When the plane that Li Mu and his party took landed at Yanjing Airport, Du Wei's sister Du Fei had been waiting for a long time in the hangar rented by the charter company.
As the plane slowly entered the hangar, Li Mu saw Du Fei standing below, smiling broadly.
Du Wei saw her sister at a glance and hurriedly waved to her happily through the window.
When Li Mu was still wondering why Du Fei could directly enter the airport parking garage, he suddenly glanced at a black car behind her, glanced at the license plate, and immediately understood everything.
Li Mu himself has a privileged license plate, so he is very familiar with this kind of rare and highly valuable license plate. The license plate on the car behind Du Fei has almost no place in China that it cannot go.
After the plane came to a stop, the cabin door opened downwards and turned into a gangway. Du Wei was the first to run out of the plane unable to contain her excitement, followed closely by Li Mu's silly dog.
Du Wei hadn't seen her sister for a long time, and when she saw her, she threw herself into her arms and started acting like a baby happily.
Gouzi had become very familiar with Du Wei in less than two days. He kept running around her feet in circles, squealing as he ran.
Li Mu walked down from the plane leisurely. When Du Fei saw him, she smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li, for bringing our little girl back from such a long distance."
Li Mu smiled and said, "What's wrong, Mr. Du? When did you become so polite?"
Du Fei covered her mouth and laughed for a long time before saying, "Hey, if I don't want to be poor like you, I'll come and take Weiwei home. Everyone in the family misses her so much."
Li Mu said: "Then you don't have to go through this whole trip, why don't I just send her back directly?"
Du Fei touched Du Wei's hair and said with a loving smile: "You think I don't miss this little princess? I don't think she can sleep well with all her thoughts. Of course I look forward to seeing her soon."
Du Wei asked in surprise: "Sister, do you really think I think you can't sleep well?"
Du Fei said seriously: "Would I still lie to you?"
Du Wei giggled and said, "I'm embarrassed to say it, because I sleep very well every day on the set."
Du Fei shook his head helplessly and said, "You heartless guy."
Du Wei then smiled and said, "I'm lying to you, I miss you every day, but I'm very tired from filming every day, so I don't have much time to chat with you."
Du Fei said distressedly: "It's really hard on you."
"It's not hard." Du Wei said seriously, "I learned a lot."
Du Fei nodded: "Go home and report to your parents and grandparents."
As she said that, she looked at Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, the family is still waiting. I'll take Weiwei and leave first."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Bring some good things to my family for me."
Du Fei smiled and said: "Thank you, my grandfather also said that he asked me to convey his gratitude. He read the script of "Flying Tigers" and liked it very much. Thank you very much for investing in such a meaningful film."
Li Mu said politely: "Please tell the old man to thank him for his recognition. In addition, this is what we should do."
Du Fei said: "Lao Chen heard that I came to the airport and asked me to convey to you that the price of the G550 in Hong Kong has been negotiated. I asked you to call him after landing. He didn't get through to you before."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll call him back later. You can go first."
"Okay, let's go first."
"Brother Li Mu, let's leave first."
"Goodbye." Li Mu watched the two of them get into the car, and then took Li Ziwei and Gouzi into his commercial car that had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as he got in the car, Li Mu called Chen Ze. He had wanted to buy a business jet for a long time, but he never understood the market carefully. Later, when he heard that business jets had to be booked a year in advance, Li Mu felt a little melancholy. , I feel that this time cost is really too long, so I can only buy a second-hand one first if it is not possible.
Unexpectedly, Chen Ze just found himself a newly launched Gulfstream G550, and it was a brand new one, which was much more comfortable than buying a second-hand mobile phone that had been flown by others many times.
When Chen Ze received a call from Li Mu, his first sentence was to ask him with a smile: "Have you landed?"
"Falled." Li Mu said, "I just met Du Fei at the airport, and she came to pick up Xiaowei."
With that said, Li Mu asked him again: "I heard from Du Fei that you have negotiated the price for the Gulfstream G550 you mentioned to me last time?"
"Yes." Chen Ze said: "Let me tell you, the original price of this aircraft ordered by the Hong Kong rich man was HK$325 million, which included some options and interior decoration. However, shortly before the aircraft was delivered, his financial situation deteriorated. There was a slight condition, so he had never used the aircraft after it was sent from the United States. It was parked in the hangar of Hong Kong Airport, and then he was ready to find a home to sell it. He also owns an old Bombardier. This time he went Australia didn't fly that Gulfstream either, so the aircraft was in completely new condition."
Li Mu nodded and asked him: "What's the price?"
Chen Ze said: "The original external quotation was based on the original price of HK$325 million, with an increase of 10%. However, after I told him that you wanted to take over, he lowered the price to HK$350 million."
