Chapter 293: Buying Life Money
Lotte did try to see if he could make oil, but he was disappointed that no matter how he changed the combination of Yuanli, he was never able to make oil. Lotte finally had an unwilling thought, maybe although the oil looks like a liquid, there must be some yuan power in it that he has not mastered, right?
Lotte took Zhao Bin to the largest island in the Maldives, which is home to the Maldives presidential palace, so this island can actually be said to be the capital of the Maldives. Although this is the largest island in the Maldives, it is actually less than three square kilometers in area, and there is not even an airport, which shows how small the islands of the Maldives are.
Zhao Bin already knew the purpose of Lotte's trip, and thought that it was possible for Huaxia to buy hundreds of islands in the southern Indian Ocean, and then immigrate millions of people to establish an overseas province! Zhao Bin's heart was very excited, if this thing is done, then it will definitely be a great event for Huaxia! What could be more important to a country than to expand its territory?
Zhao Bin suddenly said to Lotte: "Chief, I think it is better to go to the islands that are being sold first, understand their actual situation, and then negotiate the price with the Maldivian government." β
Lotte nodded and said, "Well, what you said makes a lot of sense, but the first step is to know which islands are on the sales list this time!" So we still need to go to a place where we can get this information first. β
The two inquired with a local, and it turned out that the sale of the islands was now handled by the Maldives' Ministry of the Interior, whose address was next to the presidential palace.
The two of them went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the guidance of the locals, but they saw that the Internal Affairs Department was cold-mouthed, and they couldn't see anyone at all!
When the two of them came to the lobby on the first floor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a guard greeted them and asked them in English what was the matter? Zhao Bin replied that he was here to inspect the sale of islands in the Maldives, and the guard politely asked the two to wait. Then he ran to an office and called out to a guy to come out.
Lotte and Zhao Bin were greeted by a middle-aged man who introduced himself as Saned, a man of Arab descent.
Saneed welcomed Lotte and Zhao Bin, and then led the two to his office, pointed to the sand table on a long table, and began to introduce the specific islands that were being sold.
Zhao Bin just looked at the sand table very casually at first, but soon his face became solemn, and finally he stared at the sand table intently, and he didn't know what he was thinking?
In fact, there have always been islands for sale in the Maldives, and many wealthy European people have come here to spend money on a small island to play. However, this time, the Maldives government has a relatively large hand, and it even took out hundreds of islands to sell at one time!
It's just that the islands are very small in size. The largest one also didn't exceed a square kilometer! Lotte calculated, all the islands sold together are only more than 200 square kilometers, which is extremely small!
Lotte looked at these islands on the sand table, their locations are all to the west of the capital, except for a dozen small islands, the rest of the islands and the islands that are not sold in the Maldives do not cross at all, and they can constitute a complete territory!
Lotte asked about the prices of the islands, and to his surprise, the largest of the islands cost $30 million!
I saw Lotte's surprised expression. "Dear Sir, if you are willing to buy an island in the Maldives, then I must first remind you that you are only buying the right to use the island. The sovereignty of these islands still belongs to the Maldivian government! Do you see what I mean? β
When Lotte heard this, he frowned and said, "Is it just the right to use?" No wonder it's so cheap! How long does this right last? β
Saned replied: "In 100 years, when the tenure expires, your island will be reclaimed by the Maldivian government. β
Lotte was naturally not satisfied with this answer, and he wanted to buy the islands outright. What is a hundred years? Is it another concession?
Lotte asked, "How much do I have to pay if I want to buy the sovereignty of these islands?" β
Saned smiled: "This is not my right to decide, you should ask our president." β
Lotte then asked, "Then how can I meet your Mr. President?" β
Sanede saw that Lotte really planned to buy the sovereignty of the island. He glanced at Lotte in surprise, and then said, "Please wait a moment, I want to ask the minister for advice." β
After asking for instructions from the Minister of Internal Affairs, Saned came to Lotte and Zhao Bin and said, "Two distinguished guests, please come with me." β
Lotte thought he was going to see the minister, but who knew that Saneed had led them directly to the presidential palace next to him.
It seems that the president of the Maldives is still very close to the people, and any staff member of the Ministry of the Interior can bring someone to meet the president, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy to change countries, right?
