"Leilani, get in touch with Allison Power and say I'd like to visit their company and ask them to arrange a time. ”

Chen Geng instructed his new assistant Leilani Taylor that he didn't even ask Allison Power if he welcomed him, as if he was going to inspect his work in his company.

As for Laylani Taylor, she didn't feel that her boss's request was excessive, and immediately nodded: "Okay boss, what about the specific time?"

Chen Geng groaned for a moment and said, "Hmm...... Within a week. ”

"Okay, I'm going to get in touch with Allison Power. ”

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Not surprisingly, for Chen Geng's desire to visit from the company, Allison Power not only did not have any dissatisfaction and refusal, but they were even a little happy and surprised.

After confirming that the call was indeed from Chen Geng's new assistant, Leilani Taylor, Allison Power's CEO David Graziosi immediately held a small meeting with several senior executives of the group, on the one hand, to discuss what specifications should be used to receive Chen Geng, and on the other hand, to see if Chen Geng could be persuaded to invest in Allison Power.

As a veteran aero engine and transmission system manufacturer in the United States, Allison Power cannot be compared with General Electric and Pratt Whitney in the overall scale and strength of the aero engine field, but looking at the entire European and American world, it is also the leader of the second echelon under the three giants of General Electric, Pratt Whitney and Rolls-Royce, and its strength is also very strong.

Moreover, the Allison company, which concentrates on turboprop engines, has a considerable market share in the two major market segments of turboprop and turboshaft engines, such as the famous American C-130 "Air Hercules" medium tactical transport aircraft, the turboprop engine used is from the Allison T56 series, and the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor under development in the United States uses the T406/ The AE1107 turboshaft engine is also from Allison Power.

In addition, Allison Power is not only strong in turboshaft engines and turboprop engines, but also in the field of heavy-duty transmission, they are the world's largest manufacturer of automatic transmissions for heavy-duty trucks, and Allison Power has more than 70% of the market share in the field of automatic transmissions (ATs) for heavy-duty trucks.

It's just that behind this scenery, Allison Power is now facing a slightly embarrassing situation, that is: with the development of the times, the application of turboprop engines in the aviation field has become less and less, especially in the field of civil aviation, large and small aviation manufacturing enterprises began to be more inclined to use turbofan engines, high-power turboshaft engines and turboprop engines in addition to the military, in the civilian market can hardly find application scenarios.

As for the automatic transmission for heavy trucks, well, of course, this is a good thing, but even in the United States now, the transmission system of heavy trucks is still dominated by manual transmissions, and the heavy trucks with automatic transmissions are less than 12% of all heavy truck sales.

It's embarrassing, isn't it?

After 2015, heavy trucks equipped with automatic transmissions have accounted for more than 65% of the total sales of heavy trucks in the United States, but now, the market share and sales of Allison heavy-duty automatic transmissions are really embarrassing.

Aero engines are all dependent on military demand, the market demand for heavy-duty automatic transmissions that was previously optimistic is far from reaching estimates, Allison Power is now under great financial pressure, just before, Allison Power has been thinking about whether to sell the aero engine business to Rolls-Royce, after all, the two sides have a history of cooperation for many years, Allison Power's first turbofan engine AE3007 is now in the air test stage is jointly developed with Rolls-Royce.

And Chen Geng's sudden visit made the entire Rolls-Royce executives suddenly realize a possibility: Fernandez Chen is so rich, can we fool ...... Oh no, is it to persuade him to invest in our Allison Power?

With this mentality, it's no surprise that when Chen Geng visited, David Graziossi welcomed him with almost the entire Allison Dynamics executive team.

