Chapter 448: A Chance to Save Money

For a while, there were different opinions. The Tianchao star area was full of turmoil, and "Babylon", as an international metropolis, was even more turbulent, and there was a chilling atmosphere that was about to come everywhere.

However, different from the outside world, the villa in the backyard of the "Sky Garden" Venice Hotel is calm and the weather is warm and sunny.

Tang Fang has not gone to the tax office to ask for an explanation for many days. It is as if a citizen with a conscience suddenly awakened to the "truth" of "how can there be a home without a country?", so he no longer added to the troubled government.

In today's tense situation, few people pay attention to Captain Tang, who is the director, because compared with behemoths such as the Sulu Empire and the Mongya Empire, he is like an insignificant mayfly under a towering ancient tree. Speaking of shaking trees, he doesn't even have the ability to shake branches, at most he can only shake leaves, looking for his shallow sense of existence.

Few people know that the guy who secretly contributed to the "Brotherhood Terrorist Attack" from a vortex as big as a sesame mung bean to a frenzy sweeping across the feature film is sitting in the living room at this moment with his legs crossed, with one arm around Claire. , holding a goblet in one hand, sipping the wine without taking a sip.

He looked very comfortable, because his right hand was slipping down from Claire's right lapel, slowly poking into the fertile ground, fondly playing with the big white rabbit that was full of bouncing power.

Claire's eyebrows trembled a few times, she shrugged her shoulders, and knocked off that dead-faced, or indomitable hand.

She can't remember how many times she has done this, anyway, it has far exceeded single digits.

"This is the living room! Aren't you afraid that Xiaoyun will see it?" The girl protested, trying to put on an angry look.

Tang Fang shrank back, and the wine swayed a touch of rose red on the transparent glass wall.

"Drink, take one last sip." He handed the wine glass to the girl.

Claire sighed softly, and let the captain pour the wine into her pretty little mouth with a smile.

Tang Fang's smell still lingered on the rim of the cup, which made her a little shy. He was even more dazed, so that it took a long time before he realized the dishonest hand that had invaded "halfway up the mountain".

"Tang Fang?" Claire's face turned an intoxicating blush.

Tang Fang smiled softly: "Huh?"

"Can you not be such a rascal?"

The captain thought about it for a while,

Shaking his head very seriously: "No!"

"Oh!" the girl sighed again. Simply ignoring the hand reaching into the bodice, she leaned towards him. Nestled her head into his arms.

He listened carefully to the movement behind him, put the wine glass back on the coffee table, twisted his spine to make himself more comfortable, and at the same time moved the dishonest hand down.

The girl's face became redder, her breathing became a little short, and then escalated into some wet panting, looking from the side. The red glow stretched all the way to the slender neck.

This couldn't help but make Tang Fang even more distracted. He couldn't help but lower his head, brush away the gold wires falling behind his ears, and kissed her delicate ruddy neck tenderly.

Claire didn't hide, she just shivered lightly. As early as the second time she sighed, she had already thought about it. Since she couldn't hide after all, she might as well fulfill his wish, not to mention that she herself had some vague feelings. very much looking forward to.

"Go upstairs?" Tang Fang followed her neck all the way up to the base of her ears. Then he bit her pearly earlobe and gently rubbed it.

Did he regret it after asking this sentence? Claire is obviously already emotional, so why is he talking nonsense? It was time to take her down in one go, and this in case one sentence woke her up. What should I do if I regret it at a critical moment?

Thinking of this, he turned his body slightly, wrapped his left hand around the girl's legs from below, and lifted her from the sofa with his waist. He didn't bother to put on his shoes, and ran towards the stairs with her in his arms.

Claire buried her head in Tang Fang's arms, and her heavy breathing beat against his chest like waves, and the faint fragrance was like crushed petals thrown into the air. With the wind brought by the sleeves, it drifted around.

The stairs were right in front of him, but the moment he stepped up the first step with his right foot. Suddenly there was a crisp bell at the door.

