Chapter 36: The Villa in the Sky

At this moment, Sid and they are standing in the private airliner of Airbus ACJ319, and the wide cabin with a height of 11 meters and a width of 4 meters makes Sid feel happy as soon as he steps on it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Now everyone is in the first area after boarding, "Hello, Mr. Leon, nice to meet you." Fabrice Blier, Airbus' president of North American marketing, shook Sid's hand politely, and then offered to hand over a business card.

Sid smiled and shook hands with the other party, and handed over a business card of his own while accepting the other party's business card.

Fabrice Blier then took the initiative to introduce Sid's two aircraft, "Mr. Leon, our Airbus ACJ319 is not only the only large private jet on the market today, but also the only large luxury jet ultra-long-haul aircraft. It's specifically for top billionaires like you. ”

"With a fuselage of 33.8 meters long, 11.7 meters high and 3.9 meters wide, the entire ACJ319 is definitely the largest, most luxurious and most comfortable private jet available today. Fabrice Briyer introduced Sid with pride.

Sid looked at the cabin with an interested expression. Indeed, the spacious cabin after the modification is absolutely free from the cramped stuffiness of other aircraft, whether it is the Gulfstream V of a small jet private jet or the first class cabin of a large airliner.

The cabin design was created by the Los Angeles avant-garde design studio, with a minimalist modern style, with sand-colored artificial marble floors and pale gold trinkets to match the furniture that blends seamlessly with the walls and floor. Within the space of this living room, there are three sub-areas: dining, meeting and resting.

Each of these three sub-areas has a mini bar, a bench meeting room and a reclining sofa for guests to relax. The minibar is decorated in cool tones of island blue, while the private dining room is decorated with warm wood tones, while the lounge area is decorated with natural shades of pale green.

Outside the public areas, towards the rear of the aircraft are the owner's private offices and private bedrooms, especially at the very rear of the aircraft, and the bathrooms designed by the design team - whether they are marble-topped bathrooms or dedicated cloakrooms, they all show exquisite luxury and sophistication.

In the Scandinavian style of minimalism, wood, metal and ceramic materials with reasonable colors and materials cushion the transition, making people shine in the eyes and at the same time can't help but sink in.

Sid even borrowed Jonathan Yves from Apple to participate in the design phase, yes, the same Apple chief design officer who later became famous and designed a series of Apple products such as iPod, iMac, iPhone, iPad, etc. As a result, Jobs complained for a while, saying that Sid's willfulness slowed down the development process of the iPod.

In contrast, Sid will also participate in the promotion of iPod and other products in the future as "compensation".

But in any case, with Jonathan Yves as the future design god, the cabins of the two ACJ319s have been designed in a way that is now harmonious and subtle.

Sid looked around and felt that the current two ACJ319s were more like a sky villa than a private jet, and it was hard to imagine that they would be in one plane at all.

Fabrice Blier, Airbus' president of North American marketing, and his assistant smile as they navigate with Sid as they explain the basics of the two aircraft.

After Sid came out of the private bedroom, he nodded and asked, "I already understand the basic situation, tell me what is special about it." ”

"Of course, both of Mr. Leon's private jets are unique. "But if I have to say the biggest highlight of the ACJ319, I personally think it's its ultra-long-range capability - it's the only private jet that can connect any two cities on the planet. ”

Sid sat in the chair in the private room for a long time, and he was very satisfied with the comfortable ergonomic chair.

"In our early test flights, we have achieved a maximum range of 11,000 kilometers from New York to Tokyo. And this time, according to your customized requirements, we have reduced a lot of unnecessary utilities, which allows the theoretical aviation distance of these two ACJ319s to reach 16,000 kilometers. ”

In fact, even the ultra-long distance of 11,000 kilometers from New York to Tokyo is enough to meet the needs of flying between most cities in the world. For Sid, the flight distance from Los Angeles to Europe and Asia is around 10,000 kilometers.

As for the North American mainland, it will not exceed 4,000 kilometers, so these two Airbus ACJ319s are enough to cope with most situations.

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If the Nasdaq bubble that burst in March this year started the nightmare journey of Silicon Valley companies, then another famous, or "notorious" Silicon Valley Loser, is also sinking into the trough of his own life.

"So, this is it?" Sid asked his assistant curiously, as a black Land Rover SUV pulled up in front of a slightly dilapidated apartment building.

"Yes, Boss. The assistant nodded and flipped through his notebook, "According to intelligence, he stayed at a friend's house here for three months after the company went bankrupt, and according to eyewitnesses, he rarely went out of the house and stayed at home all day. After saying that, the assistant couldn't help but look at Sid again: "Boss, are you really looking for this guy? ”

Sid smiled slightly: "'Fame' is just a tool of the media, which is neither true nor of reference value. All I value is will and talent. ”

After saying that, Sid unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car, and his assistant and several bodyguards also walked down. Sid waved his hand: "I don't need so many people, I'm just going to see an expert, not to fight." Well, let's go up with Rem and I, and the others will find a place to park and wait for us. ”

"OK, so be it. The captain of the bodyguard, a calm uncle in his early thirties, Reem, nodded, and immediately arranged work for his subordinates, and stepped into the apartment building with Sid.

In North America, a vast and sparsely populated country, there are generally only apartment buildings for multiple users in the center of large and medium-sized cities, and a large number of middle-class families generally live in single-family communities in the suburbs. And in the apartment buildings in the city center, it is also linked to poverty and chaos.

Of course, if it is a high-end apartment building in a busy neighborhood, it must be an exception, but the apartment building they are in at the moment is a low-rent housing built by the San Francisco city government more than ten years ago without solving the housing problem of ordinary citizens.

Although the neighborhood here is not as chaotic as the black neighborhood in South Los Angeles, it is not harmonious and safe, so this time Sid brought his own team of bodyguards.