Chapter 9 Learning to fly an airplane
Learning to fly an airplane in the United States is very simple, you can learn it as long as you sign up, and the cost is relatively low.
However, Zhou Zhen does not have a green card and applies for a B1 business visa, while learning to fly in the United States requires an M visa, so he delayed for a few days for this problem.
The CAA team quickly helped Zhou Zhen solve this problem and directly helped Zhou Zhen get a green card.
Zhou Zhen is now a celebrity, making $30 million in cash in two months, and is also big news in the United States.
A green card is not an immigrant, it is just a long-term residence permit.
With such a high personal tax in the United States, Zhou Zhen will not immigrate to this country.
He only applies for a green card, signs advertising fees and broadcast fees in the name of the company, and does not need to pay individual income tax.
If he becomes an American, in addition to corporate tax, profits tax, he will have to pay a personal tax, and then there will be an inheritance tax.
Only fools immigrate to the United States.
"Mom, is the meal ready?"
"Shhh
Zhou Zhen rolled his eyes, this grandson hasn't been seen yet, so don't want his son?
"Go to practice, I'll make shredded meat noodles, and it will be fine soon."
After breakfast, Wang Yuejun hadn't gotten up yet. Zhou Zhengang wanted to go to see her, but was stopped again. "She chatted late with his parents yesterday, let her sleep a little longer, and you will wake her up when you go."
"It's really ......," Zhou Zhen couldn't complain. Mom, you're too careful, aren't you? ”
"If you want to be busy, go busy, don't disturb my grandson's rest."
Seeing Meng Lei smiling, Zhou Zhen said helplessly: "My status in this family has plummeted." ”
Meng Lei didn't answer. "I still have to deal with your likes on Weibo, so I'm going to get busy first."
Zhou Youjian sighed: "You're okay, you're better than Lao Tzu." Lao Tzu now smokes a cigarette and goes to the yard. ”
Xu Gui'e glared. "Do you have an opinion?"
"I'm too lazy to bother with you girl, I'll go back to China tomorrow."
"You can go back. I don't care about eating and drinking, if I let me know that you are a little girl, I will break your legs. ”
Zhou Tai immediately put on a straight face, with a serious expression, but the slightly curved corners of his lips showed that he was smiling.
Zhou Zhen patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go, let's learn how to fly an airplane."
It is very close to Santa Monica Airport from Beverly Hills, and it takes you ten minutes to get there without traffic jams.
In the United States, because of the relaxation of low-altitude control, the private jet business is very developed, and almost every airport has a flight school.
As long as you are at least 17 years old and pass the medical examination, you can learn to fly an airplane.
Zhou Zhen has now got a green card, and he doesn't need a background check. However, Zhou Tai did not get a green card and had to do a background check.
CAA's team helped Zhou Tai also get these things done, and the two of them didn't have any obstacles.
Come to Santa Monica Airport, which is now almost non-commercial and has become a private airport.
It was very simple to sign up, and Zhou Zhen happily paid the basic fee for two people.
There are two stages of learning to fly an airplane, the first of which is a ground course.
It usually consists of three lessons: the first is the principles of flight, the second is aviation meteorology, and the third is navigation and the content of crossing national borders.
The course usually requires one stage test for each stage, and after completing three stages, there are two mock tests with a passing score of 80, and after passing these, you can go to the FAA theory test.
Only when this part is completed, the flight lesson is carried out
The flight course is also divided into three stages: the first stage is the basic flight technique, which includes take-off and landing, horizontal flight, climb and descent, and turning.
There are also basic flight maneuvers such as slow flight, stall, steep grade turns, ground reference maneuvers, and emergency procedures, among others. The second stage is cross-country, night flight, take-off/landing performance, and so on. The third stage is the preparation for the pilot license exam.
Beginner charters are about $120-$200 an hour with engines running, and appointments include ground inspections, and an hour before and after.
The cost of a coach varies across the United States, but around Los Angeles is $75.
A private pilot license in the United States requires at least 40 hours of flight training, so it costs at least $8,000 per person, plus the cost of theory registration and exams, and a person needs almost $10,000.
This price is actually not high, Zhou Zhen inquired, there are only a few places in Huaxia to learn to fly an airplane, and at least three or four hundred thousand, or even six hundred thousand.
Compared with the two, the difference in tuition fees is almost ten times.
Moreover, Huaxia is a plane for several students, but here it is a plane for one person, and no one is rushing to drive it with you.
After signing up, I entered the apron of the airport, and almost all of them were small fixed-wing aircraft, and there were more than 100 of them.
There are single-engine aircraft that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each, and luxury business jets such as the Gulfstream 550 that cost tens of millions of dollars.
After touring around, Zhou Tai was very excited to learn to fly an airplane, but when he came back and saw the book that was issued, his head was big.
Unlike Zhou Zhen, he doesn't have a cheat. In the past, his English was not high, but in the past six months, he has become proficient in spoken English, but he does not know the words.
