Alchemy Greater China

() "Are you leaving London?...now?" Victoria understood what Long Hao meant, and her expression became solemn.

"That's right, don't you care about Immortal Dew? If I don't go back and supervise it myself, how can this magical potion be produced?" Long Hao said as a matter of course.

Long Hao planted a foreshadowing in the front, it would take a lot of money to 'manufacture' the Immortal Dew, without being in charge himself, this magical dew would definitely not be 'made'.

In a sense, Long Hao did not lie. ..

"Your Majesty, you don't want to restrict my freedom?" Seeing that Victoria remained silent for a long time, Long Hao stabbed.

"Joke, of course I won't restrict your freedom..."

Victoria woke up from her contemplation and said with a playful smile: "You are now a legal king, I don't want to 'detain' you and cause international disputes."

Unexpectedly, the Queen actually had a sense of humor and made a joke.

"With Her Majesty's words, ho... I feel relieved."

"Stinky boy, what did you say, as if you were ready for me not to let you go before you came." Victoria knocked on the table with a little dissatisfaction, and said: "Don't forget the agreement between us, if you don't come back The United States, who will help me keep an eye on those cowboys who are ready to move? Also, the 500 million pounds loaned to you by the government of this country has to be repaid. If you stay in London, can you make money?"..

Forget it, I didn't count on your £500 million loan at all. It's three installments and two cents per year. It sounds nice, but it needs to be approved by your parliament and signed by the prime minister. It's not a few months of discussion. Can I get it?Long Hao cursed in his stomach, and didn't take this illusory 'zheng fu loan' into account at all.

"Okay, before I leave, I hope the queen will give me a favor. Attend the engagement ceremony between me and Melissa." Only at this time did Long Hao throw out the things that Melissa had asked for thousands of times.

"Um, ok... um? Wait a minute..."

The Queen reacted, her crescent-like eyes suddenly widened: "You mean, you and Princess Xianlu are...engaged?"

"That's right, didn't the queen confer the marriage in public? And there have been some bad rumors recently... So for the princess's reputation and the queen's prestige, this engagement ceremony should be fast rather than slow!" Long Hao had very good reasons.

"Those newspapers, there are too many rumors, and those reporters dare to make up and write about everything, and gradually they don't pay attention to the royal family..."

There was a murderous look in Victoria's eyes, but it disappeared quickly. She narrowed her eyes and smiled again: "Earl Beihai, your decision is right. I will attend the engagement ceremony between you and Melissa, and host it for you... Is the ri date set yet? I've been quite busy recently, so I need to give me some buffer time to arrange it."

Long Hao had already prepared, and said: "Ten days later, the first day of December is a good day."

"Ah, let me check."

Victoria took out a booklet that looked like a desk calendar from a drawer, and flipped through it.Then he raised his head and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I happened to be free that day. I can attend your engagement ceremony! Engagement is good, you are young, and you will be separated for a while soon. This ceremony is also good for that girl Melissa. Calm down your heart!"

"Separation for a period of time?" Long Hao rubbed his ears and asked in surprise.

"That's right, you're going back to the United States. And Princess Xianlu has just taken over the royal family's court costumes. If you don't stay here to supervise, I'm afraid those costumes will not be well done..." Victoria's face was taken for granted, However, the playful look that flashed in his eyes did not escape Long Hao's sharp eyes.

A clump of anger ignited in Long Hao's chest.Although he had a premonition, he still felt a little powerless and helpless when Melissa was left behind by the queen with a lame reason.

This is the gap in strength. Victoria made it clear that the chariots and horses don't trust you, and insisted on keeping Melissa as a 'hostage', but you have no way to fight back.It is not the time to turn against the Queen and the United Kingdom before it is necessary.

However, Long Hao still had to work hard.

"No, Melissa has hired a lot of professionals. With them, the quality of these clothes can be guaranteed!"

"Hehe, this king is also for your own good!" Victoria said with a smile, "The Zhongshan Soul brand has just been recognized and accepted by London's upper class, and it needs Princess Xianlu to stay and continue to strengthen it. If she Leaving with you has caused mistakes in some links here, I can't make up for this loss, and you will regret it..."

The meaning of the threat is obvious: Long Hao, if you don't let Melissa stay, I dare to destroy your zss!

It seems that there is nothing to discuss, Long Hao struggled a bit and then compromised: "Okay, it would be good to let her accompany Her Majesty here... The business environment in Europe is good, and there is a big tree like the Queen, I think When I come back, zss will definitely give me a huge surprise!"

Old woman, don't you want to force me to keep my 'fiancée'?Well, I will join your army instead and force you to 'support' my Zhongshan Soul Company. If the development of zss is not satisfactory, then you don't want Immortal Dew!

"Oh, don't worry..."

Victoria smiled meaningfully, "As long as zss is of high quality and I am here, no one can bring it down..."

"keep your word!"

"How could this king lie to you? To tell you the truth, this king is very optimistic about Melissa's business ability...By the way, has the royal investment company been established? Are you also entrusting it to Melissa to manage? Ben Wang's 500 million pounds is not a small amount of money, but I don't want to be messed up..."

