It's still in Yang Dongxu's study, but this time the person sitting opposite Yang Dongxu is no longer Natasha, but with a smile on her face, and she looks like a gentle scholar at first glance. But when I tasted it carefully, I felt that the smile of the old fox Ivan was a bit cunning.
Before, Ivan sent Natasha saying that he would go back after tasting Yanjing's delicacies, but Yang Dongxu didn't take it seriously at all. Facts also proved that Ivan was just looking for an excuse to leave at that time, not because Natasha had just reached an agreement with Yang Dongxu yesterday to leave Yanjing. Ivan went straight to the goal with his back foot.
"Aren't you afraid that I will drive you out with a broom?" Yang Dongxu stared at Ivan with an unkind look on his face.
"Your godfather and I are good friends. You won't suffer any loss if you call me grandpa." Ivan looked at Yang Dongxu with a smile on his face, and kept rubbing his palms on the handle of the Taishi chair under his buttocks.
With the continuous cooperation with Yang Dongxu over the years, Ivan has gradually collected a lot of antiques from China, in addition to those from the Soviet Union and Europe that are more in line with his aesthetics. Especially in the past two years, the prices of Chinese antiques have shown signs of skyrocketing. Ivan almost regards collecting Chinese antiques as an investment.
So whenever he has the opportunity to enter Yang Dongxu's study, his little eyes are always suspicious. After all, except for some relatively sensitive things placed in the basement, the items in Yang Dongxu's study range from a small ornament on the table to large tables, chairs and benches, which are undoubtedly not high-quality products. Even the teacups used for drinking tea are all blue and white porcelain.
"Then you feel that you owe me, a junior, this time when you return, and your conscience shows that you are ready to share some benefits with me?" Yang Dongxu turned over when Ivan directly pulled him to his godfather's generation and sat in the elder's seat. Roll your eyes.
"You know my country is not peaceful right now, and my life is a bit precarious now. As for money, you have much more money than me now..."
"Stop, stop, stop, just pretend I didn't say this. If you have something to say, I'd like to ask you if you have nothing to do. I still have a bunch of things waiting to be dealt with." Seeing Ivan shamelessly starting to pretend to be pitiful, Yang Dongxu knew If Natasha could get some benefits out of Ivan if she tried to figure it out in front of Natasha, if she missed this point, there would be no chance at all.
"Don't feel so wronged. You didn't suffer this time, right?" Seeing that Yang Dongxu really had the attitude of chasing people away with a broom, Ivan stopped teasing him.
"You know my bottom line." Yang Dongxu glanced at Ivan.
He did not suffer any loss from this cooperation. Not only did he not suffer any loss, but he also made a fortune. But this is not the reason why Ivan sold himself directly.
"I know the scruples, but this is just a simple cooperation. Besides, you will definitely need some friends with status when you grow up. This is the foundation you must have if you want to move up." Ivan Lianlian There was still a smile on his face, but now his smile was no longer cunning, but more serious.
He knew Yang Dongxu's worries, so he never asked Yang Dongxu to accept anything sensitive. This time it only touched Yang Dongxu's bottom line and brought someone with a relatively sensitive identity, but Ivan knew the depth of it very well, so he brought people to the door.
"Having anything to do with politicians is more troublesome than being with a commercial fraudster." Yang Dongxu frowned.
No matter how active he has been in business over the years, he has always maintained a bottom line, which is not to get involved in politics. Even if he has to get involved, he will do it cleanly and not be contaminated with anything, because he knows it in his heart. With his small body, any small disturbance is enough to break him to pieces.
"Don't worry, it really won't be that troublesome this time." Ivan assured again.
"Why did you come back to see me?" Yang Dongxu glanced at Ivan, not worrying about this matter.
Just because he expressed his dissatisfaction just now was to draw boundaries for Ivan. Tell him that he is very unhappy about such a thing. If similar things happen in the future, the cooperation between the two of them will be over. So now that Ivan understood what he meant, Yang Dongxu naturally stopped saying more.
"Is there still hope for the Soviet Union now?" Ivan asked extremely seriously.
"I'm not a god. If you ask me, who should I ask?" Yang Dongxu glanced sideways at Ivan.
"It seems there is no hope." Ivan sighed and slumped into the chair, seeming to have aged ten years.
Yang Dongxu frowned, staring at Ivan, his brain working rapidly. Ivan's sudden appearance must have frightened him a bit.
It was not that Ivan was frightened by his prediction of the outcome of the Soviet Union, but the meaning expressed by Ivan's words seemed to get some information from him. He had the feeling of being stripped naked and looked at completely in an instant. A complete feeling.
"We have already made the final plan, haven't we?" Ivan didn't seem to notice Yang Dongxu's strangeness, and said as if talking to himself.
This suddenly made Yang Dongxu even more confused. He didn't know that Ivan, the old fox, really saw something in himself. Or is it just a sentiment?
The study fell into silence.
I don't know how long it took, but when Yang Dongxu's brows and brain were working rapidly, his brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and he felt no pain at all. Ivan, who seemed to have had his backbone suddenly ripped away, seemed to have come back to his senses.
