Chapter 387 Buying a Battleship
Although the general purchase intention was agreed, Yang Feng still could not return to China immediately. After all, this is not buying things on Taobao. As long as the order is placed, someone will deliver the goods to his home. It involves millions or even tens of millions of dollars, no matter who it is, he is very cautious.
But then again, Vladimir was still very concerned about Yang Feng. In the evening of that day, Vasily, the bodyguard he sent, invited Yang Feng to eat with a napkin. When Yang Feng first stepped into the restaurant with a foot of more than 300 square meters, he was almost shocked. In addition to Vladimir, there were more than a dozen young and beautiful blond women in the restaurant.
Seeing Yang Feng, who had always been calm and generous, rarely showed a surprised expression. Vladimir showed a proud expression. He laughed and walked up to Yang Feng to hug him and whispered in his ear: "Yang... My dear friend, these are all specially called for you. If you like, let her accompany you, no matter what they want, you can do. One, two, three, or even let them all accompany you."
After saying that, he laughed in Yang Feng's ear, and his face showed an expression that men understood.
Looking at Vladimir's usual cold and shrewd face, a hint of embarrassing smile appeared on his shrewd face, Yang Feng couldn't help but feel amused. What does this Vladimir want to do? Is this the rhythm of his plan to die on the belly of these women?
"Vladimir, what are you doing? Those who know you know you are a big arms dealer in Ukraine. If you don't know you, you will probably treat you as a madam in the prostitute."
Vladimir waved his hand: "Yang...you are still young, and you don't know the preciousness of youth. If you don't enjoy your limited youth, you will never have the chance to indulge when you get old."
Well, Yang Feng has to admit that although this sentence is cliché, it makes sense. Moreover, Yang Feng does not think he is a moral gentleman. He can face many beauties without changing his expression. On the contrary, his body has become stronger and stronger because he often travels through time and space and is exposed to the energy of time and space, and his physiological needs have become particularly strong, so naturally he will not reject Vladimir's arrangement.
"Okay, just let that woman come with me." Yang Feng pointed to the two women he liked.
Although these women were joking with each other in the restaurant, their eyes were always paying attention to Vladimir and Yang Feng. Seeing this situation, the two women pointed at by Yang Feng immediately stood up and came to Yang Feng and took his arm.
"Oh...oh...my friend, your eyes are indeed very sharp." Vladimir's eyes were first surprised, then smiled, pointed at the two of them and said, "Anna Besonova and Gina Caroline are the best of these treasures. Your eyes are too ruthless, right?"
Yang Feng also smiled: "Vladimir, do you regret it now?"
Vladimir shook his head: "No, no, no...you can find them out of the crowd at a glance. This is your fate. You are welcome, you can enjoy it as much as you want!"
After choosing a female companion, the dinner officially began. The waiters brought delicious dishes continuously, such as assorted cold dishes, caviar, sour cucumber soup, cold apple soup, fish buns, butter chicken rolls and other famous dishes.
To be honest, Yang Feng doesn’t like Russian food very much. Russian dishes have a heavy taste. They like to use oil to make food, and the taste is mainly sour, sweet, spicy and salty. This is not very pleasing to Yang Feng, who is used to light flavors.
However, because there are two beautiful golden cats around you, it will make people feel very popular, Yang Feng also had a general understanding of these two women during the meal. What surprised him was that among the two women who accompanied him, the girl named Anna with a baby face was actually a gymnast and won a bronze medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Another girl named Gina Caroline is not simple either. She is a famous Ukrainian actress and model, and was crowned "Miss Ukrainian" last year.
Such two outstanding women with certain social status were called by Vladimir to accompany the guests, which made Yang Feng amazed at this guy's energy in Ukraine.
The dinner was so happy that it was both guests and hosts. It was not over until midnight. After the banquet, Yang Feng, who was slightly drunk, hugged the two girls and went back to his room to rest.
The next day, when Yang Feng got up with a refreshed look, the two girls who had exhausted their energy were still stuck in the bed and couldn't get up.
Vladimir, who had just woken up, couldn't help but give a thumbs up when he saw Yang Feng who was still energetic, and then sighed: "It's good to be young,"
“They are really great!”
Yang Feng nodded sincerely and agreed. Whether he wanted to or not, Yang Feng had to admit that the physique of the golden cat was indeed better than that of Chinese girls. People with special physiques like Yang Feng could not meet his needs at all.
Take his woman in the Ming Dynasty time and space for example. Hai Lanzhu's aunt and nephew must go together to satisfy Yang Feng. As for Yan Danchen and Xu Ziqing in modern time and space, there is no need to mention. Every time, they use their hands and feet to use all their strength to barely comfort Yang Feng. However, last night, the pair of golden silk cats could block Yang Feng's attack by just two teams.
Not only that, they can also use many difficult movements freely. Although the consequence of doing this is that they have not been able to get up until now, this is enough to show that white women have better physique than yellow women.
Some people may not believe this statement, but as long as you think about it, Chinese women have to have a month of confinement after giving birth, but white women can go to work as usual after just a few days of rest, and you can see the difference between the women on both sides.
While talking, the waiter brought the breakfast for the two of them.
Vladimir said while eating bread in big mouthfuls, "Yang...I know you have a tight time, and in a few days it will be your country's traditional festival, so I plan to take you to Singapore today, and the warships you want will be docked there. If you are satisfied, you can negotiate with their owners."
"So fast?" Yang Feng couldn't help but look at Vladimir with some surprise. He didn't expect that he would go to see the physical boat today. "By the way, have the air tickets been booked?"
