Chapter 1014: McDonnell Douglas Danger!
"That's ......"
Chen Geng frowned, his tone a little displeased.
"Yes," McDonald Jr. replied and explained to Chen Geng: "Fernandez, you have to understand that although this project requires a lot of money, without McDonnell Douglas's many unique technologies, this aircraft will not be able to be built, so we can be regarded as a technology shareholder." ”
"That's it, I'll think about it again. Chen Geng didn't say anything to death.
At this moment, McDonald Jr. is still full of confidence in the success of the MD-12, although Chen Geng did not agree, but he did not take it seriously, feeling that with the gimmick of the MD-12 being "bigger than the Boeing 747 and the world's largest civil airliner", coupled with McDonnell Douglas's appeal, the MD-12 project will not find investors? ”
"I will," Chen Geng replied and asked casually, "By the way, have Aerolíneas Argentinas and TAP confirmed their procurement plans?"
Previously, McDonald Jr. ambitiously wanted to sell the MD-11 to Aerolíneas Argentinas and TAP Portugal, and planned to use the good safety reputation of these two airlines to build momentum for the MD-11, but these months have passed, and he still hasn't heard any news about the two airlines preparing to purchase the MD-11, which made Chen Geng curious: What about asking me to help?
"Uh...... This ......"
As soon as Chen Geng mentioned MD-11 and the two airlines of Argentina and Portugal, McDonald Jr. suddenly squeaked: "We are still negotiating...... Negotiations are going well now......"
Gotcha!
As soon as he heard McDonald's tone, Chen Geng knew that the progress of the negotiations would definitely not go very smoothly, but also, after all, the safety record of the predecessor of the MD-11: DC-10 is really not good, and for Aerolíneas Argentinas and TAP Portugal, two airlines that attach great importance to flight safety, the decision to purchase the MD-11 is indeed not so good.
The most important thing is that Chen Geng didn't hear that Little McDonald wanted to ask him for help, since this was the case, Chen Geng didn't take the initiative to move forward, he responded: "OK, since the negotiation went well, then I can rest assured, if there is anything that needs my help, just ask." ”
"I will. ”
For some reason, MacDonald Jr.'s voice sounded like a sigh of relief.
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Lockheed actually wants to wait for Chen Geng to take the initiative to come to him to seek cooperation, after all, we are Lockheed, the military-industrial complex, Lao Tzu is a hot cow X!
But left and right, it's been three months, Chen Geng has no intention of coming to the door, and now Lockheed can't sit still, so let Joteson come to explore Chen Geng's bottom, just a few words of greeting, Joterson just tentatively mentioned Lockheed, Chen Geng asked Jotson: "Old Joe, I heard that you have received several orders of business from Lockheed in the past few months? Yes, Lockheed is enough to take care of you." ”
Jotson's face stiffened slightly.
Where did he still not understand, this is because Chen Geng has understood his intentions, and he is already a little dissatisfied with his actions?
"You guessed it, that's right, it was Lockheed who asked me to come," Joteson smiled bitterly and honestly confessed to Chen Geng: "Lockheed wants to hear your specific thoughts, it's ......"
"Since it's cooperation, then have a cooperative attitude," Chen Geng interrupted Jotson's words and said: "Old Joe, you know me, I never exclude cooperating with anyone, but there is a premise, that is, don't treat yourself as an uncle...... Didn't you tell the people at Lockheed about that?"
"This ...... Lockheed people are more proud......"
Jotson said vaguely, but Chen Geng understood it as soon as he heard it: yes, Lockheed still thinks he is an uncle.
He shook his head: "Cheng, then we don't need to mention this matter, when you go back, tell the people at Lockheed, just say that you want to cooperate with me, just correct your attitude...... I don't miss Lockheed for this money. ”
What Jotson heard was envy and jealousy: Look, look, this man is rich and his waist is hard! Lockheed's "little money" is calculated in units of "100 million US dollars", and this guy Fernandez can't even look down on it!
But even so, Joterson had to nod honestly: "Okay." ”
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Probably because Chen Geng's words seriously stimulated Lockheed's overly sensitive self-esteem, there was no news from Joterson after he went back, and Chen Geng was not in a hurry, anyway, this kind of money belongs to the nature of extra money, and you can earn it, but you can't make it...... You should rest yourself.
On the Fokker side, good news came one after another, first KLM Royal Dutch Airlines officially signed a 24+ contract with Falkland-United Aviation Technologies12 F70 aircraft purchase contract (first purchase 24, and then after operation, if it can achieve the effect that Fokker said, add 12 aircraft, otherwise there are only these 24 aircraft), followed by two famous European airlines: Norwegian Air and Fokker signed a purchase contract for the purchase of 18 F70s and 6 F100s, after Norwegian Air signed this contract, Aegean Airlines also signed a contract for the purchase of 18 F70s.
