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Chapter 914, Special Meeting

"Commander, I just received news a few days ago that Shanghai has reached an agreement with McDonnell Douglas, and they are planning to invest in an aircraft production line in Shanghai."

"If we are going to start producing the Y-10 again, should we put this project on hold?"

"Xiao Jiang, what do you think?"
"How can I watch it? I'll stand and watch."

But that’s what I think, but that’s not what I say.

To be honest, is it good for us for McDonnell Douglas to open a factory in my country? The answer is obvious.

Later, Zhuang Borun, then General Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Development of McDonnell Douglas, recalled that the cooperation between China and McDonnell Douglas was a great progress for China's aviation industry. According to the description in the book "Sixty Years of Aviation":

First, it has greatly improved the project management level of China Aerospace Industries in the field of aircraft manufacturing. After China Aerospace Industries digested many advanced management experiences of the Eagle Sauce, its work efficiency has been greatly improved, which is far beyond the reach of technological progress. For example, China Aerospace Industries has mastered advanced aircraft configuration management technology, which enables the aircraft to continuously meet engineering changes during production and operation, so that product designs that reflect the requirements of different customers can be implemented and maintain normal production.

Secondly, I learned about the way the Eagle Sauce aircraft is manufactured, which is the "main manufacturer-supplier" model. The original large aircraft manufacturing of China was completely independent, but the Eagle Sauce's way of doing things is: master the overall and key technologies, and purchase other parts from the international market, which greatly reduces the cost and difficulty of research and manufacturing.

Third, it has enabled China to become familiar with and master the advanced technology of large passenger aircraft assembly and production, and has greatly improved its production and manufacturing capabilities for advanced parts. For example, the drawings and raw materials of the MD90 aircraft produced by China are provided by the United States, but China is responsible for all the work from parts manufacturing to assembly and test flight, and is also responsible for quality control and airworthiness assurance.

It can be said that most of the MD90 aircraft are independently produced by China. The localization rate of the MD90 aircraft body reaches 70%, and the number of parts produced by China is more than 4.

However, some key parts such as the aircraft engine and onboard equipment are provided by the United States.

Seeing the great progress made by the United States in large aircraft manufacturing, the United States suddenly panicked and the host government led the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.

On December 1996, 12, Boeing, the world's number one aviation manufacturer, announced the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, the world's third largest aviation manufacturer. Each McDonnell Douglas share became 15 Boeing shares, with a total value of $0.65 billion. The biggest beneficiary of Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas was the United States! This acquisition was called the "merger of the century."

The biggest victim of this acquisition was the China Aerospace Corporation, whose cooperation with McDonnell Douglas came to an abrupt end. From an impartial point of view, the benefits of introducing McDonnell Douglas production outweigh the disadvantages, and it also laid a solid foundation for the research and development of our large aircraft in the future.

As for whether there is any causal relationship between the cancellation of the Y-1985 and McDonnell Douglas, that is a matter of opinion. However, in 9, after the Eagle-Sauce McDonnell Douglas Company succeeded in the business of assembling the DC80 Super 80 (MD-10) in Shanghai, it boasted in the Western "Fortune" magazine how it had made a $10 billion business, saying "We cooperated with Shanghai because Shanghai had produced the Y-10. If we don't defeat the Y-, it will be difficult for the Eagle-Sauce aircraft to penetrate China."

At the same time as the Y-10 was discontinued, the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which served as the Y-10 trial production base, cooperated with McDonnell Douglas to assemble the MD-80. As a result, materials worth tens of millions of yuan originally intended for the third Y-10 ended up being used at the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Plant to prepare for cooperation with McDonnell Douglas and to practice rivet guns.

However, during this period, Jiang Yan appeared and used it as a rivet gun training, so no one would leave him a single hair. "Since they want to cooperate with us, let's cooperate. We can learn advanced Western technology and train a new batch of large aircraft talents for ourselves. Why not do it?"

"As for letting our Y-10 make room for them, just make room. We have so much space in the country anyway, so it doesn't matter where we put it."

When all the leaders heard Jiang Yan's words, their eyes lit up, and then they smiled at each other. Everything was said without words.

The time spent in the small conference room was not long, only about two hours, and it was these two hours that determined the fate of the Flower Growers' plane.

After Jiang Yan came out, he could no longer suppress the smile on his face as he looked at the blue sky.

What Jiang Yan didn't know was that not long after Jiang Yan left, a large number of people came here again. In the evening, many representatives gathered in the large conference room. They gathered together not only to discuss the Y-10 project, but also some other projects. Basically all the engineers of these projects came here, including Mr. Wu, the chief designer of Y-10.

At this moment he was extremely nervous, because he knew that this memory would determine the future fate of Yun Shi.

The topics went by one after another, and the debate at the meeting was quite heated. Some projects were abandoned, some new projects were launched, and some projects that I had to retain, the restart of the Besse engine and the new J project were quickly approved.

After a while, it was finally time to discuss the Y-10 project, and the project's chief designer, Mr. Wu, perked up.

At the beginning, the military spoke out very strongly: "Our country must have its own large aircraft. This is an important strategic resource for a country. Our current air force transport aircraft are varied, including small and medium-sized transport aircraft produced by ourselves, John Bull aircraft, Bear aircraft, and Eagle aircraft. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are international brands. The scale is far behind other countries, not to mention the projection capability.

"Without our own large aircraft, we cannot develop large battlefield command aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, large early warning aircraft, and paratrooper aircraft. What will we do if a war breaks out? These are the equipment we lack now. As for purchasing from outside, let's not talk about the price. No one will sell to us."

A representative of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission stood up and said, "We understand the military's opinion, but where are we going to get the money from now? Every penny has a use, and we have made a budget. We must use all this money on infrastructure construction. We can't stop building railways and roads for you. These infrastructures are not important. Besides, this year's entire budget has been tilted towards you. In order to purchase advanced equipment from abroad, a large amount of foreign exchange has been given to you. If we tilt too much towards other projects, what will happen? How can the country develop?"

The speeches of these two important departments were diametrically opposed, but not everything they said was unreasonable. After listening to the speeches of the representatives of the two departments, the people below were also talking about it.

It can be said that each person has his own reasons, but the key is that they are both quite realistic, and it seems that no one can convince anyone else.

However, everyone was waiting for the representative of another important department to speak. After all, to put it bluntly, this was their department's business.

(End of this chapter)