This is also the most confusing place for Thomas, the state of the bank account of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is naturally the top priority of their attention, when the knowledge of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Citibank to negotiate a cooperation agreement with a total value of not less than 500 million US dollars, Thomas immediately organized the bank's financial experts to analyze the financial situation of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and all other affiliated enterprises, and the results are both reasonable for Thomas. There was some surprise to Thomas: the financial situation of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Company could not have been more perfect, and he could even say that the financial situation of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Company was the financial of a healthy group of companies he had seen, with a total balance of about $200 million in the account alone.

This is still the case of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. making large-scale investments in the world and in their own country, if not, what reason do they have to do so?

"Of course, you're right, our company's own funds can completely solve these problems, but if everyone does this, your bank will be closed," Lin Hongfei said a joke that was not funny, and the topic changed, "Of course, the reason is not only the problem of money, because in addition to these, I also have to build an aerospace-grade finishing base, you know, I can't ship these things to my country at all, even if I invest in your United States to set up a factory, I will encounter a lot of trouble, I think, A complete industrial chain built with American funds will save me a lot of trouble......"

"I see," Thomas said, one of the best professional managers in the United States, "that you invested in the construction of a factory in the United States to produce aircraft engines, an aircraft assembly plant, a finishing base, and you needed some production equipment that could not be shipped to your country, so you thought of us at Citibank." Right? ”

"That's right," Lin snapped his fingers, "I think it's a win-win idea." ”

A Chinese set up a finishing base in the United States, even if the location of the processing base is in the United States, there will be a lot of trouble in the equipment procurement process, even if Jessica is pushed to the front, these processing equipment are basically high-precision processing equipment, belonging to the equipment strictly controlled by the US government, even if there are Jessica and Holger. Breuich's double appearance. Things are also troublesome, but if Citibank is brought in, it will be a different matter entirely, even if it is to ensure that their loans can be recovered smoothly, they will try their best to help Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. clear some small troubles...... For Lin Hongfei. These things are big troubles, but for Citibank. It's a small hassle, indeed.

Of course. Although it is indeed easy for Citibank to solve these problems, Thomas will not admit it so happily, how can he not emphasize his difficulties at this time? The difficulty of one point should be exaggerated to ten points, and he frowned, "No, Lin." I don't think it's a good idea, and the U.S. government doesn't necessarily agree to companies selling you these high-precision production equipment, even if you have a U.S. factory and U.S. workers...... You have to know the way. It's hard to ...... because of who you Chinese are."

Of course, he is talking nonsense, as long as it is used in the United States, even if it is sold to the Chinese, the control is not so strict, as long as the production equipment is not sold to the Republic, then everything is fine, as for the final product with high-tech content? That's not a problem at all, the Americans want the Republic to buy for example, computer CPUs, for example, large civil aircraft......

"And, Lin, are you sure you're going to take out a $500 million loan?" Thomas asked, pausing, out of conscience...... Although conscience is a luxury for a banker, in order to ensure that he can recoup his investment, he occasionally talks about conscience...... He kindly suggested to Lin Hongfei, "Lin, there is a good chance that our Citibank will approve this loan, but there is one thing I must remind you: Pratt Canada. Whitney Dynamics has a huge influence in American society, and many media and politicians are their spokespeople. Whitney, I'm worried about ......"

What to worry about, Thomas didn't say, but everyone in the car knew what he meant, a company without any roots, and the famous military enterprise Pratt. Whitney competes for social influence and discourse? This is really the funniest joke in the world.

"No, I believe that the U.S. government will not only not put obstacles in this matter, on the contrary, they will also give me special financial subsidies," Lin Hongfei smiled with confidence, "Our company has a patent for a five-grade titanium alloy, the performance of this five-grade titanium alloy is equivalent to more than 80% of the strength β of the high-strength substable titanium alloy girder used on the F-15 fighter, but the price is only ......one-fifth of the strength of this sub-stable β titanium alloy."

"What?" Hearing Lin Hongfei's words, Thomas couldn't calm down: a titanium alloy equivalent to one-fifth of the cost of traditional high-strength substable β titanium alloy?

