Lin Xiaoxia pillowed on Zhang Chen's arm, gently stroked Zhang Chen's face, and bit his lip: "You really don't want to? ”

After speaking, Lin Xiaoxia's face blushed and buried his face in Zhang Chen's neck.

Zhang Chen smiled dumbly, rubbed Lin Xiaoxia's smooth shoulder, sniffed her long hair, and kissed the girl's eyes and nose, "Silly girl, it's okay, it'll grow in the future." ”

Lin Xiaoxia had already made up his mind to hand himself over to Zhang Chen completely, but he didn't expect that his menstrual affair would come a few days in advance, which made Lin Xiaoxia annoyed.

The reason why Lin Xiaoxia has been sullen recently is also because she faintly feels in her heart that Zhang Chen may have other women, and she can't say why, it's just a woman's sixth sense.

On the one hand, because he was so happy today, and on the other hand, it was also out of an unknown sense of crisis, which made Lin Xiaoxia feel that he could not go on like this, and he must have a breakthrough in the relationship between the two sides.

But who would have thought that it would be inconvenient today.

Zhang Chen's sentence "I will grow in the future" relieved Lin Xiaoxia's annoyance a little, and when he thought of everything today, he couldn't help but smile happily from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Chen patted Lin Xiaoxia's arm, "Sleep, I have to go to school early tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Xiaoxia snorted, closed his eyes, and smelled Zhang Chen's breath in his nose, but he couldn't sleep.

Lin Xiaoxia felt Zhang Chen's warm hand gently patting on his smooth skin, his delicate body was hot, and he couldn't help but bend his legs slightly, but he felt that his thighs touched something hard.

Lin Xiaoxia's right hand moved down, like a curious kitten, and carefully and tentatively touched it with his fingertips.

Zhang Chen couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, and the muscles on his arms tightened reflexively, but he felt that the girl in his arms gradually moved down, got into the quilt, and followed closely, as if he had entered a warm place。。。。。。

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Zhang Chen looked at the sleeping girl in his arms, carefully pulled his arm out from under Lin Xiaoxia's body, turned over and got out of bed, and took Ben Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" from his luggage and looked at it.

There was no way, the time difference was a day at all, I didn't get off the plane until five o'clock in the afternoon, and I asked Shen Yu at the airport how he was prepared, so I went directly to the art school to pick up Lin Xiaoxia. Although it is indeed a little tired, if you sleep now, after returning to the United States, the biological clock will be completely messed up, it is better to stick to it and sleep again on the plane.

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Private jets registered as foreigners must depart by eight a.m.,

"Mr. Zhang, this long journey of more than 13,000 miles should have fully demonstrated the reliability of your Gulfstream V, which has only been flying for less than two months, you know, this is the latest model of the Gulfstream, and we have only been getting our hands on it for two months. ”

Sitting opposite Zhang Chen, Bicha and Para looked at Zhang Chen with a look of hope, he only heard from a friend ten days ago that this new Internet young rich man was planning to buy an ultra-long-range private jet, and it happened that their company had ordered a Gulfstream V that had just been launched at that time two years ago, and paid the full amount three months ago, and only brought the plane to his hands two months ago.

But who would have thought that the financial crisis has intensified in the past two months, and the Thai petrochemical industry company where he works has completely fallen into the dilemma of broken cash flow, and the debt of more than three billion US dollars is like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head, which may not fall at any time, crushing the people below to pieces.

TPI is Thailand's largest private energy company, and its founder, Platsak, is also one of the richest people in Thailand, and a year ago, he didn't care about any debts, and all creditors needed to treat him like his grandson, begging him to collect their money.

But now, these creditors are like ghosts, staring at their money bags every day, desperately trying to take the money out of their pockets, and Pratsa is at a loss, if he can't repay his debts on time, part of the debt-for-equity swap will allow him to be swept away from the TPI and have nothing.

In desperation, Platsa can only think of all ways to repay the debt, and Gulfstream V, who has just mentioned his hand, can only endure the pain and cut his love, so that his deputies Bicha and Para can find a potential buyer as soon as possible, and quickly get rid of it in order to recover blood.

After Tong Pula knew that Zhang Chen was going to buy a private jet, he immediately asked for the contact information of Tinder Source through a friend, and insisted on meeting Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen was preparing to return to China at this time, and after understanding the situation with Pula, he took the initiative to take the Gulfstream V, which had a flight time of less than 100 hours, to San Francisco, and applied for a route to China, so that Zhang Chen could experience the superiority of this plane.

