The economic account is easy to calculate.

It is only necessary to calculate how much output value these workers in the group responsible for the production of the "Spey" series and "TAY" series engines can create for the company every year, and then calculate how much output value can be created for the company every year after transferring these workers to the production line of "Trent 700".

Simon Robertson's mind quickly began to calculate.

But there is no need for Simon Robertson to calculate it himself, and before Simon Robertson can figure out whether he has made a profit or a loss, Chen Geng said: "Mr. Robertson, you understand, for Rolls-Royce Group, the focus is not on how many "TAY" series engines and "Spey" series engines Rolls-Royce can produce every year, but how many "TAY" series engines and "Spey" series engines are needed in the market. ”

Simon Robertson frowned, reluctant to admit it.

But before he could speak, Chen Geng continued: "Mr. Robertson, you know, I have been to your factory, and not once, I know that relative to the market demand, the production capacity of Rolls-Royce Group's "TAY" series engines and "Spey" series engines is seriously overcapacity, if Rolls-Royce's "Spey" series engine production line and "TAY" series engines are fully operational, Rolls-Royce can produce 600 "Spey" engines per year engines and more than 300 "tay" engines. ”

Simon Robertson had a little smile on his face: "You're right......"

Chen Geng interrupted Simon Robertson's words and said with a smile: "The problem is that the only aircraft in the world that are still using the "tay" series engine are Fokker F70 series and F100 series civil aircraft and Gulfstream IV business jet of Gulfstream, while the civil aircraft that are still in production using the "Spey" series engine are ......."

Chen Geng spread his hands and shrugged: "It's gone!

Simon Robertson's face instantly turned black as the bottom of a pot!

But he couldn't refute it yet.

Chen Geng is also a person in the aviation industry, of course he knows that any jet business jet or civil aircraft in production now, whether it is a mainline aircraft or a regional aircraft, there is no "Spey" engine in production, that is to say, the reason why Rolls-Royce still maintains the production line and skilled workers of the "Spey" engine is for those who have been discontinued, but are still in service with major airlines such as de Havilland's "Trident", Fokker F28, Gulfstream II, Spare engines and parts are available for aircraft such as the Gulfstream III business jet.

Looking at Simon Robertson's appearance, Chen Geng knew what this guy was thinking, smiled, took a sip of coffee, and continued: "So, Mr. Robertson, can you tell me how much the annual demand for the "TAY" series of engines is in the world?"

Without waiting for Simon Robertson to speak, Chen Geng continued: "Gulfstream's Gulfstream IV series business jets have an annual output of no more than 30 aircraft, which means that Gulfstream only needs more than 50 "tay" engines every year;

Fokker's F70 is on the verge of discontinuation and the demand is negligible, and the annual production of the F100 is about 24 (not counting the production of COMAC), that is, 48 "tay" series engines.

100 units, that's almost the total number of "TAY" engines that Rolls-Royce can sell in a year...... Oops, I forgot," Speaking of this, Chen Geng pretended to pat his head with annoyance: "I'm still going to buy Fokker, if I finally get Fokker Company, then Fokker will no longer purchase "TAY" series engines from Rolls-Royce from now on, so even if Alan · Mr. E. Paulson eventually turned me down, and the total number of "tay" engines that Rolls-Royce was able to sell each year was just over 50...... Mr. Robertson, I'm not mistaken, am I?"

Chen Geng was deliberately provoking Simon Robertson.

But I have to say that Simon Robertson is still very self-contained, he snorted, but did not speak, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

Chen Geng continued: "So how many "Spey" series engines can Rolls-Royce sell every year in the world?"

Looking at Simon Robertson, Chen Geng said slowly: "Is there twenty?"

Simon Robertson's face was even more ugly, but he still couldn't answer Chen Geng's question, not because he couldn't answer it, but because the actual answer was too embarrassing!

If the "TAY" series engine is on the verge of elimination in the civil aviation engine market, then the "Spey" series engine is a product that has been completely eliminated by the market, but Rolls-Royce has not been able to stop producing such a product that has been completely eliminated by the market.

The reason why the production of the Spey series of engines will continue is that some airlines still have aircraft equipped with Spey engines in service, such as the Trident, such as the Fokker F28, such as the Gulfstream II and Gulfstream III.

Since these aircraft are still in use, the engine may be damaged or damaged, and may need to be replaced, but even if you look at the world, there are not many "Spey" series engines that need to be replaced every year, coupled with the impact of second-hand "Spey" engines provided by aircraft lending companies such as Chen Geng, it is also possible that Rolls-Royce sometimes cannot produce 10 "Spey" engines a year - 10 units, it is the Rolls-Royce Group that starts the "Spey" The minimum output required for an engine production line.

Looking at Simon Robertson, whose face was not very good-looking, Chen Geng was not very concerned about himself, and continued with a smile: "In this way, Mr. Robertson, the total number of "TAY" series and "Spey" series engines produced by Rolls-Royce every year is sixty or seventy units, and the total sales of these sixty or seventy "Spey" series and "Tay" series, if I remember correctly, is about 70 million US dollars, right?"

Of course, Chen Geng is not wrong, the price of the "Tay" series of engines is slightly higher, the price of a single engine can reach about 1.2 million US dollars, and more than 50 units are about 60 million US dollars; as for the "Spey" engine, because it is too old, even if it is a brand new engine, the price does not exceed 800,000 US dollars, and the total price of the more than 10 or 20 "Spey" engines is so-so and 10 million US dollars.

