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Chapter 273 Helicopter Journey

90000000.

It’s only €200 million less than the asking price of Moran Yacht & Ship.

Although it is said that the negotiation letter drafted by Antoine Jiashe for Han Yi needs to be sent by fax to Mexico City thousands of miles away for Azcarraga-Jean to review, Han Yi still expressed his psychological price. In an instant, Chris Callahan knew that as long as there was no problem with the Chinese tycoon's capital chain, the deal would be considered a success.

9000 million euros.

The way yacht brokers make money is simply by charging a commission after the transaction is completed.Generally speaking, the standard commission rate for yacht transactions is MYBA's "sliding ratio" - the commission rate is 1000% for the first 10 million euros, 1000% for the second 5 million euros, and then uniformly drops to 2.5% .

Therefore, with the TV number, Chris Callahan can bring 325 million euros in revenue to the company.

In addition to the brokers' food and accommodation expenses in Monaco and round-trip commercial flight tickets, almost all is net profit.

Operation without assets, all relying on one mouth to go through the trouble, this is the fatal charm of the brokerage industry.

According to industry management, the commission will be paid in a 60/40 ratio between buyers and sellers, that is, Hanyi will pay 195 million euros and Azcaraga-Jean will pay 130 million euros.

Therefore, Han Yi did not just pay the price casually, but included the commission into the total price.

Including commission, the price is 9195 million euros, which is almost the same as TV’s special boat show price.

The Azcaraga family had no reason to refuse.

Han Yi's reply time limit to Azkalaga-Jang was a very templated 48 hours.But after returning to land, Han Yi, who was resting in the hotel after lunch, received news of Mexico City’s nod of approval. Only four hours had passed since he made the offer.

The negotiation letter was accepted, and the next step for both parties to the transaction was a two-week trial voyage and vessel inspection.The sea trial here does not mean that Han Yi will be left floating on the sea for fourteen days. A professional team with a maritime surveyor certificate will complete the work on his behalf.

A trained and certified marine surveyor is the person who best knows how to assess a vessel’s safety and seaworthiness, identify potential problems, report findings and provide recommendations for repairs or improvements.In other words, any buyer should sign their name on the ship purchase contract after the surveyor gives the nod.

There are many sources of surveyor certificates. Not only Lloyds Register of Shipping provides such courses and examinations, but in the United States alone, there are six or seven large institutions competing to do this business.The American Boat and Yacht Council, the National Society of Marine Surveyors, the Society of Certified Marine Surveyors, the International Institute of Marine Surveying, and even the American Society of Appraisers are in on the fun.Precisely because the competition is so fierce, candidates can get a certificate for as little as five thousand dollars or as little as five hundred dollars, and there is basically no possibility of being rejected.

How can I make money if my passing rate is not high?

The lax evaluation standards have directly led to the uneven quality of the maritime surveyor market. Apart from relying on recommendations from brokerage agencies who are familiar with the industry, there is no good way to avoid risks. Moran Yacht & Ship provided Han Yi with a total of 85 surveying agencies and carefully selected [-] high-quality partners with whom they often cooperate. Of course, they deliberately avoided those surveyors who only have offices in the United States.The remaining quarter is in the UK, a quarter is in the Mediterranean coastal cities of Italy, France and Spain, a quarter is in the three North Sea countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, and the other quarter is in Turkey. Particularly focused on Istanbul.

Finally, based on the principle of proximity, Han Yi selected a company named Piero Brothers from five Mediterranean surveyor institutions.This company is located in Mirabello Port in La Spezia and has the most professional ship inspection team in Italy. It is good at supervising the progress of new ship construction, inspecting ship trading status, and managing modification projects.Han Yi had originally planned to redo some of the soft furnishings on the yacht, such as the master bedroom, and Brother Piero could provide him with technical consulting services in this regard.

A good surveyor can basically be said to be worth his weight in gold, because most of their quotes for inspecting yachts are higher than $500/foot.

