Throughout December, Gu Biao originally planned to stay in Xiangjiang quietly and concentrate on business matters.

After all, when Taoguang was obscure before, he was a little tired of playing the role of indulging in alcohol.

Now that the Americans have temporarily relaxed their vigilance against him and temporarily regarded him as a comrade-in-arms on the same front, it is not bad for him to eat a light stomach and drink occasionally.

The confidantes around him also happen to have their own things and are not around.

It's useless for other vulgar fans to love him, he only loves to learn.

At the beginning of the month, I followed Zhang Zhongmou to personally run the construction site and the new factory for several days, held meetings every day, personally listened to the opinions and difficulties of all parties, helped me to coordinate resources, and put pressure on the Americans.

It wasn't until about the 10th that the matter of Xiangjidian came to an end. The follow-up is mainly what Zhang Zhongmou should worry about, and the strategic resources have at least been replenished. At least until the chip factory officially starts in March, Gu Biao will have new things to do.

For example, we talked about some early-stage strategic customers and looked for external ecological partners for Xiangji. (You can't just expect the Motorola family to give early orders, it's just a lead in the door)

He took the time to calculate the schedule, Tiankun's electronics and entertainment business is not a big deal at present, after all, there are no epoch-making products to launch. Schulhoff and Yang Shoucheng can handle the daily development and market separately, and there is no need for Gu Biao, the major shareholder behind the scenes, to coordinate resources.

Therefore, before March next year, except for the beginning of February, he may have to go home for the New Year, and the rest of the time he can take a trip to Monaco to see how his ship jam is doing-

The final deal for the last ship of the Essex class, the Olistany, which had been decommissioned for several years, was made in August.

At that time, while negotiating, a ship repair yard under Newport News had already begun to renovate the rust and paint to change the power, and weld and dismantle some unnecessary redundant structures.

Although, in theory, if the US authorities found the deal suspicious, they would still stop the delivery - the shipyard was not afraid of losing money, because when they started the change, the Monaco gaming company had already paid for it. In the future, even if the ship is detained and not allowed to be delivered, the shipyard will not refund the money.

This kind of trading model with overlord clauses is so domineering.

Therefore, in fact, before the signing of the "Plaza Accord", and before Gu Wei further colluded with James Baker, Peterson and others, the line on the Monaco side had already been running for a short time and was operating in parallel.

Therefore, two months after the Plaza Accord came out and more than half a month after the Toshiba case was concluded, the tinkering at the American shipyard was completed and ready for delivery.

This construction period is incredibly fast in the shipbuilding industry, but considering that the ship does not need to consider seaworthiness and navigation stability, it can be delivered by casually welding and dismantling the engine room layout and replacing it with a new diesel engine, and the construction can be done in three months.

After all, in the future, the ship will only be used in the calm baths of the Mediterranean, and will not leave the coastline for more than a hundred nautical miles. The biggest storm it experienced in the second half of its life was probably the trip back to France from the United States.

At the time of delivery, Gu Biao was already an unsuspecting "old friend of certain forces in the United States", so there might have been difficulties in eating and taking cards, but they all seemed to have never happened.

So, Kung Fu is on the sidelines.

Buying an abandoned aircraft carrier to run a gambling business, it seems that Gu Biao easily picked up a big bargain, and it seems that this is a business that "no matter who does it, as long as you seize the opportunity, you will make money".

But in fact, who knows how much else he had done in advance to eliminate his hatred points?

The new ship, renamed the "Princess Caroline" (that is, the original warship era called the "Olistany"), officially left the dock in early December, left the Chesapeake Bay, and sailed at a speed of 12 knots to Saint-Nazaire, France, more than 3,000 nautical miles away, and is estimated to sail to France in 12 days, that is, around December 15.

At the French shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, the ship will undergo another six months of interior modification to make it as luxurious and classy as possible, in line with the consumer tastes of the world's richest people – the renovation will take twice as long as it takes to "get the boat moving", which speaks volumes about the nature of the ship.

The shipyard in Saint-Nazaire has always had a reputation for manufacturing luxury goods, and it was built half a century ago that the fastest and most luxurious Blue Ribbon Award cruise ship "Normandy" was built by this shipyard.

French man-made warships are not good, but the ability to build luxury and enjoy luxury goods is really more than a star and a half better than that of their American counterparts. In the case of Monaco, which is too small and has no shipyard, outsourcing the renovation work to the neighboring French, and making money together, is of course the most happy situation.

"Go to France around Christmas and come back before the New Year. I also visited those old friends in Europe, anyway, they attach importance to Christmas, we attach importance to the Spring Festival, and we just staggered the schedule. ”

After receiving the progress report from Monaco, Gu Biao asked the secretary to roughly arrange the itinerary, and then decided.

He also planned to exchange gifts with everyone before leaving Xiangjiang and inform them of this - of course, he didn't care about other celebrities in the Xiangjiang business community, they didn't want to do this.

