Chapter 748: The Difficulty of Negotiation on the Fixed-Wing Aircraft Project
And the negotiations on light fixed-wing aircraft are actually very difficult. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoGulfstream is not a big company, but it definitely has the largest pedigree. First of all, people should first look at your qualifications when negotiating with you, if you can't meet their requirements, then they won't cooperate with you. And the reason why Jiang Chen and they are qualified is that on the one hand, the two countries are now close, and on the other hand, Jiang Chen and they are a relatively large company. In particular, a survey document they investigated showed that Jiang Chen is currently the largest car manufacturer in China, accounting for more than 60 percent of the entire domestic automobile market share. Moreover, this car is also actively promoted abroad, and currently has a relatively large market share in Southeast Asia, West Asia, Africa and South America. At present, it is actively entering the Australian European and North American markets, and the Australian market has been approved to enter, while the European market is under negotiation. As for North America, which has reached the final stage, it is not a big problem from the current situation. Then such a company is definitely a high-quality customer.
Seeing such a rich financier, Gulfstream suddenly became enthusiastic, and enthusiastically promoted this business jet to the fat people. Even in the name of investigation, the fat man and his entourage were called to their latest 'Gulfstream 4' business jet that had not yet been put on the market to experience it for themselves. They naturally like this fat man very much, and this group of soil buns that they have never seen before are very satisfied after taking a business jet. Even, the fat man asked Jiang Chen on several phone calls whether he would also buy a business jet when he often goes abroad. In this regard, Jiang Chen cleaned up and scolded him for being a loser, you haven't learned to walk yet, you have learned to fly. Besides, in the future, we will build our own planes, are we afraid that there will be no planes to sit on? After this meal, the fat man immediately began to negotiate obediently.
Of course, in the negotiation with the Gulfstream Company, Jiang Chen and the others planned that it would be impossible to introduce advanced models from them, and it was impossible to get them like this Gulfstream Three and the Gulfstream Four that had not yet been put into production, and the Gulfstream Company would not be so stupid and cultivate a competitor for itself. Moreover, the technology of such an advanced model is not so cheap, and it is very difficult to buy it according to Jiang Chen's current ability. Therefore, Jiang Chen and the others plan to aim at the Gulfstream II, this aircraft has several types of transformation machines, although the range is not as good as the Gulfstream III, but it is still very close in other performances. However, this aircraft has been discontinued in the early eighties, and for Gulfstream, it is already behind, but for Jiang Chen, it is definitely a treasure. So the technology of such a model, Gulfstream Company should be able to give it, but when the fat man and they proposed the intention, the Gulfstream company shook its head and rejected the fat man. It turned out that in 1973, Aaron? E. Paulson purchased the Gulfstream aircraft production line from Grumman for $2 million and took over the Gulfstream program, and Gulfstream was born. Subsequently, Gulfstream successively developed and produced the "Gulfstream" III, IV, and V business jets, which gradually developed into a global leader in business jets in the future.
Two million dollars in '73 is worth a lot, equivalent to almost 200 million dollars now. But in the '80s, it wasn't so outrageous, and Gulfstream's strength and reputation weren't as outstanding as later generations. This is also the reason why Jiang Chen wants to contact it, if it is the Gulfstream company in the future, with Jiang Chen's current strength, he will definitely not dare to touch it. Having said that, the representative of the Gulfstream Company rejected the fat man, and the reason was that after buying the Gulfstream Company in '73, a big change was made, so the previous information had been lost in the change. The rearranged data has been sealed after the discontinuation of this model, and all the materials in this era are all paper, and have not been electronically archived. But it was a coincidence that the warehouse where it was stored was flooded during a major hurricane last summer. (Gulfstream's headquarters in the southwest of Laomei, near the Caribbean Sea, is also a hurricane, which we call the most frequent typhoon.) Although it was rescued afterwards, the documents that had been soaked in a large amount of sewage were damaged and difficult to read. Although it was finally repaired, a considerable part of the technical data was still damaged. So now the Gulfstream Company can't sell Jiang Chen the technical data of their Gulfstream 2, unless Jiang Chen and they buy a Gulfstream 2 from elsewhere and go back to survey and copy it.
In this regard, Jiang Chen and the others are naturally unwilling, if they copy it, do they still need to buy information from you. However, Jiang Chen and the others also got a good news that they were happy about, that is, they were willing to sell the information and a production line of Gulfstream III to Jiang Chen and them. And although the price is relatively high, it is not too outrageous, probably plus the information and production line, Gulfstream's quotation is 20 million US dollars. Of course, this is still negotiable, and the price will be further reduced. It can be said that Jiang Chen was overjoyed by this good news, because the Gulfstream 3 is a long-range modern aircraft in the true sense, and it has 23 percent more fuel than the Gulfstream 2, and the fuel efficiency has increased by 18 percent. In this way, its range will naturally be greatly increased to 6,000 kilometers, and it can be said that such a range can be flown in most parts of the world. If the information of such an aircraft is sold to Jiang Chen, it will greatly enhance Jiang Chen's understanding and mastery of international advanced aircraft, and lay a solid foundation for the development of the company's aviation technology.
However, people won't be so cheap Jiang Chen and them. There are also some requirements, such as the purchase of Gulfstream's products for this important component. And there are also many restrictions in terms of sales, such as the absolute prohibition of selling the planes produced by Jiang Chen and them to North America. If a North American customer asks them to buy, it is their responsibility to recommend Gulfstream's products to the customer. There are also how many years you will not be able to enter important markets such as Europe and Australia. There is also a clause that leads Jiang Chen to have a headache, that is, they must buy a Gulfstream company to produce Gulfstream III aircraft as a reference for Jiang Chen when they are producing. Of course, that's what they said, but Jiang Chen will believe it, of course they won't believe it, this is just their means of making money. Originally, Jiang Chen and the others thought that this plane would be acceptable if the price was right, but they didn't expect that the price given by others made Jiang Chen and them stunned. Just such an airplane actually cost 12 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 100 million in later generations (the US dollar was still very strong in this period). This is difficult for Jiang Chen, although Jiang Chen and they have made a lot of money, but they are very limited in foreign exchange. If you want to say enough, you can, but these foreign exchanges, Jiang Chen and they want to move, it can be said that it is very difficult, because their company is designated as a key protection unit of foreign exchange. You must know that during this period, the top attaches great importance to foreign exchange, and even issued a rule that if it exceeds 50,000 US dollars, it is necessary to find a note on it, otherwise no one can use it indiscriminately (real thing). Then it was obviously very difficult for Jiang Chen and them to use so much foreign exchange funds, although these were all the money they earned. (To be continued.) )