Xie Sipeng gently tapped the table with the chips, Shen Ji and Zhang Chaoyang were whispering something, Abacha lit the extinguished cigar again, and Zhou Han stood behind Cao Mo with a pair of deep and brief eyes. His sharp beautiful eyes glanced over from time to time, and Cao Mo even picked up the two trump cards in his hand without caring and showed them to little Tubman who had already discarded his cards next to him...
All of this seemed like a swarm of fighter jets roaring in his ears, and it seemed to be separated by a transparent film, giving him a feeling of alienation. It also made the back of his head hurt, his throat was dry, and he had difficulty breathing. a feeling of.
Lu Yan subconsciously stretched out his finger, and when he touched the chip at the top of the stack, it felt as if he was lightly pricked by the tip of a needle. When he saw that the face value of the chip was only two dollars, he couldn't help but want to burst out laughing.
They were only playing Texas Hold'em poker for two dollars per bet, so why were they so nervous as if they were gambling their fortune? Do they really care so much about winning or losing in front of Cao Mo and Zhou Han?
Lu Yan seemed to have been submerged under water for a long time and suddenly surfaced to breathe freely. Finally, he discarded the trump cards in his hand and no longer fought against Cao Mo with two trump cards that showed no chance of winning.
Cao Mo took another look at the two trump cards in his hand to Zhou Han behind him, raised his head and looked at Zhou Han from bottom to top and smiled, then threw the two trump cards into the pile and spoke slowly. He took the few thirty-dollar chips on the table and brought them to his table.
A faint smile appeared on Zhou Han's bright and beautiful cheeks, but it was as if a blade had scratched a mysterious and sensitive string in Lu Yan's mind, and he couldn't help but think impetuously: Cao Mo's trump card Worse than himself, his opportunity was stolen by Cao Mo?
However, he missed the last ten bets, and he was never qualified to look at Cao Mo's trump cards, which made him feel even more heart-wrenchingly uncomfortable.
Lu Yan himself felt strange, why couldn't he relax in such a low-end entertainment card game?
A text message came in, and the screen of his mobile phone beside the stack of chips flashed. Cao Mo picked up the phone and took a look, and asked Zhou Han to sit down and continue playing cards for him. After replying to Song Yuqing's text message, he installed the phone Returning to his trouser pocket, he looked down from a high position and saw Zhou Han's slightly open collar, revealing a corner of the snowy peaks, which was extremely tempting.
Zhou Han wanted to return his seat to Cao Mo, but when he looked up, he saw his eyes boring into his collar, giving him a flirtatious look, his eyes were watery and his face was radiant. This scene was even more shocking. The veins on Lu Yan's forehead twitched slightly.
Everyone knows that Zhou Han was once his forbidden love. No matter what the reason, now he throws himself into Cao Mo's arms and acts coquettishly, which is a shame that he will never be able to wash away.
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Their entertainment game ended on time at twelve o'clock. When the chips were settled, Cao Mo still lost more than a hundred US dollars. On the way back to the room, he jokingly said to Zhang Chaoyang: "I've been playing hooks for the past half month or so." It was a success..."
The suite where Cao Mo lived was located in the southeast corner of the main building. Standing in front of the round floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom, he could see the original beach casino (East Banquet Building) submerged in the silent night, with only a faint trace showing. distinguish.
"You have no intention of sparing Lu Yan and the others..." Zhou Han walked in and saw Cao Mo staring at the beach casino and said leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window.
"They now think they are in Dracula, and they have to put away their fangs and claws, but the claws are still there, and they will be exposed as long as there is an opportunity," Guo Jian once discussed with Lu Yan in the car about bribery
There was no way Cao Mo could pretend that the killer had never happened. This was completely different from how he had stopped members of the Steel Fist Brotherhood from besieging the Taihua Industrial Park and preventing them from carrying out crazy revenge on Taihua employees. He looked at Zhou
Han asked, "Should they arrange for someone to contact Yan Ming?"
"The day after Yan Ming was deported, the Lu family came to visit him. However, Yan Ming was greatly frustrated and unwilling to return to Kanem. Besides, Yan Ming had no way to return to Kanem in a short period of time except for smuggling.
Zhou Han said, "But looking at Lu Yan's behavior today, even if he can't invite Yan Ming to Dracula, he will still get Yan Zhicheng's contact information from Yan Ming..."
To lay the bait, you have to be patient and let the Lu family take the initiative to find Yan Zhicheng, so that they will be unsuspecting.
Of course, Zhou Han originally thought that Cao Mo would not get involved in this matter, but he did not expect that Cao Mo would still take the bait of Lu Yan today. But did Cao Mo really think that the Lu family would not give up after all and decided to do this?
