There are many leaders who came to watch the ceremony, and almost all the leaders of the central ministries and commissions who received the invitation of COMAC said that they would definitely be present at that time, including not only the main leaders of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, but also the leaders of some major units under the Ministry of Aviation Industry, such as Xifei, Shaanxi, Shenfei, China Aviation Materials, etc., and even some "local airlines" such as Shangfei have also sent leaders of sufficient levels.

Not only that, but Anthony Fock, a partner of COMAC and president of the Dutch Falkland-United Aviation Technology Company, also came.

When he sent the invitation before, Chen Geng just sent a copy to Fokker Company politely, he didn't think that Fokker would send someone over, but the reality was so unexpected, Fokker Company, which received the fax from COMAC, not only said that they would send someone, but also Anthony Fokker, the head of Fokker Company.

Not only that, Anthony Falk also deliberately rushed to Rongcheng two days in advance, facing Chen Geng, who came to the airport to pick him up in person, Anthony Falk asked Chen Geng impatiently after some greetings: "Mr. Fernandez, have you done an ignition test before?"

"Of course I did," Chen Geng said with a smile: "If I am not completely sure, how dare I invite you to come?"

If a little fire doesn't succeed, isn't it a shame?

"What about the results of the ignition test?" said Anthony Fock excitedly, "how long has the engine been in test run?

"Not only is it a continuous thrust test, we also conducted a maximum thrust test with full thrust," facing Anthony Fock's shocked expression, Chen Geng's face was proud and proud, he stretched out his slap and quadrupled Anthony Fock: "Ten seconds! We let this engine continue to work at maximum thrust for ten seconds!"

“......”

Anthony Falk didn't speak, his eyes popping out in shock.

Yes, the "tay" MK650-8C is not a completely new engine, Rolls-Royce has been producing the "tay" series of engines for more than 10 years, if you count the predecessor of the "tay" series: the production history of the "spey" RB168 series, it is longer, more than 20 years (the "tay" series is developed on the basis of the "spey"), from a technical point of view, the "tay" series is a very mature, It is suitable for the turbofan power system used by large regional aircraft, but having said that, Anthony Fock, who has been to Huaxia several times, still feels extremely incredible that Huaxia can build such a turbofan engine with a thrust of up to 6450 kg: this is a turbofan engine that represents the highest technical category of aero engines! How can they build it?!

"Don't be so surprised," Chen Gengman waved his hand indifferently: "Just a few years ago, Huaxia even copied the 8,000 kg thrust grade JT3D of the Americans, and at that time, there was no Pratt Whitney Company to provide Huaxia with a full set of technical information and installation technology, materials, blanks, finished parts and accessories, and there was no experienced engineer to teach him the whole process - if under such conditions can not make a qualified engine, I have to doubt whether the investment is worth it." ”

Anthony Falk pursed his lips and suddenly asked Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, if I'm not mistaken, the maximum design capacity of your factory is 120 units per year?"

"Well, how?"

"Nothing. Anthony Falk shook his head.

Anthony Falk obviously has something to say, but since he doesn't say it, Chen Geng won't ask about it, but he is more concerned about another question: "How is the airworthiness certification work of the F100 going?"

"It's going well, it's going very well," said Anthony Fokker with a smile on his face: "If nothing else, the airworthiness certification should be completed in 6 to 8 months." ”

"That's very soon......," Chen Geng nodded.

Anthony Falk hesitated for a moment, but still asked Chen Geng: "Fernandez, are you really so confident in the Huaxia market?"

"What?" Hearing what Anthony Falk said, Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "The Americans are looking for you?"

"Well," Anthony Falk nodded, not denying it, "The McDonnell Douglas people approached me." ”

What McDonnell Douglas asked him to do, Anthony Faulk didn't say, but even if he thought about it on his heels, he could understand that they didn't plan to invite Anthony Faulk to dinner.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Geng said: "Let's put it this way, in the next 20 years, I promise that just my airline in Huaxia will purchase at least 100 F100 and F150, and in the whole of Huaxia, I am sure to sell 200 F100 and F150, at least!"

"Mr. Fernandez, you're not kidding, are you?"

Hearing Chen Geng say that in China alone, he is sure to sell at least 200 F100/F150s, Anthony Falk was immediately moved!

