Resource Tycoon Reborn

On March 13, the price of gold futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange exceeded the $1,000 per ounce mark for the first time. On the same day, the Federal Reserve suddenly announced that it would lower the window discount rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent!

On March 15, Russia held its fourth presidential election. Alexey Nikolai Ruglov was elected as the new federal president, and former president Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin was elected.

The new president appointed the new prime minister of the government.

In mid-March, Moscow was still covered in ice and snow. On March 14, there was a heavy snowfall in Moscow. The snow did not stop until around 3 p.m. on the 15th. Fang Mingyuan’s business jet had to be relocated to St. Petersburg.

After landing at the airport, they took a train to Moscow to attend Stepashin’s celebration banquet on the evening of the 15th. Aso Xiangyue and Belevsky personally went to the Moscow train station to welcome Fang Mingyuan’s arrival.

"Fang, welcome to Moscow!" Belevsky gave Fang Mingyuan a bear hug as soon as he came up. Although he was already an out-and-out old man, Belevsky still seemed to be in good health and walked smoothly.

There was no need for anyone to support him. Ruglov was elected president and Stepashin successfully became the prime minister of the government. This means that Fan Mingyuan’s original proposal was perfectly implemented. If nothing unexpected happened, five years later

, that is, in 2012, Stepashin will run for the Russian President for the second time! And in these five years, Stepashin will not be the president sitting in the presidential seat! This is for Belev

This is of course a great thing for the Belevsky family. As long as Stepashin is still the leader of Russia and as long as Belevsky is still his think tank, then the Belevsky family will have no unrivaled status in Russia.

It can be shaken!

Of course, due to physical reasons, Belevsky is no longer able to stay with Stepashin all the time. Instead, he was replaced by the younger Belevsky. However, everyone knows that as long as

Belevsky is not dead, or in other words, there is no old fool anymore, so little Belevsky is still just his spokesperson!

"Old Wilder, congratulations!" Fang Mingyuan patted Belevsky on the shoulder and said angrily. How could this old guy still have so much strength at such an old age?

Levsky is one of the important allies of the Fang family in Russia. He is also the link between himself and Stepashin. Although the younger Belevsky has begun to take over, Belevsky's importance is

Sex remains self-evident.

"Thank you, thank you!" Belevsky said with a proud laugh. At the beginning of the year, his little wife gave birth to another daughter for him, and he was old enough to have a daughter. Not to mention how proud he was. But no more

His pride could not hide the regret in his heart. Why didn't his granddaughter have a chance to win over Fang Mingyuan? This guy became stronger year by year, and now he has become a director of HSBC Holdings Co., Ltd., or was it the other party who took the initiative?

Invite him to join. If the two parties can further shorten the relationship between the two parties through marriage, the status of the Belevsky family in Russia will be more stable. Even if he dies and Stepashin no longer holds important positions in Russia, it will

It doesn't matter.

"Your Excellency the President, I originally wanted to come to welcome you, but unfortunately something happened and I had to attend a meeting, so I can only welcome you on his behalf." Belevsky said enthusiastically, "

How was your journey here?"

"It's not that good, your train is too slow!" Fang Mingyuan curled his lips, put his arms around Aso Xiangyue's slender waist, and said with a dissatisfied look, "Even if it's snowing, it's such a short distance.

It’s been so long!”

Belevsky was startled when he heard this, then shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Fang, I understand your mood, but come on, the President has no temper now. Russian Railways, since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, has At the beginning of the century, because my country's economic development required precious funds everywhere, investment in railway transportation was basically able to meet the normal maintenance and operation level of railway infrastructure, and no more funds were invested in railway construction. Later. , the situation improved after the establishment of Russian Railways. But it still takes a long time for us to make up for the previous huge investment gap. A high-speed railway is now being built from St. Petersburg to Moscow, but it will have to wait until next year It will not be opened until the end of the year.”

"High-speed railway, what is the maximum speed and how long is the running time?" Fang Mingyuan immediately became interested and asked.

"I remember the top speed is 250 kilometers per hour. After it is completed, it will take about four and a half hours from St. Petersburg to Moscow." Belevsky said with some uncertainty, "Fang, if you are interested, come back to me

Let me ask you the details."

