Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0968: Saying One Word and Meaning One Mind
"Did you see that?"
"A bystander sees things more clearly. I was standing by and watching. How could I not see it?"
"They just reached a tacit understanding at the poker table. Liu Jiajia is asking for trouble. She saw Boqiong at the gambling table, but she still dared to come over." Zhao Shixian sarcastically said, "Xu Shiheng has been on the gossip magazine again recently, and Liu Jiajia's name is among the female protagonists."
"Oh, I was wondering why Boqiong was so angry with Liu Jiajia." Nan Yi suddenly realized, "You guys are so cruel that you sucked all of Liu Jiajia's belongings dry."
"It's none of my business. I just met a small request from my client. Bo Qiong will soon have $350 million in funds deposited into PY Securities."
Nan Yi said jokingly, "You should have told me earlier. I could have flattered her just now. If she was happy, she would have added another 350 million."
"It's still not too late to take pictures tomorrow." Zhao Shixian glanced at Nan Yi.
"Haha, do you want to go for a walk after dinner?"
"I want to get a facial. I'll let you move freely. You can go sit in the bar on the eighth floor or go to the show. I heard from Anya that there will be a show that you men will like."
"No, I'll go up to the deck to see the night view and then go back to the guest room."
Nan Yi is not stupid. If he really dares to climb up the pole, he will just wait for Zhao Shixian to cause trouble.
"Go ahead. We're on a cruise to have fun. I'm not that stingy."
"I really won't go. I'm not interested in that kind of place." Nan Yi waved his hand and said firmly.
Zhao Shixian had a look of "I hope you know what's best for me" on his face, waving the knife and cutting the steak elegantly.
After dinner, Nan Yi went back to the guest room first. Seeing that Nan Ruoqi was not awake yet, he went up to the deck again and ordered a drink in the open-air cafe.
Just after he sat there leisurely for a while, the school beauty came to his side and said, "Nansheng, our people followed the VIP and found that he had two companions, and they all smelled of gunpowder."
"Maybe they are mercenaries on vacation, or maybe they are doing other things. As long as they are not coming for us or hijacking the cruise ship, we don't need to worry about it."
"There won't be any problems for now. The most vulnerable area is the waters between the Philippines and Palau."
"Yes." Nan Yi nodded, "Follow closely, don't let Shixian get into trouble."
"clear."
If the Carnival's route did not circle around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, Nan Yi would agree to let Zhao Shixian accompany her on board, but he would never take Nan Ruoqi with him.
Shennong Nanliang has many industries in Southeast Asia, and there are many places where helicopters are deployed. For example, in Palau, which the school beauty just mentioned, Jiang Shang Fisheries has many tuna fishing boats in the country, and also has two helicopters responsible for logistics support and rescue. If something really happens near Palau, Nan Yi can take Zhao Shixian and her daughter away at any time.
Nan Yi follows the principle of escaping rather than fighting. Life is not a movie. Battle scenes are exciting to watch, but it is not so wonderful when you are there in person. Not only will people die, but you will also have to clean up your mess.
Nan's security is neither Interpol nor a certain country's special police. The security that has been following him is fine, as the guns they carry have licenses, and after going through a rather complicated procedure, they can be classified as self-defense.
Once the two "turtle" teams ready to provide support at any time start firing their guns, things will be troublesome. They are a team that constantly switches between legal and illegal activities. It costs a lot to put on the legal hat, and it's not just money, there may be dirty work waiting to be done.
Many countries do not have legal provisions against their citizens privately participating in wars outside their borders, which means that being a mercenary and fighting outside the borders does not violate the laws of the country of nationality. However, the interpretation of the word "war" is a bit ambiguous.
The fight between two teams of mercenaries can be treated as a war, or as a gang fight, or as one side being a murderer and the other acting in self-defense. A variety of interpretations are acceptable, and if we really want to punish someone, there are always a few legal provisions that can match them.
