A middle-aged Caucasian woman in a blue suit stood in front of the mansion's gate. Her professional attire looked very formal. From the logo on her briefcase, Jiang Chen could tell she was from the Netherlands' BMA Construction Company. Currently, they were responsible for the infrastructure reconstruction and tourism development projects on Pannu Islands.
As to the purpose of her visit, Jiang Chen could roughly guess that she was here to "collect a debt."
Shamefully, based on the contract, every time the construction team completed a phase of the project, the tenderer should pay for the phase of the project. But because Jiang Chen wasn't here, he couldn't sign the payment form, so the payment had been delayed until now.
When they finally caught the news of Jiang Chen's return, BMA Construction immediately sent out a salesperson in hopes of resolving the payment issue as soon as possible. Although with Future Technology's guarantee, they weren't afraid of Jiang Chen scamming them, but the delay of the payment was a challenge to their cash flow.
Jiang Chen didn't let her wait for long as he opened the gate and greeted her personally.
When she saw Jiang Chen, the lady nodded and politely introduced herself.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang Chen. I'm Hannah Cavill, manager of BMA Construction Company's European headquarters. "
"Let's talk inside." Jiang Chen smiled and made a welcoming gesture.
Hannah nodded and walked into the mansion's gate.
She followed Jiang Chen to the mansion's gate as her eyes scanned the surroundings. The lush subtropical vegetation bloomed neatly around the lawn. The wide-leafed short trees were shaped like umbrellas. The entire mansion was like a castle surrounded by trees.
It was a beautiful mansion, but she felt it was slightly out of place.
"What are you looking for?" Jiang Chen smiled.
"Mhmm …" Hannah pondered for a moment before she suddenly realized the problem. "Why is there no gardener in your mansion?"
Because of business needs, she had been to the Middle East many times. She had seen a lot of similar mansions there, and every single mansion had a gardener who trimmed the plants all day long. From the smoothness of the mansion's lawn, someone must have taken care of it, but she didn't see a gardener.
Jiang Chen smiled. "You're very observant, but my mansion doesn't need a gardener."
After saying that, he waved his hand at the bushes at the side.
A disk-shaped drone flew out from the bushes and hovered beside his hand. If he didn't take it apart, the drone itself was not a shocking piece of technology, so Jiang Chen didn't hide it.
However, Hanna, who witnessed this scene, widened her eyes. After a while, she sighed and said, "Drone gardening? What a shocking technology. Although we've been paying attention to the technical progress in this area, this is the first time we've seen the finished product … May I know which company made it? "
"Doesn't Bill Gates also like to modify his mansion? Why do you think it's the work of a big company? "
Hannah was stunned for a moment before she smiled.
"You're really humorous."
After inviting her into the mansion, the two sat on the sofa in the living room. Ayesha very considerately poured cold drinks for them.
In this kind of weather, a glass of iced orange juice was undoubtedly a wonderful treat.
Without further small talk, Hannah skillfully took out a document from her briefcase and handed it to Jiang Chen.
"Currently, the tourism area and infrastructure development project on Pannu Islands is 50% complete. It's expected to be completed in December of this year. This is the details of the project's completion. According to the contract, we've completed two phases of the project. Is it convenient for you to pay for these two phases? "
Jiang Chen just picked up the document and glanced at it before he said nonchalantly.
"Of course, give me the payment slip."
Hannah nodded and quickly took out two payment slips from her briefcase.
The total cost of the two phases was 4 billion USD. After Jiang Chen confirmed that the number was correct, he signed the bill to the payer's column.
Seeing Jiang Chen's signature, Hannah's anxious heart finally calmed down as she let out a sigh of relief.
To be honest, she was afraid that Future International would default on the project payment. Although the agreement stated that the payment would be made once the project was completed, there was still a review process. If the tender didn't approve of the completed project, or if the project was delayed for two to three years, it was not unprecedented in the world. Doing business overseas was always a gamble. Before she came, she had made all kinds of plans and even prepared more than one hundred arguments to convince the investor to pay.
But the final result was out of her expectations. Jiang Chen paid without hesitation as if he didn't just sign 4 billion, but just a bill for a restaurant.
Each party kept a copy of the payment slip. Hannah put the one belonging to BMA into her briefcase and hugged the briefcase in front of her chest in relief.
"I'm ashamed to say this. Before we came, we thought you were trying to avoid us and disappeared. I apologize for my rude presumption. "
Hannah stood up and bowed to Jiang Chen.
"It's okay." Jiang Chen waved his hand and joked, "If someone owed me 4 billion, I would also have to worry about them disappearing."
Hannah didn't know if she was amused by Jiang Chen's joke or Jiang Chen's English, but she giggled.
"Also, can I ask you something?" Jiang Chen asked.
Hannah was happy that she successfully obtained the project funds for the company. She said with a pleasant tone, "Of course."
"Does BMA have any experience in building islands?"
There was a saying, "God created the sea, and the Dutch created the land." Since the 13th century, this country has been reclaiming land from the sea on a large scale. Today, 20% of the Dutch territory was artificially reclaimed from the sea. The hills were all dug out to fill the sea, and the entire province of Flevoland was basically reclaimed from the sea.
Although Pannu Islands was vast in the sea, the land area had always been limited. Although it still looked a bit sparsely populated, it was only because the current population was only twenty thousand. Once the immigration policy was released, without affecting the tourism resources, Jiang Chen estimated that it could at most accommodate one hundred thousand people. Any county in the Celestial Empire would have tens or even millions of people. With only one hundred thousand people in the entire Xin, it was not enough.
Jiang Chen had always heard that Holland's land reclamation technology was very advanced. Since BMA was a well-known company in Holland, he couldn't help but ask.
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