Game within game: chess player

Three days later, Pang Hongfei appeared in front of the palace of Crown Prince Hamdan of Dubai, carrying a backpack in one hand and the phone number given by Ye Fang in the other.

"Just die, or you'll have to start over again!" Pang Hongfei said harshly and dialed Ye Fang's number. Pang Hongfei's idea is very simple. Ye Fang will never drag the Crown Prince of Dubai to deceive him, a little person. If Ye Fang really deceives him, he will find a newspaper job again. Where can he go with his qualifications? Everyone has food to eat.

Ye Fang laughed when he received Pang Hongfei's call, thinking that Pang Hongfei really did not disappoint him. When someone asked Pang Hongfei to be released to the palace, Ye Fang asked Pang Hongfei if he was not worried that he was lying to him. Pang Hongfei replied, "I'm just a brother. I have nothing to lie to. But if my bet succeeds, there may be another person who doesn't." Same life."

Ye Fang smiled and patted Pang Hongfei on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, your life will be exciting in the future!"

"I just don't know how I can help you." Pang Hongfei said truthfully.

"Of course, I have a very important task for you now." Ye Fang smiled and asked Nan Yi to bring over a world map, and then the three of them sat at a table. Ye Fang continued, "I want you to help me select three islands that are not attached to any country from a global perspective. This is the list of islands in the world that I asked Nan Yi to select that has no sovereign control. Take a look. "

Pang Hongfei took the white paper handed over by Ye Fang, looked at the world map again, and asked tentatively, "I wonder what these three islands will be used for?"

"These are three countries or bases that belong to us. I need these bases to have complete networks, basic self-defense systems, airports and docks that can dock large ships, etc. You can design them based on the scale that a small country should have. That’s it.” Ye Fang said.

"Country... Country? Mr. Ye, are you saying you want to build a country?!" Pang Hongfei almost went berserk when he heard Ye Fang say this. If Ye Fang hadn't been in the Dubai Palace at this moment, Pang Hongfei would have definitely taken Ye Fang away. Fang thought he was crazy.

"Yes, a miniature country, a territory that we can call our own, at least we no longer need to wander around." Ye Fang said with a serious expression.

"Do you know how much money this requires and how much manpower it costs?" Pang Hongfei was still worried that something was wrong in Ye Fang's head and kept reminding him.

Ye Fang smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about funding. I think I can satisfy you with any number you can imagine. Regarding some data and geographical information you need, you can just ask Nan Yi directly. She is My portable computer.”

After saying that, Ye Fang stood up, patted Pang Hongfei on the shoulder and left. Pang Hongfei looked at Ye Fang's leaving back, his eyes filled with astonishment. What kind of financial strength does a person have to have the ability to build a country? .

"Mr. Pang, we can start." Nan Yi reminded from the side, "The address you are responsible for choosing must fully take into account international geopolitics. The reason why three bases are designed is mainly to use the other two as backup bases. Three bases We must rely on each other and have disaster backup functions. The base must be in Russia and..."

Listening to Nan Yi's request for building a base, Pang Hongfei became more and more uncomfortable, because he found that the base Ye Fang wanted to build was not only a country, but also a place similar to a military base. It would even have anti-aircraft missiles and the ability to stay large General dock for ships.

Needless to say, this is really a standard configuration for building a country! Pang Hongfei thought to himself.

What surprised Pang Hongfei even more was some information Nan Yi revealed intentionally or unintentionally in his words. Through this information, Pang Hongfei made a profile analysis of Ye Fang's basic strength. Through his own analysis, Pang Hongfei suddenly discovered that Ye Fang was a person with a multinational background and special relations with Russia, South Africa, Turkey and a large Eastern country. Through the 911 incident, Ye Fang earned astronomical wealth by relying on international markets such as oil and foreign exchange. .

At the same time, Nan Yi's information reserve was really like a computer. No matter what data Pang Hongfei needed, Nan Yi would almost always get it. Pang Hongfei originally studied international politics and had a deep understanding of the political systems and geographical environments of various countries in the world. He corroborated his knowledge with what Nan Yi said, and there was no mistake at all. Nan Yi even had an understanding of the internal affairs of each country. The political strife and inside information are well known.

"The woman in front of me is not a human at all! This is simply a computer!" Pang Hongfei sighed in his heart. If he had not confirmed Nan Yi's identity, he would definitely believe that Nan Yi sitting in front of him was a human-shaped computer.

