60 Aircraft trials and encounters
This is an online toy store, Su Zhen has never heard of this company in his life, but this company is now the first online toy store in the United States, which is a great gimmick for today's hot Internet market, especially after the publicity operation of Red Maple Investment, although it has not yet been listed, it has been expected by many investors. In the previous Rachel operation, Red Maple Investment successfully acquired 30% of its shares, and at the same time owned the company's shares in another investment company, SoftBank Group, which is a venture capital company from Japan, Su Zhen still heard a little about this SoftBank Group in his previous life, this company is the same as Sequoia Capital, it is also the previous Internet myth, one of Yahoo's investors, and the famous Alibaba in China, which is also the earliest investment of SoftBank, especially in later generations, Ma Yun, chairman of Alibaba, He even became one of the directors of this venture capital firm. However, since Su Zhen has opened a venture capital company, he is naturally indispensable to deal with such companies, but fortunately, today's SoftBank can only be regarded as a large-scale venture capital with hundreds of millions of capital, and Hongfeng Capital is not afraid of the other party. In the morning, Su Zhen and Rachel came to the company early, kilometers of executives and staff had already arrived at the company at this time, everyone stared at the big screen on the wall with excitement, which Rachel spent a lot of money to make, which showed the stock market of the NASDAQ, after all, this is not only related to the company's achievements, but also directly linked to their bonuses. Su Zhen looked at his watch, at 9:23 in the morning, there were still seven minutes before the opening, and the waiting time was long, although it was only a few minutes from the opening time, but the people in the investment company felt as if it had been a long time, and finally, the time on the computer slowly jumped to 9:30, and the market opened. The opening price of the red rocket was $12, and when everyone saw the red line representing the red rocket, although it was slow, but it was firm and kept fluctuating, the company erupted into a burst of cheers, although it is not yet known how much Lu Dao can make, but there is no doubt that the investment has been successful, but this is only the beginning. Su Zhen is not surprised by this result, as long as it is a high-tech stock at this time, there is basically no loss, but when he sees the index constantly rising, he is still excited, this is all green dollars. As a result, when the market closed at 4 p.m., the closing price of the red rocket reached an astonishing $25, an increase of 108%, which is not the best in the market, but it is also an extremely good result. Su Zhen couldn't help but smack his tongue, just one day's hard work, he earned tens of millions, which is faster than robbing a bank, and now other companies invested by Red Maple Capital can have such results, or it won't be long before it will be able to become a large-scale venture capital company like Sequoia Softbank, and he can buy as many ranches as he wants, which can't help but make Su Zhen look forward to the listing of EBAY at the end of the month. That night, after a big celebration with the employees of the venture capital firm, Su Zhen did not stay long in San Francisco and returned to Chicago the next day. What is Chicago? Because Boeing's headquarters is in Chicago, this sea trial event was naturally held here. Su Zhen didn't go to Liu Ru after he arrived in Chicago, not that he was afraid that Liu Ru would know about what he was causing trouble at school, it was just that a child didn't want his mother to worry. On the weekend, that is, the day of Boeing's sea trials, Su Zhen came to Boeing, but he didn't expect to meet an acquaintance. When Su Zhengang was ushered into the VIP room of Boeing, Su Zhen found that there were already more than a dozen men and women in the VIP room, and it seemed that they were all customers invited by Boeing to participate in the event. "Hey, Su, this way" Just when Su Zhendong was hoping for it, a greeting came from the corner, and the person who greeted him waved at Su Zhen. Su Zhen was very surprised to see the person who greeted him, so he walked over. "Hey, Sue, are you going to book a plane too?" The other party asked. Su Zhen smiled and shook his head, "I can't afford to buy Boeing, it's too expensive, but I inquired about the situation of the private jet at the beginning, and I was invited." "Come on, you kid must want to buy a plane to inquire, but I didn't expect your kid to be an ordinary rich master." The other party laughed. Su Zhen smiled when he heard this, and didn't refute, "It's you, why are you planning to buy a plane to have fun, I really didn't expect to meet you here, Carrick, is West Point a holiday?" ”
