Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 195 Gu·Billionaire·Heng
After asking for Gu Heng's opinion, representatives from Airbus and Boeing immediately contacted the media that their companies were friendly with, planning to hold a public signing ceremony.
Gu Heng also understood that it was impossible to hide the signing of a contract at a public event like the air show from the media, whose noses were sharper than dogs. Even if he didn't do the public signing, the media would probably find him through various channels to confirm the matter.
It will be even more troublesome then.
Anyway, a similar scene had already happened once at a domestic auto show, so Gu Heng didn’t mind doing it again.

A Boeing 3.8 worth 777 million and an Airbus A4.35 worth 380 million, the total price has reached 8.15 million US dollars. Having spent so much money, shouldn’t you show off?
Although my money came from the wind, it is not black money that cannot be seen in the light.

The system also told me more than once that my wealth was earned legally from the foreign exchange market. 8.15 million US dollars may seem a lot, but compared with the global foreign exchange market, which has a daily trading volume of 4 trillion US dollars, it is just a drop in the bucket.
To put it bluntly, a large capital company can make ten times or even more of the $8.15 million in profit with a single correct decision.
While thinking, Gu Heng's hands were not slow, and he signed his name in Chinese on the two purchase contracts.

of course
This is just a preliminary contract.

The specific details of the contract need to be jointly drafted by lawyers from both parties, and then signed by senior management before it will take effect.

But even if it was just a preliminary contract, it proved that Gu Heng's deal with Boeing and Airbus had officially begun. It also naturally became the largest private aviation order in 2024!
Ouyang Nana was sitting on the edge not far from Gu Heng at this moment.

Looking at Gu Heng, who was shaking hands with Boeing and Airbus with a smile on his face, I was thinking frantically about my interactions with Gu Heng in the past few days.
At the beginning, Gu Heng spent 157 million euros in the Patek Philippe Salon to buy five watches and treated himself to a luxury French meal worth 10 euros. Ouyang Nana already knew that the Gu Heng in front of her was definitely a very wealthy tycoon.

But at that time, Ouyang Nana didn’t think that Gu Heng’s wealth and status were much higher than hers.

After all, this kind of consumption is not beyond your reach if you grit your teeth.

But a series of events that followed caused Ouyang Nana to overturn her opinion of Gu Heng twice in a row.
The first disruption was yesterday’s Patek Philippe auction.

不仅替自己垫资70万欧元竞拍下了一块5062/450R-001，更是力压一众富豪，以1505万欧元的价格竞拍下了一块6002G-001
At this time, Ouyang Nana already knew that although Gu Heng was not well-known in the country, he was definitely one of the top few people. Otherwise, why would he spend more than 100 million to buy a watch?

But after a few hours, Ouyang Nana finally understood.
Yesterday's auction was just a trial run for Gu Heng.
Today is the real big deal
8.15 million US dollars, converted into RMB, is 60 billion.
How much is 60 billion?

For example, if a person wins a lottery ticket worth 500 million yuan every day, even if he does not pay taxes, he will have to win the lottery for more than three years to save up enough money.
The total net worth of the chairman of Kunlun Wanwei, who is ranked 500th on the Hurun Rich List of China, and the CEO of a private enterprise ranked 385th on the Fortune 60, is only billion yuan.
And what about Gu Heng?

Just a simple consumption, and he spent all the wealth of the 500th richest man in China.
This level of extravagance directly broke Ouyang Nana's perception of the word "rich"
She once heard a saying, "The gap between rich people is sometimes greater than the gap between poor people and rich people." Although she had felt this before, she had never felt it so deeply.
Except Ouyang Nana
In the hearts of Frédéric Arnault, Nicolas Meyer and Douglas Pinolard, Gu Heng's importance instantly rose to the same level, or even higher.

Because although the three of them all have huge family backgrounds and family assets, let alone spending 8.15 million US dollars to buy a private jet, even if they have any serious business plans, they cannot afford such a large sum of money.

Especially Frédéric Arnault.
Although he had indeed been trying hard to make friends with Gu Heng, the kindness he showed to Gu Heng was more like "promotion", just "promoting" a friend who had the same interests and hobbies as him.

It was not until this moment that he realized that Gu Heng in front of him did not need his support at all, as he possessed capital that was no less abundant than his own.

