On October 16, Dadong Express and seven express companies led by Shunfeng Express officially signed a contract, and the preparatory work of Honeycomb Intelligent Technology Company officially kicked off.

According to the contract, SVOLT is registered and located in Shanghai, which is an interesting decision.

The largest shareholder of Honeycomb Technology is Dadong Express, holding 55% of the shares, and the second largest shareholder is SF Express, holding 15% of the shares. And the most influential in the express delivery industry is also Shunfeng Express.

That is to say, among the shareholders of Hive Technology, Dadong Express and SF Express are in a dominant position, and the position arrangement of the management also reflects this dominant position, but the headquarters of Hive Technology is neither set up in Quancheng, nor in Pengcheng, where the headquarters of Shunfeng Express is located, but in the third place - Shanghai, which shows that everyone wants to maintain the relative independence of the company.

At the same time, the chairman of Hive Technology is Mu Dong, the general manager is Wang Wei, and the deputy general manager is Zhu Xuesong. Even if some of the inconveniences can be offset by an advanced web-based office system, overall the control will definitely be weak. In response to this problem, the shareholders have also reached a consensus, in the early stage of Hive Technology, temporarily according to this model of management work, one year later, the management to fine-tune, two years later to carry out a comprehensive adjustment, and gradually realize the management personnel resident in Shanghai.

In layman's terms, it is the run-in period and promotion period, everyone still has to rely on the fame of Mu Dong and Wang Wei, and after the business is stable, it will be handed over to professional managers to take care of.

The signing ceremony was held in Ludong Building, Quancheng, and many media were invited to witness the ceremony, and after the signing was completed, Mu Dong, chairman of Hive Technology, introduced the company's general situation and long-term goals to the media.

A deputy director of the General Post Office attended the signing ceremony, and Jiang Xiaoliang, a senior official on Ludong's side, suddenly attended the ceremony in person, which made a deputy director a little embarrassed, and the level was not equal, and it was a lot worse.

The bosses of the other 7 express companies were envious, and felt that Boss Mu's influence in Ludong was quite terrifying, and when a company signed a contract casually, the senior officials attended in person, which was too powerful.

Boss Mu understands that Senior Officer Jiang is not showing goodwill, but simply forcing the palace.

The subtext is probably like this: Hey, young man, I have given enough face to your affairs, and you can watch and handle my affairs!

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At the end of the ceremony, Jiang Xiaoliang even briefly attended the banquet afterwards before leaving in a hurry.

Wang Wei approached Mu Dong and quietly gave a thumbs up, Boss Mu smiled bitterly and didn't explain anything.

"Mr. Mu, I have already decided to build my own airport, and I will do it with you. Wang Wei then said.

"Mr. Wang, did you hear any rumors?" Mu Dongnuo teased.

"Hehe, I'll tell you the truth, I'm shocked by your generosity. Wang Wei is not shy about it.

Wang Wei was talking about Mu Dong's plan to purchase 100 Boeing freighters. As all parts of the country are scrambling for the passenger-to-cargo project triggered by this super large order, the order itself has also spread, making a number of express industry CEOs suspicious.

100 freighters, this plan is really crazy, you know, this is 2012, most express companies have not set up their own airlines at all, everyone is still counting on the belly of civil aviation to achieve air transportation, and Dadong Express is planning to purchase 100 freighters.

There is a saying that the happiness index of a family comes from the neighbors. If the neighbor is too rich, his own happiness index will be greatly reduced, and if the neighbor is a little depressed, he will feel that the happiness index is not bad.

In the same way, for peers, this principle is also universal. In the face of Dadong Express, which already has airlines and continues to buy, buy and buy, many bosses of express companies feel that their airlines must be launched, otherwise it will be difficult to survive in the future. In addition, the express delivery volume in recent years has indeed been growing steadily, although the conditions are not fully met, but it can be regarded as preliminary.

Boss Mu didn't expect that his original intention was to help the country's aviation technical talent reserve through the passenger-to-cargo conversion project, but now he has reaped another result, inspiring the aviation layout of the express delivery industry more than two years in advance.

After Wang Wei learned the news of Boss Mu's purchase of 100 cargo planes, he thought more long-term, and he saw Boss Mu's ambition and determination from this news. That is, Boss Mu is serious about building his own airport.

Come to think of it, Great Eastern Airlines already has nearly 20 aircraft, plus 100, it is 120, which is already the size of a medium-sized airline, and it is absolutely logical to have its own airport.

Therefore, Wang Wei, who originally had a wait-and-see attitude towards his own airport project, immediately made up his mind to fully participate in the project and strive to keep up with Boss Mu's ideas and footsteps.

Otherwise, Shunfeng Express's current leading position will be slowly lost.

Think about Kodak, think about Nokia, this kind of thing, it's not alarmist.

