Chapter 224 Gass and Baffert
Hu Jiangshan didn't realize for a moment that Bill Gass actually wanted to talk to him about cooperation?
What kind of trouble is this?
Gass is a well-known and wealthy man in the Lighthouse Country.
Hu Jiangshan actually became curious and wanted to know what Bill Gass had in mind?
Hu Jiangshan asked: "Mr. Gass, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss?"
Gass took a sip of wine: "I'm not in a hurry to discuss this matter. I just want to ask you about your intention and whether you want to cooperate with me."
Hu Jiangshan smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Gass, I believe the people who want to cooperate with you can be lined up from Tenglong Island to Hong Kong Island, but you have to let me know what you want to cooperate with, right?"
"It's very simple, Boss Hu. Tenglong Island is very big. It should be no problem if one or two buildings can be built here, so I want to rent a piece of land here."
"...Rent land?"
Hu Jiangshan's jaw dropped. He bought Tenglong Island from Bill Gass, and now he wants to rent a piece of land here. Isn't this like taking off his pants and letting loose?
Why would Gass have such an idea?
Not to mention Hu Jiangshan, even Catherine Gass looked at her father in confusion.
What on earth is daddy going to do?
Why do you suddenly want to rent a piece of land here?
Could it be that daddy is unwilling to give in and thinks Tenglong Bay is so beautiful and wants to build a villa here?
Although Catherine also feels
Hu Jiangshan asked: "Mr. Gass, what kind of building do you want to build here?"
Gass smiled and said, "Well, I haven't made a plan yet, and Boss Hu, you also need to think about it. We will talk about it after a while."
Hu Jiangshan was noncommittal. He felt that Gass was playing a trick and had no sincerity at all. He was just teasing Menzi.
To be honest, Hu Jiangshan is not interested in cooperating with Bill Gass.
Who knows what the wealthy man from this lighthouse country has planned. He might put some harmful things on Tenglong Island, which would cause national security issues. Wouldn't that be like inviting a wolf into the house?
Once found out, Hu Jiangshan will be implicated.
And Hu Jiangshan doesn't want to be the other party's accomplice. He is a principled person and knows that there are some things that he cannot do no matter how much money he can get.
Besides, Hu Jiangshan has many secret facilities on the island.
Cooperating with the Gass family means having to accept a large number of Lighthouse Nation personnel coming in and out.
You won't be able to keep the secret that way, and you'll be in big trouble.
Since Gass didn't want to talk, Hu Jiangshan naturally stopped asking and quickly changed the topic.
The three of them just sat on the large terrace, drank a few glasses of wine together, and chatted for a while. They were having a great time, the atmosphere was good, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
Then, Hu Jiangshan accompanied Gas and his party to visit other places on Tenglong Island.
Of course, Hu Jiangshan will never take these people to the semiconductor production line. It is now classified as a restricted area, and he will not take irrelevant people to wait there.
Even Awang and Yu Sheng would not go if there was nothing urgent.
There is also the newly completed office building, which is also a key facility and cannot be exposed to the eyes of Gass and his party. Otherwise, Hu Jiangshan will never be able to explain how he built such a large building quickly in just a few months. OK
During this period, Gass finally discovered something. The electric piles he had seen at the pier were everywhere. You could see one almost every few dozen steps.
In addition to electric piles, there is another kind of pile, which is water supply pile.
Gus and Catherine looked carefully and marveled at it.
This shows that the power and fresh water supply on Tenglong Island is much more sufficient than they imagined.
Of course, the Gasses wanted to know how Hu Jiangshan created it, and even wanted to see the electricity and desalination facilities, but Hu Jiangshan cleverly changed the topic, kept it vague, and continued to visit those unimportant islands. landscape.
Gass and his party had been on Tenglong Island for more than two hours and were finally leaving.
Hu Jiangshan originally wanted to invite Gass and his party to have a meal on Hong Kong Island, otherwise this would not be the way to treat guests, but Gass decisively refused.
