October 9, 1982, a Saturday.

A marina near the mouth of the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.

An outstanding and heroic man, wearing big sunglasses and a stand-up collar trench coat, politely held a cold and restrained, low-key and luxurious young woman with connotations, and also wore sunglasses, and walked into a yacht economy.

Both of them were of Asian complexion, and the staff of the yacht company were slightly surprised.

However, when they saw the row of bodyguards behind the man, they didn't doubt the strength of the other party.

"Hello sir, can I help you. ”

Gu Biao sat down on the sofa, cocked Erlang's legs, and asked, "I heard that you have zero consumption tax on yachts bought here?"

As mentioned earlier, this yacht is going to stay in Seattle at that time, but Seattle's consumption tax and luxury chattel purchase tax are quite high, so Gu Biao chose to buy the yacht first on the border between Oregon and Watsonton, so as to save at least one million dollars in taxes.

While the 300-kilometer sea drive from Portland to Seattle could take an overnight drive, it's worth the million-dollar savings.

Gu Biao didn't have the money to the extent of throwing away millions of dollars just to save a night's trip.

"Uh...... Of course, you're absolutely right, we don't have excise tax in Oregon! There are often tycoons from Silicon Valley or Hollywood in the south who come to us to avoid taxes and buy yachts and licenses. The clerk at the reception was obviously not very thoughtful, but he quickly changed the subject.

"I didn't expect you to have a good eye, yes, I'm from Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Gu Biao put on a broad look.

"Where, it's not that I have a good eye, you look like this and you are a hero in Silicon Valley. The clerk's rhythm of patting was finally keeping up.

Gu Biao's expression did not fluctuate, and he continued to ask: "If I buy a yacht from you, is there a way to register it in the name of someone else, but ensure that the property rights are always under my control, and the person who will not be named will get the right to dispose of it?"

The clerk was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Ye Wei next to him, and thought that Gu Biao wanted the golden boat to hide Jiao: "Sir, do you want to hang the boat in the name of this young lady?"

"No, it's just a business partner, you can understand it as my driver or something. Gu Biao commanded without question.

Just kidding, Ye Kun's identity is more sensitive than him, how can he hang Ye Kun's name, isn't that harming the other party's career.

"Uh...... That's fine, we have the means to operate here, you can rest assured, we have the most professional cooperative lawyers. ”

Gu Biao nodded, gave the white bodyguard behind him a look, and then the other party took out a copy of Schulhoff's ID and all the necessary authorization letters.

Gu Biao was going to hang it in Schulhoff's name, but in fact, the property rights of the yacht belonged to him forever, and he could make a secret loan agreement and mortgage agreement or something - anyway, the yacht is a thing that will not appreciate in value, and he is not afraid of disputes.

After finalizing the formalities and legal feasibility, Gu Biao began to pick a yacht: "Let's introduce it all, I don't want to take up too much money." ”

This kind of behavior also surprised the clerk very much, after opening a yacht club for so long, there are few such guests who don't care about the yacht itself, only care about legal procedures.

After all, most of the people who like to play yachts do so out of hobby, at least they want to use it to pick up girls.

The clerk didn't refuse to introduce the cheapest, but asked seductively, "I don't know what you want, sir?" If not, the cheapest yacht we have here is only $400,000 - but it's open-top and doesn't have any cabins, so I'm sure you won't be interested. ”

Ye Kun, who was sitting next to Gu Wei, always looked very cold, but after listening to this price, his heart was also a little turbulent.

Such a small yacht costs 400,000 US dollars - if there are players who have played chicken in later generations, they can basically find that the size of this kind of boat is about the same as the assault boat in the chicken game, and it can only seat 6~8 people, which is nothing more than a lot more beautiful.

To be more precise, it should be closer to the one commonly used by Aiden Pierce in "Watch Dogs" to escape from the police, but it has to be enlarged to 8 seats.

Of course, Gu Wei refused: "No! This can only be called a motorboat, not a yacht! What I want is at least a yacht with two floors of closed cabins, and there must be enough private space to have a party on board." ”

The reception staff showed a knowing smile, thinking that Gu Biao wanted a boat that could hold a feast in the sea and sky.

Rich people like this tune.

"Then I get the idea—as you wish, this deck plus a roof terrace is limited to 30 people, 60 feet long, and $2.6 million.

If you don't think it's enough, this one, with a double-deck cabin and a terrace, and an aluminum alloy mast that can switch power, a terrace fence that can be lifted, an internal closed conference room and a cloister cabin structure, it's no problem to open a large PARTY, 124 feet, but it's a little more expensive...... Uh-huh, $8 million. ”

"Just kidding, do you think I don't know how to do it?" Gu Biao lit a cigar and spit out the smoke and complained.

He didn't make a bargain, but he didn't want to be tricked.

"Sir, this is imported from Italy, of course it is more expensive than the domestic one. ”

The yachting industry has always had a tradition that European goods are more expensive than American goods, Gu Biao looked at the details, knocked it a little, and finally sold for $7.5 million, and sent some high-end custom interiors, so that he could drive away immediately.

