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"I will definitely contact him before dark." The hotel manager took a deep breath, his eyes sharp and his aura imposing, as if he were about to go to war, and then turned and strode away.
"Sir, are you looking to buy Lanai Island from him?" Nagini asked curiously. "With your wealth, why don't you buy other islands?"
Su shrugged: "To save time, buying other islands would require me to conduct on-site inspections and deal with all sorts of people, which would be too time-consuming."
"What if he refuses to sell?" Nagini thought that since the other party had spent money to buy the place and turn it into a pineapple plantation, he certainly wouldn't easily resell it, right?
They won't sell?
Su's lips curled up slightly. There is nothing in this world that cannot be sold; everything has a price.
"You'll find out when the time comes." Su leaned back slightly, squinting her eyes as she sunbathed.
Profit is undoubtedly the biggest driving force in the world.
About two hours before sunset, the manager arrived, sweating profusely but walking briskly.
Although he didn't speak, you could tell from the joy and excitement on his face that it must have been successful.
"Sir, I've taken care of your matter." The hotel manager wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling with barely suppressed excitement: "Mr. Duer will be visiting you at the hotel tomorrow."
Ms. Su smiled and placed the $500,000 she had prepared beforehand in front of the hotel manager: "How did you manage that?"
The hotel manager's eyes were red as he stared at the money.
"I used some personal connections to get in touch with Mr. Durr. Sir, I boldly guessed that you might want to buy Mr. Durr's Lanai Island, so I used that as a pretext to contact Mr. Durr and revealed some of your information, mainly hoping that Mr. Durr would take this matter seriously and come to see you in person." (Li's)
Su guessed that if it weren't for profit, people wouldn't have taken the initiative to visit him, a wealthy man who was not famous and not many people knew him.
"Congratulations, your efforts have been richly rewarded," Madam Su said with a light smile.
The hotel manager nodded quickly, suppressing his excitement as he put away the $500,000.
"Mr. Duer will arrive tomorrow, and I will bring him to see you." After saying this, the hotel manager bowed and slowly turned to leave.
As he emerged from the room, the hotel manager could not contain his excitement, jumping and skipping silently, completely abandoning his usual solemnity and seriousness.
Nothing was said that night. The next morning, Su met Mr. Duer, the founder of the Duer Group, in his room, brought by the hotel manager.
The first meeting was not very pleasant.
……
P.S.: After finishing the island-buying plot, I'll travel back in time, returning to the evil forces and the new storyline.
Chapter 274 Have you ever seen a bedroom piled high with cash?
"Is he the wealthy man you mentioned who's interested in buying Lanai Island at a high price?" Duer glanced at Su, then turned to the hotel manager with displeasure and snapped, "Do you know the consequences of playing me for a fool?"
The hotel manager hurriedly explained, "Mr. Duer, I wasn't playing a trick on you."
Duer turned to look at Su: "Are you an adult? You look no more than thirteen or fourteen. You didn't steal money from the family, did you?"
Thirteen or fourteen years old?
Su Shi looked at Du Er's serious expression and couldn't help but chuckle.
That's true. Due to racial differences, East Asians tend to look younger than their age, while Westerners tend to look older than their age.
The girls I know are all quite young, but they all look very mature.
Judging by Western perspectives, I do look quite young.
The reason why "Future" hasn't encountered many similar situations is because of the information age, and everyone has some understanding of it. Secondly, there's Su's behavior and temperament, or rather, the added benefit of wealth, so naturally no one would think Su is a child.
"Buying an island is nothing, it's not like I'd steal money from my family," Su said with a light laugh.
"Just buying an island?"
Duer sneered, "Do you know how many dollars this island of mine is worth? I spent tens of thousands of dollars when I bought it, and then invested millions more in building the Bolognese 250 Garden."
“If you want to buy it now, the island itself is worth $8 million. Add my investment, as well as the resulting losses and profits, and you’ll need at least $30 million to buy it!”
Duer looked at Su Shi: "Can you afford it?"
The price of Duer is somewhat inflated, but it is also reasonable. After all, they spent time building it, and now that it is being sold off at the last minute, the company's pineapple supply will be affected, as will sales and orders. Moreover, they will have to find a new site and rebuild the pineapple plantation.
If the price is too low, he has no reason to sell it.
It's Su who wants to buy, not Duer who wants to sell!
For example, if you invest 500,000 in a very successful business that generates a million in annual revenue, and someone offers to buy it for double your investment, that is, one million, would you sell?
Totally impossible!
You can only buy it at a premium.
Mrs. Su was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "How many US dollars?"
"thirty million!"
Duer thought Su was frightened, shook his head, and turned to leave.
