【Chapter 874】 International Influence (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
Xiao Feng and his wife flew to New York to meet with the senior management of Leshun, which naturally attracted the attention of the media to the ultra-luxury yacht market, and even brought the general public to carry out a round of knowledge popularization in the past few days.
Among the ultra-luxury yachts in service in the world, the most well-known is the Russian oligarch Abu's 'Eclipse', with a body length of 170 meters and a cost of 800 million euros, which makes it proud.
What's more, because of Abu's entry into Chelsea, the 'Eclipse' has been mentioned by the media and has become the world's most recognizable ultra-luxury yacht.
In April last year, the yacht 'Azam', which is more than 180 meters long, was successfully launched, breaking the record of the 'Eclipse' and becoming the world's largest ultra-luxury yacht at present.
It is reported that the basic cost of the 'Azam' is as high as 400 million pounds (about 600 million US dollars), and the subsequent outfitting and operating costs are also amazingly high! According to the figures provided by Lürssen, the 'Azam' needs 50 top seafarers to operate normally, and the annual operating cost will not be less than 30 million US dollars!
In the face of such expensive toys, some local tyrants in China can only sigh with admiration, the owner of the "Azam" is a super-rich man from the Middle East, a member of the Saudi royal family, and Prince Asoud, who is known as the "Buffett of the Middle East".
With these two superyachts in front of them, the world's super-rich are vying to invest in the construction of ultra-luxury yachts, which is also a joy for European and American yacht manufacturers.
However, because of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the outbreak of the European debt crisis, some investors have problems in the capital chain. A large number of yachting projects have been forced to stall.
This time, the reason why Leshun actively contacted Xiao Feng was nothing more than to digest the biggest mess in his hands. Otherwise, it may ruin Lürssen and the investors who contributed in the early stage.
Now, there is no choice for a strong man to break his wrist and cut his flesh to leave!
When the Nini took off from JFK International Airport and headed for Hamburg, journalists from as far away as Europe were already in urgent action.
In addition to its title as a 'shipbuilding centre', Hamburg is also the world's second-largest aircraft manufacturing base, where a significant portion of Airbus' orders are placed.
Sensitive European journalists also found that some of Airbus's top executives had also left Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. Travel to Hamburg.
In this way, Xiao Feng may sign a customized contract with Airbus for the A380 ultra-long-haul passenger aircraft in Hamburg, and by the way, he will also take over a certain half-pull project from Lürssen.
Stimulated by this speculation. Reporters from the gossip media and financial media rushed to Hamburg through the ears of the chicken, and the relevant media near Germany were also on standby.
After all, these will be two transactions involving more than $1 billion. No matter where it is placed. It's going to be good news. What's more, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao have a very high reputation in the American fashion circle, and all kinds of news about them are naturally very marketable.
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When Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao walked out of the Hamburg airport, even if they were well-informed, they were taken aback by the battle in front of them.
Hundreds of reporters from dozens of media outlets stood guard outside the passage with various photographic equipment, and if you don't know, you will definitely think that some superstar is coming to Hamburg.
As soon as I saw the Lord come out. Reporters flocked to the scene, and the microphones almost poked in front of Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao. They asked the two of them questions in English, French, Huaxia and even German.
As we all know, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao are proficient in several languages, and the reporters don't have to worry that their questions will be misunderstood, they just ask questions loudly, for fear that Xiao Feng and his wife will not hear them.
For a while, the scene was chaotic, and tourists passing nearby thought that there was a riot here!
Fortunately, the security guards at the airport, Xiao Feng's entourage security personnel, and the pick-up personnel from Audi, Airbus, and Lürssen had very rich experience in dealing with this situation, and soon formed a human wall to protect Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao within the safety range.
Xiao Feng saw this kind of battle in front of him, and he also knew that if he didn't answer some questions, he really couldn't get out easily.
In the end, Xiao Feng signaled to Ma Xiaotian and asked him to communicate with the airport authorities and hold a temporary press conference, otherwise a large group of people would block the airport passage, which would not be a solution.
The requests of special people are always taken seriously, and soon the airport authorities cleared a corner near the hall for a simple press conference.
