Chapter 923: The Greeting Gift (Chapter 4K)
βWhat the f**kοΌ Vicky, how did you get that idea? β
Dabao was stunned.
"So, you really only have one wife?"
Vicky was equally shocked.
Dabao nodded: "Our Daxia is a monogamous country, of course I only have one wife, can you America marry more than one wife?" β
"Yes." Vicky sighed helplessly,
"Wouldn't it? If I'm not mistaken, doesn't your faith allow for only one wife? β
"Xu, we don't need official registration to get married now, we just need to go to the church.
Now the situation is special, only when there are more people in the clan, the family will grow stronger, and my own brother has three wives and has five children like you. β
βUnbelievableοΌβ Dabao was shocked, "You don't even need to register for marriage, it's too exaggerated, is this still a normal country?" β
"You're right, America is originally a geographical term, you can think of it as the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, with no name, and the states below are basically independent."
Vicky patiently explained.
"It's incomprehensible, you also said that the current situation is serious, isn't it good to join forces?"
"Xu, our Western culture is different from your Eastern culture, we don't have the idea of great unification, in fact, we can't say that there is none, but we have failed after many attempts, for us, great unification is not a necessary option, can you understand?"
"Well, I guess I understand."
Dabao said with a smile.
Vicky was very empathetic and immediately changed the subject: "Xu, listen to my grandfather, you are now the richest man in the world?" β
"No, no." Dabao hurriedly explained: "Our old man used to be the richest man in the world, but he retired at the beginning of the year, my father has five children, and I only inherited one-fifth of his property, but I am responsible for running the family business." β
"Can I ask a personal question?"
"Just ask!"
"How much money do you have now?"
"It's about 100 billion yuan, it's Daxia yuan, and if you convert it into dollars, it's almost 220 billion dollars." Dabao replied.
"Oh my God, you're so rich!"
Vicky couldn't help but exclaim.
Dabao smiled and waved his hand: "Compared with a big consortium and a big family like your family, my property is not worth mentioning at all, to be honest, I envy your family's castle." β
"Xu, it's different, although our family has trillions of assets, but these money belong to the common property of the family, if it is divided equally among each clan, not even one percent of yours."
"Vicky, your grandfather is Mr. Lawrence, and your father is a popular candidate for the next 'head', according to our Daxia people, you are the eldest princess of the Lawrence family, and there must be more than that."
"Actually, it's the same for me." Vicky shook her head, and said with a wistful face: "I wish I could be born in your Great Xia, without worrying about starvation, and I can fall in love freely." β
"Don't be so depressed, when I see your grandfather again, I will definitely persuade him to give him back your freedom." Dabao hurriedly comforted.
"Xu, thank you!"
Vicky politely replied.
If you can convince her grandfather, she doesn't have to wait until now, in her grandfather's words, she can't make an exception for her, otherwise the hearts of the family will be scattered.
Their family will also lose their position as patriarch as a result.
Next, the group walked around the castle along the main road, which has plantations, schools, hospitals, and various small workshops and shops, and is almost self-sufficient.
At the end of the visit, Vicky led Dabao to the door of a shop: "Xu, this is a restaurant, the owner has good cooking skills, and he is also your compatriot, and he has been on the island for more than ten years. β
"Really? Let's go in and see. β
Dabao instantly became interested.
After saying that, the group pushed the door and entered.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw Vicky, he said happily, "Miss Vicky, why are you here?" β
"Master Jia, I have an important guest to introduce to you." Vicky replied with a smile.
"Master Jia, hello!"
Dabao immediately greeted.
"Hello hello, you're from China?"
Seeing his compatriots, Master Jia was particularly excited.
"That's right, we flew directly from the capital, my name is Xu Wanxia, where are you from, Brother Jia?"
Master Jia beckoned everyone to sit down, and introduced himself: "My hometown of Xiangzhou, when I was young, I was ignorant, and I wanted to go outside, and I went to Siam, Tianzhu Peninsula, Philippines, and Europa, and finally settled on the island. β
"Brother Jia, you have a lot of experience."
