The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

The party on the grass continued. A middle-aged bald man was wearing overalls and holding an accordion in his arms, and beside him was a young man playing a harmonica.

They are not bands invited to the party, they are invited guests. The middle-aged uncle is a nobleman, even if he is only a viscount. And that young man was his son.

In order to be the center of attention in Western gatherings, in addition to the natural appearance given by parents, talent is also very important, such as dancing and singing. And playing a musical instrument is also a very good way to attract attention.

But most of the time pretending to be X is learning the piano, but today is an ordinary gathering on the weekend, everyone is relaxing on the grass instead of holding a grand party in a luxurious place. The hall of the manor is a place where people with status talk about things. Playing the piano inside attracted not attention, but resentment.

Therefore, being able to perform on the grass has become the focus of the party. Traditional British musical instruments such as the harmonica and accordion are more dominant. Of course, it would be more perfect if there is a handsome man or an elegant long-haired girl playing the violin.

But now the accordion and harmonica music is also good, very British country style. Let these aristocrats who still regard the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets as the pride of their lives, and dance to the music of the British style, it seems that they have returned to the era when they were kings and hegemons.

Natasha had already left, and Yang Dongxu sat alone on the sofa frowning, his eyes were empty and out of focus, as if he was clearly thinking about something.

Toy, who went down to talk with his friends for a while, walked up to the second floor not long after Natasha left, and saw Yang Dongxu was meditating and did not go over, but stood alone at the window and looked at the dancing crowd below.

After half a sound, the music ended, and loud applause and praise sounded, waking Yang Dongxu who was in deep thought. He frowned and glanced outside, then turned his head and saw Toy standing on the edge of the window.

"It seems that you have agreed to her terms." When he looked at Troy, Troy seemed to be aware of it and turned to look at him. There was no disappointment on his face, but he shrugged helplessly.

"The conditions are too attractive to refuse." Yang Dongxu sighed. Even though his family has experienced many things now, he still feels a little nervous about this cooperation. If he fails, he will need to work diligently to make money to fill the gap for several years to come.

"Did you promise her that she would have a son together and inherit the Gut family?" Toy teased.

Yang Dongxu rolled his eyes speechlessly.

Then he pondered for a moment and organized his language: "How much do you know about the Middle East?"

"You mean Iraq, Libya, or Iran?" Toy asked.

"Iraq." A trace of solemnity flashed between Yang Dongxu's brows.

"That's not a good place." Troy frowned.

The Middle East is naturally a powder keg because of its oil production, and looking at the entire situation in the Middle East, it is basically suppressed by the United States, even if it is not a friend on Russia's side, at least it is considered to be some cooperation.

Since the Gulf War, the United States and its allies have imposed economic sanctions on Iraq, and the sanctions have continued to deepen. Instead of being poor, Iraq has grown richer, especially in terms of military power. Iraq is definitely the largest arms buyer in the Middle East.

In the past few years, a lot of good things have been bought from Ukraine, Russia, and even from Americans, as well as Europeans, which has made the entire Middle East uneasy.

"But there are great benefits there. A well-developed oil field, as long as you drive an oil tanker to the port of Basra, you can take away the crude oil one by one." Promised, he still couldn't help being a little excited.

For a mature oil field under development, you must invest your own manpower and material resources. You only need to find tankers to pull oil, and the number is not limited. This is a very profitable business.

Of course, Yang Dongxu also paid a certain price for this. For example, part of the Microsoft stock in his hand was mortgaged at a premium and became a bargaining chip for Natasha to negotiate with those worried financial oligarchs when she integrated the Russian banking industry.

"I'm not very familiar with it. After I left Russia, I was mainly responsible for the family's overseas investment, which was concentrated in the United States and several European countries. Things in the Middle East were not involved much from the beginning. Don't you have a team there?" Team?" Troy said.

In the past, the weapons of the overseas company of the Blade Security Company were provided by Toy. Although since he left Russia, Du Suo has found other channels for obtaining weapons and equipment from the Middle East, but after all, he has cooperated with Toy and knows a little bit.

"They are mainly responsible for the security company, accepting the employment of some wealthy people, and not touching other things." Yang Dongxu said.

