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"Then we have only one question, and that is how much can we, GE Capital Aviation Services, buy the aircraft for?" Gilchrist smiled.

"I believe that our Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group will definitely give you a satisfactory price. But before that, we still have to fill our stomachs first." Fang Mingyuan smiled confidently, "You two, please come with me!" Gilchrist

Of course, someone will be responsible for receiving the accompanying persons.

Gilchrist and his son, Fang Mingyuan, and Li Xintong came to the spacious dining room of the villa. The dining table was large enough for twelve people to dine together. At this time, sumptuous dishes were placed.

The eyes of Gilchrist and his son fell on Li Xintong. From the fact that she could accompany him to the restaurant, it was obvious that this young beauty must have an extraordinary identity. At least none of the personal assistants of Gilchrist and his son.

You deserve to sit at this table.

Fang Mingyuan noticed the gazes of the two people and said with a smile: "Let me introduce, this lady Jiang Li is my assistant Li Xintong. However, I think it is more appropriate to use the title of partner. Miss Li's father is from South Korea's Samsung Group

Chairman Li Jianxi, Chairman Li, we have many cooperation projects with Samsung Group." The Gilchrists and his son immediately showed a look of enlightenment, and looked at Li Xintong with a more solemn look.

Since he was going to deal with Fang Mingyuan, Gilchrist naturally wanted to know Fang Mingyuan's information in advance. The cooperation between the Fang family and Samsung Group would naturally occupy a considerable share of the information. At least Gilchrist knew that the Fang family was in

Multiple projects, including electronics, automobiles, chemicals, shipbuilding and other fields, have close cooperation with Samsung Group.

"Ms. Li, as for your father, Chairman Li of Samsung Group, I have also been famous for a long time. It's a pity that God seems to be playing tricks on me. I have traveled to South Korea several times and never had a chance to meet him." Gilchrist looked sincere.

typical.

"Thank you! As for President Gilchrist, my father has praised your ability many times, and GE Capital Aviation Services can become a top company in the world. President Gilchrist's superb management level is an indispensable success factor.

." Li Xintong chuckled.

Regardless of whether Li Jianxi actually said this, Gilchrist and his son both had happy smiles on their faces.

Although the dishes were sumptuous and the Gilchrists were full of praise for their food, the topic at the dinner table soon turned to MD90.

"Kidd, although McDonnell Douglas has become a thing of the past, we have to admit that it has an extremely important position in the history of world civil aircraft manufacturing. For a long time, it has played an important role in the development of mainline passenger aircraft.

It can be said that it ranks second only to Boeing in terms of sales and sales, ranking second in the world. The DC series, including the MD series aircraft, have sold thousands of aircraft around the world. It can be said that its users are all over the world. Among them are some world-renowned

Airlines." Fang Mingyuan said.

Gilchrist nodded. Fang Mingyuan was right. In his memory, MD80s were in the fleets of many companies such as Japan's Gaso Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia, etc.

series of aircraft, even the MD90 aircraft, which has not been produced for a long time, has sold more than 100 aircraft worldwide. If Boeing had not stopped production of the MD90 after annexing McDonnell Douglas because of conflicts with the Boeing product series, the sales volume of the MD90 would still be

will grow further.

"As far as I know, in the past two years, many airlines have begun to gradually phase out MD80 aircraft because they are not satisfied with the shortcomings of the MD80 aircraft's greater fuel consumption. The MD90, as a product in the same line as the MD80, not only does not need to fly

Pilots who are used to the MD80 have been retrained. In terms of fuel economy, there has also been a significant improvement. I remember that the MD80 consumes almost 4,000 liters of aviation fuel per hour in flight, while the MD90 only requires less than 3,000 liters of aviation fuel.

Moreover, the passenger capacity of MD90 has also increased. I think it is still very attractive to those airlines." Fang Mingyuan continued.

Gilchrist pondered for a moment and said: "Fang, this is indeed your advantage. McDonnell Douglas users all over the world, when replacing new aircraft, if they have a choice, they are indeed very likely to choose the ones produced by your company.

MD90, but have you ever thought about it, you only have one model, MD90, which is difficult to meet the various needs of airlines. Most airlines, from the perspective of reducing operating costs, hope that their fleet models have commonality.

This can effectively reduce operating costs.”

