Chapter 376 digging holes for brothers (2)

Raymond, who is looking forward to Boeing's future and is fully urging the expansion of the production line, doesn't know that Zhang Yunfeng will suddenly rush to Seattle. If Zhang Yunfeng hadn't received his call before his plane took off from New York, he couldn't even change his clothes from the construction site of the new factory to the airport.

Raymond doesn't know what the purpose of Zhang Yunfeng's sudden visit is, but Raymond is sure that Zhang Yunfeng is his lucky star. Since he came to Seattle, he will surely bring good things to himself.

When Raymond saw Zhang Yunfeng and Erikson coming down from the plane together, Raymond was shocked. He was deeply impressed by Erikson, because he was the CEO of ups in North America, and also the CEO of ups in the highest position in the region, second only to the CEO of the head office, which was regarded as the vassal of ups in North America. Even Raymond had to catch up with him It's nothing else because UPS is the world's largest customer in the civil cargo market.

Raymond obviously didn't understand how Zhang Yunfeng and Eriksson could be together, but also came to the Boeing headquarters in Seattle together. For a moment, Raymond thought to himself, maybe Dongchen is going to cooperate with UPS in the logistics direction. After all, many electronic product enterprises choose to cooperate with UPS, including apple and Samsung.

Seeing that they were about to step down the spiral staircase, Raymond strode up and shook hands with Zhang Yunfeng first. Then he shook hands with Erikson and smiled: "Erikson, I didn't expect that we would meet again. I was going to visit you in New York some days, but I didn't expect you to come here with Mr. Zhang."

Eriksson smiled and said: "Mr. Raymond, this time, I am not on behalf of ups. I have already terminated the employment contract with ups. Now, I am a member of Dongchen."

Raymond was shocked, then nodded and smiled: "Congratulations, Dongchen is absolutely the greatest enterprise in the world, congratulations on finding the most suitable platform for you."

You are welcome to say, Raymond also thought in his heart, Zhang Yunfeng took a member of UPS general, and took him to Boeing in person. Is Dongchen ready to develop logistics?

If so, that is to say, will Zhang Yunfeng bring an order to Boeing this time?

Although the price offered by Boeing to Dongchen is far lower than the market price, Raymond knows that if Boeing wants to make a thorough breakthrough in its business, it must rely on the young Chinese in front of him. Only relying on him and Dongchen can Boeing complete the monopoly of the whole civil aviation aircraft field. Therefore, don't say that it will make a huge profit to Dongchen, Even if he doesn't earn or lose money, he should give priority to serving Dongchen, which is more important, which is clear to Raymond.

At this time, Zhang Yunfeng said with a smile, "Raymond, this time I'm here to send money to Boeing. I think we'd better go to Boeing headquarters to talk slowly."

"Please get on the bus, let's go back to Boeing headquarters right now," Raymond said

In the important meeting room of Boeing headquarters, Zhang Yunfeng sat with Eriksson and several Boeing executives including Raymond. Since both sides are already very close strategic partners, Zhang Yunfeng didn't detour and said directly: "Raymond, Dongchen is ready to build its own logistics platform, not only to meet its own needs, but also to march forward Logistics market, so I think we need at least 800 cargo planes of various types at the end of logistics development. Since we are all strategic partners, this list naturally needs to be produced by Boeing. What do you think about this? "

"Since it's Dongchen's need, we will definitely put it in the most important position. Although the current order number is far beyond our annual output, I can still guarantee that Dongchen can get at least 100 airplanes from Boeing every year," said Raymond excitedly

"A hundred is too few." Zhang Yunfeng shook his head and said, "if it's at this speed, it will take at least six years for Dongchen express to develop beyond ups."

Raymond was surprised that Boeing could not meet the demand of a large number of orders in the market at full capacity. 80% of Airbus orders were transferred to Boeing. Moreover, those airlines were eager to wait for the new aircraft to be put into the route to start operation and make profits. They did not have the patience to wait for 357 years. They squeezed out one hundred annual production to Dongchen, which was very meaningful Well, you know, the profit from selling two airplanes to Dongchen is barely equal to the profit from selling one of the same model airplanes to other airlines. That is to say, under the current situation of the sharp increase of orders, every time Boeing produces one for Dongchen, it is equivalent to indirectly losing the profit of one airplane.

