Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

In order to meet this requirement, Britain, France and Germany agreed to cooperate in the development of a new type of short-to-medium-range wide-body passenger aircraft.

This is the famous A300 of British Aerospace Corporation, which carries 250 passengers and is called Airbus.

The A300 airliner was put into flight in 300. At the beginning of its launch, most of the orders for the A[-] came from the local countries that produced the aircraft, that is, Britain, France and Germany.

In addition, in 300, American Eastern Airlines leased four A23s as a test flight, and then ordered 300, coupled with the ensuing oil crisis and the soaring oil prices, which in turn led to the hot sale of A[-] series passenger aircraft.

As a descendant, Yang Chen knows how big the prospect of the civil aviation market is in the future. After the Soviet Union disintegrated in the 90s and the Cold War completely ended, the world's civil aviation market will grow by leaps and bounds.

In the 21st century, global trade is becoming more and more intense, and the aviation field is even more important. It is impossible for him to let such a big piece of cake slip away from him.

If he can acquire British Aerospace Corporation, then the future layout in the aviation field will be much smoother, especially in the future inland civil aviation field.

In the previous life, the inland area had always been restricted by European and American countries in terms of civilian airliners. In terms of military use, countries invested heavily in construction. After decades of effort, they could still catch up.

But in terms of civilian airliners, the shortcomings are very obvious. Without advanced Western technology, everyone can only import commercial airliners from abroad at high prices.

With a market of 13 billion, the number of inland people who will go abroad every year in the future is a huge number, coupled with the rapid development of the express service industry in the 21st century.

All of this requires the use of large aircraft, so as long as there is a chance, he will not miss it.

The inland civil aviation airliners of later generations are mainly Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The two inland civil airliner markets account for about [-]% of the market share, firmly suppressing the entry of passenger aircraft from other countries, and at the same time restricting the inland Research and development of hair-style airliners.

I won’t talk about Boeing, everyone must have heard of this.

The focus is on Airbus, also known as Airbus Corporation, a conglomerate of European airlines created to compete with American companies like Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.

In the 60s, competition between European aircraft manufacturers was as fierce as in the United States, so in the mid-60s, experimental negotiations on European cooperation methods began.

In 300, the British, French and German governments signed a memorandum of understanding to start the development of the Airbus A[-].

The A300 airliner is the only one that can compete with the American Boeing commercial airliner today.

Due to its participation, British Aerospace Corporation can naturally produce the A300 passenger aircraft. At this stage, the A300 passenger aircraft is sufficient to meet its layout in the field of civil aviation.

Once he acquires British Aerospace Corporation, he will be able to deploy in various Asian countries in advance and dominate the Asian civil aviation market one step ahead.

In the future trade market, the trinity of port, railway and airport is indispensable, and the development space of the airport is much larger than that of ports and railways.

After all, the aircraft in the future will be more and more manufactured, larger in size, and will naturally carry more things. In addition, aircraft have advantages that ports and railways do not have. Compared with shipping and railways, they are more promising in development.

In addition to airliners, the other is the military aspect. As a first-class European power, the United Kingdom has now fallen from the top and lost the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.

But, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

No matter how unbearable the United Kingdom is, it still leads most countries in the military field. The only two superpowers in the world that can surpass it in the military field are the United States and the Soviet Union.

Now the Iran-Iraq War is in full swing, a war between two Middle Eastern oil powers.

According to records, the Iran-Iraq War lasted seven years and eleven months, almost eight years. This war was hailed as one of the longest wars in the twentieth century.

It is a veritable war of attrition. Because of this war, the two oil countries in the Middle East not only spent hundreds of dollars that they relied on oil for, but even after the war ended, the two countries owed as much as Tens of billions of dollars in arms debt.

In later generations, the Iran-Iraq War was commented by the world's military circles as "holding advanced weapons and fighting a low-level war".

The two countries rely on oil resources and import a large amount of advanced weapons from Europe, the United States and other countries. Apart from the United States and the Soviet Union, France earns the most money in Europe. The tens of billions of dollars in arms transactions have made French arms dealers ruthless. made a fortune.

Yang Chen didn't know why there was no movement in Britain during the Iran-Iraq War. Maybe it was because Mrs. Thatcher and others were busy reforming and didn't have time to get involved in those things.

