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After conducting some research on these airlines, Chen Geng understood why these airlines suddenly placed an order for F70: Previously, Fokker's financial situation was not good, and everyone's confidence in Fokker was insufficient. However, the airlines, which had been slow to do so because they were worried about the situation of Fokker, finally had no scruples and naturally placed orders one after another.

The results of this investigation left Anthony Fokker and other Fokker executives speechless.

In this way, the problem also comes......

"Mr. Fernandez, if you count the 24 orders that have been confirmed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the orders that are under negotiation, we already have 60 F70 orders in our hands, and it is not ruled out that there will be airlines that will continue to come to us for cooperation after eliminating concerns," Anthony Fokker asked Chen Geng: "What should we do with our current F70? Do we want to cancel it? Also, should we delay the new F70?"

Chen Geng shook his head and said: "The new F70 must be launched, but the current F70 ......"

The current F70 also made Chen Geng feel a little tricky, he pondered for a while, and then said: "In this way, the current F70 will not make a decision for the time being, and will observe it for half a year." ”

“OK。 Anthony Falk answered, and he thought the same thing.

"As for the new F70," Chen Geng thought for a while, and then instructed: "What to do or how to do it, the plan remains unchanged for the time being." ”

Anyway, the current F70 and the new F70 are not completely replaced, the relationship is a bit like the second-generation Boeing 737 and the third-generation Boeing 737, in the case of the third-generation Boeing 737 has been put into production, the second-generation Boeing 737 has three or four hundred orders, the second-generation Boeing 737 has continued to produce until the third-generation Boeing 737 has been produced for four or five years before it is officially discontinued, so in Chen Geng's view, since the current F70 is still sold, there is no hurry to stop the current F70- Since the current F70 can still make money, then naturally there is no reason to stop production, do business, do not squeeze the last bit of value of a product, you can't be considered a qualified businessman.

Seeing Anthony Fokker nodding, Chen Geng continued: "Also, the airworthiness certification work of the F150 should be accelerated, and all the airworthiness certification work should be completed within two years." ”

"Two years...... Time may be a little tight," Anthony Falk frowned and said, "Especially the FAA certification in the United States, this ......"

Knowing what Anthony Falk was worried about, Chen Geng immediately said: "Don't worry that Boeing will stumble on us, even if Boeing stumbles on us, I have a way, in short, the F150 itself must not have problems." ”

With Chen Geng's words, Anthony Falk suddenly perked up and nodded hurriedly: "You can rest assured of this!"

Fokker's development plan for the next ten years was given by Chen Geng and Anthony Fokker.

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In the next month, Chen Geng didn't wait for any news from Lockheed's side, and Chen Geng was not in a hurry, he knew that for a giant company like Lockheed, if he wanted to do this kind of thing without hiding the vast majority of shareholders, it would definitely not be fast, and to tell the truth, Chen Geng was not very concerned about this matter: it was done, although he could make a fortune, but if he didn't succeed, there was nothing.

However, he accidentally saw a report about McDonnell Dalwellwell, which made Chen Geng's heart move, saying that the board of directors of McDonnell Dalwellall Group has approved a product research and development plan that can reshape the image of McDonnell Donnell Douglas, which is a large wide-body passenger aircraft that can represent McDonnell Douglas' top technology and craftsmanship, and can perform transpacific missions, with a maximum range of between 13,500 kilometers and 15,000 kilometers, competing with Boeing's Boeing 747, the world's largest passenger aircraft.

it!

Seeing this report, Chen Geng scratched his head: Isn't this McDonnell Douglas MD-12? But McDonnell Douglas's MD-12 plan was officially announced at this time?

Although I can't remember the specific research and development plan of the MD-12, it doesn't matter, Chen Geng immediately picked up the phone and dialed McDonald Jr.: "Mike, I just saw a report in the newspaper that your McDonnell Douglas Group is preparing a double-decker, four-engine, large wide-body passenger plane that can perform intercontinental flights like the Boeing 747, is it really fake?"

"Have you seen the report?" hehe......" Little McDonald was not surprised at all by Chen Geng's news, he smiled and said: "There is such a plan, our board of directors has just passed, in a few months we will officially announce our MD-12 plan to the public, and to correct you, our MD-12 target is not Boeing 747, but Boeing 747-400." ”

Compared with the Boeing 747-100/200/300, the Boeing 747-400 belongs to the second generation of the Boeing 747, which was only charged in 1988 and officially delivered to customers in February of the following year, which is the flagship product of Boeing.

