Chapter 605: The Island Without Water
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"820 million!"
Tamaras' complexion also became a little unsightly. Undoubtedly, his funds are about to reach the bottleneck.
The rich man in the Middle East looked at Tamaras with a disdainful smile, motioned his assistant to raise a placard, and quoted a price that shocked even Wei Xiaobei.
"900 million!"
Tamaras' complexion suddenly changed from unsightly to unsightly, a little ashen, no doubt he also had the intention of winning these three jade pieces, but the problem was that the price of more than 1 billion had already exceeded his cash amount.
"900 million times!"
The gold medal auctioneer looked at Tamaras expectantly, hoping that the prince would rise up again and deal a blow to the rich man in the Middle East, so his speaking speed also slowed down.
"900 million twice!"
But no matter how much you delay the speed, the gold medal auctioneer has no choice but to keep reminding everyone that there is another deal coming up.
"Wait, I'm willing to pay $900 million plus an island!"
I don't know why Tamaras looked like he had to get it, and he yelled at the gold medal auctioneer in a hurry.
$900 million plus an island?
The audience was shocked by Tamaras' unreasonable bid.
"Sorry, Your Highness, your bid needs to be approved by the jade owner before you can continue the auction."
Undoubtedly, the auction company was also unwilling to make a deal at the price of 900 million US dollars. Seeing Prince Tamaras's bid, its general manager appeared and announced the decision after discussing with the gold medal auctioneer.
Wei Xiaobei naturally agreed with the other party's offer.
Isn't Wei Xiaobei tossing this jade just to make money and then buy the island?
The prince of the country of ten thousand islands is willing to pay the price of an island, Wei Xiaobei feels like a mouse fell into a pile of rice, luck has come.
Although many islands in the world are sold at a clear price,
But the location of most of the islands did not meet Wei Xiaobei's expectation, and the islands whose location met Wei Xiaobei's expectation were either too small. Either it will not be sold permanently, which really gave Wei Xiaobei a headache when searching for these materials.
And now the prince is willing to use an island as the price is a very good thing, as for the size of the island. Isn't the location something negotiable?
Knowing that Wei Xiaobei turned out to be the owner of the three pieces of jade, Tamalas who was sitting next to him couldn't help but regret for a while, but after a while, his expression became much better. Apparently, he felt that he had hope of winning this jade article.
Now that Wei Xiaobei agrees, the next thing will be easy.
The island provided by Prince Tamaras is a small island located in the southeast corner of the Kingdom of Leusnia. Its area is not large, only 0.3 square kilometers, which is 30 hectares, or about 450 acres of land.
At the same time, Prince Tamaras asked his housekeeper to urgently fax the evaluation form of the island, which was made by an internationally renowned evaluation company, and the evaluation price was 30 million US dollars.
The reason why this price can be assessed is that this small island has a fresh water spring. And the vegetation is rich, and it also has a golden sandy beach.
But the local tycoon in the Middle East didn't protest when he saw this, and immediately added an oil field on the basis of 900 million US dollars! A $120 million oil field.
Well, by now, the two seem to be a little tit-for-tat.
However, as Prince Tamaras once again used an island he owned to increase the price, the local tycoon in the Middle East finally gave up continuing to bid.
After all, oil fields are cash cows in this world, and a small oil field can be used to offset the price. It is not worthwhile to exchange more oil fields for this jade.
After all, one billion U.S. dollars should be the bottom line of this Middle Eastern tycoon.
In this way, Prince Tamaras successfully obtained the three jade articles at a price of 900 million US dollars plus two small islands.
At the end of the auction, Wei Xiaobei and Prince Tamaras were invited to a small separate living room.
900 million US dollars can be transferred directly to the account. But those two small islands are not so convenient, and a series of agreements need to be signed.
When the two met in the small meeting room, they couldn't help laughing.
"Should I say fate?"
Prince Tamaras This refers to the two sitting together during the auction.
"I've heard about the prince's name for a long time, and I see you today. He's really handsome."
Wei Xiaobei also pulled out a few greetings.
Next, Wei Xiaobei put forward his own idea.
I want to choose a suitable island within the Kingdom of Leusnia. As for the price, let's talk about it slowly.
Regarding Wei Xiaobei's thoughts, Prince Tamaras frowned.
To say that this request is not too difficult, the sale of islands in the Kingdom of Leusnia is within the scope of the law. The only problem is that Prince Tamalas does not own many islands.
Among the more than 10,000 islands in the country, the king of the Kingdom of Leusnia owns the most islands, 5,200.
Next is the Crown Prince, the elder brother of Prince Tamaras, who owns nine hundred and thirty islands.