At the dock of Teng Zai Long Island, Gass patted Hu Jiangshan on the shoulder and said: "Boss Hu, I hope we will have opportunities to interact in the future, especially to establish a cooperative relationship. I am looking forward to this."
Hu Jiangshan smiled politely: "I hope so too, Mr. Gass."
Gass looked around the pier again: "By the way, we may come to Hong Kong Island again in a while, and maybe we will invite you, Boss Hu, to a cocktail party. Is that okay?"
Hu Jiangshan nodded: "No problem, that's my honor."
The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Gass and his party boarded the yacht, weighed the anchor, and slowly sailed away from the dock.
On the front deck, Catherine kept looking at the dock of Tenglong Island, somewhat lost in thought.
Gus came over and asked, "Catherine, what are you thinking about?"
"Ah, Daddy, I was thinking that Tenglong Island is pretty good. You shouldn't have sold it in the first place. I'm a little sorry."
Gass showed a wry smile, shook his head, and said: "Even if I don't sell Tenglong Island, I may not be able to achieve Boss Hu's achievements. You have also seen that he has restored the ecology of Tenglong Bay so well. Not to mention the problem of water and electricity supply on the island, which requires a lot of investment and unimaginable investment of money and manpower.”
Catherine thought it right and said: "I really don't know how Boss Hu did it. Does he have endless money? Do he have endless resources? But compared to you, dad..."
Catherine thought that her father was Bill Gass, one of the richest people in the world.
Although there are many wealthy people on Hong Kong Island, can they compare with the Gass family?
Obviously not!
Even the richest Hong Kong natives, the Li Chaoren family, are not as powerful as the Gass family.
The question is, isn’t Hu Jiangshan just a rich second generation? What ability does he have to do so many things?
Incredible, unimaginable.
Of course, this is one of the reasons why Catherine became curious about Hu Jiangshan.
There is another reason.
Just like Hu Jiangshan's appearance, he is so handsome.
For the first time, Catherine felt that Orientals could be so handsome, with elegance and perseverance, just like the ancient Oriental generals who were both civil and military.
Gass said: "This boss Hu is indeed very powerful. I feel like he is the most powerful Chinese person I have ever seen."
Catherine said: "Dad, he is still so young and looks a few years older than me. Is there someone behind the scenes who is guiding him?"
Gass shook his head: "I don't know about that, but you can see that his conversation is quite mature, beyond his age. I think he is indeed a very capable person."
"Daddy, is that why you want to cooperate with him?"
"Well, to be honest, I just made it up on the spur of the moment, and I also wanted to test his tone to see if he has any intention of cooperating with us. You should understand that he is Chinese."
"I'm curious, what project do you want to cooperate with him? Also, what facilities do you want to build on Tenglong Island?"
Gass laughed: "This matter hasn't been decided yet, so I can't tell you about it yet."
"Ah? You didn't even tell me! Daddy, what are you planning?"
Gus waved his hand: "Catherine, you have to understand that it is better not to know some things. If you know, you will be troubled." Catherine was confused and didn't know what her father was talking about.
But Catherine was obedient and wise.
Since daddy doesn't tell, there is a reason not to tell, so let's not ask for now. Anyway, if she wants to know, there are other ways to find out.
Gass chatted with his daughter for a while and then went to the cabin on the third floor.
Gass looked at his cell phone and saw that there was no signal. He looked up at the surrounding sea and found that he had already left Tenglong Bay.
Gass couldn't help but admire Hu Jiangshan's ability. He had seen the mobile phone signal on Tenglong Island and it was full.
Apparently, a signal base station was set up on the island.
Gass found Paul and asked him to get the satellite phone.
It took several minutes for Gus to connect to the satellite and make a call.
It rang several times at first, but the other party didn't answer. After a while, someone finally answered the phone.
Just listen to Gass say: "Mr. Baffert, is it convenient to talk now?"
"Bill..."
An old voice came from over there.
The signal of the satellite phone is not very good, there is always noise, but you can still hear what the other party is saying clearly.
It is known that Mr. Baffert is quite old, over ninety years old, but is now in relatively good health.
