However, in addition to making up his mind, Wang Dazhi was also a little worried: "Chairman, the British are not good birds, let's take advantage of the loophole in the contract to make them ruthless, they won't just admit it obediently, right?"

What role does Britain play in the world? As early as a few hundred years ago, it was a famous-stirring stick on the European continent, and Wang Dazhi really had no confidence in the discipline of the British, and he did not think that after the COMAC rejected Rolls-Royce's request, Rolls-Royce would do nothing.

"Hmmm......"

Chen Geng replied and said: "With the virtue of the British, after we hit a nail here, they will definitely make some small moves, that's for sure." ”

"Huh?"

Wang Dazhi was worried: The British will definitely make some small moves?

"You don't have to worry too much," although it was separated by the entire Pacific Ocean, just listening to Wang Dazhi's voice, Chen Geng could imagine what kind of expression Wang Dazhi was at this moment, and he immediately laughed: "Everything we do is based on a contract, no matter how much the British toss, they don't dare to violate the contract and the law at will...... As long as I am the chairman of COMAC, the British cannot ignore this. ”

“......”

Wang Dazhi was speechless: Okay, what your old man said is right.

Chen Geng continued: "Since the British have scruples, then where they can do their hands and feet...... Well, it's probably our technical team in the UK. ”

"Chairman, what do you mean......" Of course Wang Dazhi is not stupid, as soon as Chen Geng said this, he immediately reacted, and cautiously confirmed to Chen Geng: "The British will do something to our 'Tay' engine project?"

"Almost," Chen Geng responded, "For example, to support other projects to transfer manpower from the 'Tay' engine project, so that the 'Tay' engine project is actually paralyzed, and so on...... At this stage, this is the means by which the British can do it directly, and it is the most effective and the most effective way to give us a warning. ”

"You say that the most likely means for the British to take is just to transfer personnel from the 'TAY' engine project team?" To Chen Geng's surprise, hearing his judgment, Wang Dazhi was not only frustrated and angry, but his voice sounded a little excited: "Really?"

Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"Huh? hehe...... Wang Dazhi hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay...... This one...... Chairman, you also know that we have not yet connected to the World Wide Web (Internet) in China, can you please send an email to our comrades in the UK to tell them and let them be mentally prepared in advance?"

Chen Geng knew too well the real meaning of Wang Dazhi's previous haha, and he knew the mentality of some high-level executives within COMAC, and thought that he insisted on cooperating with Rolls-Royce and conducting in-depth technical exploration of the "tay" engine. The MK1010 series, which has entered the final verification stage, has reached and exceeded the maximum thrust of 100KN, what else?

In the eyes of many comrades within the group, the 110KN, 120KN thrust of the "tay" engine, there is no need to develop it at all, but there is no way, Chen Geng, the chairman of the group, will press everyone obediently, no one dares to be disobedient, even if he does not agree with it in his heart, he can only endure it, in addition, in cooperation with Rolls-Royce, on the "tay" The in-depth development of the series of engines was also written in the cooperation contract between the two parties, and as part of the foreign technical cooperation, no one dared to chirp crookedly on this matter...... Affected diplomacy, are you responsible?

But now I heard Chen Geng say that the British are likely to take the initiative to put the "TAY" engine project into a nominal state of stagnation, and Wang Dazhi, who has always thought that this project is a bit of a waste of money, is finally happy.

However, Chen Geng did not laugh at Wang Dazhi's eyes, let alone Wang Dazhi, even at the top level, there are still many people who have the same attitude as Wang Dazhi? We have to wait until 1996, 1999, and 2001 to be slapped three times in a row, and the concept that "others have it is never as good as our own" can be regarded as a unified consensus.

Therefore, he is not at all surprised that Wang Dazhi has such a mentality, and he does not even mean to care: The whole social environment is like this, what can you do? He happily agreed: "No problem, I will tell the comrades in Britain when I go back." ”

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Patrick Hogan, who was rejected, was a little annoyed and angry: Damn Chinese, dare to refuse themselves?

