Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1523 Joint Venture

Du Fei's K-8 special plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The entourage around him remained the same, except for Ci Xin.

No one noticed that Ci Xin was nominally a translator accompanying the group, not a particularly important person.

Du Fei walked down the plane's gangway and was greeted by Alstom's chairman, De George.

A white old man who was a little fat and had a "local support for the central government" hairstyle.

Du Fei quickened his pace and trotted down to shake hands with the old man: "Mr. De George, I am flattered that you came to pick me up in person!"

De George smiled and said: "I have heard of Mr. Du's name for a long time. We are very happy to cooperate in the electric railway project in Nanyang..."

Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng's previous large railway plan in Borneo included a section from Kuching to Pontianak, which was a very high-standard electrified railway.

Although this kind of electric locomotive can also be produced domestically, the output and technical level are obviously inferior to the world's most advanced.

So at that time, Du Fei decisively cooperated with Alstom and purchased their latest K4 locomotive.

It was also proposed that engineers must be involved in the production process and a full set of maintenance workshops must be established in Nanyang.

At that time, the project called in hundreds of technicians from China, and only we knew the benefits.

Du Fei shook his shaking hand: "I heard that your company's latest TVG high-speed railway has created an operating speed of 320 kilometers per hour, which is really amazing. Congratulations."

De George couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride when he heard this. This is what they are most proud of.

At present, Alstom is definitely at the top in the field of high-speed railways.

Hearing Du Fei's words, he also guessed the purpose of Du Fei's visit this time, and couldn't help but secretly curled his lips in his heart.

Thinking that Huaguo people also want to build high-speed railways? Really... I haven't even figured out the electric locomotive yet...

But as an old fox, De George didn't show any sign of it, and laughed: "Thank you, Mr. Du, if you are interested, I can arrange for you to experience it yourself."

This is what Du Fei wanted, and he nodded repeatedly: "That's what I meant, that's what I meant..."

Then the two of them flattered each other, and after a while of "flattering", they got in the car and left the airport.

Soon the convoy arrived in the center of Paris.

Du Fei stayed in a famous hotel with a long history.

The streets of Paris are as cramped as ever, and the air is filled with a lingering smell of urine.

It's easy to understand why their perfume is so good, there is really a real demand.

But I don't understand why they seem to have blocked the last two words of "eating, drinking, defecating and urinating".

It is said that there is no toilet in the huge Palace of Versailles, and the princes and nobles living in it can only defecate and urinate in the fireplace.

Du Fei expressed doubts about this rumor. If that's the case, can the fireplace still be used? What does it smell like when the windows and doors are closed in winter!

But in short, the public toilet problem in Paris has been a long-standing problem until Du Fei traveled through time.

Walking into the hotel quickly, Du Fei breathed a sigh of relief, at least the aromatherapy inside smelled good.

No need to go through the formalities, go directly to the suite.

It has been arranged just now, I will visit Alstom's factory tomorrow and take the latest high-speed railway.

It should be said that although the French are not good at making cars and always make some weird anti-human designs, they are still very talented in making airplanes and trains.

Du Fei took a shower in the hotel, and when he came out, he saw the news on TV.

The picture on the color TV was quite chaotic, with flashing lights and waiting for fire trucks, ambulances, police cars... People looked panicked.

A female reporter with curly hair reported the situation on the scene at a very fast speed.

In the picture, the originally towering Big Ben actually broke and collapsed from the middle!

Du Fei was not too surprised. In fact, through his spiritual connection with Ci Xin, he knew that Ci Xin would take action immediately after he left before the plane landed, and he couldn't wait to do it.

The place where the mysterious monk fought was the Big Ben.

As for the result, there was no suspense.

The battle lasted only six minutes in total. Ci Xin paid a small price to kill the monk who aroused her interest, and also dealt with the people who came to support after hearing the noise.

In just six minutes, a total of forty people died in the entire Big Ben.

And the aftermath of the battle directly caused the collapse of Big Ben.

At this time, Ci Xin had boarded the ferry across the channel as if nothing had happened, otherwise Du Fei would not be sitting on the Diaoyutai now.

