Chapter 423 - 194: Gu · Billionaire · Heng_2
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Gu Heng didn’t know what was going on in their minds, nor did he care to know.
After signing the contract and shaking hands with representatives from the two major companies, the voice of the system echoed in his mind beforehand.
"Host, indulge to the utmost! Enjoy the pinnacle of human pleasure, become the first person in the global Chinese private jet sector, indulgence successful, reward US Dollars: 3 billion. This amount has been deposited in a Swiss Bank under the host’s name through the foreign exchange market, to be withdrawn by the host himself at the Swiss Bank headquarters (Due to Hua Country’s financial control mechanisms, this amount is too large to be directly entered into Hua Country.])"
$3 billion...
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As Gu Heng listened to the system’s voice in his mind, he couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment...
In fact, before making the purchase, Gu Heng had already guessed that this reward amount would definitely not be low.
But when the reward really arrived, Gu Heng still felt as if he were dreaming...
Three billion US dollars...
Even after repaying American Express Company’s interest and principal of 850 million US dollars, he would still have 2.15 billion US dollars left, which is more than 15 billion RMB
Had he just become a billionaire that easily?
However, after only a moment, this excitement faded from Gu Heng’s mind. With more time exposed to the system, Gu Heng had realized that money, to him, really was just a series of digits...
Over 100 billion might seem a lot, but if he needed, he could still hack another sum from the system today.
What Gu Heng cared more about was the method of the system’s reward...
This time it actually involved depositing the money into a Swiss Bank, not directly transferring it into his personal account in his home country, and it even clearly informed him of the reason, which was because of the financial controls in Hua Country that such a large amount of foreign currency couldn’t be transferred in.
Even though it was a lot more troublesome, it certainly cleared up Gu Heng’s concerns.
It meant that the money rewarded by the system was traceable and wasn’t created out of thin air by the system.
If anyone investigated him due to the large sum of money, they would only think him a genius dominating the foreign exchange market.
Although a high school graduate profiting billions of US dollars on the foreign exchange might sound far-fetched, it is still grounded in reality; the concept of a system is too fantastical, and if someone got wind of something, his brain might end up like Einstein’s, sliced into hundreds of pieces for study in various laboratories…
However…
It’s just that the standard of choosing banks by the system is really low…
Were it before when Swiss Banks still held the reputation of being the most secure banks in the world, Gu Heng might have reluctantly accepted it.
But it’s already 2024.
Everyone knows that Swiss Banks are just a puppet of the European Union...
Such a large sum of money in a Swiss Bank—who knows if it’s going to be embezzled?
Even if not embezzled, if they were to freeze it, where would he go to cry?
Thinking this over, Gu Heng didn’t hesitate any longer; he immediately got up and planned to go to the Swiss Bank to transfer all his money to a Hua Country bank. Although the headquarters of the Swiss Bank are in Zurich, Geneva, being the capital of Switzerland, serves more or less as another main branch, and dealing with the transfer of over two billion US dollars shouldn’t be a problem.
"Fred, I plan to do some business at the Swiss Bank, but I’ve never dealt with them before. Do you have the time now, or could you accompany me?"
As he thought this, Gu Heng approached Frederick Arno and asked in a low voice.
With Frederick Arno, a very functional tool person with great influence throughout Europe, Gu Heng of course would use him if he could.
Frederick Arno, still wildly speculating about Gu Heng’s mysterious background, couldn’t help but say when he heard Gu Heng mention going to the Swiss Bank, "You’re going to conduct business at the Swiss Bank?
Are you having cash flow issues? If you’re short on money, I could lend you some, but I’m not as wealthy as you to casually handle billions of US dollars; I can only lend you a few tens of millions of Euros.
We can go with the bank’s minimum interest rate, but you’ll need to use the private jet you just bought as collateral."
Frederick Arno thought Gu Heng might be having trouble with his cash flow after spending over 800 million US dollars, and was planning to offer Gu Heng a favor by lending him some money to help him manage.
