Chapter 1168 Touched the Heartstrings (Four Changes, One Change)
Lin Hongfei was waiting boredly in Russia, and people couldn't leave yet, and at this time, he received a call from a domestic company: "Boss, the company in charge of modifying our aircraft in the United States said that several bosses want to buy our TU-134 business jet, how should this matter be handled?" β
"......" Lin Hongfei was stunned for a moment: What is the situation?
A few days ago, he was still worried about how to sell the six planes that were being refitted, and now someone told him that someone had taken a fancy to his plane.
"The man's offer was 5 million." On the other end of the phone, Gu Guangming, the director of the office who had returned to work, was trembling, "Dollars." β
He couldn't help but tremble, because he knew very well how much money it cost to buy the six planes that his boss bought back at one time, including the patents, and the price of each aircraft was less than $1 million on the TU-134, and now, a thing with an original price of less than $1 million would have to be bought and sold for $5 million, and even if his boss spent $2 million to "dress" the plane, he would make a net profit of $2 million...... The profit margin is 66.7%, which is too easy to make.
"$5 million?" Lin Hongfei was also stunned, and when the words of not selling came to his mouth, he quickly swallowed them back: he thought that the other party only offered a few million dollars, and when the words resurfaced after swallowing, Lin Hongfei's words became ......, "Lao Gu, if you tell that company, just say that I will go over and talk to that person immediately...... You send a fax of that guy's information. β
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Dongfang Zheng only temporarily did not allow Lin Hongfei to discuss the issue of the D-30 engine with the Solovyov Design Bureau, and Lin Hongfei went to the United States to discuss the sale of the aircraft, and he not only did not oppose it, but was happy to see it come to fruition...... What if Lin Hongfei secretly hooked up with the Solovyov Design Bureau when he was in Russia? Although under the guidance of the old man, things have begun to appear on special planes, but the more this time, the more careful you must be.
At the time of coming. Lin Hongfei was still wondering in his heart what made Adelaide, the construction tycoon from New York, pay $5 million to buy this TU-134, but now, when Lin Hongfei himself stood in front of the TU-134, which had been repainted by a modification company, he actually felt that he was in a trance.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Acton, the designer and head of the project in charge of this modification, didn't know when Lu Dao stood in front of Lin Hongfei, looking at this TU-134, his eyes were also full of confusion: "Sobeautiful!" SoperfectοΌ This is simply the most beautiful and perfect business jet in the world, and jet business jets such as Gulfstream, Bombardier, and Citation are in front of her. Not even an ugly ugly duckling, you look at her, just standing there so quietly, but you can spot her in the crowd at a glance, and. There's no way you can take your eyes off her......"
Lin Hongfei ignored the young designer Acton who was there to be a nymphomaniac at a plane, and quietly moved two steps away. He felt ashamed to stand with such a person. But he also had to admit that in the face of this modified TU-134, he also had a kind of "the same girl, an hour ago she was a rustic, stupid ordinary girl, but an hour later, after the skillful hands of the makeup artist." She immediately became fashionable and modern, beautiful and foreign".
If the previous TU-134 was a dirty, rustic little girl in the countryside who had never seen the world, now, after the skillful hands of this decoration company, she immediately looked like an elegant and elegant Bai Fumei. has surpassed the level of Bai Fumei and risen to the level of a glamorous female star.
"You're Mr. Lin, hello, I'm from Adelaide, New York, and I'm a builder in New York City." When Lin Hongfei held his chin and looked at the TU-134, a fat white man, but not overweight, stood next to Lin Hongfei, pointing at himself with his thumb unashamedly...... Well, it's not a mountain sound, a person who can come up with $5 million to buy an airplane, even if it's a mountain sound, in Lin Hongfei's opinion, this girl also has the qualifications to brag.
The only thing that made Lin Hongfei secretly feel strange in his heart was that why did people appear in such a weird way today?
"Hello, Mr. Adelaide," Lin Hongfei shook hands with Adelaide's outstretched hand, and he immediately introduced his identity as an American, "I am the partner of Chrysler Motors in the Republic of China......