Just hold a wedding with a real rich man, who cares about the red envelopes of the guests.

What Gu Biao cares about is just a declaration of gesture, letting the celebrities of Xiangjiang and Ao County know: he Gu Biao has officially entered the gambling industry overseas.

The gaming industry is a less demanding but more lucrative industry than the real estate industry, after all, it is not legal in many countries and regions. made it clear that he was about to enter this industry, which also made his colleagues in Xiangjiang look down on him further, and seemed to be colluded.

"Xiaotong, help me find the list of guests when the Shatoujiao Development Zone passed the review last time, sort out and add it, and give it to me for review. Before I leave Xiangjiang in a few days, I want to treat you in a low-key manner. ”

Thinking of this, Gu Biao naturally did what he said, and immediately called the female secretary Li Wantong in and asked her to arrange these ushering trips.

"Okay, Mr. Gu, you can take a look after I'm arranged. Li Wantong respectfully agreed.

Just as Gu Biao was arranging the follow-up trip, later that night, a long-distance call came in from his bedroom phone.

Now there is no caller ID, so Gu Biao didn't expect who it would be when he answered, and he was unprepared.

"Husband, where are you in Xiangjiang? No one knew about calling home, but I went around and asked Mina to find out that you were in Xiangjiang. ”

Gu Biao listened to the voice, and his spirit sank.

It turned out to be Xiao Sui, a genuine girlfriend who disappeared after playing for half a year.

In July this year, after Xiao Sui graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Literature, he never met Gu Biao, only made an occasional phone call, and now it is the end of the year.

Gu Biao quickly reacted: "Yes, the Contradictory Literature Award has been awarded...... Congratulations. ”

When Gu Biao said this, he was actually a little weak-hearted, that is, after the first half of the sentence was finished, the position of the ellipsis was quite delayed for several seconds.

Because, Gu Biao was too busy with national events and industrial strategies, and he didn't care about the literary awards in the academic circle at all, and he didn't know when the results were announced and whether Xiao Sui won the award.

Therefore, he just relied on the sound of the other party's breathing to judge whether the first half of the sentence was wrong and whether the other party's emotions were good or bad.

After guessing correctly, Xiao Sui's mood was not bad, and after betting that she had indeed won the award, Gu Biao pretended to congratulate him firmly, as if he had been caring about her career.

Xiao Sui was really happy because of this: "Hmm...... You've always cared about people, and they're so happy. You didn't take the initiative to call to congratulate me, it must be because you want to avoid suspicion, thank you for supporting me. However, now that the dust has settled, I have time to come to Xiangjiang to accompany you, I am relaxed now, and I will ...... It's up to you. ”

Gu Biao rubbed his temples and recalled the agreement with Xiao Sui.

Gu Biao once suggested that when Xiao Sui graduated from graduate school, he could consider getting married.

But later, Xiao Sui wanted to be independent in his career, and before he got married, he relied on his own ability to win some literary awards, so as not to have no chance to prove himself in the future and be said to be a pure vase.

It's been delayed like this for half a year, and now it's finally a positive result.

Although, because of the relationship between the distant and the close, Gu Biao's feelings for Xiao Sui, who had not been with him for so long, were a little more indifferent, but Mina, who had tacitly cooperated in many things in the past six months, became a little heavier in his heart.

But reason told Gu Biao that marrying Xiao Sui is still a more conducive thing to public image. After all, businessmen and literati are the most innocent expressions, and even when the world's richest man in the world, Amazon's Jeff Bezos divorced, wasn't his ex-wife also a beautiful writer.

After all, Mina is a public person who is "both good and evil", and openly combining with her is not conducive to Gu Wei's global layout and hatred value.

As for family property and children, this is another issue, and Gu Biao has a solution.

Jeff Bezos has a way, and Gu Biao can have a way.

Gu Biao suggested very heartily: "You come to Xiangjiang to live for a while, and I'll give you a little celebration." During this time, you will take care of your body in Xiangjiang, and I will take you to France to play after a while. I got the license of the gambling ship in Monaco, renovated in France, and showed you the world. You should be exhausted for most of the past six months, right?"

"Well, I'm in the capital now, buy a ticket for tomorrow. Xiao Sui agreed happily on the other end of the phone.

Gu Biao hung up the phone, pressed the electric bell on the desk again, and a few seconds later, Li Xiaotong came in again.

"Xiaotong, the day after tomorrow, help me stuff a drinking party, and then, help me invite Mr. Cha, as well as some seniors in the screenwriter industry of the Shaw Brothers, celebrities in the "Ming Pao" and "Dagong" departments. I'm going to throw a celebration party for Suiko,"

"Separate from the banquet of those bosses in the real estate industry?" Li Qiaotong asked more in disbelief.

"Of course, these are two circles of people. "Gu Biao is not afraid to spend more money for a treat.