No wonder his father, Bernard Arnault, the current head of the LV Group, has repeatedly stressed the importance of paying attention to the Chinese market, because this ancient land not only has a huge population base, but also has countless hidden mysterious wealthy people.

Frédéric Arnault didn’t take it seriously before. After all, in the modern information society, what can escape big data?

Whether he is rich or not, he can't hide it at all.
But now he believed it, and he had no choice but to believe it.
Because Gu Heng in front of him had already slapped him hard in the face.
If Gu Heng was not a mysterious rich man hiding in the "Oriental Land", then how could he spend 8.15 million US dollars to buy two flashy private jets for pure enjoyment without batting an eyelid? Even if he was the richest man in the world, his father couldn't be so extravagant, right?

Gu Heng had no idea about these people's psychological activities, nor was he interested in knowing.

After signing the contract and shaking hands with the representatives of the two companies, the voice of the system sounded in my mind in advance.

[Host is extremely indulgent! Enjoy the highest peak enjoyment of mankind and become the first Chinese in the world to own a private jet. Successful indulgence will reward you with US$30 billion. This asset has been deposited in a Swiss bank from the foreign exchange market in the name of the host. The host needs to go to the Swiss bank headquarters to withdraw it himself (due to China's financial control mechanism, this reward amount is too large and cannot be directly brought into China.)]

30 billion US dollars.
Gu Heng listened to the voice of the system in his head and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
In fact, before spending the money, Gu Heng had already guessed that the reward amount this time would definitely not be low.

But when the reward arrived, Gu Heng still felt like he was in a dream.
30 billion US dollars
Even if he paid off the interest and principal of US$8.5 million to American Express, he would still have US$21.5 billion left, or more than RMB 150 billion.
Is it that easy for me to become a billionaire?
But after a while, this excitement disappeared from Gu Heng's mind. As the time spent on obtaining the system grew longer and longer, Gu Heng found that money was really just a string of numbers in his eyes.
More than 10 billion may seem like a lot, but as long as I need it, I can still get some from the system today.

Gu Heng is more concerned about the system's reward method
This time, the money was actually awarded to a Swiss bank instead of being transferred directly into his personal account in the country. He was even clearly told the reason, which was because of China's financial control, such a large amount of foreign exchange could not be transferred in.

Although it was a lot of trouble, it completely resolved Gu Heng's concerns.

This shows that the money rewarded by the system can be traced, rather than being created out of thin air by the system.

Even if someone investigates me because of the large amount of money, I will only think that I am a super genius who is proficient in the foreign exchange market.

Although it is ridiculous that a genius who graduated from high school can make billions of dollars in profit in the foreign exchange market, it is still based on reality. Systems are too mysterious. If someone knew something about this, my brain would probably be cut into hundreds of pieces and placed in various laboratories for research, just like Einstein.
but
The system's bank selection standard is really low.
If it were in the past, Swiss Bank still had the reputation of being the safest bank in the world, and Gu Heng could barely accept the system putting his money in Swiss Bank.

But it’s 2024 now.

Everyone knows that Swiss banks are just a dog of the European Union
If you put such a large amount of money in a Swiss bank, who knows if it will be embezzled?

Even if you are not corrupted, if you are frozen or something, where can you go to cry?

Thinking of this, Gu Heng no longer hesitated. He immediately stood up and planned to go to the Swiss Bank to transfer all the money to the Bank of China. Although the headquarters of the Swiss Bank is in Zurich, Geneva, as the capital of Switzerland, is equivalent to half of the headquarters, so there should be no problem in handling the transfer of more than 2 billion US dollars.

"Fred, I'm going to go to the Swiss Bank to handle a business, but I've never dealt with Swiss banks before. Do you have time now? Would you like to go with me?"

Thinking of this, Gu Heng walked up to Frederic Arnault and asked softly. With Frederic Arnault, a very useful tool in Europe, Gu Heng would of course use him.

Frédéric Arnault was still thinking about Gu Heng's mysterious background. When he heard Gu Heng say that he was going to the Swiss Bank, he couldn't help but ask, "Go to the Swiss Bank to handle business?

