Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 142 Private Jet Flying to Beijing

Yangcheng Baiyun Airport.

In the VIP waiting hall.

"Gentlemen, your private plane has arrived and the crew has been arranged. Four Air China crew members will serve you, including two pilots and two first-class cabin attendants.

The maximum delay time for this flight is 40 minutes. Would you like to board the plane now or after some adjustments?"

Gu Heng, Lu Yuan, Fu Songyang and Liu Wan were chatting in the four-person reception room in the airport VIP waiting hall. There was a knock on the door and an airport ground staff walked in slowly.

Gu Heng couldn't help but look up when he heard the ground staff lady's voice. He found that it was the ground staff lady who took him out of the airport last time. He couldn't help but smile and said, "We meet again."

Upon hearing this, the ground staff lady quickly turned her gaze to Gu Heng, and then the smile on her face became brighter: "Good afternoon, Mr. Gu, it's a great honor to serve you again."

"Do you remember me?"

Gu Heng was a little surprised.

How many tens of thousands of people do airport ground staff need to come into contact with every day?
Although it had only been a few days since I last flew back to Guangzhou from Hong Kong Island, according to the normal memory, I would have forgotten it long ago. But I didn't expect that this ground staff girl not only remembered me, but could even call out my last name accurately.

The ground staff lady responded with a smile: "Of course, I have a very deep impression of every airport customer who takes a private jet, especially the bad experience I gave you that day, Mr. Gu. I would like to express my sincere apologies to you again."

Fu Songyang listened to what the two said and couldn't help but said to Gu Heng: "You kid lied to me? Didn't you say it was your first time riding a private plane?"

Gu Heng spread his hands: "This is really my first time sitting here."

"Then how do you explain what this ground staff lady said?"

"It would be fine if you didn't say it. If you did, I would be furious. What I took was not a private plane, it was a private helicopter. I don't want to say more about the experience. It's simply indescribable."

Liu Wan also immediately interrupted: "Are you dizzy from all the noise?"

"Yes! It's too noisy! Brother Liu, have you sat here before?"

Liu Wan nodded: "I often go on business trips to Southeast Asia, so I bought a helicopter in Malaysia. The country's land area is small, it is inconvenient to fly, and the car is too slow. If there is an emergency meeting, I can only take a helicopter.

But like I said before, it's too noisy. It takes a long time to recover after every helicopter or plane ride."

Gu Heng nodded in approval: "Yes, I was planning to buy a helicopter before, but I gave up the idea since then. Spending some money doesn't matter, but spending money to suffer is crazy."

Lu Yuan: "Then you can buy a private jet like Songyang did. This one won't be a pain."

Fu Songyang rolled his eyes and said, “If you believe me, don’t buy it unless you have a special need.

This mid-sized business jet of mine was bought by my damn father more than ten years ago. It cost less than 1000 million yuan at the time, but it ends up costing more than million yuan a year for upkeep, maintenance and miscellaneous expenses.

More than a decade is enough to buy a second private jet.

You mentioned people like Ma Yun and Wang Jianlin, they spend most of the year on planes, so it’s normal for them to buy a private jet. I don’t even know what my father was trying to do when he bought this plane.

I want to sell it now but no one wants to take it over. Just think about it, with over 100 million, how much can you do? In the end, I bought this shit. Sometimes when I burn incense to my damn father, I want to curse him. "

“So high maintenance cost?”

Gu Heng has only a limited understanding of private jets.
He only knew that private jets were standard equipment for top wealthy people. Whether at home or abroad, most top wealthy people would buy one or even multiple private jets.

But I didn't expect the cost to be so high, more than 10 million a year.
Sure enough, poverty still limits my imagination
Fu Songyang shrugged: "What do you think? For someone like me who flies less, it's about 10 million a year. If you fly a lot, the route fees are a mess, and it's possible to double it.

Besides, I have a mid-sized business jet. If you want to change to a Gulfstream 650, the starting price is 3000 million per year. Pay attention to my wording, starting price! Only big guys like Liu Dongqiang can afford it. Anyway, I can’t afford it. "

The ground staff lady listened to the conversation between the two people and her eyelids twitched.
Airports are one of the places where you can best see the gap between the rich and the poor
There are bigwigs here who spend hundreds of millions on private jets, and there are ordinary people who buy discounted tickets.
Even though she had been working for so many years and had already seen all this, she still couldn't help but smack her lips when she heard the conversation.
"Okay, let's talk on the plane. We still have to stay on the plane for more than three hours."

Having said that, Fu Songyang stood up directly.

