The financial crisis in the United States will not stop just because of the protests and demonstrations by the three major car companies, nor will it stop because of the quarrel between the two parties. It is still developing on the established track, and even because of these turmoils, the financial crisis
Market turmoil also intensified.
As the protests in the Maldives become more and more bad news, everyone is becoming more and more desperate and out of control.
Of course, in a country like the Maldives, protests and demonstrations don’t happen several times a year?
However, they are protesting, but they will never harass tourists who come here because they know that these people are their food and clothing parents. If they are involved and the news spreads in the future, then who will come to the Maldives to travel?
Who gives them food?
But it is an indisputable fact that the entire Male Island and several other large islands are paralyzed.
Their hard-earned money is just about to collapse with the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and there is no way to get back a penny. This kind of thing is definitely not acceptable to them. It would be for any normal person.
, can’t even accept it.
Therefore, no matter what rhetoric the Maldives government uses, the people have only one request, and that is to get our money back. Then anything can be said, otherwise nothing will work!
When negative emotions accumulate to a certain level, they will explode.
Seeing the people becoming more and more agitated, the Maldives government finally ran out of options and chose to compromise, finally agreeing to Citibank's purchase request.
Since the crisis of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae broke out, Citibank has long known that they have to sell the islands to make up for their losses, and they are greedy for money and want to earn more commissions.
So they spread the news some time ago, especially when Citibank also mentioned that Xiao Qi, Richardson, Ellison and other super rich people were also interested. In just a few days, there were twenty or thirty big people.
The rich man responded.
At this time, Citibank has purchase requests for almost 88 islands. The first one is Xiao Qi’s 36 islands, and the second one is Microsoft’s second largest shareholder Paul Allen, who has always been good at enjoying.
The tone determines 5 small islands.
The Maldives was overwhelmed by the large number of purchase requests.
Although there are about 1,000 undeveloped islands in the Maldives, you can’t help but buy them here and there!
But Citibank is also smart. The islands they selected are some of the most remote and difficult to develop. It will probably be fifty or sixty years before the Maldives has the strength to develop them.
And they also give pretty good prices. The small island is about 4 million US dollars, and the big island is over 6 million US dollars.
The subsequent transportation, roads, houses, electricity, fresh water, maintenance, etc. are all left to the Maldives. These subsequent maintenance costs alone are a huge financial supplement every year.
Being able to exchange so little for so many benefits, even if it means selling 88 islands, is what makes the Maldivian officials excited.
But these people were not fools. They quickly spread the news through various channels, just to see the people's reaction.
What surprised Citibank was that these people firmly disagreed with the sale of the island, and there was no less than this amount of construction costs for transportation, roads, housing, and supporting facilities. But they still stubbornly refused to allow the government to sell it.
their island.
You know, the current annual income of the Maldives is only 30 million U.S. dollars. It is far from the 50 million U.S. dollars when the number of Chinese tourists was overwhelming!
The purchase of the island and subsequent expenses of more than 700 million US dollars have basically been their income for 26 years!
Not only that, they also asked the government to quickly resolve the issue of U.S. bonds, otherwise they would be rude.
Okay.
It’s really unreasonable to force a woman to have a baby just because you don’t agree with her when she comes up with a solution!
Just when things reached a deadlock, Xiao Qi taught Qu Liang the second move he had prepared.
Citibank understood this and immediately threw out another bait.
As we all know, 70% of the population of the Maldives is concentrated on Male Island, causing very serious congestion.
So the Maldivian government built an artificial island near Male Island. It was called Hulhumale Island. There was nothing else on it, only residences and supporting facilities.
The construction of Hulhumale Island started in 1997 and was still under construction until 2013. After the construction of the residences here, many Male people worked on Male Island during the day and took a boat to Hulhumale Island at night.
sleeping at home.
Xiao Qi had heard that in the previous life, the Chinese government provided aid to the Maldives, which consisted of building a Chinese city on Hulhumale Island, and about 4,000 houses were built for free.
But this matter only started in 2010. It is only 2008, and China has not yet started to help the Maldives.
However, it can also be seen that the housing problem in the Maldives is very prominent.