As a transportation hub and megacity in Germany, Hamburg is visited by a large number of heavyweights every year, and this kind of journalist siege happens almost every year.
Especially in the past few years, the Hamburg football team has achieved good results in the European arena, and every time the Champions League matches, such as Barcelona, Manchester United, AC Milan and other super teams arrive in Hamburg, the commotion caused is even worse!
Hamburg Airport is familiar with dealing with this situation, and Xiao Feng is also the first time to feel the crisp and neat style of the German nation, and he has a good impression.
Because there is not much time, Xiao Feng only pointed out 15 media to accept their question, which are all representatives of top international media groups, and they can't favor one over the other. As for some local media in Europe and Germany, as well as media with average influence, Xiao Feng can't care so much.
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Times, The Guardian, Bild, Yomiuri Shimbun, The Sun, and many other general media outlets, including the BBC, ABC, NBC, Sky, and Yahoo, are on this list.
Unconsciously, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao's influence has gone out of China and become world-renowned figures, and their every move has attracted much attention.
It's normal to think about it, taking the Hamburg case as an example, once the two deals are fully concluded, the two deals will involve more than $1 billion, which will directly bring more than 2,000 jobs to the two companies, which is even more significant in the context of the European recession!
At the impromptu press conference, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao fluently accepted questions from reporters in English, German and French. Leave aside all the astonishing information that the two revealed in answering questions. This language ability alone is enough for journalists to have more news material.
Prior to this, some media reporters in Europe had only heard that Xiao Feng's family were members of the 'Mensa Club'. And has a very high language talent, but there are still some doubts. But now, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao's wonderful performances have shattered the doubts of reporters, a kind of almost suffocating perfection, which is breathtaking!
When answering reporters, Xiao Feng basically determined that he would sign an agreement with Airbus to customize a special modification. The ultra-luxury A380, which can accommodate up to 100 passengers and 12 crew members, is expected to cost more than $36,000 in total!
This is the final result of negotiations between Xiao Feng and Airbus during this time, although the agreement has not yet been signed. However, both parties have already recognized each other, and there will be no trade secrets involved in the disclosure at this time.
Airbus is eager for Xiao Feng to disclose this news to the media, after all, it has positive benefits for expanding Airbus' influence and occupying more market share.
As for the question of superyachts. Because Xiao Feng has not been to the scene yet. No definite reply has been given before the final decision has been made, but even an ambiguous official reply has satisfied the reporters.
Of course, some reporters' questions are more focused on the operation of the 'Jinghu Group', after all, with the continuous proliferation of various top-level ingredients of the 'Jinghu Group' and 'Xiao's Red Wine' in the high-end catering market in Europe and the United States, the 'Jinghu Group' has gained greater influence and attention.
At this time, Xiao Feng revealed it to the outside world for the first time. Xiao Qiang, one of the senior vice presidents of the Mirror Lake Group, has already negotiated a 2 million bottles of wine per year and an irrigation farm with a total area of more than 100,000 acres in California's Pana Valley and San Francisco.
The two investments involved amounted to more than $2 billion. It will become the largest investment project of 'Jinghu Group' in the United States after 'Dream Ranch' and 'Dream Scenic Area'.
In the future, the 'Mirror Lake Group' will produce 3 million bottles of red wine annually and have more competitiveness in the global mid-to-high-end red wine market, and at the same time, the 'Mirror Lake Group' will move the operation model of 'Xiao Family Farm' to the United States and build the world's largest organic farm in San Francisco.
These two projects will work together with 'Dream Ranch' to complete Xiao Feng's lofty goal of 'rebuilding a Jinghu Group', making 'Jinghu Group' the world's largest supplier of organic high-end ingredients!
The financial media reporters present were naturally not vegetarians, and they easily obtained a lot of useful information from Xiao Feng's words.
Perhaps this is not good news for the global suppliers of organic ingredients, after all, they will have a strong enough competitor.
But for organic food manufacturers, high-end hotels, restaurants, and consumers, this is undoubtedly giving them more choices, which is a good thing!
