Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 745 Recent Status of Aircraft Introduction Program

Although Jiang Chen is very leisurely now, he can relax for a while.But in foreign countries, Fatty and Glasses, as well as the relevant salaries of the marketing department, are working nervously at Laomei.Now all the admission procedures for this vehicle have been passed, and the next step is to wait for the approval of the Congress.The United States is such a country. Although the president has relatively great powers, the Congress also has great powers, which are basically equal.Therefore, this matter still has to be passed by a late vote before it can be approved and take effect.In fact, it was originally a normal business transaction, but because of the particularity of the relationship between the two countries at this stage, Jiang Chen's car sales plan, his aircraft technology and equipment introduction plan, and a series of other bilateral cooperation and marriages were bundled together. That's why a vote is needed.Originally, Jiang Chen was unwilling to get involved in such matters, but who made this a task, Jiang Chen had to obey.So it was included in the big list.

In the past two days, Congress is deliberating, so various activities are going on.Such as contributing political/political donations, or persuading certain congressmen to speak for them.Ordinarily, under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for Jiang Chen and his auto company to enter the old American market.Because the three major automobile giants in Laomei do not have a group of their own congressmen, so no matter how powerful Jiang Chen and the others are, they must not be able to compare with them.And these companies are naturally unwilling to see a foreign company come to share their pie.But it is a coincidence that the relationship between the two countries is currently close, and the old and the United States also intend to support our country economically.Therefore, during this period, whether it is in terms of public opinion or policy in the old United States, it is beneficial to our country.So in this environment, Jiang Chen's commercial business is naturally not a problem.On the one hand, they don't believe that the cars produced by Jiang Chen can bring trouble to the auto companies in the old United States, and on the other hand, this matter must be compromised by the national strategic direction.Although it is said that these cars have great opinions, they passed in this atmosphere.

And just to be on the safe side, Fatty and the others also found a few congressmen in Laomei, and wanted to invite them to give speeches and publicity in Congress, so as to ensure the passage of the plan.Of course, for this, Jiang Chen and the others had to pay a certain amount of political donations, about 10,000 US dollars per person.Too much is not enough, because if there are too many regulations, it is tantamount to accepting bribes.And if there is less, they don't do it, so they spent [-]+ dollars on this fat man.Although Jiang Chen felt very distressed about this, he knew that if Jiang Chen and the others continued to operate in Laomei, there would be a donation every year. This has become an unwritten rule.There is no way, people are the conditions of the country, and it is useless for you to have opinions.

In terms of helicopters, there is also good news.Fatty and the others got in touch with McDonnell Douglas and Bell Corporation very smoothly, and both parties intend to sell them the corresponding production equipment and corresponding technical processes.However, both have their own advantages and disadvantages, it depends on how Jiang Chen and the others choose.The first is McDonnell Douglas, they are willing to sell to Jiang Chen and the others all technical materials and corresponding production equipment except for this engine technology, and the price is very cheap.But there is one condition, that is, they want to take a stake in Jiang Chen's aircraft manufacturing company.Because of Jiang Chen's explanation, of course the fat man refused.However, McDonnell Douglas did not let go, and still wanted to obtain shares. Even later, the transaction cost dropped and dropped, and it was basically about to be given away for nothing.And later on, the desired controlling stake already only needs to have shares, and at the lowest time it only needs [-]%, but the fat man still verbally rejected it.

The intention of McDonnell Douglas is actually very obvious, it is to use Jiang Chen and his company as a platform, and then take the opportunity to enter the country on a large scale.Jiang Chen naturally couldn't agree to such a purpose. Leaving aside the emotions of these elderly people who have already come to Anxi, Jiang Chen himself is unwilling to have such a company further attack our weak aviation manufacturing industry.Moreover, in terms of this core engine, McDonnell Douglas also requires that the products they produce in the future must be equipped with the engines they produce.Regarding this point, Jiang Chen and the others were naturally unwilling.The core technology is always held in the hands of the man-machine, which is like holding your life gate and becoming a tool for others to use.In the future, Jiang Chen and the others will definitely develop their own engine, so Jiang Chen and the others are naturally unwilling to compromise on this point.But despite all the differences, McDonnell Douglas remains positive.Even their vice president proposed to fly to China to have a face-to-face meeting with Jiang Chen.For them to raise this point, Fatty and the others naturally did not think of it, and immediately told Jiang Chen about it.Regarding this, Jiang Chen smiled and asked the fat man to tell them that they can come if they want, Jiang Chen welcomes them anytime.

As for the Bell company, they are also very active.But unlike McDonnell Douglas, Bell is more like a businessman, they are willing to sell all the technology of this helicopter to Jiang Chen and the others except the engine.Of course, if Jiang Chen's price is right, then it's not that the engine technology of this plane cannot be sold, it's just that it's more expensive.Not only the engine, but other technical materials and corresponding production equipment of the aircraft are also very expensive, even twice the price of McDonnell Douglas.Although the negotiation is still going on and the price will be further lowered, the overall price is still much higher than McDonnell Douglas' offer.And in terms of aircraft types, Jiang Chen is more inclined to this 'Little Bird Helicopter'.Because this aircraft has a wide range of uses and strong developability, it is suitable for both military and civilian purposes.So Jiang Chen decided to negotiate with McDonnell Douglas first, and if the negotiation came to an end, he would choose them first, and if he couldn't reach an agreement in the end, he would choose the Bell company's plan.

Of course, this project is also a relatively important cooperation project among the many cooperation projects between the two countries.First of all, it is important because it is a cooperation between two private enterprises, and the number of cooperation is relatively large.Although we had a relatively close relationship with Laomei during this period, Laomei never died of harming me, and they also wanted to try their best to transform us into the same as them.And Jiang Chen's private enterprise was naturally regarded as a breakthrough by them.Another reason is that the current trade between the two countries is extremely unequal. The old and the United States spent a lot of money to buy a large amount of raw materials and primary industrial products from our country.But in our country, because of the preciousness of foreign exchange, the things we buy from Laomei are very limited, and this project is also one of the few projects that we have imported from Laomei in recent years.Therefore, Laomei also wants to push for the completion of this project to reduce the growing trade deficit in their trade with us.

(End of this chapter)