In other words, the total selling price of the "TAY" series of engines and the "Spey" series of engines produced by Rolls-Royce every year is about 70 million US dollars.

"This bit of production and this bit of sales is completely a chicken rib for Rolls-Royce," Chen Geng continued: "But you Rolls-Royce still don't dare to stop the production line of the "TAY" series engine and the "Spey" series engine, but what if we cooperate in the way I just proposed, hand over the production of the "TAY" engine and the "Spey" engine to COMAC, and then divert the vacated workers to the production line of the "Trent 700" engine?"

Chen Geng reminded Simon Robertson with a smile: "I heard that you have signed a supply intention with the Airbus Group, and a 'Trent 700' will cost almost 20 million US dollars. ”

The reason why Rolls-Royce did not dare to stop the production line of the "Tay" series of engines and the "Spey" series of engines was not because Rolls-Royce had a strong sense of corporate responsibility, but because if they did, it would greatly affect the sales of the main products of the Rolls-Royce Group: once Rolls-Royce stopped the "Spey" series and "Tay" series engines, those aircraft in service would still be equipped with "Spey" series engines and "TAY" What will the airlines with serial engines think of Rolls-Royce?

Yes......

Do you think that this product has no future in production, so it is stopped? But have you considered that we actually need you to provide corresponding products and technologies?

Gotcha!

This time we are blind, in the future, our company will never choose your Rolls-Royce products when purchasing aircraft, if you choose your Rolls-Royce engine, Lao Tzu is a puppy!

In fact, this is the basic mode of operation of aero-engine companies: they can provide repair services for products that were manufactured at least 30 years ago.

And the situation is indeed as Chen Geng said, Simon Robertson began to calculate again in his heart:

According to the previous calculations of Airbus, in the next 20 years after production, the total sales of the A330 and A340 sister models are expected to exceed 2,000 aircraft, even if it is discounted, at least 1,500 aircraft should be available, which means that the Airbus Group will produce an average of 75 twin-engine A330 and four-engine A340 per year, with the production capacity ratio of A330 and A340 to 2:1 to calculate, the Airbus Group will produce 50 A330 and 25 A340 per year, which means that the Airbus Group needs to purchase 200 engines for the A330 and A340 every year, which means that even if Rolls-Royce wins one-third of the total annual engine demand for Airbus A330 and A340, it can theoretically sell 67 Trent 700.

According to the previous agreement between Rolls-Royce and the Airbus Group, the price of a Trent 700 engine is more than $20 million, and 67 Trent 700 is at least $1.34 billion.

Considering that no airline will pay the purchase price in a lump sum, but in installments, this means that Rolls-Royce can also enjoy financial derivative profits, and these 67 Trent engines will actually bring more than $14 in sales to the Rolls-Royce Group every year!

Of course, not all of the $1.4 billion was created by the workers who produced the Spey and Tay engines, but they created at least half of the wealth, or $700 million.

Therefore, with around $70 million on one side and more than $700 million on the other, how to choose and how to choose, Simon Robertson has secretly made a decision in his heart.

It's just that although Simon Robertson has secretly made a decision in his heart, it is impossible to let Simon Robertson bow to Chen Geng so easily-not to mention that he was still suffocated by Chen Geng's words just now.

"I admit that what you said is right," Simon Robertson nodded slowly in the face of Chen Geng's "everything is under control": "However, Rolls-Royce is a company with a high sense of social responsibility, and our goal is not how much money to make, but to shoulder our social responsibilities while making money." ”

Looking at Simon Robertson with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, Chen Geng was speechless: What the hell are you kidding me?!

You guys who let the government buy you up and turn it into a state-owned enterprise when there is a crisis, and then you find a way to re-privatize Rolls-Royce, a state-owned enterprise, after the country has passed you through the crisis, are you especially embarrassed to talk to Lao Tzu about corporate social responsibility?!

Isn't your face red?

Simon Robertson obviously knew very well what Chen Geng's expression meant, but this level of eyes was not even a humming mosquito for Simon Robertson, and he was not lethal at all, he still said calmly: "As part of our responsibility, we want to provide more jobs to British society, which is why we are recruiting so many new employees this time: we can make your life better." ”

All right!

You cow!

You're so good at blowing!

I especially talked to Lao Tzu about the sense of social responsibility of the enterprise.

Cheng, since you dare to blow it, Lao Tzu will dare to send you your girl's heaven!

Chen Geng raised his thumb and nodded with admiration: "OK, I underestimated you, since that's the case, forget it." ”

Implication: I admire your noble sentiments, so, after drinking this cup of coffee, let's go back to our own homes and find our own mothers - they are all thousand-year-old foxes, what are you pretending to talk to Lao Tzu about?

Simon Robertson didn't expect Chen Geng to be so straightforward, he was stunned for a moment, and then there was a kind of depression in his heart that he had been fed-when he looked at the smile in Chen Geng's eyes, Simon Robertson suddenly understood and got rid of himself.

Also!

These words can be said in the Congress, can be said in the media, but who doesn't know who, you pretend to be noble in front of Lao Tzu, Cheng, since you are willing to pretend to be noble, then continue to pretend.

Chen Geng is not fooled, that is not a problem, Simon Robertson rolled his eyes: "However, I believe that the directors are still very interested in your proposal just now, after all, this is a win-win result for both parties." ”

He never mentioned what he just said, "providing more jobs" and "corporate social responsibility"!

It's never been a problem for people like Simon Robertson to turn around and eat the they just pulled.

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PS: I owe a total of 5,000 words to the brothers, 4,000 words in this chapter, and 1,000 words first.