Yang Jing was still in junior high school when Larry Ellison and Paul Allen competed for yacht size, and it was only later when he was older that he had heard of the competition that amused the whole world, but he didn't know what it was.

"Lin Zi, this Larry Ellison's Oracle Company can be regarded as a Bay Area city, don't you know about that?" Seeing that Lin Dan had not spoken, Yang Jing asked curiously.

"Brother, how could I not know about that? When I was a child, I lived in my grandmother's place in Redwood City, and the headquarters of Oracle Company was in Redwood City. Lin Dan was obviously very dissatisfied with Yang Jing's questioning.

"There is a well-known yacht building company in Germany called Luxon Shipyard, which is known for producing ultra-luxury yachts. Brother Yang, you know this famous shipyard, right?"

Yang Jing shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I've never played with extravagant things like yachts before, so I don't know much about the places where such luxury toys are made. Sorry, I didn't really know about this shipyard before. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, you just need to know that at that time, hundreds of billionaires around the world were customers of this shipyard, including Paul Allen and Larry Ellison. Mike Brightman, the shipyard's sales director at the time, was so funny that he printed the phrase 'size is everything' on his T-shirt, which he wore even when he was in sales. Mike Brightman's move won the favor of many billionaires, which in turn brought many billionaires to the shipyard. ”

In 2004, Ellison commissioned the Rising Sun at the Luxon shipyard, but at the time the yacht was planned to be 393 feet, the largest yacht in the world at the time. As a result, Paul Allen also placed an order at the shipyard, and Paul Allen's custom-built Octopus reached a length of 413 feet. Larry Ellison got the news, so it's worth it? You Microsoft usually press Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu already feels all kinds of dissatisfied, and now you guys who have retired from Microsoft still dare to press Lao Tzu's yacht on the length of the yacht, aunt can bear it, uncle can't bear it!"

Ellison knew very well that if his yacht was completed as originally planned, the Octopus would become the number one in the world, and the Rising Sun would be the second in the world at birth. Ellison couldn't bear this, so he immediately informed the Luxon shipyard and asked them to convert his Rising Sun to a 452-foot yacht. The Luxon shipyard also accepted Ellison's request, and eventually, after the two yachts were launched, Ellison's Rising Sun surpassed the Octopus and became the world's number one at the time. ”

"At that time, Larry Ellison was very proud to say to the world - man, you still have to speak by size! Microsoft, although I am not as rich as you, I am bigger than you!"

"Hahahaha......" Yang Jing laughed irrepressibly, "Damn, Ellison is such a man, dare to say such things to the world?"

Lin Dan also laughed, "That's right, that's what Ellison said. Although Ellison has a very arrogant personality, this sentence has also attracted him a lot of fans. Brother Yang, this adjective of yours describes it well, man. Ellison did a really good job with this, and a lot of people in our Bay Area are starting to like this guy. ”

Yang Jing nodded, and seemed to agree with Lin Dan's statement, "That's right, I wasn't very interested in Larry Ellison before, mainly because it was rumored that this guy was not taboo in his words, and he always said something, so it seemed that his personality was extremely arrogant." But after listening to this little story today, I think that even if Ellison is really arrogant, people have arrogant capital. If we're mistaken, Ellison seemed to be seventh on last year's Forbes rich list, right?"

Lin Dan nodded, "That's right, in fact, since entering 2010, Ellison has appeared in the top ten of the Forbes rich list for many years. ”

Yang Jing said with emotion: "Yes, how can a rich man who has been able to enter the Forbes rich list for many years not have his own temper? Arrogance? Hehe, if those who laugh at Ellison can also enter the top ten of the Forbes rich list, let alone arrogance, even if they have to be scared of the air, what is the matter? This is the privilege of the rich, or in other words, the reason why these rich people can become the top rich is directly related to their own character. If Ellison hadn't been so arrogant, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to do this far. ”

As if in response to Yang Jing's words, or in protest against Yang Jing's words, the Rising Sun, which had just passed under the Golden Gate Bridge, suddenly sounded its whistle......

"Brother, after you get rid of all the gold and diamonds, you will also build such a yacht, right?" Lin Dan is obviously very interested in this kind of luxury yacht, even if the luxury yacht in front of him has been built for fourteen years, even if this yacht has slipped from the world's first in the world to the current fourteenth in the world, but it is undeniable that this ultra-luxury yacht built fourteen years ago is still a super luxury toy with a return rate of more than 100%, and it is a big guy who can make anyone's heart move.

