American Legendary Life

Northrop Headquarters, Hawthorne City, California.

Jack Northrop attached great importance to Li Zitao's personal visit.

Not only did I personally greet him at the door, but the company's management also showed up.

"Jack, it's great to see you."

As soon as they met, Li Zitao was extremely enthusiastic.

This made Jack Northrop feel honored, but also recognized the rumors about him.

As far as he is helpful, the founder of the Lee Consortium will show a passionate attitude.

At the same time, Jack Northrop also knew.

The possibility of wanting to keep the company is infinitely close to zero.

In this country where capital dominates everything, if you have money, you can really do whatever you want.

"Charlie, it is an honor for all Northpro to get your recognition and attention."

Everyone carried the sedan chair. Since Li Zitao had given his face, Jack would not be bored.

Looking at the expressions of those executives, everyone looked at Li Zitao with absolutely hot eyes.

It's like seeing a bride on the wedding night, no... it's a stronger desire.

If they could get on the giant ship of Li's, it would be no different to them.

Not only wealth, social status and influence are even more different.

"Shall we visit the laboratory first?" Li Zitao was very direct.

He stated his attitude right from the beginning. This time he came to see Northrop's plan and wanted to discuss acquisition or cooperation.

Otherwise, why would a big man like him go to a poor country like Hawthorne?

"Okay." Jack agreed readily.

It doesn't work if he doesn't agree, although from the heart, he doesn't want to be acquired by capital.

But he also knew that compared to Lee, Northrop was just a little famous workshop.

These fame is brought by his founder.

Thinking of this, Jack is a little more confident. Northrop's true value lies in himself, which is his biggest support.

If he must join the Li family, he must ensure that he gets the rights he deserves.

After all, everything is the word of profit.

The autonomy that Northrop wants and the large amount of R&D investment are ultimately a benefit.

"I used to work in a studio owned by Boeing." Jack suddenly mentioned his past.

"Oh?" Li Zitao looked at him in surprise.

In other words, such talents actually jumped out of their own companies at first.

"Yes, I used to be Douglas' second chief engineer and one of the founders of Lockheed."

Seeing the puzzlement in Li Zitao's eyes, Jack laughed and said, "That was before you bought them."

"It turned out to be so."

The doubts in Li Zitao's heart disappeared: "If after that, I would think that there is still a big problem with Boeing, and top talents like you will be lost."

This compliment made Jack very useful, and no one in this world likes to listen to good things.

"Thank you, we are here."

Li Zitao did not show any dissatisfaction or contempt for the garage-sized workshop in front of him.

This attitude once again won Jack's favor.

What he hates most is those high-pitched people, but when it comes to technology, there are few who are not proud.

No matter how simple the place of work is, it can't stop his research and creation.

"The place is a bit crude." Should he or he should humble himself, Jack smiled and led them into the factory.

"I know that many great companies come from garages. Maybe in the future it will become a culture."

Facing Jack's curious eyes, Li Zitao said in his heart: Unfortunately, these companies don't know if they have a chance to be born.

Today's Wangan company can be said to be a standout in the computer field.

And the mistakes it once committed, with Li Zitao's control, will never recur.

Seeing that he kept his mouth shut, Jack didn't ask any more, turning the topic off and introducing the company's main R&D direction and current business scope.

The main business of Northrop today is outsourcing and foundry from other companies, and there is no stable source of income.

But the research and development direction is very clear and specific, flying wing.

"All Northpro's research is conducted around flying wings. I firmly believe that it will be the future of aircraft."

When Jack Northrop said this, his eyes flashed with fanaticism.

That is the love of airplanes and the persistence in self-judgment.

Only those who believe in himself unswervingly and struggle for their dreams like this are worthy of the glory and strength of Northrop in the future.

In fact, Northpro’s current desolation has many arms giants behind it.

Maybe even Boeing played a disgraceful role in it.

Everything has to start with Northrop’s last modern product, YB-49.

YB-49 is a super-heavy bomber built for the military in accordance with military requirements. It can also be said that it is the predecessor of B-2.

The YB-49 self-delivered prototype, and since its first test flight at the air force base, there have been frequent problems.

Concussions, instability, and engine fires, multiple issues have made the military worry about it.

However, the engine fire was caused by man-made causes. The FBI also intervened in the investigation, and finally, due to some pressure, chose to close the case with the issue of'personnel negligence'.

Before these Li Zitao came, he had asked the FBI to find out what happened.

In 1949, the Air Force first cancelled the order for the medium-sized RB-49A model, followed by the YB-49 order, and finally cancelled the entire project.

Affected by this, Northpro could not afford it and almost went bankrupt.

The capital confrontation and political compromise represented by this are beyond a few words.

As a party, Jack naturally knows the inside story.

Whether Boeing is involved or not is actually not important to him.

People die for money, and birds die for food. This has been the case since ancient times.

If you change the angle, let him stand on the other side's position, facing the rise of competitors, will also use means to suppress them.

The market is so big, UU reading www.uukanshu. Why should com let others enter easily?

As for fairness, shopping malls are like battlefields. How can fairness come about?

But to say that he didn't mind at all and let it go, that would be unrealistic.

The rejection of Grumman's acquisition was because Jack believed that the other party was not qualified at all, and the other was that he had not let go of what happened back then.

However, this time Li Zitao personally came to give Jack Northrop face.

Whether or not to agree to the acquisition and merge into the Li family depends on the specific conditions given by the other party.

"What are the conditions for Northpro to become Boeing's fifth independent R&D studio?"

Li Zitao was Wang Zhai with one mouth, and even Jack, who had made countless speculations, was shocked.

Is he really willing to make Northprow an independent studio like Skunk, McDonald, Grumman and Douglas?

Jack Northpro must admit that at this moment his heart moved.