After signing these three contracts, Fokker seems to have activated a switch, and medium, small and medium-sized airlines such as Air Chile, Air Uruguay and Brazilian Airlines have come to Fokker for inspection, and the intended sales scale of the aircraft to be discussed has reached 70 aircraft, and Fokker has greatly boosted morale!
In April, McDonnell Douglas officially unveiled their MD-12 superplane program to the public, and with the announcement of the entire plan, the entire global aviation community was shocked: McDonnell Douglas dared to push this super-risky model in such a poor financial situation, and this is really confident...... Simply so!
But insiders watch the doorway, laymen watch the excitement, and aviation fans and the media are quite excited: because this is the world's first super plane with a full second-level all-access cabin!
Is the Boeing 747 a two-decker airliner?
No!
The Boeing 747 can only be regarded as one and a half floors, compared with the MD-12 with an all-deck layout of the upper and lower decks, the Boeing 747, which has been more than 20 years old, is simply like an ugly duckling, and many media began to shout "The owner of the Jumbo airliner is going to be replaced!"
In this case, the media and aviation fans naturally ignored the global investment plan released with the MD-12 program: McDonnell Douglas plans to give 49% ownership of the MD-12 aircraft in exchange for 67% of the research and development funds......
Although McDonnell Doesnnell Doesnnell Douglas packaged this fundraising plan very well, and what kind of global resource allocation made people feel inexplicably high, an embarrassing situation arose for McDonnell Dalwells Group: a month after the MD-12 plan was released, McDonnell Dalwellall did not receive a single order for MD-12!
Not to mention the confirmed order, there is not even an intention order......
As for the intended partners, the situation of "ten thousand friends coming to the court" in McDonald's previous reverie did not appear, and only the 4V Taixiang Aerospace Industry Group expressed interest......
It's embarrassing to death!
Thinking of what Chen Geng said to himself before, McDonald Jr. didn't know that the MD-12 program was really hanging? For McDonald, who had always regarded the MD-12 program as McDonnell's turnaround, this situation was absolutely unacceptable to him, so McDonald Jr. couldn't sit still anymore and rushed to New York to ask Chen Geng for advice.
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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.
After signing these three contracts, Fokker seems to have activated a switch, and medium, small and medium-sized airlines such as Air Chile, Air Uruguay and Brazilian Airlines have come to Fokker for inspection, and the intended sales scale of the aircraft to be discussed has reached 70 aircraft, and Fokker has greatly boosted morale!
In April, McDonnell Douglas officially unveiled their MD-12 superplane program to the public, and with the announcement of the entire plan, the entire global aviation community was shocked: McDonnell Douglas dared to push this super-risky model in such a poor financial situation, and this is really confident...... Simply so!
But insiders watch the doorway, laymen watch the excitement, and aviation fans and the media are quite excited: because this is the world's first super plane with a full second-level all-access cabin!
Is the Boeing 747 a two-decker airliner?
No!
The Boeing 747 can only be regarded as one and a half floors, compared with the MD-12 with an all-deck layout of the upper and lower decks, the Boeing 747, which has been more than 20 years old, is simply like an ugly duckling, and many media began to shout "The owner of the Jumbo airliner is going to be replaced!"
In this case, the media and aviation fans naturally ignored the global investment plan released with the MD-12 program: McDonnell Douglas plans to give 49% ownership of the MD-12 aircraft in exchange for 67% of the research and development funds......
Although McDonnell Doesnnell Doesnnell Douglas packaged this fundraising plan very well, and what kind of global resource allocation made people feel inexplicably high, an embarrassing situation arose for McDonnell Dalwells Group: a month after the MD-12 plan was released, McDonnell Dalwellall did not receive a single order for MD-12!
Not to mention the confirmed order, there is not even an intention order......
As for the intended partners, the situation of "ten thousand friends coming to the court" in McDonald's previous reverie did not appear, and only the 4V Taixiang Aerospace Industry Group expressed interest......
It's embarrassing to death!
Thinking of what Chen Geng said to himself before, McDonald Jr. didn't know that the MD-12 program was really hanging? For McDonald, who had always regarded the MD-12 program as McDonnell's turnaround, this situation was absolutely unacceptable to him, so McDonald Jr. couldn't sit still anymore and rushed to New York to ask Chen Geng for advice.
But insiders watch the doorway, laymen watch the excitement, and aviation fans and the media are quite excited: because this is the world's first super plane with a full second-level all-access cabin!