Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1127 [Technology Promotes the Nation]

At this time-
The beautiful girl in charge of bartending brought up the cocktails.

He respectfully served the prepared cocktails to Du Yongxiao and the others.

This little beauty's name is Shizuka. She is only eighteen years old this year. She is from Tokyo, Japan. Like many Tokyo girls nowadays, she likes to pursue freedom and enjoy life.

But enjoying life must be backed by money.

So she learned professional bartending, and with her youth and beauty, she soon found this easy and enjoyable job.

It's easy and free on a yacht, there are no time limits, and most importantly, the people she serves are generally high-class, unlike before when she was in a bar, where she often encountered low-quality customers and was harassed.

She has a very stubborn personality and likes to quarrel with bad customers. She will have her salary deducted for each quarrel. Especially since Japanese men are all lustful and bad, the management is drooling over her. In order to get rid of these bad guys, she came to Korea, but she didn't expect to find such a good job.

Shizuka likes this job very much, and she knows that in order to keep it she must have a good relationship with her boss.

Of course, Shizuka is also a young girl who is longing for love. At this moment, she is very curious about Du Yongxiao, the young and wealthy "big boss". When she handed Du Yongxiao the cocktail, her beautiful eyes couldn't help but look at Du Yongxiao a few more times. When Du Yongxiao's eyes met hers, she blushed immediately, her chest bumped, and her charming appearance made people think about it.

But Du Yongxiao didn't think too much about it. He took the cocktail, sipped it gently and said to Jingxiang, "Thank you."

Jingxiang didn't expect Du Yongxiao to be so polite and courteous, so she said in a clear voice: "These are what I should do. If you need anything, just let me know."

"It's already very good, and it tastes good too." Du Yongxiao raised his cocktail and said with a smile, "By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Shizuka, Asano Shizuka, from Tokyo." Shizuka replied hurriedly.

"It's a nice name." Du Yongxiao smiled, "Go ahead and do your work. I'll call you if I need anything."

"Okay, thank you sir!" Shizuka bowed and left quickly.

For Shizuka, being remembered by a big boss and handsome man like Du Yongxiao is already a great gain.

Just as Shizuka turned to leave, she saw a yacht coming towards her.

Du Yongxiao called out to Shizuka and said, "Miss Shizuka, sorry to bother you. It looks like you and your companions will need to make a few more cocktails, and they must suit American tastes." After saying that, he glanced meaningfully at the approaching yacht.

Li Jianxi and others also saw the yacht and were surprised. They wondered who else would accompany Du Yongxiao to go out to sea today besides them?
After a while, the yacht stopped near Du Yongxiao and his crew. The captain received the news and took several sailors to pick it up.

A small rubber raft was lowered from the yacht, and the captain and others skillfully brought the people on the raft to the deck.

Looking at that person again, it was Thomas, the arrogant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Economics.

Li Jianxi and Xin Gehao never expected that this American boss would come here. When they saw Thomas coming up, they hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Only Du Yongxiao was still lying on the sun lounger, with no intention of getting up.

Following Thomas came up with a seductively dressed Korean girl, with a delicate face, sexy and charming figure, a hot red suspender skirt, and slender legs wrapped in black stockings, which aroused the man's desire to conquer.

She was Thomas's mistress in Korea, and she was given a foreign name, "Anna".

Anna has been with the foreigner Thomas for a long time. She has seen many people bowing and scraping in front of Thomas, and she was also flattered. She also enjoyed this feeling of being superior and thought she was superior to others.

At this moment, Anna saw Li Jianxi and Shin Kyuk-ho coming over to greet her, and they greeted Thomas and her with a smile. After the introduction, she learned that one of them was the prince of Samsung and the other was the chairman of Lotte. Anna's vanity was satisfied.

Look, even such a big shot has to be polite to me. I, Anna, am not an ordinary woman.

But soon, Anna saw Du Yongxiao still lying on the chair, motionless.

Anna frowned and no longer had a good impression of Du Yongxiao.

Damn it, how dare he sit in front of Mr. Thomas, this damn guy.

Thomas also saw Du Yongxiao. After exchanging pleasantries with Li Jianxi, he walked towards Du Yongxiao with a smile, "Dear Du, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon!"

