In fact, the butler system alone was enough to satisfy all of Chen Zhao's family's needs.
The other advanced technologies were just icing on the cake.
There were no truly epoch-making technologies, and there were no revolutionary products.
Some of them were already known technologies, and then new ones were being developed.
For example, the satellites of the security company were actually government and military satellites modified and put into the civilian market.
However, normal companies couldn't get the license to operate satellites.
The truly advanced part was the butler system's own intelligence.
The pet management system was just a magically modified version of the facial recognition system.
Of course, there were more functions that Chen Zhao's family had to experience by themselves after moving in.
The most commonly used functions were facial recognition, voice recognition, and fingerprint recognition.
The not-so-big butler system had already turned Mingyue Villa into a small sci-fi town.
Li Qiong spent a week debugging the butler system for Chen Zhao.
When she was done, she received a check for $500,000.
Li Qiong was quite pitiful. Chen Zhao didn't express any intention to take things further with her.
They weren't the same kind of people, after all.
However, a check of five hundred thousand dollars was enough to satisfy her.
During this period, Dashan Beer's market value reached $1.3 billion.
This was mainly because after the tropical storm, Dashan Beer temporarily stopped production and went on the market again, performing strongly in the market.
It sold more than a million cans a day and was already the leader in California. There was also news that Dashan Beer would be sold in America. This attracted the attention of investors.
More than 20 investors had already inquired about Dashan Beer. They wanted to buy or invest in Dashan Beer.
The bank was even more anxious about the negotiation. They bought 20% of the shares at a 200% premium. If they couldn't come to an agreement, Dashan Beer's market value would probably exceed $1.5 billion.
In the end, the bank would probably have to pay a much higher price than the initial estimate.
By then, the negotiation to buy the shares might end in failure.
Therefore, the bank bought 22% of the shares at a market value of $1.4 billion plus a 200% premium.
That was $924 million for 22% of the shares.
Although the bank would help Chen Zhao start the tax avoidance plan, he still had to deduct a portion of the tax in the end. This was unavoidable. In the end, Chen Zhao would get around $800 million.
However, this money wouldn't come in all at once. After all, tax avoidance had to be done bit by bit. It couldn't be done all at once.
Two hundred million dollars had already entered his account.
This was the first time he had earned such a large sum of money since Nanqi Island.
Moreover, in the next half a year, around eight hundred million dollars would gradually flow into his personal account.
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"Mr. Chen, what do you think of this design?" Orford Rabier asked.
"If I say I want to increase the budget, can you change the plan?" Chen Zhao asked.
Now that he had money, he couldn't help but want to spend it.
Ofer Lobbill was in a difficult position. After all, it had taken more than a month and a design team of dozens of people to complete the design.
If it was a small modification, he could accept it.
However, overthrowing the design plan was unacceptable to him.
"How much does Mr. Chen want to increase the budget?" Orford Rabier asked.
"I want a 300 million dollar yacht."
Ofer Lerby almost spat out water. "Mr. Chen, are you serious?"
"Yes." Chen Zhao nodded.
A yacht worth 300 million USD? It was 200 million USD more than the original budget.
A yacht worth 300 million USD was enough to make it into the top ten yachts in the world.
"Mr. Chen, no problem. We can come up with a new plan, but it'll take a month."
"Sure, let's do it." Chen Zhao nodded.
This man wasn't just rich. He was super rich.
Orford Rabier had thought that Chen Zhao would only increase the budget by ten or twenty million.
His team of designers had worked for more than a month. From design to labor and time, it would cost a few million. Of course, he wasn't willing to redo it.
But now, Chen Zhao actually wanted to increase the budget by two hundred million.
Then there would be no problem at all. Just the thought of bringing such a business deal to the company made Orf Lerby's blood boil.
Yachts were one of the most valuable luxury goods in the world. Within five years, they could maintain their value by 90%.
Within twenty years, they could maintain their value by 70%. During these twenty years, technology would change and the depreciation of the currency would far exceed the value of the yacht.
This meant that if Chen Zhao designed the yacht with a budget of three hundred million, it could still sell for two hundred million in twenty years.
This was why rich people liked to play with yachts. When they got tired of them, they could sell them and get a new one.
Or, if they needed emergency funds, they could get them through exclusive yachts.
Don't think that all rich people were unreasonable. With this kind of money, they could buy a new one.
Actually, not everyone was willing to wait one or two years, or even three or four.
Yacht construction technology had changed. Unless it was a super cruise ship, it would take more than three years.
If it was just a yacht, it would take no more than one and a half years, including the design time.
This meant that Chen Zhao would get his own yacht by the end of next year.
"Oh, do your company have any ready-made yachts worth tens of millions? Before the custom-made yacht is completed, I need a replacement."
"Yes, of course," Orford Rabier said excitedly.
In just a year, Chen Zhao was actually willing to spend tens of millions to buy a replacement.
The world of rich people was indeed unreasonable.
Of course, Orford Rabier definitely wouldn't make money from this yacht.
After all, he had to give Chen Zhao some commission.
"Mr. Chen, what's your budget?"
"Less than fifty million."
"Sure. I'll give you the yacht models and quotations that our company has in storage as soon as possible. It won't take more than three days. Please wait a moment."
Oliver Lobbill sent the news back to the headquarters on the same day. It was a 300 million USD deal, and this was the biggest deal Seagate had ever received. No one dared to underestimate this deal.
In the past, Chen Zhao didn't really care about yachts because he didn't want to live on the sea even if he spent so much money.
However, in the past year, after going out many times, he felt that yachts were a necessity.
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