Age of Dreams

The relationship between India and Pakistan is very bad, and the contradictions between them are also great.

So they are just making noise on the Internet and it doesn't affect anything.

Qin Yibin has already told Xiao Qi. He once told the Indian management that if they want, the goods sold in India can be produced in Pakistan, which will reduce the price of many goods by at least 15%.

However, after repeated consideration, the Indian department rejected the proposal, saying that it would not consider it for the time being.

Because they are simply unwilling to expand Pakistan's interests, many Indians are unwilling to use Pakistani products.

Just like no matter how noisy the Internet is, few Indians ask Xiaoyao Mall to sell Pakistani goods. Indians are not willing to give up their psychological advantage over Pakistan. ——To them, Pakistan is a group of traitors, and is not worthy of being compared with the serious Indian descendants.

India is not interested, but the neighboring country on the other side of Pakistan, Iran, is very interested in Xiaoyao Mall.

As early as the first few months of preparations, they had mentioned to the Chinese Embassy whether they could also open the Xiaoyao Mall to Iran.

The scarcity of daily small commodities in Iran surpasses that of Pakistan, but Iran is much richer than Pakistan—it is money to dig up oil, and it is more popular than the US dollar.

Considering the various blockades in the United States and Europe, China is a bit hesitant.

It is not a big deal for Xiaoyao Shopping Mall to enter Iran. Instead, it can use Iran and Pakistan to further develop and strengthen its power in South Asia and Central Asia.

But the problem is that if one day Iran provokes the United States and Europe, then Xiaoyao Mall, which does business in Iran, will definitely bear the brunt. Freeze its global transactions.

It may even involve the parent company of Xiaoyao Mall-Fairy Company.

The business of Xiaoyao Mall is mainly in China. The United States and Europe can't manage it at all. However, the business of Fairy Company is in the world. If it is sanctioned by Europe and the United States, it will definitely suffer a major blow.

Many countries in Europe and the United States now make a lot of money for a Chinese company. I'm already very dissatisfied, but I can't find a good excuse to come to the Fairy Company. If Xiaoyao Mall gives such a good excuse, I believe they will not let it go.

It is important to have a good relationship with Iran, but if the Fairy Company, China's trademark in the smart electronics industry, suffers any damage due to this, it is even more unwilling to see China.

So this matter hadn't reached Xiao Qi's side, but was beaten back on Niu Ruzheng's side.

But there are so many smart people in China, and they gave Iran a suggestion. That is to allow Iran to purchase through China’s joint venture factory in Pakistan. You can avoid this kind of trouble if you don’t purchase directly through the Xiaoyao Mall, but the price and quality are still controlled by the Xiaoyao Mall. It’s just that Xiaoyao Mall pretends to be invisible. This is a rare confusion, and Europe and the United States can't say anything.

Of course, this matter has to wait until China and the United States have negotiated. Iran took advantage of the trend and proposed not to conduct those experiments before it could proceed. Now they are still under sanctions, and even Pakistan dare not sell them secretly, let alone a joint venture company with a Chinese background.

The Xiaoyao Mall is hosted by Qin Yibin. He is very uncomfortable with such matters involving the interests of the country, but since the big boss has decided to follow his opinions. Then I can only obey.

When the time comes, he will have to talk to a group of suppliers in Pakistan and explain how he can make money without guilty of both sides.

This was another thing that tested him very much, making Qin Yibin quite speechless.

Xiao Qi is naturally very happy to be able to hand over work to capable subordinates.

The Xiaoyao Mall in Pakistan is very popular. It's obvious, Xiao Qi certainly wouldn't worry about it.

What he has been concerned about in recent days has been the sale of islands in Greece.

Credit Suisse First Boston Bank was entrusted by Xiao Qi to start tug-of-saw negotiations with the Greek government in August. After nearly two months of talks, it has finally reached a consensus.

Previously, the Greek government did not realize the severity of the debt crisis, and the current policy of the world's richest people to tighten money, so it quoted very unrealistically high prices.

By June and July, they were already very practical, and the price was reduced by more than 60% compared to before, but still no one came to buy it.

Because buying an island is not what you buy and everything is ok, and subsequent transformations, the supply of various materials, etc., require a lot of money to be invested.

