"Sir, I just received the news," Patrick Hogan's secretary hurriedly knocked on the door of his boss's office, and reported to him the worse news: "Mr. Fernandez Chen has visited Allison Power Group. ”

"Fernandez Chan visited Allison Power?"

Patrick Hogan's indifference frowned slightly: Well, why did Fernandez Chen suddenly go to Allison Power, but the serious expression of his secretary made Patrick Hogan understand that things might not be so simple, and he immediately asked, "What else?"

The secretary did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "According to the information provided by our people, during the visit, Mr. David Graziossi made a proposal to Mr. Fernandez Chen that he wanted him to inject Allison Power, and Mr. Fernandez Chen seemed to have some interest in Mr. Graziossi's suggestion, and he did not refuse, but said that he would consider it carefully. ”

Patrick Hogan's brows instantly furrowed: What do you mean? Fernandez Chen actually wants to get involved in the new generation of regional aviation power? This is not good news.

Because, with the continuous development of the global economy, while the mainline aircraft market is booming, the regional aviation market is also constantly developing, and with the continuous improvement of the people's requirements for travel, even the people who choose regional aircraft are becoming more and more demanding on comfort.

As early as the mid-80s, Rolls-Royce conducted a thorough market research, and the results of the survey were that the survival space of traditional turboprop power in the regional aviation market is getting narrower and narrower, and the more energy-efficient and quieter small-thrust and large-bypass turbofan engines suitable for the regional aircraft market will gradually become the mainstream of the regional aviation market.

For example, the EMB-145 regional airliner being developed by Embraer is based on the turboprop-powered EMB-120 by replacing it with Allison-powered AE3007 large-bypass ratio turbofan engines (although limited by the development schedule of the AE3007 turbofan engine and Embraer's own financial problems, the EMB-145, which was originally scheduled to make its first flight in the second half of this year, has not yet built its first prototype)

Another large enterprise in the regional aircraft manufacturing industry: Bombardier Canada, their first jet regional jet CRJ-100 developed based on the "Challenger" 601 jet business jet, has completed its first flight in May this year, and the power system comes from the aero engine giant: General Electric's CF34-3A1.

It is based on this judgment that Rolls-Royce and Allison Power Group jointly developed the power system of a new generation of 50-seat regional jets: the AE3007 turbofan engine with a thrust between 3,265 kg and 3,720 kg, based on the core engine of Allison Group's T406 turboprop engine, supplemented by some technologies from the IAE V2500 engine and the Trent Trent 700 engine.

At the beginning of this cooperation, Rolls-Royce had another idea: they knew the financial difficulties that Allison Power was facing, so if the development of the AE3007 turbofan engine could add a little more pressure to Allison Power's already tight financial situation, Rolls-Royce would most likely take Allison Power's aviation power business under its control.

Over the years, the situation has indeed followed Rolls-Royce's original judgment: the development of the AE3007 engine has brought a lot of financial pressure to Allison Power, which has already had the idea of selling the aero engine business segment as a whole.

While this is just a preliminary idea, Allison Power is more inclined to raise money, but it's getting closer to Rolls-Royce's original plan, and the problem is that while Rolls-Royce is waiting for the pie to fall into his mouth, the damned Fernandez Chan seems to want to cut it off......

For Rolls-Royce, Chen Geng's practice was too hateful, and Lao Tzu worked hard to plant trees, water, fertilize, and catch insects...... Finally, when the fruit was about to ripen, you thief sneaked out and wanted to get something for nothing......

However, it is imperative to report the situation to the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Simon Robertson.

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"Sir, that's it," said Patrick Hogan, who asked Simon Robertson for advice after giving a briefing on the situation, "Look, how should we respond to Fernandez's provocation?"

Simon Robertson smiled: "Fernandez Chen's action is in response to our suspension of the 'TAY' project." ”

Patrick Hogan reacted suddenly: Yes, Chen Geng's move is a response to Rolls-Royce's previous suspension of the "TAY" R&D project: Didn't you suspend Lao Tzu's "TAY" engine plan? Then don't blame Lao Tzu for also hacking your project. He asked Simon Robertson carelessly, "Mr. Robert, then we ......?"

