"Boss, you...... Are you going to agree to the British's terms?"

After listening to Chen Geng, Elizabeth's mouth couldn't close, and she even waved her arms twice excitedly, because she really couldn't imagine how a smart person like the boss would make such a childish mistake this time, and even the British would be willing to agree to such excessive conditions? Could it be that the boss is really ready to copy RB211?: "At the beginning, the British even went bankrupt directly to their own company in order to engage in this thing, how can you ...... How can you ......

And even if one day we can successfully replicate the RB211, and by that time more advanced engines will come out, I heard that GE intends to develop a new generation of high-thrust aero engines, with the goal of doubling the maximum thrust directly on the basis of the CF6!

The British were obviously uneasy and well-intentioned to sell RB211 to us so forcibly......"

Chen Geng, who had pressed the switch button before getting out of the car, nodded with a heavy expression: "You're right, the damn British really don't have any good intentions, they just plan to take this opportunity to pit our money." ”

“......”

Elizabeth stopped talking, and the boss knew it in his heart, so why would he still accept the blackmail of the British?

"On the one hand, after all, RB211 is one of the most advanced high-thrust aero engines in the world today, and it is the most high-tech three-rotor structure," some words are too deep, Chen Geng is not good to say to Elizabeth, but some things can actually be said to her, Chen Geng explained to her: "Although in our situation, it is estimated that the next twenty or thirty years may not be able to thoroughly understand and digest the technology of RB211, but in the digestion, In the process of absorbing the technology of the RB211 engine, it is very helpful for us to form and improve our own technical strength......

In my opinion, RB211 is a very esoteric, but very real textbook, that is, now the British are down, poor jingle, otherwise we would not be able to obtain the technology, patents and overall design of RB211 from the British, and let the British teach us by hand.

Changing to General Electric's CF6 and Pratt & Whitney's JT9D, not to mention what the attitude of the US government is, it is impossible for them to agree to the same conditions. ”

Although very reluctant, but after listening to Chen Geng, Elizabeth had to admit that what her boss said was very reasonable, don't look at RB211 is the British in order to blackmail the boss's money, but from another point of view, in addition to the company may not be able to understand the technology of this engine in the next two or three decades, from any other point of view, this business is actually not too much of a loss.

"Well, you're the boss, you have the final say. Elizabeth was helpless.

"Don't think so," Seeing that Elizabeth was starting to be in a little mood, Chen Geng hurriedly reassured: "Elizabeth, you must know that it is one thing for me to agree, and there is still a lot of work to be done next, the handover of materials and the way of payment...... There are many, many details to be discussed, and since we have to accept the damn blackmail of the British, we have to make up for it elsewhere, and it's all up to you. ”

Sure enough, hearing Chen Geng's words, Elizabeth, who was still full of frustration just now, finally regained a little confidence: Yes, the boss is right, although we have no choice but to accept the blackmail of the damned British, but since everything has happened, there is no way, and the next priority is how to find a way to minimize the loss.

She took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "I see, boss, don't worry, I won't let you down." ”

"After this negotiation is completed, I will give your entire team a big vacation, you can bring your family, go to any place you want to play, relax, all the expenses are covered by me, in addition to the prescribed reward, I will reward each of you with an additional 30,000 US dollars. As for you......"

Chen Geng patted Elizabeth on the shoulder: "You are 100,000 dollars." ”

Sure enough, money is the best healing medicine, listening to Chen Geng say that he can not only get rewards in accordance with the regulations, but also magnify the fake, the boss actually rewarded himself with an additional 100,000 US dollars, Elizabeth's heart just disappeared without a trace in an instant, hugged Chen Geng and kissed him fiercely.

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After making it clear that the company would have to accept the blackmail of the British, Elizabeth quickly adjusted her mentality, and in the following negotiations, she did her best to obtain many favorable conditions for Chen Geng.

For example, Rolls-Royce asked Chen Geng to purchase 20 RB211 engines, but under Elizabeth's arguments, the final result was 8 engines, of which 2 were complete machines, and the remaining 6 were a full set of CKD parts;

For example, Rolls-Royce insisted at the beginning that he would only sell the RB211-524B2 model to Chen Geng, but under Elizabeth's arguments, he finally got a total of three models: 524B2, 524C2 and 524D4;

As for the cost of the overall engine design, technology and patents, engine auxiliary design and patents, production equipment procurement and many other aspects, Elizabeth also frequently wielded a big knife.

