Chapter 354: Pei Tuhao donated a cargo plane
Originally, Pepe thought that if he wanted to break through to the next stage of the exercises, he would have to work hard for at least several years.
Unexpectedly, after the news of the Wenchuan earthquake came, she just adhered to the spirit of humanitarian assistance and wanted to contribute to the Chinese government's disaster relief and disaster relief. Before he could take action, it was just a spiritual movement, and the barrier immediately loosened slightly!
At that moment, Pepe had an idea!
Then, after the first batch of aid prepared by Pepe was delivered to the affected area, she sensed the barrier that was as strong as a turtle's shell again, and sure enough, she found that the loosening of the barrier was becoming more and more obvious!
It is precisely because of such an obvious sense of heaven that Pepe will not hesitate to decide to follow the original plan, personally participate in this year's triple crown season, and use the winnings to continue to help the ongoing Wenchuan disaster relief work!
It's only the first day of the tournament, and after four games, Pepe has already won such a huge amount of money, which will make it easier for her to carry out her next aid plan.
At present, the first batch of food, clothing, medicine and some relief equipment have been delivered to the affected areas in Wenchuan. Fu Ya, who rushed to the Chinese mainland after receiving Pepe's order, was not only responsible for the acceptance of materials according to the boss's instructions, but also timely reported to the boss in the United States what the affected people were most in short supply.
According to Fu Ya's feedback, after the news of the Wenchuan earthquake came out and until Fu Ya arrived at the office of the "Disaster Relief Committee" in the past few days, various provinces and cities in Chinese mainland have begun to organize people to donate money and materials. Coupled with the humanitarian relief of governments and overseas Chinese, a large number of relief materials at home and abroad have been continuously sent to the affected areas.
In the email sent by Fu Ya to Pepe, the disaster relief materials such as clothing, food and medicine are not easy to collect, but they are the easiest materials to consume, so there are as many as there are here.
Fu Ya also built and transported some large disaster relief equipment, such as excavation equipment and dismantling equipment. In addition, according to the information learned by Fu Ya, other provinces in the Chinese mainland have raised a lot of relief materials. But based on the problem of road congestion. It was extremely difficult to transport the supplies, the ground transportation was slow and the aftershocks were plagued, and there were certain dangers in the transportation process, so many materials could not be delivered to the affected people in time.
So. Pepe after learning the news. I have been considering donating several large transport planes to the disaster relief department in Wenchuan.
For this. Before Pepe came to participate in the competition, she made a special phone call to Miss Monica, the personal assistant provided by the Centurion Black Gold Card, and asked her about the models and quotations of cargo planes produced by major aircraft manufacturers in Europe and the United States.
Miss Monica sued Pepe. No matter which aircraft manufacturer it is, it will only start manufacturing after receiving the order, and if the order is placed now, it will take more than half a year to deliver the product at the earliest.
Pepe couldn't wait that long, so she immediately asked Miss Monica if she had any second-hand cargo planes to buy and sell.
As the world's top VIP VIP card, the Centurion Black Gold Card provides the top VIP exclusive service, the personal assistant Miss Monica adheres to the service spirit of "responding to requests", and within two hours of Pepe's request, she sent Pepe a complete information of all kinds of second-hand cargo aircraft that are currently for sale and can be delivered immediately.
Pepe didn't have the patience to look up all the information about the freighters listed on the information one by one, so she forwarded the email to Reese and asked her to choose the most cost-effective freighter model to report to herself.
After receiving the boss's order, Reese, the "universal secretary", began to inquire and compare the functions and prices of various types of cargo planes listed in this information that night. Then, in the morning of the next day, she reported the conclusions reached after the comparison to her boss in the form of an email.
Reese selected a total of three transport aircraft models -
The first place in the cost performance by Reese is the MD-11CF cargo aircraft produced by McDonnell Douglas in the United States. This aircraft is a cargo aircraft model converted from the retired MD-11 passenger aircraft. There are currently exactly six MD-11CFs that have just been converted, and each freighter is selling for $16 million.
