Chapter 62 A big order

After Fan Wubing talked about his plan to Boss Zhu over the phone, he was very interested.

However, because this matter is quite involved, Boss Zhu asked Fan Wubing to postpone it. He had to make a general arrangement to save the matter from being settled and he was distracted first. However, he also asked Fan Wubing how much it would cost to purchase the plane?

Fan Wubing's current passenger aircraft is the Airbus A340-300, which has a standard passenger capacity of 295 people and a range of 13,750 kilometers. It uses four turbine engines from CFM. It took its first flight the year before yesterday and was put into operation last year. It has a long range and carries more passenger capacity, which is very suitable for China's national conditions.

The a340 series is a double-arrier wide fuselage passenger aircraft developed by European Airbus Industries after analyzing the needs of major airlines in the 1990s. In addition to the number of engines and the systems related to the engine, these models have great commonality. Most of their components can be used with each other and use the same fuselage, but the length is different, and the cockpit, wings, tails, landing gear and various systems are the same.

Airbus uses many modern technologies in the A340, such as frequencies and multi-function cockpit display devices. Due to the use of advanced wings, high-efficiency engines and a large amount of composite materials, the weight of the aircraft has been reduced, and the fuel consumption per kilometer of the aircraft and the direct use cost per seat of each seat have been greatly reduced.

The price of a340 is relatively high, with each aircraft of about 180 million US dollars. Fan Wubing plans to buy seven aircraft themselves, which is one billion US dollars.

So Fan Wubing told Boss Zhu, "I plan to spend 1 billion US dollars to buy their seven planes, and I guess the price can be obtained."

"What is seven planes enough to do? You might as well buy fifteen at a time, which is 2.3 billion US dollars. What do you think?" Boss Zhu said to Fan Wubing after listening to the advice of the experts around him.

Two hundred and three billion US dollars?! Fifteen A340s?!

Fan Wubing suddenly felt a little dizzy. Although he had money, it was not the way to spend it, right? Indeed, within ten years or fifteen years, the aviation industry was a huge profit-making industry, but he invested so much money at once to purchase this not the largest and most luxurious passenger plane, which is still a bit distressed. This is not an a380 passenger plane!

If it is an A380 passenger plane, I don’t mind buying a few more aircraft, but if it is a A340, I need to consider it.

Therefore, Fan Wubing asked a little hesitantly, "If I shipped a plane to Panshi Airport, if fifteen planes, I'm afraid it would be a bit too many."

Panshi is a new airport. Although Fan Wubing made up his mind to buy a large plane with long range and the main flights to international routes, he couldn't guarantee that there would be so many people to support him? Moreover, this pilot also needs to undergo special training, and probably needs to hire some foreign pilots to solve the urgent problem.

After calculating, I would have to spend a lot of money, not to mention that the management of Panshi Airport also requires a lot of skilled talents, which cannot be solved by money alone.

When Fan Wubing thought about this, he suddenly felt that buying a plane was much more expensive than building an airport. No wonder many airlines rent other people's planes, and they really couldn't afford it!

Boss Zhu suggested, "You can do this too. Get seven or eight large passenger planes and buy some small passenger planes with one or two hundred people. Otherwise, your airport model will be too single and will be unfavorable to operation."

This is right. Fan Wubing nodded and finally asked, "But if this happens, my financial pressure will be too great."

"Now the new French government is conducting diplomatic consultations with us, hoping to normalize China-France relations. Naturally, both sides have to discuss some conditions. If you put the order size around 2 billion US dollars, I don't have to work hard." Boss Zhu did not tell Fan Wubing anything false, and directly told him the inside story, "The domestic financial situation has been relatively tight recently, and we don't have much foreign exchange reserves. We invest so much at once, and we can't bear it."

"Ah?!" Fan Wubing asked angrily, "Then I'm the one who is the one who is holding the tank?"

"Just treat it as you doing me a favor!" Boss Zhu said with a smile, "If you tell me that you want to buy a plane from the French, I won't remember to drag you in. At most, this is the best way to do this at your airport. How about I draw the capable force from all over the place to support you?"