With a collateral worth several hundred million US dollars, he wasn’t worried about Gu Heng being unable to repay.
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Gu Heng looked at him inexplicably after hearing his words, "It’s just a few hundred million US Dollars, how could it possibly cause any trouble with my cash flow? Besides, this money is being paid by the American Express Company, so there’s no need to touch my personal assets.
I went to the Swiss Bank just to handle a transfer of several billion US Dollars. I asked you to accompany me simply because I hadn’t dealt with the Swiss Bank before, plus the amount of money was somewhat large and I feared some issues might arise."
Frederick Arno fell silent again after hearing Gu Heng’s words...
He believed Gu Heng had not lied to him...
But he really couldn’t understand where Gu Heng was getting all this money from?
A transfer of several billion US Dollars? Even his father wouldn’t be able to pull out such a large sum of cash in the short term, right?
However, Frederick Arno didn’t ask further, he just stood up from his chair and accepted Gu Heng’s invitation.
Just as a few of them, under the escort of bodyguards, were leaving the airshow, the reporters who had been waiting for almost an hour to interview Gu Heng weren’t willing to let them leave just like that—they suddenly blocked the way, all stretching their microphones towards Gu Heng.
Being at an international airshow, wasn’t the number of reporters many times more than the last domestic car show?
At a glance, there were almost several hundred...
Gu Heng knew if he didn’t answer a few questions, there was no way they could leave the airshow center, so he reluctantly spoke in English to the group of reporters, "Interviews are fine, but I will only answer three questions.
After I answer three questions, if you still don’t let us through, my bodyguards will suspect that you intend to harm me, and you will be responsible for any physical harm caused to you."
Having said that, Gu Heng saw a blond, big-wavy-haired reporter closest to him, "You ask the first question."
The blond, big-wavy-haired reporter, chosen by Gu Heng, excitedly asked, "Mr. Gu, which country are you from?"
"Hua Country.
Two more questions."
After answering, Gu Heng directly moved his gaze to another Chinese-faced reporter who was frantically squeezing his way through, "The second question is yours."
That Chinese reporter immediately widened his eyes in excitement, raising his microphone high, "Mr. Gu, I am a reporter from the Hua Country Industrial Evening News. We learned that you spent 815 million US Dollars to purchase two airplanes, which is the largest private order in the aviation manufacturing industry in nearly a decade.
But I want to ask, why are you willing to pay a high price for airplanes from European and American companies rather than support national aviation manufacturing companies?
This time at the airshow, there are also four domestic companies participating. Have you considered supporting the development of our national aviation industry?"
On hearing this, Gu Heng directly had a full head of question marks.
Was he given such face because he was a Chinese in the midst of hundreds of reporters, just to be asked about him?
Is this guy downright morally kidnapping?
What an animal he must be!
However, the reporter was very excited looking at Gu Heng, very satisfied with his own question because, no matter how Gu Heng answered, with a slight embellishment, it was enough to attract a large amount of attention.
If Gu Heng had been some sort of public figure, perhaps he would have answered with utmost caution.
But was he?
Did he need to be cautious?
The answer was, of course, no.
"My money, I buy whichever company’s planes I want to buy. On bringing the planes back to my home country, I even have to pay millions in US Dollars in import taxes, isn’t that supporting the development of the aviation industry?
Moreover, before you ask this question, you should have asked Alibaba’s Mr. Ma, Jing Dong’s Mr. Liu, Wanda’s Mr. Wang if their private airplanes are made domestically? Have they supported the national aviation industry?
Are you satisfied with my answer now?"
What had been a good mood was completely ruined by such a stupid reporter, proving once again the saying, when abroad, the very people you need to guard against are your own.
In good faith, he gave him the chance to ask a question, but this prick just backstabbed him.
With this thought, Gu Heng no longer had any interest in answering the last question and directly instructed the bodyguards to forcefully clear the way, following Frederick, Ouyang Nana, and others, they left the airshow center.
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