Chapter 836: A Pair Made from the Ground
The black Maybach departed from the airport in the freezing rain of London in a little cold and drove quickly to the Four Seasons Hotel in the heart of the city.
In the warm carriage, Ivana, who was dressed in a dark red slim suit and trousers, had long blond hair scattered and a black tight turtleneck sweater, wrapping her already slender pink neck tightly, showing the demeanor of a capable strong woman in the workplace.
As a result, the assistant handed over a steaming cup of paper coffee, unbuttoned the golden flowers of the red suit, and the black turtleneck outlined the proud upper circumference even more attractively, and the traces of the CUP can be clearly seen.
After taking a sip of coffee, Ivana, whose brows were furrowed from beginning to end, kept flipping through some of the documents placed on the tui, and finally sighed unwillingly.
"It seems that this time the golf course plan has to be found in a different way, and this Martin Ford is clearly deliberately targeting us. β
Closing the file, Ivana, with a somewhat indifferent expression, held the steaming coffee cup in both hands and looked at the London landscape where the sky was dark and it was still raining.
It turned out that a veto by a committee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, England, last month shut down CP's $2 billion golf course investment plan.
Under the CP and Ivana plans, two golf courses, a five-star hotel, 36 luxury villas and around 1,000 homes will be built on Aberdeenshire's North Coast.
However, this plan has met with considerable resistance on the ground. Just the other day, the County Infrastructure Management Board held a vote on the plan, and Chairman Martin Ford voted against the plan with an equal number of votes in favor and against.
This had to make Ivana, who was waiting for Andy to return to New York for Christmas together, urgently take a plane to feel that Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was conducting public relations mediation, but after two days, it had little effect, and Martin Ford, chairman of the county's infrastructure management committee, even refused to meet with Ivana for talks.
In fact, since CP Group chose Aberdeenshire, some local Scottish environmentalists believe that the golf course plan will bring risks to the local environment and is an unbearable price, but this is obviously a good thing to open up Aberdeenshire's tourism resources, and Ivana and CP will not think that the local government will refuse.
But that's the way it is, and often the more impossible things happen.
Buzzing...
Ivana, who was frowning and thinking about something, was buzzed back and forth by the mobile phone in her suit pocket, and when she took out her mobile phone and looked at it, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up, revealing a sweet smile, her bright red lips pursed, and her teeth were white and shining.
"My dear, I'm in London. β
"Well, are you tired?"
Ivana smiled and put the coffee paper cup into the card slot, adjusted a little to a more comfortable sitting position, and said softly: "A little, mainly because it was too rushed, it happened a little suddenly, no one expected that Aberdeenshire would push the investment out, and the county infrastructure management committee was a little inexplicable." β
"Hehe, they're not inexplicable, and the chairman of the county infrastructure board, Martin Ford, wants to run for mayor of Aberdeen next year, and he needs the votes of the environmentalists. β
Hearing her boyfriend's explanation, Ivana was also stunned, and said with some tears and laughter: "For the sake of votes, he even pushed out the investment, and I really have nothing to say." No wonder he didn't even see me. β
"Hmph!" Andy snorted coldly, this is also where he was a little annoyed, Ivana had a nose in the Aberdeenshire Infrastructure Management Board, and when she talked to Andy on the phone that day, she was very uncheerful and depressed, and Andy naturally would not be indifferent.
"Don't worry. So, when you arrive at the Four Seasons Hotel, Simon Garner, editor-in-chief of the DU Lip Paper, and Malins of the London Evening Standard will come over to meet you, and they will give you an interview each, and then, in the evening, they will accompany you to dinner with the Aberdeenshire assemblyman...
However, this MP is just one of them, and I also invited Boris Johnson, who is running for mayor of London, and asked him to invite the Kincardine Historical County and Banff Historical County MPs in Parliament... β
Ivana's eyes couldn't help flashing, her slender pink neck straightened slightly, and she understood her boyfriend's intentions and said: "You mean that I really want to invest in Aberdeenshire, but I have no choice but to find other investment locations, and Kinkkading and Banff, which are connected to Aberdeenshire, are my targets?"
"Hehe, what a smart girl! Now that the world is facing inflation, economic recession, and record unemployment, a big project with an investment of $2 billion can create thousands of jobs for local residents and create tourism resources for the local area, I don't think Kinkading and Banff will be like Aberdeenshire, who will invest in the potential environmental damage!"
"Giggles, and I just have to keep reiterating that the project will meet environmental standards and that the project will be put on the world tourism map, right?"
