America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 314 Wealth

"Laboratory? What laboratory?" Zhang Ailun asked in confusion.

"Human laboratory. There is also some research on medicine and organ cloning projects."

The engineer explained, "Currently, many wealthy people are keen to invest in projects in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Priyan has hired some researchers to conduct research on cloning. They will use cloning technology on pigs to cultivate usable human organs inside the pigs. The cloning technology in this area is already quite mature! Some wealthy people also believe that organs from other people are not as useful as organs cultivated by fusing their own cells with those of pigs."

"..."

Zhang Ailun was speechless and uninterested in the matter. He immediately waved his hand and said, "Disband that department! Send them home!"

"Sir, even if you wanted to conduct research, you no longer have the resources. Due to yesterday's turmoil, the researchers were unfortunately all accidentally shot dead by those desperados. Fortunately, a cloned pig was preserved. Would you like to go and take a look?"

The engineer said, "Mr. Priyan named the pig Elizabeth; it's a guinea pig."

Zhang Ailun looked at him strangely and shook his head. "Take me to see other places first."

"OK."

The engineer and the mercenary turned around and led the way, taking the leader and his entourage to visit the island's construction site.

However, considering the long journey and the inconvenience of walking, the mercenaries drove out two pickup trucks from the warehouse next door. They were camouflaged, had heavily modified engines, and were equipped with two 7.62mm machine guns.

Let's not even talk about throwing explosives; there are boxes and boxes of them sitting there in the warehouse.

Zhang Ailun clicked his tongue: "Jehovah really has a lot of good stuff."

After all, he had organized a private armed force of over 200 people on the island, and needed to prevent being robbed by others. He also had connections with Colonel Frank of the Air Force, so getting some weapons and ammunition would be quite easy for him.

But the leader didn't see any armed helicopters here. They must have been stolen in the chaos yesterday. What a waste!

These things are now the private property of the Grand Master.

Zhang Ailun was thinking of visiting Madison again, not for any other reason than simply wanting to visit Mr. Priyan, who was in a vegetative state.

Give him some more good potions developed in the Kilimanjaro mountain laboratory!

After boarding the pickup truck, Captain White Wolf personally drove the vehicle along the smooth cement road to visit the construction site of Jehovah's Island.

Jehovah Island is located at the junction of California and Mexican waters, with a total area of ​​approximately 212.6 square kilometers, equivalent to 318900 acres. Its size is comparable to the 53 Green Field Estates owned by the Grand Master in California, which is already considered a very large private island.

Only after visiting the site did I realize that Jehovah Island is actually much larger than Madison Island.

Madison's private islands are at most only about 140 square kilometers, with many areas still consisting of rocky beaches and undeveloped forests, and are priced at over $2 million.

Jehovah's Island originally sold for only $90 million, but that was because no one developed it, and the purchase was made in the last century when the dollar was still very valuable. According to Madison, the island's current value, based solely on its intrinsic worth, is conservatively estimated at $300 million! But it could actually sell for much more. It all depends on how you use it.

If you include the complete wealth left by the island's previous owner, including all kinds of weaponry, aircraft, and vehicles, you couldn't buy it for less than seven or eight hundred million US dollars if you were to inherit it entirely. Although now it's essentially nothing left, with only some infrastructure and everyone gone.

The island has a mild climate and is not exactly a perfect place for a vacation, but its privacy and secrecy are undeniable.

Lanai, for example, is an island in Hawaii with an area of ​​365.2 square kilometers, but it costs a whopping $39 billion! It is the most expensive private island in the world, but its main characteristics are just that the climate is more suitable for vacations, all the facilities are designed for livability, and the location is also a commercial amusement park. Jehovah Island is naturally incomparable to it.

Other private islands are only a fraction of a square kilometer or a few tens of square kilometers in size, and even if undeveloped, they cost at least tens of millions of dollars. Jehovah Island, on the other hand, is a well-developed island that requires almost no major renovations. The Grand Master has really struck gold!

Guided by the engineers and mercenaries, they drove the pickup truck to a warehouse area. After getting out of the car, Zhang Ailun first followed them to a warehouse area with serial numbers: A-1, A-2, and A-3.

