Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

"This is actually a shame."

At this moment, Tan Zhenhua was talking to Yu Pengxia, explaining why he put such conditions to Mellon's family.

"All capitalists understand the most basic truth. Eggs cannot be placed in the same basket, and I provided Mellon with another basket." He said, "Of course Rockwell has to maintain old customers, but On this basis, appropriate investment in the future is also a choice they will inevitably make, and the possible benefits of this new customer are so huge that they cannot be tempted. Therefore, I guess they will accept my terms, at least The first two."

Yu Pengxia nodded slightly and said, "Zhenhua, I agree with you. It is not too difficult for Rockwell International to accept your first two conditions. However, why did you propose the third one? I have repeatedly mentioned Zhang Zhenzhong in front of me, and also said that he was unpredictable. Isn't this contradicting your current practice?"

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When Yu Pengxia mentioned this person, Tan Zhenhua couldn't help but arouse a lot of emotion.

On the Internet in his previous life, in the article about the "Yun Ten" in the vehicle-mounted verbal battle, this is an unavoidable character, and there are different opinions about this person's true identity.

Some "conspiracy theorists" claimed that Zhang Zhenzhong was a commercial spy sent by the United States with the purpose of stifling the "Yun X" and the large aircraft business among China's infants; some "sane analysts" claimed that he was merely executing What a professional manager should do, although the result is to interrupt the progress of China Aircraft Corporation, this matter cannot be carried out by him alone. China’s decision makers at the time also had many misconceptions, and they were practical Above all, this project has also trained a large number of experienced industrial workers for China.

However, as the subject, according to Zhang Zhenzhong’s own statement during the interview, he never thought that the introduction of the "McDonnell Douglas 82" would harm China’s large aircraft business, and even more vowed to declare that due to his work, China was exposed to the West for the first time. China’s advanced aircraft manufacturing technology and quality management system, so he should be the hero of China’s large aircraft industry.

Out of curiosity, Tan Zhenhua once searched for this person's information on the Internet, so what he knew was far more detailed than what Tom Dylay reported to Skef Mellon.

In his previous life, after joining McDonnell Douglas in 1973, Zhang Zhenzhong was promoted all the way to senior vice president of directors and worked until McDonnell Douglas was annexed by Boeing in 1993. After leaving McDonnell Douglas, his resume can be regarded as professional. A leader among managers-he subsequently joined Apple and served as an independent director, and was one of the only independent directors left by Jobs after the vigorous Steve Jobs returned to Apple and swept out almost all of the original board directors of Apple. One-the other is Woolard, the biggest contributor to pushing Jobs back to Apple.

In addition, he also served as an independent director of the famous sports brand Nike, an independent director of the once glorious Palm Company and NeuStar.

In Huaxia, he is also a professor at Huaqing University, Huaxia Communication University, and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also the chairman and CEO of WorldCom Warner, a well-known outdoor media company.

To be honest, if it were not for Tan Zhenhua's preference to accept the first statement on the Internet, from the perspective of ability alone, this Zhang Zhenzhong is actually a suitable candidate for the leader of his current mess of industrial projects.

However, this did not prevent him from proposing to Tom Dilai the third condition that seemed strange to Yu Pengxia.

"In fact, I did this for a very clear purpose." He smiled and explained to Yu Pengxia: "This is a vague question to Mellon. My plan obviously conflicts with McDonnell Douglas' plan. This kind of conflict will inevitably break out someday in the future. Then, as a supplier of key components, what is Rockwell’s position in this conflict? Is it on McDonnell’s side? Or is it on my side or both No help? Mellon’s answer to this question is also very simple. Since both of us know Zhang Zhenzhong’s important role in this matter, they can also judge by their feedback on my third request: Help me dig Zhang Zhenzhong , Do not help or excuse and introduce other candidates."

"So what do you think they would choose?"

"The third one, this is the most likely one, and it is also my bottom line." Tan Zhenhua replied with a smile.

Yu Pengxia nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Then there are several results, the first, Zhang Zhenzhong was dug up; the second, Mellon explicitly refused; the third, Zhang Zhenzhong explicitly refused; the fourth, they I didn’t do it at all but recommended others to you. Have you thought about the follow-up?

Tan Zhenhua replied: "That happened to achieve my other purpose. In the first case, Zhang Zhenzhong was dug up. It was a great thing for me. As for the reason, I will explain it later, in the second case. , Mellon explicitly refused, so I would only agree to Rockwell's participation in the follow-up plan on the surface, but actually marginalize it-but I think this is unlikely to happen, because Mellon also Knowing that I will definitely do this, and they have no other good way to do things other than the rules; in the third case, Zhang Zhenzhong explicitly rejected it, which is also simple. This will confirm my guess of him from the side, and if If that’s the case, I don’t mind using methods other than the rules; as for the fourth case, it’s also simple. I can consider leaving someone they recommend if the ability is appropriate, but for Zhang Zhenzhong’s goal, we use other means To be done."

After thinking about Tan Zhenhua's words carefully, Yu Pengxia still didn't fully understand what he meant, and asked: "Then you tell me if Zhang Zhenzhong is dug up, why is it a good thing?"

"It's very simple. From the current situation, the biggest obstacle to our promotion of the BAC project actually comes from some people in China, and the most important reason on the desktop is the MD82 project that McDonnell Douglas is in contact with the Ministry of Machines and Machinery. In this project, Zhang Zhenzhong obviously has a very important role. If we dig him over, even the high cost is worth it, because it means that McDonnell Douglas will have to spend a lot of time and energy to find one. A plan executor like Zhang Zhenzhong, and in my opinion, this is almost impossible in the short term...

This is not to say that McDonnell Douglas cannot find a suitable person, but that people who have both the ability and a Chinese background to achieve smooth communication like Zhang Zhenzhong and Hua Xia are too scarce. Moreover, they have lost the leader. The execution of McDonnell Douglas' plan will inevitably fall into a short-term chaos, and communication with China will inevitably be blocked, and this is exactly what I want — you are involved in the whole journey of Xijing Pengxia. You should know that in order to be able to plan the BAC Smoothly advancing in China, our partners even had to accept my suggestion to sell dog meat. "

"This is just the ideal situation," Yu Pengxia reminded. "In my opinion, the most likely thing is that you will not get a reply from Zhang Zhenzhong, and even Zhang Zhenzhong himself does not know that such a thing is happening, but Mellon directly Recommend other candidates to you, what do you do?"

"Well, isn't it the fourth situation I just mentioned?" Tan Zhenhua smiled, while clasping the table with his fingers rhythmically, "If that's the case, I can only use conspiracy. Long made a proposal that they could not even imagine, but was extremely tempting."