Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0426: Business is inseparable from politics
Since the meeting was held at Boleyn Castle, Boleyn Investment has been operating in an orderly manner. Its office is on the 25th floor of Fleet Square Building, east of St. Paul's Cathedral and next to Canary Wharf.
The office area is neither big nor small, about 300 square meters. Nan Yi does not have a separate office there, but there is a small space reserved for him at Catherine's big desk. If he goes there, he will have a place to handle official business.
On the third day after the meeting, Nan Yi and Wu Zaisheng went to Juelu Street to look at some stores and decided on the address of the Sichuan restaurant. Then, Nan Yi and Wu Zaisheng went to the office of Bolin Investment Holdings separately.
There was not only one person in Catherine's office. Besides Catherine, there was also a bald middle-aged man.
It seems a bit strange to use the word bald to describe a man from the Eagle Country. Baldness is so common in the Eagle Country that at least half of the middle-aged men are bald.
"Adam, why are you here just now? Senator Afari has been waiting for a long time." As soon as Nan Yifu walked into the office, Catherine complained in a formal manner.
"I'm so sorry, Senator Afari, I've kept you waiting for so long." Following Catherine's words, Nan Yi walked up to Ayman Afari with an apologetic expression.
Aiman Afari stood up from his chair and shook hands with Nan Yi enthusiastically, "Mr. Adam, it's okay. I had a very pleasant chat with Earl Boleyn."
Aiman Afari, a member of the Eagle Nation's lower house.
The House of Commons was formerly called the House of Commons. As the name suggests, the members of the House of Commons must be of commoner origin.
"Catherine, pour us two glasses of rum." While Nan Yi was speaking, he also glanced at Ayman Afari, as if asking for his opinion.
Ayman Afari nodded.
"OK."
Catherine poured a glass of wine for each of them. Nan Yi took the glass and invited Aiman Afari to sit on the sofa. "Mr. Afari, how many years have you been a member of parliament?"
Except for the bald head that directly exposed his age, Aiman Afari looked very young today. This gave Nan Yi, who knew his age, the illusion that he was not that old.
"Mr. Adam, it's been nine years." Alfari said with a smile.
"Oh, it's been a long time. It's time to take another step up." Nan Yi nodded and said.
Before the Boleyn family completely declined, they had always supported Ayman Afari behind the scenes. However, when the last bit of the Boleyn family's wealth was exhausted, the relationship between the two sides naturally became distant.
Ever since he heard the news of Catherine's acquisition of Chelsea Club, Ayman Afari took the initiative to find Catherine again, and his intention to restore friendship was very obvious.
Naturally, Nan Yi asked someone to collect his information. After reading the information, Catherine told Ayman Afari Nan Yi's name, which led to their meeting today.
"Of course, I have always felt that working for the benefit of Londoners is my life's goal and I have signed up to run in next year's London mayoral election."
"That's great. I heard from Catherine that the quality of life of London residents has declined a lot recently. London's economy is not very prosperous. Someone is needed to come forward and issue some preferential policies to improve London's economic situation."
"The problem will definitely be improved. My policy is to increase corporate profits, provide preferential conditions for foreign-invested companies, and boost employment. Only when employment increases and citizens have jobs will their incomes get higher and higher."
Ayman Afari's prepared campaign slogan: increase corporate profits and create employment.
His slogan is in line with the current environment. Since the middle of last year, London's unemployment rate has increased rapidly, and many people have lost their jobs, causing dissatisfaction with the London City Government.
Nan Yi shook the wine glass in his hand and clinked it with Ayman Afari.
Aiman Afari took a sip of wine and continued, "Although I am running for election, the other candidates are very strong. I am not 100% sure and need some support."
Ayman Afari belongs to the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party is not optimistic about his participation in next year's London mayoral election. The current London Mayor Bobby Wesley is not very supportive of him either. It is all because Ayman Afari does not have the support of big companies, so the Conservative Party is unwilling to give him too many resources.
This is why Ayman Afari is eager to restore his friendship with Catherine.
“Although Bolin Investment Holdings is a start-up, we are happy to help enthusiastic people like you who are willing to consider the London Citizens’ Plan.”
Nan Yi’s words were very vague and he didn’t say how he supported it.
It was just the first time they met, so it was impossible to ask Nan Yi to promise to give me money or people.
Aiman Afari was not in a hurry either. This kind of thing could not be accomplished in one go. It took a process to understand each other. By meeting Nan Yi today, he had achieved his goal.
There is a long time to come, and he believes that Nan Yi will need him. This is something that both Nan Yi and he understand. The next time they meet, they can talk in more depth.
After the test, the two began to talk about the weather in London. After talking about the weather, they talked about the traffic in London. When they finished talking about the traffic, Ayman Afari said goodbye.
"Adam, what do you think of this Afari?"
After sending Aiman Afari away, Catherine asked Nan Yi.
"I don't have any opinion for now. He's just an ordinary politician. I'll consider whether to make friends with him after I meet him a few more times."
"My father was very optimistic about him back then. Although the Bolin family was already in trouble at that time, they still squeezed out funds to support him. However, what he did later made me a little disappointed. After my father left and the Bolin family declined, he never contacted me again."
"That's normal. It's a relationship of mutual benefit. You can't expect too much from him." Nan Yi patted Catherine's shoulder, hugged her in his arms, and stroked her hair with the tip of his nose.
"Adam, are we also in a relationship of mutual exploitation?"
"Yes." Nan Yi said with a smile.
"snort!"
Catherine was very dissatisfied with Nan Yi's answer.
Once a woman has sex with a man, a lot of sensibility will be added to the rationality. In addition to maintaining a cooperative relationship, other more complex factors are added to the relationship.
Speaking of feelings, it doesn’t seem that pure. It’s quite complicated and Nan Yi finds it a little hard to figure out.
"I use you to bear my child, and you use me to get you pregnant. We are in a friendly, collaborative relationship, where we have children together."
"Cooperate in raising offspring?"
"Yeah, isn't this what you wanted?"
"No, I just need you to let me get pregnant and raise the child. I will do it alone."
"Okay, you have the final say."
If Catherine really gets pregnant, how could Nan Yi leave her to raise the child alone? His child must of course be raised and educated by him.
"The castle still retains the cradle I slept in and the toys I played with when I was a child. If I had given birth to a girl, I would given her the cradle and the toys. When she grows up, I would have taken her to the grass to play, chasing dragonflies and catching butterflies..."
Blah blah, Catherine talked about her childhood from being hungry to her teenage years.
Nan Yi could tell that she was not talking about "children", but was recalling her own childhood.