Fang Mingyuan rubbed the stubble on his chin and said after a while: "I remember that it is less than 700 kilometers from St. Petersburg to Moscow, right?"

Aso Xiangyue interjected: "I remember that the railway should be about 650 kilometers long." She has been in Russia for a long time, and St. Petersburg is an important city in Russia. She is no stranger to Russian railways. Although it is said that you can usually ride

You can fly or drive there, but in bad weather, railway safety is better. Moreover, Russian passenger cars, especially high-end cars, have much better conditions than domestic ones, and you can take a shower in the sleeper berth. So for

There is still some concern about this first high-speed railway in Russia. It takes four and a half hours to run 650 kilometers? On average, it reaches a speed of 145 per hour. Can this also be called a high-speed railway? But Fang Mingyuan changed his mind.

I think, taking into account the winter weather in Russia and the current passenger transport speed of Russian Railways, the speed of 145 per hour can indeed be called a high-speed railway.

Several people walked towards the car parked at the station. Belevsky asked with a smile: "What? Are you interested in investing in railways in Russia? I heard that you have a company that builds railways in China.

Qualifications?”

"Well, Longxing Construction Group, but I can't mobilize its construction team in the short term. Pingchuan Railway Transport Company is applying for the construction of two high-speed railways, and there may be news this year." Fang Mingyuan answered casually.

road.

"Oh, you also want to build a high-speed railway? From where to where? What speed per hour?" Belevsky said with great interest.

"One is from Fengyuan to Beijing, and the other is from Beijing to Tangshan. It is planned to have a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour and an operating speed of 300 kilometers per hour." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "Old Wilder, what have you said to us recently?

The country doesn’t pay enough attention. Our first high-speed intercity railway, from Beijing to Tianjin, will officially start operation before the opening of the Beijing Olympics this year. By then, it will be more than 160 kilometers from Beijing to Tianjin.

It will take thirty minutes."

"Really?" Belevsky said in surprise. He really hasn't paid much attention to China's railway development. From this point of view, China has already gone ahead of Russia in the construction of high-speed railways.

A group of people got into the car, and Belevsky smiled and said: "Fang, Your Excellency the President was very happy when he knew that you would come to Moscow. Tonight's celebration banquet was specially arranged for you. If you want to see more of our country

The elites will attend at 6:30 pm, and there will be hundreds of guests there. If you don’t want to, at 9:30 pm, the President will arrange a special dinner, and all the friends attending will be

.Of course, if you want to participate in both, it’s absolutely no problem!”

Belevsky knew that Stepashin valued Fang Mingyuan extremely, not only because of the Fang family's amazing influence in Russia, China, and even in the industrial and commercial, financial, and entertainment circles, but also because of Fan Mingyuan's

The proposal extended Stepashin's political life and gave him a second chance to be elected as the Russian president. For Stepashin, this was tantamount to giving him a second political life! For Fang Mingyuan,

Stepashin is still very grateful. This can also be seen from the fact that Fang Capital can enter many important fields in Russia. Even important companies such as Gazprom have opened up to Fang Capital.

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"Then I really have to thank you, Your Excellency, for your kindness." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "There will definitely be a large number of media from your country showing up for the six-thirty dinner, right? I'd better choose the nine-thirty dinner. It just so happens that I can do it too

Take half a day to rest and reunite with your family." As he said that, Fang Mingyuan's arms around Aso Xiangyue tightened slightly, and a moving smile bloomed on Aso Xiangyue's pretty face.

Bilevsky said with some humor: "Fang, I heard that you plan to make a public appearance at a movie premiere? I really don't understand. How could it be possible for you to make a public appearance in front of the media for the first time?

Choosing it at a movie premiere? I think it is only appropriate for you to make a public appearance at a celebration like when the President becomes the next Prime Minister, and it is in line with your identity."

"No, no, no. If that happens, it will steal the limelight from His Excellency the President. If that happens, I will feel uneasy." Fang Mingyuan shook his head repeatedly.

Belevsky was about to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he swallowed his words. He was really not sure what the media would think if Stepashin and Fang Mingyuan appeared at the celebration banquet at the same time.

Who is he more concerned about? He still has some confidence in the Russian media, but for the global media, I am afraid that what attracts their readers more is "Fang" who has been famous for a long time, but has always been mysterious and unknown, right? (To be continued.)