All noble sentiments are based on survival. Li Qizhi is right to say that the beautiful things in this world are reserved for the living. The dead, whether they are remembered or cast aside, have no meaning at all to the deceased. Therefore, at any time, surviving is the most important thing.
This was a happy time when the king never went to court early.
It is a fact that must be acknowledged. As long as people can learn to break free from the shackles of morality, they will always become happier as they become more depraved.
In the autumn of 2003, Li Muye and Diana happily enjoyed their honeymoon together. From Italy to Sweden, he has traveled to almost every famous European city. Diana is a huge football fan. In addition to being a die-hard fan of Zenit, she is also interested in other famous football clubs. The honeymoon itinerary she chose completely covered the cities where Europe's best football clubs are located.
From Madrid and Barcelona, Lisbon and Porto on the Iberian Peninsula, all the way from south to north, Turin, Milan, Rome, Paris, the passion of romantic Marseille, the heavy fog in London, the bone-chilling rain in Manchester, almost every city you visit is full of excitement. To enjoy a football match.
Sometimes she is as tender as water, sometimes as passionate as fire, sometimes as cold and heartless, and sometimes as sweet as a bird.
Li Muye couldn't help but forget about Shu, and was too lazy to explore which side of her was the real one.
The new company was finally established, and as the owner of the channel, Li Muye took the dominant position. For Timov and others, the most important thing is that Diana has the legal right to share Li Muye's property equally, so they don't care too much about the issue of dominance of the new company.
The new company's main business is positioned in the gold and diamond jewelry industry. Eljin Mining has resumed production at its diamond mine in Yakutia. The gold mine with rich reserves has a good foundation and was the first to be put into operation. The first batch of cyanide-purified gold nuggets has been transported to Moscow by waterway before the arrival of winter.
At the same time, in terms of cross-border trade, Muye International Trading Company, which belongs only to Li Muye, has also achieved gratifying success. A large number of domestic light industrial products entered the Russian market and were distributed throughout Central Asia and Eastern Europe through Kiev channels. Although the profit margin is not as good as that of the gold and gemstone industry, it is better because of stable supply and demand, smooth channels, low market maintenance costs, and relatively stable profit growth.
As Russia's son-in-law, the upstart group of Timovs provided Li Muye with the greatest tolerance and assistance within their capabilities.
All aspects of business under Li Muye have been able to enter a fast track of healthy development. In comparison, Makino Agriculture, which is relatively more mature, is moving the fastest. With the strong support of relevant domestic departments, the food project in cooperation with the federal government has achieved unprecedented success in the Pisk area.
This year, Russia's total grain output exceeded the former Soviet Union's average annual level of 80 million tons for the first time since the CIS. The Bisk region alone provided 13 million tons of this. The cooperation projects between Makino Company and the Federation account for more than half of them. For this, Timov also received the National Medal of Honor from the Federal President. Li Muye also followed suit and was recognized as a federal honorary business partner.
In December, Li Muye hired an accounting firm to conduct a valuation of his property. In the end we got an astonishing number. Before the year 2004, Li Muye's total personal assets had reached US$800 million. Deanna joked that if I divorce you now, I can get 400 million US dollars immediately. Li Muye said half-truthfully, if you want to do this, you can do it at any time.
What the accounting firm obtained was the total net assets excluding growth expectations. If the valuation follows market rules, Li Muye's actual property at this moment is actually more than twice this amount. Compared with the second-generation new oligarchs who have taken advantage of the situation to control important strategic energy and become all-powerful, this amount of wealth is of course nothing remarkable. As the largest international supplier of food production and processing in the Federation, its strategic position even surpasses that of some tens of billions of tycoons in the natural gas and oil fields.
Li Muye knows very well that his current status is inseparable from the strong support of certain people in the country. Since its initial decision to enter the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, Makino has received strong domestic support in terms of talent recruitment, introduction of improved seeds, and purchase and use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
In Russia's upper class, everyone is eyeing the natural gas, oil, coal and gold mining industries that are relatively easy to obtain. Agriculture, on the other hand, is a highly cyclical industry and lacks explosive profit growth. He was not recognized by the big shots in Moscow's upper class society, but it gave Li Muye and those in the country who supported his development here a chance. Chu Qinchuan has been working here for ten years, and even though he has more resources than Li Muye, he has not been able to create such a situation. The mistake lies in not choosing the right development direction.
Lao Chu's current work enthusiasm is unprecedentedly high. In comparison, among Li Muye's current team, his ability is undoubtedly the first, but his trustworthiness is lower than average, but he has no other choice but to rely on himself. The chosen Bai Peng. At best, Andre plays the role of a professional manager. If it weren't for the veteran figure introduced by Meng Fanbing, he would have no chance of entering the inner circle.
After the honeymoon, Deanna also entered the company's management. Not only does he serve as the chief assistant to the chairman of the gold and gemstone production, processing and sales group, but he also serves as the administrative director of Makino Agriculture and Makino International Trading. And with the 10% share of the Agricultural and Industrial Bank donated by Li Muye after his marriage, he became a member of the board of directors.
As early as when he accepted this marriage, Li Muye had already been mentally prepared for his property to be tainted by Timov and others. Therefore, she turned a blind eye to some of the managers brought over by Diana. No matter what position they were assigned to, as long as it did not affect the company's operations and did not interfere with the core decision-making level, she could do whatever she wanted.
Although his career has grown bigger and bigger, Li Muye has always maintained a clear head. All this came so easily, not because of my great business talent. The shady big-power games and interactions behind the scenes are the main reason. And he was just the one who was pushed to the forefront while drifting with the tide. Even if it weren't for Anasayev, this lucky guy wouldn't be in his turn.