Du Yongxiao then sat up from his chair, stood up, and shook hands with Thomas who was walking towards him with a smile: "Yes, today is a good day. I see that you are beaming with joy, Minister Thomas. Maybe something good will happen later."

"Haha, thanks to your words, I hope I can have some good luck before I go back to the United States!"

Anna heard it clearly from the side and curled her lips, feeling that Du Yongxiao was trying to flatter Thomas, saying that Thomas was beaming with joy and that good things were happening. This was really a low-level flattery.

As Du Yongxiao's personal bodyguard, Li Yingnan looked at Thomas and the others carefully from the moment they came up. Seeing that they posed no threat to Du Yongxiao, she turned her sharp eyes away.

"Let me introduce you, this is Miss Anna!" Thomas generously introduced his lover Anna to Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao smiled, extended his hand to Anna and said, "Nice to meet you, Miss Anna."

Anna shook hands with Du Yongxiao proudly, "Thank you."

Du Yongxiao didn't care and invited the two to sit next to him.

Anna acted like a hostess and started giving orders, asking Shizuka and others to help prepare cocktails, coffee, fruits, pastries and the like. She also said that she only drank Blue Mountain coffee and did not add sugar because she needed to maintain her figure and could not consume sugar, etc.

Li Jianxi and Xin Geukhao couldn't help but frown when they saw Anna being so rude. How dare she be so presumptuous in front of Du Yongxiao?
However, when they thought that Anna was the lover of the white guy Thomas, they felt relieved. After all, as the Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Economy, Thomas's presence in South Korea was equivalent to that of an emperor.

Du Yongxiao paid no attention to what Anna was doing over there and started talking to Thomas instead.

"Mr. Minister, I know you will be going back to the United States soon. Before you go back, I have a good suggestion--" Du Yongxiao said slowly after considering his thoughts.

Thomas smiled as he drank his cocktail and said, "What's your suggestion? Tell me!"

Du Yongxiao turned sideways, looked at Thomas seriously, and said, "I want to build a scientific research base near your state of California, so that young people with computer aspirations in the United States can move there to start a business. Is that possible?"

"Uh, Mr. Du, why do you have such an idea?" Thomas was stunned and looked at Du Yongxiao as if guessing Du Yongxiao's intention.

"Haha, I've always been interested in science and technology, and the United States is a country of science and technology. I just want to do my best to help those young people with aspirations!" Du Yongxiao said with a smile, "Besides, I know that the land is very desolate now. If it can be developed, it will be a great achievement for you. After all, your decision has helped the economic development of California."

Then, Du Yongxiao explained in detail how to use the land in California and how to make it a place for the rise of science and technology. Thomas was amazed by Du Yongxiao's wild ideas.

Even Li Jianxi and Shin Kyuk-ho listened attentively.

Zhao Ruzhen, Park Ji-hyun and others are women and don’t quite understand Du Yongxiao’s idea.

Thomas's lover Anna pretended to understand and muttered, "Why develop technology? Build all the skyscrapers and sell the houses. It would be better to do real estate."

After Du Yongxiao finished speaking, he looked at Thomas and said, "How about it, Mr. Minister, what do you think of my idea?"

Thomas stroked his chin as if thinking about something, and then looked at Du Yongxiao seriously and said, "Your idea is very good. If it really comes true, then I will have done a great job. But what makes me curious is that you invested so much money to develop a piece of wasteland in California. What benefits will it bring to you?"

Du Yongxiao looked at Thomas, Li Jianxi and Xin Geukhao also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Du Yongxiao knew that he would not be able to convince this foreigner unless he said something practical.

"It's like this. Before those scientific research companies move into the technology base I developed, they must sign an agreement with our Du Group. We can rent the site to them at the lowest price, or even lend them money, but the condition is that we must invest in their company and have the priority to buy out the technology they develop—"

Du Yongxiao slowly stated his purpose and intention.

Thomas and others were stunned, as if they understood something.

"It seems that you are very interested in technology, Mr. Du!" Thomas picked up the cocktail and took a sip, but he was thinking carefully in his heart.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces!" Du Yongxiao said with a smile, "If we want to develop in the future, the Du Group must go out, abandon the old thinking, and take the path of developing the country through science and technology."

"Hey, science and technology will make a country prosperous. I see that you have great ambitions, Mr. Du. Instead of investing so much money, you might as well just start a few technology companies!" Anna couldn't help but express her opinion.

