"Mr. Fernandez, I know what you're worried about," Bruce Evans glanced at Jotson, indicating that Joterson had told us your concerns before, and he assured Chen Geng: "But if you are worried about Boeing or McDonnell Douglas putting pressure on you, you can rest assured that we Lockheed will not sit idly by, if Boeing and McDonnell Douglas really put pressure on you, we Lockheed will use our own energy to put pressure on them......"

Chen Geng shook his head with a smile: "Mr. Evans, thank you very much for your kindness, but in order to avoid misunderstanding, I said it bluntly, the development of large aircraft is not in my plan, as for the technical strength at hand, I have enough technical strength at hand, and I have no intention of competing with Boeing and McDonnell Douglas for the market." ”

The devil believes Bruce Evans' assurances!

Don't say that this guy is just a senior worker, even if Bruce Evans is a shareholder of Lockheed, Chen Geng will not believe what he says: as long as he successfully disposes of the hot potato in his hand, will he have a half-dime relationship with them Lockheed after that?

Even if Lockheed really keeps his word and puts pressure on Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, the half-dead McDonnell Dalwells will be just like Boeing in the middle of the day will bird him Lockheed?

You Lockheed is very bully, is my Boeing easy to bully, who is afraid of whom? Having said that, if you Lockheed really have such a bull X, you can say a word to scare us Boeing into retreating, then why was the civil aircraft market pressed to the ground by our Boeing in the first place?

Bruce Evans didn't expect Chen Geng's attitude to be so resolute, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.

Before coming to the Netherlands, when Lockheed had internal discussions, it was very "optimistic" about Chen Geng's ambitions in the aviation field, and it was precisely because of this that Macomb Hughes would continue to send Bruce Evans to the Netherlands to communicate with Chen Geng after Chen Geng had made it clear through Joterson that he would not acquire Lockheed's civil aircraft business, but now it seems that he has to use another trick......

"Mr. Fernandez, what if I said that you only need $2.5 billion to take Lockheed's civil aircraft business as a whole?" said Bruce Evans, coughing lightly.

For Lockheed, the price of $2.5 billion is, of course, a blood loss, and I don't look at how much Boeing spent a few years later to acquire McDonnell Douglas, although the current Lockheed civil aircraft cannot be compared with McDonnell Douglas in terms of scale and volume, but the price of $2.5 billion is really an absolute blood loss.

It's just that Lockheed is helpless: Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus don't look down on their civil aircraft business, and now Lockheed's civil aircraft business is basically on the verge of collapse, and the most important thing is that Lockheed has completely lost confidence and confidence in engaging in civil aircraft, which Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus can also see, how good these guys are, they have long understood that they don't have to spend a penny at all, as long as they sit back and watch Lockheed's civil aircraft business rot.

For Lockheed, which was already desperate and self-defeating and ready to completely abandon the civil aircraft business, although it was an absolute blood loss to package and sell the civil aircraft business to Chen Geng at a price of 2.5 billion US dollars, it was always more cost-effective than having no money to return.

$2.5 billion?

Chen Geng's eyes couldn't help but widen a little!

He didn't expect that Lockheed's mentality towards the civil aircraft business has reached this point, and it is completely a small loss to make money, and looking at Bruce Evans, you can know that this $2.5 billion offer is just Lockheed's most preliminary trial, and there is still a lot of room for bargaining, and the final transaction price is not impossible to say $1.5 billion, $1 billion is not impossible, but ......

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Geng still shook his head: "Mr. Evans, first of all, I must admit that this price is indeed very tempting, but ......"

He shook his head: "Again, I don't want to be the enemy that Boeing needs to deal with with all its might." ”

Bruce Evanston's face was full of disappointment.

Chen Geng had already said this, obviously he was also moved, but he still refused, what else could he do? With a wry smile, Bruce Evans nodded: "Okay, I understand......"

Otherwise, what else could he say? Even if he tentatively offered such an absolutely lucrative price of $2.5 billion, even if Fernández Chen was already moved, but he also made up his mind not to, what else could he do? For merchants, the premise that a business can be concluded is that the buyer is really interested in his product, and if the buyer is not interested in his product, no matter how good the quality and performance of his product is, the deal cannot be concluded.

