Individuals or businesses purchasing a jumbo jet will first need to apply to the Regional Civil Aviation Authority.

The regional civil aviation administration needs to review the applicant's support capacity, general aviation market development needs, operational capacity, etc.

After the Civil Aviation Regional Administration completes the preliminary review, the application materials will be submitted to the Civil Aviation Administration, and the latter will approve before the applicant can purchase the aircraft.

The process is a bit complicated, and Zhang Yida is entrusted by professionals to help handle it.

After getting the approval from the Civil Aviation Administration, internationally renowned manufacturers such as Gulfstream, Dassault, Airbus, Boeing, and Bombardier began to contact Zhang Yida's personal secretary, Song Caiwei, to prepare to sell their products.

These do the sales of high-end products, and the nose is more intelligent than the other.

Zhang Yida ranks fifth on the Forbes list of China's richest people and second on the Hurun list of China's richest people, and it is difficult not to attract attention.

As one of the top richest people in China, with two listed companies on hand, a private jet is still affordable.

The daily work of the employees of several aircraft manufacturers in China is to find customers and analyze their financial resources, so they naturally aim at Zhang Yida.

What's more, Zhang Yida's career has also gone abroad, and there must be a demand for global long-distance navigation.

In this case, is it worth the value and industry if you don't get a private jet or business jet?

Zhang Yida, who has financial resources and demand, has naturally become a sweet spot in the eyes of major manufacturers, and he wants to win this business.

Shop around!

Zhang Yida had no choice but to agree to the request of the staff of several aircraft manufacturers to introduce the products.

In the Chinese courtyard home called "Li Palace", Zhang Yida and Zhao Erya listened to the introduction of the staff of the aircraft manufacturer.

"Mr. Zhang, Ms. Zhao, this model I recommend to you today is the Gulfstream G650ER. ”

The Gulfstream employee is named Fan Shaoguang, in his thirties, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and has a good grasp of posture and etiquette.

If you want to sell these top luxury goods, you must deal with all kinds of celebrities and rich people, and if your temperament is poor and your conversation is poor, it is estimated that business will not be good.

Fan Shaoguang took out a painting scroll from the bag he carried, put it on the table in the living room, gently opened the painting scroll, and an eagle soaring in the air with wings spread was displayed in front of Zhang Yida and Zhao Erya.

With a smile on his face, he introduced: "This is the Gulfstream G650ER, a picture made in a 30:1 ratio, highly realistic. ”

"Wow, that's beautiful!"

Zhang Yida glanced at Zhao Erya, heh, woman, can hundreds of millions of toys not be beautiful?

Fan Shaoguang quietly observed the expressions of the two, Zhao Erya looked very satisfied, and Zhang Yida behaved very plainly.

Fan Shaoguang guessed that Zhao Erya should be the "Zhang Yida's college girlfriend" rumored on the Internet, with an extraordinary family background.

However, the person who paid the money was Zhang Yida, and he guessed that Zhang Yida had to make the decision in the end.

But the next moment it made him raise his heart to his throat.

Zhang Yida looked at Zhao Erya and said, "Do you like it? If you like it, then it's decided!"

In Fan Shaoguang's aircraft sales career, he has never met such a happy customer.

I haven't had time to introduce the performance of the aircraft, but I just took out the painting, and it's about to be closed so soon?

Could it be that he is good at sales skills and has reached the level of surrender without a fight?

With apprehension, Fan Shaoguang turned his gaze to Zhao Erya.

I haven't sold airplanes for almost a year, and my last order of business was last year.

It's almost impossible to open the pot in this house!

Zhao Erya's head shook like a rattle, and whispered: "Let's take a look! There are still a few manufacturers behind! You have to pick it, and it's not to buy cabbage!"

Fan Shaoguang was a little disappointed, but he quickly comforted himself again: Normal is normal! Hundreds of millions of things are not normal if they are traded in a few seconds!

