Aaron S. E. Paulson said he needed to think about it.

For Aaron M. Of course, Chen Geng has no opinion on E. Paulson's request: You can't even let people think about it, right?

However, when she left the golf course and came with Chen Geng, Rosemary frowned and said to Chen Geng: "Boss, I don't think Paulson is very sincere in cooperating with us. ”

"Oh?"

"I'd rather like Paulson would use our meeting with him to ask Rolls-Royce to give him an extension and lower the price," Rosemary said. ”

Vultures, don't let go of any shreds of flesh, even a rotten shred.

"Hmmm......"

Chen Geng replied and nodded, in fact, there is no need for Rosemary to say, he also feels this way. E. Paulson was not very interested in working with him, and to some extent, he could feel that he was vaguely repulsed by his cooperation.

Although it is a little difficult to understand, if you think about it carefully, you can figure it out: in the history of the development of the British aero engine, it started earlier than the United States, and even now, the Americans dare not say that they have surpassed the British in aero engines.

And what about Huaxia?

Now is not the early 80s, everyone does not know anything about China's military industry, especially the aviation industry, everything can only rely on guesswork, the "Peace Pearl" program under the two China's most advanced J-8 fighters to the United States, so that the Americans have a sufficient understanding of China's aviation industry, in the aero engine industry: Oh, the original Huaxia in the aviation industry, the level of the aero engine industry, is like that......

To make a less accurate comparison, even now, the level of Huaxia in the aero engine industry, at most is equivalent to the level of the American aero engine industry in the mid-to-late 50s, this is only a comparison of the level of engine technology, if it is a comparison of production capacity and scale, then there is no need for comparison, in this case, can be counted on Alan · E. Paulson is looking at COMAC?

Well, that's right, the engines that COMAC is going to sell to Gulfstream Aviation are imported from Rolls-Royce's "tay" MK650 series, but so what? You say that the overall level of the "tay" MK650 produced by you is comparable to the original "tay" MK650 from Rolls-Royce, so is it really comparable?

No kidding!

In the eyes of Americans, British, Europeans and even Latin Americans, even if the "tay" MK650 series engine produced by COMAC passes the test of Rolls-Royce, there must be a substantial gap with the "original" "tay" MK650 of Rolls-Royce in some small places that are not noticed, and this must be the case.

You can say that this is discrimination against Huaxia Manufacturing, but in fact......

This is discrimination against Made in China.

Looking at Chen Geng, who was calm and calm, Rosemary was a little puzzled in her heart, endured it, and finally couldn't hold back, and asked Chen Geng: "So...... Did you anticipate Paulson's reaction?"

Chen Geng was very modest: "It can't be said that it was expected, it can only be said that it was an expected reaction." ”

Isn't that the same?—Rolling her eyes, Rosemary asked, "What are you going to do next?" Maybe Rolls-Royce will come to you to put pressure on you......

"Looking for me to put pressure?" Chen Geng smiled, smiling disappreciatively: "What can they do to me?"

Yes, Rolls-Royce is very good, if you calculate the stock price last month, Rolls-Royce has a total market capitalization of more than $5.7 billion, with more than 64,000 employees worldwide, which is very powerful, but then again, even so, what can Chen Geng do?

Not to mention the market value of AMC and several industries under Chen Geng, just talking about the authorization of the "tay" series of engines introduced by COMAC from Rolls-Royce, there was no market exclusivity agreement signed at the beginning, let alone stipulating that the "tay" series engines and RB211 series engines produced by COMAC were not allowed to be sold to the United States. E. Paulson really ran to tell Rolls-Royce about it, and what could Rolls-Royce do about himself?

After a pause, Chen Geng continued: "But I'm a little curious, will Paulson really 'complain' to Rolls-Royce?"

After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh himself.

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

Chen Geng really didn't guess wrong, almost when he made this guess, Alan E. Paulson happened to call Simon Robertson, the current chairman of the board of directors of Rolls-Royce Group.

As soon as the phone was connected, Aaron M. After a brief polite conversation with Simon Robertson, E. Paulson directly explained the reason for his call: "Simon, tell you a funny thing, Fernandez just sold me their aero engine, which is the 'tay' MK650 that you Rolls-Royce sold him, and is going to be installed on our Gulfstream IV, haha...... Isn't it ridiculous, you say?"

"Fernández ......"

Simon Robertson was stunned for a moment before he realized that Aaron Robertson was stunned. What did E. Paulson say, and his face on the other end of the phone suddenly changed: Fernandez, who had been importing products and technologies from Rolls-Royce, was now coming to grab Rolls-Royce's customers?

However, his face changed to his face, and in terms of response, Simon Robertson was not sloppy at all: "That's right, it's really ridiculous...... Aaron, you didn't promise him, did you?"

"How is that possible?" E. Paulson laughed: "Although he gave me half a year's account period and 85% off the price as a condition, we are friends, how can we agree to him......?

Speaking of which, Aaron M. E. Paulson paused: "Simon, my friend, although I won't agree to him, I think the supply agreement we signed earlier should be adjusted?"

“......”

Simon Robinson's face changed suddenly!

Where would he not understand Aaron M. What does E. Paulson mean? This is clearly trying to use the Fernandez incident to force Rolls-Royce to cut the price!