Mercenary organizations are not out-of-this-world things, nor are they free from all worries and concerns. Most of them have inextricable ties with a government, a consortium, or powerful wealthy people. In addition to fighting for their lives, they need someone to help them clear away some invisible troubles.
In return, they need to do some dirty work that is shameful and shameful. Usually, the government's work is the dirtiest and easiest to be silenced afterwards.
A small number of mercenary organizations, which are just a few people working together to make a living, are cleaner and simpler. They make money by risking their lives, and use the money to support their families or spend it for a while.
Mercenary organizations like this would have a very difficult life. They have no channels to obtain weapons and their equipment is cobbled together. They are isolated and helpless when working and can only rely on themselves. If a member is injured, they can only bribe medical staff with a high price or threaten them with guns. The rate of attrition in both combat and non-combat is very fast, and they will usually disappear after being active for one or two years.
Free mercenaries have a short lifespan and there is no possibility of longevity. Moreover, they have to stay in war-torn areas all the time and not run around. They can easily end up walking through the door to prison if they want to return to their homeland to see their families or take a vacation.
The same goes for other countries. Before going on vacation, it is best to recall whether the work you have taken on before infringes on the interests of this country. If so, it is easy to go there and never return.
Mercenaries are also called wild dogs of war, so called because they can only wander around the battlefield like wild dogs and can go nowhere else, instead of chasing wild dogs running around the battlefield.
The positioning of the Nan security team is security, protecting the safety of its industries. They are formally and legally registered, and the equipment they carry is also legal. However, as soon as they shoot at people, their legal attributes will immediately be shaken and their attributes as mercenaries will appear. Intelligence organizations from a certain country that need people to do dirty work will most likely come close to them, and either do the dirty work or have a dialogue with that country's laws.
Of course, there is another solution, which is to give some profits to the country, invest in the country, or sell a mine in a third country to a company in the country at a fair price, etc. The amount of profit to be paid depends on the size of the trouble caused.
If the two turtle teams landed on the Carnival, even if they were dealing with bandits, they would not be able to become heroes who rescued thousands of people. Instead, they would become the fuse for the Nan family to spit out profits again. Moreover, because they were exposed in front of too many people, they would have to pay a large amount of profits to solve the negative effects brought about by public opinion. There is also a great possibility that the problem cannot be solved at all.
There are many things that can be done but cannot be said, and cannot be put in the open for too many people to know.
The Nan family can have a security team with "mercenary attributes" and can occasionally do some shady things, but the news can only remain within the highest interest group and must never be known by the class that is under the law and can distinguish right from wrong .
And try to do as little as possible and distance yourself from it.
The next day, after nearly twenty-four hours of sailing, the cruise ship docked at the Taicun pier.
After Zhao Shixian fed Nan Ruoqi, she got off the boat and followed the team into the city center. Nan Yi stayed in the private viewing platform of the guest room to handle some official business.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the disembarked passengers and new passengers from Taiwan boarded the cruise ship, which sounded the horn again and set sail towards the Philippine Sea.
When Zhao Shixian was showing Nan Yi the little gadgets she had bought, Anya came to the guest room and informed him that there would be a fireworks show at 10 o'clock tonight and gave him two invitations - there would be an auction on the cruise ship at 7 o'clock tomorrow night, and the items for auction would all be oriental antiques.
Zhao Shixian was not interested in the auction, she wanted to participate in the Gambling King Competition held in the casino.
It is called a competition, but it is actually a gimmick created by the casino to increase its revenue. Those who want to participate have to exchange one million chips and then sign up to play at the blackjack table. From 7 to 9 o'clock tomorrow night, the casino will count the remaining chips of each contestant, and the five contestants with the most remaining chips will enter the final the day after tomorrow.
In the final, five people each prepared two million chips and sat at a gambling table to compete. The prize for the champion was eight million, which was the chips of the other four players. The casino had calculated very carefully and did not intend to invest a penny.
To put it bluntly, casinos take advantage of gamblers' competitive psychology, tempting them to increase their stakes, and at the same time attract a wave of people who originally had no intention of entering the casino.
