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Chapter 286 To sell or not to sell
Prince Walid is actually a lobbyist for others!
Feeling very surprised, Lin Feng thought to himself, who is this? With such a great deal of face, His Highness the prince of a country is actually invited to his Leihuo Technology Industrial Group to act as a lobbyist.

Surprised, Lin Feng said, "Your Highness, who are you going to be a lobbyist for?"

Walid didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point, "Mr. Lin, have you heard of Osmond from Rolls-Royce?"

If it was before, Lin Feng really didn't know who Osmond was. Of course Rolls-Royce knew that one of the world's largest and most powerful aero-engine manufacturers, apart from knowing the president of Rolls-Royce, the following few The vice presidents are not very clear.

But in the morning, after reading the introduction materials about Osmond sent by Ding Haixia, Lin Feng had a certain understanding of this person, knowing that he was not only the vice president of Rolls-Royce, but also the chief technology officer of Rolls-Royce.

Lin Feng said, "I've heard about Osmond, but I haven't dealt with him. Could it be that he asked you to act as a lobbyist for him?"

This is even more strange!

How did Prince Walid and Osmund get involved?One of them is the prince of a certain country in the Middle East, one of the future heirs to the throne, and the other is the vice president of a western aviation industry enterprise.

Prince Walid seemed to be aware of Lin Feng's doubts, "Yes, Mr. Osment asked me to come here to act as a lobbyist for him. I have known him for many years."

He briefly talked about the process of getting to know Osmond.

It turns out that country A in the Middle East is rich and bought a lot of large airliners from Airbus, Boeing and other companies, and Rolls-Royce is one of the suppliers of aeroengines for these airliners. By chance, Prince Walid and Osmond Just got to know each other.

After going back and forth, the relationship between the two became better and better. Prince Walid even customized a private jet from Airbus through the introduction of Osmond.

After understanding the friendship between Prince Walid and Osmond, Lin Feng asked strangely, "Your Highness, you are acting as a lobbyist for Osmond, what will you say to us for him, we have received Osmond Mr. Fax, he will come to visit."

Prince Walid said, "You have successfully developed the titanium-aluminum alloy, which is the dream of the aviation industry. Rolls-Royce needs this alloy. Mr. Osmond wants to try to see if he can buy this metal from your company, but he has not. A little bit of confidence can convince you, so please ask me to act as a lobbyist for him."

"He has already negotiated with me, and he will meet with me in the capital of China, and then we will come to your company together, and want to have a good discussion with you, whether we can buy your company's titanium aluminum alloy."

"Mr. Lin, do you think he has this possibility? Can he successfully purchase titanium-aluminum alloy from your company?"

Lin Feng did not give a clear answer, but said very seriously, "We welcome the arrival of His Highness the Prince and Mr. Osmond, but whether we will sell titanium-aluminum alloy, I have to think about it carefully."

"No problem, then let's talk about everything when we meet."

Not being rejected outright, Lin Feng just said to think about it carefully, and Prince Walid felt that there should be some hope in this matter, so he hung up the phone happily.

After putting down the phone, Lin Feng made a cup of coffee by himself, then sat on the office chair and drank the hot coffee while thinking about it.

Rolls-Royce wants to buy titanium-aluminum alloy, should we sell it or not!
Selling also has its advantages. First, it can make a fortune.Second, if we can build a good relationship with a giant in the aviation industry like Rolls-Royce, Leihuo Technology Industry Group will not be isolated internationally, at least it has an ally like Rolls-Royce.

The most important thing is that if you agree to sell titanium-aluminum alloy, Luoluo Company will no longer invest a lot of manpower and material resources to develop this alloy, and you can buy it directly. Isn’t it delicious? Engage in research and development.

Western countries have done this in many fields.Some high-tech things are sold to other countries at a relatively reasonable price. In addition to making money, other countries are not allowed to conduct research in this area. Therefore, other countries in these fields will never catch up with Western countries.

