Chapter 438: The Real Purpose

The self-inflated Edward slapped his father's face, and received a wave of friendly phone greetings by the way.

Li Zitao's mother-in-law, His Excellency the Grand Duchess personally called; "Edward, you are not welcome at this year's royal dinner, stay away from Mary and her husband."

Mary was doing aerobics when she received a call from her mother. This new sport is spreading in a small area, and Mary is very interested in her.

"Mommy, thank you for everything... ok, I'll go back to Luxembourg with Charlie for Christmas, he won't mind... ok, I'll bring, love you."

After hanging up the phone, Mary said to the curious Li Zitao, "Mom invited us back to Luxembourg for Christmas, and I have already agreed."

"It's a great idea, of course I will agree." Li Zitao nodded in agreement.

"Also...she gave Edward a hard time on the phone and refused him to attend this year's royal dinner." Sitting on her husband's lap, Mary leaned her head on his chest, some cold fingernails gently brushing from his cheek. across.

"Is that the royal dinner you mentioned?" Seeing Mary nodding her head, Li Zitao suddenly felt sympathetic to him.

It was a top-level dinner to expand one's network, show one's own glory, status, and even influence, and it would only be held once a year in Luxembourg.

Those present were nobles and nobles from all over the world, royal heirs, and Edward was a frequent guest and legend at the dinner party.

Handsome and handsome, he has all kinds of books, his identity and status are impeccable, and he is the heir to the throne appointed in the future. The girls are all proud to be his dancing partner.

It just seems that his myth ended at last year's dinner, and this year the legend was included in the "unpopular blacklist," and he has no chance to perform again.

"By the way, it's almost the end of the month. For Lawrence's wedding, are the presents ready?" Among the few things he brought back from the antique shop last time, Li Zitao chose an exquisite and rich brooch and planned to give it to them as a gift. Wedding Gifts.

"It's all ready, Avril will definitely like that brooch, it's very beautiful." Mary smiled lightly.

"Is it more beautiful than the Xianxi scepter I gave you?" Li Zitao asked with a straight face pretending to be angry.

"Ha, you look so cute." Mary held his face in her hands and rubbed it like coaxing a child, making Li Zitao unable to pretend any longer, and smiled bitterly.

Speaking of Xianxi's scepter, Mary's eyes bloomed beautifully. Because of the inconvenience during the wedding ceremony, Xianxi's scepter did not appear in the end.

There was no use for it after marriage, so she put it in the safe.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't like it, that cane is one of her favorite collections.

In the safe at home, there are jewelry, rings, wedding dresses, and various accessories in the collection, worth tens of millions of dollars.

There is also a gemstone wedding ring that she wears whenever she attends formal occasions. It is not convenient to carry it in her life, and she usually puts it in the safe.

For this reason, the number of safes in the home has been increased to 2. When the vault of the dream castle is built, the antique shop and the collection at home can be moved there.

22cm thick reinforced concrete wall, 5cm thick steel plate inside, 20cm thick pure explosion-proof steel plate for the gate.

The motorized device to open and close the gate was custom-built by Pioneer Technology, and Bechtel designed a vibrating alarm.

There are several steel balls on the surface of the inner wall, and there are slides. Once the wall is shaken to a certain extent, the steel balls will fall off into the slides, press down on the metal sheet below, and emit a piercing alarm when the power is turned on.

No one knows how it works in practice, and the vault of the fantasy castle is considered an experimental product.

Li Zitao has been quite free these days. He handles official business at home every day, goes shopping with his wife, goes shopping in the park, and drives to the beach. His life is simple and warm.

The meeting with Dodgers owner Charles Abis has not yet been finalized. The recent games are very tight and the traffic is not developed.

Not everyone has a private jet that can fly around the world in the sky.

When it comes to private jets, Aerospace America’s current profitability in private services and after-sales continues to rise.

Using a private jet does not mean that you just buy it. The plane is a precision machine, and a small part that falls off may cause an air crash.

Daily inspections, maintenance, maintenance, routing arrangements and flight communications, these all need to be done by someone.

The essential downtime fee, which averages $50,000 per Gulfstream per year, can generate millions of dollars in revenue for Aerospace alone.

Today, as usual, Li Zitao finished his business affairs and sent his wife to the car. She was going to the West District to attend the Ladies Ballroom.

He stayed at home and waited for the skunks, who said they had something to discuss with him.

At 2 p.m., the skunk men arrived, James McDonald, who was in charge of the private jet program, William Mitchell and William Sims, who were special advisers.

"James, I heard that you proposed this meeting. Do you have any questions?" Li Zitao asked kindly after inviting the three of them to sit down in the garden.

"There is something, boss, have you heard of Douglas Aircraft Company?" James cut to the point straight to the point.

"The company that wanted to build a luxury airship two years ago? What's so special about it?" Li Zitao asked curiously while holding the black tea prepared by his servant.

"That's already in the past tense. They improved the luxury airship named Sinbad and turned it into an amphibious luxury private jet.

And it has been recognized by the Ministry of the Army. As a special rescue aircraft, if it is allowed to develop, it may eventually become a strong enemy of Gulfstream. "

After receiving the documents from James, Li Zitao flipped through them, and his eyes could not help but light up. The slightly bulky exterior design has a strange aesthetic feeling. It is amphibious, multi-purpose, and the fish-belly cabin has been greatly improved. Space, Skunk also extends the concept in various aspects according to its shape.

Cloud seeding, fire suppression, sea rescue, drop shipping, and...bombing.

"You want Aerospace to acquire this company?" Li Zitao asked with great interest.

"Yes, Douglas has a very complete technical reserve and holds many patents on amphibious aircraft. It is difficult for us to bypass them, and its design scheme has also been unanimously approved by the skunk." James nodded.

"I agree, tell me about your real purpose." Li Zitao put the documents on the table.

This kind of trivial matter is not enough to alarm the two former generals, whose interest has never been in business.

James and the two generals William smiled at each other, and William Mitchell said: "James, Sims and I want to set up a brand new working group, the Air Force Think Tank."