Zhou Han was a little confused and couldn't help but look at Cao Mo.
Zhou Han was wearing a dark green dress with a slender waist. Even when she went back to the room and put on comfortable slippers, she still had a tall figure. Her skin was white and tender, and she had a slender waist. She had a long and curly figure.
The eyelashes make her eyes appear deeper and clearer, the lips under her straight nose seem to be dyed, and her chin is slightly pointed, not as round as Song Yuqing's, but it also makes her face appear more pure and vivid.
Cao Mo stretched out his hand to cover Zhou Han's eyes and said, "Don't look at me like that, it's so tempting."
Zhou Han's face turned red inexplicably, and he changed the topic and asked: "Ensange leaked many details of your cooperation in front of Lu Yan. Are you worried that Nitz Oppenheimer is not reliable?"
"Niz Oppenheimer was originally very greedy and short-sighted. He even wanted to overturn the gambling agreement between Sika Advert Power Grid Company and Cornero Energy - the shares of Western Union Petroleum were originally owned by Oppenheimer.
The Heimo family is divided up with two other investment companies. What I am more worried about now is that the other two companies only exist in documents and have not officially appeared until now." Cao Mo said.
As a family descended from colonizers, the Oppenheimer family has shortcomings in Kanem, especially in Deculamo and Ogun and Oyo states where the Yoruba people are the absolute majority.
Politically, they dare not easily break with the Blake family and the rising stars of the Sikka and Felician families.
If Taihua only cooperated with the Oppenheimer family, Cao Mo would not have anything to worry about. But outside of the Oppenheimer family, what was the status of the other two investment companies that it cooperated with?
Haven't figured it out yet.
After the military rule of Kanem ended, Nitz Oppenheimer participated in local elections and entered the political arena. His family has never had a particularly conspicuous performance in business, and it is far inferior to the Brahm and Rupert families.
Cao Mo originally decided to use Western Union Oil as a bargaining chip in exchange for Nitz Oppenheimer to take action to solve the crisis of Chinese employees being besieged. At that time, he thought that the profits brought by Western Union Oil's annual crude oil trade of 200,000 to 300,000 tons should be enough to satisfy his needs.
The Oppenheimer family's appetite.
However, in a series of subsequent performances, Oppenheimer's ambitions were not limited to this.
The Lu family became a little frightened. In addition to the fact that the Taihua Industrial Park was originally a listed company responsible for investment, they also transferred 30% of the shares of the Conero Lake Port and the New Taihua Refinery to the listed company Taihua Group this time.
This reduces the Lu family’s direct investment in Kanem and avoids falling into a debt crisis.
In accordance with regulatory requirements, Taihua Group also disclosed to the public the information and acquisition status of the two projects, the Conero Lake Port and the new Taihua Refinery.
According to information released by the Taihua Group, in addition to acquiring a 30% stake in the Port of Conero Lake through Western Union Petroleum, the Oppenheimer family and two investment companies also invested US$30 million in the new Taihua Refinery.
Take 30% of the shares.
The listed company Taihua Group and Western Union Petroleum also agreed to provide another US$100 million in construction funds for the new Taihua Refinery within one year in the form of loans, so as to start the second phase of fuel refining with more advanced technology at the same time.
The project will bring the total annual crude oil refining capacity to 700,000 tons.
According to the proportion, the funds that Western Union Petroleum agreed to provide in the future will account for 40% of the entire loan, but even so, including their capital injection into the New Taihua Refinery and the corresponding funds for the subsequent construction of the Conero Lake Port,
At least a total of US$100 million in cash is needed.
With the strength of the Oppenheimer family, it is impossible to bear even one-third of it. It is obvious that the other two investment companies are the main providers of funds.
It's a pity that these two are offshore registered investment companies, and the information Cao Mo can find is very limited.
Cao Mo is not worried that the two investment companies have any bad intentions against them now, but how will the situation change as the situation continues to develop?
The Lu family already knew more details about many previous events from the Nsange and Oppenheimer families. Today, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin tried their best to appear calm. After all, their current energy was mainly focused on promoting the Conero Lake Port and the new project.
In terms of the construction of Taihua Refinery, Taihua Industrial Park and New Taihua Casino Hotel, they still decided to transfer the Beku Cement Plant and New Taihua Grinding Station but they have not yet been able to get the transfer money.
He made a blackmail!
In their eyes, this revenge is not unavenged, but the time has not come yet.
And after the completion of the New Taihua Refinery, Cao Mo could have predicted with his toes that Nitz Oppenheimer would inevitably breed greater greed and ambition?
So under the influence of the Lu family and Nitz Oppenheimer, how will the attitude of the interest groups hidden behind the other two offshore investment companies change?