Gulfstream V is actually the first model of the Gulfstream G550, which is the favorite of the rich in China more than ten years later, but the range is slightly shorter, but in the case of applying for a route of 13,000 kilometers, the endurance can also achieve direct flight from Huaxia to the West Coast of the United States.

The private jet of Platsa is hosted by Thai Airways, so the flight attendants on board are also the flight attendants selected by Thai Airways, and the flight attendants of Thai Airways are also the most beautiful flight attendants Zhang Chen has flown so many times and has ever seen.

The flight attendant in the purple uniform gently poured a glass of red wine for each of them, and Zhang Chen shook the red wine glass in front of him: "With Mr. Pula, I am also very grateful to Mr. Pracha for his sincerity, but with all due respect, if I buy this aircraft, I will suffer a lot in financing costs, and your offer of 36 million US dollars is inevitably a bit too high, even if you pick up a brand new aircraft from Gulfstream, counting the optional decoration, it is only this price." ”

Tong Pula's face remained unchanged: "Mr. Zhang, if you book from Gulfstream, you have to schedule the delivery date for at least one year, and this aircraft is in stock, and when we bought it, we spent four million dollars on optional features and decorations, which is completely a turnkey business, which can save you a lot of trouble." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Anyway, buying a second-hand business jet is also a lot of trouble, and it also involves the issue of transfer, I can choose only the United States and Xiangjiang These two places, my demand for private jets is not urgent, even if it waits for a year, in fact, the impact is not too big, and the cost of travel charter flights is up to one million dollars a year." Frankly, your offer is not advantageous. In addition, there is another point, this aircraft is the third Gulfstream V in the world, it seems that it has just been approved to fly, has not yet been tested by the market, and there is a certain risk. ”

Tong Pula said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, I have a quarter of Chinese ancestry, and I am also Chinese, Ming people don't say secret words, you can come up with your plan, and we will discuss it together." ”

Zhang Chen put the red wine glass on the table, "Mr. Pula, I am very aware of the current predicament that Mr. Pracha is facing, but I don't want to take advantage of the fire to rob it, you mentioned that this plane cost 36 million US dollars, and I hope to close it at a 20% discount of this price, that is, 28 million US dollars." ”

Tong Pula jumped up: "You are taking advantage of the fire to rob! This is a completely new plane! It only flew less than 100 hours, and 20 of those hours were spent on you! A plane that has been flying for five years is more expensive than that!"

Zhang Chen pressed his hands weakly: "Mr. Tongpra, don't get excited, you know very well that this is a reasonable price, even if your delivery time advantage is obvious, but if I return the plane to the factory to change the cabin layout, it will take at least eight months of construction, which is no different from buying a new plane, and it will cost about 3 million US dollars more, so if there is no reasonable price, why should I buy it? If you do not agree with my offer, I can pay you the cost of this flight according to the market price, I said, I don't want to take advantage of the fire to rob." If you don't want to accept this price, you can actually mortgage it to the bank. ”

Tong Pula knew that what Zhang Chen said was right, but the price was too low, and if he mortgaged it to the bank, he could get at least 70% of the mortgage, but now the major banks are the creditors of TPI, and they are in a hurry to urge the loan, and if they really mortgage it, the money can't reach their own hands, and they will directly rush into debt.

Although more than $20 million is just a drop in the bucket for the total scale of more than $3 billion in liabilities, with this amount of liquidity, at least there is some room for manoeuvre.

Tong Pula gritted his teeth, almost pleading: "Mr. Zhang, now that TPI has indeed fallen into a situation of liquidity depletion, the price you give is indeed too low, I still hope that you can reconsider it for the sake of your compatriots." Mr. Pratsa would love to make you a friend. ”

Make friends? Zhang Chen smiled, he was almost certain that Pracha would not survive this crisis. Now that the crisis has only begun, Platsa is already struggling, and it is conceivable that the next three years of the Great Recession are approaching, and the chances of Pratsa surviving are extremely low.

Zhang Chen naturally couldn't give in anymore, and if it wasn't good, in a few months, maybe the plane would be seized and auctioned by the bank, and the price might be even lower at that time.

"The price really can't be let go anymore, Mr. Tongpra, the current form shouldn't be so severe, right? Why does the TPI fall into such a serious liquidity shortage?" Zhang Chen is a little curious, it is said that Thailand has not abandoned the fixed exchange rate system, which means that the real climax of the financial crisis has not yet come, why does the TPI seem to be dying?

