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Zhang Lingwei and Liao Tong left.

They did not agree to Tang Zifeng's request for an advance of 2 billion yuan in research and development funds, because this exceeded the authorization given to them by the company, and even exceeded the authorization given by the state to Pufei. Zhang Lingwei said that he needs to go back and report the matter to the company, and the company needs to report the matter to the country. Without the permission of the country, it is impossible for the company to spend such a large amount of money as research and development funds.

The state has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in large aircraft projects, but every money has a specific purpose. According to the earliest assumptions, Pufei would fully introduce equipment from the Weill Consortium. The investment in equipment would be as much as 20 to 30 billion, but there would be no budget for self-developed equipment.

Now the situation has changed. Pufei needs to ask domestic machine tool companies to help develop a batch of equipment, so it is reasonable to spend some research funds. Pufei is also mentally prepared for this.

But preparation was preparation. Tang Zifeng asked for 2 billion with just one mouthful, which was far beyond the psychological expectations of Pufei Company.

Zhang Lingwei is a knowledgeable person, and he knows that it makes sense for Tang Zifeng to report this number. To develop a complete set of equipment for manufacturing large aircraft, even 10 billion is not much, let alone 2 billion. However, how could he have the right to agree to Tang Zifeng's request?

"Mr. Tang, what should we do about this?"

Duan Rufei sent Zhang Lingwei and his party downstairs and watched them leave in the car. Then he returned to Tang Zifeng's office and asked Tang Zifeng for instructions. After all this time, Tang Zifeng had already called several other senior executives of the company, and everyone held a group office meeting in Tang Zifeng's office.

"We must definitely capture large aircraft equipment. This is a huge market and we cannot give it to foreigners." said Zhan Keqin, the company's executive deputy general manager.

"From the perspective of national interests, there is a high possibility that the West's Captur will be on its neck. The United States wants to protect Boeing, and Europe wants to protect Airbus. They all regard Capron as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. It is normal to make things difficult for their equipment. It's a matter of course. If in the past, Western manufacturers had signed contracts with Pufei, they would have been unlikely to breach the contract. But now, this kind of thing is hard to say, and we must prepare for a rainy day." Executive Chen Bo analyzed.

Chief Accountant Shu Xin said: "This is indeed the truth, but didn't Mr. Tang just say that Pufei Company cannot come up with research funds. If we want to develop this set of equipment, we need to advance the money ourselves. This is terrible. Not a small amount."

"Not only that, it also involves the allocation of our R\u0026D capabilities." Chief Engineer Yu Xiaohui said, "General Manager Tang asked our technical department to study the issue of large aircraft machine tools a few days ago. Some machine tool technologies are We have technical reserves, so it is not difficult to develop them. But there are also some machine tools, which are special machine tools for large aircraft. We need to invest a lot of manpower in developing them, which will affect our other projects."

"That's true." Zhan Keqin said, "Our original plan was to implement a gradual replacement strategy and develop several machine tools every year to replace the machine tools imported from abroad by Pufei. But the current situation requires that we need to go hand in hand and take a few years. We don’t have enough time to build a complete set of equipment, which disrupts our plans. After all, we are not just serving Pufei, we also have a lot of national key projects on hand."

"Otherwise, we should wait and see what the result of Pufei's request to the state is. If the state supports self-research of equipment, then there will naturally be more financial support, and we can safely invest more resources. Go ahead and do it." Chen Bo offered his advice.

Tang Zifeng shook his head and said: "The country's attitude actually depends on whether we can do it. The issue of funding is only one aspect. The problem of insufficient research power mentioned by Xiaohui just now may be a more important aspect. If If we report these difficulties truthfully, the country will not insist on self-research of equipment. But in this way, the risk of large aircraft being choked by others will be greatly increased."

"And we will also miss a good opportunity to enter aircraft manufacturing equipment, which is also a pity." Zhan Keqin said.

"Yes, taking advantage of this opportunity, we can openly claim that we want to enter this market, and our foreign counterparts will have nothing to say. After this opportunity, if we publicly declare that we want to steal other people's jobs, they will not be happy. "Tang Zifeng said.

Seeing everyone frowning, Tang Zifeng turned to Duan Rufei with a smile and said, "Xiao Duan, you and Xiaohui are the youngest here. The future of Business Opportunity Group will rest on your shoulders. Tell me. Look, what do you think about this?"

Hearing what Tang Zifeng said, everyone turned their attention to Duan Rufei, with some encouragement in their eyes. Duan Rufei graduated from a prestigious school and worked in the company for more than ten years. He was just promoted by Tang Zifeng to serve as assistant to the general manager. He is the most likely to become Tang Zifeng's successor.