Another night passed. After lunch, Zhao Shixian said that he wanted to conserve his energy for the evening competition and would not run around during the day. He pulled Nan Yi to the swimming pool on the top floor which was only open to high-end guests. Neither of them changed their clothes, but just lay on the lounge chairs beside the swimming pool.
There were only seven or eight people in the swimming pool , four men and three women.
Zhao Shixian took a sip of his drink and pointed to the swimming pool. "Do you know those two women?"
Nan Yi stared at the page in his hand, not even glancing at the swimming pool before replying, "The one on the left has a mole one centimeter below the left ankle. The one on the right is not very familiar to me. I have only seen a limited part of him. I heard he is very conservative."
"One dragon playing with two phoenixes, conservative?" Zhao Shixian said sarcastically.
"It's OK if she looks conservative on the screen. Who cares if she is conservative in ? I quite like the role of a good wife and mother she plays. It's quite realistic."
"What about the one on the left? In which movie did you see that mole?"
"I didn't notice the title." Nan Yi glanced at Zhao Shixian and said, "Don't watch it. What's so good about women?"
"Are you happy with me seeing a man?"
"Look at whatever you want. Women look at handsome men, and men look at beautiful women. This is human nature. I am very generous. I allow you to have me as the male protagonist in your erotic dream."
"It's never you." Zhao Shixian said with a smile: "After I met you, I haven't had any erotic dreams. What about you? Who are the heroines? Am I one of them?"
"You are not part of the naive youth. You are just a teacher, a big sister next door, or other relatively close people. People who are too far away cannot be brought into the dream."
"Do you remember the first girl who made your heart beat faster?"
Nan Yi recalled for a while and shook his head. "It seems that there is no such person. My sexual enlightenment was relatively late. By the time I was interested in the opposite sex, the ignorant period had passed. So I should not have a spiritual first love."
"What about first love?"
Nan Yi pointed at his nose and asked, "Do you think I look like Han Ju?"
“No.”
"I'm only talking to you about my first love because I'm sick. We're here on vacation, so don't make trouble for no reason."
"Hmph, I'm not qualified to talk to you about this topic. Only Madam Nan is qualified." Zhao Shixian said angrily.
"Don't act like a little woman. This is not a magic weapon for you women to control men. Men who can be controlled only choose to be tolerant because of their weak economic foundation. Once their wallets become fatter, counterattacks or so-called cold violence are just a matter of time. This is what you women say about men becoming bad when they have money."
"You are making a farce. Your statement is only from a selfish male perspective, not from a fair perspective."
"Is there a problem? Humans interpret the world based on their own interests. Why don't you think about the problem from the perspective of the steak you ate last night? That cow is so innocent. Why should it be slaughtered and eaten by humans?
Equality of all beings is a fallacy. No matter who tries to argue for it, it is one-sided, deliberately avoiding the main point, making specious arguments, and talking nonsense. Cannibalism is illegal, but that is just a fig leaf that humans give themselves. Of course, that is also because human flesh is not delicious. If it tastes like dragon meat, hehe..."
"You don't have me in your heart, and you dare to reason with me?" Zhao Shixian pointed at Nan Yi's nose, and then laughed and said, "If I say so, I'm just a little woman. Don't call me a little woman in the future."
"You have the final say."
"You're smart." Zhao Shixian paused for a moment and then said, "I have an idea to raise a long-term fund at PY Securities and use the funds raised to invest in start-up companies. What do you think?"
"From the perspective of the entire Nan Group's layout, many venture capital departments have already been involved. If PY Securities intervenes, there will be too much duplication and internal friction. From the perspective of PY Securities alone, it does need diversified development. You are the founder of PY Securities and own half of its shares, so I respect your decision."
“My decision was to go in.”
Nan Yi shrugged, "As long as you are happy, which field do you plan to start with?"
“Medical equipment.”
"Why choose this field?" Nan Yi was interested.
