Li Shu was very excited to know that he could renew the lease of Neverland. He called Li Sha directly and hoped to take his ferry to Danguan City. Li Sha agreed without any hesitation.
Hua Hua Hua ~
The waves rolled up on the blue sea surface, which was very beautiful and charming. Li Shu, Jingbo, and Li Sha took a boat to Danguan City. There were groups of white seagulls flying in the sky, agile and free.
Li Shu looked at the endless sea and thought in high spirits: "Today is already July 5, 2017. I came to Malaysia from Yanjing on June 12. In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a month."
He patted the two small wooden boxes he carried in his coat. Inside were the pearls he had collected during this period. They were all 19mm~20mm in diameter. There were 120 pearls in total. He wanted to pick up these pearls during his trip to Danguan City this time. sell away.
"Pearls are too valuable. Selling them in large quantities can easily attract other people's attention. After selling pearls this time, I will not sell pearls in the short term." Li Shu thought to himself.
Soon after, the ferry docked at the pier. Li Shu looked at his phone and found that it was already 2:30 in the afternoon. Considering the time it would take to see Su Zhizhe and the time to sell pearls, Li Shu said to Li Sha:
"Li Sha, we will stay overnight in Danguan City tonight. It is too dangerous to sail at night in strong wind and waves. You go and book a hotel first, and we will meet again when I am done."
"Okay, then I'll book a hotel first." Li Shalian said.
Considering that Li Sha might not be financially well-off, Li Shu transferred 2,000 ringgit directly to Li Sha's bank card through his mobile phone and asked him to take a taxi to the hotel.
Taxis in Danguan City are very expensive. If Li Shu doesn't transfer money to Li Sha, I'm afraid Li Sha will be reluctant to take a taxi.
"Let's go." Li Shu said to Boss Jing.
He took Boss Jing and walked about 200 meters north amidst the sound of cicadas, and saw the black Rolls-Royce sent by Su Zhizhe to pick them up. Buzz! The handsome driver with white gloves came down and opened the door for the two of them. After the two got in the car, the black Rolls-Royce drove slowly under the envious eyes of passers-by.
"Mr. Li, we, Mr. Su, are waiting for you at the teahouse. I will take you two to the teahouse now." The handsome driver said respectfully.
"Yes." Li Shu nodded. Boss Jing, who was sitting on his right, had a solemn face the whole time, acting like a bodyguard.
The air-conditioning in the car is extremely cool. Looking out through the car window, most of the citizens who are coming and going under the scorching sun are dark-skinned. Even if you occasionally see a few white people, their skin is mostly tanned.
Weiweiwei~
Cicadas chirped, hot wind blew through the street trees on both sides of the road, and occasionally a sunken leaf swirled and fell, being stepped on by passers-by.
Tsk~
The Rolls-Royce stopped in front of a wooden teahouse. The shape of the teahouse contained many architectural styles of the Ming Dynasty in China. Those who didn't know it thought it was in China.
Under the guidance of the waiter, Li Shu and Boss Jing came to the private room on the second floor, where Su Zhizhe was already waiting for them.
"Please take a seat."
"Well, what are the specific circumstances of renting Neverland?" Li Shu sat across from Su Zhizhe and asked.
"I was just about to tell you about this. The government negotiation team asked for a minimum rent of 5 million ringgit a year for 20 years. As for the island's marine economic zone, I got 1 nautical mile for you." Su Zhizhe said. : “Oh, try the bak kut teh in this restaurant, it’s very good.”
The so-called 1-nautical-mile marine economic zone refers to all sea areas 1 nautical mile away from the coastline of Neverland. The fish, shrimp, crabs and clams in it all belong to plum trees, which is equivalent to a natural fishing ground.
1 nautical mile ≈ 1.8 kilometers, so the fishing ground area belonging to the plum tree will be quite large.
Bak Kut Teh is a drink that contains both meat and tea. It is also customary to drink Bak Kut Teh in some provinces in southern China. The Bak Kut Teh in Malaysia is mostly of Fujian style.
"20 years, 5 million ringgit a year, the total is 100 million ringgit." After calculating this number, Li Shu's heart beat hard.
"Yes." Su Zhizhe looked into Li Shu's eyes while drinking tea: "The government negotiation team requires that if you renew the lease, you must pay 30% of the renewal fee within three days, and then pay another 30% within 15 days. The remaining payment must be paid within one month.”
Li Shu fell silent. He felt that the price should be relatively cheap - a year's rent of 5 million ringgit. In fact, he saw on the Southeast Asian Islands website that many islands with worse locations than Neverland and much smaller areas had a year's rent of 5 million ringgit. All are more than RM5 million.
After a few seconds of silence, Li Shu nodded heavily: "Okay, I agree to renew the lease."
"Okay, then I will take you to sign a contract with the government's negotiating team now. The matter will basically be finalized today." Su Zhizhe said with a smile.
The office building of Danguan Municipal Government is very distinctive. It looks like a ball. Pieces of glass form the surface of the spherical building. Sunlight shines on it and reflects sunlight in all directions.
"Mr. Su, Mr. Li is here to invite you." In the government building, a woman wearing black high heels received Li Shu, Su Zhizhe, and Boss Jing.
Taking the elevator to the sixth floor, the woman took Li Shu and the others to a conference room. On the right side of the long table in the conference room, there were already five middle-aged men in suits and ties. The leading man had a fat face. He seemed to be a little interested in Su Zhizhe. Flattery, when shaking hands with Su Zhizhe, the man stretched out both hands, but Su Zhizhe just stretched out one hand.
Li Shu was very surprised when he saw this scene and thought to himself: "Is Su Zhizhe's background so strong?"
"I wonder if Mr. Li has any questions?" the fat-faced man said to Li Shu.
"There is no doubt." Li Shu said. He took the contract, read it twice carefully, and signed his name on the contract after confirming that there was no cheating.
The process of signing the contract went extremely smoothly. At the end, a few people took a group photo, and then Li Shu and Su Zhizhe left together.
The entire signing process took less than an hour. When Li Shu and Su Zhizhe walked out of the government office building, the sun was still shining brightly outside.
"Would you like me to take you to a place to play?" Su Zhizhe said with a smile, "I haven't played tennis today, why don't you go play a game?"
Li Shu was a little eager to give it a try, but considering that he still wanted to sell pearls, he politely refused. After watching Su Zhizhe get into the Rolls-Royce and leave, Li Shu walked 50 meters along the road and turned around to enter a supermarket.
"My mouth is dry, let's buy a bottle of water to drink." Li Shu entered the supermarket from outside and felt instantly refreshed. He took a bottle of mineral water and was about to check out when he suddenly saw a very attractive book in the newspaper and magazine section. The most eye-catching magazine - "Beach Castle Encyclopedia".
"When I came here, I said I would buy a magazine for my sister, so here we are." Li Shu smiled and took a magazine to pay the bill.
(End of chapter)