Conference Room.
“Mr. Thomas, I’m quite satisfied with your quote, but isn’t this timeframe a bit long? Two years is too long, can you deliver it within six months?”
Putting down the quotation in his hand, Xiao Yun Hai looked at Thomas Enders, who was seated to his right.
“Six months?”
Thomas Enders was taken aback, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: “Sir, this timeframe is absolutely impossible. It’s too tight, and we have so many orders ahead of it. Two years is already the fastest we can do.”
Xiao Yun Hai’s brow furrowed slightly, he wasn’t satisfied with this answer.
“Mr. Thomas, I believe in your abilities. I’m sure you can do it.”
“In that case, I’ll order 30 Airbus A320-100s and 45 Airbus A321-100s, a total of 75. Additionally, on top of your quoted price, I’ll add $2 million per aircraft, consider it my fee for jumping the queue. What do you say?”
“This… Your Highness, this is not in accordance with our rules. If we do this, it will affect Airbus’ reputation.” Thomas Enders looked troubled.
Xiao Yun Hai raised his eyebrow and held up three fingers: “$3 million, that’s my bottom line. If not, I’ll cancel the order and find someone to rent planes.”
Upon hearing this, Thomas Enders hesitated.
It wasn’t because of the $3 million price increase per aircraft. The main reason was that Xiao Yun Hai’s order was large, 75 aircraft. This quantity was second only to the order from China Southern Airlines a few years ago.
Such large orders were very rare, receiving one a year would be considered good.
After weighing the pros and cons, Thomas Enders, unwilling to lose this big order, gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Yun Hai: “Your Highness, the quantity you require is too large. It’s impossible to deliver all of them in six months. How about this, we deliver 15 in six months, 50 within a year, and the remaining 25 within another six months after that.”
He paused, seeing Xiao Yun Hai’s furrowed brow, Thomas said with a wry smile: “This is the fastest we can do, and even this requires coordination on multiple fronts, and we might even offend some customers.”
Xiao Yun Hai thought for a moment.
Delivering 15 within six months would be fine.
He needed time to develop tourism, whether it was building docks, expanding airports, constructing hotels, or perfecting the island’s amenities.
“Alright, we’ll do it your way, deliver 15 within six months, and 50 within a year.”
Whew!
Upon hearing this.
Thomas Enders felt a weight lift off his chest.
This deal was finally settled.
Thinking about the large order of 75 aircraft, a joyful smile spread across Thomas Enders’ face: “Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust in Airbus. You can rest assured, we at Airbus will deliver on time.”
“Hm~~”
Xiao Yun Hai stood up, extended his hand towards Thomas Enders and said: “Mr. Thomas, pleasant cooperation!”
“Pleasant cooperation!”
With the general direction settled, Xiao Yun Hai left the rest of the details to the Royal Investment Bureau to handle.
They were the professionals when it came to contracts.
After all, they had invested in hundreds of companies.
The next day.
The money was transferred.
Moreover, it was the full payment, not just a deposit.
Such a generous client made Airbus overjoyed. They loved wealthy clients.
Not to mention, the $3 million price increase per aircraft and the full payment alone warranted timely and complete delivery.
Little did they know, Xiao Yun Hai was just trying to complete the consumption quickly, so he could buy discounted oilfields from the system.
The order of 75 aircraft totaled $51.45 billion.
He also spent $3.2 billion on the building.
It wasn’t just one building, it was an entire park consisting of 5 buildings, each with over 20 floors.
The developer was a Hong Kong-based company called “Hang Lung,” which had acquired the land in 2001 and started construction.
The building was completed in 2004, but the occupancy rate was low and the price was stagnant.
The main reason was that there were too few foreign companies, and in Xin Han, local private companies were scarce, decent large private companies were even rarer. The occupancy rate naturally suffered. Now that there was a buyer, they were naturally happy to cash out and leave.
In less than five days, he had spent $54.65 billion.
It was enough for now, Xiao Yun Hai was quite satisfied.
He opened the system interface.
He looked at his account balance.
Sure enough, his account balance went from 1 million points → 5.466 billion points.
Seeing the massive increase in points, Xiao Yun Hai couldn’t wait to open the mall, the limited-time special sale page, the countdown showed 49 hours left.
“Petroleum Resource Card, here I come.”
He found the Petroleum Resource Card and directly selected the purchase quantity.
He bought 50 cards at once.
Don’t ask why he bought so many.
Anyone who wouldn’t grab a bargain would be a fool.
After buying 50 oilfield cards.
He bought another one, [Miracle Gene Pesticide Formula], for 10 million points.
He wanted to see how powerful this stuff really was.
If it was truly as described, then he could produce it and sell it to farmers to increase their income.
Actually, for most people, they just want a fair and prosperous life. As long as these two needs are met, they would be fools to rebel.
Xiao Yun Hai didn’t buy the F35A stealth fighter.
This was mainly because it would cause a lot of trouble once he bought it.
Besides, Xin Han was in a position to keep a low profile and focus on agricultural development.
Developing the economy was the key.
Once the economy was strong, then it would be time to arm up.
If they started investing in military industry now, it would not only escalate regional tensions but also put Xin Han in a difficult position. If the economy took a downturn, it could easily lead to public dissatisfaction and jeopardize the Royal Family’s rule.
Don’t think that having oil would make them invincible.
Take a look at Venezuela in South America, they have the world’s largest oil reserves, but they’re still being pressured and sanctioned by the US, and their situation is even worse than some developing countries.
So, before they had a strong enough economy, they should focus on farming and development.
The other seven discounted items were not good, Xiao Yun Hai didn’t even bother with them.
Looking at the remaining 466 million points, Xiao Yun Hai wasn’t in a hurry to spend it.
He would use the system rewards and redeemed items first.
(Ps: New book release, begging for all sorts of data, your support is the motivation for the author to continue writing!)