In the early 1990s, many major events occurred in the country, many of which had far-reaching impacts. However, these were too far away from the lives of ordinary people, and everyone was a little indifferent.
What I care about most are the legendary gossip stories.
Among them, the story of exchanging cans for airplanes has a long history. The protagonist also left his name in history and was mentioned again and again decades later.
In this story, one side is the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory on the other side of Mao Xiong, the manufacturer of the Tu-154 passenger aircraft.
As we all know, the things produced by Mao Xiong are not considered comfortable during wartime, so they all have shortcomings such as frizzy, thick leather, low technical level, and difficulty in maintenance.
The same goes for passenger planes. Although they can fly and have good safety performance, they have a lot of problems.
Compared with the same type of passenger aircraft from Boeing or Airbus in the Western world, the Tu-154 passenger aircraft is not comparable. Others are not a little bit better than it, that is, the price is a little more expensive.
But airplanes cannot be cheap, not to mention that Western passenger planes are fuel-efficient. Compared with the Soviet-style passenger planes known as fuel tigers, one flight can save a lot of fuel money.
In the beginning, fur bears could produce and consume by themselves, because the land is vast and abundant, and as a resource-rich country, fur bears have an indispensable shortage of oil. If they can’t sell it, they just use it themselves, and they don’t care about the little oil money.
However, with the economic recession, the government's purchase orders have been significantly reduced, and the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory, like the Black Sea Shipyard, has fallen into the dilemma of product backlog.
The aircraft produced cannot be sold.
What is even more helpless is that the Black Sea Shipyard can still make a living by building civilian ships, but the Kuibyshev aircraft cannot.
Forced to have no choice, the subordinate units of the Kuibyshev Aircraft Factory began to find buyers for their products and sold the Tu-154 passenger aircraft at a reduced price.
compared to the West.
Domestic aircraft are even more backward than Mao Xiong, and there is no large aircraft of its own. As a result, the Tu-154 passenger plane, which no one wants in the West, has become a treasure in the mainland.
The protagonist of the story, Lao Mou, heard that Mao Xiong had a batch of Tu-154 passenger aircraft for sale, so he ran over to negotiate with Mao Zi, and the negotiations lasted for three years.
In the previous life, the canned goods were exchanged for airplanes at the end of 1991. The fur bear couldn't bear it anymore and sold it in tears. He agreed to barter and pay cash on delivery.
After signing the contract, the four Tu-154s arrived within a few months.
The same cannot be said for Lao Mou.
Because of the lack of strength, the delivery was OK and relatively fast at the beginning, but not so much later. The delivery time was delayed for three years, and the products were of mixed quality. All products were sent to Mao Xiong.
Even though Lao Mou has made a lot of money, at least more than 100 million.
But the reputation among Maozi was completely ruined.
otherwise!
After finally opening up the trade route, how come it was only possible to trade 4 aircraft? Don’t forget that the 1990s were the most chaotic period in Mao Zedong. Many people went there to make a fortune.
certainly!
From Damao's point of view, he was cheated by Lao Mou, and the plane he sold was exchanged for a lot of junk.
But in the eyes of Chinese people, this is an unimaginable big deal. Exchanging cans for airplanes was something that was unthinkable before, but Lao Mou actually made it happen.
As a result, Lao Mou's fame in China skyrocketed and he became the idol of a generation.
Chinese people love to follow the trend the most!
Seeing that Lao Mou had switched from the stuffed bear to the plane, or using cans, many people naturally came up with the idea of what you can do and I can do it, especially those public officials with connections.
Therefore, it became the norm in the 1990s for public officials to go overseas to do business.
One billion people, 900 million businesses, and 100 million more to be opened. This is a true portrayal of that year.
Many of them made money.
Because the situation at that time was the contradiction between backward productivity and the people's growing living needs.
As long as you can get things and transport them to where they are needed, you can make money.
It's just like winning a lottery ticket. Everyone only sees people winning, but they don't see how many people lose money or even lose their families.
But it was like this. There were many people who came forward one after another and were willing to do anything for money, which ruined the atmosphere at that time.
However, the formation of this trend has the background of the times. Not to mention Lei Weidong, even the leaders above cannot change it. The only thing Lei Weidong can do is to cut off Lao Mou's business with a flick of his finger.
Because Lao Mou only built four Tu-154s before and after, the transaction amount was only a few hundred million. Compared with the current transaction between Hua Yihan and Da Mao, the difference is too big.
certainly!
Great strength, great appetite.
