Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 416 Purchase 757 Production Line!
September [-]th, at [-]:[-] a.m. local time in the United States.

Half an hour before the opening of the US stock market, the New York Stock Exchange, which has been closed for a long time, seems like a silent volcano that is about to erupt with its most magnificent energy.

Today the sky is blue with only a few broken clouds here and there.The sun shines on the bustling land of New York, especially the bull sculpture in the square in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Under the light, it reflects the metal light and reflects its explosive power.

This is a symbol of the New York Stock Exchange, but also a symbol of greed on Wall Street.

The hustle and bustle in front of the New York Stock Exchange was not happy. Vehicles came and went, and the flow of people shuttled back and forth. It seemed to be the same as usual, not different.Not far away, the Hudson River is rippling, and the indifferent and ruthless Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island overlooking all living beings, always maintaining the light of its own Western civilization.

Every day, she would meet the pious gazes of countless people, but today, everything changed, and more people watched the building of NO.18 Broadway Street through the naked eyes or the media.

Although many people expect that after the reopening of the U.S. stock market, there should be a wave of decline, but how much it falls is of great significance.

Because there has never been a similar attack on the local area before, there is no way to tell how much this incident will affect the confidence of the capital market. Therefore, in fact, many people are still in a wait-and-see state.If the first day does not fall much, it means that the impact is controllable, and the wait-and-see centrists may be able to stabilize.But if there is a big drop on the first day, it is likely to cause a chain avalanche effect, and the fall will be even more exaggerated later.

Not to mention the Black Monday in 1987, just over a year ago, the bursting of the Internet economic bubble in the United States also caused a wave of decline in the US stock market. Until today, the US stock market has been sluggish for a long time.

Unexpectedly, before there was a chance to recover, he received another wave of heavy blows, and he knew that the US stock market would not be able to withstand it.

In the Boeing New York office building five blocks away from the New York Stock Exchange, Boeing President Lance Tammyr looks out from the window of his office at Wall Street, which exudes money and luxury in the distance.

It seems that this is only a matter of US stocks. In fact, the performance of US stocks today has a great impact on Boeing. Even Lance Tamil left the headquarters and is based in New York.

From his face, he could not see the calmness of the past, but more confusion and loss in the future.

Not to mention that he is an industrialist, even the big guys on Wall Street who manipulate the financial market all day can't understand, Lance Tamil is very uncertain.

Moreover, Boeing is now encountering a huge trouble, the source of which comes from the impact on September [-].

There is no other reason, just because the two planes are Boeing 767.

Suddenly, the door to the office was pushed open, and Chief Information Officer Frith Hayes stepped in.

Lance Tamil heard the movement, turned around slowly, and looked at Fries Hayes: "How is the situation?"

"The safety review has ended, but fortunately there are no major problems. However, in the next two years, we will still accept random spot checks. If it is normal within two years, then the review will be completely over." Fries Heyer Si also added: "This is the best condition we can get."

Lance Tammy rubbed his forehead, and he could feel the twitching of the tendons on the other side of his temple.Although it has passed the test for the time being, the two-year monitoring period is like sitting on pins and needles, which will greatly affect Boeing's development.

However, according to Fries Hayes, this is already the best result.

For the judgment of the incident, Fries Hayes is still trustworthy.

Lance Tamil didn't ask any more about the possibility of shortening the monitoring period, but called Fris Hayes over, and the two sat down.

"I heard some planes were canceled?"

As soon as the two sat down, Lance Tamil asked each other with an extremely solemn expression.

That's a pretty bad sign that some airlines are losing their traditional trust in Boeing.

Ferris Hayes nodded: "Many models are involved, but the most serious one is the 777. So far, seventeen 777s have been unsubscribed, seven of which are 200 models and ten are 300 models In addition, there are still some 777 orders that are in a swinging state, and the possibility of keeping them is not very high. The market analysis department expects to cancel 777 orders at around 23."

"23?" The corner of Lance Tamir's mouth twitched. Considering the unit price of 777, the total price of these 23 is close to the total amount of a large order of 737 [-].

Moreover, in terms of profit margins, the Boeing 777 is higher than the 737.In other words, it is this wave of unsubscriptions, the loss of profits is simply incalculable, and it is a pain for a giant company like Boeing, especially when Boeing is going through a trough.

To make matters worse, but that's all.

"Yes, the number of unsubscribes is relatively conservative, and the number is likely to be higher than this. In addition, a considerable number of 767 orders have also been canceled. However, the number of 767 orders is small, so the impact is not very big . Relatively speaking, the 737 and 747 are the least affected."

