After a few days in Los Angeles, a small plane landed at a private airport in Seattle at 3 p.m.

There are no international airport rules here, after the plane landed, the cabin door opened, Chen Zhiwen, Chen Tianfu and his mother Wu Xiuling quickly got off the plane, followed by several work assistants and bodyguards in charge of security.

"This plane is so turbulent, how can anyone buy this kind of plane, except that the location is a little bigger, it is not as good as an ordinary passenger plane?" Wu Xiuling said with some complaints, she almost couldn't stand.

"Small planes are like this, its advantage is that the price is cheaper, and the other is that it is convenient to park and take off, there is a runway of a few hundred meters, to this kind of farm, you can easily take off or land, large business jets, even if they are private, have to abide by the rules of large airports." Chen Zhiwen explained.

"Don't worry, there is no such small airport in Hong Kong, and Ah Wen will not buy such a small plane, otherwise we would not have to come to Seattle." Chen Tianfu was still in good spirits and said with a smile.

"Let's go, the people over there are coming." Chen Zhiwen looked at a group of people in the distance walking towards this side, it was the business representative arranged by Boeing to come to pick up the plane, but even if it was a private airport, no one else was allowed on the runway when the plane landed, and they rushed over after the plane came to a stop.

Boeing's planes cost tens of millions of dollars at every turn, which is a large order for even the world's top 500 companies, and if this amount is in an ordinary small country, it is estimated that the No. 1 person may come in person.

"Hello Mr. Chen, welcome to Seattle, I'm Tom, Executive Vice President of Boeing." Tom, the leader, shook hands with Chen Zhiwen and smiled.

"Hello, Mr. Tom." Chen Zhiwen said after shaking back.

"We've been flying for hours, so we're tired, we've got a hotel for you, so I'll take you there for a night's rest, and I'll take you to see Boeing tomorrow morning." Tom said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, I'm a little tired." Chen Zhiwen said.

"I hope that Mr. Chen can choose the right plane, so that he will not have to suffer from such a flight in the future." Tom said.

"Haha, okay, I hope so." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and then under the leadership of Tom, he got into a super long Lincoln business car.

The hotel where a few people live, in fact, is also a hotel owned by Boeing, which is very luxurious, and is specially used by Boeing to entertain potential customers from all sides, after all, to be able to become a potential customer of Boeing, it is either a commercial overlord or a government representative, and the hospitality aspect naturally needs to be in place.

The next day, after enjoying a very hearty breakfast, Chen Zhiwen and his party went to the Everett Boeing Gigafactory, 48 kilometers north of Seattle.

In his previous life, as a fan of machinery, Chen Zhiwen always liked to watch introductory videos about the world's gigafactories, including the Boeing factory.

The 30-minute drive is fleeting, and in the distance, Chen Zhiwen can see the white building complex from the car, and he also learned about this super factory before coming, covering an area of 365 hectares, which is equivalent to a piece of land of 2*2km, with its own test runway, huge machine sheds and countless workshops larger than a football field.

Soon, the car drove to the gate, and after a series of inspections, Chen Zhiwen and his party entered the world's largest factory.

The first step in Boeing's reception itinerary is to take guests to visit the interior of the factory, and Chen Zhiwen is even more desperate for this, knowing that as a potential customer, he can really visit the inside of the workshop, rather than spending a few dollars on the roof of the workshop to watch from a distance.

The interior of the Boeing factory is very large, and the transportation of the internal employees is bicycles, because many times, it is too far to go from one corner of the workshop to the other side, and if you have to walk, you can run a few times a day.

Chen Zhiwen and others took a short-distance electric tourist car similar to a golf course, and Vice President Tom was smashing aside to make various introductions, and several people mainly looked at the assembly process of the production line of Boeing 737 and Boeing 747, because these two models are the models that Chen Zhiwen intended.

Two hours later, the electric car ran out of battery, and several people changed to another one and drove to the airport outside the factory, where a plane that had not yet been painted sprinted on the runway and took off.

"Mr. Chen, this is the final testing stage of the aircraft before it is delivered to the customer, and after the test is fine, it will be handed over to the interior and exterior decoration department, and then decorated according to the customer's requirements, so that an aircraft can be delivered." Tom explained.

