Chapter 858: trust

Although he had guessed the answer faintly, when the answer was really confirmed from Tan Zhenhua's mouth, Zhang Zhenzhong was still in deep shock.
"Me? Why me?" he blurted out.
Tan Zhenhua did not answer his question. He put away the Ruowu smile that had been hanging on his face just now, stared at Zhang Zhenzhong's eyes, and asked in a very serious tone: "Mr. Zhang Zhenzhong, please be honest. Tell me, what do you think of the "Yun Ten" project?"
For some reason, Zhang Zhenzhong suddenly felt that his answer to this question might have an extremely important impact on the rest of his life.
He hesitated for a moment and made a decision while trying to recall everything that happened in the past.
He decided to tell the truth.
"This matter should start in March 1979." He slowly replied: "That year, the China Third Machinery Department sent a 30-person delegation to McDonnell Douglas. The two sides discussed the issue for the first time. The possibility of large-scale passenger aircraft cooperation. At that time, because of my Chinese identity, I was responsible for the reception of the entire delegation. It was also in the delegation that I met Mr. Ma Fengshan, but at that time, I have no idea what kind of work he is doing.
To be honest, before this, neither our McDonnell Douglas Company nor myself knew anything about China's civil aviation industry capabilities. Therefore, the first meeting did not make any substantial progress. However, I am very I got an invitation soon and led a team to visit China in May of that year. During this trip to China, I visited many places, including Beijing, Magic Capital, Xijing, Shengyang, and Rongcheng. I visited the aviation industry in these cities. The base, it was exactly at that time, when I arrived at the magic city, I learned that Huaxia is also developing and manufacturing a large civil aviation aircraft, and the chief designer of this aircraft is the Ma Fengshan I saw last time. To be honest, sir, I was very surprised at the time.
However, it is precisely because of seeing the "Yun 10" aircraft that I am determined to advance the cooperation with China for the large aircraft project. At that time, there were many people on the McDonnell Douglas board who opposed the cooperation with China Xia. The reason was that China Xia did not have the foundation and experience to build large aircraft, and the design strength was pieced together from various places, and the production capacity was even more suspicious. Such cooperation failed The possibility is great, but this visit gave me the confidence to convince the board of directors.
After returning to the U.S., I immediately reported to the board of directors. I told them that China had already designed a large civil aircraft. Although it was not mature, they not only had various ground equipment, but also an iron bird test bench. There is a foundation for the assembly of aircraft in China.
At that time, a director asked me,
To build an airplane, the company needs a lot of energy and investment, and it’s hard to say whether it can make money. Where are our interests?

My answer at the time was that there are two reasons for us to do this. First, after the aircraft assembly line is moved to Huaxia, because Huaxia’s labor costs are very cheap, it is possible to reduce the total aircraft cost by 10% only by reducing processing costs. ～20%, this is obviously a very large gain; second, we first started such a cooperation with China Xia, and also found a long-term partner in China before our competitors Boeing and Airbus. The China Market is very beneficial.
As for the "Yun 10" project, to be honest, from the information I have learned, the original design of this aircraft is outdated. It is roughly equivalent to the technical level of the "Boeing 707", and the "Boeing 707" is already An aircraft that will be eliminated by the civil aviation market, so I am not optimistic about this project. Of course, as a project that may generate competition, I don't want our partners to be distracted when working with us. "
When he said these words, he was calm and didn't show any timidity or nervousness because Tan Zhenhua stared at him closely. This made Tan Zhenhua feel that either Zhang Zhenzhong was speaking from his heart, or he was a very good actor.
And he was more inclined to believe that what Zhang Zhenzhong was saying was what he was saying.
At the very least, he did not deliberately conceal his hostility to the "Yun X" project.
This let him dispel some doubts a little.
After all, if you think about it in another way, assuming that Tan Zhenhua stood in the position of Zhang Zhenzhong that year, he might have the same idea. Maybe the method will be more intense.
For example, in order to promote his "BAC" project, he actually stood on the side that insisted on dismounting the "Yun X", and in order to prevent "MD82", he even joined the hostile forces and killed McDonnell Dou...
Of course, he has a reason to do this, because he knows the course of history, but he must put it in the eyes of a bystander who does not know the course of history. Some of his actions can not be counted wrong when someone scolds him as a "comrade". .
He nodded, indicating that he accepted Zhang Zhenzhong's statement.
"Because, Mr. Zhang Zhenzhong, you are the most suitable candidate I can find." He said: "You already know that I am operating a project called "BAC" and bought back "BAC1-11-700" from Britain. "The complete production line and technical authorization of this passenger aircraft. In my plan, this project is divided into several stages, but now only the first stage is being implemented. I can also tell you frankly that I am concerned about the development direction of civil aviation aircraft. Very important, the goal is not only the "BAC" passenger aircraft, and I myself cannot have the time and energy to devote myself to this project, so I need a person, a person with sufficient industry experience to operate And manage it all."
Zhang Zhenzhong was obviously a little surprised at this answer. He lowered his head and considered it for a while before raising his head and said: "Mr. Eric, frankly speaking, I didn't expect this to be the reason. At the same time, I feel a little bit about your frank answer. Surprised, I was not mentally prepared for this."
Having said that, he paused for a while, and increased his tone as if he had made a certain determination: "Also, Mr. Eric, I have to remind you that I am a Chinese American native of Bay Island, my father. And my uncle are both senior officials of the Fruit Party, especially my uncle..."
"I know who your uncle is." Tan Zhenhua said: "But this relationship cannot affect anything. However, based on what you have done before, you cannot be the top leader of this project from the beginning, because you are the first One thing must be done."
"what's up?"
"Get the trust of me and my partners."