The TV number produced by Lusen Shipyard that Han Yi is about to purchase has a hull length of 78.5 meters, which is 258 feet when converted to imperial standards.

In other words, just inspecting the ship's condition before signing the contract would cost him US$12.9.

It’s higher than the price of a brand new Porsche 911 in North America.

Before he actually got the yacht, Han Yi had already realized the true nature of this toy gold-swallowing beast.

The Piero brothers' business is very good. Their 30 years of experience in the industry have allowed them to accumulate a large number of long-term and stable partners. In addition to luxury yachts, the company's most profitable business is actually the safety inspection of commercial ships. Emergency services for boat breakdown along the Mediterranean coast, as well as routine inspections by insurance companies before issuing policies.Although the price of these services is not as high as yacht inspection, they are better because of the high demand and the ease of work.

When Kevin Callahan called the Piero brothers and asked them to send a team to Monaco, the company actually had no available surveyors.But everything in the world has a clearly marked price. If there are any shortages of goods and services, it only means that your bid is not high enough. This principle also applies in the field of yacht inspection.After hearing the technical parameters of the TV number and briefly calculating the profit from this order in their minds, the Piero brothers agreed without hesitation and immediately called their surveyor at the Benetti Livorno Shipyard. His coach, Stefano Pisano, asked him to pack his things immediately and rush to Monaco the next day.

Pisano's work was originally to follow up on the finishing work of the superyacht Seasense, which was commissioned by Benetti to be built by American real estate tycoon Charles Cohen and will be delivered in 2017. However, there is still one month left before the next sea trial. Vanno Pisano can complete the test of the TV number first, and then go back to complete the task originally entrusted to him.

On the afternoon of September 9, when Han Yi was on the top terrace of the Monte Carlo Hotel in Paris, he saw that he had driven 29 kilometers from Livorno along the E80 highway, and it took him 358 hours and 4 minutes to reach Stefano in Monaco - Pisano and his two assistants, the stunned Chinese rich people, had a newer and more comprehensive understanding of the power of money.Having money not only makes people go around the world, but also makes Europeans become more diligent.

Normally, a comprehensive inspection of a yacht under 50 feet takes eight hours, which is a full working day.For large yachts over 50 feet, it will take 2-3 working days to complete.As for the 258-foot super guy like TV, Stefano Pisano gave a completion time limit of 5 working days. Starting on Friday, September 9, and continuing to work on weekends, the final report will not be given until October 30, which also includes a 10-minute trial voyage.

In the ship report, the surveyors are only responsible for listing the problems they found and the actual technical parameters that the ship can achieve in its current state, and will not give purchase recommendations.Therefore, after getting this report, Han Yi needs to consider whether this ship is suitable for him.

At that time, he will have three options before him: 1. Pass the inspection and continue to promote the acquisition. 2. Conditional acceptance, and the quotation will be reduced according to the actual situation. 3. Withdraw the offer and terminate the transaction.

If there are no major problems in the inspection report, the yacht will usually be accepted by the buyer.Once a commitment to acceptance is made, it means that Hanyi is ready to complete the transaction and receive the ship as is.At this point, the buyer is required to pay a non-refundable 10% deposit to continue the process.

And if the overall progress of the investigation goes smoothly, but some unforeseen surprises are still discovered, the buyer can also choose to conditionally accept the ship.Note that the unexpected situations referred to here are not categories that can be solved during routine maintenance, but technical problems that will hinder the normal operation of the ship.If this happens, the buyer can adjust the asking price based on the surveyor's advice, or ask the seller to cover the cost of repairs themselves.The transaction will proceed only after the seller agrees to all conditions imposed by the buyer.

As for the overall rejection situation, it naturally occurs when the rating of the inspection report is very bad. If the problems found and the potential repair costs are beyond the buyer's affordability, the buyer can refuse to accept the ship, everything has been paid Both the deposit and deposit must be returned in full.Although this result is not ideal, it is better than buying a bad boat that will cause fatal problems later.