Hey, how dare you underestimate the young master's investment ability?Long Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to withdraw the shares? Or, seeing the wonderful development prospects of ZSS, you just want to step in and pick ready-made peaches? Queen, you are not very kind oh!"

After being exposed by Long Hao for her small thoughts, Victoria Rao was thick-skinned and dark-hearted, and her face couldn't help but flushed a little: "Ahem, I'm not as miserable as you said... I just don't want to withdraw my shares, I hope Don't let me down, boy!"

"Hmph, if you don't withdraw your shares, you will only be proud of today's wise decision in the future!" Long Hao curled his lips: "A mere 500 million yuan accounted for [-]% of the shares. Queen, you are taking a lot of money! !"

"Mere?" Victoria glared, "Boy, bragging about not making drafts? The 500 million pounds only accounted for [-]%. To be honest, after my king promised you that day, I regretted it very much!"

"Regret? That's good. I will offer 600 million pounds to buy back [-]% of your shares!"

Long Hao raised his head, and actually took out a checkbook from his pocket: "Anyway, more than 100 million has already been spent to buy the island, and I don't care about this small amount of money anymore! Heh heh, the gold mine has been mined for a few months. These are all back..."

Swish, swish, pen dancing... Long Hao moved extremely fast, before Victoria could react.A £600 million check, with fresh ink, is already spread out on the Queen's desk.

Victoria was a little dazed, staring at the check with the prefix 'Bank of England' printed on the desktop, a 6 plus 6 0, shocking!

accept?Still don't accept it?

The great Her Majesty the Queen is actually struggling in her heart now: If you accept it, it will only take a few days, and once you enter and exit, you will earn 100 million pounds for nothing!He even kept half of the shares...but.There is no free lunch in the world, this Long Hao.It looks harmless to humans and animals on the surface, but it is cunning and cunning on the inside. I have to be careful not to fall for his tricks!

"Er...Earl of Beihai, you are really rich, 600 million pounds. It is very difficult for this king to take it out in one go!" Victoria knew that impulsiveness is the truth of the devil, she did not touch the extremely tempting check, Instead, he smiled and decided to repeat Long Hao's words.

"What's the matter, I can afford 6000 million... Queen, do you know. What is the most profitable business in the world? It's not opening a bank, or selling a warship, but... mining!" Long Hao raised his head, It was almost written on his face: I am a master of ore prospecting. To me, opening a gold mine is as simple as drinking water.

Yes!The queen's eyes lit up, and she almost slapped her thigh: This kid is not only a pharmacist, but also discovered countless gold mines in Alaska. Could this investment company be...

"Put the check away first. My king would like to ask, after the establishment of the Royal Investment Company, which aspect do you want to invest in? Is it minerals?" Victoria gently pushed the 600 million check, with a pleasant face asked.

"Why, do you think it's too little money? But I'm sorry, I can only pay so much for the time being!" Long Hao didn't accept the check, but clasped his hands and sneered with a cold face.

"It's not too little, but I have thought about it carefully. Isn't there an old saying in China that says: A gentleman is hard to follow after a word? Since I have chosen to cooperate with you, Earl, I must trust you without reservation! I will keep [-]% of the shares, and even if I lose all of them, I will never withdraw my shares!" Victoria said solemnly.

Shit unreservedly believe it!

Long Hao snorted in his stomach: You old woman, you are very shrewd!If I didn't deliberately reveal the tone of 'mining', wouldn't you earn the 100 million blown by the wind?But it's okay, young master, I'm short on cash for a while, and I really can't afford 600 million pounds. It's interesting to cheat you, old fox!

Long Hao put the 'bad check' back into his pocket calmly, and said, "Oh? The queen suddenly has so much confidence in me?"

"Strictly speaking, I have confidence in your search for minerals!"

"People make mistakes, and horses make mistakes. Investing in minerals, finding the right one will naturally make a lot of money, but... there is no possibility of losing money at all! What if you can't find it?"

"Count, you are too modest, Alaska is an obvious example! With enough time, are you afraid that you will not find minerals?"

"...Well, since the queen is so optimistic about me, the matter of the shares will not change, but... I have a request!"

"Any request, just ask!" The queen was very generous.

"I hope to be able to equip this investment company with soldiers, and it is best for these soldiers to have the status of the Royal Guard! Of course, their military pay and equipment will be borne by the company, and will not add the slightest burden to Her Majesty the Queen!"

"Boy, you want military power, what do you want to do?" Victoria asked cautiously.

"Isn't it obvious what I want to do? Queen, do you think that the place where I search for minerals will be in the UK? If so, once I find it, your government will not take it back to the country?" Long Hao covered his face. , looking at the Queen with speechless and contemptuous eyes: "The investment target of the investment company must be outside the UK. I want some soldiers, so I can protect myself when interests conflict. Will the Queen send someone to rescue?" ? Do you think that I will use these soldiers to mess around and start a war? Hey, fighting is a mindless business. How can it be as easy as opening mines and counting money in peace? I'm not stupid..."

