Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 608: Disguised Protection

Paris, France, is a romantic place. Its most famous building is the Eiffel Tower, the tallest tower in the world. Lu Shaohua had heard of it a long time ago, but when he came to this city, he was not interested in taking a look at the world's tallest tower.

Lu Shaohua's mental age is over 40, and he has long lost that sense of novelty. Why would he go to see a tourist attraction specifically? Besides, he came to Paris, France just to attend Li Zhijie's wedding, so he naturally would not go to see the so-called Eiffel Tower.

However, it must be said that the family of Li Zhijie's wife is still quite powerful. When Lu Shaohua's private plane was about to land at the Paris airport, there was no need for him to negotiate as the chairman of the Phoenix Group. Li Zhijie let his wife take care of it and even sent a long convoy to welcome him.

However, it was not their family's original intention to send a convoy to welcome him. Instead, Li Zhijie asked his wife to send it privately. The reason was very simple. No one in her family knew that the person coming this time was the legendary chairman who was only 19 years old. As a medium-sized family, they should not treat Lu Shaohua as a VIP.

Lu Shaohua is the chairman of Phoenix Group, but he came to Paris, France to attend Li Zhijie's wedding. As for Li Zhijie's identity, there is no need to say more. He is one of the three giants of the Tiger Roar Base. This is something that many people know. Originally, they didn't think it was a big deal, but what if the two are combined?

There are fools in this world, but smart people still account for the majority. You can guess what this situation means at a glance. There is only one result, that is, the Tiger Roar Base and the others are the forces of the Phoenix Group.

The Phoenix Group alone is terrifying enough, and now with the addition of the Tiger Roar Base, the two together are definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two. The energy unleashed is absolutely terrifying. More importantly, the assets of the Tiger Roar Base are even more terrifying than those of the Phoenix Group, and no one knows exactly how much there are.

Yes, how much assets does the Tiger Roar Base have? Even Lu Shaohua couldn't figure it out. On the surface, people only knew that the Tiger Roar Base had multiple oil fields and stored some crude oil. The Tiger Roar Mercenary Group accepted external missions and made a lot of money.

Since the assets of the Tiger Roar Base are a terrifying existence, and the Tiger Roar Base can be regarded as a subsidiary of the Phoenix Group, and is equivalent to the Phoenix Group, then how much money does the owner Lu Shaohua have?

Money, power, and dark forces. These three represent the strong. Maybe having money does not necessarily mean being strong, but when money reaches a terrifying level, then it is strong. After all, modern society pays attention to the economy. Once you have a lot of money, you can stir up trouble in the economy, and even drag a country into a critical state. Isn't this a strong person?

As for power, in Lu Shaohua's mind, this power represents political power. Lu Shaohua does not have much political power. If you have to say that he has it, it is only in China, and he has only two sinecure positions, the rank of lieutenant general and special adviser to the economic group.

However, at certain times, money can be transformed into political power. Like Lu Shaohua, if he threatens a country with his economic strength, he may eventually win. Isn't this also power?

There is another one, that is the dark force. In Lu Shaohua's understanding, the dark force refers to the force that cannot see the light and carries out an unknown secret. The Tiger Roar Mercenary Group can be regarded as this force, but it is just a legal cover on the surface, but secretly it is selling arms, which is an illegal business. More importantly, it is engaged in the business of killing people.

Of the three things, Lu Shaohua actually owned two, and he owned half of the other one. Just think about how intimidating Lu Shaohua is. How could a medium-sized family not treat Lu Shaohua as a VIP?

Look, Li Zhijie's wife, a typical romantic woman, thought she was seeing things the moment she saw Lu Shaohua and rubbed her eyes twice. When she confirmed that the person was Lu Shaohua, she was a little excited and welcomed Lu Shaohua on behalf of her family.

Lu Shaohua was not very interested in these, but for Li Zhijie's sake, Lu Shaohua was quite polite. He smiled and exchanged pleasantries with her. Then he left the airport under the escort of bodyguards and headed for the hotel that had been arranged long ago.

Also coming with Lu Shaohua were Chen Guobang and Li Shangkui. Li Shangkui came with his newlywed wife. He did not stay by Lu Shaohua's side this time, which was allowed by Lu Shaohua. In addition to attending Li Zhijie's wedding, the couple also came for a honeymoon.

However, Lu Shaohua didn't know that after Lu Shaohua and others checked into the hotel, when Li Zhijie and his wife, Marie Theretin, returned to their family, Li Zhijie was blamed.

