Chapter 1774 I Write an IOU
Gregory was absolutely bragging. Didn't he know about action and reaction? Ten slaps at full strength wouldn't be enough for his hand to withstand. A hundred slaps at full strength would cripple it!
Zhu Zhengshuo was furious when he saw Gregory rolling up his sleeves and walking towards him. "Xiao Peng! You're my brother! Give me three minutes and let's talk some sense, okay? I didn't provoke you today! I just walked into your room, and everyone got beaten before I even said anything!"
Xiao Peng blinked, it seemed that this was indeed the case.
Zhu Zhengshuo quickly said, "This is all caused by Jin Wuzhi. If he offended you, why don't you just beat him up? I didn't know that Jin Wuzhi offended you, otherwise would I have been so stupid as to help him? I can't even hide from you."
After he finished speaking, he quickly took out the cigar box, took out a cigar, cut it with a cigar cutter, and handed it to Xiao Peng to help him light it.
Xiao Peng looked at Zhu Zhengshuo and said, "You don't hate me?"
Zhu Zhengshuo hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Hate! I hate you very much! I hate you to the bone! Because of you, all the good life I had is gone forever, and I was thrown into this place where rabbits don't shit with a limp on one leg. Of course I thought about revenge, but I thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of a way to retaliate - business competition? You do nothing but salvage sunken ships, but who can compare with you in this industry? Or do something dirty to you? The British did it, but what was the result? All I can do now is treat you as my nightmare and stay away from you. I also admit that I came here today to cause trouble. After all, this Jin Wuzhi is my translator. If someone makes Ka Sim suffer, can you not ask him to help? But when I saw it was you, my first thought was to turn around and run away! I am really scared of you. Can't I just admit it?"
Zhu Zhengshuo felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and his expression looked like he was about to cry.
Ka Xin was stunned: "Hey, you still know my name?"
Zhu Zhengshuo covered his face and said, "Mr. Xiao Peng just called your name, okay?"
Ka Xin's face flushed red, and he raised his hand to slap him again. Zhu Zhengshuo hurriedly said, "I admit that I thought about taking revenge on Mr. Xiao Peng at the time, and naturally I investigated everyone around Mr. Xiao Peng, including you. Thank you for showing mercy and not having the right to slap me. But I would rather you slap me unconscious like you did to Jin Wuzhi, so that I don't have to suffer here!"
After hearing what Zhu Zhengshuo said, it was no longer Kaxin's turn to slap him. He looked at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng was also quite helpless. After listening to Zhu Zhengshuo's words, he felt that this guy was a bit pitiful - it was quite miserable for the son of Lijin Group to be forced to this point.
You can't blame yourself for this. There's always something hateful about pitiful people! Why don't you bully others? Or you guys are asking for it!
Xiao Peng took a puff of his cigar and blew out a smoke ring before saying, "You didn't provoke me?"
Zhu Zhengshuo quickly said, "I have been avoiding you since I left France and have never seen you again. How could I have offended you?"
Xiao Peng knocked on the table. "Zhu Zhengshuo, who just bid me five million euros?"
"Uh?" Zhu Zhengshuo's face turned green.
Xiao Peng asked, "You were the one who raised the price for me just now, weren't you?"
"Uh." Soo Jung-seok laughed awkwardly, "This is a normal auction. There must be someone bidding up the price, right? Even if it's not me, there must be someone else."
Xiao Peng sneered after hearing this: "Do you think you can trust what you say? Someone here is bidding me up? You've caused me to lose 5 million euros. What do you think we should do about this?"
"Five million?" Zhu Zhengshuo stared at Xiao Peng with wide eyes: "That's the price you offered!"
Xiao Peng knocked on the table. "If you hadn't raised the price, how could I have offered such a high price? Do you believe that I can make sure you can't take a single piece of coal back with you? Didn't you say I have no property? Do you believe that I can buy all the coal here without leaving a single grain?"
Zhu Zhengshuo was almost in tears. He really believed Xiao Peng could do this. He came here to purchase coal mines. If he really returned empty-handed, it would be a bad thing for him.
Korea is a small country with few mineral resources, so it needs to import large quantities of coal to meet its domestic demand. They import approximately 15 million tons of coal annually, most of which comes from Australia.
However, Australian coal prices and shipping costs are not cheap. Indonesian and Mongolian coal mines are good, but Daxia has almost fully acquired most of the coal in those two countries, so they need to find another way. And they are thinking of Russia.
However, there's a problem with Russian coal entering Korea: Previously, Russian coal had to be transported by rail, which reduced transportation capacity and increased costs. But now, with the Northeast Route, coal can be shipped to Korea by ship. With large volumes, favorable prices, and short shipping routes, buying Russian coal is undoubtedly a better option than buying Australian coal.
Therefore, the "Ice Silk Road" is a route that can change the world pattern.
Russia also needs Korea as a customer, and the Northeast Route needs stable customer support to boost the Siberian economy. For both sides, this matter affects national policy and no one can be careless.
But now Xiao Peng has popped up. If Xiao Peng really buys the coal mine here, then it's not impossible! That way, Russia won't lose anything, and Xiao Peng certainly won't lose money. Even if he does, it won't be too much - Daxia can only take as much coal as it can. But it would be troublesome for Goryeo, at least for himself: Can't even handle something like this?
Xiao Peng knocked on the table: "Tell me, how do you calculate this money?"
Zhu Zhengshuo was shocked after hearing this. After quickly weighing the pros and cons, he decided to spend money to buy peace: "Mr. Xiao, 5.5 million euros, I can't afford that much money!"
Xiao Peng slammed the table and said, "You still say you didn't mean to cause trouble for me?"
Zhu Zhengshuo hurriedly said, "Can't I just write an IOU? I'll pay you back in installments!"
Xiao Peng snapped his fingers: "Is this what you said? I didn't force you, right?"
Zhu Zhengshuo was eager to leave and nodded hurriedly: "That's right."
Xiao Peng turned to Gregory and said, "Gregory, find me a pen and paper."
Gregory found the banknotes the waiters used to work here, and Zhu Zhengshuo wrote an IOU and pressed his fingerprint with the blood from his nose - the key point was that Kasim insisted on cutting off his finger to let some blood! It was better to give in and stay safe at this time.
He had just finished writing the IOU when a commotion erupted at the door. Someone pushed it open and entered. It was Usmanov and another group of people. Three of them were carrying a woman who was struggling desperately, spitting foul language. Behind them, two others were surrounding another girl, the Daxia girl Xiao Peng had bought.
Usmanov said awkwardly, "Sir, she struggled like this after we untied her, so we had to carry her over."
Xiao Peng said: "Weika, calm down, are you safe now?"
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