The queen pondered for a while, and finally agreed, and gave Long Hao 500 places in the royal guard.But for this person, Long Hao has to recruit them himself, and if they take the initiative to cause trouble outside, the British royal family will never recognize their identities!

This point is a bit like the agents of the CIA in the 20th century, is there any?

Although the conditions were harsh, Long Hao was still extremely satisfied: This is the British Royal Guard, isn't it enough for you?As long as you don't mess around in the territories of several world powers, you can walk sideways on the earth!

so far.The "Royal Investment Company", which is still an empty shelf now, has already possessed enviable and drooling advantages: 1, tax exemption; 2, linked to the British royal family; 3, legally armed.

Long Hao can imagine that a huge resource group has already taken shape!

After chatting with the queen for a while, Long Hao left the queen's office near noon.Bring the good news back to Melissa.

As soon as the Queen agreed, Melissa became shy.Pushing Long Hao out of his room, he closed the door and didn't know what he was doing.

Long Hao smiled, but he didn't care. For ten days, whether it was long or short, Melissa didn't pester him.I just happened to set up the Royal Investment Company.In case it dragged on for a long time, the thick-faced and black-hearted queen changed her mind again.

For the next ten days, Long Hao was busy and happy, happy and painful...

The Royal Investment Company ran smoothly. Perhaps it was the word 'mining' that completely moved Victoria. The queen allocated the investment fund of 500 million pounds without hesitation, which made Long Hao sigh, du cai is good, the efficiency of this allocation is compared with that of zheng fu, and zheng fu is simply a scum!

With the money, and the 'Tax Exemption Certificate' and 'Military Recruitment Letter' signed by the Queen herself, the Royal Investment Company's shelf is pretty much set up, and it just needs to be filled in... Long Hao is trying to find a way to go to the UK* The Ministry of Police transferred some veterans' information, but Melissa's "claw" fell from the sky and caught him outside of London.

The garment factory located on the outskirts of London had already pasted the ZSS logo and the badge of the British royal family on the gate. Melissa jumped out of the carriage and dragged Long Hao into it in a hurry. The fiancé of the mind was thrown into a small dark room. <, without my order, if you dare to come out, don’t even try to sleep in my bed in the future! "The words that Melissa left viciously when she left the small black room made Long Hao shudder, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​running away later.

There was a window in the small black room. Not long after Melissa left, dresses, trousers, leather shoes and other things of different styles came out of the window one by one.

From the dark window, came Melissa's dull voice: "I'll put it on. After putting it on, turn it three times to the left and three times to the right before you're allowed to take it off!"

Unmarried women are terrifying, Long Hao grimaced, and began his two-day dark career as a 'male model'.

For the engagement ceremony, Melissa's desire to design dresses is endless. Before catching Long Hao coming, she had already prepared ten sets of dress suits of different styles for him. If you are not satisfied, you will redesign it while you are dissatisfied. After the design is completed, you will immediately hand it over to the workers to start production... In just two days, she actually asked Long Hao to change 28 different dresses! !

When the door of the small black room was reopened, Long Hao, who had lost a lot of weight, came out of it, and immediately knelt down on his knees and raised his hands to the sky: "Oh my god, do you still have human rights? Engagement is just like this. I'm officially married, can I still come out alive?"

Melissa didn't care about that, and after giving Long Hao a so-so passing score, she clapped him away and continued to design her own most perfect, noble, elegant, and distinctive clothes in the garment factory. engagement dress.

The time pointer swung, and finally came to December 1891, 12.

"Princess Xianlu and the Earl of Beihai are getting engaged!"

The news had spread throughout London 8 days ago, and even [-]% of the people in the UK knew that this unparalleled engagement ceremony would be held at Buckingham Palace, and their marriage would be witnessed by Her Majesty the Queen!

On the day of the engagement, celebrities from all walks of life, media reporters, food and drink...all appeared at Buckingham Palace. For a while, Buckingham Palace was crowded with people, and the food prepared by the royal chef was a bit insufficient!This made Victoria, who has not yet appeared at the window, quite emotional: These two little guys have such a great influence... Also, it seems that Buckingham Palace should also be expanded. I heard that the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty is also busy recently. It's time to repair the garden!

When the auspicious time came, Queen Victoria appeared in the position of the witness, and from the distance of the big red carpet came a pair of golden boys and girls holding hands.

Melissa and Long Hao dressed up carefully today, and the dresses on their bodies were even more dazzling than on the day of the award ceremony. The guests couldn't remember exactly what it was like, but there was only one feeling in their hearts: handsome, pretty... ... Produced by zss, they are all top quality!No wonder the queen has to personally designate it as a royal outfit!

The engagement ceremony ended sacredly and normally. When Long Hao put a 5-carat engagement diamond ring on Melissa's left middle finger, the Princess Xianlu wept with joy, and the guests present also clapped their hands, applauding the beautiful My best wishes to this beautiful couple who combine Chinese and Western! (To be continued.)