Christmas Eve.

Each woman received a gift from Hardy, who acquired many luxury companies in Italy and France, including Bulgari.

Even Han Ye-jin, who was far away in Hong Kong, received the jewelry gifts he mailed.

After buying Bulgari shares, he placed an order for a batch of jewelry.

What is the best gift to give to a woman? Of course, it is jewelry. It is expensive and luxurious, and it is the thing that can best satisfy a woman's vanity.

In fact, 99% of the time women wear jewelry out of vanity. Don't ever believe other words they say, because they are definitely a cover-up. Anyway, Hardy knows that they love jewelry to satisfy their vanity.

Some people say that giving gifts requires thought.

Hardy wanted to say that he had so many women and it was very tiring for him to deal with each of them, so his method was simple and crude. He would give jewelry to the women on every holiday or their birthday.

A wide variety of jewelry.

Jewelry that is enough to make a woman's heart move.

......

christmas eve.

Super Idol finals.

The Los Angeles Shrine of the Gods Civic Auditorium, where the Oscars have been presented for many years, became the venue for the "Super Idol" talent show today. The guests in the audience today are not ordinary audiences, but all Hollywood celebrities and big stars.

It can be said that the number of stars coming today is no less than that of the Oscars.

Many Los Angeles politicians also came, including the mayor, police chief, several council members, directors of other departments, and so on.

Many people gave Hardy face because he was not only the president of the Screen Actors Guild, but also one of the most powerful people in Los Angeles.

In the 1940s when gangs were rampant, Hollywood became increasingly safer. No underworld forces dared to come to Hollywood to cause trouble or harass celebrities. This can be said to be all thanks to Hardy, because this was the territory of the Los Angeles gang.

The public security in Los Angeles is now countless times better than before, and gang activities are extremely rare. Gangs in Los Angeles have many gray industries, such as monopolizing the alcohol supply in bars and nightclubs across the city, underground casinos, and pinball and slot machine businesses.

When there are more regular businesses, such as investment companies, garbage disposal companies, etc., Bill's men all have their own things to do, so they are too lazy to do things like robbery and extortion.

On the other hand, in order to protect their territory, the Los Angeles gang would deal with outside vagrants and criminals first, without the need for police intervention, and then hand them over to the HD Security Patrol. Therefore, in the past year, the public security in Los Angeles as a whole has become countless times better than before.

Because of the improved public security, entertainment activities flourished. People often went out for entertainment at night, and bars and nightclubs were packed, which indirectly promoted the prosperity of Los Angeles.

Because of the safe public security, people who come to Los Angeles to invest feel more at ease, so the business in Los Angeles has become more developed in the past year.

The game begins.

First, all 32 contestants who entered the finals came on stage to perform, followed by the official competition. The finals will be held directly today, and the four shortlisted people will directly compete for the championship, runner-up, third place and fourth place.

I have to say,

Everyone who made it to the finals was very strong. Sunny had a high-pitched and loud voice, Monroe was charming and attractive, and the other two also had their own strengths. Moreover, all four of them performed well, and it was obvious that they had made careful preparations in advance.

The final score is not given by the four mentors, but by voting by the audience.

Everyone can cast one vote, and can only vote for the person they like the most. Then comes the exciting vote counting time.

Hardy had no intention of interfering with the final result, because to him, it didn't matter what place Monroe got.

Even if there had not been this talent show in her previous life, wouldn't Monroe still be famous in Hollywood with her sexiness?

There were more than 400 guests in total, and the votes were counted on the spot in a fair and impartial manner. The four contestants stood on the stage, and there was a flip-card scoring machine next to each of them.

At this moment, it is estimated that there are more than 10 million households and 40 to 50 million people sitting in front of their TVs in the United States, watching the "Super Idol" program. The Super Idol program has become the most popular program in the United States this year, without a doubt. According to surveys, its audience rating has reached a terrifying 90%.

Today is Christmas Eve. After finishing their reunion dinner, the whole family will gather around the TV to watch TV. Hardy wants to make "Super Idol" the Spring Festival Gala in the hearts of Americans.

At this moment, countless people are also concerned about who will get first place.

There are even many families that quarrel over who they support.

"I think Shanni sings the best. I like Shanni."

"I love Patti Page, she has the most beautiful singing voice, no one can compare to her."

"I support Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe is the most beautiful. There is no woman in the world more charming than her. I will love her all my life." A young man shouted.

"Menglu's singing is not good." A girl pouted.

The young man immediately retorted, "This is a super idol talent show, not a super singer talent show. As long as the guests like it, they can choose whoever they want."

The girl was stunned. She had actually forgotten this before. Yes, this is not a singing competition.

The first host tonight is Isa, and there are two other hosts from the TV station, one male and one female. Now the host starts counting the votes, and the scorer will add one point for each name read.

When the two hosts were halfway through their presentation, a gap had already appeared on the field. Sunny was in first place, Monroe was in second place, and the vote difference between the two was not big. However, Patti Page, who was in third place, had a gap of dozens of votes from them.

It seems that the first and second place will be decided between Sunny and Monroe.

The counting of votes continues.

Gradually, Menglu surpassed Xinni.

To be honest, Hardy was a little surprised. He glanced around the venue and found that men still made up the majority of the people here. He then understood something.

Damn.

What are you listening to?

In the end, it all comes down to breasts and thighs.

This reminded him of a joke. Someone asked a man, do you want to be handsome or well-educated?

The man said: Big breasts.

This world is so fucking real.

This time it was really not Hardy who manipulated the election. He let the guests vote for themselves in the name of fairness and justice. He was helpless about the result.

