In Gu Ruihe's view, there is no doubt that Lin Hongfei's words are equivalent to filling his grave with a shovel of soil himself.

"But ......"

Without waiting for the smile on Gu Ruihe's face to turn into ecstasy, Lin Hongfei's voice suddenly changed, "Chairman Gu, you forgot one thing. ”

"What?" Looking at Lin Hongfei's confident expression, Gu Ruihe's heart kept sinking: Could it be that Lin Hongfei, this kid, has any hole cards that he didn't expect?

This is impossible, Gu Ruihe kept comforting himself in his heart, now the whole of Europe and most of the United States are discussing the opposition to the merger of Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company with MacDonald. With so many people opposing this merger of the Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company, how could this merger be successful?

Thinking of this, Gu Ruihe's heart suddenly comforted a lot: this kid must be cheating, it must be.

Although this consultation meeting is also a high-level and highly confidential meeting, it is similar in form to the nature of a tea party, and everyone can speak freely, without having to keep a straight face and be serious like a formal meeting.

Lin Hongfei didn't care so much about him, and said bluntly, "You have taken into account economic factors, social factors, human factors, and even factors related to the allies of the United States, but you have not taken into account the two most important points: politics and the interests behind this merger!" ”

This is really to the point!

"What?!" Gu Ruihe's face suddenly changed!

As soon as Lin Hongfei's words came out, the bureau seats, bureau committees, and bureau alternates suddenly sat up straight, and looked at Lin Hongfei with blazing eyes: That's right, what Gu Ruihe said is very reasonable, but how can such a big merger case not involve political factors and interest factors? Even...... What are these two points that are the most important?

Gu Ruihe "poof~~" a little. The dejected ass sat down in the chair: yes, interests! Everything is for the sake of profit, since Americans can oppose monopoly for the sake of profit, then naturally they can also monopolize for the sake of profit, there is nothing incomprehensible about this, this is the nature of capitalist countries, hateful, why didn't you think of this before?

This is actually not really to blame Gu Ruihe's head, about the Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company merger with MacDonald. The Douglas aircraft manufacturing company is now full of news that Boeing will succeed: the Europeans are not optimistic and strongly oppose it, the American judicial circles are not optimistic and strongly oppose it, and even the American public is not optimistic and strongly oppose it...... The nineties themselves were an era when "the moon in a foreign country was rounder than in a domestic one". This kind of thinking is very common even at the top level, not to mention whether Gu Ruihe has been affected by this kind of thought, even if he is not affected by this kind of thought, his secretary, consultant, and people around him are always affected, and Gu Ruihe receives this kind of information all day long. Their own thinking is inevitably led crooked, how can it be possible to merge from the "Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company with MacDonald. Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company will succeed" this line of thought to consider the problem?

What's more, Lin Hongfei, this kid is open. At the beginning, I knew the outcome of the matter. From the ending to the reason, it is naturally very easy, but poor Gu Ruihe is sad.

Lin Hongfei ignored him and said to himself, "Since this case involves Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, the two major arms contract parties, the US Department of Defense will inevitably play an important role in the antitrust review." It is impossible for the U.S. Department of Defense not to remind the Federal Trade Commission to consider the combined Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company's largest customer, the U.S. government. ”

"And what about the U.S. government? In order to protect the interests of the U.S. government, he will definitely push for the Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company to merge with McDonald. The success of the Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company's merger. Under the strong impetus of the U.S. government, it is not so difficult to pass the seemingly impossible antitrust review. ”

Well? Gu Ruihe, who was losing his soul, heard Lin Hongfei's words. The eyes, which were already gray, lit up again.

"Reason? The reason? What justification does the U.S. government use to convince the U.S. Federal Trade Commission? Gu Ruihe's eyes were red and he said loudly.

"Why?" Lin Hongfei looked at Gu Ruihe with a smile, as if it was difficult to understand why he would ask such a naïve question, "The reason is of course very simple, when the Americans formulated the Sherman Act and the Antitrust Guidelines, there was a benchmark, that is, the Antitrust Law protects the basic principles of competition rather than competitors. ”

"This basic principle, even the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are agreed, with this basic principle, the next thing is simple, the US government will tell the Federal Trade Commission, because the civil aircraft industry is a global oligopoly industry, even if the United States has only one civil aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, there will be strong competition from European Airbus. In other words, Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas did not eliminate competition, and it is impossible for Boeing to form an absolute monopoly position in the open US and world markets, and moreover, the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas is conducive to maintaining the United States' status as a major aviation industry. ”

Of course, at this time, Boeing's public relations team also needs to come forward, emphasizing that the merger is conducive to the balance of the civil aircraft production line and the military aircraft production line, strong alliances, complementary advantages and other agitating propaganda, always emphasizing the Boeing aircraft manufacturing company merger McDonald. The Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company is for the interests of the United States and the American people, not for monopoly, and Boeing spends billions of dollars every year to maintain such a team of advisers, propaganda teams, and so many congressmen and even government dignitaries...... In fact, it is absolutely impossible for Boeing's propaganda team to drop the chain at this time...... This can add a lot of impetus to the smooth passage of the anti-monopoly review. ”

"When the U.S. government and Boeing go hand in hand, I don't think Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing will merge with MacDonald. How unlikely is it that the Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company will succeed in this matter. When Lin Hongfei said this, he looked at Gu Ruihe, whose face was like a layer of lime water, with pity, but he didn't sympathize with him at all, "The United States has been hanging free market economy and anti-monopoly all day long, but all this is in his own interests, and when they find that a monopoly is more in line with the interests of the United States than anti-monopoly." The United States will not hesitate to support monopolies...... At present, the United States also monopolizes more than half of the world's oil resources, have you seen any US organization that has raised the opposition to the US monopoly of oil resources? No, not a word! Because all Americans know how important oil is to them! ”

In the eyes of Boss Lin, all this is Gu Ruihe's self-inflicted, you are a Chinese, do not speak for yourself, but desperately defend the behavior of foreigners, what are you thinking in your head?