Are you short of funds? If you are short of money, I can lend you some, but I am not as rich as you. I can't easily take out hundreds of millions of dollars. I can only reluctantly lend you tens of millions of euros.

As for the interest, just follow the bank's lowest interest rate, but you will need to use the private jet you just bought as collateral."

Frédéric Arnault thought that Gu Heng was running out of cash after spending more than 8 million US dollars, so he planned to do Gu Heng a favor and lend him some money to make ends meet.

Moreover, with collateral worth hundreds of millions of dollars, he was not afraid that Gu Heng would not be able to repay it.

After hearing what he said, Gu Heng looked at him in confusion. "It's only a few hundred million US dollars. How could it cause me to have trouble turning over funds? Besides, the money was paid by American Express, so I didn't need to use my personal assets at all.

I went to the Swiss Bank just to process a transfer of several billion US dollars. I asked you to accompany me simply because I have never dealt with Swiss Bank before, and the amount of money I have is a bit large, so I am afraid something might happen. "

After hearing what Gu Heng said, Frederick Arnaud fell silent again.
He believed that Gu Heng did not lie to him
But he really didn't understand where Gu Heng got so much money?

Billions of dollars in transfers, let alone myself, even my father wouldn't be able to come up with such a large sum of cash in a short period of time, right?

However, Frédéric Arnault did not ask any more questions. He just stood up from his chair and accepted Gu Heng's invitation.

Just as a few people were leaving the air show under the protection of bodyguards, the reporters who had been waiting for nearly an hour to interview Gu Heng were not willing to let them leave. They blocked the front and stretched out their microphones to Gu Heng.

As an international air show, the number of reporters is more than several times that of the last domestic auto show.
At a glance, there are almost several hundred people.
Gu Heng also knew that if he didn't answer a few questions, he would definitely not be able to leave the air show center, so he had no choice but to speak to the group of reporters in English: "You can interview me, but I will only answer three questions.

If you still don't give way after answering these three questions, my bodyguards will suspect that you are trying to harm me, and you will be responsible for any personal injuries you suffer. "

After saying that, Gu Heng looked at the reporter with big wavy blonde hair who was closest to him and said, "You can ask the first question."

The blonde with big waves was chosen by Gu Heng, and asked excitedly, "Mr. Gu, which country are you from?"

“China.

There are two more questions.”

After answering, Gu Heng turned his gaze to another Chinese reporter who was trying hard to squeeze in front of him and said, "The second question is for you."

The Chinese reporter opened his eyes wide with excitement and raised the microphone high: "Mr. Gu, I am a reporter from China Industrial Evening News. We learned that you spent 8.15 million US dollars to buy two aircraft, which is the largest private order in the aviation manufacturing industry in the past decade.

But I would like to ask, you would rather spend high prices to buy aircraft from European and American companies, why are you unwilling to support domestic aviation manufacturing companies?

We also have four domestic companies participating in the air show this time. Have you ever thought about supporting the development of the domestic aviation industry?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng's head was filled with black question marks.

He was chosen from among hundreds of reporters to interview him because he was Chinese.

As a result, this kid started to use moral blackmail as soon as he opened his mouth?
This guy is a beast, right?
However, the reporter looked at Gu Heng with great excitement and was very satisfied with his question, because no matter how Gu Heng answered, a slight polish by him would be enough to attract the attention of a large number of people.

If Gu Heng was a public figure, he would probably answer very carefully.

But is he?

Does he need to be cautious?

The answer is of course not.

"I can use my money to buy any company's plane I want. When the plane returns to China, I still have to pay tens of millions of dollars in entry tax. Does this count as supporting the development of the aviation industry?
Moreover, before you ask this question, you should ask Alibaba's CEO Ma, JD's CEO Liu, and Wanda's CEO Wang whether their private jets are made in China and whether they support the domestic aviation industry.
Are you satisfied with my answer?"

My good mood was completely ruined by such a stupid reporter. It turns out that there is a saying that goes, when you go abroad, the people you should be most wary of are your own people.

I was kind enough to give him the opportunity to ask questions, but this bastard turned around and stabbed me in the back.

Thinking of this, Gu Heng lost interest in answering the last question. He simply ordered his bodyguards to clear the way violently and followed Frederick, Ouyang Nana and others out of the air show center.

(End of this chapter)