Chapter 1543 The moment that changed the world (first update, please subscribe)
"A turbofan regional jet aircraft with less than 50 seats!"
In the conference room of Gulfstream Aviation Industries, Zou Haishan pointed at the drawing he drew and said:
"It should have 44-50 economy class seats, with a layout of 4 seats in each row. This kind of aircraft can meet the transportation needs between central cities and small towns..."
Listening to Zou Haishan's story, Tian Wenxuan, the company manager, just smoked silently. He understood what the Heavy Industry Bureau official was thinking.
As an industry insider, he certainly knows that the market space for regional aircraft is still very large, not just at home, but also abroad. Many countries need this type of regional aircraft, from Europe and the United States to other developments in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Every country in China needs regional aircraft.
"Chief Zou, it's exactly what you said. The market for regional aircraft is indeed very broad."
Before Tian Wenxuan finished speaking, Zou Haishan immediately said loudly.
"It's not just vast, but very huge. I have made corresponding calculations and consulted many people. In the next ten years, just us, the demand for regional aircraft will be around 1,000. After all, with the growth of population , people’s demand for travel will only get higher and higher
So I believe this market is very worthy of attention. ”
After saying these words, Zou Haishan continued.
“So I hope to consider entering this market, after all, it has a very broad market space.”
"Indeed, as you said, the market is very broad, but..."
After a slight pause, Tian Wenxuan explained.
"You should know that last year alone we received orders for nearly 800 aircraft. Based on the company's current production capacity, it will take 4 to 5 years just to complete the current orders,"
"The company can expand its production capacity. I believe the bank will be very happy to provide you with a loan."
Zou Haishan said straightforwardly:
"We will also provide appropriate assistance if needed."
The reason why the Department of International Trade and Industry has always had a huge influence on many companies is not only because they formulate industrial policies, but also coordinate the docking between banks and companies at the appropriate time. While banks provide financial support, They will also coordinate with other companies to help them solve a series of problems such as sales.
It can be said that the reason why the economy has developed so rapidly in the past many years is fundamentally related to the efforts of these professional bureaucrats in the Department of International Trade and Industry, so much so that many people in newspapers said that they are not officials. , but "industrial nanny".
The so-called industrial nannies mean that they take care of all enterprises like nannies, and they are meticulous.
It is for this reason that sometimes people refer to the Equator Miracle as a public miracle, which is of course a recognition of their work.
"Yeah!"
Faced with this suggestion, Tian Wenxuan did not respond immediately, but nodded and said:
"Chief Zhou, do you know why we don't expand our production capacity now? We have so many orders in hand, and with just a phone call, there will be many banks willing to provide us with loans.
After all, everyone knows that banks give out umbrellas when it’s sunny and take away umbrellas when it rains.
Of course, with the help of the Department of International Trade and Industry, banks are very happy to provide corresponding support to companies, especially when they are in difficulty. ”
When affirming the efforts of the Department of International Trade and Industry, Tian Wenxuan said:
"But the aircraft manufacturing industry is different from ordinary industries. In normal times, we may only have dozens of aircraft or more than a hundred orders a year. If we rashly expand the production line, then we will have to face future production capacity. The problem of excess.
In this case, we need to reasonably arrange aircraft orders into the next few years. We will also receive some new orders every year, so that the overlap of new and old orders can ensure that our company can always produce.
If I expand my production line, I can deliver 800 aircraft in one year, but what about next year?
Next year I may only have orders for more than 100 aircraft. By then I will need to lay off employees, and the production lines expanded through loans will also be idle. ”
Then Tian Wenxuan said:
"And for now, we are producing high-end business aircraft. Although many people urgently need it, queuing itself is a status symbol."
As a businessman, Tian Wenxuan understands the thoughts of wealthy people very well:
"For them, an airplane is not just an airplane, but a status symbol. If...Gulfstream changes from a high-end business aircraft to an ordinary regional aircraft, then we are likely to lose the current Customers, we all know that brand is very important, so..."
Tian Wenxuan smiled and said in an apologetic tone:
"Compared to ordinary regional aircraft, we are more willing to make luxury goods. After all, business aircraft are more profitable."
Faced with such a tactful rejection, Zou Haishan nodded and said:
"Sorry, Manager Tian, I was negligent. I forgot that brand is very important to a company."
Zou Haishan's words were not verbal, but he really realized his mistake.
Gulfstream is successful because it is the only aircraft manufacturing company to date that specializes in luxury aircraft.
