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In the past decade or so, China has been vigorously building high-speed railways, making the movement of people between different places much more convenient.

However, the entire country is too large, and relying solely on high-speed rail certainly cannot meet everyone's travel needs.

Therefore, the civil aviation market has been in a state of rapid development in the past decade or so, and various airlines have been continuously purchasing passenger aircraft.

For airlines, they basically do not have many choices when purchasing aircraft. They either buy from Boeing or from Airbus.

Relying on the rapid growth of the Chinese market, Boeing and Airbus have made a lot of money.

Although there is a competitive relationship between the two companies, when dealing with China, they will never easily undermine each other on price.

The situation where the sales price of aircraft becomes lower and lower due to competition between two companies will not be seen here.

It's nothing like the competition between Chinese companies. Even brother companies like CSR and CNR can slash prices to the point of losing money in order to win orders.

This approach seems incredible to many foreign companies.

It just so happens that Chinese companies will continue to use similar tactics for many years to come.

It seems that it won't be over until all of his own people are killed.

For example, in the case of photovoltaic products, the whole world is clearly looking to Chinese manufacturers to purchase them. Logically, China has complete control over the pricing of this product and should be making a lot of money.

The result is such huge losses that it is really speechless.

In order to break the monopoly of Boeing and Airbus and allow China to use its own products on civil airliners, COMAC and Venusstar Technology have made considerable efforts.

The C919 developed by COMAC successfully completed its maiden flight last year and is now undergoing various tests in full swing.

By then, the problem of using China's regional jets can be solved.

Venusstar Technology's Venusstar 777 is aimed at trunk technology and aims to compete with Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 for the market.

Once China has these two products, the landscape of civil aviation passenger aircraft will change completely.

Even if the production capacity is limited at the beginning and we need to continue purchasing some products from Boeing and Airbus, the price will definitely drop significantly.

Their idea of ​​making money without doing anything is definitely not sustainable.

"Mr. Cao, our Venus 777's maiden flight will be from Chang'an to Yangcheng. We can directly pick it up at Baiyun Airport."

"We can view the flight status of the aircraft and various related information at the control tower of Baiyun Airport."

Zhao Siyu personally accompanied Cao Yang to attend the maiden flight of Venusstar 777.

In Chang'an City, Liu Tianwu and others will hold a simple ceremony to see the plane off, while in Yangcheng, leaders from Cao Yang and Lingnan Province and Yangcheng City will go to the airport to welcome it.

Although the large aircraft manufacturing plant is located in Chang'an City, many design functions are still in Yangcheng.

The key is that Venusstar Technology’s headquarters is in Yangcheng, so Lingnan Province still attaches great importance to it.

"The relevant test items for the maiden flight should have been rehearsed before. There shouldn't be any problems this time, right?"

In order to maximize the influence of Venusstar 777, many scenes of this maiden flight will be broadcast live.

If something unexpected happens in the middle, it will definitely have a negative impact on the final mass production, which is something Cao Yang does not want to see.

"Today is the first flight, and there are very few test items. We just need to fly smoothly from Chang'an to Yangcheng and complete the landing."

"Later, we will conduct tests on various flight maneuvers and change the routes to allow the Venusstar 777 to experience the test of various routes."

Zhao Siyu had made special inquiries about the arrangements for this maiden flight and was naturally very confident.

The H-777, which is based on the same platform as the Venus 20, has already had its maiden flight a long time ago, but the Venus 777 has only just made its maiden flight. If problems still arise, Zhao Siyu feels it is necessary to conduct a thorough internal review to see if some people have become complacent.

After hearing Zhao Siyu's explanation, Cao Yang was completely relieved.

If problems can still occur even after this, then there is indeed a problem.

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The maiden flight of Venus 777 is naturally a cause for great joy for Chinese netizens.

Airlines are also happy to see this happen.

After all, they are very confident in the products produced by Venusstar Technology.

But for Boeing, this is news that couldn't be worse.

"David, the Chinese market is the aviation market with the greatest potential in the world. Now that their C919 and Venus 777 have entered the stage of first flight, they have a great impact on us."

Muilenburg communicated with David quite anxiously.

As the president of Boeing, he has not had an easy time in recent years.

Boeing has encountered many problems both in the civilian market and in the military market.

Especially the previous disappearance of Boeing 777 has brought them a lot of impact.

In order to cope with the rise of Venus Technologies, Boeing began to exclude some Chinese engineers and managers from the core team.

They even tried to force them to resign.

Faced with these personnel changes, Muilenburg chose to replace them with Indians.

After all, in America's Internet and technology industries, the most useful people are Chinese and Indians.

However, Muilenburg probably could not have imagined what consequences would be brought to Boeing after a large number of Indians came to power.

"It will take some time for us to start the first flight and reach mass production."

"And we certainly won't issue them an airworthiness certificate."

Boeing has had many rounds of discussions on how to deal with the Venus 777 incident.

David currently has no way of coming up with any new ideas.

"The growth in the Chinese market alone can keep the Venus 777 in full production for several years."

"I'm afraid the impact our airworthiness certificate can have is not as great as we thought."

Muilenburg did not fall into blind self-confidence.

It would be nice if it were that easy to restrict the other party.

"That's true, but China's rise is an objective fact. If we want to deal with Venustech, we can't just rely on Boeing to do it on its own."

"I think the views of some of the current presidential candidates can be put to good use when the time comes."

"We need to trap Huaxia and tie up their development ropes, otherwise it will be difficult to completely stifle the development of Venustech."

Muilenburg also agreed with David's statement.

Boeing has a great influence in the United States, and Muilenburg plans to meet with a few bigwigs to have a good discussion.

