He speaks Chinese, German, and can even chat a few words in French. If he could do odd jobs in the short term, Lao Xia would be quite good at being a site manager at the tank museum.
But my mom can't drive, and she can't do without him when something happens at home, so she had to temporarily retire and find new employment.
Xia Yu immediately called Zhu Zi and arranged for his grandfather to start work the next day.
After having a late-night snack, the young couple took their son back to their room.
"So our family earned $40 million in one day."
After hearing her husband's story, Liv was somewhat surprised by the aircraft carrier museum's revenue for the day.
After becoming pregnant, she was mainly responsible for setting up the European branch, while Xia Yu was mainly in charge of the work related to the São Paulo.
It wasn't until today that she learned that the profitability of the third phase of the museum project was several times that of the first and second phases combined.
"This is the turnover; the profit margin is only about 50%."
Xia Yu continued.
They filmed the entire thing on location without any CGI effects, and the budget was ridiculously high. Even if the visual effects weren't great, this would still be incredibly dark.
Earning his first 10 billion is extremely difficult; he was well into his 30s when he achieved this.
Fortunately, he is still young and he has the system. Even if his public wealth doesn't surpass that of the system decades later, the wealth he brings underground will easily exceed 100 billion.
I just don't know how much it will gross at the box office. As for awards, it's unlikely to win any major awards, but it should at least get an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
Xia Yu lay down on the bed and stretched comfortably.
"Absolutely. With our other businesses, we should be able to break through 10 billion in net worth within three years."
Jihuo Defense has just happened to develop this blue ocean market.
"So what if I'm a billionaire? Billionaires also have joys and sorrows, birth, aging, sickness and death. I just want to expand my business and raise my children well."
Liv's calculation is rather conservative, but this is almost the entire Disney Group's net profit for a quarter. Looking at the revenue of the theme parks and resorts business alone, the annual operating profit is only $3.774 billion.
Retired warships and near-expiration missiles need to be scoured, and deep customization and unmanned modification of ships are not cheap either, not to mention the MiG-29UBK platform for carrying anti-ship missiles.
Before Jihuo Defense took the lead, even the money-driven US only allowed limited access to deweaponized military equipment, strictly controlling all high-powered grenades, rockets, artillery shells, and missiles except for bullets...
The whole thing will definitely cost seven or eight hundred million US dollars, but Xia Yu can guarantee that clients will be scrambling to sign up.
Aside from enjoying some pleasures that ordinary people can't even imagine, the lives of the wealthy are just like the daily routines of ordinary families.
Many wealthy people who have crossed the Atlantic and reached the final leg of their journey come to Afica to spend money on happiness.
However, if customers have special needs, such as a country's aircraft carrier being decommissioned and dismantled, we can piece together a low-spec version of the aircraft carrier fleet and hold a limited-themed group purchase of aircraft carrier strike group combat.
He only fully modified 4 aircraft. For the remaining two, he only reinforced the airframe structure, and planned to transplant the avionics and other components from the old, decommissioned aircraft later.
Liv said with emotion.
Ordinary people enjoy playing with guns, but the rich have long been tired of them. They need new toys with more power to satisfy their senses.
Of course, the price is absolutely fair.
"Go wash up and go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow."
She was just a small-town girl who changed her fate because of her education, but at most she could only become a middle-class person. She is nothing like the boss lady she is now.
Xia Yu put the small pomelo into the cradle before waving her hand to indicate that there weren't that many.
Well, on the surface, but secretly you can also prepare it to be stored in the underground palace as a figurine.
This is the terrifying profit potential of demystifying military equipment and legally opening it up to the civilian market for hands-on experience.
As for the next milestone, earning $100 billion seems a long way off, considering that Bill Gates, who topped the Forbes World's Billionaires list just released in October, only has $89 billion.
After all, there are only about 20,000 people in the world with personal assets exceeding $100 million. If you cheat one, there will be one less.
Xia Yu not only offers budget-friendly "poor man's" packages with great value, but also allows the super-rich to spend with peace of mind.
Only by providing services with relatively high cost-performance (in the tens of millions) can we cultivate and develop a group of highly loyal customers and achieve sustainable revenue.
If things are strictly regulated in North America, then come to Afica. As long as you're willing to spend the money, you can experience all the amazing toys you've ever dreamed of here.
Since it is a productivity tool, the annual flight hours of a single aircraft must be over 500. Therefore, with such high-intensity use, the entire aircraft will have to be scrapped after at most ten years.
