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Chapter 503 The temptation of the castle

Although Xiangjiang has become an international metropolis, it is still a bit difficult to quickly collect complete information about Dirkma Castle.

Therefore, after learning that the castle has a long history, is located in the Bordeaux region of France, and also has red wine named after the castle, Fu Zhengyi became interested and called Guo Jianmin in London to ask him to help collect more information.

What surprised Fu Zhengyi was that this guy was actually a veteran wine lover, and he immediately told the situation out of the way.

In the early days, the Castle of Di Corma was the Earl of Salrus. It was one of the largest castles in France between Louis XVI and Napoleon III. Most of the red wines named after the castle were star products from the Bordeaux prolific wine areas. The most important thing is that the castle, which has a history of 400 years, is currently under the jurisdiction of the descendants of the Earl of Salrus. According to the level of the winery, it is a second-level winery.

Guo Jianmin also knew that Dikoma Castle had been troubled by high repair costs for a long time, so more than ten years ago, the descendants of Earl Salusse opened the castle to the public to a limited extent to obtain a certain amount of rent and ticket income.

Fu Zhengyi knows the difference between first-class wineries and second-class wineries, which represents the degree of recognition by the market and the price of each bottle of red wine.

The construction of the Napoleon period shows that the Castle of Dicoma has a profound history and cultural heritage. In addition, it has been managed by the descendants of the Earl of Salrus for hundreds of years. Although the castle needs to be repaired, its overall structure and internal facilities have been carefully maintained for a long time, and are incomparable to some long-standing castles.

When he thought of the castle full of historical vicissitudes in the promotional color pages, Fu Zhengyi felt that the house he built in Hanzhou was simply garbage.

The Dikma Castle, which owns a grape plantation and produces a long history of red wine named after the fort, successfully aroused Fu Zhengyi's interest, so he asked Guo Jianmin to collect as much relevant information as possible.

"Boss, French wineries are generally unwilling to sell to foreigners. In 1963, the Xigang family sold 75% of the shares of Latour Winery and sold the shares to two British companies. France was in an uproar in the country and believed that this was a stolen act. Although Latour Winery had been bought back by the Pinault family of Spring Department Store after thirty years, the wineries are often the pride of the French and cannot be affected..."

The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

Guo Jianmin's original intention was to express in a tactful way that French wineries could not be acquired by foreigners, but Ku Fu Zhengyi cared more about Latu and the Pino family. After carefully inquiring about the history of the Pino family and Latu, he became more interested in French wineries. "How much does it cost to buy a winery similar to Latu in France?"

"Top winery? Oh my God! Top winery is not a product. As long as the owners of the eight major wineries reveal a little news about their sale, their winery will be filled with French people with checks! And according to the planting area and annual wine stocks, the cheapest ones only cost a few million, and the expensive ones are only tens of millions of French francs..."

Fu Zhengyi was a little surprised. "The difference is so big?"

"Well. Take the top winery Latour Castle as an example. The price purchased by the Pino family is about 700 million French francs, which is about 600 million US dollars..."

"So cheap?"

Fu Zhengyi's surprise made Guo Jianmin, who was standing next to the office window holding the phone, feel unstable. He thought to himself that only the rich people would think hundreds of millions of dollars were cheaper, right?

The silence on the other end of the phone made Fu Zhengyi think that there was something wrong with the telephone line. After feeding it twice, Guo Jianmin, who reacted, quickly spoke. "Boss, the value of wineries in Bordeaux in France varies greatly. Some wineries can only be lived in, but they cannot change any structure. Even if the air conditioner is installed, it requires submission of documents for strict verification and research. Moreover, the cost of repair and maintenance is a considerable expense. At present, some castles in the UK only need to pay one pound to become their owners, but in fact, they do not invest millions or tens of millions of pounds to repair. Those castles are simply dangerous houses..."

Fu Zhengyi believed what Guo Jianmin said, "Buy an ancient castle for one pound."

However, being able to own a large winery with a historic castle in France is not just as attractive as it is.

Therefore, Fu Zhengyi explained. "Then, you arrange for someone to collect information about the winery, such as the valuation of the winery, what procedures are required to buy, and what price it will cost..."

"The details of Dikoma Castle alone?"

When he thought that the original promotional color page was from the blonde girl Delfina who worked at McKinsey, Fu Zhengyi said, "It's not just Dicoma Castle, but as long as it's a good winery information in the Bordeaux area, you can provide one!"

The inexplicable task assignment made Guo Jianmin speechless, so he had to arrange for the people below to collect information.

After finishing the call with Guo Jianmin, Fu Zhengyi remembered that he still had some things to deal with, so he specifically asked Ran Ying what else he had to deal with.

