Chapter 352 I am not interested in politics, I am only interested in making money

Morning.

Hillside villa.

A brand new silver sports car was parked in the yard, shining brightly under the sunlight.

rolls-royce silver spirit.

Previously, Hardy ordered five sports cars in the UK, one for each woman. Hardy had this one shipped to Japan, and this time he brought it directly to Han Ye-jin.

Hadi answered a phone call, smiled and pulled Han Ye-jin out of bed, and they both put on their pajamas and said, "Close your eyes."

"Is it a gift?" Han Ye-jin asked with a smile.

"right."

The woman closed her eyes obediently.

Han Ye-jin held the woman's hand and came into the yard. When Han Ye-jin opened her eyes, she saw the shiny car in the yard.

"Wow~Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit!"

Han Ye-jin exclaimed in surprise.

"Huh~ You know this car?" Hardy was a little surprised. He was about to introduce it to Han Ye-jin.

"Haha, I've seen it in a picture magazine." Han Yejin said with a smile.

The iconic Rolls-Royce front, the flying goddess logo, the long nose, the sharp curves on the sides, and a small hip at the back, the overall feeling is like a woman with a perfect figure.

Han Ye-jin really likes this gift from Hardy.

After breakfast, the two drove out in a sports car, with several cars in front and behind to provide protection, and they arrived at the museum construction site.

Now most of the museum has been built, the underground vault has been completed, and the main part of the above-ground museum has also been completed. All that remains is the decoration.

"According to the current progress, it should be completed in April or May next year," Han Ye-jin introduced.

"Take me to the underground vault." said Hardy.

This is also what Hardy cares about most. When he built a museum, the main purpose was to build a place where things can be stored safely.

Under the guidance of their supervisor, Hardy and Han Ye-jin went down to the underground vault, which has three floors. Each floor covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters, which is about half the size of a football field.

The third floor is 15,000 square meters.

The security equipment uses the most advanced technology in the world today. Don't doubt the technology from the 1940s. The Federal Reserve vault was built earlier and is still in use today, and it is very safe. Sometimes physical protection is not necessarily more advanced than electronic protection.

The supervisor introduced the vault. The huge vault door is half a meter thick, with cylindrical locks on both sides. Three keys need to be inserted separately and rotated in a certain order to open the door smoothly. As for the vault wall, it is more than one meter thick and there are ship steel plates inside.

At the same time, there is a detector inside that can detect drilling and cutting, and will automatically alarm if the damage exceeds the limit.

Inside the big vault, there are also several small vaults where things can be stored separately.

Looking at the spacious vault,

Hardy thought to himself, how much stuff would be needed to fill this vault?

antique,

Artwork,

Gold,

Gemstones,

I am still poor and I need to work harder in the future.

More gold needs to be stored here. Before the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, his goal is to redeem 1,000 tons of gold and store it here.

Hardy did some mental calculation and figured out how much one thousand tons of gold would cost. It seemed to be 1.24 billion US dollars.

Why,

It doesn’t seem like much.

As for antique artworks.

Hardy's Auction Company now has branches in the United States, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. He hopes to turn Hardy's Auction Company into a global giant like Christie's and Sotheby's in the future.

Not only can you make money, but you can also collect antiques and artworks.

In fact, there is another place, that is Japan. In the past few years, Japan robbed many treasures from China and transported them all to the island country and hid them.

Of course,

Hardy doesn't intend to spend money to collect those Chinese treasures.

They rushed over.

Let me buy it back.

He felt this was an insult to his intelligence.

When he returns to Japan, he will prepare to do this. As for how to do it, Hardy already has some plans in his mind.

He had to tell someone.

Financial plunder is the most brutal robbery in the world!

After looking at the vault, Hardy and Han Ye-jin just came up and saw someone waiting outside. The person stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Governor Hardy, Governor Grantham knows that you are coming to Hong Kong, so he sent me to invite you and prepare to hold a welcome reception for you tonight."

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The news of Hadi's visit to Hong Kong was not concealed from anyone deliberately. A reporter discovered his whereabouts and reported it in the newspaper.

When Grantham got up in the morning and was having breakfast, his secretary came in hurriedly and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, I just saw in the newspaper that Mr. Hardy has come to Hong Kong."

Grantham was also shocked.

"John Hardy, Baron Hardy, Governor of the Cayman Islands?" asked Grantham.

"Yes, a reporter saw him and the newspaper reported it. I was afraid there might be a mistake, so I called the airport to inquire. The airport said that Mr. Hardy's private plane did land at the airport yesterday, and Mr. Victor and Mr. Hardy's girlfriend, Miss Han, went to pick him up." said the secretary.

The news confirmed that

Grantham thought for a moment and said, "Go to see Baron Hardy now and tell him that I am planning to hold a welcome reception for him tonight."

If Hardy was only coming to inspect his properties in Hong Kong, Grantham wouldn't have to worry about it, since he probably came several times a year.

But this time is different, he has to invite again.

Because Hardy's identity is very different from the last time. Last time, Hardy was an American businessman, but this time, Hardy has the title of British Baron and Governor of the Cayman Islands, and he also becomes Japan's economic envoy.

Grantham read the newspaper, which reported on Hardy's reforms and actions in Japan. Hardy carried out profound economic reforms in Japan.

