Chapter 154: The Island Base

Marila, Madame Janiagelli, did not appear to have been affected by the kidnapping and went on as usual, but the originally planned three-day banquet was reduced to two days.

On December 22, Jonas and his grandmother flew back to Basel in a low-key manner, without giving any media interviews.

They also did not receive attention, as the case completely ruled out their role in the middle, and all the credit went to the bodyguards of the Agnelli family.

However, on behalf of Hannah and Jonas, the Agnelli family gave Plov and Kaia Young, who played an important role, a prize of $50,000 each.

Back in Basel, Hannah and Philip rewarded each of them with $50,000 in the name of the family foundation.

In the shootout that day, Plov initially targeted several gunmen behind Potanka, and after Jonas knocked Potanka down with one punch and pulled him to the ground, Plov fired calmly, killing the three gunners with three shots, leaving the remaining two gunners fleeing in a hurry without posing a threat to Jonas.

Kay Yayan's marksmanship was superior, and he played the most important role in the shootout, killing more than four of the bandits at his gunpoint, including another with a submachine gun.

The two of them played a far greater role than the bodyguards of the Agnelli family, not to mention the wretched bodyguards of the Zegna family.

Now, in order to downplay the role of Jonas, they can only suffer a little grievance, but in terms of money, of course, they have to compensate a little more.

Back in Basel, Hannah and Philip secretly hired a psychologist for Jonas to dismiss him.

Jonas shot the bandit three times in the head, and with the addition of Potenza, he had four lives on his hands. Although Hannah is calm on the surface, she is mentally worried, fearing that Jonas will leave a psychological shadow.

If Jonas were an ordinary young man, the first time he killed someone, of course, would have left a strong shadow.

But in his previous life, he had experienced many crises in the Middle East and had seen countless dead people. In that accident in Africa, more than a dozen deaths were directly related to him.

He had already had this experience in his previous life, and killing people was nothing to him at all.

After communicating with Jonas separately, the two psychologists gave Jonas an assessment of his mental normality.

This made Hannah curious, and she couldn't understand why Jonas didn't have a reverence for life.

So, there was no psychological problem with Jonas, and she was more worried in turn.

If a person does not have reverence for life, he will only become lawless.

However, she did not tell Jonas about this concern, and after discussing it with Vera and Philip, she decided to use the warmth of family affection to melt the ice in Jonas's heart.

This year, the Hoffman family's Christmas tour was still arranged on the island of La Digue in the Seychelles, which was Yankel's idea.

Taking over the management of the private bank, Yankel also thought about the future of the private bank.

Every year, the private bank holds a grand reception to entertain the bank's customers.

After a few days of talking to Osberg, Yankel found that his clients were very satisfied with their stay in the Seychelles last year, and he wanted to buy an area of La Digue Island and build a resort hotel.

The resort is open to the public on weekdays, and there are also separate measures for bank customers.

During the annual meeting, it is cordoned off and forms a separate area.

More importantly, the Seychelles is a country that has been in existence for less than a decade, and the government has very poor control, and their army is still a militia, and even the country needs British protection.

In later generations, Somali pirates often used it as a supply point, and the Seychelles navy was often blocked in the bay by them.

So much so that in the new century, after piracy became more and more rampant, they invited the navy of the motherland of the previous life to be stationed to help them deal with pirates.

The poor government management makes it easier for banks to hold illegal gatherings and transactions there, and can form an extralegal place under the protection of international law.

With Hoffman's strength, it would have been easy to buy an island in the Caribbean, but most of those areas were under Armenian influence.

It is also difficult to buy an island in a European country and become a place outside the law.

But in the Seychelles, it is easy to influence its government and turn a blind eye to many things.

Yankel's plan was supported by Hannah and Philip, and even Jonas was supportive.

For example, organizing a group of Eastern European women, or even young girls, to serve bank customers will be punished by law in many regions.

But in the Seychelles, there is no need to be afraid.

And Hoffman Bank will not be afraid of the appearance of pirates, you know, if pirates want to buy weapons, they have to buy them from interest groups, how dare they offend Hoffman Bank?

As long as a word is passed through an intermediary, the pirate group in the future can even become its bodyguard.

Coupled with the fact that La Digue is home to the world's number one beach, De Agen Beach, everyone in the Hoffmann family is willing to see it.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the 24th, Jonas and Laken and Jacob boarded a flight from Geneva to Seychelles.