"Injecting capital into ebay and Amazon requires establishing a new offshore company to hold shares and signing relevant agreements. In addition, you ask me to remind me after arriving in Xiangjiang that after watching the return ceremony, you need to go to Pengcheng and then contact domestic public security personnel..."

"No! You should contact the public security personnel first, and then go to Pengcheng!"

Fu Zhengyi's correction made Ran Ying quickly open her record book. Seeing that the initial request was indeed as Fu Zhengyi said, she couldn't help but blush and quickly apologized.

He waved his hand to signal her to continue reading the information. When Fu Zhengyi returned to the room, he called Kong Weiguo from the Human Resources Department and asked him to recruit several more experienced assistants to Ran Ying. The gender may not be limited, but the age should not be over thirty-five, and the place of residence must not be the same. They cannot have any intersections in work and life.

Kong Weiguo was about to get off work, but when he heard this request, he was stunned. He wanted to ask what was the reason, but when he spoke, he still turned into "Is it urgent?"

"It is best to recruit one or two to get a job within half a month, and there is no need to have too much contact between these assistants..."

Kong Weiguo immediately understood. "Then the personnel relationship will be placed in Yuyao Technology and Yuyao Real Estate respectively. In addition to Ran Ying directly leading them, should the management rights be placed here to Director Ke?"

"Teach you and Mr. Ke have a hard time managing separately. The treatment is better, but you must sign a strict confidentiality agreement!"

After the explanation, he called Ke Yayuan's cell phone.

But I didn't expect that she did not stay in Yuyao Technology, but was in Pengcheng.

"Boss, your cousin Fu Zhengming is in a little trouble..."

Ke Yayuan's first words made Fu Zhengyi startled and asked what the situation was. But Ke Yayuan was not particularly clear at the moment, but she knew the relationship between the boss and Fu Zhengming, so she said. "Boss, the current situation seems to be related to a premeditated loan fraud case. A real estate company forged the procedures and borrowed more than 500 million yuan from Pengcheng Bank. The land was taken down and construction began. However, the person in charge of the company brought all the money on the books before May Day and fled..."

"Then what kind of punishment will my cousin be subjected to?"

"I came here only at noon yesterday. What I know so far is that this loan was released by your cousin. Logically speaking, he is the first person responsible. However, insiders of Pengcheng Bank say that he is actually a scapegoat. Pengcheng Bank is also conducting a thorough investigation internally, and there is no clear conclusion yet..."

Fu Zhengyi believes that his cousin Fu Zhengming will not collude with the loan fraud party, but since something happens, it will definitely be affected.

"I am in Xiangjiang. You can continue to follow my cousin's affairs! I will go to Pengcheng after July 1st. In addition, you can arrange to set up several offshore companies. I need one of them as the main body of the new umbrella holding company to hold some of the company's shares..."

Ke Yayuan asked. "It is still established in the British Virgin Islands?"

"How to hide it, you can also register in other places suitable for establishing offshore companies."

"I understand. I will complete the registration as soon as possible!"

After finishing the call with Ke Yayuan, Fu Zhengyi wanted to call Liu Meijia to find out the relationship between fraudulent loans and bank management and responsibility determination, but after looking at the time, he saw that it was one o'clock in the morning, so he told Ran Ying that he would remind him to call Liu Meijia seven hours later, and then went back to his room and turned on the computer to check the status of the Hong Kong stock market and the trend of the foreign exchange market.

Hong Kong stocks are indeed rising.

The red chip index of state-owned enterprises has risen even harder in a few months. The entire market is full of fanatical optimism, waiting for tomorrow's return ceremony to witness Hong Kong stocks continue to break through historical highs.

Stock analysts from all sides have the lowest forecast that the Hong Kong stock index will reach 20,000 points, while those who are unsure and want to attract attention will directly shout out the ridiculous words of seeing 30,000 this year and 50,000 points next year!

However, this is also a normal phenomenon in the market.

Although Hong Kong stocks have long been internationalized, their scale is far from comparable to that of the New York Stock Exchange in the United States and London in the United Kingdom.

However, there are old-fashioned stocks such as Cheung Kong and Huang in Hong Kong, but more scam-free stocks are also everywhere, which makes the Hong Kong stock market full of opportunities and various traps.

I know clearly when the Hong Kong stock market will reach its peak, when the bottom will reach its bottom, and even the specific points. Fu Zhengyi remembers clearly that he did not want to intervene in this market too early due to the limited capacity of Hong Kong stocks. But this time, since Xie Yunpeng is willing to participate, Fu Zhengyi feels that if the direction chosen by Xie Yunpeng is roughly correct, he might as well draw some funds to work with him and make a profit...
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