"Why don't you just go rob soone?" Quan Zhenggui almost blurted out., Wasn't it just a loss of 800 million US Dollars? How did it suddenly beco a thousandfold increase? If this isn't robbery, what is it?
Their Qingqiu Country had strived for many years and had only managed to accumulate a foreign exchange reserve of just over 400 billion US Dollars; even if they were to sell everything they had, it would rely cover half the amount.
"Mr. Zhang, we can't co up with that much money," Quan Zhenggui said with a bitter smile.
"Can't co up with 800 billion US Dollars? Paupers!" Zhang nglong disdainfully remarked.
Paupers? Just go and ask, which country can easily take out 800 billion US Dollars? Qingqiu Country's foreign exchange reserve of 400 billion US Dollars already placed them ninth in the world, Zhang nglong was clearly being unreasonable.
"Or do you think that I, Zhang nglong, don't deserve compensation for the 800 billion US Dollar loss?" Zhang nglong's tone beca increasingly dangerous, "It doesn't have to be in US Dollars; Qingqiu Currency, Huaxia Currency, it's all fine by . I'm not picky when it cos to money."
Now Quan Zhenggui suddenly understood an old Huaxia saying: they were like fish on the chopping board!
Let alone the fact that they were in the wrong on this matter to begin with, even if they were in the right, facing soone as aggressive as Zhang nglong, what could they do? Of course, they could choose to resist to the end, but with a single command from Zhang nglong, 40% of the nation's electricity and energy supply could be cut off, which would be an absolute disaster for the country.
Without needing much ti, just a few days, the entire Qingqiu Country would fall into chaos. Just the rioting masses would be enough of a headache, not to ntion the direct economic losses, which could hardly be estimated but perhaps wouldn't be much less than the 800 billion US Dollars.
"Don't look so resigned to your fate!" Zhang nglong continued, "I know it's hard to co up with that much money all at once. There's a down paynt when you buy cars and houses, right? I have a suggestion for you. I know you've got 400 billion US Dollars in foreign exchange reserves, you could use that as a down paynt!"
"Let
think about the interest rate," Zhang nglong mused to himself, "based on an annual interest rate of 30%..."
"Damn it!" The people from Qingqiu Country cursed one after another, completely collapsing upon hearing this annual interest rate of 30%. Is this a loan? This is bloody usury! With such an interest rate, the interest they'd have to pay Zhang nglong in the first year would be 120 billion US Dollars. Their last GDP was only about 1.6 trillion US Dollars—were the people of their country not going to eat, drink, or spend anything?
"Or I could give you another option!" Zhang nglong pondered for a mont before saying, "No money? You could use sothing else to settle the debt. I find your Qiuyuan City quite nice. I already own one-tenth of the land, and I wouldn't mind having three tis that amount."
You might not mind, but we do!
Quan Zhenggui felt as if he were negotiating with a devil. Qiuyuan was their capital! When one-tenth of it was sold, it was because of history; they had no choice. But even just this one-tenth of the land had already caused a significant impact.
Every year, they had to allocate a large portion of their tax revenue to Zhang nglong, and for any construction they did, they had to pay him land rent! The direct losses every year exceeded 10 billion US Dollars!
And 800 billion US Dollars could almost buy another two such pieces of land!
If they lost 30% of the land in Qiuyuan, they would never be able to hold their heads up again! A Huaxia man had beco their landlord—could there be anything more ironic? Could Qiuyuan still be called the capital of Qingqiu Country?
"Give us so ti to discuss it," Quan Zhenggui implored, knowing that if they did not bleed a little this ti, they would not be able to appease Zhang nglong's anger.
Zhang nglong's demand was quite subtle: painful enough to leave a deep lesson, yet not so crushing as to push them to the brink of despair.
"Fine, discuss all you want. I haven't had dinner yet. Let
know when you've made a decision!"
Zhang nglong, not considering himself an outsider, directly took a seat sowhere with Lee Ji-eun.