The aircraft carrier museum's revenue is not as high as others, but its profitability is almost comparable to that of four Disney parks (out of a total of six).
If a 3,000-ton carrier-based anti-ship aircraft project costs 100 million yuan, even if the super-rich can afford it, there won't be many repeat customers.
Xia Yu got up and went to wash up. From then until New Year's Day, he didn't have a moment to come back.
"20 million is quite impressive. Even if the net profit is only five or six million per day, that adds up to 2 billion per year!"
Russia's MiG-29Ks cost $41 million each, while the MiG-29UBs are cheaper to acquire. They can be reinforced for shipboard deployment, have their avionics fully upgraded, and be adapted to fire control systems for foreign missiles.
Of course, this happiness is important.
Adding up all the miscellaneous projects, the cost of each MiG-29UBK is over $20 million.
Once their respective shares and directions are determined, they will launch a three-pronged attack from the sea, underwater, and air to completely annihilate the target carrier strike group. The sheer excitement of this scenario could be made into a feature film.
They're attacking an aircraft carrier! How can I not lend a hand if I have the chance?
"It's really hard to believe that I married a billionaire."
He held his wife, who was recovering quickly, as they drifted off to sleep. When he opened his eyes again, it was already the morning of the next day.
After eating the chive pancakes her mother made, Xia Yu brushed her teeth again before driving out.
I also called Hans on the way. My brother-in-law missed Christmas two days ago, so he could only make a video call with my mother.
Unfortunately, another accident has occurred at Niriliya.
"A group of remnants from Boko Haram besieged the government army's base. An Air Force Mi-35M with night combat capabilities went to its rescue, but the enemy was targeting the reinforcements, and the plane crashed. None of the five people on board survived."
Hans described the horrific scene to Xia Yu, and upon arriving at the scene, he found that the body had been carbonized, and only DNA tissue could be extracted.
"So it was shot down by a portable anti-aircraft missile."
"Yes, they said it was the best crew, but the tail rotor was knocked off with the first shot, and the plane spun and crashed down. I didn't see any emergency landing maneuvers."
Both had their tail rotors shot off, but Xia Yu was able to be rescued. These black pilots are already quite good at reading instruments and flying according to the rules; a forced landing is nothing compared to that.
"The FMI-24P is lucky. Its avionics are a bit outdated, but it doesn't need to fly at night, so it won't crash."
Hans is addressing the problem at its root.
Perhaps the overwhelming success of the concentrated firepower against Boko Haram gave the government forces a false sense of security, making them think they could do the same. But every time their company deploys Mi-24Vs, there's always ground support from Red Cheetahs.
Without combining weapons, the effectiveness of a single weapon is infinitely limited, and the Nirilya people have no concept of combining weapons at all.
Although it's a bit unethical, Xia Yu thinks that within a few years he'll see the other party's Mi-35M and Mi-24P tanks gradually wear out, and then he'll have to ask him to replenish his old female Mi-35Ms.
At that time, he would suggest that the other party simultaneously configure self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.
Whether it's the old Cheetah or the Tunguska, their radars are too old. They can take out slow, small drones without any problem, but their accuracy is simply not enough to intercept portable anti-aircraft missiles.
It's unlikely that companies will modify the Red Jagdpanther like they did with Jihuo Defense, or simply spend the budget of several main battle tanks to buy the original Type 09.
However, the export version of the wheeled gun-missile system using a single 35mm cannon is quite good, and intercepting man-portable air defense missiles during acceleration is definitely not a problem.
In the vast continent of Black Philippines, only Nirilya and Kenniya can afford this thing; other countries certainly wouldn't be willing to use the budget of one attack helicopter to equip another with a bodyguard.
Different income levels lead to different consumption philosophies. Xia Yu didn't want to lose any units in the air or on the ground, but they were hoping to get shot down first.
Or they might crash it and then scrape together the money to buy a new attack helicopter, but they wouldn't buy a missile-gun integrated system.
When people are well-fed and clothed, they begin to understand honor and shame. Niri Liya and Ken Niya, who have a certain level of economic means, are more willing to spend money to protect their reputation.
Because of their own limited capabilities, when they cannot unleash the combat power of military equipment, they blame the equipment for being bad instead of looking for the cause within themselves.
As a seller, you can only silently curse your bad luck when you encounter such a seller, but you can't turn down money, and you still have to do the business you need to do.
"Therefore, the deployment at Niriyaya will be postponed."
