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Chapter 185 Purchasing an Aircraft (Two Chapters in One)
It was a few days later.

SS Corporation Building, 38th Floor.

"Boss, the Ministry of Commerce has already contacted Boeing. I wonder how the boss will arrange it?" Secretary Xiaomei reported.

"Well, let me go abroad for a while. Help me arrange the itinerary and handle various procedures for going abroad." Shi Lin thought it would be better to go to see the plane in person. Go abroad to exchange."

It is very troublesome to transfer large domestic funds out of the country, and the domestic monitoring is very strict, and an application is required every time.

"Okay!" Secretary Xiaomei quickly wrote down the main points in a small notepad, and then exited Shi Lin's office.

A week later.

Shi Lin and three attendants are all familiar with Laomei, two of them are pilots from Love Village, and the other is Fan He, the director of the company's travel company's business department.

As soon as the four of Shi Lin left the Seattle airport, they saw someone holding an English sign saying "Welcome Mr. Shi" at the passenger exit. Fan He immediately stepped forward to communicate with them.

After a while, several people walked towards the stone forest. Walking side by side with Fan He was a middle-aged man with a big belly, wearing a suit and leather shoes. Broken, he smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"Mr. Smith, this is what our boss, Mr. Shi Lin, mentioned earlier.

Boss, this is the deputy director of Boeing Civil Corporation, Smith, who is in charge of commercial affairs. "Fan He introduced to the fat man beside him.

"Mr. Shi, hello, welcome to USA!" Smith warmly shook Shi Lin's hand.

Shi Lin also shook hands politely and said with a smile, "Hi, Smith!"

"Mr. Shi, do you want to go to the hotel to rest first, or go directly to our company to see the products?"

"Let's go to the hotel to rest first, and go to see it tomorrow morning."

Shi Lin looked at the two entourages and felt a little tired. After all, he took a long long-distance flight and made two layovers, so he didn't care.

"OK, no problem."

Afterwards, several people boarded Boeing's business car and rushed to the hotel in the city.

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At nine o'clock the next morning, the four of Shi Lin, led by Smith, visited the Boeing Civilian company's exhibition hall and several planes, but those planes were all custom-made.

Of course, what Shilin and the others are looking at is Boeing's civil aircraft manufacturing, not the secret craft production line and military aircraft growth line.

"Mr. Smith, don't you have any in stock?" Shi Lin saw that they were all custom-made planes, and there were no mass-produced private planes.

"Mr. Shi, most of the private jets are modified from other models. After all, Boeing's models are relatively large, so they can only be ordered."

Smith introduced to Shi Lin, "However, there is one in stock. It was a Boeing 737 after a rich man paid a deposit. Unfortunately, due to financial problems, he did not pay the balance."

Smith has a certain understanding of Shilin. After all, Shilin is on the list of the world's richest people. As a high-level business executive of a company, getting to know potential customers is a must.

He knew that the newly listed young rich man in front of him had so much cash that buying an airplane was a trivial matter for him, and he hoped to get rid of the unsold Boeing inventory in front of him and get back the funds sooner.

Boeing 737?

A short- and medium-range twin-engine jet airliner produced by Boeing Company of the United States. Originally, this aircraft was a large model for 150 to 200 people, but it was changed into a model for 30 people.

Shi Lin also watched it just now, and didn't like it very much, but it's not bad to buy it for the company.

"How much?" Shi Lin asked directly.

"$8000 million!" Smith replied.

"It's too expensive, after all, it's not wanted by others, and I don't like the decoration style inside, 4000 million US dollars!"

Shi Lin didn't think twice and cut the price in half, even though he knew that the 8000 million US dollars was actually about the same as the real price. Anyway, he cut the price in half first, no matter what product it was.

"Oh, my God! Mr. Shi Lin, you really know how to joke. Although others don't want it, you don't have to worry about selling it. At least 7700 million US dollars!"

When Smith heard the price Shi Lin yelled, he immediately wiped off his sweat. There was no bargaining like him. Selling airplanes is not selling vegetables.

Shi Lin despised him and said: "Sell it sooner and get back the funds sooner. Besides, I have kept it for a long time and there is some dust on the top. Don't think I don't know. No one must buy it. After all, it is a private jet!" "

"Mr. Shi, it's normal to have dust. The weather here is unpredictable, and it will appear after a few days. For your sake, at least 7500 million US dollars!"

The two chatted for a long time, and Shi Lin's three attendants saw that Shi Lin and the aunt in the vegetable market were bargaining about the same price, and they were able to bargain like this when buying an airplane, which was really admirable.

After 10 minutes, Smith was really exhausted. Shi Lin explained everything about the plane from the beginning to the end, and said with a helpless smile, "Okay, Mr. Shi, you won, 6000 million US dollars!"

Although it is 2000 million US dollars less than the normal price, 6000 million has basically reached the cost price, but the first customer has already paid a 30% deposit, and Boeing has made money. Smith is still satisfied in his heart, but he is depressed that the Chinese cut The price is too high, I really can't get used to it.

