Standing at the door of the villa courtyard was a middle-aged white woman in a blue suit. The smart business attire looks very formal. From the Jiang Chen logo on her briefcase, it can be seen that she is from the MA Construction Company in the Netherlands. They are currently responsible for the infrastructure reconstruction and tourism resource development projects in the Pannu Islands.
As for the purpose of her trip, Jiang Chen could roughly guess that she was probably here to "collect debts."
It's embarrassing to say that according to the project contract, every time the construction party completes a phase of the project, the tenderer should pay for this phase of the project. However, since Jiang Chen was not here, he was naturally unable to sign the payment form, so the payment has been delayed until now.
After finally catching the news of Jiang Chen's return, MA Construction Company naturally sent a salesperson immediately, hoping to solve the problem of project payment as soon as possible. Although they have the guarantee of future people's technology, they are not afraid of Jiang Chen hacking their money, but the continued delay of this project payment is a big test for their capital chain.
After seeing Jiang Chen, the lady nodded slightly and introduced herself politely.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang Chen. I am Hannah Cavell, the manager of the European headquarters of MA Construction Company."
"Come in and talk." Jiang Chen smiled and made an invitation gesture.
Hannah nodded and walked into the courtyard gate of the villa.
As Jiang Chen walked towards the door of the villa, she looked around from time to time. Lush subtropical vegetation blooms neatly around the lawn, and broad-leaved low trees are shaped like umbrella sheds. The entire villa is like a castle surrounded by tree shade.
A very beautiful villa. It's just that she always feels a slight sense of disharmony.
"What else are you looking for?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"Yeah" Hannah thought for a moment and suddenly discovered the problem. He opened his mouth and asked, "Why is there no gardener in your villa?"
Because of business needs. She has traveled to the Middle East many times. She had seen many similar villas there, and without exception, she could see gardeners pruning flowers and plants all day long. Judging from the smoothness of the villa's lawn, it should be taken care of by someone, but she didn't see the gardener at the moment.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen smiled and said, "I'm observing carefully, but I don't need a gardener in my villa."
After saying that, he waved to the bushes on the side.
A disc-shaped drone flew out of the bushes and hovered near his hand. If you don't take it apart, the drone itself is not a shocking technology. Jiang Chen didn't hide anything.
However, Hannah, who witnessed this scene, opened her eyes wide and sighed after a while: "Drones for gardening? It's really shocking technology. Although we have been paying attention to the technological progress in this area, we still When I see the finished product for the first time, can I know which company made it?"
After waving the screen to dismiss the drone, Jiang Chen teased, "Don't Bill Gates also like to renovate his mansion? Why do you think this is the work of a big company?"
Hannah was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"You are really funny."
After inviting her into the villa, the two sat down on the sofa in the living room, and Ayesha thoughtfully poured ice-cold drinks for them.
In this weather, a glass of ice-cold orange juice is undoubtedly a wonderful treat.
No more pleasantries were exchanged. Hannah skillfully took out the documents from the briefcase and handed them to Jiang Chen.
"Currently, 50% of the tourist area and infrastructure construction and development projects in the Pannu Islands have been completed and are expected to be completed in December this year. This is detailed information on the completion of the project. According to the contract, we have completed two phases of the project. Is it convenient for you to pay for the two phases of the project now?"
Jiang Chen just picked up the document and glanced at it twice, then said casually.
"Of course it's convenient. Bring me the payment slip."
Hannah nodded and quickly took out a two-piece payment slip from her briefcase.
The two phases of the project total US$4 billion. After confirming that there were no more or less zeros in the number, Jiang Chen readily signed the payer's column.
Saw Jiang Chen signing. Hannah's hanging heart finally relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, she was really worried that Future International would default on payment for the project. Although the agreement stipulated that one payment should be made once the project was completed, there was still a review process involved. If the tendering party does not recognize that you have completed these projects, or if you are stuck in the acceptance process for two or three years, there is no precedent in the world. Doing business overseas is inherently a gamble. She had made various plans before coming, and even prepared no less than a hundred sets of arguments on how to persuade the donor to pay.
But the final result was beyond her expectation. Jiang Chen paid the money so readily, as if what he just signed was not 4 billion, but just a restaurant bill.
Each party held one copy of the payment slip. Hannah put the share belonging to MA Construction Company into her briefcase and hugged the briefcase to her chest with relief.
"I'm ashamed to say that before you came here, we thought you were going to disappear to avoid our reminder. I'm sorry for my rude assumption."
With that said, Hannah stood up and bowed to Jiang Chen.
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Chen waved his hand and joked, "If someone owes me 4 billion, I have to be on guard to prevent him from disappearing."
Not sure whether she was amused by Jiang Chen's joke or Jiang Chen's English, Hannah pursed her lips and smiled.
"By the way, can I ask something?". Jiang Chen asked.
After successfully obtaining the project funds for the company, Hannah was naturally very happy, so she said cheerfully: "Of course."
“Does your MA construction company have any experience in building islands?”
Isn't there a saying that says, "God made the sea, and the Dutch made the earth." Since the 13th century, this country has been reclaiming land from the sea on a large scale. Today, 20% of the Dutch land is artificially reclaimed from the sea. The hills were dug out and reclaimed from the sea, and almost the entire province of Flevoland was created.
Although the Pannu Islands have vast sea areas, their land area has always been very tight. Although it still seems a bit vast and sparsely populated, that's only because the current population is only 20,000. Once the immigration policy is relaxed, without affecting tourism resources, Jiang Chen estimates that he will be able to install another 100,000 people at his best. And in the Celestial Empire, there are dozens or even millions of people in any county. The entire New Kingdom has only 100,000 people, which is really not enough.
Jiang Chen had always heard that the Netherlands' sea reclamation technology was very advanced. Thinking that MA Company was also a well-known Dutch company, he couldn't help but ask. (.)