Therefore, Han Yi and his counterparty, Azkalaga-Jean, must wait patiently for five days before proceeding to the next stage of negotiations.It just so happens that Han Yi is not in a hurry to return to the United States for a while. After all, he has to participate in the Frieze Art Fair and the Frieze Masters exhibition held around London's Regent's Park from October 10 to October 6.

What about the master's program at the University of Southern California?
Departing on September 9th and returning on October 28th, it seemed that he had stayed in Europe for twelve days, but if you include two weekends and put aside the two Fridays when no classes were deliberately arranged, Han Yi really needed to take classes. Time is only six days.Every semester and every course, there are basically two opportunities for absences that are not counted towards attendance points. Even if this number exceeds this number, if there are legitimate reasons, such as illness or emergency matters, professors generally will not pursue it too much.

The master's program in arts management at the Price School of Public Policy is very easy compared to the master's programs in other tough schools, such as the School of Architecture and the School of Engineering. There are basically no in-class tests, and there are basically no half-term and final exams. All are in the form of essays.Han Yi flew all over the world and had minimal impact on his final GPA.

Besides, even if it is affected, so what?
Can he also fire himself from the company because of low performance?

This graduate degree was originally just to make up for the regrets he had in his previous life. Han Yi would never let school courses hinder him from doing business.

What's the matter?
Of course it costs money.

On September 9, Callahan and his son from Moran Yacht & Ship left to draft the agreement documents and assist Stefano Pisano in completing the inspection report. Han Yi, who had arranged the preliminary preparation work, took his asset manager with him. Antoine Gachet, together with his personal bodyguard Fiamu Derwig, got into a Mercedes-Benz V-Class business car and rushed back to Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport to take the AgustaWestland prepared for them by the Jet Linx travel team. Lan AW30 helicopter, heading to Lugano Airport in Switzerland.

Why use a helicopter?

Because the place Han Yi wants to go is too close to Nice, there will be no commercial airlines flying such ultra-short routes, and it would be too wasteful to let Han Yi's own Gulfstream G650ER fly such short distances.From takeoff to landing, it takes less than half an hour. There is no need to use the big guy at all.

Han Yi's original idea was to take a train directly from Monaco and experience the high-speed railway in Europe. However, ideals are beautiful and reality is tough. When planning the trip the first night, he learned from Antoine Gachet You know, it takes at least seven hours to get to that city from Monaco, with three train changes.First take the French national railway train 86083, which takes 45 minutes to reach Ventimiglia on the French-Italian border, then transfer to the Italian train company's intercity train 35147, and take four hours to Milan Central Station, and then from the central station Change trains and walk north for 55 minutes to reach your destination.

400 kilometers, seven hours, whoever takes this high-speed train will be stupid.

After much thought, helicopter charter became the most convenient and effective way to travel.Although not as fast as a private plane, a helicopter can ensure that Han Yi and his party arrive at Lugano Airport within 10 minutes, at a total cost of 14740 euros.For ordinary tourists, it is a sky-high price, but for Han Yi, it is less than one-tenth of the cost of yacht inspection.

More importantly, Han Yi, who is looking for ways to spend money... oh no, make money, also wants to experience the fun of helicopters through this trip to see if it can arouse his desire for consumption.

After all, the helipad on the TV is still vacant.

Finally, at 2016:9 a.m. on September 30, 10, Han Yi successfully boarded the AW37, which was contacted by Jet Linx and leased by HeliFly, and embarked on his first helicopter trip in his life.

Where is he going?
Fifty kilometers north of Milan, Lake Como is a world-famous resort and the retreat of George Clooney and his lawyer wife.

What to do in Lake Como?
Stay at a luxury hotel.

Check out luxury hotels.

Buy luxury hotels.

(End of this chapter)