Zhan Keqin and others are already relatively old and know that they cannot take over Tang Zifeng's position, so they have no jealousy towards Duan Rufei, but more of a desire to support the younger generation from some seniors.

Duan Rufei looked at the crowd, smiled shyly, and said: "Since Mr. Tang has called my name, let me tell you what I think. I am young and have little experience. If I am wrong about anything, please let me know. Please give me more advice.

"I was taking notes during the meeting between Mr. Tang and Mr. Zhang from Pufei just now. I sent Mr. Zhang and the others off just now. When I went upstairs, I thought about it and felt that no matter whether Pufei could agree to give us 2 billion R\u0026D In order to save funds, we should start the development of large aircraft machine tools as soon as possible.

"Time waits for us not. This matter is related to, first, the development of our country's large aircraft industry, and second, the development of our country's machine tool industry. Publicly and privately, we cannot wait."

"I agree with Xiao Duan's point of view." Zhan Keqin said, "Yu Gong, we who work in machine tools are responsible for the country's manufacturing industry. Large aircraft are our country's strategic industry facing the 21st century. This is not just PAF. It is a matter for one family, but for the whole country. We cannot watch the fire from afar. Yu Zi, large aircraft machine tools are a large field with an annual output value of hundreds of billions. If we want to make the Business Opportunity Group bigger and stronger, we have to enter this field. .”

Chen Bo said: "I think we all have a consensus on this. The problem now is that there are difficulties in funding and manpower. What should we do? Xiao Duan, please tell us your thoughts on this issue."

Duan Rufei smiled and said: "I think that to solve this problem, we still need to use the method that Mr. Tang used in the past, which is to engage in people's war. Large aircraft machine tools are a big piece of fat, and our business opportunities cannot be eaten by one company. We can let other domestic companies Let’s eat it together. The best we can do is be a person responsible for dividing the meat. Who is eligible to eat, how much can be eaten, and how to eat it is up to us.”

"Haha, Xiao Duan is indeed Mr. Tang's personal successor, and he has learned all the essence of Mr. Tang." Zhan Keqin laughed and commented.

"You have courage, Mr. Tang's love for you is not in vain." Shu Xin also gave Duan Rufei a thumbs up and said teasingly.

Tang Zifeng nodded and said: "What Xiao Duan said is indeed what I want. I was thinking about this issue just now and felt that if our business opportunity group took over the whole thing, it would be too stressful and the risk would be too great.

"The large aircraft machine tool is indeed a piece of fat, but precisely because it is fat, it is impossible for us to eat it exclusively. There will be various games on the issue of the Weill Consortium. The country will not We have hundreds of billions of equipment handed over to us. If we invest too much in the early stage, we will not be able to recoup the investment in the future, which will actually hinder the development of the group.

"The advantage of the People's War plan is that it disperses pressure and risks. Let more companies join in, and everyone will bear the risks and share the profits. As long as the meat is still in the pot, whoever takes more bites will eat less. One bite actually doesn’t matter.”

"However, in this way, it will be difficult to unify the technical standards of machine tools." Yu Xiaohui interjected. She is engaged in technology, so of course she is most concerned about this issue.

As early as a few months ago, Tang Zifeng asked her to pay attention to large aircraft machine tools. Based on systematic thinking, she proposed an overall design idea for a large aircraft machine tool. Tang Zifeng told Zhang Lingwei that even if Pufei agreed to purchase machine tools from the Weill Consortium, the other party must agree to meet the machine tool standards proposed by us. In fact, this set of designs originated from Yu Xiaohui.

Now that Duan Rufei has proposed to engage in people's war and allow more companies to participate in the development of large aircraft machine tools, Yu Xiaohui will inevitably have to worry about machine tool standards.

"We can insist on this." Tang Zifeng said, "I will convince Pufei to accept the machine tool standards we proposed. In the future, whether it is Weir's equipment or the equipment submitted by our domestic enterprises, they must meet this Pufei will accept products that meet the standards, and those that do not meet the standards will be eliminated."

"There is another problem with this plan, that is, what if other companies are unwilling to participate?" Chen Bo said, "We just said that large aircraft machine tools are a piece of fat, but this piece of fat is also so easy to eat. Yes, the risk is also very high.

"Firstly, the research and development of machine tools requires high investment. What if the research and development fails? Secondly, Mr. Tang also said just now that Puffy purchases machine tools through gambling. If they give all the major orders by then, Well, then these domestic companies involved in the research and development of machine tools will not be able to recoup their investment."

"This is indeed a problem, and it may be a very fatal problem." Tang Zifeng said, "When we break down the research and development tasks, how should we promise others rewards?"

"I have also considered this issue." Duan Rufei said with a smile, "We don't need to promise returns to others. We should tell them that this is a risk investment. Those who dare to gamble can come in, and those who dare not gamble can come in. That’s it.”