"Why didn't you tell me that the guest was the chairman of Phoenix Group? It seems as if my family doesn't welcome him." Mary Tretin said in relatively standard Chinese.

Speaking of Marie Therese, it is true that she is French, but after she met Li Zhijie and learned that Lin Qiquan was Chinese, she specially hired a Chinese teacher to learn Chinese, and now she has made some achievements in her studies.

"He doesn't like publicity, and he came here just to attend our wedding." After saying that, Li Zhijie did not forget to emphasize it again. "He came to attend the wedding as an ordinary person, not to visit your family as the chairman of Phoenix Group."

Li Zhijie is a man of blood. Although he seems to be easy to talk to and treats everyone the same, when facing Marie Therese, Li Zhijie's male chauvinism is fully revealed.

Of course, there is another reason why Li Zhijie became like this, and that is about the matter of Marie Theretin's family. He doesn't want Lu Shaohua to make any concessions or take advantage of Marie Theretin's family because of his relationship with it.

Li Zhijie knew very well that a family, especially a Western family, cares about benefits. If Marie Theretingi's family were allowed to come into contact with Lu Shaohua, they might propose some kind of cooperation and use Lu Shaohua to bring benefits to their family.

Li Zhijie is such a person. If he is asked to make a choice between a woman and Lu Shaohua, he will choose Lu Shaohua without hesitation. The reason is very simple. Lu Shaohua's attitude towards others and everything he has today, it can be said that everything that Li Zhijie has today is entirely due to Lu Shaohua. The Tiger Roar Base and the Phoenix Group have long been his home, and he will not allow his home to be damaged because of a woman.

"Marie Tredin, I need to tell you one more thing. You'd better make it clear to those old ghosts in your family not to try to use the Phoenix Group. Otherwise, before Xiaohua shows his power, I will personally take action and destroy your family." Li Zhijie gave a naked warning in an extremely stern voice, and then added one more sentence. "Also, I need to tell you that Xiaohua is not a good person. If he doesn't want to do something, he will not reveal it for my sake."

After saying that, Li Zhijie still felt that it was not enough, so he continued, "Once, before I proposed to you, Xiaohua once said that if your family was unwilling to marry you to me, he would destroy your family. Don't think he was joking, he can do what he says."

Li Zhijie explained Lu Shaohua's character one by one. His purpose was not for anything else but to prevent Marie Trettin's family from taking advantage of the Phoenix Group and angering Lu Shaohua. Otherwise, even he would not be able to protect Marie Trettin's family.

Marie Therese was not stupid, she knew Li Zhijie very well and knew that Li Zhijie was not joking. On the contrary, she felt that everything Li Zhijie said was true. At the same time, she also understood that Li Zhijie said these things to protect her family, but this kind of protection was a bit biased and impulsive, or it could be said that this was a disguised form of protection.

"I understand. I won't let anyone in my family mess around." Marie Trettin said seriously.

It is true that Mary Tretin is a woman, but the man she is now married to is Li Zhijie, one of the three giants of the Tiger Roar Base. This kind of marriage gives her a greater say in the family and her words carry much more weight.

"Yeah." Li Zhijie nodded, closed his eyes, leaned on the back seat of the car, exhaled, and said calmly. "If your words don't work, you can say that I said it, and tell them that if they don't listen to my advice, I will take action."

In fact, there was no need for Li Zhijie to do this, but he knew the families in Western countries too well. In addition, Marie Therese's behavior after seeing Lu Shaohua made him very worried. After all, Marie Therese's expression made it clear that she was fighting for her own interests, so Li Zhijie had to make this warning.

Having said that, what else did Mary Tretin have to say? She knew that Li Zhijie was also the kind of person who would do what he said, so she didn't dare to say more. She nodded heavily and said, "I won't let them mess around."

"That's the best." Li Zhijie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Not to mention that Marie Therese understood Li Zhijie's character, Li Zhijie understood Lu Shaohua even better. The Brown family was a living example. Although they wanted to send someone to kill Lu Shaohua first, which eventually led to the genocide of the family, those who wanted to use Lu Shaohua were more serious than sending someone to kill him, and were more likely to anger Lu Shaohua.

"Can you tell me, how much money does he have?" Mary Theretingi finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. As for the 'he' she was referring to, needless to say, she was referring to Lu Shaohua.

Li Zhijie did not answer immediately, but shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't know how much money he has, but one thing is certain, it is not less than 2 trillion, um, it is US dollars, not RMB."

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