"Ah, it's you, it's really you! I said how I look at you, you are the designer of that Chrysler 300C sedan, right? Lin Hongfei was just halfway through his words, but he was interrupted by this suddenly surprised New York builder, and the whole person was also much more enthusiastic about Lin Hongfei, "Hey! Job, you're doing a good job, I also bought a Chrysler 300C that you designed, I have to say, this is really the best car I've ridden in years, by the way, I also heard that you invested $650 million to build an aircraft factory, an engine plant and a titanium alloy factory with an annual output of 10,000 tons of titanium alloy in Logan City, man, you are amazing, and you are so young, it is really enviable......"
This guy is just like a guy who rents out in the capital, and he can make you stunned.
Lin Hongfei never thought that his popularity in the United States would be so great, and even a construction contractor in New York knew about his investment in Logan City?
Finally, Lin Hongfei finally quieted down this guy who was like a fanatical star chaser who had met a star, and then said, "Mr. Adelaide, I need to be sure, you really plan to buy my TU-134 business jet?" β
"Of course, of course," nodded Mr. Adelaide, a New York construction contractor, or as we should call him, a construction tycoon from New York, "and now my business is not limited to New York City, but I have my construction sites on the east and west coasts of the United States, and in the Middle East, but I find that flying on civil airlines is a huge problem for me, they waste too much of my time, and I need a private jet to be more efficient." β
Lin Hongfei nodded secretly in his heart, in fact, in foreign countries, businessmen buy private jets, and find that the traffic efficiency of civil airlines can no longer meet their own requirements is the main reason, "I have no problem, I have two planes in use now, although it makes me a little troublesome to transfer this plane to you, but it is still within the acceptable range, but Mr. Adelaide, $5 million is too little, at least $10 million." β
Boss Lin is also black enough, and as soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, the price immediately doubles.
"$10 million? That's impossible! Mr. Adelaide, the New York construction tycoon who treated Lin Hongfei like a star chaser just now, immediately jumped up, "Mr. Lin, you have to know a little bit, your plane has not obtained the FAA airworthiness certificate, I can only use this plane for my own use, and I can't rent it out in my spare time to make some money for myself......
"It's because I didn't get the FAA's airworthiness certificate that I will sell it to you for $10 million, and if you have an FAA airworthiness certificate, it's not $10 million, but $15 million," Lin Hongfei certainly won't be fooled by Adelaide's two sentences, "Mr. Adelaide, you have to know that my Tu-134 can take off and land under the second class of weather conditions stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organization. At the same time, there is no aircraft in the world that meets the requirements of Chapter 2 of the ICAO standard in terms of noise levels, and there is no aircraft in the world that is so big, so cheap, and so safe, except for the TU-134 in my hand. β
"That being said, it's still too expensive, and my friend bought a Gulfstream G400 for only $20 million......" Mr. Adelaide muttered and bargained with Lin Hongfei, "Do you think your TU-134 is better than the Gulfstream G400 that Gulfstream has just put on the market?" β
Hearing Adelaide say this, Lin Hongfei smiled, "Mr. Adelaide, there is no comparison between the Gulfstream IV and my TU-134 at all, well, let's not say that the space and speed of the Gulfstream IV are not comparable to this TU-134 at all, let's put it bluntly: Mr. Adelaide, are you sure that the price of a Gulfstream IV you got is $20 million?" Are you sure you place an order today and get your hands on a renovated Gulfstream IV tomorrow? β
The 13-seater standard version of the Gulfstream IV, also known as the Gulfstream G400, is priced at $20 million in the U.S. market, which, of course, is the factory price, and there is no luxury equipment in it, just some simple seats, which is an "ordinary" aircraft.
And buying a plane is not like buying a car, you go into a car dealership, you fancy a car, you can pay for it and drive away, airplanes, especially this kind of private business jets are different, you need to wait at least 1 year before Gulfstream will hand over your plane, slow maybe it will take a year and a half or even two years.
But this is just the beginning, usually after receiving the aircraft, the owner has to ask a professional aircraft modification company to spend 10 to 1 million US dollars, which lasts 2 to 5 months to continue the internal modification, the modified aircraft is the one we see that is the private luxury business/business aircraft with luxurious interiors, in the case of aircraft of the Gulfstream G400 level, their modification costs are usually about 300,000 to 500,000 US dollars, which is just a general grade. (To be continued......)