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Chapter 399 Extreme cost reduction

The process is not important, not at all. After some cordial and friendly communication, the two reached a consensus. Sean has the ability to take away the technology for independent production without paying a penny, but Sean is a very particular person and decided to bring the original author with him.

Make a fortune together.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Grumman President Bertie Buzzell does not know that for Sean, the most urgent thing is time.

According to normal logic, it takes about three years to start a company, find a site, build a factory, purchase equipment, recruit a technical team, research and development, design, improve, experiment, finalize, and determine the process... until the product is offline.

From order delivery to making money, it takes about 5 years!

This is the process of developing and designing an aircraft under normal circumstances.

Although the technology of propeller aircraft like the Cat series is very old, new aircraft require a lot of modern equipment, new processes, and improved performance. Even if the technology is mature, it will take at least three years to make money.

There is no way to shorten the time further.

But what is Sean's actual plan?

Half a year!

The first generation aircraft rolls off the production line!

The timeline is extended to a few years, and Sean has all the means to make money, so he doesn’t care about bullshit propeller planes!

After reaching the above consensus, Sean signaled to Bertie Buzzell that he could propose a cooperation plan.

After thoroughly recognizing Grumman's weak position in the negotiations, Bertie Bazell, as a professional manager, quickly positioned himself, "I have two plans. Grumman is responsible for the old negotiation."

We will carry out modern design modifications on the model, come up with new products, and be responsible for production and sales. Since Mr. Sean has proposed the idea, I think you must have a sales plan, right?"

Seeing Sean nod, Bertie Bazell continued: "In this case, Mr. Sean can take 50% of the pure profit of the new aircraft!"

Grumman made a lot of concessions to this plan, at least that's how Bertie Buzzell saw it. Sean didn't need to invest, there was no risk, and he could still get 40% of the profit, which was a huge profit.

"Are there any other cooperation plans?" Sean asked again.

Bertie Bazell raised his eyebrows, "If Mr. Sean is willing to take risks and invest in research, he can contribute new patents and get 50% of the profits. This is the biggest concession."

"How long will it take for the product to be offline?" Sean asked calmly.

"Three years."

Sean coughed lightly, looked at Bertie Bazell and said, "I also have a cooperation plan, please listen to it."

"To form a new company, you will use Grumman to hold shares. The new company does not require you to invest a penny. The company's share ratio is 2:8."

"So what do we put in?" asked Bertie Buzzell.

"Part of the technical staff and original materials will be seconded, and 150% of the salary will be paid by the new company during the secondment period."

"Then what?" Bertie Buzzell asked with a puzzled look on his face when he saw Sean stopped talking.

"There is no more."

"No more!" Bertie Buzzell looked at Sean in shock, "We only need to invest this little thing?"

Sean nodded.

"Then in principle we can agree." Bertie Buzzell thought for a moment and nodded.

This distribution ratio is acceptable when only a few people are seconded and no risks are taken.

"Where is Mr. Sean going to build the factory? Where is the R&D center? The other thing is the production plan and product rollout time. We have to dispatch a research team according to the situation. After all, we cannot delay the normal work of Grumman." Bertie Baze

I asked casually.

"There is no factory." Sean shook his head.

Bertie Barzel:???

Looking up in confusion and picking his ears, Bertie Buzzell thought he heard wrongly, "Mr. Sean, I didn't hear you clearly?"

"There is nothing to fuss about, there is no factory, and there is no production plan, but I can tell you when the product will roll off the production line, I will sell the aircraft in half a year at most!" Sean said in an understatement.

But Bertie Buzzell was no longer calm.

Suddenly standing up from his seat, Bertie Buzzell waved his arms and shouted with an exaggerated expression: "Mr. Sean, what kind of international joke are you making? There is no factory? There is no R&D center? The product will be offline in half a year.

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"You are crazy or I am crazy. This is simply impossible. We all have precious time. This joke is not funny at all."

"Who are you kidding?" Sean rolled his eyes, sat back on the sofa, raised his hand and pressed it, "Calm down, calm down, okay?"

"Impossible? There are so many impossibilities in this world. There is nothing impossible unless you don't want to do it. Since I said it, I am sure!"

"Ha!" Bertie Buzzell sneered. If I were a layman, I would have been fooled by you. However, he still walked to Sean and sat down. He wanted to see this famous man who was so prosperous.

How can a self-made millionaire accomplish this miracle?

"My plan is this." Sean took a sip of coffee and then said slowly: "First, set a design standard for the new aircraft, such as cruise speed, combat radius, stall speed, weapons mounting, etc.

Technical parameters, then you send some technical personnel with the information, and I will arrange for people to send them to the East."