The ground staff lady quickly stood in front and led the way for the group.
This time, the situation did not occur when passing through the special channel as last time. Several people slowly got on the airport shuttle bus.
four people.
One car per person.
In about two minutes, Gu Heng saw the true appearance of Fu Songyang's private jet.
Although Fu Songyang has been complaining that this is a medium-sized aircraft, that is only relative.
With a fuselage and wingspan of nearly 20 meters, such a huge thing appeared in front of Gu Heng, and Gu Heng was still a little excited.
Although I have also been on a plane once, my mental state is obviously different.
The last time I took a plane, it was a civil aviation
And at that time, Gu Heng had no idea about private jets.
Now, when he thought about the possibility of owning such a huge thing, Gu Heng couldn't help but think about it.
"How about buying a private jet?"

My current savings of more than 3 million should be enough, right?

As for the high maintenance cost mentioned by Fu Songyang, it was not within Gu Heng's consideration at all.
What he cares about is enjoyment. Even if he only rides a few times a year and has to pay tens of millions in maintenance fees, he doesn't mind.
Thinking of this, Gu Heng decided to ask Fu Songyang about the details of his private jet.
If it's not too troublesome, I'll buy one this time.

Owning your own private jet and being able to fly wherever you want is such a great feeling.
As he was thinking, Gu Heng followed Fu Songyang and the others up the gangway.
After entering the cabin, Fu Songyang couldn't help but smile at Gu Heng and said, "How is the layout of my cabin? My dead father's cabin was so shabby before, and after I took over, I spent more than 600 million to renovate it.

Although the aircraft has become more stylish, its practicality has decreased. Previously, the aircraft could carry 14 people at a time, but now, including the crew, it can only carry 8 people.

Gu Heng stared at it, and the idea of ​​buying a private jet became stronger and stronger.

He also flew first class.
But no matter how good a first-class cabin is, it can never compare to a private jet.
Stepping on the soft carpet, Gu Heng sat on the sofa on one side, crossed his legs comfortably, and quietly experienced it.
The stewardess who had been waiting on the plane saw this scene and quickly and considerately covered Gu Heng with a cashmere blanket that had been prepared by the side.
Fu Songyang saw Gu Heng like this, and he said with a grin, "How's it going, Gu Heng?"

It was not the first time that Lu Yuan and Liu Wan had taken his plane. He no longer felt any sense of accomplishment by showing off in front of them. Now that he had caught a newbie like Gu Heng, of course he would show off like crazy.
Gu Heng nodded sincerely: "It's really nice, it's no different from staying in a hotel."

Listening to Gu Heng's flattery, Fu Songyang's mouth was almost grinning to his ears, but he still said hypocritically: "Well, that's far from enough. My plane is still a little small. If I change it to an Airbus 380 and directly decorate it with a few bedrooms, it would be cool.

It’s fine for me to fly a short domestic flight of a few hours, but it’s not okay for me to fly to Europe, America, or something like that. It’s still a pain.”

As he spoke, he instructed the stewardess beside him to take out the red wine that had been prepared in the wine cabinet.

"Gu Heng, if you are interested, how about I sell this plane to you directly? I don't usually use it anyway."

Gu Heng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "How much?"

Fu Songyang was just joking, but he didn't expect Gu Heng to start asking for the price. He was stunned.
"Are you serious, kid?"

Gu Heng blinked: "What else?"

Lu Yuan looked at Fu Songyang's confused expression and couldn't help laughing out loud: "Gu Heng, don't tease him. This guy just wants to pretend in front of you. How can he really want to sell it? He is used to pretending in front of me and Lao Liu, and it's boring, so he pretends to death in front of you.

Besides, this plane has been flying for more than ten years. It will be retired in a few more years. Why did you buy it?"

After listening to Lu Yuan's words, Gu Heng looked at Fu Songyang.
Noticing Gu Heng's expression, Fu Songyang smiled awkwardly.
Seeing this, Gu Heng could only nod with some regret. When Fu Songyang asked him if he wanted to buy it just now, he really intended to buy it.
After all, he just said that this plane only costs a little over 100 million, which is just within his affordability.
Seeing Gu Heng's regretful look, Lu Yuan couldn't help but ask, "You're not really planning to buy it, are you?"

Gu Heng: “Yes.”

Hearing Gu Heng's sincere tone, the cabin suddenly became quiet.
Liu Wan and Lu Yuan are both billionaires, but they have no plans to buy a private jet.
On the one hand, they don't need to use it, but more importantly, they don't want to bear the high cost of private jets.
With tens of millions of dollars a year, there are not many people in China who can afford it.
Including Fu Songyang, if this plane was not left by his deceased father, he would never have thought of buying a private jet.
"Gu Heng, I want to ask you a question, but this question involves some privacy. It's okay if you don't want to answer it."

