sbdcsierra Chapter 82 Divorce
Chapter 82 Divorce
Chapter 82 Divorce
To launder the US dollars from Kumarin's family, one needs to buy an e-wallet, but without Kumarin's funds, there isn't enough money to buy the e-wallet.
This creates a vicious cycle, requiring a large amount of bridge financing.
Who should I borrow from?
Li Xiang's first thought was Elena. While his future father-in-law was still out and Elena still held financial power, he would lend her as much as he could.
In a few months, the subprime crisis will erupt, and Russian house prices will plummet. Taking advantage of this window of opportunity to have Elena sell off the remaining properties would be a good thing for the Ivanov family.
Li Xiang originally intended to go to Vladivostok in person to meet with Elena, but he didn't expect that Elena was already on her way to St. Petersburg by train.
A sense of foreboding washed over me.
Elena definitely wasn't taking the train to save money; the only advantage was that she didn't have to go through security checks, so she could bring whatever she wanted without anyone checking her.
Sometimes a man's intuition is quite accurate.
Elena didn't go to the Red Star Factory. Instead, she rented a house in St. Petersburg and settled everything before notifying Li Xiang to come to her house.
As soon as Li Xiang entered the house and walked into the living room, the first thing he saw was a pile of cash on the dining table.
"I get a headache whenever I see US dollars, especially hundred dollars."
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It's normal for them to all be 100.
There are too few scenarios for spending US dollars in Russia, so small change is meaningless. Keeping US dollars at home is to preserve value and hedge against inflation, as well as for emergencies. Large denominations save space.
Elena, wearing a white coat, leaned against the desk, finished her glass of red wine, and sighed, "I'm divorced from Andrei. This is the property I received in the settlement, a total of eighteen million US dollars."
"Help me find a way to clean it up and transfer it overseas."
Elena turned to look at Li Xiang and emphasized, "You also need to get me a set of asset certificates, like Peter's, ones that I can just take out and spend."
Li Xiang was a little confused, and after a moment he said, "Big sister, please don't tease me."
"Call me Mom? I've never heard you call me that." Elena would joke.
Li Xiang: "If you want a divorce, you should have done it sooner."
Elena composed herself and said, "There are so many separations now."
"No, no." Li Xiang patted his head to clear his mind and analyzed, "Although I don't know how much money Andrei left behind, I can roughly guess the amount."
"He paid a fine of 300 million rubles, so this 18 million US dollars should be all the assets he has left, right? Is this a divorce settlement or an absconding with the money?"
"Don't get me into trouble!"
"Look me in the eyes." Elena and Li Xiang looked into each other's eyes and said sincerely, "All the property will be mine. This is something Andrei and I agreed on, but we have to tell everyone that I absconded with the money."
"I owe this all to you. If you hadn't suggested that Peter borrow money from Potanin, saying that he was broke, I wouldn't have had so much left."
Out of instinct, Li Xiang subconsciously used [Depth Scan] to observe Elena, and regretted it as soon as he finished scanning, slapping himself in the face.
Why are you hitting yourself? Don't you believe me?
"Can I ask Peter to verify this?" Li Xiang asked, struggling with the question.
"Do you think Peter, with his straightforward personality, would let Andrei know about something like this? If you ask him to verify, it's like you're betraying me."
"I can't help you with this because I can't verify it," Li Xiang said, but he didn't leave.
People shouldn't be so rude. Why did I have to give her a piece of my mind? She just asked for trouble.
Based on the scan results, Elena was indeed not lying.
"You still have to help with this," Elena said, shifting the blame. "Andrei and I made this arrangement based on your ideas. Wasn't it you who opposed siding with Potanin? Wasn't it you who suggested betting on both sides?"
"You can run, but I can't? What kind of logic is that?"
Li Xiang retorted confidently, "Then don't make me take the blame. You can leave and have peace and quiet, but I still have to stay in Russia and make a living."
"You may not know, but you were used by me," Elena said, unable to suppress her laughter. "The Ivanov family has now become Potanin's stalwart, a pro-Kremlin faction. You've already decided to cut ties with them, so this is the perfect opportunity."
"I do want to do the cutting, but I don't want to do it right now. I'm putting in money and effort, so I should at least get some benefit from it." Li Xiang said, speechless.
Elena promised, "While Andrei hasn't come out yet and everyone hasn't fallen out, if there's anything you need my help with, I'll take care of it for you, that should be alright, right?"
"I'm your mother-in-law, what more do you want me to beg you for?"
Li Xiang stared wide-eyed and said, "That's not the case now."
Elena smiled and said, "For now."
Li Xiang sighed several times, picked up a wad of US dollars from the table, and looked at it. "Why are these bills consecutively numbered? Where did you get them?"
"The money I withdrew from the bank for the house."
Li Xiang confirmed, "It really came from the bank. Can you guarantee that? What if it's stolen money? I'll call the police as soon as I deposited it into the bank system."
"You can rest assured about that. I was worried about receiving counterfeit money, so I sent someone to the bank with the homeowner to withdraw all the money. There's absolutely no problem."
Elena raised her right hand and said with a grin, "No need to swear, right?"
Li Xiang plopped down on the sofa and said reluctantly, "For every iPhone that Shopee sells, it remits a payment overseas for the phone. Of course, the money from the actual orders goes to them."
"The money Peter made was also recorded in the accounts and settled in an anonymous company in Nevada, USA. After paying taxes, it can become legal income."
"How much money is in the account?" Elena asked with delight.
"More than seven million," Li Xiang reminded him, "The tax costs are quite high."
"As long as I can spend it openly, what's a little tax? Consider it protection money," Elena said impatiently. "Hurry up and prepare the documents to transfer the company to me. You can launder the rest of the money at your leisure. I'm leaving now."
"Oh, and also get me a fake Vietnamese birth certificate. I immigrated from Vietnam."
Seeing Li Xiang sitting there with his arms crossed and not saying a word, his face as long as a donkey's, Elena gave an awkward smile and said, "I was so focused on me that I forgot about you."
"You've been busy looking for funding lately, haven't you? I can help you find some money. I guarantee you'll be satisfied with the valuation, but the source of funds is a bit sensitive."
"Cash again?" Li Xiang said speechlessly. "I don't even have as much cash in the bank vault as I do in cash. I really can't afford to spend it all."
"It's not cash." Elena cautiously moved closer to Li Xiang.
"There's no one else here."
Li Xiang had already scanned and checked the listening devices; there were no suspicious electronic devices in the room, but Elena herself wasn't sure about her own home.
"Come here," Elena whispered in Li Xiang's ear, "I can help you contact Khodorkovsky's eldest son, Pavel. Do you dare take the money?"
Russia has a very high rate of duplicate names; here comes another one named Pavel.
"Which side is Andrei on now?" Li Xiang asked, looking puzzled.
Elena shrugged and said, "How would I know what he's thinking? Anyway, I have nothing to do with him anymore, and I can go wherever I want."
"You want to make a severance package because you're worried that getting too close to the Kremlin will affect your overseas investments."
"The Huo family is Jewish capital, and the international community is quite sympathetic to them. There's no need to worry about that overseas. However, if the news that he holds shares in your company leaks out, your life in Russia will probably become difficult."
"But with risk comes reward. No matter how much money you need, they can get it. And there's another crucial point: they dare not publicly audit their accounts!"
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