In the end, Monroe won the first Super Idol competition with 211 votes, Shania came in second, and Patti Page came in third.

At the same time, Monroe also won the title of "The Audience's Most Favorite Singer". When Monroe received the trophy, she shed tears of excitement.

......

After the party, people did not disperse but moved to Hardy Estate in Beverly Hills, where a Christmas carnival party would be held.

Some older officials took their leave and went home, but most people, especially those in the entertainment industry, flocked to Hardy Manor, singing, dancing, drinking, chatting, and making friends. Fireworks were set off in the yard, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

In the blink of an eye it was 1949.

This year is a very important year.

The Chinese New Year has just passed.

The Hardy Group received a telegram from the Western Australian government, telling them that the state parliament had finally decided to sell Hardy only 500,000 square kilometers of land.

500,000 square kilometers, about the same size as France.

But Hardy was still somewhat dissatisfied.

They had prepared all the money, but the other party suddenly changed their mind. Hardy and Andy immediately took the team and rushed to Australia.

Met Premier McGowan again in Perth.

McGowan waved his hands helplessly, "To be honest, I really want to sell the land to you, but the parliament didn't approve it. They said that if you don't develop it well, it will not be a good thing for Western Australia. Western Australia needs to keep some land to attract more investors."

"Can't it be changed?" Hardy asked.

"I'm afraid it's difficult. I can submit the bill to the parliament again, but the whole process may take a long time and may not produce the result you want," McGowan said.

Hardy shrugged.

"Okay, then it's 500,000 square kilometers, can I choose?" Hardy asked.

"Of course you can choose. As long as it is a green area, you can choose it, as long as the total area does not exceed the limit."

The state land department provided a thick set of map data, totaling more than a dozen maps. This set of maps is accurate to the names of villages, and named mountains and lakes in the wild are all marked on them.

Hardy refused to allow anyone to help him and spent three full days studying the map in his room. What was he studying?

After his rebirth, his brain worked particularly well and his memory was super strong. If he forced himself to recall many of the books, magazines and news he had read in his previous life, he could remember them. During these three days, Hardy looked at the map while recalling the things about the Australian mining industry in his mind.

I have to say,

He actually found a lot of useful things.

Australia now has a total population of about 7.5 million, and Western Australia is even more sparsely populated, with only about one-tenth of the population, about 800,000, almost all of which are concentrated around the Perth area, so the area outside Perth is all wilderness.

In the forties and fifties,

Australia's economy depends entirely on sheep farming. Australia's wool production and exports are both ranked first in the world, so it is called the "country on sheep's back". However, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Australia is a rustic and backward place, so it is called "Tu Australia".

It was only after World War II that the mining industry gradually rose to prominence and slowly became the mainstay of Australia's economy. Then, with the entry of a number of large mining groups, Australia became a major mining producer. Later, more than 60% of China's iron ore was purchased from Australia.

While looking at the names on the map, Hardy searched his memory. Pilbara, Hamersley Basin, this area seemed to be an iron ore producing area.

Draw a circle.

The Midwest region also seems to be an iron ore producing area.

Bloom, I seem to have heard of this name. It seems there is nickel mine. Draw a circle.

Jinwan, there seems to be gold mines here, draw a circle.

Shark Bay, it seems like there is an oil field on the coast in the future, draw a circle here.

There seems to be copper ore here, and iron ore here...

Since you still have restrictions, don't blame me for cheating. Hardy focuses on places that have been heard of in later generations. As for places that have not been heard of, there may be mineral deposits, but it is estimated that there are not many left.

Don’t people always say: What good things can there be after others have picked out the leftovers?

That's it.

Hardy drew a bunch of circles of different sizes on these maps. When Hardy came out three days later, he had lost a lot of weight. He really lost two kilograms in order to make money.

I handed the blueprint to Andy and said, "Just buy the areas I circled, and make up 50 square kilometers. As for the price, you are responsible."

"No problem, boss."

Once the site was chosen, the rest was easy. In the end, Hardy Mining purchased 50 million hectares of land in Western Australia for US$220 million. From then on, these lands, including underground mineral deposits, belonged to Hardy Mining.

Hardy originally loaned $450 million.

Unexpectedly, there was still half left. He definitely couldn't give it back. The contract had been signed. Now that he had it, Hardy was not worried about having no place to spend it. The world was so big and there were so many places to invest. Next, he planned to go to the UK. He didn't know if there were any industries worth investing in there. However, the British Labour Party had been promoting nationalization recently, and many things were nationalized. He didn't know what was left.

after britain.

Hardy also wants to go to the East.

Go and see Hong Kong today, and see Han Ye-jin.

Let’s go to the island country where life is not that good. The situation there has not recovered yet, especially some large enterprises and banks. Now is a good time to buy at the bottom.

Of course, Hardy was not going to provide them with financial assistance. Both the Hardy in his previous life and this life had a very bad impression of Benzi, so he had to make a trip.

......

After the land acquisition was completed, Hardy and his team returned to Los Angeles. A few days later, Hardy Mining issued a notice to the public that Hardy Mining spent 220 million US dollars in Western Australia to acquire 50 million hectares of land in preparation for mineral development. It is believed that there will be more mineral deposits waiting for them to develop on this land.

When this announcement came out, many investors were shocked. They spent 220 million to buy a bunch of useless land, but Hardy Mining's stock price fell instead of rising.

why.

Because many people are not optimistic about this investment in Western Australia.

220 million US dollars, this is such a huge amount of money. Although the land purchased is very large, people still think that the land is not worth that much money.

Hardy didn't care when he saw the stock price falling, as he had already mortgaged it to the bank.