Dabao immediately gave a thumbs up.
"Abundance is true, but it is also really dangerous, I didn't make much money, and I almost lost my life several times.
Later, when I got older, I finally learned from the pain, and simply married my mother-in-law, and then set up a small restaurant here, not seeking to be rich and expensive, as long as I could eat with a mouthful of food. β
After Master Jia finished speaking, he immediately called out two wives, a white woman and an Asian.
"Brother Jia, are you following the local customs?"
Dabao couldn't help but tease.
"Hehe...... Master Jia smiled, pointed to the white woman and introduced: "This is my eldest wife, who is my savior, and we have three children." β
Good-looking romance
Then he pointed to the Asian and introduced:
"She was a native of Nissan Bassi, and later she was exiled to Panama, and I saw that she was pitiful, so I brought her back, no matter how bad her life was, she was not bad enough to eat."
"Mud howl!"
Neither of these two speaks Daxia fluently.
Dabao nodded at the two of them.
"Brother Xu, what do you want to eat? I'm in for a treat. Master Jia said generously: "It's rare to meet someone from my hometown today, brother, I'm so happy." β
"You're welcome." Dabao waved his hand: "Wait a minute, we have to participate in the drinking party, we just happen to be thirsty from walking, you just pour us a cup of tea, let's sit down and chat." β
"Okay, you wait for me for a while, I'll go make tea." Master Jia said briskly.
After all, there are many delicacies at the cocktail party, which must be much more advanced than him, and he can also see that the person in front of him is definitely not an ordinary person.
If it was an ordinary person, how could it be possible to carry five or six bodyguards with him, let alone be accompanied by Miss Vicky herself, and there was no one else in this treatment.
β¦β¦
The time soon came to night, the castle was brightly lit, and Dabao was a little shocked, he had never seen such a bright night scene in the capital.
At this time, Vicky has changed into a gorgeous evening dress, giving people a particularly stunning feeling.
"Vicky, you're so beautiful tonight!"
"Xu, it's time for us to go."
Vicky took the initiative to grab Dabao's arm.
Dabao subconsciously dodged.
Vicky hurriedly explained: "Xu, don't get me wrong, this is our banquet etiquette for Westerners, you can't make me make a fool of myself, right?" β
"Sorry, I didn't mean that, I'm a little sensitive, let's go quickly!"
Dabao said apologetically.
Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the banquet hall.
This is a huge banquet hall, and at least two or three hundred people have come to the scene, and everyone is dressed up to attend, which is dizzying.
Dabao has an inexplicable sense of familiarity, such a scene, he has only seen it in foreign film and television dramas, and it is the first time in reality.
It's not that he hasn't attended similar banquets before, but the scale is far less than this one.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
With the arrival of the two, the scene burst into warm applause.
Old man Lawrence took the initiative to walk up to the two of them, faced all the guests, and introduced loudly:
"Let me give you a grand introduction, this is our most distinguished guest tonight, Xu Wanxia Xu Dong from Daxia, he is the chairman of Hi-Tech Group.
Xu Dong came over this time and brought a cooperation project with a total investment of hundreds of billions of dollars. β
Dabao couldn't understand English very well, and the translator was not around, so he could only let Vicky act as a translator temporarily, so the two of them were close to each other.
Next, under the leadership of Mr. Lawrence, Dabao met a number of important guests, all of whom were political and business celebrities without exception.
Through talking to them, Dabao finally gained a basic understanding of the forces on the island.
To put it simply, the island of Inlibela is the capital of the entire state of Northern Amazonas, the home of the Boston consortium, and the headquarters of major families.
The reason why I chose this place is for no other reason, the only purpose is to avoid danger, and the island is also thousands of kilometers away from the nearest mainland.
Even if there are flames on the mainland, it will be difficult to reach here, and they can watch from the wall.
If the situation really reached the point of no return, they could even retreat calmly, and in the afternoon Vicky inadvertently revealed that most of the wealth of the entire Boston consortium was gathered on this island.
In addition to admiration, Dabao still admires this.
