The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 236 Boeing suffered a heavy blow [Request for full order and data]

Evra was shocked when he heard this.

He couldn't believe it: What? China's large aircraft took off?
How can this be?

I've never heard any rumors about this before.

According to CIA intelligence, isn't it at least 10 years away for China to successfully develop a large aircraft?

He put down his phone and started watching TV.

Of course, he doesn't understand Chinese, so he can't read or understand it.

But the translator was beside him explaining it to him.

On the TV screen, a huge plane was taking off from the ground and flying into the blue sky.

The appearance of this plane is very beautiful. When it takes off from the runway, it is like a huge iron bird, but it is very light.

“Is this their big plane?”

"They actually developed a giant aircraft like this?"

Evra couldn't believe his eyes.

The translator said: "Mr. Evra, according to the news anchor, the empty weight of this plane is as high as 110 tons, and the maximum load is 76 tons! The maximum take-off weight is more than 230 tons."

"These parameters are greater than those of our C17 transport aircraft."

Evra was shocked, shook his head and said, "I guess this is a trick of the Chinese!"

"They had never developed any large aircraft before."

"Their largest aircraft is only the Y-8, which can only be considered a small transport aircraft!"

"Large aircraft are not that easy to develop!"

"This news must be fake!"

I don't know what to say to the translator.

The test flight footage lasted for about 10 seconds.

These images show multiple scenes of this large Chinese aircraft flying in the air.

There are climbs.

Some are flying at high speeds, while others are trying to reach the highest altitude.

In short, the aircraft demonstrated excellent performance during the test flight stage.

Evra was deeply shocked when he saw the performance of the plane.

Then, Zhang Zhipeng appeared.

Zhang Zhipeng began to accept interviews from CCTV reporters.

During the interview, Zhang Zhipeng revealed the various parameters of the aircraft.

He also said: This aircraft is the result of China's full self-development and independent intellectual property rights! Even the parts are all made in China.

The engine of this aircraft has reached the international leading level!
Finally, Zhang Zhipeng said that the test flight was a great success.

"We conducted rigorous testing on our first domestically-made large aircraft," Zhang said.

"This plane is perfect as it stands!"

“It will be put into mass production and put into use in a year!”

Zhang Zhipeng also said that China's civil aviation passenger aircraft research and development has also achieved great success.

The civil airliner developed independently by China will be a medium-sized aircraft with a passenger capacity of about 150 people.

The fuel economy of large civil aviation aircraft will be very high, and the comfort and safety of the aircraft will also be greatly improved.

Zhang Zhipeng also made a bold statement: In the future, China will develop rapidly in the field of civil aviation passenger aircraft, with the goal of becoming the world's largest producer of civil aviation passenger aircraft!
Evra listened to the translator's explanation and he was a little exasperated.

How abominable!

We have been defeated in the fields of chips, electronic products, automobiles, etc., but now, they are actually entering the field of large aircraft.

After that, Boeing is likely to be greatly squeezed!

What should I do?
Evra wanted to comfort himself: What's the point of China's large aircraft being able to successfully test-fly? Large aircraft are such advanced technology, even if they have mastered a little bit of the fur, the core technology must be relatively poor, and they will definitely suffer a major setback in the future!

However, looking at Zhang Zhipeng talking confidently on the TV screen, he was filled with frustration deep down in his heart!
With Zhang Zhipeng's leadership, China's large aircraft will surely be successful.

This is Evra's true inner thought.

Why would he think so?

Because Zhang Zhipeng has led China to achieve too much success over the past many years.

Therefore, he had to believe that this time, China must have made a major breakthrough in large aircraft.

"Is this a demonstration to us?" Evra muttered to himself.

The translator said: "Mr. Evra, they are clearly warning us: If we still want to gain access to the Chinese market, we must make significant concessions."

Evra sighed: He thought he could easily control China and get this huge order.

Now it’s good, the situation has changed all of a sudden.

No wonder Li Yuntong is not in a hurry to sign a contract with me to purchase a large aircraft.

After watching the 7 o'clock news, Evra took a while to call Boeing's president Shulman.

At this time, it was just past 7 o'clock in the morning.

Shulman had just finished his morning exercise and was planning to shower, have breakfast and go to work.

Evra's phone call came in.

When Evra reported to Shulman the news of China's successful development of large transport aircraft, Shulman immediately became uneasy.

The aircraft industry can be said to be Aramco's pillar industry.

Aramco was once the most powerful industrial country in the world.

Its automobiles, home appliances, aviation, aerospace, biopharmaceuticals, precision machinery, etc. are all world-leading.

But now, they have fallen behind in many leading industries.

The aviation industry is now the industrial field in which they lead China.

They are very eager to be able to surpass China forever in this area.

However, China has been making breakthroughs.