After the staff basically negotiated, the owner of the yacht shop also greeted him.

Gu Biao's example of a large order of seven or eight million US dollars that can be negotiated directly with one trip, although he can't say that he has never seen a yacht business over the years, it is definitely less than once a year on average.

When you encounter such a high roller, how can you not stutter.

Coincidentally, when the owner of the yacht shop came out, he actually recognized Gu Ao's identity:

"Aha, you're the boss of Tencoin Entertainment — my son bought your company's console, and I met you on a talk show interview with 'Larry King Live'!"

Gu Biao was stunned for a moment, took off his sunglasses, and shook hands with the other party.

"It looks like my sunglasses aren't good enough. ”

"It's a pleasure to serve someone as young and promising as you. ”

In a pleasant atmosphere, the deal was completed.

"In order to act in a play, the cost of props has been spent so much, but don't affect your financial chain for doing serious things in the future! But your reputation in the United States is really big now, and ordinary Americans know you. After the owner of the yacht shop and the clerk left, Ye Kun complained and reminded him.

Gu Biao whispered: "I know everything, didn't that clerk recognize it, at first glance, he is a person who doesn't read CNN and doesn't care about current affairs, so he is only worthy of being a clerk."

Also, I have a sense of money, just a few million dollars. My plan is to do it as long as I have personal pleasure and cover props, and the total cost does not exceed one-tenth of the project funds. ”

This time, he went to Vancouver to make waves, and he was ready to use about $200 million in liquidity, which he had when the oil deal ended after the Iran-Iraq war.

Later, although it was invested elsewhere, the game arcade business exceeded 50 million US dollars in annual transactions and 10 million US dollars in profits, and it was also replenished. In addition, more than 1 million PLAY-BOX handheld machines were sold in the four months of this year, and the net profit was more than 30 million.

Finally, it is the masterpiece of the ten-fold return on "Terminator" last year.

Combined, these three funds, along with his other small investments in the past two years, are now able to raise $200 million.

Considering that the main mode of making waves in Vancouver may involve real estate, it may also involve speculation in other industries, but even if it is calculated according to real estate, the more secure speculation method is that its own funds account for more than 30%, and it is unlikely to be dangerous - now Li Jiacheng's Cheung Kong Industrial, when developing real estate, is basically 30% of the start-up capital, and then get the land and then find a bank loan to complete the development.

If Gu Biao is a little more stable, 40% of his own funds are used to resist risks, then the principal of 200 million US dollars can get at least 300 million US dollars in bank loans. 500 million US dollars to the real estate market of Vancouver, a city with a population of more than 300,000 urban areas, is enough to stir up the entire market -

In another time and space, Vancouver's population will nearly double in the next 30 years, and the extra 300,000 will almost all be Chinese. First of all, in the 12 years of 84~96, 200,000 Xiangjiang people fled, and after 96, 100,000 * children of officials, overseas students and their families fled. Combined with other immigrants, the total population of the urban area is approaching 700,000.

There are even tens of thousands of white poor people, because the housing prices in the city center have skyrocketed by the Chinese, the property tax is too high, and the taxes on their ancestral homes cannot be raised, and then they have emigrated and fled to other parts of Canada, calling it "not easy to live in Vancouver".

Now, with a population of more than 300,000, which is equivalent to 100,000 housing stocks, plus a small amount of vacancy, 500 million US dollars will be injected into a city of 100,000 homes, and the congestion will be very terrible.

In contrast, Gu Biao's $200 million of his own funds, he can take out less than 20 million to buy a yacht, be an island owner in Seattle, and support the façade.

To do this kind of hyped business, it is important to convince others of your confidence and financial strength.

And the confidence and credit are supported by luxury yachts and island owners.

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Before the yacht is delivered and set sail, there is also a need for a day's preparations, especially with some customization and complimentary interior adjustments.

Of course, Gu Wei couldn't wait that long, so he took Ye Kun and two white bodyguards to go to the city for a day first.

"Do you like to watch? There's a Trail Blazers basketball game to watch in Portland. Gu Biao was bored and proposed.

"I'm not interested in basketball. Ye Kun's face was cold, "I just want to get down to business, I want to remind you again, I'm not interested in your yacht." If it weren't for the fact that this domestic mission was there, and you couldn't enter Canada, it might be dangerous, so I wouldn't have come to cover for you. ”

"You're here again!" Gu Biao's head was big for a while, "You've reminded me several times, okay, I know that you are pure-hearted and will not be degraded by drunken gold, so you don't need to emphasize it." It's not like I have to wait a little longer, it's not that the yacht is slowing down. I'd like to get on a yacht and sail to Seattle right now. ”

"I don't blame you, you don't have to be so excited. Ye Kun was a little embarrassed, as if she was making trouble unreasonably, "I just don't care about having fun, so you can arrange it today." ”