After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 582 US$1.1 billion to buy Leona yacht
The appearance and interior of this third yacht are obviously more outstanding than the first two.

Its indoor swimming pool imitates the temple style of ancient Rome and is fully decorated in marble; one of its living rooms uses a dome structure, which imitates the style of the Pantheon in Rome.

Li Zhuo didn't see anything imitating its restaurant, but it was decorated with light-toned marble, brightly lit, splendid, and luxurious.

Li Zhuo was more inclined to buy it, and he included the yacht in his options.

The agent then took him to visit two other yachts.

Both of these are very large yachts with a length of more than 90 meters.

The first one, called kismet, was built in 2014. It is the obsolete yacht of the American wealthy businessman Shahid Khan. This guy has a net worth of US$80 billion and is preparing to accept his 122-meter-long yacht with a construction cost of US$3.6 million. A giant yacht named projecetjag, so this yacht was eliminated.

Kismet has a total length of 95.2 meters, a ship width of 13.8 meters, a maximum draft of 3.75 meters, and a total tonnage of 2928 tons. It was built and delivered by the German Lürssen Shipyard in 2014.

Its exterior is from Monaco’s Espen Oeino, and its interior design is by British Reymond Langton Design, both of which are famous designers.

The boat can carry 12 passengers and has a crew of 28.

The yacht has a top speed of 17 knots and can cruise 12 miles at 6000 knots.

Luxurious facilities include a helipad, spa, sauna, beauty salon, indoor and outdoor cinemas, fully equipped gymnasium, dance floor and lift to the deck, and it also has two swimming pools.

The yacht is equally luxurious, with the interior designed and decorated in a "champagne and caviar" theme, creating a striking and unique interior space.

This yacht has a total of five decks, making its interior space very spacious.

Additionally, its interior features a double-height main salon spanning the main and upper decks, reached via a wide staircase, an area filled with color schemes and architecture reminiscent of Art Deco.

After reading it, the agent highly recommended this yacht. He said that the discount on this yacht was very strong.

Shahid Khan listed it at US$2.64 million at the beginning of the year. After waiting for several months, no one took notice, so he lowered it to €1.69 million.

After waiting for another two months, there was still no one interested, so the price has now dropped to 1.49 million euros, which shows how urgent he is to ship.

The agent encouraged:
"Sir, to be honest, at the current price of this yacht, the owner has no profit at all, and there is no way to lower it."

Li Zhuo did the math and found that the price of 1.49 million euros was equivalent to 11.6 billion yuan.

It was still very expensive, and Li Zhuo didn't really want to pay so much.

He shook his head and said:

"I can't accept this price. Since this wealthy businessman wants to welcome his new toy and dispose of the old yacht, he should show sincerity and want to sell it at a profit. How is that possible?"

Many people the agent met said this, so he asked:
"So sir, what do you think the price of this yacht is?"

Li Zhuo said:

"After all, it is second-hand. It was built in 14, which is already 8 years ago. And I heard that the yacht was rented out by the club before. In this case, I can pay up to 1 million euros."

In fact, the price doesn't matter, but he really doesn't like chartered yachts that have been used by countless people. Psychologically, he doesn't like such yachts.

Moreover, if Li Zhuo buys a yacht, he will definitely not be able to charter it out. He will only keep it for himself and those close to him.

After hearing this, the agent shook his head and said:
"That's impossible. Even if Mr. Khan disposes of this yacht at a low price, it is impossible to sell it at this price. It is obviously worth more than 1 million euros."

Li Zhuo shrugged and said:
"Whatever, maybe he hasn't thought it through yet and needs a cooling-off period. Later, maybe he will figure it out: selling it at a low price is better than letting it rot in his hands."

The agent could only laugh and said:
"Okay, sir, let's go see the next one." The last superyacht is called Carinthia VII. It was built in 2002 but was just renovated this year.

Its length is 97.2 meters, width is 16.6 meters, maximum draft is 4.8 meters, and gross tonnage is 3643 tons. It is made of steel hull and aluminum superstructure.

It was manufactured by Leshun Shipyard in Germany. The exterior design and interior layout were completed by the British Tim Heywood Design Bureau. The interior decoration was completed by Ellerhorst Kreuter of Austria. The modification was completed by Bizzozero Cassina of Italy.

This yacht has been renovated and has a brand new look. The interior decoration and facilities still look very beautiful overall.

But its price is also quite open, with an asking price of US$1.8 million.

Li Zhuo felt that he was not crazy enough to spend so much money on a second-hand refurbished yacht, so he happily excluded it from his consideration list.

These five are currently the largest yachts for sale in Monaco. The others are more than 60 meters long and are obviously smaller.

Li Zhuo finally went to see the Leona yacht again. This yacht was very new and had just been built recently. It was a new product. Compared with the two super yachts more than 90 meters long, it attracted Li Zhuo more.

Moreover, its price was more suitable for Li Zhuo. Li Zhuo looked at the yacht again.

它的吨位在1700多吨，长80米，能为12名宾客和24名船员提供住宿，加满油后能以12节的航速行驶5500海里。

In terms of data, it is definitely not as good as a larger yacht, but it is enough for Li Zhuo.

And at this price, he is relatively calm. You must know that buying a yacht costs money, but the subsequent maintenance and maintenance team members also invest a lot.

For example, the annual operating cost of the Dilbar superyacht, which costs US$7000 million, is close to US$[-] million.

Filling up its fuel tank would cost £60.

Of course, the refueling fee for this 80-meter-long Leona yacht is much lower than this, but even so, it still costs 58 yuan to fill it up with fuel.

At least for now, Li Zhuo, who has 17.77 billion yuan in his bank card, is the most suitable person to buy this yacht named Leona.

Li Zhuo finally bought the yacht. The hull was quoted at US$1.05 million, but Li Zhuo cut off a fraction of the price and sold it for US$1 million.

However, when this yacht is sold, there is a fixed consumption tax of 10%. The seller cannot pay this tax himself, and it will eventually be added to the selling price.

If you buy a yacht in China, you still need to pay 13% value-added tax, which is not applicable abroad.

So he spent a total of 1.1 million US dollars, equivalent to 7.7 million yuan, to buy this yacht, and he still had 10.07 billion yuan left on his bank card.

After buying it, Li Zhuo paid another US$35 for "postal charges." Yes, this thing is so big that it costs money to package it and deliver it to your door.

The packing location is Sentosa, Singapore. The specific location has not yet been decided, mainly because Li Zhuo has not had time to buy a house.

But don't be in a hurry. It takes 45 days for a cargo ship to travel from Monaco to Singapore. No matter how fast this yacht is, it will take 20 days.

As for the crew, he did not plan to use Europeans, so he found an agency to recruit domestic crew members with experience working on luxury cruise ships and applied for work visas to work on his yacht.

Of course, Singapore also requires a certain proportion of locals, so he also recruited a group of crew members in Singapore, limited to Chinese.

After finishing this matter, he called Li's mother and Ms. Ye, and then got on the plane and flew to Singapore.

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(End of this chapter)