Listening to Fu Songyang's question, Gu Heng nodded and responded casually: "Brother Yang, ask." "In the few days since we met, you want to invest in a racing track, create a racing team, and ask me and Liu Wan to order a supercar, and now you want to buy a private jet.

A rough calculation would put it at several billion. Where did you get all this money from?
I asked Lu Yuan before, wanting to know what you do, but he said he didn't know
I know it’s a bit inappropriate to ask these questions, but to be honest, I’m so curious that I can’t hold it back any longer.”

Gu Heng was silent for a while after listening to Fu Songyang's question.
really
As my consumption increases, these problems become more and more obvious.
In the past, whether it was staying in a hotel that cost hundreds of thousands of yuan a day or doing something else, it seemed that the cost was very high, but that was only limited to ordinary people.
For serious rich people.

That's all normal consumption. Not to mention billionaires, even ordinary multi-millionaires, who hasn't consumed this?
But now it's different
Whether it is investing in a racing track or buying a private jet, these are all ceiling-level consumption.
It's impossible not to attract other people's attention.
When his net worth was only tens of millions, Gu Heng could still say that he earned it from the foreign exchange market, but now if Gu Heng said that he earned it from the foreign exchange market, he would be seen through in a second.
Although Fu Songyang and his companions were not in the financial industry, their business was so big that it was impossible for them not to have been exposed to this field. This excuse might be enough to fool his naive cousin and his ignorant parents, but it was definitely impossible to fool them.

Thinking of this, Gu Heng hesitated and said, "I do have a lot of money, but I don't know how to explain it to you. You can think of it as an inheritance."

Lu Yuan: "???"

"Inheritance? What kind of inheritance can make you squander it like this?"

Fu Songyang couldn't help but interrupt and continued to ask: "Then can you tell me how much inheritance you have inherited?"

Gu Heng hesitated for a moment and got stuck again.
He also doesn't know if there is an upper limit to the system's rewards.
Seeing Gu Heng's look, Fu Songyang changed his way of asking, "Lu Yuan was ranked at number 60 on the Hurun Rich List last year, with a total asset of about billion.

Just tell me whether your inheritance is greater than his wealth."

Gu Heng nodded.

Even if there is an upper limit on the system reward, it is definitely higher than 60 billion.

After all, the system has given me almost 500 to 600 million yuan now.

The three of them looked at each other, and the cabin fell into deathly silence again.
They did not doubt the truthfulness of Gu Heng's words.
After all, if it weren't for the huge amount of disposable wealth, no one would dare to spend money like Gu Heng. As for illegal sources, it is even more impossible. Under China's financial control, except for a small amount of careful money laundering, most of the funds are under control. If someone dared to spend money like this from illegal sources, the relevant departments would have invited Gu Heng to have tea long ago.
lottery ticket?

Let's not talk about the authenticity of lottery tickets. The prize pool of several hundred million yuan alone cannot withstand Gu Heng's squandering.
Lu Yuan had been wondering what Gu Heng's situation was. After all, it was rare to see a young man like Gu Heng who had a lot of money but had little experience of the world.
Now after hearing what Gu Heng said, it suddenly made sense.
It's really the real-life version of Wang Duoyu.
However, they were only surprised for a moment at Gu Heng's luck, and then they calmed down.
After all, they are all second-generation rich.
There are people in China who are over 30 years old and worth billions, but it can only be said that 90% or even more of them are second-generation rich.
So to put it bluntly, they are just the same kind of people as Gu Heng, there is nothing to envy.
"But Gu Heng, is the inheritance you inherited in cash or in addition to fixed assets?"

“It’s all cash.”

Lu Yuan guessed the same, hesitated for a while and then slowly said: "To be honest, I suggest that you, Gu Heng, set up an investment company or something like that, at least there will be a continuous return flow.

Otherwise, if you keep living off your inheritance, even a mountain of gold will be spent sooner or later. You don't need to manage it. Find a group of professional managers and let them work for you. Even if they don't make a lot of money, at least they can maintain your current life after your inheritance is spent.

If you continue to spend like you are now."

Lu Yuan didn't finish his words, but Gu Heng understood what he meant. He smiled and nodded, accepting his kindness.

As the flight attendant reminded them that the plane was about to take off, several people returned to their seats and fastened their seat belts under the gentle service of the flight attendant.
Four people sat in each corner. The flight attendant considerately poured red wine into the glasses in front of them, then she left their sight and walked to the front cabin.

Looking at the flight attendant's back, Gu Heng couldn't help but glance at Fu Songyang: "Brother Yang, are all your maintenance personnel arranged by the airline? Why don't you set up a private maintenance team?"

Fu Songyang's answer was concise: "No money."

"Expensive?"