"Eastern?" Bertie Buzzell was stunned, and then laughed loudly, "Oh my God, Mr. Shawn, are you kidding me? Oriental, they can study airplanes? This is simply the best thing I have ever heard.

Laughable joke.”

He doesn't like Orientals, very much!

"Dongfang, one of the countries in the world with a complete modern aircraft manufacturing industry chain." Sean tilted his head and looked at Bazel with a half-smile, his eyes full of ridicule, "You will not be affected by propaganda.

, I think they wear big braids, ride horses, and are so poor that they can’t even afford food.”

"Do you need me to remind you, A-6A attack aircraft."

Bertie Bazell's expression froze, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch his nose, his face full of embarrassment. Well, inertial thinking, stereotypes, and subconscious neglect.

He is engaged in fighter jets. After being reminded by Sean, he immediately remembered that the east can produce second-generation jet fighters. The production of imitation MiG-19s is close to 6,000.

It is this that makes Bazel hate it. The second-generation J-6 shot down two US military A-6A attack aircraft in 1967, and this A-6A attack aircraft was produced by Grumman.

The sufferer is here!

"Okay, I admit that Dongfang has design and construction capabilities, but... they are all copied by the Soviets, and we at Grumman are independently developed. Technically, Dongfang has no comparability with us!" Bazell said sternly.

said.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, we are still talking about new aircraft and making money." Sean nodded perfunctorily, "I will take some technical staff and information to the east. There is not a need for many technical staff, mainly to provide ideas and

guide the work, and then the scientific researchers from the East will help complete the design and testing work."

"Why do you have to do this? We can do it independently!" Bazel frowned, he didn't like the east side, he didn't like it very much, it was a shame!

"Nonsense!" Sean rolled his eyes, "How much does an American scientific researcher get paid per month? Do you know how much an American scientific researcher needs to be paid to have room and board in the laboratory every day? Do you know how much it is in the east?"

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"Do you know how much money it costs to invest in R&D for the same technology in the United States? How much money does it cost to invest in the east?"

"Uh... I don't know." Bazel shook his head stupidly, how could he care about this, but the capitalist's intuition told him that there might be a big gap.

"Let me tell you, the current monthly salary for aviation scientific researchers in the east is 15-20 US dollars a month. They voluntarily work overtime without being paid, and food and accommodation are included." Sean looked at Bazel with a strange smile.

"Poof!" Bazel really spurted out a mouthful of blood. Even if he didn't work overtime, the gap was thousands of times!

If you work overtime, the difference is 3,000 times, maybe more.

"If Grumman is asked to design and study this aircraft, how many researchers can you send?" Sean still looked at him with a strange expression.

"Two people." Bazel held out two fingers.

This refers to the project leader, who usually leads a research team, with supporting auxiliary researchers and assistants. Generally, a team has about 15 people.

This is already a lot. The annual salary of the project leader is very high. The total salary of a team is about 250,000 US dollars per month. Grumman does not have many scientific research teams in total.

Companies have to consider operating costs, and the investment in scientific research is really too high.

Many large companies have been dragged down by the pressure of scientific research. There is a reason why companies in the east are unwilling to invest in scientific research.

The so-called scientific research directions are all illusory. Before the results are confirmed, it is pure investment. Once the direction is wrong, all investment will be wasted.

Take rear projection technology and LCD technology in the television industry as an example. Competition was fierce back then, but the final result was that companies betting on rear projection suffered heavy losses.

There are countless similar examples, such as the battle between Blu-ray and HD in optical disc technology,

The Blu-ray camp is dominated by companies such as Sony, Mitsubishi, and Dell, and the HD camp is dominated by Toshiba, NEC, Microsoft, and Intel. The final result is that the Blu-ray camp loses all its money.

And even if results are produced, it is still unknown whether they can bring profits. From laboratory results to industrial applications, it is another big hurdle. This time is measured in years.

How many results are left to rot and gather dust in the laboratory!

Even if industrialization is completed, it is still unknown whether the technology will be accepted by the market. There is a fear that it will be put into production and then rot in the hands.

Faced with so many difficulties, the vast majority of companies in the East are certainly unwilling to invest money into this bottomless pit. If they have time to speculate in real estate, engage in finance, and unblock the relationships above, they can easily make money.

You're crazy, you're taking your money and throwing it away, and you can't even see a single wave!

Even if it really confuses you, what's the use? When the time comes, we won't all be together... Ahem, the only way to file a lawsuit is to use local insurance... What... Ahem.

I find your legal system a bit funny - Zhou Weiming, director of Zixi County Legal Affairs Office.

