King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 1151 - 1005: Sayyid’s Rainforest Business Strategy

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Under the guidance of professionals, Joe Ga and his team meticulously toured the 'Sky Resort' that Sayyid had invested heavily in constructing...

At first glance, the Sky Resort appears to be built using rainforest timber as beams and columns, but it actually incorporates cutting-edge modern architectural technology and the imagination of top designers.

Sayyid demanded a modern and primitive organic integration...

The essence is that I want both primitive landscapes and modern convenience.

This demanding requirement, where he wants the best of both worlds, pushed the designers to their limits, ultimately compromising on a miraculous solution.

The Sky Resort, which seems to be built relying on the trees, is actually supported by thousands of firm steel structures at the bottom. However, during construction, a type of organic material was used to disguise the steel structures, making them look like trees...

Strangely, these 'trees' even attracted numerous vines to attach themselves, achieving the ultimate level of realism.

The entire resort, viewed from above, resembles a massive spider web.

Each node has a building, with the outermost side of the 'spider web' being observation points and starting points for various rainforest activities.

Moving inward is a circle of public service points, which include various specialty restaurants, several massage parlors, specialty stores, a gym, rainforest meditation, and a range of service points.

The innermost third circle consists of guest rooms, with 150 independent rooms, each accommodating 4 to 6 people, meeting the needs of a family. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

The fourth layer consists of ultra-luxurious treehouse villas designed for the wealthy, with only 50 in total.

Each aerial villa spans nearly 160 square meters, with interior decorations that may not be lavish, but the hardware is top-notch.

Additionally, the villas have two small suites extending outward like tentacles near the interior, convenient for the wealthy to accommodate their servants or nannies.

The innermost area is the core section of the resort. The center here features a massive beam supporting a helicopter platform, facilitating the transfer of patients within the resort or important figures in case of emergencies.

Supported by this massive beam is a ring-shaped tropical-style roof resembling an umbrella. Below it is a three-story building.

The first floor inside is the resort's lobby, where many rare plants are planted, along with a buffet restaurant.

The second floor houses a small theater with a capacity of 200 people, a cinema, and a conference room.

The third floor is the accommodation and office area for resort staff.

The fourth floor, which is the outer area of the helicopter platform, features a circular corridor, allowing tourists to overlook the surrounding jungle from a high vantage point.

The bottom houses a concrete space for large fuel generator sets.

The entire resort, viewed from above, looks like a spider web. However, from below, it resembles a gigantic umbrella-shaped tassel supported by a colossal heavenly pillar and connected by gallery bridges.

The lowest point's periphery is only about 15 meters above the ground, while the highest point inside reaches 45 meters, equivalent to roughly a 15-story building's height.

Standing at the highest point of the resort, all the surrounding jungles and waterways are in full view.

As Joe Ga stood at the viewing platform at the highest point, admiring the surrounding scenery, he also understood why those drug dealers were so infuriated.

Sayyid claimed he purchased only 60 square kilometers of rainforest land, but in reality, he bought the land on both sides of this concealed tributary.

A nearly 35-kilometer-long S-shaped winding tributary encircled several areas of rainforest nearly 100 square kilometers in size, forming the actual control zone of the resort.

Moreover, Sayyid has a severe desire for control over his private domain. He built two checkpoints, staffed with personnel, at the entrance of a parallel river upstream into this tributary.

Except for the local indigenous people, any commercial cargo ships or tour boats are prohibited from entering this tributary.

Originally, no one traveled this tributary because the upper and lower parallel rivers directly connected to Manaus. After the Brazilian Government received enough money, they did not concern themselves with Sayyid's actions.

But now Sayyid's action has been proven right, as he cut off a key channel for drug traffickers to evade the Brazilian water safety forces, leaving their cargo ships stuck.

After touring the resort, Joe Ga could honestly say that Sayyid is definitely someone who knows how to spend money.

If anyone still says that Dubai's tycoons don't care about money, Joe Ga thinks that person must be a fool.

Using the money to purchase 60 square kilometers of rainforest, he encircled 160 square kilometers of rainforest.

Although the contract included clauses prohibiting rainforest destruction, this really isn't an issue for global hunting companies.

According to Sayyid, this is an investment in the lungs of the Earth.

This guy has an utterly absurd idea: to acquire more Amazon Rainforest and protect it to offset Dubai's carbon emissions from modern development.

Global warming is a worldwide issue, yet most advanced beneficiaries demand that developing countries maintain the status quo and reduce carbon emissions.

Even a so-called research group composed of just over a dozen people can demand that developing countries purchase carbon emission shares without informing the public where that money is ultimately used.

In many places across Europe, they have begun taxing companies for carbon emissions, requiring companies to purchase carbon emission shares before production.