"Ding dong..."

The sound is very pleasant, like water droplets dripping from bamboo pipes hitting the bluestone platform.

But it fell into Tang Fang's ears. But it was clearly like a noise, so harsh, so disturbing.

So he turned his head and gave the man in the monitor a hard look.

He originally planned to take a look at it and continue upstairs, and later he would settle accounts with this blind guy, but he didn't know that after looking at the face of the person who passed by, his expression became a little complicated.

Looking at Claire in his arms, who was full of shyness and letting others be at ease, he sighed heavily, put the girl down slowly with a face of helplessness, and kissed her forehead: "I'm sorry, I have to see someone. "

The doorbell was still ringing, and there were light footsteps coming from the end of the corridor. It should be that Tang Yun heard the doorbell ringing for a long time but no one responded, and wanted to go to the front hall to open the door herself.

Claire raised her lowered head, glanced at the image on the monitor at the door, and finally understood why Tang Fang was willing to give up the chance to eat her tofu at this time.

Maybe he is lazy, rascal, and unreasonable, but he has never slackened in business matters. This stems from a man's sense of responsibility and executive ability, which is something that is more likely to fascinate women than money or looks. It is invisible and intangible, but stubbornly exists.

"Go." Tang Yun's footsteps were getting closer and closer. Claire smoothed the folds of his clothes, tiptoed her snow-white toes, tapped Tang Fang's cheek, and then quickly turned and went upstairs.

She didn't want Tang Yun to see such a scene. She was not only gentle and kind, but also a delicate girl. She didn't want Tang Yun to think that she had taken away his eldest brother.

Because Zhou Ai once said this to her: "I hate the kind of man who marries his wife and forgets his mother."

Claire kept this sentence deeply in her heart. Although Tang Yun is only Tang Fang's younger sister, the so-called "sister-in-law" in Zhou Ai's mouth, if he really puts most of his energy on himself, little girl Maybe if you don't say it, you will always feel a little uncomfortable in your heart.

Therefore, she chose to leave quickly to avoid embarrassment, and with her current appearance, anyone who came could guess what just happened.

Regarding this point, Zhou Ai had teased her more than once. It is said that she is more like an authentic Asian girl than a Germanic descendant, gentle. kind, sensitive. Shy and delicate...

She smiled and said that it would be good for us to change our identities. Zhou Ai was silent for a long time, and then simply said two words: "Go to sleep."

She suffered from insomnia that day, and so did Zhou Ai...

"Crack." The door at the end of the corridor opened, and Tang Yun came out wearing pajamas with many Winnie the Pooh bears, big and small. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and gave Tang Fang a suspicious look. A little surprised: "Brother, you are here, why don't you open the door?"

She also heard the sound of footsteps going away, very soft, like bare feet stepping on a wooden board. She scanned the living room and found a pair of beautiful crystal sandals lying between the coffee table and the sofa, which Claire bought when she went shopping a few days ago.

Tang Yun was a little curious, her little head couldn't turn the corner for a while, and she couldn't figure out what happened.

"Go, go. Go, go to sleep." Tang Fang waved his hands impatiently, turned and walked towards the door.

The little girl felt a little aggrieved. But more still puzzled, she felt like she missed something.

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When he walked to the door, Tang Fang's face had returned to calm. He opened the door, and Corey Christian's tired and pale face appeared in front of him.

The last time White David came to the hotel to drive, he realized that something must have happened to the "Rover Technology Consortium". He wondered if it was because of the "Somare" auction that old Corey was caught. The handle has been implicated.

This made Tang Fang a little bit sorry, and felt that he owed the other party a favor, which was why he was the one who appeared on the monitor. Rarely, however, there is no cause of the attack.

Fortunately, old Corey is safe and sound, judging from his current mental state. At most it was a little frightened, nothing serious.

"Brother Tang. It's all my fault, I hurt you..." Old Corey said with a guilty expression.