Du Yongxiao continued to say to Thomas: "This is the situation now. It depends on what you think, Minister Thomas."

Thomas finally nodded.

Du Yongxiao thought for a moment and said, "I've calculated that the overall investment is estimated to be 3 billion. The most difficult part is the government's approval of the land. If you can help, Thomas, it will be much easier."

Seeing that Du Yongxiao turned a deaf ear to her words, Anna gnashed her teeth in hatred. When she heard Du Yongxiao talking about investing several billion, she snorted and said, "You keep talking about 3 billion. Do you really think it's so easy to make money in Korean won?"

"Shut up!" Thomas couldn't help it anymore and scolded Anna, "Mr. Du was talking about US dollars!"

Anna finally understood and her pretty face turned red, but she refused to admit defeat and said, "Three billion US dollars, that's a lot of money, can he come up with it?" After saying that, she looked at Du Yongxiao provocatively.

Thomas was almost speechless.

Why did I bring such a brainless guy out?
Li Jianxi and Shin Geuk-ho looked at Anna with disdain, saying that she was simply an idiot vase.

Then they were thankful that Zhao Ruzhen and Park Ji-hyun, whom they brought with them, were not so stupid.

Li Yingnan, Du Yongxiao's personal bodyguard, looked at Anna's idiotic expression without any change, but in his heart he was saying, if there is anyone in the world who can come up with 3 billion US dollars for investment in a minute, there is no one else except Du Yongxiao.

During the years she worked in Africa, she knew clearly that the annual profit of Du Yongxiao's private gold mine in Kenya was as high as 1.3 billion US dollars, not including diamond mines, oil and other industries. A careful calculation would far exceed 3 billion.

Thomas didn't want Anna to embarrass herself in front of Du Yongxiao again, so he hurriedly said to Du Yongxiao: "This is a serious matter, I need to think about it carefully."

Du Yongxiao did not give him time to think, and said in a coercive tone: "Minister Thomas, perhaps you have heard that President Carter and I are old friends. If I had not met you by chance in Korea this time, I could have discussed this matter with President Carter! Of course, I can do it now!"

Thomas was stunned when he heard this.

Du Yongxiao made it very clear that if you disagree, Du Yongxiao will bypass you and negotiate directly with President Carter.

In this case, such a great achievement will be lost in vain.

Thomas originally wanted to delay time to make it easier for him to bargain with Du Yongxiao, but he didn't expect Du Yongxiao to not play by the rules.

"Well... Mr. Du, don't get me wrong, I fully support your idea! How about this, you draft a development report and I'll submit it for you, and it will go directly to the Economic Development Department. I think it will be approved quickly if nothing unexpected happens." Thomas gritted his teeth and decided to follow Du Yongxiao.

Anna, who had just been scolded, was shocked to hear that Du Yongxiao was actually friends with US President Carter!
Looks shocked.

For the first time, she realized how stupid and foolish she was.

I actually thought Thomas was the biggest, but I didn’t expect Du Yongxiao to be the biggest here!
At this moment, she was surprised and nervous, fearing that Du Yongxiao would be angry and target her.

"Very good. I know you are a smart man, Minister Thomas. I have already drafted this development report. It is called "California Silicon Valley Development Plan"!"

"Uh, Silicon Valley?" Thomas was stunned.

"Yes, it is Silicon Valley!" Du Yongxiao smiled slightly, "In the future, Silicon Valley will be the technological land contracted by our Du Group, and it will also be the first investment initiative of the Du Group!"

In fact, there are many things that Du Yongxiao did not say.

By establishing Silicon Valley, Du Yongxiao not only wanted to make money, but also wanted to monopolize all new technologies of the future!

In the past, Silicon Valley was the kingdom of the global electronics and computer industries. Although the United States and other high-tech zones in the world have continued to grow and develop, Silicon Valley is still the pioneer of high-tech innovation and development. The venture capital in the region accounts for one-third of the total venture capital in the United States, and the number of computer companies located in Silicon Valley has grown to about 1500.

It’s true that science and technology can make a country prosperous!

Technology can dominate the future!
Looking at Du Yongxiao's bold words, everyone at the scene had different expressions.

Only the brainless Anna was still worried.

Unfortunately, Du Yongxiao didn't even look at her.

In Du Yongxiao's eyes, she didn't exist at all.

(End of this chapter)