Tetiaro Island.
It is located 30 kilometers north of the Tahiti Islands. It is an atoll island consisting of twelve small islands surrounding a crystal blue lagoon.
Tahiti, also known as Tahiti Island, is called "the tourist destination closest to paradise" by Westerners. If the purpose of buying St. Barts Island was to start a company to avoid taxes and hide assets, then this time he bought Tetiaroa Island purely because he liked it and wanted to build a high-end resort. He could come here to travel and rest when he had nothing to do. After visiting it once, Han Chudong fell in love with this place.
Some media now call Han Chudong an "island-buying maniac", which is a pretty vivid description.
Looking at the list of "little gifts" that Han Chudong has given himself so far, it already includes St. Barts, Tetiaroa, Cabbage Island in the Bahamas, Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, and land on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is rumored that he has even contacted the owner of Lanai Island, but failed to reach an agreement and the other party has no plans to sell it for the time being.
After several consecutive deals, Han Chudong has already become famous in the circle of high-end real estate agents. It is said that as long as you come to him with a beautiful island, you will most likely earn a large commission in the end.
After purchasing the islands, he did not just leave them idle. He would always invite the most famous designers to help build resort hotels and develop tourism projects. His goal was to use the profits to maintain property taxes and pay for the expenses of island development. Some of the islands might not be visited for a year or two, but he was still happy to buy them. The feeling of buying an island is different from buying a house.
As the number of real estate projects he had increased, he even set up a private real estate company to manage them. The total value of these properties alone is more than 200 million US dollars.
While diving accompanied by bodyguards, there are many fish nearby, including tuna, snapper, barracuda, lionfish, clownfish and parrotfish, etc., which can be seen as soon as you look up. Occasionally, you can also encounter reef sharks and manta rays. Corals and anemones are scattered all over the seabed, and the shallow water is quite beautiful.
Tetiaroa is still an undeveloped desert island, but its advantage is its beautiful environment. This time when Han Chudong came to Tahiti for a trip, he chose to stay on Bora Bora Island. Looking around, the sea water was Tiffany blue, which was really pleasing to the eye.
With such a big planet, there are many attractions that can refresh his eyes and ears.
Since reducing the time he personally spends on company affairs, Han Chudong has had a lot of time to travel far away, traveling around in his own private jet.
At this moment, Han Chudong grabbed a lobster weighing four or five pounds from the coral reef on the seabed. Wearing a shallow water suit, he excitedly showed it to the bodyguards and diving instructors, then swam upstream, rested for a few minutes, and dived into the sea again.
…
A yacht suddenly approached, and standing on the bow was a middle-aged woman wearing a white skirt and a wide-brimmed sun hat.
The bodyguards habitually blocked the other party and shouted loudly from a distance, forbidding the other party to approach. However, a sharp-eyed bodyguard quickly recognized who the woman was and asked uncertainly, "Wait, are you... Hepburn?"
They have seen her on many occasions. As she has been working beside Han Chudong for many years, these bodyguards always run into celebrities whose names often appear on TV and in newspapers. Even if they have never met them up close, Audrey Hepburn's fame makes her a well-known representative Hollywood actress in Western countries.
After seeing so many celebrities, I naturally don’t care too much.
Rather than being excited, the bodyguards who stayed on the ship were more curious, thinking that this was such a coincidence.
It was indeed a coincidence. Considering that their social circles mostly overlap, it is normal to meet by chance. Ordinary people either have no money or no time. Transportation is not convenient these days. Very few people would come to Tahiti for vacation this month. In comparison, going to Hawaii or the Bahamas is more economical.
Audrey Hepburn didn't know that Han Chudong was here. At the age of 49, her temperament was still there, but her appearance was no longer the same as before.
Hearing this, the captain stopped, slowly approached and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. I thought there was fishing here. From your accent, are you Americans?"
“That’s right, we are Mason Han’s bodyguards. Let’s stop the boat first to avoid scratching our boss. He seems to be catching lobsters below.”
I was a little surprised to hear that.
Audrey Hepburn lowered her head to look underwater, and indeed saw some dark shadows, with bubbles occasionally floating to the surface. She immediately asked the captain to turn off the engine, and said again with a smile: "I'm sorry, we've stopped. It seems that our world's richest man is very relaxed. I just saw the news about him in New York some time ago, and now he's in Bora Bora Island. I heard that a wealthy businessman recently bought the island here..."
The leading bodyguard shrugged helplessly and replied, "Who else would buy an island like an apartment except our boss? In order to buy the island, our boss used a private plane to pick up the Godfather Marlon Brando to sign the contract. Our boss used to be more hardworking, but recently he probably wants to relax. He has been traveling a lot in the past two years. My passport is already covered with various stamps."
It was just a casual remark. In fact, Hepburn was even a little envious of Han Chudong's life. She was young, rich, and very free.
Han Chudong was under the sea, so of course he couldn't hear the conversation happening above. After staring at a tropical fish for a while, he caught a big lobster and swam back to the beach again.
Only then did he realize there was an extra boat and saw Ms. Hepburn. He threw the lobster into the cabin, greeted them with a smile, and went on board to ask people to take off their oxygen tanks.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
…
After asking, I found out that Ms. Hepburn had recently divorced again and had just finished filming the horror movie that Han Chudong had previously criticized, so she came to Tahiti for a vacation to relax.
The last relationship did not end in glory. Her husband had been wandering around with other women for years and was caught in bed with someone else. So they did not talk in detail. The age gap was there, so they just chatted for a few minutes, talked about the scenery in Tahiti, and then left in different directions on boats.
Afternoon tea was made with lobsters caught by hand. It was an authentic French restaurant that paid attention to the original flavor. After eating, Han Chudong suddenly missed the garlic crayfish and thirteen-spice crayfish. He rested until the evening and then went surfing again with a surfboard while the waves were strong.
She was thrown into the sea by the waves several times, and met Ms. Hepburn again after returning to the hotel. When Han Chudong saw her, Marlon Brando, the old godfather who starred in the movie "The Godfather", seemed to be chatting with her, and the two were standing at the door of the hotel lobby.
I wanted to pretend I didn't see them, but old man Marlon Brando took the initiative to say hello: "Mason! I was just about to look for you, and look who I met!"
"I have already met Ms. Hepburn this afternoon. If you haven't had dinner yet, wait for me to go back to my room and change clothes. Would you like to join me?"