It's Jotson, his eyes are rolling around right now!

As a professional broker who has been relying on "patchwork" for a long time, what Joterson is best at is looking for opportunities to make money in the midst of the impossible, for example, at this moment, with the instinct and sense of smell of a broker with many years of experience, he is keenly aware that there is an opportunity to make a lot of money in this matter, so what is this opportunity......

Just as Joterson was desperately trying to figure out where the opportunity to make money would come from, Bruce Evans had already stood up: "Mr. Fernandez, I'm sorry to disturb you, and thank you for your hospitality, but ......"

Just as Bruce Evans said goodbye to Chen Geng, Joterson suddenly spoke: "Mr. Evans, if you really want to sell the civil aircraft business, there is no way. ”

Well?!

Bruce Evans and Chen Geng, who were halfway through the sentence, turned their heads to look at Joterson abruptly.

Bruce Evans was happy at first, but then, he shook his head, for the sake of Chen Geng's face, Bruce Evans didn't say anything unpleasant, but said: "Mr. Jotson, don't comfort me, in the United States, in addition to Mr. Fernandez, can you find a super-rich man who is interested in the aircraft business and can make such a large sum of money?"

What Bruce Evans said is the truth, why did Lockheed so eagerly contact Chen Geng after hearing that Chen Geng had acquired a stake in the Dutch Falkland-United Aviation Technology Company, and Bruce Evans offered $2.5 billion, which is indeed the price of the jump?

It is because they know that those who have the ability and are interested in taking Lockheed's plate will search all over the world, and it is estimated that it will be Fernandez Chen, and it will not be good if they open too high to scare Chen Geng away - the only thing Lockheed didn't expect was that Chen Geng had no intention of taking over at all.

Chen Geng looked at Joterson with a curious expression: Apart from himself, who in the United States is likely to buy Lockheed's civil aircraft business?

"Actually, I do have a solution...... No, to be precise, there is an idea, and if this idea can be realized, it will indeed allow Lockheed to sell the civil aircraft business......"

At this, Joterson stopped talking, but looked at Bruce Evans.

As long as you think of Jotson's identity, the fool also knows why this guy stopped in this place, Bruce Evans is naturally not a fool, he immediately said: "According to the convention, you can withdraw 2% to 3% of the total turnover for such a transaction, but I guess you don't want this number, right? ”

Joterson had already thought about it, and when he heard this, he immediately replied, "I want 5%." ”

“5%......”

Bruce Evans pondered for a moment before he said, "I can't answer you, it's beyond my authority, but I personally think that the board of directors will most likely agree to your request, and if your solution is feasible, I will try my best to help you fight for it when I get back, how about it?"

Hearing Bruce Evans say this, Joterson understood that his commission ratio was basically about the same, and he nodded hurriedly: "That's great, but before that, I must be sure of one thing: that is, Lockheed wants to exchange money for this matter, even if Lockheed's civil aircraft business is completely shattered and turned into a piece of slag because of this, Lockheed doesn't care, right?"

Although Jotson's words were not very good, Bruce Evans nodded without hesitation: "That's right." ”

Also, Lockheed plans to sell the civil aircraft business, if it can be successfully sold, it means that the civil aircraft business has no dime relationship with Lockheed from now on, so for Lockheed, as long as they get the amount they want, they don't care whether the civil aircraft business is sold to a certain company or completely rotten.

Chen Geng, on the other hand, looked at Jotson, who seemed to be confident, and became more and more curious in his heart: What kind of way did this guy come up with, and he was able to help Lockheed sell their civil aircraft business? Is there another company in the world that is willing to buy Lockheed's civil aircraft business?

"That's easy," Jottson nodded, then stretched out his hand to Chen Geng, and then said, "But this matter still needs Mr. Fernandez's help, so Mr. Fernández also needs to get paid." ”

Chen Geng didn't expect that this matter had anything to do with him, he pointed at himself: "Me?"

"Yes, it's you," Jottson said politely, "to be exact, you are the indispensable and most important link in my plan." ”

"I'm a little curious to hear you say that," Chen Geng smiled and said, "Say, what do you think?"

Bruce Evans was also curious: when he gave up, this old broker still had a way to help Lockheed sell the civil aircraft business?

He really didn't believe it.