Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

The duration of the Imperial Capital Air Show is 4 days.

In the past few days, Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter has been the undisputed traffic king.

In addition to the relevant departments of China that are interested in purchasing, Kunpeng has naturally attracted the attention of many other potential customers.

"Mr. Wang, I think the company can consider ordering a batch of Kunpeng heavy-lift transport helicopters to transport our express express."

"By directly using the plug-in method, express loading and transportation can be completed in a very short time."

"Especially because some cities do not have airports. The Boeing 757s we purchased cannot transport things directly point-to-point to designated cities, and some transfers are needed in the middle."

"But using Kunpeng, you can directly transfer from the express delivery center in one city to the express delivery center in another city, achieving efficient transportation of next-day delivery, or even same-day delivery of important items."

As the person in charge of Shunfeng Express, Zhong Shengyang is mainly responsible for express delivery-related business.

For him, this business is the advantage of Shunfeng Express and an important means to widen the gap between Shunfeng and other express companies.

In addition, although the cost of express delivery is relatively high, the transportation fee is also high, so it is actually profitable.

The most important thing is to do a good job in express delivery. It will be easy for Shunfeng Express to become famous, which will also be very beneficial to their stock price.

So in 2009, they purchased a retired Boeing 757 passenger aircraft that was nearly 20 years old from China Southern Airlines.

In the next six months, it was modified and became the first aircraft of Shunfeng Airlines.

Since then, Shunfeng has ushered in the era of air transportation.

Later, it bought eight Boeing 757 passenger planes from Air China and converted them into cargo planes in Shudu and other places.

Although the previous selections were all Boeing 757s, Zhong Shengyang feels that it will not be very difficult to add a batch of Kunpeng this time.

Domestic aircraft will definitely have better after-sales service and lower maintenance costs.

Therefore, when the time comes to form a combination of Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters and Boeing 757, it may be able to bring a wave of rapid development to Shunfeng.

"It is said that Daystar Technology's Kunpeng heavy-lift transport helicopter is developed based on the Boeing CH-47. The price of a single Boeing aircraft exceeds 100 million US dollars."

"With this price, we can buy several second-hand Boeing 757s."

As the president of Shunfeng, Wang Wei must carefully consider the cost of purchasing an aircraft.

Otherwise, express delivery will become a loss-making business within Shunfeng.

"The price of the Boeing CH-47 is indeed very high, but Kunpeng is a domestic aircraft, so I think the price will definitely be much cheaper than Boeing's."

"I estimate that the sales price of a Kunpeng in China should not exceed 300 million yuan."

"Of course, it's best to buy a few more at once, so it's easier to negotiate the price."

"The most important thing is that aircraft like the CH-47 can still be used normally even if they have been in service for forty or fifty years. This is definitely of great significance to us."

"So when the time comes, it is completely possible to treat Kunpeng as a fixed asset financially and calculate it into the annual cost according to a 20-year amortization or even a 30-year amortization method."

"In this way, the amortization cost in a single year is not so exaggerated."

Zhong Shengyang will come over today to propose to Wang Wei the purchase of a Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter. He must have made some relevant considerations.

Otherwise, if you rashly propose to spend a lot of money to buy a helicopter, you will definitely be criticized.

"If it's 300 million, it's still a bit expensive. Even if it is amortized over 30 years, the annual amortization cost will reach 10 million, which is equivalent to an amortization cost of more than 30,000 per day."

"But we can still contact the other party and see if we can lower the price."

"If we can make one worth 200 million, that's pretty much it."

Because of air express delivery, Wang Wei has also gained some understanding of various transport aircraft in the past few years.

For example, the price of a retired second-hand Boeing 757 is generally between 150 million and 200 million. Including related modification costs, the cost in most cases is about 200 million.

So from a price point of view, the unit price of 200 million is more acceptable to him.

After all, one is a second-hand product and the other is a new aircraft.

Considering that the Boeing 757 has basically twice the load capacity of Kunpeng, but the lifespan of a second-hand aircraft may be only half that of a first-hand aircraft, the final amortization cost is the same.

"I think we can give it a try. If the price can be met, I will buy 5 machines and use them first. If they work well later, I can further expand the scale."

After Zhong Shengyang said this, Wang Wei thought for a while and finally said: "Then let's get in touch with Daystar Technology first and see if we can reach an agreement."

"After all, our transport aircraft is a civilian version. Some special equipment does not need to be installed. Just keep the price as low as possible."