Why do many wealthy people choose to stay? Not just because his aircraft is excellent, but the more important reason is that it is a luxury item among aircrafts. It is not just an aircraft in itself, but a status symbol.
As a status symbol, if it is confused with the planes used by the general public, it will definitely affect the image of the entire brand.
Brand building has always been the top priority of the Department of International Trade and Industry. After all, compared to ordinary products, brands have their added value. Tian Wenxuan then said:
"If the section chief says that the Department of Commerce and Industry is very keen to open up this market, my suggestion is... well, a new aviation industry company can be established through local investment funds. Of course, we are very happy to participate in it and provide corresponding technical support. .”
Originally, he had a similar idea, wanting to re-establish a company and enter the regional aircraft market, but was unable to proceed due to various reasons.
Now that the Department of International Trade and Industry has this idea, it is entirely possible to jointly fund the establishment of a new company through cooperation with the government and relevant institutions.
In this way, they easily reached a corresponding consensus. Just a few days later, several local venture capital funds and related companies in Dongning signed a contract to establish Oceanic Aviation Industry Company.
Just as Dongning kicked off its industrial upgrading, on the other side, in the Dongning Telegraph and Telephone Company, a group of engineers were busy there. Just half a month ago, the submarine optical cable laid from the island was finally connected to Dongning, because of this, the popularization of long-distance calls between Dongning and the main island has become possible. Before this, due to the relationship between distance and technology, transoceanic long-distance calls were only the patent of a few wealthy people.
But now with the emergence of submarine optical cables and new program-controlled telephone switches, long-distance calls are about to become an extremely common method of communication.
Technological progress has changed the lives of ordinary people in an extremely intuitive way. Although engineers are still debugging, everyone knows that changes will happen in the next few days.
While the engineers at the Telephone and Telegraph Company were installing and debugging the equipment of the program-controlled telephone switching center, in the Computer Center of Dongning University, under the gaze of people, Zhao Guowei sat in front of the computer and inputted skillfully. A string of code opens an interface. Then he entered another URL - in the past few years, this kind of URL www.***.com has become popular in various universities. Through such network addresses, a data sharing system has been established between various universities. However, data sharing between the main island and outer islands has not been able to be shared effectively due to line problems.
After all, the information transmission capacity of metal cables is too low, and the lines are also very limited.
However, Zhao Guowei did not want to visit the website of Chang'an University today. When he opened the webpage, the photographer on the side used a camera to take pictures of the computer screen and watched as it entered a new address into the webpage.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
A few months ago, when communicating with several colleagues from Chang'an University, they found that although the Internet allowed them to share some data, they could not communicate with each other and the phone was too expensive. So someone asked whether they could use the Internet to share data. Send email.
And at that time, they already had countless pieces of information, but they were all scattered and independent of each computer. Suddenly I had an idea to write a program to send information to another computer in a mail-like manner.
Therefore, Zhao Guowei began to imagine a format for expressing email addresses. He first wrote a small program that could combine the file transfer protocol of the program with the sending and receiving capabilities of another program, so that a letter could be sent from One host sends to another.
This is a communication method that does not require too many device resources,
"Is this the email address?"
This thought came to the photographer's mind, and everyone else was also there on the computer screen, and the onlookers were there to witness history at this moment.
Next, Zhao Guowei entered a string of text below:
"There are so many confidants in the sea!"
This is a poem by Wang Bo from the Tang Dynasty. After writing this poem, he clicked send.
"Is it sent like this?"
Others asked curiously.
"That's it, it's sent, it's an email. Probably..."
Then he glanced at the computer screen, Zhao Guowei said with a smile.
"The other party has received it."
Everyone around was surprised.
"What! So fast?"
"How could it only be a second or two?"
At this moment, a black dot appeared in the inbox on the computer screen.
"Chang'an University has replied to the letter."
Amid everyone's expectations, Zhao Guowei clicked on his inbox and opened the email.
The content of the email is very simple, just the second half of the poem.
“The world is as close as our neighbor!”
Looking at these five words on the electronic computer screen, everyone's eyes were filled with unprecedented shock. Unlike when email was invented in another world, people simply didn't know its importance. At this time, the first The sending and receiving of emails allowed them to see a new era of communication.
Amid everyone's shock, Zhao Guowei stood up and said in a very calm but actually very excited tone:
"Friends, today we have entered a new era - the era of the Internet. Now with email, we will be able to communicate at any time and anywhere in any corner of the world."
Then he turned his attention to the camera and said in as calm a tone as possible:
"This is exactly the gift we give to people all over the world! It will definitely change the lives of all mankind."
(End of chapter)