Without exception, all the fingerprint-unlocked security doors were deliberately damaged and blown open, leaving behind blackened surfaces and obvious traces of explosives.

I went inside and took a look, and found that the safes and shelves were scattered all over the floor; the scene was appalling, as if it had been ransacked. And indeed, that's what happened.

"What was this warehouse used for before?" Zhang Ailun asked the engineer after touring the facility.

"Warehouse A1 is used to store leaves and daily addictive drugs, and it was the area that was targeted by those people yesterday."

The engineer explained, "The rich can't do without these things at parties and gatherings. The goods that Mr. Prian ordered are basically stored in this warehouse. The ordering process is very simple. You just need to make a phone call to the suppliers, and they will deliver them on time in their private jets. Then our people will inspect and store the goods."

He then took out a satellite phone and a phone book from his briefcase and handed them to the leader. "These contain the private phone numbers of those people. Mr. Jin, would you like me to contact them and tell the suppliers that the island has changed hands? Don't worry, these goods are all shipped from Mexico, and they are all high-purity, high-quality goods!"

"No, I don't really like this kind of thing, and there's no need to contact them anymore." Zhang Ailun shook his head and then asked, "Are the people you're talking about professional drug cartels?"

"They are just a small, scattered organization, and they are not very well-known internationally," the engineer replied.

"Okay, then you can give this phone book to my people. I'll take care of this." Zhang Ailun smiled and let Boketu and the others take the phone book.

I'm going to hand it over to the DEA so they can deal with the Mexican authorities.

They arrived at the next warehouse, which had also been ransacked, with many broken glass test tubes. Bocktu examined them and found some well-preserved medicine that looked somewhat familiar. He hesitated, "Is this adrenaline red?"

"This is also where medicines are stored, but they're special medicines used for organ research. There's incense, baby oil, and even the adrenaline red you have. That's very valuable! That vial you have is worth at least $7000! It was all looted during yesterday's chaos," the engineer said.

"The other A3 warehouse is used to store food, and it also has condensers for food preservation. That was the only warehouse that wasn't vandalized yesterday," White Wolf added.

"Jehovah Island usually has about 300 residents. In addition to the models and European and American celebrities who are often invited to parties, there are also waiters and chefs. However, those chefs and waiters were worried about their safety and fled by yacht this morning."

Zhang Ailun nodded and didn't think much of it. He just told his female assistant, Gwen, to recruit some people and a chef another day, since so many people stationed on the island needed to eat.

Although Prien is wealthy, he certainly wouldn't want to send food by air or sea every day for them to indulge in lavish seafood and steak feasts. The Grand Master, of course, wouldn't want that either.

After visiting the warehouse area in Zone A, we got back on the bus and went to other places.

An airport, a fortress, an underground vault, safes, a power station, a signal tower, an entertainment villa area halfway up the mountain, and a luxury villa and swimming pool at the top of the mountain.

But it's basically empty inside, there's nothing there.

If there were anything truly valuable, Prien's children certainly wouldn't have left it behind; they would have had it all packed up and taken away immediately. Only the less desirable items, worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, would be snatched up by the crowd.

On the hilltop mansion's helipad, there's a white Cessna 172 general aviation aircraft with a damaged propeller, and several amphibious speedboats in the warehouse.

There are two airports and two bay ports on Jehovah Island, located in the east, west, south, and north. The airports are on the east and west sides, and the ports are on the north and south sides.

The place where Zhang Ailun led his men to land and stay on the warship was at the port in the south.

However, in the opposite direction of the mountaintop, in the Qianwan area, there is also a less popular port that can be built.

These amphibious speedboats are ready to be launched and used for evacuation in case of emergency.

But it looks like it's not needed at all. It's just been driven on the road, and the tires are almost worn out and the paint on the speedboat chassis is rusted, but it still hasn't been used.

Qibatu inspected the plane and speedboat and found that there were no problems, only damaged parts, which could be replaced and then used normally.

"Aside from the value of the island itself, the remaining items are worth approximately three million US dollars," the female assistant, Gwen, helped with the calculation.

Looking at the dozens of boxes of weapons and ammunition that the mercenary team had brought out, along with several pickup trucks, there were undoubtedly RPG rocket launchers, M60 machine guns, M249 machine guns, and various types of sniper rifles and anti-materiel sniper rifles.

