"No, they just sent me the latest report yesterday. The engine development at Airbus is not going well."
"However, they mentioned a very interesting piece of information. I suggest that I report it to the chairman separately after the meeting."
After Zoro finished speaking, he glanced at Chairman Danny meaningfully. His meaning was very clear. This matter should not be discussed in public and can only be discussed in private.
After hearing this, Danny narrowed his eyes and saw clearly the meaning in Zoro's eyes. He thought for a moment and said, "The meeting is over, Zoro stays."
Everyone else stood up and left. They all knew what Zoro's department did and it was better not to get involved.
Everyone left and the door of the conference room was closed. Danny said to Sauron, "Tell me what's going on."
"Boss, according to intelligence, the Protoss Group has probably produced a prototype of a carbon magnetic boost engine. The negotiations between Airbus and the Prostos Group did not go smoothly and the two parties did not reach a deal."
"Only a limited number of directors at Airbus know the specific situation, and no one else knows the information."
"If Airbus is going to make any big move recently, my analysis is that it is likely to be the matter of purchasing engine technology from Xingling Group."
"Boss, back then Naton and others sold Airbus' latest generation engine technology to the Xingling Group against everyone else's opinion. I analyze that there is something we don't know about."
Sauron told his analysis, and Danny immediately started to get confused. Why did the Airbus matter involve the giant Protoss Group again?
This time around, the arm wrestling between the Xingling Group and Wall Street was unknown to others, but Danny knew it very well.
"Chairman, you can't be careless about this matter."
"The research and development capabilities of the Xingling Group are recognized by the world as strong. If the Xingling Group really breaks through, it will be very detrimental to us."
Zoro watched Danny say this with great meaning, reminding Danny not to be careless.
Neither of them expected that Xingling Group and Airbus Group had completed the transaction more than a year ago. This result had something to do with the confidentiality work done by Airbus.
Airbus is very cunning and created the illusion of taking advantage of the current cheap prices of raw materials to store a batch of engines, apparently to produce the latest generation of engines.
Virtually all produced are hydrogen engines.
The testing of hydrogen aircraft was not conducted within the company, but was conducted on a certain island. After all tests showed no problems, mass production began.
The workers just felt that the shape of the engine had changed a little and the body of the engine had slight changes. They thought this might be caused by a breakthrough in some aspects. It was a normal thing and there was no need to worry about it.
Including the people collecting intelligence over there, they just sent the information about the new aircraft model back to Boeing and nothing happened.
Airbus has made a big decision this time to deal a serious blow to its old rival Boeing.
The internal security department also has a lot of information. In order to maintain maximum confidentiality, all suspicious personnel in the production department have been transferred out for reasonable reasons.
Coupled with the recent global financial turmoil, many people sent by Boeing to France suffered heavy losses. Small people also speculated in stocks and futures, and this time they all lost money.
These people are focused on how to recover their losses and use their connections to start their own businesses. They are not focusing on Airbus at all.
The combination of various reasons made Boeing headquarters make a mistake.
Sauron's department is closely following the Boeing Sales Department and Operations Department. Whenever a big order comes up, these two departments cannot be bypassed. So you know, this time Airbus did the opposite.
The board of directors gave Naton full authority. The secret production did not go through the operations department and sales department at all. Some people were removed from the purchasing department and other departments to operate independently, and a secret department was re-established.
The sales and operations departments are still operating in the same way as before, and we don't know what the situation is at the production end.
"Deploy more people to the Celestial Empire and focus on inquiring about the transactions between the Protoss Group and Airbus. If there is any news, report back immediately." Danny still took precautions, if it was really the Protoss Group that had made a breakthrough.
Whatever you say, you have to be consistent. Otherwise, if Airbus gets the latest engine technology, it will be a major blow to Boeing.
If it were other Chinese companies, Danny wouldn't worry, but if it was the Xingling Group, Danny would be really worried.
The Xingling Group is a very evil company. Gao Jin is willing to spend money on scientific research. After spending heavily for many years, the Xingling Group's technical reserves have been built up.
It is no less than the technical reserves of those established international giants.
There are too many industries that have been subverted by the Xingling Group. You can't be careful.
"Understood, I will make arrangements immediately. However, our department's funds are almost spent. If we activate the manpower from China." Sauron stopped talking after saying this. The meaning is very simple, give me the money, boss.
Collecting information on the Protoss Group is very expensive, and nothing can be done without money.