Let’s get back to business…

Sean looked at Bazel with a half-smile, "Two people, so you said that the new aircraft will be off the production line in three years, but I tell you, when we get to the east, I can convince them to use hundreds of people!"

"I said I am the project leader, not just anyone can count!" Bazel yelled.

"Don't worry, I told you that you are also a researcher at the project leader level!" Sean chuckled a few times, "You don't understand the system in the east. It is not capitalist there, and researchers do not need to be supported by companies. As long as there is demand,

The government can mobilize a large number of researchers to work for free with just one sentence!"

"This is called a nationwide system!"

"But it's just a 100-talent project. It's nothing at all. It can be put together by just a few research institutes."

"Otherwise, why do you think their technological development is so fast!" Sean snorted and continued: "Of course, these have nothing to do with us. We are just a group of companies. The technical support we provide will never exceed the Batumi Agreement."

"No..." Bazel stood up and walked around the room with some collapse. If everything is according to what Sean said, the cost difference in research investment would be hundreds of times, maybe hundreds of thousands or millions.

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"But why are they willing to help you design and build airplanes? Are they crazy?"

"Of course it's not free!" Sean stretched out a finger and made a circle in the air, "I provide the funds for research and design. They can use my funds for research and development, and the results are guaranteed, so why not do it.

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"That's impossible. We paid for the research. The patent is naturally ours. How could we give it to the East? Something would happen. Those anti-China people in society and in Congress will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack." Bazel shook his head like a rattle.

Same.

"Just a reminder, I paid for it!" Sean smiled and raised his eyebrows, and then continued: "Of course the patent belongs to our company. There is no such concept of intellectual property in the East. No matter how big the invention is in the East,

But a reward of a few dozen yuan is enough.”

"Of course, this has nothing to do with us. They can use these technologies domestically, but they cannot use them in any export products. Whether it is the US government or the umbrella, they will protect and let those countries know that infringing products cannot be imported!"

"And, for the east side, the benefits are not just that."

"Except for some technologies that are expressly prohibited by Batumi, I will hand over all other spare parts to the East for production and assembly, and then transport them to the United States by sea. When they arrive, they will be almost complete finished products. Of course, there are still some missing parts.

Accessories that are expressly prohibited by the government, such as night vision technology and radar technology, who knows, we can just entrust Grumman to do the final installation. Maybe these are not available, we just need to put a new company's trademark on it."

"This is called OEM. It is not a finished product for external sale. There is no tariff when it arrives in the United States. We don't need to build a factory or hire workers. We don't even need management costs. Without patent costs, labor wages are 30 times lower than ours.

In this case, the cost of the final aircraft will be lower than you imagine."

After hearing Sean finish the complete idea, Bazel's eyes almost popped out of his head. He is an insider, so of course he knows how low the cost will be and how high the profit will be after excluding these.

Compared to being completely researched and produced by Grumman, the 20% profit may be higher than the 40% if it is completely produced by ourselves!

"Can you imagine how terrifying the productivity of a country with a complete industrial chain would be? The production speed is beyond Grumman's imagination!"

"So, in half a year, I will start to see profits!" Sean said firmly, and Bazel's blood boiled when he heard it.

What hatred towards the East and Grumman’s face don’t exist!

Make money, don’t be shabby!

Thinking of the terrifying profits that could be made in a short period of time, Bazel became excited. He knew that Grumman actually made more money than Sean imagined.

Aircrafts are not just sold!

Wearable spare parts, follow-up maintenance, etc. Sean runs a leather bag company. In the end, these tasks must be completed by Grumman. This means that as long as this series of aircraft are still in use, Grumman will always have them.

Continuous profits.

Of course, even if Sean sees these profits in the future, at worst it will be placed in the joint venture, Grumman's 20% profit will still remain.

The two set the general direction, and it was up to the people below to register the new company and negotiate the details.

The only problem was that Sean was eager to get the company up and running and gave clear orders to both negotiating teams.

Normal business negotiations are much slower. It is normal to not complete them within half a year. Every detail has to be worked out. A difference of 0.5 percentage points means a huge profit, but Sean doesn't care!

3 days, all negotiation work must be completed within 3 days!

Whoever dares to delay Sean from making money, Sean will let anyone not have to make money in this life!

What is quick negotiation?

Bazel has finally seen what it means to act vigorously and resolutely, and also understands why Sean has been able to earn billions of wealth in just a few years. His work efficiency is abnormal because of his courage to ignore the small and grasp the big.

In fact, this is just a habit left over from Sean's previous life. It took 30 years for Dongfang to catch up with the development process of others for more than 100 years, and it was too fussy about how to do it.

