Chapter 1082: Validity Period of Opportunity

Little Hawke Sidley was stunned.
He waited for Tan Zhenhua to fight for that one-tenth chance, but why did Tan Zhenhua wait for him?
Through Sir Hook, he has obtained the list of suppliers participating in the ceremony in advance. After studying this list carefully, he has to admit that this has basically covered the development of a short- and medium-range trunk airliner. The main key subsystems, relying on China's capabilities, after obtaining these subsystems, it is entirely possible to manufacture an advanced passenger plane with its own industrial capabilities.
Because, through the continuous tracking of the development and operation of the "BAC" project in China over the years, he has clearly understood the country's industrial capabilities-not advanced, but the categories are sufficiently complete, they can almost manufacture all necessary What is lacking in materials and equipment is actually the ability to achieve the same or close to the international advanced level by upgrading the technology it owns.
The foreign suppliers present today are the future providers of these capabilities.
Tan Zhenhua already has them, why wait for himself?
Seeing the confusion in his eyes, Tan Zhenhua shrugged his shoulders and said: "Mr. Hawke, I am afraid you already know that "C919" will be a large-scale project that mobilizes the human and material resources of the entire China Aviation Industry. The project is not only my personal will, but also the national will. You and BAE used to be my most trusted partners, so you see, when I decided to start, the first person to invite cooperation was you. , But unfortunately, the "C919" project has now been officially launched. The name of BAE did not appear on the list of international partners listed by Master Ma. I can only say that BAE has missed an important opportunity."
When mentioning this sad thing, Little Hawke couldn't help feeling a little sad. After a moment of silence, he said: "Then Eric, can I think that C919 has nothing to do with BAE?"
"I'm afraid it is. We can't change the existing supplier list for BAE. It is very unfair to those who came to participate in the ceremony today and actively cooperate with us. This point, Mr. Hawke must be able to understand. Right?"
Little Hawk fell silent again. After a long time, he sighed slightly: "Eric, it seems that you waited for me to tell me this. This is obviously not good news, but at least it is a truth. The news, so Eric, thank you for your frankness, then, I think I should say goodbye, Eric, I wish you success, although someday in the future, we may become rivals in the market, but you should I know, this blessing of mine is from my sincerity."
"I know, Mr. Hawke, but why are you leaving in a hurry? I waited for you not only to tell you the bad news. Before we became a real competitor, in fact, there were still many things we could cooperate with. Business."
"Eric, you confused me."
"After merging with Marconi, BAE has mastered the key technologies of advanced airborne electronic systems, flight control systems, instrumentation, and cooperated with itself and the entire British aviation industry. It is no exaggeration to say that you are It is possible to develop an advanced large aircraft, and the reason why you did not do this or even gave up the plan of self-developed passenger aircraft is basically because of two things: money and the market. Mr. Hawke, you think I am right. ?"
Although the doubts in his heart were not solved, what Tan Zhenhua said was the truest feeling in Hawke's heart, and he couldn't help but nodded.
As the president of BAE, Hawke can claim very responsibly that, in addition to the United States, Britain should be the country with the most abundant aviation industry accumulation in the world, and its capabilities are even far above Soviet Russia.
The reason why he dared to be so conceited, of course, has confidence.
Just look at a series of successful works in the history of British aviation: From the beginning of World War II, the famous "Spitfire" fighters, "Mosquito" light bombers, and "Lancaster" heavy bombers are all classics; after World War II , "Predator" attack aircraft, "Harrier" jet vertical take-off and landing fighter, "Gust" variable swept wing fighter, which one is not leading the trend? Especially the "Harrier", it is the only non-Mi domestic fighter that was introduced and installed side by side by the arrogant Americans in the world!
And not only fighter jets, but also in the civil field, Britain was once the trend of the times. Guanghua Xia bought the "Viscount" turboprop airliner, the "Trident" and the "BAC" that even the production line bought back!
Because of the prosperity of the domestic aircraft business, a large number of local sub-system manufacturers have also been cultivated, the most famous of which is Luo, one of the global giants of aero engines. Luo, Marconi, the world's leading manufacturer of airborne electronic equipment, which has been merged into BAE, and Dunlop, a tire and rubber product manufacturer just bought by the wealthy Japanese.
To be honest, in the eyes of Little Hawke, although Gaul’s aviation industry has a certain level, it is still inferior to Britain’s deep accumulation. This is also the fundamental reason why British aviation companies are always close to the European continent. One-from the bottom of their hearts, they look down on those guys. If it weren't for sharing the high R&D costs and gaining a bigger market, the British talents would not bird the Gauls or Germans. Are they all feuds? For some inexplicable reasons, Luo Quan has been fighting for thousands of years.
Seeing him nodding, Tan Zhenhua immediately said: "Unfortunately, there is a saying in China that is called "a penny to kill a hero", which means that no matter how capable people are, they will be embarrassed because they have no money, Mr. Hawke, according to According to my investigation, the current development of the British aviation industry is not very good. The recent depreciation of the U.S. dollar has greatly stimulated U.S. manufacturing exports, but it has also suffered considerable losses for Britain. There are many companies. It has come to the brink of bankruptcy. Founded in 1888, Dunlop Tire Rubber, which has a history of nearly a hundred years, was acquired by the Sumitomo Wakuni Consortium. This is one of the landmark events, but in my opinion, this is just the beginning. With serious financial problems, Marconi will not willingly merge with British Aerospace to form BAE-but with all due respect, British Aerospace’s original business situation is not too optimistic, and when Marconi is merged, it cannot Don’t bear its huge debts, Mr. Hawke, there are only two of us here, and we are very familiar with each other, so we might as well speak directly, you, BAE, now really need money and cash flow, I Is that correct?
"Eric, I have to admit that you know us very well. What you said are all facts, so?"
"So I want to provide you with a new cooperation plan, Mr. Hawke, and I will pay BAE and your affiliates a large sum of money for this, but this opportunity has a validity period."