Chapter 1245 – The Islander (II)
The world-famous Fortune magazine, once predicted in its inaugural issue in 1930, “As a symbol of wealth, privately owned islands will replace even the yacht in today’s world.”
This prediction was realized in the 1950s and 1960s, on the east and west coasts of Canada. There are private islands along the New England coast, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and the coast of the European region, and North America has become even more of a private island paradise.
However, in China, due to the imperfections of the relevant regulations, the validation of this prediction came later and more tortuous, until 2005, the concept of private islands in the minds of the people.
But there are also some like Zhuang Rui such invisible rich people, in foreign countries to buy a private island to do the addiction of the island owner, and today, this kind of life away from the hustle and bustle of the world, by more and more rich people recognized.
From the airplane overlooking this completely belongs to their own private island, Zhuang Rui heart also some excitement, with the ancient words, this is his fiefdom, and Zhuang Rui is the lord of the island.
When the plane came to a standstill on the long runway, Zhuang Rui pushed open the hatch and walked down, the warm and slightly salty air of the sea breeze made his spirit refreshed.
The airport is not very big, but there are two runways that can accommodate two airplanes taking off and landing at the same time, in the surrounding area with barbed wire and outside to isolate, in the front of the runway, there is a two-story tower command room.
“Hubby, it’s so beautiful! Really want to live here forever.”
The outside of the airport was filled with tall palm trees, and a little further away was the lush primitive forest, a mist shrouded over it, making it look exceptionally mysterious and beautiful.
Hearing his wife’s words, Zhuang Rui’s heart also rose a trace of tenderness, stretched out his arm and wrapped it around Qin Xuanbing’s waist, and opened his mouth to say, “When I retire, we’ll live here, fishing every day, and going out to the sea to blow the sea breeze, OK?”
In the past few years, Zhuang Rui’s fame is getting bigger and bigger, and his fortune is getting richer and richer, but the hustle and bustle of the city makes him feel more and more bored, and after spending a long time with animals, Zhuang Rui’s mentality is more inclined to a natural and free life.
Hearing Zhuang Rui’s soft voice in his ear, Qin Xuan Bing’s face reveals a mesmerized look, she is a tranquil nature, can live with her husband’s son and daughter in this paradise place, Qin Xuan Bing is incomparably satisfied.
“Xiao Zhuang, finally arrived at the place? This …… this island, is it all yours?”
The voices of Zhang Ma and Li Sister-in-law interrupted the conversation between Zhuang Rui’s two families, these two were also shocked by the sight of the island from the airplane window just now, and after getting off the plane, they hurriedly looked around.
Zhuang Rui smiled at the words and said, “Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li, do you want to live here for a long time in the future?”
“That …… that there are rice-planting songs and dances here?”
After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, Sister-in-law Li thought about it seriously, she was much younger than Zhang Ma and also Zhuang Mother, and she liked to go to the park and dance and twist rice-planting songs with a bunch of old men and women the most when she was not doing anything.
“Haha, not now, there will be later.”
Zhuang Rui laughed out loud, this island of his, is much bigger than the surrounding islands purchased by those Hollywood celebrities, even if he excludes that pristine forest area, he can easily live in ten thousand or so people.
However, for environmental protection and other aspects of the consideration, Zhuang Rui at most only allow the island to live a hundred or eighty people, and then more will affect the surrounding ecological environment, this is not Zhuang Rui hope to see.
In the airplane stayed a day of the two little guys, but also from Zhuang Rui side squeeze out, stumbling in the airport ran up, face full of excitement.
“Oh, oh, daddy, this place is so beautiful! I wish Little White was here too.”
After the two little guys ran around madly, they hugged Zhuang Rui’s thighs on the left and right, the Little White in their mouths was naturally the White Lion.
“Dad also wants to, next time we will definitely bring the white lion, in the future we will come to the island every year for a few months.”
Due to the fact that there were too many people coming this time, there was not enough space in the cabin, and the White Lion didn’t really like to sit on the boat, Zhuang Rui could only leave those two at home.
Seeing the last one off the plane Peng Fei and Hao Long eyes are also full of longing, Zhuang Rui smiled and asked, “Peng Fei, next time let Zhang Qian come together, Hao Long, and several of you, do you want to live here for a long time ah?”
“Of course I want to! I don’t care, Brother Zhuang, must leave me a house.” Peng Fei and Zhuang Rui are lifelong friends, naturally there are no worries when they speak.
“Brother Zhuang, I also want to, I just don’t know if my daughter-in-law is willing?”
Hao Long smiled honestly, he took the marriage last year, his daughter-in-law is five or six years younger than him is now also arranged by Zhuang Rui in the “Qin Ruilin” work.
