Chapter 573 Lanai Island

It was always like this at the beginning. Jenny Booth was like an octopus, or perhaps some kind of charming mermaid. She kept urging Barron in his ear...

As if she was not satisfied...

It can also be said that because Barron came to New York this time, not only did he bring Bonnie with him, but also Jenny's brother and sister-in-law, so she didn't have many opportunities to be alone with Barron.

In any case, after an hour of...knowledge learning, her desire for knowledge that she had accumulated for a long time was finally channeled.

"Are you going to Hawaii tomorrow?"

Beside Barron, Jenny asked weakly.

"Yes, the climate there is more comfortable, at this time..."

Barron stood up and prepared to take a shower. He said casually:

"And I just bought a small island there. You may have heard of Lanai Island, the island where Bill Gates once held his wedding..."

Yes, not long ago, Grace Cultural Tourism Group bought Lanai Island, one of the six largest islands in Hawaii, for about US$400 million.

In 1994, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda held their wedding here, and this island with an area of ​​365 square kilometers became famous for this.

Before this, Naila Island belonged to billionaire David Murdoch - not Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, but the founder of American Dole Food Co., Ltd., who bought Lanai Island 22 years ago.

After this, Grace Cultural Tourism Group will develop this beautiful island, and Cavendish Hotel Group will also open a Cavendish Resort Hotel here.

Of course, some of the most scenic areas will be reserved for Barron's private use, including a beautiful holiday villa and related facilities built by David Murdoch here before. After Barron and his team's visit, this place will also be transformed and repaired according to his own requirements.

It is winter in New York now. Relatively speaking, the climate in Hawaii is very pleasant. The main purpose of coming here is to go on vacation, so they are still looking forward to this trip to Hawaii, especially the children who came with them.

The only drawback is that Lanai does not have an airport. To get here, you need to take a helicopter from Maui, which is relatively close to Lanai.

Therefore, after this, Barron also plans to build a simple airport on Lanai, which can at least allow medium-sized business jets to land, such as the Gulfstream G450 he bought before.

It is also worth mentioning that when Barron first bought a private jet, the Gulfstream G450 was still the latest model of Gulfstream, but now they have launched the Gulfstream G550 with better performance. He also intends to buy a new big toy for himself, but the reservation of this aircraft currently requires queuing.

But the good news is that with the further outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, many wealthy people are destined to go bankrupt. Therefore, it will not be long before he can directly take over those orders that are ahead of him, and in order to sell these orders, Gulfstream will also give a lower price-after all, the original orderer has already paid a considerable deposit, and they cannot recover the deposit after bankruptcy, which becomes part of the discount for the takeover.

They are expected to spend more than a month on Lanai, then go to Australia, and return to London again after spring.

It is indeed very relaxing to vacation at the beach, but after only a week, Jenny complained that she had become tanned...

When she heard that Barron was going to Los Angeles, she asked to go with him.

"It's just right, I will meet John this time, and you can go home."

Hearing Barron's words, Jenny smiled and agreed, but when others didn't notice, she still glared at Barron.

"Are you really going to let me go home?"

When they left Lanai by helicopter and took them directly to Honolulu International Airport on Oahu Island, Hawaii, Jenny asked as soon as they got on the plane.

"Of course, dear, I'm not going on vacation this time, I have important things to do."

"Then..."

Jenny rolled her eyes and said:

"Stay with me for two days and I'll go back."

Barron naturally understood what she meant. It seemed that he would be in the battlefield of artillery fire in the next two days...

...

Just as Barron said, he came to California this time and there were indeed some things to deal with.

The first person he met was Schwarzenegger, the action star and the current governor of California.

Speaking of which, Schwarzenegger was able to successfully run for the governor of California, in addition to more than 40% of women voting for him, thus relying on his personal charm to gain a large number of votes, was his original campaign slogan - after taking office, he would significantly reduce taxes.

In the United States, there are also some concepts similar to the national tax and local tax in China. In addition to the taxes that need to be paid to the federal government, the tax rates of each state are different, and the state government has a high degree of autonomy.

"California people get up every morning and start paying taxes from the time they flush the toilet. They don't pay too little tax, but politicians are wasting taxpayers' money."

This is the speech that Schwarzenegger was once cheered by the public.

And he did the same thing after taking office. Since he took office, California's tax rate has dropped by more than 25%, but at the same time, it also means that the state government's revenue has decreased and the deficit has begun to increase.

If it is said that in normal times, such a tax reduction policy is not so fatal, but unfortunately, the subprime mortgage crisis that began this year first broke out in California.

However, up to now, the most destructive moment of the subprime mortgage crisis has not yet arrived, so although Barron can feel his concerns in Schwarzenegger, I am afraid that at this time, he has not realized how serious the final outbreak will be-at least, he is still in the mood to chat with Barron.

"Increase investment in California?"

Hearing what Schwarzenegger meant, Barron smiled and said:

"That's no problem, Mr. Governor, but the premise is that there must be good projects. Yes, there are some good companies in California, and I am very interested in them, but I need to invest according to the plan."

As we all know, many banks in the United States went bankrupt during the subprime mortgage crisis. Barron also plans to take over suitable bank assets at that time to expand Standard Chartered Bank's business in the United States. Although they acquired American Express Bank before, it is not the core asset of American Express Company, and its scale is also limited. For Standard Chartered Bank, the biggest significance of acquiring American Express Bank is to help them in foreign exchange settlement.

And in 8 months, IndyMac Bank in California will be taken over by the federal government due to bankruptcy. It is also the third largest bank in the history of bankruptcy in the United States. At that time, it can be considered to help the governor.

Of course, that is also under the premise of benefiting Barron. He will not simply provide friendly funding for the career of this terminator.