The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 821 Arrival in London
Yang Ming, deputy general manager of Guifei Group.

This time, he serves as the deputy head of the Chinese delegation and is the person in charge of the Panshan Group's delegation to participate in the Farnborough Air Show.

As the person in charge, he has a lot to do.

The first thing is to make arrangements and contact all parties to prepare for the arrival of the exhibition aircraft. After arriving in the UK, you must keep in touch at all times to ensure that everything goes well.

Secondly, he had to make sure that everyone who came out with him would go back. If someone took the opportunity to escape and stayed in the UK, he would be held accountable as the person in charge.

This kind of thing has happened quite a few times over the years.

Many people are strongly shocked and lose their way when they arrive in Europe and the United States.

Coupled with the advocacy of some public intellectuals, many people have been influenced by these remarks.

Finally, we should take this opportunity to negotiate business.

It is true that Panshan Group is a giant in the international arms market and does arms business with many countries.

But it does not mean that we are doing business with all countries.

There are still many countries that do not recognize Panshan Group or even do not know about it.

The Farnborough Air Show is a great opportunity.

The cabin was very spacious. Yang Ming sat together with several other colleagues. Not all of them were from Guifei, some were from the headquarters or other companies.

Some people know him, some people don’t.

This time they are going on a business trip abroad which will last for a month, so naturally they need to get to know each other better.

Yang Ming would not ignore others just because he has the highest administrative level.

Because he knew that maybe one of the young men among them would be on equal footing with him in a few years, or even his leader.

It is better to bully a white-headed man than to bully a poor young man!
This is what is considered to be the truth within the system.

The slim and beautiful stewardess pushes a cart and serves everyone.

It takes more than ten hours to fly from China to London, England. This is a true intercontinental flight, and they will have three meals on the plane.

While eating the boxed lunch on the plane, Yang Ming chatted with others.

After a long flight of more than ten hours, the Boeing 747 passenger plane finally landed at London International Airport.

It was already evening in London, and it was not suitable for them to go to Farnborough at this time.

It takes about an hour to drive from London to Farnborough.

They will stay in London for one day and two nights to adjust to the jet lag before heading to Farnborough.

That night, they went to the hotel that had been arranged for them.

More than an hour after Yang Ming and his team arrived at the hotel, people from the capital also arrived at the hotel.

When the two sides met, the delegation was complete.

The head of the delegation, Huang Yi, convened a meeting of the delegation leaders immediately.

This delegation consists of one head and three deputy heads.

Huang Yi is from the Ministry of Aerospace Industry.

After the meeting, Huang Yi took the initiative to greet Yang Ming.

Panshan Group has very close cooperation with the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, and the two sides have carried out a lot of cooperation.

Huang Yi had previously worked at Panshan Group.

Huang Yi was entrusted with an important task for participating in the air show, and it can be said that he was under great pressure. This was China's first time to participate in an international air show, so it had to be a hit and attract the attention of the world.

Although the Singapore Air Show is one of the three major international air shows, its influence is not great enough. After all, it has only been held since 1981. Compared with the two major European air shows, its historical heritage is much worse.

The three major international air shows are actually a bit of a misnomer. To be precise, they should be the two major European air shows.

The Paris Air Show is the world's largest and most influential international air show. It is held every two years. It started in 1909 and has been held for dozens of sessions.

Next is the Farnborough Air Show. The scale and influence of the Farnborough Air Show are slightly smaller, but the gap is not too outrageous.

The Singapore Air Show is far inferior to the two major European air shows.

Moreover, Singapore is just a tiny country and has no aerospace industry to speak of.

What's more, the Singapore government is investing a lot of money in this area, and major aerospace companies value the market in Southeast Asia and even Asia.

The two chatted about participating in the Farnborough Air Show, and then couldn't help but talk about the preparations for the "Zhuhai Air Show".

The 'Zhuhai Air Show' has been approved, and the two will serve as persons in charge of Zhuhai Air Show Group Co., Ltd. It can be said that it won't be long before the two will be colleagues.

This time they came to the Farnborough Air Show with another mission, which was to learn how to host an international air show.

Panshan Group proposed to hold an international air show, believing that holding an international air show plays an indispensable role in showcasing the strength of the country's aviation industry, promoting products, and international exchanges.

However, China had no experience in hosting an international air show. After all, it had never thought about this matter before, nor had it participated in an international air show. It was completely in the dark and had no idea what was going on.

Therefore, by participating in the Farnborough Air Show this time, we are also learning how to host an international air show.

As the heads of the delegation, they will also be the heads of the 'Zhuhai Air Show Group Co., Ltd.' They will be responsible for the construction of the 'Zhuhai Air Show' venue and the holding of the first 'Zhuhai Air Show'.

To be honest, many people are not optimistic about holding the 'Zhuhai Air Show'.

These people would never have thought that the Zhuhai Air Show, which China started holding in 1996, later became one of the four major international air shows, on par with the Paris Air Show, Farnborough Air Show and Singapore Air Show.

At this time, there are always many people who lack confidence, thinking that China cannot compare with Europe and the United States, and that the moon abroad is rounder than the one at home.

"Comrade Yang Ming, have you decided how much money your Panshan Group is going to invest?" Huang Yi asked.

The 'Zhuhai Air Show' is organized by the 'Zhuhai Air Show Group Co., Ltd.' and is held in Zhuhai. However, Zhuhai does not have that much money, and the Ministry of Aerospace Industry is reluctant to spend so much money to build the site for the air show. As a result, Zhuhai provides the land and Panshan Group pays.

At present, Zhuhai has allocated 12 square kilometers of land for the use of the air show center, and everything is just waiting for the funds to be in place.

"The first phase of the project will cost 30 billion RMB, the second phase will cost 50 billion RMB, and the third phase will cost 30 billion RMB! The total investment will reach 110 billion RMB!" Yang Ming said, "When we return, the first phase of the project should be ready."

Huang Yi secretly smacked his lips.

"Isn't this a huge investment?" Huang Yi couldn't help but say.

The investment just for site construction is as high as 110 billion RMB, which is simply appalling.

Yang Ming smiled. During this period, he was not only busy with the establishment of the delegation and the establishment of the Zhuhai Air Show Group Co., Ltd., but he also participated in the planning of the Zhuhai Air Show Center.

Do you know how huge this 'Zhuhai Air Show Center' is!

The entire "Zhuhai Air Show Center" includes a modern airport, which alone covers an area of ​​100 million square meters.

In addition, a passenger bus station and a railway station will be built.

There are also parking lots and VIP parking lots, which can provide 10 parking spaces.

As for the exhibition center, hotel, modern press center and so on, they are planned according to high standards.

The principle here is to either not do it or do it well.

(End of this chapter)