The news of the smooth start of negotiations with Madasic soon spread to the Deep Blue 16 project team, and Chen Nian, as a core member, also received the news.

This couldn't help but make him a little confused.

How could it be so smooth?

You must know that in his previous life, Tianjiao Airlines' acquisition of Madasic was laid out for 10 years, and the acquisition process lasted for nearly 10 years.

Seeing that taking advantage of the UKR's shrinking economy, the cancellation of orders by the Russian side, and the collapse of Madasic's business, the acquisition was about to be completed, but a newly appointed brain-dead leader stopped the acquisition at the behest of the United States, and even froze the shares that Tianjiao Airlines had obtained.

Before and after, Huaxia invested a total of more than 4 billion US dollars in capital costs, but the result was a bamboo basket for nothing.

And now, due to the emergence of the F119 engine, cooperation and acquisition negotiations have started in advance, theoretically speaking, we should have fewer chips in our hands, how can we get the other party's intention from the beginning?

An F119 engine is really not so easy to impress the other party.

After all, it's not just people who are inert, but businesses are even more inert.

Especially a company like Madasic that lies on the merits of the former Soviet Union, can they have this kind of enterprising?

I didn't believe it when I killed Chen Nian.

Therefore, as soon as he received the news, Chen Nian found Lu Mingyuan, the representative of the Dongqi Group, who is responsible for the comprehensive affairs of gas turbine research and development and introduction, and planned to confirm the details of the negotiations with him.

The latter, after listening to his concerns, also nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Actually, we don't think it's quite right."

"According to our previous plan, Meng Qinghao's negotiation team will be resident in the UKR for at least two years, step by step close to the core decision-making level of Madasic, establish relationships, start with investment and shares, slowly negotiate cooperation, and finally go to acquisition."

"But as things stand, the negotiations are progressing far better than we expected."

"Although the acquisition is still impossible, the other party seems to be very keen on technical cooperation and has a positive attitude."

"It's a bit of an anomaly."

In fact, Lu Mingyuan was more worried about the situation on Madasic's side than Chen Nian, because he had suffered losses at the hands of the other party.

When the Varyag was introduced, there was a parallel project of the same level, with the aim of introducing the technology of the Tu-160.

The project went well in the early stages, but in the end, the UKR returned suddenly and without warning, and all the money invested in the early stage was lost.

At this time, the performance of the Madasic company made him have to be vigilant.

"It's not just a little abnormal, it's so abnormal"

After pondering for a moment, Chen Nian continued:

"I suspect it's a trap. We should send professional intelligence agents to do some perimeter reconnaissance to see if Madasić is in contact with a third party other than us. ”

"You mean the U.S. side?"

"Yes, I can't think of anyone other than them who can control the decisions of the Madasić company and the UKR."

"What about Russia?"

Lu Mingyuan continued to ask.

"I don't know, I'm just a technician, I can only judge from a technical point of view."

"It is not beneficial for Russia to hinder the cooperation between the company and us, but to promote our cooperation, and to introduce the relevant experience of the F119 to the Madasich, so that they can reap the technical dividends."

So, they have no reason to interfere – in fact, they don't interfere either? They even sent out an invitation to cooperate, right? ”

"That's right."

Lu Mingyuan nodded, and said with a serious expression:

"Then it seems that this time there is indeed a bit of a problem. We've got to figure out a way to push our plans forward, but we have too few leverage. ”

"Not a few."

Chen Nian shook his head and said:

"The F119 alone is attractive enough, but what if we go one step further and throw out the news of the 'new engine'?"

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan's eyes widened in surprise.

"Do you really want to give them to them? Is it too costly? ”

"Of course not."

A smile appeared on Chen Nian's face, and then he spoke:

"I've heard people say before that the most important thing to pursue a woman is not to spend money on her, but to let her know that you have money, but not to spend it on her."

"In this way, he will slowly take the bait."

"So, it's time for us to take things out and show them."

On the other hand, as Chen Nian expected, the frankness shown by Madasic in this negotiation was simply an illusion.

After Meng Qinghao and his party left, Kuchma immediately made an appointment with a long-awaited guest.

Member of the Mayal Society, Senior Fellow at NASA, Forbes.

After the meeting, Kuchma changed his relaxed and natural attitude in front of Meng Qinghao and others, and seemed extremely courteous.

He first asked his assistant to fetch a single malt whisky that he had bought a lot of money, and then lit the cigar himself.

"Mr. Forbes, try the bar I just arrived, I'm not a good drinker, but I've heard that The Macallan is pretty good."

"If you like it, I'll have a gift for you right away."

Hearing his words, Forbes smiled with satisfaction, and then spoke:

"Very good wine, very good cigars."

"You're our friend, so you don't have to be so polite."

"You know, we all have a common goal, and we should work together to achieve that goal."

"Of course."

Kuchma hastened to answer.

Forbes took a deep puff of his cigar and waited for the pale blue smoke to swirl around in his mouth before exhaling violently.

Then, reminiscing about the aromatic smell of malt in his mouth, he said in a low voice:

"This collaboration is extremely important for both of us, and if it can be successful, we can both get what we want."

"However, the premise of our cooperation has also been made very clear - we must get our hands on the technical principle of the F119 engine in the hands of AVIC Group."

"Only after we get this technology, we can continue to talk about technology introduction and manufacturing cooperation between our two sides."

"Understood."

Kuchma nodded solemnly and continued:

"We have completed the first negotiation with the Dongqi Group, and we have sent a positive signal, if there are no surprises, the other side should have reported the status of the negotiations to their superiors."

"Their purpose is clear, they are coming for our gas turbine technology."

"The proposed conditions include the introduction of technology, equipment and talents."

"Our intention is to continue to push the two sides forward with negotiations first, and if necessary, to provide them with some technology that does not involve core modules, and gradually build trust with them, and finally get the technology of the F119 engine."

"It's going to be a long process, and we're going to look at something special – we're going to need the help of the May."

Hearing his words, Forbes smiled slightly and replied:

"Of course, it's not a big deal, and we'll give you plenty of support."

"But we also have a bottom line."

"Talent and equipment can be used as a condition of exchange, but the gas turbine technology you have mastered must be excluded."

"I think you know the reason very well."

"The sale of the Varyag was already a mistake you made, and I don't want it to grow, understand?"

Kuchma immediately raised his hand to show that he was clear, and the two talked casually for a few more minutes before Forbes got up and left.

Kuchma, who remained in the conference room, had a mocking smile on his face.

These Huaxia people probably don't know that they have fallen into a trap, right?

Do you want people? OK.

Need equipment? You can also.

As for the technology.

You won't get anything until you get the technology for the F119 engine.

Maybe after that, it won't.

What a fool's errand. If you use your most precious thing as a bargaining chip, you can only end up losing your pants, right?

He leaned back on the couch satisfied, satisfied.

But what he doesn't know is that in fact, what Dongqi Group wants is only people and equipment, or even only people

In front of the AGT110, your backward technology. Who wants it?!

(End of chapter)