Spark

The news of the smooth progress of the negotiations with Madacic quickly spread to the Deep Blue 16 project team, and Chen Nian, a core member, also received the news.

This made him a little puzzled.

How could it be so smooth?

You know, in his last life, Genghis Khan Airlines’ acquisition of Madasic took a full 10 years, and the acquisition process lasted for nearly 10 years.

Seeing that taking advantage of UKR's economic contraction, Russia's cancellation of orders, and the plunge of Motor Sich's business, the acquisition is about to be completed, but a new brain-dead leader has stopped the acquisition at the behest of the US, and even froze Genghis Khan Airlines shares already acquired.

Back and forth, Huaxia invested a total of more than 4 billion US dollars in capital costs, but the result was nothing.

But now, due to the emergence of the F119 engine, cooperation and acquisition negotiations have started ahead of schedule. In theory, we should have fewer bargaining chips. How could we get the other party's intention from the very beginning?

An F119 engine is really not so easy to impress the opponent.

After all, not only people are lazy, but enterprises are also lazy.

Especially for a company like Madacic, which rests on the credit of the former Soviet Union, can they have such aggressiveness?

Even if Chen Nian was killed, he wouldn't believe it.

Therefore, as soon as he received the news, Chen Nian found Lu Mingyuan, the representative of Dongqi Group who was in charge of the comprehensive affairs of gas turbine R\u0026D and introduction, and planned to confirm the details of the negotiation with him.

After listening to his concerns, the latter also nodded solemnly.

"...In fact, we also feel that this matter is not quite right."

"According to our previous plan, Meng Qinghao's negotiating team will be stationed in UKR for at least two years, step by step to get close to the core decision-makers of Motor Sic, establish a relationship, start with investment and share, slowly discuss cooperation, and finally to the acquisition."

"But judging from the current situation, the progress of the negotiations has far exceeded our expectations."

"Although the acquisition is still impossible, the other party seems to be very keen on technical cooperation and has a very positive attitude."

"How should I put it, it's a bit abnormal."

In fact, Lu Mingyuan was even more worried about Madacic's situation than Chen Nian, because he had suffered at the hands of the other party.

When Varyag was introduced back then, there was a parallel project of the same level, the purpose of which was to introduce the technology of Tu-160.

The project progressed smoothly in the early stage, but in the end, UKR suddenly returned without warning, and all the funds invested in the early stage were in vain.

At this time, the performance of Motor Sich made him vigilant.

"It's not just a little weird, it's really weird"

After pondering for a moment, Chen Nian continued:

"I suspect that this is a trap. We should send professional intelligence personnel to do some peripheral investigation to see if Motor Sich is in contact with a third party other than us."

"You mean the US side?"

"Yes, except for them, I can't think of anyone who can control the decisions of Motor Sich and UKR."

"What about Russia?"

Lu Mingyuan continued to ask.

"I don't know, I'm just a technician, I can only judge from a technical point of view."

"Hindering the cooperation between Motor Sich and us will not do Russia any good. Instead, it will promote our cooperation and introduce the relevant experience of F119 to Motor Sich, so that they can obtain technological dividends."

"So, they have no reason to interfere—didn't they not interfere in fact? They even issued an invitation to cooperate?"

"That's right."

Lu Mingyuan nodded, and said with a serious expression:

"It seems that there is indeed a problem this time. We have to find a way to push our plan forward, but we have too few bargaining chips."

"A lot."

Chen Nian shook his head and said:

"The F119 alone is attractive enough. What if we go one step further and throw out the news of the 'new engine'?"

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan's eyes widened in surprise.

"Do you really want to give it to them? Is the price too high?"

"Of course not."

A smile appeared on Chen Nian's face, and then he said:

"I used to hear people say that to pursue a woman, the most important thing is not to spend money on her, but to let her know that you have money, but not spend it on her."

"In this way, he will slowly take the bait."

"So, it's time for us to show them things."

On the other hand, just as Chen Nian expected, the frankness shown by Madacic in this negotiation is simply an illusion.

After Meng Qinghao and his party left, Kuchma immediately made an appointment with a long-awaited guest.

Member of the May Society, NASA Senior Researcher, Forbes.

After the meeting, Kuchma changed his relaxed and natural attitude in front of Meng Qinghao and others, appearing extremely attentive.

He first asked his assistant to bring the single-malt whiskey that he had bought with a lot of money, and then he personally lit a cigar for the other party.

"Mr. Forbes, try the bar you just arrived. I'm not a wine tasting person, but I heard that the Macallan is not bad."

"If you like it, I have prepared a gift for you right away."

Hearing his words, Forbes smiled with satisfaction, and then said:

"Very good wine, very good cigars."

"You are our friend, so you don't have to be so polite."

"You know, we all have a common goal, and for this goal, we should work together."

"of course."

Kuchma responded quickly.

Forbes took a deep breath of the cigar, and after the light blue smoke swirled around in his mouth, he exhaled it again.

Afterwards, he recalled the aroma of malt in his mouth, and said in a low voice:

"This cooperation is extremely important for both of us. If it succeeds, we can both get what we want."

"However, the premise of our cooperation has also been made very clear - we must obtain the technical principles of the F119 engine in the hands of AVIC Group."

"Only after obtaining this technology can we continue to discuss matters related to our technology introduction and manufacturing cooperation."

"clear."

Kuchma nodded solemnly and continued:

"We have completed the first negotiation with Dongqi Group and released a positive signal. If there is no accident, the other party should have reported the negotiation to their superiors."

"Their purpose is very clear, and they are targeting our gas turbine technology."

"The proposed conditions include technology introduction, equipment introduction and talent introduction."

"Our plan is to continue to promote the negotiations between the two parties. If necessary, we will provide them with some technologies that do not involve core modules, and gradually build trust with them, and finally get the technology of the F119 engine."

"This process may be very long, and we will consider some special measures - we need the assistance of the May Council."

Hearing his words, Forbes smiled slightly and replied:

"Of course, it's not a big deal, we'll give you enough support."

"However, we also have a bottom line."

"Talents and equipment can be used as exchange conditions, but the gas turbine technology you have mastered must be excluded."

"I think you know the reason very well."

"The sale of the Varyag was already a mistake you made. I don't want this mistake to continue to expand, understand?"

Kuchma immediately raised his hand to signal that he was clear, and the two chatted casually for a few more minutes before Forbes got up and left.

Kuchma, who stayed in the meeting room, showed a mocking smile on his face.

These Chinese people probably don't know that they have fallen into the trap, right?

You want someone? Can.

Want equipment? also can.

As for technology.

You won't get anything until you get the technology for the F119 engine.

Maybe not after that.

How stupid. Taking your most precious thing as a bargaining chip, you can only end up losing all your pants, right?

He leaned back on the sofa with satisfaction, full of complacency.

But what he didn't know was that, in fact, Dongqi Group only wanted people and equipment, or even only people.

In front of AGT110, who wants your backward technology? !