Baffert is a very famous person. He is revered as the God of Investment by people in the financial world. He is a big shot who can make all the difference in the stock market.
It is said that Baffert can easily cash out 70 to 80 million lighthouse dollars, which is far beyond the level of wealth that rivals other countries.
You must know that in Blue Star, there are not many countries with a GDP exceeding 70 to 80 million yuan.
Of course, there are many rumors related to Baffert.
For example, behind Baffert is a large capital group, and he is the front-end agent.
After all, Baffert has a special status. He belongs to the squid tribe and is a high-ranking member of the squid tribe.
There is no smoke without fire. Rumors may not be rumors, they just have not been confirmed.
I am afraid that only he and a very few people know what kind of power is behind Baffert.
As for why Gass contacted Buffett?
In fact, it is not difficult to figure out that both of them are top-level people in the Lighthouse Country. It can even be said that the people who control the economic lifeline of the Lighthouse Country belong to the same type of people.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together and people flock together, and they will communicate with each other about anything.
And the connection between the two is definitely closer than outsiders know.
For example, now that Gass is on Hong Kong Island, he actually makes a satellite phone call to Baffert, which further shows that the two have a close relationship.
Baffert said, "Bill, what's the matter with calling so early?"
Only then did Gass remember that it was afternoon on Hong Kong Island, and at this time, the lighthouse country on the other side of the ocean might just be getting light.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Baffert, I'm in Hong Kong Island now. I forgot about the time difference. Did it disturb your rest?"
"That's not true, Bill. You should know that I got up very early and it didn't bother me. But it's really strange. Why did you call me so early? Is there something urgent?"
"It's nothing urgent. I just met a very interesting person and wanted to tell you about it."
"What? Interesting person, did you meet on Hong Kong Island? Who is it?"
Gass said: "Mr. Baffert, remember I mentioned to you before that I bought an offshore island near Hong Kong Island? It's called Tenglong Island."
"Oh, remember, didn't you transfer him out some time ago?"
"Yes, I met the seller of this island and found that he was very famous."
"Oh? What's the trick? Bill, stop being so secretive and tell me quickly."
Gass told Baffert about his meeting with Hu Jiangshan today, and he told it in great detail.
Including Tenglong Island, the infrastructure is now very complete, including seawater desalination and power facilities, and even communication networks.
Baffert was also quite surprised after hearing this.
He is an excellent investor and knows very well how difficult it is to build infrastructure on an uninhabited island and how much investment it requires.
"Bill, you mean he is on an outlying island? He has built a complete power system, communication network base station, and even complete seawater desalination treatment facilities."
"Yes, that's it."
"This requires a lot of funds. If he is just a rich man or a wealthy family, he probably won't be able to do it."
"This is what's surprising, and Mr. Baffert, do you remember? It has only been three months since I sold the island, and this boss Hu has actually accomplished so many things. This is very unusual. "
"Well, it's certainly unusual."
Gass thought of something else and said, "By the way, there is also the ecology of Tenglong Bay. I remember telling you before that the ecology of Tenglong Bay has been severely damaged and the sea water is very turbid."
"Well, what then? Now there are changes?"
"Yes, there have been very big changes. Now the sea water in Tenglong Bay is very clean and clear, and the ecology of the seabed has been almost restored. To be honest, this shocked me very much. What did he do in such a short period of time?" How to do it? To be honest, I can’t do it.”
Baffert finally became interested: "Bill, if you are not exaggerating, this person is indeed very interesting. Does he really have this ability? Or is there some big shot or organization behind him?"
"I don't know about this, but he is indeed very capable, so I want to have a good chat with him later."
Baffert was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said: "Huh? Do you want to implement that plan?"
"Yes, Mr. Baffert, so I would like to ask you to help me make an appointment with Mr. Rothsfeld. I want to meet with him and discuss my ideas."
"this……"
Anyone who understands the power pyramid of the Lighthouse Country knows that there are actually several large families behind the Lighthouse Country that can control the situation in Blue Star, and the Rothsfeld family is one of them, and it is a very powerful one.
(End of chapter)