The Mediterranean, as a connecting sea between Europe, Asia and Africa, has gradually prospered since the fifties and sixties.

Especially in this area close to the state of Ou, there are Gallic chickens, Italian chickens, opera troupes, and the tax haven of Monaco.

They circulate and form a unique and world-famous resort in the Mediterranean region.

Kaede Shirakawa also has its own residence in Cannes, a city close to the Mediterranean.

It may be a bit inappropriate to call it a residence, but perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a palace.

That's right, the estate that Shirakawa Kaede bought here is called Palazzo Venezia.

Literally, it does look like a palace from the outside.

The entire palace covers an area of three hectares and has a floor area of more than 3,000 square meters, which is larger than his courtyard in Setagaya Ward.

The buildings here are predominantly white, built on the hillside, and the square garden of the main building overlooks the entire Mediterranean Sea.

There is a strong European style, and even the little clear sky is running around in the spacious living room with joy.

It is said that it is a living room, but in fact, the classical temperament makes people think that they have entered a Western history museum.

However, although the atmosphere is classical, the facilities here are very high-tech.

In the garden outside, Shirakawa Kaede was walking with his senior brother Takeshi Kitano.

The Palazzo Venezia has a vast garden lawn with a wide view of Cannes.

In the middle of the lawn there is a large pond with colorful koi fish occasionally popping out of the water and creating a little ripple on it.

In the middle of the water is an artificial island with lush lawns and a ring of fountains that shine in the sun.

Seeing Shirakawa Kaede, they came to the edge of the pond, and the housekeeper not far away gently pressed the remote control in his hand.

A man-made bridge covered with solid wood slowly protrudes from the islet, and then gently connects with the path under Shirakawa Kaede's feet.

"It's really beyond imagination~" Seeing this scene, even Takeshi Kitano, who had always had a cold expression, showed a look of amazement.

As for Tomokazu Miura and Yuzo Kayama, who have been serving as background boards by their side, their mouths opened wide in surprise.

Takeshi Kitano and his party came to attend the Cannes Film Festival, which is now in April and May, and the annual Cannes Film Festival is naturally one of the destinations for many artists.

Previously, at the dock at the foot of the mountain, it happened that Shirakawa Kaede ran into them.

When I met an old friend in another country, I simply invited a few people to sit here together.

Kitano Takeko didn't know what politeness was, and with his upright personality, he directly led the team to Shirakawa Kaede's foothold in Gna.

Hearing his exclamation at this time, Shirakawa Kaede smiled. "I've been here for the past two weeks, Senior Brother Kitano and you are free, you might as well come over and have a drink together."

"Yo Xi, I heard that Gallic chickens are rich in champagne, what kind of diamond princess, do you have here?"

Kitano Takeshi knew that Shirakawa Kaede was not short of money now, so he was also very straightforward and readily agreed.

Look at this super mansion at your feet now, not to mention the average rich person, even the royal family is nothing more than that.

And listening to the jokes of this senior brother who knew Wei Mo, Bai Chuanfeng smiled freely. "Senior brother wants to drink, naturally enough."

"Good, Shirakawa. Don't worry, you have a big mansion in Gaul, I won't say anything about it when I go back.

Hey, you guys, you know what to do, right? Takeshi Kitano turned around with a big grin and looked at the few people behind him.

"Of course, of course." Tomokazu Miura and Yuzo Kayama nodded their heads one after another.

What they see and hear today can be said to have completely refreshed their cognition, and it turns out that there are many kinds of rich people.

The huge luxury yacht, and the exaggerated manor at their feet, poverty really limits their imagination.

What diamond princess champagne, those are hundreds of thousands of pounds a bottle of top luxury.

Converted to almost one or two hundred million yen a bottle, this. This. Tomokazu Miura and Yu Kayama looked at each other, and then suddenly became a little taciturn.

In Neon China, they originally thought they were already rich, but now Bibi., the gap is too big for them to know how to react for a while.

"Shirakawa, how much did you tell you about this property?" Takeshi Kitano stood at the edge of the garden, admiring the sea breeze blowing from the sea.

Shirakawa Kaede was just about to answer, when suddenly Takeichi Kitano stopped his words with a wave of his hand.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, I'm worried that my heart can't stand it."

Belch. Bai Chuanfeng was a little crying and laughing, but this senior brother was still so humorous.

"Okay, it's not too early, so let's go have a drink together."

Neon people are good wine, this is almost everyone's consensus.

Drinking sake at home, and drinking red wine and champagne abroad, of course.

Kitano Takeshi, who readily agreed, suddenly turned his head as he walked back. "Is there more than a hundred million dollars?"

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede turned his head a little uncertainly.

After seeing his inquiring eyes, Shirakawa Kaede understood what he meant.

"Almost" Shirakawa Kaede nodded, giving a vague answer.

Takeshi Kitano nodded with a sigh as if he had given up struggling.

Shirakawa boy, it's really out of the picture.

To be honest, Kaede Shirakawa's answer was very conservative.

$100 million to buy three hectares of land in a prime location in Cannes is really not enough, and it is almost the same to multiply it several times.

Although you won't stay for long if you buy the property here, don't forget that the property in these places is an appreciation asset.

In a few years, ten years, as time goes by, the property here will definitely become more and more valuable.

Therefore, although Shirakawa Kaede does not live permanently, there is no need to worry about their depreciation.

It's okay to stay for a week or two every year, and you don't want to do it again in the future.

It's okay to stay for a week or two every year, and you don't want to do it again in the future.

Here in Cannes, Kaede Shirakawa met with people from IBM and Apple in addition to vacation.