Ivana swept away the previous haze, her slightly frowning brows were also stretched, and her smile became more calm and sweet, so that the little secretary who had been sitting on the other side had not dared to gasp for breath was finally relieved, and she was really grateful for Mr. Andy Smith's timely call, okay, finally the clouds cleared, and the rain passed.
"Clever, really worthy of the woman I like, believe me, in order to keep the project in Aberdeenshire, the city government of Aberdeen will show the greatest sincerity, since this Martinford wants to be an environmental fighter, I will satisfy him, see if the citizens of Aberdeen like to work, or like the Martin fighter who let them not work in order to get votes!"
Hearing her man's compliment, Ivana's smile brightened even more, and she didn't have much pity for the trouble that Martin Ford, the chairman of the county infrastructure management committee who had deflated her for the past two days, might be facing, and he didn't seem to care about her when he let himself sit in the reception room and wait.
"Thank you, my dear. β
"Don't be stupid, okay, wake up tomorrow morning, things will be pushed to ferment, and there will be results soon, I will go back to the United States tomorrow, and I will wait for your good news in Los Angeles. Andy said with a smile.
"Giggles, how many farms have you spotted in Australia this time?" asked Ivana with a smile in her eyes.
"I saw the last one, there are two small gold mines that can be mined at depth, I am mainly optimistic about its natural pastures, which have unique conditions for breeding NAI cattle, I would have liked to go back to New Zealand to see... β
Ivana asked, "What do you want to do?"
"What else can I do, NAI powder, our children naturally want to drink the best, or make it yourself rest assured, besides, the market demand in the rabbit country is very large, and you can also make a fortune." Andy touched his chin, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said that he had not forgotten the dozens of tons and dozens of tons of NAI powder imported from Tuao in the rabbit country.
When Ivana heard the child, her eyes couldn't help but rise a little watery, and she bit the red chun and said softly: "Andy, I want a child... β
"Hehe, how about one, at least three, or four? As long as you are willing to give birth, my ammunition depot here is absolutely full of ammunition, how many do you want!"
Hearing Andy's teasing, Ivana couldn't help but smile and narrowed her eyes into crescent moons, took a sip lightly, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Honey, I miss you." β
"Tsk, it seems like we've been apart for a few days, are we hungry again?, rest assured, things won't be delayed for too long, we will meet in New York at once, and I'll be sure to meet all your hunger requirements by then." β
"Well, this side must come down, and I'll rush back to New York, po~ dear, I love you. Ivana said softly.
"I love you too, okay, call me anytime... β
Ivana hung up the phone, with a sweet smile on her face, her cheeks were a little red, as if she had thought of something, turned her head to look at the little secretary next to her, and found that she was wearing headphones, holding a fashion magazine and flipping through it, but it was leisurely enough, and couldn't help but look at her little secretary with an unknown expression, "Okay, don't pretend, don't think I don't know that you secretly texted Andy to report the surveillance of me." β
The little secretary didn't seem to be afraid of what Ivana would do to herself, and said with a flattering smile: "Then how is surveillance, Mr. Smith just wants to know some of your schedules and surprise you, why can't I not tell him." β
"Hmph, betraying my intelligence behind my back, I'll fire you... Ivana snorted angrily and scared, but it didn't seem to have much effect, as the female secretary that Ivana has followed since she entered the CP group, she knows what her boss can't tolerate the most, as for revealing the itinerary to Mr. Andy Smith, this is what the little secretary has been doing since they just established the relationship, and Ivana has long known it.
When Ivana and her party arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in London and had just settled in, Simon Garner of Du Libao and Malins of the London Evening Standard each came to visit with a senior reporter.
Ivana was interviewed by two media in the lounge area near the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel suite, and gave a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the CP Group's investment in the $2 billion golf course hotel residential project, and gave detailed answers to environmental protection questions, expressed regret for the decision of the Aberdeenshire Infrastructure Management Board, and did not forget to introduce the project will bring thousands of jobs to the local area, the attraction of short-distance tourism after the operation of the golf course, and the possible benefits for the development of tourism resources in the northeast of Scotlandγ
At the end of the interview, Ivana took a break, changed her clothes and put on makeup, and then accompanied by Simon Garner and Malins, hosted a banquet for Aberdeenshire MPs in the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel, but the people who talked happily did not communicate for long, and after the messy blonde Boris Johnson arrived with the MPs of Kincardin and Banff County, the Aberdeenshire MPs' faces turned green.
And Ivana shook hands with a few people elegantly and calmly, as a famous celebrity in New York, for dealing with this kind of occasion, she is absolutely familiar with the road, and she is ready to catch!