I am not just a tycoon-Chapter 802 - 471: ATM, Those Days as a Financial Tycoon

Ji Ya explored several different channels for purchasing a private jet for Shen Yuan, including direct sales from manufacturers, independent agents, and comprehensive service providers.

The manufacturers offer the lowest prices, but Gulfstream and Bombardier are both import companies, which means heavy tariffs, and the purchase process is extremely cumbersome. After buying the aircraft, you still need to find service providers for the three certificates, route applications, and crew training.

Independent agents consolidate resources of all brands, reducing information asymmetry and making it convenient, but for hosting and refurbishment, you still need service providers.

In the end, they chose a comprehensive service provider for an all-in-one purchase and hosting package.

Golden Deer Business is Asia's largest comprehensive service provider for business jets, covering business jet leasing, private jet hosting, ground agency services, maintenance and upkeep, and purchase support....

Their office in Star City is located in the VIP building of Huanghua Airport's FBO, but this time the visit isn't to their office; it's to view the Gulfstream G650ER and Bombardier Global 7500 models.

The business jet market is small, and new releases are much slower than in the car industry, typically 6-10 years for new models, but over the years, there's still been quite a bit of second-hand inventory.

Golden Deer has second-hand G650s and Global 7500s for sale under their management.

Shen Yuan wasn't planning to buy second-hand, mainly looking at the models. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

At Star City FBO base, Golden Deer Business Sales Manager Yang Yifeng walked along with the introduction, "Mr. Shen, if you look ahead, that's our hangar. Besides idle business jets, we also do maintenance and repairs over there."

The enormous base warehouse is somewhat like a container but dozens of times larger, at least thirty meters high and at least a hundred meters long. Following Yang Yifeng inside, he discovered that the depth inside was even longer.

Many business jets were parked on both sides, in addition to the G650 and Global 7500, modified Boeing and Airbus business jets as well.

"Mr. Shen, would you like me to introduce them first or would you like to experience it directly?"

Yang Yifeng, a middle-aged man around forty, looked scholarly with glasses, wearing a neatly fitting suit with a professional smile on his face.

"Introduce them first."

"Okay, Mr. Shen. First is the Gulfstream G650ER, it has a range of 7500 nautical miles, which allows for direct flights like Los Angeles to Beijing, New York to Dubai. It travels at a speed of 0.925 Mach, flying 1074 kilometers per hour."

Yang Yifeng explained, "Let me give you a reference with the currently popular Xiaomi su7ultra, its top speed is 350 kilometers per hour, so the Gulfstream G650ER is about three times that."

Comparing cars to planes is really a huge difference; even the fastest production car in the world, the Koenigsegg Agera R, only hits 440 kilometers per hour.

Even the fastest high-speed trains in the country, at 350 kilometers per hour, can't compete with planes.

"Did you hear that, Tan Xin? Your dream car is still slower."

Shen Yuan's left hand smoothly draped over Tan Xin's slender waist.

Tan Xin frowned slightly and moved a step to the left, out of his reach.

She was quite soft, very slender, but he wondered how it would feel without clothes... Shen Yuan glanced at Tan Xin with deep meaning, initially thinking she was a serious bodyguard, but unexpectedly, she turned out to be up to mischief.

Ji Ya had explained everything, how long do you plan to pretend? Peeping through the door was one thing, but doing such a sneaky move like sniffing the bed sheets, what kind of obsessive woman would do that?

Tan Xin, unaware there was a traitor beside her, kept a cool expression, ignoring Shen Yuan's gaze.

After all, the boss has been taking advantage of her for days; as long as she kept her distance, he wouldn't dare do anything.

"Here's a fun fact for you, Mr. Shen, actually the G650ER uses Rolls-Royce engines," Yang Yifeng interjected.

"Oh?"

"Two Rolls-Royce BR725 engines, each with a thrust of 16,900 pounds."

"That really is a cool fact."

"Of course, there are differences from car internal combustion engines. Aircraft engines can operate in -50 degrees, low-pressure environments, and the horsepower can reach 50,000 hp."

"Hmm."

Next, Yang Yifeng took Shen Yuan to view the cabin, explaining, "The cabin is 16.3 meters long, accommodating 14-19 people. Of course, it can be modified; fewer seats mean more space. This depends on your needs."

"The G650ER has 16 panoramic windows, providing plenty of light...."

"Currently, those who have G650ERs include Tesla's Musk, Amazon's Bezos...."

Shen Yuan had actually experienced this business jet once during his last trip to Japan. However, this second-hand model and the one he flew were different in layout and decor, probably customized or modified.

After looking at the G650, they checked out the Global 7500, which has a range 200 nautical miles longer than the G650, but the speed and comfort of the Gulfstream G650 are better.

7500 nautical miles is already enough for Shen Yuan, and since his first experience was pleasant, he decided on the Gulfstream G650ER.

Next up was calculating the usage costs. Yang Yifeng laid out the annual expenses, including hosting fees, crew salaries, fuel costs, insurance, fuel consumption, regular maintenance, landing fees, cleaning fees.... In total, it came to around 25 million.

Ji Ya and Tan Xin were dizzy from the numbers; 25 million to them was astronomical, equivalent to 10 apartments, 25 luxury cars worth a million each, or 50 Xiaomi SU7ultras, yet this was just the annual operating cost of this business jet.

And this didn't even include the price of the business jet.... When Yang Yifeng presented the price of the Gulfstream G650ER, both of them swallowed their saliva.

69 million USD, equivalent to five "little goals" of RMB.

They couldn't even dream of having that much money.

Shen Yuan merely pondered his cash flow silently and then asked, "Is there any other fee not included?"