I have to say that although Ye Kun is poor, her taste is still good.

It belongs to the kind of existence that usually has no big money to spend, but knows how to spend a lot of money at critical moments. Perhaps this is what I have cultivated after two years as a full-time diplomat and daily contact with high society.

She buys, buys, buys, Gu Biao is assured.

One afternoon and half a night, when it was more than ten o'clock in the night, when the top Shopping-Malls and furniture stores in Portland closed, Ye Kun had already helped Gu Biao spend $2 million, and he bought enough money to decorate all the belongings needed for a "Seattle owner".

Portland is famously a no-excise tax paradise in the United States, and it's not uncommon to see all sorts of awesome gadgets in the luxury furnishings dealers.

What jewelry boxes from the Romanov period of Tsarist Russia, hand-embossed mahogany furniture from the time of Napoleon III in the middle of the French 19th century, bone china display cabinets from the Victorian era of the British, you name it.

According to her memories of the furnishings in the homes of the "revolving door" tycoons she met in Watsonton, Ye Kun helped Gu Wei buy and buy.

When it was carried away, it was stuffed with a yacht full.

Transporting furniture and luxury furnishings from luxury yachts is also a unique feature of Gu Ao. After the contractor bought the Land Rover, he still discharged the hammer in the trunk for one nature, which is spicy and bold.

The yacht has been fully prepared for the suspension of sailing, and a yacht driver has been hired for Gu Biao. The yacht driver's three-year salary, as well as the yacht's three-year maintenance and after-sales service, are all included in the $7.5 million purchase price.

However, after the expiration of the three-year period, the maintenance fee of the yacht is exaggerated, and it is impossible to maintain it without a million dollars a year.

If it is the kind of shipowner who needs to rent a berth for a long time, the berth fee is hundreds of thousands of US dollars a year, but Gu Biao is the one who wants to be the owner of the island, and his future island must have its own berth.

"Set sail! When can we get to Seattle?" Gu Biao lay on the deck chair on the open-air deck at the front of the cabin on the second floor, and gave orders to the cockpit downstairs through the walkie-talkie in high spirits.

"Okay boss, the total range is 300 nautical miles, if you're in a hurry, I'll go at a top speed of 35 knots and I'll be there tomorrow at 7 a.m. The freshly hired captain replied politely.

Gu Biao was slightly surprised: "Why is it so far? I see that it is only 300 kilometers to drive to Seattle by land? It should only be 160 when converted into sea." ”

"Boss, the sea route has to be detoured, Portland is not at the mouth of the Columbia River, and Seattle is not on the mouth of Seattle Bay......"

"Okay, then take your time, it's okay to arrive at 8 o'clock tomorrow, and no one will receive you if you go early anyway. Gu Biao complained, then turned around and asked Ye Kun, "Did the owner's agent help me contact me by phone?"

"I got in touch and said that he would be waiting for you at Durdor Island before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and show you the island - this is the only island to sell in the Seattle Bay Area in the near future, and if you are in a hurry, you have no other choice. Ye Kun replied very competently, obviously this was all taken care of when she helped Gu Biao buy and buy in the afternoon.

The real size of the Seattle Bay Area is suitable for private island owners, and it is also close to the border with Canada, and there are only a dozen small islands that meet these two conditions at the same time.

Most of the owners usually have no accidents, they are held for a long time and will not be sold. So you really need to wait for a coincidence.

"Good workability, thank you. It's hard to sleep in the cabin at night - I thought I'd be in Seattle in the middle of the night and be able to stay in a hotel. Don't mind. Gu Biao praised and comforted.

"I think it's the kind of person who can't endure hardship!" Ye Kun said proudly.

In fact, there is nothing to suffer, because the luxury yacht of more than 120 feet, as well as the hydrofoil stabilizing fin, is quite stable even if it sails at high speed, and the bed in the bedroom has a sophisticated shock-absorbing design, so you will not get seasick when you sleep.

Gu Biao asked the new yacht attendant to clean up a master bedroom for Ye Kun.

This yacht attendant is also newly hired, and the standard configuration of large luxury yachts is not only the captain, but also the full-time attendant, just like the private jet also needs a full-time flight attendant, otherwise how can the guests clean up by themselves.

Buying a medium-sized yacht or more, at least 3~5 additional employees per year have to pay for the salary, which is absolutely indispensable. So this is also an important reason why many people can afford to buy a boat but can't afford it.

After arranging Ye Kun, Gu Biao was on the deck lounger, adjusted the tape of the deck stereo to "Just Blue", and enjoyed the thrill of "no one can beat me in my BGM".

The song "Just Blue" was created by the French electronic band SPACE four years ago, and this year's new CCTV program "Animal World" chose this song as the opening BGM, so at that time Chinese people who had TV sets at home should have heard it.

BUT AFTER THE FRESHNESS PASSED, GU WEI FELT THAT THE SEA BREEZE WAS TOO STRONG, AND HIS CHEEKS HURT, SO HE COULDN'T HOLD IT AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP.

It's a shame that a player doesn't have a single loop function.

The other crew members and bodyguards didn't think that they thought that the boss was really tasteful, and they could find such a niche BGM to appreciate it, so in line with the situation, and their spirits were lifted.

The captain even felt that after listening to this BGM, he could drive a boat all night without dozing off, or go back to a relative's house in the countryside and kick off the tractor to plough ten acres of land by himself.