Everyone said this, and Fan Wubing had something to say, so he agreed, "Okay, then the order of 2 billion US dollars is good. You report the number to them. For the specific negotiations, my people are all foreigners, and they can save face. Your government officials can never do it when talking about this."

"Okay!" Boss Zhu said happily, "I'll treat you to a meal after this matter is done!"

Haha, there are probably not many people who can get Boss Zhu to treat you to dinner, right? The key is that this is a personal relationship!

Fan Wubing was so happy that he was excited all morning. In fact, treating guests to dinner was a trivial matter. The key was the promise that Boss Zhu mentioned to recruit capable personnel to support him, which made him feel that a big matter was solved.

With this personnel support, Panshi Airport will be put into operation soon. Once the personnel training is up, your own skilled staff will be trained in less than a year. It will be much easier to have other ideas at that time.

Fan Wubing soon arrived at his Fan Investment Group location and convened a meeting of relevant personnel to discuss the matter of ordering Airbus A340 series aircraft.

"Why don't you order the Boeing series of aircraft in the United States? Airbus is a rising star after all, how can it be comparable to the old overlord of Boeing?" Many of Fan Wubing's subordinates are Americans. When Fan Wubing heard that Fan Wubing decided to buy French planes, he felt a little embarrassed.

Fan Wubing explained simply, "This kind of big business often involves national interests. Americans have been disagreeing with our government recently. I bought their planes, aren't I causing trouble for myself? Joining the US government is willing to send some friendly signals to promote bilateral relations through private trade, so I'm easier to speak."

"I think I can probably push this matter." Davis replied thoughtfully.

Fan Wubing nodded. The United States is a political and business combination, and many politicians have transformed from businessmen. Therefore, it is not rare for Davis to make a relationship with the US government. So he said, "Well, as long as it does not harm the interests of the company, you can do whatever you want."

Davis smiled, "Of course, we still have to focus on the interests of the company as the highest goal. Even if we deal with the government, it is to get more market opportunities."

Are there more market opportunities? Fan Wubing shrugged and thought that in the United States, he was buying inflatable dolls. At present, he really had nothing to sell to Americans. Even if he sold counterfeit antiques, they were not very interested!

However, the French are more enthusiastic about these works of art. Fan Wubing thought about whether he should arrange a bag company and ask Zhang Maolu to make some imitation antiques to make some money from the French. Anyway, he is still idle.

However, when Fan Wubing was so stuck like this, the itinerary of the Sino-French exchange student group was postponed.

"What's the matter? I've postponed it again. If I postpone it for a few more days, it will delay the holiday." Tong Xiaoyun complained with some dissatisfaction, "I'm also planning to use the holiday time to see the Seine, Notre Dame de Paris and the Louvre. Now it seems, I'm afraid it's a big deal."

"Not that pessimistic--" Fan Wubing felt a little embarrassed. He naturally knew the reason. It was because he had put out a large order, so the government needed to carefully adjust its strategy, which affected the student communication problem. However, this matter was just a delay of one week, and there was a buffering stage.

Within the next few days, the students began to go home one after another.

The department did organize summer social practice activities. The final decision was to go to Hong Kong, but it took a lot of time to apply for a visa and it would take about mid-August to complete the trip.

When Ren Xiaorou talked about this with Fan Wubing, Fan Wubing hesitated for a moment. At least at this time, he was still not willing to go to Hong Kong, but the department hoped that he, a student with both wealth and achievements, would go there together and could also serve as a temporary doctor in the team, which made him a little difficult to shirke.

"Hong Kong's economy is a very free financial port. If our students in the International Trade Department have the opportunity to experience the atmosphere there up close, it should be very beneficial." Ren Xiaorou hoped that Fan Wubing would participate, and the meaning in the department was the same.

Fan Wubing thought to himself that the United States' economy is more developed, and Hong Kong is at best a financial port, while New York is the world's financial center. The difference in this concept is too big.

At this time, Fan Wubing thought about it. If he went to France for a walk, it would take about two to three weeks. Then he would come back to handle the affairs of companies in various places, and then go to Hong Kong for a week. It was time for school to start. This summer vacation was arranged very fulfilling!
Chapter completed!