Like almost everyone on the Huaxia side, Chang Haonan was also resting after eating, and learned through the TV news that the negotiations between the JAA and the FAA had reached an impasse-

In the previous working condition, there was certainly not much time for watching TV, but after the two pods were transferred to the manufacturing process, they also had a less busy time.

For this incident, the 7 p.m. news of the day was specially extended for 5 minutes.

Judging from the situation mentioned in the report, the Americans, who had always been aggressive and had been making public the results of the investigation as soon as possible and revising the aviation safety standards for the cause of the accident, suddenly began to look at him left and right.

For him, who participated in the negotiation layout almost the whole process, it was natural to see at a glance that this was because JAA, who had been on the confidence buff, directly caught the other side off guard.

However, for the rest of the 14 institutes, there is nothing boring.

However, this seemingly unremarkable news was followed by an explosive piece of news.

A package of agreements on technical cooperation in the field of aviation was reached between China and the EU.

It is not the simple "cooperation" that Huaxia paid for foreign countries to help with R&D, but in the real sense, each takes what he needs.

Due to time constraints, it is certainly impossible to mention the full content of the agreement between the two parties, but it does include two of the most crucial parts.

That is, the two sides will jointly establish an aviation meteorological research center to enhance the safety of aircraft in harsh climatic conditions, and Airbus will build its planned "Asian final assembly center" in Huaxia, and the project site selection and the construction of plants and supporting facilities unrelated to aviation manufacturing will all be completed by Huaxia.

Construction of the final assembly center will begin by December 31, 1999 at the latest, and will be jointly managed by China Aviation Industry Corporation and Airbus, which is expected to reduce the cost of passenger aircraft sold to East and Southeast Asia by about 6 to 8 percent.

The CAAC and JAA's mutual recognition of airworthiness standards for regional jets did not appear in the news this time because of the importance of the stakes and the fact that there are some minor technical issues to be discussed.

However, even the part that has been revealed so far, combined with the picture of Ding Gaoheng and representatives of JAA and Airbus in the TV screen happily signing together, is shocking enough.

At first glance, outsiders may think that this seems to be similar to the McDonnell Douglas MD82 assembly line established in Shanghai more than ten years ago.

However, as long as you are a little knowledgeable, or a little sensitive, you will find several points behind the news.

For example, this time it is no longer the Civil Aviation Administration that came forward to negotiate and sign an agreement with the European side, but the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

In other words, the department responsible for planning and coordinating the development of the civil aviation industry on the Huaxia side has been officially switched.

If there are more sensitive people, they will realize that although the Airbus Asia final assembly center in Huaxia can reduce costs to a certain extent, it will definitely benefit more from Huaxia on the whole.

And the European side will certainly not be charitable, and any agreement can be reached, there must be a part that is beneficial to both sides.

Therefore, the only possibility is that the content of the cooperation in the construction of an aeronautical meteorological research center in the previous article is actually more beneficial to Europe.

That's a great thing.

In the past 20 years, including Huaxia's own people, as long as the industrial advantages are mentioned, it is nothing more than two points that have been turned over and over, huge market potential and a large number of labor.

And when it comes to cooperating with foreign countries, the hole cards go back and forth that are these two, basically there is no bargaining power, and you can only engage in the market for technology in the hands of others.

Of course, if the Airbus aircraft is assembled domestically, it will naturally have a greater advantage than the Boeing aircraft assembled in Seattle, so as to gain more market share, which is predictable.

However, this kind of share growth, which is completely in line with the laws of the market, is fundamentally different from the content of those agreements in the past.

In the framework of changing the market for technology, Huaxia must ensure that the sales volume and profit of foreign products are not lower than a certain index.

If this requirement is not met, it will have to be paid directly from the treasury to make up for it.

Quite overbearing terms.

But often you have to sign if you don't sign it.

As a result, this time, the agreement reached between the two sides did not mention the part about market share at all, and there was no word "market for technology" in the report.

Every word and sentence in the 7 p.m. news is not set randomly.

Therefore, there must have been many people who have begun to ponder the situation behind this.

"Speaking of which, Changgong."

Guo Lin, who was also watching TV, asked Chang Haonan, who was sitting next to him:

"Some time ago, a few backbones of our 14th Institute suddenly received an order to go on a business trip to Hojing for a period of time, is it related to this matter?"

Although the CETC Group is not a member of the aviation industry system, there is no doubt that the relationship between the two is very close.

