Game within game: chess player

The manor's castle was very large, and it was easy to arrange the people brought by Ye Fang. Gorman accompanied Ye Fang to eat some midnight snacks and reminded him about the meeting procedures tomorrow, and then left. Ye Fang took a day's flight, freshened up, and went to bed. On fire.

The founding meeting of the R organization the next day, and the first meeting, was scheduled for [-] p.m. because President Putin had an important meeting in the morning. What makes Ye Fang strange is that standing on the castle overlooking the entire manor, he can't see the guests Gorman mentioned. On the contrary, the entire manor is always in a tense atmosphere, with men in black patrolling every corner of the manor.

Especially after the afternoon, the security of the manor was doubled. Ye Fang knew that Russian President Vladimir Putin was coming soon.

Sure enough, a staff member invited Ye Fang to attend the meeting and told Ye Fang to go alone. Others must stay in the room and cannot come out and walk around.

Ye Fang asked Leng Chuan to arrange his men, and he followed the staff out of the room and walked towards another room in the castle. This castle has been built for who knows how many years. Just looking at the wall tiles of the castle is a hundred years old, and the purple-red carpet covers every corner of the castle. Soon Ye Fang came to a huge, semi-open room in the castle. To Ye Fang's surprise, it was not a usual conference room, but more like a large terrace.

A total of fourteen purple-red single tables are arranged in a circle. There is an oven in front of each table, with a charcoal fire on it and iron brackets on both sides.

"Is this a BBQ?" The staff guided Ye Fang to sit down at a table.

Soon other guests came to the terrace and sat in front of the table. Everyone had the same surprised expression as Ye Fang, and then sat down quietly.

Sitting next to Ye Fang was a young man wearing a white Middle Eastern robe. He had a beard. He was not handsome, but he was very good-looking. Ye Fang speculated that this person should be the Prince Zayed of Abu Dhabi mentioned by Gorman. As for the others, they were all wearing crisp suits, as if they were solemn for this meeting. Ye Fang looked at his casual clothes again, it seemed that A little too casual.

"Hello, my name is Zayed!" Zayed greeted in proficient English.

"Hello, my name is Ye Nanfang!" Ye Fang stretched out his hand and shook Zayed's hand politely.

Perhaps there was a delay in simultaneous translation, but Zayed was stunned for a moment before suddenly saying, "So you are the good brother Gorman said. Nice to meet you."

"Me too." Ye Fang replied with a smile.

At this time, Zayed glanced at the six empty tables opposite and said, "It seems that the most important guests haven't arrived yet."

"It should be soon!" As soon as Ye Fang finished speaking, a group of people walked in. Ye Fang recognized Putin at a glance and the little man in the middle was Putin. Ye Fang had seen Putin in newspapers and on TV. At that time, Putin gave Ye Fang the impression of a domineering and powerful man. But when Ye Fang met Putin face to face for the first time, he deeply felt the oppression coming from Putin. Putin was unsmiling at work and always gave people a feeling of being distant from others.

Even people around him rarely see Putin when he smiles. For those who surround him every day, the slight curling of the corners of Putin's mouth means he is smiling, but there are almost no times when he laughs like ordinary people, especially After he became president of Russia.

This time, Putin, accompanied by Gorman and other plutocrats, walked into the room like a star holding the moon. The eight people sitting at the table quickly stood up and greeted him, while Ye Fang and Zayed left. at the end.

Ye Fang noticed that Gorman also walked last in front of these oil and gas plutocrats. From the order and distance, one can see the strength of the plutocrats, and the other is the closeness between these people and Putin. Far and near. Gorman also followed at the end. After seeing Ye Fang and Zayed, Gorman nodded tacitly, and the two responded with smiles.

Everyone came forward to shake hands with Putin one by one. Their introducers were carefully explaining Putin's background information, and then Putin said, "Welcome to Moscow." Ye Fang paid attention to everyone and everyone. Putin's handshake was filled with excitement and trembling hands. Generally speaking, every person who meets a leader of a major power for the first time has this mood, just like Ye Fang was at that time.

Ye Fang's state of mind was completely different at that time, and his horizons continued to expand with the growth of life experience. He had already met two leaders of the country, and they were all very private meetings, so for Putin's extremely formulaic When you meet, you can basically be flattering and not surprised. At most, you just look at Putin twice when you meet him for the first time.