Lance Tammy's blood pressure gradually rose with the words of Fries Hayes. The situation of the 767 is slightly better than that of the 757, but it is still in decline.Boeing originally expected the 767 to last for more than ten years, squeezing out the last bit of value.Now it seems that, not to mention foreign countries, the last market life of the 767 in the United States will be greatly reduced.

The United States is now the world's top two largest market, and the airlines in the United States have the largest number of 767s, and they are all approaching the retirement period of passenger transport. The 9 incident may become the reason for the large number of airlines to retire 11s.

After the 767's capacity gap appears, airlines may not necessarily submit new orders to Boeing, which will cause the loss of customers.

In Boeing, civil aviation is not the only business, but the proportion of civil aviation business is very high. If civil aviation fails, it will still be disastrous for Boeing.

"Do you think it would be helpful to invite representatives of major airlines to hold a symposium?" Lance Tammy has encountered such a serious crisis for the first time since taking over Boeing.To be honest, he really panicked.

Fries Hayes could feel Lance Tammy's inner thoughts, but he had no good way.

Seriously, the unsubscribe thing is serious, but there is a huge problem waiting for them.Half an hour later, the U.S. stock market reopened. Boeing's stock should have fallen the most besides insurance stocks, right?
Internal and external difficulties ah!
"In the final analysis, airlines feel that the world's civil aviation will usher in a low period of at least three years in the future. If it is in the low period, the current capacity is sufficient, or by extending the service age of some aircraft to properly supplement the small capacity shortage. It is too extravagant to buy new aircraft such as 777. It will take four or five years until the impact of the impact event is completely eliminated, and then they can buy 787 directly."

Lance Tamil's lips were trembling. "Are they ignoring the 777? Just skip the 777? What about the money we invested in the 777?"

Before, with the launch of the 787 project, the market was infinitely optimistic about this dream plane.However, the official launch of the 787 is still many years away.Therefore, the 777 has become a transitional model of the 787 to cope with the growing capacity, especially the demand for ocean-going capacity.

However, as soon as the collision happened, the world's civil aviation must have fallen into a downturn for several years, and the demand for transportation capacity did not increase significantly.

In this way, there is basically no need to purchase 777s to make up for the increase in capacity demand, and the existing fleet can barely support 787s under the life extension treatment.

787的运行成本远低于777，但是价格跟777差不了很多，这样就可以直接跳过777来换装787了。

For airlines, that's certainly a welcome situation, but for Boeing, it's a bolt from the blue.

As everyone knows, Airbus got black and blue and swollen because it stumbled on the A380.Although the investment of the Boeing 777 is not as good as that of the A380, it has also become the largest single investment in Boeing's history.If the airlines collectively decide to skip the 777 model, Boeing may suffer losses.

In fact, airlines have no particular feeling that the plane involved in the crash was a 767.It wasn't because of the 767's automatic navigation, the 767 was just a tool.What really makes airline companies make changes is the pessimistic expectations for the future development of civil aviation.

Therefore, even if the lips are worn out, nothing will change.

"Lance, there is one more thing." Ferris Hayes coughed twice. He didn't want to report so many unpleasant news at once, but there was really nothing he could do.

Lance Tamil's face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "What else?"

"I told you earlier that parts suppliers are demanding that the 757 parts line be dismantled"

"Didn't I tell them to wait a little longer?"

"I can't wait any longer." Fries Hayes gritted his teeth: "There are 757 first-tier suppliers of the 38, and 23 of them have made it clear that the headquarters must terminate the production of the 757 within this month, otherwise, they will have to reconsider their relationship with us. partnerships, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Spirit."

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Spirit of the United States are important parts partners of Boeing. Among them, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is responsible for the 12th section of the wing, 11th section of the central wing box and 13th section of the fuselage, and Spirit of the United States is responsible for the 43rd section of the fuselage.

These two companies are not small parts suppliers whose opinions have to be considered.

Boeing adopts a global procurement strategy. These suppliers have already obtained the optimal solution under various conditions. Once the cooperation is stopped, it is really difficult to find a replacement.Even if found, the cost will rise.

If it was normal, Lance Tamil might have to talk to these parts suppliers about what is primary and secondary.But now Boeing can't protect itself, and it's not hard to talk about it.

Lance Tamil said bitterly: "They really know how to choose the time."

"They also expected that the aircraft market would be relatively sluggish in the future, so they began to shrink their businesses and manage costs. The 757 production line is a pure burden for them. From the perspective of cost control, closing the production line is also a normal appeal."