And the words of the flight term are all very obscure, and he sees the book as if he saw the book from the sky.
Zhou Zhen is different, with the memories of Cyrus and Kevin, Rambo, he is very familiar with English.
I went to a few theory classes, and most of the time, he taught himself at home.
And Zhou Tai can't do it, he has to go to lectures every day and take notes, but he still can't keep up with the class.
Every time he saw that Xue Zatai was anxious for the exam, Zhou Zhen felt a sense of pleasure very unjustly.
Sure enough, whether it is happiness or pain, it is all compared.
On July 14, Zhou Zhen stood in the boxing ring again, and this game was again Tengxun's purchase of the domestic live broadcast rights.
It is a world championship of boxing, a big brawl across associations organized by ESPN TV.
Although there is a ranking, the appearance fee involved is not high.
It's not so much a game as a show.
Everyone's appearance fee is negotiated from the beginning, and the popularity varies according to the individual's strength.
Zhou Zhen's opponent this time is a new fighter from the WBC, a black athlete from Haiti, Ggully.
His appearance fee was originally only 8,000, but because of the fight with Zhou Zhen, no matter whether he won or lost, he could get an additional 50,000 US dollars.
And Zhou Zhen's appearance fee became the boxer with the highest prize money in the whole court because of the contract signed at the beginning of the contract of 1.2 million US dollars.
His match against Ggurly also became the main event of this tournament.
And on gambling sites, bets on this match are sealed and you can only bet on a few rounds to win.
For this game, Zhou Zhen filmed two short films in advance as publicity.
All walks of life are also hyping this game more than a month in advance, and various evaluation agencies are evaluating Zhou Zhen's appeal according to the ticket sales of this game and the enthusiasm of sponsors.
In the movie, Zhou Zhen has already appeared, and his sharp legs in the movie have become a hot topic of social discussion.
A real-life kung fu master, the attraction in the United States is even more popular than that in China.
Because the Yankees don't believe in real kung fu, in their opinion, the so-called kung fu is nothing more than a fighting skill.
Even if it's Bruce Lee, more people in the United States call him a sportsman. Although he coined the word kung fu, in fact, karate people don't say it.
Don't be confused by what this boxing champion on the Internet, that boxing champion worships Bruce Lee, many of them don't mean that at all.
Tyson praised Bruce Lee, but he praised Bruce Lee's good skills, not that he could fight.
The UFC regards Bruce Lee as a martial artist, also because Bruce Lee has mastered good skills.
All foreigners praise Bruce Lee, and they have one thing in common, that is, when the strength is the same, Bruce Lee must win the competition.
What about when the forces are not aligned? Then it's up to you.
Zhou Zhen also likes Bruce Lee, there is no one who is not proud of him, but he can't be touted or belittled without a bottom line.
Foreigners don't believe in this, but now Zhou Zhen has indeed shown strong practical combat ability.
The movie "Golden Cicada Shell 2" was belittled for nothing, but the fight plot in it has been studied by countless people.
At this time, Zhou Zhen's another boxing match is not only to verify his ability, but also a hot spot for supporters and doubters.
Media people have the ability to turn social hotspots into interests, like the opponent selected this time, that is, the boxers under Arum who have a disagreement with Hoya, will never fight fake boxing with Zhou Zhen.
As soon as several parties speculated, this event became popular.
Before the competition, Nike finally accepted Zhou Zhenxian's request to sign a contract for only two years, and the endorsement fee reached 6 million a year.
In this game, Zhou Zhen will wear a Nike hat, wristband, big pants, and more importantly, sneakers.
Boxing sneakers are lightweight running shoes, and the sales of this kind of shoes are actually higher than basketball shoes.
However, because there are too many sports brands, the price of this kind of shoes is not expensive, so in terms of endorsements, boxers' sneaker endorsements are not as good as basketball players.
And this game did not disappoint anyone, Zhou Zhen not only played beautifully and wonderfully, but also fought with his opponent to the third round when he was suspicious of releasing water, and then won the game happily.
What did not disappoint everyone was that the ratings, advertising fees, and sponsorship fees of this match exceeded the second-rate boxer's ability to attract money.
The support of a number of big-name Hollywood kung fu superstars alone has made this match attract a lot of attention.
Not only is there no successor to the kung fu superstars in the Chinese film industry, but even Hollywood is out of gear!
Hollywood's kung fu superstars used to include Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Shange Winton, Willis.
What now? just relies on two strong men and one Guo Da to support the scene, and he is not young yet.
Zhou Zhen's appearance can't be said to be liked by everyone, at least in future kung fu movies, as long as the role is suitable, I'm afraid they will find him first.
What could be more convincing than a true kung fu master playing the master?
What's more, Zhou Zhenshuai's men are envious, women's legs are weak, and the number of fans also makes the film company happy.
A big bad movie got a box office of more than 200 million in Huaxia, and they all thought that this was not the box office poison Xiaoliang, but the credit of Zhou Zhen.
(Blocked, depressed...... )
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