When Larry Ellison and Paul Allen competed for the size of a yacht, Yang Jing was still in junior high school. He only heard about the competition that made the whole world feel funny after he got older, but he was not sure about the specific situation.

"Linzi, this Larry Ellison's Oracle Company can be regarded as a Bay Area city, don't you know that?" Seeing that Lin Dan had not spoken, Yang Jing asked curiously.

"Brother, how could I not know about that? When I was young, I lived in my grandmother's place in Redwood City. The Oracle Company's headquarters was in Redwood City." Lin Dan was obviously dissatisfied with Yang Jing's doubts.

"There is a famous yacht construction company in Germany called Luerson Shipyard, which is known for producing super luxury yachts. Brother Yang, do you know this famous shipyard?"

Yang Jing shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I have never played with the luxury of yachts before, so I don't know much about the places where I make such luxury toys. Sorry, I really didn't know about this shipyard before."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, you just need to know that at that time, hundreds of billionaires around the world were customers of this shipyard, including Paul Allen and Larry Ellison, both of which were customers of this shipyard. Mike Brightman, the sales director at the shipyard, was very interesting. He printed the sentence "size determines everything" on his T-shirt. Even when he was doing sales, he wore this T-shirt. Mike Brightman's behavior won the favor of many billionaires, thus attracting many billionaires to the shipyard."

"In 2004, Ellison customized the Rising Sun at Luerson Shipyard, but the planned length of this yacht was 393 feet, which was the largest yacht in the world at that time. As a result, Paul Allen also placed an order in this shipyard. The length of the Octopus custom-made by Paul Allen reached 413 feet. Larry Ellison got the news, that's great? You Microsoft usually pressed me on one end, but I already felt dissatisfied. Now, a guy who retired from Microsoft dares to press on one end of my yacht on the length of the yacht. Aunt can tolerate it, but uncle can't!"

"Ellison knew very well that if he really completed his yacht as planned, the Octopus would become the world's number one, and the Rising Sun became the second child as soon as he was born. Ellison could not bear this matter, so he immediately notified Luerson Shipyard and asked them to change their Rising Sun to a yacht with a length of 452 feet. Luerson Shipyard also accepted Ellison's request. In the end, after the two yachts were launched, Ellison's Rising Sun surpassed the Octopus as he wished and became the world's number one at that time."

"At that time, Larry Ellison was very proud to say to the whole world - men still have to speak with size! Microsoft, although I am not as rich as you, I am older than you!"

"Hahahaha..." Yang Jing laughed uncontrollably, "Damn, Ellison is so manly? How dare you say such things to the whole world?"

Lin Dan also laughed, "Yes, this is what Ellison said. Although Ellison is very arrogant, this sentence has attracted a lot of fans for him. Brother Yang, your adjective is good, manly. Ellison is really manly in this matter, and many people in our Bay Area have begun to fall in love with this guy."

Yang Jing nodded, as if he agreed with Lin Dan's statement, "Yes, I was not very interested in Larry Ellison before. The main reason is that this guy spoke dirty and cheesy, and he always said whatever he said, so he seemed extremely arrogant. But today after listening to this little story, I think even if Ellison is really arrogant, he still has the capital to be arrogant. If we remember correctly, Ellison seemed to be ranked seventh on the Forbes Rich List last year, right?"

Lin Dan nodded, "That's right, in fact, since entering 2010, Ellison has been in the top ten of Forbes' richest list for many years."

Yang Jing sighed: "Yes, how can a rich man who can enter the Forbes Rich List for many years without his temper? Arrogance? Haha, if those who laugh at Ellison can also enter the top ten of Forbes Rich List, let alone arrogance, what if he wants to confront the sky and the earth to the air? This is the privilege of the rich, or the reason why these rich men can become top rich is directly related to their own personalities. If Ellison was not so arrogant, he would probably not be able to do what he is today."

It seems to be responding to Yang Jing's words, or protesting Yang Jing's words, the Rising Sun, which had just crawled through the underground of the Kinmen Bridge, suddenly rang the whistle...

