Chapter 58: The First Public Competition

On the live broadcast, after a brief shock, netizens began sending a flood of comments.

"20 billion! How many cities will be built with this?"

"What kind of industry needs 20 billion?"

"It is not just with money that the industry can develop. First, it is necessary to build a solid foundation."

"Yan Guo really has a lot of money, 20 billion!"

The groups from different countries were full of doubts.

Where would these 20 billion investments go?

Agriculture would be simpler, but industrial development required a solid foundation and complex core technologies.

They wanted to know where Chen Yang intended to start building the industrial base.

Chen Yang continued, "The Rising Dragon Plan will build two cities and develop tourism."

"One city will focus on developing agriculture and the other on developing heavy industry."

"In the agricultural area, Yan Guo plans to use a city as a center to expand throughout the country, with a total of 300,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which at least 160,000 hectares will be arable land."

"The second city will focus on the development of heavy industry and is expected to build a steel plant with a total area of about 300,000 square meters."

"Investment in the steel plant is estimated at more than 1.382 billion, with the expectation of generating more than 50,000 direct jobs. Investment in the city is estimated at more than 20 billion and the funds are already in place."

Upon hearing Chen Yang's words, everyone became increasingly shocked.

A total investment of over 15.8 billion in one city and on top of that, the funds were already in place!

Was Yan Guo already that rich?

Chen Yang continued, "As far as tourism is concerned, Yan Guo plans to build seven large seaside resorts. The resorts will be tendered to all over the world, with a bidding period of 10 days."

"Damn, are they really going to develop heavy industry? That's amazing!"

"More than 15 billion for a steel plant? Is it worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it! If Yan Guo wants to develop on his own, he needs to develop the industry."

"If it's just an ordinary steel plant, it won't make much difference. Anyone can build a steel plant, the important thing is to have the right technology! Cutting-edge steelmaking technologies are blocked by all countries, and this is not something that can be can buy with money."

"Are they bidding the resorts out to outside companies? Don't they have enough money?"

"Bunch of idiots, resorts cost a lot of money and they said the bidding only lasts 10 days, this is clearly an opportunity for other countries to invest."

"Now I finally understand Yan Guo's development direction. If agriculture and industry can be developed according to the plan, they may not be able to reach the level of developed countries in three years, but in ten years, there is definitely hope of becoming a developing country!"

Chen Yang looked at the crowd below, pretended to look at his watch and said, "The meeting ends here. If you are interested in the resort project, you can stay."

"What a shame, we don't have that money."

"Guys, I'm going, next it will be time for the big investors to negotiate, I won't get in the way."

The influencers present and some individual tourists stood up one by one and left the conference room.

Before long, there were only about 100 people left in the conference room, from various countries.

Chen Yang did not end the live broadcast. He asked unrelated people to leave, mainly to facilitate the negotiations that would follow.

A white man said, "King Chen, could you arrange for someone to take us to see the location of the resorts?"

"Of course," said Chen Yang. "But not now. Before that, I invite everyone to visit Yan Guo Port and Airport."

"No need to visit," said the white man. "I'm very interested in the resort project, but I have some questions that I need clear answers to."

Investing in building a resort wouldn't cost a lot of money. Considering the presence of natural beaches, the total investment would be a maximum of 1.3 billion.

Compared to Chen Yang's construction projects, which usually cost tens of billions, this amount was truly small.

Furthermore, a resort would not just be a single project.

The total price was high, but if the resort was divided into lots and each one was bid on by a different investor, the price would naturally decrease.

If necessary, several people could come together to bid on a lot.

But before bidding, some questions really needed to be answered clearly.

For example, when flights between Yan Guo and other countries would open.

Whether people would visit the resort after it was built was a matter of business.

Every investment has risks, with the possibility of profit or loss.

But the premise for any profit was that air routes were open.

It was not possible to continue using Saipan Island as a starting point.

Although the air tickets were not expensive, the travel time was very long.

Flying from China to Saipan Island took 10 to 20 hours, and from Saipan Island to Yan Guo another 10 hours.

For investors to part with their money, international air routes had to be opened.

Chen Yang looked at the man speaking, thinking that he was probably an investor or representative of a business group.

He knew what the man was thinking and said, "We'll leave your questions for later. Follow me to see the port and airport."

He headed towards the exit, and the investors secretly shook their heads.

They thought that this young king would be different from the leaders of other countries, but now they saw that he was also someone who liked to show off.

Well, let's follow him and see what he has to show.