Chapter 226: Add a boat
When it came to the overall force, An Feng went to see the construction site.
The matter was handled by John, who decided to use the robot company as a material warehouse, and the new company was located very close to the warehouse, making it easy to travel back and forth. The final plan was to build a 12-storey building, which would be a little shorter than An Feng had expected, but it would be rectangular and the total area would be larger.
In addition to the main building, there will be a large two-storey parking lot with the lower floor for employees to park, and the upper floor is very wide, so a helipad will be set up, which can accommodate up to two helicopters at the same time. As for the rooftop, thanks to the security consultant, that is, Jeff of Aegis Security. Clark's suggestion that there was no tarmac was a bit inconsistent with Anfeng's idea that the tycoon would park on the roof.
But trust in Jeff's abilities, his advice was taken in its entirety. The security consultants hired this time needed to add security considerations to the architectural drawings to increase the level of confidentiality. In addition, when the building is initially completed, it is necessary to install advanced security equipment.
An Feng plans to set up future industrial and robotics companies in the building, which are all enterprises controlled by him anyway, and to some extent, they can also control each other to achieve the purpose of confusing the eye...... After he was satisfied and the safety consultant had no problems, the construction began.
What he asks for is to be fast, and money is secondary.
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Back at home, Joanna was receiving guests, and An Feng greeted the man and woman. Listening to her say that it was about the racetrack, he didn't interfere much lately, but listened to Joanna in his ear every night, and she was happy to have something to do, and she was making good progress.
An Feng also made some plans in a daze.
There are a lot of things, but they are chaotic and there is no reasonable planning...... It would be nice if the machine brain could help, but all the time. Unless he is highly focused, he can rarely mobilize it. After slowly getting used to it, I got used to it, and now I look back and see that the repair progress is about to reach 50%.
This means that half of the content is about to come out, but in the face of this disordered, extremely wide range of information. He had a feeling that he didn't know what to do, and the question that had been repeated more than once again reappeared: What was the purpose? What is the purpose of all this in my head?
He had felt ...... There was something very important waiting for him to do.
At first, it was relatively mild, shrouded in a heavy fog, and An Feng could only explore it on his own, but after he found that he could set up a back door for chips or other machinery and equipment, these techniques became extremely rich...... Aggressiveness. In the dark, it seems that a path has been arranged for him.
Answer. May be about to be revealed.
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When he thought about these endless things, he suddenly felt a headache, and as before, he gave up when he met him and turned to think about other things.
There's still a lot of time, and there's something to do.
A year ago, he founded a shipping business in Miami, Florida, to buy a cruise ship. More than a dozen employees have been recruited. But he has been doing nothing until now. The world's largest cruise ship will take more than a year to complete, in line with the principle of rational use of resources. An Feng has always wanted to make the company work.
To operate, there must be a cruise ship, and it is obviously unrealistic to order another cruise ship - not because of a lack of money, but because of a lack of time. His plan is to buy a boat, but it's also quite difficult, a cruise ship is not the same as a yacht, and the yacht may often be sold. But cruise ships rarely change hands as a commercial tool.
From the establishment of Ocean Shipping to the present, he has been watching for more than half a year, and finally in the last few days. He received a message from the employee there that a shipping company in Florida was in financial crisis, and he was planning to transfer one or two cruise ships to alleviate the crisis, and was looking for a seller.
It is not easy to sell a large cruise ship of more than 100,000 tons, and its price is too high, and the cost is six or seven billion. In addition, those businessmen are very cunning, although the quality is good, but they just don't buy it, and when the company goes bankrupt, it will be cheaper to auction it...... An Feng stared at the "spot" in their hands.
Due to poor financial turnover, the two cruise ships of more than 100,000 tons under the shipping company have been suspended for three months, and they are currently left in the port to be exposed to the wind and rain, and they are listed for sale but no one cares about them, and they are all purposeful to wait for them to be dying and struggling before taking advantage of the fire to take advantage of the situation.
Through the inquiry, he may still know the owner of the company...... When GP was first founded, he met a man named George through Roger's connections. Green's partner, after the company expanded, sold his shares at a high price as a return for his venture capital.
And this shipping company is owned by George's Green family.
An Feng contacted Roger, and then connected with the people of the Green family through Roger's relationship. Although it is said to be a family, there is a big gap with Sinclair, Brulane and other hundreds of billions of assets, and Green is just a small family with billions of assets. But it's still huge for the average person.
They talked to George on the phone and agreed to go to Miami next week to talk to him about business.
After doing it, I was bored on the Internet and watched the news in Miami. In the past, I must have to live by for a few days, and after reading some information, An Feng turned his head to Joanna, who was lying in the sun, and said, "My dear, are you interested in finding a quiet place to bask in the sun in the east?" ”
Joanna took off her sunglasses and looked back at him, "What do you mean?" ”
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An Feng's private jet landed in Florida and was driven to a local hotel.
On Wednesday, he had a business date at a golf course, and he had very little exposure to this kind of sport, and he only played a few strokes in California, and he didn't feel as interesting as equestrianism, so he gave up on this kind of tall and heavy to devote himself to the more expensive equestrian and collecting sports cars.
Golf also has clothing requirements, and in order to respect customs, An Feng and Joanna went to the mall to find clothes. But there is no transportation in the local area, it is very inconvenient to rent a car or take a car, it is very tiring to go back and forth, and the footsteps of An Feng stop at the door of the car shop and can't move.
On Wednesday, Anfeng was invited to take a ride to the golf course in Miami Beach in the morning.
