For Boeing, which has never regarded Lockheed as a threat and has always been ready to let Lockheed "fend for itself", the cooperation between Lockheed and McDonnell Dalwell is not a good sign. Herberg had to attach great importance to this matter: he found that if Lockheed really worked with McDonnell Douglas to develop the MD-12 airliner, then the MD-12 could really crash to the ground and pose a direct threat to the Boeing 747, which Boeing could not accept anyway.

Of course, Boeing's executives are not stupid, thinking of Lockheed's executives over the years to ask Boeing to buy Lockheed's civil aircraft business, they also thought about whether Lockheed is playing tricks and putting pressure on Boeing in the form of fake cooperation, so Boeing's top management quickly made a decision: first observe the situation for a short time, and at the same time investigate through various channels to find out whether Lockheed is really ready to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas.

After all, although it is not cheap to launch such a large-scale investigation, it is not even a drop in the bucket compared to the acquisition of Lockheed's civil aircraft business.

The news that Lockheed is in intensive negotiations with McDonnell Douglas on the joint development of the MD-12 aircraft quickly reflected in the market: after Lockheed and McDonnell Dalwells publicly confirmed this matter, the stock prices of both companies ushered in a wave of considerable gains.

However, the airlines have not reacted for the time being, and they are still extremely cautious about this news, and for them, although the cooperation between Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas is a good thing for the airlines, there is no need to worry for the time being, first observe and see the situation.

It was also at this time that the news came that shocked the whole world: East Germany and West Germany were about to merge!

East and West Germany, which had been divided by the two major military alliances since 1945, are now on the verge of reunification?

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the whole world!

You know, this reunification of the two Germanys represents the unification of West Germany in the West and East Germany on behalf of the Soviet Union, does this mean that to some extent, in the confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, NATO has achieved a complete victory?

As soon as this idea came out, it quickly occupied the front pages of major European media, and then evolved into a carnival that swept the whole of Europe!

It's no wonder that the Europeans reacted so radically, but in the past thirty or forty years, in the face of the Soviet Union's nuclear bombs and the powerful torrent of steel, the Europeans have really been aggrieved, and the nightmare of worrying that the Soviet Union's nuclear bombs will fall on their heads at any time, and that the Soviet tanks and armored vehicles will drive to their doorsteps overnight I don't know how many times.

Why is singleness and hedonism so prevalent in Europe?

In the final analysis, it's not because the Europeans think that they might burp under the Soviets' nuclear bomb one day, so why do I have to work hard? While I'm still alive and enjoy one more day, what's the use of working hard? Damn the Soviet nuclear bomb is coming, is it possible that the CEO doesn't have to die?

Therefore, in the face of the reunification of the two Germanys, the whole of Europe can be said to be overjoyed.

Although the Soviet Union still exists, and the nuclear threat and nuclear clouds still exist, at least, the situation is still good.

Only Chen Geng's heart did not have many waves.

He had already expected the arrival of this day, and he was even quite pleased in his heart: More than two years! More than two years! The reunification of the two Germanys, which should have appeared in 1990, has been delayed by himself for more than two years!

While the subsequent collapse of the USSR was equally inevitable, ......

It's so cool!

When the hot spot finally dissipated, the time came to 1993.

I have to say that the drama between Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas is realistic enough, as the two sides continue to release some good news purposefully, McDonnell Douglas's situation is also constantly improving, the biggest benefit is that in the past six months, McDonnell Douglas has successively received more than 50 orders for various types of aircraft, these orders, so that McDonnell Douglas, who has been in a difficult state, can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

For this reason, McDonald Jr. specially invited Chen Geng to a meal to thank him for his help to McDonnell Douglas.

"So, McDonnell's situation is getting better?" After listening to McDonald Jr.'s introduction to himself, Chen Geng nodded, seemingly very pleased.

"Yes, McDonnell Douglas is getting better," compared to half a year ago, McDonald's mental state is much better: "And Jack is really good." ”

Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "I didn't expect your internal situation to be so serious, right?"

As a consultant of McDonnell Douglas Group, Chen Geng certainly knows a series of actions after Jack Welch concurrently served as CEO of McDonnell Douglas. When Welch accepted McDonald Jr.'s offer to become CEO of McDonnell Douglas Inc., the opinion of the entire American mainstream media was unanimous: Jack Welch floated after the unprecedented success of AMC Motors.

In the period after McDonnell Douglas announced the news and when Jack Welch first took office, McDonnell Douglas' stock fell more miserably.

But it was such a guy who floated in the eyes of the media, and it didn't take long for him to carry out drastic reforms to the company, and one of his moves was to lay off employees!

And it's a massive layoff!

The number of layoffs reached a staggering 6,800.

Among them, the number of layoffs in management positions reached an astonishing 900, and for a while, everyone in the McDonnell Douglas Group was in danger.

In addition to layoffs, the second thing Jack Welch did was internal audit.

Jack Welch discovered that the corruption within the McDonnell Douglas was too serious, or rather outrageous, because McDonald Jr. was a good man...... There was almost no non-corruption link, so much so that Jack Welch had to completely abandon the use of McDonnell Douglas Group's internal audit team and instead transferred a group of auditors from AMC Group, and the first focus of the audit became the audit of McDonnell Douglas audit team.

And now, the "rectification movement" that swept the entire McDonnell Douglas has not ended, but even so, the management and operating costs of the entire McDonnell Douglas Group have dropped a lot!

Little MacDonald sighed, "You don't know how disappointed I was when I found out what those guys I trusted did. ”

"So, like I said, you're the right guy to be the chairman of a company, not the CEO. Chen Geng said, refilling McDonald's teacup.

"Alas......"

