Chapter 99: Wind and Rain Converge Jiangnan (4)
Beneath Belfast's massive wings, a line of shiny black sedans lined up, especially the first one on the left, and on the thick front of the car, an incomparably coquettish goddess stood in a charming silver glow under the bright reflection of high-pressure sodium lamps.
For the people of the Republic, it is enough to put on the name of Rolls-Royce and regard it as the exclusive use of the rich, in essence, the cars produced by Rolls-Royce are divided into grades.
Roughly speaking, the Rolls-Royce brand can be divided into three product lines, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Rolls-Royce Silver Thorn, and Rolls-Royce Wraith.
Among them, the Rolls-Royce Phantom belongs to the top custom model, and the so-called British royal special car refers to the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
In the eighties, ordering a Rolls-Royce Phantom either had enough social influence or a title above the English earl, and money could not buy a Rolls-Royce black phantom without satisfying these two points.
The Rolls-Royce Wraith is the most popular production car in the Rolls-Royce brand, and it is also a product that Rolls-Royce uses to compete with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Maserati, Volvo, Lincoln, Chrysler and other brands in the ordinary luxury car market.
The Rolls-Royce Silver Thorn is a model developed for high-end business needs, and is higher than the Phantom in the product line, but there are no purchase restrictions.
For example, the bulletproof version of the car, the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Silver Thorn have this add-on option, while the Rolls-Royce Wraith does not have a bulletproof version.
The price of the customized version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom basically starts at one million dollars, and the price of the Rolls-Royce Silver Thorn is less than half of that of the Phantom, roughly around $50 to $600,000, while the price of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is more down-to-earth, only about $20 to $250,000, which is $200,000 lower than the Bentley Mulsanne with a Bentley shell that actually uses a Rolls-Royce chassis.
When Yuanjia took over Jardine Matheson, the Jardine Matheson Group's luxury cars in Hong Kong included two Rolls-Royce Phantoms and five Bentley Mulsanne Jardine Commemorative Editions.
One of the Rolls-Royce Phantoms is a customized version of the Kaiserke family, such as the seat with the Kaiserke family badge tattooed, the welcome pedal with the first family lettering, and the wheel cover is also customized.
Although this Rolls-Royce, which is full of family personal style, is also in the name of Jardine Matheson, after Yuanjia signed the acquisition document of Jardine, he gave this car to Simon Kaiser as a gift.
In terms of the scale of Yuanjia at this time, a customized Rolls-Royce worth at least one million dollars will not be surprising than ordinary office supplies in Liang Yuan's eyes, and in terms of the top rich circle of old Europe's intertwined in-laws, Yuanjia can spend millions of dollars to establish a good relationship with the old British family Kaisax family It is not a loss-making business.
Another customized version of Rolls-Royce is based on the theme of Jardine Matheson, and Jardine's corporate logo, the Scotch thistle, is printed on the seats, panels, welcome panels, and desks in the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Similarly, the five Bentley Mulsanne commemorative editions owned by Jardine Matheson are also the theme of Jardine's 150th anniversary, which is 150,000 more than the price of a regular Bentley Mulsanne of $450,000.
In the end, the $1.5 million, purchased in 1982 with a HK00150 license plate to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Jardine Matheson Group, eventually became Qilianshan's mount in Hong Kong.
Of course, if Liang Yuan hadn't emphasized repeatedly that the company was bigger, the scene would have to be held up, and Liang Haiping replaced Liang Yuan's Volga with four circles, Qi Lianshan would have said that he would not take a trolley.
In the 80s, the Rolls-Royce Silverthorn, the Wraith or the Bentley Mulsanne did not have a black paint finish in the production models, and only the top-of-the-line models could choose the paint color according to the owner's wishes.
A lot of knowledge about luxury cars Zhang Rentian (Xia changed his name, everyone is used to it) and Chen Guanghan don't know, but Wang Chengang, the driver who drove the two, is a senior car fan.
After everyone entered the hangar, they were all attracted by Belfast's huge body, and when they reacted, they suddenly found that the luxury car under Befa's huge wings reflecting the "starlight" of the roof on the paint surface was even more eye-catching.
Looking at the momentum, these six cars are completely incomparable with the common Audi, Blue Jay, and Toyota in the Republic.
Speaking of which, Wang Chengang is also a lucky person, Wang Chengang's home was in Yangcheng before he joined the army, and his parents couldn't read and didn't care about him, the army of the Republic has always been known as a melting pot, and any problem can be flattened for you, Wang Chengang's parents ruthlessly stuffed Wang Chengang into the army.
Originally, the 93rd Army was stationed in Liaoning, and Wang Chengang was thousands of miles away from home, but he didn't expect the Nansha Theater to be established, and all the members of the 93rd Army went south to transform into a fast counter-army, and Wang Chengang became one of the very few lucky soldiers in the 93rd Army.
Due to his family's superior family and interests, Wang Chengang almost memorized the top cars of Hong Kong's wealthy people, and Wang Chengang, the pearl of luxury cars like Rolls-Royce and Bentley, naturally would not miss it.
