When Douglas heard about the $2 million R&D funding, his eyes widened and he was speechless in surprise.

For a 35-year-old technologist, the equivalent of $5 million in R&D is an unimaginable asset in 35 years of his life.

Not to mention $5 million, in the six years since the company was founded, the annual R&D funding was less than $50,000, and he had to worry about the company's profitability all the time, so Douglas's research never succeeded.

Now, that's the equivalent of $5 million in R&D funding, which is enough for Douglas to research for several years without worrying about any funding.

This will not only greatly speed up Douglas's research and development progress, but also allow Douglas to concentrate on the development of twin-engine transport aircraft without worrying about the company's tedious affairs.

William Edward Boeing on the side was much calmer. After all, Boeing's market capitalization has reached millions of dollars, and Arthur had already injected $2 million into Boeing as research and development funds long before coming to Australasia.

Douglas, who felt the incomparable trust, was also full of gratitude to Arthur at this time. He raised his head firmly, looked at Arthur with a smile on his face, and said very formally and solemnly: "Thank you for Your Majesty's trust, please rest assured that within three years, the twin-engine transport aircraft will bear fruit." ”

Arthur nodded and said with a smile, "Of course I believe in your abilities, Mr. Douglas. Including Mr. Boeing, I have great confidence in your ability and believe that you can develop your own results in the aircraft industry.

However, I think it is necessary for you to meet Mr. Diesel before proceeding with your development, the father of the Australasian engine, who should be helpful to the engines used in your aircraft. ”

In Arthur's mind, the three aircraft companies of the Royal Aircraft Factory, Douglas and Boeing should not only be competitive, but also maintain good cooperation.

After all, the largest shareholder of the three companies is Arthur, and to put it bluntly, this is Arthur's own industry.

How to find the perfect balance between competition and cooperation, use competition to enhance their motivation, and use cooperation to make up for their shortcomings, this is what Douglas, Boeing and Theodor should consider.

As for Diesel's engine lab, it's more of a more neutral character. After all, Diesel was not only responsible for the research of aircraft engines, but also developed various types of engines for automobiles, tanks, tractors and other machinery.

Arthur put Douglas and Boeing in contact with Diesel in order to introduce them to Australasian research on jet engines.

No matter how powerful an aircraft with propellers is, it can't match the power and performance improvements that jet engines bring to aircraft.

For Arthur, getting Boeing and Douglas to use jet engines as soon as possible would not only improve the performance of the aircraft they built, but also allow them to further their engine research.

Current aircraft companies also include laboratories for aircraft engines, and it would be great if Boeing and Douglas could develop their own jet engines, or make some improvements to the current ones.

After all, people's minds are different, and no one can guarantee that other people's opinions will be helpful to themselves.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Boeing and Douglas both responded.

"Is there any problem with Boeing at the moment?" Arthur set his sights on William Edward Boeing, who was the original target of the Aircraft Factory's acquisition of Central Australasia.

"Thanks to His Majesty's help, most of Boeing's aircraft designs were safely transported to Australasia, and only a few unimportant ones were burned on the spot, allowing the relocation of the headquarters to proceed smoothly." William Edward Boeing smiled and said very respectfully to Arthur.

As early as the decision to come to Australasia, William Edward Boeing was ready to play for Arthur.

After all, the current United States is in a mess, Australasia's development potential is not necessarily lower than that of the United States, and with a wise monarch like Arthur and a good relationship with Germany, it is obviously a better choice.

Arthur nodded with satisfaction, and replied with the same smile, "That's good." The various design drawings and data drawings of the aircraft are more important, and it is precisely because I am worried that some designs and materials will be lost in the relocation of your headquarters, so I have mobilized some manpower to speed up the operation. ”

For these aircraft manufacturers, it is not the production line and employees that matter, not the aircraft design experts and a large number of design drawings and materials.

To put it bluntly, the production line is also built according to the drawings, and the production line can be rebuilt with the drawings.

And those workers only need to go through simple training to be able to work, and the ability requirements for workers under assembly line production have been reduced too much.

Only those experts who design aircraft, as well as a large number of drawings and materials in aircraft design, are more important to aircraft companies.

Drawings and materials, of course, needless to say, if some materials are lost in the relocation of the headquarters, it may take a long time to make up for them, and even lead to problems in the design of the aircraft, and then it takes a long time to trial and error.

