Steve Ballmer nodded heavily: "I'll write a plan when I go back and officially start the construction of eBay's logistics system." ”

Before this, Chen Geng said that eBay wants to build its own logistics system, Steve Ballmer is not too recognized, the reason why he does not approve, a very important reason is that he wants to build a logistics and express delivery system that can cover every residence from scratch, and it is impossible to do it without ten or twenty years and tens of billions of dollars.

This investment is too large, and otherwise it will have a big impact on eBay, so previously, although Chen Geng said that eBay would build its own logistics system, Steve Ballmer was not very active.

But the sudden union of FedEx, UPS and USPS has sounded the alarm for Steve Ballmer: for an e-commerce company, logistics is equivalent to its own lifeblood, and putting the lifeblood in the hands of others is undoubtedly an extremely stupid decision.

If eBay is a little-known small e-commerce company, it would be fine, but the problem is that both myself and eBay have big ambitions!

Steve Ballmer was very happy to have this realization, and he instructed: "Any progress in this matter can be reported to me at any time." ”

"Okay. ”

Steve Ballmer nodded, knowing very well that his boss was not trying to interfere with his rights as CEO, but because he really took this matter very seriously.

In addition, Steve Ballmer is indeed a little curious, when the representatives of FedEx, UPS and USPS know their decision, what kind of expressions will their faces have?

At this moment, Steve Ballmer suddenly found that he was quite looking forward to it.

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What is the expression on the face of the representatives of FedEx, UPS and USPS, this Chen Geng doesn't know, but when Chen Geng knows that the vortex-1500 has passed the first phase of the 30-hour continuous test, he is still very happy, after asking Wang Dazhi whether the rewards for the entire team have been issued in time, Chen Geng's heart suddenly moved, and asked Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja, who participated in the report together: " Victor, are you interested in making a new toy other than the Z-10B?"

"New toy?" asked Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja curiously, "What new toy?"

"Are you interested in making a tiltrotor for fun?"

"Tiltrotors?" Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja's interest was instantly aroused by Chen Geng, and there was obvious excitement in his tone: "Similar to the American V-22 'Osprey'?"

"That's right, similar to the V-22 'Osprey'," Chen Geng gave Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya an affirmative answer: "How is it, are you interested?"

Interested?

Of course interested!

For Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaya, whether it is the next heavy Wuzhi, general transport helicopter or Z-10B to be made by COMAC, in the final analysis, it is still a traditional helicopter type, and designing a new "crossover" aircraft similar to the American V-22 "Osprey", which mixes the characteristics of traditional helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, is so tempting that it is indescribable for Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja, a world-class helicopter designer.

"Of course I am!"

Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya said without hesitation: "If I can see a 'Ospreysky' in my hands before I retire, I will be able to retire happily, but boss, what you said is true? are you not joking with me?"

It's no wonder that Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya thinks that Chen Geng is joking with him, although he has never been exposed to the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor, but the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor is a project that started in the early 80s and was officially established in the mid-80s, how could the Soviet Union not have been paying close attention to and tracking it?

You know, there is a good joke about the military competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War: the president of the United States asked the secretary to plate his toilet bowl with a layer of gold, and the Soviet Union immediately asked for a pure gold toilet for their general secretary - it must be pure gold, and the gold-plated one cannot afford to lose that person!

As the most important helicopter design and development unit of the Soviet Union, although the Miri Design Bureau did not develop a tiltrotor similar to the V-22 "Osprey", it has been keeping track of this new type of aircraft, and it is not without the meaning of letting the Americans explore the way in front first, but unfortunately, when the Miri Design Bureau was ready to report to the above to apply for the development of the Soviet Union's own "Osprey" after more than 10 years of technical tracking, the Soviet Union was gone......

In this regard, whether it is Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya or the second designer of the Miri Design Bureau, Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya's teacher: Matera Nikolayevich Tishenko regretted that originally, Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya thought that it would never be possible to develop a tiltrotor in his life, but happiness always appeared quietly in front of him inadvertently: the chairman actually asked himself if he intended to develop the commercial aviation group's own tiltrotor!

In addition to the excitement and joy, Viktor Vladimilovich Kapaya was a little incredulous: Is this true?

"Victor, I want you to assure you, I'm definitely not joking with you," Chen Geng said seriously to Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja: "If you are interested in tiltrotors, OK, no problem, the company provides you with all the conveniences, but I have a few requirements." ”

"You say!" Viktor Vladimirovich Kapajamin nodded impatiently: "No matter what conditions you have, I can agree!"

For Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaja, who is deeply in love with helicopters, as long as the company develops its own tiltrotors, there is no condition that he cannot agree.

"Victor, don't be so excited, listen to my conditions first," Chen Geng said with a smile: "First, because this is not a national project, the priority will not be very high, and you must ensure that you complete other tasks given to you by the company before you can make a tiltrotor." ”

"Of course no problem!" Viktor Vladimirovich Kapaya agreed without saying a word: "What about the second condition?"

Chen Gengdao: "The second condition is that I hope you will start with the technical verification machine, first make a lightweight, standard weight of only three or four hundred kilograms, can only bring one or two test pilots out of the verification aircraft, first find out the aerodynamic characteristics of the tiltrotor aircraft." ”