Chapter 3027: Misuse

Since mid-January, the busy Central Pier has suddenly become a hot spot, attracting countless passengers on the ferry to stop and watch, and even attracting many people to come and check in.

This hot spot is naturally the Apollo, which sailed here from North America.

This is Feng Yiping's private yacht, and it debuted in Asia for the first time. As expected, it was stunning as soon as it debuted.

In Hong Kong Island, luxury yachts are not uncommon. Many wealthy people have more than one or two yachts under their names, but it is really rare to see a yacht like Feng Yiping's Apollo, which is longer and higher than most ferries when parked at the berth.

320 feet, this is longer than all the yachts of many wealthy people combined.

As for the price, it is even more unattainable, 153 million US dollars!

You know, most of the yachts of the local top wealthy people are also around 100 million yuan, but that is Hong Kong dollars.

In this way, a yacht costing more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars immediately reminds everyone of Zhou Dunyi's famous saying, it can be viewed from a distance but not played with.

What is rare is that this yacht is naturally a hot topic. This yacht is not only related to Feng Yiping, but also closely related to three other super-rich people, including Apple's soul figure Steve Jobs and the two founders of Google.

When the Apollo shook San Francisco, local media traveled across the ocean and made a detailed study of its origin. They knew that it was not only designed by the three super-rich people, but also by the top designers in the industry. They also knew that in order to build this type of yacht, they did not hesitate to acquire a well-known Italian yacht company and renamed it United Yacht.

The United II type now launched by United Yacht is inferior to Feng Yiping's Apollo in overall function, and the price is close to 200 million US dollars. Even so, it still received a lot of orders.

In other words, in fact, the market price of Feng Yiping's yacht is actually much higher than 153 million US dollars.

This will naturally cause criticism from some moral people. Such luxury... But the most talked about point is this.

Feng Yiping, who owns such a luxurious yacht, is really not related to luxury at all, because this yacht was given by those three people!

The luxury yacht worth nearly 200 million US dollars was actually given by someone, and it was given by Jobs and the two co-founders of Google. Such news is more eye-catching than the luxury yacht itself.

The three people jointly gave Feng Yiping such an expensive gift, which shows how grateful they are to Feng Yiping, or how much respect they have for him?

How many people in this world deserve this?

Feng Yiping is Feng Yiping. Just this one thing can turn those big guys in Hong Kong into ashes in seconds.

In the future, even if they get more expensive and luxurious yachts, they can't be compared with Feng Yiping's Apollo.

Such a luxurious and topical toy for the rich has become the focus of everyone's attention since it was parked at the berth. Some people imagine that they can own the same big toy in the future, and some people, mainly those who want to take advantage of the hot spots and attract attention, have begun to inquire about how to be invited by the owner to be a guest on the yacht.

Naturally, most of these people are from the entertainment industry, and most of them are self-proclaimed stunning female stars. Local female stars have always had a tradition of marrying into wealthy families, and Feng Yiping, who is only in his early thirties, is from a wealthy family that is top-notch in the world.

Although there are unconfirmed reports that he already has a family, for someone like him, what does a family mean?

Who wants to marry into a wealthy family without going through all the difficulties?

But they...really think too much.

The Apollo came across the ocean to entertain guests, but of course not for them.

On the day after the Little New Year, all those who paid attention to the Apollo saw that it finally began to welcome guests, but those guests were neither rich people nor celebrities, but some guys who didn't look very well dressed.

These men and women from home and abroad were still highly valued. Feng Yiping, who had been in Hong Kong for a few days, appeared in public for the first time that day, and stood by the dock, shaking hands with the guests one by one, which was very courteous.

For a time, rumors spread. Some said that these were Feng Yiping's relatives in China and friends abroad, and Feng, the richest man from his hometown, invited them to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Some said that these were powerful figures in relevant departments at home and abroad, and Feng, the richest man, spent a lot of money to open up relevant connections...

But soon there was news that the VIPs invited by Feng Yiping were expert representatives working at Forex.

This news made some local media who were originally prepared to make a few sarcastic remarks suddenly lose their temper. Why is it so foolproof and impeccable!

As a last resort, many media that have prepared pages have to analyze Feng Yiping's emphasis on scientific research and his current achievements from various angles...

This made Lao Ma sneer at Feng Yiping as soon as he boarded the yacht, "He is completely calm, but he plays these media in the palm of his hand. I admire him!"

Feng Yiping said, "This is a small story."

The relationship between topic figures and the media is that they need each other and target each other, so it will always be such a calm game. Whoever has a proper layout will have the upper hand.

The media always needs explosive news. Knowing this, you only need to release some news they like first to attract their attention and imagination, and then at the right time, throw out another inside story they don’t know... these media, most of which have no moral integrity, will obediently follow your rhythm.

Lao Ma didn't want to see Feng Yiping's secretly happy look, so he turned around and looked at the experts on the ship, and couldn't help saying, "This is a boatload of money!"

It's true!

This is not a boatload of people, but a boatload of money.

Each of those experts has a lot of money that even a rich man like Lao Ma thinks is not cheap.

Their treatment is of course first-class, but the most important thing is the budget allocated to their team, which is even first-class.

These expenses added up, it's really a bit shocking for people like Lao Ma who are willing to spend money.

Not to mention China, is there a company in the world that invests nearly 20% of its revenue in R&D?

The more work he took on, the more Lao Ma felt that the company founded by this young world's richest man had more aspects that ordinary people could not understand.

This little brother whom he used to think he knew very well, this seemingly gentle and rational young man, is really paranoid in some aspects, or crazy!

Earning a lot is true, but spending is even more bold!

Feng Yiping, who was paranoid or crazy, held the railing and waved his hand proudly, "In the future, they will bring us several ships of money, and advantages that cannot be bought with several ships of money."

Lao Ma was quite helpless about this. Can I say no?

After I take over in the future, can I reduce the expenditure in this area to a normal level?

Just like Ballmer who succeeded Bill Gates, for him, taking over Feng Yiping's position is an honor and a pressure. If the company that developed prosperously during Feng Yiping's time is in his hands, even if it is a little unsatisfactory, it is estimated that it will attract a lot of criticism.

At present, Lao Ma, who is considered to be successful, does not want to suffer the setbacks in the early stage of his career in the late stage of his career. What he least wants is that people will eventually crown him as a "loser".

The high expenditure on R&D can be said to be a major concern for him.

Once the revenue growth is weak due to some reasons, then the huge R&D expenditure will easily cause the company's business imbalance.

He was about to talk to Feng Yiping about this issue in a tactful way, when many experts and scholars came over with their partners and wine glasses.

"Feng," Klein, an academician of the three American academies, a master in artificial intelligence translation, and who looked very energetic, came over with his red-haired wife, "Thank you, I can finally consider buying a house in Xiangshan."

"Haha, have you chosen, Klein?" Feng Yiping smiled and clinked glasses with him.

These experts' emotional intelligence is indeed different from their IQ.

The topic he talked about still made people uncomfortable.

The reason why he could consider buying a villa in Xiangshan and thank Feng Yiping for it was because in recent years, the country's investment in affordable housing and various targeted measures against real estate speculation have finally curbed the rapid rise in domestic housing prices.

But saying that high-income people like him from high-consumption countries have difficulty buying houses in the capital, the meaning conveyed in it, at least, will not make Feng Yiping and others feel very comfortable.

Old Ma took a sip of wine. Well, it turns out that it's not enough to support these uncles with a lot of money, it's a headache!