"We don't need to look at that, let's take a look at the interior." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Okay, then we can go and see one of our own Boeing business jets, the 737." Tom said.

Then, the driver slammed on the electric door, and the car sped up, and after a while, it was in the parking garage on the other side, where a very new-looking Boeing 737 was parked.

"Lisa, introduce to our valued customer, Mr. Chen." After everyone got out of the car, Tom came to a blonde girl and said.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, please come here." Lisa nodded in agreement and led the group into the interior of the Boeing 737 business jet.

Under Lisa's introduction, Chen Zhiwen learned that this is a business jet purchased by an oil giant in the United States, which is specially used by high-level or major shareholders, and the relevant personnel are contracted to a subsidiary of Boeing, because the high-level relationship between the two companies is also good, and Boeing will occasionally use this aircraft as an exhibition aircraft to show it to large customers who are interested in purchasing business jets.

The interior of the aircraft is decorated in French style, there is a separate bedroom at the rear of the aircraft, with toilet and bathroom, and the exterior is composed of 24 aviation seats, which is very large, each seat is ergonomically designed to match the body of children, adult men, women and the elderly, of which 8 seats can all lie flat as a small bed.

"What does Mr. Chen think?" Tom has been following Chen Zhiwen's family, observing the changes in everyone's expressions, he can see that the Chen family's parents like this plane very much, but Chen Zhiwen has always been very easy-going, and there seems to be no trace of surprise, which makes him a little unsure.

"Do you have a Boeing 747 business jet? Or a photo. Chen Zhiwen didn't answer, and suddenly asked rhetorically.

“747？” Jim was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Chen, the Boeing 747 is generally used for airlines, or the special plane of the president of a big country, do you want to transform a Boeing 747 into a private jet?" ”

"Isn't it possible?" Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

Although it has been more than 6 years since the outbreak of the first oil crisis, the Middle Eastern tycoons who suddenly became rich have also begun to play with luxury cars, mansions, luxury cruise ships, private zoos, lions and cheetahs and other pets, but it has not yet spread to the field of airplanes, it is really too expensive, and in recent years, the relationship between Middle Eastern countries and the United States is not good.

But as long as a few years later, the Middle East tyrants will put their minds on the plane, and on the Internet in the future, the luxury palace of Airbus 380 is enough to make everyone blush, but now, Airbus has not yet been born, and the real air giant is only Boeing 747.

With such an airplane, not only can you enjoy the luxury, but also reflect the strength of the aircraft owner, you know, many small three people do business, is to look at the car, the car is good, in order to show strength, drive a Mazda, no traffic jam and no one can afford it.

In the 80s, there were countless golden opportunities in the Mainland Congress, and at the same time, Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia were the same, although Chen Zhiwen was very well-known in Hong Kong and a little famous in the United States, but in the non-Internet era, who still knows you when you go abroad? Having such an aircraft is more reflective of its strength.

"Absolutely." Jim was overjoyed, a Boeing 747 was nothing to Boeing, but it was a big surprise for him personally. So he said, "We have a Boeing 747 that is almost finished, and Mr. Chen can go and see it." ”

"Okay, let's go." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

After a while, the group came to the other side of the warehouse.

In 737 just now, Chen Zhiwen felt that it was quite big, but when he reached the bottom of 747, he felt that what is called a real behemoth, when he raised his head, he felt an oppression, this is the real crown of human industry.

However, the plane was still in a state of hair, and there were still many steel structures and cables inside, so Chen Zhiwen and others did not go in to watch it.

"How far is this plane?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"I don't know what Mr. Chen's requirements for the flight range are, our aircraft can be designed differently, for example, it can be load-bearing, then the range will be reduced, and vice versa." Jim asked rhetorically.

"You don't need to carry weight, you just need to have a long enough range, and it's best to be able to reach anywhere in the world at once." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

Since you want to buy the most expensive 747, you naturally have to consider the problem of flight range, if you can fly directly from any city to another city, it will save a lot of time, after all, you are not the airline that has regular take-off and landing, any drop at the airport in the middle of the road needs to be reported in advance, can be a one-time direct flight is the best choice, otherwise one more take-off and landing in the middle, the money spent is a small matter, but the waste of time is not cost-effective, and even if the plane is comfortable, it is not as good as the ground or cruise ship.