Gradually, Pang Hongfei no longer had any objections to the boss he would follow in the future. He firmly believed that the tasks assigned to him by Ye Fang were reliable. Under such circumstances, if he still did not believe Ye Fang, he might be suspected of being mentally ill. People are themselves.

With Pang Hongfei and Nan Yi taking care of the construction of the base, Ye Fangke felt much more relaxed. He only had nothing to do every day but read newspapers and pay attention to international current affairs news, including of course some domestic news.

With Nan Yi by his side, Nan Yi will send important information about what is happening around the world to Ye Fang every day through the special information transmission channel of the Defender system. He will form a special report on the domestic situation, including politics and various economic data. Report to Ye Fang so that Ye Fang is familiar with what is happening in the country even though he is thousands of miles away.

Ten days later, Pang Hongfei handed Ye Fang a basic site selection and construction budget.

"This is the plan that Miss Nan Yi and I made together. Take a look." Of course, Pang Hongfei did not deprive Nan Yi of his contribution, so he emphasized it in front of Ye Fang, but he didn't know that Ye Fang and Nan Yi didn't know anything about it. Care about these things.

Ye Fang saw the three bases selected by Pang Hongfei. One base is located between Africa and Oceania, almost equidistant from South Africa and Australia. In this middle zone is an undeveloped island without any sovereignty, covering an area of ​​​​contact. It is about [-] square kilometers, smaller than Hainan Island.

The second base is located near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, equidistant from East Asian countries and the Indonesian Islands. The island covers an area of ​​[-] square kilometers. It is said that there are some indigenous peoples of the Indonesian Federation on it. The terrain is flat and the scenery is beautiful.

The third base is located near the Bering Strait between Russia and the United States. It is close to the Tropic of Cancer and has a cold climate. Russia is on the left side of the island, and Alaska in the United States is on the right side. It covers an area of ​​more than 1 square kilometers and is inaccessible.

Ye Fang listened carefully to Pang Hongfei's introduction about the three islands and the capital investment. Pang Hongfei said, "I suggest that the construction of the three islands should be based on the island of South Africa. The funds required for the first phase of construction are estimated to be 100 billion US dollars, mainly for infrastructure. The construction period is expected to be two years. If construction can be carried out day and night, the project period can be further shortened. Of course, this must also take into account whether South Africa has such construction strength and qualifications..."

Pang Hongfei talked non-stop for nearly an hour, giving Ye Fang a basic understanding of the construction situation of the three islands. If the three islands are to fully meet Ye Fang's requirements, the construction funds are expected to exceed 500 billion US dollars, equivalent to RMB 5000. 30.00 million. If South African construction teams and workers are used, the overall budget can be reduced by 10%, and the number of workers expected to be used exceeds [-].

It can be said that the food and drink for these [-] workers in one day is an astronomical figure. Pang Hongfei believes that no one in the world except Ye Fang has the courage and effort to build such a base, or to build a country.

When Pang Hongfei reported a budget of US$500 billion, Ye Fang didn't even blink, as if he had no concept of money at all.

"Okay! Let's build it according to this plan." Ye Fang said directly.

"Mr. Ye, the construction of the main base requires teams to go to South Africa to implement design, construction and construction. This is a huge systematic project and I am afraid it requires cooperation from the South African government. After all, the laying of submarine cables for communications needs to be laid from South Africa." Pang Hongfei said.

"This shouldn't be a big problem." Ye Fang thought for a while, then turned to the south and said, "We have been in Dubai for a long time, let's go to South Africa."

"Okay, I'll go arrange the flight." Nan Yi said in a deep voice.

Half an hour later, Ye Fang said goodbye to Hamdan and directly took a private plane to leave for South Africa. Pang Hongfei was obviously not used to Ye Fang's "just-go travel", because he spent this period of time researching site selection day and night. , Pang Hong flew on the plane and fell asleep soundly in a single room. After waking up, the plane had just landed at the South African Capital International Airport.

There was already a special car waiting on the tarmac. Ye Fang, Nan Yi, Pang Hongfei, and the ghost team accompanying Lu Jiuge got on the car directly. They were escorted by the security team of the Defenders at the front and rear. The convoy set off directly to the oil town.

"Where are we going?" Pang Hongfei asked the doctor of the ghost team next to him in a low voice.