"Damn it, the 757 assembly line at our headquarters is not closed, they don't even want to maintain the parts production line?" Lance Tamil roared.

Frieze Hayes didn't answer.

Everyone doesn't think highly of future trends, so of course we have to tighten our belts.From the perspective of parts suppliers, the 757 is already a completely dead model. Just because they have been dragging the final decision on the board of directors, they will lose money every day in order to maintain the production line. good times.

38 of the 23 first-tier suppliers collectively forced Boeing headquarters to make a decision to shut down 757 production as soon as possible, which is also a normal move to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

When Lance Tamil calmed down a little, Friss Hayes said in a low voice: "Why don't you mention it to the board of directors. At this time, there is no need to get too tense with the supplier. At special moments, the board of directors will seriously Thinking about it. 757, the ending is doomed in the first place, if it is earlier, it won't have that much impact."

The muscles around Lance Tamir's cheeks trembled a few times, obviously he was very angry. When could he be so forced, it was simply a naked challenge to his authority.

"I..." Lance Tamil was just about to speak, when there was a knock on the door, followed by the secretary's voice: "Mr. Tamil, there is a Miss Qin from Spring and Summer Airlines who wants to talk to you. She No appointment."

"Spring and Summer Airlines?" Lance Tamer was stunned for a moment, but soon thought of something, and blurted out: "Xu Cang?"

Fries Hayes next to him confirmed: "Yes, the surname of one of Xu Cang's female companions is Qin."

Lance Tamil thought for a while, and said to the door: "Let her in."

Soon, the door was pushed open, and under the guidance of the secretary, Qin Xin entered the office, followed by Xiao Lingyun and Lu Yao.She arrived in New York at two o'clock in the morning last night. She only started to work after a few hours of rest. It was quite hard work.

However, Qin Xin didn't show any signs of fatigue on her face. On the contrary, she showed an excited expression, and her eyes sparkled with dazzling light.

Lance Tamir was quite polite to Qin Xin, he would never meet with such people without an appointment.As Qin Xin, Lance Tamer had no interest at all, except for Xu Cang.

"Miss Qin, Mr. Xu Cang, he said he would come here to sign a contract with me." Lance Tamil raised a finger: "Ten 777 contracts."

Since Xu Cang's incident almost completely coincides with 9, Lance Tamil has been so busy recently that he has no intention to pay attention to the situation in Japan.However, Lance Tamil also roughly knew that there was an air accident in Tokyo, Japan, but it seemed that a girl settled the matter, and he didn't think of Xu Cang at all.

"Xu Cang is sick, and I will sign the contract on his behalf."

Qin Xin's voice fell, and Lu Yao next to him showed a document to Lance Tamil and the two: "This is Mr. Xu Cang's power of attorney, Miss Qin Xin can sign on his behalf."

Fries Hayes took the power of attorney and glanced at it: "It seems to be true. I'll ask the legal department to verify it later."

"Well." Lance Tamir nodded, let his subordinates handle the verification, and immediately put on a smile. After all, he is a customer, so he still needs to put on a better attitude: "Miss Qin, do you want to talk about it in another place? We have a contract It is ready, and it will take some time before the two parties confirm the contract, and it is still a bit rough here."

There are dozens of pages in the contract, so it's definitely not the boss who reads it. It's the professionals under him who have gone through it one by one in advance. That's why Qin Xin brought Lu Yao and two other consultants to review the contract.

After the contract is confirmed, the representatives of both parties are responsible for signing it.

Contract review does take some time, and it's really unseemly to just stay in this cramped office.

However, Qin Xin obviously didn't care about this, she paused: "Mr. Tamil, first of all, I need to express my apology. Just now, when I was waiting outside the door, I heard something from you."

Lance Tamir was stunned for a moment, his face was a little embarrassed, he was indeed louder just now, and this office is indeed relatively simple, and the sound insulation effect is not very good.

"It's okay, it has nothing to do with Ms. Qin, I didn't pay attention." Lance Tamer recalled, he didn't seem to mention any important secrets just now, so he didn't take it too seriously.

However, Qin Xin stepped forward with a dazzling light in his eyes: "Mr. Tamil, many airlines are canceling 777 subscriptions, right? We can help you with this matter."

Lance Tamil was taken aback: "Miss Qin, you"

However, Qin Xin's voice gradually became solemn: "Is the production of 757 going to stop? We can also help you with this matter!"

Lance Tamil and Fries Hayes beside him looked at each other, and then heard Qin Xin's last words: "However, these two things are bound and integrated."

(End of this chapter)