"Flight?" Vladimir was stunned for a moment, then said: "No need to book a flight, let's just do my own plane!"
"Well……"
Well, Yang Feng admitted that he has indeed made a lot of money in the past two years, but his taste in life is still not comparable to that of real rich people. Look, they have to buy a plane by themselves, but he has to consider buying a good car for a long time. This is the gap.
Vladimir was a man who did it at will. After breakfast, he drove to the airport with Yang Feng. Soon the plane roared and broke free from gravity and flew into the sky...
In the evening that day, Yang Feng finally saw the person who saw this trip, a white man in his fifties.
After Vladimir's introduction, Yang Feng then learned that the white man was named Bertram Ram, an enthusiast of old sailing warships and a wine merchant. A few years ago, he spent a lot of money to build several wooden sailing warships, hoping to restore the scenes of the Age of Discovery.
However, due to the economic downturn in the past two years, his business has become worse and worse. He had no choice but to sell these warships. You should know that after the warship is built, it is not enough to put it in the port. Even if you don’t drive it to sea, the care and maintenance of warships are essential on weekdays. For ordinary people, the annual maintenance cost of a warship is a huge amount, which is an additional heavy burden for Bertrand, which is a bad business.
Bertrand brought Yang Feng and Vladimir to the port, pointed at the port and said to Yang Feng: "Mr. Yang, this is my treasure. Are you satisfied with the Clark, Tustin and Vladimir?"
Yang Feng didn't say anything and turned his attention to the port.
Three warships were lying quietly on the port. With Yang Feng's small knowledge of ships, Yang Feng could only roughly see that their displacement was about 400 tons to 800 tons. He turned around and asked, "Mr. Bertrand, can you introduce it to me in detail?"
"Of course!" Bertrand said, pointing to the ship on the left, "This is the Clark, a medium-sized sailboat with a total load of 450 tons. In the sixteenth century, navigators often drove them on adventures.
The one in the middle is the Tustin, a traditional Arab sailing ship that uses spinnades and is widely used. Its load capacity can reach 600 tons. In addition to transporting goods, it can even carry forty twelve-pound cannons.
The Flak on the far right is my heart and soul. It is the most outstanding baby and my favorite. It is the most authentic Garen ship, with a total load of 800 tons and can carry sixty cannons. For these babies, I have almost exhausted all my efforts over the years, but unfortunately all this has gone with the wind with the damn economic depression."
Listening to Bertrand's half-showing words, Yang Feng's heart was not fluctuating at all. It was your problem when you were with your business and it had nothing to do with me. He just asked lightly: "Mr. Bertrand, can you tell me now how much you plan to offer?"
Bertrand licked his tongue: "Six million...if you give me six million dollars, these three ships will be yours."
Yang Feng did not answer, but turned his head to Vladimir and said, "This is what you said is a low-priced and very affordable warship."
Vladimir's face also sank, and his tone was faintly displeased: "Brandt, are you crazy? You can buy a good second-hand frigate for six million US dollars. Do you dare to call this price for these broken ships made of rotten wood?"
“This is different!”
Bertrand was also anxious and pointed to the warship next to the dock and said, "Do you know how much I spent a few years ago to build them? Tell you, I spent more than four million dollars to build them. I have been meticulously maintaining them over the past few years to ensure that there is no problem, and over time, shouldn't it increase value?"
“Add value?”
Vladimir was so upset, "You actually want them to add value? What do you think they are? Van Gogh or Picasso's famous painting? Or is it the car of His Highness Queen *******, the former car? Let me tell you, they are made of wood, consumables, not antiques! Do you understand?"
Vladimir almost shouted out the last sentence.
Yang Feng, who was standing by, could see that Bertrand probably regarded his warship as too important. Even if he wanted to take action, he would not be willing to sell it at a low price. But what Yang Feng didn't understand was that such a person did not lose his underwear, which was really amazing.
Yang Feng shook his head, stepped forward and said lightly: "Three million US dollars, this is the final offer I gave. I will give you an hour to consider. If you want, I will buy them immediately. If you don't want, I will return to China immediately and will never give a second offer. Now I will go to the bar next to me for a while, and you can think about it carefully!"
After saying that, Yang Feng walked towards the bar next to the port without looking back. Vladimir glared at Bertram fiercely and lowered his voice: "Bertram, I can tell you clearly that besides Yang, there will be no other person in this world who will spend three million US dollars to buy your broken wooden warships that cannot be eaten or used. You can think clearly about it yourself!"
After saying that, Vladimir turned his head and left, leaving only Bertrand who stood there on the spot.
I don't know how long I stood there, Bertrand looked at the three warships on the dock with some reluctance, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and ran to the bar ahead...
Bertrand finally took action on these wooden warships. Yang Feng spent three million US dollars to buy these three and 80% of the new wooden sail warships, and entrusted a professional company to send the three ships to China.
On the way back to Ukraine, Vladimir told Yang Feng with some regret that he should not spend this money. If he wanted, he could even get him a second-hand frigate from the former Soviet Union for a price of 5 million US dollars. The quality is absolutely reliable and there is no problem for fighting pirates or bullying people.
Yang Feng could only smile bitterly at Vladimir's proposal. It would be fine if he had a few sailing warships to the Ming Dynasty, but it would be a big problem if he had brought back modern warships. Not to mention the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, no one would have fiddled with these modern things. The most important thing is that it was impossible to effectively maintain and supply modern warships with the technological level of the seventeenth century. Moreover, the huge amount of fuel and ammunition consumed by modern warships every day was not something he could do.
Chapter completed!