"Okay." Wilson nodded. "As long as you know what to do." He took out his phone and made a call. A minute later, there was a knock on the door of the luxurious private room.
William said, "Come in." Wilson's head bodyguard, Thomas, opened the door and walked in with five or six people from China. However, what surprised William was that among the crowd was Shen Cheng, whom William had been waiting for for several days.
After being stunned for half a second, William smiled and walked forward to shake hands with the guests. After being polite, he led everyone into the reception room of the luxurious private room. After sitting down, William said directly, "I think Wilson has already told you the reason for this meeting."
"Yes, Mr. Devonshire. We are very happy to receive your invitation. There is no problem with the initial estimation of time. The only problem is the source of the raw materials and the number of engineering teams."
William interrupted. "Stop. I'm not interested in how many engineering teams you've hired, which engineering team you've hired, or who you've hired for the raw materials. I just want to know if you can complete the construction of the new stadium and supporting facilities within two years if I've hired 300 million pounds to your group's registered company in England.
This year, 300 million pounds was worth nearly 3.7 billion Chinese coins. While they were hesitating, William added, "If your plan can satisfy me, I still have a museum worth 200 million pounds waiting for you. The time is also within two years.
If you do well in two years, then the demolition of the old stadium and the construction of three high-end residential areas with more than 20 floors on the original site can be handed over to you. In other words, this is a project worth 700 million pounds. "
"What?" Hearing 700 million pounds, a few senior executives of a Chinese construction group in England immediately became excited. "Mr. Devonshire, I think we need to adjourn for discussion first. I will give you an answer later."
"No problem." William nodded. "Do as you please. If you need anything, you can call for the private room service. Then, gentlemen, see you later."
"Thank you."
William and Wilson, who had been silent all this time, walked out of the meeting room. They held the whiskey Abigail handed over and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass of the private room.
"Did you really outsource the entire project to the company registered in London by the Celestial Empire? Man, this is a project worth 700 million pounds. Also, can a company in China really build such a big stadium? "
"Can I scold you? Wilson, you're too backward. No one is a match for China when it comes to infrastructure, "William took a sip of whiskey and said with a smile," Moreover, even if they don't make money this time, they'll still complete the project on time and with quality. This is a rare opportunity for them to advertise.
The construction companies in England and the Kangaroo Kingdom needed four years, but he only needed two years. Can you imagine how much advertising benefit it will bring once it is completed? Besides, it's not like they don't make money with 700 million pounds. "
"I still don't believe it." Wilson shook his head.
As they chatted, the two-year-old horse race, which was the warm-up before the three-year-old male horse race, began first. The broadcast was broadcasting the names and information of the horses. William patted Wilson, whose mind was not on the horse race at all, and said, "Alright, buddy, the first race is about to start. Are you interested in playing?"
Wilson hurriedly shook his head. "Don't drag me into this. If someone finds out, I'll be in big trouble."
"I'm going to faint. Then you can give me some advice. You've been in contact with horses since you were young. You must know more about them than me."
"Of course, being a consultant is not a problem. Let me say first that I'm only responsible for the introduction. There are many unexpected factors in the horse race. Don't blame me if you don't win," Wilson said with a smile.
"It's okay. I'm just playing around when I'm bored."
Wilson thought for a while and said uncertainly, "The probability of number 5, 6, and 11 entering the top three is higher, but I can't guarantee which horse will be the champion and will actually enter the top three."
"Hehe, it's okay. I'm just playing." William picked up the pager in the private room and asked the manager to buy him a one million pound composite bet for number 5, 6, and 11 to enter the top three, and number 6 to win.
Wilson waited for William to finish buying before saying, "One million pounds is what you mean by playing around? God, I'm starting to regret talking too much. You weren't sure in the first place. It would be strange if you bought a composite bet. "
Sure enough, after a few minutes, the three horses that entered the top three were not number 5.6.11 at all. Wilson looked at William and shrugged, giving him a 'don't blame me' look. William laughed and patted Wilson's shoulder. He said indifferently, "It's okay. I'm just playing around."
Seeing that William was not angry, Wilson smiled and said, "Shall we continue in the next round?"
"Do I look like an idiot to you?" William rolled his eyes at Wilson. "I've lost a million pounds. Only an idiot would buy as you said. If I want to buy, I'll buy Red Hare."
"Haha, I thought you didn't treat money as money." Wilson laughed. "Didn't your trainer tell you that the Royal Ascot competition will never let the horse owner bet on his own horse?"
"Hmm, there's such a rule?"
"Of course," Wilson said with certainty.
The two of them chatted for another half an hour before they finally reached the highlight of the day. The Three-Year-Old Male Horse Competition. Red Hare was in the seventh lane today. It was neither good nor bad.
William and Wilson were not like the audience in the auditorium, waving their hands and shouting. However, Abigail, who was watching a horse for the first time, was a little excited. She held William's arm tightly with both of her hands and stared at the Red Hare.
With a few beeps, more than ten horses rushed out of the starting fence. The importance of the start of a speed race was self-evident. Once three hundred meters passed, the winner and loser could be seen.
Although Red Hare was shorter than English purebred horses, it still rushed into the top three after three hundred meters.
Seeing that Red Hare had rushed into the top three, William smiled. According to Red Hare's main trainer, Old Neil, as long as the start was not bad, Red Hare had a high chance of winning the second half of the race. Now that it had entered the top three in the first three hundred meters, Red Hare would definitely win today as long as there were no accidents.
"Come on, come on, Red Hare," Abigail shouted Red Hare's name in a non-standard tone. Once the race passed 1600 meters, Red Hare, who had always been in third place, began to exert its strength. It only used 200 meters to run into first place, and the more it ran, the stronger it became.
Even Wilson, who was not very excited, began to shout.
When the race finished 2400 meters and reached the sprint stage, everyone was shouting Red Hare's name. It was because Red Hare had a huge advantage now. With only 500 meters left, it was already seven or eight horse lengths ahead of the second place. Such an absolute advantage had not appeared in the St. Lie Championship for many years.
Moreover, it looked like the advantage was getting bigger. The endurance of the other horses was obviously decreasing. On the other hand, Red Hare gave people the feeling that it was just starting to warm up. It kept galloping and ran faster and faster. When it reached the finish line, it was 18 horse lengths ahead of the second place. It broke the race record with a time of 2: 59.43.
"Oh my god, oh my god," Wilson covered his forehead in disbelief when he saw the race record logo on the big screen. As for Abigail, she hugged William and kissed him.
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