Tang Fang knew what he was referring to. 40 billion was not a small amount. Even for a military enterprise like "Rover Technology Consortium", it was a huge sum of money. Old Corey originally wanted to help him. Zeng thought it was a disservice, but was held back by some members of the board of directors. Not only did he not get tax exemption, but he was seized by the government and fined more than 20 billion more.

How is he not ashamed? How not to be depressed?

"Brother Corey, you are too serious."

Tang Fang replied calmly and let him into the living room.

At this time, Claire had already sorted out her emotions, changed into a more formal outfit and came down from the second floor, smiled at the guests, and brought out two cups of tea from the kitchen.

The aroma of Yuhua tea filled the whole room at once, as if there were elves dancing on the tip of the nose, adding an elegant and artistic atmosphere to this lazy afternoon.

This tone is seriously at odds with Corey Christian, a businessman who prefers simplicity and clarity, just as he likes coffee to tea.

He didn't drink, he just picked up the cup and touched his lips slightly, then put it back on the coffee table again.

"Why, don't you like it?" Tang Fang winked at Claire,

The girl turned and walked back to the kitchen, walked back about half a minute later, and pushed a cup of coffee in front of the guest.

Before he could drink it, he only smelled the aroma of coffee, so Old Corey couldn't help but frowned: "Did you run out of the coffee I gave you last time?" Little, it took less than a month to finish drinking? It's too fast.

Seeing that Tang Fang just smiled and didn't answer or explain, he was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to like it so much, then I'll ask White to send some more after I go back. You must know that this is a special product of the Sauron Empire. A rare gadget for royal use."

Tang Fang didn't refuse, let alone thank you, but changed the topic: "So it seems that Brother Corey is all right?"

Corey Christian was stunned for a moment, and just now he realized why he asked such a question. It turned out that the young man in front of him could hear some subtext from the gossip just now, and couldn't help but slander the little fox, shaking his head and said: "What can I do? It’s just a matter of being ‘refrigerated’ by those on the board of directors for a few days, and those three gentlemen want to get rid of me? You need to work harder.”

"It seems that your seat is not very comfortable..." Tang Fang blew away the tea leaves floating on the water, took a sip of the tea, and closed his mouth to let the fragrance stay in his mouth for a while, which has a refreshing effect.

"It seems that there are not many guys like you, otherwise I would have resigned early in the morning... I will lose my life!" Characters like Old Corey never lack humor.

"Okay, don't talk about me, it's you. Alas...the 40 billion..."

"What? Brother Corey wants to fill this hole for me?" Tang Fang interrupted him with a smile.

Old Corey's mouth twitched a few times, and he rolled his eyes playfully. If such an action was done by a beautiful woman. Maybe very loving, very charming. But if it was an old guy whose loess was buried half of his chest, it would make people feel chills for no reason.

He said, "You just kill me."

Tang Fang spread out his hands, the sun cast a golden patch on his palms: "Dead people are the least valuable."

Corey Christian was speechless and heartbroken, and sighed secretly: This kid is also very good at talking, so he didn't say anything more, and brought the topic to the real thing: "Brother Tang, I'm going to tell you the truth. The first door visit was due to 2 things.”

"First, I sincerely apologize to you. I really didn't expect that the three members of the board of directors would not hesitate to play word games in order to pull me down from the position of general manager of the branch, so that even you were involved, and lost more than 200 yuan in vain. 100 million."

"I think what you said is wrong." Before old Corey could say the second thing, Tang Fang interrupted his words again: "If I guess right, this matter is not about you implicating me, but I implicated you."

Old Corey's expression froze for a few seconds as if a video recorder was slipping, and finally sighed: "It doesn't matter who is involved. In short, your loss is much greater than mine, 20 billion star coins! This money is enough to buy 40 A brand new frigate, so I'm really sorry."

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Of course, I can't afford such a huge sum of money even if I sell myself to you, but... I can help you find a good opportunity to save money."