"Ji-eun, you shouldn't bother with the entertainnt circle anymore. Co work for !" Zhang nglong chatted leisurely with Lee Ji-eun.
"Sure!" said Lee Ji-eun, "Oppa, are you planning to open a company in Qingqiu?"
"What's the point of that?" Zhang nglong said disdainfully, "Your Qingqiu Country is already filled with foreign enterprises that hold my shares. My companies have long been flourishing all over Qingqiu Country!"
"Then what do you need
for?"
"Heh heh!" Zhang nglong glanced at Quan Zhenggui and others, "I plan to grab a big piece of land here, then fill it with houses! And then rent them out. You can help
collect the rent from each household every day, carrying the keys around!"
"Pfft!" Lee Ji-eun couldn't help laughing out loud. Zhang nglong was clearly speaking 'Underworld' lingo here, with the aim of grossing out Quan Zhenggui and his group. To occupy their Qingqiu Country lands, collect their land rent, and now even thinking about collecting house rent—it was like treating the lands of Qiuyuan City in Qingqiu Country as a family property to be passed down for generations!
Those lands, Zhang nglong acquired almost for free, paying only for so construction and material costs. With permanent ownership, he would be able to recover all the costs in just a few years.
If Zhang nglong really got one-fifth of the land from here, that would be over one hundred square kiloters! Using such a vast tract of land for building skyscrapers was shooting for the stars!
"Oppa, I might not even be able to collect all the rent!" said Lee Ji-eun.
"No worries, if you can't do it alone, we can hire people! It'll also help Qingqiu Country's employnt rate, creating more job opportunities!"
Quan Zhenggui heard their entire conversation clearly, feeling as though he was about to suffer a heart attack. Using their country's land to boost employnt and then all the earnings end up in Zhang nglong's pocket? Was that called employnt stimulation? Wasn't the GDP created by this negative?
After a long ti, Quan Zhenggui and the others finally finished discussing. He seed to have aged ten years in an instant.
"Have you finished discussing?" Zhang nglong asked.
"Mr. Zhang, we've decided to pay this amount using a mixed approach, 200 billion US Dollars in cash, plus 120 square kiloters of land in Jinshan City," Quan Zhenggui had soone bring a map, pointing the area out to Zhang nglong.
"Do you think I'm an idiot? Is this worthless place worth 600 billion US Dollars?" Zhang nglong said. This area was all mountains and wasteland, without much comrcial or tourist value.
"Mr. Zhang, this is the best we can offer," Quan Zhenggui was almost about to kneel before Zhang nglong. They already had construction plans completed for land in the urban areas, while these suburbs were scraped together begrudgingly.
"Am I supposed to fancy your crappy place?" Zhang nglong said disdainfully, "Out here in the middle of nowhere, I'd freeze my ass off even taking a shit!"
"By the way, Ji-eun, is there anyplace with nice scenery in Qingqiu?"
"Well... We have Jiling Island, the scenery there is quite beautiful. I visited a few tis, it's practically the Hawaii of Qingqiu!"
"Deal!" Zhang nglong turned to Quan Zhenggui and said, "I want 150 square kiloters of Jiling Island land, the type that's next to the coast with beaches!"
Seeing Quan Zhenggui's distressed expression of being caught between a rock and a hard place, Zhang nglong added emphasis, "This is my bottom line!"
Quan Zhenggui and the people beside him looked at one another, finally gritting their teeth and nodding in agreent.
"200 billion US Dollars will be transferred to your account within three days, and the transfer of the island land, due to so complex issues involved, may take a month's ti."
"I'll arrange for people to handle it!" Zhang nglong stretched lazily and rose to his feet, "Ji-eun, let's go!"
"Mr. Zhang, wait, the Arab oil..."
"Hong Yi, tell them to resu the oil supply, and the price will increase by 30% over the next three years!"
"What? A price increase?" Quan Zhenggui was taken aback.
"Consider this a warning!" Zhang nglong said, "If there's a next ti, it won't be this simple!"
Zhang nglong revealed a wicked smile, "But I'd welco you guys to hire soone to try killing
again!"
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