Syndicate?
Li He liked this domineering word. Compared to 'trust', 'cartel', and 'Conchaine', the Syndicate's status was quite high.
It was also a monopoly. After years of television, movies, and comics, the Syndicate was promoted as a criminal organization. They literally divided up the world, and their members were all big shots.
Usually, they were mysterious villains that the protagonists had to deal with.
He wanted to flatter himself by saying that the structure was similar to his own business, but in reality, it would be difficult for him to operate as precisely as Lloyd's Syndicate without spending ten or even twenty years.
Shen Daoru said, "The insurance industry values credibility. As long as they have credibility, they can make a comeback very quickly."
Li He asked, "As a foreign investor, and with such a huge amount of money, there shouldn't be any restrictions, right? Is there a lot of foreign investors in the UK? "
Shen Daoru smiled. "The first thing Thatcher did after she came to power was to abolish foreign exchange controls. She welcomed and encouraged foreign direct investment. Apart from the defense industry, basically all industries are allowed to invest. Currently, the UK is the country that attracts the most foreign investment in Europe and is the largest capital importer in Europe. Just including Cardiff and Liverpool, there are six free trade ports. There are a lot of foreign investors, with Americans taking up half of the total, followed by Holland and France, and lastly, Japan. Of course, there are also a lot of Hong Kong investors. Li Chaoren has a port investment and a large number of properties here. "
"Is there a lot of Japanese investors?"
Shen Daoru nodded. "Of course. Nissan, Canon, and Sony have already set up factories here. There are at least 130 of them, but they mainly invest in televisions, audio-visual equipment, and auto parts. The scale is very large, accounting for about 15% of the UK's industrial output."
Li He did not expect Japanese investors to have such a heavy influence in the UK. No wonder they were said to be a developed country. At this point, the gap between China and them was already very obvious.
As for the Chinese, except for a few Chinese who opened restaurants, Li He had not seen a shadow of them in other industries.
Even if China wanted to import daily-use ceramics to the UK, they were still restricted by the UK's ceramic quota for communist countries. In other words, you could only sell so much in a year.
Over the next few days, Shen Daoru saw that Li He had tacitly approved of his investment behavior. His investment behavior became even crazier. From London to Manchester, then to Cambridge and Liverpool, he bought land and properties worth a total of 700 million in one go.
At the same time, he bought a council villa on the bank of the Thames.
As a result, Li He had to move again.
The villa was located in the West End of London, a traditionally wealthy area of London, next to Waterloo Station.
After moving in, apart from the three security guards, there was only Li He and Ding Shiping. As for Guo Dongyun and Shen Daoru, they were naturally very busy.
Li He stayed at home all day. Apart from occasionally answering the phone and signing documents, he didn't go anywhere. He wasn't interested in visiting the refurbished buildings in London. Back in those days, Comrade Hitler continuously bombed for more than 76 days and nights. The roof of St. Paul's Cathedral was blown off. If it weren't for Buckingham Palace's anti-aircraft guns, the Queen Mother of England would have had to flee. She wouldn't have had the chance to marry her third cousin.
As soon as he woke up in the morning, he and Ding Shiping started drinking with peanuts. Drinking was the only thing they had in common.
The two of them were very straightforward when it came to drinking. You take a cup and I take a cup. Two boxes of German-made beer were finished without much effort.
"Training like this is just training to be able to take hits. You have to have some strength in your legs." Ding Shiping looked at the cherry tree in the yard that had been kicked to pieces by Li He, then patted his thick chest muscles and said, "You can't learn martial arts. You need to have the ability to understand. That's a long-term skill. Without eight to ten years, you won't be able to master it. It's better to train your strength and learn some boxing. If you're serious, you'll be able to develop abdominal muscles and arm muscles in three months. You'll know how to lock people down and hit them where it hurts. You'll be able to play with a few people to death."
Li He said disdainfully, "Do you think I can't handle a few people now?"
The key was that he didn't have the patience to learn from the beginning. Training the strength of his legs was just so-so.
Ding Shiping chuckled and said, "If you meet someone who uses a knife, your leg skills will definitely come in handy."
After drinking, he couldn't help but make fun of Li He.
"Only an idiot wouldn't run."
Just as Li He finished speaking, a tall security guard came in and said that someone was looking for him outside.
"Who?" Li He was very curious. Other than a few people, no one knew that he was here. If it was Guo and Shen, they wouldn't even need to inform them.
The security guard said, "They said it's from the China Embassy."
"Embassy?" Li He was even more confused. The fact that he was in England couldn't be hidden from the embassy because he was holding a China passport. However, it wasn't easy for them to find this villa area. However, he still said, "Let him in."
The security guard brought in a middle-aged man in a suit and tie. When he saw Li He, he stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Li. My surname is Chen and I'm from the Consulate General. Please forgive me if I've been rude. "
The term 'comrade' was already outdated. People were now used to calling him Mr. or Boss.
"Hello, Mr. Chen!" Li He also stood up and shook hands with him. He looked at the person in front of him and felt that he was very familiar. "Have we met somewhere before?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you must be forgetful. We met in Kiev."
Ding Shiping reminded him, "This is the first secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy, Secretary Chen."
Secretary Chen shook hands with Ding Shiping and smiled. "Mr. Ding, long time no see."
"Hello." After Ding Shiping shook hands with him, he began to clean up the messy table.
"Oh, oh!" Li He finally remembered that this was the secretary of Ambassador Xu in the Ukrainian Embassy. "How is Ambassador Xu?"
The job of the ambassador's secretary was to answer phone calls, take notes, send and receive documents, convey information, and do some trivial matters related to protocol arrangements and reception.
Secretary Chen smiled and said, "Ambassador Xu was just transferred to London this year. I came with him."
"Then congratulate him for me. This is a promotion." For most countries' diplomats, being stationed in London was a special treatment. Seeing that Ding Shiping had already cleaned up the table, he pointed to the sofa and said, "Please have a seat."
"Thank you." Secretary Chen stood up and took the tea that Ding Shiping brought over. He smiled and thanked him.
Li He asked, "How did you know I was here?"
Secretary Chen smiled and said, "When you applied for your passport, Ambassador Xu was curious why you were in England. As soon as you arrived in England, we started asking the London Police. Later, thanks to you accompanying your sister to the London Police Station to apply for a residence permit, we found out that your sister went to Oxford. I went to Oxford to disturb her and found out your current address. I'm really sorry. "
"Oh, no wonder." It turned out that he got the address from Four. Li He smiled and said, "Is everything alright?"
Secretary Chen smiled and said, "Ambassador Xu said that you're in England and he wants to be the host. If it wasn't for the fact that he wasn't sure of your address, he would have come personally today."
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