Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

Today, there is nothing serious about Mr. Shao, and he does not understand the technical words he said. His presence represents all the other shareholders who have participated in the investment of "Dragon Airlines" and "Xiangjiang Aviation Technology Company".

However, now we are having dinner together, and the topic of conversation is relatively relaxed. It is the past history of Rolls-Royce, so he curiously inserted: "Then Sir Hook, are Rolls-Royce out of trouble now? "

His praise made Tan Zhenhua secretly thumb up. The old man seemed to ask questions entirely from the perspective of caring for his friends, which gave Tan Zhenhua an opportunity to continue to lead the topic in the direction he wanted.

Moreover, his status, status and age made his question appear purely out of concern and not for other purposes, so Tan Zhenhua would not like it.

Hook shook his head with a wry smile: "It should be said that there has been a lot of improvement, but the problem has not been completely solved. We spent too much money on the new three-rotor engine. Although the product was ultimately successful, we are the only one The customer of the company is in huge trouble. For this matter, a Japanese prime minister has been involved. Seeing that their aircraft will be discontinued, it seems that our Rolls-Royce Company is going to have another difficult life."

The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional, but this inexplicable complaint by Hook made Tan Zhenhua's heart suddenly flashed a burst of enlightenment, followed by a burst of ecstasy. It seems that the opportunity is here!

Some time ago when Tan Zhenhua went to the magic city to talk about carbon fiber with Shi Changxu, Shi Changxu once detailed the direct cause of Luo Luo’s bankruptcy that year, that is, bidding for the only jetliner project in Lockheed’s history-Samsung L After winning the bid for the engine of the -1011 passenger aircraft, in order to achieve the design targets, a large number of new technologies were adopted very radically, including a large bypass ratio, a new three-rotor system and carbon fiber fan blades.

In order to develop this brand-new engine, Rolls-Royce ran out of all funds and debts, and finally had to swallow the bitter fruit of bankruptcy and reorganization. If it were not for the timely action of the British government, Rolls-Royce would have long ceased to exist.

However, although the government's relief made Rolls-Royce through the darkest and most difficult moments, the engine of the new system was finally delivered to the customer after a series of performance compromises, but it did not completely save Rolls-Royce out of the quagmire. Ah, this epoch-making engine, there is only one user at this time, Lockheed's Samsung L-1011 passenger plane.

It is a pity that the technically excellent Samsung L-1011 passenger aircraft has not been universally recognized in the market. After all, it is still a three-engine aircraft, and for civil aviation, economic performance has always been an important consideration. Factors, therefore, Samsung L-1011 has always been at a disadvantage in the competition with Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.

As a result, Lockheed, unwilling to fail, resorted to the usual big kills in a certain commercial competition.

Well, this trick is actually not new at all, Xiao Tan Tan has also used it skillfully, and the target is a certain active agent of the CIA.

However, if you Lockheed dare to use this trick to win the order, then you can't blame your opponent for black hands, and ah, the opponent is a powerful Boeing!

After Boeing learned the reason for its failure in the bidding, it went wild on the spot, and then kept doing nothing, doing a job that all law-abiding citizens should do-to the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Multinational Corporation Group Report.

On February 4, 1976, Qiu Biqi, chairman of the Multinational Corporation Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Senate, exposed the unfair competition behavior of Lockheed Corporation in various names to bribe foreign dignitaries in order to sell aircraft abroad. The vice chairman of the company reluctantly admitted at the hearing that through the agent company of the country, Marubeni Corporation, had paid huge bribes to relevant figures in the political circles of the country on the import of Samsung L-1011 airliners by ANA.

The news returned to the country immediately caused an uproar. The Supreme Prosecutor's Office, the Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office, and the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office held a joint meeting with the National Tax Agency. On February 24, the Public Prosecutor's Office, Metropolitan Police Department, and National Tax Agency jointly conducted a simultaneous search of the residences of Marubeni Company and related persons involved.

On March 24, at the strong request of the Japanese country, in accordance with the "Judicial Assistance Agreement" signed between the two countries, the United States agreed to provide the Japanese country with relevant materials on the Lockheed case. After reading these materials carefully, the prosecutor of the country found an extremely explosive material!

A receipt for 500 million yen from Kakuei Tanaka!

On July 27, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office formally arrested two former Japanese prime ministers and visited China for the first time on behalf of the Japanese government during his tenure. The former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, who broke the ice between the Japanese and Chinese, announced that he was suspected of being in During his tenure as prime minister from August 1973 to February 1974, he received 500 million yen in bribes from Lockheed Corporation four times through Marubeni Company, and decided to arrest him on suspicion of violating the foreign exchange law.

Although 6 years have passed since this matter, the involvement of this shocking case is so wide that the trial has not yet ended. Is the old friend of the Chinese people and former Japanese prime minister Mr. Kakuei Tanaka suspected of committing a crime? So far I have not been able to give a statement.

However, Tan Zhenhua still knows the result of such a big event. In the history of his previous life, after three trials, the final judgment was finally made in 1995. The final judgment made by the Supreme Court of the Japanese Kingdom was: Kakuei Tanaka was guilty and sentenced him. Four years in prison and a fine of 500 million yen.

Unfortunately, at that time, Kakuei Tanaka had passed away for two years.

However, if Tanaka Kakuei committed any crime, Xiao Tan Tan didn’t care at all. What he cared about was that as Lockheed’s Samsung airliner got into huge trouble, Rolls-Royce was caught in a financial dilemma again. As far as he knows, since the current major civil airliner manufacturers are basically in the U.S., the two major aircraft engine manufacturers in North America-Pratt & Whitney and GM, have natural competitive advantages, and even those of pure European origin. Passenger A-300, now also uses a general-purpose engine!

This opportunity to dig into the corner of Luoluo is really great, and it can even be said to be the last chance to start!

Tan Zhenhua knows that when Luo Luo relieved his breath and gradually opened up the civilian market with the three-rotor "Ruida" engine, and grew into the world's second largest manufacturer of aero-engines, he wanted to start from it. How difficult it would be to buckle some baby out of your hand!

He looked at Wu Daguan, and then found that the old man was also looking at him with scorching eyes. Obviously, the veteran of the Chinese aviation industry also discovered the greatness contained in Sir Hook’s inadvertent complaints. opportunity!

Strike while the iron is hot!