Chapter 169 Give up your illusions and prepare to fight!
Chang Haonan was stunned when he heard this.
This time, it was Ding Gaoheng who reacted first:
"Where is the aviation technology company?"
"That's right."
Du Yishan said as he put down the document in his hand that made him feel a little hypertensive after reading it, picked up the tea cup again and took a sip, and then continued:
"In the past nearly twenty years, we have cooperated with Western countries. In particular, all negotiations on arms sales by European countries are conducted through them.”
“Although the nature of arms purchase trade is relatively special and is definitely different from normal foreign trade of civilian goods, they are after all. We have more dealings with foreigners and are much more professional than those of us who are purely technical.”
“More importantly, there shouldn’t be much time until your Science and Technology and Industry Committee reports the results of the discussion. After a long time, I think it may not be easy for you to find other professionals who have no problem with your position."
Ding Gaoheng looked slightly embarrassed after hearing this last sentence.
Obviously, as the director of the Science, Technology and Industry Committee, he actually needed two "outsiders" to remind Boeing of the impact of the McDonnell Douglas merger, which is definitely not a shameful thing.
But then he lowered his head and looked at the meeting minutes on his desk that were either avoiding important points and talking nonsense, or directly supporting others, and he really couldn't say anything to refute.
"Well...it seems that's all it can do."
Ding Gaoheng leaned his upper body back on the back of the seat, but his mood now is at least much better than before:< br>
“There is another thing, Comrade Xiao Chang.”
"Since you also think that neither we nor Europe can really stop Boeing from acquiring McDonnell Douglas, I would like to hear your opinion on the future of the MD90 aircraft production line in Shanghai."
Chang Haonan sorted out the documents in his hands and put them back on Ding Gaoheng's desk:
"I don't think you can hang yourself from a tree with MD90."
After determining the main tone of his answer, Chang Haonan took another look at Ding Gaoheng behind the desk.
The other party looked like an old god, without showing much emotion.
But this is a good thing for Chang Haonan.
So he continued:
“The technical level of McDonnell Douglas is inferior to that of Boeing, and once Boeing completes the acquisition, they will definitely not continue to invest. Develop the MD series passenger aircraft product line. In this way, even if Boeing wants to be a good guy and fully fulfill the commercial agreement signed by McDonnell Douglas, we will only produce a batch of products that will have no follow-up development at all, and the business prospects have been judged. "Furthermore, because the raw materials and aircraft engines of the MD90 aircraft still need to be imported, and maintenance support must also rely on the United States, so we cannot even use these aircraft for military use. At first, it can be said that if you build one, you will lose one."
Ding Gaoheng nodded after hearing Chang Haonan's answer and lit a cigarette at the same time:
"But together with Hufei's production line and final assembly line, we have invested nearly one billion yuan. In any case, the information and experience provided by McDonnell Douglas in the early stage are solid, and it has also made it difficult for us to cultivate We have created a group of engineers and technical workers who have mastered the assembly and manufacturing technology of large aircraft. We must give them something to continue doing. Otherwise, wouldn’t all the previous investment have been completely wasted?”
In fact, Ding Gaoheng The concerns are justified.
Because this is exactly what happened after Hufei struggled for several years in the previous life.
Although it is impossible for Chang Haonan to know what happened in that timeline, he will certainly not allow the tragedy of the Hufei Factory to happen again this time.
So he immediately said what he had been thinking about since attending the Xiangzhou Air Show:
"We have now begun to build our own aviation industry system, so it is best to produce a passenger aircraft designed according to our country's standards. This will be more helpful to our own civil aviation industry in the future." "And around the world, there are technological capabilities Only the United States, the European Union, Brazil and Russia have developed a complete passenger aircraft.”
“The United States and the European Union are in an absolutely dominant position in the current civil aviation market, and it is unlikely that they will agree. Aircraft are produced according to Chinese standards. As for Brazil’s aviation manufacturing industry, it is completely dependent on the United States and does not have independence.”
Chang Haonan mentioned that Brazil was purely unintentional. In the field of regional airliners and business jets, Embraer still has a fairly high status.
But after hearing this, Ding Gaoheng suddenly sighed:
"Actually, in the mid-to-late 1980s, when we proposed to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas to develop the civil aviation industry, the target we were chasing was Brazil."
"So that's it?"
The meaning of this sentence The amount of information is indeed a bit large, but it also explains a lot of Chang Haonan's doubts.
The rise of Embraer is actually an example of moving from OEM production to cooperative development, giving up technological independence in exchange for integrating into the European and American aviation industry systems, and ultimately becoming bigger and stronger.
Considering that this is almost the only successful example of a third world country in the civil aviation industry, this path is indeed extremely confusing.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the decision to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas and integrate into the aviation industry system based on this example.
The only problem is that today’s Embraer has nothing to do with Brazil except its name.
Its success has nothing to do with Brazil either.
The Brazilian government now only owns 1.45% of Embraer’s shares.
Even most of the jobs provided by this company are not in China, but in the United States and Europe.
"Yes, some people thought that it would be good to follow Europe and the United States to drink soup like Brazil."
Ding Gaoheng took an unprecedented long puff of cigarette and slowly blew the smoke into the air in front of him:
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“But within a few years, Americans’ true colors were revealed—let alone drinking soup, they didn’t even want to give us the chance to lick the bottom of the bowl!”
“What a pity. , some people don’t know whether they can’t see it, or they pretend to be confused, but they have been dragging their feet on this fatal matter for nearly ten years.”
The air in the office was quiet for a moment.
“There is nothing we can do about this.”
Chang Haonan, who came back more than 20 years ago and has experienced the era of all-out trade wars, naturally has deeper feelings in these aspects:
“1.2 billion people , even one more mouthful of soup can kill Americans. "
"Besides, we can't feed these billions of mouths just by relying on soup and bones donated by others, so we in China. It is absolutely impossible to survive by being a dog to others. There is no other way out than to snatch the meat from others’ mouths.”
“We must give up our illusions and prepare to fight!”< br>
(End of this chapter)