With a bitter smile on his face, Howard Baker still nodded happily: "Okay, I'll do my best." ”

"Trouble," Chen Geng politely nodded to Howard Baker to express his gratitude, and then said, "Also, can you make an appointment for me?"

"Oh?

Howard Baker raised his eyebrows, a little curious about who this guy Chen Geng wanted to see was, and he still needed to invite him through himself.

"Aaron S. E. Paulson. ”

Howard Baker was surprised: "That Gulfstream Astronaut's Aaron Brown. E. Paulson?"

Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "That's right, it's him." ”

Compared with Bill Gates and other names that are almost household names in China, many people have never even heard of Aaron Gates. If you don't believe the name E. Paulson, if you don't believe it, you can search on the Internet, except that you can find "Aaron Paulson". In 1973, E. Paulson bought their business jet division from the U.S. military giant Grumman for $20 million, and in doing so, created the top luxury brand of business jets: Gulfstream. E. Paulson's information, such as how old the guy is, what year he was born, what he does......

And so on and so forth.

It's as if this guy hasn't done anything other than $20 million in 1973 to buy the business jet division of the Grumman Group, and it's like jumping out of a crack in a rock.

But even if you think about it on your heels, you know that it's not that simple, not to mention that coming up with $20 million in 1973 meant that Aaron Brown was not that simple. What a rich man E. Paulson is, let's just say one thing: Gulfstream aircraft is the industry of the world-class military giant Grumman, so that countless cats want to sleep in their arms, the famous F-14 "Tomcat" heavy carrier-based fighter is from the hands of Grumman, so the question is, is it possible that a person who can take over the business jet business from Grumman is so simple?

In fact, this Aaron Mr. E. Paulson is indeed quite not simple, this guy has extremely deep connections in the US military, politics, and industry, and has good personal relationships with many senators, representatives, many (former) US presidents, and senior officials of the former and current administrations, and is also Murdoch's guest - Murdoch can unscrupulously acquire this and that. E. Paulson was a great help to Murdoch.

For Aaron M. Of course, Howard Baker is no stranger to the name E. Paulson, the whole person, whether it was when he was a senator, or when he was a minority field, a majority field, or even when he became the White House chief of staff of Li Gen's classmate, he had a lot of work with this Aaron J. Paulson. Mr. E. Paulson, and the relationship between the two is also very good, but in this way, Howard Baker is curious: "...... you are looking for Mr. Paulson?"

"The 'tay' series engines produced by our company have passed the FAA certification," Chen Geng said with a smile: "Since it has passed the FAA certification, and Mr. Paulson's Gulfstream business jets also use the 'tay' series engines, we might as well see if there are any opportunities for cooperation." ”

“......”

Howard Baker looked at Chen Geng in surprise, he didn't expect that Fernandez Chen actually had such an idea: he was actually planning to pry into the corner of the British Rolls-Royce company that supported his COMAC Group?!

Yes, Chen Geng is planning to pry Rolls Royce's corner!

From the Grumman Gulfstream to Aaron A. During the E. Paulson era, Gulfstream had always been "true love" for Rolls-Royce: Gulfstream I used Rolls-Royce's "Javelin" series turboprop engines, Gulfstream II and Gulfstream III used Rolls-Royce's "Spey" series engines, and when it came to Gulfstream's current main model, Gulfstream IV, it was replaced by Rolls-Royce's "tay" 611 series engine.

Well, the engine that Chen Geng originally introduced to COMAC from Rolls-Royce is the "tay" series engine, the difference is that Chen Geng introduced the "tay" MK650 series, while the Gulfstream IV uses the "tay" MK611 series, to put it simply, the Gulfstream IV business jet uses the "low-thrust version" of the "tay" 650 series.

"You don't have to look at me like that, right?" Chen Geng knew very well why Howard Baker looked at him like a ghost, and he shrugged: "When I introduced the 'TAY' series of engines from Rolls-Royce, I spent money, and I paid for it without missing a penny. ”

So, I'm picking the corner of Rolls-Royce, but so what? I don't owe them.

Well, this logic is very "Western".

Howard Baker speechless: "......"

But soon, he shrugged: "Okay, I'm just helping you pass on a word, it's nothing...... As far as I can tell, Mr. Paulson seems to have had a very good personal ...... with Mr. Ralph Robbins, the former chairman of the board of directors of Rolls-Royce."

"I know," Chen Geng nodded, "but I don't know if you know that Mr. Ralph Robbins is now my partner?"

Howard Baker was speechless again: "I'm Nima!

Yes, of course Howard Baker knew about Ralph Robbins, but he really didn't know that Ralph Robbins actually became Chen Geng's partner after retirement, and he always thought that Ralph Robbins's retirement life was like the retirement life of the CEOs and chairmen of countless large companies, fishing, publishing books, giving speeches, or going to a university to teach as a professor, and then relying on the connections he had accumulated over the years to become a broker in his free time......

Isn't everyone doing this, even Dr. Kissinger, an old friend of the Chinese people, after stepping down from the position of US Secretary of State, didn't he do the same thing, but I didn't expect that Ralph Robbins was actually unique and became Chen Geng's partner!