But apparently, for Aaron Simon Robbins was obviously very unhappy with E. Paulson's almost robbery practice: Price reduction? You said you want to reduce the price?

Can you still find a turbofan engine with a fuel consumption rate of less than 0.65 and a thrust of 6,000 kg for a large luxury business jet like your Gulfstream IV?

No!

So, what if I don't descend to you?

However, Simon Robertson did not refuse, he groaned for a moment and said, "I will think about it carefully." ”

Ended up with Aaron S. Simon Robbins immediately called his secretary: "Check the technology and product transfer agreement we signed with COMAC that year, is there any non-compete clause in it?"

The so-called non-compete clause, to put it bluntly, means that I can transfer this product or this technology to you, but you cannot sell this product to this market or that market, and it cannot affect my original "scope of interests", which is also a means that international giants, including Rolls-Royce, often adopt to protect their own interests when entering technology transfer agreements.

Reason told Simon Robbins that he felt that the technology transfer agreement signed by Ralph Robbins for the "tay" MK650 and RB211 should have a non-compete clause, but since Fernandez Chen dared to sell their self-produced "tay" MK650 engine to Gulfstream Airlines, this inevitably made Simon Robbins feel a little drummed: If there really was a non-compete clause, Fernandez Chen would not dare to do so, right? When the old Robbins guy signed the two technology transfer agreements, there was really no non-compete clause in the contracts?

As for why Simon Robbins doesn't know the general content of the contract, this is easy to understand, who made him succeed Ralph Robbins as the chairman of the board of directors of Rolls-Royce in 1989, and Rolls-Royce signs so many cooperation agreements every year, he naturally can't read every one, let alone the cooperation agreement signed a few years ago, that is not realistic at all, isn't it?

The secretary naturally didn't dare to slack off, and went busily.

Soon, the secretary sent a copy of the cooperation agreement signed with Huaxia COMAC Group - the reason why it is a copy is because the original of the contract is generally placed in the enterprise archives management department for special custody, and for the convenience of inquiry, the company will generally prepare several copies of the contract text that has been formed, in order to avoid the original contract being accidentally lost when querying, which is also one of the necessary means for large enterprises and large groups to manage archives.

Instead of looking at the specifics of the contract, Simon Robbins quickly found the non-compete section and ......

Simon Robbins was stunned: how could it not be?!

"Charles, what about the non-compete clause?" Simon Robbins glared at his secretary, his first reaction was that the secretary might not have brought the part of the contract with him: "Why isn't this part of the content?"

"I don't know," the secretary Charles was also a little confused: "it!What? There is no non-compete part?" He stammered: "The copy of the contract was given to me by the archives management department, there should be no problem, this ...... Let me see if there are any missing pages in the contract?"

If there are missing pages, it is likely that the contract is missing, but if there are no missing pages......

Realizing this possibility, Simon Robbins and Charles both had a faint sweat on their foreheads: then the problem is serious!

Realizing that it is very likely that he did not sign the non-compete clause, where would Simon Robbins wait for his secretary to do it? He immediately began to look through the pages of the contract, and when he read all the pages of the contract, Simon Robbins's heart was cold: although to be precise, the contract Charles took was only the outline of the entire technology transfer agreement (the complete technology transfer agreement, all the contracts combined, weighed more than 500 kilograms, think about what it feels like to pile up half a ton of books together?). However, in this outline, there is no non-compete clause at all.

It's a big deal!

At this moment, not only Simon Robbins panicked, but Charles also panicked: If the technology transfer agreement signed with COMAC on the "tay" MK650 engine and RB211 engine did not contain any non-compete clauses, wouldn't that mean that Fernandez Chen could sell his engine to whomever he wanted?

Realizing this possibility, where could Simon Robertson calm down? He slapped the table and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Check! Go and check the original contract for me, whether there are any conditions for non-competition!"

At the same time, Simon Robbins scolded Ralph Robbins in his heart: Robbins, you old bastard, how many benefits did Fernandez Chen give you in the first place, and you didn't even sign a non-compete copy?!

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

If there are missing pages, it is likely that the contract is missing, but if there are no missing pages......

Realizing this possibility, Simon Robbins and Charles both had a faint sweat on their foreheads: then the problem is serious!

Realizing that it is very likely that he did not sign the non-compete clause, where would Simon Robbins wait for his secretary to do it? He immediately began to look through the pages of the contract, and when he read all the pages of the contract, Simon Robbins's heart was cold: although to be precise, the contract Charles took was only the outline of the entire technology transfer agreement (the complete technology transfer agreement, all the contracts combined, weighed more than 500 kilograms, think about what it feels like to pile up half a ton of books together?). However, in this outline, there is no non-compete clause at all.

It's a big deal!

At this moment, not only Simon Robbins panicked, but Charles also panicked: If the technology transfer agreement signed with COMAC on the "tay" MK650 engine and RB211 engine did not contain any non-compete clauses, wouldn't that mean that Fernandez Chen could sell his engine to whomever he wanted?

Realizing this possibility, where could Simon Robertson calm down? He slapped the table and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Check! Go and check the original contract for me, whether there are any conditions for non-competition!"

At the same time, Simon Robbins scolded Ralph Robbins in his heart: Robbins, you old bastard, how many benefits did Fernandez Chen give you in the first place, and you didn't even sign a non-compete copy?!