Some of them also happened to be here on vacation, and some of them flew here specially to come.

What is talked about is nothing more than to re-determine the various plans of SIC to be listed in Mi in the future.

At the same time, we should also communicate with each other on the financing ratio, because it is certain that Shirakawa Holdings is the largest shareholder in order to grasp the dominant position.

At this point, Apple and IBM, as well as Pioneer Pilot, are not too entangled there.

If SIC can be listed in Mi, they only need to grasp the proportion of more than 5%, and a certain number of board seats will be guaranteed.

As for technology development, it is true that their people are much worse than the team at SIC.

Therefore, professional matters are handed over to professional people, and the stake in SIC is only for the two of them, so that they can not worry about the supply of processor chips in the future.

As for how much money you can make now relying on SIC, that's not the main purpose.

The computer market has not yet burst out of huge potential, and the value of processor chips has not been reflected as it should be, so SIC can only be regarded as a one-time layout.

After consultations, a preliminary intention was basically reached.

In the next one to two years, we will begin to gradually prepare for the launch of SIC in Mi.

After seeing this wave of guests in the United States, Shirakawa Kaede even met Toshihiro Tajima of Fuji Heavy Industries in Monaco.

Sang, the president of the company, who is almost old, is very free.

When Kaede Shirakawa met him in Monaco, the president Sang was hugging two blonde and blue-eyed beauties.

Tsk, the neon people who went abroad seemed to be uncollared, and they were all wandering.

But think about it, all kinds of constraints in the neon country, these heads of chaebols can't stand it.

But when you go abroad, no one cares, and you can be as happy as you want.

When Shirakawa Kaede asked him why he didn't go to Hawaii, where the neon people go.

Toshihiro Tajima sneered disdainfully, it was all where civilians went. As an upper-class class, of course, the tax haven of Ouzhou is more attractive.

And there are so many neon people in Hawaii, what should I do if I am recognized.

Therefore, Monaco, with its high-end tailoring services and aristocratic enjoyment, is more suitable to become a place to spend money.

Looking at his luxury car and beautiful women, sitting in a 500-square-meter attic, Shirakawa Kaede also had to sigh.

Although Fuji Heavy Industries is experiencing a crisis in Japan, this does not affect the fact that our president, San, enjoys all kinds of imperial services overseas.

That's right, although the neon domestic bubble boom, Fuji Heavy Industries' business has suffered a major blow.

In particular, Fuji Motor, which is exported overseas, has seen a sharp decline in its business among several neon car companies.

Toyota, Nissan, and Honda were only hit by the Plaza Accord in the last quarter of '85, and the export trade volume declined somewhat.

However, in the past two years, with the relocation of production capacity, the number of automobiles exported to the overall trade has increased steadily compared with before.

And in the domestic high-end market, it is also mixed, especially Nissan's new CIMA high-end model, which has swept the entire neon this year.

But Fuji Motors, on the other hand, overseas trade has fallen into a mess. The domestic response of neon is also relatively slow, and the mid-to-high-end models have not been updated until now.

While the stock prices of other car companies have been rising, Fuji Heavy Industries is basically standing still.

For this matter, Toshihiro Tajima bowed to the board of directors and apologized, but the apology is an apology, and this does not affect the enjoyment of our president, San, at sea.

Seeing Shirakawa Kaede's Nanami ultra-luxury yacht parked in the harbor, Toshihiro Tajima's eyes rolled, and he instantly had an idea in his heart.

"Shirakawa-san, I wonder if you're interested in cars?"

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede came back to his senses from the state of looking at the ocean from afar, "What kind of luxury car did Tajima-san say?" ”

"No, what I want to ask is that you are interested in the automotive industry?" Toshihiro Tajima gave a meaningful look in his eyes.

Bai Chuanfeng raised his eyebrows, this sentence is interesting.

"Does Fuji Heavy Industries have any plans to do this, or does the Nakajima family agree with you doing this?"

Fuji Heavy Industries, formerly known as Nakajima Zaibatsu, started as an aircraft manufacturer and later gradually became involved in the manufacture of automobiles and other machinery.

After the war, Nakajima Zaibatsu was split and reorganized, and most of the inheritance of the Nakajima zaibatsu was inherited by Fuji Heavy Industries, and the Nakajima family became one of the shareholders behind Fuji Heavy Industries.

If you bring in other chaebols or capitalists, it may sound a little unreliable if Toshihiro Tajima is alone.

Toshihiro Tajima knew this in his heart, and he smiled indifferently.

"Convincing the board of directors is still somewhat certain.

It's a pity that Fuji Heavy Industries is today, and if it wants to reform, it won't work without a huge amount of financial support. ”

Looking at the other party's slightly inquiring eyes, Shirakawa Kaede chuckled.

"Did Tajima-san see the Nanami in the harbor?" Shirakawa Kaede raised his chin and gestured into the distance.

The calm bay is densely packed with all kinds of sailing yachts.

One of the largest luxury yachts stands out from the crowd of small sailing yachts.

Because it is so luxurious, many tourists in the harbor are vying to take photos with it as a background.

It is Shirakawa Kaede's car, the Nanami.

"Tajima-san, the Nanami cost more than 200 million US dollars, and the annual fixed expenses are also in the tens of millions.

And to the contemptible person, it is just a toy. ”

Shirakawa Kaede's eyes turned slightly, and that powerful self-confidence made Toshihiro Tajima's heart tremble uncontrollably.

It's really inhumane, the envy in Toshihiro Tajima's eyes is revealed like substance.

(End of chapter)