Chapter 272 The long-standing shit stirrer
"Young Master, when I visited Aerospace, Aerospace Director James revealed that after the British government exempted Short Company from debt, it will invest at least $600 million to use Short Company's asset restructuring, personnel training, equipment updates and losses incurred during the restructuring." Seeing Liang Yuan put down the information in his hand, Qilianshan added.
"Really speaking, such good things cannot fall on us. Even if Yuanjia holds 600 million yuan in cash in hand, he is willing to enter the aviation industry. However, from any perspective, the British government is unlikely to sell the company to Chinese capital, right?" Liang Yuan asked in confusion.
Although Yuanjia sold Fengyuan Trade in $600 million, the incident of not hyping it up in the Federal German media, it is not a trade secret. For those who are interested or companies, it is easy to find relevant text messages from the Deutsche Bank headquarters and local newspapers in Frankfurt.
"Of course the British will not sell the company to us, but James is very concerned about the mpc75 project being negotiated between us and Mbb. Not long ago, Mbb just submitted a letter of intent to the British government for the acquisition of the Short Brothers company..."
After lowering his head and pondering for a moment, Liang Yuan slapped the handrail of the sofa beside him.
"The British are worthy of being a messenger, and this is a good plan." Liang Yuan blurted out the synonym that best suits the British style of acting.
"It's refreshing to talk to the eldest son." Zhou Yuanhang said with admiration.
"Mr. Qi and Mr. Sun, with the information, discussed for three hours before he roughly understood the intentions of the British. The eldest young master thought for only ten minutes and guessed the matter."
"Don't look at the many subjects that require a make-up exam. In fact, I studied very hard at Dongda University." Liang Yuan said with a smile.
Liang Yuan had to admit that the British had a good plan.
Although Western media often call the Middle East or the Balkans a powder keg or a time bomb for human peace, it is just a crow falling into the coal pile, only seeing others and not seeing themselves.
As the source and participant of the two world wars, Britain, France and Germany have been in love and fight each other for hundreds of years. The gap between grudges and grudges during this period, love, hate, and love, hatred and love cannot be covered by a peace agreement after World War II.
In the aviation field, Britain, France and Germany have joined forces to keep warm because the US aviation industry is too strong. Apart from the Warsaw Pact camp, Boeing stood at the peak of the global aviation industry with a market share of 62%, followed by McDonald, with 23%. Airbus, which integrates the essence of the entire European aviation industry, has only 15% of the market share.
Without such strong external pressure, Airbus' member companies would have long since dispersed their own future.
Since the first day of Airbus' establishment, the struggle between Britain, France and Germany has never stopped over Airbus' dominance. France and Germany, which have been poisoned by the British mainland's balance policy for hundreds of years, first joined forces to kick Britain out of Airbus' decision-making level, and then the two companies fought to the same level and were evenly matched. Finally, Airbus strangely created German and French under a management system.
In the share of Airbus' profits, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and others who are so good at investing can only obtain Airbus subcontract contracts when they invest. To be honest, they spend money to invest in their own employment opportunities and taxes, and they cannot get Airbus' profits. France and Germany have obtained 80% of Airbus' profits with 65% of the investment amount, while the UK can only earn 20% of the profits with 20% of the investment amount.
This made the British Empire, which had a high opinion of itself, feel willing. As a result, since the establishment of Airbus, the British have been constantly dirty because of this and France and Germany. The British have played the trick of withdrawing from Airbus and joining again twice. Unfortunately, there are only a few companies qualified to play aviation in the world. Shortly after each withdrawal, the British, who were confused, could only lick their faces and continue to apply for joining.
Before Liang Yuan was thrown into this world, the British sold Airbus shares every few days to tell the story.
Without Liang Yuan's episode, unless the British moved the British Isles to New York Harbor, no matter how Britain traveled, it would not be able to escape Germany. The joint efforts of France could only pinch their noses to practice the truth that hard work would reap the truth.
Currently, there are four companies that bid for the Short Brothers Aircraft Company, Mbb in the Federal Germany, Bombardier in Canada, General Electric in the United States, and Folk Aircraft Company in the Netherlands.
Without Liang Yuan's intervention, Mbb was in the process of merging with Mercedes-Benz Aerospace at this time to join the curve in the swaying of the Airbus project. The acquisition of Short Company was nothing more than a natural reaction to the company's expansion, and there was no determination to win and significant advantages.
In the eyes of the British, selling Short Company to Mbb is equivalent to a capital enemy. After all, Mbb is planning a curve to enter the Airbus project, and the British are making a big fuss about Airbus, intending to break up with France and Germany.
The Dutch Folk Aircraft Company is weak and has shortage of funds. It is not so much acquiring Short, but rather acquiring the British government's commitment to invest no less than $600 million.