The main reason was that the gap in strength was a bit large. Ci Xin had overestimated the monk in Big Ben before.

The realm of the old monk was indeed quite high, and it could even be said without exaggeration that he was not inferior to Ci Xin.

In terms of combat power, it was a bit lame. Although it was also much higher than others, it did not match his own realm.

The result disappointed Ci Xin.

The collapse of Big Ben was called an accident on TV, and the specific cause was still under investigation.

The collapse of Big Ben immediately occurred after the grand royal wedding, which inevitably made people think of something.

It also discounted the original plan to use this wedding to enhance the image of the royal family.

Du Fei had no more interest in this matter, but it did not prevent him from watching the excitement on TV.

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The next day, Du Fei woke up in the morning and just came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. Ci Xin, who had rushed over overnight, was already in the room.

She was wearing a black suit, a high bun, high heels, and glasses, and her face was a little more flushed than normal.

She had killed the ascetic monk in Big Ben before, and the ascetic monk's dying burst at the last moment caused her slight damage, but it was not a big hindrance.

Du Fei was not surprised when he saw it, and only asked: "You're back~"

Ci Xin said "hmm" and then nothing happened.

It seemed that it was not her who made such a big fuss in Lundun.

Then, throughout the whole day, Du Fei and Alstom's senior executives visited the locomotive manufacturing plant, and in the afternoon they took the TVG locomotive that had just set a high-speed railway running speed record not long ago.

It should be said that at this time, Faguo did have the capital to be proud of his technology.

Don't forget that it is only 1981!

Du Fei sat on the TVG, feeling the rhythmic vibration of the train and looking at the scenery outside the window, he felt as if he had returned to the high-speed rail before the time travel.

"What a miracle!" Du Fei praised him without hesitation: "Mr. De George, your technology has opened my eyes. This is definitely the fastest, most stable and comfortable train in the world..."

Du Fei was full of praise, but at the end he said: "Unfortunately, this super train is not suitable for our situation." He shook his head and looked regretful.

De George grinned, thinking that you had said all the words.

Just now, he praised Huaer like this, saying this and that, which gave him an illusion that Du Fei seemed to be really interested in the TVG high-speed rail.

I didn't expect that there would be such a sentence at the end, so all the previous words were in vain.

It's not that De George thought too much, it's really that the market potential of Huaguo and Nanyang is too great.

According to the current situation, it is imperative to upgrade the railway system of Huaguo. If Als can participate in it, the benefits will be immeasurable.

More importantly, he hoped to use technology to stamp the Als brand on the Huaguo railway system.

Once successful, this would not be a one-time deal.

Du Fei could guess what the other party meant, but unfortunately De George was destined to be disappointed this time.

Du Fei was just "walking around" this time. There would definitely be cooperation in the future, but it would not be high-speed railways, but the next-level electrified railway locomotives.

During his one-week stay in Faguo, Du Fei not only visited Als and held important closed-door talks, but also visited Airbus, which celebrated its tenth anniversary.

At present, due to the existence of Sulian's powerful aviation industry, Airbus is not the only giant that can compete with Boeing in the future.

In addition, Du Fei's aircraft manufacturing plant, by greatly optimizing the performance of propeller aircraft, occupied the entire Huaguo and Nanyang aviation markets, as well as a large number of low-end markets in Africa, the Middle East, and South America, making Airbus's situation more severe than Du Fei's impression.

There is no doubt that Airbus's jet airliners are more advanced, but the high price has become a common problem in the European manufacturing industry.

Customers have no other choice, and they can only accept it no matter how expensive it is.

Over the past two hundred years, Europe has taken the lead in industrialization and has been accustomed to this benefit.

The emergence of Du Fei provides a new choice for those who are short of money and want to buy airplanes.

Although the propeller-structured K-8 passenger aircraft and its derivative models have various disadvantages, the low price and lower maintenance cost are enough to offset all the disadvantages.

"Mr. Ziegler, your legendary experience is admirable, and your contribution to the aviation industry of France and even Europe is obvious to all..." Du Fei gave a lot of compliments to the thin old man in front of him.

This person is Henry Ziegler, the founder of Airbus.

