Chapter 1046: Exploiting the Market
Only then did Wang Zhenguo realize a very serious problem: Chen Geng also has an airline in Huaxia!
Not only is this airline not small, but it also has international routes!
Although Chen Geng has not purchased Boeing 747 for a long time, it is said that Chen Geng has a very good personal relationship with the owner of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft: Mr. MacDonald Jr., with the relationship between the two and Chen Geng's almost inexhaustible money, it seems that he has no problem buying a few MD-12s in order to help his friends stand in the field, right?
The question then arises: if Chen Geng decides to purchase the MD-12, what will Air China's face hold?
With Chen Geng's connections and connections in China, if he makes up his mind to go to MD-12, his own side will ......
Hiss!
Wang Zhenguo suddenly found that he didn't seem to have any good way to stop this from happening.
How is the status revealed?
Naturally, it was mine, you didn't, but the current situation is that the MD-12 has surpassed the Boeing 747 to become the world's largest and most luxurious passenger aircraft, and Chen Geng's airline is very likely to purchase it......
Wang Zhenguo glanced at Liu Weizhong, although he didn't speak, but the meaning was clear: What do you want to say?
Liu Weizhong understood what his chairman meant, and said cautiously: "Chairman, I think this matter will definitely not work." ”
"Hmm......"
Wang Zhenguo responded, a little impatient: Do you still need to say this?
"In that case, I don't think it's better for us to go further," Liu Weizhong said, "let go of the Boeing 747, and in the future, Air China will exclusively use the MD-12." ”
Well?
Wang Zhenguo was stunned, and the next moment, his brain spun rapidly: Can it still be like this?
Liu Weizhong's meaning is clear, to put it simply, it is Air China's "upgrade", which will change the Boeing 747 passenger aircraft from Air China's exclusive to everyone's use, but Air China's special aircraft will be upgraded from Boeing 747 to MD-12. This method......
Wang Zhenguo shook his head: "I heard that Chen Geng also invested in the MD-12 project. ”
Liu Weizhong immediately understood what his boss meant: Even if Air China buys hard, how many MD-12s can it buy? From Chen Geng's point of view, he is definitely not willing to sell the MD-12 only to Air China, and he must hope that other domestic airlines can buy it......
I guess people don't care at all.
What's even worse is that Chen Geng is a person, you can't use the traditional methods to deal with other brother airlines to deal with him.
Wang Zhenguo felt a little headache, he rubbed his eyebrows, and shook his head: "Let's discuss this matter again, huh...... We'll talk about it another day. ”
Liu Weizhong reacted immediately, and he immediately nodded: This matter is a major event that the entire Air China needs to face, in this case, why are the two of them having a headache here?
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Looking at the EMB-145 prototype in the workshop, which has completed the manufacture of the fuselage, but has not yet installed the various wings and nose frames, Chen Geng is still a little surprised: The design work of the prototype of the EBM-145 of Embraer has been completed?
Seeing the surprise in Chen Geng's eyes, Paul Cesa Silva was still quite proud in his heart, and he explained to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, the biggest problem facing our Brazilian aviation industry now is the lack of funds, as for the technical problems, it is secondary, to tell you, this prototype has been in a state of suspension for almost half a year now." ”
Chen Geng nodded, and instead of answering Paulo Cesa Silva's question, he asked, "Will the EMB-145 be co-produced with the EMB-120 in the future?"
The EMB-120 is a 30-seat turboprop-powered small regional airliner, and the EMB-145 is a typical regional airliner powered by a 45-seat turbofan engine, but the EMB-145 is developed from the EBM-120, according to Paulo Cesa Silva, 75% of the two The fuselage parts are universal, as long as some adjustments are made to the production line, it can fully meet the requirements of the two aircraft co-line production, and the biggest advantage of co-line production is that the cost is greatly reduced: there is no need to add an additional production line for the EMB-145.
"Yes," Paul Cesa Silva nodded, "and we're thinking about the two aircraft being produced together. ”
"Then how many orders of intent have you received now?" Chen Geng nodded and asked again.
As soon as he said this, Paulo Cesa Silva was a little embarrassed, and his expression was a little ashamed: "This...... There are only more than 20 ......"
"More than 20?"
Chen Geng was a little surprised: This is not a small number, after all, there are not many EMB-120s sold in total.
However, looking at Paulo Cesa Silva's slightly embarrassed expression, and then thinking of the relationship between Embraer and Embraer, Chen Geng understood in his heart: the so-called 20 or so EMB-145 intention orders, ten out of ten ** are from Embraer, as for how many of this intention orders can be converted into orders that can actually be completed, hehe......
Ten **, this intention order is used to fool people and look better on Embraer's face.
However, if you don't say it, Chen Geng will naturally not be stupid enough to expose this, he groaned for a while, and said: "Miss Rosemary told me that you can vote for this project, I believe Miss Rosemary, I voted for your project, and as for the specific details of cooperation, you go and talk to Miss Rosemary." ”
"Huh?"
Paul Cesa Silva was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Chen Geng to be so simple, he just came, and he decided to vote?
But Paulo Cesa Silva quickly reacted: the investment that Embraer needs is actually just over $30 million, which is probably nothing to Fernandez Chen, right?
Thinking that the funds that Embraer has been looking for for several years are nothing to the other party, Paolo Cesa Silva has mixed feelings in his heart for a while, but despite this, he still thanked Chen Geng again and again.
"Thank you for not need," Chen Geng waved his hand: "The reason why I invested in you is because there is no 45-seat jet regional aircraft on the market, you are the first, I am more optimistic, but have you considered extending the EMB-145 product line?"
Paul Cesa Silva asked cautiously, "What are you talking about......?"