"No problem, by the way, who owns that Boeing 767, can you go in and have a look?" Shi Lin looked better than the 737 just now, and was a little interested.

"Of course, this belongs to Saudi Prince Walid!"

As soon as Shi Lin got into the plane, he was stunned by the luxurious decoration inside. He never thought that the plane could be decorated like this.This modified Boeing 767 can provide luxury suites for 16 distinguished guests, each with its own luxurious bathroom and double bedroom.

The master's suite has a marble bathroom and a lot of gold ornaments, which is comparable to the hotel's presidential suite.

In addition, the huge lounge is filled with luxurious sofas and dining tables, and a 58-inch plasma high-definition TV is hung on the central wall.

In order to facilitate the owner's business trip, the airliner is also equipped with a small conference hall for 10 people to hold a meeting, a game hall and a luxurious cinema.

In addition to work and games, guests can also have a drink in the luxury bar on the plane.

"Help me ask if the client has changed hands? Money is not a problem!"

Shi Lin looked at this really luxurious and extremely luxurious plane, full of arrogance, and immediately fell in love with it. For him, any money is just time, and it is rare to come across something he likes.

Smith looked down on Shi Lin and gave him a blank look. FK's money is not a problem. He bargained with me for a long time just now, but he still explained to him: "This is from the Saudi prince. The goods ordered the year before last have been paid for. Shi Lin It’s still a bit difficult to buy, sir. I suggest you order another one!”

Shi Lin stared at the plane with some reluctance: "Please ask me, it takes too long to order one."

"Okay!" Smith had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and replied helplessly.

After a while.

Smith happily said to Shi Lin: "Mr. Shi, the Saudi prince said that he likes to befriend you as a friend. He only needs [-] million US dollars!"

"[-] million U.S. dollars?! So expensive!" Shi Lin asked, tongue-tied.

"Of course, you just saw how luxurious it is, and the modification cost more than half. After all, the decoration on the plane is not made of ordinary materials." Smith explained, and at the same time muttered: Didn't you just say that money is not a problem.

Shi Lin looked back again, and scolded in his heart: TMD is really expensive, 30 million US dollars is nearly 30 billion RMB, the last time the company bought a sports car, it also cost [-] billion RMB, but that can buy [-] luxury cars up.

Shi Lin pondered for a while, and asked with some hesitation: "Can you save some money?"

Smith spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, expressing resignation.

Seeing his expression, Shi Lin thought it would be difficult to negotiate the price. After all, the plane already belonged to the Saudi prince. He bit his tongue and made up his mind: "Okay, [-] million is [-] million! But I don't like the appearance of this plane. You have to help me replace it!"

"Yes, I need to add more money, but it's not much." Smith looked at Shi Lin's expression, and his heart was overjoyed. The 5000 million US dollars was added to the 5000 million US dollars from the Saudi prince, an extra [-] million The US dollar is in his own pocket, and it has nothing to do with Boeing.

"Okay, no problem. How long will it take to finish the decoration?"

"It won't be long, about two months. At that time, we will help you deliver the goods to your door, but you need to pay for the gas and labor costs, and you will also need to pay for other expenses incurred!"

"Well, that 737 is ready to go anytime, right?"

Shi Lin waved his hand, looking at Smith's expression, he seemed to feel that someone had bitten a piece of meat, and he couldn't do anything about it, and he couldn't understand the birdsong when he was talking to the Saudi prince.

However, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent, and I don’t care about these normal expenses anymore, but some complain that this foreigner has begun to care about these small money, and it seems uncomfortable not to cheat him with some money.

To maintain an aircraft, just the messy expenses such as trusteeship fees, maintenance fees, parking fees, take-off and landing fees, plus the salary of each pilot in the millions, a Boeing-type aircraft like his costs thousands of dollars a year. Everything is normal.

"After paying, of course, we will help you contact the route and procedures." Smith nodded and smiled.

After a while, the two negotiated, signed the contract, Shi Lin made the payment, and went through all the formalities. The purchase of the plane from Boeing was finally completed.

However, what Shi Lin bought was considered a medium-to-large passenger plane, and Boeing did not have any small-to-medium-sized planes that satisfied him.

Two days later, the three went to Gulfstream Aerospace to buy a Gulfstream G550 business jet, which cost Shilin another US$5500 million.

Gulfstream G550 business jet is one of the representative models of international top long-range business jets, with a flight range of 11686 kilometers, a maximum cruising altitude of 15545 meters, and a capacity of carrying 18 passengers. The most comfortable luxury business jet.

Compared with Boeing 737 and 767, the Gulfstream G550 is small and exquisite. It is more suitable to sit on this Gulfstream G550. Shi Lin plans to give it to his sister.

In three days, Shi Lin spent more than 5 million US dollars on the purchase of the plane, and the three employees who followed him were already numb by the speed of his spending.

(End of this chapter)