Previously, the F100/F150 cooperation agreement signed between Fokker and Chen Geng was a limited cooperation agreement, that is, the F100/F150 aircraft produced by the Commercial Aviation Group authorized by Falkland-United Aviation Technology Company can only be used for civilian purposes, and cannot be changed to military purposes such as intelligence gathering, electronic reconnaissance, aviation anti-submarine and so on.

"It's not interesting," Chen Geng's expression was very indifferent: "It's just to sell more planes...... Mr. Fokker, the non-civilian F27 and F28, Fokker also sold a lot, right?"

Not only is there a lot, the American Fairchild company alone has obtained the military authorized production license of 205 F27s in the form of authorization, and as for the F28, as many as ten countries are using this aircraft in the air forces.

Chen Geng's meaning is obvious: You are allowed to sell the F27 and F28 to the militaries of various countries, and we are not allowed to play like this? Don't forget, I paid for it.

"This ...... Of course it's different," Anthony Falk squeaked, "America is a beacon of cooking and oiling, this ...... They ......"

"That has nothing to do with me," Chen Geng unceremoniously interrupted Anthony Fokker's words, and then stabbed him in the heart: "Oh, by the way, there is not much time left for you Fokker, and the airworthiness certification of ATR's first propeller regional airliner is almost completed, right?"

ATR was established in 1981 by France and Italy to develop low-cost transportation companies. Turboprop-powered regional aviation aircraft manufacturers, the shareholders are France's state-owned monopoly capital French National Aerospace Company and Italy's Alenia company jointly funded the establishment, their first product ATR-42 has completed its first flight last year, and is now in Europe and the United States at the same time airworthiness certification work, the current airworthiness certification work is progressing smoothly.

As a 42-seat regional propeller aircraft, once the ATR-42 is put into service, it will pose a huge threat to Fokker's similar products: F27, and the F50 under development, and in a series of development plans announced by ATR, they will also introduce a series of improvements after the ATR-42, including increasing the aircraft's passenger capacity to 70 seats by lengthening the fuselage and replacing it with more powerful engines, that is, the ATR-72.

As a result, ATR will not only pose a threat to Fokker's F27/F50 sales and market, but will also have a certain impact on Fokker F100.

Hearing Chen Geng mention the damn ATR, Anthony Falk's face suddenly changed.

Speaking of which, Fokker is really roasted on the fire now, upward, it will face the suppression of the three giants of aviation, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing and Airbus, and downward, Bombardier, Both Embraer and ATR have great ambitions for this market segment, and even in distant Asia, Indonesians are not willing to be lonely, Indonesia National Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. and Spanish Aviation Manufacturing Co., Ltd. have developed a 44-seat turboprop-powered regional airliner called CN-235 based on the Spanish C-212 transport aircraft, which completed its first flight in 1983 and, like the ATR-42, is now undergoing airworthiness certification.

From this point of view, the original historical time and space, the reason why the Fokker Company collapsed was not without reason: upward, it was unable to break through the suppression from the United States led by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, and even within the European Community, compared with Airbus, the own son of the European Community, the Fokker aircraft could only be regarded as a wild seed born of a maid; downward, a large number of ambitious guys wanted to "seek the dynasty and usurp the throne", and in the absence of a sufficiently strong country to rely on, it was unreasonable for the Fokker Company not to die.

"This ......"

After two slurs, Anthony Falk whispered, "We can't ...... either."

"Then it has nothing to do with me," Chen Geng said with a smile: "Anyway, for COMAC, the F150 is enough...... Well, I just don't know how long Fokker can last in the face of sudden intensification of competition?"

Anthony Falk was speechless.

How long can Fokker hold out? In fact, even Fokker itself is not very confident.

As for the market, just look at the stock price of Fokker to know, since 1982, Fokker stock price has also risen, but generally speaking, it has maintained a downward trend, compared to 1980, Fokker company's market value has fallen by more than 30% - this is still the good news factor of cooperation with Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry Group, if there is no such a relationship, the ghost knows how much Fokker's stock price will fall.

“......”

After a long time, Anthony Falk finally spoke, and he whispered, "I need to convince the board." ”

There is nothing more important than surviving, and conversely, there is nothing that cannot be done in order to survive.

"Of course," Chen Geng smiled: "This kind of cooperation is not something that can be agreed on in a short period of time. ”

————————————

The next day's test flight, Fokker F100 to the Ministry of Aviation Industry and major domestic airlines CEOs, executives left a deep impression, as Chen Geng said before, compared with the same tail crane engine McDonnell Douglas MD-82, F100 is quieter, more comfortable, as for Boeing 737, it can be said to pull down a small half of the street.