What is a high-strength sub β-stable titanium alloy, this Thomas does not understand, but he knows a little, titanium alloy is a good thing, a really good thing, so good that even the aerospace field is reluctant to apply on a large scale, if there is really a titanium alloy, the cost is only one-fifth of the traditional titanium alloy?

According to the calculations of McDonnell Douglas, the owner of the F-15 fighter, in fact, the strength of these titanium alloys used on the F-15 fighter greatly exceeded the design requirements, but they couldn't help it, because they didn't find a material with positive strength and requirements, and all the materials that could be found were lower than the design requirements β.

If there was this fifth-grade titanium alloy with slightly lower strength Ti6-Al-4V titanium-aluminum-vanadium iron in Lin Hongfei's hands at that time, they would definitely not use this high-strength sub-stable titanium alloy β the current use...... Nima, do you know how high the price of this high-strength substable titanium alloy β Ludao?! The US Air Force burst into tears at the thought of the price of this high-strength substable β titanium alloy: the high price of the F-15 fighter is not unreasonable.

He felt that Lin Hongfei's words were more like a joke, but Lin Hongfei's expression didn't seem to be fake at all.

Finally, he finally assumed the existence of this situation first, and asked cautiously, "Lin, I can know this kind of ...... Uh, what titanium alloy patent belongs to you? ”

"Of course," Lin Hongfei did not conceal the source of the fifth-grade titanium alloy patent of Ti6-Al-4V titanium-aluminum-vanadium iron in his hand, "This titanium alloy project is one of the key development plans of the former Soviet military enterprises, but unfortunately, as soon as this project was successful, the Soviet government collapsed, and then this patent came to my hands." ”

"I ...... I ......" Thomas rubbed his hands, a little overwhelmed with excitement.

As a banker, it is his profession to evaluate a product and an investment, and when Lin Hongfei first said that he would invest in an aircraft factory, a small turboprop engine production plant and a precision manufacturing plant in the United States, he was actually very disdainful in his heart, because he thought that Lin Hongfei would not succeed at all, and if it were not for the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. having enough repayment ability, he would not even hesitate to push the door and get out of the car: What are you kidding? How can you, a Chinese, compete with the famous Pratt. The Whitney Company?!

But now, when Lin Hongfei said that he had a full set of patented techniques for a new type of titanium alloy that cost only one-fifth of the cost of traditional titanium alloys, he couldn't sit still anymore.

For a long time, he stared at Lin Hongfei deadly, "Lin, if what you say is true, I assure you that you will definitely get the support of the military...... But trust me, there will be plenty of people trying to get this technique from you. ”

Lin Hongfei knew very well what kind of way Thomas would take "many people", but he was not worried, on the contrary, he said confidently, "Then they can try!" ”

"Okay," Thomas nodded, since Lin Hongfei said so, he had nothing to worry about, "I will report today's situation to the headquarters as soon as possible, and ...... Lin, I believe that the Pentagon people will come to you soon, well, I believe that the big names in the metal industry and the military industry in the United States will also come to you. ”

When he said the last sentence, Thomas looked at Lin Hongfei's gaze and already had some sympathy: thinking about it carefully, he felt that Lin, who had always been smart, had simply made a stinky bad move...... Is there any mistake? This is the capital world that eats people and does not spit out bones, alas!

At this stage, for any country, titanium alloy is a strategic metal related to national strategic security, at least in the last 50 years, the cost of carbon fiber materials has not been reduced to an acceptable and large-scale production, large-scale application, the status of titanium alloy is irreplaceable.

Although the United States is at the forefront of the world in the field of titanium alloys, it still has not developed a low-cost titanium alloy material, and now Lin Hongfei has a new titanium alloy with a cost of only one-fifth of the traditional titanium alloy, and the US government and the military are not excited because of this, and they can't wait to hug Lin Hongfei and take a bite to really see the hell, so Thomas's words are not exaggerated at all.

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As soon as Thomas left, Jessica couldn't help it, she had been holding this question in her mind for a long time, and now she finally had time to ask, "Boss, do we really have an aircraft product that has obtained the CAA airworthiness certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of the United Kingdom?" (To be continued......)