"This also allows Daystar Technology to not have to worry about the price it sells to us being too low, which will affect the sales of other customers' aircraft."

Wang Wei quickly found a reason to convince the other party for his purchase.

"Yes, when the time comes we will use Kunpeng as a fast transport aircraft and print the SF Express logo directly on the outer shell. The advertising effect will definitely be very significant."

"Maybe this part of the advertising effect can amortize the corresponding costs."

"After all, the flying height of the helicopter does not need to be very high, and people on the ground can clearly see it."

"In this regard, Kunpeng's advantages over the Boeing 757 are very obvious."

Zhong Shengyang gave Wang Wei another reason to refuse to buy Kunpeng.

The advertising effect can really be taken into consideration.

After all, airplanes like the Boeing 757 fly so high and fly from airport to airport, so there is no advertising effect.

But the helicopter does not need to take off at the airport and can fly at a relatively low altitude, so it can be used as an advertising platform.

"I will contact Daystar Technology later to find out what they think."

Action is worse than excitement.

Since they thought this plan was good, Shunfeng quickly took action.

Both are companies from Lingnan Province. Daystar and Shunfeng are aware of each other's existence, and even the heads of each other have attended some events together.

So Wang Wei quickly found Zhao Siyu directly.

After communicating with the other party, Zhao Siyu did not dare to make a decision directly and immediately reported the situation to Cao Yang.

"Shunfeng actually wants to buy our Kunpeng?"

Cao Yang looked at Zhao Siyu in surprise.

This situation was really beyond Cao Yang's expectations.

However, thinking that future generations will be able to find someone to develop a twin-tailed Scorpion drone as an express transport aircraft, it seems reasonable to now be interested in Kunpeng, a domestically produced heavy-duty transport helicopter with excellent performance.

"Yes, I communicated with their manager Wang. In fact, in 2009, Shunfeng had already begun purchasing aircraft to form its own air transportation team."

"They used Boeing 757 before, but the convenience of transportation is definitely not as high as our Kunpeng."

"It's just that they couldn't buy similar products before, so they didn't consider the heavy-duty helicopter transportation option."

Zhao Siyu explained to Cao Yang the sincerity of Shunfeng in purchasing Kunpeng very seriously.

For Venus Technology, it definitely hopes to sell Kunpeng to more customers.

Otherwise, there will definitely be no way to obtain enough profits by relying solely on orders from relevant departments.

And if there are no huge profits, then there is no way for related projects to enter the positive cycle of development.

"How many do they want to buy?"

Since Shunfeng is really interested in buying, it is natural to treat it well.

During this period, selling Kunpeng to more customers is one of Cao Yang's priorities.

"Their current plan is to purchase five aircraft first, but they also stated that they will further increase their purchases in the future based on needs, and the final number purchased may reach more than 50 aircraft."

"However, they also proposed a relatively low price, hoping that we would sell these five aircraft at a unit price of no more than 200 million yuan."

Zhao Siyu said while observing Cao Yang's reaction.

Zhao Siyu was also present when discussing prices with relevant departments.

Naturally, he knew very well that if he only purchased 5 aircraft, the price would normally not be 200 million.

However, considering that a large order is already being communicated with relevant departments, Kunpeng can already recover a large part of its development fees and equipment investment.

At this time, there is actually no problem in selling at a unit price of 200 million.

"Of course, they probably also know that the asking price of 200 million is relatively low, so they also specifically stated that this aircraft will be used to transport express delivery, so some configurations can be canceled through negotiation to reduce the procurement cost as much as possible."

Seeing that Cao Yang did not reply immediately, Zhao Siyu made a further addition.

He hopes to sign this order with Shunfeng as soon as possible than Cao Yang.

If Shunfeng can get it done, it will definitely bring significant stimulation to other express delivery companies such as Postal Express and JD Logistics.

At that time, other express delivery companies are likely to come to Venus to buy Kunpeng.

As a result, sales in the express delivery industry alone may exceed 100 aircraft in the long run.

After the express delivery industry takes the lead, other industries are likely to follow.

After all, helicopters can provide aerial operations services for various industries such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery.

For example, helicopters can be used for large-area aerial planting, aerial fertilization, management and protection of crops, pastures and forests, and defoliation, ripening and drying of crops.

It can also be used to prevent and control pests and diseases, eliminate rodents, prevent rainfall, prevent hail and protect forests, etc.