The modification of the electronic equipment of the H-6AIT involved a lot of electrical engineers, probably the people Guo Lin said.

"Sort of."

Chang Haonan nodded:

"This is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we currently estimate that we can lead the world in the field of aviation meteorological safety, but the JAA side just happened to be overwhelmed by this aspect of things, so this agreement can be signed so smoothly."

This is no longer the era of secret diplomacy 200 years ago, and negotiations need to be kept extremely secret in the process, and now that the agreement has been signed, as long as it does not involve specific technical details, there is nothing that cannot be said.

"This final assembly center...... Is it in Shanghai again? ”

After Boeing announced the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, the MD90 model is visibly unlikely to have any development prospects, so it is logical to think that this is to find a home for the manufacturing plant in Shanghai, so that it will not fall apart because it can't find an order.

"No, the specific location has not yet been decided, but in short, in order to avoid some people from deceiving the upper and lower levels and affecting the development of our own domestic aviation industry, we must choose a place where there is not much aviation industry layout to build a new factory."

When Chang Haonan held a meeting at Sanzamen a few days ago, he learned that the site selection principle he had told Ding Gaoheng had been determined by higher-level leaders.

"Completely restart? That's a lot of work. ”

Xu Yang sat across the dining table and could only see the TV screen through a somewhat awkward posture, but fortunately, the news had ended, so she turned back:

"When I was a student at Berkeley, my mentor and I went to McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, and I don't think it's going to take me five to 10 years to build a manufacturing site like that from scratch."

Berkeley and Long Beach are both in California, and it is normal for Xu Yang, as a Ph.D. in the field of control engineering, to have the opportunity to visit.

"There is no way, the lessons of the McDonnell Douglas project are too heavy, because some people felt that this project was enough, so they threw away all the money they had saved in the past to establish a new system that was in line with American standards, and the result was that it is now a chicken feather."

Chang Haonan, who was fiddling with chopsticks in his hand, sighed and replied:

"Shanghai Flying, as the current demarcation of the large aircraft independent industrial base, must not be tossed like that again, equipment, workers, management can not stand it, rather than bothering to fight wits and courage with those 'own people', it is better to simply draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, completely eliminate their idea of guiding foreign capital to engage in doves and occupy magpies' nests."

"There are still such people?"

Unlike Chang Haonan and Guo Lin, who have been on the front line of the project for a long time, Xu Yang's work experience can be called simple, he returned to the Academy of Sciences after graduating from Berkeley, and did basic research before meeting Chang Haonan, and he didn't even need the door of the computer room, so he naturally didn't know much about these industry insiders.

"Where is this......"

Chang Haonan waved his hand:

"But let's not talk about this for now, in short, we didn't want to build a factory of the size of Long Beach in one step this time, and leave the aircraft assembly business in our hands first, as long as Airbus has experienced our production efficiency and quality, we will definitely slowly transfer more parts production later, and then it will not be too late to slowly expand the scale."

After hearing such an answer, Guo Lin on the side highlighted an incredible:

"Chang Gong, do you think our production efficiency can be higher than that in Europe?"

This matter has basically become a consensus before Chang Haonan's rebirth, and you don't see a certain Slav Automobile, which was once on the verge of bankruptcy, counterattacked all the way after the completion of the super factory in Shanghai, forming a sharp contrast before and after......

But in 1997, few people dared to believe such a thing.

After thinking for a while, he still gave a more conservative judgment:

"Definitely not at first, but in a few years it will be uncertain, and the deindustrialization in Europe is now very strong, and the impact of this kind of thing is almost irreversible, and it will be reflected very quickly......

"Then what if the Europeans change their minds halfway, just like McDonnell Douglas, after all, there are many dreams at night, and this assembly center is expected to start construction in 3 years......"

Since listening to Chang Haonan talk about the concept of bottom-line thinking at the dinner party of Sandaomen, Xu Yang's vigilance in this aspect has almost increased exponentially, and he even feels a little white and black.

"It's unlikely, this time it's different from McDonnell Douglas and the Peace Model at that time, it's not about the market for technology, it's not just spending money to buy technology."

Chang Haonan has long considered this problem:

"Just like Dr. Xu said, these two ways are actually unreliable, people don't want to play with you and don't play with you, but we are now exchanging technology for technology, not unilaterally asking for others, he Airbus wants to make trouble and has to weigh it, the aviation meteorological research center is to be built in China, if the agreement is really invalidated, the investment will be all wasted......

(End of chapter)