Saying that, Chen Ze added: "The G550 is a new model just released this year. The aircraft is relatively large in size and load capacity, especially the range, which is about 12,500 kilometers. In the future, it will be very easy for you to fly directly from China to the United States. Now The market for this business jet is quite hot, and if he keeps his composure, he might even be able to sell it with a 15% price increase."
Li Mu didn't doubt Chen Ze's words at all. It seemed like a 15% increase in price was a bit out of his mind, but rich people could really do such a thing.
In a previous life, the Land Rover Evoque, which was about the same size as a van, was launched with a price of RMB 500,000, and the price was increased to RMB 800,000, and it was snapped up by local tycoons. Toyota has a commercial vehicle, the Alpha, which is very popular and is a nanny car that is very popular among domestic celebrities and rich people. This car is produced by Toyota in Japan, and the overall quota given to China is less. When the 4S store sells this car, on the basis of the original price of 7 to 8 million, the price increases from hundreds of thousands to more than 400,000. The maximum price increase is more than 50%, and it is still a matter of coming and grabbing one.
The price of a car can be increased like this, let alone an airplane.
The production capacity of the aircraft is low and the delivery cycle is long. If you really want to buy it, you have to place an order first to schedule production. You really can’t even think about it for a year or two. If you can’t wait, you can basically only buy a second-hand aircraft. A second-hand brand-new aircraft like this , it’s really extremely rare.
So Li Mu said without hesitation: "Okay, just increase the price. 350 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to US dollars, is it okay?"
"No problem." Chen Ze smiled and said, "Both Hong Kong dollars and US dollars are fine."
With that said, Chen Ze added: "If you are sure you want it, I will communicate with him and ask him to arrange for the crew to fly the plane over. Then you will arrange the payment and complete the relevant transfer agreement with his attorney. The remaining The next thing to do is to register in the country and apply for airworthiness certificate, radio license and other documents. I will help you clear it up and it should be done soon."
Li Mu immediately said: "Then it's settled, let him arrange for someone to come over."
Chen Ze said: "There is a lot of other work to prepare, but you can arrange Ziwei to help you connect."
Li Mu then said, "Then give me some popular science and I'll remember it first."
Chen Ze said: "You have to negotiate with the airport. The plane will park at Yanjing Airport without going out, so you have to rent a parking space. It can be an open-air parking space or a parking space in a hangar. You also have to find a suitable parking space." It is a duty crew and has been fixed for a long time. The G550 is not small in size. It is recommended that you configure a four-person crew, two pilots and two flight attendants, and you must have a G550 pilot's license. But the problem is, this The plane just came out this year, and there may not be pilots in the country who are qualified to fly it."
Li Mu couldn't help complaining: "Isn't this nonsense? If we can't find the pilot, we won't be able to fly. Even if we find him, we have to wait until he gets the flying qualification."
Chen Ze smiled and said: "Don't worry, although it is troublesome for pilots to switch aircraft models, there are shortcuts. If you fly Airbus, it will be more troublesome to switch to Boeing, but if you want to switch from Airbus to another aircraft model, it will be more troublesome." If you are a passenger, the overall situation will be much simpler, because there are many similarities in the flying methods of the same brand, so you can first find a pilot with a license for other Gulfstream models, and then let him receive training. It should be easy to get a G550 license. Soon.
"That's good!" Li Mu said, "Then I will communicate with the charter company and use their pilots. I am quite familiar with their crew members."
Chen Ze asked: "Have the captain and co-pilot of this crew you are familiar with flown the Gulfstream?"
Li Mu said: "Flying on the Gulfstream V, I arranged a charter flight with the Gulfstream V."
"That's good." Chen Ze hummed and said, "Then you have to talk directly to the charter company and ask them to arrange for the two captains to receive official training until they get the G550 flight license."
"Okay." Li Mu said, "I will communicate with the charter company and arrange for the crew to receive official training."
Chen Ze said: "One more thing is that after you buy the aircraft, if you feel that the cost is too high, you can sign up with another maintenance company and entrust them with the daily maintenance of the aircraft. If you want to use the aircraft to make some spare money, To subsidize the maintenance costs required by the aircraft itself, you can hand the aircraft to a business jet company as an agent, and they can rent it out for you when you don’t use it.”
Li Mu smiled and said, "Isn't this the sharing economy?"
"What is the sharing economy?" Chen Ze asked without knowing what was going on.
Li Mu hurriedly said: "It's nothing, just a random word."
With that said, Li Mu hurriedly changed the topic and asked: "When can we trade first? The things you just mentioned can be traded first and then I will solve them slowly."
Chen Ze hummed: "That's no problem. I'll communicate with him in detail. He should be able to arrange the transaction in the near future, just in the next few days."
(End of chapter)