After careful calculation, the cost of buying islands only accounts for about 30% of the total cost, or even less, so everyone is very cautious about this kind of island, even if the price is reduced, it is impossible to flock to buy it.

At this time, the Greek government is a little stubborn. Seeing that various debts continue to mature, the EU's assistance is only a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough. If they do not sell some valuable things in exchange for money to pay off their debts, The entire Greek government is over, and Greece will be taken over by its creditors, thus turning this ancient civilization into a joke.

Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, which was involved in the negotiations at this time, undoubtedly became their guest.

Especially when Xiao Qi was represented by Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, the Greek government paid more attention to this eyeball effect.

As long as the world’s richest man buys something, it’s not bad.

I believe that once the business is negotiated, many scrupulous buyers will take action one after another and come to buy the island.

They are anxious, but Credit Suisse First Boston Bank is not anxious, just a little bit of grinding, grinding the price of the island, grinding various tax policies.

At the beginning of October, the Greek government finally retreated to the bottom line, and it was impossible to make any more concessions. Credit Suisse First Boston Bank then told Xiao Qi about the results of their negotiations.

There are 126 large and small islands with a total area of ​​more than 9,200 acres, but the price is only 2.5 billion US dollars, which is a full 500 million US dollars less than the first offer by the Greek government.

The most important thing is not the direct price of the island, but the tax rate of the island.

Generally speaking, according to international practice, a 5% island property tax should be paid every year. Credit Suisse First Boston Bank finally negotiated 2.3%, and in 50 years, the islands are calculated based on the purchase price. Tax rate, after 50 years, the price will not exceed 200% of the original purchase price.

This has saved Xiao Qi a lot of expenses. It can save at least 80 million U.S. dollars each year, and the calculation base price for 50 years remains unchanged, and the total will save Xiao Qi more than 2 billion in expenses.

Therefore, after the transaction was signed, Xiao Qi directly gave Credit Suisse First Boston Bank a huge compensation of 320 million US dollars, which is not an exaggeration.

However, although this part of the funds has been saved a lot, if he wants to develop these islands, Xiao Qi still has to invest at least 10 billion U.S. dollars, and the annual maintenance cost is calculated at more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.

And most of the money is going to fall on Greek companies, so it is no wonder that the Greek government has no idea of ​​being taken advantage of, but rather laughs from ear to ear.

With such great news, the Greek government can't help it.

They spoke to the media before signing the contract. By the time the contract was signed, more than 100 journalists from around the world gathered around, and they didn't know how many childcares they arranged.

Fortunately, the person who signed the contract was from Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, otherwise Zhou Bo would have gone, and he would not be able to cope with so many journalists braving various national languages.

Everyone's eyes were on why Xiao Qi would buy so many islands.

Counting down, the island is very cheap, but the overall maintenance cost is very expensive. The maintenance cost of more than one billion US dollars a year is not a small amount!

If there are not enough customers, it would be too extravagant if it is only used by Xiao Qi’s family—well, if you think about it, it’s definitely not possible. If Xiao Qi uses it alone, he will buy one at most. A large island of one square kilometer will do. Where is it possible to buy 126 islands.

So everyone knows that Xiao Qi must be preparing for a vacation in the Mediterranean.

Although the tourist wave of Chinese tourists has been very hot in recent years, they still do not believe that these Mediterranean islands can keep prospering for a long time.

After all, from previous experience, Greece is full of holiday islands, but I don’t see how much money I earn~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Whenever it encounters any disturbance, it stops completely, which can be described as very fragile.

They think that although the Chinese are rich now, they are still a bit worse than the Europeans. Even Europeans can't handle the financial crisis, let alone Chinese.

In this regard, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank kept silent, but instead made the reporters even more ticklish, wanting to know what Xiao Qi did.

The Greek government will not tell reporters that one of the conditions for Xiao Qi to purchase these islands is to require the Greek government to issue the most convenient visa for Chinese tourists who come to these islands for vacation.

Basically, as long as the most basic audit is passed, the Greek government must issue a tourist visa, and it must not be embarrassed for any reason.

The Greek government has no opinion on this. They not only hope that Chinese tourists come to travel on the islands, but also hope that they will travel on land in Greece, which can bring them more income.

For the Greek government, which is now madly poor, tourism is their most anticipated financial subsidy! (To be continued.)