June.
The private jet purchased by Li Yuanjie and his friends has arrived. The model is the latest dream ACJ-320neo manufactured by Air Fantasy. The fuselage adopts a carbon fiber composite structure and can carry up to 8 passengers. It can fly continuously in the air for 15 hours and has a maximum range of 12,500 kilometers.
The cabin decoration is high-end and luxurious, with some optional customized accessories, as well as the costs of hiring pilots, flight attendants, etc.
The total expenditure reached 382 million star knives.
But this amount of money was just a small amount for Levi, and he easily paid with his card.
What Levi was more concerned about was the progress of Bai Chufei's purchase of a luxury cruise ship.
A while ago, Bai Chufei called and said, "President, if we place an order with a shipyard, it will take more than three years for the cruise ship to be completed and launched. The sea trials will also take about half a year. It will take about four to five years before it can be officially used... The waiting process is too long."
"If you're in a hurry, why not buy a used one? Find a cruise company and buy a used ocean liner."
"Okay! Then let's buy a second-hand cruise ship."
Levi nodded, agreeing with Bai Chufei to focus on the various cruise companies.
Then after a while.
Bai Chufei called again and said that there was a sign of things to come. Carnival Cruise Line of the Kingdom of Liedian had a business decline due to the sluggish economy this year, so any of the eight "Princess" series cruise ships under the company could be bought by anyone who offered a high enough price.
In order to make it easier for Levi to choose, Bai Chufei specially sent a thick album, which provided detailed pictures and texts about the eight cruise ships.
They are:
Coral Princess
Island Princess
Emerald Princess
Diamond Princess
Sapphire Princess
Crown Princess
Sky Princess
Caribbean Princess
As long as you have enough money, you can buy any one of them. If one is not enough, you can buy two or three.
Levi carefully flipped through the atlas in his hand, compared carefully, and even asked Ji Yumo to come over for reference. After two days of hesitation, he finally decided on the purchase target -
Sky Princess
There are two main reasons to buy it.
First, the ship boasts a massive 143,700-ton displacement, 1,830 staterooms, and a maximum passenger capacity of 3,660. The ship also boasts a custom-designed Sky Suite, centrally located on the ship's top deck. Each suite boasts a 65-square-meter private balcony, the largest on any Princess Cruises ship.
In addition, there are multiple swimming pools on the Sky Princess, including a viewing pool at the stern, two deep-water pools on the top deck, a private pool that helps to relax the body and mind, and several new massage pools compared to other royal cruise ships, including two massage pools suspended above the deep-water pool.
In addition, the entertainment salon on the Sky Princess has been completely upgraded. It has a more spacious space, a more modern design, and is full of technological elements. It also has an outdoor movie theater, an indoor cafe, a gym, and other facilities.
In short, for Levi, even though this cruise ship was not as big as the smallest interstellar battleship he had ever been on, it was completely sufficient if it only served him.
Secondly, it is in new condition. The Sky Princess was completed in 2018 and put into use in October of the following year. It has only been in use for 3 years. For a luxury cruise ship with a service life of 30-50 years, it is definitely 90% new.
For people who prefer new things to old things, of course they would buy something new.
As for the price, Levi asked Bai Chufei how much it could be bought for. Carnival Company's reply shocked Bai Chufei: 2 billion star knives.
As long as you pay 2 billion star knives, this luxury cruise ship can leave immediately.
Bai Chufei was anxious at that time. Don't think that he doesn't understand the market of luxury cruise ships. The cost of building a general giant luxury cruise ship is generally between 800 million and 1.2 billion star swords. Even the world's largest Oasis of the Seas costs only about 1.4 billion star swords.
No matter how exaggerated the Star Princess is, its cost will not be more than 1.4 billion. Wow, this guy actually dares to sell it for 2 billion, and it’s a second-hand product. This is simply an exorbitant price!
Carnival Corporation also explained that the cost of building the Sky Princess was indeed only a few billion, but this was only the price of the "hull". Subsequent decoration, installation of a large number of high-tech equipment, personnel training... all aspects require money, and selling it for 2 billion Star Princess is really the cost price.
I called Levi to ask for his opinion. Levi felt that 2 billion star knives was not too expensive to buy something bigger than an aircraft carrier. If Carnival could deliver the goods immediately, then let's do the deal.
"No, President! Those guys must have researched the buyer's information and knew you were the one who wanted to buy the ship, so they deliberately raised the price to rip you off! Forget two billion, I think 1.2 billion or 1.3 billion can buy a similar cruise ship! President, wait a minute, I'll check out a few more cruise companies. They've all been in a slump in recent years. If you want to buy, you can definitely find a good price. I need to shop around."
Bai Chufei didn't want to be the one who was taken advantage of. Although it wasn't his money being spent, since he was working for the president, he had to do it well.
So he spent more than two months visiting four or five cruise companies and finally negotiated a suitable price with one of them.
At this time, Carnival Company could no longer sit still, and sent someone to invite Bai Chufei back, and took the initiative to lower the price, saying that the Star Princess could be purchased for only 1.7 billion star swords.
Bai Chufei still thought it was too expensive, so Levi made the final decision and said on the phone that the price was 1.6 billion. If Carnival did not agree, then they would buy a cruise ship from another company that was priced at only 1.45 billion.
"Okay, deal!"
Carnival Corporation's executives gritted their teeth and agreed to the 1.6 billion offer.
Bai Chufei's cruise ship purchase mission was thus completed.
June 18th.
Bai Chufei told Levi on the phone that the Star Princess had set sail and would arrive in Tianhai City in about 45 days. At that time, Levi could go to the port to welcome his return, and Bai Chufei would introduce the cruise ship to him.
"Okay, sure."
Levi nodded, feeling that Bai Chufei was indeed dedicated and hardworking, which made him feel satisfied.
…
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Everything went very smoothly.
On July 18th.
There was exciting news from the battery factory. After thousands of engineers worked day and night, the first batch of Type 1 high-energy batteries rolled off the industrial assembly line successfully under trial production, achieving the goal of small-batch production.
A total of one thousand Type 1 high-energy batteries, each the size of a baby's fist, were produced. After testing, the product qualification rate reached 99.2%.
The first trial production was a complete success!
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