Another Plane

An Feng encountered a rare busy this week.

  My family lives far away. Of course, the title of "Certificate X" "Fastest Business Jet" is not for nothing, and the flight of more than 600 kilometers is just over half an hour. Start at full speed, and you have arrived before you feel it. Then the research center is working again, and the treatment of the patients has to be checked.

   Even Bazel, who often came to visit his mother, felt a little ashamed.

Bazel knocked on the door and entered An Feng's office. Behind him were two people in uniforms of hotel chefs with takeaway lunch boxes in their hands. After he entered, he pointed to the glass table next to the sofa: "Put it here Let's go." After speaking, the two chefs began to take out the meals from the insulated lunch box.

  An Feng glanced at the table and asked, "This is?"

  Bazel said: "Seeing that you don't plan to eat out at noon, I happen to be the same, so let's make do with it. Chinese food should suit your taste."

  An Feng smiled: "Trouble, I've been really busy recently."

Bazel sat on the sofa and said to him: "No matter how busy you are, you must ensure your health. Many young people suffer from stomach problems because they are too focused on work and forget to eat. The loss outweighs the gain. So I advise you to hurry up , while the smell of Chinese food has not dissipated."

Bazel, who has always been silent, speaks so humanely. How dare An Feng not to show mercy to the baron, so he hurriedly sat down beside him, and looked at it. The spicy chicken and sweet and sour pork ribs are served with white rice ! An Feng swallowed his saliva: "It's awesome, it smells really good!"

  Bazel also picked up the rice, of course he took a fork. He tried the chicken, then the sweet and sour pork ribs, and praised: "This dish is good!"

  An Feng understands that this sweet and sour pork ribs caters to the taste of Westerners and is sweeter.

  Bazel asked: "Is this supposed to be authentic Chinese food?"

  An Feng said: "This chicken is fine, but the ribs are a bit sweet, and the acetic acid taste that should have been lost."

  Bazel shook his head: "It's really incomprehensible. I always feel that Chinese food is very complicated. It looks beautiful, but some of them taste strange."

  An Feng smiled: "There are regional differences. If you want to coordinate, you will end up with mutated meals, just like the reason why cheese is not accepted in China."

   Bazel nodded: "I know, there is also the very...strange black egg porridge in China."

An Feng thought for a while, and felt that Bazel probably wanted to say "preserved egg porridge". He nodded: "Actually, as long as you don't watch the process, it is also a delicious dish, but after watching the process, you find it a bit unacceptable. You can Think of it as a difference in food culture."

  Bazel said: "So that's the case, I can understand. Ever since I was hunting in Africa once and saw the locals eating grilled mosquitoes, my mentality has been balanced."

   "What?" An Feng swallowed a mouthful of rice, "Roasted mosquitoes? Are you serious?"

  Bazel wiped his mouth with a tissue and smiled: "I promise, but I suggest you finish eating first, otherwise I won't be responsible for not being full later."

  After the meal, I chatted with Bazel about a lot of different topics. When we really get along, Your Excellency the Baron is quite interesting—compared to his usual staid image. He also has moments of rapport, and although they are twice the age difference, they have a lot in common.

   Maybe after Mrs. Sinclair's condition stabilized, Bazel let go of the burden? An Feng ignored the age gap between them, feeling like friends, talking about everything, His Excellency the Baron did not deliberately maintain his image, and even heard some classic complaints from him.

   It's a bit subversive, he almost said four words starting with F or S.

  An Feng felt that... the former Bazel and him were business partners, but now they are friends. So he didn't take his work into consideration, and chose to chat with Bazel. From dietary differences to small things in life, to hobbies and habits, hunting, horse raising or swordsmanship, they could talk very long.

  Bazel said: "We may organize an African hunting trip in October this year to experience the freest hunting in the south-central region."

  An Feng is very interested in: "There should be no restrictions on hunting in Africa, right?"

  Bazel said: "There are some restrictions, such as endangered lions and rhinos, and other deer, antelopes or zebras."

  An Feng said: "When the time comes, count me in."

   Bazel smiled: "Of course it's no problem, the children in the family will also go, put them in the pickup cage, watch the beasts, and increase their knowledge."

  An Feng gave a thumbs up: "This is a good way to exercise your courage!"

  While chatting and laughing, An Feng's cell phone rang. After saying sorry to Bazel, he put it in his ear to answer: "Hey, Bob, how is the plane?"

Bob is the director of Bombardier's western region. Anfeng ordered a Global 8000 business jet half a year ago. Now that he has money, he wants to get it quickly, or take someone else's order, because as a diplomat, travel No private plane...excuse, full excuse!

  Bob said apologetically: "Mr. An, due to the tight sales of the Global 8000 model, our order has been queued for four years, and the customers have no intention of giving up..."

  After listening to his explanation, An Feng said, "Well, it seems that I have to wait patiently, please."

