Even Paul Getty Sr. admitted that it was a good thing, and Han Chudong liked it, so he bought it all the way.

Because it is a charity auction, the listing price is often relatively high, and the competition is not very fierce, some people see that Han Chudong likes it, and voluntarily give up the idea of buying them.

It is probably a little privilege after being promoted to the elite, especially those who have not seen him before, and often after the price reaches a reasonable level, they will take the initiative to release goodwill and stop bidding.

The presence of such scenes at this white-filled charity auction is a sign that the upper class, especially the celebrity tycoons in California, are embracing him, or trying to accept him.

It can also be seen from the original cocktail party that there are not a few people who have taken the initiative to talk to Han Chudong, and they have received more than 30 business cards alone, and the list in the address book is rapidly increasing, including many senior managers who master large multinational enterprises, as well as Wall Street giants and very rich tycoons.

Some guys who are not strong enough also try to socialize, and they may have begun to feel that it is a very face-saving thing to know Han Chudong.

As the richest and highest-ranked Asian American in the land since the founding of the United States, the scale of wealth has reached the tenth figure, and the problem of racial barrier is no longer a problem that restricts Han Chudong's business network.

As long as the habits of mind are consistent with those of white people, and don't be stupid enough to show the public how special he is, he has become a special being who has broken through the ceiling of North America.

After buying several lots in succession, Han Chudong gave up the opportunity to the others present, unless he encountered something really exciting, or just sat in the front row and chatted with the Citibank executives next to him, trying to get another huge loan from Citibank.

The Bank of America has lent him more than $300 million one after another, and he is too conservative in lending, most likely because he feels that he can't make much money.

He had previously asked Assistant Arthur for the development assessment of the banking industry, and he knew very well how difficult the banking industry was, and the Fed still limited the lending rates of companies and individuals, rather than floating according to credit ratings as in the future, that is, the rules that provided room for development in the later subprime mortgage crisis and made a bunch of bankers profitable.

Now that the bank is lending, taking into account the depreciation, default rate and other factors, the bank may also lose money, and the bank stocks have generally fallen a lot since the beginning of this year, and the overall market value is not very high.

Han Chudong admitted to the Citibank executives around him that the funds were less than 200 million US dollars, which did not mean much to him, and tried to get another huge loan for investment and acquisition.

Considering the scale of revenue and net profit, it is no wonder that Bank of America began to limit the extent of its loans to him, and only half of its last application for $200 million was approved.

Of course, there is no risk of default.

The overall debt ratio of Mason Associates is less than 20 percent, which is a surprisingly healthy state.

The mind is mainly on the conversation, and occasionally when I see that the things on the booth are not bad, I try to hold up the card, if someone keeps following, Han Chudong will not ask for it again after holding the card two or three times.

I still live a little more cautiously, pay more attention to other people's opinions of myself, and participate in the auction with a normal heart in the spirit of not offending anyone who can not offend.

A loan worth $200 million was quickly reached during the auction, and Han Chudong asked by the way if he could provide another loan to buy a private jet.

Knowing that they planned to spend more than $20 million to purchase a Boeing 747 as a private jet, Citibank's executives had a wonderful look on their faces......

Speaking of airplanes.

The next morning, people from Pan Am and Boeing rushed to Han Chudong's office.

In the '60s, Boeing invested about a billion dollars to make a big bet on the success of the Boeing 747, and took a piece of land in Seattle to invest in a huge factory to produce the Boeing 747.

In recent years, Boeing 747 wide-body airliners have been sold less than 20 units per year, dragging down Boeing's market value, which is currently less than $2.2 billion.

Pan Am is also miserable.

At that time, the number of gamblers increased, but they did not expect that the price of crude oil and loan interest rates would rise, and the signed purchase agreement for 25 Boeing 747s needed to be fulfilled, and for every Boeing built, they would need to pay for one plane, more than 20 million US dollars each, and at the current rate of delivering three to four planes a year, it has almost dragged Pan American Airlines down, and is currently on the verge of bankruptcy.

Han Chudong has done a little investigation, and at present, only he probably knows that Boeing's 747 wide-body passenger aircraft project will indeed be successful, and it will be a big success in the future, while Pan Am, a company he has not heard of, may go bankrupt in the following year.

After all, the official will definitely support Boeing and keep the arms dealer and civilian airliner giant afloat, but it will not care about the life or death of an airline.

If you want to get involved in the United States and get involved in various pillar industries, such as banking, insurance, securities, arms, oil, etc., it is actually a relatively safe approach, they are closer to Washington, and they also have more advantages.

From the perspective of the traditional business model, this is indeed the case, but Han Chudong feels that the IC and IT industries are not bad, so he does not care about Boeing or the troubled Pan American Company, and only cares about how much money it costs to get a modified private jet.

Talk for a moment.

Pan Am now urgently needs to find a buyer, and has no conditions, but is willing to give Han Chudong some support, such as post-maintenance, route arrangement, and so on.

Excluding seats, vents, luggage racks, etc., Boeing offered a price of $24.5 million, with the interior and cargo compartment separately calculated.

After drinking coffee and talking for a while, Han Chudong asked the middle managers of Boeing's product department: "So what you mean is that you sell me a semi-finished product for 24.5 million US dollars, and then design, modify, and spray these are calculated separately, right, how much does it cost?" ”

"It mainly depends on the materials, the difficulty of construction, and you may have to find experts from other companies to help, to be honest, we don't have a lot of experience in designing private jet interiors, the total cost is at least three million dollars, if you need to customize seats, etc., it can also reach five million, or even six million dollars, depending on what you mean, it's like renovating a house."

In addition to that, we also need to pay a fee, and the transformation period must be very long, which will delay our production, so ......"

"Wait. ”

Han Chudong didn't listen to the specifics, so he interrupted first, and said with a strange look in his eyes:

"I know that your order volume is very small, so small that there are many empty production platforms, and I will not pay this money.

Tell your boss that if I buy a Boeing 747, I'm advertising your 747 series, and people will know how spacious and safe it is, and there will probably be more than a billion people, and it's not worth it if I bought it? Not only do I not pay for the so-called delay in production, but you should also give me a discount, including a discount for post-maintenance and maintenance, and tell your boss that if you don't agree, I will think about purchasing a 747 as a private jet, in fact, the interior space of the Boeing 737 is enough for ......"