, told Stephen the news.
Stephen heard the news and smiled, “Two shameless little foxes.”
"This old fox with sinister intentions is giving me chips. What's the difference between this and a video hall owner inviting his relatives' children to watch 'inserts' in his video hall?" Nan Yi, who was walking out of the casino, also complained in his heart at the same time.
Those who run casinos are all very generous and kind-hearted people. Given the relationship between Nan Yi and Stephen, let alone 200,000 chips, even 20 million would be fine, as long as Nan Yi is not such a grandson and can just exchange the chips for money and take them away.
"Hehe, I'm not afraid of you winning, I'm just afraid that you won't come next time. As long as you come again, sooner or later there will be a day when you kneel on the ground and beg me."
This sentence is a true reflection of the inner thoughts of people like Stephen.