"Do you want to cooperate again?" Ivan's eyes flashed with a little madness.
This kind of madness is not the suppressed explosion of a person in a desperate situation, nor is it the hysteria of a gambler. It is an extremely greedy possessive desire that suddenly bursts out when a person sees that many things may be divided up by other people.
"You know, I hate trouble." Yang Dongxu looked at Ivan particularly seriously, and the two looked at each other.
“Risk does not equal trouble.”
"But I can draw an equal sign here." Yang Dongxu slowly began to think about whether to completely break off from Ivan.
In the past, he still cooperated with Ivan even though he knew that something might be involved. That was because he needed help from the Soviet Union. Now, whether it’s money or the talents we want, we even spent a lot of money to buy a lot of technologies that may have golden eggs. His need for the Soviet Union is no longer necessary, nor is it as urgent as before.
So if he and Ivan can still maintain the same tacit understanding as before, then it's okay to cooperate occasionally. But now Ivan didn't know what kind of stimulation he received, and it was obvious that something was wrong. Even such a deep old fox became a little crazy, which made him feel a little hairy behind his back.
"Several of my old friends have been brought to court for some reasons, and some...have been executed." Ivan said slowly, seemingly reading something from Yang Dongxu's eyes.
Yang Dongxu said nothing but still looked at Ivan, but his brain was running rapidly. But after searching through all the memories about the later Soviet Union in his mind, he still couldn't find any clues. After all, in his previous life, he lived at the bottom of society, and many things were just for fun, and some inside stories were beyond his knowledge.
"I may be a little greedy for money, but those who love the country as deeply as I do, their patriotism is not dirty at all, but they..." Tears began to twinkle in Ivan's eyes.
Yang Dongxu still didn't speak, but his brain was making quick calculations. Judging from the information expressed by Ivan, it is obvious that the interior of the Soviet Union is worse than what is revealed now. It has even killed those who may be heroes, and even extremely important people.
When he was reading some international history before, he had seen such things in the history of the Soviet Union after World War II. After the end of World War II, many Soviet generals and even marshals with great military achievements did not fall to the enemy's gunfire, but died in the hands of their own people. As for what is happening now, I wonder if there will be any historical records left for future generations to see.
"Work together again, and as long as you succeed, you will have inexhaustible wealth and even become the richest person in the world." Ivan stared at Yang Dongxu and said.
At this moment, Yang Dongxu's eyes fluctuated. Although he had his own bottom line, in the end he was just a mortal. When faced with extremely huge temptations, they will also be tempted, even impulsive.
However, whether it is heartbeat or impulsiveness, Yang Dongxu is like a little fox in a strange environment. Although he is full of curiosity about everything, he never goes deep into it or even tests anything. He just watches and observes from a distance. With.
"The Soviet Union's economy may collapse." Ivan added another huge weight.
When it comes to the Soviet Union's economy, it has no sense of existence in the minds of many people in later generations. When people think of the Soviet Union, the first thing that comes to mind is the stupid and bulky military equipment of the fighting nation. As for the economy, it seems to be a joke.
But the current Soviet Union is a superpower in the world. Even if its economic strength is not as good as that of the United States, it is not comparable to China or even Europe. If you can make a fortune when it collapses, the world's richest man Ivan said is really not a joke. After all, this is the economy of a superpower.
"If the cake is too big, it will overwhelm you. If the alliance manages to eat the cake, you probably won't be able to enjoy it." Yang Dongxu clung to the last trace of reason in his heart.
Ivan's proposal was tempting, but also crazy. With Yang Dongxu's current capital, even if Ivan is added, it will be just a small fish and shrimp that cannot make any waves.
Of course, finding someone to join forces can cut a bigger cake, but that would be equivalent to being on Russia's blacklist in future generations. He didn't want to have to carry a group of bodyguards with him wherever he went in the future, and be taken care of by the KGB from time to time.
At the same time, he has the memory of rebirth and is good at investment direction, but for this kind of pure economic operation, he is not as good as a newcomer who has just started working.
"What if I choose the same cooperation model as Natasha?" Ivan looked at Yang Dongxu and asked calmly.
This question made Yang Dongxu's heartbeat, which had not been easily suppressed, surge again.
The cooperation model with Natasha is very simple, that is, Yang Dongxu provides investment direction, and then Natasha finds someone to invest. Then Yang Dongxu will get a commission for every money earned. As for the investment failure, both of them are very clever. This topic was avoided.
This kind of cooperation is currently beneficial to both. The benefit to Yang Dongxu is that the risk is naturally very small. After all, he only provides an investment direction and does nothing.
For Natasha, she can only rest assured when she handles her own money. At the same time, although she has some confidence in Ivan's introduction, neither she nor the people behind her can trust Yang Dongxu 100%. The reason why she came all the way here is just to have another basket for eggs, so this Both people are very satisfied with this way of cooperation.
If this cooperation model is also applied to Ivan...
Although he does not understand pure economic operations, he understands the specific development direction of Soviet politics in the future, and a country's economy is undoubtedly inseparable from the economy.
