"Chen, why did you agree to purchase 2 McDonnell Douglas-82 every year?" Coming out of the vice minister's office, as soon as he got into the car, Wolfgang Meidong, vice president of MBB and president of the transport aircraft division, asked Chen Geng with an anxious face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

From the time Chen Geng talked about this problem to now, he held back for a long time, and he couldn't hold back anymore.

Not only did Wolfgang Meidong care about this issue, but the representatives of the China Aviation Technology Corporation, Xifei, and the military also widened their eyes, waiting for Chen Geng to give him an explanation: Two McDonnell Douglas-82 planes a year is at least $43 million, which is equivalent to $43 million given to Americans for the MPC-75 project for nothing.

"Don't worry," this question, even if everyone doesn't ask, Chen Geng has to explain it clearly. After a brief pause, under the anxious gaze of everyone, Chen Geng said: "First of all, I can clearly tell you that in the next five years, we will take over not 10 McDonnell Douglas-82, but no more than 4, and I personally prefer 2 planes. ”

"Huh?"

"Why?"

"How so?"

As soon as Chen Geng's words came out, everyone was stunned, and their faces were full of incredulity: In the next five years, this airline, which is in the preparation period and does not even have a main airport so far, may only buy two McDonnell Douglas-82 planes?

How is this possible?

Looking at everyone's bewildered home port, Chen Geng was greatly satisfied: "I don't know how much you know about the contract signed between Shanghai Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas to assemble MD-82 aircraft?" ”

"I know this," Mao Donghai, general manager of Xifei, took over: "Shangfei has helped McDonnell Douglas of the United States assemble 35 MD-82 planes, and so far nearly 20 planes have been assembled, and according to the current progress, by 1992 at the latest, 35 MD-82 planes will be fully assembled...... Yes! I know! I know! ”

Speaking of this, Mao Donghai suddenly exclaimed, he finally understood why Chen Geng dared to boast of such a Haikou, turned his head to look at the other comrades who had not yet reacted, Mao Donghai said excitedly: "Have you forgotten?" Last year, because the sales of the McDonnell Douglas 82 were not satisfactory, no one was willing to buy the McDonnell Douglas 82 assembled by Shangfei, and the CEOs of various airlines were invited together for a mobilization meeting......

"I remembered, too!" The representative of the China Aviation Technology Corporation slapped his thigh excitedly, Mao Donghai didn't say that he didn't expect it, after all, although the China Aviation Technology Corporation and civil aviation often deal with each other, but after all, it is not a system, although some things are known, but after a long time, they have forgotten, and now they are reminded by Mao Donghai, he also remembered: "The above 'persuaded' 6 airlines to divide the remaining 10 or so MD-82 that have not yet begun to assemble, if I remember correctly, on average, it should be 3 planes per company?" ”

"Some have three, some have two, and Air China has the most, with four," with the reminder of Mao Donghai and China Aviation Technology Corporation, everyone also remembered this incident, and a smile appeared on their faces again: "All 35 McDonnell Douglas-82 have been booked,...... Hey! Doesn't that mean that we won't have any pressure until 92? ”

"I think it should be, I heard that Shangfei is also worried about the next batch of assembly plans, and now I am desperately lobbying the Americans, I heard that it is the American McDonnell Douglas-90 that they want to produce, but now the relationship between our country and the Americans, their idea of flying is ...... Hehe......"

"Hehehe......"

Everyone tacitly laughed: With the current bad relations between China and the United States, the politics are almost completely frozen, and economic exchanges have also been greatly affected, and it is still a question mark whether the McDonnell Douglas Company will bring the McDonnell Douglas-90 to Shanghai Aircraft for assembly, and even if the Americans do, it will be four or five years later, and at that time, the pressure on us from the two planes will not be as great as it is now.

Chen Geng, this kid is really a ghost, he figured these things out in the blink of an eye, and used this to send a promise to the deputy prime minister without costing, tsk...... I really don't know what kind of mood the deputy minister will feel after figuring out this? But even if you figure it out, you can't blame us for this kind of thing: if your own production capacity is not good and there are problems with partners, can you still blame us?

Looking at the crowd that suddenly became much more relaxed, Chen Geng secretly laughed in his heart: If you know that McDonnell Douglas-90 has assembled a total of 2 planes, I wonder if you will laugh even happier?