He didn't think the Su family was poor. If they could stay in such a hotel and contact him through the hotel's connections, they certainly couldn't be poor.
Thirty million, his family might be able to afford it.
But Duer didn't think that a deal worth 30 million would be handed over to a 'kid' like Su. He believed that Su was unaware of the situation and thought that he could buy anything with a little money.
“Thirty million, and you’re asking me if I can afford it?” Su scoffed. Duer stopped and turned to look at him.
"I thought you were talking so arrogantly that it would cost much more, but it's only 30 million? And you even asked me if I could afford it? To be honest, I feel offended."
Su waved her finger, and Nagini, who was standing to the side, turned and walked towards the bedroom door, pushing it open.
The door opened, and stacks of US dollars piled up so high they almost filled the bedroom.
"This……"
Duer was dumbfounded.
The hotel manager was dumbfounded.
They had never seen so much cash before, and... it was piled up all over the room like this.
"How much...how much is this?" Duer asked instinctively.
"Five billion!"
Five hundred million?!
Duer and the hotel manager were breathing heavily and their eyes were red.
The two even subconsciously glanced at Su Shi with ill-intentioned looks.
Five hundred million US dollars! That's five hundred million US dollars! Just sitting there naked in a room...
It's perfectly normal to be tempted by money. If two Asians were carrying a staggering five hundred million US dollars, nine out of ten people would likely harbor ill intentions upon hearing the news.
Mrs. Su smiled as she looked at the two people who were still in shock at the five hundred million US dollars.
Driven by greed?
Sure, whether they steal or rob, if they're capable of taking even a single penny from here, I'll twist my head off and give it to them to kick around like a ball.
Duer and the hotel manager quickly calmed down. Although five hundred million US dollars was tempting, the fact that someone dared to put the money here meant they had the confidence to protect it.
Even the hotel manager had no idea when or how Su had managed to get so much money into the room; such methods were enough to deter his greed.
As for Duer, he was certainly greedy, but he quickly calmed down; his current idea was to sell Lanai Island for a higher price.
“Mr. Su, I apologize for my previous offense. Also, I feel there are some other factors that haven't been taken into account, so the price may…”
Duer's initial arrogance followed by obsequiousness revealed his true intentions, which were blatantly shameless: to raise the price at the last minute.
Nagini was somewhat angry, but Sue was unimpressed.
He smiled and looked at Duer: "I didn't care how much you offered. When I buy something, I only care about its value to me!"
"Five hundred million is the price I paid for Lanai Island."
“But…” Su looked at Duer, who was clearly breathing heavily, “Your offense has made me very unhappy, so I’ve changed my mind and will go with your previous price.”
"I won't sell!" Duer said hastily. "I won't sell for thirty million US dollars."
Knowing that he was planning to offer $500 million to buy it, how could Duer be willing to sell for $30 million?
Su laughed: "Is Lanai the only island in Hawaii? Thirty million should be enough for me to buy a bigger and better island, right?"
Duer was speechless for a moment. Yes, he was not Duer's only choice, but only his first choice.
"Snapped!"
Duer slapped himself hard in frustration. "Mr. Su, I apologize again for my previous rudeness. I hope you can forgive me."
“A slap isn’t worth 470 million. But I’ll give you a chance. The map shows there’s another island, Kahulawe, near Lanai, right?” Su asked with a smile.
Duer nodded: "Yes, but that island has no water source and little economic value. It used to be a penal island of the Kingdom of Hawaii, where Queen Kahumanu used it as a place to exile Catholics. After the exile law was abolished, the island became a sheep farm and was designated a forest reserve in 1910."
Duer was quite familiar with the nearby islands.
Su said nonchalantly, "Lanai Island, Kahulawe Island, three days. If you can complete all the formalities, this five hundred million US dollars is yours."
"Really?"
Duer's reaction at this moment was exactly the same as the hotel manager's yesterday.
Ms. Su nodded: "I'll only give you three days."
“I can definitely get it done within three days, but… I need the funds!” Duer glanced at the money in the bedroom: “Three days isn’t enough time for me to organize my assets.”
"You can take the money here. If you can't do it in three days, I'll find a way to take back both the money and your island," Su said confidently, waving her hand.
Chapter 275 The Island Acquired, Returning to the Future
In an era when an ordinary worker's annual salary is only four or five hundred US dollars, and in an era when five hundred US dollars can take a person's life, five hundred million US dollars is an astronomical figure!
At their first meeting, Sue neither verified Duer's identity nor asked for any collateral, nor even signed any written agreement. His attitude towards the five hundred million US dollars was like that of five US dollars, which made Duer, who considered himself rich, realize for the first time what a top-tier tycoon was like.