After so many years of construction, Bentley Island is no longer the deserted island it was when the Lee Consortium first took over. Now the second round of reclamation and land reclamation projects is expected to be completed by the end of this year. By then, the territory of Bentley Island will exceed 170 square kilometers.
At present, the resident population of Bentley Island has exceeded 800,000, and the residents here are mainly engaged in the tourism service industry and the financial industry.
At the same time, on Zhuque Island, a large hotel established by several major consortiums has begun operations in 2005. Its nature is similar to Lisboa, and it mainly attracts people from Southeast Asia, West Asia, South Asia, East Africa and other places to come for entertainment.
The tax revenue on Suzaku Island is now Bentley Island's main financial source, supporting the normal operation of Bentley Island territory.
This time Li Guangyu came here to allow Bentley Island to carry out a new round of land reclamation, leaving enough room for future development.
This plan is very large and has a very long time span. It is expected to take 30 years and cost an estimated US$600 billion to complete the reclamation of 1,000 square kilometers of land.
In this regard, Zhang Ziyu has contacted the British government and the royal family, and has obtained approval, and the sea areas belonging to the Bentley Island territory have also been reclassified.
Once this plan is completed, the land area of Bentley Island territory will not be smaller than that of Xiangjiang, which is enough to meet the development needs of the Lee Group.
The reason why Li Guangyu is eager to come up with this plan is mainly because he is worried that Li Songtao and Li Songyi will argue over the expansion of Bentley Island in the future.
He has a plan now. Thirty years later, he will only be 77 years old. As long as nothing happens, he is still alive and well. As long as he is around, this plan can be implemented smoothly.
Once this plan is completed, there will be no problem for the five to six million people living on Bentley Island, and these people will basically be employees of the Lee Consortium.
Bentley Island mainly accepts immigrants from employees of the Lee Consortium and its allies, as well as outstanding students from Xiangjiang No. 9 University, Hsinchu University and the two universities on Bentley Island.
There are also some high-tech talents and some wealthy people who will be accepted. As for others, Bentley Island Territory will not accept them.
The current permanent population of Bentley Island is about 810,000, and the number of Bentley Islanders has exceeded 1.3 million.
Li Guangyu said to Zhang Ziyu: "You must make detailed plans for the new round of land reclamation on Bentley Island. In terms of funds, all of them will be transferred to the special account on Bentley Island within a few years, and you can use them to make some stable profits."
Investment, this money generates money to support Bentley Island’s expansion plan.”
Zhang Ziyu has never been married or had children in her life. She now takes money very lightly.
Now she just wants to develop Bentley Island well so that her godson Li Songyi can have a better platform.
Li Songyi of the Li Consortium is destined to be unable to take over. Compared with cash and shares, Li Songyi cannot compare with Li Songjie. Don’t look at the value of Li Songjie’s shares is only more than 80 billion US dollars. With the rapid development of the Internet, Li Songjie’s shares will increase in value in the future.
Times or even ten times, and there will be huge dividends every year.
Li Songyi inherited Bentley Island and could only receive 20% of Bentley Island's financial profits every year. The rest would continue to be invested in the development of Bentley Island. Li Songyi could not violate this provision. After all, the constitution of Bentley Island had already stipulated it.
Now that Li Guangyu's huge funds have come to help Li Songyi for the last time, the future development of Bentley Island depends entirely on Li Songyi himself.
Zhang Ziyu said: "Li Sheng, please rest assured that we will make good use of this fund and strive to complete Bentley Island's reclamation of 1,000 square kilometers. Our profits can also support us to complete two or even three 1,000 square kilometers."
Kilometers of land reclamation.”
Although Zhang Ziyu said it was easy, the pressure to complete this plan is very high. After all, the money given by Li Guangyu is just enough after considering the general profit. After taking into account the rising prices, Zhang Ziyu now has to increase it several times. This is terrible
It cannot be accomplished easily.
Li Guangyu also knows that Bentley Island can be said to be Zhang Ziyu's hard work, and this place is also created because of her. In the past twenty years, Zhang Ziyu has been sitting on Bentley Island and watching the development of Bentley Island bit by bit. No one can compare with Zhang Ziyu
The emotion poured into this place.
Today's Bentley Island is full of high-rise buildings and busy with traffic. The desert island more than 20 years ago has developed into a modern city.
Bentley Island is a miracle in the eyes of many forces. Except for the Li Group, there is absolutely no force that would do this.
When the Bentley Island Territory was established, many countries were much larger in area than them. But now, the land area of the Bentley Island Territory is already larger than that of some small countries and regions.
Its population far exceeds that of many small countries, and this development has only taken more than 20 years. With the continuous investment of funds from the Lee Group, the Bentley Island Territory will become a very influential region around the Indian Ocean in the future.
Bentley Island and the Li Family Group complement each other, and at the same time it also gives the Li family one more way out, leaving room for everything and a way out, so that the family can develop more steadily.
After Li Guangyu learned about the development of Bentley Island Exchange and the financial industry, he told Zhang Ziyu: "We Bentley Island is striving to become a financial center around the Indian Ocean. In this regard, we need to attract more companies from West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa to come and list.
, you can come up with more preferential policies in this regard.
In addition, you communicate more with Zhuque Group, Netcom Group, etc. on online trading software to make it easier for global investors to complete transactions online."
Due to the fact that Bentley Island is located in the Indian Ocean, stock trading on the Bentley Island Exchange is mainly done online, with relatively few people going to the trading floor for transactions.
However, there are many financial institutions on Bentley Island now, especially the Bentley Island Exchange, which has Fetion, Qiandu, Zhuque, 7-11, Hengyu Shopping Network, South China Shopping Network, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group, Xingyu Gaming Group, and Western Australia Steel
The group is waiting to be listed here.
Similarly, in the Mainland, XL, JD, Good News, Hongsheng Real Estate, Giant Group, Guomei Electric Appliances, Longfor Real Estate, etc. are listed here.
These influential companies have brought many financial institutions to settle in, especially those in Asia, which are extremely large in number.
However, among these influential companies, the top 30 companies in Bentley Island by market value are all from Hong Kong or the mainland. The only one is Australia's Western Australia Steel Group, which is also owned by the Lee Group.
This makes Bentley Island still far away from becoming a financial center around the Indian Ocean, and more efforts are needed in this regard.
Li Guangyu did not expect Bentley Island to become a global financial center like New York, London, or Hong Kong. He only hoped that Bentley Island could become a financial center around the Indian Ocean and have strong financial influence in the Indian Ocean Rim region.
Zhang Ziyu said aloud: "Li Sheng, you also know the situation around the Indian Ocean. Countries in Southeast Asia are more willing to list in Hong Kong or Singapore, while in South Asia, it is either London, Hong Kong or New York.
At present, our main attractions are the mainland and East Africa. The situation in East Africa is just like that. There are not many companies with strong capabilities. If we want to truly build Bentley Island into a financial center around the Indian Ocean, we are afraid that we still have to go a long way.
The road cannot be completed in a short time."
Li Guangyu also knew some of the limitations of Bentley Island. It was impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, so he did not mention this aspect for the time being.