These are all potential users, and there is no problem in absorbing another 100 Kunpengs as a whole.

After it is used on a large scale in China, there will definitely be customers internationally who will be interested.

After all, there are so many countries interested in Boeing's CH-47. There is no reason why Kunpeng, which has better performance and cheaper price, will not have sales.

If by then it can sell hundreds of aircraft in the export business, Kunpeng will completely become a cash cow for Venus Technology.

Especially for export orders, selling 300 million units is definitely not an exaggeration.

After the amortization decreases, it is no problem to earn you 200 million yuan in profit from one aircraft.

"Since Shunfeng is so interested, as Kunpeng's first official contract customer, we can offer a preferential price."

"But let's make an agreement first. The first batch now is 200 million yuan. For additional orders in the future, unless the quantity reaches more than 50, the price will be 200 million yuan, and we will not easily give discounts."

Cao Yang weighed it in his mind and felt that this business could still be done.

And the air show is coming to an end now, and Kunpeng's popularity will definitely drop by then.

If we don’t hurry up and close a few orders at this time, then when will we wait?

The man is in love with his concubine.

Soon, Shunfeng and Venus officially signed a purchase contract for Kunpeng heavy-duty transport helicopters. The two parties agreed that Venus Technology would deliver 5 Kunpeng helicopters to Shunfeng next year, with the price of each aircraft being RMB 200 million.

On the day the contract was signed, Shunfeng's 30% deposit of the purchase amount was transferred to Daystar's account.

Both parties also announced the news on their respective official Weibo accounts.

Considering that Shunfeng is a listed company, the cost of purchasing aircraft will definitely be visible in the financial report at that time.

Therefore, this time there is no special concealment about the sales price of Kunpeng from Venus Technology.

"Lao Wan, the unit price of Venus Technology's Kunpeng is only 200 million yuan, which is much cheaper than Boeing's Chinook."

"If they sell it at this price, they won't be able to recover the cost, right?"

As the general manager of AVIC, Zhao Tianling must be very concerned about Kunpeng's sales.

So even if Daystar Technology's deal with Shunfeng didn't hit the hot search this time, he noticed it.

"Mr. Zhao, Shunfeng purchased a simplified version of the Kunpeng model. It is said that some of the equipment seen at the air show is not equipped, so the cost will be lower."

"The most important thing is that the relevant departments have now negotiated a huge order with Daystar and are going through the relevant processes internally."

"With this large order as the base, Daystar Technology can amortize most of its R\u0026D costs."

"After considering this, the unit price of 200 million yuan can be considered reasonable."

Wan Jinniu had already explained it, and Zhao Tianling basically understood it.

After all, AVIC owns many aircraft, and he is relatively clear about how to calculate the relationship between cost and number of aircraft.

"After Shunfeng takes this lead, it is estimated that Kunpeng's customers will increase rapidly."

"Daystar should also consider this aspect."

Zhao Tianling soon found some reasons that could persuade him to accept this matter.

And as mentioned in their conversation, other express companies soon followed suit and considered whether to purchase Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters.

Especially as a leading domestic enterprise, the Postal Service has always hoped to achieve some results in market-oriented development.

In addition, supporting the development of Daystar Technology is in line with the major policies of relevant departments.

So soon, the post office also found Venus Technology and signed an order for 5 Kunpengs.

Jingdong saw that both Shunfeng and Postal Service had taken action, so naturally they were not willing to lag behind.

In just one week, Daystar Technology has successively won orders for 15 Kunpeng aircraft.

What is even more popular is that at this time, the relevant departments revealed that they will purchase no less than 100 Kunpeng heavy transport helicopters in the next three years.

This time, Venus Technology and Kunpeng, which had just lost popularity, were once again on the hot search list.

Taking advantage of this trend, Daystar simply added fuel to the fire and posted a rendering of a heavy transport helicopter that competes with the Sikorsky CH-53 on its official WeChat account.

[Eagle heavy transport helicopter, coming soon]

A few simple words have a huge impact on the aviation industry.

"Ivanchuk, Daystar Technology's Eagle heavy transport helicopter, looks very similar to our CH-53."

"I suspect they just want to copy and imitate the CH-53."

Stephens came to Ivanchuk's office with a serious face.

A few days ago, they were still laughing at Boeing here, thinking that Daystar's Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter would have a huge impact on the Boeing CH-47.

