Chapter 3474 Altruism and Selfishness

Because of Tawana's arrival, the originally quiet White Horse Island suddenly became lively.

Even at the hottest time of the day, the hotel guests were unwilling to stay in their rooms and came out to stroll around like teens, just to have a chance to meet Tawana.

What is even more incredible is that many speedboats of unknown origin suddenly appeared around Baima Island, both large and small. These speedboats kept circling around Baima Island, and some even wanted to enter the bay to land on the island. Baima Island quickly dispatched security guards and housekeepers, and drove several speedboats and yachts on the island to block the entrance to the bay.

When Tavana arrived on the island in the morning, many tourists had already posted the information about her arrival on the Internet. Maldives has hundreds of holiday islands, and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world have come here. These people have a certain purchasing power. When they heard that Tavana was in the Maldives, on Cheval Blanc, many people wanted to go to Cheval Blanc to check it out, and even wanted to try to see Tavana herself.

Even if you can't see Tawana in person, it would be worth the trip if you can take some close-up photos of White Horse Island and post them on WeChat Moments or Instagram.

The entire Baima Island is an island reef. The main body of the island reef is C-shaped. Outside the C is a circle of very shallow reef area, which is suitable for snorkeling. However, because the reefs are sharp and too shallow from the water surface, ships cannot come in. In the middle of the C-shape of the entire island reef, there is a channel several meters deep that can accommodate small and medium-sized ships.

Baima Island reacted quickly, with several ships blocking the C-shaped opening, so the yachts could only circle in the outer deep sea area.

The roar of the engine was very loud, making Ye Chen a little irritated. He finally came out to spend a vacation, but ended up having a good sleep. It was only the next day, and the place was already like a vegetable market.

Because Tawana suddenly came to the island, Xiao Churan's mood became much more depressed. She was unwilling to leave the room and go to the restaurant for lunch unless it was necessary, for fear of meeting Tawana.

Fortunately, Tawana didn't want to be surrounded by a group of people wherever she went, so she had the staff deliver her lunch to the water villa to avoid contact with the public.

Ye Chen and Tawana didn't meet Tawana in the restaurant, but they met Hamid and his two wives.

After they met, the two chatted for a while at the door. Hamid told Ye Chen: "Brother, after attending the party tonight, I will go back to Syria early tomorrow morning. We two brothers finally meet each other. Do you want to have a drink together?"

Ye Chen smiled and said, "I won't attend the party. If you want to have a drink, let's go to the beach bar after the party tonight."

"That's fine!" Hamid said with a smile, "If you don't come to the party, I'll contact you after the party."

As he said that, he suddenly smiled mysteriously and asked Ye Chen: "Brother, do you have plans to have a baby when you take your wife on vacation this time?"

"What plan?" Ye Chen was a little stunned for a moment and didn't figure out the meaning of this sentence.

Hamid smiled, gestured at his bulging belly, raised his eyebrows and said, "Make a baby, let your wife get pregnant and give birth to a child! I am afraid that no one will inherit my small family business. My brother, you have a big family and a big business. If you don't give birth to ten or eight sons, I am afraid that they will not be able to inherit it!"

"Oh, that's what you mean, brother." Ye Chen came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly, "There are too many things to do right now. We are still in the start-up stage. We have no plans to have children for the time being. Let's talk about it later."

Hamid nodded, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Brother, your overall view is indeed much better than mine."

Then, Hamid sighed with an embarrassed expression: "This is a typical case of lust after food and clothing. I am too optimistic."

Hamid was embarrassed, and Ye Chen was also a little embarrassed.

Many things were inconvenient to talk about, so he stopped talking and patted Hamid on the shoulder: "Brother, go back and work hard. If you have any questions, contact me as soon as possible. I will do my best to help."

"Okay!" Hamid nodded with emotion and said, "Thank you, brother!"

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Ye Chen and Xiao Churan didn't plan to go to the party in the evening.

Ma Lan and Xiao Changkun were both very interested. After finding out a lot of details, they decided to go there early to join in the fun.

Bernard Arno really wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of Tawanna's influence for free, so he extended a cordial invitation, hoping that Tawanna could sing a few songs for everyone at the party tonight.

In order to create a high-end atmosphere for guests, the Seaview Bar has a full set of performance equipment. There is also a live band playing on weekdays. If Tavana can sing a few of her famous songs here, not only will the guests be very happy, but more importantly, when the video is posted online, it will definitely attract the attention and praise of netizens all over the world. In this way, the popularity of White Horse Island will be spread all at once.

Moreover, the White Horse Hotel is not the only one. It has its own directly-operated stores in many resorts around the world. As long as Tawana sings a few songs here and makes the video go viral on the Internet, the White Horse Hotel can gain at least one billion exposures. Millions of dollars in marketing costs may not necessarily produce such an effect.

When Bernard Arno told Tawanna this idea on the phone, Tawanna looked disgusted.