If he is able to acquire British Aerospace Corporation this time, he will never miss the opportunity, and he must take advantage of it to earn a lot of money.

Chapter 740 Sputnik

As the information turned to the last page, Yang Chen couldn't help frowning when he saw the data on the last page.

According to statistics from this information, British Aerospace Corporation accounts for about one-eighth of the total military contracts of the British Ministry of Defense, and almost monopolizes the development and production of British military aircraft, spacecraft and tactical missiles.

In modern warfare, aircraft and missiles are absolutely inseparable big guys. British Aerospace has monopolized the production and development of these two weapons, and the significance cannot be ignored.

Yang Chen was silent for a while, looked up at Yuan Tianfan, and asked, "Tianfan, is this data true?"

Yuan Tianfan glanced at it, nodded, and said, "Boss, this information is released by the British government. Any company participating in the auction can get this information. This is a reference material for us."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Tianfan continued to remind: "Boss, if we want to acquire British Aerospace Corporation, in addition to letting the Conservative Party government headed by Mrs Thatcher let go, we must also obtain the support of the British royal family.

It is not necessary for the royal family to express their position, as long as the British royal family does not object during our acquisition process, otherwise, we may encounter some troubles. "

"Is it the royal family?" Yang Chen nodded after hearing the words, "I know this, and I will talk to Prince Charles about it."

Although the British royal family is only a symbolic mascot on the surface, one thing that cannot be ignored is that the British royal family has a very wide influence on the British people and the former colonial countries and regions.

During the more than a century of British dominance, one of the things that the British like to do most is to name each colony after Queen Victoria.

Many rivers, lakes, deserts, waterfalls, cities, ports, streets, parks, schools, buildings and more were named after Victoria to deepen British influence in the region.

Among them, the most famous ones are Victoria State of Australia, Victoria City of Canada, Victoria Harbor of Xiangjiang River, Victoria Capital of Seychelles Islands, Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa...

Even after the end of World War II, Britain's national power was gradually weakening, and its colonies became independent one after another, prompting the disintegration of the global power of the British Empire.

But before the independence of these countries, the United Kingdom still relied on its global influence to form those former colonial countries into an international organization 'Commonwealth of Nations'.

Although the United Kingdom is no longer able to directly influence other members of the Commonwealth of Nations in terms of politics, diplomacy, and economy, the influence of the British royal family is still ubiquitous in various former colonial countries.

The places that were once named after Queen Victoria have not been canceled by the member states and regions of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the British royal family is still the most famous royal family in the world.

From the world-renowned wedding of Prince Charles, it is not difficult to see the influence of the British royal family among the people.

Even if Yuan Tianfan didn't remind him, he would take the initiative to find Prince Charles and express his wishes.

He does not ask the British royal family to support his acquisition of British Aerospace Corporation, as long as the British royal family does not object to this matter and does not express opinions in this regard.

After all, it is impossible for the outside world not to get any news about the acquisition of a company as large as British Aerospace Corporation.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and he doesn't think that the companies that compete with him will not trip him up.

At that time, people will just find an excuse, such as national security, etc., and use his identity to talk about things. Then, with the proud character of the British, once the royal family speaks out, then everything will be forgotten.

"By the way, Tianfan, how much do you know about the manufacturing capabilities of British Aerospace Corporation, and whether they can independently complete the production of artificial satellites."

Yuan Tianfan was taken aback when he heard the words, Yang Chen's thinking jumped too fast, which made him unable to connect. Fortunately, he already had a comprehensive understanding of British Aerospace Corporation before he came.

After being dazed for a while, he said, "I don't know much about the specific situation. At present, British Aerospace Corporation only provides some of the main production equipment for artificial satellites. It is one of the main manufacturers of artificial satellites and space equipment in Western Europe."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Tianfan changed his mind and asked cautiously: "Does the boss want to enter the telecommunications industry?"

Hearing this, Yang Chen glanced at him in surprise, didn't hide anything, nodded and said: "That's right, since the Soviet Union successfully launched the first artificial earth satellite in [-], many countries in the world have successively launched satellites for various purposes. artificial satellite.

These satellites are widely used in many fields such as scientific research, cosmic observation, meteorological observation and international communication.