Chapter 169 Give up your illusions and prepare to fight!

Chang Haonan was stunned when he heard this.

This time, it was Ding Gaoheng who reacted first:

"Where's the aviation technology company?"

"Yes."

Du Yishan said as he put down the document in his hand that made him a little hypertensive after reading it, picked up the tea cup again and took a sip, and then continued:

"In the past nearly two decades, all our negotiations on arms sales with Western countries, especially European countries, have been conducted through them."

"Although the nature of the arms purchase trade is quite special and is definitely different from normal foreign trade of civilian goods, after all, they deal more with foreigners and are much more professional than those of us who are purely technical."

"More importantly, it shouldn't be long before your Science and Technology and Industry Committee reports the results of the discussion. I think it may not be easy for you to find other professionals who have no problem with their stance."

After hearing these last words, Ding Gaoheng showed a slightly embarrassed expression.

Obviously, as the director of the Science, Technology and Industry Committee, he actually needed two "outsiders" to remind Boeing of the impact of the McDonnell Douglas merger, which is definitely not a shameful thing.

But then he lowered his head and looked at the meeting minutes on his desk that were either avoiding important points and talking nonsense, or directly giving others a platform, and he really couldn't say anything to refute.

"Okay...it seems like that's all."

Ding Gaoheng leaned his upper body back on the back of the seat, but his mood now is at least much better than before:

"There is one more thing, Comrade Xiao Chang."

"Since you also think that neither we nor Europe can really stop Boeing from acquiring McDonnell Douglas, I would like to hear your opinion on the future of the MD90 aircraft production line in Shanghai."

Chang Haonan organized the documents in his hands and put them back on Ding Gaoheng's desk:

"I don't think you can hang yourself from a tree like MD90."

After determining the main tone of his answer, Chang Haonan took another look at Ding Gaoheng behind the desk.

The other party looked like an old god, without showing much emotion.

But this is a good thing for Chang Haonan.

So he continued:

“The technical level of McDonnell Douglas is inferior to that of Boeing, and once Boeing completes the acquisition, they will definitely not continue to invest in the development of the MD series passenger aircraft product line. In this way, even if Boeing wants to be a good person, By fully fulfilling the commercial agreement signed by McDonnell Douglas, we will only produce a batch of passenger aircraft that will have no follow-up development and whose commercial prospects have been sentenced to death."

"Furthermore, because the raw materials and aero engines of the MD90 aircraft still need to be imported, and maintenance and support must also rely on the United States, so we can't even use these aircraft for military use. In this way, it can be said that building one will cost us a fortune. shelf."

Ding Gaoheng nodded after hearing Chang Haonan's answer and lit a cigarette at the same time:

"But together with the production line and assembly line of Hufei, we have invested nearly one billion yuan. In any case, the information and experience provided by McDonnell Douglas in the early stage are solid, and it has also made it difficult for us to cultivate We have created a group of engineers and technical workers who have mastered the assembly and manufacturing technology of large aircraft, so we have to give them something to continue doing, otherwise wouldn’t all the previous investment have been completely wasted?”

In fact, Ding Gaoheng's concerns are justified.

Because this is exactly what happened after Hufei struggled for several years in the previous life.

Although it is impossible for Chang Haonan to know what happened in that timeline, he will certainly not allow the tragedy of the Hufei Factory to happen again this time.

So he immediately said what he had been thinking about since attending the Xiangzhou Air Show:

"We have now begun to build our own aviation industry system, so it is best to produce a passenger aircraft designed according to our country's standards. This will be more helpful to our own civil aviation industry in the future."

"Across the world, the only countries with the technical capabilities to develop a complete passenger aircraft are the United States, the European Union, Brazil and Russia."

“The United States and the European Union are in an absolutely dominant position in the current civil aviation market, and it is unlikely that they will agree to produce aircraft according to Chinese standards. As for Brazil’s aviation manufacturing industry, it is completely dependent on the subsidiary industrial system that exists in the United States and does not Be independent and autonomous.”

Chang Haonan mentioned Brazil purely unintentionally. After all, in the field of regional passenger aircraft and business jets, Embraer still has a very high status.

But when Ding Gaoheng heard this, he suddenly sighed:

"In fact, in the mid-to-late 80s, when we proposed to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas to develop the civil aviation industry, the target we pursued was Brazil."

"So that's it?"

The amount of information in this sentence is indeed a bit large, but it also explains a lot of Chang Haonan's doubts.

The rise of Embraer is actually an example of moving from OEM production to cooperative development, giving up technological independence in exchange for integrating into the European and American aviation industry systems, and ultimately becoming bigger and stronger.

Considering that this is almost the only successful example of a third world country in the civil aviation industry, this path is indeed extremely confusing.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the decision to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas and integrate into the aviation industry system based on this example.

The only problem is that today's Embraer has nothing to do with Brazil except its name.

Its success also has nothing to do with Brazil.

The Brazilian government now only owns 1.45% of Embraer's shares.

Even most of the jobs provided by this company are not in China, but in the United States and Europe.

"Yes, some people thought it would be good to drink soup after Europe and the United States like Brazil did."

Ding Gaoheng took an unprecedented long puff of smoke and slowly blew the smoke into the air in front of him:

"But within a few years, Americans showed their true colors - let alone drinking soup, they didn't even want to give us the chance to lick the bottom of the bowl!"

"It's a pity that some people don't know whether they can't see it or they pretend to be confused because they understand. They have been dragging their feet on such a fatal matter for nearly ten years."

The air in the office was quiet for a moment.

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Chang Haonan, who came back after more than 20 years and experienced the era of all-out trade war, naturally has deeper feelings in these aspects:

"With 12 billion people, even one more mouthful of soup can kill Americans."

"Besides, we can't feed these billions of mouths just by relying on the soup and bones donated by others. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for us in China to survive in the world by treating others as dogs. Apart from snatching meat from other people's mouths, There is no other way out."

"We must give up our illusions and prepare to fight!"