Sitting in a car, Joanna didn't arrive for the time being, but Jim, the assistant who turned to the regular, carried a briefcase and followed him from California to Florida. Jim used to be John's assistant, but because of his good performance and An Feng's appreciation, he was able to turn regular and become the third assistant to the big boss.
An Feng came here in addition to playing golf. The second purpose is, of course, to talk about business.
But the business was discussed at noon, and An Feng came a little early, so he planned to play first and exchange feelings. He was dressed casually for golf, with a collared T-shirt, casual trousers and golf shoes. The assistant took into account the problem of sun exposure and prepared a hat for him, which felt quite high-end.
George, who hadn't seen him for a long time, greeted him with a smile on his face and shook his hand: "Hi, Bruce! How's it going? What about Madame? ”
An Feng said: "It's very good, but she has some things to come late." What about you? I heard that there are a lot of troubles? ”
George sighed and walked side by side: "There is a lot of trouble, there is something wrong with the family's investment, and the funds cannot be recovered at once." In terms of the shipping industry, it was affected, and a large loan ran into problems, and there was no suitable way out, so it had to make the decision to sell. ”
"Don't worry, we'll get through it." An Feng said.
"Thank you for saying that." George walked with him onto the court, and someone next to him prepared a variety of clubs for them.
"Shall we have a game first?" George said.
"No problem." An Feng chose gloves and then clubs. The rules are also very simple, the standard eighteen holes. Wins are determined by the total number of strokes scored over 18 holes, and the average professional or coach can keep it at around 70 strokes. 100 strokes is not bad, for a beginner like An Feng, he set himself 200 strokes.
It's a pity that his skills are really not good, maybe in order to cater to An Feng, George's performance is average. The two of them play less specifically and spend more time talking. A few assistants and the like were watching, and the two of them chartered the venue to swing wantonly, but An Feng's skills were really ......
Later, he couldn't pretend: "I'm sorry, I'm really not good at this kind of sport." ”
George laughed and said, "It's okay, I don't actually like it either." Feel more fun drinking beer on a yacht! ”
"I agree!" An Feng said with a smile, standing in the sand, swept a shot hard, accompanied by flying sand and white balls, and ran towards the hole where it should have fallen.
Watching the ball fly out of the hole and over the hole, he frowned: "Can't you dig a bigger hole?" ”
George asked, "How big do you want to be?" ”
"Probably that big, right?" An Feng clamped the club and compared it with both hands.
George smiled: "Are you planning to plant trees?" ”
"If you allow it!" An Feng said.
George beckoned to his assistant: "Just that position, dig a hole that Mr. An hopes is so big!" ”
"Good sir!" The assistant immediately ran to find someone to work.
An Feng was surprised and said, "I'm just kidding!" ”
George smiled: "Don't mind, having fun is the main thing." ”
"What a shame!" An Feng seemed to smile, "After the fight is over, we will plant a tree!" ”
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While digging the pit, the two left in a battery car and went to a lounge bar in the stadium to order two cocktails and talk about the cruise ship changing hands.
Talking about cruise ships, George poured out bitterness: "The current cruise tourism industry is fiercely competitive, it happens that the family's capital turnover is not good, there are already two cruise ships that have stopped operating, if the vicious circle continues, the huge debt will be more difficult to pay off, the only way out is to file for bankruptcy protection and auction the company's assets." ”
An Feng asked, "How is the maintenance of your two ships?" ”
"The ships are in good condition, one of them is built in '96 and the other is in '09," George said. I've got some information on them here that you can take a look at. ”
As he spoke, George took out a beautifully printed booklet, and he smiled and said, "In order to change hands, I also made some advertisements." ”
An Feng picked it up and looked through it. Inside is the data of two ships, the displacement of the older cruise ship is about 112,000 tons, because the construction time is a bit long, the conditions are not very satisfactory to Anfeng, if you buy it and need to repair or replace some machines, although it is cheap, but it is not cost-effective.
The other is a cruise ship that has just been launched for less than ten years, with a displacement of 135,000 tons, 1,500 rooms, capable of accommodating 3,500 guests, positioned as five-star luxury, with more than 20 restaurants on board, bars of various styles, as well as casinos, theaters, nightclubs, gyms, mini golf courses.
An Feng put down the booklet and said, "I prefer this big ship, the 'Sapphire'?" It feels very good, how much did you spend on it? ”
"$830 million." George said.
"How much money can I make?"
"$730 million." George said.
"I'm here with sincerity, man!" An Feng said with a smile, he had done his homework beforehand, this ship is indeed good, but if it changes hands, 730 million is very high, it has been listed for more than three months, and no one cares about the price reduction. Obviously, everyone is waiting for them to go bankrupt before auctioning them at a low price.
George smiled and said, "Okay, so how much do you think it's worth?" ”
"$600 million!" An Feng poked and said.
"It's too low!" George frowned.
"But I'm giving cash, whether it's a domestic or international account!" An Feng said calmly.
The temptation of cash is very great, if it is operated in debt, the company will close down sooner or later, and after bankruptcy protection, nothing will belong to them anymore, and they will not get a penny. But now that the ship has been sold, if you can take so much cash, even if the company goes out of business, the money can be used as profit.
It is important to know that a cruise ship company with assets of more than 300 billion yuan has a net profit of about 100 million or 200 million.
George couldn't make up his mind, he said sorry and stepped aside to make a phone call.
After a while, people from the Green family came, and after a few words of greeting, they negotiated again on the issue of price. An Feng doesn't give much face, after all, he has seen many times when Americans talk about business, no matter how good they were before, when they get to the negotiating table, they have to be as decisive as they are to kill their father's enemies! (To be continued......)