We must make everyone fully aware of the crisis Boeing is facing now, and what impact it will have on America if Boeing loses its competitive advantage.

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Boeing’s troubles are actually Airbus’ troubles as well.

One of them has the American market and the other has the European market, but the saturation of these two markets is relatively high and the market growth is relatively limited.

If we fail to gain a larger share in China, the world's largest new market, we will suddenly move from a state of undercapacity to a stage of overcapacity.

This situation is definitely not what they want to see.

"Chen, Venusstar Technology has officially announced that the first flight of the Venusstar 777 was a complete success. According to their plan, the cargo version of the product will be put into use by the end of this year."

"China Civil Aviation Corporation will also purchase the Venus 777 for test flights starting next year, which is very disadvantageous to us."

"Over the years, we have also invested a lot of resources in the joint venture assembly plant in Huaxia."

"If the emergence of Venus 777 causes the capacity utilization rate of our joint venture factory to decline, then all the reasons are caused by Huaxia itself."

“You need to communicate this risk with your joint venture partner.”

Fabrice knew that his statement was not very convincing, but at least it could influence the China United Airlines market from the side.

Otherwise, he couldn't just watch Venustech seize the Airbus A350 market while he didn't make any move at all.

"I am planning to visit AVIC's General Manager Zhao Tianling the day after tomorrow to discuss this topic with him."

"The expansion of the joint venture's production capacity was carried out entirely in response to the joint venture partner's request."

“It would be a shame if the expanded production capacity were to remain idle there.”

Although Chen Jumin is a Chinese, as the general manager of Airbus China, he must think about issues from the perspective of Airbus.

In fact, strictly speaking, the joint venture factory is mainly responsible for the production and assembly of some wings of the Airbus A320.

The emergence of Venus 777 will not have any impact on them at all. After all, Airbus A350 is the competitor of Venus 777, but this aircraft is not assembled in the joint venture factory.

"We should try to make the impact sound more serious so that China won't make such a big move."

"Civil aviation aircraft are very important products with extremely high safety requirements. They cannot be put on the market directly after a simple test. That would be irresponsible to consumers."

Fabrice's current situation is similar to that of Muilenburg. They can no longer find a better way to stop the rise of Venus Technologies.

They have the technology, the connections, and the market. What can you use to stop them?

"I've heard that the influence of Internet public opinion in China is very large. Is it possible to influence the mass production of the Venusstar 777 by creating a view on the Internet that the Venusstar 777 is unsafe?"

Although Fabrice is over 50 years old, his thinking is still relatively flexible and he is able to keep up with the pulse of the times.

However, his understanding of the Chinese Internet market is obviously not deep enough.

"Fabris, China's largest social media site is a sister company of Venusstar Technology, and China's largest film and television company is also a sister company of Venusstar Technology."

"Many other websites have close ties with Venusstar Technology, and even Nanshan Investment is an investor in many Internet companies."

"Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for us to engage in a public opinion war on the Internet."

Chen Jumin explained with a wry smile.

If this trick was effective, he would have used it long ago.

But in China, using this trick would not produce any good results, and it would be very good if it could avoid backlash.

"So what other ways are there to ruin the reputation of Venus 777?

Fabrice asked persistently.

"If we must do this, I think we can consider asking the BBC or Reuters and other media to help publicize it."

"First, we will create a wave of public opinion offensive abroad, and then guide it on the Internet in China to see if we can set the pace."

After thinking for a while, Chen Jumin came up with his own solution.

Although the influence of media such as the BBC in China is not as great as it was a decade ago, there are still some people who recognize it.

In particular, some public intellectuals often like to copy some opinions from the BBC and upload them to the Chinese Internet.

"Since you said so, let's do this first."

Fabrice had no better plan, so he had to do this for now.

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"Mr. Cao, congratulations. The first flight of the Venus 777 went very smoothly. Subsequent mass production is just around the corner."

Airbus acted quickly and Chen Jumin soon went to visit Zhao Tianling.

Although Zhao Tianling knew that Venusstar Technology would not change its layout just because of Airbus’ ideas, some information communication could still be done.

At least Cao Yang should be made aware that AVIC is actually strongly supporting Venusstar Technology and is willing to offend its joint venture partner for this.

"We have carried out very thorough rotation of the Venus 777 during the product design phase in order to minimize modifications during the prototype testing phase."

"Now it seems that the previous efforts have not been in vain."

"This also proves that the various aerospace industry-related industrial software modules produced by Yangcheng Zhongwang have very advanced performance and are not inferior to imported software at all."

At this time, Cao Yang must have talked about the efforts and contributions of Venusstar Technology.

The current achievements did not fall from the sky.

"Yangcheng Zhongwang's software is indeed very good. All the factories under our AVIC are now using their software."

"The market share of imported software manufacturers such as Dassault in China has dropped significantly."

Zhao Tianling exchanged pleasantries with Cao Yang for about ten minutes before continuing, "Someone from Airbus came to visit me just now. AVIC was talking about the capacity utilization rate of their joint venture factories in China, hoping that we could interfere with the development of the Venus 777."

"They underestimated our awareness. The emergence of the Venus 777 will be of great benefit to the entire Chinese aviation industry."

"Now Airbus actually wants us to dismantle our own skills. This is simply a daydream."

Zhao Tianling first stated AVIC’s attitude to avoid any misunderstanding from Cao Yang.

Naturally, Cao Yang also expressed his gratitude for this.

Even though he knew that even if AVIC wanted to stir up trouble, it would not have any effect.

But when someone shows you kindness, you can’t just not thank them verbally.

The world is not all about fighting and killing, and you should pay more attention to this aspect when doing business.

Otherwise, if you stumble, you won’t know who caused it.