(It's a holiday, and I'm even busier, I'm already embarrassed to explain it to my brothers, and I'm ashamed...... ）

Hearing Lin Wutong ask like this, Zhou You understood that what he deliberately did yesterday in front of the young head had an effect. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Genting Group has built casinos in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, but it is in the geographical center of Southeast Asia and the economic center of Southeast Asia, but it does not have any opportunity to open casinos.

They're in Genting Highlands in Malaysia, where it's a chicken that lays golden eggs every day, and in Manila, the casinos are not badly profitable. However, in Indonesia, the casino business in Bali is light, and although the casino built in Batam, opposite Singapore, is only a stone's throw away from Singapore, it is not a country and the business is not satisfactory.

But Singapore is not open to gambling licenses, so they don't have any chance to get involved in this most lucrative market.

In fact, the gambling king knows the attitude of the Singapore government better than Zhou You, and he does not want to get an answer from Zhou You. He just wanted to find out why Zhou You dared to say the words of open gambling cards in front of the young master yesterday, and what he thought in his heart.

Zhou You is not a simple rich man now, he got three of the nine gambling cards in Spain, and became the largest gambling tycoon in Spain. Later, he directly took advantage of this opportunity to take a stake in Adelson's Sands Group and became the majority shareholder of ******** and ************.

The most speechless thing is that he is now almost a pair with the heirs of the Hilton family, and the Hilton Group is not only the largest hotel group in the United States, but also the largest spinach group in the United States.

He is a young man, only 21 years old, and he has such a big interest group around him, not to mention Lin Wutong, the gambling king of Southeast Asia, even the Macau gambling king probably does not dare to underestimate his influence.

What makes Lin Wutong even more speechless is that he has now formed a close alliance with the Li family, who controls Singapore, and he is close to the young head like a family. All of this means that Zhou You has the ability to influence decision-making in Singapore.

Therefore, after listening to Lin Wutong's question, Zhou You quickly understood the true meaning of his words. However, Zhou You will not admit his closeness to the young master in front of him.

There are some things that can only be done, not said.

Zhou You pondered for a while and said: "We don't know how the trend will change in the future, so it seems that Singapore will not open gambling licenses now, but who knows how it will change in the future?" Singapore's current economic development seems to be good, but the development of basic industries has been squeezed by Indonesia and Malaysia, especially the economic boom of the mainland, which has plunged the entire Southeast Asian economy into a quagmire. In terms of regional positioning, Singapore and Hong Kong are very similar, both are international ports and regional economic leaders. But after Hong Kong's return to the mainland, there is a strong motherland to support it, what about Singapore? Nothing but on your own. For example, Hong Kong has a variety of food ingredients and fresh water supply from the mainland, and the basic cost of living is more than half lower than that of Singapore. What about Singapore? If you want to eat a bite of rice or drink a sip of water, you need to buy it from Malaysia at a high price, and these alone make Singapore's economic competitiveness a lot less competitive. ”

"Yesterday I was chatting with Ho Jisheng from Hong Kong, and he said something that made a very deep impression on me. He said that Hong Kong has a blood supply from the mainland and has a certain degree of independence, so it will not fall down, but in Singapore, there is no fish in the water. I think his remark makes a lot of sense. Honesty and fairness, strict laws and regulations make Singapore like a basin of water, and it does not attract any aspiring entrepreneurs. Moreover, Singapore has a small territory, and it is impossible to develop basic industries, so it can only rely on the economy and vigorously promote the field of cutting-edge science and technology research, but Singapore is facing a serious shortage of talents, and Hong Kong can still go to the mainland to recruit people, but what about Singapore? If they want to attract a talent, the cost is basically more than two million dollars. ”

"Singapore's competitiveness will gradually decline due to its natural limitations, and if we want to change the decline, we need the government to make a major change in Singapore's future planning. As an international port, Singapore's status will not decline, and Singapore only has this advantage, so the development of a tourism center to keep more than 15 million transit tourists in Singapore every year, even if it is just for an extra day, is a huge boost to Singapore's economy. The government will not fail to see that a single person who spends US$200 in Singapore will bring more than US$3 billion in direct income to Singapore and drive economic growth of more than US$20 billion. Therefore, I personally believe that if gambling cards are not open now, it does not mean that gambling cards will not be opened in the future. ”

Lin Wutong laughed, and his happy body danced a little. At this time, he didn't look like a famous gambling king at all, just like a free and casual old child.