Therefore, Raymond said with a puzzled face: "Mr. Zhang, you know the situation of Boeing. If we want to crush the Airbus as soon as possible, we should seize all the customers as soon as possible. You know the operation mode of the civil aviation system. Once the capacity of a certain route is insufficient, the airlines will be in short supply of aircraft for operation. These airlines We are waiting to make money. Although the new aircraft we jointly produce has excellent fuel economy, even if we use Airbus's aircraft and the engines of the three giants, the airlines still have profits. If we fail to deliver a large number of airliners in a short period of time, these airlines must temporarily purchase aircraft from Airbus to relieve the pressure. In this way, Airbus It's a chance to breathe again. "

Zhang Yunfeng smiled and said: "Boeing only has two new production lines, which seems too conservative, right? At this time, it's a critical moment for vigorous and rapid expansion. If Boeing can increase its original production capacity by more than 50%, Airbus will fall completely in less than a year. "

Raymond sighed and said: "although the number of orders is increasing now, the more orders we have, the more capital we need to invest. When major airlines order airplanes, they only give a deposit of no more than 20%. When the deposit arrives, Boeing will put into production. During this period, all costs need to be paid by us in addition to the deposit of no more than 20% The more money we use, the more money we have. All the cash flow we have has turned into factory buildings, production lines and airplanes under construction. It takes a long time for us to realize the cost. "

Speaking, Raymond said helplessly: "we have also thought about loans, but now the U.S. economy is also in recession. Many good enterprises have been severely impacted by Dongchen. The automobile industry and semiconductor chip industry are basically difficult to operate. Although the U A big step back makes it very difficult to borrow, and the interest rate is higher. "

"So this time I'm here to send you charcoal in the snow!" Zhang Yunfeng said with a smile

Raymond was confused and said that it's good for you to place an order for me. However, the order didn't greatly improve my current cash flow. On the contrary, once I started to produce airplanes with full power for Dongchen, I would put in more cash.

At this time, Zhang Yunfeng patted Raymond on the shoulder and said with a smile, "we are brothers, strategic partners. How can I let Boeing miss this opportunity?"

With that, Zhang Yunfeng held out two fingers and said: "I need 800 planes, which will be divided into four batches of orders, 200 for each batch. Today, I come here to place the first batch of orders to Boeing, 200 freight planes!"! Moreover, I will pay the full amount in advance! "

"All in one!" Raymond exclaimed, his eyes twinkling like a copper bell, and his face was unbelievable.

Zhang Yunfeng shrugs his shoulders and laughs jokingly: "with Dongchen's financial resources, is it still a big problem to pay all the money first?"

"Of course not!" Raymond shook his head in a hurry and looked at Zhang Yunfeng with a grateful expression.

Raymond is really grateful to Zhang Yunfeng. It seems that one day you heard that all the restaurants in the town have closed down. You are the only one left. You know that the market space has grown a lot. However, you don't have enough cash flow. You can see that there are countless people standing in front of your door, but you can't deal with such a huge situation in a single step For the big market demand, you can only make money with the existing stores and save enough money to open a second and third one, just like Boeing is opening up a new production line one by one.

Boeing also wants to be in place in one step. There is no room for Airbus to run directly, but it's just a lack of strength. The relationship between the United States and Europe has always been good, and the government can't give direct support to the competition between Boeing and Airbus. All banks are facing a lot of bad debts, and they hope to take the lead in this critical moment It's impossible to expand the productivity in a short time. Now, Zhang Yunfeng has to prepay all the money for 200 airplanes as soon as he opens his mouth. In the eyes of Raymond and other Boeing executives, it's like living Jesus delivering carbon in the snow and saving lives!

Zhang Yunfeng then said: "Raymond, the relationship between you and me is here, so you can rest assured that I will pay all the money for 200 airplanes after the signing of the contract, and I will not ask for a cent of interest, let alone any risk for Boeing, so the risks of inflation, cost increase and dollar depreciation are borne by Dongchen, Although the cooperation between Dongchen and Boeing is the cooperation between enterprises, the way we adopt is the cooperation mode between the state and enterprises. I order cargo aircraft from Boeing according to the standard of American government for ordering fighter planes. With my guarantee, I think you can also rest assured and make full efforts to improve productivity? "

We will pay all the money before we see one wing, and take all the financial risks on our own. We need to know that the total price of two hundred airplanes is easily more than ten billion dollars even according to the ultra-low price given by Boeing to Dongchen. Ten billion dollars is a steady stream of interest. Who is willing to put so much money into the bank Is your money directly interest free and risk-free?

Raymond is not only moved, but more excited. WOW! Now we can work hard! At least $10 billion in cash