"We have a strong ability to tap into customers' consumption potential. They don't have to buy a house or change a car. They can have low standards for food and entertainment, but not for medical care. As long as it is within the customer's affordability, most customers will choose better and more comprehensive medical care. When it comes to medical care, every customer is a VIP customer who is very willing to spend."
Nan Yi waved his hand, "There's no need to talk about what everyone knows. Just share your own opinions."
Zhao Shixian smiled and said, "Have you ever paid attention to the development of interventional medicine?"
"Carmen, a subsidiary of the MICS Ergonomics Institute, is conducting research on medical robotic arms. Third Biopharmaceuticals has long established an interventional device research institute and has achieved several results."
"Ahaha, you are still so forward-looking."
"It's not my personal credit, it's the credit of all the staff of the Intelligence and Strategy Committee."
"I know. Since you understand interventional medicine, I don't need to elaborate on the rest, right?" Zhao Shixian spread his hands. "As far as I know, the development of interventional medicine in the mainland is still in its infancy, and interventional catheters, which are already widely used in Europe and the United States, are even more insufficient. For PY Securities' first investment, I plan to find a medical company in the mainland and invest funds to support its production of interventional catheters."
"Haha, after being with me for a long time, your awareness has improved and you know how to repay the motherland." Nan Yi laughed and said, "But I advise you not to set the price too high at the beginning. Start from the low end and low price, and then slowly move up to the high end and high price."
"Why?" Zhao Shixian asked confusedly .
"It's a bit complicated to explain. First, no one wants to take responsibility. In the mainland, as long as they can afford it, when purchasing a certain product, they will choose the best product of the same type. If there is a problem, they can put the blame on the overall level of technology in the world. Well, if there is still a problem with the best, the person in charge of purchasing must be innocent.
Second, the idea that 'it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy' is still very popular in the mainland. Do you know why?"
Zhao Shixian said without thinking: "Profits. Where there is procurement, there is profit. It has been like this since ancient times and has never changed."
“So, if possible, domestic products must be inferior to imported ones. The farther away, the less we know about them, the easier it is to operate, and the easier it is for funds to stay abroad.
Destroying someone's financial resources is like raping their wife or daughter. According to the development speed of the medical device industry and mainland medical care, the annual medical device procurement amount in the mainland will soon exceed 10 billion US dollars. The interests are too great. Before you integrate into the circle, don't be too ambitious. Just eat some leftovers to satisfy your cravings."
"You can't do that either?"
"You think too highly of me. I am only worthy of being compared to Jia Yucun in Dream of the Red Chamber." Nan Yi said self-deprecatingly, "Is Jia Yucun not insulting you?"
"Fool, what I value is you as a person." Zhao Shixian spat.
“What if we tear off the label of being rich?”
Zhao Shixian reached out and touched Nan Yi's abdominal muscles, "Same, but...you will become the man I support, and I will whip you a few times when I am in a bad mood."
Nan Yiteng stood up and said passionately, "Don't even think about it. A man of seven feet tall will never bow down for a few pieces of silver. More than ten years ago, I met a rich woman on a plane. She owned more than a dozen bars, but I didn't agree to her. What's more, you only have a shabby company and only half of the shares."
“Hahaha.” Zhao Shixian burst into laughter and reached out to tug at Nan Yi’s clothes. “Sit down, others are looking over here.”
"Hehehe." Nan Yi just sat down with a smile, and the school beauty came over with a phone in her hand, "Whose is it?"
"Chairman Ge."
When Nan Yi heard this, his brows instantly furrowed. He had already informed Ge Cuizhu about the cruise itinerary, and if it wasn't urgent, she would never have called him.
After answering the phone, Nan Yi asked, "Aunt, what's the emergency?"
"I just received news that in the area around Fengtian, Liaoning Province, someone is using the name of a reclamation group to start a grass otter recycling and breeding operation. The price of a female otter has been hyped up to 45,000 yuan."
Nan Yi asked with a gloomy face: "Do you know how big it has become?"
