Buying a private jet is actually a very important thing.

Especially for people like Zhou Fangyuan who fly around all day long.

In particular, his business expansion has been inclined to the United States, and the number of times he has gone to the United States has gradually increased.

At the end of last year, the negotiations with MGM were largely completed, and the Yuanfang Group invested $5 billion, as well as some shares of other companies, in exchange for the majority of MGM Pictures' current shares, which can be about 80% of the total. In this way, MGM has basically become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yuanfang Group, although there is still an outflow of some shares, but it is not a big problem. On the side of the United States, some media have begun to shout, saying that what kind of Chinese forces have invaded Yunyun...... Of course, there are still very few people who make such an uproar, and most of the media remain silent.

If you just look at business dealings, such an acquisition is actually very ordinary, nothing more than a larger amount and a larger volume of the acquiree. But if it rises to the political level, MGM, as a film company, has media attributes, which can be linked to ideology, cultural invasion, etc., if it is really dealt with seriously, it is not impossible to attract the attention of the Mi government.

It's just that...... After all, the government of the United States is a consortium government, and in the absence of a reaction from the big conglomerates, even the president cannot speak casually.

Many young people don't understand, in fact, this situation is not uncommon in Western countries, and the United States is a very significant example, and it is also the most significant example. The president of the United States seems to be dominant, but in fact, to put it bluntly, the White House is the mouthpiece of Wall Street. If the bigwigs on Wall Street disagree with a decree and work together, it will ensure that the president's decree will not even get out of the White House. Of course, if you encounter a president with a stiff wrist, it is not impossible to break his wrist, but what the result will be, this is really hard to say.

Similarly, like Fusang and Nanxian, they are actually considered consortium politics.

The consortium controls a large number of the country's economic lifelines, and its influence has long penetrated into all aspects of the country.

Let's take Fuso as an example, in a few years, there will be several prime ministers, and then you can think of other countries? But that's the thing, once something happens, the prime minister will come out and take the blame, and then change the prime minister. The big conglomerates in the back, what should they do, will not be shaken or injured at all.

The gossip is far away......

Yuanfang Group, at present, is not closely related to the consortium of the United States, but it can be regarded as having some connections.

After all, there are more and more projects invested by Yuanfang Group in the United States, and if you roughly calculate, Twitter and Facebook on the Internet, Disney, Marvel, and several studios on the film media, plus MGM now, Corning in the industrial field, the hotel field, and the MGM Grand Hotel cooperation are also being finalized. Yuanfang Group has already stepped into the business circle of the United States with half a foot, although the relationship is not deep enough, but it is not completely unconnected. Therefore, the acquisition of MGM seems to be a big event, but in fact, it is nothing in the eyes of the big consortium.

Everyone is still waiting and seeing, if the Yuanfang Group immediately starts any ideological conflict or cultural invasion after moving into MGM, the big conglomerates promise to start resisting every minute, and then the Yuanfang Group's life in the United States may not be easy. But on the other hand, if you just make movies to make money, it doesn't matter at all, there are more companies that come to the United States to make money, and people don't bother to care about you at all.

Oh, I forgot to mention, in terms of the Internet, Yuanfang Group is still the boss of Blizzard.

There are many large game companies in the United States, and there are not a few that are famous in the world, but Blizzard is the most popular game company today, with an annual revenue of more than 10 billion dollars, and it is the hottest company in the United States today.

All in all, with so much investment and a lot of flying in the sky, it's not too much to buy a private jet.

In fact, before deciding to buy an airplane, Zhou Fangyuan had already paid attention to the situation of several airlines.

First of all, Boeing, the first thing that must be admitted is that Boeing, that's a real cow beep.

Boeing, or The Boeing Company, is a leader in the global aerospace industry and one of the world's largest manufacturers of civil and military aircraft. In addition, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launchers, and advanced information and communications systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing also operates the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. Boeing also provides support services for a wide range of military and civilian routes, with customers in more than 90 countries around the world. Boeing is one of the largest exporters in the United States in terms of sales.