   After hanging up the phone, Bazel looked at him with questioning eyes.

  An Feng explained: "It's about the plane. I booked an intercontinental plane. Since I need to go back to China, I want to make it earlier."

  Bazel said: "Private jets really consume patience. Are you Bombardier?"

  An Feng looked at him: "Can you guess it?"

   Bazel smiled: "The name Bob is a bit familiar."

  An Feng nodded: "Yes, the Universal series is very popular recently."

   "If you have enough money, I have other ways to get the intercontinental plane." Bazel said.

  An Feng said: "It should be no problem, I can use the offshore account for consumption as company assets."

  Bazel took out his mobile phone: "That's good, I recommend Gulfstream to you. They recently released an upgraded version of the aircraft. They just asked me a few days ago if I wanted it."

   "What model?" An Feng asked.

  Bazel dialed a number: "Let me ask."

He chatted with the people on the phone for a few words, put down and said: "It's G650ER, ER stands for their upgraded version, mainly improving the width of the cabin, and slightly increasing the range. The green leather machine (bare machine) is waiting. Customer's final customization, delivery within three months, are you interested?"

The G650 can fly about 12,000 kilometers. If the ER type increases the width and range, it seems to be a very good choice. Of course, it also means that it will cost another 70 to 80 million to buy a new aircraft, but Anfeng does not. After hesitating, he nodded and agreed, "I want to go and see."

  Bazel talked a few words on the phone, and then said: "The other party said that there is no problem, you can go anytime."

  An Feng said: "Thank you for helping me. Recently, I just have plans to go to China and Europe. It is not economical and troublesome to hire planes frequently."

Bazel agrees: "It's really troublesome to hire a plane, and it costs twice as much as a private jet. It's really not as good as your own plane. If you need it, I can lend you a plane, a medium-sized one like a Gulfstream G550, a large one There are 787-VIP, even the car can fit in it."

  An Feng was not polite: "If there is a need, I will mention it to you."

  Bazel is generous: "I won't mind."

   When An Feng's special plane flew to the headquarters of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Georgia, he learned that these green leather planes were all for high-end customers. Even if other people had money, they would reply: Sorry, but they need to place an order. Bazel's great favor is an understatement.

   It's like asking me to lend my mobile phone and call me.

After getting off the plane, a special account manager came to receive him and visited several green leather machines in the factory. According to the manager, this is a model produced on the assembly line. Considering the order quantity of G650, The "quasi-spot" that was specially allocated was quickly selected by customers.

  There is currently only one spot left, and Gulfstream is going to give it to Bazel, and finally transfer it to An Feng.

  An Feng looks at the ugly G650ER. In addition to being able to take off normally, its appearance and interior are all starting from zero, which needs to be customized by customers.

  Then sat down with the designer and negotiated on the customization content. Thanks to the customization experience of Global 8000, it was easy to choose the style this time.

  The interior is more high-end, with brown carpets and seats, which looks luxurious. The cabin is divided into three parts. The front part is equipped with two sets of side-by-side sofas and single seats facing each other. In the middle is an area for two pairs of seats with a hidden table for working or eating.

The rear part has a small bar, the hidden wine cabinet and refrigerator can store a lot of good things, there is also a three-seater sofa on the opposite side of the bar, and two seats facing the direction of the nose, which can accommodate five or six friends Get together for a drink, chat and stuff.

In terms of appearance, the most classic milky white is used, the wings are sprayed with his own name, and then the belly is painted with local gold lines. When you look up at the sky, you will see a few dazzling golden lines on the fuselage. After landing, the white body will make it low-key again.

Afterwards, An Feng did not forget to ask Joanna for her opinion, and sent her some design samples, and she chose some styles she liked, and then handed them over to the designers, asking them to make some changes, adding some objects, and Some unnecessary cumbersomeness has been reduced.

After this design, together with some supporting multimedia facilities, door curtains and the like, it can finally accommodate 18 passengers for intercontinental flights. The total cost of customization and aircraft costs is 75 million US dollars, and it is expected to be delivered in three months. An Feng needs to pay in one lump sum.

As for the large sum of money, he did not have a big problem. After signing the contract, the buyer transferred the money through an offshore account in the name of GP International, and then the cooperation was completed. Both parties got satisfactory results. An Feng did not stop and arrived in the morning , The plane returned to California in the afternoon.

  PS: In the chapter on Tesla batteries, the cost was calculated as high, so it was revised and the number of batteries was changed to 2000. But it does not affect the reading of most readers.

  If you can't access Google at home, you have no choice but to find some Chinese information that looks more reliable. The cost of Tesla's batteries does not exceed 30%. Therefore, it is calculated (the process is not listed, the number of words is too much), the battery cost is between 13,000 and 16,000. The cost in the article is 20,000. In terms of mileage (480 kilometers for lithium batteries and 850 for new batteries), the cost is higher, but it is more affordable. And there are 30 minutes full of high-tech.