……

After Meimei slept well, at half past eight the next morning, Gu Biao's luxury yacht appeared directly on Bow Bonito Island in the Seattle Bay Area.

There is a yacht berth on the island, but it is smaller than Gu Wei's boat size and draft, so it cannot be used for the time being. The only way to do this is to put down the boat and ferry people ashore, and then let the construction team extend the pier trestle or dredge the depth of the berth if you decide to buy the island later.

As soon as he came ashore, an old gentleman was waiting for him with his attendants.

"Oh, you're the respected Gu, welcome to Seattle, it's nice to meet you, my name is Trotzecky, I'm a member of the Seattle Islanders' Club, and I'm also a trust broker for everyone. ”

When Gu Biao went ashore, he accepted the other party's help and pulled him ashore, but he refused the old gentleman's help to pull Ye Kun, but he turned around and pulled Ye Kun ashore by himself.

After all of them stood still, Gu Biao asked teasingly: "Russians?"

Trotsky smiled politely, and seemed to be talkative: "Not really, just a descendant of White Russians." My father was an old aristocrat in Tsarist Russia, and he escaped with some movable property that could be realized. Welcome to Seattle, I know you're the boss behind Tencoin Entertainment.

Those smoke bombs on TV can deceive outsiders, but they can't deceive insiders in the capital circle. Mr. Schulhoff, I think it's just a puppet you put out to prevent the Tencoin brand from being countered by American nationalist sentiment. ”

Gu Biao followed the other party, slowly walked into the independent living hall of the main villa on the island, sat down and said with a smile: "See through it or don't say it." ”

Todorsky shrugged: "Of course, my purpose is not to espionage, I just want to say that over the years, there have been more people who have gone up and down in Silicon Valley, some of them got rich overnight, and some of them disappeared again after the fact." Proving that those people have built an immortal dynasty in their industry depends on whether they come to Seattle to buy a home.

Only Silicon Valley can't satisfy you, and you have to come to Seattle, which proves that you have reached the point where you need to consider the huge wealth that has to be distributed and passed on from generation to generation. Rich people who didn't come to Seattle were only rich people temporarily. ”

These words are obviously a slap on the back for Gu Biao, but they are not quite.

After all, there is now Boeing in full swing, as well as Microsoft, which has big ambitions but has not yet risen, and even Bezos, the world's richest man in the future.

If a person aspires to be the richest man in the world, it is necessary to come to Seattle to buy real estate and arrange assets, if there is no variable of Gu Biao, in the next 40 years, the world's richest man will only rotate among the richest people in Seattle.

Gu Biao: "You are very good at pleasing customers. ”

Todorsky: "I'm telling the truth, I think you're definitely going to outlast the arrogant guy in Bushville, because although Bushville has been dominating the game console industry for five years, he doesn't have any long-term generational considerations, and he is still a typical Silicon Valley guy who only does a wave of entrepreneurship. ”

Gu Biao smiled confidently: "If you really think so, I think you can record this sentence and prove the recording time of this videotape." In the future, when you receive other customers, you will be able to show off how accurate you are in looking at people. ”

Todorsky's face changed slightly: "You mean, do you think the decline of Bushville and Atari will come soon? I have read your company's slogan, and it does point out many shortcomings of Atari, and you also say, 'Don't be unpredictable.'" ”

Gu Biao raised his hand to stop: "Okay, don't continue this topic, let's talk about the original owner of this island, why did he sell it? How much does it cost? How long can it be delivered?"

Seeing that Gu Biao finally got to the point of business, Trotsky was also willing to go straight, and he hurriedly explained: "Gu, you are also an insider, so I will tell you directly." The island was owned by Mr. Michael Scott, a director and one of the majority shareholders of UTC.

You may not be familiar with UTC's business and board of directors, but you should at least know that UTC and Boeing are two of Seattle's most influential industry giants. And this Mr. Scott is also a 'revolving door' in the political world, so he is a director in charge of government policy and public relations at UTC.

But in recent years, the chairman and other larger shareholders seem to be unhappy with the progress of his lobbying efforts to lift the export restrictions on Pratt & Whitney engines, so they decided to change the director in charge of government public relations. Mr. Scott no longer has to be responsible for hosting the White House staff and senior Pail officials who control export control policy, so he thinks it would be a waste to keep such a luxurious private island, and wants to cut back on expenses and sell ......"

Gu Biao nodded, already fully understood.

As mentioned earlier, the current UTC was born after the old UTC was split into Boeing, the new UTC, and United. Although the company has been split, all three still have Seattle as their headquarters.

Therefore, the owners of the Seattle Bay Area are mainly the directors and major shareholders of Boeing UTC and United Airlines.

Gu Biao wants to buy an island, and the upper family mainly has to find it from the major shareholders of these three companies.

"It turns out that Mr. Scott is going to sell the island, and Mr. Oakville, the chairman and largest shareholder, wants to ask Secretary of State Haig to be the public relations director. Gu Biao commented casually.

Trotsky raised his eyebrows, and he had a more understanding of Gu Wei's energy: "You even know such inside information?"

"What's this, I talked to me a few months ago when I was having breakfast with Secretary of State Haig at His Excellency Kissinger's house. Gu Biao didn't care at all.

Trotsky gasped.

This Chinese is not simple, he can eat and laugh with several secretaries of state at private breakfast parties.

I met a thigh-level customer.

The identity of the owner of the island who took over the director of Scottrade by him is well deserved.