"In terms of the weight of the airline, this plane can fly almost 6,000 miles, but if it is a private jet, the weight will be much smaller, and the aircraft can have a range of at least 8,000 miles, and if you add auxiliary fuel tanks, 10,000 miles is not a problem." Jim introduced.

"Then add auxiliary fuel tanks, otherwise Hong Kong and New York will not be able to fly non-stop." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, Hong Kong and New York are almost 13,000 kilometers of flight, almost 8,100 miles, and considering that the fuel must be added a little more to ensure safety, after all, private jets do not calculate the amount of refueling as extremely extreme as airlines.

"Okay, after adding the auxiliary fuel tank, some of the interior space will be reduced a little, but it won't affect much." Jim continued: "Mr. Chen, the 747 is not a business jet, why don't I ask a professional designer to communicate with you?" ”

"There is no rush in the designer's business, I will take the bidding method to select the designer. Let's negotiate the price. Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

"Okay, this way, please." Jim took Chen Zhiwen to a room next to him alone and said, "Mr. Chen, I won't talk about the price of the plane on the surface, I can give you the purchase price of a large airline, 75 million US dollars." If Mr. Chen has any other modification requirements for the aircraft, it will be settled separately. ”

"It's too expensive." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said. The price of the aircraft announced by Boeing, 747 is 120 million US dollars, but other models are actually high, do business, it is all like this, my price is a little higher, but there can be a discount, so that business is also convenient.

"Mr. Chen, with your connections, I think I can find out the truth of this, and I don't need to lie." Jim said "sincerely".

"You are telling the truth, but the time is wrong, this is the purchase price before the outbreak of the oil crisis in two years, and now, I am afraid that there are no airlines to buy it." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

Two years ago, before the outbreak of the second oil crisis, the tide of globalization began to bring great benefits to a large number of countries in Asia, Central and South America, and each country needed a large number of routes to increase its economic activities, so the business of Boeing aircraft was naturally very hot, and the waiting time for ordering aircraft could take more than 3 years.

But the oil crisis broke out again, the global economy was paralyzed, and at the same time, the high oil prices also doubled the price of airplane tickets.

Chen Zhiwen waited until today to buy it, but he seized this opportunity.

"Mr. Chen, although the economic environment is not good, the cost of an aircraft has increased, and our price is already very sincere." Jim said.

"Mr. Jim, as long as I release the news, then there will definitely be a large number of airlines willing to resell their planes to me, even if you want to find an aircraft that has not flown is not difficult, and the price will definitely be much lower, I hope to be able to buy directly from Boeing, but if the price difference is too much, then I have no choice." Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

"So is that? Mr. Chan, could you please give me a moment and if I need more discounts, I will need to ask the board. Jim didn't want the big order to disappear from his hands, so he said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news, but not too long, I can't wait indefinitely, if I reach an agreement with other airlines, then this cooperation will be gone." Chen Zhiwen said.

"OK, I understand." Jim nodded.

After seeing the plane, Chen Zhiwen met with Ron, who was in charge of the U.S. legal affairs of Midea Group, and asked him to send a team to negotiate with Boeing.

In the next 7 days, Chen Zhiwen also took his parents to the famous Newport News shipyard in the United States and bought a luxury cruise ship 80 meters long and worth 35 million US dollars, which was also ordered by a Canadian billionaire two years ago, but recently went bankrupt, and the cruise company faced blood losses, so Chen Zhiwen finally won it for 26 million US dollars.

The 80-metre cruise ship, one of the largest in the world, can easily carry enough fuel to sail 5,000 miles, and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and satellite connectivity to keep track of the weather and conditions for hundreds of nautical miles nearby. The most convenient thing is that this cruise ship will be completed soon.

And Ron also negotiated successfully with Boeing, and finally purchased a Boeing 747 aircraft for $61 million.

The interiors of the plane and the super cruise ship still need to be redesigned, but there is no hurry, and after the acquisition of these two luxury goods, the Chen family chartered a plane and returned to Hong Kong.

(End of chapter)