Chapter 825: Palace in the Sky

On November 25, the Dubai Air Show, which was supposed to be held every two years, was just off this year, suddenly announced that it would hold a temporary exhibition. Although there are various rumors about Dubai's insolvency, the organizer Dubai government invited Zhongxing Group, the now popular multinational company, to stand up for it, which immediately attracted attention from all parties, especially the unveiling of Yang Xing, the King of Zhongxing, which attracted a large number of audiences and journalists at the airport.

The reason is nothing special. It is precisely because of a news announced by Forbes and other world-class media a few days ago. After repeated calculations by multiple parties, after calculating the stock market value and completing the privatization process of most of Zhongxing Group's subsidiaries, most of Zhongxing Group, which now holds hundreds of billions of dollars in cash, has become Yang Xing's private property. The outside world estimates that his net worth exceeds 50 billion US dollars, surpassing Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, who ranks the world's richest man and the investment master Warren Buffett, who is closely behind, and has changed from the world's third richest man to the latest world's richest man.

After the acquisition war between Citibank and Chrysler, the international community knows that the new richest man is still bringing a large number of Chinese entrepreneurs to buy Western assets all over the world, and the shouts of "The Dragon is Coming". When the financial tsunami is still raging, Yang Xing represents the God of Wealth who saves the suffering, and every move will receive widespread attention. Now he makes a high-profile appearance at the Dubai Air Show, the meaning behind this is worth discussing. Thinking of the kind hospitality he received in Middle Eastern countries such as the UAE, everyone is speculating whether he is ready to take action to save Dubai, which is in a debt crisis?

When a huge shadow on the horizon covered everyone's sight at Dubai Airport, even though he had received a notice, people were still stunned by the engineering miracle work in aviation history. When this large white plane slowly landed on the apron, all the planes around them were pale in size. The largest civilian passenger plane, the Boeing 747, was as clear as the ugly duckling and its beautiful and huge swan mother. This huge plane is the largest transport aircraft in the world developed by the former Soviet Union, the An225 "Dream". Like its nickname, it is a giant that only appears in dreams.

During the Cold War, China-US and the Soviet Union fought for hegemony, and both sides tried to overwhelm the other side in all aspects of the military field. After World War II, the United States used its powerful air force to propose a global strike and arrival plan. In order to transport the US military to the combat site as quickly as possible, the US Air Force developed a series of large transport aircraft such as c130, c141, c5, and c17. The most proud of is the C5 strategic transport aircraft known as the "Galaxy", which can carry 130 tons of cargo at a time and fly 4,000 kilometers.

The Soviet Union, which was not to be outdone, launched the Antonov aircraft, which can carry 150 tons of cargo at the same time, and the Soviet Union's Antonov Design Bureau, which strives to surpass the United States, has continued to work hard and cooperated with the former Soviet Union's "Blizzard" space shuttle project to design a larger transport aircraft. In 1985, it launched the most amazing work in the history of world aircraft, almost doubled the size of the Antonov transport aircraft!

The An225 has a flight weight of 600 tons, making it the only aircraft in history with a load capacity of more than 250 tons. It can load 16 standard containers and 80 cars at one time, and its wingspan and length have set a world record. There are no more than 30 airports in the world that allow it to take off and land. Its huge figure caught the attention of all spectators as soon as it landed. Any aircraft next to it looks like a bunch of toys, which makes people amazed at the design and manufacturing capabilities of the former Soviet aviation industry.

Unfortunately, this plane was born at the wrong time. After its styling in 1988, it only transported a few space shuttles. In addition, it attracted a lot of attention when participating in various air shows, but it was basically not practical. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, only one and a half of the aircraft were built, and it was buried silently in the long river of history.

It was not until after 2001 that the United States led NATO troops to war in the hinterlands of Asia such as Iraq and Afghanistan. The ground transportation lines were too long and a large number of air transport aircraft were needed to transport war materials. The United States' own transport fleet was insufficient. At this time, Russia and Ukraine, which had greatly improved relations with the West, took the opportunity to use the An 124 Ruslan to form a rental aircraft transportation company, which specialized in transporting super large and overweight materials for Western troops, making a profit of over 100 million US dollars per year. The enemy in the Cold War actually turned enemies into friends in this way, which made people sigh and also made countries notice the huge role of super-large strategic transport aircraft.

Therefore, the An225 Dream Transporter was once again remembered by the world. Ukraine, which belongs to the plane, renovated it and participated frequently in major aviation exhibitions, hoping to attract the attention of those who are interested. For China, which lacks strategic transportation capabilities in the air force, it is the focus of Ukraine's public relations. Even after the "orange" occurs in China, the government will turn to the West in an all-round way, and the Ukraine still has no intention of giving up on China. The "Dream" transporter has flew to China six times, just to sell it to China.