Also because of the help from the Chinese government and the fact that the Maldives used its tourism profits to build houses everywhere, the population of Male Island has dropped to 40% of the total population, and the housing problem has finally been alleviated to some extent.
If he could buy the island with money before, Xiao Qi would not have any more tricks, but now it is obvious that it is not enough, so he can only increase the amount.
Xiao Qi's big deal is to build free houses for Maldivians on Hulhumale Island.
Each building has six floors, four houses on each floor, and each house is 80 square meters with three bedrooms and one living room. If we build 300 houses or 7,200 houses in this way, many Maldivians will be tempted, right?
Do you want to agree?
Then let's increase the amount and build another two to three thousand units on other islands where houses can be built, totaling about 10,000 units, okay?
The population of the Maldives is less than 400,000!
For any family in any country, this house is a big killer. Especially in the Maldives, which has many children and generally narrow living areas, the obsession with houses is basically the same as that of the Chinese.
Not only Xiao Qi had this confidence, Citibank was also impressed when they heard the idea and immediately formulated a series of plans.
Regarding building a house, the Maldives has almost no resources, so building a house is also troublesome. All materials must be purchased from neighboring India and Sri Lanka or further away, and the cost will increase at least two or three times.
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Therefore, it was very difficult to build a house in the Maldives in the past. Even if their children got married, many families still lived together because they had no house to live in. It was overcrowded.
Now someone is repairing their house for free, wouldn't they be happy?
Of course, Xiao Qi did not pay for this alone. Citibank made the budget. When the negotiation is successful, whoever wants to buy the island will pay according to the proportion, because this is also part of the cost of purchasing the island.
Sure enough, after Citibank threw out this bait, the people demonstrating in the Maldives became excited.
With 7,200 houses, basically one in five young people can own their own house, which can also greatly relieve family pressure.
As a result, their voices of protest suddenly weakened.
However, people's hearts are always insufficient. 7,200 sets is certainly a lot, but why can't there be more?
It’s not an exaggeration to say that every family should have one set, but every family of young people of school age should have one set, right?
With such thoughts, they began to protest and argue again.
These guys don’t even think about it. There are more than 130,000 young people of the right age in the Maldives, which translates into at least 60,000 to 70,000 homes per family. How much does this cost?
But Citibank is not afraid of them wrangling at all. It is afraid that the Maldivians won't even talk about it. Now that they are willing to talk about it, it has just entered their rhythm.
How could this group of honest and unscrupulous guys be a match for the elites like Citibank in negotiations?
Negotiations took time, but when things got to this point, Xiao Qi and the other wealthy people finally felt at ease.
It’s just a matter of spending more money. Compared with money, those beautiful islands in the Indian Ocean that are developed and beautiful are the things that best reflect a person’s wealth and taste!
The 36 islands that Xiao Qi wants to buy seem to be a lot now, but as long as Xiao Qi's children are born, these islands cannot be said to be very abundant.
Regarding the fate of the island's property rights, Xiao Qi has already thought about it. The method of allocating the island should be based on his own Xiao family property distribution method.
The wife's children in each house own one set, and the remaining islands belong to all the descendants of the Xiao family, and no one can monopolize them at any time.
The property rights of these islands will be distributed in this way, and they will be divided from the beginning to avoid any disputes in the future.
It is good for Xiao Qi to distribute his property to his children, but if this causes any soap opera, it will be the last thing Xiao Qi can accept.
Fortunately, there are examples of the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, and the European royal families. Xiao Qi was able to learn from their experiences and lessons and sum up such a relatively practical method.
Well, if you want to worry about this matter, you have to wait at least twenty years later, when the children have grown up.
For now, let’s just think about enjoying it!
Xiao Qi began to look forward to the happy scene of taking his wife here for vacation after the island was repaired.
Our things cannot be seen by others, but on this own island, there is nothing to worry about, right?
This is what life is like. Only when you have time and place to relax unscrupulously can you work better!
Private islands have such good uses, and it’s not in vain for Xiao Qi to worry so much about them! (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: Haha, I will be blocked for the second time the day after tomorrow, and it all depends on the support of my brothers! Thank you! Today’s results are only possible because of you!