Chapter 99 Wind and rain meet Jiangnan (4)
Below the huge wings of Belfast, a shiny black sedan lined up, especially the first one on the left. On the extremely heavy front of the car, an extremely coquettish goddess standing flag shone with charming silver lights under the bright reflection of the high-pressure sodium lamp.
For the people of the Republic, just by putting the name of Rolls-Royce is enough to regard it as a special purpose for the rich. In fact, the cars produced by Rolls-Royce are divided into grades.
Generally speaking, the Rolls-Royce brand can be divided into three product lines: Rolls-Royce Phantom, Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs, and Rolls-Royce Ghost.
Among them, the Rolls-Royce Phantom is the top customized model, and the so-called British royal special car refers to the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
In the 1980s, ordering Rolls-Royce Phantom either had enough social influence or had a title above the English Earl. If you don’t meet these two points, you can’t buy Rolls-Royce’s Black Phantom.
The Rolls-Royce Ghost is the most popular mass-produced car among the Rolls-Royce brand, and it is also a product used by Rolls-Royce to compete with brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Maserati, Volvo, Lincoln, and Chrysler in the ordinary luxury car market.
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs have developed models for high-end business needs, with higher than ghosts and lower than Phantoms in the product line, but there are no procurement restrictions.
For example, the bulletproof version of the car, the Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Silver Sword have this additional option, while the Rolls-Royce Ghost does not have a bulletproof version.
The price of the customized version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is basically starting from one million dollars. The price of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs is less than half that of the Phantom, roughly around 500,000 to 600,000 US dollars. The price of the Rolls-Royce Ghost is more down-to-earth, only about 200,000 to 250,000 US dollars, which is 200,000 US dollars lower than the Bentley Mulsanne with a Bentley shell that actually uses a Rolls-Royce chassis.
When Yuanjia took over Jardine, Jardine Group's luxury cars in Hong Kong included two Rolls-Royce Phantoms and five Bentley Murchant Jardine Commemorative Editions.
One of the Rolls-Royce Phantoms is a customized version for the Caesar family, such as the seats are tattooed with the Caesar family badge, the welcome pedals have the first letter of the family, and the hub cover is also customized in private, etc.
Although this Rolls-Royce, which is full of family personal style, was also under the name of Jardine Mathematics, Yuanjia signed the documents to acquire Jardine Mathematics and gave the car as a gift to Simon Caesar.
In terms of Yuanjia's scale at this time, a customized Rolls-Royce worth at least one million US dollars is not surprisingly better than ordinary office supplies in Liang Yuan's eyes. In terms of the top rich circles with mixed marriages and in-laws in the old European Union, Yuanjia's spending millions of dollars to establish a good relationship with the old British family Caesar family is not a loss-making deal.
Another customized version of Rolls-Royce is based on Jardines. Jardines' corporate logo Scottish Thistle is printed on the seats, driving panels, welcome boards, desks in the car.
Similarly, the five Bentley Mursanne commemorative editions owned by Jardine are also the theme of Jardine Mursanne's 150th anniversary, which is 150,000 yuan higher than the $450,000 price of the ordinary Bentley Mursanne.
In the end, the unit cost $1.5 million and purchased in 1982. It was licensed HK00150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Jardine Map Group, and eventually became the mount of Qilian Mountain in Hong Kong.
Of course, if Liang Yuan had not emphasized repeatedly that the company was bigger, the scenes that should have had to be supported. In addition, Liang Haiping replaced Liang Yuan's Volga with four circles, Qilianshan said that he would not ride a trolley in any way.
The 1980s Rolls-Royce Silver Spurs, Ghosts or Bentley Mulsanne did not have black paint to choose from in the mass-produced models. Only the top-end models with personal customized versions can be freely selected according to the owner's wishes.
Zhang Rentian (Xian Tian has changed his name, everyone is used to it) and Chen Guanghan don’t know much about luxury cars, but Wang Chengang, the driver of the two, is a veteran car fan.
After everyone entered the hangar, they were all attracted by the huge body of Belfast. When they reacted, they suddenly realized that the luxury car with the ceiling "starlight" reflected on the row of painted surfaces under the huge wings of Befa was even more eye-catching.
Judging from the momentum, these six cars are completely incomparable to Audi, Bluebird, Big Toyota, etc. common in the Republic.
Speaking of which, Wang Chengang is also a lucky person. Before Wang Chen joined the army, his family was in Yangcheng. His parents couldn't study and did business, and they didn't care about him. The army of the Republic has always been known as a melting pot, and he can flatten any problem for you. Wang Chengang's parents made up their minds and simply stuffed Wang Chengang into the army.
Originally, the 93rd Army was stationed in Liaoning, and Wang Chengang was thousands of miles away from home. Unexpectedly, the Nansha War Zone was established. All the members of the 93rd Army went south and changed into a quick rebel army. Wang Chengang became one of the very lucky few lucky local soldiers in the 93rd Army.
Due to his superior family background, Wang Chengang is almost memorizing the top car of Hong Kong rich people. Wang Chengang, the pearl in luxury cars such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, will naturally not miss it.