"This is indeed our shortcoming, but we have actively continued to develop new aircraft based on the MD90 based on the various needs of customers. But the development of new aircraft takes time." Fang Mingyuan sighed lightly.

What Dow Gilchrist said is indeed the biggest disadvantage of Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group at present, that is, the products are not in series and cannot fully meet the needs of customers. MD series aircraft are currently authorized to be produced by Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group.

There is only MD90. The other models are, firstly, relatively old and not suitable for today’s air transportation; secondly, even if Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group wants to introduce it, Boeing will not easily agree!

The big reason why Boeing agreed to restart the MD90 project is that this project has been implemented for many years, and China has already had a precedent of successfully manufacturing two MD90s. And this is also to show goodwill to the Chinese government.

At the same time, it is intended to provide eye candy to Airbus. Its ultimate goal is to occupy a larger share of China's aviation market, but it is not to help China establish its own large aircraft manufacturing industry.

"I think our price will make them feel it's worth their money!" Fang Mingyuan looked at Gilchrist and said plainly, "As long as there are enough orders!"

"Enough orders?" Gilchrist repeated, "How much is enough?"

"Currently, if Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group is operating at full capacity, its annual output can reach about 30 aircraft. If there are enough orders, it can also expand its production capacity. This number can be at least quadrupled in three years at most.

"Fang Mingyuan smiled, "Orders? Naturally, I hope the more the merrier." The biggest limitation of Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group's expansion of production capacity is actually the lack of high-quality skilled workers and the production capacity of supporting enterprises. Otherwise, in the land

, with funds guaranteed, production capacity will more than quadruple in three years.

Gilchrist smiled. In fact, this production capacity is not high. Companies like Boeing and Airbus produce hundreds of aircraft every year. On average, GE Capital Aviation Services purchases more than 100 aircraft every year.

More than eighty.

"We at Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group are willing to provide five MD90s to GE Capital Aviation Services at this price. If GE Capital Aviation Services can purchase more than ten, we can also build on this basis to build the 90th Five-Year Plan.

"Off." Fang Mingyuan gestured with a number with his hand. The Gilchrists and his son's eyes couldn't help but widen. Fang Mingyuan's price was five percent lower than their psychological price. Although it was only one percent.

Five, but when it comes to a commodity like an airplane that can easily cost tens of millions of dollars, a five percent profit margin is a very considerable number.

"If it is this price, it is indeed very competitive." Gilchrist thought to himself. It is almost 10 to 15 percent lower than the price of similar aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. For a

For a mature model that was only officially delivered to customers in 1995, it is already quite favorable. And the discount in price can completely offset its shortcomings in other aspects.

"Mr. Fang, please forgive my presumption, at this price, can your company still make a profit?" Little Gilchrist couldn't help but asked. Although he also knew that in China, labor costs are simply too low compared to those in the United States.

It is in the sky and on the earth, but for high-tech industries such as aircraft manufacturing, the proportion of labor costs is far lower than that of labor-intensive industries. He doubted whether the quotation of Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group was

Lose money and make money.

"Profits are very low, which is why I ask your company to order a minimum of five aircraft." Fang Mingyuan shrugged, "After getting your company's order, we can have enough confidence when purchasing.

To lower the price to International Aviation Engine Company." Although the localization rate of MD90 has reached more than 75%, core components, such as engines, still have to be purchased from outside. If we can say that we can supply International Aviation Engine at one time

When a company orders dozens of engines, it will naturally get a discount on the price.

Fang Mingyuan also had his own ideas for this. The MD90 project was canceled back then because the leaders believed that the manufacturing cost was too high, even higher than the purchase price of similar models in the international market!

Although after the project was restarted, due to technological advancement, the manufacturing cost of MD90 has dropped compared to the original, but it still has not reached breakeven. Therefore, Fang Mingyuan decided to establish Qinxi Airlines and Qinxi Airlines

West Airport Group Company comes to supplement Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group. The most realistic way to achieve breakeven as soon as possible is scale effect. When the production of MD90 reaches a certain scale, manufacturing costs will drop significantly.

As Fang Mingyuan said, the purchase price of a few engines from International Aviation Engine Company and the purchase price of dozens of engines at one time are naturally impossible to be on the same level.

Moreover, what Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group needs now is to survive, not to make a lot of money. The current meager profits are also to lay the foundation for future glory.