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"Mr. Cao, are you free next Friday?"

Zhao Tianling went straight to the point right away.

Anyway, this is not the first day we have dealt with each other.

"Mr. Zhao, if you want to come to Yangcheng, you must squeeze out some time even if you don't have time."

Cao Yang's daily schedule is quite full, and without making an appointment in advance, he may not be able to find time.

However, many things are not absolute.

After all, schedules can be adjusted.

"I will definitely go to Yangcheng to have a good discussion with Venusstar Technology in the near future."

"But this time it's Shanghai Commercial Aircraft Corporation, the C919 project is about to officially carry out its maiden flight."

"The engine of C919 is provided by Nanshan Engine, the avionics system is provided by Venusstar Technology, and some parts are provided by Nanshan Auto Parts."

"It can be said that you have made an indelible contribution to the successful maiden flight of this project."

Zhao Tianling's words were not just flattery. The Nanshan Group's companies made an indelible contribution to the successful maiden flight of C919.

Although the first flight does not mean that the C919 has been successfully developed, it is at least a very critical node.

If no major problems are found during the maiden flight and various tests are continued, there is hope that formal small-scale deliveries can begin next year.

This is very meaningful for breaking the monopoly of Boeing and Airbus on related aircraft models.

"How is the first flight route of C919 arranged?"

Although this project is led by Shanghai Commercial Aircraft Corporation, many of the core parts are provided by Nanshan-based companies. Cao Yang naturally hopes that it can develop smoothly.

In this way, by selling aircraft engines and other parts, Nanshan-based companies can also share a large portion of the profits.

And this business is also meaningful for the future development of Venusstar 777.

After all, some components such as flight control systems have similar structures on different aircraft models.

After accumulating rich experience with the C919, we will be more experienced in the large-scale supply of Venusstar 777 in the future.

"The initial plan is to fly from Shanghai to Chang'an to test the performance of the C919 in all aspects through a long-distance flight."

"Next Friday is just the first flight of the first prototype, and there will be a series of flight tests afterwards."

"Based on the problems found during the first flight, we will produce the second and third batches of prototypes for testing this year."

"Finally, we will finalize the C919 product as soon as possible."

Zhao Tianling quickly explained some relevant plans for C919.

This gave Cao Yang a more intuitive understanding.

"I will ask Cheng Tao from Nanshan Engine and Zhao Siyu from Venustech to attend the maiden flight ceremony as representatives."

“I won’t fly over there yet.”

If you can avoid traveling on business, do so.

This has been Cao Yang's working style in recent years.

On the one hand, it is a matter of security, and on the other hand, the travel process on business trips wastes a lot of time.

It would be better to stay in the company and participate in the development of some key projects, where you can play a greater role.

Although Zhao Tianling had already predicted that Cao Yang would most likely not participate.

But after hearing this reply, I was still a little disappointed.

"Okay, I'll come over later to discuss the situation of the H-20 with you, and then we can have a good discussion."

Zhao Tianling will definitely attend the C919's maiden flight ceremony next week, and he had been thinking about communicating with Cao Yang at the ceremony.

It seems there is no way now.

But he didn't force it.

Although Cao Yang did not attend the C919's maiden flight ceremony, when the news of the C919's maiden flight was officially reported on China TV, it still caused a great response in the industry.

The first to be stimulated was Japan.

They have been working on the MRJ project for so many years, but there has been no progress yet.

"Inukai, you have to speed up. The Chinese have already gone ahead of us."

As the president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hideaki Omiya is obviously very dissatisfied with the progress of the MRJ project.

Although there are many reasons for this incident, many of them are beyond the control of Ichiro Inukai.

But in terms of results, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' MRJ project lags behind COMAC's C919.

The key is that the size of MRJ is smaller than that of C919, and the development difficulty is theoretically lower.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has always felt that its capabilities in aircraft design are stronger than those of China.

In particular, many of Boeing's aircraft parts are produced by Japanese companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

In this case, wouldn't it be easy for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to develop the MRJ aircraft?

In fact, the first flight has not officially taken place yet.

Mass production is even further away.

"President, the parts produced by our domestic suppliers are progressing very well, and some parts are even ready for mass production."

"But some parts purchased from America could not be delivered on time due to various reasons."

"They even find some reasons to raise the price every now and then. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for our project progress not to be affected."

Inukai Ichiro felt that he was very wronged.

He has been working day and night, spending most of his time at work in the company and rarely having weekends off.

However, the progress of the MRJ project has not been smooth at all, and the overall delivery schedule has been delayed again and again.

All Nippon Airways has even threatened that if the MRJ project cannot be delivered, they will cancel their orders.

This is definitely a huge negative for the MRJ project.

“Is Boeing involved in this?”

Omiya Hideaki is not stupid. It is a bit unreasonable that there are always problems with the parts suppliers in the United States.

If the level of American parts companies is really that poor, it would be impossible for the American aviation industry to become the world's number one.

In this situation, he had to wonder if the giant Boeing was behind it.

Although Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' MRJ project poses a very limited threat to Boeing, they are not even opponents of the same level.

But MRJ is ultimately a regional jet, and it will be used on a large scale in Japan after it goes into mass production.

The Japanese aviation market is definitely Boeing's traditional market.

Most of the passenger planes purchased by various airlines are produced by Boeing.

So if there is any threat, the other party may take some action.

"Although there is no direct evidence, this possibility is very high. In fact, only this explanation can make sense."

Inukai Ichiro gave his answer very firmly.

Even if Boeing was not behind the incident, he would find a way to put the blame on Boeing.