The journey starts from the Titanic

Since the big ship could not enter the city of London, Situ Nan and the others had to change the passenger ship and continue up the Thames.While passing the world-famous Tower Bridge, Situ Nan exclaimed again.

"The sky in London is still so gray! But it's more depressed, and there are not as many people on the street as before." Laura stood on the bow and said with emotion.Before she met Situ Nan, she had studied in Europe, and had been to London, Paris, Berlin and other big cities, but now she has revisited the old places.

"It's still more comfortable in Los Angeles. I always think London is too old and too rigid, and even the air is a little bit depressing." Situ Nan said.

"Stone, tell me about your time in London." Laura said. She knew that Stuart grew up in London, but Stuart never mentioned her experience in the UK.

"It's been too long, I almost forgot! I don't know if I can still find the original place?" Situ Nan said sadly. His predecessor left a lot of memories, but it is a pity that the couple who created this body They are all gone, Situ Nan has no chance to repay one or two.

Seeing Situ Nan's silence, Laura suddenly felt sour. She felt that Situ Nan was too pitiful. Except for herself and Andy, she had no family members, and she always bore everything silently.

Thinking of this, Laura silently shook Situ Nan's hand and told her husband by her own actions that she would be by his side.

The next day, in the messy slums of London, a few high-end cars came, and a distinguished couple walked into a closed house surrounded by bodyguards.The punks on the street looked curiously at this group of uninvited guests. Only the elderly remembered that there was a Chinese family of three in the old house.It's just that not long after the couple died, their remaining son didn't know where he ended up after spending some time in the street.

Based on his memory, Situ Nan found the house left by the old Situ, but it was nothing but a human being, and it was in disrepair for a long time and was in dilapidated condition.

When Situ Nan saw a yellowed family photo on the peeling wall, his nose was a little sour. It was a very strange feeling. He clearly bears feelings that do not belong to him, but at this moment, he feels the same.

Situ Nan silently wiped the dust off the photo, turned his head and said to Laura beside him: "Take this away and bring it back to my home in Los Angeles."

"Is this mom and dad?" Laura asked. She looked at the child in the photo and looked a bit similar to Situ Nan.

"Yes. They are the old Situ and...the old lady." Situ Nan suddenly couldn't remember the name of the kind woman in the photo.

If it weren't for "self" that had fallen, she wouldn't have gone so early, right?Situ Nan thought guiltily.But if there is no "self" fall, no soul will come to this world a hundred years later, right?

Situ Nan got rid of the confusing thoughts in his mind, and instructed Lin Yimin: "Find someone to fix the house as it is. Also buy the surrounding area, centering on this old house. Surrounded by a house."

"Okay. I understand." Lin Yi said with public opinion.Situ Nan wants to repair his former residence. This is a major event and should not be neglected.

Then Situ Nan deliberately ran to the original Chinese restaurant at home to take a look, and planned to buy it back when he had the opportunity. Unfortunately, the later owner had to use it for other purposes, so Situ Nan had to give up.

In the next few days, the residents near the old Situ's house were so happy because a group of real estate agents came and they waved a lot of checks to buy their old houses at several times the price.The money is enough for them to move to the city center to buy a house of the same size.

Half a year later, this slum area was completely demolished and rebuilt and fenced up, leaving only the old Situ house in the middle.The people living around are very curious about who lives inside.But no one has ever known who the owner is. Even the servants who live there and take care of the house do not know who the owner is. They only know that people come from the United States to inspect everything about the house every year.Especially the house in the middle that looks lazy and branded has become the focus of maintenance.

Don't mention it at this time.

Situ Nan knew that apart from that old house, he had no connection with Britain.London didn't feel very good for Situ Nan, although he went to many places, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, and even the British royal family at Buckingham Palace.

The head of the William Consortium and the princess of the Mellon family are naturally qualified to associate with the royal family.However, Situ Nan has always been very low-key, and visits in private, so the public does not know that such a person has been to the UK once.

The William Consortium has had a good relationship with the United Kingdom since its establishment. It stood firmly on the side of the United Kingdom during the war and provided Britain with a large amount of arms and loans. At the same time, the William Consortium also made a lot of efforts in promoting the United States to join the Allied Powers. Guaranteed the victory of the Allies.

The car came out of Buckingham Palace, thinking of George V's embarrassed face, Situ Nan, who was sitting behind, couldn't help laughing. His son Andy held a small fist in Laura's arms and followed with a smile.

"I'm really speechless to you father and son." Laura gave Situ Nan a little annoyed. It was too rude just now. In Buckingham Palace, when King George V came to hug Andy, he was pissed!

"Really worthy of my son! Dare to pee in the arms of the king!" Situ Nan said triumphantly.

Chapter 9 Visiting South African Diamonds in Europe

Although London in 1919 was much more bleak than London in 1914, it was much better than when British merchant ships were abused by German submarines a few years ago.

After the war, British colonies all over the world were able to restore unimpeded connections with the mainland. The economies of South Africa, India, Canada, Malaysia and other colonies revolved around the British mainland, and trade exchanges gradually increased.The British economy experienced a short-lived boom in revenge, and the London financial market also flourished.

