Game within game: chess player

After getting in the car, Gorman put away his joking expression, took out a delicately packaged box from a cabinet, and then took out something like an earphone and handed it to Ye Fang, gesturing for him to put it on.

"I don't want to bring an interpreter. It's too troublesome to translate back and forth, and many things will be different when spoken by an interpreter. This is a simultaneous translator developed by the former Soviet Union, which is more powerful than the one currently used by the United Nations. It’s advanced, I can’t say 100% simultaneous interpretation, but it’s not a big problem for you to fully understand the content of the conversation.” Gorman said with a smile.

This was Ye Fang's first time wearing something like this. After putting it on, a male voice would speak simultaneously in his ear, and he could basically understand what the other person said.

"This thing is good!" Ye Fang sighed.

Gorman glanced at Ye Fang, laughed, and said, "I heard that the person in charge of China Entertainment is named Xu. Mr. Xu, do you just want to talk to me while wearing a mask?"

Ye Fang smiled slightly and took off his mask to reveal his true face. When Gorman saw Ye Fang's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect you to be so young. You should be about the same age as my son. Of course, I have many sons. Specifically, I have many sons." I can't figure out which one is as big as you." After speaking, Gorman laughed, and this smile immediately narrowed the distance between him and Ye Fang.

Ye Fang knew that the Gorman in front of him was a super plutocrat in Russia. His economic influence and ability to influence politics were unmatched by others. Although his private life is more arrogant and luxurious, in terms of work ability, he is also a business tycoon. Especially at this time, Ye Fang is not sure whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, what is the purpose of deliberately approaching him, or maybe he has already seen that Ye Fang Fang was the one who kidnapped that night. Ye Fang knew that it would not be easy to fool Gorman today.

"Mr. Gorman, if you have anything to say, just tell him." Ye Fang said straight to the point.

Gorman slowly put away his smile and said, "I am a business person with an eye and an ear. There are almost no mistakes in what I have seen or heard, so I think I should be right this time. You tell me Are you the one who kidnapped me that night? Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm just out of curiosity. If I don't figure this out, I won't be able to eat or sleep well. Can you understand that? A feeling?"

"Mr. Gorman is really curious." Ye Fang smiled and shook his head and said, "Yes, that person is me."

"Look, I said it was you! With your eyes and your voice, I knew that person was you!" Gorman laughed, but then his smile gradually faded and he asked again, "Tie me up." , why did you let me go again? You didn’t even ask for a penny of ransom. Oh, I remembered, you are not short of money. Why did you kidnap me if you were not short of money? I can’t understand this matter.”

"I said this was a misunderstanding. I kidnapped you because I thought you were going to kidnap my woman." Ye Fang said calmly.

"Your woman?!" Gorman gradually understood who the woman Ye Fang was talking about. If Ye Fang didn't mention it today, he would have forgotten it. He did talk about this woman that night, and then the people below may have sent someone to kidnap her, but Ye Fang killed her again, and then kidnapped Gorman himself. "These bastards! Trash! They did this kind of thing without telling me, and they almost got me involved!" Gorman cursed a few words, laughed, then took out two red wine glasses, filled them with wine, and said, "There is a Chinese saying As the old saying goes, we don’t get to know each other without fighting, and we don’t get to know each other without fighting today! You kidnapped me but didn’t break up the fight, which shows that you are worth being friends with! Come on! Do it!”

Ye Fang took the wine glass and clinked it with Gorman, and the two drank together.

"What kidnapping? Why didn't I know?" Xiang Yu asked in a low voice from the side.

"I'll tell you when I get back," Ye Fang said.

Xiang Yu rolled his eyes at Ye Fang, then found a place to sit quietly, his eyes always on Gorman's two bodyguards.

After a few glasses of wine, the distance between Ye Fang and Gorman immediately narrowed. For people like Gorman, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to catch his eye, but the Ye Fang in front of him exudes a temperament and has the courage to buy an aircraft carrier as a casino. This courage is definitely not ordinary. As much as possible, this gave Gorman a new understanding of Ye Fang's strength.