The same is true for experts. Aircraft experts are basically the target of competition among countries, and the loss of any one expert is a huge blow to any company.

Even Boeing, which is of decent size, currently has a design team of less than 20 people who are experts in the field of aircraft, in addition to Boeing himself.

But it is this team of less than 20 people that supports the entire Boeing aircraft design and makes Boeing one of the famous aircraft manufacturers in the United States.

As for the smaller Douglas Aircraft Company, there are only a few experts in aircraft besides Douglas, and they can't even get together two tables of mahjong.

But this is actually normal, after all, any expert in aircraft design, his salary is relatively high.

Small companies like Douglas Aircraft can't afford to pay many specialists, which is a problem that most small companies have been facing. Because of the limited funds that can be used by itself, it cannot afford to hire too good experts, resulting in the company's aircraft design has always been inferior to those large companies, and it will not be trusted by the military, so it will not make money, forming a cycle.

"Your Majesty, there is still one more problem." William Edward Boeing looked at Arthur and put forward his own needs: "After what I have learned in the past few days, there are not too many aeronautical and kinetic talents in Australasia, and most of them also work in aviation laboratories, royal aircraft factories and other enterprises.

While we can get a certain percentage, if we want to maintain three large aircraft manufacturers, we have to expand the scale of aeronautical and dynamics talent.

I think now is the time to tap into aeronautical talent from the United States. From what I've learned in the U.S., there are a large number of unemployed aeronautical and dynamics minds who have lost their jobs or are in huge debt because their companies have gone bankrupt.

If Your Majesty wishes, you can pay a small amount of money to harvest a large number of aeronautical talents, and even excellent aircraft designers.

In Virginia alone, there are at least a thousand aeronautics and dynamics people without jobs, and there are only more in the United States as a whole.

If these people do not have a job, their willingness to become Australasian citizenship will also increase indefinitely.

Moreover, the massive tapping of talent from the United States will also reduce the power of the United States. If you attract a lot of talent from the United States, the United States will be much less capable of aircraft design, and it will not be your opponent in the aircraft industry. ”

Boeing's proposal to tap talent from the United States was put forward after a long time, which also represents Boeing's formal break with the United States and its single-minded development of its own company and research in Australasia.

Arthur nodded, knowing the question posed by William Edward Boeing.

Without Douglas and Boeing, Australasia's aeronautical and dynamics talent would have been sufficient.

After all, the talents trained by the university are enough for the needs of aviation laboratories and royal airports.

But with the sudden addition of Douglas Aircraft and Boeing, Australasia is a little short of talent in aeronautics and dynamics.

Because most of the talents have been co-opted by the Aviation Laboratory and the Royal Aircraft Factory, they can't let them give up some talents, right?

After all, whether it is an aviation laboratory or a Royal Aircraft Factory, they also have their own R&D and manufacturing needs.

Regardless of whether this will cause them dissatisfaction, the impact of brain drain on the work of the aviation laboratory and the Royal Airfield alone is a bit more than worth the loss.

Therefore, if some additional talent can be recruited, not only can the problem of talent vacancies in Australasia be properly solved, but also the work of the aviation laboratory and the Royal Aircraft Factory.

Arthur's original plan was also to attract a large number of talents from Europe and the United States, but he didn't expect William Edward Boeing to say it in advance, and it seems that he is willing to take the initiative to help Arthur attract talents from the United States.

"That's right, at the moment we are only short of talent in the development of aircraft." Arthur nodded, and looked at Boeing and Douglas: "In addition to recruiting workers from Australasia, of course you can also attract talent from the United States."

Again, if they become Australasian citizenship, they can get a high-paying job and will be protected by Australasian labor laws.

Australasia's stable economic environment is a guarantee of job stability, and I believe that many Americans will be willing to come to Australasia.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Immigration will help you find as many U.S. aeronautical and kinetic talent as possible, with priority for Douglas and Boeing.

You can also always seek the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Immigration Department to get the company up and running as soon as possible and to get into research quickly. ”

After giving the order, Arthur gave the venue to the three experts and asked them to have a good chat with the technicians.

After all, if Arthur is present, they will inevitably be a little unable to let go, and there is no way to talk if they want to chat.

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