Chapter 167: Boeing's Humiliation
"Hello Governor Luo, thank you for speaking up for me last year." Chen Bo rummaged through the crowd for a familiar figure, caught a glimpse of the first Chinese governor, Gary Locke, and wanted to laugh when he remembered that he was kidnapped by the media last year, so he went over to say hello.
"Ah, Mr. Chen! This is what I should do, not only to uphold the fairness of the federal judiciary, but also to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese Americans. After Locke saw the person who came, he replied with a slightly surprised expression.
But these words have already blatantly shown that he is a Westernized banana man, and the issue of Chinese Americans is no longer his first choice. The Tao is not the same, Chen Bo casually complimented a few words and then turned his head and walked away.
"Hello, Harry." squeezed through the crowd, came to an old man with gray hair, and took the initiative to greet him. Harry Stonesever, chairman of Boeing, is a large company with an annual turnover of nearly $50 billion, not only producing passenger planes, but also an arms company that can produce fighter jets and bombers.
"What's wrong with you?" Harry apparently didn't like the reckless young man and replied displeased.
"I'm going to invest in an airline, I'm struggling to choose between Airbus or Boeing, I wonder if you can give me an answer?" Chen Bo did not inquire directly, but euphemistically said that Lao Tzu is now your potential customer, and he polished my eyes.
"Japanese?" Harry hesitated slightly, then immediately put on a smile.
"No, Chinese."
"Oh, that's it, you can go to the official website to see it, and you'll get a 95% discount on the original price." When Harry heard that he was just Chinese, he reverted to his aloof tone.
"Ninety-five fold? Are you sure?! ”
"How much do you want? What kind of big company do you think you are, I'm busy right now, I want to buy a plane and go to Boeing's sales department tomorrow. Harry waved his hand in disgust and turned away, unwilling to say anything more.
it! Chen Bo couldn't help cursing in his heart, the price of a 737 is close to 10 million US dollars more expensive than that of an Airbus of the same level, and airlines have always had a discount price for purchases, and the minimum can be about 6% off.
At this moment, he has put Boeing on the blacklist in his heart, and one day let him kneel and beg.
"I was in a good mood just now, but now my face is dark." Angelina came over at this time and said.
"It's okay, I was distracted by a fly." Chen Bo replied.
"Just kidding again, where do the flies come from this season." Angelina saw that he was alone, and said, "What about Jinyu and Jiayan?" ”
Chen Bo adjusted his mentality, but he was just humiliated by a person with no eyes, there was nothing to be unhappy about, so he got up and went to find the two bear children back. Catherine smuggled her own pet, Shar Pei, and the imps went to play outside with the puppy on the lawn.
Jiayan's black suit was covered with mud, there were grass clippings on his head, and Jinyu's white skirt was even dirty, Chen Bo didn't blame him, who was never naughty when he was young, and it was a child's nature to love to play.
After the episode just now, he lost the interest of staying any longer, leaving a check for $500,000 as a personal donation, after all, the charity dinner can't be too stingy, but there is no need to pretend to be big in front of the richest man. The family of four left the venue and went back to the upstairs suite to rest.
In the corner of the ballroom, the triumvirate of Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Ballmer and Microsoft were negotiating.
"That's the way it is, what do you think?" The expression on Gates' face makes it impossible to tell whether he is sad or happy.
"In my opinion, this kid didn't plan to sell, so he deliberately offered such an outrageous price." Paul Allen said cynically, "I just saw him hit Harry's dirty face, it's really funny." ”
"What's going on?"
It seems that he invested in an airline, but Harry didn't bird him because he was Chinese, and only gave him a 95% discount. Buying a private jet isn't going to be such a humiliating price. Paul Allen was a bit of a schadenfreude.
"Oh." Gates replied and didn't ask any more questions, it was just a small episode.
"I think his offer is sending a closing signal, the lion just opens his mouth, he just wants a high price, but the psychological expectation is definitely much lower than that. You might as well quote a tentative price and see the follow-up development, if he agrees to talk, it means that there is a play. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, Gates' Harvard alumnus, and a 20-year old partner, is opposed to Allen.
"And how much do you think you should offer?"
"4 billion, cash plus stock payment, you can see if it works."
"Then send him a formal takeover offer tomorrow."
"You guys look at it, I have a concert tomorrow, let's go first." Microsoft's development to the present is basically equivalent to lying down to make money, so it also makes him lack interest in the company's affairs, and he can't raise any spirit, it is better to go to the Rose Garden Arena to watch the NBA playoffs, or drive his big yacht to the sea to play, or play music with the band, bubble girl, life is so splendid.