Lin Hongfei's words, the audience nodded again and again, and the current ninja emperor nodded again and again. Obviously, Lin Hongfei's words have been "Jane in the emperor's heart".

"Nope! Wrong! If Boeing wants to successfully acquire McDonnell Douglas, it must also pass the antitrust review in Europe! Gu Ruihe shouted, "Even if what Lin Hongfei said is true, the United States will agree to the merger of Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company with MacDonald. Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company. But the Europeans did not agree, and the Americans did not recruit either! ”

I can't take care of it. I can't care about anything. Things have come to this point, Gu Ruihe knows very well that he can't care about so much, even if it's just a straw, he has to grasp it. At this moment, Gu Ruihe is like a gambler who has lost a red eye. Holding the last chip in his hand, he tried in vain to turn over with this last chip and win a big deal.

Sure enough, as soon as Gu Ruihe said this, he said. The leaders' brows also wrinkled: it seemed that ...... That's true.

Many people may wonder why the merger between two major US aircraft manufacturers, which are not engaged in manufacturing in Europe, depends on European antitrust scrutiny.

But that's the way it is, because there are already officials from the European Commission who have pointed out that the EU is based on Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing and MacDonald. Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Co. has jurisdiction over antitrust reviews for significant sales to European customers, particularly commercial jets, meaning that the EU can set conditions on the deal or even block the implementation of the merger plan.

The European Commission's review process differs from that of the Federal Trade Commission, and European Commission officials made clear their strong opposition to the merger as soon as they learned that the two companies were going to merge.

Everyone's eyes finally focused on Lin Hongfei, wanting to see how Lin Hongfei would answer...... It seems that Gu Ruihe's words are also very reasonable.

Lin Hongfei smiled indifferently, "Yes, I agree with Secretary Gu's words, of course the Europeans will desperately oppose the merger of Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company with MacDonald. Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company, this is actually very understandable, in order to protect its own interests, but I don't think that because of the fierce opposition of the Europeans, the Americans will give up their own interests and the monopoly that this may bring to the United States...... At least it is a monopoly on most of the world's civil aircraft market...... Looking at the history of the interests of the United States and Europe since World War II, the Americans have never been involved in the issue of their major core interests, when the Europeans said no, they gave in, and the Boeing and the White House have already expressed their position. ”

One of the bureaucrats said, "Ah! "Yes.

For a bureaucracy, although this voice is not loud, it is enough to express the surprise in his heart.

Because Lin Hongfei is not wrong, Boeing and the U.S. government have already expressed their position on this issue, and Boeing has made a strong statement through its spokesman: "If the Federal Trade Commission says 'YES' and the European Commission says 'NO', or if they impose a fine on Boeing, this will no longer be a dispute between Boeing and the European Commission, and will escalate to a trade dispute between the United States and Europe." ”

Not long ago, U.S. Vice President Al Gore also publicly stated for the first time that the U.S. government would merge with Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Co. McDonald. Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing Company's attitude on this matter: "The U.S. government will take whatever action it sees fit to prevent the EU from obstructing the merger." ”

Just like Lin Hongfei said, throughout the history of the interests of the United States and Europe since World War II, there has never been a precedent for Americans to make concessions to Europe when it comes to their major core interests, even if Europe is now merged with the European Union!

"Comrade Hongfei, how do you think things will develop in the end?" The "ah" guy just now asked Lin Hongfei kindly, "After all, even if the Americans will not make concessions to Europe on issues involving their major core interests, Europe is their traditional ally after all, and politically, the Americans have to think about it." ”

This is the opinion that has agreed with Lin Hongfei on this matter, but some details still need to be determined, hearing the question of this bureau, Gu Ruihe suddenly rolled his eyes, and the whole person collapsed on the chair as if he had been pulled out of his bones: It's no show...... It's no fun......

Lin Hongfei ignored him, and it was still necessary to maintain an absolutely respectful attitude in the face of an inquiry from a bureau seat, "I think that in the end, it is very likely that the two sides will reach some kind of compromise." ”

Compromise? The bureau nodded, and in this kind of matter, which involves the major core interests of both parties, it seems that in addition to finding a compromise balance, it is indeed the only way to solve the problem, "For example? ”

"For example, Boeing could make significant concessions to the EU on the transfer of patent technology, and Boeing may also commit itself to the EU not to unduly interfere with actual or potential relationships between suppliers and other civil aircraft manufacturers;"

"For another example, Boeing can also promise that the quality of McDonnell Douglas' civil aircraft after the merger will reach the same level as Boeing, and that it will not use customer support to seek sales advantages for newly manufactured civil aircraft, and at the same time promise to publish annual financial reports to the European Commission within a certain period of time, say 10 years, 10 years, the former McDonnell Douglas civil aircraft manufacturing part as an independent legal entity;"

"It is also possible to promise the EU that Boeing will not enter into new exclusive sales license agreements for civil aircraft for a certain period of time, but there are other civil aircraft manufacturers...... Airbus, in particular...... Exceptions to the circumstances in which such an agreement has been concluded; In another example, Boeing waived the terms of its exclusive sales license agreements with American Airlines, Delta Airlines and Continental Airlines in exchange for a formal European commitment to Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas. ”

"Of course, I'm just hypothetizing, and no one can be sure how the specific situation will develop until the final conclusion comes out." After the last, Lin was rarely humble. (To be continued......)