Chapter 381 Ordering a Private Luxury Yacht
On January 19, 1964, Yang Wendong took Bai Yujie and several assistants, bodyguards, etc. to the first stop in Europe: Venice.
This Venice is known as the Water City. In his previous life, Yang Wendong had read about it in class books when he was young. It made him yearn for it a lot.
After taking a car to the edge of Venice, a few people walked inside. European and American cities are generally not very big, with a radius of only a few kilometers. It is also very good to see while traveling.
“It’s so beautiful.” Bai Yujie held the camera while taking pictures and said, “There are so many pigeons.”
"Be careful, pigeons can draw strings." Yang Wendong quickly arranged for someone to buy a few hats.
This is one of the reasons why Europeans like to wear hats.
In the next few days, everyone spent a day each in Venice, Florence, and Rome, and then went to Paris, France.
In Europe in this era, public security management and health management are much better than they would be 50 years later. A few people can be regarded as operating in the most prosperous areas, but there are no other problems.
Until January 26, Pierre, the vice president of sales of the French Atlantique Shipyard, came to Paris in person and met with Yang Wendong.
"Hello, Mr. Yang." Pierre greeted in fluent English.
Knowing English is the most basic requirement for international trade, especially in European countries. The language system is closer to English and the grammar of English is relatively simple, so it is easy for them to learn.
Yang Wendong also said politely: "Hello, Mr. Pierre."
As early as half a year ago, Yang Wendong authorized a shipping engineer from Changxing Shipping to investigate suitable companies around the world. , a shipyard that can produce luxury cruise ships; and the most suitable destination is Europe.
Although Japan's shipbuilding scale has long become the largest in the world, it is only for cargo ships;
Luxury cruise ships and the like were still dominated by European shipyards even a few decades later. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an industrial pearl. Even the mainland was not doing very well in this field in the 1920s.
Pierre said: "Our president learned that you have arrived, so he arranged for me to pick you up and take you to our Atlantic Shipyard. You can also take a look at the luxury cruise ship we made on site."
"Okay, I'm also very interested in Atlantic Shipyard." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Atlantique Shipyard is now the largest shipyard in France and one of the largest in Europe. It can manufacture everything from warships to oil tankers, cargo ships and even ordinary fishing boats.
After Yang Wendong read the information of various companies, this one was also the target of focus.
France is not big, otherwise there would be no Tour de France.
After the car drove for a few hours, everyone arrived at the large factory on the seaside in Saint-Nazaire, Loire Province.
In the distance, you can see a steel forest appearing in front of you. It is much more shocking than the light industrial factories in Hong Kong.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Mr. Pierre, your factory is much bigger than the Japanese shipbuilding factories I have seen."
"Those Japanese are just They are just producing low-end ships." Pierre was full of disdain and said: "In terms of technology and quality, it is much worse than what we have in France or other European countries, and many of them also use our technology patents; br>
Mr. Yang, I know you also have a fleet in Hong Kong. You might as well consider our ships, which are much better than Japan's in every aspect. "
"Technically, you are indeed stronger. "Yang Wendong said with a smile: "But the price is still too expensive, unless I can obtain the operating rights in Europe. ”
European ships of the same type are basically half or even twice as expensive as Japan. In this case, only a sick person would choose European ships;
Now European shipyards are still There are certain orders because of the policy protection within Europe. For example, if you want to do shipping business or register shipping in Europe, Companies, etc., provide mandatory or other policy subsidies to allow investors to buy European ships.
So people in Europe and the United States talk about free trade every day. In fact, I am better than you, so we will have free trade. , I am weaker than you, then you are unfairly competing, you are not allowed to enter the market or you are subject to high tariffs
Pierre paused and said: "Mr. Yang, this management right is difficult, but maybe I can help you find a leasing company."
"Then let's discuss it again?" Yang Wendong smiled and replied.
Although he doesn’t want to do this business in Europe yet, it’s better to leave a hole and don’t say no to anything.
"Okay." Pierre also knew that this kind of thing was difficult, so he said: "Soon we will be able to see a private yacht recently built by our shipyard. Please wait a little longer. . ”
Ten minutes later, the car arrived at the shipyard, and some senior officials in the shipyard also greeted it at the door.
Yang Wendong also got to know everyone under Pierre's introduction. The biggest position here is the general manager of the sales department.
