When you arrive at the Airbus base, there will be a special reception staff to send temporary certificates, 300, A310, A320 This is the three families of models with the highest sales, and has occupied 30% of the market share of the global aviation industry, and the big head must be Boeing.

Chen Bo doesn't know much about airplanes, so he can only follow and look at them blindly, so many precision instruments are also dazzling in the operation of workers, and they follow around blindly behind their buttocks. However, Abu was very interested and would ask some professional questions, and he was more like an escort.

Until the last rather large and magnificent construction workshop, and the security is extremely strict, and it is necessary to check whether there is any electronic video recording equipment.

"Could it be that this is the legendary Fat A380 in the air?" Chen Bo was surprised.

"Chubby in the air? It's a fitting name, and I'm here for this Super Mac! Abu laughed. Compared to it, the Sky is too small, I like the big one, the better the better! ”

This old Maozi is love to show off, and he is about to catch up with the local tyrants in the Middle East, and it is obviously a turtle behavior to fight for the first, Chen Bo disdainful in his heart, but he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and eagerly passed the security check and walked two steps to the super workshop.

However, what disappointed him a little was that there was only one skeleton at present, which was an empty shell, but the body was enough to compare with other models, and even the US presidential car "Army One" had to be called a fat brother in front of him.

"A380, a four-engine, 555-seat double-decker ultra-large long-range wide-body passenger aircraft officially developed by our company and 96, has a design range of 15,200 kilometers, and currently invests up to 11 billion euros in research and development." "The A380 can be fitted with either the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 or the GP7200 engine alliance from General Electric and Pratt & Whitney. With a fuselage length of 72.75 meters, a wingspan of 79.75 meters, a height of 24.09 meters, a fuel load of 320 tons, a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.89, and a maximum cruise speed of Mach 1090 per hour, the 380 cabin is 43% wider than the usual passenger aircraft, and the passenger space is increased by 48%. ”

Abu nodded frequently after listening, and now he can only get a glimpse of the whole picture with the help of renderings in the interior of the cabin, after all, it is just a skeleton now, and he can't go up to view the real scene, "When will it be officially delivered?" ”

"Now the final assembly test is carried out, and it is expected that the test flight will begin in 05, and the airworthiness certificate can be applied for in 06."

"Where's the price?"

"It's different for each airline, and I'm not responsible for this part of the business." The commentator hesitated, Airbus and Boeing are both watching people's dishes, old customers generally have discounts, and the prices of airlines in each country are different, and the prices are even more opaque.

"I'll get you guys in charge of this business, and I'll order one." Abu said directly.

"I'll buy it, and I won't know about it anymore?" Chen Bo walked behind the narrator.

"It's not to buy vegetables, it's picky, it's the biggest in the world, of course I'll buy him." Abu has a lot of money and doesn't care about this little money. Compared with his cash assets of more than 20 billion, it is equivalent to having 200 yuan in your pocket and spending 2 yuan to buy a lollipop.

"Mr. Abramovich! I've kept you waiting. "It didn't take long for a curly-haired man in a suit and leather shoes to come by, and of course he would be instantly recognizable when he saw this super-rich man, at least Abu could often be seen in sports newspapers." I'm Victor, Head of Sales at Airbus, and I'm glad to serve you, so please come with me here for a break while we talk. ”

Moving to the elegant reception room, where fragrant coffee and exquisite French pastries were served, Abdu waited a little impatiently and said, "How much does it cost?" ”

"Uh...... Now it's 260 million euros. ”

"What about booking discounts?"

"I can give you 20 million euros cheaper!"

"Okay, then it's decided."

Abu's directness made Victor a little dumbfounded, which is also to blame for his usual dealings with airlines, even if you are Lufthansa and such a large company, you have to ink for a long time, and some even have to negotiate for months or even years to finalize an order, even the cheapest model is forty or fifty million euros, this is not to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

But the local tyrant in front of him made a reservation directly after hearing the offer, and it was the first time he had encountered such an easy-to-talk business.

"What are you doing? Go get the agreement. "Abu is also used to seeing this kind of scene, anyway, Lao Tzu is rich, you have to wait.

Victor rushed to get the agreement, tremblingly wrote some supplementary terms, asked Abu to sign and seal, and waited for the account to receive the money, 10% of the advance payment, it was so simple.

"My brother also wants to have one, do you have any good models to recommend." Abu finished his work, and he didn't forget the people around him.

"Forget it, this plane is all the same shape, I really don't have any special feelings." Chen Bowan refused, in his opinion, Boeing and Airbus are similar to twins, and there is nothing eye-catching.