"That's right, this is the same as what the heroes see, yes, Singapore is holding on now, but it doesn't mean that they will hold on in the future. Today's conversation with Evan is deep in my heart, let's go to dinner, and talk while eating. ”

Although there were only five people, today's meal was extraordinarily rich. It seems that everyone knows that Zhou You is a big stomach, and they strongly persuade Zhou You to eat more during the banquet. One person ate four double-headed abalone and a whole foot-long lobster.

In contrast, the gambling king's food was unusually simple, he only tasted a few mouthfuls of green vegetables and drank a small bowl of soup. Indeed, at his age, if he wants to live a few more years, the main thing is to maintain his health. If it weren't for the success of Zhou You, his body would be different from ordinary people, and he wouldn't dare to overeat like this.

During the banquet, Zhou You didn't make any more tirades, and with this family, the more he said, the more he was exposed. It's better to be honest and learn something from them.

Therefore, when it comes to chatting about Tiannan and Haibei, as long as it does not affect his image, he can hide if he travels, and he will never talk at length like just now.

Among the people here, Lu Wenlong and Zhou You talk casually, but he is a small character today, his grandfather, uncle, and father are all here, and he has to hold back even if he has a fart.

As for the others, they will not be forced to express their opinions. Therefore, the most talked about is not about business, but about traveling around England to salvage the Royal Merchant.

Deep-sea salvage is unfamiliar territory for anyone, and there are countless stories to share with them, so it's not boring.

After dinner, Zhou You stayed for another half an hour and chatted with Lu Wenlong about his fatherhood at the end of the month. I'm going to stay in Asia all this time, so I'm going to have time to witness it.

Waiting for Lu Wenlong to send Zhou You to the car driven by the bodyguard, he returned to the room. I saw that several elders were worried. Seeing Lu Wenlong, Lin Wutong sighed and said: "Wenlong, keep friendship with Evan Zhou, and rely on you in the future, this young man is ruthless and bold, and now he has such a strong strength." From his words before the meal, it can also be known that he is a person with a unique vision, and he cannot be treated as an ordinary friend in the future. I am here today to make a decision that the family can cooperate with him in the future, but never let him get involved in our family's core business, this must be remembered. ”

Hearing Lin Wutong's words, several juniors stood with their hands tied up and answered yes. In their hearts, they are also very scrupulous about the young man Zhou You, even without Lin Wutong's words, they may not dare to take out the core industry to cooperate with Zhou You.

As for Lu Wenlong, he wants to cooperate with Zhou You, because almost all of the projects Zhou You currently invests in are high-quality projects, but he has not yet taken over the family business, and there are no conditions for equal cooperation with Zhou You.

So he pondered for a while and said: "Dad, Evan's investment vision is still very good, our spinach industry and planting industry can't cooperate with Evan, but I still have the heart to cooperate with Evan to make some other investments, but I don't have much money in my hands now." ”

Lin Wutong nodded and said: "Spinach industry, Star Cruises, and our foundation planting industry, these three aspects cannot cooperate with Evan, but other projects, try to cooperate with him." Even in the hospitality industry, we can let him go. So, if you want to cooperate with him, as long as there is a good project, even if your grandfather and your father don't give money, I will support you. ”

Lu Wenlong laughed and said, "Thank you, grandfather." ”

With Lin Wutong's words, Lu Wenlong knew that his grandfather and father would not set up any obstacles, and a large amount of money would be handed over to him in the future and controlled by him directly.

Zhou You didn't know what Lin Wutong said about him, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. For him, the whole life he picked up is to live a chic and happy life, so he doesn't want to worry too much about business and making money.

