Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 370 Transport Aircraft Patent Applications

The boss has a very high international reputation. He is a bestselling author and owns an aircraft manufacturing company. He has sold more than 50,000 aircraft in Amerika, although they are just propeller planes, but they are still airplanes.

The propeller aircraft manufacturers in America were forced to unite and sue their boss for dumping!

Another issue is the lawsuit with MTU, a company that is a supplier of military weapons to the Soviet Union and a world leader in diesel engines.

Of course, there are also the advantages of BMW motorcycles in terms of cost-effectiveness and quality.

BMW motorcycles are cheaper than other motorcycles.

In reality, developed countries would never offer any preferential treatment to developing countries.

Goods that your country cannot produce, especially industrial products, will only be sold to you at high prices by others.

BMW motorcycles are the cheapest, but the price is still nearly 50% higher than the price in China, and in some places even double.

The extra money all went to the distributors!
The reason so many people came is because the distributors make so much money.

"Hmm!!" Li Song picked up the documents and looked at them.

"We will continue with our low-price strategy for cars!"

"As for how much the dealers sell locally, that's their business!" Li Song's current goal is to dominate the market and squeeze out other car brands.

Li Song knew that countries that couldn't produce cars and industrial goods had no say in pricing in this area.

Just like before domestic car brands emerged in China, how much would a joint venture car cost? In the 1990s, a joint venture car cost 180,000 yuan.

Even if it's for a long time to come, how much will a small car cost in China?
Moreover, you can't get the car if you don't pay extra, and if you do pay extra you have to wait, not to mention choosing the configuration!

Later, domestic cars emerged, and these foreign cars withdrew from the market.

Do these foreign car manufacturers not want to make money?
Are these foreign car manufacturers stupid?
Similarly, in the case of electronic products, when domestic mobile phones could not be produced independently, some mobile phones were called "kidney phones".

Back then, wages were only a few hundred yuan, while mobile phones cost thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan.

Li Song also recalled that historical records showed that the first imported mobile phones cost tens of thousands of yuan, while how much were workers' wages at that time?

So if your country lacks manpower for production, others will sell to you at a high price.

BMW motorcycles are priced twice as high in some parts of Africa.

However, Li Song doesn't interfere with these matters because these distributors have the capability in the local area.

Now it seems like I'm just an employee, giving most of the profits to distributors and channels!
Li Song is taking over the market, and he also has mid-to-high-end motorcycles now.

Because late-entry brands, unless there are special reasons, have no choice but to pursue a price-driven strategy.

Only in this way can there be a market!
Of course, focusing on price is only one aspect; quality must also be ensured.

Fortunately, costs are very low in mainland China right now!
Li Song plans to take advantage of the period of low costs in mainland China to quickly seize the market.

Because China will eventually shift towards high-end manufacturing, these lower-end manufacturing industries will flow to neighboring countries.

The domestic strategy adopted is very good, which is to increase industrial development.

Taking advantage of the financialization of Europe and the United States and leveraging the advantages of the entire domestic industry, they took over the manufacturing sector.

Of course, the situation in China is even more impressive, primarily in terms of military strength and the technology brought by Li Song.

Especially the shortcomings in the later semiconductor field.

Of course, historically, the mainland's prioritization of developing certain basic industries was also out of necessity.

Talent, technology, and capital can only be accumulated gradually.

Moreover, fields like semiconductors and communications are areas that Western countries consider their own territory. If you get involved in these fields too early, it will attract the attention of these countries.

"Hmm!" Li Song looked around and noticed that there were quite a few companies from Europe and America inside!

"Boss, it's not easy for our cars to enter some countries, because some countries' car markets are not open to us!" Tian Jiahui said.

Li Song knew, of course, that Tian Jiahui was referring to Amei.

However, Li Song noticed that many of the companies attending the car dealer conference were from Europe and the United States.

Some of the companies in Europe and America are distributors in the Third World, while others want to do import and export car business.

The financial crisis in Europe and the United States has made people in those countries realize the importance of saving money!

It was during this period that small-displacement cars from Japan became big and strong in Europe and America!