Xia Yu confirmed over the phone.
"Yes, without Shekao as their leader, the Boko Holy Land is now fighting its own battles, and its activity level is far higher than before. We definitely won't be able to go back in January next year, and we can't help the aircraft carrier museum at all."
Hans said regretfully over the phone.
"It's alright. The tank museum staff are holding things up, and the new building can manage. You just focus on the battle and finish up the remaining tasks."
Xia Yu said it was nothing.
Delays will incur additional charges anyway, as stated in the contract, so the client can't renege on their obligations.
"Alright, let's talk in a couple of days. I've already arrived at the dock."
Looking out the car window at the São Paulo, he hung up the phone, got out of the car, and walked away.
Tonight we're welcoming several wealthy individuals from Europe and the Middle East. Some of them arrived by yacht, while others arrived by private jet, but they've all booked rooms on the aircraft carrier.
Yachts capable of intercontinental travel are more expensive than most private jets. Even if these yacht enthusiasts, worth tens of billions, are not like Hamandan, their budget for this trip to Afica is still several million.
Compared to them, the wealthy with a net worth of only a few hundred million or a billion can spend at most a few hundred thousand.
For example, Hamish Haddin, an Englishman who was born in Hong Kong, grew up in India, and learned to fly an airplane at the age of 13.
He was incredibly passionate about flying and made his fortune by buying and reselling secondhand private planes. He even piloted and tinkered with MiG-29s.
Hamish wasn't particularly interested in the tank museum focused on firepower defense, but as soon as the news broke that the aircraft carrier museum would officially open on New Year's Day, he immediately booked a suite on the ship.
With a total net worth of over 700 million and a cash flow of tens of millions, he definitely can't afford to fight a destroyer.
They could even fight amongst themselves; piloting a MiG-29UBK to bully the veteran MiG-21 wouldn't be a problem.
Each Fish Nest target drone costs $2 million, an R-73 short-range missile costs $500,000, and an R-27 medium-range missile costs $800,000. In his opinion, such prices are not expensive.
Hamish felt that getting an ace was a bit difficult, but taking on two opponents at once would be easy.
His MiG-29UBK will then be equipped with four R-73 missiles and two R-27 missiles, allowing him to thoroughly shoot down two MiG-21 target drones, making the most of his $8 million budget.
With that in mind, Hamish opened his gaming laptop, launched DCSworld, and familiarized himself with the various operations. Meanwhile, his Gulfstream G650 received takeoff clearance and flew from Dubai to Afica.
Buying a G650 with his net worth is a bit of a stretch, but as a used private jet dealer who recycles private jets worldwide, it all makes sense.
Aside from a small near-shore yacht, Hamish doesn't own any of those large yachts that cost tens or hundreds of millions, but their group is a hundred times larger than those billionaires with assets of hundreds of billions.
Their individual spending may not be large, but in Xia Yu's market research, they form the cornerstone of the aircraft carrier museum's profitability.
These customers only need to make a purchase once a year to cover the daily revenue, since they constitute a significant number of customers.
Having a huge sum of money is just icing on the cake; once the initial excitement of the opening has died down, just having one or two customers a month will make the revenue look even better.
The revenue from tickets, food, and anti-aircraft guns contributed by ordinary tourists is only enough to cover the labor costs of the São Paulo.
Pilots earn high salaries, and aircraft maintenance personnel do well too. The air defense and catering/logistics teams simply have a lot of staff, but their salaries aren't particularly high.
This shows that while many countries can afford to build ships, the continuous investment required to operate an aircraft carrier is terrifying. The US military budget alone will consume 170 billion for the navy.
Of course, maintaining hegemony will definitely recoup the investment, but how many people will actually get a slice of that $170 billion?
Xia Yu spent his own money on the new ship. He didn't have any other requirements, except that the number of permanent crew members on board should be small.
Keeping the number of people under 100 is ideal, as this would keep the personnel costs per ship under $10 million per year.
As for fuel, the more you drive, the more you need to add; our own oil field also produces fuel.
Not to mention ammunition, Xia Yu can print it directly using the system, and the overall annual operating cost will be controlled within 30 million.
The estimated revenue from the Strait of Malacca is definitely over 100 million.
After deducting twice the cost of revenue, the Asian branch will quickly become profitable after recouping the cost of the ship purchase, and will then extend its reach to the entire western coast of Afica.
However, if they want to get involved on the East Coast, one ship might not be enough!
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