Ten years ago, China didn't even have third-generation aircraft.

Nowadays, various advanced models of fighter jets are emerging one after another.

However, China clearly has a huge shortcoming in the field of large aircraft.

Now things are good. Will the shortcoming of large aircraft be made up for?
Shulman was panicked.

After he calmed down, he immediately made a decision: China's large aircraft must be completely nipped in the bud.

How to kill it?
Then we need to use the method of dumping plus cooperation.

Well! Sell them planes at low prices, so that their own planes cannot get their own market!

Then, they promised to build aircraft manufacturing plants in their countries and produce best-selling models in their country.

This would squeeze their own large aircraft.

Maybe after a while, they will have to give up their own domestically produced large aircraft.

Schulman thought so, and he said to Evra: "Mr. Evra, what I want to tell you is that you should talk to Li Yuntong immediately. If they sign the contract to buy our passenger plane now, then they will get a substantial discount!"

"Before, we were prepared to sell them the plane for $8 million. Now, we can reduce the price to $5 million!"

"At the same time, tell them that as long as they give up developing large aircraft themselves, we Boeing can still build an aircraft manufacturing plant in their country and jointly produce all types of large aircraft with them!"

After receiving instructions from Shulman, Evra decided to have a good talk with Li Yuntong the next day.

Of course, Shulman also had to take action.

He notified the convening of a board meeting that day and reported to the board on the current situation of China's development of large aircraft.

The board members were horrified after hearing Shulman's report.

Because it would be terrible if China's large aircraft really succeeded again.

It is very likely that Boeing will be severely squeezed in the future and eventually become a second-rate aircraft manufacturer.

For aviation companies, if this situation occurs, they are estimated to be not far from bankruptcy.

This is a matter of life and death.

After discussion, the directors agreed to Shulman's strategy: to sell their own aircraft to China at a low price.

Even if it is sold at a price that is not very profitable.

Exchange the Chinese market for low prices, and then suppress the update, development and iteration of China's self-developed large aircraft.

As long as Boeing can survive for another five years, it will be able to kill China's self-developed large aircraft.

Of course, if Boeing continues to produce large aircraft at Aramco, the high costs will result in a huge loss for each aircraft sold, and this model will definitely not work.

If they want to significantly reduce costs, they can only choose to build an aircraft manufacturing plant in China and purchase their spare parts locally.

In this way, it may be possible to reduce production costs to one-third of that at Aramco or even lower.

In this way, it is possible to sell at low prices while still maintaining relatively high profits.

Of course, building a factory in China is also a bargaining chip.

We must make the most of this bargaining chip.

As Shulman said: the condition is that China give up developing its own large aircraft.

But is it really possible for China to give up their self-developed large aircraft?

Shulman was unsure.

In fact, Shulman felt that this request would definitely be rejected.

Why? Because China is the most independent country in the world. They have their own long-term development plan.

It's not so easy for Amei to fool China.

But no matter whether it succeeds or not, we have to try it, right?
……

At about 8 o'clock the next morning, Evra called Li Yuntong, the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Before Evra made the call, Li Yuntong had already received instructions: If Evra asked to continue the negotiations, he should do this...

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Li Yuntong was already sitting in the office.

Evra called Li Yuntong's cell phone.

Seeing Evra calling, Li Yuntong smiled.

It seems that they are really anxious.

After the call was connected, Li Yuntong asked Evra what was the matter.

Evra said with a smile that he had received instructions from the headquarters and hoped to discuss the cooperation again this morning. He also said that the previously mentioned aircraft purchase price could get a big discount.

Evra was arrogant before.

Now it's very enthusiastic.

It's like two completely different people.

Li Yuntong told Evra: "Mr. Evra, actually, we have nothing to talk about."

"Our own domestically produced large aircraft will basically be available soon."

"We are ready to purchase our own domestically produced large aircraft."

“Maybe, from now on, we will never buy Boeing planes again!”

Li Yuntong's words were blunt.

Evra was horrified when he heard this.

Of course he knew: China is a huge market, and if Boeing lost this market, it would suffer a heavy blow!
He thought that if he took the initiative to talk to Li Yuntong again, the other party would happily agree.

When you meet in person to discuss the matter, bargaining may lead to a better result.

But now?

They refused immediately and said they would never consider buying Boeing aircraft again?
That would be half the life of Boeing.

Boeing's main market is North America.

Of course, all the planes purchased by Amy's family's airline are Boeing.

However, Ami's aviation market is basically mature.

Today, large numbers of aircraft are no longer purchased every year.

What about the market in Europe?
Most of them are occupied by Airbus.

The consumption capacity of most third world countries is low and they do not purchase many aircraft.

Boeing has been under great pressure to increase its performance in recent years.

As an emerging power, China's aviation market is thriving.

