Rebirth of the Flying Era

 Chapter 1397yf-17

At this moment, Du Fei fully understood what the old lady meant.

Although he had always said that he hoped Du Fei could find a way to help save people, the other party also knew very well that the probability of success was low.

This is not to say that she is hypocritical towards her husband, but that she has put in too much effort on this matter over the years and has made her understand the reality.

As long as Principal Chang is still there, her husband has no hope of being released.

 In comparison, the matter of ‘money’ is more important.

 Because in America's money society, everything is easy to negotiate if you have money, but it is really difficult to move forward if you don't have money.

As for what she mentioned, knowing Chen Fangshi, it was not important to Du Fei.

Even if they know each other, they are just acquaintances. If they really have a good relationship, the other party will never come to meet him rashly. A safer way is to go to Chen Fangshi directly and let Chen Fangshi introduce him. Not only will it be easier to talk to him, but it will also be easier to do things.

Du Fei thought silently and said: "Ms. Yu, of course I can help with your idea, but..." At this point, Du Fei said sincerely: "I hope you are mentally prepared. The probability of success is not high. ,unless…"

The old lady was not too anxious when she heard 'the probability is not high', she was mentally prepared for it. Du Fei came behind and said 'unless' to cheer her up: "Unless what?"

Du Fei said: "Unless the principal dies, I heard that his health is not very good. It should only be in the past two years. Maybe you can wait."

 Obviously the old lady knew about this situation and was not particularly surprised. Instead, she nodded in agreement.

　About this, she had already known this through all these years of contacts and attempts. As long as that person dies, her husband will never be able to be free.

The real purpose of her visit to Du Fei this time was to get in touch with Du Fei first. She had never had the chance before, but this time Du Fei came, it was an opportunity.

  It will be more convenient to ask Du Fei for help if the situation changes in the future.

At this time, Du Fei remembered that there seemed to be a piece of news before the time travel.

　　It is about this old lady who left an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars to her then divorced ex-husband when she was dying more than ten years later.

Du Fei remembered this incident because the newspaper at the time said that the old lady made all the money through stock and real estate investment.

　Du Fei was still young at the time and always had a trust in the news that did not require a reason.

 I was still feeling very emotional, this old lady was so amazing, she could actually make so much money in America.

 Until later, many years later, he had forgotten the reason for mentioning it again.

Du Fei realized that he was really silly and cute back then.

 An old lady from Huaguo, without any professional financial investment training, was able to kill everyone in the American stock market and eventually save hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth? This is even more incredible than a fantasy.

Now I understand that the money is already there, it just needs a reasonable name.

 As to whether the title is lottery or stock market, it actually doesn’t matter.

Du Fei didn't know what the old lady did originally, but obviously, this time, she planned to start with Du Fei to see if she could be less exploited.

 After thinking about this, Du Fei's heart moved, and he couldn't help but become more interested.

 If this is the case, it means that the secret wealth of the Zhang family has not been touched at this time.

 It was worth hundreds of millions of dollars twenty years later in the 1990s, and it must have been a huge sum of money at this time.

 There is quite a lot of room for maneuver here.

 The same thing is a fortune. A daughter-in-law of a has-been warlord and an upstart with great power are completely different concepts.

 Besides, don’t forget that Du Fei has just established a good personal relationship with Nico’s daughter and son-in-law.

This time Ni may have been through danger, which means he owes Du Fei a big favor. If we don't use this existing relationship, why don't we just wait for the New Year?

It just so happens that we can take this opportunity to convey some benefits to Nico. When we cooperate with Northrop in the next step, Nico can also raise his hand at the critical moment and say hello to everyone.

Thinking of this, Du Fei suddenly felt that the old lady in front of him was smiling more and more.

 …

Meanwhile, Northrop's headquarters were located on the west coast of America.

With a "bang" sound, an artistic glass table lamp was thrown to the ground, split into pieces, and the lampshade shattered.

The instigator, the old man with a white beard and breathing heavily, was the boss of Northrop.

 “Hey John, please calm down!” The partner on the side warned with a frown.