"At least thirty or forty million."
"Damn, you are all idiots. The nutria in Wuchuan and Zizhou caused a sensation last year. Can it happen again if we change the name to grass nutria?"
Ge Cuizhu paused for a moment and said, "They are not the same group of people."
Nan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and when he calmed down, he said, "I'll have someone go to the group to get the information. Aunt, you send someone to Fengtian to report the situation through formal channels, and I'll find someone to do the work."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi said to the school beauty, "Call Monkey and ask him to find a few Yanbian people who have obtained South Korean citizenship to go to Fengtian to wait for orders. Call Liang Huiwen and ask her to send someone to Shencun to get the information and prepare 5 million RMB in cash."
"yes."
"Are you going back?" Zhao Shixian asked after Nan Yi finished speaking.
Nan Yi smiled at her and said, "No need, I can just arrange it over the phone, let's continue."
"Go take care of whatever you need, I'm fine."
"It's really okay." Nan Yi patted the back of Zhao Shixian's hand, pointed in the direction of the dragon and two phoenixes and said, "You are having so much fun, you treat us like blind people."
Zhao Shixian looked over and saw a phoenix and a dragon kissing each other, and another phoenix diving in the water...
It's an eyesore!
Zhao Shixian spat, retracted his gaze and said to Nan Yi: "Let's go to another place."
"Walk."
The two came to the open-air cafe on the deck and found lounge chairs to lie down. Zhao Shixian closed his eyes and took a nap, while Nan Yi continued to read a book that was not officially published - someone compiled some pamphlets and anthologies of Thomas Paine and put them online for people to download.
Nan Yi's attitude towards Thomas Paine went from being a stranger to admiring him, and even to having a vague admiration for him, all because of one of his famous sayings: If a person vigorously promotes something he himself does not believe in, then he is ready to do anything bad.
These words went straight to the heart, like a mirror reflecting Nan Yi. He didn't know when it started, but he rarely spoke the truth directly. All he spoke were clichés, nonsense, and nice words against his will. He said what he meant, and his thoughts and words became two parallel lines that never intersected.
While Nan Yi was immersed in philosophical thinking, in the jungle of the northern province of Rwanda in faraway Africa, the renewable humanoid asset project Beautiful World, code-named BW, which was implemented here several years ago, has come to an end.
Beautiful World has taken in a total of 500 Tutsi orphans, who have received several years of military, cultural and business education. Most of them have grown from childhood to adolescence and youth. After the Rwandan genocide last year, the orphans were sent away one after another, and now only 30 people are left who have been selected.
The 470 orphans sent away did not have any so-called special mission. Beautiful World taught them skills and fed them just to build up some family ties. In a few years, when they have blossomed in the military, political and business circles of Rwanda, we hope they will still remember that their present day was given by Adam Dad, and will give Adam Dad some convenience.
Nan Yi has set its sights on Rwanda's tantalum-niobium associated minerals and needs to establish some purer relationships in Rwanda that are different from those built through interests.
The remaining 30 orphans, led by Black Mamba, the head of the Beautiful World, moved to another camp and registered the Parasitic Catfish Military Service Company. They were divided into four teams under the company: Pandora Team, Death Team, Hunter Team, and Gold Team.
Among them, the Gold Team, whose members all received education on gold knowledge, went to Ghana to collect information for Nan's next step of entering Ghana for gold mine investment. The other three teams stayed in Rwanda to provide bodyguard services to the screened wealthy people.
In the evening, Zhao Shixian went to participate in the gambling king competition, and Nan Yi went to the auction site.
Nan Yi found a seat in a row at the back and in an empty space, then sat down and flipped through the auction brochure in his hand. There were a total of ten lots in this auction. Not many items, but the types were quite diverse, and many countries were involved. The finale lot only had the four words "related to Buddhism" on it, with no pictures or introductory text. It was quite mysterious.
Nan Yi closed the brochure and was looking around when Bo Qiong came to him and said, "Nan Sheng, can I sit here?"
