Recently, thanks to the development of the semiconductor industry,

the northern part of Harbour City has seen an increase in employment opportunities, and the population that had settled there in the past has slowly increased.

The supply of residential land has consistently failed to keep up, so people have had to think of other solutions. A King's Dragon Island, similar to Crab Island, was born in this situation.

Considering ocean currents, transportation, construction difficulties, and so on, the location of King's Dragon Island was ultimately arranged in Pengcheng Bay, with a total area expected to reach twelve square kilometers.

If people settle on the island, it will only be a few minutes by boat to Yuen Long and other places. In the future, it is expected to supply 80,000 sets of residences, apartments, and villa complexes, half of which will be sold to Harbour City residents, with priority given to families without housing.

Things should not be done more than three times.

One urban renewal project, one satellite city plan—neither was successful. This time, it finally managed to bypass many obstacles, and the project attracted widespread attention as soon as it was launched.

Early December.

Su Yehao arrived at Pengcheng Bay on a yacht, holding a conceptual map in his hand, and muttered:

"The position of the dragon head is important. I still have to find Wong Tai Sin to calculate it. Renting out Crab Island has made me a lot of money. There will be more people on this island in the future, so it's worth putting in a little effort."

Linda Yun, wearing a brown coat, said while blowing her nose:

"It's time to find a great immortal to calculate it properly. The potential buyers around here are very particular about those things. Anyway, I've already booked a villa on Crab Island, so there's no need to buy another property here. By the way, you bought a lot of houses in Pengcheng back then to use as wine cellars and staff dormitories. What are you keeping them for now?"

"Oh, you're right, I almost forgot. Remember to ask me about the price and sell them internally to the employees."

Back then, he was still thinking about buying houses to increase their value or to rent them out.

Plans can't keep up with changes.

Only a little over ten years have passed, and he has long looked down on that small amount of money. If Linda Yun hadn't reminded him, Su Yehao would have almost forgotten that he still held a batch of commercial housing.

Surrounded by seawater, the yacht was sailing around the area where nearly 200 billion Hong Kong dollars is planned to be invested in the next six years to build King's Dragon Island.

Linda Yun flipped through her notebook and continued, "Oh, and the 3G construction hasn't been completed yet, and the 4G project has already started. Preparations for the pilot project have begun. Mobile Company wants to find you for a定向增发 (dìngxiàng zēngfā, private placement), raising 20 billion US dollars."

Su Yehao waved his hand and only replied:

"Forget it, the period with the highest returns has passed. This business isn't very interesting. Help me find a reason to turn it down. Next, I will invest more in pharmaceutical research and development projects. Various scientific research projects are very expensive, so it's better to be careful."

Hearing this, Linda Yun rolled her eyes and said, "Super projects are being thrown out one after another. In the past two months, you have invested nearly six billion US dollars in the field of nuclear fusion. This island is also worth more than 20 billion US dollars. And now you're telling me to be careful?"

"Why not? Dragon Island is a housing project that helps tens of thousands of families solve their housing problems, and at the same time, I can make a profit from it. In the future, I can develop domestic tourism and collect rent through shops and shopping malls. Everyone is happy."

Su Yehao shrugged and continued:

"Mobile's profits last year were more than 100 billion RMB, and there is also a two- or three-year buffer before the construction of 4G. It's not really short of money. It doesn't matter if I'm there or not, but mainly it's a little less interesting."

The so-called "interesting" refers to achieving certain goals through business.

For example, the seemingly useless Lunar Hotel project, when aerospace technology accumulates to a certain level, can also undertake some international commercial launch orders and try to open up space tourism routes. There is also a commercial prospect.

If it can't be done in ten years, then spend twenty or thirty years. Su Yehao is only in his thirties now and can wait patiently. Whether it's the Lunar Hotel or nuclear fusion, or the super photovoltaic power plant covering 10,000 square kilometers, there is hope of seeing them with his own eyes.

Small goals are too easy to achieve and are not challenging for Su Yehao now. Only these super projects can make him feel expectant.

If it weren't for the scenes described in a certain book being too scary—the entire solar system being hit by dimensional reduction—he would have even thought about donating money to certain organizations to try to find extraterrestrial intelligent life.

Statistically speaking, the probability of Earth giving birth to intelligent species is very small; it is more likely that they simply haven't been found yet.

As for issues such as eternal life, Su Yehao never cares about them. He would rather spend his time enjoying life. Others are busy working for a living, while he spends his time on himself, which, from a certain perspective, is equivalent to prolonging his life.

In his spare time,

he even indulged in wild thoughts, wondering whether he should explore the secrets of his own body.

But the accident that year was too incredible. People haven't even completely understood their own diseases yet, so thinking too much will only increase their worries.

...

After taking a drive around Pengcheng Bay,

Su Yehao went ashore by car to visit Vera and his daughter at the Andrade family estate.

His mixed-race little daughter is so cute. Unlike white girls who age easily, Vera herself is also mixed-race and basically looks the same as before, still fair-skinned and beautiful.

Since she only sells one painting each year, Vera has more time to refine her work and is currently creating new pieces.

Looking at the detailed drafts outlined in gouache, Su Yehao said happily, "Oh, you're finally attacking the oil painting circle. What's this painting called, 'Rabbit with a Pearl Earring'?"

The gouache painting in front of him clearly referenced the famous painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, "Girl with a Pearl Earring."

However, the picture is brighter, and the girl has become a cute cartoon chubby rabbit.

Vera was a little unsure and said, "I feel like it will be controversial. I'm considering whether I should create it. I'm also conceiving a rabbit version of 'Spring Morning in the Han Palace'."

The year before last, she turned "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" into an oil painting, and the characters on it were replaced by black and white pandas. The final work was sold for 3.2 million US dollars.

Last year, she painted a hundred different fat tigers and sold them for 3.72 million US dollars.

This year, attacking classical oil paintings is indeed likely to cause controversy in the art world. Many mean and rigid classical painters will not be lenient just because Vera is beautiful.

After a brief consideration, Su Yehao smiled and said, "Let's paint 'Spring Morning in the Han Palace'. When you have all ten famous paintings, you can retire. As for this rabbit, you can paint it when you have time and give it to me as a gift."

Vera nodded without hesitation:

"No problem, thank you for helping me make a decision, otherwise it would have taken a long time. Also, last time you asked my father to help ask the owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and they have already replied, saying that they are willing to sell the winery, but the price is a bit high, about 800 million euros."

Su Yehao said:

"As long as they are willing to sell, money is not a big problem. I plan to integrate it into the luxury goods group, just like Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Last year, Nangong just acquired the Armand de Brignac champagne winery, plus your Margaux, our family is becoming more and more influential in the liquor market..."