Although the blade security company has not been well-known internationally in the past few years, it has a very good reputation in the circle of rich people. It has even had a tough confrontation with Blackwater Company more than once without suffering a loss.

And the United States only allows such an uncontrolled armed force to exist in its own money bag in the Middle East. Naturally, it is because the Blade Security Company is only responsible for security employment, and never acts as a mercenary to participate in any war, or with orders. Competing for what mineral resources.

Blackwater will care about the security market, but the United States obviously won't care. Moreover, many local tyrants in the Middle East who have a good relationship with the US government are very at ease when they accept the protection of the sharp edge security company, so the US government will naturally not care about this trivial matter and make those local tyrants unhappy.

"Let me ask Uncle Andre for you. Some of the minerals and oil fields that you sold before belonged to Uncle Andre, but you should know why he sold the oil fields in his hands, especially those located in Iraq. Oil fields," Toy reminded.

Yang Dongxu nodded. Of course he knew the reason. Starting from the Asian financial crisis, the entire world economy has been in turmoil in the past few years, especially the bursting of the Internet bubble last year, which made life very difficult for Yankees.

And at this time a very belligerent president took office, and the cloud of war had begun to hang over the sky. What's more, since the Gulf War, the flames of war in the Middle East have not been extinguished.

A few years later, the Iraq war was a continuation of the Gulf War, all the way to Libya, and he almost didn't fight Iran until he was reborn.

In short, the Middle East is not peaceful, and the big countries are constantly playing games, and now the center of the game is Iraq. At this time, if you accidentally get involved, you will lose all your money, and at worst, you will be crushed.

However, others saw that Bush Jr. came to power, Saddam Hussein was so noisy, and the cloud of war over Iraq had begun to make up, but no one could tell when the lightning, thunder, and heavy rain were coming. Know when to hit.

But others don't know that Yang Dongxu knows that the Iraq war will not really start until 2003, which means that he still has at least two years to continue to pull oil from Iraq. After not going online for two years, Yang Dongxu felt that countless gold coins were gushing into his pocket with the oil tankers.

"Please contact me first. If there is anything we can cooperate with, I will talk to him in person." Yang Dongxu said.

"I'll call Uncle Andre at night, and you can contact him directly. But I still remind you, if there is no need to stay away from Natasha. In order to be able to take over the Gut family, she has become very Crazy. More than half of the financial oligarchs on the stage who have been killed in the past few years were executed by her."

"Isn't it?" Yang Dongxu was surprised.

Although he had received some rumors before, but because the focus of investment was no longer in Russia, he didn't know very well. It was only after hearing what Troy said that he realized that the current Natasha was no longer the Natasha he knew before, who was just a white-gloved intermediary representative of a big family.

"Otherwise, why do you think my uncle doesn't want to get in touch with her? Even this cooperation is a limited cooperation. And she has no supporters in China except the one on stage, and the support given by the Gut family is also limited." Limited, that's why she went around to recruit partners to increase her capital, otherwise she would not be qualified to sit at the poker table."

"That is to say, she was sitting at the poker table playing cards, and what she used as chips was actually my money?" Yang Dongxu said.

"That's right, so it's too late for you to regret it now." Troy reminded.

Yang Dongxu shrugged with a wry smile, "Forget it, since I have promised her, there is no reason to return. What I can do now is to take advantage of the convenience of her sitting at the poker table before all the money she has grasped is lost. See if you can earn back the money you invested.”

"Whatever you want." Troy did not continue to persuade, "Go, don't mention her, go down and I will introduce you to a few friends. There will be a small trade fair in the evening."

"Fair?" Yang Dongxu froze for a moment, Troy hadn't told him this before coming to this party.

"It was decided on a temporary basis when I went down to chat just now, you know this." Toy pouted towards the downstairs: "Although many families have fallen, as long as they have been passed down to the present, there are more or less good things in their hands .

After all, their elders followed the royal family to plunder the world. Now I can't live anymore, so I took out my treasured things to see if I can make an investment to turn around. "

"Are there any Chinese antiques?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help asking.

"There will definitely be some, but compared to Chinese antiques. In fact, the small private fairs in Europe and the United States trade more artworks that meet the aesthetic standards of Europeans and Americans.

For example, some modern Van Gogh, or some incomplete manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, or some historically significant gemstone jewelry, etc. "