Through the wealth life

Chapter 1255 Landing on Bentley Island

In the twinkling of an eye, it is the Spring Festival. During this period, the Tokyo stock market has been showing a slow-to-moderate decline. Now the Nikkei index is about to fall below the 20000-point mark.

In Japan, there are also public opinions everywhere. Many members of the opposition party pointed out that the ruling party has introduced policies that are not conducive to economic development regardless of the interests of shareholders and enterprises.

Some companies whose interests have been damaged also encouraged their employees to hold demonstrations and protests, demanding that the government introduce some policies that are conducive to the development of the domestic real estate market.

It's a pity that the six major consortiums and several top families in Japan didn't feel the slightest waver this time, so they ignored it at all.

At the same time, the official media commented on it, selfish people, and borrowed what Li Guangyu once said in Xiangjiang, the housing prices in Tokyo have already far exceeded the limit that ordinary citizens can afford, and they can exchange a house without eating or drinking for decades , This is definitely not something that a conscientious entrepreneur and the government can turn a blind eye to.

This rhetoric has aroused huge repercussions among the Japanese people. The influence of the ruling party among the people, especially ordinary citizens in several major metropolitan areas, has soared, and the support rate has been rising all the way.

As for some real estate companies, I am very sorry that these companies have not yet affected the development of the Japanese economy. As long as a few major consortiums and a few first-class families can maintain stability, the Japanese economy will not have problems.

After more than half a month of negotiations, Zhou Zhigang finally bought Husky Energy at a price of 9.5 million US dollars. Compared with other companies' bids, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group was tens of millions higher, but Li Guangyu thought it was worth it.

Regardless of the company's oil fields, exploration teams, and oil production teams, these are things that Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group does not have. Now that Husky Energy is the foundation, expansion in this area can also be accelerated.

After the Spring Festival, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing took a special plane and landed at Bentley Island Airport. This was his first time on the island.

Now the airport, power plant, fresh water plant, the first phase of the port project, natural gas plant, government office area, employee quarters and commercial districts have all been completed, and now they are waiting for Li Guangyu to inspect them and wait for Li Guangyu's approval to put them into operation.

Bentley Island will serve as another registered place outside of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands and the Greater China region that can be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Here, like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, will become an offshore center, attracting companies from all over the world to register here with extremely favorable policies, and their biggest customers are mainland and Southeast Asian companies.

In Southeast Asia, it is mainly to break through the restriction of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s registration place, while in the Mainland, it is mainly for the more flexible development of its companies.

In the meeting room of the Jiuhua Hotel on Bentley Island, Li Guangyu, Cao Weiqing, Zhang Ziyu, the person in charge of Bentley Island, Guan Shunqing, the head of the Bentley Island Government, and the heads of various bureaus of Bentley Island were all here.

These persons in charge are all employees of the Li's consortium, but they have an additional government status here.

Li Guangyu said: "I am very satisfied with the current development of Bentley Island. How to make it prosperous in the future requires your efforts. I will let Jiayi Group cooperate with you in publicity."

The main income here in the future will be tourism and the taxation of these offshore company registration fees. Although the taxation is extremely low, it is still meat no matter how small it is. Once there are more registered companies, there is still a little gain.

Bentley Island's finances are also similar to those of Bermuda, mainly relying on tariffs and registration taxes as the main source, and mainly attracting high-tech industry companies, Asian shipping companies, and individual investment companies to register.

Fang Shunqing said: "Sheng Li, our tourism industry still needs to strengthen construction. At the same time, I also hope that foreigners can be allowed to settle here, especially those from Asian countries. Of course, we will impose restrictions on the assets of applicants. At the same time, we will I also hope that Starlight School can establish a school here."

The nature of Bentley Island is different from that of the Lee Consortium. This is a small government. Now England has made it the No. 17 dominion in England. Zhang Ziyu is the governor of Bentley Island.

To clarify, Zhang Ziyu's household registration has been transferred to Bentley Island, which means that Zhang Ziyu is the first resident of Bentley Island.

Now the Dominion of Bentley Island is independent except that its diplomacy is consistent with that of England. It is protected by NATO in the military. The only thing better than Bermuda is that there is no NATO military base here.

The main reason is that Bentley Island is too small here, and it is very close to Diego Garcia Island, the political center of the British Indian Ocean Islands, so there is no need for a garrison.

And Bentley Island belonged to the British Indian Ocean Islands before, but this time it was only the British government and royal family who separated it out.

To this end, the Bentley Group has donated a total of [-] million pounds to the royal family and the government in exchange for greater autonomy on Bentley Island.

Over the past few years, Ying Lun has not given up the idea of ​​persuading Li Guangyu and Li's senior executives to transfer their household registrations. Now this Bentley Island is also deliberately used to lure the Li Consortium, hoping that all companies under the Li Consortium can transfer their registration to Bentley Island.

To say that the purpose of the British government has really been achieved, the major funds of the Li Family Consortium have already come here, and the major groups of the Li Family Consortium are mainly holding shares through these funds.

It's just that the registered places of the major groups under it have not been moved yet, and Li Guangyu doesn't know if they will be moved at that time. This has to be done according to the needs of development.

For Fang Shunqing's request, Li Guangyu also agreed. After all, this is also a territory. Now it is only about 14 square kilometers. It is a little small, but after development, it is not a problem to live tens of thousands of people.

If Li Guangyu was willing to spare no expense, he could completely reclaim land from the sea and expand the area of ​​Bentley Island to all directions.

Fang Shunqing wanted to do this, but he didn't dare to mention it now, and there was no such need in Bentley Island. If it really came to that point, he believed that Li Guangyu would definitely support it.

Li Guangyu said: "I will make arrangements for the school. Our official operation here will be on the Lantern Festival. In addition, the taxes on the two floors of Bentley Island belong to Zhang Ziyu. This item will be included in the special act of the Dominion."

Although the island was given to the Li Consortium intentionally by England, and the Li Consortium also spent a lot of money, it bears the name of Zhang Ziyu after all, and now Zhang Ziyu is the governor of Bentley Island in name, the governor here, Li Guangyu will naturally give some compensation.

Zhang Ziyu immediately responded: "Li Sheng, I don't need it here. No matter whether it is taken over or the construction of Bentley Island is all contributed by the consortium, I can still get such a title. I am very satisfied now. Regarding the tax No need, this aspect should belong to the consortium."

Li's consortium spent nearly 20 billion US dollars on various supporting constructions here, and various construction funds will come in later. She can't afford such benefits. In that case, the senior management of the consortium must have opinions on it.

Cao Weiqing said aloud: "Ziyu, since Guangyu has made such a decision, you can accept it. You deserve it. The development of our industry in Western Europe over the years is inseparable from your contribution, and there will not be much tax here. , don’t think about how much income you can earn here in the past few years.”

Now there are not many people in Bentley Island, and there are few industries. It depends on how much income the government can generate. Moreover, the land is mainly developed by the Lee consortium and will not give money. There can also be some registration tax and commercial tax here.

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(End of this chapter)