Ye Fang and Gorman chatted for a while in the RV. Gorman found that Ye Fang could chat in any industry, not just casinos. Gorman felt that Ye Fang's business was involved in everything. The industry is very complex, but Gorman can tell from the lines that Ye Fang attaches great importance to manufacturing. This is the same as the industry run by the Gorman family, which is heavy industry. Of course, this is also the foundation of Russian industry.

"Mr. Xu is also in the oil business?" Gorman asked curiously.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "But I am still a layman in this industry. I know that Mr. Gorman is in the oil industry, and you are my senior."

Gorman laughed and said loudly, "You talk about oil extraction and refining. I don't understand that stuff, but I know how to use oil to make money, and use money to make money. Let professional people do it, and I will do it." The only thing is to pay, pay! Brother! Let me tell you! Whoever has the say in oil in the future will have the power to price the entire world’s products! That’s what I’m doing now!”

Whoever has the right to speak about oil will have the right to price the entire world's products! This sentence gave Ye Fang a big trigger, but his small oil field probably didn't have enough say in it, and even the production capacity of the oil field had not reached the standard.

"By the way, where is your oil field?" Gorman asked.

"In South Africa!" Ye Fang replied.

"The best oil fields in South Africa should be in the Southern Gulf. Brother, your oil fields are not there, right?" Gorman asked.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "It's just that there is no large-scale mining due to technology, so a lot of production capacity is sleeping underground?"

Hearing what Ye Fang said, Gorman couldn't help but feel a little pity, and said directly, "If you need my help in oil extraction, tell me, and I can send you a few drilling teams first to increase your production." Come up. Oil is gold, it’s US dollars. It’s much easier to make money than opening a casino, and the most important thing is that it’s something you can get on the table.”

"Okay, if there is anyone who needs help, I will definitely contact you." Ye Fang and Gorman can be described as strangers now. He still doesn't know what kind of medicine Gorman sells in his gourd, so Ye Fang Seems very cautious.

Gorman, as an old fox in Jiuli Shopping Mall, naturally understood that if you want to hand over Ye Fang, you must let him see your sincerity, so he said, "I think you seem to be more concerned about the design drawings of the Vagrian. Holden and I Just say it and it should be fine.”

Ye Fang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Gorman said. Gorman did not hesitate to take out his cell phone and dial Holden in front of Ye Fang, directly explaining what he meant. The two people did not shy away from the arms transaction between them on the phone. Gorman promised to give Holden 100 million US dollars in private on behalf of Ye Fang, and the remaining 400 million US dollars would be handed over to the Ministry of National Defense. In this way, both public and private matters have been resolved. After getting benefits, Holden agreed happily and promised that Ye Fang could take away the design drawings tomorrow, but it would have to be at night.

For Ye Fang, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. Now that he has Gorman as a middleman, communication with Holden is basically barrier-free. Otherwise, it would be really inconvenient for Ye Fang to talk to him directly about some things. Horton said.

"Look, if you find the right person, can the problem be solved with just one phone call?" Gorman proudly raised the phone in his hand to Ye Fang.

"Thank you!" Ye Fang and Gorman clinked their wine glasses again, accepting Gorman's olive branch. Then Ye Fang also said, "Old Ge, if you need any help in China in the future, you can Just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you!"

"Old Ge?!" Gorman liked this title very much, which showed that Ye Fang no longer rejected him, so he laughed and said, "Okay, then shall we be friends from now on?"

"Friends! Of course they are friends." Ye Fang said with a smile.

"If you are a friend, I will give you a gift." As he spoke, Gorman opened another drawer and took out a beautifully packaged box. When he opened the box, he saw a golden pistol. "This pistol was specially customized by me in the Ukrainian military factory. The defective rate was too high. In the end, only three were successfully customized. Now I will give you one as a testimony of our great friendship!" Gorman said, holding the pistol. He picked it up and handed it to Ye Fang. Taking the pure gold pistol, Ye Fang felt that it was more beautifully made than He Chaoqiong's.