To give a simple example, such as the temperature-to-death computer system, people will vigorously promote it, open the supply, and even turn a blind eye to a large number of pirated versions. The purpose is to prevent other countries or institutions from developing computer operating systems. , Therefore, the system has always been the dominant player.

In the same way, if the Leihuo Technology Industry Group starts to supply titanium-aluminum alloys to some companies in the entire aviation industry around the world, then they will no longer spend time and effort on research and development, and will basically choose to buy directly from the Leihuo Technology Industry Group.

Therefore, in the area of ​​titanium-aluminum alloy, the Lihuo Technology Group has formed a monopoly, and other aviation companies will become dependent on the Lihuo Technology Industry Group. Then, if there is anything that the Lihuo Technology Industry Group needs their support or cooperation, they will definitely To respond.

However, this also has certain disadvantages, that is, after these aviation industry enterprises have sufficient titanium-aluminum alloys, their aero-engine level will be greatly improved, which is not good for Leihuo Technology Industry Group.

If they don't sell them, then no other aviation industry enterprises will either, which has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that other aviation industry companies do not have this kind of metal, so they can only invest a lot of manpower and material resources in research and development. It is estimated that it will be difficult for their aero-engine level to have a major improvement and improvement within a few years.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. The Leihuo Technology Industrial Group cannot make money by selling titanium-aluminum alloys, and it may even offend some aviation industry companies. It will be relatively isolated in the world aviation industry.

After thinking for a long time, after drinking a cup of coffee, Lin Feng basically had the answer in his mind, which is to sell,

Supplying titanium-aluminum alloys to other aviation industry companies in the world generally has more advantages than disadvantages. Of course, Lin Feng will not sell a rival aviation industry company like Pertone, no matter how much money they pay.

Lin Feng gradually thought clearly, and his thoughts became more and more clear.

Sell!
Definitely sell!
But there is a certain choice, not any aviation company will sell it. Generally speaking, it is to unite a large number of people and attack a small number. At least some aviation industry companies in the beautiful country will not sell them to them for the time being.

If you want titanium-aluminum alloy, go develop it yourself.

Hehe, it is not so easy to develop by yourself. GE is strong enough. After spending so much time and so much money, it is only a semi-finished product. Their titanium-aluminum alloy still has many defects.

Perhaps they themselves think that this is a finished product, and titanium-aluminum alloy is like this, but there is still a big gap between this titanium-aluminum alloy and Leihuo Technology Industrial Group.

One is a real titanium aluminum alloy, and the other can only be regarded as a semi-finished product.

Although he has basically made up his mind, but after all, this matter is too important, Lin Feng still decided to listen to other people's opinions, if you listen to it, you will be clear and you will believe it, but you will be dark.

He raised his hand to check the time. There was still about an hour before he got off work in the afternoon. There was enough time. Lin Feng picked up the phone on his desk and said loudly, "Director Ding, inform the executives at home that the meeting will start in 15 minutes."

Ding Haixia handled things swiftly, and quickly called one by one to notify them, and all notifications were in place within a few minutes.

It would be fine if it was now, it would not be so troublesome to announce a meeting, just post it in the group, and then it will be done quickly.

In the conference room, seven or eight people were soon seated.He Hua, Wang Yalong, Fang Anping, Qin Jianguo, Liang Yuenan and others.

Fang Anping is the director of Leihuo Aviation Engine Design Institute, and also the vice president and one of the top management of Leihuo Technology Industry Group.

Qin Jianguo is the boss of Leihuo Aero Engine Company, and also holds the title of vice president of the group, and is also one of the top executives of Leihuo Technology Industry Group.

Liang Yuenan is the head of the group's finance department and the group's chief financial officer, and one of the top executives.Lin Feng even thought that when there is a suitable candidate in the future, Liang Yuenan will specialize in the position of chief financial officer, and the position of finance minister will be vacated, but there is no suitable candidate yet, so he will take both positions together.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Lin Feng said, "Let's cut a long story short and get straight to the point. The vice president of Rolls-Royce, Osmond, will come to visit our group, and the purpose is to buy our titanium-aluminum alloy.

