When night falls over Seattle, the entire Boeing factory is already brightly lit.

Motai Yunus, who was leading Fang Mingyuan and his party, walked in front with a smile on his face. After an afternoon of bargaining, the two parties basically reached an agreement. Fang Mingyuan will purchase three BBJ Type 2 aircraft for a total price of US$240 million.

A BBJ business jet, Boeing is responsible for interior decoration of these four business jets in accordance with Fang Mingyuan's requirements.

Although the formal contract signing still needs to go through a series of procedures, for Motyjunas and Fang Mingyuan, the matter is already a done deal.

"Fang, do you need us to provide driver and flight attendant services? Our drivers are all veteran pilots with many years of experience in flying Boeing aircraft. As for our flight attendants..." Motyjunas winked at Fang Mingyuan,

He said as if he understood, "You will definitely be satisfied!"

"Forget it!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "I will recruit suitable candidates in the country. This is not a problem." Motayunas didn't think it was a problem at all. He just mentioned it casually. A rich man like Fang Mingyuan didn't

It is normal to be willing to use drivers provided by outsiders.

Although Motaijunas proposed to invite Fang Mingyuan and the others to dine at a high-end restaurant in Seattle, he was very happy to have made such a big deal. However, Fang Mingyuan still declined because it was a little late. Now everyone is

We rushed to Boeing's factory restaurant. Since it was already late and we missed the meal time, there were not many people in the restaurant. Motyjunas and Fang Mingyuan occupied a few tables in the corner.

Since they had reached a big business deal, the relationship between the two naturally became closer. While waiting for the meal, the conversation became more casual. Motiejunas talked about Boeing from time to time.

There are interesting things about the company's history, and the atmosphere is quite enjoyable.

While chatting, Motiejunas quietly changed the topic to the long-standing relationship between Boeing and China.

"Fang, do you know? Our Boeing Company and China have had a close relationship since its establishment! Our first chief engineer was Mr. Wang Zhu from China! He helped us create B※W-

The C-type seaplane successfully passed the test of the U.S. military, earning Boeing its first order from the military. Our company’s chairman, William Boeing, often mentioned that if there was no such order,

Boeing Company has probably disappeared long ago. Unfortunately, Mr. Wang Zhu only stayed at Boeing Company for less than a year before returning to China." Motyjunas said with regret.

"Gray, do you know why Mr. Wang Zhu didn't stay at Boeing in the first place?" Fang Mingyuan said calmly.

Motyjunas's face changed slightly. If Fang Mingyuan hadn't been paying attention to his expression, he would definitely have missed it. "Mr. Wang Zhu cares about his motherland very much. In order to serve the country and develop your country's aviation industry, he resolutely gave up the company's superiority.

With excellent working conditions and living conditions, he became the first group of senior aviation engineers to return from studying abroad."

Fang Mingyuan nodded and said nothing, but Motayunas felt that Fang Mingyuan seemed to know something. In fact, the reason why Wang Zhu only stayed at Boeing for less than a year was because he returned to China to serve his country, but there were also other reasons.

A very important factor is that racial discrimination was serious in the United States at that time. As a Chinese, Wang Zhu designed and improved the B※W-C seaplane, but during the flight test, the Americans were worried that "he would steal it."

He was refused to participate on the grounds of "learning the highest aviation technology in the United States". Wang Zhu was extremely angry at this obvious act of racial discrimination and decided to return to China. He became a leader in the aviation field in China. He was the founder of Mawei Aviation School.

, and achieved a series of amazing results. Unfortunately, in China at that time, the aviation industry did not receive enough attention from the government, but was repeatedly hampered. Wang Zhukong had the heart to serve the country, but he was never able to fully exert his capabilities.

Eventually he taught at a university across the strait and died of depression. When Fang Mingyuan acquired Mawei Shipyard, he saw some information in the exhibition hall and heard it mentioned by the old man in the shipyard. Although Fang Mingyuan did not say anything, he

Motyjunas, who felt a little guilty, immediately stopped dwelling on the topic.

At this time, the restaurant brought them food, and Fang Mingyuan and Motyjunas continued to chat while eating.

The topic of Motyjunas always revolves around Boeing's cooperation with China over the years. Fang Mingyuan also heard the subtext of Motyjunas. In the Chinese aviation market, although Boeing aircraft still account for the absolute majority of China Airlines' fleet,

, but the surge in the number of Airbus aircraft has aroused great vigilance from Boeing. Motiejunas obviously hopes to slow down or even reverse this unfavorable situation.

Fang Mingyuan secretly said to himself that the share of Boeing's aircraft in the Chinese aviation market has declined. Of course, this is due to the strong competition from Airbus. At the same time, there is also the domestic consideration of balancing relations with European and American countries with huge passenger aircraft procurement transactions. Of course,

As the direct culprit of Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas, which shattered the "big airplane" dream of a generation in China, it also aroused dissatisfaction among many people.

"Gray, are McDonnell Douglas aircrafts going to be discontinued?" Fang Mingyuan said casually.

"Yes, the existing production lines need to be transformed to produce Boeing series aircraft." Motayunas said that by annexing McDonnell Douglas, Boeing paid a high price and gave up three American airlines in the next 20 years.

Only the contract to purchase Boeing aircraft during the year, and the principle that technology licenses and patents developed by McDonnell Douglas military projects can be sold to Airbus, was reached before an understanding was reached with the EU. Naturally, it will not continue to produce McDonnell Douglas aircraft on its production lines.

"By the way, our Boeing Company is also co-producing the MD-90 passenger aircraft with your country's aircraft assembly company. The company's board of directors is discussing whether to upgrade this model to a Boeing 717 aircraft!" Motyjunas clapped his hands in excitement.

To be honest, the Boeing 717 he is talking about is the former MD-95 airliner of McDonnell Douglas. After Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, it was renamed Boeing 717. This is the only passenger aircraft model retained in the McDonnell Douglas series of airliners.
Chapter completed!