She said to her parents, "This Bernard Arnault doesn't look like the richest man in the world. He's always thinking about saving money and getting things for free. Now he wants me to sing a few songs at the party. Normally, for such an occasion, I would have to pay at least a few million dollars for the appearance fee, right? He's so rich, but he never mentioned the fee."

Tawana's mother smiled and said, "Honey, remember, the richer a person is, the more calculating they are. It's not that he is reluctant to spend the money, but he thinks it's best not to spend it if possible."

After that, she reminded him, "If you really don't want to agree, just find a reason to reject him. You can say that you are not feeling well recently or your throat is not feeling well. I believe he won't keep chasing you."

Tawana nodded: "Then I'll tell him later that he had 20 concerts in a row recently and that he needs to rest because he overexerted his voice."

Tawanna's father said, "I think we should just do him a favor and let him sing a few songs at the party."

"That won't work." Tawanna's mother said dissatisfiedly, "Can't you see that Bernard Elno just wants to take advantage? Since we landed on the island, he hasn't even said a word about covering all our expenses on the island. He didn't even ask for an appearance fee when he invited my daughter to the party. Now he even wants my daughter to sing. Why should we go along with him?"

Tawana's father smiled and said, "You can't look at the problem so one-sidedly. Just seeing that singing doesn't pay off, it's true that he's taking advantage, but have you ever thought about it? If this matter is exposed online, and the video of my daughter singing at the party is uploaded to major platforms, it will also be a very good publicity opportunity for my daughter!"

"These days, when big stars do down-to-earth things, ordinary people are like gods descending from heaven, and it makes people particularly moved. If a top singer like my daughter walks into a bar on vacation and sings a few songs for the bar's customers for free, I don't know how many people will go crazy for her if I post it online!"

"Moreover, we are interacting closely with guests in the bar of the White Horse Hotel. The White Horse Hotel's official group will definitely seize this opportunity and invest a lot of money to seek exposure in entertainment media around the world. At that time, they will spend money to help them and us promote together."

"Also, although Bernard Arno is very stingy, he is the boss of so many luxury brands after all. There will definitely be a lot of cooperation opportunities in the future. Although he is stingy in private, his public cooperation is in accordance with normal procedures. His group will definitely not give less money, so what if we just treat it as a favor to him? For us, all the cost is nothing more than our daughter singing a few songs."

"We promised Bernard Elno that it might seem altruistic, but it is actually selfish. In today's business market, altruism is often a better form of selfishness."

Tawanna and her mother fell silent at the same time.

If you think about it carefully, Dad’s analysis just now is actually very reasonable and objective.

Sometimes you really don't want others to take advantage of you, but if you think about it carefully, if there is an opportunity for win-win cooperation, it is also a good choice.

Although he got a few of his songs for free, he also took this opportunity to promote the more down-to-earth side of a star.

So Tawanna nodded and said, "In that case, I will agree to sing a few songs at the party tonight."

Tawanna’s mother warned her: “Baby, listen to me. We will only sing three songs at most!”

Tawana didn't know why she thought of Ye Chen again, so she said, "Sing four songs. I want to add someone else's song."

"Huh?" Tawana's mother asked in confusion, "I can understand you singing four songs, but why do you have to add other people's songs? Isn't it good to sing four of your own songs?"

Tawana said absentmindedly: "I want to sing Gu Qiuyi's "Assassin", I like that song very much..."

Tawana felt that if her singing at the party tonight would make the entertainment headlines, then she must seize this opportunity to express her feelings to Ye Chen from a distance, and Ye Chen would definitely see it.

Tawana's mother did not have the concept of altruism. She felt that her daughter was at a disadvantage when she thought about her daughter singing other people's songs in public, so she advised her earnestly: "Honey, it doesn't matter if you want to sing a few songs, but it's best not to sing other people's songs. Why bother making wedding clothes for others?"

Tawana shook her head and said firmly, "Mom, don't persuade me about this. If I can only sing one song, I also want to sing Gu Qiuyi's "Assassin."

Tawana's mother looked helpless, but seeing her firm attitude, she could only nod and say, "Okay, it's up to you."

In the evening, the sky is getting dark.

The guests who got the news had already surrounded the Seaview Bar, and everyone was waiting for Tawana to appear.

Tawana changed into a satin embroidered cheongsam, carefully combed her hair into a Chinese hairpin, and looked at herself in the mirror for a long time, feeling particularly satisfied.

Bernard Arno and his wife also arrived at the door of Tawana's villa. They brought a fleet of golf carts and prepared to go to the bar with Tawana.

At the same time, in the sea one hundred kilometers away, several black speedboats were speeding at high speed. Each speedboat was equipped with six super-powerful marine engines and was moving at an extremely fast speed.

On these speedboats, there were at least forty masked men in black, armed with guns. They were crouching and checking their weapons and equipment in the open cabins.

And the direction they were driving at high speed was the White Horse Island where Ye Chen was!