The originally quiet conference room suddenly became noisy.

It's like dropping a big stone into calm water.

Everyone knows the importance of titanium-aluminum alloy, the alloy that the entire aviation industry has dreamed of. With this alloy, the level of aero-engine can be raised by half a level. It can reach the level of three and a half generations.

Seeing everyone's reaction was relatively large, Lin Feng said, "Everyone speak freely, let's have a good discussion, whether our titanium aluminum alloy should be sold or not."

As soon as the voice fell, Qin Jianguo from Leihuo Aero Engine Company was the first to speak, "Boss, my opinion is not to sell. Not long ago, we wanted to import two high-precision CNC machine tools, and the West was stuck. "

It is common to be stuck in the neck by the West.

Lin Feng also knew about this matter. Qin Jianguo had reported it to him back then, and Lin Feng comforted him a bit.

The existing equipment can already meet the production requirements of aero-engines, and the import of two high-precision CNC machine tools is just icing on the cake. Since they do not sell them, we will not buy them for the time being.

He Hua held a different opinion and suggested, "Boss, I think we can sell it to them, because the research and development of titanium-aluminum alloy is too difficult and the technical content is too high. After selling to Rollo, they will probably give up research and development. As soon as it comes, we will become dependent on our titanium-aluminum alloy, and we will have an extra partner in some future international affairs.”

He said several reasons, all of which were very reasonable, and his views were basically the same as Lin Feng's, and several other people also spoke one after another.

After some discussion, everyone gradually formed a unified opinion, that is, it can be sold, and a cooperative relationship must be formed with Rolls-Royce. It is clearly stated in the contract that Rolls-Royce must To support Leihuo Technology Industrial Group.

The opinions were basically unified, and Lin Feng felt more at ease.

Huaxia, the imperial capital.

Prince Walid's private plane arrived. On the same day, Osmond and his party of seven also got off the plane, and they met in the imperial capital.

After meeting, they did not go to Leihuo Technology Company immediately, but planned to stay in the imperial capital for about two days, visiting certain people and certain departments.

Lin Feng also learned of these situations, and Ding Haixia and Osmond's assistant have been in communication and contact.

"Boss, Prince Walid, and Mr. Osmond have already arrived in the imperial capital, and plan to arrive at the provincial capital airport the morning after tomorrow."

After listening to Ding Haixia's report, Lin Feng nodded and ordered, "Do a good job in the reception, prepare the reception room, and prepare the relevant introduction materials, especially the introduction materials for the small Veyron armed helicopter. If necessary, you can request the Leihuo Helicopter to design cooperated."

"Don't worry, boss, everything will be arranged by us."

After watching Ding Haixia leave, Lin Feng picked up a report on his desk and looked at it again. It was a report of titanium-aluminum alloy, the current inventory, how much it planned to smelt, including the production capacity of Hongguang Factory, etc. Clearly.

Two days later, more than a dozen people including Waleed and Osmond arrived in Phoenix City. After checking into the hotel, they walked into Leihuo Technology Industrial Group at around 02:30 in the afternoon.

Lin Feng also met Osmond for the first time. He looked in his early 50s, with a big nose, blue eyes, and his hair was not blond or brown, but black, and he was a little bald.

"Mr. Osmond, welcome to Leihuo Technology Industrial Group." Although Lin Feng is very fluent in English, this is in China and he speaks standard Mandarin.

There was a tight, warm handshake between the two parties.

After introducing each other and exchanging polite greetings, everyone sat down in the reception room at Lin Feng's invitation. First of all, they didn't get into the main topic, but chatted casually for a while. The main content was some current affairs in the aviation industry.

Osmond even praised Leihuo Technology Industry Group, "Mr. Lin, your helicopter is very good, and it has already gained a great reputation in the world."

Lin Feng said, "Your company's aero engines are also great, and your cars are also great. We want to buy a few more, but we haven't had time to buy them yet."