Wolfgang Meidong felt that he was now more and more unable to see through this young man, how could a matter that was originally extremely complicated and almost incurable be solved so easily in his hands? It's magical, it's magical.

When he looked at the information of Runhua Industry before, he couldn't believe that there would be such a miraculous thing, but now, Wolfgang Meidong felt that the information he had learned before was not enough to reflect the magic of this Chinese boy. He had a hunch that the key to whether the MPC-75 could be successfully promoted and whether the MBB plan could be successfully realized was the young man in front of him.

Coming from the back row of the Nissan Bilian minibus to Chen Geng, Wolfgang Meidong said politely: "Chen, can I talk to you alone?" ”

"Of course," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "It just so happens that I also have something I want to talk to you about." ”

Sitting down in the last row, Wolfgang Meidong lowered his voice and said to Chen Geng: "Chen, first of all, I have to congratulate you, it is you who saved MPC-75 and also saved MBB. ”

"You're welcome," Chen Geng nodded with a smile, if the MPC-75 project could not be continued, MBB would have to merge into Mercedes-Benz Aerospace, and once again become a spare parts supplier of the Airbus Group as before, so as now, MBB will have the opportunity to have an independent aircraft brand? Wolfgang Meidon's thanks was fully deserved: "Helping you is helping ourselves, so don't say this kind of kind words, let's talk about the next road." ”

"Of course, this is exactly what I want to say to you," Wolfgang Meidong's expression finally became serious when he heard Chen Geng's words: "Chen, one thing I must make to you is that the aircraft we cooperate in producing can only be used in the field of civil aviation, and must not be modified for military purposes. ”

"I promise," Chen Geng nodded solemnly: "The aircraft we produce will only be sold in the civilian market." ”

The planes we produce will only be sold in the civil aircraft market, but the fuselage we produce is another matter, and what I put in our fuselage is our own business.

Although some words sound completely meaningless nonsense, if you don't say this nonsense, the consequences will be more serious. The two tacitly glanced at each other, and their expressions were much more relaxed: "Regarding the matter of applying for a long-term loan from the federal government, Mr. Hawke and the directors of MBB are working hard, Chen, what I want to say is that the directors of MBB have a greater idea, I wonder if you are interested?" ”

"Oh?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "Please speak." ”

"In the initial design, there are three versions of the length of MPC-75, if it is divided by the way of a car, MPC-75-100 is the short-axle version, MPC-75-200 is the standard wheelbase version, and there is also a longer fuselage length MPC-75-300, which is a long-wheelbase version."

After speaking, Wolfgang Meidong stared at Chen Geng's eyes, wanting to see the shock from Chen Geng's face, but Chen Geng's reaction disappointed him, Chen Geng, who had long known MBB's ambitions in the aviation field, was not at all surprised that they designed a "lengthened wheelbase version" for the MPC-75, and after analyzing the data of the MPC-75, the aviation experts of Runhua Industry told Chen Geng that the fuselage of the MPC-75 had great potential, and it was no problem to lengthen it by another 3.5 meters.

He smiled and asked Wolfgang Meidon: "The length of the fuselage of the MPC-75-100 is 28.5 meters, and the length of the fuselage of the MPC-75-200 is 33.6 meters. If it reaches this size, it will be comparable to Boeing's 737-400, a proper mainline aircraft. ”

The fuselage size of the MPC-75-100 has reached 28.5m*29.7m*10.2m, which is smaller than the 45.1m*32.87m*9.05m size of the MD-82 assembled on the flight, and comparable to the Boeing 737-300 with a size of 28.6m*28.3m*11.3m.

If the MPC-75-300, which has not been made public to the world, is lengthened on the basis of the MPC-75-200 and reaches about 37 meters, then the target will definitely be the Boeing 737-400 -- what is the size of the Boeing 737-400? 36.5m*28.3m*11.3m.

"Aren't you surprised?" Wolfgang Meidong was a little surprised.

"Why am I surprised? This is a good thing for Runhua Industrial," Chen Geng looked at Wolfgang Meidong with a smile: "But I think the MPC-75-300 you mentioned should not be enough for you to describe as 'great', so you should just say it, well, even if you are brewing a Boeing 747-level aircraft, I will not be surprised." ”

Wolfgang Medon took a deep breath: "Actually, yes! ”

"What did you say?" Chen Geng's jaw fell to the ground: "You say it again? (To be continued.) )