Just like Lei Weidong in Ukraine fell in love with the Black Sea Shipyard, on Mao's side, Lei Weidong fell in love with the aircraft factory. Whether it was Kuibyshev or Gorbunov, any company in the Mao Xiong aerospace manufacturing system Lei Weidong wants all the essence.
However, just when Lei Weidong revealed his intention to buy a plane, something unexpected happened.
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Oriental Group's building in the Special Administrative Region!
A group of old guys came this day.
Although these people are all elderly people in their fifties or sixties who are about to retire or even retire, they are very impressive. Not only were they accompanied by the leaders of the special zone when they arrived, but they were also personally received by Hua Yihan and introduced to Lei Weidong after they arrived.
"A Dong, let me introduce to you. This is Engineer Song from Chengdu Aircraft. This is Engineer Zhang from Shenyang Aircraft. This is Hu Ge. Uncle Hu has just stepped down from the leadership position of the ministry. He is from the aviation system. I'm an old man. I used to take good care of me. This is..."
There were more than twenty old guys who came, and every one of them was a master, either a chief engineer or a senior engineer, and some were leaders of ministries and commissions. All of them were top figures in the domestic aviation industry.
These people came to visit Lei Weidong like this, and even asked Hua Yihan to call him over from Xiangjiang. Lei Weidong felt something was wrong.
Because he found that these old guys looked at him like a pauper who had been poor for eighteen lifetimes and wanted to pounce on him and eat him when he saw the God of Wealth.
"Isn't it just a few planes? It's time to call in these people." After the introduction, Lei Weidong pulled Hua Yihan down to the corner and asked in a low voice.
"How many planes are there? If you say this, cover your chest and ask, do you believe it?" Hua Yihan shrugged at Lei Weidong's nonsense and said contemptuously:
"The mainland is different from Xiangjiang. Many things are known to the superiors. However, due to the national conditions, it is difficult to come forward, so we can only support secretly. Otherwise, you think our Black Sea Shipyard's operations can be so smooth.
The immigration of hundreds of people was approved without blinking an eye, and the local government still supported us, whether it was because we needed land to expand the factory or applied for construction land.
All of them are specially approved, and sometimes they are even delivered to our door without us asking. This is all the support from above. "
"Too!"
Lei Weidong nodded.
If the cooperation between Longsi Shipyard and Black Sea Shipyard was within the commercial scope at the beginning, only two groups of personnel came, totaling more than 800 people.
It looks like a lot, but compared with the Black Sea Shipyard, which has tens of thousands of workers, even its laid-off workers have not been absorbed, so the impact is very small.
But with the death of Mao Xiong, Er Mao fell into chaos, and Jiang Lang and others made much bigger moves at the Black Sea Shipyard.
Not only do we need people, but we also need information and even some cutting-edge equipment.
In less than a month, more than a thousand skilled workers and a large amount of confidential information flew over from Ukraine.
In Jiang Lang's words.
Everything goes well.
In just one year, only the land will be left in the Black Sea Shipyard, and all personnel and equipment will be moved to the mainland to restart a shipyard in the mainland.
If such a big move is to go unnoticed, the solar energy will come out from the west.
It's just that Ermao has too much time to take care of himself. As long as he has US dollars, everything is easy to talk about, so he turns a blind eye to the shipyard.
The mainland side must know everything.
It's just that I picked up a shipyard that can produce aircraft carriers for nothing. It's too late for the higher-ups to be happy, so how can they stop it.
"Xiaohan, what are you talking about?"
Seeing Lei Weidong and Hua Yihan whispering, Hu Ge, as an elder, came over and asked.
"Let's talk about the Nande Group. The reason why Weidong wanted to buy an airplane was because he heard that the Nande Group was negotiating with Mao Xiong, so he wanted to get involved and messed up the business."
They were all on their own, so Hua Yihan opened the skylight and talked openly about the plane.
"Our ministries and commissions actually knew about the Nande Group's purchase of Tu-154 from the Soviet Union. We even knew the trick he played. The reason why we did not expose it was because we really needed the aircraft."
Referring to the South German Group, Hu Ge explained:,
“With the development of the economy, the shortage of large aircraft in China has become increasingly serious.
It's just that we won't be able to produce it for a while, and it will take ten or even ten or twenty years of public relations.
Originally, the country wanted to develop Yunshi, but it was canceled because it had no money and it took too long to get started.
As a result, civil aviation companies can only import passenger planes from abroad. This import requires foreign exchange, and the shortage of foreign exchange is dire. "
When it comes to foreign exchange, Hu Ge shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Although there is more foreign exchange than before, it is also used more. Each airline only gets so much every year, but if so, you can only find a way on your own.
