Leicestershire, Lileizi Castle.
"Dear Island Master, you are a bit lazy today!"
By the side of the luxurious silk bed, Monica, already dressed, looked at Jiang Cheng, who was still sprawled on the bed, sleeping lazily. She slightly pursed her alluring red lips and said with a charming smile.
After a while, Jiang Cheng let out a tired sigh, looked up at Monica, and said, "I think this must be your fault, Monica. It’s only been a few days, and your endurance is really getting better!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Island Master, but we still have a few important guests to meet today, so you need to get up quickly."
Saying that, Monica came forward, pulled off the blanket, and helped Jiang Cheng get dressed.
An hour later, Jiang Cheng and Monica had a simple breakfast at the castle and then drove directly to the most luxurious Feiya Hotel in the center of Leicestershire.
Actually, over the past few days, Jiang Cheng has been leading almost the same lifestyle.
In the morning, he wakes up and eats breakfast.
During the day, he engages in business negotiations with guests.
In the evening, he learns Spanish with Monica.
Well, the days are quite fulfilling!
Three days ago, when the Leicestershire Ship Exhibition concluded amidst a festive atmosphere, Jiang Cheng, as the only winner, not only undoubtedly won the technology gold award of the exhibition but also successfully captured worldwide attention, once again pushing the fame of Jade Island to another peak!
Today’s Jade Island, one could say, has reached the point where everyone knows about it!
Flying Cars, future infrastructure, now even high-speed navigation technology, all these high-tech products have turned the island amidst the vast ocean into a technology paradise that everyone admires and yearns for!
In such a context, not to mention anything else, just the booming tourism industry is enough to make Jiang Cheng earn a fortune.
As soon as the Leicestershire Ship Exhibition concluded, Jiang Cheng ordered an increase in the daily tourist reception capacity of Jade Island from 30,000 to 50,000 to meet the demands of more tourists.
Similarly, this can also enhance people’s understanding of Jade Island, which invisibly improves the island’s reputation and openness.
Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng’s schedule in Leicestershire was equally busy.
Almost every day, he had to meet with a large number of CEOs from enterprises around the world, heads of internationally renowned wealthy families, and even high-level officials, princes, and prime ministers sent by various countries.
Of course, there was only one topic—cooperation!
As for the content and methods of cooperation discussed, they were diverse. Some merely wanted to purchase Jade Island’s tech products, some wanted to invest in development, and others wished to sign technical introduction agreements with Jade Island.
Lastly, some prime ministers from certain countries even straightforwardly proposed providing Jade Island with funds and land, with the only condition being that Jade Island agrees to build factories in their countries.
Clearly, the performance of Jade Island at the ship exhibition left everyone in awe of its powerful technological capabilities.
The Jade Island Effect has begun to gradually show its power!
Jiang Cheng’s goals were pretty much achieved.
However, while his goals were achieved, Jiang Cheng was also somewhat helpless because he was incredibly busy!
Every day, upon opening his eyes, he had to prepare for various business negotiations, and it was extremely tedious, as the carefree days seemed to have completely disappeared.
How could he accept this?
This was not the life Jiang Cheng wanted!
So, after realizing this, Jiang Cheng became smarter.
He instructed Monica to first list all potential cooperation partners and then sort them by importance. Meeting with significant figures, such as prime ministers and world-class billionaires, is, of course, necessary.
Because these people can not only bring substantial benefits to Jade Island but also invisibly enhance its political influence, so they cannot be missed.
As for some CEOs of enterprise companies, he simply shirked them off by claiming to be busy, and instead, let the Jade Island executives who came to Leicestershire handle them.
This way, he could finally relax a little.
However, although the days had been tough these past few days, the gains were unimaginable.
After the exhibition, in just a few days, Jade Island reached a series of significant cooperation agreements with some world-class enterprises and certain countries.
The content of the cooperation mainly included product orders, such as Flying Cars, high-speed ships, and other tech products. Of course, there were also some orders for component products.
All these orders combined even matched the total of all Jade Island’s orders from the past few months, and the amounts involved were all in the hundreds of billions USD.
It is imaginable how astonishing the dividends brought by this exhibition are!
It’s worth mentioning that the unit price of the high-speed ships listed by Jiang Cheng was over three times the market price, yet there were still large numbers of shipping companies willing to buy.
The reason? Having these high-speed transport ships means obtaining a continuous stream of cargo orders.
Moreover, ever since the emergence of high-speed ships shocked the world, the global transport industry is undergoing profound change, and this moment is when the new market structure is consolidating from chaos. Whoever seizes the initiative first means they can seize shipping market share at the fastest speed, which is of undeniable importance.
So, even if Jiang Cheng set the price at four or five times more, those shipping industry giants would undoubtedly choose to accept.
Like the world’s four major shipping giants Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping, CMA CGM Group, Hapag-Lloyd Shipping, as soon as the exhibition ended, they all quickly reached out to Jiang Cheng in various ways, requesting to immediately sign procurement agreements for high-speed transport ships!
As long-standing giants in the shipping industry, these bigwigs certainly understand the profound significance that high-speed transport ships bring—it’s a disruptive technology that will change the world transport industry.
With high-speed transport ships, they will not only be able to snatch orders from their competitors but also grab a share from the air transport industry, as the potential market is simply too vast!
Thinking about all this made their blood boil, undoubtedly seeing this as a tremendous opportunity Jade Island had brought to their shipping industry, so they must seize it well.
For these industry giants, Jiang Cheng couldn’t bear to refuse because he also needed their help—the development of Jade Island’s shipping industry would clearly be impossible to achieve by itself.
So, in the cooperation agreements with these shipping moguls, he unapologetically included some "unfair terms." Seeing the expressions of those bigwigs turning unpleasant as they reluctantly signed the agreements, Jiang Cheng couldn’t have been more delighted.