Maldivian President Male met with Lotte and Zhao Bin in his office, and he had been reported by the Minister of the Interior that the two Chinese guests were trying to buy the sovereignty of the islands for the sale.
If Lotte had come a few days earlier, President Male would have refused his offer without hesitation, and no president of that country would dare to openly betray the sovereignty of the country's territory!
But President Male is now facing a great dilemma, with most of the Maldives islands being hit by the tsunami and the tourism industry being devastated! There is no industry or agriculture in the Maldives, the country's economy is based on tourism, and now there are no tourists to rebuild the whole country!
And those islands that are taken out for sale will not be of interest to buyers at all! Because those islands are so small, and they are all coral reef islands, it is difficult to find even a flat land on them, and they are not suitable for human habitation at all!
In fact, although the Maldives has sovereignty over these islands, for many years these islands have been deserted, so in vain, if there are really people willing to pay a high price to buy them now, then even if the sovereignty is completely sold, it is not possible to consider it!
Now one wants to buy and the other wants to sell, and the negotiations between the two sides have quickly made substantial progress! Mr. President has agreed to sell sovereignty over the islands, and now the two sides are talking about the price.
There are more than 480 islands in total, and the Maldives is asking for $200 billion, and almost one island is worth $500 million.
Lotte shook his head and said, "Mr. President, this price is a bit expensive, if I buy the right to use these islands, an island will only cost 300 million US dollars for a thousand years!" You should know that no one knows if the Maldives will still exist in a thousand years, in fact, even if you can get back the sold islands in a hundred years, it is still unknown! So I can only pay a maximum of three hundred years to buy the sovereignty of these islands! β
Lotte was willing to pay $50 billion to buy the islands, but President Male, of course, refused to agree, and finally the two sides agreed to pay $100 billion!
After the negotiation was successful, the president of the Maldives immediately signed an agreement with Lotte to sell the islands, and Lotte signed an agreement with the Maldives government in the name of Huaxia Brilliant Group, and Lotte then transferred 100 billion US dollars to the Maldives!
Male saw that Lotte had turned the money around before he went out, and he immediately remembered a crooked idea, he planned to leave Lotte and Zhao Bin in the presidential palace and snatch the agreement back, so that he could get 100 billion US dollars for nothing?
So when Lotte and Zhao Bin were about to leave, Mr. President's guards suddenly surrounded the two, and with an order, countless bullets sprayed at the two of them!
When they finished shooting the bullets in the gun, they found that the two Huaxia people were standing there intact, looking at them with a smile!
The president of the Maldives was dumbfounded, these two Chinese people couldn't be killed!
Suddenly, the guards fell to the ground one by one, turning into dried corpses! Male was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that he had no eyes and should not offend the gods from China!
Lotte smiled, "Mr. President, let's renegotiate the price now." β
When Male heard this, he was frightened and said, "Sir, haven't we already negotiated the price?" You've even signed an agreement, huh? β
Lotte smiled: "That's the price of buying the island, now let's talk about the money you paid for your life!" You don't think I'm going to let you go if you ask us like this, do you? β
In the end, Lotte asked for 80 billion back the 100 billion dollars he had just transferred to MalΓ©, and bought these hundreds of islands for only 20 billion dollars! Of course, the two sides have re-signed an agreement!
After the news came out that President MalΓ© had sold more than 480 islands in the Maldives for $20 billion, everyone in the Maldives suddenly rejoiced, and everyone felt that President Male was so capable that he actually exchanged those abandoned broken islands for $20 billion from the Chinese people!
After Lotte and Zhao Bin left the presidential palace, they immediately came to the islands they bought, and he wanted to mark these islands one by one, and this will be the land of China in the future, and others are not allowed to go to the island without permission!
It will take at least a few months to level these islands, and Lotte feels that he doesn't have time to delay here now, so he plans to mark all the islands and then rush to France immediately, and then go to Mexico, and then return to control the islands after he finds Sister Xiaoyun!
These islands are scattered in the Indian Ocean, and they are far away from each other, and even if they are marked one by one, I am afraid it will take a day or two to complete! (To be continued......)