Chapter 455: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones
Because of this, Zhuang Jianye, as the head of Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, feels that it is necessary to make a good layout in advance in this regard, after all, with the continuous diffusion of aviation technology, after the nineties, the competition of finished aircraft can only be described as fierce.
The former Soviet Union, which shattered to pieces a few years later, is the best example of this.
In addition to military aircraft that can compete with American aircraft, in fact, the Soviet Union's achievements in civil aviation are no less than their civil aircraft.
A country that can produce the Tu-160 strategic bomber and the An-224 heavy transport aircraft is several orders of magnitude stronger than ordinary countries, no matter how bad the civil aircraft are.
It's just that the fighting nation is more rough, the interior of the aircraft is rougher, the comfort is relatively poor, and the Soviet Union, according to the experience of World War II, regards the aircraft as a strategic resource for wartime requisition, so the military attributes are more obvious, which further reduces the passenger experience and the economy of operation, which leads to the evaluation of Soviet civil aviation products is not as good as that of the United States.
However, in terms of pure technology, the Yak-42, Tu-154, Il-62, Il-86, Il-96, and even the final swan song Tu-214 in the Soviet era are not much worse than similar Western models.
It stands to reason that after the marketization of these types of aircraft, Russia should become a large force rushing into the international market, and then tear off a large piece of meat from the territory of the United States and Europe, and become the world's third largest aviation manufacturer after Europe and the United States.
As a result, instead of seizing this opportunity and forming an absolute fist of the huge aviation legacy left by the Soviet Union to attack the European and American markets, Russia was wantonly harvested by the European and American aviation giants that had been prepared for a long time, not only did the market of the CIS countries that belonged to the Soviet Union not be preserved, but even the internal market in Russia was seized by the European and American aviation giants.
So much so that in addition to the Russian government, which is still in use for the sake of face, the vast majority of the models operated by other Russian airlines are either Boeing or Airbus.
There are many reasons for this situation, such as the joint strangulation of Europe and the United States, such as the Russian government, such as the continuous weakening of Russia's national strength, such as the endless infighting of the Russian style of dumping, of course, the rigid marketing method is also one of the main reasons for the loneliness of the Russian civil aviation manufacturing industry.
In the past, when the planning system was planned, there was a state backing, whether it was Tupolev or Ilyushin, life was called a nourishment, but when the Soviet Union suddenly collapsed and there was no state as a guarantee, these aircraft production complexes, which were accustomed to a good life, panicked and were very eager to ask for the account period of the customers who ordered the aircraft.
Even the same is true of the domestic airlines, I can't wait for my plane to be delivered yet, so you hurry up and call the money, looking like you want money and don't want your life.
Airlines are also enterprises, there are a lot of places to take care of, and the funds are also very stuck, although they order planes, they can rarely come up with money to purchase, and delaying the account period is the basic operation, as a result, several major Russian aviation manufacturers do not even delay the account period, and there is no additional sales policy, at least the domestic airlines order a 20% discount, right? But Tupolev or Ilyushin is like having never seen money in several lifetimes, and they are still discounted by 20%, and you are thankful for not increasing the price by 8%.
Look at the European and American aviation factories again, not to mention the aircraft for a month, no money to buy and rent, really tempted to really want to start, it doesn't matter, European and American aviation manufacturers have professional financial institutions to provide you with loans, some don't even need you Russian airlines to make a down payment, just make an asset mortgage of about 20, a few planes can fall to the vast Russian land with wings.
As for the loan for the purchase of an aircraft, it can be repaid with interest on a proportional basis every year, and there is absolutely no pressure.
Russian airlines are so compared, of course, because of the European and American aviation manufacturing policies, it doesn't take much start-up capital to get a dozen fleets, as long as the follow-up operation is proper, the annual repayment cost is not a problem at all, so they have turned to the arms of European and American aviation giants.
As a result, the already declining Russian aviation manufacturers made matters worse, and when Russia finally recovered from the internal and external turmoil, learned from the methods of the European and American aviation giants, and reorganized the aviation manufacturing industry, it suddenly found that they had missed the best period for ten years, and it was impossible to catch up.
In fact, not only Russia, but also the country is not good enough in this regard, but the country has not experienced the large-scale geopolitical turmoil of the Soviet Union, and its own level in the field of civil aviation is average, so it is not prominent.
However, with the transformation of the industrial structure, when preparing to share a piece of the lucrative aviation manufacturing industry, it was found that in addition to technology, other sales facilities and foreign aviation giants have a greater gap, waiting for the relayout, the establishment of the system is inevitably suppressed by the European and American financial institutions that have been alert, and the development has always been tepid.
Based on the above historical experience, Zhuang Jianye felt that in the 80s, when the relationship between China and the West was still in the honeymoon period, it was very necessary to build this consumer financial system to support the sales of aviation equipment.
When the report was submitted, there was a great deal of controversy among the ministries and commissions and some leaders, who believed that Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation's method was too big, especially when it involved the financial sector, and it must be said that it was a little sensitive.
So when it came to the head of the headquarters, there were more annotations on the report than the words of the report itself, and the vast majority of the opinions were that they were studying and studying, and even a few of the more drastic ones simply demanded that the idea be strangled to avoid unnecessary financial turmoil.
The head of the headquarters also couldn't make up his mind, so he consulted with the leaders of CITIC and learned that many developed countries abroad even use consumer financial loans for daily necessities to sell, the head of the headquarters thought for two days, and finally made the final instructions at the end of the report, "You can try, but only externally, not internally." ”
This instruction was absolutely conservative after a few decades, but it was very bold in the 80s, and it inevitably attracted a lot of criticism, but first, it was clear that only the outside is not internal, even if there is a risk, it is isolated; second, the detailed rules behind it are clear that there is only one pilot unit such as the Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, and if something happens, the Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation will bear it alone.
In other words, the head of the headquarters will control the risk in a very small range, and even if it fails, it will collapse and the Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation will collapse, and it will not affect the others.
This has weakened the criticism a lot, no way, the reform measures of the decade are as many as a cow's hair, not to mention the good, there are also not a few problems, often a policy is not appropriate to collapse an enterprise is really not too much, otherwise how can the reform be called feeling the stone across the river, because there is no reference, no reference, of course it is good to be able to touch the stone, and it is normal to fall into the river with one foot.
Therefore, China's reform is difficult to move forward in such repeated temptations, the country is like this, and Tengfei Aviation Manufacturing Corporation is no exception, since you want to be a pioneer in the reform, you must be ready to step into the river with one foot in the air.
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