On the way to the reception room, Shen Fangzheng introduced Building No. 18 to Li Yi!
"Building 18 of the State Guesthouse is a comprehensive reception building. The overall appearance of this building imitates Ming-style architecture. It is antique and has some ancient charm in it!"
“There are a total of 25 guest rooms in the building, including an ultra-luxurious presidential suite, a luxurious suite and several standard rooms. Since many foreign heads of state or presidents visit China, they are basically arranged to stay in these 18 rooms. Building No. 18, so it is also called the "Presidential Building". According to incomplete statistics, the State Guesthouse has received more than 900 heads of state, of which about 600 have stayed in Building No. 18... "
Although Li Yi was considered an upper-class person with tens of billions of assets in his previous life, he didn't know these secrets, so he listened with interest at this time.
But it's a pity that the distance from the banquet hall to the reception room is very short, and it only takes a few minutes.
After arriving at the door of the living room, Shen Fangzheng stopped talking about these things, which gave Li Yi a feeling of unfinished business.
But when Shen Fangzheng opened the door, Li Yi was surprised to see Liang Bing sitting inside.
Seeing Li Yi and Shen Fangzheng come in together, Liang Bing stood up immediately, with a trace of doubt and surprise in his eyes.
Before she could speak, Shen Fangzheng said directly: "Comrade Liang Bing, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Li Yi, a senior adviser to the State Planning Commission and also our representative for the talks. You will be in charge of the whole process later." Comrade Li Yi’s translation!”
"Yes!" Liang Bing said skillfully.
Then, Shen Fangzheng said to Li Yi again: "Comrade Li Yi, this is Comrade Liang Bing, the translator we have prepared for you. She will accompany you throughout the next talks..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Yi said with a smile: "Director Shen needs no introduction. Teacher Liang is my wife's teacher. We have known each other before!"
"Hahaha, since we are acquaintances, it will be easier to talk!"
Then Shen Fangzheng said again: "You two will discuss the details of the meeting first, and I will go outside to greet the foreign guests."
"Okay, please do as you please!"
After Shen Fangzheng went out, Li Yi and Liang Bing looked at each other, and then they both laughed at the same time.
"What a coincidence. I didn't expect that the translator prepared for me would be Teacher Liang!"
Liang Bing also smiled and said, "Who says it's not the case? By the way, you'd better stop calling me Teacher Liang. It sounds like I'm much older than you. You're calling me old."
"Then what should I call you?"
"You are Xue'er's husband. I am older than you. You can call me Sister Liang or Sister Bing!"
"Okay, then I'll call you Sister Bing!"
"Okay, this sounds more friendly!"
Then Liang Bing said again: "I heard that the people you are meeting with today are the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Vice Admiral of the British Empire. Is there anything I need to remind you during the meeting..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Yi shook his head and said: "No need, you can translate whatever they say when the time comes. There is nothing to avoid!"
"OK..."
At this time, Li Yi changed his voice and asked again: "By the way, Sister Bing, when are you and your brother-in-law going to get married? Have you set a date?"
Liang Bing smiled and said, "Let's have summer vacation next year. What's wrong?"
Hearing this, Li Yi's heart suddenly "thumped".
He remembered that in his previous life, Liang Bing and his wife had an accident in August next year when they were traveling to northern Henan.
According to the case report at the time, the couple had just gotten married and went to northern Henan precisely for post-marriage travel.
Getting married in the summer vacation and traveling after the wedding in August, the timing is perfect.
If she didn't intervene, Liang Bing's husband would probably die.
Thinking of this, Li Yi stared at Liang Bing carefully, and then said seriously: "Sister Bing, if you believe me, it's best to advance the wedding date!"
"Why...why?" Liang Bing said with a puzzled look.
"To be honest, I have some research on physiognomy. Judging from your appearance, Sister Bing, you are not suitable for marriage next year. If you force marriage, I am afraid you will encounter disaster!" Li Yi said seriously.
Hearing this, Liang Bing was completely stunned.
It wasn't that she was frightened, but she was a little unresponsive.
After a while, she said: "You...you still believe this?"
"Believe it, I don't know if you believe it, Sister Bing?"
Liang Bing smiled and said, "I don't really believe this!"
As a university teacher and a devout party member, Liang Bing is a staunch atheist and does not believe in these ghosts and gods at all.
Li Yi did not continue to persuade her, but looked at her and said: "The sage said, respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. It's normal for Sister Bing not to believe it, but there are some things that you would rather believe or not. I say this to you. It’s better to go back and think about it carefully!”
"I..."
Liang Bing was about to say something when she heard a sound of footsteps coming from the corridor outside, and then the door of the living room was opened.
Then, under the gazes of Li Yi and Liang Bing, two men, two women, and four white people strode in from outside, followed by Shen Fangzheng.
After several people walked into the living room, the middle-aged man who accompanied them immediately introduced the identities of the people opposite to Li Yi, namely Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill, Vice Admiral Sander, Royal Bank Senior Vice President Lilia, and the translator. Delise.
At the same time, Li Yi also learned the identity of this middle-aged man - Han Zhenqiang, Deputy Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After introducing each other's identities, the two parties sat down on each side, and Han Zhenqiang also sat next to Li Yi.
As soon as he sat down, he heard Bill look at Li Yi and say: "Mr. Li Yi, I'm glad to meet you. I didn't expect that the financial genius who has done so many amazing things in our British Empire is so young!"
After listening to Liang Bing's translation, Li Yi immediately said: "Mr. Bill is so anxious to see me, isn't he just here to praise me? If so, then I am really honored!"
Bill can be the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his ability is beyond doubt. He knows that Li Yi is asking him to speak quickly and not waste each other's time.
Thinking of this, he immediately said again: "Mr. Li Yi, we have an appointment with you today mainly for two things."
"Those two things, please tell me!" Li Yi said lightly.
"The first thing is about the Sheffield United Steel Company. As you know, the steel company's production capacity accounts for more than 80% of the total output of our British Empire. This has affected our country's national defense security, so we are prepared to I wonder if you can part with me if I buy back the equity of this company!" Bill said.
"sure!"
However, the smile on Bill's face did not last for a few seconds, and was completely frozen by Li Yi's next words.
"In business terms, as long as your country can bid at 150% of the market premium, I agree to give you 95% of my shares!"
Then Li Yi continued: "In fact, it's not much, less than 20 billion pounds!"
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Bill's face froze, while Lilia's face suddenly turned dark.
Only the smile on the general's face remained unchanged, and there was even a hint of inexplicable emotion in his eyes.
"Mr. Li Yi, 20 billion pounds is really too high. We can't spend that much money to repurchase the equity of Sheffield Railway Company!" Bill said.
"20 billion is the minimum price. If you are willing to buy it, then buy it. If you are not willing, then let this matter go. Let's talk about the next topic!" Li Yi said domineeringly.
He knew that the purpose of these people was not the steel company at all. On the one hand, the importance of Sheffield Steel Company was far less important than they said. After all, the company was on their territory. If necessary, it would be nothing more than taking it back. A matter of words.
On the other hand, it is because Li Yi knows that the British imperial government is facing unprecedented financial difficulties. In the next year, the Iron Lady will lead economic reforms and then sell off state-owned enterprises to extend the government's life.
How can we spare 20 billion pounds to buy back a steel company when we are so poor that we are losing our pants?
He didn't want to quarrel with these ghosts, so he directly offered 20 billion to block them back, and then quickly got down to business.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Yi's words, several representatives of the British Empire on the opposite side suddenly became anxious...
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