Chapter 254: A Visit to Boeing

Speaking of which, things in this world are really so coincidental, in the afternoon Sam came over and said that Prince Zeid was married at the end of December, and after a meal, Kang Fat called to tell Tang Feng that his friend from college was getting married, and the wedding date was on the eighth of January.

The difference between the two weddings is less than ten days, and Tang Feng also plans to fly directly from the Middle East to China, and then spend the Spring Festival in China. This time is good, it is really not delayed.

In the afternoon, Tang Feng planned to go back to his hometown in China for the Spring Festival after attending Zaid's wedding. And next year's Spring Festival is in February, so Tang Feng actually has nothing to do in the whole January, but Fang Qun and Dai Yao's marriage can make January have something to do.

Because Sophia has decided to go to Huaxia with Tang Feng during the Spring Festival this year, Tang Feng and Sophia will naturally attend these two weddings.

As for what gifts to give to dresses and belts, naturally they can't be the same as Prince Zeid's wedding. In China, when getting married, friends pay more attention to symbolism, for example, friends of the newlyweds usually give some gifts such as combs, tableware, quilts, mandarin duck pillowcases, etc., which often imply a happy marriage, a long time, and an early birth of a precious child.

It was precisely because of this that Tang Feng searched for a long time from those pirate treasures and gathered a set of court tableware made of gold.

This is a set of forty-eight sets of golden court tableware, which is very pleasing. If it weren't for the fact that there were enough gold items in the treasure trove left by Captain Kidd, such a set of gold cutlery would not have been able to be picked out.

The value of this set of gold tableware is naturally quite expensive, the weight alone is more than 20 kilograms, according to the current price of pure gold, the gold used in this set of tableware alone is worth five million. If you add up its historical value, its value is even more immeasurable.

At first, Sophia didn't understand why Tang Feng wanted to give such a wedding gift to a friend. But when Tang Feng explained some Chinese customs and etiquette to her, the girl even said that this gift was well chosen.

The next day, Tang Feng was about to get a good package for this gift, and Sam came back again, of course, this product came back with an empty pot. According to him. Last night, this guy went to the villa where Hansen and them lived with half a pot of stewed pork chops, and most of the pot of pork chops made those guys in trouble, so this guy came back with a pot to let Sophia make another pot!

Of course, with the arrival of Sam, there is also good news, that is, after nearly four months of intense transformation, after the Gulfstream G650 was delivered to Tang, the Boeing 747-8 that Boeing rebuilt has also been completed, and then Boeing called. Ask Tang Feng, a big financier, to go over and take a look at the modified plane in person, and give the plane a name, and then the staff of Boeing will spray the name on the plane.

Tang Feng gladly accepted this invitation, having long heard that Boeing's aircraft assembly workshop in Everett was the largest building in the world, so Tang Feng also wanted to see this famous building.

Of course, to get to Everett, it is obviously not appropriate to go by car. Everett is in Washington State, which is the northwest corner of the United States. The distance from Beaumont is more than 4,000 kilometers in a straight line, and if you drive there, you have to drive for at least three or four days. But now with the Gulfstream G650, you can fly non-stop for this part of the flight.

Although Boeing's headquarters has moved to Chicago, Boeing's main production base is still located at the Everett plant in Seattle. And because it is the assembly base for Boeing's main large passenger aircraft. So the Payne Airport in Snow Red Rock County, where the Everett plant is located, is even within the precincts of the Boeing Everett plant. At most, Payne Airport is only a regional airport, but it runs to the runway where large passenger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 can take off and land.

In the United States, it is very fast to apply for a private jet route, and I called here the first day. The next day's route was applied, so Tang Feng took Sophia and his three sons, plus Sam and Hansen, and Jonathan "Bear". Hasselbainker and Paul "Tank". Williams, who drove to Beaumont Airport, took to the skies in the Gulfstream G650 that made others drool at it.

The Gulfstream G650 is really not up for speed, and the purported fastest private business jet cruises at close to the speed of sound, taking more than four hours to reach Boeing's Everett plant.

After getting off the plane, a vice president of Boeing came to greet him with several supervisors, and he gave him a good face.

The runway is the runway of Payne Airport, located inside the Everett factory, and is nearly 2,800 meters long, enough for a large passenger aircraft like the 747 to take off empty. After getting off the plane, on the east side of the runway, you can see a large number of parked Boeing planes, from the four-engine 747 to the two-engine 767, 787, 777 and other large and medium-sized passenger planes, no less than 30.

"Hehe, Dear Mr. Tang, except for a few of these planes for sale, the others are Boeing passenger planes that we specialize in maintenance for major airlines, and this is only a small part of them!" His name was Louis. Chuck's vice president of Boeing introduced Tang Feng in a proud tone.

"Hehe, Mr. Chuck, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't have imagined the busyness here! I have to say that it was really my honor to choose Boeing to build this private jet for me in the first place! ”

"Mr. Tang has won the prize!" Louis. Chuck was also smiling, and seemed to feel at ease with Tang's praise.

It's no wonder that Boeing, the world's largest manufacturer of military and civil aircraft, is proud of itself.

"Mr. Tang, do you see that factory? That's the world's largest single building, our Boeing passenger aircraft assembly plant! ”

Tang Feng followed Louis. Looking in the direction Chuck was pointing, less than three hundred meters east of the north end of the airstrip, the huge building with white walls and blue doors was lying there quietly like an ancient beast!

"Mr. Chuck, I can't wait to visit this factory that has carried so many honors!"

In Louis. Under the leadership of Chuck, Tang Feng and his entourage visited this huge and somewhat outrageous factory, in this huge factory building that is 1,000 meters long and 500 meters wide, Tang Feng saw the Boeing 747 production line, which was built in 1960, and also saw the 767, 777 and 787 production lines. Of course, Tang's Boeing 747-8 airliner is not parked in this factory now, but has been transported to another factory dedicated to painting. (To be continued......)