While being annoyed and angry, he was also a little ashamed: it was just a Chinese person, and he couldn't do anything about those Chinese people......

But one of the more difficult questions facing Patrick Hogan is: how should Rolls-Royce, or himself, respond to COMAC's tough response?

Just admit it?

Of course not!

The Huaxia people must be taught a hard lesson, otherwise these bastards will not be allowed to ride on their heads and shit?

So the question is: how to teach the Chinese people a hard lesson?

After a long silence, Patrick Hogan picked up the phone and dialed Simon Robertson: "Mr. Robertson, the Huaxia people have refused to sign a non-compete agreement with us. ”

"That's right...... So what are you going to do?"

Simon Robertson's voice sounded quite calm, but Patrick Hogan still heard the chairman's anger from Simon Robertson's seemingly calm voice, and also, Rolls-Royce was rejected by the Chinese? This is simply a big joke!

Patrick Hogan said: "In order to give a warning to the Chinese people that the dignity of Rolls-Royce cannot be insulted, I am ready to suspend the cooperation with COMAC in technology. ”

After a pause, Patrick Hogan explained: "Comparatively, Mr. Fernandez Chen is the chairman of Huaxia COMAC, so he ......"

"Very well, let's do it. ”

Simon Robertson immediately agreed, and he also felt that this was a good way to warn the Chinese people: if you haven't realized how serious your mistake is, then don't think about the "tay" MK1110 project that has been launched, but it is true that Fernández Chen is a difficult guy, he is not as easy to bully as those weak Chinese people, and it is indeed difficult for his side to do too much......

"All right," Patrick Hogan replied, not in the least surprised by his chairman's answer, and after a brief pause, he said to Simon Robertson again, "Mr. Robertson, I have one more suggestion." ”

"You say. ”

"Since the Chinese people don't have enough respect for us, I don't think there is any need for our cooperation with COMAC to continue," Patrick Hogan said. ”

In fact, there is no need for Patrick Hogan to say, Simon Robertson also thought of this, since Huaxia COMAC has lost its respect for Rolls-Royce, then Rolls-Royce must let COMAC realize a very cruel reality: want to compete with Rolls-Royce for the market?

"Well, later, I'll talk about it later," Simon Robertson replied, "Let's do what is in front of us first." ”

"Yes sir. Patrick Hogan hurriedly responded, and his heart was a little excited: Mr. Chairman, this is a promise.

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Rolls-Royce was very efficient, and in the afternoon of the same day, the "TAY" series engine development team, composed of the technical team of COMAC Group and Rolls-Royce, received a notice that because the development of the "Trent 700" engine encountered some difficulties, Rolls-Royce needed to transfer some engineers from the "TEY" engine development team to the "Trent 700" project for technical support.

After the initial stunned, the COMAC technical team, which had already received a reminder email from Chen Geng in the name of the chairman of COMAC, immediately understood the sinister intentions of Rolls-Royce: they did not cancel the development plan of the "TAY" engine in violation of the contract, but "temporarily" transferred all the technical experts of the Rolls-Royce side of the "TAY" engine project in the name of technical support, leaving the entire project team with only an empty shell.

However, the whole technical team is very calm: even if Rolls-Royce withdraws all the British experts? Anyway, the research and development of MK1010 has been basically completed, and MK1110 is just in the beginning stage, and the group has not yet sent R&D funds, so we have no loss!

The most important thing is that over the years, they have continued to help British experts to work on the 7 series, 8 series, 9 series and 10 series of "TAY", and the experts of COMAC have basically figured out how to improve an engine, even if there are no British experts, the whole team is confident that they can complete the improvement of the subsequent models of the "TAY" series of engines - although there is no technical support from British experts, they will go a little slower, but there is no problem, they can finish.

But the news that followed caught Huang He, the leader of COMAC's technical team in the UK, a little caught off guard......

"Team Leader Huang, I just saw that there are a few Rolls-Royce people who are quietly poaching our people. Huang He's assistant Xiao Liu hurriedly came and told Huang He a piece of news that surprised him.