"Mr. Chen, what is the approximate price of your plane?" Mr. Zheng of United Airlines was the most anxious, he sat directly next to Chen Geng, and asked loudly: "We United Airlines originally planned to purchase a batch of Tu-154 and Yak-42 from Lao Maozi, if your price is right, we can give you part of the order." ”

How did Chen Geng know the pricing of the F100? Anthony Falk didn't tell him.

But it didn't matter, Anthony Fokker was also on the plane, and he immediately said, "Fokker didn't discuss pricing with me, but it doesn't matter, Mr. Fokker is on the plane...... Mr. Falk?"

Taking into account the relationship between United Aviation and the Air Force...... Well, Chen Geng thinks Mr. Zheng's statement is very interesting.

What the?!

Huaxia people are ready to place an order?

Anthony Folk, who got on the plane with him, didn't know the relationship between United Airlines and the Air Force, he didn't think that there was such a good thing at all, and his head was a little dizzy with excitement and happiness in an instant, and before Chen Geng finished speaking, he stood up in an uproar, and Anthony Fokker said loudly: "Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng, I can answer this question now, we only need 12 million US dollars!

"$12 million?" Mr. Zheng couldn't help frowning: "Mr. Folk, is your price too expensive?"

"Expensive?"

Anthony Fokker was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "How can it be expensive, sir, according to different configurations, the market price of Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas MD-82 on the market today is roughly between 23 million and 32 million US dollars, and our F100 has the passenger capacity equivalent to two-thirds of Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas MD-82, but the market price is less than half of them, which is very affordable......"

"But the Soviets' Tu-154M, for less than 8 million dollars. Mr. Zheng was obviously very dissatisfied with Fokker's offer: "The carrying capacity of the Tu-154M is comparable to that of the MD-82 and Boeing 737." ”

“......”

Anthony Fock, who had prepared a stomach full of reasons, was choked by Mr. Zheng's words for a long time before he gasped, and reluctantly explained: "Mr. Zheng, as the chief operating officer of an airline, when you decide whether to purchase an aircraft, you should not only look at the price of the aircraft, but also look at the comfort of the aircraft. I also know about the Soviets' Tu-154 aircraft, whether it is the NK-8-2 engine on the basic model or the D-30KU engine on the M model, it lags behind Rolls-Royce's 'tay' MK650 engine in terms of noise level, life, fuel consumption rate, etc., and fuel cost is the largest and most important cost for an airline.

I don't really know what the actual fuel consumption of the D-30KU engine was, but our F100, with a typical load, roughly requires only 3 to 3.4 tons of fuel per 1000 km of flight, while the Soviets' Tu-154M ...... Well, we have calculated it ourselves, and the results may not be very accurate, but I believe that there is still a certain reference...... For every 1,000 kilometres travelled, we need to consume about 6 to 7 tonnes of jet fuel, which is more than double ours.

And a civil aircraft needs to fly millions of kilometers every year, which means that the Tu-154M consumes at least three or four thousand tons of aviation fuel more than our Fokker F100 every year, which is calculated based on the same 20 years of service......"

Speaking of this, Anthony Falk spread his hands: "This is almost 80,000 tons of aviation fuel, Mr. Zheng, how much does this 80,000 tons of aviation fuel cost?"

"Uh......"

Including Mr. Zheng, the CEOs of the airlines who thought that the price of the F100 was expensive at the beginning, as well as the leaders of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, were speechless: yes, although the initial purchase price of the F100 is indeed a little more expensive, but the later use cost is indeed much lower than that of the Tu-154M, and from the entire service life, the F100 is actually more economical - the total purchase cost of 80,000 tons of aviation fuel is far more than the purchase price difference of more than $4 million for these two aircraft.

"Oh, by the way," Anthony Fokker continued, "and that's just the cost of fuel, as far as I know, the reliability and longevity of the main components of Soviet aircraft were relatively poor, and the cost of maintenance in the later stages was ...... I wonder if you've considered how much more money you'll have to spend on this one?"

I don't know who muttered in a low voice: "But we don't need to spend foreign exchange to buy aviation fuel." ”

“......”

Hearing this, Anthony Falk looked at Chen Geng with a confused expression, he didn't quite understand the meaning of this.

Chen Geng explained to her: "The Chinese government's foreign exchange reserves are relatively short, so the price factor will be the core factor affecting their purchasing choices. ”

。 m.