Chapter 336 Employee Benefits
Fang Hexuan and his party went to Germany, or to be more precise, West Germany. Their final destination was the city of Bremen in the northwest.

Bremen has a population of only about 60, but it is the capital of the state of Bremen, the second largest port city in West Germany, the fifth largest industrial city and the center of the northwest.

The city's advantageous industries include automobile parts, food processing, aerospace, shipping logistics, trade, and new energy.

As a major center for the automotive, shipbuilding, steel, electronics, and food industries, Bremen is the third largest city in West Germany in terms of total industrial output.

There are not only Daimler Benz's vehicle factories here, but also auto parts companies including Johnson Controls, Hella, Brose, Lear, Magna, Bosch, and Schieder.

In addition, well-known European companies such as Airbus and Rheinmetall also have branches here.

Of course, these are not the focus of Fang Hexuan's trip. He came for Lürssen (also known as Leshun), the largest yacht manufacturer in Germany.

In fact, although Germany was defeated in World War II, the strength of many West German military-industrial enterprises was not greatly affected.

Therefore, many shipyards that originally manufactured warships for the German Navy are now actively expanding into the civilian market, that is, designing and manufacturing super yachts.

For example, the German Naval Shipyard (GNYK) in Kiel is a typical example.

Private companies, such as ThyssenKrupp Group's shipbuilding subsidiary Marine Systems (TKMS), Nobiskrug Shipyard, Lloyd Werft and Lürssen, are all Germany's top yacht manufacturers.

However, Fang Hexuan still chose Lürssen simply because of the influence from his previous life.

In his previous life, he and his friends also attended the "Sea and Sky Feast" in Sanya, where Germany's Lürssen was definitely the most dazzling brand among all yacht manufacturers.

The reason is simple. Compared with the top ten largest and most luxurious yachts in the world, the super yachts manufactured by Lürssen are not only the largest, but also the most numerous.

It can be seen that this yacht manufacturer is the most powerful and best-crafted company in the minds of the world's top wealthy people.

In that case, why should he choose so much? Why not just pick the best one?

Although Bremen is an inland city, the Weser River flows through the city directly to the North Sea, so shipping transportation is very convenient.

Lürssen's company headquarters are located in the Wegersack district of Bremen and it also has a shipbuilding branch in the Ormond district.

Le Shun's marketing director did not discuss the ship purchase with Fang Hexuan right away, but instead took them to the shipyard in the Ormond district first.

The scale of this shipyard was not large, with only four docks, and it could not be compared with the Jiangnan Shipyard of later generations.

But after Fang Hexuan's visit, he had to admit that the workers' seriousness, skill level and the shipyard's craftsmanship are indeed reassuring.

During this period, three of the four shipyards were building new yachts. Fang Hexuan and his team did not see all of them, but they only knew that the length of one of them should be over 100 meters.

According to the accompanying director, all three ships were orders placed by Middle Eastern countries, which made Fang Hexuan suddenly realize that these wealthy people had started to become wealthy a long time ago.

It was almost dark when we finished touring the shipyard, so the actual negotiations for purchasing the ship could only be postponed to tomorrow.

However, Le Shun also held a welcome dinner for Fang Hexuan, and they invited many business people in Bremen.

In fact, Fang Hexuan is well-known in the West German business community. Not to mention the acquisition of Kuka and the investment in AMG last year, BYD and BMW have become major customers of Bosch and other West German auto parts manufacturers, which has also made many Germans begin to pay attention to him and his ambition to build cars.

Jacob, the general manager of Mercedes-Benz Bremen, said to Fang Hexuan with a smile:

"I heard that you bought shares in AMG. Daimler-Benz headquarters held a meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures."

Hearing this, Fang Hexuan raised his glass to the other party, but Xiaoxiao did not respond.

This is of course a joke. In fact, Daimler-Benz does not attach much importance to AMG, at least not yet.

But if BYD also participates in WRC in the future and achieves good results, Mercedes-Benz may re-examine the value of AMG.

At the dinner party, Fang Hexuan tried his best to transform himself into a social butterfly, wandering among the Bremen heads of major companies.

It’s not that he attaches great importance to these brainless people, but he must first establish basic relationships with German companies.

As far as his own business empire is concerned, German companies will definitely be his priority partners in the future, so it is very important for him to build a good network of relationships in advance.

Donatella naturally became his companion at the dinner party. Although this Italian beauty did not understand German, her ability to respond on the spot as an actress ensured that she did not embarrass Fang Hexuan.

The next day, negotiations officially began.

In the conference room, in addition to the marketing director who accompanied us yesterday, a yacht designer and an engineering manager from Leshun were also present.

Yacht designer Luz adjusted his glasses and asked the first question:

"Mr. Fang, do you have any requirements for the yacht you want?"

Fang Hexuan nodded, cleared his throat and said:
"The yacht must be at least 140 meters in length, with a displacement of no less than 7500 tons, a speed of no less than 30 knots, a maximum range of no less than 8000 kilometers, 6-8 decks, 1-2 helicopter pads, and a hangar."

"In addition, the lowest cabin must have a platform for miniature submarines to dive and surface. By the way, your company will also order submarines from other German shipyards. In addition, the yacht must have enough space to park various auxiliary boats and water toys, including sailboats, diving boosters, motorboats, and windsurfing boards."

"As for the internal facilities, I hope there will be a swimming pool on the third and fifth floors, a concert hall, a cinema, a dance hall, a bar, a spa, a gym, a game room and a billiard room."

"I plan to use this yacht to entertain employees of my company on overseas trips, so it needs to have more guest rooms, preferably able to accommodate about 100 people at a time."

"Also, I hope that the internal equipment will be designed to be as intelligent and automated as possible, and it would be best if the ship could be operated with the least number of crew members."

"My last request is that I hope this yacht can be equipped with a small anti-missile system and an advanced radar system, and preferably also with glare equipment to prevent reporters from secretly photographing it."

Fang Hexuan spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner, which completely confused the three people sitting across the table.

Fang Hexuan looked at their reactions speechlessly, and spread his hands and said:

"This is not just my boat, it's also for the benefit of my employees. It's reasonable to ask for more, right?"

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(End of this chapter)