"I haven't been here either. I heard it's Mr. Ye's property in South Africa, an oil city." The doctor replied.

"Oil City?!" Pang Hongfei's eyes widened after hearing this. Looking at the back of Ye Fang sitting in front of him, Pang Hongfei secretly shook his head and sighed, saying that he is only a few years younger, but the scale of his assets will only give him 100 years. It can't be achieved. It turns out that comparing people to others can really make people angry to death.

Ye Fang went to the oil town without telling Liao Yuanzheng and others in advance. He wanted to see what the oil town had become now as an ordinary person.

Two hours later, the motorcade entered the oil town. Ye Fang immediately got out of the car and walked into the town on foot. Pang Hongfei opened his mouth and looked around and said, "This is still a city!"

After more than a year of development, the current oil town has long been transformed into an oil city. The entire city has planned commercial areas, residential areas, and even developed a seaside city according to Ye Fang's ideas at that time, and built hundreds of buildings. High-end residential and villa areas. The entire city has grown from an initial few thousand people to a tourist city with a permanent population of more than 20 and an annual floating tourist population of more than [-]. It can be said that in addition to oil, it has also contributed a large amount of tourism tax revenue to the entire South African municipal government.

Ye Fang and his group strolled along the clean corridors of the street. The whole city was no longer just black faces, but tourists from all over the world could be seen everywhere. It was these people who greatly prospered the city's economy.

Ye Fang walked at the front, followed by Nan Yi and Pang Hongfei. Ye Fang introduced the construction and transformation experience of the town to Nan Yi and Pang Hongfei as an experienced person. In just a few years, the entire town turned into a small city. Oil and population have profoundly changed the urban appearance of the town.

"Why didn't I see the oil extraction refinery?" Pang Hongfei asked.

"According to the plan, the oil production team and the refinery have been moved outside the city, so as to minimize urban pollution." As he spoke, Ye Fang and his party came to a jewelry store, which is the only specialty store of Xingyao Diamond Company in the oil town. shop.

"Xingyao?!" Ye Fang smiled slightly and said to Nan Yi, "Let's go in and take a look."

Then the group walked into the specialty store. The entire specialty store covers an area of ​​more than [-] square meters and is extremely luxuriously decorated. High-end customers from all over the world gathered in this most beautiful sapphire specialty store in the world to choose various diamond jewelry.

Women are naturally irresistible to jewelry, so Nan Yi took Jiang Cao and walked from showcase to showcase. Jiang Cao has worked in a top club in Japan and has considerable experience in the research of jewelry. Under her introduction, Nan Yi gradually developed a feeling for this kind of bright little stone.

Nan Yi pulled Ye Fang's clothes and whispered, "I want one."

Ye Fang's lips moved slightly, and he said with a smile, "You can choose whichever one you like in the whole store, and you can also use Jiangcao!"

"Can I do it too? Really, boss!" Jiang Cao almost jumped up with joy. Jiang Cao knew that this specialty store sold the world's top sapphires and diamonds. Even the smallest carat sapphires were worth tens of thousands of dollars, and larger ones were worth hundreds of thousands or even millions.

"Boss Ye is really generous!" Pang Hongfei sighed from the side.

At this time, Ye Fangchong said to Lu Jiuge and others, "You guys can go and choose. It can be given to your mother or future wife. You won't often have such an opportunity in the future."

"Really, I can do it too!" Pang Hongfei said happily.

"Go, everyone go!" Ye Fang said with a smile.

Following Ye Fang's order, Lu Jiuge rushed directly to the counter with several people from the ghost team. With Ye Fang's words, these people chose sapphires without looking at the price at all. As long as they liked it, they would directly let the salesperson wrap it up. The salespersons in the specialty store were all happy. Everyone knew that they had met a big customer. They saw that Nan Yi’s ears, fingers, wrists and neck were all covered with sapphire jewelry. The salesperson behind him who was holding a calculator was grinning from ear to ear. My ears are sore, and I don’t care even if my fingers are sore.

Many people had finished choosing, and everyone was carrying exquisite packaging bags containing packaged sapphire jewelry, and everyone's faces were filled with bright smiles.

"Sir, the total cost of all the accessories is 860 million US dollars." The salesperson said to Ye Fang with the receipt, and then handed a POS machine to Ye Fang with a smile.