Chapter 364: Transforming the Island
An Feng spent some time debugging this classic Porsche. He estimated that he had earned at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. He happily drove it to the museum and asked the staff to polish it to a shiny look like a new one. After registering, the classic sports car family added another member.
This kind of persistent collection maniac is easily found. Recently, some collectors have wanted to sell an extremely rare race car: Ford GT40. The most classic and domineering one in the 1960s. When he first defeated Ferrari, he won the 4th Le Mans 24 Hours Championship in the 1966-1969 Le Mans 24 Hours.
An Feng arranged a meeting. This time the seller came to the door with his own initiative. He was a white-bearded old man, but he still had many things to pay attention to when he wanted to sell his collection. Those who didn’t know much about cars would not sell, those who didn’t like racing would not sell... The stubborn old man couldn’t find a suitable candidate after choosing.
After visiting Anfeng's museum and experiencing the co-pilot of the Ferrari F40, Anfeng took him to the track for a while, the old man with a white heart attack did not have a heart attack. He was very sober and said that he could give a satisfactory price for both parties. The last time the Ford GT40 was sold was six or seven years ago.
At that time, it was sold for $11 million. With Americans' love for Ford, they regarded the GT40 as the ultimate collection. However, the high price of more than 10 million yuan cut off the idea of many people taking it into their arms. After so many years, this car will only be more valuable.
Now the old man is willing to transfer the car to An Feng, who can even be a professional driver, feels like giving a hero to a hero. The other party is so happy, and An Feng has not bargained, so he simply traded it at a bargain and won the classic blue racing car.
Unlike other classic cars, the Ford GT40 is acceptable until now. This is probably due to the Ford GT model launched by Ford in 2004, which is a replica of the GT40, which pays tribute to the classics of the 1960s and is very similar.
So the GT40 car can also be very trendy. After An Feng got it, he carefully tried it on the track. The car was very light, less than 1,000 kilograms. Using a large-displacement V8 engine, it can easily reach more than 200 on the track, whether it is cornering or straight acceleration. It is still surging.
"This guy is so cool!" After seeing it, several friends in the convoy were envious. This car has a very extraordinary significance to Americans.
An Feng showed off his beautiful car generously and said he could touch it.
Maserati's Bruno said: "If you like to collect, you must not miss the Ferrari auction in Turin next week."
"Oh? What models are there?" An Feng asked.
"A black Ferrari FXX, a short-axle version of the 1962 Ferrari 250GT-SWB, was hosted by RM Auction House."
An Feng said: "Thank you for the reminder. I won't miss it."
It turns out that someone was thinking about him. When he was thinking about his travel time that night, Brian from RM called and invited him to participate in the Turin auction. An Feng naturally agreed. After discussing with Joanna, he decided to attend the auction and go and check out the private islands and their yachts.
I didn't know much about it before. After they bought it, they found that the island could top Forbes. It has an area of 4.5 square kilometers and is about 1,111 acres. Compared with other islands that are just over dozens of acres, it has a strong advantage in terms of price and area.
But in contrast, An Feng's transformation is a bit stingy.
After learning the truth, An Feng felt that he really had to do some face-saving projects. Anyway, the island was so big that Forbes would not have the opportunity to summarize the top ten private islands in the world every year. He added another group to him: as the most expensive private island, he seemed stingy in maintenance work.
An Feng had an idea: "We can transform islands on a large scale, just like those expensive and beautiful artificial islands in Florida, ensuring privacy to the greatest extent and no one will disturb you. Then build houses around the coast, and convert them into courts, parks and so on in the middle?"
Joanna said: "You want to invest in a tourism business?"
An Feng said: "Good idea, we can't go there a few times a year, and the islands are all free."
Joanna also thinks it is good. To be honest, it is very lonely for a few people to live in such a large island. It is too wasteful to stay idle after leaving. It is transformed into a high-end resort and provided to high-end customers. First, it is to increase popularity and second, it is to recover costs. This principle is similar to a super cruise ship, and talent is lively.
Some travel to Sardinia are privacy-seeking, and islands with strong geographical advantages can provide these environments.
Their very unified view is to draw out private areas.
Just like the top-floor suite of the Queen, lively is one thing, and having your own private space is another. When the two merge, it will naturally become a perfect compromise. There is a complete private space when you are relaxing, and you can participate in activities on the island when you are bored.
The private island is large, with more than one thousand acres. To be honest, a luxury house covers a very limited area. For example, their luxury house with private beaches in Miami is very large, right? The total area is only 0.5 acres. So the island has a lot of land, and there are excellent beaches to the south and east. They only need to delineate one of them as a private place, and it is appropriate to develop the other place into a leisure resort.
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After having an idea, An Feng took his assistant, translator and bodyguard to Italy.
First of all, he has to participate in the auction in Turin. His goals this time are very simple: FXX and 250GT.
