"Miss Weitz, what's going on?" asked little MacDonald to his secretary, Miss Weitz.

It's been a few days, and McDonald Jr. is curious to know what kind of thoughts and attitudes lie down to the idea that he has deliberately split McDonnell.

Although this vote did not have any effect, and although he repeatedly told everyone at the end of the meeting to keep this matter secret, MacDonald Jr. knew very well in his heart that how could this kind of thing be kept secret? Even if the people in the MacDonald department could keep their mouths shut, those Douglas people who were not of the same mind as themselves would not be able to have the same mind as themselves, let alone in order to know that MacDonald and Douglas were "divorced" within the group What kind of attitude, he is also acquiescing and even conniving at the spread of this news, intentionally or unintentionally.

So McDonald Jr. estimated in his heart that he might not be able to wait until he went to work the next morning, and the news could spread throughout the McDonnell Douglas Group.

And that's exactly what happened.

For this reason, the young lady said to McDonald Jr., "Sir, from what I have learned, whether it is middle management or front-line staff, everyone is talking about this. ”

"Oh?"

"Everybody was in favor of splitting the company apart. Miss Weitz said.

"The situation...... Has it reached this level?" McDonald Jr.'s heart was a little bitter: Could it be that his father's decision to "marry" Douglas and go home was really so wrong?

Little MacDonald is indeed very sad, even if he is actually inclined to resplit the company into two companies, but Little MacDonald always feels in his heart that from 1967 to today's 1991, a full 24 years, the old people of the original Douglas have gone one after another, and how much influence can the current Douglas department have?

But now, the news that Miss Weitz has fed back to herself has made little MacDonald sad and extremely sad: Is it really wishful thinking between his father and himself all these years? All these years, those fellows in Douglas have been sleeping with his father and himself?

If that were the case, it would be terrible, and my father and myself would have been a failure!

"Yes...... "Weitz looked up at McDonald Jr. and whispered, "Boss, this kind of thing...... Don't be too sad. ”

Weitz also knew that this news would definitely not be a small blow to his boss, but this is the case, and what can be done? Not to mention that in fact, he also hopes that the company can be broken up again, MacDonald's to MacDonald, and Douglas's to Douglas.

"What do I have to be sad about," although it was indeed a little sad, but when it really came, little MacDonald found that sadness was definitely there, but he was far from being as sad as he imagined, he waved his hand to Weitz and ordered: "Help me make an appointment with Mr. Fernandez, I hope to meet him as soon as possible." ”

"Okay. ”

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We've been friends for many years, and although Weeds didn't say what McDonald Jr. wanted to talk to about her, was there anything hard to guess about McDonald's purpose in meeting him on this eventful time on the McDonnell Douglas plane?

It's just that, looking at the tired face and deep exhaustion on the face of Little MacDonald, Little MacDonald's purpose for coming to see him was actually about to come out, and Chen Geng was also surprised: "Brother, what are you ...... How the hell did you get this way?"

Little MacDonald also knew that his image at the moment was not much better, and he didn't pretend to be in front of Chen Geng, and said to Chen Geng with a wry smile: "Internal and external troubles." ”

The phrase "internal and external troubles" vividly illustrates the situation of McDonnell Douglas and his little McDonald at this moment: they have occupied the edge of the cliff, and the next step is the abyss from which they will never recover.

Chen Geng sighed and said, "I said last time, I will help you as much as possible, say, how do you need my help?"

"Don't worry about the money," McDonald Jr. waved his hand: "Fernandez, do you really think it's a good idea to split McDonnell Douglas?"

"I understand your unwillingness, but we Chinese people have an old saying, called a twisted melon is not sweet, so what do you think?"

“......”

After a moment of silence, Little MacDonald nodded slowly: "That's right, the twisted melon is not sweet, it's funny, I didn't even understand this...... Fernandez, the wisdom of your ancient Chinese is truly remarkable. ”

Chen Geng smiled, did not take over the conversation, but changed the topic, and said: "Brother, you understand, it is one thing to have the idea of splitting, but after all, the two companies have been integrated for more than 20 years, in fact, in many places, you have me, I have you, and it is difficult to split, and the division of interests is a fatal problem." ”

"Yes, it's hard. Little MacDonald nodded, he agreed with Chen Geng's statement.

Splitting, to put it simply, how to split, the most important thing is how to divide assets and intellectual property rights, this is a very tricky problem, such as DC-10 and MD-11 developed based on DC-10, a three-engine dual-use aircraft, which was developed after the merger of McDonald and Douglas, if separated, how to divide the after-sales benefits of these two aircraft?

Want MacDonald or Douglas to give up on this piece?

Don't be funny!

Although the DC-10 was discontinued in 1989, there are still more than 400 DC-10 and 60 military KC-10A air tankers flying in the sky around the world.

You know, for the aircraft, the profit generated by sales is actually a small head, and the real profit comes from the maintenance and repair of this aircraft in the next few decades.

"So I suggest that you first unify your thoughts internally after you go back: split, it must be split, but this split is like a divorce between two people, you can sit down and discuss slowly, but the problem now is that you MacDonald and Douglas, a couple who are about to divorce and are about to divorce, are still facing external threats: someone is beating your house and your property. ”

Little MacDonald's heart moved: "So, you mean ......"

"Put aside your differences, work together, concentrate on dealing with the outside threat, and then discuss how to break up after Boeing has hurt and retreated, and you don't dare to fight your idea anymore...... With all due respect, man, do you really think that the series of setbacks you have encountered in the military aircraft market in recent years are due to your inferior skills?"

As soon as Chen Geng talked about the series of setbacks encountered by McDonnell Douglas aircraft in the military aircraft market over the years, McDonald Jr. suddenly turned pale!

