Chengdu commercial newspaper November 7th news, speaking of collection, maybe we all think of ancient times Cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, or collections like commemorative coins, but have you ever seen the collection of retired airliners? A 30 year old local tyrant in Guanghan, Sichuan, was so capricious that he bought a retired Boeing 737 - 300 plane in the United States since he was a young man, which was one of the South Korean presidents' driving models.
, however, sellers are more capricious. Because of jet lag, buyers can only bargain with sellers' negotiators late at night. In addition, sellers have additional conditions: the aircraft does not mail, the buyer is responsible for transshipment; the aircraft's engine and on board avionics have been removed. In November 7th, the plane's collector, Mr. Ning, stated that the plane would be transported back to Guanghan after the assembly and transformation of the Beijing, and eventually parked at the ACC flight Street aeronautical cultural park near the CAAC College of flight.
select foreign sellers! After the idea of buying a retired aircraft for millions of people, Mr. Ning first led the team to study at home, but after understanding, the team found that many of the domestic retired aircraft were state-owned assets, and the purchase procedure was tedious, so the team gave up the idea of buying it at home.
later, they learned that countries such as the United States and France could buy decommissioned aircraft. "Originally planned to buy the decommissioned air force one Boeing 747, but for various reasons, it has not been able to achieve it." The company's marketing director, Li Kai, introduced it.
in June of this year, Mr. Ning led a tour to the United States to see a Boeing 737 - 300 model and reached a preliminary purchase intention. In order to buy the plane, Mr. Ning also set up a negotiating team of 5 people.
Tian Xiaokai, who is proficient in English, is mainly responsible for language translation in the 5 person team. Tian Xiaokai said that Chinese negotiators were mainly negotiated by Robert, Luke, through e-mail, telephone and video communications, and sellers. However, because of the time difference, the negotiators had to contact the other party from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. "The seller is too capricious, we are going to take his time, so we often negotiate with them in the middle of the night." Speaking of up to 3 months of negotiations, Mr. Ning's secretary Zou Yuanbin and his team described it with "pain and happiness".
in order to better understand this aircraft, the team specializes in "physical stores to see goods". Team members introduced, "during the period to the United States, and specially invited friends in the United States throughout the docking."
for Mr. Ning's intention of the retired Boeing 737, the American seller quoted $600 thousand, "about 3 months before and after the negotiations. No negotiations have made good progress, and there are several nights of overtime at the time of progress." Zou Yuanbin said that after 3 months of uninterrupted negotiations, in early September, the two sides came to an agreement, and the seller finally offered a discount of $100 thousand.
, however, sellers have additional conditions: the aircraft is not mail; aircraft engines and on board avionics have been removed.