Boeing itself estimates that in the next 10 to 20 years, China's aviation market will purchase as much as 30 to 40 billion US dollars worth of aircraft each year.

This is a huge piece of fat.

Boeing was already determined to win.

But now, I have completely lost hope of buying it?

Isn’t this a bit too cruel?
Evra couldn't accept this result.

"Oh, Mr. Li, what I want to say is that no matter how smoothly your domestically produced large aircraft is developed, it will take at least five years before it can be put into commercial flight, right?"

"But your domestic aviation market obviously can't wait five years."

“I think we still have a lot of room for cooperation.”

"We should have a good talk."

"We at Boeing will also be happy to give you the best possible terms."

Evra said this in an almost flattering tone.

Li Yuntong said: "Your offer is too high. We obviously won't accept the price of $8 million per aircraft."

"We can make big concessions," Evra said.

"We attach great importance to the Chinese market."

"To show our sincerity, we can even set up an aircraft manufacturing plant in China and purchase various parts locally in China."

Evra cast the first bait.

Li Yuntong said: "We warmly welcome the establishment of an aircraft manufacturing plant in our country."

"But your price is too high."

“We cannot accept this.”

Evra felt a little irritated.

Because he thought that if he put forward the condition of setting up an aircraft manufacturing plant in China, the other party's response would definitely be very enthusiastic.

However, Li Yuntong's reaction could be considered quite calm.

In this case, it seems that China's progress in developing its own large aircraft should be relatively fast.

This is not a good thing for Boeing.

"Mr. Li, I hope we can meet and have a good chat."

“We can definitely become good partners.”

"Please, let's meet and talk."

Only then did Li Yuntong reluctantly agree to meet and talk.

They met again in the afternoon.

The negotiations between the two parties must be conducted face to face between the two teams.

Evra shook hands with Li Yuntong after meeting him in the afternoon.

Evra took the opportunity to whisper in Li Yuntong's ear: "Mr. Li, if you can cooperate with us to get this business, then we can give you a large sum of money and green cards for your whole family."

My goodness, seeing that he couldn't get this big order from China, Evra actually resorted to this kind of trick.

Li Yuntong snorted coldly.

He shouted: "Mr. Evra! You are so ridiculous! Do you think you can use such a crude method as bribery to make me sell out the interests of my country?"

"Do you really think that your green card is so attractive to me?!"

“Stop feeling so good about yourself!”

"Also, I have to warn you, if you say something like this again, Boeing will be completely out of business!"

Evra was shocked.

He never expected that Li Yuntong would actually make his words public.

This is not a glorious thing!
Evra's expression became increasingly ugly.

He looked at Li Yuntong very awkwardly, and for a long time he didn't know what to say.

Li Yuntong sat down in his seat with an expressionless face.

Evra had no choice but to go over and sit down opposite Li Yuntong awkwardly.

Members of both teams also sat down.

Li Yuntong looked Evra in the face and said, "Mr. Evra, since you took the initiative to ask for a meeting and a chat this time, then you can talk about your own ideas."

Evra said a little embarrassedly: "Mr. Li, we know that you are currently facing a huge shortage of civil aviation passenger aircraft."

"We are very happy to provide your country with high-quality and low-cost Boeing aircraft."

"We have discussed this before. As you know, Airbus's aircraft are similar to ours, but their prices are actually similar."

"Previously, we were asking $737 million for a 300-8."

"Now, we're down to $5 million per unit."

"Now, you should feel our sincerity, right?"

Li Yuntong smiled faintly and shook his head and said, "It's still too expensive."

"In the future, each of our domestically produced passenger aircraft may cost only 10 million RMB per aircraft."

"Your Boeing aircraft do not have much value for money."

Evra smiled bitterly: "Ten million RMB is not enough to produce an aircraft of the same specifications as the 737-300, right?"

Li Yuntong said: "It may not be enough for you, but it is not the case for us. Your production efficiency and cost are at least seven or eight times higher than ours."

“That’s why your products are expensive but of poor quality.”

Evra was a little unconvinced: "Mr. Li, you don't have the technology to produce large aircraft at all. The structural strength of the large aircraft you produce must be insufficient! Maybe it can fly at the beginning. But if it takes a little longer, it will have great safety risks."

Li Yuntong laughed and said, "We have the best talents and the most solid industrial foundation. If we can't solve what you said, we won't publicize it in a high-profile manner!"

Evra sighed.

At this moment, his heart was filled with frustration.

$5 million per plane was the bottom line price he got from Boeing headquarters.

If this price is not accepted, then he really doesn't know how to negotiate.

"Sir, I think that 10 million RMB per plane is unrealistic after all."

"Moreover, if you want to solve the current domestic shortage of large aircraft, you can only buy from us, Boeing. You really have no other choice."

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