"Thank you, Lao Ge! I accepted the gift, I like it very much." Ye Fang said.

"It's a pity that I don't have anything to give you now. When I return to China, I will give you something, I guarantee you will like it." Ye Fang said confidently.

"Okay, then I'll wait." Gorman laughed.

The two people chatted in the car like this for more than an hour, so that in the end the motorcade stopped on the side of the road in a park. Everyone quietly gathered around the RV and waited for the two people to finish the conversation.

Ye Fang and Gorman were chatting about oil, and the topic of oil exports to China came up. When Ye Fang asked Gorman why his oil was not exported to China, Gorman looked helpless and replied "This involves a lot of geopolitics, including transportation costs and quota allocation for exports to China, which is quite complicated. In terms of transportation costs, the cost of exporting to China is much higher than what we export to Europe. China's current oil imports are mainly It’s still Saudi Arabia. Although Russia’s oil also accounts for a part, the proportion is too small. It would be great if one day an oil transportation pipeline from Russia to China could be opened.”

The aspect of oil involves not only economics, but also political science. For oil, a national strategic reserve material, it is the upper management who has the final say on how to adjust it, and it is not the turn of private companies to express their opinions at all.

"Brother, in fact, no matter who you sell to, it is ultimately for profit. Your oil field needs to build production capacity as soon as possible, so that you can have the opportunity to participate in the competition for oil pricing power. Although South Africa's oil production is not as good as Saudi Arabia and Russia, South Africa's oil The quality is good and the oil production rate is the highest in the world. From this point of view, your oil field is a real gold oil field. I am currently uniting several major oil sellers in the northern hemisphere to form a private organization similar to OPEC. In the future, we will use the same oil field. Let’s speak loudly to the outside world, so that we can ensure our greatest economic interests.” Gorman said solemnly.

Ye Fang didn't expect Gorman's appetite to be so big that he dared to start a mini-OPEC on his own. Wouldn't this be an easy target for Western countries in the future?

When Ye Fang asked his question, Gorman laughed and said, "Don't worry, behind such private obstruction are the interests of various countries. It is said that it is easy to enjoy the shade against a big tree. No one is willing to put his own economic lifeline at risk." Leave it to other people. Unofficial organizations like ours are what many countries are happy to see. Only through competition can we produce low prices and not be arbitrarily extorted by others."

"But my oil field is too small, so I'm afraid it won't be of much help to your organization." Ye Fang said.

"As long as the output of your oil field increases, it doesn't need to be more than [-] to [-] barrels per day, you will definitely be qualified!" Gorman asserted.

"Okay, I'll try my best! After I finish dealing with Wagarian's matter, I will continue to invest in increasing oil field production." Ye Fang said.

"That's right! Oil is a career that men should play in!" Gorman said, patting Ye Fang on the shoulder.

It was already dark when Ye Fang came out of Gorman's RV. This old guy Gorman was really good at talking. As soon as he heard that Ye Fang had an oil field, he tried his best to get Ye Fang to join him. However, joining this organization does no harm to Ye Fang. On the one hand, he can learn a lot of management experience in this area, and on the other hand, he can also meet a group of big guys who can influence the world. These are rare human resources for Ye Fang. .

"When did you own the oil field? Did you lie to that old Russian man?" Xiang Yu asked as he followed Ye Fang.

"I don't need to report to you whether I have an oil field, right? Have you forgotten your job responsibilities again?" Ye Fang sneered.

"Now I realize that you lie all the time. You brag to others that you have oil fields. If they know that the money you spent to buy the casino belongs to the country, how will you get it back?" Xiang Yu now identified Ye Fang. He pretends to be a wolf with a big tail and uses the country's money to cheat outside. Now he even dares to cheat foreign oil tycoons.

Ye Fang chuckled and did not explain to Xiang Yu, but continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back. Xiang Yu was holding the box containing the golden pistol while Su Long and the others looked around nervously.