Chapter 1756

Northrop headquarters, Hawthorne City, California.

Jack Northrop attaches great importance to Li's personal visit.

I am not only present at the door of the company, but also welcome all the management.

"It's great to see you, Jack."

As soon as we met, Li Zitao showed great enthusiasm.

It's an honor for Jack Northrop, as well as acknowledging rumors about him.

The founder of Li's consortium will show enthusiasm for anything that helps him.

At the same time, Jack Northrop knows.

The possibility that you want to keep the company is infinitely close to zero.

In a country where capital dominates everything, if you have money, you can really do whatever you want.

"Charlie, it's a great honor for Northrop to be recognized and valued by you."

The Huahua sedan chair is carried by everyone. Since Li Zitao has given his face, Jack will not find himself bored.

Looking at the expressions of those executives, everyone's eyes at Li Zitao are absolutely hot.

It's like seeing the bride on her wedding night, no It's a stronger desire.

If they can get on the Li's ship, it will be a step to the sky for them.

It is not only wealth, but also social status and influence.

"Shall we visit the laboratory first?" Li Zitao is very direct.

He made it clear from the beginning that he was interested in Northrop's plan and wanted to talk about acquisition or cooperation.

Otherwise, why should a great man like him go to such a remote country as Hawthorne?

"Good." Jack readily agreed to come down.

Not to agree, although from the heart, he does not want to be bought by capital.

But he also knows that Northrop is a little famous small workshop compared with Lee.

He is the founder who brought these fame.

Thinking of this, Jack is more confident. Northrop's real value lies in himself, which is his greatest dependence.

If he wants to join the Li family, he must ensure that he gets the rights and interests he deserves.

At the end of the day, everything is about profit.

In the final analysis, the autonomy and large R & D investment that Northrop wants is also an interest.

"I used to work in a studio owned by Boeing." Jack suddenly mentioned his past.

"Oh?" Li Zitao looked at him in surprise.

That is to say, such talents are actually from their own companies.

"Yes, I was Douglas's deputy chief engineer and one of the founders of Lockheed."

Seeing Li Zitao's puzzled eyes, Jack laughed: "that was before you bought them."

"So it is."

Li Zitao's inner doubts disappeared: "if after that, I would think that Boeing still has a lot of problems, and it will lose top talents like you."

This praise is very helpful to Jack. No one in the world doesn't like to hear good words.

"Thank you. Here we are."

For the garage size factory, Li Zitao did not show dissatisfaction or disdain attitude.

This attitude won Jack's favor again.

What he dislikes most is those people who are arrogant, but those who are engaged in technology are not proud.

No matter how humble his work place is, he can't stop his research and creation.

"The place is a little bit rough." Self modesty or self modesty, Jack takes them into the factory with a smile.

"I know a lot of great companies come from garages, and maybe it will become a culture in the future."

Facing Jack's curious eyes, Li Zitao said in his heart: Unfortunately, these companies do not know whether there is a chance to be born.

Today's Wang An company, in the computer field can be said to be a unique branch.

And the mistakes it once made will never appear again with Li Zitao's control.

When he was silent, Jack stopped asking questions and started to introduce the company's main R & D direction and current business scope.

Nowadays, Northrop's main business is outsourcing and OEM from other companies, and there is no stable source of income.

But the research and development direction is very clear and specific, flying wings.

"All Northrop's research, all around flying wings, I firmly believe that it will be the future of aircraft."

Jack Northrop's eyes glowed with enthusiasm as he said this.

It's a love of airplanes and a belief in our own judgment.

Only like him, who firmly believes in himself and strives for his dream all his life, can he be worthy of the glory and strength of Northrop in the future.

As a matter of fact, the loneliness of Northrop now has the shadow of many arms giants.Even Boeing may play an ignominious role in it.

Everything will start with the last product of Northrop in modern times, yb-49.

Yb-49 is a super heavy bomber built for the military according to the requirements of the military. It can also be said that it is the predecessor of B-2.

Since the delivery of the prototype aircraft and the first flight test in the air force base, yb-49 has been experiencing frequent problems.

Concussion, instability and engine fire, multiple problems for the military to worry about.

However, the fire problem of the engine was caused by human factors. The FBI also intervened in the investigation, and finally, forced by some pressure, chose to close the case with "personnel negligence".

These Li Zitao had already asked the FBI for information before they came.

In 49, the air force first cancelled the order for the medium-sized rb-49a, then the yb-49, and finally the whole project.

As a result, Northrop almost went bankrupt.

The capital confrontation and political compromise represented by the latter can not be finished in a few words.

Jack, as a party, naturally knows the inside story.

It doesn't really matter to him whether Boeing is involved or not.

People die for money, birds die for food, which has been the case since ancient times.

If we change the angle, let him stand on the other side's position, in the face of the rise of competitors, we will also use means to suppress them.

The market is so big, why let others enter easily?

As for fairness, shopping malls are like battlefields.

But it is unrealistic to say that he doesn't mind at all and is completely relieved.

The reason why he refused Gruman's acquisition was that Jack didn't think the other party was qualified at all. The other reason was that he had not put down the matter at that time.

However, this time, Li Zitao came in person to give Jack Northrop face.

Whether or not to agree to the acquisition and merge with Li's depends on the specific conditions given by the other party.

"What are the conditions for Northrop to become Boeing's fifth independent R & D studio?"

Li Zitao's mouth is Wang fried. Even Jack, who has made numerous conjectures, is shocked and tongue tied.

Does he really want Northrop to be an independent studio like skunk, McDonald, gluman and Douglas?

Jack Northrop had to admit that he was in a heartbeat.

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