Of course, he knew that McDonnell Douglas was targeted by a force, you know, in the seventies and eighties, McDonnell Douglas in the civil aviation market in addition to the DC-10 had some pitfalls, DC-9 is still the pillar of McDonnell Douglas, and the newly launched MD-80 series is also decent, and it will not fall behind in Boeing's competition.

For example, by 1974, McDonald had accepted a total order of 4,974 F-4 "Phantom" fighters, including 3,976 orders from the Pentagon, and 998 foreign orders, with a total contract amount of more than $15 billion.

That's $15 billion in the sixties and seventies! It was precisely because of the massive orders for F-4 "Phantom" fighter jets that Magdonald had enough capital to buy Douglas.

Later, the F-15 "Eagle" designed by McDonnell Douglas was a heavy fighter, and it was even more rampant, and even the Americans themselves shouted that the performance was too excessive.

But after entering the 90s, McDonnell Douglas can be said to have stuffed his teeth with cold water!

First of all, the cancellation of the A-12 stealth attack aircraft program, which invested a huge amount of money, and the boiled duck flew, which not only beat McDonnell Douglas into a big stick, but also made McDonnell Douglas lose hundreds of millions of dollars;

Followed by McDonnell Douglas, who was pulled by Northrop to the fourth-generation stealth fighter, which seemed to be a lucrative project, originally thought that he could rely on performance to insist on breaking through the zenith YF-23 easily defeated the combination of "Lockheed Martin + General Dynamics + Boeing", you know, before this, YF-22's main contractor Lockheed Martin has not manufactured a national fighter for 30 years, in McDonnell Douglas's view, his combination with Northrop Grumman is not easy to crush the three scum?

But the fact is so outrageous and bizarre, YF-23, whose performance and various indicators are more advanced than YF-22, was given to YF-22 in vain, and the reason for YF-23's defeat is even more nonsense.

But even at this time, McDonnell Douglas's bad luck is still not over, if the YF-23 defeat was implicated by Rosrop Grumman, a pig teammate, the US Joint Strike Fighter JSF plan, McDonnell Douglas lost even worse!

I feel that I have failed twice in a row on the A-12 and YF-23 projects, and the Pentagon should take care of its own McDonnell Douglas even if it is to find a balance, this time, this time in the JSF project is desperate and ruined, not only pulling the last suffering brother Northrop Grumman, but also pulling the British aerospace (because of the requirements of the US Marine Corps DUI JSF program vertical take-off and landing, and British Space is the development unit of the "Harrier" vertical take-off and landing fighter), thinking that this time it should always win, right?

Unexpectedly, this time he lost the election again, and McDonnell Douglas even lost his pants!

After these three consecutive blows, McDonnell Douglas fell directly from the leader of the American aircraft industry to the second.

As the boss of McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, McDonald Jr. naturally knows something deeper, and the reason why McDonnell Douglas lost three times in a row is, in the final analysis, that the Rockefeller consortium after McDonnell has the upper hand in the confrontation with the First Citigroup consortium.

And since the fight cannot be won, then the winner will naturally take away some "lottery heads", and McDonnell Douglas is the "lottery head" that will be taken away.

"It seems that you understand," looking at little McDonald, whose face changed and changed, Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "So, man, now you have to understand one thing: don't look at McDonnell Douglas is big now, but in the eyes of those behind you, you are just a group of pawns that can be 'cashed' out at any time...... Of course, your chess piece may be a little precious, and the Rockefeller consortium will not easily 'redeem' you, but a chess piece is a chess piece, and no matter how precious a chess piece is, it is also a chess piece, so ......"

Leaning forward, Chen Geng suddenly lowered his voice and said to little McDonald: "Do you want to get rid of this fate of being used as a pawn and being involuntarily self-conscious?"

Little MacDonald's pupils shrank sharply!

He felt that at this moment, his heart was beating.

Get rid of the fate of the pawns?

Does he want to?

Of course I think about it! I even dream about it!

But is this fate so easy to get rid of? How many guys who want to get rid of the fate of "chess pieces" end up inexplicably encountering all kinds of accidents?

"You ......" little MacDonald licked his lips, his voice dry "really those guys eat dry food?"

"Of course I know," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "Disobedient chess pieces will always encounter all kinds of accidents, car accidents, shootings, love killings, plane crashes...... Even heart disease, anyway, as long as the disobedient chess pieces will always encounter all kinds of tricks to die, right?"

"It's good that you know. Little MacDonald nodded slowly.

"Those consortia do look very powerful, but look at me," Chen Geng said with a smile: "What do you think those consortia can do with me?"

Little MacDonald's gaze froze!

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

"It seems that you understand," looking at little McDonald, whose face changed and changed, Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "So, man, now you have to understand one thing: don't look at McDonnell Douglas is big now, but in the eyes of those behind you, you are just a group of pawns that can be 'cashed' out at any time...... Of course, your chess piece may be a little precious, and the Rockefeller consortium will not easily 'redeem' you, but a chess piece is a chess piece, and no matter how precious a chess piece is, it is also a chess piece, so ......"

Leaning forward, Chen Geng suddenly lowered his voice and said to little McDonald: "Do you want to get rid of this fate of being used as a pawn and being involuntarily self-conscious?"

Little MacDonald's pupils shrank sharply!

He felt that at this moment, his heart was beating.

Get rid of the fate of the pawns?

Does he want to?

Of course I think about it! I even dream about it!

But is this fate so easy to get rid of? How many guys who want to get rid of the fate of "chess pieces" end up inexplicably encountering all kinds of accidents?

"Of course I know," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "Disobedient chess pieces will always encounter all kinds of accidents, car accidents, shootings, love killings, plane crashes...... Even heart disease, anyway, as long as the disobedient chess pieces will always encounter all kinds of tricks to die, right?"