Yang Jing said that it was nonsense if he was not moved, as long as he was a normal man, after seeing such a big guy with a length of nearly 140 meters, it was estimated that he would have a strong sense of possessiveness.

"How much does a yacht of this size cost?" Seeing the faint black smoke coming out of the chimney of the Rising Sun, and began to accelerate towards the open sea, Yang Jing turned his head and asked Lin Dan.

"Uh......" Lin Dan scratched his scalp, "I don't know about this, but I do know the price of this Rising Sun." Ellison spent a full $250 million when he built the superyacht. The yacht costs up to $13 million a year to maintain. ”

This price made Yang Jing shake his head secretly.

For those top billionaires with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, it is not a problem to raise such a superyacht, but they definitely can't afford to raise such a yacht now. Of course, if you take over the Dragon Fund in the future, then a yacht like the Rising Sun is not qualified.

Well, it seems that the 1.5 billion dollar Eclipse of the Russian tycoon Abu is about the same......

Shaking his head, he shook away those thoughts that were not very reliable for the time being, waved his hand at Lin Dan, and the two of them continued to walk along the trail on the east side of the bridge.

At this time, there are more people on the bridge, some tourists watching the sunrise, and some locals exercising.

The Golden Gate Bridge is tolled, but there is a toll booth on the north side of the bridge, and vehicles entering the city from the north side of the strait to the south will be charged a six-dollar toll.

This price is not low if it is placed in China, and the bridge has been charged for eighty-one years, and the construction cost has long been recovered.

From this point of view, the bridge toll in the United States is much stronger than that in China......

After walking for a distance, the sun gradually rose, the temperature began to rise, some mist on the sea surface in the distance gradually dispersed, and the two large, one small and three islands on the sea surface of the bay area gradually revealed their shapes.

Yang Jing pointed to the smallest island and asked, "That's Alcatraz, right? Isn't the "Brave Island" starring Nicolas Cage more than 20 years ago based on this island?"

Lin Dan nodded and said, "That's right, that island is Alcatraz Island. However, the island was not called Alcatraz Island before, and Pelican Island was its original name. However, Philippe Grosser was later convicted of refusing to serve in the army during World War I. He compiled his experience behind bars and named it "Uncle Sam's Alcatraz", which exposed the horror and darkness of the prison to the public, and gave this pelican island the well-known name of "Alcatraz". ”

After a pause, Lin Dan pointed to the other two larger islands and said, "The island to the north is Angel Island, and now that island has become a state park. The island to the south is Treasure Island, but it's a man-made island, and next to it is the real island of Yerba Buena, which is a natural island. However, compared to the daimyo of Treasure Island, Yerba Buena is much less famous. ”

Seeing that Yang Jing seemed to be quite interested in these islands, Lin Dan continued: "Actually, speaking of islands, the Ellison we talked about just now also owns an island that is currently the most expensive in the world. ”

"You mean the island of Lanai in Hawaii? I've heard of that, it seems like Ellison paid $600 million to buy the island, right?"

"It's not 600 million, it's 610 million, and he's not buying all of Lanai's ownership, he's only buying 98 percent of it. And after Ellison bought Lanai, he invested more than $500 million to build the island. ”

Yang Jing shook his head again and said, "Compared with yachts, this kind of private island is a more expensive toy." ”

Lin Dan obviously didn't agree with Yang Jing's statement, "Brother Yang, it's wrong if you think so. Buying a private island can be expensive, but once you actually buy an island, you're the king of the island. And at present, there are not many private islands in the world that can exceed 300 million US dollars, only two, and most of the private islands are priced at about 100 million US dollars. Brother, I suggest you buy an island and add a superyacht, tsk, that kind of little day is definitely very comfortable......"

Yang Jing hehe, "Lin Zi, why don't you borrow a little money from my brother first? don't borrow much, borrow a billion and eight billion first, and my brother promises to buy a superyacht after buying a private island." ”

Lin Dan's originally sunny face suddenly darkened......

It is estimated that he is complaining in his heart at this time - do you still want a Bilian? Do you still have a billion 800 million, Zimbabwean currency?