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At this moment, in the face of Wang Wei's statement, Mu Dong was still very happy in his heart. Dadong Express through the express cabinet and cloud data two projects, has and Shunfeng Express to achieve some interests bundled, self-built airport project and then two sides to cooperate, the future of the two in the express market will be unprecedentedly strong, in this way, basically can and some e-commerce bigwigs wrestle wrists, will not be despised and bullied.

"Mr. Wang, thank you for your support and trust, so let's sign a strategic framework agreement when it's convenient, how about we?" Mu Dong said with a smile.

"Yes, no problem. Wang Wei said.

"The agreement can be very vague, and you know, there is a huge policy risk associated with the approval of your own airport. Mu Dong reminded.

"Of course, I know. Wang Wei said on his lips, but said in his heart: With the strength of your richest man, with your current glittering background, if you can't win the airport approval procedures, no one in the express delivery circle can do it.

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After a few days of observation, Boeing has not made any new moves, presumably because they feel that they have broken the situation and are waiting to reap the benefits.

Hehe, Wang Xinlan was secretly proud in his heart. Since you want to toss, then we will toss things even more. So, on October 18, Mr. Wang flew to Toulouse, France, to negotiate with Airbus headquarters.

Of course, Airbus knows about the boiling passenger-to-cargo conversion project spread in the Chinese market, but they are helpless and can only express their jealousy, after all, they do not have any passenger-to-cargo conversion projects.

Even so, they still sent a high-level reception team to receive Alina Wang in a grand manner.

Wang Xinlan was very happy and sincerely announced his plan, which made Airbus overjoyed.

There is no passenger-to-cargo project? It's okay, it's not there now;

The construction period is long, it's okay, you have heard of Boeing's ideas, you can copy it;

If you don't have the funds, how much do you want? Is a 15% advance payment enough?

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Everything seemed perfect, and the Airbus side, in addition to the fanaticism, still discovered the conspiracy hidden behind the perfect plan, and they hesitated again and again, and finally said: You are not taking Airbus as a fool, just to put on a show, right?

Wang Xinlan is also a bachelor, and directly gave two plans: first, even if it is acting, if you can really defeat Boeing with technology, strength and sincerity, we promise to fulfill our promises; second, if you do miss, we will not let you be busy in vain, two Airbus A321 purchase orders, enough to soothe your lost hearts, right?

Yes, the people of Airbus understood in seconds.

The two A321s are a fixed remuneration for accompanying the acting, if it is really performed well, and the Boeing is smashed, everyone may also fake the show.

Not bad, yes, it's done!

As for the two Airbus A321s, of course, they were purchased for the passenger business of Great Eastern Airlines. At present, the charter business of Great Eastern Airlines is running well, and it is time to consider expanding its capacity. Moreover, they are already ambitiously planning to apply for a fixed route.

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On October 21, news broke that Alina Wang had secretly contacted Airbus, which made Boeing's top brass suspicious.

Of course, they know that Airbus does not have a passenger-to-freighter conversion program, but they also know that this huge order is enough for Airbus to restart the passenger-to-freighter conversion program. In that case, Boeing's dominance in the freighter market will come to an end, and this result is too much to bear.

Therefore, this symptom must be stifled in the cradle.

Boeing first began to verify the authenticity of this news, and found a strange phenomenon: Wang Xinlan's business plane stopped in Quancheng and did not move at all, and another business plane of the Dadong Group also did not move at all.

Could it be that the news is fake? Wang Xinlan went to the Airbus headquarters to discuss business, and how could such a long-distance trip take a civil aviation plane and go from luxury to frugality, which was too difficult.

continued to investigate and found that this Wang Xinlan was really traveling to and from France by civil aviation, and the itinerary was very compact.

Boeing's people understand that Wang Xinlan wants to operate quietly. It's terrible, if the rice is cooked and cooked in a lifetime, we will have to regret it to death.

So, on October 23, Boeing telegraphed Wang Xinlan that they wanted to go to China again to start the second round of talks.

Wang Xinlan's response was quite enthusiastic, and he strongly praised Boeing for taking the overall situation into account, and sincerely said that he would do a good job in the reception, and that he would do a good job in receiving the ......

Boeing's liaison officer said, "What are you pretending?"

hung up the phone, Wang Xinlan scolded in his heart: Bastard, you forced me to take a civil airplane to act in a play, and now you are satisfied?

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That night, Mu Dong called Director Jing and introduced the situation of contacting Airbus to check and balance Boeing, Director Jing laughed, and finally criticized Mu Dong fiercely, saying that he was unorganized and undisciplined, and such a big matter was not reported.

Mu Dong was startled, and immediately realized that Director Jing was joking.

So he happily said that it is best to solve this kind of thing by himself, and it is not appropriate to involve a higher level. This is reasonable, there is a degree of advance and retreat, even if you mess up, it's fine.