"I~uh~."
Wang Chengang said half of the auxiliary words in a strong tone, and then he forced himself to hold them back.
"Xiao Wang, what do you think?"
Zhang Rentian was in a very good mood and teased his driver.
"Uh~, political commissar, I saw two flight groups parked under the plane's wings, and I couldn't help but sigh."
"Oh, how do you say this?"
Chen Guanghan asked with great interest.
"The leader of the report, the car on the left is a customized version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Looking at the license plate of HK00150, it should have been ordered from the UK for US$1.5 million at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Hong Kong Jardines Group."
"The five Bentley Mulsanne commemorative editions parked on the right side of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, each car is purchased at $600,000. I bought a Hong Kong car magazine when I was not in the army. These cars are very well-known in Hong Kong and are frequent customers of the car magazine."
The $1.5 million Rolls-Royce Plus and $3 million Bentley Mulsanne has a total of $4.5 million, which is about 400 million yuan if it is exchanged for RMB.
The construction of a flight regiment equipped with the Republic's new J-7 fighter jet was roughly 200 million yuan. It was really vague that there were two flight regiments parked under the wings of the plane as Wang Chengang said.
Listening to Wang Chen's words so much, Zhang Rentian and Chen Guanghan were a little fascinated. Ning Lei only told them that Belfast was coming, but he never said that he would come with six cars at random.
"It's shocking to change the two regiments of planes to six cars. Hong Kong people are so rich. I can't guess how Commander Ning borrowed the plane."
Zhang Rentian shook his head at Chen Guanghan with a wry smile.
The 212 Jeep slowly stopped not far from the Belfast tailgate. Before Zhang Rentian and Chen Guanghan could wait for the car to stabilize, they opened the door and jumped down.
"Old Chen, Lao Zhang, here."
The rear door of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, which was parked farthest from Belfast's body, suddenly opened, and Ning Lei came out of the rear seat of the car.
"Wow~, I'd rather say that this is a shotgun and run away. This car is really good, it looks thick."
Chen Guanghan said and walked towards Ning Lei with a smile.
"I can't afford to change this thing."
Ning Lei stretched out his left arm and pulled the luxury car, continuing: "My thirty years of salary is accumulated, and it is not enough to buy any wheel. This car can't be driven in vain."
"Let the staff get on the plane and watch slowly. Both crews are here. If you don't know how to be reserved, don't be afraid of being embarrassed. Ask more questions. The three of us will change the original plan first and then get on the plane to think about it."
Originally, Liang Yuan and Ning Lei made an appointment to use one Belfast-mounted Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and the other to use the data for Ning Leifei. Now Ning Lei was happy to see Lie, and before Zhang Rentian and Chen Guanghan came, he strolled on the plane for fifty minutes.
Even if Belfast is big enough, it is definitely enough to spend fifty minutes shopping.
After Ning Lei got off Beifa, he decided to requisition all two aircraft. As for Yuanjia's six luxury cars, Ning Lei planned to use three Y-8 transport aircraft to deliver mounts to someone.
Anyway, as long as the car arrives in Shanghai on time, Liang Yuan will not care about how Ning Lei used to send the car over.
Although Ning Lei said that he could not afford a wheel for his thirty years of salary, he did not feel hesitated or embarrassed when using the Rolls-Royce.
"Old Zhang, Lao Chen, come in and sit on the sofa and study the problem is much more comfortable than talking in the airplane cargo warehouse."
Ning Lei turned around and opened the rear door of the Rolls-Royce.
Jardine's customized version of Rolls-Royce Phantom adopts a rear seat design similar to the Queen of England and the Prime Minister's version. The two doors adopt a rare cross-opening method. The entire rear row can sit four people, consisting of four independent seats opposite each other. The space in the cockpit is just enough to hold a small meeting.
"He, I heard Xiao Wang say in the car just now that these six cars can be exchanged for two flight groups. It feels like it will be worth it in this life."
"Old Zhang, you like to take the Yunba flying to Shanghai City. This car will be delivered to Shanghai City before July 7th. I plan to use three Yunba cars to air transport them there."
Zhang Rentian laughed at me without any politeness, and pulled Chen Guanghan into the very wrapped and comfortable back row of Rolls-Royce.
However, after Chen Guanghan sat down, he thought about it for a while and slowly savored some information that was not revealed in Ning Lei's words.
"I would rather ask something, but if it is inconvenient, you can not answer."
Although Ning Lei guessed something that Chen Guanghan was going to ask, he still nodded with a smile.
"Ning means, the main purpose of Belfast's return to China this time is to send these cars to Shanghai City?"
Ning Lei clicked a little.
"It should be a way to lend us a test?"
Ning Lei hesitated for a moment before nodding. Given that someone was too cunning, Ning Lei couldn't figure out whether Liang Yuan was fishing. After all, Yuanjia had already collected all the production technology of Belfast. Even the most difficult engine system, someone was introduced to the country two years ago.
"That, I would like to point out that we have changed our reservation plan directly, this ~ OK?"
Chapter completed!