Why is it shocked? Because Fokker's flagship model, the F28 that is about to be discontinued, has a total production capacity of only more than 230 aircraft from 1969 to the present, and the F28 is no longer receiving orders, counting the unproduced F28, the total production capacity is 241 aircraft.

From 1969 to the year after that, in 17 years, Falkland-United Aviation Technology sold only 241 F28s worldwide, for the new generation of F28, that is, F100, Fokker's goal is not high, only requires F100 and F150 to reach the sales of F28, that is, Fokker's global sales target for F100 is 240 to 250 aircraft.

But now, Fernández Chen said that just in Huaxia, he can sell 200 planes, and at least!

Although according to the previous agreement, the Huaxia market is monopolized by Chen Geng, but Fokker Aircraft can still collect a lot of licensing fees from the F100/F150 produced by Huaxia, if Fernandez Chen can really sell so many aircraft, this licensing fee alone will be a huge income!

In addition, Fokker can also make a huge amount of revenue from the aftermarket.

It can even be said that if the Huaxia market can really sell 200 F100 and the subsequent upgraded model F150, even if Fokker sells a few at will, and only sells 100 in the next 20 years, its life can be very nourishing.

Faced with this situation, do you say that Anthony Falk is excited or not? Excited or not?

Chen Geng shrugged: "Lie to you, what benefit can I get?"

Lie to yourself...... It really doesn't seem to do him much good......

Anthony Falk understood this, but he really couldn't believe it, and his excited hand was raised and lowered: "Yes, yes, I understand...... I understand, but Mr. Fernández, I just ...... Just ......"

"I understand," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "I can't understand it, how can Huaxia have such a large demand for civil aviation aircraft in a short period of time, right?"

"Yes......"

"This is a huge country with a population of 1.1 billion and a land area of more than 9.6 million square kilometers, once their economy develops, whether it is a huge population base or a huge land area, the demand for fast transportation such as airplanes is almost endless," patting Anthony Fokker on the shoulder, Chen Geng said: "Although we have agreed that the Chinese market belongs to me, maybe one day in the future, I still need Fokker to help us produce some parts, who can say what will happen in the future?" ”

Anthony Fokker doesn't think that the day in Chen Geng's mouth will come, if the Fokker F100/F150 can sell so well in China, there is no reason to sell badly in Europe, South America and Southeast Asia, which are more economically developed, but because of Chen Geng's words, the pressure, confusion and hesitation brought to him by McDonnell Douglas disappeared quickly: Lao Tzu's plane may be able to sell more than 500 planes in the world!

This is the confidence that Chen Geng brought to Anthony Folk!

Anyway, our F100 is not in direct competition with your McDonnell Douglas MD-82, and as for our F150, it is Fernandez Chen's, and we at Falkland-United Aviation Technologies do not produce it, and we feel that the F150 has impacted the market of your MD-82, so you have the ability to go to Fernandez Chen to settle accounts.

"Well, Mr. Fernandez, I believe your judgment ......" Speaking of this, Anthony Falk changed the subject: "As for the 150-seat F150 you asked for earlier, you can now start preparing." ”

When he said this, Anthony Fock's heart was on fire: the R&D expenses of the 150-seat F150 developed based on the F100, but Fernández Chen, it would be nice if he could get this money now......

Chen Geng didn't know what Anthony Falk was thinking, but that didn't prevent him from immediately vetoing Anthony Faulk's idea.

Shaking his head, Chen Geng did not hesitate to reject Anthony Fock's ill-intentioned suggestion: "Mr. Anthony, have you forgotten? Our previous agreement was that we would wait for at least five years after the F100 was sold before we secretly launched the F150 development program, so as to avoid stimulating McDonnell Douglas, Boeing and Airbus as much as possible.

And don't forget, the thrust of the engine of this class of aircraft must reach at least 8000 kg, but our 'tay' engine with 8000 kg thrust is still only on paper. ”

In 1982, Airbus officially launched the A320 research and development program, F100 mainly between 80 and 100 seats between the large regional transportation, will not be too stimulating Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas Big Three, if the premature exposure of the F150 plan, it is equivalent to directly competing with Boeing 737-300, Airbus A320 and McDonnell Douglas MD-82, not to usher in the crazy suppression of the Big Three is hell.

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PS: Brothers, it's just these two shifts today, just take the opportunity of the jet lag to reverse the jet lag, and owe you everyone's account, please allow the baby to start school on Monday, and we will pay it back next week.