Actually, people in America like muscle cars, and their favorite is the pickup truck.

In most years, pickup trucks are among the top-selling cars in the United States.

"We'll do as much as we can in the overseas market!" Li Song didn't place much importance on Aramco's market; his main focus in the automotive industry was the domestic market.

In fact, the price in the domestic market is still relatively high.

After all, a minivan can cost tens of thousands of yuan.

However, at present, the main customers of minivans in the country are government agencies and organizations.

So Li Song might as well make a profit.

Anyway, the money earned is reinvested in domestic infrastructure, such as ports, airports, and highways.

Anyway, these cars are at least 15% to 20% cheaper than imported cars!
Once sedans are introduced, the price of minivans will gradually decrease.

"Hmm!" Tian Jiahui didn't know what his boss was thinking, but since the boss said so, he would do as the boss said.

"Get ready here, I need to apply for international patents for another aircraft tomorrow!" Li Song was preparing to apply for international patents for the A and B type transport aircraft.

As for the four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft and the twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft, the technical data and patents are not yet complete.

Of course, these two aircraft are just patent documents and do not require technology, processing techniques, etc., because those have already been sent to the mainland.

Li Song is not afraid of offending anyone by applying for a patent.

Because those reporters have already said that those aircraft manufacturing companies are trying to target themselves.

Since we've already offended these people, it doesn't matter if we offend a few more.

In any case, Li Song only intended to provide these two types of transport aircraft to the domestic market.

Neither of these two types of transport aircraft will be allowed to be exported domestically.

These two types of transport aircraft are military transport aircraft; it's simply not cost-effective for civilian cargo aircraft to use them!
Cargo planes used for logistics are converted passenger planes, and most of them are converted from retired passenger planes.

Because military transport aircraft have high operating costs, their engines consume more fuel than civilian engines.

The overall cost is also higher than that of civilian aircraft.

Military transport aircraft must take into account harsh take-off and landing environments and high-maneuverability operations.

"Okay!" Tian Jiahui had no idea what kind of patent his boss was going to apply for this time.

Then Tian Jiahui reported on some other things.

Li Song left Yum! Brands before the afternoon rush hour.

The roads were quite congested at the beginning of the evening rush hour.

The next morning, Li Song drove his van out of the underground parking lot by himself, wandered around for a while, and then returned to the parking lot.

At this point, the van contained the patent documents for two models of transport aircraft, A and B—only the patent application documents, of course. Then, the bodyguard delivered the patent documents to Baisheng Company.

Zhang Dehua arrived at Parkson Company early.

Zhang Dehua's company is growing bigger and bigger, and it is now helping some companies and enterprises in mainland China apply for patents!
Zhang Dehua also became famous because of Li Song, and even some enterprises and companies in Southeast Asia came to him to do business.

When Zhang Dehua heard Tian Jiahui say that he was going to apply for an aircraft patent, he thought he was applying for a wide-body passenger aircraft patent.

After the bodyguard delivered the patent documents, Parkson Company and Zhang Dehua's people proceeded with the patent registration!
The first thing Zhang Dehua saw was the patent for the A-type transport aircraft.

After learning more about airplanes, Zhang Dehua realized that this was a transport plane, and not just any transport plane.

Because the engines used in civilian transport aircraft are completely different from those used in military aircraft.

Of course, Zhang Dehua didn't say anything, because no one stipulated that this kind of aircraft could not be used for civilian purposes!

Upon seeing the parameters of the Type A transport aircraft, Zhang Dehua took a deep breath, because the parameters of this transport aircraft had reached the world's advanced level.

However, the parameters for the B-type transport aircraft were registered a few hours later.

Zhang Dehua couldn't believe it; the parameters of this transport plane were so high that they were unimaginable.

This transport aircraft boasts the world's most powerful, largest, and most technologically advanced specifications.

Of course, the drawings don't explain anything right now.

After Zhang Dehua learns about this patent application, Boss Li Song will become famous again.

Zhang Dehua also knew that aircraft manufacturing companies in Europe and America were trying to target Boss Li.