“Do not want to do not matter, here are for you to leave a house, later come to vacation is also OK.”
Zhuang Rui looked at the other several envious security guards, said: “If you are willing to stay here to work, the salary is five times higher than the domestic, three years later you can choose to go back to your country or stay here to continue to work, if you work for ten years, there will be a set of private property belonging to you. Well, if you get married during this period, your wives can also come over, in accordance with their original salary of three times the treatment settlement.”
Such a private island, Zhuang Rui naturally want to arrange trusted security guards, these people are Hao Long’s comrades in arms, follow Zhuang Rui also has more than two years of time, can be considered Zhuang Rui’s old team.
However, although this place has beautiful scenery, but young people may not be able to stay here quietly, so Zhuang Rui gave very generous conditions.
“Boss, I’m willing to stay.”
“I am also willing, this place is too beautiful.”
“I …… have to go back and discuss with my daughter-in-law to see if she is willing to ……”
Several people’s answers are not exactly the same, as Zhuang Rui thought, like such a beautiful place, to travel and vacation is good, but to live for a long time, it is a bit boring.
Zhuang Rui nodded and said, “It’s okay, you guys think about it carefully, this place is not far from the United States and Cuba, and you can take a helicopter out of the city to play around when you’re resting in the future.”
After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, the security guard who was still hesitant was also a bit moved, but it seems that like Hao Long, he should be a master who is afraid of his daughter-in-law, and hesitantly did not nod his head.
“Boss, we’re coming here for vacation too!”
Zhuang Rui private plane flight attendants and pilots, also put together a lively, Zhuang Rui’s this island, even than the resort Maldives is no less, no one can resist the beautiful scenery here.
“Okay, I’ll give you guys a chance once a year.” Zhuang Rui nodded indifferently, he had promised the crew two chances to travel every year.
“Zhuang Rui, younger siblings, Xiao Peng, hehe, all here!”
While Zhuang Rui’s few people were standing under the airplane chatting, two five-row, three-person seat battery cars, slowly drove over, and before the cars could stabilize, Hu Rong jumped down from above.
“Brother Hu, it’s really hard for you.” Zhuang Rui hurriedly greeted him.
Hu Rong smiled and waved his hand, saying, “It’s not hard, I’m getting ready to be neighbors with you! Let’s go, all get on the car, I’ll take you on a tour.”
The two battery cars were big enough to seat thirty people, after Zhuang Rui and his group got on the cars, the battery cars drove out of the airport and drove along the road paved with white sandstone towards the front.
“Zhuang Rui, all the energy supply on this island is solar, the power generation as well as the water supply system will not destroy the original ecology of the island.”
As the battery car drove slowly, Hu Rong gave Zhuang Rui a verbal introduction of the island and its surroundings.
In the north of the island, is the famous pirate movie star Johnny Depp’s private island, I do not know whether he was affected by the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, really want to have a pirate addiction?
South is the movie star Leonardo DiCaprio’s island, covers an area of more than 600 acres of the island and Zhuang Rui compared to this island, it seems unusually shabby.
When Hu Rong in the construction of this island, there are a lot of Hollywood movie stars and financial tycoons, have come over to contact Hu Rong, want to pay a high price to buy this private island, the highest one even bid eight hundred million U.S. dollars, far higher than the price of the island itself.
According to Hu Rong’s statement, at the other end of the island, there is also a deep underwater cave more than a hundred meters deep, which is covered with a variety of stalactites, is the best choice to find the secret.
All of this makes Zhuang Rui this island has become the king of the island known far and wide, and the mysterious owner has also become the object that those movie stars and moguls want to know, perhaps when Zhuang Rui lives in, it is estimated that it will often be visited by the neighbors.
“There’s the harbor, it’s enough for your Xuan Rui ship to dock, let’s go, let’s take a look at the beach over there, I’ve compared several private islands, none of them have a beach as good as this one.”
Hu Rong said, drove the battery car to a beach side of the road, the shimmering and glowing sandy beach, blue sea water was suddenly presented in front of everyone.
At this time it was near dusk, and the sun that was about to set, rendered the originally snow-white sandy beach into a golden color, and that kind of beautiful scenery made the group of people all shocked.
The area of the island was too large, and only a small half of it had been developed, Hu Rong took the crowd on a tour of the beach, and then returned to the villa area located at the other end of the airport.
These villas were all completely in the style of ancient Chinese architecture, with a maximum of just two floors, and the villas were surrounded by tall palm trees, yet they didn’t look out of place at all. In addition to the six single-family villas, there were also some seemingly scattered buildings around the villas that actually fit in with the surrounding environment.
In this far away from China on the other side of the ocean to see these houses, as if in the country in general, which makes Zhuang Rui look greatly satisfied, live here, can also alleviate some homesickness.