That's right, this acquaintance is Carrick, who once hunted deer with Su Zhen and gave a gun to Su Zhen. DuPont. "Come on, it's normal for people like us to take time off, don't tell me you're not," Carrick retorted. Su Zhen was stunned when he heard this, indeed, not to mention Su Zhen's class, even if he is just a multimillionaire or something, it is easy to ask for a leave, let alone Carrick, the son of the DuPont consortium, one of the largest conglomerates in the United States. "It's so hard for you to hide it, I didn't expect you to be the eldest young master of the DuPont Consortium, I really don't know how many secrets you still have." Su Zhen teased. Carrick shook his head when he heard this, "You didn't ask yourself, and I'm not a big young master, just a side branch, but you, don't look like an ordinary rancher, although your ranch is big, but it's not extravagant enough to buy Boeing planes, and you have a lot of secrets." Su Zhen laughed when he heard this, "I don't have any secrets, it's just that I made some money by investing in movies with others, and I just want to enjoy it." "That's right, money should be enjoyed, money is too much, it's useless not to spend it," Carrick nodded approvingly. Just when the two were arguing with each other, the reception director of Boeing came in, said hello to the guests in the VIP room, and then introduced everyone, and then led everyone to the airport where they were ready to go to the trial. Everyone soon took the bus under the leadership of the person in charge and arrived at the location, and when the bus just entered the airport, everyone saw a white plane parked on the runway in the distance. When everyone just got on the bus, a receptionist handed out a booklet to everyone, which is the basic parameters of the aircraft to be displayed this time, the Boeing BBJ. Boeing BBJ Wingspan: 34.3 meters Length: 33.6 meters Range: 11,500 kilometers Cargo Compartment Volume: 27.3 cubic meters Cruising speed: 955 kilometers per hour Power plant: Two CFM56-7B turbofan engines (maximum thrust: 26,300 pounds) Maximum take-off gross weight: 70 tons Maximum fuel tank capacity: 26,035 liters Maximum fuel range: 11,480 kilometers Maximum flight altitude: 12,500 meters "Wow, that's a big guy" Carrick on the side said, indeed, The parameters of this aircraft may be a little smaller than some large civil airliners, but it is extremely large compared to private business jets, even larger than all private business jets today. Su Zhen didn't know much about it, but the huge size of the plane had already been praised by Su Zhen, which had to mention a problem with Su Zhen, no matter what it was, Su Zhen preferred the big one. According to the introduction of the person in charge, BBJ's cabin volume is three times larger than its prototype Boeing 737, but the price is only about the same, and it also has a huge cargo hold, but it can put down dozens of tons of cargo, it can also be loaded into about ten sports cars, or three or four large RVs, and its huge mailbox volume is enough to support it to fly to any place in the world. Because it is a prototype, the luxury of the interior decoration of the aircraft can only be said to be average, but the interior can be designed by yourself. After everyone got on the plane, the plane took off slowly, because it was a test flight, so it didn't fly too far, just let everyone feel it, just walked around the territory of Yizhou a few times, and re-landed after about half an hour. "Hey, Sue, I think it's very good, compared to some business jets on the market right now, this plane can be said to be much better, I'm going to have one, what about you" Carrick asked from the side. Su Zhen smiled bitterly when he heard this, "I really can't afford it now, the previous few investments have used up most of my funds, if I buy the plane, my existing funds will basically be spent, and I will really become poor, and it is estimated that I will have to be more comfortable for more than half a year." "Ha Luha, Su you don't have to worry, buying an airplane is not a one-handed payment and one-handed delivery business, Boeing I estimate that there is no finished product at all except for the prototype we are in, if you want to buy an airplane, we have to place an order before the company starts to manufacture it." Carrick laughed. "Oh?" Su Zhen was very strange when he heard this. "It seems that you don't know anything about large private jets, let me tell you, this kind of large aircraft because of the extremely high cost, so aircraft companies generally do not produce too much spot, at most there are one or two prototypes, only after the customer places an order, the factory will start production, how many orders, how many production lines, and when the customer places an order, you don't have to pay the full amount, you only need to pay half of the deposit in advance, and the other half is paid when you deliver, and this period is generally longer, The production of an aircraft generally takes about half a year. "So as long as your industry is doing well, you don't have to worry about not being able to pay, but if you place an order late, and Boeing's aircraft sales are relatively good, you will have to wait longer." Su Zhen suddenly heard this, yes, if this is the case, then the problem of funds does not exist at all. Later, at the instigation of Carrick, Su Zhen also placed an order with a hot brain.