He no longer has any superfluous ideas, no wonder this group of capitalists can be so at ease, it turns out that they have already exhausted their last resort.
In the middle of the banquet, Dabao was suddenly invited to a lounge next door, accompanied by several heads of the family.
"Dong Xu, while the big guys are here, let's talk about something serious, right?"
Mr. Lawrence gets straight to the point.
Dabao picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." β
Mr. Lawrence slapped his face twice, and soon someone sent a thick paper.
"What is this?" Dabao said curiously.
"It's our greeting gift."
After Lawrence finished speaking, he gently pushed the document in front of the other party.
Dabao was not polite, and flipped it over casually.
Flipping through it, he frowned: "If I'm not mistaken, this seems to be a steel catalog, right?" Do you want to be in the steel business? β
"Dong Xu, I said that this is a meeting gift." Lawrence smiled and shook his head, "A greeting gift is a greeting gift, how can it be a business?" You are mistaken. β
"And what exactly does this document mean?"
Dabao waved the table of contents in his hand.
Lawrence explained unhurriedly: "In fact, this is the production process and patent authorization of eight kinds of special steel, which is the bottom of the pressure box of several of us.
As far as I know, your family opened a new steel mill a few months ago, and I think this should help you, and that's our sincerity. β
"Isn't this document too simple?"
Dabao expressed doubts.
"All you have in your hand is the catalogue list, the real information, including the relevant equipment and technicians, we have already packed the ship, we will depart from the port tonight, and we will arrive in Sydney in a month."
Dabao was taken aback: "No merit is not rewarded, please take back ......"
"Dong Xu doesn't have to worry, this meeting gift just represents our sincerity, and it does not involve anything else, regardless of whether the next cooperation can be or not
Success will not affect its belonging. β
"Cooperation? What cooperation? Is it an expansion project of Xinke Seaweed? β
Dabao hurriedly asked.
"Regarding the project of Xinke Seaweed, we have discussed it a long time ago, there is no objection at all, and we can sign it tomorrow, I want to say another thing."
"It's still plain."
Dabao said quietly.
After the introduction of the previous intermediary, he has sufficient mental preparation.
"We want Ceylon."
Mr. Lawrence did not hide it in the slightest.
"Can you say that again?"
Dabao was so shocked that he stood up directly, he suspected that he had misheard it just now.
Lawrence showed a smile: "Xu Dong, you heard it right, you and I can join forces to take Ceylon Island, and then develop it together." β
"With all due respect, Ceylon is a normal country, why should it attack each other for no reason? It doesn't make sense anyway, does it? β
Dabao did not doubt the other party's ability in the slightest.
The only concern of this group of people is Yahu, what they want to cooperate with themselves, they are purely using themselves as a shield, the water in this is too deep.
He even regretted being involved.
"Dong Xu, we don't talk darkly, the current situation in America, you must have heard of it. Rest assured, we don't have any other purpose, we just want to build a base overseas. β
"Three holes of cunning rabbits?"
"That's right, the culture of Daxia is really fascinating, just four words, in one fell swoop, it broke our intentions, amazing!"
"Why Ceylon? There are many islands in the ocean, and if you are serious about investing, there are a lot of opportunities on Nisan Island. β
Dabao is not easy to bluff.
"No why? The reason is simple, because Ceylon is a terra nullius. β
"Borderlands?"
Dabao was shocked by the other party's shameless spirit.
Lawrence said meaningfully: "Looking at the whole world, except for the Tianzhu Peninsula, there are no other places that we can provoke, and we have no choice.
And Ceylon is surrounded by Asia, both for security reasons and for business, it is the best choice, I can't think of any other place. β
"Then you should have heard a saying, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?"
Dabao said-for-tat.
"Hehe, with the current size of Eas, we are not a threat in any way, are we?"
"You have nuclear weapons."
"Dong Xu, you are too worried, unless we want to kill ourselves, we will not deploy nuclear weapons on the island, we can even make concessions, we will not garrison troops on the island, there are only ordinary police officers on the island to maintain law and order."
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