What does it feel like to fly a civilian helicopter?

The most intuitive feeling is that the noise is much louder than that of ordinary civil aviation trunk aircraft, even if this is a Boeing Model 234 that has been soundproofed, the noise level inside is also frowned upon, even if it is talking to Kelly Hicks next to him, he needs to be louder.

However, Boeing really attached great importance to Chen Geng's arrival, not only sent Fabrice Black to greet him personally, but when the plane landed, Chen Geng was surprised to find that Steve Hebler, the president of Boeing, was already waiting for him below, which made Chen Geng somewhat surprised.

After a brief greeting, Steve Hebler asked Chen Geng as he walked inside with him, "Mr. Fernandez, what do you think of our 'Chinook'?"

"Very good, a really good plane. Chen Geng replied politely.

Steve Hebler did not hide his intentions, and immediately asked: "Then do you think it is possible for Huaxia to buy this plane?"

"It's difficult," Chen Geng shook his head: "'Chinook' is too expensive, and as far as I know, the cost of use and maintenance in the later stage is also very high. ”

Even if you are told that China's per capita GDP in 1978 was only 156 US dollars, you may not be able to establish an intuitive impression in your mind: although the per capita GDP is low, everyone's wages are also low, right?

But we can explain this with another question.

The question is: Where do you think the poorest place in the world is?

The answer is usually: Africa.

If you know anything about the situation in African countries, you will probably answer: Black Africa! That is, sub-Saharan Africa.

But is Black Africa really poor?

In fact, in 1978, the per capita GDP of sub-Saharan Africa was $490.

In other words, China's overall development level in 1978 did not even reach one-third of the average of the world's poorest African countries.

At that time, 81 percent of the Chinese population lived in rural areas and depended on agriculture for their livelihood, and 84 percent lived on less than $1.25 a day, meaning that 84 percent of the population lived below the international poverty line. Moreover, at that time, China was still a very inward-looking economy, with exports accounting for only 4.1% of GDP and imports accounting for 5.6%, which combined for 9.7%, that is, 90% of national production was not in line with the world. Of the exports, 75 per cent are agricultural and processed agricultural products.

These data are enough to prove how poor China is in this era, and it is also conceivable how much the country cherishes the precious foreign exchange that has been obtained with great difficulty, and naturally, how cautious it is in the use of foreign exchange.

This kind of thing cannot be done by the senior leaders of China in this era.

Probably didn't expect Chen Geng to refuse so simply, Steve Hebler frowned and said: " Mr. Fernandez, I know that you have a good personal relationship with the senior management of the Huaxia government, and Huaxia is a public institution that attaches great importance to personal relationships, so if you can facilitate this business, Boeing can form a strategic partnership with you, and in the future, AMC will become the designated car of the Boeing Group, and in terms of personal computers, Boeing can also promise that in the future, Boeing will purchase personal computer products, and the proportion of thinkcenter procurement will not be less than 40%. ”

Let AMC become Boeing's designated car brand for the time being, just say that in the future of personal computers, Boeing to thinkcenter no less than 40% of the share, which is very remarkable, aircraft manufacturing industry as a recognized technology and technology-intensive enterprise, the dependence on computers and computing resources is very large, Steve Hebler feels that he is willing to give such a commitment, undoubtedly showing great sincerity.

But Chen Geng did have a sneer in his heart: Hehe...... What a lot of "sincerity".

Yes, in Chen Geng's view, Steve Hebler's and Boeing's promises are not sincere at all.

Boeing always has to purchase cars, whether they choose to purchase from AMC or from Ford, or from Chrysler, General Motors, this money has to be spent, that is to say, Steve Hebler's "sincerity" is nothing more than to take a money that should have been spent and spent on anyone in exchange for his favor, and for AMC, which is now worried about production capacity can not keep up, even if you Boeing does not choose our AMC cars, Lao Tzu's car is difficult to sell out? ;

It's the same with cars, it's the same with computers, and for Boeing, the computer is just a means of production that needs to be replaced regularly, and they always have to buy it.

But if you want to persuade the Chinese side to give up the "Black Eagle" and choose the "Chinook Dry" instead, how much energy will it take to consume yourself and how much favor will you need to use?

In exchange for such a big favor with the expenses he must have, Steve Hebler is really a good calculation! This guy, I'm afraid he doesn't look down on himself at all, right?