"The weapons alone are worth over a million dollars," Gwen exclaimed. "That's a considerable fortune."

He added regretfully, "It's a pity that a lot of things and private jets have been taken away."

The Grand Master didn't care much about these petty gains. He had already made a great profit by getting a private island worth hundreds of millions for free.

Although those allies who made the exchange of benefits may have made more money, they would certainly be grateful to the leader for the benefits they gained by following him. In the future, they would be regarded as important guests wherever they went, and talents from all walks of life would be friends of the leader.

"Give me some face, please." — Humbert Juankin

After taking stock of the island's supplies and reserves, Zhang Ailun had the mercenaries take them back to the warehouse, and then followed the engineer on foot to a secret location on the island.

According to him, this is a secret place known only to him and Prian, and it wasn't even marked on the design drawings.

It is a tunnel located halfway up a mountain.

Following the luxurious villas atop the mountain, overlooking the distant azure sea with its surging waves, we followed the engineer up the ladders on the hillside to the tunnel halfway up the mountain. With the lights on, we entered the depths of the tunnel and saw piles of stones and murals inside.

It doesn't seem like there's anything surprising about it.

"What are these mysterious symbols and patterns?" Zhang Ailun asked after taking a look.

"It's said to be a location where treasure is buried. Prien made his fortune in treasure hunting in his early years. He went to sea with friends to search for treasure and successfully found a place where a large number of Spanish silver coins from the Pirate era were buried. At that time, the total value was already over $5000 million. Afterwards, he used that money to do other investment business, which is how he accumulated a lot of wealth."

The engineer said, "Later, he spent a lot of money to buy the island, specifically to store his wealth and enjoy himself. He also had us build this secret location here, but he rarely comes here on weekdays, and I don't know what it means."

Now, everyone present knows about this secret location that was known only to the two people in the group.

Zhang Ailun also looked at him with surprise. "You must be more than just an ordinary engineer, right? How do you know so much? Prian can't possibly tell everything to an outsider, can he?"

"Actually, I'm kind of his personal butler, and also Jehovah's cousin. We're practically in the same family. My name is Stanley Prian, but Jehovah doesn't really like the family system. He thinks relatives are all vampires. He only cares about his own sons and daughters. Someone like me, even if I'm related to him by blood and share the same surname, would never have been invited to work on the island if I didn't have this skill."

The engineer said helplessly, "I could have made other excuses, or even kept this a secret, but I've decided to be honest with you. Sir, whether you ultimately decide to fire me, or you're worried I'll hold a grudge and not work hard for you, and therefore kick me out, I can accept it!"

"Your honesty has earned you a stable job, Mr. Priyan."

After thinking it over, Zhang Ailun decided to allow him to stay and work for him.

Although the value of this tunnel mural is currently unknown, at least there are no dozens of kilograms of explosives buried inside!

If the tunnel halfway up the mountain were blown up, the villas on the mountaintop would undoubtedly collapse in an earthquake.

Construction and reconstruction are minor issues; if someone were living there, they certainly wouldn't survive!

Zhang Ailun thought about it more and more and felt that this was a big deal. Although he had a cheat code and didn't need to be afraid, now that someone was willing to take the initiative to stand up and confess, it was undoubtedly because of the charisma of the leader!

He patted him on the shoulder and praised, "Don't worry, I'm not one to dredge up old grudges, because I usually settle scores on the spot. I know you don't have a very deep relationship with Jehovah. If this mural is really valuable and I make money deciphering it, I'll definitely consider giving you a substantial bonus! Even if it's worthless, I'll still give you a raise. From now on, you'll be in charge of supervising the construction here. There are many places on the island that have been damaged and need to be repaired."

"Thank you for your generosity, boss," the engineer said gratefully.

Back at the mountaintop villa, we had the island's power supply and water purifier checked. Everything was in good condition and ready to use. We also discussed the design and maintenance with the engineers and put them in charge of ordering materials and construction.

He also took some time to visit the guinea pig named Elizabeth in the laboratory. It could run and jump and was perfectly healthy. After considering it, the leader decided to release it into the lush forest area on the island.