Although he has invested in a lot of industries now, he has never thought of holding them all in his own hands. As long as he is not short of money to spend, he becomes a human being, and he doesn't need to look at other people's faces wherever he goes, then everything will be satisfied.

It is precisely because he has such a thought that when he was preparing to establish the Shipwreck Research Society, he did not care, and it can even be said that as long as he can control him, he is willing to release a part of the benefits.

So, no matter what the aspect, I had a good impression of him, and the negotiations went very smoothly.

The Singapore side recognized him for his big self and small I am, experts and scholars are very fond of Zhou You's generosity, and the more than a dozen colleagues are also very happy with the conditions given by Zhou You, so that it took two days to negotiate all the conditions, and the shipwreck research society was also established in Zhou You's office on the fourth floor.

This shipwreck research association is equivalent to Zhou You and more than a dozen peers supporting the association at the same time, Zhou You alone bears 50% of the research costs, while the remaining 11 only bear 50% of the costs.

Each month, the research group will set up one to five research projects, and then each company will continue to follow up, and the decision is in their own hands, if they are not willing to follow up, it is equivalent to giving up the project.

The more companies that follow, the smaller the proportion of each company, so if a company is willing to sponsor a project on its own, as long as other companies don't object, they can enjoy the possible returns.

Of course, when there is a real harvest, it is also necessary to pay a part of the research funds for the research society.

In other words, this workshop is equivalent to a joint workshop of 12 companies.

At the end of the meeting, everyone moved to the Singapore government-run Marine Resources Research Society to continue the meeting.

This research group is a semi-official for-profit organization jointly established by the United Nations Seabed Authority and the Singapore government, which will not only study seabed shipwrecks, but also mainly study the development and utilization of marine resources.

As we all know, there are resources in the ocean that far exceed those on land, but due to technological limitations, they cannot be used very effectively.

On the seabed, various ores, oils, including marine life, tidal energy utilization, etc., each of which is a great research direction.

The Singapore government has money, the Seabed Authority has people, and several universities in Singapore have studied these aspects, plus marine experts invited from all over the world, once this research society is established, it is much stronger than the grass platform team that travels around.

Although Zhou You is one of the main sponsors, he is not willing to be in the limelight at this time. As long as the Singapore government acknowledges his affection, it is enough, and the favor cannot be scattered.

Therefore, he asked Chuck and Lin Wei to attend the meeting instead of him, and he convened a negotiation team from Spain to prepare for the second round of negotiations with the British side.

The bottom line on the British side is very clear at the moment, that is, they want to get half of the wealth that Zhou You got from the Royal Merchant, but Zhou You only wants to pay them 10%, which is the biggest point of disagreement.

But there are also antiques worth more than $100 million that have not yet been recovered from the seabed, so there are more than a few differences in the negotiations.

The bottom line of traveling around is that the antiques that are still in the sea, at most he doesn't want them, and let the British side pick up this cheap, but the antiques he has salvaged must not be given to the British.

Since it is a negotiation, it is still a negotiation, both sides are offering prices all over the sky, and no one will reveal their bottom line anyway.

Because this decimal point concession involves millions of wealth, it will not back down until it is absolutely necessary.

Zhou You also knew that this matter was difficult, but he did not have the slightest worry, because he still had a bargaining chip in his hand, that is, the British warship Victory that sank in the southern waters of Ireland.

In the history of the British Navy, there were a total of five Victory, the most famous of which was, of course, Wilson's command ship, the Victory. But in modern times, the most famous has become the sinking of the sail battleship Victory in 1744, because the Victory carried a total of nine tons of rare gold coins and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Odyssey found the ship in 2008 and, under the contract, received half of it, four tons of rare gold coins, which alone exceeded almost all of the Royal Merchant's harvest.

Zhou You knew very well that since the Victory was a warship, the British government had the right to inherit, so he would definitely give half of the harvest to the British government. Using the Victory to lure the British government into abandoning the pursuit of the Royal Merchant would be the last bargaining chip for the tour.

(To be continued.) )