"Oh?" Tang Fang raised his eyebrows, obviously interested: "I would like to hear more about it."

Maybe it was because he talked a lot, his lips were a little dry, and even his voice was slightly hoarse. Old Corey had no choice but to grab the cool tea on the coffee table. "Gudu Gudu" took several sips, and suddenly found that the Yuhua tea had a special fragrance after cooling down. It has a more fragrant feeling on the lips and teeth than hot tea.

He was stunned for a while before continuing: "You also know. The current situation in the Star Alliance is unstable. The Sulu Empire and the Mongya Empire have assembled a large number of troops on the border of the Star Alliance, and the Charles Federation and the Republic of Dorrancus are also It is just around the corner, and the stronghold forces on the outskirts of the Star Alliance are also accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity to make trouble."

"On the other hand, the territory of the Phoenix Empire and the Silver Eagle Group seems to be peaceful, but everyone knows that they have never been a good neighbor, but they are currently in a dormant period."

"Similarly, the situation in 'Babylon' is not very optimistic. The commercial sector has been affected, the volume of international trade has fallen rapidly, and the stock market and futures market have bottomed out for several days in a row..."

"I know this." Tang Fang interrupted old Corey's tirade for the third time: "Let's get to the point."

Corey Christian took a deep breath, stared into his eyes and said: "I have come to 'Babylon' these days, I believe you already know that some high-level people in the Star Alliance have a very strong 'interest' in you, iridium-containing minerals The price increase of cesium-containing minerals, to put it bluntly, is to curb your pace of development.”

"During this price hike, there are actually many speculators hoarding a large amount of cesium-containing minerals and iridium-containing minerals waiting for you to purchase, so as to make a big fortune, but... it seems that you are not fooled." Old Corey was a little helpless, but also smiled happily.

The corners of Tang Fang's lips curled up. Indeed, after he came to the "Sky Garden", the first few days were uneventful. Grant went to the mineral resources market several times and even asked several companies that they were out of stock. After paying a high price of 790 billion star coins, good guy, the mine dealers who took the initiative to contact him are like crucian carp crossing the river, in an endless stream.

However, to the disappointment of these speculators, the captain seemed not in a hurry, not only not in a hurry, but also in the mood to fight with those people from the tax bureau, as if he had forgotten about the purchase of minerals.

This is good. In the beginning, it was the miners who made him want to eat, but now it has become his appetite for the miners. In addition, the situation around the Star Alliance is becoming more and more dangerous. The economy of "Babylon" has been severely impacted. The speculators who went there were like ants on a hot pot. If it weren't for the good security measures of the Venice Hotel, they might have squeezed through the courtyard door.

Generally speaking, in a war environment, the price of minerals will generally rise. If the Star Alliance really goes to war with Sulu and Monya, it will naturally bring huge business opportunities to mineral manufacturers. They should not be in a hurry. right.

However, the fact is that in order to beat Tang Fang and limit the "Morning Star Casting", some high-level people in the Star Alliance have raised the price of iridium and cesium-containing minerals to a very, very high level. The old fox will definitely be able to distinguish which is more important, and naturally he will not care about containing Tang Fang. At that time, not only will he not suppress him, but he may deliberately please him, and give the green light all the way to ensure the smooth launch of "Morning Star Casting" and become a member of the Star Alliance. Part of the coalition forces resisting the Sulu and Mongya empires.

By that time, what kind of ending will these speculators face? Thinking about it with their butts, they know it. Therefore, today when the tension on the border continues to escalate, they are more anxious and afraid than anyone else. What does it mean to steal a chicken without losing money?

Tang Fang just smiled, and didn't show the slightest expression of gloating. On the contrary, Old Corey felt that the pores all over his body were opened, and he felt sour from the inside out. (Want to know more exciting news about "Bringing StarCraft with you"? Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right, select Add friends to add a public account, search for "wang", follow the public account, and never Miss every update!) (to be continued)