And he also obtained an important information, and other peers also targeted Zhang Yida.

This made him feel even more in crisis.

But he was not discouraged, how could he not face competition when doing sales.

If the plane is so easy to sell, why does the company still raise so many sales?

Gulfstream has approximately 75 employees in Greater China and sales centers in Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore.

There are 30 people in their Beijing sales branch alone, plus the sales centers opened by other aircraft manufacturers in China.

There are not 200 people in China who sell planes, but 100 people.

With so many people, dozens of planes that can be sold in China in a year can be killed.

Airspace capacity constraints and a shortage of private jet airports are important reasons restricting the development of the domestic private jet market.

The number of business jets purchased by Chinese companies peaked at 55 in 2011, and since then, sales have been declining year by year, with only 35 sold in the country last year.

A few sales can get a performance, and a typical wolf has more meat and less meat.

At their Gulfstream Beijing sales center, some people also paid attention to Zhang Yida, a newly rich man.

But no one hooked up with Zhang Yida, he was lucky and contacted Song Caiwei through a roundabout relationship.

At the same time, Zhang Yida happened to want to buy a private jet recently, so he had the opportunity to go to Zhang Yida's home to promote products in person.

Fan Shaoguang put away his thoughts and said with a smile: "Yes, this buying an airplane is a big deal, you really can't be in a hurry, you have to see more comparisons." ”

Zhang Yida always felt that this sentence was a bit awkward, similar to the tone of real estate sales.

"Mr. Fan, can you continue to introduce us to the performance of this G650ER in Gulfstream!"

Fan Shaoguang saw Zhang Yida's words, and hurriedly continued: "This G650ER fuselage is 30.22 meters long, with a wingspan of 30.17 meters and a height of 7.82 meters;

The interior width and height of the cabin are 16.32 meters, 2.58 meters, and 1.94 meters respectively......"

Zhang Yida calculated in his heart, the cabin area is only 42 square meters long and wide, which is a little narrow, and many postures can't be posed.

Fan Shaoguang continued: "This is the only commercial aircraft in the world with a range of 7,500 miles, or 13,890 kilometers.

Fly directly from Beijing to New York and from Los Angeles to Modu, without any stopovers and fuel supplies.

It can adapt to difficult airports such as short runways and high altitudes, and can fly continuously for more than 12 hours, making it one of the top international long-range business jet models.

Its maximum speed can reach Mach 0.925, which is close to the speed of sound. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yida was a little unimpressed, he explained with a smile: "In fact, it is not difficult for Gulfstream to make a supersonic commercial aircraft."

It's just that the range and flight economy are sacrificed.

In addition, the noise and pollution caused by supersonic aircraft engines may be unacceptable to customers, which will reduce the comfort of the flight journey. ”

Fan Shaoguang saw that Zhang Yida was listening carefully, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "In terms of cabin layout and interior design, Gulfstream has always paid attention to modern simplicity and paid attention to cabin comfort.

Mr. Zhang, you can not only arrange the cabin layout according to your own ideas, but also have dozens of beautiful reference plan options.

Private VIP cabins, ample meeting spaces, personal workspaces...... And so on can be arranged properly.

Larger seat and aisle widths, as well as seats with greater recline, also improve passenger efficiency and comfort during flight.

The adjustment of cabin facilities is fully intelligent, using handheld smart devices such as mobile phones or tablets connected to the cabin management system, you can easily adjust the lights, temperature, curtains, audio and video, and view flight information......"

Fan Shaoguang saw that Zhang Yida and Zhao Erya were interested, and knew that the other party was tempted.

He then borrowed the projector at Zhang Yida's home and played a group of PPT introducing the interior of the cabin.

Every time a picture is released, Fan Shaoguang stands next to the screen and begins to introduce its specific functions and details.

Zhang Yida and the two sat on the sofa and listened and nodded, feeling very novel, it was the first time they had heard such a detailed elaboration and introduction about private jets.