Tong Pla sighed in disappointment: "In recent years, although Thailand has also increased its oil and gas exploration efforts and surveyed several oil and gas fields, but in recent years, Thailand's domestic oil and gas demand has soared, Mr. Placha feels that this is a great opportunity to invest in oil fields, so half a year ago, he used the company's reserve funds of 1.47 billion US dollars to control an oil field in Tapis, Malaysia, and cooperated with Malaysian National Oil Company and Exxon Corporation to develop it. Originally, this was a good business, but in the current situation, this oil field has become a hot potato, alas. ”

Zhang Chenhu's spirit, Malaysia's oil fields!?

In his previous life, when Zhang Chen was playing go-karts, he heard the old driver boast that the reason why the best classic cars in the world are in the UK is because the UK has the North Sea Oilfield, and the North Sea Oilfield has good oil quality, low sulfur content, and little damage to the engine, so there are so many classic cars that can run normally for decades or even more than a hundred years.

But the old driver also said that the best oil field in the world is not in the North Sea, but in Malaysia, and the oil produced here is of the highest quality in the world.

And in the next ten years, international oil prices have risen several times, until the world financial crisis in 08, only to fall, if you can obtain part of the shares of an oil field during the Southeast Asian financial crisis, not to mention, in ten years, just dividends can get soft.

Zhang Chen's heart flashed, he carefully calculated it in his heart, and said: "I see, no wonder, so let's do it, I am very sympathetic to Mr. Plata's situation, it's not his fault, I have some connections with Wall Street and Huaxia, I can see if I can find him some financial support, however, some collateral may be needed." ”

Tong Pula shook his head: "Wall Street is unlikely, we have contacted several big banks, and now they are all tightening monetary policy, and Huaxia should not have this ability." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "That's not necessarily, so be it, if it's feasible, I'll have someone contact you." ”

Tong Pula only thought that Zhang Chen was talking about the scene, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

The two chatted about the current financial crisis for a while, Zhang Chen looked at his watch, it was already ten o'clock in the evening San Francisco time, he could sleep, and he told Tongpla that there was a bed in the rear cabin lounge, Zhang Chen was not polite, he took off his clothes and went to bed, and he snored loudly not long after.

Tong Pla watched Zhang Chen go to sleep, thought about it, picked up the on-board phone and called Plata to report the negotiations, after listening to it, Plaça was silent for a long time, and said carefully with Pula: "If we are waiting for a while, there may be buyers with higher bids, this price is indeed too low." ”

Platsa said in a deep voice: "Forget it, if he can pay immediately, so be it." ”

With Pula's heart sank, Plata was in such a hurry to sell the plane, and it seemed that the company's financial situation was even worse than expected.

The Thai government has invested nearly $7 billion to protect the exchange rate, and now waiting for the final blow of international speculators, the Thai foreign exchange market will be completely finished.

As a result, the foreign exchange markets and stock markets of Southeast Asian countries have experienced significant turbulence, and pessimism has begun to spread in Southeast Asian countries.

The more the crisis, the more banks will tighten the monetary system, and easily do not lend, and without loans, a large number of enterprises will be illiquid, and then some enterprises will break the capital chain, leading to bankruptcy. It doesn't matter if a company goes bankrupt, but the economy is a ring and a chain, and a bankrupt enterprise may even affect the ten normally operating enterprises with which it has business relations also fall into losses and lack of liquidity, driving more enterprises into a vicious circle, and eventually, the country's economy collapses and completely enters a period of recession.

Zhang Chen woke up, the plane was about to land, and Pla never fell asleep, seeing Zhang Chen wake up, and Zhang Chen told Placha's opinion, Zhang Chen shrugged: "OK, no problem, after signing the contract, the money will be paid to the TPI account within ten days." ”

Tong Pula shook his head: "The beneficiary is not TPI, we will make it clear in the contract that the specific beneficiary is not TPI's." ”

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment and smiled, it seems that Pracha has begun to leave a way back for himself, isn't this TM just the transfer of assets.

"As long as there's no dispute over ownership, I don't care. Zhang Chen shrugged, "By the way, Huaxia Zhongxin Investment is willing to talk to you, if you agree to use the shares of Tapis's oilfield as collateral, they can give you a part of the financing, you can go back and report to Mr. Platsa to see what he means." ”

(End of chapter)