Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 455 Aircraft Customization and Expensive Leather Materials
"You came at the right time, let's go, go and see your plane!"

After returning to Georgia on a business jet sent by Gulfstream, Carter landed in Savannah.As soon as the front foot stepped out of the hatch, Paulson greeted him with the back foot.

Without any intention of being too polite, he dragged Carter to the production workshop
"This is not like a product that should be shown to customers!"

At this time, the outer skin of the Gulfstream II was not on, and the hydraulic pipes, air pipes, and wires were almost completely exposed in front of Carter's eyes.The two jet engines at the rear of the fuselage are also missing
Nothing but the shape of an airplane!
"Hahaha, that's why you come here, go up and have a look, space layout, see if you are satisfied?"

Walking into the cabin through the hatch, Carter was even more uncomfortable inside.The floor of the cabin is not laid, let alone the seats
Standing on a few temporary baffles, Paulson pointed to the cabin:

"Don't look at the inconspicuousness now, this is an optional space reserved for you. What material to use, how many seats to set up, whether to have entertainment facilities, etc., are all made according to the customer's own wishes. Gulfstream II and The main difference of the Gulfstream III is here. The Gulfstream III will be bigger, with a longer fuselage, larger fuel tank and 18% higher fuel efficiency. In the long run, the economy will be better than the Gulfstream II, and there will be little difference in other places. .”

"The maximum speed is 936 and the other is 928; the range is 6635 and the other is 6760, which are basically similar. Except for the test stage, you may not feel the difference between the two in actual use. Of course, the more intuitive thing is the cabin. In terms of space, the captain of the Gulfstream II is 25.3 meters long. After removing the cockpit space and the tail space, the activity space in the cabin is about 78 square meters, and the Gulfstream III will be a little more, about 90 square meters."

"This one is OK, 78 square meters is enough for me. Usually it's just myself, plus bodyguards, and occasionally bring friends, or future family members. Normally, there are usually no more than 10 passengers."

After looking around, Carter took the lead to exit the semi-finished business jet, and smiled as he walked:

"Besides, I don't know how much this optional equipment will cost? If I change to Gulfstream III at this time, I can't afford it either!"

"It's already amazing! I remember the year before last, I said you would be my client sooner or later, but even I didn't expect that you would find me so soon."

After taking Carter into the VIP room, which can also be called the matching room, Paulson personally took out a blueprint of Gulfstream II and began to introduce the optional parts of each part to Carter:
"This is the choice we can provide here. Of course, you don't have to be limited to this. You can purchase materials by yourself or hire someone to process them. If you are afraid of trouble, or if you are not very demanding on customer orders, you can also visit our The customization options available here.”

"I'm mainly for use, not so particular. Just look at yours here."

"OK, that's the exterior painting first. Do you have an idea for the color of the aircraft, the painting pattern? Are you using it personally or for a company?"

"It's mainly for personal use. For the company, let's spray it all black and add a striped ribbon."

"like this?"

Picking up a colored pen, Paulson immediately drew a sketch on the board.An all-black Gulfstream II, with a silver-and-white ribbon extending from the nose to the tail and rising gradually
"Don't add any LOGO or something?"

"No need, that's fine!"

Considering that this aircraft is still nominally leased to HT, it seems not good to put too much personal color on it.Carter nodded immediately after seeing the simple pattern.

"OK, the next step is a personalized registration number. This is like our social security account number. Every aircraft must have one. You can consider applying for a personalized number. According to ICAO regulations, if your aircraft is registered in In the United States, the first code must be N, followed by a combination of five digits or letters."

Aircraft registration number, this Carter knew.Just like the BXXX on the wings of civil aviation aircraft of China, the initial letter B means that this is an aircraft registered in China, and it also means that it is regulated by the laws of the country of registration.

There is a small anecdote. When China recognized the Convention on International Civil Aviation in 1974 and formally joined ICAO, it originally planned to register "C" as an international identification code. As a result, C was registered by Canada. , and the letter B, which has no symbolic meaning, is the international identification code of Chinese civil aircraft
Now, the initials must not be modified by himself. In a short period of time, Carter has no plans to register the aircraft in other countries.Then the initial code N is fixed, but the subsequent registration number can be set by yourself?

"N069BF! 069 is the FIPS code of Coffey County, and BF is the abbreviation of BlackFlag."

"OK, after applying for the registration code, it's okay to spray it on the rear wing facade, right?"

Paulson shrugged, took note of Carter's request, and then asked:

"Next, please select the ground material. Here it is"

Even though Carter accelerated the selection process to the extreme, he still spent more than two hours on it after he had selected the materials and design solutions for all areas.Next, Carter waited for another ten minutes. Paulson calculated the quotation and handed it to Carter:

"A total of 178 million US dollars, I wiped out the change. In addition, the new aircraft comes with a five-year warranty service and free modification training for two pilots. Of course, they need to be qualified to fly, and I am not responsible for training them from scratch." A pilot, we are just responsible for teaching them to fly this plane skillfully!"

"If there is no problem, I will draw up the contract later. Of course, you can also think about it."

Carter secretly clicked his tongue when he heard the modification cost of [-] million US dollars.After taking the quotation and taking a look, Carter was a little dumbfounded
"What kind of leather is this?! The leather alone costs 137 million?! Then all the other things add up and it's only 41?"

"You didn't choose anything else, but the leather was well chosen, so who is to blame? The 3A grade soft vegetable tanned leather you chose from Badalassi Carlo costs 1182 US dollars per square foot. To make a It is estimated that you need to use 1160FT to make a few single-seater sofas, and then you can calculate it yourself, is it only 137 million US dollars? Believe me, this price is not expensive. If it is 4A or 5A leather, go to Tens of millions of dollars is normal! The 3A grade leather you choose, how to put it, is already better than the materials used by ordinary luxury brands! But in the rich group, the real top rich group, But it’s only mid-range.”

"For example, Hermès usually uses the same style of minerva box as yours, but they usually don't use such good materials. Generally, they mainly use B-grade or A-grade bags, and high-end limited editions may use 2A. , to see where it is used? Your 3A level, how to describe it, that is, the best ten out of one hundred A-level leather materials are selected as 2A, and the best ten out of one hundred 2A leather materials are selected as 3A.”

"4A, 5A and so on, but 4A or 5A leather materials are relatively rare, and the stock is very limited. Even if there are, they are generally not used to make sofas."

(End of this chapter)