The Boeing Company was founded on July 15, 1916, by William Edward Boeing, and changed its name to The Boeing Company in 1917. In 1934, it was split into three independent companies according to the requirements of the government regulations at that time: United Aircraft Corporation (now United Technologies Corporation), Boeing Aircraft Company, and United Airlines. In 1961, the former Boeing Aircraft Company was renamed Boeing. In the early days of its establishment, Boeing mainly produced military aircraft, and also set foot in civilian transport aircraft. Among them, the P-26 destroyer and the Boeing 247 civil airliner are more famous. The Boeing 307, developed in 1938, was the first civil airliner with a pressurized cabin.

In the mid-thirties of the 20th century, Boeing began to develop large bombers, including the famous B-17 and B-29 bombers in World War II, as well as the famous B-47 and B-52 strategic bombers during the Cold War between the East and the West, and the B-52 has been the main force of the US strategic bombing force for more than 30 years after its service. The well-known KC-135 air tanker and E-3 early warning aircraft in the US Air Force are also produced by Boeing.

After the sixties of the 20th century, Boeing's main business shifted from military aircraft to commercial aircraft. The Boeing 707, developed in 1957 on the basis of the KC-135 air tanker, was the company's first civil jet aircraft, and received orders for thousands of aircraft. Since then, it has been out of control in the field of jet commercial aircraft, and has successively developed a series of models such as Boeing 717, Boeing 727, Boeing 737, Boeing 747, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, and gradually established the position of the world's major commercial aircraft manufacturers.

Among them, the Boeing 737 is a short- and medium-range narrow-body civil airliner that is widely used around the world. The Boeing 747 long occupied the top spot in the world's largest long-range wide-body civil airliner until 2008, when it was replaced by the A380.

The US president's special plane, Air Force One, was also modified from the company's Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200B special models.

In 1997, Boeing announced the completion of the merger of the former Boeing Company and the former McDonnell Douglas Company, and the new Boeing Company was officially operational. McDonnell Douglas was once the largest manufacturer of military aircraft in the United States, with the famous F-4 Phantom, F-15 Eagle, C-17 military transport aircraft, DC series and MD series commercial aircraft produced by the company. For more than 40 years, Boeing has been the world's leading manufacturer of civil aircraft, as well as a global market leader in military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human spaceflight and launch vehicle launches. The company's turnover in 2003 was $50.5 billion.

In fact, if you want to buy an airplane, seriously, Boeing is the best choice, and the Boeing brand is also the brand with the largest number of private jets in the world.

But here's a problem, first of all...... Of course, Zhou Fangyuan wants to support domestic products, but there are really too few domestic products that can support intercontinental aviation, so he can only turn to the next best thing and look for aircraft that do not belong to the United States. However, there is another premise here, that is, there must be products of the same level, otherwise for his own sake, he can only choose Mi domestic products.

At this point, Gulfstream was immediately excluded. If you have to buy a U.S. plane, you can just buy a Boeing, so why buy a Gulfstream? The Gulfstream's business jet is good, but the small fuselage is a problem. But if you have a small fuselage, if you encounter a stronger air current, the plane will be bumpy. There are 10,000 big planes that are not good, and it is best to be stable enough, of course, it does not mean that choosing Gulfstream is definitely not good, people have their own ambitions, and some people like Gulfstream's planes, which is not wrong in itself.

So Zhou Fangyuan didn't choose Gulfstream, and it was also true.

Continuing from the above, if possible, what he needs is an aircraft that is not weaker than Boeing, and at the same time does not belong to the United States.

Considering the international situation before his rebirth, Zhou Fangyuan decisively set his goal on Europe and on Airbus.

What is the difference between the planes of the two companies? The difference is so big that not enough paper is enough, but if you want to put it simply, there is no difference!

Yes, it doesn't make a difference, what do people are looking for when they fly? Safety first, speed second, comfort again, and so on. Let's talk about safety first, this point is similar to the two companies, if it is not about the same cost performance, they cannot carve up the market share of the world's aviation aircraft at the same time, Airbus has always been Boeing's biggest competitor, if you want to say that there are no two brushes, it will definitely not be possible. At most, the focus is different, but this does not simply indicate which one is good or which is not. In terms of speed, it seems that Airbus-like planes are generally a little slower than Boeing, but in terms of actual experience, there is not much difference.