General Electric is strong, and needs money and market. Unfortunately, General Electric intends to convert the Schott brothers into aircraft engine manufacturing, which is not in line with the tastes of the British.
Among these four acquisition intentions, the British government prefers Bombardier, Canada.
Bombardier just spent $1.2 billion two years ago to acquire Canada's largest state-owned aviation company, Aviation Canada Industry. Therefore, Bombardier, which has certain regional passenger aircraft research and development capabilities, is the best destination for the Short Brothers.
However, with Liang Yuan's disturbance, the situation changed very subtly.
The fact that Mbb intends to cooperate with China to develop a new generation of regional passenger aircraft has been rumored around the world. The mpc75 model has participated in two air shows. The paper operation of the passenger aircraft and most wind tunnel tests have been completed. It can be said that the entire project is just waiting for funds to be injected into rice and put into the pot.
With the R&D costs of at least one billion US dollars for a regional passenger plane, Mbb cannot bear it alone at huge financial risks. Without the endorsement of the Chinese market and funds, relevant financial institutions cannot provide financing for such projects that cannot see clearly. After all, the global aviation industry is currently focusing on making passenger planes larger, faster and higher.
All these unfavorable factors have disappeared with Yuanjia's $1.2 billion in control of US$1.2 billion. It can be said that the biggest obstacle to the MPC75 project has disappeared. Now, as long as Yuanjia's will to enter the aviation industry remains unchanged, the MPC75 passenger plane can enter reality from paper.
On the second day after Yuanjia and Deutsche Bank delivered Fengyuan Trade Co., Ltd., the Mbb, which had been in the R&D and work share division for a year, quickly softened. In Zhou Yuanhang's words, the position of both parties approached at the speed of light. If nothing unexpected happens, the division of work share will definitely be completed in May, and the joint ventures of both parties will be listed for business in June.
Although facing the rise of a South Asian power, the Republic in the 1980s still had the most populous brand in the world. In the future, the world's most developed, most tempting and broadest market will soon bring veils for the mbb. How can the British who have experienced this trend turn a blind eye?
For the British, if Mbb can cooperate with Yuanjia to develop the MPC75 regional passenger plane, Airbus, which is now a quarrel, will not be Mbb's first choice. As long as Mbb does not get involved in the Airbus Group, which annoys the British, there will be infinite possibilities in the future.
In Germany, Mbb and Mercedes-Benz Aerospace are mortal enemies, and within Airbus, Germany and France are quarreling upside down is not a rare thing. In April, the French newspaper Aviation Industry News also published articles continuously, criticizing the German president of Airbus for ignoring the great success of the A320 aircraft and still insisting on the idea that Airbus' next model should develop four long-range large passenger aircraft.
In the eyes of the French, the Germans' obsession with four long-range large passenger planes is a disease and must be cured by French doctors.
If we combine the domestic MB in Germany and the vast Chinese market as endorsement, with the accumulated strength of the British aviation industry, can we create another version of the Airbus Group, led by the British?
Even if the new Airbus led by the British cannot be built, selling Short to Mbbs with a long history of manufacturing aviation aircraft is much more reliable than selling it to Bombardier, which was still producing sleds five years ago.
When thinking about countless possibilities in the future, for the British who have been a messing around for hundreds of years, it is like discovering the most love in life.
Zhou Yuanhang and Sun Zhuolin have been in the aviation industry for a lifetime and know very well about the inside story of the aviation industry. The two of them, together with the Qilian Mountains, combined with the recent news in the European aviation industry, started from the details and gradually guessed the purpose of the British to take the initiative to show their attention.
Liang Yuan indeed saw Airbus' development history in the next 20 years, and learned from the perspective of the vastness and abundance of the British.
The three of them exchanged views with Liang Yuan, and it turns out that the heroes had similar views.
"It's not that the British have another thought." Sun Zhuolin put away the information handed back by Liang Yuan.
"For the manufacturing of large passenger aircraft, avionics, wing design and engine are the three most important parts. The UK has obvious technical advantages in engine manufacturing and wing design, and avionics can also be equally matched by France. As a result, within Airbus, the British do the most difficult work, but receive lower rewards than France and Germany. It is normal to have some resentment." Sun Zhuolin said with a smile.
"But the Germans are very good at learning. No matter how quarrels with France, the face is red and the neck is thick, as long as there are any abnormal movements in the UK, the two countries will let go of their differences and join forces to suppress them." Zhou Yuanhang added with a smile.
"A few days ago, I read the news in the picture newspaper. Ronaldo plans to cooperate with BMW to develop the next generation of 60-80kn thrust turbofan engine. I don't know if it is a means by Britain to win over Germany. You said whether we should go down the road and throw a charming look on the British and stir up this muddy water." Liang Yuan said in a hurry to keep the world unrest. (To be continued...)
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