Rose?"
After Li Qingyuan chatted with the naive heiress for about half an hour, Carl, Rose's fiancé and the victim in the original plot, finally showed up.
Carl was chatting with others in the banquet hall when he turned his head and realized that his fiancée had disappeared.
Immediately feeling a green light flashing on his forehead, Carl hurriedly rushed out with his bodyguards, because he knew that his fiancée's brain seemed to be a bit abnormal, and who knew if she would do something strange in a moment of brain fever.
Fortunately, when Carl found Rose, he found her chatting with someone, fully dressed.
If a man and a woman sitting together chatting late at night might make people feel a little ambiguous, but if it is two men and a woman, then nothing should happen!
This is also why Li Qingyuan didn't drive away the clumsy light bulb next to him.
This kid, Jack, can not only be used as a background board, but also can be a witness for himself!
Otherwise, based on the fiery look in Rose's eyes when she looked at him, who knew if she would have any evil thoughts?
Never underestimate the enthusiasm of a brain-dead fan; they are all a bunch of irrational guys.
"Carl! This is His Excellency Qingyuan Li, a great poet from the distant East!" Rose excitedly introduced to her fiancé.
"Hello, should I call you Mr. Li?" As a millionaire, Carl Hockley's knowledge is much higher than that of his silly, sweet fiancée and the poor boy Jack.
At least, he knows how to address people accurately.
"Is Mr. Hockley the president of the Hockley Group?" Li Qingyuan shook hands with the green-hat king from the original story and asked.
"Yes, is Mr. Li also interested in the steel industry?" Carl frowned slightly. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of two men beside Rose, he could only suppress his displeasure for the sake of his fiancée.
"Actually, in addition to being a poet, another identity of mine is as a staff member of Prince Qing. Prince Qing wants to find a partner for himself in the United States. I wonder if Mr. Hockley is interested." Ignoring the contempt in Carl's eyes, Li Qingyuan said slowly.
"Prince Qing? Prince Qing of the Qing Dynasty?" Carl was originally a little contemptuous of Li Qingyuan, because for a wealthy man like him in the top European and American circles, despising Orientals was politically correct.
However, when Li Qingyuan stated his intention, his eyes lit up and he excitedly grasped the other party's hands.
There was no way, businessmen seek profit. As the chairman of the Hockley Group, Carl could not possibly be like Rose, who was only thinking about romance.
Prince Qing Yikuang, many people may not have heard of this name, but in fact, this guy is truly famous in this era.
This old guy is even more famous in Europe and the United States than Empress Dowager Cixi, because just like many people don't care what the rulers of the Middle East or Africa are called, most people will still know something about the people who are closely related to them.
The main reason why Yikuang has such a great reputation in Europe and the United States is because he is rich. The Qingji Company established by this old boy clearly marked the prices of all official positions in the entire Qing Dynasty for sale, from the ministers of the six ministries to the ambassadors and county magistrates, all of which were cash on delivery and no credit was given.
Even Yuan Shikai spent three million taels of silver to buy an official position from him, which shows how ruthless this old thing is!
Moreover, Yikuang never put his money in the country. All his money was exchanged for pounds, dollars, and the like, and deposited in banks in various countries, making him definitely the first person in the country to diversify investment and become a 'naked official'.
According to incomplete statistics, Yikuang deposited no less than seven million pounds in HSBC Bank in the United Kingdom alone.
You must know that even building the Titanic only cost 1.5 million pounds, and building the world's top dreadnought battleship currently only costs 2.5 million pounds.
It can be said that the current Prince Qing Yikuang is the most worthy richest man in the world. Although Carl Hockley is also considered a millionaire, compared with Prince Qing, he is a younger brother!
For capitalists, they only look at the amount of money. They will not be negligent just because the other party is an Oriental.
In this day and age, what race, what skin color, what hierarchy, is money important?
Li Qingyuan knew that if he wanted to get into first class, he couldn't rely on Rose, a nymphomaniac. In the original plot, that fat woman, Molly Brownken, invested in Jack because the other party was a handsome white guy. Who knew if that woman had any strange ideas.
But if he wants to mingle with these superiors, relying solely on Rose is absolutely useless. The key is to rely on the real power holders.
Just like now, the circle of people sitting around him!
The identity of Prince Qing's staff member is better than anything else. In just half an hour, the people around him have changed from Rose, the nymphomaniac, to several major company directors.
As the saying goes, parents are not as close as money. Rich people, no matter where they are, will definitely be treated like ancestors and enshrined.
The situation in Qing is very bad now. Maybe for those bottom-level tourists, they haven't even heard of the term Qing, but for everyone sitting in this box, their horizons are much higher than those in third class.
In recent years, Qing officials have been constantly transferring assets to the UK, but they have never encountered a super BOSS like Prince Qing.
After all, that old guy is very smart. Whether it is Yuan Datou or Sun Dapao, they owe him a lot of favors, so even if the emperor has changed several times later, he was still able to die well.
However, even few people within Qing know about this kind of thing, let alone this group of British people on the other side of the earth!
It's not that no one has doubted Li Qingyuan's identity, but in this day and age, wanting to find a Qing person who is completely familiar with the international situation and the internal environment of Qing, and who also knows astronomy, geography, and speaks fluent English, is almost as difficult as catching an alien.
In addition, with Carl Hockley's recommendation, Li Qingyuan successfully broke into the enemy's interior in just half a day, became a distinguished guest in first class, and also became a big fat sheep in the eyes of countless businessmen!
That is Prince Qing, who is said to have assets of thousands of millions and is richer than a country. Even if the other party only leaks a little from between his fingers, it is enough for him to eat for several lifetimes.
What's more, Li Qingyuan has also worked as a street writer for more than ten years, and knows some general economic concepts. Although it is absolutely impossible for him to make a detailed plan, it is more than enough to pretend to be an expert and give a few casual pointers.
So, by the morning of the next day, he had become a hot figure on the entire ship, and invitations to visit him had been scheduled for two months later.