Director Jing laughed a few more words, and then talked about the specific arrangements for the passenger-to-cargo conversion project. Director Jing said that the order can be divided, but it should not be too fragmented, and it can be divided into three projects at most. Among them, Boeing's maintenance plant in Shanghai needs to focus on implementation, and about half of the orders need to be taken; Boeing's maintenance plant in Yangcheng needs to take about one-third of the orders; and the rest can be selected by Mu Dong himself.

"Don't, Director Jing, where can I worry about such a big matter?" Mu Dong hurriedly said. This is true, and he is completely unwilling to wade into this troubled water.

"You kid, you just don't want to take responsibility, how can this work? Young people must have ideas and dare to take responsibility. Director Jing smiled.

"However, this is a highly professional question, how can I understand?" Mu Dong said.

"Of course, professional people do professional things, and you are only responsible for making decisions. Besides, you are the end user of the aircraft, and you will definitely be responsible for yourself. Director Jing said a few words and hung up the phone.

Boss Mu smacked his lips, so helpless.

This matter, on the surface, seems to be that Director Jing took out a small part of the order for Mu Dong to do favors, which looks quite humane. Mu Dong knew in his heart that this was Director Jing's own examination.

To put it more darkly, it is to attract firepower, and it is good to calmly arrange things in Shanghai and Yangcheng.

It's really, it's exciting!

No, I have to discuss with Wang Xinlan how to get this pot out, because I really don't want to carry it!

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On October 26, two weeks after their last departure from China, the Boeing delegation arrived at the Beijing airport again.

Soon, Boeing, relevant ministries and commissions, and Wang Xinlan sat together again.

Boeing's attitude was very sincere, and it expressed its understanding of the leak of news about the last project, which made the Chinese personnel curse secretly and grinned on their faces.

Then Boeing said that the last meeting was very pleasant, and everyone's goals were very consistent, so we should also have a unified understanding in action, reach an agreement as soon as possible, and realize the implementation of the project.

The relevant ministries and commissions agreed with this, believing that Boeing needed to play a constructive role in leading the implementation of the project, and expressed their full cooperation.

Wang Xinlan is abnormal, no longer the transparent person in the first meeting, nor the enthusiastic attitude on the phone two days ago, her face is solemn as a purchaser, generally serious expression of all-round demands.

First of all, the purchase price of these 100 freighters must be super favorable, and it must be less than 50% of the catalogue price published by Boeing;

Second, the proposal for the project to land in China is initiated by the purchaser, and the purchaser has full right to make suggestions on the basis of referring to Boeing's evaluation results of relevant enterprises.

Third, in order to ensure the uniformity of technical standards in the promotion of the project, the division of the project landing should not be too scattered, with three as the upper limit;

Fourth, Boeing should provide a full range of technical support to ensure the smooth progress of the project, so that all orders can be delivered within five years.

Fifth, Boeing should provide free routine inspection and maintenance services at 50% below the market price within five years after the delivery of each freighter, and 70% below the market price within 10 years.

The people on the Boeing side were a little dumbfounded, and then something happened that made them even more stunned.

The relevant ministries and commissions directly expressed their full respect for the rights and demands of the purchasers, supported their ideas and practices, and implored Boeing to cooperate.

Wang Xinlan's tough statement made Boeing more convinced that she had reached some kind of tacit understanding with Airbus and found a spare tire.

At the same time, Boeing's people also understand that the small action made last time should have been discovered by the other party, and now the other party's proposal on the implementation of the project is actually a counterattack to the last small action.

Moreover, the so-called right to make suggestions is based on certain assessments of Boeing, that is, Boeing will do the villains, and how the project will be implemented is up to the Chinese side to make the decision.

It's really, exciting!

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Well, some of the clauses in Wang Xinlan's statement are a concrete manifestation of some of the will of the richest man Mu, in order to throw the pot that Director Jing threw over to Boeing.

When the time comes, let Boeing make a confidential assessment and not announce it to the public, and then Boss Mu can stay out of the matter with peace of mind. As for who the small part of the order is, Mu Dong doesn't care at all. He felt that it was better to let the Shanghai market and Yangcheng be divided.

Anyway, it can't be handed over to Lu Dong Fugu, and they can't do the passenger-to-cargo conversion of wide-body airliners at all.

With this relaxed and comfortable mood, Boss Mu was happily busy in the office, but the door suddenly opened, Chen Bishu walked in in a panic, and said nervously: "Mr. Mu, Senior Officer Jiang is here." ”

Mu Dong was startled, and immediately stood up and asked, "Where?"

Chen Bishu didn't need to answer at all, Jiang Xiaoliang had already entered the office with a smile, and said happily: "Mu Dong, uninvited guests come to the door, is there any good wine and food?"