After Sean delegated the negotiation work, he immediately asked Bazell to gather Grumman experts. Within three days, he would determine the expected parameters of the new aircraft, the technology to be equipped, and complete the theoretical demonstration and basic framework construction.

This seems like a fantasy to Bazel. Can it be completed in less than 3 months?

This was simply challenging his cognitive limits. He wanted to watch how Sean did it the whole time.

In the conference room...

Sean was in the main seat, two experts sat on the left and right sides, and then eight technical backbones. Bazelle accompanied him in the last seat to listen.

"Don't tell me about this technique or that technique, just listen to me!" Sean waved his hands impatiently.

"One month, are you kidding? What's the significance of the parameters you mentioned? The cruising speed is 550 kilometers. The Hellcat 45 years ago has already reached this level, so why are you still studying it?" A young man curled his lips and squinted.

Looking at Sean with a proud look on his face.

For technicians, the most annoying thing is a layman like this who doesn't know anything telling them what to do.

Technical geeks feel uncomfortable hearing this. As the free people of the United States, I feel uncomfortable if I don’t say a few words.

The two experts didn't say anything. They were old people and had competing interests in scientific research.

If you want to successfully complete scientific research tasks, have scientific research freedom, and earn large amounts of scientific research funds, you must take the initiative in negotiations with your boss.

If the scientific research team cannot take the lead in scientific research, then it will engage in nonsense scientific research, which is not the same thing... ahem.

Young people come out to make a splash, let the employers understand the rigor of scientific research, understand that it is important not to point fingers, and that it doesn't matter if they speculate. Finally, they will come forward to smooth things over.

Sean looked at the young man with a cold face as he spoke various professional terms, such as wing root airfoil, wing tip airfoil, chord line dihedral, installation angle, geometric torsion...

What are the new applications of materials, extruded profiles, thin plates made of aluminum alloy double beams torsion resistance...

What are the US military specifications and British civil aircraft airworthiness requirements, what are CNC overall machining, chemical milling and metal bonding...

There was a crackling squirt, and Sean had no reaction, but Bazel's brows became more and more frowning. Although this guy's tone was very rude, what he said was correct. From any point of view, the design could be completed in a short period of time.

It’s impossible to finalize it!

What a child's play, this is a fighter jet!

Sean listened more and more annoyed, his eyes gradually narrowed, he reached for his armpit, and a pistol fell into his hand. He gently opened the safety, raised his hand, and aimed, all in one movement.

The young man was still spitting, when he heard a gunshot, a bullet flew past the young man's head, and the sound of the bullet cutting through the air passed by his ears, making his ears

Buzzing.

The conference room fell silent for an instant, and everyone stared at Sean holding a pistol in stunned silence.

The young man subconsciously turned his head and looked back, as if to confirm something. He saw a crater on the wall of the conference room, and the warhead was refracted to an unknown place.

He swallowed his saliva with a sound of "Gulu", and broke out in cold sweat. His clothes were soaked in an instant, and the young man's legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Although the others were not targeted by the gun, their reactions were not much better. The sounds of swallowing could be heard one after another, which was very clear in the conference room where the drop of a needle could be heard.

All of you here have held technical seminars countless times. Arguments are common, and it is not uncommon to shake fists at each other when excited. After all, this is the United States.

But it was the first time that someone fired a gun without making any noise, and it really hit someone in the head.

If this were a little biased, it would be unimaginable. Now everyone sees it as brain matter.

It's just a small scientific debate, right?

ah!

As for that!

Scared to death!

They are just a group of scientific researchers and have no contact with the real upper class society. Newspapers and TV stations targeting ordinary people can make fun of the president, but they dare not expose Sean.

Even News Corporation, which is an enemy of Rupert Murdoch, only touches the surface, criticizing arrogance and other things, and does not mention any criminal aspects at all.

Journalists in the industry know this, but the more they know, the less they dare to say...

Bazel bounced up like his butt was on fire. I had long heard that Sean had a bad temper, would fall out frequently, and kill people like crazy. In the past, I thought it was an exaggeration and someone was smearing it, but now it seems...

Taking two steps in three steps at a time, he staggered and ran towards Sean, shouting as he ran, "Mr. Sean, Mr. Sean, calm down. It's not that bad. It's really not that bad. Young people are not sensible. Give him a chance and let go."

Gun, put down the gun first before talking."

"Why are you still standing there and not apologizing to Mr. Sean?" He suddenly turned his head and yelled at the young man.

Nian's lover trembled violently, and then he realized what he was doing and apologized to Sean stammeringly.

"Pa" Sean slapped the gun on the conference table, "Now tell me, who has the final say!"

"You have the final say!"

"Do the parameters make sense?"

"It makes sense, it makes sense!"