John Northrop gritted his teeth and said: "These **** bastards! They are all bastards! It has been decided that this project will be given to General Motors, but they still let us continue to invest in it..."

Although the partners on the side were also angry, they were more helpless.

They can't afford to offend those air force officers. If something like this happens, they will have to swallow it in their stomachs even if their teeth are knocked out.

"John, listen to me, there is no use getting angry now." The partner said as calmly as possible: "We have to think of a way to see if there is still a chance to reverse it. It has not been announced yet, but maybe there is still a chance."

John Northrop shook his head in frustration: "There is no chance. Although it has not been announced to the public, there is no chance at this point. This time we are out, Joey~ a complete failure!"

 To be honest, he was even more depressed. Faced with this result, he was more unwilling to accept it than anyone else.

 But the result is this, you have to accept it even if you don’t accept it.

No matter how much they invested in the project in advance and how much money they spent on public relations, all the money was wasted.

 They can only grit their teeth and accept these shortcomings.

 But after all, that is tens of millions of dollars, which is real money. It is a loss. Who can bear it?

This was discovered early. His friends in the Procurement Committee of the House of Commons secretly gave him a message, telling him to cut his losses immediately and not invest any more.

 Otherwise they would still be kept in the dark and continue to throw money into it foolishly.

After venting for a while, John Northrop finally calmed down, took a deep breath and sat back on the chair behind his desk.

"what to do?"

John Northrop kept asking himself.

 Originally, he was very confident in this bidding with GM and had made full preparations in advance, not only in the design of the plan, but also in all kinds of contacts.

 In the end, I dare not say that I am sure of it, but I think I am 70% or 80% sure.

Who would have thought that until now, I am using a bamboo basket to fetch water.

So much money has been invested, how to remedy it?

 How will you explain it to the company’s shareholders at that time? What to do with the stock price when the year-end financial report comes out...

John Northrop took a deep breath and made up his mind that he must save himself no matter what.

 The only hope now is the navy.

 The former Navy F-14 was America's earliest third-generation fighter. It used the most advanced technology and could even directly throw mushroom bombs.

If there is any disadvantage to this kind of aircraft, it is that it is too expensive and very troublesome to maintain. Even America, who is wealthy, cannot use all such aircraft on the aircraft carrier.

 According to the principle of high-low matching, there must be an aircraft with a lower price and cost to match it in the future.

At present, the Navy is trying its best to develop a simplified version of the F-14 fighter jet, but the progress is not optimistic.

 According to John Northrop's friends in the Navy, the military no longer has much patience with the simplified version of the F14.

 Technically, a design with a complex structure like the F-14 does not have much simplification value.

 No matter where the simplification is, it will greatly weaken the combat performance of the aircraft.

 Next, the Navy’s low-end fighter jets will definitely need to be re-tendered.

 It’s just that Grumman, which produces the F14, is still making its final struggle, hoping to preserve the simplified F-14 project and then eat up the entire Navy’s orders.

John Northrop decided to think of a way in this regard, but he also knew that this matter would not be easy, especially Grumman, which had very strong connections within the naval system.

In fact, in the world before Du Fei traveled through time, Northrop's YF-17 was able to win orders from the Navy to a large extent because after Commander Nico was deposed by bombs and nuclear weapons, he brought a series of personnel changes. Shuffle.

 Otherwise, Northrop would have no chance to suddenly emerge, bypass the Navy version of the F-16 and simplify the F-14, and let the F-18 have the last laugh.

Now, because of Du Fei's intervention, Nico passed the test without any risk, and it is not certain whether there will be an F-18 in the future.

His partner was not very optimistic about John Northrop's idea and frowned: "John, the navy is certainly a direction, but... I think we need a more certain direction instead of pinning hopes on small probabilities. , a desperate move. Besides...you know how big an appetite those guys in the Navy have, and I’m afraid we can’t feed those guys enough in our current situation.”

John Northrop frowned in silence.

Of course he knows, but what can be done?

"Joy, of course I know, but... we have to find a way." His expression was serious: "Grumman has been coveting us."