The second prince owns 700 islands.
The third prince, that is, Prince Tamaras, owns more than five hundred islands.
In addition, the royal family members, hereditary ministers, and nobles of the kingdom have hundreds of islands, and as few as more than ten islands.
Of course, only one-fifth of these islands can really be passed down from generation to generation.
For example, if Prince Tamaras dies, there will only be more than a hundred islands under his name that can be passed on to his son.
The remaining 400 islands will be recovered at the expense of the kingdom.
If this is not the case, I am afraid that no matter how many islands the Kingdom of Leusnia has, it will not be enough.
In this way, the number of islands that Prince Tamaras can sell is more than a hundred.
Of course, Wei Xiaobei doesn't need to buy a hundred islands, he just needs to choose among the more than five hundred islands.
In this way, Wei Xiaobei's proposal made Prince Tamalas a little bit excited.
As a prince, Tamaras doesn't have a lot of liquidity, and the 900 million US dollars has already drained his pockets.
It is conceivable how difficult Tamaras' life will be in the next few years.
In the end, Tamaras agreed to Wei Xiaobei's suggestion, and asked his assistant to introduce the island he belonged to.
According to Wei Xiaobei's requirements, the area of the island should not be less than one square kilometer.
In this way, the scope is greatly reduced, from more than 500 islands to 60 islands.
Among them, the five largest islands are the main population gathering places within the sphere of influence of Prince Tamaras, so it is naturally impossible to sell them.
Among the remaining islands, there are seven with an area of more than 30 square kilometers. Well, they all have water sources. If they are removed directly, Wei Xiaobei can't afford them.
In the end, Wei Xiaobei selected five islands according to his own needs and what he could afford.
The area of these five islands, the largest is 23 square kilometers, and the smallest is only three square kilometers.
As for the final choice, Wei Xiaobei still needs to go to the island to check in person.
In the early morning of the next day, Wei Xiaobei took Tian Li with him to the Kingdom of Leusnia on the special plane of Prince Tamalas with His Royal Highness.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at the small airport of Prince Tamaras in the Kingdom of Leusnia.
This is not surprising, since the kingdom of Leusnia is scattered, its main means of transportation are ships and planes.
In the entire territory of the Rusnia Kingdom, besides the Rusnia International Airport, there are hundreds of various small airports, which together with the wharves and ports all over the country constitute the traffic lifeline of the Rusnia Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Rusnia is one of the most famous tourist countries. The unique tropical island scenery attracts tourists from all over the world. The number of tourists to be received every year exceeds five million, which is almost ten percent of the total population of the Kingdom of Rusnia. doubled.
This shows how beautiful the scenery here is.
Even when Wei Xiaobei got off the plane, he felt a sense of comfort all over his body, and had an urge to live here.
Of course, the most important thing now is to check the island situation, not sightseeing.
Wei Xiaobei can still tell which is more important.
To put it simply, the five islands selected by Wei Xiaobei all have one characteristic, that is, there is no water source.
Well, if there is no water source on the island, its value will be much lower than that of an island with water source.
This is a very simple reason. If there is no water source, there is no way to settle. If you want to settle, you need to transport fresh water from other places at a fixed time, maybe install a seawater desalinator, etc. In short, this is not a small sum. expenditure.
And compared to islands with water sources, these islands without water sources, although irrigated by rain, are relatively barren in terms of vegetation.
Wei Xiaobei has already seen this point.
The Prince Tamaras also kindly suggested Wei Xiaobei to choose a smaller island. Although the area is small, if there is a water source, at least it will reduce a lot of long-term expenses.
But Wei Xiaobei's final choice turned out to be the waterless island of 23 square kilometers.
Well, from the appearance point of view, this island is run through by a small mountain range, and most of the places are relatively flat, with scattered tropical shrubs growing, making it relatively desolate.
If you want to settle here, to be honest, there are many difficulties.
"That's it! Now let's talk about the price."
After Wei Xiaobei left the island and boarded the luxury yacht of Prince Tamalas, he said to His Royal Highness with a smile on his face.
"Well, before negotiating, as a friend, I still have to remind you that the investment in this island will be huge in the later stage."
Seeing that Wei Xiaobei insisted on this, Prince Tamaras didn't give too much advice, but handed over the next matter to his own butler, a Cambridge graduate from a family of British butlers.
In fact, the entire negotiation process did not have much turmoil. After all, here, each island has been evaluated, and its real value and even the annual price fluctuations are listed in a table. Even if it is a negotiation, the maximum is a million dollars. change in position. (To be continued.)