As for Abu Dhabi, he has lived in a wealthy family since he was a child. He has seen not only [-] but also [-] presidents from various countries, so his mood at the moment is relatively calm. Like Ye Fang, he has seen the world.

So when Putin shook hands with the two of them and exchanged greetings, the performance of the two people was the most eye-catching. Putin even asked Ye Fang a few more questions, and Ye Fang answered very appropriately. As for Zayed, Putin said that he once met his father when he was the Prime Minister of Russia. This side also allowed Zayed and Putin to talk a few more words.

Regardless of these few words, they not only made several other people envious, but also made Gorman's face very bright.

After the greetings, Putin asked everyone to sit down, and then someone immediately put a piece of beef on everyone's grill. When Ye Fang saw it, he thought it was really a barbecue. This inaugural meeting was really unique.

At this time, one of the five Russian oligarchs suddenly stood up. Although his expression was serious, there was such a arrogant look on his eyebrows that Ye Fang could not see any respect for President Putin or even the proper etiquette in his eyes. nothing. When such a situation occurs, there are basically two possibilities. One possibility is that this person has an extremely close relationship with Putin, so close that they can completely ignore the respect they should have. Another possibility is that this person does not respect Putin at all. , it can also be said that Putin is not taken seriously.

Ye Fang noticed that Putin's face was unusually calm and unfazed, and he didn't seem to care about being ignored.

"This man's name is Horkovsky. He is Russia's largest oil and financial oligarch, but I don't think he will live long." Zayed whispered quietly beside Ye Fang.

"Oh?! How can you see it?" Ye Fang asked deliberately.

"Don't tell me you didn't see it. I just noticed that you looked at it very seriously." Zayed said angrily.

"I don't recognize all the people here yet. What I can tell is that I think he is too showy." Ye Fang said truthfully.

"Putin's ability to reach this position shows that he has never been a man of faith. Such a person will never compromise. The authority of the president cannot tolerate the slightest provocation. Also, you should also remind Gorman and let him Be careful when talking to Putin," Zayed whispered.

"You don't have to tell me, wait until I see today's situation clearly before I decide how to tell this cheap brother like me." Ye Fang said in a low voice.

Horkovsky spoke eloquently for 10 minutes, and those who didn't know thought he was the president. Fortunately, in the end, he gave the right to speak to Putin. Who knew that Putin did not make any speech, but directly asked people to bring vodka, and then began to cut up the roasted beef, and invited everyone to eat meat and drink.

"It seems that the president is very dissatisfied with my younger brother's behavior." Ye Fang said lightly.

"This meal is very interesting." Zayed said, cutting a piece of meat and putting it in his mouth, chewing it regardless of the image. Except for Ye Fang, everyone else didn't know whether they should eat well or not. Everyone felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange but did not dare to say anything.

"Have you been used to this kind of overt and covert attacks since you were a child?" Ye Fang also stabbed a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. The beef was very fragrant, which can be said to leave a fragrance on the lips and teeth.

"My father has dozens of sons who are divided into gangs and fight openly and secretly every day. It's not even possible to ignore them," Zayed said honestly.

Ye Fang laughed, picked up the wine and touched it with Zayed, and said, "Then I hope you are still alive and well!"

"Thank you!" Zayed also clinked the glasses with Ye Fang while holding the wine, and then the two of them went straight to it. After a glass of wine, the two people immediately felt that they were much closer to each other.

At this time, Ye Fang and Zayed were the ones eating the most and chatting the most enthusiastically at the whole table, which made everyone else feel frightened. It really surprised everyone that the two of them could talk and laugh happily on such an occasion. Of course, Putin, who had been silent all this time, glanced aggressively at Ye Fang and Zayed. Gorman coughed slightly when he saw this, intending to remind Ye Fang and Zayed to pay attention to table etiquette.

"What interesting things are you two talking about?" Putin rarely asked, and everyone turned their attention directly to Ye Fang and Zayed.

Zayed did not seem to have thought about how to answer Putin's question. Instead, Ye Fang said directly, "We were talking about his childhood and it was not easy for him to survive until now."