Little MacDonald sighed, his face a little obscure: those people, after all, are the people he once trusted the most.

"Okay, don't talk about this, I know you invited me to dinner today, not to talk about this, let's say, what is the matter?" Chen Geng shrugged: "Since I am your advisor, I will not take your salary for nothing." ”

“......”

Little MacDonald didn't answer immediately, but was silent for a while holding the teacup, as if organizing words, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Chen Geng and said, "Fernandez, what do you think...... Is it possible to fake it?"

Chen Geng immediately reacted: "You're talking about MD-12?"

"Hmm. ”

Little MacDonald nodded.

"Why?" Chen Geng didn't quite understand.

"Last week, I was contacted by Lufthansa. ”

Chen Geng's mind turned slightly, and he immediately understood what little McDonald meant: "It's time for you, Lufthansa is interested in the MD-12?"

"Yes," McDonald Jr. nodded, "It was their chairman's office that made contact with mine." ”

“......”

Chen Geng frowned and thought about it.

Obviously, this is only Lufthansa's initial contact with McDonnell Douglas, but the significance is also extraordinary.

Lufthansa is one of the three major civil aviation operators in the world today, and their every move has a huge impact and exemplary effect on the industry, once Lufthansa decides to purchase the MD-12, it means that the McDonnell Douglas Group has received a huge advertisement in the industry, once the news spreads, those airlines who are also interested in the MD-12, but have not taken action out of concern about the poor financial situation of the McDonnell Contrabella Group, will inevitably take action. This is definitely too good news for McDonnell Douglas to be good for.

It was also this news that made McDonald Jr. have this thought: if Lufthansa knows that the cooperation between McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed is just a void, they will definitely not purchase MD-12, and if Lockheed decides to change its attitude and officially join the MD-12 project, then this order may really fall into McDonnell Douglas's pocket.

After thinking about it, Chen Geng asked, "Did Lufthansa say how many MD-12s they are going to purchase?"

"If all goes well, they are ready to give us a 6+6 order. ”

"6+6, it's also very good," Chen Geng nodded: "Then you should communicate with Lockheed, and see what Lockheed means." ”

McDonald Jr. smiled bitterly: "The problem now is Lockheed. ”

"Oh?"

Chen Geng raised his eyebrows, motioned to McDonald Jr., and continued, what's wrong with Lockheed?

McDonald Jr. smiled bitterly: "Boeing has made an offer to Lockheed, and they will pay $2 billion, hoping to buy Lockheed's civil aircraft business as a whole, including the MD-12 project ...... that is cooperating with McDonnell Douglas."

Gotcha!

Chen Geng finally knew what the problem was: this $2 billion offer was definitely just a tentative offer from Boeing, just to see if Lockheed intended to sell their civil aircraft business, and as long as Lockheed was interested in the hidden meaning of Boeing's offer, it would definitely respond - after all, Lockheed's original intention at the beginning was to package and sell the civil aircraft business to Boeing, and to pit Boeing ruthlessly.

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

Little MacDonald didn't answer immediately, but was silent for a while holding the teacup, as if organizing words, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Chen Geng and said, "Fernandez, what do you think...... Is it possible to fake it?"

Chen Geng immediately reacted: "You're talking about MD-12?"

"Hmm. ”

Little MacDonald nodded.

"Why?" Chen Geng didn't quite understand.

"Last week, I was contacted by Lufthansa. ”

Chen Geng's mind turned slightly, and he immediately understood what little McDonald meant: "It's time for you, Lufthansa is interested in the MD-12?"

"Yes," McDonald Jr. nodded, "It was their chairman's office that made contact with mine." ”

“......”

Chen Geng frowned and thought about it.

Obviously, this is only Lufthansa's initial contact with McDonnell Douglas, but the significance is also extraordinary.

Lufthansa is one of the three major civil aviation operators in the world today, and their every move has a huge impact and exemplary effect on the industry, once Lufthansa decides to purchase the MD-12, it means that the McDonnell Douglas Group has received a huge advertisement in the industry, once the news spreads, those airlines who are also interested in the MD-12, but have not taken action out of concern about the poor financial situation of the McDonnell Contrabella Group, will inevitably take action. This is definitely too good news for McDonnell Douglas to be good for.

It was also this news that made McDonald Jr. have this thought: if Lufthansa knows that the cooperation between McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed is just a void, they will definitely not purchase MD-12, and if Lockheed decides to change its attitude and officially join the MD-12 project, then this order may really fall into McDonnell Douglas's pocket.

After thinking about it, Chen Geng asked, "Did Lufthansa say how many MD-12s they are going to purchase?"

"If all goes well, they are ready to give us a 6+6 order. ”

"6+6, it's also very good," Chen Geng nodded: "Then you should communicate with Lockheed, and see what Lockheed means." ”

McDonald Jr. smiled bitterly: "The problem now is Lockheed. ”

"Oh?"

Chen Geng raised his eyebrows, motioned to McDonald Jr., and continued, what's wrong with Lockheed?

McDonald Jr. smiled bitterly: "Boeing has made an offer to Lockheed, and they will pay $2 billion, hoping to buy Lockheed's civil aircraft business as a whole, including the MD-12 project ...... that is cooperating with McDonnell Douglas."

Gotcha!

Chen Geng finally knew what the problem was: this $2 billion offer was definitely just a tentative offer from Boeing, just to see if Lockheed intended to sell their civil aircraft business, and as long as Lockheed was interested in the hidden meaning of Boeing's offer, it would definitely respond - after all, Lockheed's original intention at the beginning was to package and sell the civil aircraft business to Boeing, and to pit Boeing ruthlessly.