The Japanese economy was divided up cleanly.

Grantham did not dare to neglect such a person and asked his secretary to invite and prepare a welcome reception for Hardy.

The secretary went to find Hardy.

We first found a villa halfway up the mountain, and the housekeeper said we should go to the museum, so the secretary hurried to the museum to invite us.

"Haha, Governor Grantham is really thoughtful. Okay, I will attend on time tonight." Hardy said with a smile.

evening,

Hardy brought Han Ye-jin and Victor to attend the welcome reception, still at the Governor's House in Hong Kong. This time, Hardy found that there were many new faces.

Some of the heads of various departments in Hong Kong have been replaced, and even the presidents of many foreign companies have been replaced.

Victor, now a native, knew these people better than Hardy did. As Grantham introduced those who met Hardy for the first time, Victor whispered the introductions.

Different from last time.

Most of these people are British officials and businessmen. Now Hardy also has British citizenship and a British title. He is also a landed nobleman and the lifelong governor of the Cayman Islands.

Such an identity made the people present more respectful to him.

At the cocktail party,

Someone asked Hadi: "Mr. Hadi, your Hadi Group has invested so much in Hong Kong. Do you think Hong Kong and the Mainland will definitely be at peace?"

Hardy smiled and shook his head: "No one can control such things, but now it seems that everything is moving in a good direction. I heard that the British government is ready to recognize the mainland's regime and develop diplomatic relations with the mainland. I believe that when the two sides reach an agreement, Hong Kong will be stable."

Someone said: "Mr. Hardy, your political vision is really accurate. Did you see that Hong Kong would be fine?"

"Political vision, haha, that's an exaggeration. I'm not interested in politics, I'm only interested in making money." Hardy said with a smile.

Everyone else started laughing.

In fact, everyone thinks that Hadi's words are too modest. If he did not have political ability, how could he become Japan's economic envoy and transform Japan so well.

The next day.

Victor finally had time to report to Hardy in detail on the development of various departments over the past six months.

HSBC and Wells Fargo are now the top two banks in Hong Kong and hold the most assets.

Ninety percent of the companies in the industrial zone have already started operations. Hardy took a look at the list and found that there were really all kinds of companies, including metal processing, light industry, electronics, real estate companies, chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies, rubber companies, printing companies, tobacco companies, food companies, trading companies, etc.

Hardy said: "Victor, bring in another fertilizer plant to produce urea."

Urea is the most widely used fertilizer. In the future, all countries will use fertilizers in large quantities, including China, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries. This kind of fertilizer will definitely have no trouble selling.

Victor didn't know why his boss suddenly thought of building a fertilizer plant, but he quickly took note of it and prepared to have someone build a fertilizer plant.

Huo Qingdong received a notice to meet Hadi to report on his work. Hadi was very concerned about trade with the north.

"How's business going up north lately?" Hardy asked.

"Although the British have issued a ban on shipping goods to the north, the inspection is not very strict. They are turning a blind eye. I have also asked someone to take care of it. It's not so bad with the British, but the Americans are very strict."

"American warships often stop at key waterways and intercept any ships they see. Last time, a ship of ours was seized by the Americans, and we lost a 200-ton ship and the entire ship's cargo, with losses exceeding $100,000."

Huo Qingdong said with great regret.

$100,000 is a lot of money.

Now that Britain and the United States have implemented a blockade policy on the inland area, Huo Qingdong dared not use large ships. He converted all of them into small boats of two to three hundred tons and transported them secretly in small pieces.

Most of the goods shipped to the mainland are prohibited items, such as medicines, veils, rubber, instruments, machine tools, and even weapons.

As for the source of the weapons, Huo Qingdong didn't know either.

"Also, those people on the islands would patrol in their boats, and would even fire at any ship carrying goods to the mainland. One time, one of our ships was targeted by a warship from the islands. Fortunately, the horsepower of that ship was faster than the enemy's warship, and we were chased hundreds of miles before we escaped. We were all scared and broke out in a cold sweat."

Hadi sneered in his heart.

Those guys are not good enough to be regular soldiers, but they are very strong as robbers.

Hadi instructed: "Be more careful in the future. If you encounter danger, don't worry about the ship and the cargo. Just abandon it. As long as the people are fine, that's all."

"Thank you, boss. I will be careful."

After Huo Qingdong left, Han Yizhen came in with a bowl of soup. "This is the freshly cooked pigeon soup. It took more than four hours to cook. It's very tasty."

Hadi took it and started eating with a smile.

Han Ye-jin sat beside him and watched Hardy eat. Suddenly, she remembered something and said to Hardy, "My second uncle found me a few days ago and said that some Hongmen Chinese from Malaya found him and hoped to get help from Hong Kong. In addition, they asked my second uncle to meet me. You know I don't want to get involved in too many outside affairs, and I don't understand them, so I refused."

"I don't know what those people wanted to do with me, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Today I suddenly remembered to talk to you about it. What do you think they wanted to do with me?"

Hardy knew that the second uncle Han Ye-jin was talking about was Li Chunshan, the leader of the Hong Kong Triad.

Southeast Asian Chinese.

malaysia.

Hongmen organization.

Looking for Han Ye-jin.

Putting these terms together, Hardy already had a rough idea in his mind.