Mixed In the United States As a Local Tyrant

  Chapter 341 Transforming the island

  An Feng spent some time debugging this classic Porsche, estimated to have earned at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, happily drove it to the museum, and asked the staff to polish it so that it looks like new. After re-registration, the classic sports car family has added another member.

  This persistent collector is easy to find. Recently, a collector wanted to pass up an extremely rare race car: the Ford GT40. The most classic and domineering model in the 1960s, it beat Ferrari in a flash and won four Le Mans 24 Hours champions from 1966 to 1969.

An Feng arranged a meeting. This time, the seller took the initiative to come to the door. He was an old man with a white beard, but he still had to pay attention to selling his collection. Those who didn’t know about cars would not be sold, investors would not be sold, and those who didn’t like racing cars would not be sold... The stubborn old man couldn't find a suitable candidate after choosing and choosing.

   After visiting An Feng's museum and experiencing the co-pilot of a Ferrari F40 again, An Feng took him on the track for a while, but the old white man didn't have a heart attack. He was sober that he could offer a price satisfactory to both parties. The last time a Ford GT40 changed hands was six or seven years ago.

At that time, it was sold at a price of 11 million US dollars. With the love of Ford in American blood, GT40 was regarded as the ultimate collection. The car will only be worth more as the years go by.

   Now that the old man is willing to sell it to An Feng, who also knows cars and can even be a professional driver, at a price of 11 million US dollars, it feels like giving a hero a sword. The other party was straightforward, and An Feng didn't even make a counter-offer, so he simply settled the deal at a one-off price and won the classic blue-painted racing car.

The Ford GT40 is different from other classic cars. Its appearance is acceptable now. This is probably due to the Ford GT model launched by Ford in 2004, which is a reprinted version of the GT40, in order to pay tribute to the classics of the 1960s. , the similarity is very high.

So the GT40 racing car can also be very trendy. After An Feng got it, he carefully tried it on the track. This car is very light, less than 1,000 kilograms. It uses a large-displacement V8 engine, and it can easily reach the peak speed on the track. More than 200, whether it is cornering or accelerating straight, it is still surging.

   "This guy is so cool!" Several friends in the team were envious after seeing it. The meaning of this car to Americans is very unusual.

  An Feng generously displayed the beautiful car, and even said that he could touch it.

  Maserati's Bruno said: "Mr. An, if you like to collect, you must not miss the Ferrari auction in Turin next week."

   "Oh? What kind of car models are there?" An Feng asked.

  Bruno said: "A black Ferrari FXX, a short wheeled version of the 1962 Ferrari 250GT-SWB, hosted by RM Auctions."

  An Feng said: "Thank you for reminding me, I won't miss it."

  Facts have proved that there are also people who are thinking about him. When he was thinking about the travel time that night, Brian from RM called and invited him to participate in the Turin auction, and An Feng naturally agreed. After discussing with Joanna again, after deciding to participate in the auction, stop by to see the private island and their yacht.

They didn’t know much about it before, but after they bought it, they found out that the island topped the Forbes list. It covers an area of ​​4.5 square kilometers, about 1,111 acres. Both have strong advantages in terms of area.

   But relatively, 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 is so big, so that when Forbes summarizes the world's top ten private islands every year, he will add a line here: As the most expensive private island, in terms of maintenance work It seems petty.

An Feng has an idea: "We can renovate the islands in a large area, just like those expensive and beautiful artificial islands in Florida, to ensure privacy to the greatest extent, and absolutely no one will disturb them, and then build houses around the coast and transform them into golf courses in the middle. , a park or something?"

  Joanna said: "You want to invest in tourism business?"

  An Feng said: "Good idea, we can't go there a few times a year, the islands are all free."

  Joanna also thinks it is good. To be honest, it is very lonely for several people to live on such a big island. It would be too wasteful to leave it idle after leaving. Transforming it into a high-end resort and providing it to high-end customers will increase popularity and recover costs. This principle is similar to super cruise ships, there are people who are lively.

   Traveling to Sardinia, some people pursue privacy, and islands with strong geographical advantages can provide these environments.

  The two of them have a very unified point of view: set aside a private area.

   Just like the penthouse suite of the Queen, it is one thing to be lively, but another to have your own private space. When the two are combined, it will naturally become a perfect compromise. There is complete private space during leisure, and you can participate in activities on the island when you are bored.

  The private island is very large, more than a thousand acres. To be honest, the land of a mansion is very limited, like their mansion with a private beach in Miami, isn’t it huge? The total area is only 0.5 acres. Therefore, the land on the island is abundant, and there are excellent beaches on the south and east sides. They only need to designate a certain area as private, and it is appropriate to develop other areas into leisure resorts.

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   Having an idea, An Feng took his assistant, translator and bodyguards and headed to Italy.

   First of all, he will participate in the auction in Turin. His goal this time is simple: FXX and 250GT.

