Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 746 Difficulty negotiating the fixed-wing aircraft project
Negotiations on light fixed-wing aircraft are actually very difficult.Although Gulfstream is not a big company, its spectrum is definitely the largest.First of all, when negotiating with you, they must first look at your qualifications. If you cannot meet their requirements, they will not cooperate with you.The reason why Jiang Chen and the others are qualified is because of the close relationship between the two countries, and the fact that Jiang Chen and the others are a fairly large company.Especially, according to a survey document they investigated, Jiang Chen and the others are currently the largest auto manufacturer in their country, accounting for more than 60.00% of the entire domestic auto market.Moreover, this car is also actively being promoted abroad. Currently, it has a relatively large market share in Southeast Asia, West Asia, Africa, and South America.At present, it is actively entering the Australian, European and North American markets. At present, the Australian market has been approved to enter, and the European market is under negotiation.As for North America, which has reached the final stage, judging from the current situation, it is not a big problem.Then such a company is definitely a high-quality customer.

Seeing such a rich patron, Gulfstream suddenly became enthusiastic, and enthusiastically promoted this business jet to Fatty and the others.In the name of investigation, he even called Fatty and his party to experience it for themselves on their newly developed 'Gulfstream 4' business jet that has not yet been put into the market.Fatty and the others naturally liked it very much. After taking a business jet, this group of bumpkins, who had never seen it before, were all very satisfied.Even Fatty asked Jiang Chen in several phone calls whether he should also buy a business jet when he often travels abroad.Jiang Chen took care of this, and scolded him for being a loser. You haven't learned to walk yet, but you learned to fly.Besides, when we build our own planes in the future, are we afraid that there will be no planes to fly in?After this meal, the fat man immediately started negotiating obediently.

Of course, when negotiating with Gulfstream, Jiang Chen and the others plan that it is impossible to import advanced models from them. It is impossible to get the Gulfstream 80 and the Gulfstream 1973 that have not yet been put into production. Gulfstream will not be so stupid. Build yourself a competitor.Moreover, the technology of such an advanced model is not so cheap, and it is very difficult to buy according to Jiang Chen's current ability.So Jiang Chen and the others plan to target the Gulfstream II. There are several variants of this aircraft. Although the range is not as good as the Gulfstream III, it is still very close in terms of other performance.However, this aircraft was discontinued in the early 200s. For Gulfstream, it has fallen behind, but for Jiang Chen and the others, it is definitely a treasure.Well, Gulfstream should be able to provide the technology of such a model, but when Fatty and the others proposed their intention, Gulfstream shook their heads and rejected Fatty and the others.It turned out that in [-], Alan E. Paulson purchased the production line of Gulfstream aircraft from Grumman for [-] million US dollars and took over the various plans of Gulfstream, and Gulfstream was officially born.Afterwards, Gulfstream successively developed and produced "Gulfstream" III, IV, and V business jets, and gradually developed into a global leader in business jets in later generations.

The 200 million U.S. dollars in 80 was very valuable, equivalent to almost 2 million U.S. dollars today.But in the [-]s, it was not so outrageous, and Gulfstream's strength and reputation were not as outstanding as those of later generations.This is also the reason why Jiang Chen wanted to contact it. If it was the Gulfstream company of later generations, Jiang Chen would definitely not dare to touch it with his current strength.Having said that, the representative of Gulfstream rejected Fatty and the others. The reason was that after buying Gulfstream in [-], there was a major change, so all the previous information had been lost during the change.The rearranged materials have all been sealed up after the production of this model was discontinued. In this era, all the materials are all paper and have not yet been electronically archived.But it was a coincidence that the warehouse where it was stored was flooded in a major hurricane last summer. (Gulfstream's headquarters is located in the southwest of the United States, close to the Caribbean Sea, and is also the place most often hit by hurricanes, which we call typhoons.) Although it was rescued after the incident, the documents soaked in a large amount of sewage have been damaged and difficult to read.Although it finally came in to repair it with all its strength, a considerable part of the technical information has been damaged so far.So now Gulfstream can't sell the technical data of Gulfstream [-] to Jiang Chen and the others, unless Jiang Chen and the others buy a Gulfstream [-] from other places and go back to survey and copy it.

In this regard, Jiang Chen and the others are naturally unwilling. If it is imitated, do they still need to buy materials from you?However, Jiang Chen and the others also received a piece of good news that they were not happy about, that is, they were willing to sell the materials of Gulfstream III and a production line to Jiang Chen and the others.Moreover, although the price is relatively high, it is not too high. Probably including materials and production lines, Gulfstream's quotation is 2000 million US dollars.Of course, this can still be negotiated, and the price will be further reduced.Regarding this good news, it can be said that Jiang Chen was overjoyed, because the Gulfstream III is a long-range modern aircraft in the true sense. It has 20.00% more fuel than the Gulfstream II, and its fuel efficiency has increased by 18.00%.So in this way, its flight range will naturally be greatly improved to reach [-] kilometers. It can be said that such a range can fly to most parts of the world.If the information on such an aircraft is sold to Jiang Chen and the others, it will greatly enhance Jiang Chen's understanding and mastery of international advanced aircraft, and lay a solid foundation for the development of the company's aviation technology.

However, they wouldn't give Jiang Chen and the others so much for nothing.They also put forward some requirements, such as the purchase of Gulfstream products for this important component.And there are many restrictions on sales, for example, the aircraft produced by Jiang Chen and the others must not be sold to North America.It is their responsibility to recommend Gulfstream products to customers in North America if they make inquiries about purchasing from them.And how many years will it be impossible to enter important markets such as Europe and Australia, etc.?There is another clause that caused Jiang Chen and the others a headache, that is, they must purchase a Gulfstream III aircraft produced by Gulfstream, as a reference for Jiang Chen and the others during production.Of course, that's what they said, but would Jiang Chen believe it? Of course they wouldn't believe it. This was just a way for them to make money.Originally, Jiang Chen and the others thought that this plane would be acceptable if the price was right, but they didn't expect that the offer made Jiang Chen and the others dumbfounded.Just such a plane actually costs 1000 to [-] million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than [-] million in later generations (the US dollar is still very strong during this period).This is difficult for Jiang Chen and the others. Although Jiang Chen and the others have made a lot of money, they are very limited in terms of foreign exchange.It's okay to say enough, but it's very difficult for Jiang Chen and the others to move these foreign currencies, because their company has been designated as a key guarantee unit for foreign exchange.You must know that during this period, the higher authorities attach great importance to foreign exchange, and even stipulated that if it exceeds [-] US dollars, you must find a note from the upper management, otherwise no one can use it indiscriminately (true thing).So it is obviously very difficult for Jiang Chen and the others to use so much foreign exchange funds, even though these are all the money they earned.

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