After listening to Li Chao's words, Xiang Yang was still a little confused.
Xiang Yang couldn't remember most of what Li Chao said.
Xiang Yang only remembered one number, 30 million US dollars.
Oh shit.
With this calculation, doesn't it mean that the price of this yacht is as high as 200 million
The most outrageous thing is that Li Chao said that the cost of building this ship was only 3 million US dollars, which is equivalent to about 20 million Chinese yuan.
A ten-fold price difference, how can this be tolerated
"Brother Chao, do you want to buy a yacht like this?" Xiang Yang asked.
"I would like to sell it, but they won't." Li Chao smiled and shook his head. "There are still many wealthy people here. The purchase of the Supreme Series yachts has long been restricted. This Supreme Series yacht is only for rent and not for sale."
Xiang Yang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
The price of two hundred million is too scary.
If he wants to buy it, Xiang Yang can only think about it. It is more cost-effective to rent it.
"How is the rent calculated?" Xiang Yang asked.
Yachts are very durable. Theoretically, as long as a yacht is properly maintained, it is possible for it to be used for hundreds of years.
Referring to its price parameters, Xiang Yang estimated that the annual rental of a Supreme series yacht should be around five million. This amount of money was a drop in the bucket for Xiang Yang. He could just sail out and catch two nets and earn the money back.
Li Chao grinned, "The annual rent is 20 million."
"What?" Xiang Yang felt a toothache. This thing only cost 20,000 yuan to build, and it was sold for 200 million yuan. The annual rent was the cost of building it. Who would rent it if it was so expensive
"It's not expensive at all, actually." Li Chao said with a smile, "This amount includes all the daily maintenance and personnel expenses. After renting the yacht back, we only need to pay for the fuel. Apart from that, we won't have any daily expenses."
Xiang Yang was a little unconvinced, "How much money is needed for daily maintenance and personnel expenses?"
Zhang Qicheng said speechlessly, "Let's not talk about daily maintenance, the insurance cost alone is several million a year. As for personnel expenses, most of the waiters and drivers are indeed not very expensive, but each ship is equipped with a special second-level chef, a special third-level senior cook, and a senior bartender technician. The annual salary of these three people alone is as high as millions."
Xiang Yang was slightly puzzled, "Special Level 2 Master Chef? Special Level 3 Senior Cook? Senior Technician Bartender?" Xiang Yang knew each of these three terms without the prefixes in front of them. But after adding the prefix, Xiang Yang was a little confused.
Xiang Yang asked directly: "Brother Chao, who is better, the special level 2 chef, the special level 3 senior cook or the five-star chef in your hotel?"
Li Chao said with a smile: "Do you know how much the most powerful chef in my hotel earns every year and what kind of work he is required to do?"
Xiang Yang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
Li Chao smiled and said, "In the past, I gave him dividends directly when he worked. Now that he doesn't take commercial work, I give him one million yuan a year for retirement. He only needs to abide by one thing, which is not to work as a chef in other commercial hotels. In addition, he also has a small amount of shares in my hotel."
Special first-class chefs belong to the technical level and have gone beyond the skill level. Chefs at this level truly stand out from the hundreds of millions of chefs across the country. Each of them can be named. Some five-star hotels may not be able to hire special first-class chefs.
The second-level special chef is at the top of the skill level, which is generally known as a five-star chef.
my country stipulates that professional qualification levels are divided into five levels: junior (level five), intermediate (level four), senior (level three), technician (level two), and senior technician (level one).
The first-class chef and senior bartender technician are actually the same level of titles.
However, there are too many people and too few jobs in the catering industry, and many chefs in restaurants do not even have a professional qualification certificate, so in fact the title of a chef is one level higher than that of most other professions.
A special second-level chef, a senior bartender, and some other ship operating technicians, it is not excessive to pay them an annual salary of several million.
Xiang Yang calculated silently in his mind. The maintenance, insurance, and personnel costs of a Supreme Series yacht would add up to nearly tens of millions, which means that the owner of a Supreme Series yacht would only actually receive around ten million in rent per year. He would need to rent out a yacht for twenty years to make a profit.
Xiang Yang looked up at Li Chao and said, "Brother Chao, you own a hotel. Can't you transfer two chefs from your hotel? Do you have to use their people?"
Xiang Yang felt that this would save a considerable amount of money.
Li Chao smiled and said, "I run a hotel, but other customers don't. The Supreme Series yachts are a word-of-mouth business. All yachts rented out have the same configuration and will not change for anyone."
The Supreme series yacht has such a powerful setting which speaks volumes.
There must be a very large operation team behind this. From the moment the first stroke of the design drawing of the Historic Supreme was made, countless people have contributed. Such a complete business model cannot be achieved by a Malaysian tycoon alone.
Once this complete business model is formed, it is certainly impossible to make changes because of a certain Supreme series yacht or a certain customer.
"Then how do we earn a return after renting a Supreme series yacht?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao smiled and said, "You cannot yet understand the appeal of the Supreme Series yachts to the rich. The enjoyment of sailing on a Supreme Series yacht is really secondary. The most important thing is that for the rich, the Supreme Series yachts do not sell tickets, but an admission ticket to the circle of the rich."
Xiang Yang nodded. He understood this.
This is the same Alfa that Zhang Qicheng drove him in before.
With the configuration of the car, Alfa is definitely not worth the price, but rich people like to buy this car because it is also an entry ticket for the rich.
Li Chao pondered for a moment and said, "If we really rent a Supreme Series yacht, I would like to set each voyage to seven days."
Xiang Yang nodded.
Seven days is a reasonable time.
Rich people like Li Chao, or Xiang Yang himself, have reached their level of career. If they are busy, they will be busy from morning to night and still cannot finish their work.
But if you want to take some time off, even if you really stop for a month or two, the business can continue to run as usual.
In Xiang Yang's opinion, seven days is a period of time that the rich can easily spare without delaying their normal careers, and can allow them to get acquainted with other bosses and even establish friendships. It is also a good time for the rich to relax and have a good rest.