  FXX is a car modeled on Ferrari ENZO, that is, it can only be played cool on the track. Like the 599XX, it is also the same as the F12XX that Anfeng was invited to order. It is very commemorative. The difficulty of purchasing is much higher than that of the Ferrari flagship, and the current Anfeng can only be recycled.

  Ferrari's 250 series is known as the collection must increase, as long as it is well maintained, it will increase every year-as for why the auction? It must be that the slow increase cannot meet the needs of profitability. In fact, many people who buy classic sports cars are commercial activities, and there are very few pure fun like Anfeng.

An Feng first saw the black steed at the auction. There are few other colors of Ferrari that can beat red, but the pure black of this FXX brings a different kind of wildness. An Feng saw it at first sight. Love it, it's in great condition and the starting bid is $2 million.

  The bidders raised their placards one by one, and the RM management side stopped at Anfeng many times. Impressive, no one has ever been able to stop An Feng from collecting things he likes, and this time is the same, An Feng directly increased the price to 2.4 million US dollars, and it was done neatly.

  Everyone looked back at this Chinese, and they didn’t have a deep impression at first, but because of his ethnicity, and the previous few times, people of yellow race bought good things at high prices, commonly known as “the Chinese are here”. Now seeing people of the yellow race, they feel bad, that guy from before is burning money again!

  Seeing everyone's expressions, An Feng came up with a very funny idea.

When everyone believes that all the items he participated in the auction will eventually fall into their hands, there may be some unhappy people who will raise the price for him, and then An Feng will quote the price on the racing engine he is not interested in, and then other people will quote , and then An Feng never made a sound again.

Seeing that the guy who made the bid took the bid, he stared blankly at An Feng, who had never made a bid, with a look of eating flies. An Feng looked at him, shrugged helplessly, and even wore big sunglasses beside him, keeping a low profile. Joanna, who participated, also covered her mouth and smiled: "You have hurt others!"

  An Feng disregarded the relationship: "This has absolutely nothing to do with me."

After that, no one dared to argue with him casually. He bought the 250GT-SWB in the subsequent auction at a price of 7.5 million US dollars. The SWB was also black, and it was a sports version launched by Ferrari and Pininfarina. The value of the collection is worth buying.

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   Finished the collection, Brian helped him check in, and the next item was the yacht.

  The "Dame Joanna" has been completed, and An Feng's entourage also enjoys the luxury of a flagship yacht under the patronage of the boss. Line 960 is the flagship, spacious and luxurious is the main theme. There are five rooms in the living area on the lower floor, a salon on the upper deck that can accommodate fifteen people, and a dining room that can accommodate eight people for dinner. Seven or eight people can enjoy the sun on the sun deck. Sunbathing, and a small freshwater swimming pool on the top floor.

  An Feng hired a yacht driver, a chef, and two helpers. A dozen people boarded this brand new luxury yacht and set off from Genoa to Sardinia, 400 kilometers away. Anfeng's private island is easy to find. It is the largest and quietest in the tourist area a few kilometers north of Sardinia.

  On the yacht, the specially invited designer began to communicate with An Feng with the help of an interpreter.

  There is an aerial photo of the island on the table. An Feng explained his own idea. There must be a luxurious private area and a leisure resort. The designer easily understood his idea: clean and lively. The two styles can be swapped at any time for added fun.

  An Feng nodded: "That's what I mean."

The translator said: "The designer said that this is a very good island. Unlike other islands that are close to scenic spots or have the advantages of short distances, it is itself a scenic spot. If the Italian government is not heavily in debt, such a large and well-located place would not be Listed for sale."

  An Feng smiled: "It really makes me happy to hear this."

There is no need for the designer to waste words to praise bad islands, he is obliged to explain the good and the bad, but according to the current situation, he is very satisfied, and then expand the private area by three to five times according to An Feng's request, except for the sea view Outside the mansion, there are beaches, lawn gardens and courts.

The resort project is complicated, a luxury resort hotel must have a large swimming pool, coconut trees and palm trees, soft sandy beaches, crystal clear sea water, and perfect hotel services on the beach... This plan is very Exciting.

  An Feng also has his own ideas, such as power generation and fresh water issues. The most important thing at present is power generation. Private use does not require high power, but resorts are different. His idea is very fashionable - use wind power to generate electricity, and use superconductors as the core of the generator.

In the superconducting state, superconductors have the characteristics of strong magnetic field and zero resistance. 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 wind turbines, which is enough to supply The island's electricity needs around the clock.

Then there is the problem of fresh water. There is groundwater on the island, which is no problem as drinking water, but the reserves are not enough for other purposes. An Feng wants to give priority to installing the seawater desalination device of Anshi Industry here. Only medium-sized devices are needed. Enough for usual watering and swimming.

  After listening to An Feng's idea, the designer said: "As long as I have the technology, I can realize it on the island."

  (end of this chapter)