Chapter 171: Negotiation (Part II)
David Yu coughed lightly twice, and then said slowly: "Mr. Philip, you must also know that our government announced the "Aviation Plan of the National Government" in 1929, which clearly stated that the aviation industry is of great importance to national defense, and all countries in the world are trying their best to expand and develop day by day, and aviation is the key policy of construction!" To this end, the plan will be divided into three periods of the construction of the national air traffic arteries, only the first phase plans to open four routes, a total length of about 12,700 kilometers, along the way through 35 airport stations, similarly, the second and third phases are also planned to open a total length of tens of thousands of kilometers of routes, forming a radial route centered on Nanjing, connecting China's southeast, northwest, southwest and northeast. The "Industrial Construction Procedure" passed last year planned that by the end of 1935, the country must add more than 50,000 kilometers of air lines and 1,000 commercial aircraft, which will be actively prepared and rewarded by the government! ”
Speaking of this, David Yu raised his eyes and looked at Philip opposite, only to see that he was still unfazed, it seemed that a thousand commercial aircraft did not have much attraction to him, so he continued: "Therefore, China's future demand for aviation technology and commercial aircraft is huge, Mr. Philip can visit our country in person this time, and invest in the construction of an aircraft factory, which is a very good thing for both parties!" We are also very aware that your Dragon Soul Ordnance is one of the most advanced aviation technology companies in the world, so our government is also willing to cooperate with Mr. Philip, in line with the principle of mutual benefit, and the two sides will jointly invest in the construction of an aircraft factory to produce the advanced models provided by your Dragon Soul Ordnance. I don't know if Mr. Philip has any specific requirements, but now you can put them to us, and we will discuss the details of the cooperation together. ”
Philip said with a smile: "Actually, my request is very simple, as long as our Dragon Soul can control the newly built aircraft factory, and all the affairs of the new factory will be dominated by the Chinese branch of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry Complex!" Of course. I don't mean to deprive you of the right to manage the new aircraft factory, but because the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex has a purpose, that is, all the affiliated companies of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex must be based on the corporate culture of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, and as a holding subsidiary of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, we require the China Dragon Soul Aircraft Factory established in China to be managed and operated in accordance with the enterprise standards of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex. It is not that we look at the management and technical level of the aviation industry in your country. Dragon Soul has its own system, and if it is separated from this system, it will greatly affect the operation and management efficiency of the factory. ”
Philip is not afraid that the Chinese side will not agree to his conditions, although he also hopes to help China make the aviation industry bigger and stronger, but he also knows the current situation in China, once the control of the new company falls into the hands of the Nanjing government, the future development of the new company is very problematic. Moreover, Philip knew that the Nanjing government urgently needed to improve the level of its own aviation industry, but now there was no very powerful foreign aviation industry enterprise to cooperate with it, on the one hand, he was worried about the low management level of the Nanjing government in the aviation industry. On the other hand, they are not very optimistic about the future of China's air transport industry.
After all, China's air transport industry started in June 1928, when the Ministry of Communications allocated 600,000 yuan to start preparing for civil and postal aviation. In 1929, the Shanghai-Chengdu Air Line Management Office was established to promote traffic between Shanghai and Chengdu first. The management office has built five airports in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hankou, and has set up an aircraft repair factory in Shanghai. This route was the first section from Nanjing to Shanghai, and the four American-made Stinson planes that carried out the flight mission could only carry 6 passengers, and the ticket price at that time was 36 yuan. But at first, it only charged half price of 18 yuan per person, and later it rose to 26 yuan. The carrying efficiency is extremely low, not to mention the profits, and the losses are subsidized by the Ministry of Transportation.
In the same year, the Nanjing government also instructed Sun Ke, minister of railways, to negotiate with the American Aviation Development Company to discuss the Sino-US joint venture to handle airlines. In April, the Nanjing government promulgated the China Airlines Regulations. In accordance with this regulation, China Airlines was established on May 1, and the company has one chairman and two vice presidents. AVIC also signed the "Air Mail Contract" and the "Establishment and Operation of Aviation School Factory and Transportation Contract" with the Aviation Development Company of Curtis Group of the United States, and the two sides cooperated in air passenger transportation, the establishment of flight schools, and the construction of airports and loans. According to the contract, the Chinese side will transfer the Shanghai-Han line, Beijing-Ping line, and Guangdong-Hanzhou line to the American Aviation Development Company. This contract will be announced as soon as it is announced. The Aviation Administration also carefully analyzed the contract and held that it was an extremely unequal contract, and for this reason the Aviation Administration also convened representatives from all provinces to unanimously demand that the Nanjing Government withdraw its order in order to safeguard its sovereignty over the airspace.
The Nanjing government did not terminate the contract because of opposition from all walks of life, even from its own aviation department, and AVIC began operations in October, using American Luoning amphibious aircraft to carry out flight missions, and soon found that it was losing 100,000 yuan a month. Because under the conditions at that time, China's civil aviation consumer market was too small, and not many people could afford to fly on planes, so it was difficult to make huge profits, but this did not affect the US side in the slightest way to collect remuneration according to the flight mileage according to the contract, and reap all the profits of the fishermen, and all losses had to be borne by the Chinese side.
Although the Nanjing government later also found out that the Americans were in the middle, and asked to revise the contract, the new contract was negotiated for more than a year, and finally the Shanghai-Rong line management office was absorbed, the new contract is valid for ten years, the company's capital is 10 million yuan, the Chinese side accounts for 55% of the share capital, the United States accounts for 45%, the United States is responsible for flight and technology, and the Chinese side is responsible for administration and operation, but the new AVIC company, still has huge losses, only in the first fiscal year, the Shanghai-Han line lost 1 million yuan, for which the AVIC company urgently needs to expand the route, Buy an aircraft with better economy.
Now the M30 business transport aircraft of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, with its excellent flight performance, long range, large passenger capacity, and operating costs more than 50% lower than ordinary passenger aircraft, make all the airlines in the world excited, how can AVIC not know. The Luoning plane they imported from the United States for more than 110,000 yuan is a backward biplane amphibious aircraft. The fuselage is a mixed metal and wood structure, and the power plant is one air-cooled radiant engine with a power of 575 horsepower. The maximum cruising speed is 214 km / h, the maximum ceiling is 4206 meters, and the maximum range is 845 km. The crew has 2 people and 6 passengers.
Compared with the American airliners they now have, the M30 business transport aircraft not only has three times the passenger capacity, two times the cargo capacity, one-third faster speed, and twice the flight range, and can fly directly from Nanjing to Chengdu, fuel consumption is much lower, and operating costs are more than 50% lower. If Dragon Soul Ordnance's M30 commercial transport aircraft can be used on all routes to China, it will be able to immediately reverse AVIC's loss.
After hearing Philip's request for Dragon Soul Holdings, Yu David, Huang Bingheng and others also looked at each other, they didn't expect that Philip would directly throw out this most critical question, this is completely a direct means to smash Huanglong! All of a sudden, the negotiation plan prepared by David Yu and Huang Bingheng was disrupted! (To be continued......)