Chapter 1003: Falk Descended (2/5)
"What?!!Rolls-Royce may hand over all the 'Tay' series engines and 'Spey' series engines to COMAC?!" Listening to Patrick Hogan, senior vice president of the global civil aviation division of Rolls-Royce Group, told him the news on the phone, Anthony Fokker felt as if he had been smothered in the head with a stick, and the whole person was not good: "Are you sure you are not joking with me?!"
Anthony Falk is a little broken at the moment!
How could Rolls-Royce hand over the "Spey" series engines and "TAY" series engines to the Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Group for OEM? Once Rolls-Royce officially discontinued the production of the "TAY" series engines, wouldn't it mean that Fokker's "eggs" would have been pinched in the hands of Chen Geng, a bastard from now on—the engine, as the core of the aircraft, could indeed be regarded as the "eggs" of the aircraft to a certain extent.
When Rolls-Royce can no longer produce the "TAY" series of engines by itself, and even the production line has been moved to Huaxia, if Fernandez Chen is ruthless and would rather breach the contract than provide engines to Rolls-Royce, what can Fokker do? Anyway, Rolls-Royce will not be able to change the engine.
At this moment, Anthony Falk felt the malice of Sensen from all over the world.
"Of course it's not a joke," Patrick Hogan's voice was a little muffled, and the news that Mr. Simon Robertson brought back greatly surprised him, and also made a series of previous plans all fall through: "You know, we are working the Trent 700 series engines, and we were going to hire about 1,200 new workers, but Fernandez Chan told Mr. Robertson that they could help Rolls-Royce OEM the 'Tay' series engines and. Spey' series engines, and after Rolls-Royce handed over the 'Tay' and 'Spey' series engines to Fernandez Chen, the workers who originally produced the 'Tay' series engines and 'Spey' series engines were able to produce the 'Trent 700 series engines' after simple training.
This means that Rolls-Royce will not only be able to hire hundreds of fewer people and save tens of millions of pounds a year, but it will also be able to create greater value for these workers and reduce training costs......"
“......”
Anthony Fokker had nothing to say, and he could even imagine how the shareholders of Fokker would react after listening to Simon Robertson's report: it is estimated that they would urgently and impatiently hand over the production line of the "TAY" series of engines and the "Spey" series of engines to Fernandes Chen's COMAC Group, because Fernandez Chen made them a lot of more money in disguise.
After a while, Anthony Falk finally reluctantly accepted this fact, muttering, "Damn capitalist......"
What if you don't accept it? As a businessman himself, Anthony Fokker felt that there was no problem with the choice of Rolls-Royce shareholders - the only problem was that Fokker had become a victim.
"Yes, damn capitalist," Patrick Hogan scolded, and then said, "Dude, you know, I can't help you anymore, so ...... I'm so sorry!"
After saying that, without waiting for Anthony Falk to say anything more, he hung up the phone directly.
Listening to the "beep ......" phone, Anthony Falk wanted to scold his mother: sorry?
Finally, Anthony Falk couldn't hold back any longer, and swept the things on the table with hatred: "Damn! These bastards, there is not a good thing!"
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It's just that no matter how angry Anthony Faulk is in his heart, scolding his mother will not help solve any problems, and after scolding his mother, the problem is still there.
Anthony Falk also understood this truth, so when the secretary came in in in a panic to see what was going on, Anthony Falk did not ask the secretary to clean up the messy room first, but asked him to inform the shareholders of the group that no matter what happened to everyone, there must be a meeting at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning - even if they can't come back to the meeting, they must participate by teleconference.
"Gentlemen, believe me, now, at this moment, is the time when the life and death of our Fokker company is really at stake," Anthony Fock, who had completely adjusted his mood on the second day of the call, made an opening remark with this sentence: "I have sent the relevant situation to everyone's e-mail, I believe that everyone has fully understood what is happening, so the content of today's meeting is very simple, there is only one, that is: to face Fernandez · Chen's strong attack, what should we do in Fokker?"
“......”
No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the conference room was particularly heavy.
In fact, Anthony Fock's last sentence is more appropriate to replace it with "Should we raise the white flag and surrender to Chen Geng", but it is too embarrassing to say so, but even if you don't say it, all the shareholders and executives of Fokker who attended the meeting actually understand that today's meeting is not so much called "How does Fokker deal with the OEM 'TAY' turbofan engine conference of COMAC", but it is more appropriate to call it "How to surrender to Chen Geng so that we have more face".
"I don't think it's that serious. In the midst of the dreak, Fred Defen, senior vice president for government affairs, spoke, and as soon as he spoke, he attracted a large number of attentions.
"What do you mean, Mr. Defen?" asked Anthony Falk, frowning.
"It's very simple," Fred Defen first nodded slightly to everyone, and then said: "No matter what we think, the reality is that after Mr. Fernandez Chen and Rolls-Royce reached an agreement to OEM 'TAY' engines and 'Spey' engines, only COMAC Group is the only company in the world that produces 'TAY' series engines and aero engines with a thrust of 5,500 kg to 6,500 kg. In this sense, in a way, Mr. Fernández has grasped my lifeblood and the vital point. ”
No one spoke, and the executives and shareholders all silently admitted this: yes, our lifeline has been grabbed by Fernandez Chen.
Fred Defen continued: "So, based on that, and considering the predicament that we are in at the moment, whether it is financial or otherwise, ......"