And a business jet arranged by Yankel carried children and the elderly and flew directly to Praslin.

The three of Jonas flew alone, not only because of the limited capacity of the business jet, but also because they could rent a larger business jet.

The main reason is that the family can't let everyone fly on the same plane for safety reasons.

If there is an accident, there will not be a tragedy in which all members of the family die.

All three of them are strong and strong, and even if they change planes, they won't get too tired.

Moreover, Nicole, who had made an appointment with Jonas, also transferred from Armenia to London, from London to the Seychelles, and boarded a plane to Seychelles to meet him in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles.

Seychelles is an archipelagic country, and its territory is mainly divided into two island groups, one south and one north, which are about 40 kilometers apart.

The capital, Victoria, is located on the southern island of Mahe, but it is also a small fishing village. There are only 60,000 people in the whole country, and there is not even a single traffic light in the capital.

At the airport, Jonas meets up with Nicole from the United States, and the group boards a yacht arranged by Osberg at a pier next to the airport.

An hour and a half later, the yacht arrived at the Riel Resort in the northeast corner of La Digue Island, the same hotel where Hoffmann Bank hosted its reception last year.

The hotel is located in the northeast corner of the island, far from the 1,000 people who live on the island, and there are two private beaches blocked by mountain rocks.

Less than two kilometres south of the hotel is the beach of De Agen, where the famous "Emmanuelle" was photographed.

Famous for its strangely shaped granite rocks and fine sandy sand, this beach was quickly voted the most beautiful beach in the world by people all over the world after the broadcast of "Emmanuelle".

Because the beach here not only has coconut groves, but also sand, beautiful rocks and green mountains and green waters behind it.

In particular, the strange shape of the beach and the smooth rocks washed by the sea are a rare sight.

Jonas and Nicole are back to nature on the island's uninhabited beaches, enjoying the pleasure of indulgence in this stunning seascape.

Most of the time, they take a yacht and visit several small islands nearby.

The northern island group, Praslin is the main island, and La Digue is the most beautiful island, but both are inhabited.

Two kilometres northeast of La Digue is Felicité, but uninhabited.

Most of the island is a granite coast, with only one beach in the northeast corner.

Felicité Island covers an area of 2.6 square kilometres, and although the scenery is not as beautiful as La Digue, it is more secrecy because it is uninhabited.

There was originally a plantation farm on the island, which has now been withdrawn, but there are still thousands of sea coconut trees on the island.

The beach here is not as good as La Digue Island, but it's not far away, and you can get there in less than 10 minutes by yacht.

After some deliberation, the decision was made to buy the island and build a resort hotel.

In fact, in later generations, a hotel was also built here, which is called the sixth sense, which translates to six senses in Chinese, and is one of the models of island luxury hotel chains.

As the New Year approaches, Jonas and Philip attend the New Year's party hosted by Seychelles President Rene.

Seychelles became independent from Britain in 76, and René became prime minister, but in 77 he seized power through a coup d'état with the support of France and became president himself.

He was of French descent and had close ties to France, and took advantage of the contradictions between Britain and France to remain president until the new century.

On the first day of 1984, René signed a sale agreement to sell the development and management of Felicité Island to the Management Board of Hoffmann Private Bank.

Except that nominally the island is still part of the Seychelles and is under the rule of Seychelles, but the island has become part of the Hoffman family.

However, the Hoffman family will invest at least $3 million or more in the island as agreed, and most of the supplies will be purchased locally.

Seychelles is a Commonwealth country, and there are several ways to sell the islands, such as selling for 99 years, 999 years, and leasing methods.

The Hoffman family paid $600,000 for the land, plus a $3 million commitment to investment, for a maximum purchase period of 999 years.

Jonas is on the surface happy with his family, but inside he is always planning for the future.

Now he doesn't need to worry about the family business, and when Yannick's inheritance is all in hand, it's time for him to start a new business.

He also communicated with his grandmother Hannah several times, and originally wanted to convince her grandmother to let him take a year off from school.

But in the end, he was persuaded by his grandmother not only not to suspend his studies, but also to continue to serve as the team's goalkeeper.

Playing goalkeeper is not for money, just to stay in shape, then become the main goalkeeper of the national team, and later even captain of the Swiss national team.

With such an identity, the state's protection of him will be much higher than that of a banker.

So, after February, he will be back on the football field.