In fact, Du Fei just wanted to visit, and he didn't expect this person to come to see him in person.

Ziegler smiled and pushed his black-framed glasses: "Mr. Du is polite. I have been friends with Mr. Du for a long time. I have done a lot of research on your fire equipment company. When we founded Airbus, your aircraft manufacturing industry was also advancing by leaps and bounds, and Mr. Du played a vital role in it..."

The two of them praised each other for business, but Du Fei became more and more vigilant.

He vaguely felt that this old man from France might have bad intentions.

As for what the other party had dug, he was not sure, but there was no doubt that the guy in front of him who looked smiling and spoke kindly was definitely not a good man.

Sure enough, when visiting the Airbus factory and walking into an A310 assembly workshop, Ziegler suddenly said: "Mr. Du, I heard that you are stepping up your efforts to develop jet airliners..."

Du Fei's heart moved, and he raised his eyebrows and looked at the other party.

This matter is not a secret, but it is definitely not a casual remark from Ziegler's mouth at this time.

Du Fei laughed and did not respond.

Ziegler did not care and continued.

The general meaning is that he knew that the development of Du Fei's large jet aircraft had encountered some difficulties.

Hearing this, Du Fei was more certain that the other party was a weasel paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, and smiled and said: "The technical difficulty of the jet is much higher than that of the turboprop aircraft, especially the jet engine. We are prepared."

Du Fei waved his hand indifferently, as if he didn't care about this issue at all.

Secretly paying special attention to Ziegler's reaction, he was sure that the other party mentioned this issue for no reason.

As expected, Ziegler smiled and stopped being vague.

The worst thing to do when talking to smart people is to treat them as fools.

Ziegler said: "I am interested in cooperating with you to establish a new aircraft manufacturing company. We can provide some core technologies to help you complete the jet project that is currently being promoted..."

Du Fei listened carefully and became more focused.

He never believed that there would be good things that fell from the sky, and even if there were such good things, they would not fall on his head.

Now Ziegler actually took the initiative to propose to help develop jets. If there is no trick here, Du Fei would never believe it.

"Then I don't know...what do we need to pay?" Du Fei asked directly. Since he didn't know, he asked directly.

Ziegler smiled and said: "It's very simple. I hope Airbus's aircraft can be included in your purchase list."

Du Fei suddenly realized that it was a set of technology for market.

In the final analysis, Ziegler could not get rid of the arrogance brought to them by hundreds of years of technological advantages.

Take out some technologies that they think are not advanced and unimportant in exchange for market opening.

As for Du Fei getting those technologies and manufacturing jet airliners, in his opinion, they do not have the ability to threaten Airbus.

The real competitors of Airbus are only Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in America.

Du Fei's brain was spinning rapidly at this moment, weighing the pros and cons.

Although Ziegler said it simply, if this matter is to be pushed forward, it will inevitably involve extremely complex exchanges of interests.

It is difficult to tell who is at a disadvantage and who is at an advantage.

But since the other party took the initiative to propose it, it means that at least in Ziegler's view it must be profitable.

Fortunately, this matter is very important, but not urgent.

Du Fei can have enough time to think calmly.

"Mr. Ziegler, your proposal is very good, Airbus is a great company..." Du Fei gave a speech, but the final reply was only one sentence, I will carefully consider this proposal.

Ziegler was not disappointed, on the contrary, if Du Fei agreed or refused immediately, he would think he was joking.

"Look forward to your good news." Finally, Ziegler shook hands with Du Fei and ended the visit.

That night, Du Fei took a plane from Paris to Frankfurt, the country of independence.

The country of independence was divided into two parts, east and west, because of its defeat in World War II.

The capital of the west is in Bonn, but the actual economic center is Frankfurt.

Du Fei's visit to the country of independence this time is even more important than going to Britain and France.

To put it bluntly, I went to Lundun just to join in the fun and see what Mrs. Zeicher was up to.

I went to Paris mainly to see Alstom's high-speed railway and to see if it could introduce the next-level electric locomotive technology.

I went to the United States in the name of buying machine tools to see what the real frontier of the Cold War looked like.

(Sorry, there were too many things to do during the May Day holiday, so the update time will be irregular.)

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