King of Industry

  Chapter 701 "The Three Major Businesses of Bombardier Corporation"

   "Bombardier Aerospace is a subsidiary of Bombardier Corporation. It is the fourth largest aircraft manufacturer in the world in terms of number of employees, after Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus."

   "In terms of annual shipments, it is the fifth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the world, second only to Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Airbus and Samba Aviation Industries."

  In the restaurant, Zhao Guoyang calmly explained the situation of "Bombardier Aerospace Corporation" he knew.

  In the early 1990s, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, the two major aircraft manufacturers in the United States, had not yet merged.

  Combined with the existence of "Airbus", a conglomerate of several major industrial powers in Europe, Bombardier Aerospace's business volume in aerospace can indeed only be ranked behind these three giants.

  After listening to Zhao Guoyang's narration, Wang Jintao said: "Uh, judging from this ranking, 'Bombardier' ​​is not as powerful as we imagined!"

  After Wang Jintao finished speaking, Zhao Guoyang just said: "Director Wang, you are wrong about this. Just take the aerospace business as an example, 'Bombardier Aerospace' is naturally not the opponent of the Big Three."

"However, unlike these three major companies, 'Bombardier' ​​does not only own aerospace business. In fact, the annual profit created by 'Bombardier Aerospace' accounts for about 30% of its total profit... "

  Zhao Guoyang stretched out a finger and said: "Among Bombardier's three major businesses, the design and manufacture of aircraft only ranks second, while the design and manufacture of rail vehicles ranks first!"

   Pei Chunming, who was sitting opposite Zhao Guoyang, couldn't help asking: "Then Researcher Zhao, what is Bombardier's third largest business?"

  Zhao Guoyang smiled slightly and explained: "The third largest business of Bombardier is the focus of our visit this time, and it is the business of 'All Terrain Vehicles'!"

  After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

  Indeed, although the banner of the delegation this time is "North American Economic and Industrial Exchange Mission".

  But its main purpose, everyone here is very clear, that is for the upcoming "all-terrain vehicle" project in China.

  Quebec Province is the first stop of the delegation, and "Bombardier" undoubtedly plays a very important role in it.

Zhao Guoyang paused for a moment, and after everyone sorted out their ideas, he continued to speak: "Back to the topic of the aerospace industry, you may think that 'Bombardier Aerospace' is only ranked fourth or fourth in the world. It looks like five, and it didn't squeeze into the top three, but compared to us, it's a few streets away."

   "In fact, after so many years of development, Bombardier Aerospace has become the world's largest regional aircraft manufacturer and the world's third largest civil aircraft manufacturer."

   "It is the only manufacturer in the world that has complete research and development, design, manufacturing, and sales of aircraft in three different countries. Its marketing and production management are quite flexible and have always been praised by the world."

   "Wow! Then there are at least three branches of Bombardier Aerospace, right?" Huo Xiufen couldn't help asking when she heard this.

  Zhao Guoyang nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, that's exactly the case. In fact, 'Bombardier Aerospace Group' owns a total of four aircraft manufacturing companies."

"In addition to Air Canada in St. Laurent, Quebec, where we are now, there are De Havilland in Downsview, Ontario, Canada, and Gates Lear Jet in Tuguet, Arizona, USA. , and Short Brothers in Belfast, Northern Ireland."

   "Among them, Air Canada, Gateslier Jet Company, and Short Brothers all have independent R&D, design, and manufacturing aircraft capabilities..."

   Zhao Guoyang's narration made everyone gasp in amazement.

  Before, everyone didn't know much about "Bombardier Aerospace Group" and didn't take it seriously.

  But now after hearing what Zhao Guoyang said, everyone knows how serious their mistakes are.

  Especially Li Haoping, the industrial counselor, shook his head again and again, very annoyed by his previous underestimation of this company.

After sighing for a while, Kong Xianchao slowly said to Zhao Guoyang beside him: "Researcher Zhao, it seems that the first stop that your investigation team chose this time is really the right one. This 'Bombardier' ​​is really worth going to. Let's go, take a look!"

  Zhao Guoyang nodded silently, somewhat wondering what Minister Kong meant.

   Just when he was secretly wondering, Kong Xianchao had already spoken.

   "That's it, Researcher Zhao. I'll communicate with Montreal in the afternoon. I'll go with your investigation team tomorrow. Do you think it's okay?"

  Minister Kong Xianchao came out in person, what's wrong with this? It must be a good thing.

   Originally, Zhao Guoyang was worried that he and the inspection team would not have enough face, so he would not be able to meet with the senior management of "Bombardier".