Even if the 'Jinghu Group' makes large-scale overseas investments, Xiao Feng still has a large amount of funds to buy luxury goods on a large scale, and the 'Jinghu Group' will not suffer from a shortage of funds because of this.
In the first quarter of 2014, the quarterly financial report of 'Jinghu Group' showed that 'Jinghu Group' achieved a cumulative sales revenue of 30 billion yuan and a profit of more than 1.5 billion US dollars in the first three months of 2014!
By the time the sales peak in summer and autumn arrives, the sales revenue of the 'Jinghu Group' will rise to a higher level, and the profit level will continue to rise, and it will be easy to achieve a profit of 40 billion RMB (about 7 billion US dollars) for the whole year.
In this way, even if the 'Jinghu Group' and Xiao Feng invest and consume on a large scale, they will not bring any trouble to the operation of the 'Jinghu Group'.
Including the four major state-owned commercial banks in China and major banks in Europe and the United States, the 'Jinghu Group' has been included in the list of the best customers, and the high credit lines of various kinds are the envy of other enterprises.
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The duration of the press conference was only 30 minutes, but the large amount of information left by Xiao Feng was enough to satisfy the reporters, after all, they knew that they could not always use all the good materials at once, and readers and viewers would be better off their appetites.
After getting what they wanted, the reporters consciously got out of the way and let Xiao Feng and his party leave the airport, and the luxury team and heavyweights who picked up the airport will also become the focus of the media on the next day.
Audi CEO Stade, Airbus President Fabrice Breguier, Lürssen President Alex and other big names appeared in the welcome team, which shows the importance that European companies attach to Xiao Feng and his wife.
Among them, in addition to Xiao Feng's direct access to orders and benefits for the three companies, Xiao Feng's potential influence in the Greater China region is also valued by them.
Since Xiao Feng became Audi's ambassador, Audi's luxury car sales in China have risen by 30 percentage points, and the vast majority of new tycoons admitted in the survey that they were influenced by Xiao Feng.
Originally, Audi was a car brand advertised as 'technology and fashion', which was attractive enough to young people, and Xiao Feng's age and entrepreneurial legend made him the idol of many young rich people.
With the increase of Xiao Feng's international influence, Audi has decided to upgrade Xiao Feng to a global ambassador and place his advertisements around the world. This time, when Xiao Feng came to Germany, Audi AG and Volkswagen both hoped to carry out more in-depth cooperation with Xiao Feng and increase assistance to the 'Ginkgo Foundation'.
In addition to hoping that Xiao Feng can accept the half-pulled project that has been suspended due to the suspension of work, Lürssen Yacht also hopes to use Xiao Feng's influence to pull some new orders from Huaxia.
At a time when the world's richest are tightening their money, only the newly rising wealthy Huaxia is rich in wealth and is the ultra-luxury yacht market with the greatest potential in the world in the future.
Not long ago, at a party held by Xiao Feng at the 'Dream Ranch', Gulfstream actually received an order for 5 G650s among Xiao Feng's friends, which is enough to make all kinds of envy and hatred of European luxury peers!
Therefore, it is also the meaning of the question to be good friends with Xiao Feng, and actively participate in Xiao Feng's life and career circle, so as to lay a good foundation for future order competition.
It has to be said that for the development of enterprises, even large enterprises in Europe and the United States have begun to pay attention to the importance of connections and human feelings, which is also a manifestation of compromise with reality.
As for Airbus, which is a big business, it does not expect Xiao Feng's order to determine the future of Airbus, but Xiao Feng's good relationship with the top management in China may play a role in the competition between Airbus and Boeing in the coming day.
Therefore, Airbus also attaches great importance to Xiao Feng and his wife's trip to Europe, not only the president of the group will come forward to pick up the plane, but also in the subsequent business activities, heavyweights in the group will appear one after another.
The short pick-up picture also made the reporters at the scene secretly marvel that Xiao Feng's international influence is no less than that of the heads of state of some small countries, and even more than that.
Some media have begun to wonder if Xiao Feng, a young man who is not yet 30 years old, has become one of the most powerful people in the world.......
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