FXX is a racing car that is transformed with Ferrari ENZO as the template, which means that it can only be cool on the track. Like 599XX, it is also like the F12XX that Anfeng was invited to order, which is very memorable. The difficulty of purchasing is much higher than that of Ferrari flagships, and now Anfeng can only be recycled.
Ferrari's 250 series is known as a must-have increase in collections. As long as it is well maintained, it will rise every year - as for why the auction is auctioned? The slow increase is definitely not enough to meet the profit needs. In fact, many people who buy classic sports cars are commercial behaviors, and there are very few who have pure fun in Anfeng.
An Feng first saw the black horse at the auction venue. Ferrari rarely had other colors to beat red, but the pure black of this FXX brought a different kind of wildness. An Feng liked it at first sight. Its maintenance is very good, with a starting price of 2 million US dollars.
The bidders raised their signs one by one, and the RM manager's eyes stayed at An Feng many times. I was impressed that no one could stop An Feng from collecting what he liked, and this time the same was true. An Feng directly increased the price to US$2.4 million and did it neatly.
Everyone looked back at this Chinese, and they didn’t have a deep impression of it, but because of the race, and the previous few times, yellow people sold good things at high prices, commonly known as “Chinese people are here”. Now when they see yellow people, they feel that it’s not good. That guy came to burn money again in the past!
When An Feng saw everyone's expressions, a very funny idea emerged.
When everyone determined that the items he participated in the auction ended up falling into his hands, there might be people who were unhappy to raise the price for him. Then An Feng quoted the price in the racing engine that he was not interested in, and then someone else offered the price. Then An Feng did not make any sound again.
Looking at the guy who quoted the bid, he glanced at An Feng who had never quoted it, looking like he was eating a fly. An Feng looked at him and shrugged helplessly. He also wore big sunglasses beside him. Joanna, who participated in the low-key manner, covered her mouth and smiled: "You have harmed others!"
An Feng cut off his relationship: "This definitely has nothing to do with me."
Then no one dared to argue with him casually. The 250GT-SWB that was auctioned behind was settled for $7.5 million. The SWB is also a black model. The sports version launched by Ferrari and Pininfarina is very valuable for collection and it will be worth buying it.
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After finishing the collection, Brian helped him get the check-in, and the next item was a yacht.
The "Darling Joanna" has been completed, and Anfeng's entourage also enjoys the boss's glory and enjoys the luxury of the flagship yacht. As the flagship, Ferretti 960 is spacious and luxurious. There are five rooms in the lower living area, a salon that can accommodate fifteen people on the upper deck, and a restaurant for dinner for eight people. The sun deck allows seven or eight people to sunbathe, and there is also a small freshwater swimming pool on the upper deck.
Anfeng hired yacht drivers, chefs and two helpers. A dozen people boarded this brand new luxury yacht, set out from Geneva, and rushed to Sardinia, 400 kilometers away. Anfeng's private island is easy to find, it is a few kilometers north of Sardinia, the largest and quietest in the tourist area.
On the yacht, the specially invited designers began to communicate with An Feng with the help of the translator.
An Feng said his idea, having a luxurious private area and a leisure resort area was also necessary. The designer could easily understand his idea: both purity and liveliness. The two styles can be exchanged at any time to add fun.
An Feng nodded: "That's what I mean."
Translation: "The designer said this is a very good island. Unlike other islands that are close to the scenic spot or short distance, it is a scenic spot itself. If the Italian government was not heavily in debt, such a large and well-placed place would not be listed for sale."
An Feng smiled: "It makes me happy to hear this."
The designer does not need to waste words to praise bad islands, and he is obliged to explain the good or bad things. But according to current perspective, he is very satisfied and expands the private area three to five times as required by An Feng. In addition to the sea view mansion, there are beaches, lawn gardens and courts.
The resort project is complicated, luxury resort hotel-style essentials, large swimming pools, coconut and palm trees are all essential, soft beaches, crystal clear waters, and perfect hotel service on the beach... This plan is very exciting.
An Feng also has his ideas, such as the issue of power generation and fresh water. The most important thing at present is power generation. Private use does not require high electricity, but the resort area is different. His idea is very fashionable - using wind power, and superconductors are used as the core of the generator.
In superconductors have the characteristics of strong magnetic field and zero resistance, and the efficiency of power generation is at least three times higher than that of ordinary generators. Installing two or three wind turbines on the top of the mountain is equivalent to eight or nine ordinary ones, which is enough to provide the island with all-weather electricity demand.
Then there is the problem of fresh water. There is groundwater on the island, so it is fine as usual drinking water, but the reserves are not enough to be used as other things. Anfeng wants to install An's industrial seawater desalination device here first. Only medium-sized devices are needed to be enough for normal watering and swimming.
Chapter completed!