Chapter 1162: 1162. Island Master Li (1/5)
Chapter 1162 1162. Island Master Li (15)
The group of people was lucky. After the yacht went out to sea, the weather was good for several days. At most, sometimes the sea would be a bit rough, but there was no heavy rain, and the weather continued to be sunny.
The yacht needs to be named, and Li Du named it the Lee-Martin. Brother Wolf checked the Internet and said that no Australian ship has this name yet, and they can use it.
Li Du also felt that no one would use this name, it was too weird, if not for his surname Li and Sophie's surname Martin, he would not have used such a name.
Sophie designed a logo for the ship, which is two hands holding together under the starry sky.
Every night, he would shake hands with Li Du and lay on the top of the boat to watch the starry sky.
Li Du was very happy on a sea voyage, but he was not so happy when he arrived in Hobart. Bull Stewart and Theodore Tony were waiting for him at the pier, or waiting for his bank card.
One of the two is a senior real estate agent of Red Oak, the largest real estate transaction company in Australia, and the other is the director of the Australian National Land Assets Strategy Center. They are both experts in purchasing real estate.
Li Du also arranged for them two lawyers to assist them. With these four people as the backbone, the four people used their respective network energy to form a team for buying islands.
The process of buying the island was smooth, but it was time-consuming. Tasmania, the Australian government, the Ministry of Defense, and the Navy all needed to inspect and review Seagull Island, and they could only sell it if there was no problem.
If the island is involved in national defense, then Seagull Island will not be sold. This is the most fundamental problem.
Another point is that if there are mineral resources and chemical energy on the island, they will not be sold. Even if they are sold, they will be put on the shelves at a sky-high price of one billion.
The Australian government is very rogue, and they did not find any resources on the island. Even so, they used the name of the beautiful island where the black gold abalone grows and the geothermal energy is developed, to forcibly raise the price of Shaou Island by several steps.
The two initially estimated the value of Gull Island at less than one-fifth of the transaction price, but the Australian government and the Tasmanian government are so awesome and abruptly raised the price.
After the two sides met, Bull also complained: "These bureaucrats are too greedy, and they really do anything to raise prices!"
"Can't we lower the price? Negotiate the price again." Li Du frowned and said, the price of 178 million is too high.
Bull spread his hands helplessly, and said, "Mr. Li, we have no choice. Do you know what the Australian government did after we put forward the idea of buying the island?"
"What's up?"
"While they were negotiating with us, they put the island up for price and accepted other people's offers to put pressure on us."
Li Du asked, "Is there anyone else interested in that island besides me?"
Bull smiled wryly, and said, "Not many private individuals are interested in it, but some state agencies, such as enterprises, ocean bureaus, and fisheries bureaus, are quite interested in it and participated in the bidding."
What can Li Du say? With such an unreasonable and shameless government, if he wants to buy Sha'ou Island, he will pay a high price.
But fortunately, the opal mines on the island do not exist on the surface, but under the ore, and the exposed opals can only be encountered by checking from the ocean. The government did not find the mines.
Otherwise, Li Du would never even think about buying this island.
Originally, the price of 30 to 40 million could buy Shaou Island, but he missed it, and the rate of return was very high.
Now that he bought the island at this price, he could make a lot of money. As long as he could develop the opal mines on the island, he could earn money for decades.
And even if the mine is developed, the island is still valuable, with beautiful scenery and an excellent location, it can be developed into a resort.
Now most of the private islands in the ocean have been developed into tourist attractions.
Accompanied by the two of Bull, he began to contact Tasmania's land management department, who had already handled all the documents for the island sale, and Li Du would just spend the money and sign it.
Tasmania attaches great importance to this matter. After all, the entire state has no pillar industries and can only rely on tourism for development. The state government’s fiscal revenue is among the lowest in Australia.
The price of Seagull Island is 174 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 200 million Australian dollars, and the tax revenue of the Tasmanian state government is only this amount for a quarter.
So, can they not care about this?
The high asking price of Shagull Island is also related to the local economic situation.
Tasmania is far away from the Australian mainland, and has always been regarded as a godson. There is no development policy, and there is no large-scale investment under the guidance of the government. The island can only use its nature as a highlight to attract tourists to develop tourism.
Among them, the local real estate industry also belongs to the tourism industry, because most people who buy houses and land here are interested in the beautiful scenery and suitable climate on the island.
Island trading is also one of the real estate industries. Every island is a pillar of the state government’s tourism industry, at least a pillar of publicity. Although there are no tourists going to Sand Gull Island, the government and the Tourism Bureau still believe that it has a significant role in promoting tourism.
Li Du has to pay for the tourism industry for the next 20 years, and part of the more than 170 million yuan is the loss compensation request given by the Tourism Bureau.
Anyway, this is Australia's territory, and it's Tasmania's territory. Li Du has no right to speak here. He can only implement what the officials say.
After all, he is not here to invest, but to buy other people's resources. Of course, the government will not give him preferential conditions.
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Arlint Wood, Tasmania's Governor Bruce Noble Kyle, State Parliament Speaker Daniel Derick and other national dignitaries attended the signing ceremony for buying the island.
They wanted to hold a press conference to promote the island that was sold at the highest price ever.
But Li Du hopes to keep a low profile, the reason is that he will live overseas alone in the future, and being too high-profile will easily attract the covetousness of criminals.
These big shots could only regretfully agree to his request, instead of holding a press conference, they held a signing ceremony alone.
When signing the contract, Li Du felt that the money was worth it.
It's like signing a contract for land cession and indemnity. The governments of Australia and Tasmania belong to the ceded party. It's interesting to see the expressions of these people.
After the signing was completed, Li Du began to send money to the state finance department in batches.
Governor Bruce Nuo shook hands with him and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, congratulations on becoming the owner of Australia's largest private island. I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future. I hope you can help us introduce more friends who are interested in islands."
Tasmania is the state of thousands of islands in Australia, dotted with large and small islands, of course, mainly some small islands with only a few hectares.
Li Du fully agreed, saying that he would introduce his wealthy friends, but he had a request, and the Tasmanian government had to help the development of Shagull Island.