Compared with the United States, the United Kingdom has a good economic situation and has many investment opportunities.After the British accepted most of Germany's overseas colonies, their territory expanded to the extreme.

Capital has become what the British people desire most. Although they do not like Americans, the traumatized British capital cannot stop the enthusiasm of American capitalists.Britain is one of the main directions of American capital export after the war.

The William Consortium currently concentrates its energy on the western part of the United States. Except for Venezuela, it has no spare capacity to carry out large-scale investments in Europe at the same time. It can only guarantee a few key projects, but Stuart will not give up when there are good opportunities.

For example, now an uninvited guest is sitting in front of Situ Nan, ready to sell his investment plan to Situ Nan.

"Mr. Oppenheimer, take the liberty to ask, how did you find here?" Situ Nan asked with a smile.

The day after he returned from Buckingham Palace, a businessman named Ernest Oppenheimer came to him.

This person, Situ Nan, did not know him.Although I don't know what Oppenheimer's plan to promote, Situ Nan, also a nouveau riche, felt that Oppenheimer was pleasing to the eye from the first glance.

"Although Mr. William doesn't know me, I know something about Mr. William. Our company is called Anglo-American Corporation. It was established in 1917 with a registered capital of 1 million U.S. dollars. Some shareholders are from the United States.

The main business is in South Africa, focusing on gold mining, which is comparable to Mr. William Guben Energy Company."Ernest Oppenheimer said.

"South African gold mine? Oppenheimer?" Situ Nan looked at the shrewd man in front of him, as if he had heard of it somewhere, but couldn't remember for a while.

"Mr. Oppenheimer, are you still answering my question?" Situ Nan asked.

"If I'm not wrong, Mr. William should have been to Buckingham Palace yesterday?" Oppenheimer asked.

"Yes! How did you know?" Situ Nan was a little curious.

"That's right!" Oppenheimer smiled and explained: "Actually I told a friend in the royal family that I wanted to find him for financing, but my friend happened to have another project. He Tell me, there are rich Americans in London, and some have more money in their pockets..."

"So you found this place?" Situ Nan looked at Oppenheimer with a smile, he didn't believe it was such a coincidence?

This can only show that the other party is a caring person.Moreover, this person also knows the relationship between Guben Energy Company and himself, and he is estimated to have good strength.

"Tell me about your plan? Mr. Oppenheimer!" Situ Nan said directly, no longer struggling with irrelevant questions.

"That's right. After we have successfully invested in gold mines, we want to enter the diamond industry. South Africa has very rich diamond resources, so investment in diamond mining has great prospects. We have estimated that if we invest in the diamond industry, it will take less than two years. The cost has been recovered. The investment in this area is relatively large, and our funds still have some shortfalls, so I want to invite Mr. William to join us."

Oppenheimer said while paying attention to Situ Nan's expression. Seeing Situ Nan seemed to be interested, he continued to introduce his investment plan.

It sounds very exciting. Situ Nan learned about South Africa's mining development from Oppenheimer's mouth.South Africa’s resources really didn’t say what they wanted. I’m not going to say anything about the rich iron ore and coal, but there are two irresistible resources—gold and diamonds.

Mining is the main industry in the British South African colony. At present, the largest mining company is the De Beers Mining Company founded by the British Cisse Rhodes. Minerals monopolize most of the world’s diamond production.

The Boer War that emptied the British treasury was initiated by De Beers Mining Company for diamonds.

After paying a heavy price, the British can finally enjoy South African diamonds with peace of mind.But now it has just gone through a world war and the UK's local capital is lacking, so Oppenheimer found Situ Nan.

"The diamond market in South Africa is so big that it is impossible for the De Beers family to monopolize, so our Anglo-American company is confident to end their monopoly and even annex De Beers. Mr. William, you only need to pay 1 million US dollars now. Own South African diamonds! This is a very promising investment, trust me!"

Oppenheimer looked at Situ Nan eagerly.

He came to London this time to seek investment, but unfortunately there were very few responders. Without strong capital, it would be impossible for Anglo-American companies to compete with De Beers.After the British financing was not going well, Oppenheimer put his hope on Situ Nan.But Situ Nan's still noncommittal appearance made him uncertain, and his heart gradually sank.

For a long time, Situ Nan asked: "How many shares can one million dollars hold? Mr. Oppenheimer!"

"20%, if Mr. William is too small, I can discuss it with other shareholders." Oppenheimer replied with a vigor.

"Since I want to compete with De Beers Mining Company, this investment is not enough! If you want to do it, do the biggest!" Situ Nan pondered for a while, and then categorically said: "Additional investment, my shares are at least this amount!"

Situ Nan raised three fingers to Oppenheimer.

"Well, this is too much! I can't call the shots, I have to discuss it with other investors." Oppenheimer said embarrassedly, but he smiled.In fact, he still has half of the investment gap that has not been completed, but he did not want Situ Nan to take too many shares, so he didn't say anything.