Chapter 1504 - 1556: The Life of a Tycoon
Li Yifei understood some Arabic. After all, he had completed several missions here and had learned some Arabic. Listening to the Arab prince across from him, he couldn’t help but laugh inside. This guy was actually murmuring whether the offer he made was too low, so that’s why the Huaxia people across wouldn’t get him a hawk. Should he offer an extra million?
Li Yifei really wanted to say, "I’ll give you three million dollars, and you get me a Falco rusticolus."
But that would be too face-smacking. Experience told him it’s best not to compete with Arabs, especially these princes, in terms of wealth, because anyone from the other side could be dirt poor, except for having loads of money.
Chatting with this prince, Li Yifei had no particular purpose; he was just bored on the plane. Initially, he wanted to chat with Wu Shuwei beside him, but she ignored him, so Li Yifei wouldn’t take the initiative either.
After mumbling for a while, the Arab prince regretfully gave up on the idea of catching a Falcon rusticolus, or a bunch of them, glanced at Li Yifei, and said, "What are you doing in Dubai?"
Li Yifei replied, "Me? Traveling. I’ve wanted to come to Dubai for a long time, and since I have free time now, I decided to take a stroll."
The Arab prince raised his eyebrows, curled his lips, and said, "Dubai is great, and Dubai welcomes you Huaxia people to shop. Heh, you’re not bad; you told me about a very beautiful stock market. I really like the Falco rusticolus. If I have the chance, I’d like to see this magical hawk with my own eyes."
Finishing his words, the Arab prince said, "Just call me Sashar."
This was the name of the Arab prince. If you wanted to call his full name, it would be a bit tricky. His name wasn’t the longest; there are many names even longer than his.
Li Yifei responded with a hum and said, "Thank you, I also hope to have fun in Dubai this time."
The Arab prince snapped his fingers, called over a flight attendant, and said to her, "Go, bring me two bottles of the wine I have stored here, I’ll treat the two Huaxia friends across to a drink."
Li Yifei secretly curled his lips, thinking that this guy truly deserved to be called a tycoon, having stored his own wine on such a commercial flight.
This isn’t something just anyone can do; a very prestigious status is required to achieve this.
Of course, for this group of tycoons, let alone commercial flights, they can buy a plane and fly around the world with ease.
Li Yifei recalled that out of the world’s ten most famous private planes, the most expensive one, worth tens of billions of dollars, was bought by one of their princes, with an extremely luxurious interior, whether it was an Airbus or a Boeing, he forgot.
The wine was brought over, and the Arab prince, um, Sashar opened it and poured some for Li Yifei and Wu Shuwei.
Wu Shuwei opened her eyes. Seeing it was red wine, she didn’t refuse and politely said thank you. Li Yifei also said thank you.
"Haha, don’t mention it, Arabs are very hospitable. I had a great chat with Mr. Hawk. It’s nothing to treat you guys to a drink. I have a good impression of Huaxia people, unlike those Little Japan, this damned nation." Prince Sashar said, glancing at the Japanese boy curling up to the side, then added, "A stingy, vile nation. On this trip, wherever I go, I find that the people there are particularly stingy, the men are terribly ugly, and the women are even shorter and minuscule, especially those teeth, ugly to the point I want to puke just by glancing once."
Listening to Prince Sashar dissing the Japanese, Wu Shuwei wore a faint smile, while Li Yifei laughed along.
The Japanese boy curled up in a corner, overhearing their conversation the whole time, feeling extremely indignant inside, his face burning with anger. He didn’t dare to go up against the Arab prince, but he had already developed a hatred for Li Yifei and that woman. However, since they were chatting so merrily now, he could only suppress this hatred, thinking bitterly that it’d be best not to encounter them in Dubai, or else he’d certainly teach them a lesson.
Now hearing the prince badmouthing the Japanese, he felt even worse, yet there was no way to vent, so he could only endure.
Seeing them enjoy their drinks and getting more cheerful in their chat, the Japanese boy’s eyes widened.
Wu Shuwei had one glass of red wine, then waved her hand to stop drinking more, signaling Li Yifei to chat with the other side, not bothering about her.
Prince Sashar didn’t insist either. He didn’t care about the cost of the wine, but a bottle was still worth tens of thousands of dollars, not something money alone can buy. The Huaxia woman didn’t engage with him, so he didn’t ask for trouble. In his aesthetic view, it’s Europe and American women he favored, with East Asian women being something to try occasionally, but not his preferred type.