"I~uh~. ”
Wang Chengang said half of the strong particle, and then held it back stiffly.
"Xiao Wang, what do you think?"
Zhang Rentian, who was in an excellent mood, teased his driver.
"Uh~, political commissar, I saw two flying groups parked under the wings of the plane, and I really couldn't help but sigh. ”
"Oh, what do you mean by that?"
Chen Guanghan asked with great interest.
"Report chief, the car on the left is a customized version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, looking at the license plate of the HK00150, it should have been ordered from the United Kingdom for $1.5 million eight years ago when the Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Group commemorated the 150th anniversary celebration. ”
"The five Bentley Mulsanne souvenirs parked on the right side of the Rolls-Royce Phantom cost $600,000 each, and I bought Hong Kong car magazines when I wasn't in the army, and these cars are very, very well-known in Hong Kong, and they are frequent visitors to car magazines. ”
The $1.5 million Rolls-Royce plus the $3 million Bentley Mulsanne total $4.5 million, which is roughly about 400 million yuan in RMB.
The formation of a flight regiment equipped with the republic's brand-new Jian-7 fighter jets will cost 200 million yuan, and it is really useless that there are two flying regiments parked under the wings of the aircraft as Wang Chengang said.
Listening to Wang Chengang say so much in one breath, Zhang Rentian and Chen Guanghan were a little confused, Ning Lei only explained to them that Belfast was coming, but he didn't say that he also came with six cars at random.
"It's shocking enough that the planes of the two regiments have been replaced by six cars, Hong Kong people are really rich, I really can't guess how Commander Ning borrowed the plane. ”
Zhang Rentian smiled bitterly and shook his head at Chen Guanghan.
The 212 jeep slowly stopped not far from the tailgate of Belfast, and Zhang Rentian and Chen Guanghan opened the door and jumped down before the car was stable.
"Lao Chen, Lao Zhang, this way. ”
The rear door of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, which was parked furthest from the Belfast body, suddenly opened, and Ning Lei got out of the back seat of the car.
"Huh~, rather than referring to this shotgun swapped away, this car is really good, it looks thick. ”
Chen Guanghan laughed as he spoke, and walked over to Ning Lei.
"I can't afford to change this. ”
Ning Lei stretched out his left arm and pulled at the luxury car, and continued: "My thirty years of salary accumulation, it is not enough to buy any wheel, and this car cannot be driven for nothing. ”
"Let the staff officer get on the plane first and take a slow look, the two crews are here, don't know how not to pretend to be reserved, don't be afraid of being embarrassed, ask more, the three of us will change the original plan first, and then go on the plane to ponder." ”
Originally, Liang Yuan and Ning Lei made an appointment, one Belfast was equipped with Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and the other was used for Ning Leifei's data.
Even if Belfast is big enough, it will definitely be enough to walk around for 50 minutes.
After Ning Lei got off Beifa, he decided to requisition all the two planes, and as for Yuanjia's six luxury cars, Ning Lei planned to use three Yun-8 transport planes to send a mount to someone.
Anyway, as long as the car arrived in Shanghai on time, Liang Yuan wouldn't care how Ning Lei sent the car over.
Although Ning Lei said that his thirty-year salary could not afford to buy a wheel, he did not hesitate or be embarrassed to use the Rolls-Royce.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Chen, come in and sit, it's much more comfortable to sit on this sofa to study problems than to talk about problems in the cargo hold of the plane. ”
Ning Lei turned back and opened the rear door of the Rolls-Royce.
Jardine Matheson's customized version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom adopts a rear seat design similar to the Queen of England and the British Prime Minister's version, and the two doors adopt a rare opening method, and the entire rear row can seat four people, consisting of four independent seats facing each other, and the cabin space is just enough for a small meeting.
"He, I heard Xiao Wang say in the car just now that these six cars can be exchanged for two flight groups, and I feel that it is worth it in my life. ”
"Lao Zhang, you like to sit and fly to Shanghai, this car will be sent to Shanghai before July 7, I plan to use three Yunba to fly these cars over. ”
Zhang Rentian smiled and was not polite, and pulled Chen Guanghan to sit in the comfortable back row of the Rolls-Royce.
However, after Chen Guanghan sat down, he pondered for a while and slowly tasted some unrevealed information in Ning Lei's words.
"Rather point, ask something, if it's inconvenient, you can't answer. ”
Although Ning Lei somewhat guessed what Chen Guanghan was going to ask, he still nodded with a smile.
"Ning refers to the main purpose of Belfast's return to China this time to send these cars to Shanghai, right?"
Ning Lei nodded.
"Lending us for a test should be a drop-by, right?"
Ning Lei hesitated for a moment before nodding, given that someone was too cunning, Ning Lei couldn't figure out if Liang Yuan was fishing, after all, Belfast's production technology Yuanjia had already been assembled, and even the most difficult engine system was introduced back to China two years ago.
"That, Ning Zhi, we directly changed other people's predetermined plans, this ~ okay ~"