"Go ahead and arrange the arrangements. We will allocate 10 million US dollars to you tomorrow, Sauron. The funds will be allocated to you to see results." Danny looked at Sauron and said this with profound meaning.
The meaning of beating is very important. Don’t think that I don’t know your little tricks. It takes time to make money.
"Don't worry, boss, I will not make things difficult for the boss." Zoro said these words seriously. Danny nodded and waved his hand to let Zoro leave, and he had to think about some things alone.
About three days have passed slowly. Pierre, Gao Yihai, and Chen Bingzhong have all completed stock acquisitions, and Airbus's stock price has not fallen for two consecutive days.
However, no one has noticed this. After all, the stock market has been experiencing constant fluctuations during this period, and many stocks have fallen for a period of time and then maintained a stable trend.
Boeing has received another piece of information. Airbus Group held a press conference this time to announce a new aircraft model. The aircraft data is between a small passenger aircraft and a medium-sized passenger aircraft.
The speed has been improved, and the addition of gliders can save some fuel costs, but other data has not changed.
Boeing President Danny felt a lot more at ease after seeing this report. If this was just the case, it would be easy to solve. Isn't it just competition? It would be better to give the purchaser and even the purchaser a little more sweetness.
In this regard, Boeing is more willing than Airbus.
Danny didn't know that this was news that Airbus had gone to great lengths to let Boeing know. It spent three million euros to instigate an intelligence officer to send the confidential document back to Boeing's headquarters.
Another day passed, and it was the day that Airbus Group held a press conference. Reporters from hundreds of media, large and small, began to set off for the destination Boeing headquarters.
As soon as they entered the headquarters, they were immediately escorted to a huge aircraft warehouse nearby. Many reporters were wondering, could today's press conference be held in a warehouse?
Soon, a group of people walked into the warehouse, and it was really held in the warehouse.
Two French TV stations will broadcast it live, and some online media have also installed equipment in advance for live broadcast.
Everyone is at the east end of the warehouse, on a podium. Behind the podium is a thick black curtain, covering the opposite side so tightly that you can't see what's behind the curtain.
Moreover, it is a bit unreasonable that this press conference did not even have seating arrangements.
Everyone looked at each other, "Wait a minute and see what Boeing says. If there is no reasonable answer, I don't mind giving you some eye drops to let you know what it means to be the uncrowned king!"
Time passed little by little, and at the appointed time, Airbus Group Chairman Naton appeared with several senior directors, and the reporters started taking pictures according to the rules.
Nadun said a few words to several senior directors and then walked to the podium. He pressed his hands down and the flashing lights quieted down.
"Gentlemen and ladies, I know you have many doubts in your hearts."
"Especially since the press conference is located in a warehouse and there are no chairs."
"Don't worry, everyone, you will get a reasonable answer after a while, and you will understand that this is our deliberate arrangement."
Nadun said these words with a smile, and the faces of the reporters below looked much better. Since it is a special arrangement, there must be a follow-up. We will wait and see what the follow-up is.
"Everyone, today's society has basically entered the aviation age. People travel to and from all over the world by plane, which is very convenient and fast."
“But there’s one thing everyone doesn’t know.”
"That is, most airlines are losing money, and many airlines rely on government subsidies to survive."
Nadun paused here for a moment, and many reporters below nodded, agreeing with Nadun's opinion.
Reporters are running around knowing a lot of things. There are really not many airlines in the world that remain profitable enough.
"The biggest reason for the loss is the rise in prices, which has led to an increase in labor costs. Airline workers also have to support their families, and they need reasonable salaries."
"Another reason is that the cost of aircraft maintenance has increased and the price of aviation fuel has increased. Of course, the advent of hydrogen energy has reduced the price of aviation fuel a lot."
"It allows the airline to barely maintain a balance of payments."
"Airbus has been working hard to implement changes, hoping to build an aircraft that can significantly reduce airline costs and achieve profitability."
"Today, I am here to officially announce it!"
"The world's first hydrogen-powered aircraft was born. We negotiated with the Paris city government and the world's first hydrogen-powered aircraft was named [Paris!]"
"The Paris aircraft uses hydrogen power and can save 52% of fuel costs for the same flight!"
"Please remember this great moment!"
"Let's cheer for the Paris!"
After Nadun finished speaking, he turned aside and raised his hand to point behind him. The thick curtain fell down, and an aircraft with very smooth lines appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The reporters immediately started taking photos and were also shocked by what Naton said. Saving 52% of fuel costs would definitely allow the airline to turn a profit instantly.