Actually, Barron just came to take a look this time. After all, the super yacht he ordered will take more than two years to build, and it will not be completed until 2007.
The World Cup is about to be held in Germany, and Barron came here this time to feel the atmosphere of this World Cup - not to mention that he himself loved watching football in his previous life, and his "first pot of gold" in this world also came from the last Asahi World Cup.
It is also worth mentioning that in this World Cup, the Colo national team achieved a historic breakthrough, qualifying for the World Cup for the first time and coming to Germany.
Speaking of the Colo Chinese national football team, it is not a very eye-catching team, but it showed strong fighting power in the qualifiers, with a record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, which is also the best in the African qualifiers, and there are strong teams like Senegal in the group.
In the African qualifiers, the Colo Chinese National Football Team's defense line, which conceded only 8 goals in 10 games, was also called the "Italian defense line in Africa"…
This is also the first time that Colo has entered the World Cup finals since joining FIFA in 1962. Previously, the team's best record in international competitions was only qualifying for the 1998 African Cup group stage.
However, in Barron's previous life, because the Colo Football Association had been in arrears of player bonuses since February 2006, the amount was about 50,000 euros per player. The furious players decided to strike in protest and missed the flight to Dortmund. If it were not for the intervention of FIFA, I am afraid that the first collective boycott of the World Cup finals in history would have occurred.
However, because of the delay in the qualifying bonus, the players of the Kolo team were in low spirits in the subsequent World Cup matches, and therefore performed poorly.
In the end, their performance in the German World Cup was only slightly better than that of the Chinese men's football team in the Asahi World Cup - they lost all three games, but scored one goal...
But now is different from Barron's previous life. Although Colo is still not a very developed country, at least after they discovered offshore oil fields and started to exploit them, the government's income has begun to show. After the Colo national football team entered the World Cup finals, it is even less likely to default on the players' bonuses.
Barron even increased the rewards for the players in the name of the West African Group and provided funding to the Colo national team so that they could come to Germany early for adaptive training.
You know, this time the group that Kolo's team is in also includes South Korea, Switzerland and France, and their first group match is against the South Korean team, which did not perform well in the last World Cup.
Therefore, after arriving in Germany, the Kolo team also received certain preferential treatments from the locals during the adaptive training - was it just because they would face South Korea in the first match, or was it also because there was also the French team in their group... Well, the Germans' thoughts are "hard to guess".
The Kolo national team has also received sponsorship from O2 Telecom, which has just gone public, and Argos.com, which is about to go public. There will be generous winning bonuses and goal bonuses...
It can be said that their military morale is high and their momentum is high at this time.
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On the day Barron arrived in Germany, Fan Bingbing also took a flight from China to Germany to reunite with Barron.
Another reason they came to this shipyard in Germany this time was that someone had previously customized a luxury yacht here and was planning to resell it - the yacht had almost been built, with only the interior decoration left, so Barron was going to take a look, and if it was suitable, he could buy it directly, so that he would have a yacht available temporarily before his own super yacht was completed.
After picking up Fan Bingbing, Baron and his party arrived at the A&R shipyard. Accompanied by the shipyard's sales director, the two visited the superyacht that was being resold.
"Your Highness, Madam Fan, this streamlined yacht you are seeing now was designed by a famous French designer and includes a complete set of interior decorations. Of course, you can only see the exterior and interior partitions of the yacht now. The good thing is that you will have the opportunity to make some adjustments based on your requirements..."
The first impression that this yacht gave Fan Bingbing was that it was big, and also that its appearance was very beautiful and very sci-fi.
When she first heard Barron say that he would take her to see the yacht, Fan Bingbing's impression was that it was the kind of small yacht that she had seen before, parked at the yacht marina in China.
When I saw this huge thing in front of me, which was over 100 meters long and as tall as seven or eight floors, I felt that my cognition was greatly impacted...
With the introduction of the shipyard's sales director, they learned that the yacht is 330 feet long and more than 80 feet high. According to the design, the ship will have a huge master bedroom suite occupying an entire floor, as well as 11 other suites, which can accommodate 22 guests and 36 yacht staff.
"We can come over here to take a look at the specific design renderings..."
Through the big screen, the sales director showed them the renderings of the yacht's interior design by a French designer.
As mentioned before, this superyacht was designed by a famous French yacht designer. The interior decoration, both in style and materials, is extremely luxurious. The only thing is that there are too many golden "tycoon" styles, which Barron finds a bit difficult to accept...
But this is not surprising, because the previous owner of this yacht was a wealthy man from the Middle East. However, he was suddenly dissatisfied with the size of the yacht. The length of 330 feet is unimaginable for most people. But it is said that he had a competition with another prince, so he decided to order a longer yacht, so he was ready to sell the current one...
Even if it means losing a considerable portion of the deposit, they don't care.
You know, the total cost of this yacht is about 175 million euros. Now Barron only needs about 130 million euros to buy it. It can be said that the other party lost more than a quarter of the cost of the yacht by changing hands...
However, Barron is quite satisfied with the supporting facilities and space designed for this yacht. For example, there is a private viewing platform on the first floor of the master bedroom. The yacht is also equipped with two 12-meter-long tenders, a cinema, a bar and a 25-meter-long closable swimming pool.
There are also luxurious restaurants and conference rooms that can accommodate more than 20 people dining at the same time...
It can be said that this is completely a palace on the sea, even more luxurious than Abu's "Alluring Ocean" that Barron had experienced before.
"How about it, do you like this yacht?"
Hearing Barron's question, Fan Bingbing was stunned for a moment and said:
"Of course I like it, who doesn't like it? I never thought a yacht could be like this."
In front of Barron, Fan Bingbing never acts too pretentiously, which is also something he likes.
"I want this ship..."
Barron turned around and said to the sales director casually:
"But there are some aspects of its decoration that I don't like very much and need to be adjusted."
"That's no problem, Your Highness..."
Hearing that the young British duke was going to buy this super yacht, the shipyard sales consultant was delighted and said respectfully:
"Whatever your requirements are, you can put them forward. We can ask the designer of this yacht to make any feasible modifications for you."
After all, this is not a car, or even a house, but a super yacht worth hundreds of millions of euros. There are only a handful of people in every country who can afford such a "super toy".
Often these people will have their own customized needs for such "toys". It is not easy to find a new owner for a yacht like this one whose framework has already been determined.
If they can really sell it, it will solve a big problem for them. The bonus that the sales consultant can get will definitely be considerable, so it's no wonder that he is so eager.
It can be said that, let alone the Duke's request to modify the design, even if... the other party had some common hobbies of the British, he would not hesitate to meet the challenge...
"That's not necessary. All I need is to modify some of the decoration styles. I will ask the designers from the Gucci Group to take over the renovation."
"That's absolutely fine."
Although the "golden and magnificent" decoration style of the interior of this yacht is largely due to the preferences of the original owner, it has nothing to do with the designer...
However, Barron does have his own "favorite" designers, such as Alexander Michel, who designed the "Devonhill Series" of the Gucci Group. Barron still likes the design inspiration he got from Chatsworth House. The interior decoration design of this super yacht can also be handed over to him.