Although Bill Gates is also helpless about his behavior, he is very satisfied in his heart, which is much better than fighting for power and profit with him in the company.
After Chen Bo rested for one night, he dragged his family to Seattle the next day, although the city has countless names, such as the rain city, the plane capital, and the gate of Alaska, but the more official is the Emerald City. In the United States and elsewhere in the world, there is hardly a second city like Seattle, where the mountains and flatlands are covered in dense near-pristine forests, and the whole city seems to be wrapped in emerald.
Coupled with the curving bays and lakes, it adds a touch of softness, and the beautiful love story of "Sleepless in Seattle" is played out here.
After waking up in the morning and having breakfast, we first head to Lake Union in the center of the city, where we can ride a unique amphibious "teal car" that slowly submerges from the land into the clear waters. Blowing the gentle sea breeze, wandering between heaven and earth, and two children cheering and jumping beside him, what more can you ask for in such a life, happiness is probably like this.
"Dad, I'm going to see the plane." Since yesterday when she gave Maddox her name, Angelina had already asked him to change his name from uncle to father, and the 3-year-old didn't understand the difference, and this change was smooth.
"Let's go to the Museum of Flight." Chen Bo was wearing jeans and a black pullover casual shirt, while Chen Jiayan was dressed the same, plus the two were originally Asian, with yellow skin and black hair, they were more like father and son.
Angelina is wearing a gray tight knit sweater, white wide-leg pants, a blond wavy hair draped over her shoulders, and big black sunglasses to show her queenly aura.
A family of four is a typical mixed-race family, which is not surprising in the immigrant United States, Angelina's own German, Czech, French and Indian ancestry has created her deep eyes, well-defined face and devilish figure.
But such a combination, coupled with the bodyguards who followed not far away, and the reporters who occasionally jumped out to take pictures, this return rate is still super high on the street.
The group arrived at the Boeing airport in the south under all kinds of stares, and although Harry made him uncomfortable, it was only a personal vendetta, and it did not negate the greatness of the company in the slightest.
This air and space museum is also a non-profit and has a dazzling collection of aircraft. Large passenger planes, seaplanes, first-generation postal aircraft, military aircraft, etc. are dizzying.
Not to mention the products of the aviation industry of various eras, such as biplanes, monoplanes, propellers, jets, etc. There were even Soviet fighters such as the Blackbird, the Phantom, the C-47, the MiG-15, the MiG-19, the MiG-21.
Flying in the blue sky and clouds has always been an indelible dream of human beings, and this is the world of airplanes, and it is not only exciting to be excited about the realization of dreams, but also to be amazed by the developed aviation industry in the United States.
Not only the dead objects in the museum, but also the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Air Show Team performs free aerobatics for visitors here.
Blue Angels was founded a year after World War II, and its base camp is located in Florida, seven years before the famous "Thunderbirds" aerobatic team, and it is also the world's earliest aerobatic team.
The Blue Angel is equipped with eight F/A-18 Hornet fighters, which were designed and produced by McDonnell Douglas and are now owned by Boeing.
The performance items of the Blue Angel are very rich, and the most expressive performance items such as 6 machine lilies, 6 machine wedge formation buckets, 6 machine blossom plus single machine bucket horizontal crossing, double machine overlapping buckets, double machine head to head inverted flying buckets, double machine inverted flying into the receiving roll turn, double machine head to head four points pause and so on.
"That's cool!!" Not only the children next to them, but also the crowd in the audience were constantly exclaiming, and the roaring engine did not even feel harsh, but could make the adrenaline rush faster.
"I'm going to fly planes when I grow up!" Chen Jiayan turned his face to Chen Bo beside him and made up his mind, "And if it's a fighter, the most powerful kind!" ”
"No problem, you're the best." Touch his little brain, if you have a dream, you have to encourage it, in case it comes true.
"I don't want airplanes, I want to ride horses!!" Chen Jinyu shouted at him at this time.
"Well, then you study hard, and if you get 3 A's, I'll give you a pony in the summer, and I'll give you an Arabian horse when you grow up."
As the saying goes, the rich raise their daughters and the poor raise their children, but one of these two loves airplanes, and the other wants to ride horses, all of which are money-burning sports. The price of buying a small airplane is about hundreds of thousands and a pony, and if a high-quality Arabian horse costs about 10 million dollars, many luxury companies such as Gucci have a full set of saddles, bridles, etc., which is the most money-burning aristocratic sport.
But is it important to him? It's hard to buy people happy when they have money, and what they can do with money doesn't matter.