Unexpectedly, only a few days after this joke passed, I would also become a joke.

Once Daystar develops a product comparable to the CH-53, it will definitely have a huge impact on Sikorsky's international trade.

This was something Stephens had a hard time accepting.

"Isn't Daystar Technology too rampant?"

“Do they really think their technology is invincible?”

"China has not been able to master the models of aircraft in the past many years, and now it wants to achieve breakthroughs in all of them so quickly?"

Ivanchuk is also in a very bad mood now.

As a company founded by Sikorsky, the father of the world's helicopters, he has always felt that his company's helicopter technology is the best in the world.

There is no one like that.

If the polar bears had technology that surpassed theirs, he would probably recognize it just by pinching his nose.

After all, their founder immigrated from polar bears back then, and his senior brothers also have very high technical levels.

Even the apprentices of the senior brothers are also top aircraft designers in Polar Bear.

But now we are facing challenges from Chinese enterprises.

This was really a situation he hadn't thought of before.

At this moment, he could understand the feelings of Boeing people when they saw the Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter.

"The company Venustech is very strange and has a very different existence in China."

"As a private enterprise, they developed the world's first twice-reusable rocket, and also proposed the Starlink satellite system for the first time, and combined this system with 5G communication."

"In addition, their technical level in drones is also very high."

"In terms of helicopters, there was a Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter before, and now it suddenly enters the field of heavy transport helicopters, which is indeed a bit unexpected."

Stephens quickly recalled the relevant information about Venustech.

At this time, he felt that he needed to pay more attention to this Chinese company.

Otherwise, it would be hard to say what kind of moth would come out at that time.

"I will contact Boeing later to see what plan they are going to take to deal with Venus Technology's Kunpeng."

"Although Venus Technology's Eagle heavy transport helicopter is not launched so quickly, according to Kunpeng's development speed, the Eagle may be officially launched at the end of next year or the year after."

"We need to consider dealing with Venus now."

"It would be best if Venus could not develop the Eagle, which would be the best situation for our company."

Although Boeing is his competitor, facing a common enemy, Ivanchuk thinks he can still join forces with Boeing.

First, shoot down the new competitor, and then everyone will compete based on their own abilities.

...

"John, Sikorsky is also very dissatisfied with Venus Technology now."

"I contacted the heads of companies such as Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Raytheon, and they all support the comprehensive sanctions against Nanshan Group to prevent their further development."

After returning to the United States, David has been working hard to suppress Nanshan Group.

Now Sikorsky took the initiative to call to communicate, and he quickly persuaded Ivanchuk to push for sanctions against Nanshan Group.

However, this kind of thing must be more effective if the department behind John participates.

Otherwise, it will be a joke.

"Venus Technology just released a picture, and Sikorsky is so excited?"

John knew the story between Sikorsky and Venus Technology.

It's nothing more than Venus Technology is going to make a product similar to CH-53 this time, which threatens Sikorsky's interests.

The butt determines the head!

When most people consider things, they think from the perspective of their own interests.

This is also human nature.

"If an ordinary company posted such a photo, Sikorsky might be indifferent."

"After all, many countries have claimed to research products similar to CH-53 in recent years, but in the end, nothing was produced."

"But Venustech just copied our Boeing CH-47, and the possibility of copying Sikorsky's CH-53 next is very high."

"The people at Sikorsky must have thought it through."

David briefly analyzed the current situation.

Not to mention, the development of things is really similar to what he said.

"Indeed, things at Venustech cannot be treated with common sense. It is always right to pay attention to some."

"But they have launched so many projects. If we cut the profits of companies such as Nanshan Automobile Group by a large margin, Venustech will probably be depressed."

John has a good idea of ​​how much money it costs to research new products.

After all, he has dealt with major military industrial enterprises in the United States.

"We need to act faster, otherwise the later we delay, the more opportunities Nanshan Group will have to reserve cash flow."

"This time, it would be best if we could deal a heavy blow to the other party at one time, so that they would not continue to threaten our interests in the future!"

David's resentment towards Venusstar Technology is absolutely unprecedented.

And with these grievances, the speed of advancing some related measures is naturally very fast.

The rapid development of Venusstar Technology and even the entire Nanshan Group in recent years has affected the core interests of many American companies.

It is almost inevitable to be dealt with by others now.

Especially when someone takes the lead, various actions will naturally develop very quickly.

Nanshan Group is about to face the biggest crisis.