After introducing for more than half an hour, Fan Shaoguang finished explaining all the layout and functions of the aircraft cabin.

He looked at Zhang and Zhao and said with a smile: "According to the 2016 Asia-Pacific Business Jet Fleet Report, the number of business jets in Greater China is 466, which is the market with the largest number of aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region.

In terms of market share, the three largest aircraft manufacturers in Greater China are Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault, accounting for 38%, 29% and 9% of the total fleet in Greater China, respectively.

Since the introduction of the first business jet, the Gulfstream L, in 1958, Gulfstream Aerospace has been one of the world's most famous manufacturers of luxury and large business jets.

To date, Gulfstream has produced more than 1,300 aircraft, which are widely used in civil, commercial, government, private and military applications.

The G550 and G650 models launched in recent years have been applauded and praised in the market.

At least 1/4 of the Fortune 500 companies, including Fortune magazine, use our Gulfstream family of business jets. ”

Fan Shaoguang paused, and said: "By the way, in China, many rich people are also loyal fans of our Gulfstream.

Jack Ma, Li Jiacheng, Xu Tingyin, Wang Jianlin, Liu Xiaoxi, etc. are all its supporters.

Cai Yanming, chairman of Want Want Group, not only owns two business jets such as the Gulfstream G200, but also spray-painted Want Want color pictures on the fuselage, making the business jet a veritable advertising "self-media". ”

Fan Shaoguang smiled again and said: "If Mr. Zhang has this idea, he can also spray paint his company's logo pattern on the fuselage." ”

Zhang Yida shook his head again and again, how cute people are Wangzai!

Taobao and Goudong have no inkjet advertisements, so let's keep a low profile!

"You said that Jack Ma, Wang Jianlin, and Dong Ge all bought Gulfstream planes?"

Fan Shaoguang nodded, "Yes, Mr. Jackma bought a Gulfstream G550 in 2013 for 300 million yuan in cash, and then leased it back to Ahri Group for free, mainly for his own business flights.

Dongge bought a Gulfstream G650 at a price of 400 million yuan last year, which directly overwhelmed Wang Jianlin and Jack Ma in terms of performance configuration.

It just so happened that I personally handled the G650 of Dongge. ”

Zhang Yida looked at Fan Shaoguang twice, and asked curiously, "Brother Dong's plane was really sold by Mr. Fan?"

Fan Shaoguang nodded, and said in his heart: After that, there has been no bill for more than a year!

"If we place an order now, how long will it take to deliver?"

When Fan Shaoguang heard this, he immediately cheered up and said: "Because there are orders lined up, the actual delivery will be a year away at the earliest." ”

Zhang Yida felt quite helpless, it was too troublesome to wait for so long! He couldn't wait to experience it now.

Seeing that Zhang Yida was a little unhappy, Fan Shaoguang hurriedly explained: "In fact, it takes more than a year for the entire industry to take more than a year for private jets to place orders to production and then to delivery.

Last year, "Iron Man" Elon Musk also placed an order for the Gulfstream G650ER, which was successfully delivered last month. ”

"Oh, Musk built rockets and bought your Gulfstream planes?"

Zhang Yida is quite curious about this, it seems that Gulfstream is really a hard brand, no wonder so many celebrities and wealthy businessmen choose it.

In fact, Zhang Yida didn't know that there was also an incident of "Musk's private jet overtaking China Eastern Airlines" in his previous life.

Musk's plane took off from Los Angeles later than China Eastern Airlines' Boeing 777, but it "overtaken" at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and finally arrived in the magic capital before the passenger plane.

The Gulfstream G650 has made it famous again!

"Okay, I'll think about it and give Mr. Fan an answer tomorrow!"

Zhang Yida decided to compare it and look at Bombardier's plane.

Although Fan Shaoguang was a little helpless, he would not be stubborn, so he packed up his things and left.