It may also be because a ship is a big order, especially since Yang Wendong himself is a well-known shipowner in Asia. Atlantic Shipyard must also be thinking about doing long-term business.
Next, I stayed in the conference room for half an hour, listening to Pierre bragging about the various historical achievements and technologies of his shipyard.
After that, everyone came On top of a small dock, next to this dock, there is a white private cruise ship. Pierre introduced: "Mr. Yang, this is our company's Robin private cruise ship. The ship you are looking at is customized by a big entrepreneur in the Netherlands. It will be completed and ready for delivery in two months."< br>
"How long is this ship? Let me know the specific data." Yang Wendong asked again.
Pierre introduced: "Mr. Yang, the total length of this ship is 41.6 meters, the width is 11.3 meters, and the displacement is 3150 tons. It has a total of 6 master bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, and There is a movie room, a fitness room, two kitchens, and a conference room."
Yang Wendong and Bai Yujie also listened carefully, and then asked: "How is the radar function of this ship?"
Pierre replied: "Our radar is imported from a German company. I can't say the name of this company, but it is definitely the strongest among civilian radars.
It can detect Ships within tens of miles of the vicinity, especially larger ships in the deep sea, will definitely be able to detect them and avoid ship accidents caused by darkness or fog.”
"Well, can we detect the weather in the distance?" Yang Wendong asked again.
Safety is the most important thing. For ships at sea, the first thing to pay attention to is other ships, and the second thing to pay attention to is bad weather.
Pierre said: “Large-scale severe weather within a few hundred nautical miles can still be detected, but if the weather is not very bad, it will be difficult to detect it with radar;
However, how to cooperate with the data from various land weather monitoring stations and inform them through radio stations? The actual probability of encountering severe weather is very low, and our ship is designed to withstand it as long as it is not in the center of the storm."
"Well, okay, I will do this again. Let’s investigate.” Yang Wendong nodded and asked, “What’s the price of this ship?”
Pierre smiled and said: "Mr. Yang, the bare structure of this ship is US$850,000, and the internal decoration, room design, special requirements, etc. need to be recalculated separately.
For example The ship we are seeing now has a very luxurious interior decoration and a special wine cellar. The price of this ship is 2.06 million US dollars."
"206?" Yang Wendong said: "You. The price is lower than some 20,000-ton level Is the freighter even more expensive? ”
Pierre smiled and said: “Yes, but this ship cannot only be based on displacement. We need to make a safer ship and more luxurious and comfortable in a small size. The cost of these is also very high;
For normal freighters, in fact, only the strength and safety need to be considered, and the rest can be welded. Most of them are standard parts that are repeatedly produced, which can also spread the design cost. ”
"Yes." Yang Wendong also knew that this was right, but he did not dwell on the price anymore, but asked: "Then can we get on the boat and have a look."
"Okay." Pierre agreed and said: "It's just that many of the decorations on this ship are not perfect yet, so you can only see about half of it."
"Half is enough." Yang Wendong nodded.
Subsequently, Yang Wendong, Bai Yujie and several assistants were brought to the ship.
Along the way, Pierre introduced several people again and again: "Mr. Yang, the wooden boards of this ship are made of a kind of teak from the Alps Mountains. This kind of wood is not afraid of seawater corrosion. , are not prone to insects. These sofas are also high-grade aviation seats, and their surfaces are made of African crocodile skin. Our various electrical appliances are also the most famous brands in the world. For example, this stereo is a German Sennheiser brand. ”
Yang Wendong also listened carefully. The interior decoration of this ship was indeed very luxurious. Compared with the super luxury cruise ships he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, it only lacked some high-tech equipment.
"What do you think?" Yang Wendong looked at Bai Yujie and asked.
Bai Yujie glanced at Yang Wendong: "I think it's very good, but isn't 2 million US dollars too expensive?"
"It doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about it." Yang Wendong smiled. , I have made so much money, and I have to enjoy it. Although there will still be many investment opportunities in the future, these opportunities will always be available in the 21st century. It is impossible for me to keep making money like this.
Besides, you can still get some tax deductions in France. Several products of Changxing Industrial are also quite popular in France.
Pierre just waited.
After a while, Yang Wendong said: "Mr. Pierre, what if I want to customize a larger private yacht?"
"Bigger? Mr. Yang, do you want it?" How big is it?" Pierre asked with some experience. This 40-meter length is already very long.
Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "It will be about fifty or sixty meters long, and the other directions will be expanded in the same proportion."
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