This is a Rolls-Royce. In 1994, there were few domestic cars, and the purchase channels were not smooth. Leihuo Technology Industry Group planned to buy a few cars from Hong Kong Island.

Although Hutou Ben is not bad, but it is also a good choice to sit in a Rolls-Royce.

After chatting for a while between the two parties, Osmond finally got into the topic, "Mr. Lin, I heard that your company has successfully developed titanium-aluminum alloy. We are here for this alloy."

Prince Walid said, "Mr. Osmond came here with [-]% sincerity this time. As long as your company agrees to sell titanium aluminum alloy, everything can be discussed."

Of course it can be sold, but there are still conditions.

Lin Feng pondered for a while and asked, "How much titanium aluminum alloy does your company want to buy?"

Seeing that they were not rejected, hope rose in Osmond's heart, "Of course we want to buy as much as possible. It would be best if we could buy ten tons or twenty tons."

Ten tons is [-] kilograms. If there is enough titanium-aluminum alloy, Rolls-Royce will not only design and develop new engines based on this alloy, but also improve several mature engines.

For example, the turbine blades of nickel-based high-temperature alloys can be changed to titanium-aluminum alloys, and even some other parts can also be changed to titanium-aluminum alloys.

Of course, for a mature aero-engine, changing the material of some key parts is a major change and requires a verification test run, but for Rolls-Royce, this is not too difficult, and they have such technical strength.

Lin Feng said, "Then sell you [-] kilograms first, but we have some conditions, and we need to have a good discussion between the two parties."

The two sides had a talk, one afternoon, plus one morning the next day, before they reached an agreement and signed a formal agreement.

[-] kilograms of titanium-aluminum alloy, [-] U.S. dollars per kilogram, Rolls-Royce Company to Leihuo Technology Industrial Group to pick up the goods.

This price is not expensive, but it is definitely not cheap. It is much more expensive than ordinary alloys, but it is worth the money. This is a real titanium aluminum alloy.

Especially after reading the introduction materials and performance parameters of this titanium-aluminum alloy, Osmond was extremely pleasantly surprised, and hardly bargained on the price.

After the agreement was signed, he was even thinking about how to upgrade and improve the existing engine, and how to design and develop new engines in the future.

In addition to the price of US$[-] per kilogram, there are also a series of conditions, such as Rolls-Royce permanently abandoning the research and development of titanium-aluminum alloys, such as the formation of a strategic partnership between the two companies, mutual support in the international arena, and so on.

To Lin Feng's surprise, Osmond said that Rolls-Royce presented five Rolls-Royces to Leihuo Technology Industrial Group.

Five cars, still free!

This is really delicious!

A complete surprise.

After signing the repayment agreement, Osmond and his group of seven left first. As Rollo's vice president and head of technology, he was still very busy and needed to go back as soon as possible.

Prince Waleed did not leave, and Lin Feng began to introduce the Serena gunship to him.

All the materials have been prepared long ago. Prince Walid and others have a colorful introduction, which is still in English, with both pictures and texts. Not only are there many color pictures of Serena Serena, but also some performance parameters and so on.

The slides have also been prepared long ago, and Zhao Mingzhi introduced the armed helicopter to Prince Walid and others.

After introducing a few sentences, Zhao Mingzhi would stop to make it easier for the translator to translate, because the introduction was in Mandarin, which Walid and others could not understand.

The introduction was very detailed and lasted for two or three 10 minutes. After listening to Zhao Mingzhi's introduction, Prince Walid's heart agitated.

This is actually an armed helicopter comparable to the Longbow Apache, and Leihuo Technology and Industry Group actually sells it.

Prince Walid and the others have long wanted to equip world-class armed helicopters. They once tried to buy the Longbow Apache, but they were directly rejected by the beautiful country, and instead sold them another helicopter.

After listening to Zhao Mingzhi's introduction, Prince Walid said a word with excitement in his heart, which brought a huge surprise to Lin Feng and others!
(End of this chapter)