Chapter Twenty-Five: A Generous Gift List
CHAPTER XXV
Looking curiously at this elite team led by a Chinese lawyer, Lin Kaixin was silent on the surface, but he was cheering excitedly in his heart, the top three major consortia in the United States and the California consortium as the head snake gave a meeting gift, the weight of which can be imagined. Trying hard to pretend to be unmoved, trying to maintain a certain demeanor, Lin Kaixin asked slowly, "Gift?" ”
"Mr. Lin, this is a big gift worth about $1 billion, I hope you can be satisfied. This is a gift list, so please check it out. The middle-aged Chinese lawyer respectfully handed over a delicately decorated paperwork.
June Island, located in the southeast of the Florida Peninsula in North America, is nearly 1,000 kilometers away from Miami, with a land area of about 3.6 square kilometers, with an unspoiled jungle environment, fine sand as white and shiny as sugar, crystal clear turquoise waters, and extremely elegant residences, with natural conditions very similar to the famous Musa Island.
But June Island, which has never been open to the outside world, has its own airport runway and eighteen holiday villas of various styles, and has always been the private resort of the Rockefeller consortium, which is now used as a welcome gift. Even though it is several times larger than Musa Island, the pearl of the Caribbean, it is located in the Devil's Sea near the Bermuda Triangle and has never been commercially developed, so it is valued at about $460 million.
Red Maple Leaf Wine Estate is located in Nassau County, on the north shore of Long Island, New York, about an hour's drive from Brooklyn and Queens in downtown New York City, and within two hours of driving to Manhattan Island.
With a total area of more than 1,200 acres, which is larger than June Island, Red Maple Wine Estate has about 900 acres of high-quality vineyards and 300 acres of forests and shelterbelts, and is capable of producing about 500,000 bottles of wine per year. The price of wine is about 10~50 US dollars per bottle, and the annual income is about 15 million US dollars, and its profit is enough to maintain the daily operation of the estate and maintain the private estate covering an area of tens of acres.
Among them, the main building of the private estate is a 3-storey English-style building with thousands of square meters of interior space, hundreds of individual rooms, including several meeting rooms, several offices, a game room, a fitness room, a 50-seat private cinema, a small library, a large wine cellar and a banquet hall. In addition, there are 2 guest rooms (12 presidential suites), stables, a racetrack, an indoor swimming pool, 2 Olympic-sized outdoor pools, a bowling alley, a basketball court, 2 tennis courts, and more.
For nearly 100 years, it has been the Morgan family's go-to choice for weekend getaways, but in order not to be weaker and to make a good impression, the Morgan consortium gave it away this time. This rare gift is truly valuable, and if you have to give an estimate, it will be about $390 million.
Next up is the superyacht from Citigroup One, the latest concept yacht built in Italy – the 80-metre motor yacht Antigone. This is a luxurious motor yacht that combines charm, emotion, and fluidity, and the exterior design is very temperamental, and it has an overwhelming momentum.
The perfect vessel for fun and relaxation, it is designed to sail around the world, with a maximum range of up to 20 days and thousands of nautical miles, enough for transoceanic and circumnavigation trips. It strikes the perfect balance between speed, fuel consumption and other areas, with a top speed of 40 knots, a cruising speed of 25 knots and an economy speed of 13 knots.
At the stern of this 80-metre-long superyacht, there is a large swimming pool lounge area equipped with beach beds and umbrellas, as well as a bar and fitness equipment. There are five decks on board, offering stylish VIP rooms and guest rooms, one of which is dedicated to the owner. It is also equipped with a spacious lounge area, a living room, a dining area and a gymnasium. The captain's cabin is located on the lower deck and is connected to the technical control room, which is also equipped with a standard helicopter take-off and landing platform.
The superyacht's original owner went bankrupt due to the global economic crisis, and the superyacht, which had just been put on the slipway, was about to be dismantled, but Citibank, as a creditor, auctioned it off and paid the balance in full. To salvage the €120 million mega-order, the manufacturer has already committed to completing the hull construction in three months, the decoration in two months, and the tests in one month, with a maximum delivery of six months, as well as a lifetime warranty and maintenance.
In addition, Citibank gave Lin Kaixin a Citibank ultima Ultra Black Card, which not only waived the annual fee for life, but also had a free spending limit of $1 million per month. $1 million of that personal consumption is waived on monthly bills until Citibank collapses. As the largest bank-holding company in the United States and the world's largest multinational banking company, Citibank is rich and capricious.
Finally, the Californian consortium delivered a multi-million-dollar luxury apartment near the United Nations headquarters building, as well as a multimillion-dollar Bell 429 helicopter, Bell's top-of-the-line private helicopter.
This gift list is really sensational, but there are enough stimuli today, so Lin Kaixin, who is in a mood, can still hold it down, and he doesn't directly pounce on it and kneel and lick it. Although he was already overjoyed, Lin Kaixin slowly closed the gift list, and after recovering his senses a little, he raised his head and asked, "This gift is really scary, let's say it, what do you need me to do?" ”