Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is undoubtedly a joy in life.
But what if this old friend is fake?
Just as George arrived at the embassy, he was stopped by his cousin Li Guoren, who said with a happy face.
"Zhiyuan, have you heard about it too?"
"What?"
"The ambassador and his wife just returned from the United States on Christmas. I was thinking about how to inform you, and you actually came here. You are well-informed! However, you came at an unfortunate time. The wife is not in the embassy today, but Ambassador Gu is..."
Compared to Li Guoren's joy, George's heart was in a panic. Well, the time to witness the truth has finally arrived!
On the way to the ambassador's office with Li Guoren, George calmed down instead.
The truth?
What truth?
The truth is...will they reject an old billionaire friend?
Knocked twice at the ambassador's door, and Li Guoren said standing by the door.
"Ambassador, this is George, Li Zhiyuan, whom I mentioned to you before. He is also from Nanyang and has business dealings with his wife's family."
Because he had heard Li Guoren's report before, although he had no impression of this person, he was an "old friend" of his wife's family after all, so he had to be polite.
Gu Weijun, who was flipping through the documents, quickly closed the documents and stood up to greet him.
"Oh, welcome, welcome. I just came back from the United States and heard Shida mention you. I was originally planning to visit you with my wife these days, but after returning to London, I was entangled with many things and had no time to visit. Please forgive me, Zhiyuan."
George took a deep breath and said.
"Mr. Gu is polite. It should be the younger generation who visits you."
While talking and laughing, Gu Weijun asked George to sit down, and Li Guoren also knew what to do and withdrew. After personally holding a cup of tea, Gu Weijun asked.
"Zhiyuan has been in the United States recently."
"That's true. I've been busy acquiring several companies in New York recently. I really can't spare the time to visit you, sir and madam. It's really rude."
"Zhiyuan, you're polite. You're polite. Career is more important."
In the hearty laughter, Gu Weijun seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said:
"The companies you acquired are Carl Metals and KTJ Chemical Industry?"
"That's right."
His answer shocked Gu Weijun's heart, and his eyes fell on George involuntarily. The eyes full of curiosity and appreciation lingered on this young man. At such a young age, he spent millions of dollars to acquire two large companies. Such young Chinese talents are really rare.
"Haha, when I was in the United States, I heard that a Chinese businessman had acquired two large companies. I was curious about who had such a big hand, but I didn't expect it to be an old friend. Zhiyuan is so young, but he has already achieved such a career, which really makes us ashamed!"
Then Gu Weijun asked about the acquisition of the company, and his tone became more and more intimate. When he learned that he went to Italy to acquire merchant ships, he agreed again and again.
"Zhiyuan's investment in the shipping industry is absolutely right. During the Anti-Japanese War, our merchant ships either sank in the Yangtze River or were sunk by the Japanese army. Almost one in ten survived. When the Anti-Japanese War was won, the post-war reconstruction of the country naturally could not do without merchant ships. Now buying merchant ships and laying out the shipping industry in advance is indeed promising. You can see so far, no wonder you can make such a big business."
In addition to praising, Gu Weijun looked at George with more and more close eyes. After all, no one could refuse a successful and young old friend. He didn't even ask in detail where his home was and what his relationship with the Huang family was.
When he learned that George planned to acquire an Italian enterprise and dismantle it and ship it back to China after the war, Gu Weijun looked at him with admiration instead of intimacy, and his tone could not hide his heartfelt admiration.
It was at this time that George explained his purpose.
"Actually, I came here this time to ask you for something."
"Oh? Zhiyuan, just tell me what it is."
Gu Weijun smiled.
"No need to be polite between you and me."
It should be about passports, or help him get a diplomatic passport?
While Gu Weijun was thinking about this, George's voice reached his ears.
"I have a batch of arms in my hands and want to donate them to China."
"What?"
Gu Weijun was slightly stunned,
"Arms? Donate arms?"
Is this what he wants to ask?
"Yes,"
George nodded.
"There are quite a lot of arms in this batch, and I guess there may be some trouble in the procedure."
"Trouble, what's the trouble?"
Gu Weijun said.
"At present, the domestic military equipment and materials are in short supply during the war of resistance against Japan. You are willing to donate arms. Such a good thing, what's the trouble? You still ask me, Zhiyuan, I should thank you. Since the start of the war of resistance against Japan, not only half of our country's military expenditure has come from remittances, but also overseas Chinese from all over the country have not only donated money and materials, but also actively purchased national bonds, and even abandoned their homes and businesses to return to China to help the war. How can we not know the deep love and affection of overseas Chinese for the country. Zhiyuan, the word "please" you said really makes us ashamed!"
The reason why Gu Weijun said this is because he often went to the Overseas Chinese General Association to ask the leaders of the overseas Chinese to donate money and materials. Now it's the other way around. How can he not feel emotional?
"You are welcome, sir. However, I want to donate a lot of materials."
"A lot?"
Gu Weijun looked at George. He was already confused by the young man in front of him.
He looked so smart, but why did he become confused here? Who would complain that others donated too much money and materials?
When it comes to this kind of thing, the more the better!
"How much Zhiyuan plans to donate?"
"Ten thousand tons."
In fact, the so-called donation is just a stepping stone. With this stepping stone, it will be easier to handle the next things.
"What!"
Instantly, Gu Weijun stood up in surprise, looked at the young man in front of him with incredible eyes, and said in surprise.
"You, do you mean ten thousand tons of materials? All arms?"
"Yes."
Compared to Gu Weijun's shock, George was very calm and said in a relaxed tone.
"Just rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, cannons, and ammunition. Unfortunately, there are no tanks or planes. It's a pity."
Looking at the young man in front of him who was complaining, Gu Weijun didn't even know what to say for a moment.
He also understood what he meant by "please".
Donating tens of thousands of tons of arms, if the news was reported back to China, it would definitely cause a big storm.
However, where did he get so many arms?
Although he was curious, how could Gu Weijun not know that this major event was far beyond his ability to handle.