   Now that Minister Kong is accompanying him, this worry will definitely disappear.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Guoyang nodded repeatedly and said, "That's great, Minister Kong. If you're here, we don't need to say hello to Montreal, do we?"

   "Haha, this is natural!"

  Xu Guangyuan laughed and said, "Minister Kong will go out in person, and our investigation team will follow behind to 'beat the autumn wind'."

   "Hey, Director Xu is wrong!"

  Kong Xianchao shook his head seriously and said, "I just play a referral role, and I have to rely on our researcher Zhao to communicate with the leaders and technicians of Bombardier!"

  Kong Xianchao's words are sincere, and everyone can hear it.

  Indeed, just the welcome lunch at noon made everyone's doubts about Zhao Guoyang, a young man, disappear.

  This leader Zhao has professional insights far beyond ordinary people not only in terms of industrial technology, but also in many aspects such as humanities, geography, and economy.

  It is really a blessing for everyone to have such a powerful person as the head of the investigation team!

  After the luncheon, Kong Xianchao invited the staff of the embassy to take everyone to rest.

  Zhao Guoyang didn't refuse much, shook hands with Minister Kong and the three counselors, exchanged greetings, and took the delegation to the hotel.

  Although everyone fell asleep on the plane, the quality of sleep on this plane must not be comparable to normal. After arriving at the destination, it still takes some time to adjust.

  Because he was the head of the inspection team, Zhao Guoyang's room was arranged in the innermost and largest room of the stairs.

   After entering the room and washing up, Zhao Guoyang was thinking about tomorrow's itinerary.

  Originally, according to his original plan, the visit to this "Bombardier" should last for two days.

   On the first day, it was natural to meet and discuss with the top management of "Bombardier Corporation", and the two sides had some casual conversations. However, by the way, visit the other party's "all-terrain vehicle" production base.

   As for the next day, Zhao Guoyang planned to visit "Bombardier Aerospace Group" in his personal capacity.

  The reason is very simple. Western countries have always had a technical blockade against China, especially in high-tech projects such as the "aerospace industry". They must be somewhat wary of a visiting delegation like themselves.

   As the head of the investigation team, it is basically impossible to visit the production process of "Bombardier Aerospace Group".

  But it’s not necessarily a personal identity. After all, I am very clear about the market trend and technological development direction of future aviation equipment, so I have the capital to talk to the other party.

  If it works well, maybe the other party can put aside their prejudices and have a serious discussion with themselves on some issues in the aerospace industry.

   Having obtained the trust of "Bombardier Aerospace Group", it is naturally not a problem to help Mr. Li get some information on the aerospace industry.

  But what Zhao Guoyang didn't expect was that Minister Kong Xianchao offered to accompany the delegation tomorrow. What's more, he didn't expect that this boss would help him contact the leaders of Montreal.

  In the capacity of Kong Xianchao, the minister he is talking to must be a cadre at the mayor level of Montreal.

  If it were the mayor of Montreal to say something, "Bombardier" would definitely have a different level of reception for his inspection team.

  In fact, although "Bombardier" is rich and powerful, its relationship with Quebec and Montreal is still very close.

  “Bombardier” once received investment from Invest in Quebec when its business was struggling at the beginning of its establishment.

   Now this investment has accounted for 20% of the total shares of "Bombardier".

   And standing behind this "Quebec Investment Corporation" are the Montreal City Government and the Quebec Provincial Bureau of Industry.

  Because Kong Xianchao joined in tomorrow's itinerary, Zhao Guoyang felt that his chances of completing Mr. Li's mission would be much greater at once.

  Not to mention anything else, at least the minister Kong Xianchao is with him. It’s always possible for my delegation to visit the production process of Bombardier Aerospace, right?

   As long as he can see the production process, Zhao Guoyang feels that he can analyze a lot of things.

  In addition, Minister Kong visited the "Bombardier Aerospace Group", and the "Bombardier executives" who received him will definitely not be so vigilant, let alone guard against the inspection team like thieves.

   In this way, the chances of getting useful information from their mouths are even greater.

  Compared with the significance of visiting "Bombardier Aerospace Group", Zhao Guoyang felt that the main mission of the delegation's trip to North America - the investigation of "all-terrain vehicles" was not so important.

  After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Guoyang felt that there was basically nothing to worry about in the trip to Montreal tomorrow, so Zhao Guoyang slowly let go of his worries.

  Looked up at the time on the wall clock, it was almost two o'clock, and I could still sleep for a while.

  Zhao Guoyang stretched contentedly, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

  (end of this chapter)