"Business jet," Chen Geng said, "Have you ever considered building a medium and large size jet based on this EMB-145?"
Embraer created a 35-seat EMB-135 based on the EMB-145 by shortening the fuselage, but because the engine was not replaced, the per capita operating cost of the EMB-135 was much higher than that of the EMB-145, and the actual sales of the EMB-135 were very bad. Reluctant to waste the fuselage, they developed a jet business jet based on the EMB-135, the famous Glesel 600.
Does this name sound familiar?
That's right, Embraer later had a business jet called the Glesel 650, which was the model of the action superstar's private jet on Hong Kong Island.
Now that the global economy is picking up, the rich are starting to play luxury again, Chen Geng noticed that one of the landmark data is that the global business jet sales increased by 3% last year, which means that this wave of economic crisis is about to pass, and the local tycoons have begun to buy business jets again.
Alas...... Is it still possible to do this?
Paul Cesa Silva was slightly stunned: to make the EMB-145 a business jet?
"This ...... Is that okay?" asked Paul Cesa Silva cautiously, his confidence very low.
"Of course," Chen Geng said, "Mr. Silva, have you paid attention to the business jet market?"
Paul Cesa Silva's face turned slightly red, and he was a little embarrassed: "This ...... There is no ......"
Chen Geng didn't say anything, nor did he show any contempt or dissatisfaction, just nodded and said: "If you have paid attention to the business jet market, you will find that there is a fault line in the distribution of products in the business jet market. ”
“......”
Paul Cesa Silvarden's eyes widened, waiting for Chen Geng to teach him a lesson: this kind of opportunity for the richest man to give him a lesson is not something that can be encountered at any time.
Chen Geng: "In the business jet market, the high-end is naturally the business jet converted from Boeing 727, 737, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, MD-90 and Fokker F100/F70 such large and medium and large passenger aircraft. The 80 modified business jet, with a maximum range of 12,000 kilometers, can perform transpacific missions, of course, this type of business jet has the highest price and the least number at the same time. ”
Paul Cesa Silva immediately nodded: Indeed, every time he saw Chen Geng's business jet modified with MD-80, like a palace in the sky, he didn't know how envious he was, and he felt quite a feeling of "a big husband should be like this" in his heart.
"As for the second grade," Chen Geng continued: "It is the Gulfstream series business jet of Gulfstream Airlines, the space of this aircraft is also very large, but it is smaller than the first grade, if measured by the standard of civil airliners, it is probably a layout of 2+2 or compact 2+3 seats per row, and the maximum passenger capacity is between 60 and 70 people, but as a business jet with a maximum passenger capacity of only a dozen people, this space is also spacious enough, which is also a recognized high-end business jet type in the market.
Further down, there is the French Dassault 'Falcon' series of business jets, and under the Dassault 'Falcon', there is the Cessna 'Medalist' series of business jets,"
Speaking of this, Chen Geng said: "Have you noticed that there is no business jet on the market that is roughly equivalent to the EMB-145? But is there really no need for such a business jet?"
Chen Geng didn't analyze himself so carefully, and Paul Cesa Silva really didn't realize this, but now listening to Chen Geng's words, Paul Cesa Silva was stunned to find that there does seem to be such a fault in the business jet market, so ......
"It's nothing more than taking an EMB-145 into a business jet to test the water on the market," Chen Geng shrugged as he looked at Paul Cesa Silva's hesitant appearance: "It's just an airplane." Anyway, business jets are all order-based production, so what do you have to worry about? If you can't sell them, it's a big deal that you keep them for your own use, and if you can't do it, you can restore them to their original state and sell them as passenger planes. ”
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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.
Paul Cesa Silvarden's eyes widened, waiting for Chen Geng to teach him a lesson: this kind of opportunity for the richest man to give him a lesson is not something that can be encountered at any time.
Chen Geng: "In the business jet market, the high-end is naturally the business jet converted from Boeing 727, 737, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, MD-90 and Fokker F100/F70 such large and medium and large passenger aircraft. The 80 modified business jet, with a maximum range of 12,000 kilometers, can perform transpacific missions, of course, this type of business jet has the highest price and the least number at the same time. ”
Paul Cesa Silva immediately nodded: Indeed, every time he saw Chen Geng's business jet modified with MD-80, like a palace in the sky, he didn't know how envious he was, and he felt quite a feeling of "a big husband should be like this" in his heart.
"As for the second grade," Chen Geng continued: "It is the Gulfstream series business jet of Gulfstream Airlines, the space of this aircraft is also very large, but it is smaller than the first grade, if measured by the standard of civil airliners, it is probably a layout of 2+2 or compact 2+3 seats per row, and the maximum passenger capacity is between 60 and 70 people, but as a business jet with a maximum passenger capacity of only a dozen people, this space is also spacious enough, which is also a recognized high-end business jet type in the market.
Further down, there is the French Dassault 'Falcon' series of business jets, and under the Dassault 'Falcon', there is the Cessna 'Medalist' series of business jets,"
Speaking of this, Chen Geng said: "Have you noticed that there is no business jet on the market that is roughly equivalent to the EMB-145? But is there really no need for such a business jet?"
Chen Geng didn't analyze himself so carefully, and Paul Cesa Silva really didn't realize this, but now listening to Chen Geng's words, Paul Cesa Silva was stunned to find that there does seem to be such a fault in the business jet market, so ......
"It's nothing more than taking an EMB-145 into a business jet to test the water on the market," Chen Geng shrugged as he looked at Paul Cesa Silva's hesitant appearance: "It's just an airplane." Anyway, business jets are all order-based production, so what do you have to worry about? If you can't sell them, it's a big deal that you keep them for your own use, and if you can't do it, you can restore them to their original state and sell them as passenger planes. ”