The partner said: "John, I think we have other options, such as..."

  John Northrop felt a shiver in his heart.

 As partners, they are not only companions, but may also become enemies in times of adversity.

 So the more difficult the situation, the more alert he becomes: “What do you mean?”

Joy smiled and said: "Hey~ don't be nervous, my friend, I hate GM or Grumman as much as you do."

John Northrop pursed his lips.

Joy continued: "Remember I once told you that I have a classmate~"

John Northrop asked, "The one at McDonnell Douglas?"

Joy nodded: "That's the one, called McCain."

John Northrop said: "What's wrong with him?"

Joy said: "He went to Huaguo before for a project..."

John Northrop frowned. After speaking, he finally understood what the other party meant: "You mean... we find Huaguo people to cooperate?"

Joey spread his hands and said lightly: "What's wrong? The Huaguo people are very profitable. They are very generous. They cooperated with McDonnell Douglas to improve a fighter jet they called the J-8. The entire project was as high as three One hundred million U.S. dollars."

 Hearing this number, John Northrop also took a breath of air.

 He knew about this project, but he had previously focused all his energy on the YF-17 and did not know the details.

 But still a little worried: "Cooperating with Huaguo people...can the superiors agree?"

Joey disagreed: "Have we not had many cooperation projects with Huaguo in recent years? Others can make money, so why can't we? Besides, what is the situation of the company now? Besides, if they feel that they can't cooperate with Huaguo people, then we will just take the opportunity... "

He said with a "you know" expression.

The beard on John Northrop's upper lip twitched: "Do you want that fruit man to be used as a bargaining chip?"

Joy said: "It doesn't have to be a bargaining chip. It will depend on who can pay the higher price when the time comes. John, don't forget that we are businessmen."

John Northrop was silent, frowning and thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

 …

the next day.

The meeting with Ms. Yu was just a brief interlude. Neither party made any further strong demands. The main thing was to become familiar with each other first.

Whether it's rescuing people or using Du Fei's connections in America to unfreeze the Zhang family's secret property, it can't be negotiated in one meeting.

 Huge interests are involved here, and both parties need to constantly test and establish mutual trust.

As for the 30 million remuneration proposed by the lady to Du Fei, to put it bluntly, it was just a pie to gain some initiative in the subsequent negotiations.

 After all, facing Du Fei, she had too few cards in her hand.

 He raised his hand and looked at his watch. Du Fei was fully dressed and ready to go to the appointment.

 Yesterday, Du Fei returned to the hotel after the meeting and received a phone call.

 The caller was none other than Trish, the daughter of Commander Nico.

 Judging from the results, Du Fei's previous reminder was simply too important. Of course they had to express their feelings this time when Du Fei came over.

 It was almost time, and Du Fei left the hotel by car and headed to the manor on the outskirts of the city.

 This place nominally belongs to a wealthy businessman who twists his waist, but in fact it has been used by the Nico family over the years.

The manor occupies a large area, and the main building is a huge American-style wooden house.

It is a kind of giant wood that is made up of two people, stacked together like building blocks, and looks very rough.

Duffy's car was parked in front of the wooden house, and as the host and hostess, Edward and Tracy were waiting at the door together.

Du Fei got out of the car and hugged the two of them warmly. Du Fei came to the door and brought a bottle of Maotai liquor with a very floral and fruity flavor.

Edward and Tracy praised him as usual before the three of them walked into the house.

Inside is a high-ceiling living room. America likes this spacious, high, church-like feeling.

Du Fei didn't like it. He always felt that raising the house so high would make it feel empty and insecure. Moreover, in the winter, when it was a little hot, the air would go up to the roof. Although it looked bright, it was uncomfortable to live in.

At the house, Du Fei praised him again. This is also the principle of visiting the house. When he enters the house, he praises the house, then the children, and if there are no children, he praises the cats and dogs, and then the decoration is tasteful... In short, everything is good.

Until Du Fei found an excuse and asked: "Edward, I have a job here, are you interested?"

 (End of this chapter)