Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1279 - 639 - Became a Hot Commodity_3

Chapter 1279: Chapter 639 - Became a Hot Commodity_3

The heat tickled my ears, as I listened to the erotic love words, Lana Brown’s body simply melted away.

Indeed, what confirmed Sean Knight’s suspicion was that the person who came on behalf of the government was indeed bringing good news.

"You want me to buy a few more islands? How many? Where exactly? Can I buy them anywhere?"

The person discussing this matter with Sean Knight was also a Chinese, surnamed Chen, named Chen Yishun.

The two conducted their conversation in a large and luxurious reception room.

Sean Knight sat in the main seat, with Lana Brown serving as both secretary and assistant. Her assistant had left the reception room after initially coming in to serve tea.

Now, looking at the usually decisive and assertive Lana Brown nestled in Sean Knight’s embrace like a little bird relying on him, Chen Yishun’s heart was filled with mixed feelings.

After hearing Sean Knight’s question, he said, laughing,

"Of course not. The islands we hope Mr. Knight can purchase are naturally selective."

As he spoke, he pulled out a book from the package he was carrying.

Opening it, it was a foldout map. Once unfolded, the map was quite large, and densely packed with islands.

Several of them were circled.

"These circled islands are available for Mr. Knight to choose from."

Sean Knight looked it over and frowned, shaking his head,

"Basically, none of these are what I want. I am in favor of buying islands, but I don’t want these."

Chen Yishun wasn’t surprised and simply asked,

"Why doesn’t Mr. Knight want them? Can you give me a reason?"

Sean Knight threw the book onto the tea table and said to Chen Yishun,

"You officials show no sincerity at all. These islands are either too small with no economic value, or they’re too far from here, not suitable for development. Some are even in the typhoon belt. Even if I buy them, I wouldn’t know what to do with them. There are one or two decent islands, but they are inhabited. How am I supposed to develop them? How do I deal with the locals?"

"So, if Mr. Knight were to buy, which islands would he consider?" Chen Yishun asked, picking up the book and spreading it out in front of Sean Knight, "Please mark them out. I will consult my superiors about it later."

Sean Knight decisively circled seven or eight islands near Big Island and then tossed the pen aside,

"These few. If your side has no objections, these are quite good. They’re close by, which makes them easier for me to manage. After all, if they’re too far, just the security force I need to establish would make it a loss for me."

"I understand," Chen Yishun put away the map, saying, "Actually, I too really hope Mr. Knight would purchase and develop these islands."

"Why?" Sean Knight could sense Chen Yishun’s goodwill and even favor towards him, and asked curiously.

"Because I have also purchased a house on Your Island. Not just me, but many Chinese in Jakarta City have bought villas here," said Chen Yishun with a smile, "Though we may not be in charge of senior management, we still wield substantial influence at the middle and lower levels. We are the ones who most hope that the number of islands under Mr. Knight’s control could increase."

Sean Knight turned to look at Lana Brown, who shook her head and said,

"I only knew that most of the houses were bought by the Chinese, but I never looked into who they were specifically."

Sean Knight was aware of the general environment here. Although the Chinese held a large portion of the wealth, their political clout was minimal, otherwise, those tragic events wouldn’t have occurred so many times.

"Mr. Knight may not be aware," continued Chen Yishun, "but the taxes contributed by Big Island to Indonesia are substantial. Although there are voices in the government’s senior management wary of Mr. Knight possibly breaking away Big Island, due to the high tax revenue, these voices aren’t mainstream."

"So your government wants more islands like this just to collect more taxes?" Sean Knight countered.

"The government’s senior management indeed thinks this way. However, in our opinion, this is also beneficial. At least privately, we feel that staying here is safe."

Of course it was safe; just those refurbished 022s, if Sean Knight got tough, he could wipe out the Indonesian Navy with them!

"Then pass my stance back," Sean Knight smiled, "As long as they agree to sell me these islands and the price is right, I will immediately start the development."

When chatting with Lana Brown earlier, Sean Knight knew that there were too many tourists coming from the mainland now, and the island’s carrying capacity was already limited. Tens of thousands of people came every day, just the supply alone was troublesome.

If it weren’t for the airport here and the daily wheel ships transporting goods, and if the island’s farming and breeding systems weren’t already established, feeding these tourists would be a problem!

Now, with the economic climate not doing well, neighboring countries are all offering substantial incentives to attract tourists, but deep down, most Chinese have already ’stood up’, and domestic tourism is more popular than going abroad—safety first!

After all, the safety environment in these neighboring countries is truly terrible. Couples getting killed, and once dead, the matters are hastily concluded without any proper explanation!

And this is supposed to be in luxury hotels!

With all this happening, who would dare to go out?

Now, it’s well known around the world that when the Chinese travel, they spend generously.

With such money at stake, how could they not be anxious?

Just look around, only on Sean Knight’s Big Island are the tourists swarming, overflowing beyond capacity.

Who wouldn’t want to draw that crowd to their own country?

But they just can’t make it work.

So the government thinks, since people come to you for your reputation and safety, then give you a few more islands. Once you’ve made them successful, the taxes will be the same.

At this moment, forget the rest—money is the most important thing.

That’s how this idea came about.

For the Indonesian government, this is an urgent need, but for Sean Knight, it’s purely optional. A buyer’s market, which makes it easy to negotiate!

After putting away the map, Chen Yishun said,

"Just now, it was about the government’s mission. Next, I have something personal to say. Our Chinese community fully supports Mr. Knight. If it weren’t for nationality issues, electing Mr. Knight as a Congressman would not be a problem now!

Mr. Knight, do you know? We lack a sense of security! But here, with the warships at the port and on the sea surface, they provide a strong sense of security!"

Sean Knight laughed inwardly. He’s thinking, this is just the beginning. If he could secure those few islands, he definitely intended to bring in a 052D!