Compared with the previous generation of Boeing 747, the second generation of Boeing 747-400 uses more fuel-efficient engines, and the avionics system has also been fully updated.

And now, McDonald Jr. told Chen Geng that the target they were aiming at was a Boeing 747-400, which was really ......

I don't know if I'm alive or dead!

Chen Geng sighed secretly: the MD-12 is definitely the saddest aircraft in the history of world aviation, at least in the history of McDonnell Douglas Group's development:

Different from the Boeing 747's "one and a half floor" cabin layout, the MD-12 is a real upper and lower cabin, not only carrying more passengers than the Boeing 747, the most important thing is that any airport that can provide protection for the Boeing 747 can provide protection and service for the MD-12, the point is that according to McDonnell Douglas's plan, the fuel consumption per seat of the MD-12 is 1%-12% lower than that of the 747-400!

It is said that such an Ox X aircraft should get a steady stream of orders after McDonnell Douglas announced its R&D plan, right?

But the opposite is true, no!

Not a single one!

Why is it that although the industry is optimistic about the MD-12, no company has finally placed an order for McDonnell Douglas? The reason is similar to the situation that Fokker is experiencing now: according to McDonnell Douglas's announcement, the development of the MD-12 will require $4 billion to $5.5 billion (taking into account inflation in the next few years), but considering the huge debt that McDonnell Douglas is currently carrying, those airlines that have purchased large intercontinental airliners feel that it is more reliable to buy Boeing's 747.

Because he couldn't get the order, McDonnell Douglas didn't even build a prototype of the MD-12.

After all, in this era, the Boeing 747 is a "hub-hub" large intercontinental aircraft with no branch except the Boeing 747, and as one of the most technologically powerful aircraft manufacturers in the world today, McDonnell Douglas can make the MD-12 at least technically, and with the Boeing 747 and MD-12, Airbus can wash and sleep.

Just listening to Little MacDonald's current tone full of confidence and pride, Chen Geng felt that he should not say these frustrating words to stimulate him, and said with a smile: "Congratulations...... Then again, it's time to break the Boeing 747's monopoly on intercontinental large wide-body airliners. ”

"That's right, it's time to break the monopoly of the Boeing 747," Chen Geng's compliment made McDonald Jr. obviously excited: "MD-12 is McDonnell Douglas reshaping the product image, and Boeing 747 is still designed twenty years ago, it has fallen too far behind, MD-12 can definitely play Boeing 747 to fall into the water, according to our plan, the first MD-12 can make its first flight in 95, and it can get an airworthiness license in 97......"

"Let me interrupt," Chen Geng had to interrupt little McDonald, who was already a little dazed, and asked, "Such a large aircraft requires a lot of research and development funds, right?

At the mention of money, McDonald Jr. immediately wilted: "Uh...... This one...... At the moment, our calculations are at least $4 billion......"

"$4 billion...... With McDonnell Douglas' current poor financial situation and debt ratio, can you come up with such a large sum of money?" Chen Geng smacked his lips: "Or is the bank willing to lend you money?"

It's really a pot that can't be opened!

Chen Geng's words made little Mark Donald very unhappy, and he squeaked and whined for a long time before he said, "Uh...... This one...... We did have a bit of a difficulty with funding, so our initial idea is to find an international partner by selling the project's shares, preferably if we can raise 67% of the R&D funding, and as long as we can raise this fund, we can borrow from the bank against the project......"

Gotcha!

The idea of daring McDouglas is to empty gloves white wolf...... Well?!

Chen Geng suddenly had a stir: since the MD-12 is doomed to failure, and on the other hand, Lockheed is trying to sell its own mess, can it ......

Chen Geng's mind suddenly moved, and an idea suddenly popped up from his heart.

"That's right," Chen Geng seemed to be interested in the DM-12 project, he thought for a moment and said, "Ask, can I invest?"

"Are you going to invest in this project?" Little McDonald really didn't expect Chen Geng to have this idea, he was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "Of course, we welcome you to invest, uh...... But old friend, one thing I have to make clear in advance is that while we intend to raise 67% of the funds needed for the entire project, we will only give up to 49% of the project......"

Hey!

Chen Gengdu was about to be amused by Little MacDonald's words: You really can!