Li Song was at home today reading the newspaper reports.

Meanwhile, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus also saw the related reports.

Because Li Song gave the interview after lunch yesterday, the interview content had already been sent to the executives and CEOs of these companies.

The three companies found Li Song's audacious threat to take legal action quite troublesome.

Because these three companies knew that if Li Song took legal action, their stocks would fall.

And those politicians certainly won't let this opportunity pass them by.

The three companies are indeed discussing how to deal with Li Song.

However, none of the three companies currently have a clear strategy.

Because Boeing is the dominant company among the three.

McDonnell Douglas and Airbus do not hold a large market share in the commercial passenger aircraft sector.

Moreover, Airbus is not a company of one country, but a company of several countries.

London's stance on this matter is rather ambiguous.

Therefore, Airbus can only say that it will participate for the time being, and whether it can actually take action is still uncertain!

McDonnell Douglas now has an even smaller market share due to the air disaster!

Therefore, McDonnell Douglas was not very proactive in figuring out how to block Li Song's company.

The most proactive companies are Boeing, GE, and Pratt & Whitney.

Because Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Company is able to manufacture its own engines.

The reliability of engines manufactured by Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant can be seen from the Xinghui passenger plane.

Therefore, Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant is essentially provoking General Motors and Pratt & Whitney.

Because the other three companies' aircraft all use engines supplied by these two companies.

Even Rolls-Royce cannot compare to these two companies.

Therefore, although Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus have been discussing the matter, they have not yet reached an agreement on certain conditions.

Because Airbus was originally established in response to Boeing.

McDonnell Douglas's market share was already shrinking.

Therefore, these two companies adopted a somewhat negative attitude when faced with the more proactive Boeing.

Of course, Boeing will have to pay a price if it wants these two companies to take a more positive stance.

However, it is quite difficult to get Boeing to part with a portion of its profits without having received any in return.

Boeing's shareholders and CEO watched the news reports on television.

Monopoly and anti-monopoly are popular topics in Europe and the United States.

Recently, Li Song has been generating a lot of buzz in Europe and America.

First of all, the National Treasure, which will be released on May 1st, is based on Li Song's novel of the same name.

Another issue involves a propeller aircraft manufacturer suing Li Song's BMW factory for dumping aircraft on Aramco.

Also, on May 2nd, the first prototype of the narrow-body medium-to-long-range passenger aircraft manufactured by Li Song's Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant rolled off the production line.

TV stations are asking people to analyze every single topic!

Therefore, Li Song said he would sue Boeing and McDonnell Douglas for monopolistic practices.

These television stations and newspapers would then hire people to comment on and interpret this matter.

In any case, there are all sorts of opinions in Western countries; some people agree while others disagree.

This further increased the amount of discussion!

Furthermore, Li Song answered many questions during the interview, such as the film copyright for "Island Mystery".

Even worse, photos have surfaced of Boeing McDonnell Douglas and Airbus executives meeting together.

In other words, the rumor is likely true, that the three companies joined forces.

Therefore, the stock prices of these three companies began to fall.

Even General Motors and Pratt & Whitney were not spared from this turmoil.

Because there are reports that General Motors and Pratt & Whitney are developing the next generation of high-bypass engines and setting new safety and environmental standards!

Of course, there were also benefits to Li Song's actions, namely that the box office of "National Treasure" actually started to rise gradually.

Logically speaking, movie box office revenue should gradually decrease from high to low.

Because of Li Song, this movie received more exposure.

This made Hollywood film companies value Li Song's novels even more.

So, before the box office results for National Treasure were released, someone sent people to contact Li Song!
Meanwhile, Li Song received a call from Lucas while he was in Hong Kong.

"Hey, Lee, our company wants to acquire the film rights to Star Mercenaries!" Lucas said directly, because he had heard that a film company had gone to Hong Kong to meet with Lee Song to negotiate!

Lucas has a film company called Lucasfilm!
Of course, Lucasfilm has more than one investor in its films.

"Of course, others have already contacted us, and the terms they offered are quite good!" Li Song was already prepared.

(End of this chapter)