"Brother, after you get rid of all the gold and diamonds, you will build such a yacht, right?" Lin Dan was obviously very interested in this kind of luxury yacht. Even though the luxury yacht in front of him has been built for fourteen years, even if the yacht has fallen from the world's first place to the world's fourth place now, it is undeniable that this super-luxury yacht built 14 years ago is still a super-luxury toy with a return rate of more than 100%. It is a big guy that can make anyone excited.

It would be lies that Yang Jing was not moved. As long as he was a normal man, he would probably develop a strong possessive desire after seeing such a big guy with a length of nearly 140 meters.

"How much does a yacht like this big cost?" Looking at the faint black smoke coming out of the chimney of the Rising Sun, and began to speed up towards the outer sea, Yang Jing turned his head and asked Lin Dan.

"Uh..." Lin Dan grabbed his scalp, "I don't know this, but I know the price of this Rising Sun. Ellison spent a full $250 million when he built the superyacht. The maintenance cost of this yacht was as high as $13 million in a year."

This price made Yang Jing shook his head secretly.

For those top wealthy people with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, it is not a problem to keep such a superyacht, but I definitely can't afford to keep such a yacht now. Of course, if I take over the Dragon Fund in the future, then yachts like the Rising Sun will not be qualified.

Well, it seems that the 1.5 billion US dollar solar eclipse of the Russian rich man Abu is almost the same...

Shaking his head, shaking away those thoughts that were temporarily unreliable, waved his hand at Lin Dan, and the two continued to walk along the trail on the east side of the bridge.

At this time, more people were on the bridge, some were tourists watching the sunrise, and some were locals exercising.

The Kinmen Bridge is charged, but there is a toll station on the north side of the bridge. Vehicles that need to enter the city from the north side of the strait south will charge a bridge fee of six US dollars per vehicle.

This price would be not low if it was placed in China. Moreover, the bridge has been charged for 81 years, so the construction cost would have been recovered long ago.

From this perspective, the bridge fee in the United States is much better than that in China...

After walking for a while, the sun gradually rose, the temperature began to rise, and some mist on the distant sea gradually dispersed, and the two large and small islands on the sea in the Bay Area gradually revealed their figures.

Yang Jing pointed to the smallest island and asked, "That's the Devil's Island? Isn't the movie "Brave the Deadly Island" starring Nicholas Cage more than 20 years ago filmed on this island?"

Lin Dan nodded and said, "Yes, that island is Alcatraz. However, this island was not called Alcatraz. Pelican Island was its original name. However, later Philip Groser was found guilty of refusing to serve in the military in the first battle. He compiled his iron window experience and published a book, named "Uncle Sam's Alcatraz", revealing the horror and darkness of the prison at that time to the public, and allowing this Pelican Island to win the famous name of "Alcatraz."

After pausing, Lin Dan pointed to the other two larger islands and said, "The island to the north is Angel Island, and now that island has become a state park. The island to the south is Treasure Island, but this is an artificial island. Next to it is the real island of Yerbabuena, which is a natural island. However, compared to the name of Treasure Island, Yerbabuena is much less famous."

Seeing that Yang Jing seemed to be very interested in these islands, Lin Dan continued: "Actually, when it comes to islands, the Ellison we just talked about also has the most expensive island in the world."

"You mean the Lanai Island in Hawaii, are you? I've heard of this. It seems that Ellison spent $600 million to buy that island at that time?"

"It's not 600 million, but 610 million. He didn't buy all the ownership of Lanai. He only bought 98% of the ownership. And after Ellison bought Lanai, he also invested more than $500 million to build the island."

Yang Jing shook his head again and said, "Compared with yachts, this kind of private island is a more expensive toy."

Lin Dan obviously disagrees with Yang Jing's statement, "Brother Yang, you would be wrong if you think so. Although it is expensive to buy a private island, once you really buy an island, you will be the king of this island. And there are not many private islands in the world that can exceed 300 million US dollars, only two, and most private islands are priced at around 100 million US dollars. Brother, I suggest you buy an island and match it with a superyacht. Tsk tsk, that kind of small life is definitely very comfortable..."

Yang Jing laughed, "Linzi, why don't you lend me some money first? If you don't borrow more, you will borrow one billion or eight billion first. I promise to buy a superyacht after buying a private island."

Lin Dan's originally sunny face suddenly turned dark...
Chapter completed!