222: Chapter 222 Long Time No See

The Global 7500 that Anna showed Chen Cheng had a standard layout: a three-section cabin, a ten-seat area, a three-person sofa area, and a double-bed suite.

In the front, there was also a small crew compartment and an onboard galley.

Anna took out her tablet and selected some configurations in the system.

She squatted back down beside Chen Cheng, holding the tablet with both hands, "Mr. Chen, according to the configuration you requested, the total price of the aircraft is 83 million dollars."

"The financing plan requires your corporate credit rating to determine the interest rate."

"If calculated based on the minimum down payment ratio of 20%, the down payment will be 16.6 million dollars, and the monthly payment will be 664,000 dollars."

"Then there are some registration fees, transaction taxes, insurance premiums, and legal fees; these add up to about 3.8 million US dollars in total."

"Regarding the financing structure, I suggest holding the aircraft through a Hong Kong Island SPV company, combined with an offshore company as the asset holding entity."

"If you frequently travel back and forth to the mainland, you can then lease the aircraft to a mainland company for use."

"The overall cost is just right."

Chen Cheng nodded repeatedly; he had to admit that professionals do professional work.

It was no wonder Anna was able to go out and handle clients on her own.

It wasn't that Chen Cheng hadn't thought about registering it in the mainland, but the costs were too high—it would increase the total cost by over 20 million dollars.

He was poor now; he would contribute later when he struck it rich.

Chen Cheng nodded, "Let's proceed with this plan."

Once the financing plan and cabin layout were finalized, Anna introduced many different livery designs.

These required Chen Cheng to provide his requirements, then the design company would create the designs, and only after Chen Cheng finalized the plan would the aircraft company proceed with painting and delivery.

Just like buying a car, it was a long and tedious process, and they even had a working lunch arranged by the agent.

It wasn't until three or four in the afternoon that Chen Cheng and Zou Yu got into the car and left, accompanied by the farewells of four or five people.

Today was just the pre-order; delivery would take over three more months, and that was the shortest promised time.

Chen Cheng turned his head and asked Zou Yu with a grin, "It's a pity I didn't let you earn the legal fees."

Zou Yu turned her head and rolled her eyes at him, "I'm not a specialized aviation lawyer, after all."

Law firms on Hong Kong Island play an extremely important role in asset transactions.

When buying a house, the down payment is transferred to the law firm's account for safekeeping.

Developers can only receive the money once the lawyers and architects have confirmed everything.

This system also makes unfinished buildings almost non-existent on Hong Kong Island.

The same goes for second-hand properties; the transaction process must be completed through a law firm.

Although buying an aircraft doesn't mandate the use of a law firm, such a complex transaction inevitably requires one.

Involving cross-border transactions, property registration, compliance filings, and financing risk reviews, having lawyers involved is the only way to reduce risk.

The full-process legal service fee signed today was 1 million dollars.

When Zou Yu watched Chen Cheng sign the papers, she was all puffed up with annoyance.

She was a lawyer herself, but unfortunately, she wasn't an expert in cross-border assets.

Otherwise...

But she hadn't earned this money, and it felt like she had lost a piece of meat.

Chen Cheng stopped teasing her, checked his watch, and suggested, "It's still early; shall we go get some ice?"

After talking all day, his throat felt itchy no matter how much water he drank.

It was better to go eat some ice to get some relief.

"You're the boss; you make the call," Zou Yu said, raising an eyebrow playfully.

Chen Cheng smiled and gave an instruction to the Bodyguard who was driving.

Ten minutes later, the car stopped at a tea restaurant in Mong Kok.

Many shops on Hong Kong Island with "Ice Room" in their names are actually tea restaurants. Besides cold drinks, they also sell various simple meals and light snacks.

The two of them found a random seat and sat down.

It wasn't knock-off time yet, so it wasn't too crowded.

There were two girls chatting behind Chen Cheng.

He didn't pay attention; with Zou Yu there, it was hard to take his eyes off her to look at anyone else.

Of course, it could also be that the novelty hadn't worn off yet.

The two girls behind him were having a rather heavy conversation.

"What does the most perfect love look like in your mind?"

The long-haired girl frowned, paused with her fork, thinking about every word, and spoke very slowly.

"Perfect love..."

"Probably... only exists in the imagination."

"In some kind of vacuum environment, where two people appreciate and attract each other. That's quite perfect."

"But once it comes into contact with air."

"Everything changes."

The thin, petite girl with a bun hairstyle thought for a moment and continued, "Because the relationship isn't secure, you keep calculating and fighting."

"Or, because the relationship is too secure, it becomes dull and boring."

The shop was relatively quiet, and the two tables were back-to-back, so Chen Cheng and Zou Yu could hear their conversation clearly. They exchanged smiles and didn't make a sound, listening quietly.

"Anyway, everything will end up going in the opposite direction of what you wanted in the beginning."

The long-haired girl nodded, briefly lost in memory, "Yeah, that's why the purest, most beautiful love is the love that hasn't started yet."

"What do you mean?"

"When I was in high school. The school was quite far from my home."

"So I would often arrive at school very early."

"Often, the school gate hadn't even opened yet."

The long-haired girl paused, "Back then, I would always run into a boy."

"He didn't have a very good reputation at our school because he was a troublemaker."

"His grades were average, too."

A smile appeared on the girl's lips, "We would often just stand there, one on the left and one on the right, stuck at the school gate, not daring to look at each other."

"Just like two stone lions."

"Later, he would bring me breakfast."

"It was freezing in the winter. He would take a steamed bun out of his pocket and toss it to me, and it was still steaming hot."

The girl laughed as she spoke.

Chen Cheng, sitting behind her, frowned tightly, and the fork in his hand clattered onto the floor.

Zou Yu looked up at him, a bit confused, but still crouched down to pick up the fork that had fallen on the floor and turned to call the waiter for a replacement.

At this moment, Chen Cheng felt his heart pounding wildly, and his throat felt a bit dry.

"Sometimes, he would pass by our classroom door. And then he would secretly look at me... and leave a few candies on my locker."

"I also heard that he went to warn those boys who liked to talk to me. Telling them not to interfere with my studies."

"Later, after graduation, I also heard that he had gotten into a fight with someone because of me, and I also heard that he did better than me on the college entrance exam."

At this moment, Chen Cheng was one hundred percent sure who he had run into.

He had run into his first love from this life, the one that had withered away without a result and never truly began.

"So did you like him?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, "He and I, from beginning to end, never said a single word to each other."

"Why?"

The girl shook her head, "I don't know... maybe it was some kind of unspoken understanding."

"Until graduation, we couldn't even say we truly knew each other."

"But... the steam from that bun, the taste of the chocolate."

"Thinking about it now, it still feels very fresh."

Chen Cheng swallowed, stood up, and took a deep breath.

He stepped out of his seat, turned around, and walked to the front of the girl who was talking.

Zou Yu looked at him, not understanding what was going on.

Chen Cheng looked at Han Su, who had long hair draped over her shoulders; his eyes lit up, and a smile immediately appeared on his lips.

It really was her!

At this moment, Scum Cheng couldn't suppress his grin at all.

Both Han Su and He Zhinan widened their eyes as they looked at the man in front of them.

Chen Cheng tried hard to suppress his smile and said to Han Su, "Long time no see!"