Just when Chang Haonan and Guo Liqiang were chatting energetically, Yao Mengna suddenly walked out of the guest house in a hurry and gently patted the former's shoulder.

"Senior sister?"

Chang Haonan turned his head, and what caught his eye was Yao Mengna's pretty face that looked a little red under the influence of alcohol.

But the latter is down to business this time:

"Just now, the teacher called and said he was looking for you."

"Looking for me?"

Chang Haonan was stunned for a moment.

After sorting out the cause of the accident of the Y-8 prototype, Du Yishan did not stay in Nanzheng for long, but quickly returned to BJ, and the work of determining the airworthiness certification standards was mainly completed by him and Lin Guofan.

It is normal for the old man to call to congratulate the J-8C on such a big thing as completing the target test for the first time, but first, the news of the successful target test should not be transmitted back to the capital so soon, and secondly, it is already more than ten o'clock in the evening, which is indeed a little too late.

The last time Du Yishan called him at night was at the Xiangzhou Air Show, he directly called him to Nanzheng.

Thinking of this, Chang Haonan immediately said goodbye to Guo Liqiang, who had been sobered up for more than half of his life, and followed Yao Mengna to the mailroom of the guest house.

Dingxin is actually a unit subordinate to the army, so all external communication methods are internal lines, and basically any phone call has a sufficient level of confidentiality.

"Hey, teacher, I'm Chang Haonan."

Du Yishan on the other side of the phone was straightforward.

"Xiao Chang, not long ago, we received a piece of news. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas announced their intention to complete the merger in the form of a share swap, and McDonnell Douglas will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing. ”

For the vast majority of Chinese people who pay attention to the aviation industry, and even for the vast majority of people, this is an unexpected thing.

After all, these two companies are too important in the field.

Although McDonnell Douglas's global market share has declined rapidly since the 90s, and has now fallen to about 10%, even ranking below Airbus, it is still an old aviation giant, and the foundation of technical strength and influence is at least there.

What's more, the F15 and F18 fighters developed by McDonnell Douglas are also the absolute mainstay in the equipment sequence of the US Air Force and Navy, as well as many other important models such as KC10 and MD95.

In addition to aircraft manufacturing, McDonnell Douglas actually provides financial services in the aviation sector, including aircraft manufacturing financing, equipment leasing, etc., and many aircraft manufacturers in countries with certain aviation industries such as Brazil, Canada, South Korea, etc., need to rely heavily on McDonnell Douglas to provide services to maintain their operations.

As a merger, Boeing now occupies more than 60% of the market share of the world's civilian airliners, and after the merger with McDonnell Douglas, its position in the field of military aviation will be comparable to that of Lockheed Martin, and it will be promoted to a supergiant enterprise across the military and civilian fields.

Either way, this incident will cause a major earthquake in the industry.

Therefore, although he had already returned from a meeting with the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, it was not difficult to feel his shock from Du Yishan's tone.

After hearing the news, Chang Haonan's first reaction was to turn his head to look at the calendar hanging on the wall of the mailroom.

15 December 1996.

Obviously, the storm he is currently setting off is not enough to affect the United States, so the day has not changed.

"Boeing acquires McDonnell Douglas?"

Chang Haonan tried to bring some shock to his tone.

However, this incident was expected for him after all, and it was difficult for people with no professional training to disguise that feeling, and besides, he had drunk a lot of alcohol just now, which also reduced his ability to mobilize his emotions.

In short, there is something strange about the tone of this sentence.

So Chang Haonan immediately added his own judgment:

"It seems that the Americans should have decided to integrate the domestic civil aviation industry and prepare to confront Airbus."

"You don't seem to be particularly surprised by this?"

Du Yishan didn't think too much about it, but simply felt that his student was a little too calm in the face of this news.

Fortunately, Chang Haonan has already thought of this rhetoric:

"Well, last month, McDonnell Douglas lost to Boeing and Loma in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program selection and failed to make it to the final demonstrator stage, which I think was the last straw that broke the camel's back, but at that time it was not clear who McDonnell Douglas would sell himself to."

McDonnell Douglas has been able to hold on to a large number of orders from the U.S. military.

However, they are now completely excluded from JSF's large order, which is conservatively estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars, and they have not even had a mouthful of soup, which is quite a blow to the company and investors.

What's more, decisions that can be approved by the congressional budget body are inherently gestures.

They were ready to abandon McDonnell Douglas.

"Well, you guessed right, this matter has a great impact, and the Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Machinery Industry and the Civil Aviation Administration will probably not be able to sleep in the next few days."

Du Yishan on the other side of the phone rubbed the corners of his eyes a little sour, and the several meetings in the afternoon made him, an old man, a little unbearable, so he decided to hurry up and finish the most important thing and then go to rest:

"When you are done with things in Dingxin, go back to the capital first, Director Ding of the Science and Technology Commission wants to meet with you."

"See me?"

This was somewhat unexpected by Chang Haonan.

Although the more senior leaders he had already met when he was in Shengjing, listening to the meaning of Du Yishan's words, this Director Ding Gaoheng seemed to want to talk to him alone.

These are two completely different concepts from meeting in the course of a meeting or ceremony.

"That's right, in fact, after you took out the aero engine total pressure distortion assessment guide and said that you want to establish an independent aviation industry system, Director Ding had this idea."

Du Yishan did not explicitly say that the other party was listening to him when he was on the phone, although Chang Haonan had already guessed:

"It's just that at that time, the opinions of all parties on this matter have not yet reached a consensus, and there are even many people who are still making some small moves in the future, and we are worried that it will affect you, so we put it on hold for the time being."

"Now the general direction of the above has been basically decided, coupled with the sudden acquisition of McDonnell Douglas by Boeing this time, it must also involve some problems in the production of domestic MD90 passenger aircraft, and it is difficult to explain too complicated things on the phone, so Director Ding thinks he should talk to you directly."

Hearing this, Chang Haonan took a deep breath.

To say not to be excited, that is false.

In the past period, he has indirectly changed the historical trend of many things through technical means.

However, the efficiency is always relatively low, and it is not completely controllable.

This time it's a different story.

Although he did not have any official status at this time, it was only an informal private meeting.

But there is no doubt that after six months of rebirth, he finally had the opportunity to directly influence the direction of decision-making for the first time.

"Good teacher."

"Dingxin's side just completed the first target test of the J-8C matching Thunderbolt 11 today, with two shots and two hits, which was a complete success. I don't have to follow the whole process for the rest of the test, and I will try to fly back to the capital tomorrow. ”

(End of chapter)