The first thousand two hundred and seventy-seventh chapters boarded Bentley Island
It's the Spring Festival in the blink of an eye, and the Tokyo stock market has been experiencing a moderate decline during this period. The Nikkei Index is now about to fall below the 20,000-point mark.
There is also public opinion in Japan, with many members of the opposition party pointing out that the ruling party ignores the interests of shareholders and enterprises and introduces policies that are not conducive to economic development.
Some companies whose interests have been harmed have also encouraged their employees to hold demonstrations and protests, demanding that the government introduce some policies that are beneficial to the development of the domestic real estate market.
It is a pity that Japan's six major financial groups and several top families did not waver in their hearts this time and ignored it at all.
At the same time, the official media commented on it. Selfish people also borrowed what Li Guangyu once said in Hong Kong. The housing prices in Tokyo have already far exceeded the limit that ordinary citizens can afford. It would take decades of no food or drink to exchange for a house.
, this is definitely not something that a conscientious entrepreneur and government can turn a blind eye to.
This rhetoric caused a huge response among the Japanese people. The ruling party's influence among the people, especially ordinary citizens in several major metropolitan areas, has greatly increased, and its support rate has been rising.
As for some real estate companies, I am very sorry. These companies have not affected the development of Japan's economy. As long as a few major consortiums and a few first-class families can maintain stability, Japan's economy will not have problems.
After more than half a month of negotiations, Zhou Zhigang finally acquired Husky Energy Company for US$950 million. Compared with the bids of other companies, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group was tens of millions higher, but Li Guangyu thought it was still worth it.
Whether it is the company's oil fields, exploration team, or oil production team, these are things that Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group does not have. Now that Husky Energy is the foundation, expansion in this area can also be accelerated.
After the Spring Festival, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing took a special plane to land at Bentley Island Airport. This was his first time landing on the island.
Now the airport, power plant, fresh water plant, the first phase of the port project, natural gas plant, government office area, employee community and commercial district have been completed. Now they are waiting for Li Guangyu to inspect and approve them to be put into operation.
Bentley Island will serve as another registered place in addition to Bermuda and the Cayman Islands and the Greater China region that can be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, this place will become an offshore center, attracting companies from all over the world to register here with extremely preferential policies, and their biggest customers are mainland and Southeast Asian companies.
In Southeast Asia, the main purpose is to break through the restrictions on the registration location of the Hong Kong Exchange, while in the Mainland, the main purpose is to allow its companies to develop more flexibly.
In the conference room of the Jiuhua Hotel on Bentley Island, Li Guangyu, Cao Weiqing, Zhang Ziyu, the person in charge of Bentley Island, Bentley Island Government Minister Guan Shunqing, and the heads of various bureaus of Bentley Island were all here.
These persons in charge are all employees of the Li Group, but they only have an additional government status here.
Li Guangyu said: "I am very satisfied with the current development of Bentley Island. How to make it prosperous next requires your efforts. I will let Jiayi Group cooperate with you in publicity."
The main income here in the future will come from tourism and taxes on the registration fees of these offshore companies. Although the taxes are extremely low, no matter how small it is, it is still a piece of meat. Once more companies are registered, there will still be some gains.
Bentley Island's finances are similar to those of Bermuda, relying mainly on customs duties and registration taxes. It mainly attracts high-tech industrial companies, Asian shipping companies and individual investment companies to register.
Fang Shunqing said: "Li Sheng, our tourism industry still needs to strengthen construction. At the same time, I also hope that foreigners can be allowed to settle here, especially people from Asian countries. Of course, we will impose restrictions on the assets of applicants. At the same time, I
I also hope that Starlight School can establish a school here."
The nature of Bentley Island is different from that of the Lee Consortium. It is a small government. Now the British side has regarded this as the seventeenth British Dominion. Zhang Ziyu is the governor of Bentley Island.
It should be noted that Zhang Ziyu’s household registration has been transferred to Bentley Island, which means that Zhang Ziyu is the first resident of Bentley Island.
Now, except for the diplomatic relations with the British, the Dominion of Bentley Island is independent in other aspects. It is protected by NATO militarily. The only thing better than Bermuda is that there are no NATO military bases here.
The main reason is that Bentley Island is too small and is very close to Diego Garcia, the political center of the British Indian Ocean Islands, so there is no need to garrison it.
Moreover, Bentley Island previously belonged to the British Indian Ocean Islands, but this time it was just set aside by the British government and royal family.
To this end, the Bentley Group specifically donated a total of 100 million pounds to the royal family and the government in exchange for greater autonomy for Bentley Island.
In the past few years, Britain has not given up the idea of persuading Li Guangyu and the senior management of the Li family to transfer their household registration. Now Bentley Island is specially used to lure the Li family consortium, hoping that all the companies under the Li family consortium can transfer their registration places to Bentley Island.
To say that the British government has really achieved some of its goals, the major funds of the Lee Consortium have already come here. The major groups of the Li Consortium mainly hold shares through these funds.
It's just that the registration locations of its major groups have not been changed yet. Li Guangyu doesn't know whether they will be moved by then. This will have to be done based on development needs.
Li Guangyu also agreed to Fang Shunqing's request. After all, this is also a territory. It is only about 14 square kilometers now. It is a bit small, but after development, it will not be a problem for tens of thousands of people to live there.
If Li Guangyu is willing to spend money, he can completely reclaim the sea and build land to continuously expand the area of Bentley Island to the surrounding areas.
Fang Shunqing wants to do this, but he doesn't dare to mention it now, and there is no need for it in Bentley Island. If it really comes to that step, he believes that Li Guangyu will definitely support it.
Li Guangyu said: "I will make arrangements for the school. The official operation of our place will be the Lantern Festival. In addition, the tax revenue on the two floors of Bentley Island belongs to Zhang Ziyu. This article is written into the Dominion Special Act."
Although this island was intentionally given to the Li Consortium by the British, and the Li Consortium also spent a lot of financial resources, it still bears Zhang Ziyu's name, and now Zhang Ziyu is the nominal chief of Bentley Island and the governor here.
Guangyu will naturally provide some compensation.
Zhang Ziyu immediately responded: "Li Sheng, I don't need it here. Whether it is taking over Bentley Island or constructing all aspects of it, the consortium is contributing. I can still get such a title. Now I am very satisfied. As for taxation,
No need, this aspect should be owned by the consortium."
The Li Consortium has spent nearly two billion US dollars on various supporting construction here, and various construction funds will come in later. She cannot afford such benefits. In that case, the top executives of the consortium will definitely have objections to it.
Cao Weiqing said loudly: "Ziyu, since Guangyu has decided this way, just accept it. This is what you deserve. The development of our industry in Western Europe over the years cannot be separated from your efforts, and there will not be much tax revenue here."
, don’t think about how much income you can make here in the past few years.”
There are not many people in Bentley Island now, and there are also few industries. It depends on how much revenue the government can generate, and the land is mainly developed by the Li Group, which will not pay any money. There is also some registration tax and commercial tax here.