What Timov wants is to use his own channels to help Russia's economic development while ensuring national security, but what some people who support him in the country need is to increase the influence of the Chinese here. They couldn't communicate directly, so Li Muye was chosen as this invisible bridge.
This is an era of gradual restoration of order after huge changes.
After the huge red empire was dismembered, all hope once rested on the Western democratic world. Reality gave them a hard slap in the face. What people need is only a democratic Russia, not a strong and democratic Russia. Therefore, what they ended up with was a huge country that was fanned by people everywhere and overwhelmed by all kinds of difficulties. The fertility rate is low, food production is reduced, and speculators are everywhere who embezzle national wealth under the banner of democracy.
In this world, between countries, in the final analysis, it is a competition for survival opportunities. Either surrender to other people's system, or establish your own order. The new president firmly believes that Russia will never accept the fate of a second-rate country. The Western democratic camp is unreliable, and they have no choice but to seek other channels to help them develop the country. At this time, there are almost no countries that dare and have the ability to help them.
Due to historical reasons and the current complex international situation, even if some countries dare to act righteously, they can only use sneaky methods.
In this context, it is not surprising that Li Muye's career has developed extremely smoothly.
But how long can this situation last? How high can Timov accept his own development? Or can he accept how much influence he can have in Moscow? These questions have appeared countless times in Li Mu's ambitions, but he has never been able to get a clear answer.
Li Qizhi once said that the process of wealth accumulation should also be a process of intense virtue and ability. What he calls virtue actually refers to the level of doing things as a person, while ability refers to specific business abilities. Li Muye asked himself that his cultivation in these two areas was not yet high enough to control so much wealth. If you want to keep everything you already have, you must constantly improve yourself to a level that matches your rapidly developing career.
Therefore, during these days, Li Muye has never forgotten to enrich himself and expand his social circle to increase his contacts, using this method to consolidate his foundation.
After the wedding, Diana made her home at Gurnov Manor. Since she started to get involved in the company's affairs, she joined forces with Chu Qinchuan to take charge of the company. Li Muye, the nominal boss, almost became the hands-off shopkeeper. The increase in wealth figures is not that important to him now. Because Li Muye knew very well that everything he owned was a castle in the air built by others. It’s just a matter of time whether you want to take it away or you will definitely take it away one day.
What Li Muye has to do is to make full preparations before that day comes, so that he can win more when the time comes.
Now Li Muye is more interested in making more friends and improving his abilities in all aspects. In Russia's upper class society, enjoying operas and symphonies together is a common way of communication. In order to blend in, Li Muye, a layman, hired a top piano teacher to learn music. In addition, Li Muye did his best to reach a very high level in a series of activities that often required participation in golf, horse riding, tennis, etc.
In short, there is only one purpose, to integrate yourself into Moscow's upper class society and establish a protective circle that may be useful in the future.
One day in early March, in the Sergiyev region on the northern outskirts of Moscow, there was an abandoned national zoo.
A group of young people were driving a dozen off-road jeeps across the wilderness. The panicked wild animals were running in all directions.
Li Muye sat in the cab of the Unimog off-road vehicle, slowly took the telescope away from his eyes, and said to Lao Cui, who was driving next to him: "Tell your brothers to prepare the hunting dogs. The biggest prey will be captured soon." Let Calpin hit.”
Lao Cui nodded and said: "Don't worry, boss, everything has been arranged. Even if he misses, we can still make everyone believe that he hit." He added: "These brothers of mine have all been the best in the past. Excellent animal trainers, doing this kind of thing is what they do best.”
"This is a well-used phrase." Li Muye said with satisfaction, "Old Cui, your Chinese level is more reliable than Diana's now."
Lao Cui smiled honestly and said, "How can I compare with Madam? She is much smarter than me."
Li Muye squinted at the group of wild boars in front of him and said, "She is just too smart."
Lao Cui said: "It's not a good thing to be too smart, but I think you, boss, are a little smarter than my wife."
Li Muye burst out laughing and said, "Stop flattering and work more. Today's purpose is to make the eldest son of the Minister of the Interior happy."
Lao Cui said: "I think this hunting park you built is a really good idea. It is more effective than drinking wine and playing golf with them."
Li Muye said: "It depends on the person. When you go out to play with Kalpin, of course hunting is the best. If it's the half-aged guys like Liusinski, indoor golf is more in line with their appetite."
Lao Cui suddenly sighed and said, "I think no matter how much you spend on Liusinski, it won't have any effect."
Li Muye nodded in approval and said: "The point is not to satisfy him, but to let him know my attitude at all times. At the same time, through him, I can get to know more people at the same level as him. As long as I can make friends with people at this level, The next one will be worth it.”
Gunshots suddenly resounded throughout the sky, and the hunting operation of the young masters over there began.
Li Muye raised his binoculars and looked over. In the camera, on the jeep at the front, a young man was standing on the jeep and shooting randomly with a gun. A huge wild boar was beaten until its flesh and blood flew everywhere...
"May God forgive us!" Lao Cui muttered.
Li Muye squinted his eyes and said, "God is busy enough, so I won't bother him with this little thing... Bang!"
Li Muye's words were interrupted by a sudden gunshot. It was not a shotgun commonly used in hunting grounds, but a semi-automatic weapon commonly used by the military. He was startled and asked, "Where did the gunshot come from?"
Lao Cui looked solemn and said: "In the northeast, it should be outside the hunting park. I remember that there is a primary school over there."
"Let's go over and have a look!" (End of Chapter)