The second most cost-effective is also the MD-11F cargo aircraft produced by McDonnell Douglas in the United States. However, this model was originally designed as a cargo aircraft, and the model was officially discontinued in 2000. At present, four refurbished second-hand aircraft from the 1998 batch are being sold, each priced at $18 million.
The third most cost-effective is the second-hand refurbished version of the C-130J "Super Hercules" multi-purpose transport aircraft produced by Lockheed Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation in the United States. And the price of this aircraft is also the most expensive, one actually costs 24 million dollars!
However, there is a reason why this aircraft is expensive!
The C-130 transport aircraft produced by Lockheed Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation is known as one of the most successfully designed, longest-used, and most serviced transport aircraft in the world, and there are nearly 40 kinds of various "mission modifications"!
The C-130J "Super Hercules" modified transport aircraft indicated on the information was originally a special model of transport aircraft designed and modified for the armaments of the US Air Force. The C-130J transport aircraft can be used to perform a range of special transport tasks, including the transport of special forces and the landing of difficult terrain, to name a few.
This model has successfully achieved rescue and disaster relief missions many times in various disaster relief and rescue operations in the past, and has a long reputation among international arms transport aircraft!
The selling price of $24 million is said to be a bargain! Because it is a second-hand refurbished model after the U.S. military has been eliminated, and the previous service life was ten years, the U.S. Air Force has eliminated a total of three cargo planes for sale.
Under normal circumstances, many aircraft can be in service for at least 20 years, and the aircraft manufacturer is also responsible for after-sales maintenance and maintenance, plus after being eliminated from the army, Lockheed has refurbished and maintained the aircraft.
Although the price of the aircraft is a little more expensive than the McDonnell Douglas model, it is equipped with four turbojet engines and has a range of 1,980 kilometers. With a maximum load capacity of 13,608 kilograms, it can carry most of the current U.S. military's armored vehicles, artillery and trucks. The main hatch of the cargo compartment is designed to allow the vehicle to enter directly, and there are side hatches for airdrop paratroopers; Short take-off and landing can be carried out on simple runways with soil or steel plate tiling; It can carry out low-altitude and low-speed airdrop materials, and can also do a stable land-grabbing flight at a low speed of 225 km/h; It can even maintain normal flight when both engines are out of order.
And McDonnell Douglas's two cargo planes, the fuselage is only equipped with two engines, no matter in terms of range and speed, it is not comparable to the C-130J, a former armament transport aircraft! In addition, the design of take-off and landing and low-altitude flight cannot compete with the former military transport aircraft C-130J! The only thing that can be compared is that it is about the same in terms of carrying capacity!
In this comparison, the price is quite reasonable to be millions of dollars more expensive!
Before today, Pepe hadn't won so much money from Bo/Cai, but there was still a little hesitation between McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed, but she won so much cash in these four games today, and there is such a huge amount of money to be credited in the future.
Therefore, Pepe immediately took out her mobile phone, walked to the relatively quiet rest area, and made a phone call to Miss Monica, the personal assistant provided by the centurion black gold card, and after telling the other party of her decision, she asked the other party to place an order for her immediately - Pepe decided to have all three C-130Js! (To be continued......)
PS: First of all, as a woman, I have no love for all kinds of armaments and mechanical knowledge that boys are more interested in, so when I look up these cargo plane information, the more I check, the more irritable I feel.
Moreover, I can't find the quotation of these aircraft!!
So the quotations of these planes in the book are all nonsense from me! However, based on the fact that Uncle Benshan spent about 200 million to buy Bombardier, according to the exchange rate and the entry tax on luxury goods, the quotation in the United States should be more than 30 million US dollars. So for second-hand aircraft, a 6-8% discount should be quite reasonable, right?
In addition, thank you for the tips of book friends Qin Qingxin and Qinghai Lisheng! Thank you for the monthly pass!