Cao Mo still thinks that Yan Zhicheng can get into their ranks as soon as possible and at least help him find out the details behind the other two offshore investment companies.
Another point is that Liang Yuan does not dare to contact the Lu family now, but after getting Han Shaorong's support or some kind of guarantee, will he take the initiative to go to the Lu family and tell everything?
If that's the case, he and the Lu family will definitely fight to the death in the future, unless he kicks Zhou Han out in advance!
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Han asked suspiciously when he saw Cao Mo glance at him, and then his eyes quickly shifted to the quiet night outside the window.
"You are quite sensitive," Cao Mo said with a smile, "I was wondering if I should kick you away!"
"Are you worried that Liang Yuan will tell the Lu family everything?" Zhou Han asked.
"If Liang Yuan can get Han Shaorong's guarantee, or tell everything to Han Shaorong, the Lu family will naturally understand what your true intentions are," Cao Mo said, "I just hope that your actions on Yan Zhicheng can be cleaner. Don't
They saw the flaw!"
"Yang Xiaofeng and Yan Zhicheng have a single line of contact, and they will never show up easily - as long as they don't investigate the process of Yan Zhicheng's release from prison, they should not be able to find any flaws!"
Zhou Han had also realized this a long time ago and was worried that the Lu family would investigate the details of Yan Zhicheng's release from prison. Therefore, he must not let Yan Zhicheng take the initiative to contact the Lu family, but let the Lu family unknowingly fall into the trap and take the initiative to find Yan Zhicheng, saying,
"If you are worried that Liang Yuan might reveal all this to the Lu family, you should let Yan Zhicheng break into them so that you can keep track of their movements..."
"Okay, now I just hope that nothing will go wrong in the cooperation with New Steel Alliance," Cao Mo said with a sigh, "Otherwise, I really regret not kicking you out earlier..."
"You don't care why I keep targeting the Lu family?" Zhou Han asked.
"You don't care. If you don't want to know, don't tell me." Cao Mo said.
"..." Zhou Han choked on his words and glanced at Cao Mo resentfully...
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Although the casino is closed, the property here still belongs to Xintaihua Investment Group.
After Lu Yan returned to Kanem, he still lived in a beach house, but at this time he no longer felt safe enough alone. In addition to hiring multiple armed bodyguards from the famous South African security and defense company, he also built three other buildings.
The villa was taken out and rooms were arranged for Huang Hebin and other Taihua dispatched employees.
Lu Yan didn't know why he got so excited during this small entertainment card game. Maybe it was because Cao Mo's face was so disgusting?
Lu Yan tried hard not to think about Cao Mo's disgusting face. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, through the window, he could not help but see the huge black shadow of the banquet building in the east behind two rows of coconut trees.
New Taihua Investment Group is almost the core and most important asset of the Lu family outside the listed company Taihua Group. The East Banquet Building and the four beachfront villas are properties directly held by New Taihua Investment Group.
Four seaside buildings
The villa can be used as a staff dormitory, but the construction area is more than 20,000 square meters. The East Banquet Building, which once made a lot of money, is left empty. It is a pity.
Nsange actually wanted to take over the East Banquet Building and move the Victoria Bar under his name there.
The overall economic development of Kanem is very backward. However, the crude oil output of nearly 100 billion US dollars every year still brings huge wealth to this country - and more than 60% of Kanem's manufacturing industry and a higher proportion of finance and port distribution are gathered together.
Dracula Mo also relied on the immeasurable siphon effect to achieve abnormal development and become increasingly prosperous.
The West Bank area, which was originally a concentrated residence of indigenous poor people, especially along the Central Avenue on the west bank of the Aral Lake Strait, has experienced considerable development in recent years.
This also promotes the prosperity of the entertainment industry in this region.
The destruction of the Steel Fist Brotherhood and the Ghidamu Family left a large void in this area that needed to be filled.
Nsangge had a good idea, but how could Lu Yan collect some symbolic rent and let him use the place for nothing?
Since the New Taihua Casino Hotel has to be built according to the standards of a high-end star hotel, after the main body of the building is completed, the interior decoration will take at least a year, and the decoration company of Dracula Mo will be needed to be able to do it well.
If you choose a domestic engineering decoration company to undertake the interior decoration project, the cost will be even higher.
Of course, the preparations for the casino also need to be taken into consideration...
Thinking of this, Lu Yan asked Guo Jian: "Have you ever contacted Yan Ming again?"
Yan Zhicheng was missing. No one knew the whereabouts of Yan Ming, who had long been granted Kanem citizenship. However, Yan Ming was deported half a month ago. Lu Yan and the others got the news early on and also knew Yan Ming's address in China.