And Victor saw it, although he didn't know who this person was, but it would definitely not be bad to be able to sit with Abu, and it was a big deal, so he tried to ask, "This gentleman is Japanese?" ”

"Huh? Who told you about the Japanese! Abu's tone was not good, Russia and Japan have always been at odds with each other, and he didn't look down on them in his heart, so he defended Chen Bo, "Do the Japanese grow so tall?" He's a Chinese with pure blood, haven't you read the recent reports in the United States? He's an honorary citizen of New York! ”

"Ahh I remember, you are Mr. Chen, Mr. Vincent Chen! A figure on the TV flashed in Victor's mind, and he immediately drew an equal sign with the person in front of him, and said in shock, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you." ”

"Forget it, it's just an unintentional mistake." Chen Bo saw that he was still sincere, so he said, "Don't admit your mistake next time, the Japanese have a bitter face and look different from the Chinese." ”

"What you're taught." Victor nodded in response, although the scene was tense for a while, but he still wanted to keep the business, "Why don't I take you to our aviation museum for a while?" Some recently retired models can also be converted into private jets, and some old models that can't fly can also be bought back and placed in the back garden as decorations, which many celebrities like to do. ”

Chen Bo glanced at it, Lao Tzu's house didn't have such a big garden, but it didn't hurt to look at it, so he gladly accepted it.

European and American countries have low population density, so there are places where the Airbus base can also be built vigorously, and this space is naturally very large.

You can see any type of airplane, and old airplanes of monoplane, single propeller, and biplane abound. This is also common in the United States, where many people like to get their own propeller planes and drive them to play, and farmers have to have their own planes to spread pesticides. A flight license is as simple as a car license, you only need 50 hours of sailing time to get it, Chen Bo is busy now, otherwise he will definitely get a driver's license to have fun, and the feeling of trying to fly into the blue sky in person is not too cool.

"Hey, isn't this a Concorde?" Sitting in a tour bus, passing between hundreds of planes, only the unique Concorde supersonic aircraft attracted his attention, the shape of the delta wing, the nose of the pointed mouth and the slender fuselage are like future soldiers from the crossing, full of scientific and technological beauty.

"This is the Concorde, a supersonic airliner that was grounded just last month, and was produced in 1980." Victor knew all about these materials, and when he saw that Chen Bo was interested, he explained that it was better to sell the subsidy company than to put it here as scrap metal, and the A380 thing had taken up too much money. So he offered to sell, "For 12 million euros, you can drive him home!" ”

"12 million?" Chen Bo said with a frown.

"10 million is also okay." Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Victor said, the cost is only 19 million pounds, and it is still more than 20 years old, although there is inflation, but he can sell it for so much money, and he can make a lot of money just by commissioning.

"Can it be converted into a private jet?"

"Huh? This one...... This one is harder. Victor thought he was going to buy it and play there, but he didn't think he was going to convert it into a private jet.

"If it's difficult or not, just say if you can!" Abu reprimanded with a straight face, this little temper is quite explosive.

"You must know that the Concorde had an accident a few years ago, and with the shortcomings of high noise, high fuel consumption, short range, etc., many countries are prohibiting the entry of the Concorde, coupled with the psychological effect of the people, they have to be retired and grounded."

Victor had to tell the truth, the last time Chen Bo flew back to the United States from London, he took the British Airways Concorde, and the ticket price was really expensive, 8,000 US dollars for a one-way trip, not counting taxes. The noise is also felt a little, but the speed is fast, the supersonic flight of Mach 2.2, the speed is more than 2000 kilometers per hour, how exciting!

"Is there no other way?" Chen Bo sighed and said, "I finally like one I like." ”

"If you're not in a hurry and you're willing to pay enough money, there's still a way!" At this time, Victor's dripping eyes rolled, and he said again.

"What's the solution? Don't talk nonsense! ”

"In fact, in the 90s, we were developing the Concorde B aircraft, and because of some problems, the whole project was finally shelved and the project department was also laid off, but the general manager and engineer are still there, and he should be able to help you solve this thorny problem."

"Take me to meet the engineer."

There are only two supersonic passenger planes in the world, and the first test flight was Lao Maozi's Tu-144, which had a tragic explosion on the same day, and the shape was similar to that of the Concorde. At that time, it was still in the Cold War period, and the two camps naturally competed with each other, and they could not afford to fall behind and others, so they retired in the 80s after flying for two years.

Although the Concorde cancelled a bunch of orders, and in the end only 20 were produced, all of which fell into the hands of British Airways and Air France, but it was all the rage at the time, and it took only 3 hours to cross the Atlantic, while Boeing took 7 hours. Although the ticket price is a bit more expensive, it is very popular with business elites.

25 years of safe flight finally came to an end in Paris, France, when the debris of a McDonnell Douglas plane punctured the tires of the Concorde and punctured the auxiliary fuel tank, causing the Concorde to crash into flames shortly after takeoff.

After that, even though it had been replaced with bulletproof armor on the surface of the fuel tank, it could not save the passenger flow of the door, so it simply grounded completely, and the elegant swan said goodbye to the sky, and could only squat in various aircraft museums to spend the rest of his life.