However, this is not a big deal, and it is completely understandable that Ralph Robbins is reluctant to stay at home after retiring from the Rolls-Royce Group and wants to continue to work, and after the initial stunned, he nodded: "OK, I can help you with the introduction, but first of all, I am only responsible for the introduction, as for whether you can achieve your goal, I can't guarantee whether you can achieve your goal." ”

Chen Geng didn't expect Howard Baker to be able to do so much, he nodded: "You only need to be responsible for helping me introduce." ”

Although he can also directly let people and Aaron E. Paulson contacted and expressed his intention to pay a visit, but everyone was a wealthy man, but in terms of the total value of his wealth, Aaron J. Paulson was a wealthy man. E. Paulson was even worse than himself, and he took the initiative to pay a visit.

........................

Although Aaron M. E. Paulson was a little surprised by Chen Geng's invitation, but he quickly agreed.

After all, although the two had never dealt with each other before, it was very important for Aaron Brown to have any dealings with each other. For E. Paulson, it is certainly not a bad thing to be able to meet Fernandez Chen, a young man who is thriving in the United States and even richer than himself.

During a golf event, the two met very "coincidentally", and then naturally sat together and chatted. E. Paulson made a nonsense statement about his intentions: he hoped to sell the "TAY" series of engines produced by COMAC to Alan A. Paulson. E. Paulson's Gulfstream Group and can provide value-added services for existing Gulfstream II and Gulfstream III customers to upgrade from the "spey" MK511 engine to the more fuel-efficient, thrust-efficient "tay" MK650 engine.

"Mr. Fernandez, you know, we have been working with Rolls-Royce for many years," said Aaron Fernandes. E. Paulson did not say no, nor did he agree, but frowned and said that he was embarrassed: "From 1973 to the present, Rolls-Royce has been our sole engine supplier to Gulfstream Aviation, you ......."

In other words, you make it difficult for me.

Bewilderment?

Is it embarrassment rather than rejection?

Listen to Aaron S. E. Paulson's words, Chen Geng smiled: "There is no doubt that Rolls-Royce is a great company, and, Mr. Paulson, the fact that your friendship with Rolls-Royce has lasted for so many years is very enviable and very respectable, but with all due respect, more energy and attention has been put into greater thrust at Rolls-Royce." After the Trent series of large turbofan engines and the 100 KN to 130 KN of medium thrust large turbofan engines used on narrow-body mainline aircraft, the attention paid to the 'spey' and 'tay' series engines is no longer enough.

As an engine supplier, Rolls-Royce should provide customers with more fuel-efficient, more energy-efficient, more environmentally friendly, longer maintenance intervals of engines, obviously, they have done it on the RB211 series and the 'Trent range' series, and they have also done it on the IAE series, but in the field of small and medium-sized bypass ratio turbofan engines in the thrust range of 50KN to 65KN that the market is shrinking day by day, Rolls-Royce has almost given up and is completely eating the old ......

Mr. Paulson, it's unfortunate that Gulfstream's products seem to be in that range. ”

Aaron S. E. Paulson shrugged: "You're right, but the overhaul interval for the 'tay' series of engines can already be achieved for 3,500 hours, which I think is sufficient for a business jet that is not used very frequently." ”

Different from the civil aircraft that have to fly more than ten hours a day and use them with high intensity, the typical annual use time of business jets is about 200 to 450 hours, even the aircraft of those business jet leasing companies will not exceed 1000 hours of annual use, and the use intensity is much lower than that of civil aircraft...... If you want to develop the technology of the "TAY" model and increase the maintenance cycle of the "TAY" series engine, it is inevitable to increase investment, and the direct result will be to increase the research and development cost of the engine, which will then bring a higher selling price.

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

"Mr. Fernandez, you know, we have been working with Rolls-Royce for many years," said Aaron Fernandes. E. Paulson did not say no, nor did he agree, but frowned and said that he was embarrassed: "From 1973 to the present, Rolls-Royce has been our sole engine supplier to Gulfstream Aviation, you ......."

In other words, you make it difficult for me.

Bewilderment?

Is it embarrassment rather than rejection?

Listen to Aaron S. E. Paulson's words, Chen Geng smiled: "There is no doubt that Rolls-Royce is a great company, and, Mr. Paulson, the fact that your friendship with Rolls-Royce has lasted for so many years is very enviable and very respectable, but with all due respect, more energy and attention has been put into greater thrust at Rolls-Royce." After the Trent series of large turbofan engines and the 100 KN to 130 KN of medium thrust large turbofan engines used on narrow-body mainline aircraft, the attention paid to the 'spey' and 'tay' series engines is no longer enough.

As an engine supplier, Rolls-Royce should provide customers with more fuel-efficient, more energy-efficient, more environmentally friendly, longer maintenance intervals of engines, obviously, they have done it on the RB211 series and the 'Trent range' series, and they have also done it on the IAE series, but in the field of small and medium-sized bypass ratio turbofan engines in the thrust range of 50KN to 65KN that the market is shrinking day by day, Rolls-Royce has almost given up and is completely eating the old ......

Mr. Paulson, it's unfortunate that Gulfstream's products seem to be in that range. ”

Aaron S. E. Paulson shrugged: "You're right, but the overhaul interval for the 'tay' series of engines can already be achieved for 3,500 hours, which I think is sufficient for a business jet that is not used very frequently." ”

Different from the civil aircraft that have to fly for more than ten hours a day and use it with high intensity, the typical annual use time of business jets is about 200 to 450 hours, even if it is the aircraft of those business jet leasing companies, the annual use time will not exceed 1000 hours, and the use intensity is much lower than that of civil aircraft.