Moreover, being all men, he could tell that Li Yifei was protective of this woman, even if they didn’t know each other.
After chatting about the hawk, Prince Sashar began talking about keeping pets, saying he had lions and leopards from Africa, various crocodiles from India and Egypt, and Amazon levee growing up to several meters long, along with various venomous snakes.
In his words, he could open a zoo at home without needing to find animals outside.
When it comes to various beasts, Li Yifei has seen many over the years, all of them wild. He has even taken down quite a few with his own hands when faced with threats from animals.
Therefore, Li Yifei has plenty to say.
He chatted with the other person, discussing everything from which country in Africa has the most lions, comparing leopards from around the world, to the differences among jaguars, Asian tigers, and Siberian tigers, up to how a person can kill a full-grown Amazon levee.
What Li Yifei said were things the wealthy prince Sashar was unaware of, even things he had never seen before, which made him listen wide-eyed.
Clearly, even the rich can’t experience everything. They can drive all kinds of luxury cars, use machine guns as firecrackers, shoot into the sky, indulge in excess, but they cannot, like Li Yifei, fight tigers with just a knife, or dart among leopards with bare hands in the wild.
Of course, the wealthy prince Sashar wasn’t someone who easily believed others, but Li Yifei’s words were just too true to ignore. He interrupted Li Yifei and asked, "Were you in the military?"
"Served for a few years."
"Haha, no wonder, what you said is really appealing to me. If there’s a chance, I would invite you to my home to see those adorable big cats." The wealthy prince Sashar raised his glass to toast with Li Yifei.
Li Yifei took a big sip, thinking to himself that his first stop in Dubai was worth it, where he met a local wealthy prince.
In this country governed by a chief and king, many things don’t even require laws; just a nod from the ruler can make things happen easily. Li Yifei has big ambitions this time; he’s either playing big or not playing at all.
Therefore, these are also political capital, Li Yifei thought to himself.
Otherwise, why would he waste time talking so much with a prince who seemed both rustic and wealthy, and after contact, still appeared rustic and wealthy?
The two conversed from beasts to various buildings in Dubai, randomly picking out a project which could highlight the city’s ultimate luxury. A landmark project "World Island" in Dubai has emerged from vast waves, comprising 300 artificial islands arranged in the form of world maps and protected well by an egg-shaped breakwater, making it the world’s most astonishing island residential project.
The wealthy prince Sashar directly said he owned several residences there.
Li Yifei mentioned Dubai’s most famous landmark - Dubai Tower, and the wealthy prince Sashar added that he owns a fraction of shares inside.
He also introduced the Dubai Tower to Li Yifei: Dubai Tower, also known as Dubai Building or Burj Dubai Tower, is a skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It started on September 21, 2004, and is currently the highest building in the world. The architectural design adopts a challenging single structure, consisting of connected tubular towers forming a space-age style exterior, with a base surrounded by geometric shapes reflecting Islamic architecture - the six-petaled desert flower.
At this point, he talked about the Sailboat Hotel, and Li Yifei was already rolling his eyes. The world’s only seven-star hotel cannot be simply described by the word "luxury."
In this country, most normal people are poor except for their money, while many are extremely poor.
But sitting in front of him was the wealthy prince Sashar, someone poor but only left with money.
Li Yifei couldn’t help thinking of a domestic joke. A second-generation rich kid went abroad for education and called his father saying he didn’t want to drive a luxury car to school anymore since others used public transport and metro. His father directly wired him a billion and told him to pick whichever metro line, buy it, and commute by metro in the future.
What that student felt inside isn’t easy to guess, but this wealthy prince sitting before Li Yifei, Li Yifei roughly understands his thoughts.
This guy is all about buying, buying, buying, probably the most ideal and masculine yet tender male partner in the hearts of some domestic women.
Discussing these, Li Yifei realized one problem, the $20 billion he brought along really wasn’t much.
If he wants to make a big deal and the $20 billion isn’t enough, what should he do?
This is also quite a troublesome issue for Li Yifei; he really needs to think it over.
Seeing Li Yifei in seeming distress, the wealthy prince chose not to talk to him anymore and instead drank with two ladies beside him, indulging himself...
Koboto Kobayashi’s actions were swift; by the morning, he had earned Li Yifei the $20 billion, not in Japan but within the Swiss Bank. Naturally, Li Yifei also has a personal account, and he opened another account. Looking at the extra two and a string of zeros in the account, Li Yifei felt like a tycoon, so he took the $20 billion and flew to Dubai.