"Mr. Graziossi, you are too polite," Chen Geng was very polite to David Graziossi, who was a little too enthusiastic: "As you know, I also have an aero engine and aircraft manufacturing enterprise in Huaxia, and I came here today mainly to learn the advanced experience of our Allison Power, and I am here to learn." ”

David Graziosi certainly knew about the Huaxia company that Chen Geng was talking about, Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Group, and since Allison Power had a cooperative relationship with Rolls-Royce, he naturally heard Rolls-Royce engineers and technicians mention this matter - those arrogant Britons laughed at Fernandez Chen's stupidity behind his back: in the field of 7,000-kilogram thrust turbofan engines, Rolls Rocketfan Motors Royce is laying out the BR700 series of large-bypass ratio turbofan engines that are a joint venture with the German BMW Group, in the thrust level of more than 8000 kg, Rolls-Royce has a joint venture with the IAE International V2500 series, and Fernandez Chen, that idiot, actually stumbled with a medium-bypass ratio of the "tay" series, doesn't he know, even if he will "tay" The thrust of the series engine has achieved more than 110KN, but it can't compete with IAE's V2500 series and CFM International's CFM56 series?

For David Graziossi, he has heard a lot, even if he has never met Chen Geng before, but a preconceived impression has been formed: people are stupid and have a lot of money. Now listening to Chen Geng's polite words, David Graziosi became happier and happier in his heart, and hurriedly said: "You are too polite, the process of leading the rise of AMC Automobile is an example for countless companies to learn, if you want to learn, it should also be our ...... to learn from you."

After some greetings, according to the previously communicated visit process, surrounded by David Graziossi and others, Chen Geng first came to the Allison Power exhibits display center, such an exhibition center is available in any aero engine manufacturing enterprise, which is placed with its own engines, including those that have been discontinued and are being produced, but what surprised Chen Geng is that as soon as he entered the hall of the product display center, he saw a big guy......

"Mr. Graziossi, this is ......"

Looking at the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor in front of him, Chen Geng was a little surprised: how could there be a V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor in the exhibit display center of Allison Power?

"Well," said David Graziossi, with some pride in his eyes, "this full-size model of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor was given to us by Boeing to symbolize our friendship with Allison Dynamics and the Boeing Group...... As you know, we at Allison Power are the engine supplier for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. ”

What David Graziossi didn't tell Chen Geng was that bringing every visitor to the exhibit center to see the full-scale model of the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor had become a reserved subject for Allison Dynamics, and that Allison Dynamics was using it to send a signal to others that was something like "Look! How good our relationship with the boss is" is so good that almost every visitor is shocked.

"That's right," Chen Genglian nodded, with a bit of eagerness on his face: "Can we visit it?"

Speaking of which, buddy is also a person who has lived three lifetimes, but this is the first time he has boarded the V-22 "Osprey" - even if it is only a full-scale model.

"Of course," David Graziosi laughed proudly, and Chen Geng's reaction was not at all unexpected: "Mr. Fernandez, please come with me." ”

It is said to be a full-size model, but in fact, it is not much different from the real machine, and enter the cabin along the open tailgate, and the various pipelines on the bulkhead are easy to make people think that this is a real aircraft parked on the ground, and because of the external power supply, various lights on the bulkhead and emergency lights, and indicator lights are on, and even the instruments in the cockpit seem to be real.

The difference between looking at the pictures and the real experience is quite significant, and it's only when you stand in the cabin of this full-size model of the Osprey that you can experience the feeling of "Damn! this thing is so big!", rather than looking at the photos and "Well, that's what happened".

"Very remarkable," for this V-22 "Osprey", Chen Geng did not hesitate to praise the words, in fact he did appreciate this aircraft, although the "Osprey" has such and such flaws and flaws, but there is no doubt that he created a new category of aircraft, this alone, is enough to establish the historical status of this aircraft: "There is no doubt that this is a masterpiece in the history of modern aeronautical engineering, Mr. Graziossi, Allison Power can become" Osprey's sole engine supplier is also quite remarkable. ”

"It's our honor and our pride. David Graziosi accepted Chen Geng's appreciation with a little modesty, then pursed his lips and said to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, please come with me, the next thing we are going to visit is the R&D center of the AE3007 engine...... The AE3007 is a joint development between Allison Dynamics and Rolls-Royce, or a series engine with thrust between 7,200 pounds and 8,200 pounds, and is also our first turbofan engine from Allison Dynamics, and we are highly optimistic about the market prospects of this engine in the regional jet and mid-size business jet segments. ”

AE3007, the famous "Global Hawk" unmanned reconnaissance plane uses this engine, how could Chen Geng not know? He nodded with a smile and said that he was looking forward to it.