When Lu Yan insisted on building a comprehensive casino hotel on the south shore of Lake Cornero, he planned to recruit Yan Ming to help, so he immediately obtained Yan Ming's contact information and invited him to return to Draculamore.
Since Yan Ming was deported, it would be impossible for him to return to Kanem with legal status in a short period of time; after experiencing this blow again, he still didn't understand what happened. He didn't know if the Lu family and Liang Yuan collaborated to betray him.
Without the Jidamu family, how could he still have the ambition to return to West Africa and do something in his career?
Yan Ming directly rejected Lu Yan's invitation without even thinking about it.
This time, Lu Yan deliberately wanted to ease the conflict and did not let Guo Jian appear at today's dinner or card game. Guo Jian still didn't know why Lu Yan suddenly mentioned Yan Ming again and seemed agitated, saying: "Last time we contacted him,
Yan Ming, he hung up the phone after not saying a few words, so..."
"Contact Yan Ming again and ask him what conditions he wants to return to Draculamore." Lu Yan said, thinking that if he could control a casino behind the scenes, his disgusting face would probably not be displayed on the gaming table again.
Did you show that contemptuous smile?
After Guo Jian joined the Lu family, he knew very well how terrifying the Lana Del Rey Beach Casino was at its peak. However, if Yan Ming was unwilling to return to Draculamore, what could they do? They couldn't kidnap Yan Ming, right?
?
Seeing Guo Jian standing there hesitantly and not contacting Yan Ming immediately, Lu Yan said impatiently: "If you contact Yan Ming, just tell him that if he can prop up the Lana Del Rey Beach Casino, in addition to his one million annual salary
In addition, you can also get a 3% bonus! If he is willing, I can give him two years of basic salary in advance!"
Lu Yan thought to himself that he really didn't believe it anymore. Yan Ming, who had been in the colorful world, could really find an ordinary job with a monthly salary of several thousand yuan to live in China!
"Well, I'll contact him right away!" Guo Jian said, feeling very envious in his heart.
Although Lu Yan finally took him in, he always used him as a handyman and had no other expression except giving him living expenses ranging from three to five thousand US dollars every month. Guo Jian had no way to propose to Lu Yan.
any request.
It was early morning in China. Yan Ming received a call from Guo Jian. To be honest, he couldn't help but be tempted by Lu Yankai's conditions. In the past few years, he had been struggling in Kanem. In addition to sending some money back to the building, he built a house in the countryside.
Outside a small building, he got nothing, and was tortured in the suburban prison of Draculamore. Is he really willing to find a job with a monthly salary of 3,000 to 5,000 yuan or open a small shop in his hometown from now on?
He didn't agree to Lu Yan's invitation before, because he really didn't understand how all this happened, and he was even afraid that Lu Yan would deceive him into Draculamore, which would be detrimental to him.
However, Guo Jian said that Lu Yan would give him two million in advance. Yan Ming thought that no matter how valuable he was, he probably wasn't worth Lu Yan spending such a high price to deal with him, right? Thinking about it carefully, he didn't do anything to offend Lu Yan?
However, Lu Yan hoped that he would prop up the casino after arriving at Draculamore, but Yan Ming was not sure.
The Brotherhood of Steel Fist was destroyed, and the casino staff was also dispersed. The previous Jinyuan Casino was also supported by my cousin Yan Zhicheng.
Even if he wants to bring back some old people, Yan Ming doesn't think he has enough face.
And Yan Ming knew very well that the Lu family was full of talented people and was involved in all kinds of crooked ways. Whether it was the reopening of the Lana Del Rey Beach Casino or the new Taihua Hotel and Casino that would only be launched in a year or two, other matters would not take their turn.
He intervened, but Lu Yan still asked him to support the "gamble" part.
However, this group is most afraid of peers and professional gamblers coming to ruin the place, so it needs people with sufficient skills to take charge.
"What, Yan Ming said he wanted to find Yan Zhicheng?" Lu Yan asked irritably, "Yan Ming has no news about him, do I know where the hell he went?"
"Yan Zhicheng finally escaped from prison. He must have been worried that someone would kill him, so he hid and did not dare to show his face. But he should still be hiding in some corner of Draculamore," Guo Jian said.
"Of course I know he is in Draculamore, but even if he is a Chinese who has been hanging around in Draculamore for more than 20 years, how can we find him if he wants to hide and not show up?" Lu Yan asked.
"We don't know where he is hiding, but if Yan Ming can come to Draculamore, he should contact Yan Ming..." Guo Jian guessed, "And we have to let him know that we will not do anything to him!"
"Of course we won't do anything to him. This whole damn thing was done by Liang Yuan and Cao Mo's little brat!" Lu Yan said impetuously...