Some are free, but the excess carbon emissions taxes have left many companies lamenting, ultimately resulting in a massive outflow of low- to mid-end industries.

In fact, some companies in Europe specialize in reselling carbon emission shares, selling unused shares from some companies at discounted prices to those in need.

Highly modernized and financialized Europe created an industry from a concept, creating tens of thousands of jobs, with the cost being the exodus of low-end industries and more people becoming unemployed.

But they don't care, because most of those engaged in low-tier industries are migrant workers. These walking production assets aren't counted in unemployment rates—if you can't survive, just get lost.

In this regard, Joe Ga's old mother's situation is somewhat similar…

Companies that once used environmental costs as factors for development were shut down on a large scale, forcing them to upgrade their industries or relocate high-pollution projects, shifting environmental costs outward.

This caused many small and medium-sized enterprises to face difficulties, eventually having no choice but to give up.

This is an inevitable path for industrial upgrading; there's indeed no way around it!

Sayyid's ideas are quite novel, but this guy didn't mention the issue of rainforest ownership, making him seem a bit like a green tea.

You buy rainforests to pay a carbon tax, how do you make those who pay honestly feel? How do you make those silently planting trees feel?

Joe Ga leaned against the viewing platform's railing, watching Gino receive a bundle of US Dollars for a suitcase full of mosquito coils from Sayyid's old butler, and he gave Gino a thumbs up…

This kid's brain definitely works. The mosquito coil industry in Sangha Town now also supports quite a few people.

Joe Ga never expected this kid could even develop 'overseas customers.'

Using a box of mosquito coils to fleece ten thousand dollars from a Dubai tycoon, though he never considered the resort has Joe Ga's shares, the pioneering spirit is still commendable.

Generally, which 14-year-old boy would dare haggle with the Dubai Royal Family's butler?

Sayyid saw Joe Ga sniffing disdainfully at his 'carbon emission balance plan' and said displeased, "Hu Lang, this is a good plan of mine!

I discussed with Tahnoon and others; they are willing to each invest 200 million dollars to let me operate it. We are preparing to establish a 'Earth Lung Protection Fund.'

This money will be used exclusively to purchase those rainforests and start protection.

We spent the money, acquiring those lands' ownership is only natural!"

Seeing Joe Ga remain indifferent, Sayyid frowned and said, "Why do you seem totally uninterested?

You yourself said, if you have the ability, you should do more for this world.

We are friends; I'm doing meaningful things…

Why does it seem that boy selling mosquito coils makes you happier?"

Joe Ga listened and nodded with a smile, saying, "Because Gino earned ten thousand bucks but supported many people.

Of course, making the rainforest recover is a good thing, but ask yourself honestly: with projects having such low input-output ratios, how long can you persist?

When you hold the deeds to these lands, how long can you resist not financializing them?

Establishing a so-called charitable fund, creating an environmental-centered concept, and then financializing the rainforest.

Using the bought land for financing, attracting those seeking profit to expand the acquisition scale.

Unless you specify in contracts when purchasing rainforests that the original rainforest won't be used for commercial logging, this project will definitely deviate from your current vision.

Lumber export is an important export project for Brazil; you can't solve the core conflict—what's the point of just buying land?"

As he talked, Joe Ga looked at the few princes beside him, smiling as he said, "Of course, if everyone just wants to have some fun, that's actually not impossible.

Buy up those lands that have been logged for a low price, and then plant trees with higher added value, managing and harvesting orderly, which also counts as a worthy cause benefiting generations.

As long as you're not thinking of money making money, this can still be done.

Brazil's climate is truly great; invest for thirty years and reap the benefits for fifty years, with future generations enjoying the trees planted by predecessors.

If you can accept that, count me in…

I'm really not a philanthropist; I've just been through so much that I've found making money roll and appreciate on the capital market is really meaningless.

That thing is virtual; without solid backing, big players can instantly wipe out your gains anytime.

Realistically turning money into assets, then using those assets to do meaningful things is much better than using financial tricks for so-called good deeds…

You don't lack money. Since you want to be good, then be good wholeheartedly…

For instance, massively purchasing those logged rainforests, organizing manpower to replant and orderly harvest, can provide many job positions for Brazilian Indians.

If you do this, don't talk about refusing to buy so-called carbon emission shares—if anyone dares to say a word of nonsense, you can shove the things you've done right in their faces."

Among the few princes present, only Sayyid could understand Joe Ga's thoughts.

The other families all depend on the energy sector for survival, and maximizing energy value can't separate from the current international financial order.

It's not that they don't understand the reasoning, but they feel Joe Ga's utopian talk goes against modern economic principles…

How many years does a person have, spending decades investing in a venture whose outcome is uncertain, and in someone else's land…

Are you crazy?

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