Speaking of this, he shrugged: "So, gentlemen, I would like to ask you a question: Is there any other option for us than to fully compromise with Mr. Fernández and agree to all the conditions he has put forward before, or who can give more lenient terms than Mr. Fernández in the present circumstances?"
“......”
Anthony Fokk, who was originally prepared to talk, suddenly couldn't say a word: yes, in the face of such a grim situation, does Fokker have any other choice?
"In that case, let's just vote," Vice Chairman Jack Schwarzer also spoke: "Gentlemen, if you agree with the conditions put forward by Mr. Fernández Chen, please raise your hand." ”
After saying that, Jacka Schwarzer was the first to raise her hand.
Immediately after Jack Schwarzer, Fred Defen also raised his hand.
Massim Felhagen looked at Jack Schwarzer, at Fred Defen, and at Anthony Faulk, slowly, hesitantly, but slowly, he raised his hand.
Seeing Maxim Fairhafen raise his hand, a thought suddenly sprung up in Anthony Fock's heart: the tide is over!
Who is Massim Felhagen?
His family holds a 4.72% stake in Falkland-United Aviation Technologies, so it can be said that the F70 project embodies the hope of the Felhagen family, but now, even Massim Felhagen has given up and raised the white flag, what will others think?
What do you think?
Raise your hands and see!
Massim Felhagen's movements seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and one arm after another began to be raised, and the speed became faster and faster, and in a short time, there was almost no one who did not raise his hand in the huge conference room.
The tide is over!
At this point, Anthony Falk didn't know that the Fork Company was gone? Looking at the forest of arms in front of him, Anthony Falk smiled bitterly.
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"Miss Taylor, I'm Anthony Fokker of Fokker Aircraft, is it convenient for Mr. Fernández now? We have made a decision to communicate with Mr. Fernández personally. Although it was over the phone, Anthony Falk was still very polite to Chen Geng's new assistant, Leilani Taylor.
Laylani Taylor was not at all surprised by Anthony Faulk's call, and replied politely: "Mr. Fernández is in a meeting, but please rest assured, Mr. Fernández told me to inform him as soon as possible if I have your call, so I will report to him as soon as the meeting is over." ”
"Okay, thank you very much. ”
Hanging up the phone, Anthony Falk shook his head and smiled bitterly: dare to be emotional, all his reactions were expected.
didn't let Anthony Falk wait long, half an hour later, Chen Geng called Anthony Fock's desk, and on the phone, someone was unceremoniously: "Mr. Fokk, congratulations on making the most correct decision as quickly as possible." ”
He didn't even ask Fokker what decision it had made.
"Yes, Mr. Fernandez, we all think that we have made the right decision that is in the best interest of Fokker," said Anthony Fokk, who had already made the final decision, much more relaxed than when he had not made a decision before, "But before that, can I ask you a question?"
"Oh? ”
"What are you going to do with the 64 F70 airliners that have already been sold?" asked Anthony Fock: "According to your previous plan, the current F70 will be discontinued, and the new F70 will take some cost reduction measures, so ......"
"Oh, this, it's simple," before Anthony Falk finished speaking, Chen Geng had already understood his news, and said with a smile: "Negotiate with those airlines that have purchased F70s to recycle the F70s in their hands."
Of course, if they are satisfied with the F70, they can continue to use the current F70, but we will sign a supplementary agreement with them, that is, when our new F70 has obtained the airworthiness certificate and production license, we can directly replace the new aircraft with the old aircraft in their hands, without them having to compensate for the difference. ”
Reclaim?!
Replacement?!
Anthony Fokker was shocked: the richest man in the world is the richest man in the world, this is more than 70 planes, with a total value of hundreds of millions of dollars, and now it is said that recycling is recycling?
It's just that while shocked, he is also a little worried and reluctant: "If this is the case, we can basically recycle all the F70s, but if we do this, we will lose a lot of money." ”
"I won't lose money," Chen Geng said with a smile: "I am going to lease the recovered aircraft to my airline in Huaxia and other airlines in Huaxia with zero down payment, and use it in Huaxia, which is also easy to maintain and can reduce the maintenance cost in disguise."
In addition, considering that the civil aviation industry in China may not be able to absorb so many aircraft, I will also convert some of the F70s into business jets and operate them with the airlines I have in China and the business jet leasing company under Lufthansa. ”
For those large international enterprises, For large groups, for convenience, but also to demonstrate the strength of the company, in addition to their own luxury business jets, in some of the more important business activities when traveling, they will also temporarily lease business jets, and compared with those business jets on the market, this kind of business jets modified from civil aircraft, because of the foundation of civil aircraft, not only more space, but also more seats, so this kind of business jets are very popular with large groups of travel, even in China, where the economic conditions do not seem so rich, with the development of the economy, since the mid-to-late 80s, those heavyweight state-owned enterprises with the prefix of the central word often choose to charter flightsThese are Chen Geng's target customers.
Anthony Falk breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't know much about the civil aviation industry, but since Chen Geng had already made arrangements, he had nothing to worry about, so he asked carefully: "Then...... Mr. Fernández, when can we sign the contract?"
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PS: Brothers, this chapter is still 4000 words, and 1000 words will be repaid again, so there is a "2/5" in the title, and we will all mark it like this in the future.