Ye Fang's words didn't sound wrong at first, but Xipin seemed to have something else to say. Others didn't hear it, but Putin nodded imperceptibly.

"Oh, why is it not easy?" Putin asked curiously.

"Zayed has dozens of brothers since he was a child, and he has to guard against his brothers' backstabbing every day. If he hadn't been able to bear it, he might not be alive today." Ye Fang glanced at Zayed and said, and Zayed was not angry. He glared at Ye Fang. He didn't want to mention his family's affairs here. After all, it was not a glorious matter.

"If it were you, how would you solve this situation?" Putin asked calmly.

"There is a saying from our ancestors, which is, if you can't bear it any longer, there is no need to bear it any longer!" Ye Fang said word for word.

Perhaps the simultaneous translation was a bit lame, but it took a long time for everyone to understand what Ye Fang meant. Putin nodded slightly, put down the knife in his hand, and said slowly, "What you said seems to make sense."

At this time, Putin suddenly stood up, and everyone else also stood up reflexively. Only Horkovsky was a little slow, and finally stood up reluctantly.

"You guys come with me, the others will eat first." After that, Putin walked out of the room without waiting for anyone else's permission.

Ye Fang and Zayed sat back again, and the others also sat down timidly, whispering to each other. Everyone felt that the atmosphere today was really weird.

Putin’s attitude is uncertain. Of course, there are also two young people, Ye Fang and Zayed, who are not afraid of tigers. One is a prince who is not popular with others, and the other is a boy whose background is unknown. These two people really don't know the heights of the world, and they actually talked nonsense in front of President Putin. These people have the same idea in their hearts.

Zayed glanced at the expressions of the people around him, snorted coldly, and said, "You are the only one who can get by with these people. In my opinion, the others are all rubbish and cannot stand on the stage."

Ye Fang rolled his eyes at Zayed and replied rudely, "Why do I feel like your words don't sound like a compliment to me?"

Zayed chuckled, put his arm around Ye Fang's shoulders and whispered, "You're a very interesting kid. You should consider me your big brother. I will protect you from now on."

"Bah!" Ye Fang said directly and rudely, "You are a desperate Arab prince who wants money... just a little money and power but not power. Are you worthy of being my eldest brother? Besides, are you as big as me?"

Zayed was not angry after hearing what Ye Fang said, and said, "How old are you? I am 27 this year!"

Ye Fang chuckled and said, "Sorry, I'm a little older than you, so you..."

"Brother!" Zayed's "big brother" call was so smooth and sincere that Ye Fang almost didn't react.

"Damn it, you're not here to recognize your relatives, are you?" Ye Fang thought to himself.

Ye Fang glanced at Zayed up and down and asked directly, "Why do I feel like you have a conspiracy? Your calling me brother makes me feel unsure."

Zayed picked up the wine glass and clinked another glass with Ye Fang. The two drank it down in one gulp. Zayed continued, "I don't care, you are my eldest brother now. If anything happens to me in the future, you have to take care of me and protect me!"

The strength of this vodka is comparable to that of Beijing Red Star Erguotou. After a few cups, you will feel a little high, but your consciousness is still clear. Ye Fang remembered that the last time he drank too much, He Chaoqiong slept with him. This time, after drinking too much, he directly accepted an Arab prince as his younger brother.

Ye Fang guessed that Zayed wanted to quickly find allies in the R organization. The reason why he approached Ye Fang was because they were all recruited by Gorman. Second, Zayed thought that Ye Fang was a person worthy of close friendship. They should be people who can support each other.

After all, there are not many people in the world who can make Zayed willingly hand over his back. Ye Fang is definitely one of them, maybe the only one in the world.

"Eldest brother, second brother and godfather, I recognize a lot of them. I accepted a younger brother today, which feels good! And he's also a prince!" Ye Fang's emotions were released under the stimulation of alcohol, and he couldn't help but laugh.

The other people at the table looked at Ye Fang and Zayed as if they were mentally ill. They never thought that two young people who had just met for a short time would have such a lively conversation and even beg for their money.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Several gunshots were faintly heard outside the castle, and several people immediately panicked, even dropping their knives and forks to the ground.

Ye Fang and Zayed also put away their playful expressions and stared at the movement outside with solemn expressions. Zayed solemnly said, "Brother, you have to protect me!"

"roll--!"