"It's expensive! Let me do the math for you. I take five or six flights a month on average. Using an airline crew costs about 2 to 3 yuan each time, which works out to just over a million yuan a year.

But if I were to support a crew, the annual salary of the captain and co-pilot alone would be around 300 million yuan. Do you think it's worth it? I'm trying to save as much as I can on the plane. I'm already distressed enough to burn down a house in Beijing every year."

Seeing Gu Heng silent, Fu Songyang smiled and said, "After listening to me, do you think you no longer want to buy a plane? If you want to use a plane in the future, just contact me directly. You will bear the cost yourself. I will lend you the plane and I won't charge you any rent."

Gu Heng shook his head slowly: "I still want to buy it, but I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Even if I really want to buy it, I don't have the channel."

"Although I don't recommend you to buy it, if you really want to buy it, I can help you."

Gu Heng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is this true?"

"Why would I lie to you? With your personality, you're too lazy to wait to buy a car, so it's unlikely that you'll customize a plane. After all, it takes longer to customize a plane. There will be an air show in Geneva soon, and Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed will all be there. If you have any ideas, I have a few spots for the exhibition. I'll go around with you and try my luck. Maybe we can find a bargain."

"can!"

Seeing Gu Heng's excited look, Lu Yuan and the others shook their heads helplessly.
It seems that the amount of inheritance that Gu Heng inherited is definitely huge.
And it should not be from China. After all, the big guys in China who have so much cash flow are all well-known.
more than three hours later
The plane landed smoothly
After waiting for about ten minutes, Fu Songyang finally completed the aircraft custody procedures, and several people walked out of the airport through the VIP channel.

Xu Ying and Jin Zhaoxi, who had been waiting at the airport for almost an hour, were immediately delighted when they saw Gu Heng's expression.

Since Fu Songyang's private plane could only carry four passengers, Xu Ying had to fly to Beijing in advance to wait for him and take care of the hotel check-in for Gu Heng.
As for Kim So Hee?
Gu Heng spent another 300 million to keep her company for a month.
That is to say, she will stay with him for the next month.
Gu Heng was indeed a little reluctant to let go of such a beauty.
A man.
Who doesn’t have a bit of possessiveness?
If Jin Zhaoxi was the kind of person who would continue to work in this "playing with others" industry, Gu Heng would only play for three days and then be done with it. He probably wouldn't even remember her name in the future.
But who made him win the prize?
As for the 300 million, the system did not let him suffer any loss. The system reimbursed him 1500 million, and the balance reached 3.7 million.

"boss."

Finally, when Gu Heng walked in front of her, Xu Ying hurriedly said, "Boss, I have already booked a room for you at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. In addition, your car was also shipped to Beijing this morning and is now parked in the hotel parking lot."

Gu Heng asked in confusion: "Why did it change to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel?"

I always told her to give priority to Park Hyatt and Ritz-Carlton when booking hotels.

Xu Ying quickly explained, "After arriving in Beijing yesterday, I checked out the hotel brands under the Hyatt Group and Marriott Group in Beijing. However, according to your previous living habits, you may not like the presidential suites of these two hotels, so I changed to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel."

As he spoke, he took out the comparison pictures he had taken from his phone.
Xu Ying had been following him for almost half a month, and she knew a little about his preferences. She nodded and said, "Tell me if you need to make a decision in the future."

Not dissatisfied either.
Gu Heng was quite casual about this.
But I still feel a little uncomfortable with Xu Ying making decisions for me.
If it was Gu Heng in the past, he might not have such thoughts, but now that he has more money, people around him are willing or unwilling to follow him, so he has more or less developed this habit.
This is also a kind of transformation.
Xu Ying was shocked when she heard this and quickly apologized.
She has indeed become a little carried away by Gu Heng's easygoing attitude.
Gu Heng waved his hand and ignored her. Instead, he turned to Lu Yuan and said, "Brother Lu, where are you staying tonight?"

As for people like Fu Songyang and Liu Wan who had lived in the capital for a long time, Gu Heng did not ask.

Lu Yuan said casually: "I bought a house in Beijing. I had someone pack it up for me. I'll live there directly."

"???"

Seeing Gu Heng's surprised look, Lu Yuan spoke again: "I'm not used to staying in hotels, so I bought properties in several major cities in China."

"So arrogant?"

If you are not used to staying in a hotel, buy a house
Only a big shot like this is qualified to say this.
"But Gu Heng, you can buy a few more properties. Although the real estate market is not good now, big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen will not be affected. It can be regarded as a way to preserve the value of assets."

Even if Lu Yuan didn't say it, Gu Heng had the same idea, and then he smiled and nodded.

Seeing his driver coming to pick him up, Fu Songyang said, "That's it, let's go home today, and I'll treat you to a proper state banquet tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)