Feeling Steve Hebler's "sincerity", Chen Geng said with a smile: "Mr. Hebler, thank you very much, but ...... Let me be frank, you know, the cost of use and maintenance of heavy helicopters is very high, with the financial resources of the Chinese government, it is impossible for them to raise too many heavy helicopters, and they do not have such a big demand, 12 'Tahe' is already the limit of their demand.

Compared with heavy-duty helicopters, the Chinese government actually needs medium-sized utility helicopters of 8 to 10 tons with a load capacity of about 3 tons......"

Having said this, Chen Geng thinks Steve Heborough should understand what he means: your Boeing company now only has three helicopters: CH-46 "Sea Knight", CH-47/model 234 "Chinook" and AH-64 "Apache", which of these three helicopters do you think meets the requirements of the Chinese government?

Steve Hebler frowned, he didn't expect Chen Geng to reject him so neatly, it seemed to be a little unhappy.

It's just that it's not fast, Steve Hebler also understands that what Chen Geng said is the truth, for Huaxia, which only bought one Boeing 747, after buying a batch of retired second-hand "Tahe" at the price of cabbage, they really can't afford it, and there is no need to buy a "Chinook" with similar load performance, even if the comprehensive performance of "Chinook", especially the plateau performance, does not know how much higher than that of "Tahe".

"Okay," to Chen Geng's surprise, Steve Hebler actually gave up happily, he nodded: "Let's not talk about this...... By the way, Mr. Fernandez, I heard that Huaxia is working on a jet intercontinental airliner similar to our Boeing 707, do you know about this?"

"Of course, I know. Chen Geng nodded, of course he knew which plane Steve Hebler was talking about.

Just when Chen Geng was thinking about the purpose of Steve Hebler's sudden mention of this matter, he heard Steve Hebler's sudden change of topic: "In a few days, the Huaxia delegation will come to our Boeing to inspect and discuss cooperation, Mr. Fernandez, do you think we can cooperate with Huaxia?"

Chen Geng was slightly shocked in his heart, and he immediately realized the deep meaning behind Steve Hebler's words: Boeing has begun to lay out the domestic civil aviation aircraft market and began to consciously suppress the Chinese civil aviation manufacturing industry.

As for the details of the cooperation between Shanghai Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas Group, and when the two sides began to contact, Chen Geng is not a person in the aviation industry, so he is not very clear about this, but considering the disembarkation time of the No. 10 aircraft, and then considering the time when Shanghai Aircraft signed a cooperation agreement with McDonnell Douglas...... It seems that the time can be almost right?

I'm afraid that my previous guesses are wrong, and this is the real purpose of Boeing's invitation: to let myself assist Boeing, suppress the emerging Chinese civil aviation industry, and make the Chinese civil aviation transport market forever become Boeing's own place.

Although Chen Geng is not very sure that Boeing is playing such an intention, but this kind of thing has always been a mistake and has not let go, for Chen Geng, who has already regarded China's civil aviation market as his own land, at this moment, Boeing has become his enemy.

"Of course," while all kinds of thoughts in his mind turned sharply, Chen Geng nodded and said: "Although the current scale of China's civil aviation market is still very small, but from the momentum of China's reform and opening up in recent years, I am very optimistic about the future of China's civil aviation, if Boeing plans to do something, now is a good opportunity." ”

Chen Geng doesn't think that Boeing will not understand this kind of "general trend" thing, so it is better to say it directly.

"Yes, it's exactly what I thought," Steve Hebler nodded, and suddenly said to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, have you ever considered cooperating with Boeing in the Chinese civil aviation market?"

Steve Hebler's sudden commotion flashed to Chen Geng's waist, and Chen Geng was instantly stunned:! What is the situation?

Looking at Chen Geng, who was looking at him in surprise, Steve Hebler smiled: "Mr. Fernandez, we Boeing also have friends in China, I heard that you are preparing to enter the civil aviation market in China? Why don't we cooperate?"

Chen Geng's mood at the moment is like this: Q#$TY$......&%......%$%......

If you can, Chen Geng really wants to scold his mother!

When the previous Third Aircraft Department and the current Ministry of Aviation Industry were discussing cooperation matters, Chen Geng asked his negotiation team to repeatedly tell the Chinese side that it was necessary to keep this matter secret, but who would have thought that it would be difficult to prevent thieves day and night, and Boeing knew his small actions well - how can Nima play?!

I wanted to scold my mother and want to scold my mother, but Chen Geng looked excited: "Oh, how to cooperate?"

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