After a month of intensive and high-frequency negotiations, the two sides finally signed a package purchase agreement for the overall design and patents and technology of the RB211 and "Thai" series engines: a total of 250 million pounds, and the handover of all materials must be completed within one year.

As for the payment method, of course, such a large sum of money cannot be paid in one lump sum, the entire payment cycle is three years, paid quarterly, in addition to the principal, Chen Geng also has to pay Rolls-Royce a fee equivalent to bank interest, but under Elizabeth's struggle, the annual interest rate of this "interest" is 1.7%.

As soon as the agreement was signed and the first payment had not yet been paid, Chen Geng notified the Chinese government and the Ministry of Aviation Industry of China through the Chinese Embassy in the UK, so that the country could make corresponding preparations.

After receiving Chen Geng's notice, the central government and the Ministry of Aviation Industry were dumbfounded: 250 million pounds? RB211 and the "Thai" series engines were bought together?

Everyone has only one feeling in their hearts: 250 million pounds, converted into dollars, you are more than 300 million, rich! Chen Geng, this guy is really rich!

Not surprisingly, this will be the largest Sino-foreign cooperation project introduced by Huaxia since the reform and opening up, and after receiving Chen Geng's notification and confirming that the first batch of materials will soon be sent to Huaxia by air transport, and that Rolls-Royce experts will also arrive, the top level is shaken.

This is an investment of more than $300 million, which is almost equivalent to the foreign exchange reserves of the entire country for a quarter.

Ordinary people may not be able to understand the language of politics, if these words are translated into the vernacular that anyone can understand, the general meaning is: whoever dares to drag his feet, stumble, and make bad in the process, in a word, whoever makes Chen Geng unhappy for a while, the people will make him unhappy for the rest of his life!

In this attitude, no one dares to joke with their hats, the original somewhat sluggish Hafei Factory and Chengfa Factory, the formation of the two Huamei joint venture joint-stock companies, instantly entered the fast lane, all departments directly with the official seal and documents to the two companies for on-site office, what needs to be solved, directly on-site solution, on-site can not be solved, directly with the higher level and even the central competent department to contact, on-site telephone solution.

It's just that such a big movement has naturally attracted the attention of the US government.

To be precise, such an open project attracted the attention of the US intelligence agencies from the very beginning, and after the US intelligence agencies reported the news, the US government actually did not take it very seriously: whether it was the new generation F28 of the Dutch Falkland-United Aviation Technology Company or the "Thai" 650-8C turbofan engine of the British Rolls-Royce company, in fact, it would not have any impact on the interests of the United States.

As for the later RB211 engine, the attitude of the US government and intelligence agencies is the same: Rolls-Royce decided that Fernandez Chen had reached an agreement with the Chinese government and had to buy the "Thai" 650-8C, so he took this opportunity to blackmail Fernandez Chen. The three-rotor turbofan engine with a thrust of more than 200kn is not easy for the Chinese people to eat for thirty years.

These are not the focus of the US government's attention, the US government's focus is that the US government is preparing to control China's civil aviation market, McDonnell Douglas has already made contact with the Chinese government, what impact does Fernandez Chen's practice have on the overall US policy toward China's aviation industry?

For this reason, Chen Geng had to interrupt the original plan and deliberately go back to the United States to explain all this to President Reagan......

"In fact, my investment in the field of China Express Aviation not only does not contradict the national strategy of the United States, but complements each other. Facing Commander Reagan, Chen Geng said seriously.

"Oh?"

The Grand Commander raised his eyebrows and motioned for Chen Geng to continue.

"First of all, we must face up to the strength of the Huaxia aviation industry, what is the level of the Huaxia aviation industry? There are three signs here: the Y-8 transport aircraft based on the Soviet Union's An-12 transport aircraft, The maximum take-off weight of these three aircraft ranges from 60 tons to 100 tons, so I think that although China's aviation industry is still very backward compared to us, they also have a certain foundation, and if they want to guide them to follow our ideas, we must give them some benefits, in their old saying, it is called 'what you want to take, you must give it first'. ”

“...... That makes sense," the Grand Commander pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Tell me about your specific strategy." ”

Chen Geng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.