When an airplane flies in the sky, there are too many situations to encounter, and the speed of the airplane cannot always maintain the highest speed, the best situation is to continue to fly at the established speed, so you have to say which one is faster...... In fact, it really doesn't mean much, and it's not a fighter and a bomber, so you have to distinguish the winner and loser.

As for comfort, Airbus is better than Boeing.

Interior or something, if it is a company's aircraft, you have to ask the airline, if it is a private aircraft, it depends on the owner's financial resources, and it has nothing to do with the aircraft.

But Airbus planes, compared to Boeing, are generally much quieter. The sensitivity of the human ear is different in different situations, and in the process of aircraft flight, the sensitivity of the human ear has always been at a high level, and a little sound can be clearly perceived, so in this regard, Airbus is stronger than Boeing.

In terms of price, Airbus is also much more affordable than Boeing.

In short, the security is about the same, the speed is about the same, there is a slight gap in comfort, and there is a slight gap in price...... Of course, I will choose the more cost-effective one, does this need to be said?

And you see Boeing has a long history, although Airbus is the laggard, but it is not necessarily worse than Boeing.

Airbus is a European airline conglomerate that was created to compete with American companies like Boeing and MacDonnell Douglas. In the sixties of the twentieth century, competition among European aircraft manufacturers was as fierce as in the United States, and in the mid-sixties experimental negotiations on a European approach to cooperation began.

In September 1967, the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Germany signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin work on the Airbus A300.

In December 1970, Airbus was founded, headquartered in France, and its shares are 100% owned by the European Aerospace Defense Group.

This is the second major joint aircraft development program in Europe, after the Concorde. Although Airbus has competed with Boeing in other models, it has always been a blank in the market for large long-range civil transport aircraft, although it has launched Airbus A340, but it still cannot shake the absolute dominance of Boeing 747.

Airbus develops 500-800 seat large civil aviation transport aircraft, intended to seize the large passenger aircraft market dominated by Boeing 747, Airbus put forward the inference of the future development of civil aviation: the future development of the world's civil aviation transport aircraft will continue to develop to large-scale, and thus put forward the concept of "hub/radiation", that is, passengers converge to the hub airport through regional flights, and then transported by large transport aircraft to another hub airport, and finally take regional airliners to the destination. Airbus believes that the best way to improve air traffic congestion in the 21st century is to increase capacity; Airbus's launch of the super-large transport aircraft program has caused many concerns, while Airbus believes that the prospects for the large passenger aircraft market are very optimistic, and at the same time, in order to complete the Airbus passenger aircraft family, occupy a better position to compete with Boeing, and it is worth taking huge commercial risks.

In the early 1990s, Airbus began its research and development program for the mega aircraft, in addition to improving the model and filling the gap in the mega passenger aircraft, but also hoping to break the monopoly of the Boeing 747 in the mega passenger aircraft market. In the past, the Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 Samsung airliners have proven risky to carve up this market. McDonnell Douglas had a similar strategy and launched the MD-12 program, which was eventually terminated. In January 1993, Boeing and several Airbus aircraft manufacturers began working together to study the feasibility of a very large commercial aircraft, with the goal of co-building.

In June 1994, Airbus announced its program for the ultra-large transport aircraft, which was initially known as the "A3XX". The A3XX will compete with the VLCT program and Boeing's 747 successor, the 747X, which plans to lengthen the Boeing 747's upper deck cabin to accommodate more passengers. The VLCT program was terminated in July 1996, and Boeing terminated the 747X program in 1997.

In December 2000, the European Space and Defence Group, the main shareholder of the European Airbus Group, and the British Space Group jointly announced the adoption of the A3XX program with an investment of 8.8 billion euros and changed the name to "A380". At that time, six airlines had already ordered a total of 55 380s, which were officially finalized in early 2001, and the planned development cost of the first A380 had risen to 11 billion euros when it left the factory.

Therefore, Airbus's strength is strong, not worse than Boeing, and the performance of the aircraft is good enough, so Zhou Fangyuan has no problem choosing Airbus's aircraft at all.

Well, he himself thinks so.