"What kind of problem is this?" Simon Robertson waved his hand, in his opinion, this matter is not a matter at all: "Isn't Allison Power short of money? No problem! We Rolls-Royce have money, we invest in him!"

Rolls-Royce invests in Allison Power?

Patrick Hogan was stunned: "But the boss, the ...... we made before"

"That's right, we originally planned to try our best to consume Allison Power's funds and then find a way to take over Allison Power's aero engine business segment, but now there is a situation," Simon Robertson said, "The top priority now is not to let Fernandez Chen succeed, as for the future, we will discuss it slowly...... Besides, for us, this money is not in vain, can't we also take this opportunity to make a request for shares, and we can also explain that if Allison Power wants to sell the engine business in the future, this part of our investment will be automatically converted. ”

Patrick Hawke suddenly realized, looked at Simon Robertson and was a little embarrassed: Mr. Robertson is Mr. Robertson, no wonder he can become the chairman of the board of directors of the group...... As for Fernandez Chen, I wonder what the expression on his face will be when he knows that he has no chance to get involved with Allison Power?

I'm looking forward to it.

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In order to make sure that nothing goes wrong during this period, Patrick Hogan personally communicated with David Graziossi about the fact that Rolls Royce could invest in Allison Power.

But after simply listening to Patrick Hogan's conditions on behalf of the Rolls-Royce Group and the amount of investment, David Graziosi was immediately entangled:

On the one hand, compared with Chen Geng, who had never dealt with him before, David Graziosi was more inclined to accept Rolls-Rothys's investment, and everyone was an old acquaintance and old friend;

But on the other hand, if you agree to Rolls-Royce's investment, how should Chen Geng's side refuse? At the beginning, you pitifully hoped that I would invest in you, but I saw that you were pitiful and agreed, and now you suddenly told me that you don't need to invest......

How to drop?

Trick me?

It's really easy to bully when the richest man is the richest man.

David Graziosi knew in his heart that if this matter was not handled well, Chen Geng might not take Allison Power, but if he wanted to clean up his little senior salaryman, was that a problem?

However, as the CEO of Allison Power, David Graziosi rolled his eyes and quickly thought of a solution......

"Patrick, my friend, I'm certainly more inclined to accept Rolls-Royce's investment, and I'm sure the directors on the board are in that position," David Graziosi said to Patrick Hogan on the phone, "but you know, I gave Mr. Fernandez the suggestion to invest in Allison, and before that, you Rolls-Royce were not willing to help, so we can accept your investment, but you have to convince Mr. Fernandez...... Let's get it straight, I can't be affected in any way. ”

You still have to tie the bell to the bell!

Since you refused to invest when we asked you to invest, now that we have found an investment partner, you suddenly expressed your willingness to invest...... How to explain to Fernández Chen, you can help me come up with an idea.

Patrick Hogan couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect David Graziossi to actually push this trouble on himself, before that, he really didn't expect that there would be such a trouble, but there is no problem with David Graziossi's words: Since this trouble is caused by you Rolls-Royce now, of course, Rolls-Royce is responsible for solving it-who made you unhappy when we invited you to invest, When we found an investment partner, you Rolls-Royce caught up with him?

Patrick Hogan couldn't refuse: "Okay, I'll figure it out." ”

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He said that he was trying to find a way, but Patrick Hogan didn't have any good way, and he couldn't go to Chairman Simon Robertson for such an hour, and ask Simon Robertson for everything, wouldn't it seem that he, the president of the global civil aviation division, was too incompetent? This is unacceptable to Patrick Hogan, and it is also unacceptable to the board of directors of Rolls-Royce.

After some thought, Patrick Hogan decided to test Chen Geng's reaction first: he instructed the British technicians of the "TAY" engine project team to "inadvertently" disclose this matter to the people of the COMAC Group - the people of the West China Commercial Aircraft Group knew, and Chen Geng naturally knew.