Siluke
It happened that the Nande Group found Sichuan Airlines and offered to fly a few planes in RMB and pay cash on delivery. Of course Sichuan Airlines agreed. This was something they wished for, so they signed a contract with it.
Because there was no foreign exchange in hand, and the Nande Group could not obtain foreign exchange, he could only use the method of exchanging goods for goods to organize hundreds of wagons of domestic backlog products to replace the payment.
That is to say, Mao Xiong's side is poor, and the products we have accumulated over here can be sold for a lot of money, so we agreed.
But that's it.
It is also difficult to play this game with the size of Nande Group. Not only does it need to find a bank loan, but it also needs to lower the shipping price of Mao Xiong. When delivering goods, it is more likely to be shoddy, allowing Mao Xiong to take advantage of it.
Lao Maozi is the most vengeful. If you use the knife when he is weak, he will kill you if you go too far. "
"So, you want us to take over." Lei Weidong said.
"Yes, if Mr. Lei is saying that you are not interested, I will definitely not tell you. A few planes are too small for you, but now that you are interested, it will be different."
Hu Ge chuckled and said, "With the strength of the Eastern Group, as long as they show some intention, Maozi will definitely kick the Nande Group to its knees.
Unlike the Nande Group, the transactions between the Eastern Group and Mao Xiong during this period amounted to billions of dollars every month. With a little bit of allocation in the middle, they would have enough money to buy an airplane.
Not only are we reassured, Mao Xiong is also reassured. The reputation of the Eastern Group is much better than that of the Nande Group.
"But the Tu-154 is really not that good. It's much worse than similar aircraft from Airbus and Boeing." Lei Weidong said deliberately.
"The Tu-154 is a little bad, but it's better than nothing, and I've also built this aircraft. Although it's worse than Boeing and Airbus, it can be used. In the future, even if it is no longer used in civil aviation, it can also be used by the military.
Besides, although the technologies of Boeing and Airbus are good, they are too expensive. European and American countries also like to sanction people and choke you at every turn. Airplanes are not like cars. Once they don’t have parts, they can’t fly even if they want to. "
Hu Ge sighed, “It’s better to keep our feet on the ground and get the Tu-154 first, then get its production line and technical data, and innovate on the basis of it, so that the large aircraft can be produced as soon as possible.
Taizu said that there are some things that must be walked. If you go early, it will be a day. If you don't go now, you don't know how many times the price will be if you go again in the future. "
"I just want to buy a plane. Why do you think I brought the production line here, or even emptied the big hair." Lei Weidong said with a sullen face and very seriously.
"Mr. Lei, we are all sensible people, so stop playing charades. With the strength of Eastern Group, if we only buy a few planes, you and Yihan will still need to come forward.
Any department manager can decide.
The two of you coming forward means that there is a big work, and it is bigger than the actions on the other side of the Black Sea. "Hu Ge's voice was a bit loud, allowing everyone in the conference room to hear it.
However, everyone in the conference room laughed and said nothing. Obviously this was already an undisclosed secret and everyone had known it for a long time.
"Mr. Hu, do you know about what's happening on the Black Sea?"
"I know, of course I know, but it's a pity that it belongs to the Navy, and our department can't compete with it." Hu Ge said with regret, "Seeing you preparing to evacuate the Black Sea Shipyard, it would be a lie for us not to be jealous.
Everyone is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and I hope Mr. Lei can pay attention to the plane.
Otherwise, when Yihan said that you were going to buy a plane, we old guys took the initiative to come to the door. We were just worried that you would take a detour and buy something that was not suitable for you, or waste your money, let alone waste your time. "
"Mr. Hu, tell me what should we do?" Having said that, Lei Weidong stopped being pretentious and went straight to a showdown.
Lei Weidong knows how big the future large aircraft market will be.
In the next 20 to 30 years, more than 3,000 large aircraft from Boeing and Airbus will be purchased. The cost of purchase and subsequent maintenance will be measured in trillions, or US dollars.
With such a big market, as long as I get Mao Xiong's passenger aircraft production line, I can definitely become bigger and stronger. Even if I can't compete with Airbus and Boeing, I can become the third largest company in the world by relying on the mainland.
"First, we grabbed the Nande Group's order." Mr. Hu said with a smile, "Maozi's people were negotiating with the Nande Group in the capital, but it didn't go well.
The people in South Germany want to fight with nothing, but Mao Zi is holding on, hoping that a third party will enter the scene. "
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