"Please take a seat, Ms. Bo."
Bo Qiong sat down next to Nan Yi, "Why didn't Nan Sheng go to the casino to watch Miss Zhao's game?"
"I'm not interested in gambling. Miss Bo's family has a long history of learning. Why don't you go and observe? Maybe you can see something useful and put it to use for yourself."
"I'm here for vacation this time." Bo Qiong said calmly, "Nansheng, do you have any items you like?"
"I am not very knowledgeable and I know nothing about history, let alone antiques. I came here to feel the atmosphere of the auction. What about you, Miss Bo? Do you have any idea about it?"
Bo Qiong frowned slightly, slightly displeased with Nan Yi's tone, "I'm not interested in the others, I'm just a little curious about the finale item. My father is a Buddhist, if the item is good, I plan to buy it and give it to my father."
"So it's Cai Yi Yu Qin, Miss Bo, I wish you all your wishes come true."
"Thanks."
The two chatted awkwardly, and after a while, the auction began. Although the atmosphere in the auction hall was quite lively, it did not affect the two of them. No one knew what Boqiong was thinking, and Nan Yi was concentrating on observing if there was anyone trying to buy and sell by themselves to prop up the market.
Nan Yi knew about the self-buying and self-selling routine, but he had never participated in it, so he didn't really know the ins and outs of it. It wouldn't be long before his people would be involved in it frequently, and he had to understand what the process was like. At least he had to know which links would incur costs, and he had to understand the general market conditions.
The items were auctioned off one by one, and after more than an hour, it was finally time for the finale, when a golden statue of Sakyamuni Buddha was carried onto the auction table.
According to legend, after six years of asceticism, Sakyamuni attained enlightenment under a bodhi tree. His magic power was destroyed, so he transformed into a group of demon soldiers, who shot him with various weapons, water, fire, poison and flames. However, the flames could not approach Sakyamuni's body and could only form a halo outside him.
The devil then ordered three naked women to try to seduce Sakyamuni with their beauty, but Sakyamuni used his magic power to turn these beauties into ugly old women. So Sakyamuni summoned the gods of the earth to testify and subdued the devil.
Therefore, the statue of Sakyamuni's enlightenment is of him sitting cross-legged on a lotus seat, with his left hand placed on his feet or holding a bowl, which is called the "Dhyana Mudra" and represents meditation; his right hand is pointing vertically to the ground, which is called the "Earth Touching Mudra" and means that Sakyamuni Buddha sacrificed everything for the liberation of all sentient beings. These are things done on the earth, and only the earth can prove it.
The auctioneer introduced the auction items vividly, "From the figure of Sakyamuni sitting cross-legged, with his left hand placed horizontally on his knees in the mudra of concentration, and his right hand placed on his right knee with his palm facing inward and his fingers pointing to the ground, we can see that this is one of the five postures of Buddhist statues: birth, enlightenment, preaching, giving, and nirvana. In Buddhism, it means that the earth is a witness and that he is willing to sacrifice everything to save all living beings.
What’s even more rare is that the seated Sakyamuni Buddha statue being auctioned has a halo behind it, which is not common in ordinary Buddhist statues. Even if it does exist, most of them have been lost or damaged during the process of inheritance.
This statue of Sakyamuni is the best of the best. For Buddhists, this statue is extremely rare. The starting price is HK$3 million, and the price will increase by HK$200,000 each time. Now, please invite interested guests to come up to the stage to observe it one by one. "
After the auctioneer finished shouting, Nan Yi turned around and said, " Miss , are you interested in this seated Buddha statue?"
"I'm determined to get it, Nansheng, you're not interested too, are you?"
"I'm still not interested, but I'm interested in going on stage to observe. Miss Bo, would you like to join me?"
"Nansheng, please."
Nan Yi just stood up from his seat, his body stiffened, and after a little hesitation, he said to Bo Qiong: "Miss Bo, don't ask me why first, just follow me now."