However, at this time, the country had launched its own large aircraft plan. Although it absorbed a lot of Russian and Ukrainian technologies, it was basically self-developed. The procurement of huge transport aircraft such as the An225 was obviously a national strategy. Moreover, the unit price of the "dream" transport aircraft launched by Ukraine was as high as 500 million US dollars, and the military was very hesitant about this. Fortunately, at this time, Yang Xing stepped forward and proposed to purchase "dream" transport aircraft in his private name, and spared no expense to carry out large-scale modernization of them.

Now this "Fantasy" transport aircraft is the result of the transformation. Welch, the current president of China Star Capital, was once the former president of General Electric, the world's three major aircraft manufacturers. Now, China Star's supersonic business passenger aircraft plan has purchased a lot of general aircraft engines. The engine modifications of the "Fantasy" transport aircraft are naturally replaced by general's most advanced high-power aircraft engines. Not only has the speed accelerated by 10, the safety and service life have been greatly improved, fully meeting the standards of the ICAO, and after using the latest technology to improve the landing gear, the "Fantasy" transport aircraft can now basically land at most national airports where the Boeing 747 takes off and lands.

In this way, this "dream" transport aircraft is qualified to be Yang Xing's car and fly everywhere all over the world. Moreover, although the "dream" transport aircraft was huge, it used to be a military transport aircraft, which also meant that it was not comfortable. But now it has become the car of the world's richest man, and the interior decoration cannot be shabby. At the beginning, Zhang Shengli wanted to buy Boeing BBJ business jets to fill the scene, so Yang Xing naturally could not fall behind. Moreover, Yang Xing still wanted to be the savior of Dubai this time, so when he opened the cabin and let everyone enter the modified and luxurious interior decoration, even the rich man who was used to the luxurious scene was dazzled.

The "Dream" cockpit has been completely vitrified and informative. The traditional complicated instrument panels of Soviet aircraft have been completely replaced by several large LCD screens, and the flight operations are basically unmanned. In the past, only two people needed to control the cabs of six people, and even only one pilot was watching for most of the time, so that this 600-ton behemoth could fly more flexible than a bird. Yang Xing was proud to introduce that the remaining "Dream" aircraft under construction will also use fiber optic information transmission and control, which will be the world's first aircraft that uses all-optical signals. It not only has strong anti-interference capabilities, but also can accept satellite signals in real time and turn them into important nodes in the "Prophet" network. It can communicate with various terminals of the China Star Group anytime and anywhere, and its communication capabilities are comparable to those of the US President "Air Force One".

The huge fuselage of the "Fantasy" aircraft is divided into two layers, and the lower floor has a luxurious hall that can accommodate hundreds of people. It is almost covered with gold. The paintings and sculptures dotted there are even more valuable, and decorations such as gems and pearls are everywhere. What is rare is that this design does not show off by novices, but is organically combined, because all this is from the master of the famous Italian brand Armani.

Since Yang Xing followed his promise and handed over all the hotels in Zhaixing Tower to this master for design. As Zhaixing Tower became a world-renowned scenic spot, Armani has opened up a new fashion field in addition to fashion design and is very satisfied with Yang Xing, the customer. Now Yang Xing proposed to turn the dream transport aircraft into a flying "palace in the sky". The design master happily accepted his invitation to create the beautiful interior of the "dream" transport aircraft.

There are several function halls next to the colorful hall. Whether you want to enjoy blockbusters or play the latest simulated holographic dynamic games, you can get what you want. In addition, you can get more amazing. There is a huge water tank at the back of the plane. This really "dream" big guy is divided into two layers inside and outside. The outer layer is filled with various colorful marine fish, and even small sharks and colorful jellyfish swimming, which is like a small aquarium. The inner layer is a transparent swimming pool. It is really pleasing to watch several beauties swimming with beautiful fish. Through the swimming pool, you can also see that there is a small stable behind, raising five or six pure blood horses, and named it for the chiefs of the Middle East countries who come to visit.

The upper floor of the plane is Yang Xing's private space. Except for the spacious office, visits are prohibited. Thinking of this rich man's reputation, everyone tacitly asked. This office is the core of the entire sky palace, so it is naturally the most popular. I saw that the aviation metal above the head and around the office were replaced with a special transparent material. When flying in the sky, it seemed like sitting directly in the clouds. In the office, the light intensity can be automatically adjusted according to the intensity of the sun. When Yang Xing waved his hand, various detection devices could also project video images directly onto the "screen" around him according to his body-sensing movements. Sitting in it really felt like heaven, earth and everything in his hands.

This combination of luxury and high-tech decoration made the Middle East rich people excited. Someone quietly asked if they could buy it. Yang Xing smiled but didn't say anything, just stretched out a finger and thought about his net worth. It was obviously not 100 million but 1 billion US dollars! It is a veritable palace in the palace.

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