Regardless of the purpose of Li Mu's investment in education, there is no doubt that it has objectively promoted the progress of education in the United States.
For capitalists, every investment needs to be returned, this is the nature of capital, so Franklin hopes that the Institute of Technology can be self-sufficient as soon as possible, in that case, Franklin can speak more confidently in front of Li Mu, and now Li Mu respects Franklin, but this respect will make Franklin feel uncomfortable, and the feeling of being charity will not be too comfortable no matter how you look at it.
Relatively speaking, the pressure on Lisa's side is much smaller than Franklin's, don't look at Lisa's intransigence when fighting for funds, in fact, Lisa has more advantages than Franklin, with the relationship between Lisa and Henry, Lisa can ask Henry for additional appropriations at any time, this is the right of Li Mu to Lisa, Franklin also has it, but Franklin does not have such convenient conditions as Lisa, so in terms of attitude, Franklin's dedication to appropriations is much stronger than Lisa's.
Donald Huggins, the general manager of Horse Airlines, is the same lack of money as Franklin, if the education industry still has a certain charitable nature, then the aviation company is purely self-financing, since the establishment of the airline project, Li Mu has injected nearly six million US dollars into the airline, with the technical support of the Horse Laboratory, the airline's engine has been updated for three generations, and the aircraft produced can already undertake combat missions, but the airline has not really gotten orders so far, This made Donald Huggins very helpless.
"This time, we showed the Ministry of War reconnaissance aircraft, bombers, and transport aircraft, and the Ministry of War was very interested in these aircraft, but as before, there was no real intention of placing an order, and their reasons were as ridiculous as ever, the aircraft were very advanced, but the War Department did not need them."
Tom Collins, the deputy general manager, said that there is nothing to be done about the business, and the current situation of the airline is like this, everyone will be amazed at the performance of the aircraft, but no one wants to pay for it.
Compared with another time and space, airlines have almost no detours, rapid transition from triplanes to biplanes, and the types of aircraft have also developed to reconnaissance aircraft, bombers, and transport aircraft, although the bomb load of bombers is not enough, and the carrying capacity of transport aircraft is not good enough, but Junma Airlines has a clear development direction, as long as the performance is continuously strengthened in the future.
As for the fighter, it's not that the airlines don't pay attention to it, but the current world, the real can put the aircraft into practice is only one of the horse airlines, so at this time there is no point in developing fighter jets, no matter who buys the plane, there is no opponent in the sky, and when competitors appear, it is not too late for Junma Airlines to take out their own fighters.
"Damn, why is there no war now, only when war breaks out, and our planes can really show their value."
Donald Huggins is desperate for a war right now, and if the United States is at war right now, then airlines don't have to go out of their way to sell to the War Department, and the War Department will come to the door.
Although the airlines are reluctant to admit it, it is an undeniable fact that war is the first driving force for human progress, and only at the moment of life and death will people burst out with the strongest desire to survive.
The largest customer of the aircraft is the country, the only transport aircraft available for civilian use is not mature enough, the cargo capacity is too small, the flight distance is too short, and even because of the technical conditions, manned aviation can not do it, and the transport aircraft can not be sold to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
In other words, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has no money to buy it.
Tom's lips twitched at the mention of war, but he didn't say anything.
In fact, even if Tom doesn't say it, Donald knows what Tom wants to say, not to mention the United States, the biggest warmonger in the world is Li Mu himself, if you want to start a war, Li Mu is definitely an expert, but the war is not provoked casually, the British and the Boers are at war, but the Boers can't afford it, the British don't need it, and not all countries are qualified to use aircraft to participate in the war.
"I think it's because we're in too much of a hurry, Mr.
Ream said that in a short period of time, it's acceptable that our airline is not profitable, what we need to do now is to accumulate technology, if one day, as Mr.
Ream said, the plane can transport hundreds of people thousands of miles away at a time, then even if we don't go to the Ministry of War to sell, there will be a steady stream of customers who come to buy it."
Tom Collins was fed up with low-level begging, this time Horse Airlines invited more than a dozen generals to watch the test flight, and invested more than $50,000 before and after, but there was no result, which made Tom Collins's face really unbearable.
Li Mu does not require airlines to make a profit in a short period of time, another time and space, the aircraft will not emerge until the middle and late stages of the First World War, and now there are more than 20 years before the outbreak of the First World War, there is no war, the aircraft is useless, the Panamanian company can use the aircraft for topographic surveying and mapping, that is based on the premise that the Panamanian company can buy the aircraft at a low price, others want to buy it is not so cheap, now even the most primitive first-generation school aircraft, The price is also more than $100,000, and not many companies can afford it.
In the 21st century, there is no such model as a calibration aircraft, the calibration aircraft is used with artillery, in the past, artillery was used for calibration, most of the hot air balloons were used, and the efficiency of hot air balloons was certainly not as good as that of airplanes, so after the appearance of airplanes, hot air balloons were quickly eliminated, and now there is no such stage, countries that can use hot air balloons for school shooting, hostile countries cannot afford to buy planes at all, and as long as hot air balloons can still play a role, relevant countries will definitely not be equipped.
"In the kind of situation that Mr.
Ream said, I don't know how many years of technology accumulation will take place, maybe we will all be retired by then, and we will have to do something to prove that we are worthy of the salary that Mr.
Ream paid us, so I feel that our target choice has been wrong, we have no enemies in the Americas, so Washington's need for aircraft is not so urgent, and then we have to change direction and target European countries, think about it, if the French are equipped with aircraft, So will the Germans be nervous and the Russians, Siberia is so big, they must need planes to ensure the security of the homeland, so decided.
"The more Donald Huggins said, the more excited he became, it was indeed a mistake in the choice of targets, the United States is not a threat now, and naturally there is no sense of urgency, European countries are different, European countries have been contradictory since ancient times, the Russians want to go south, the French want to take revenge, the Germans want to challenge the hegemony of the British, and the British want to maintain their advantage, so think about it, Europe should be the target market for airlines.
"If we want to develop the European market, then we must first obtain permission from the Ministry of War."
Tom Collins was a little dumbfounded, he didn't think about developing the European market, but Washington didn't allow it, and the aircraft are still relatively advanced and fall within the scope of export restrictions.
Who said that the United States has no technical barriers The so-called "freedom" of the United States means that when the United States needs freedom, "freedom" at this time is meaningful, and if it is not the United States needs, then sorry, the United States has no obligation to give back to Europe.
People in the 21st century probably can't imagine that the United States in the 19th century was generally discriminated against in Europe, that at the end of the 20th century, the hotels in the South of the United States could hang signs that did not allow blacks to eat, and Europeans in the 19th century did the same, and there were many restaurants in Paris, blatantly refusing Americans to eat, their reasons were very simple, Americans always spoke loudly, Americans were not polite, Americans were not hygienic, Americans would affect the mood of other guests, and so on.
The routine is not very familiar In the 21st century, when the Chinese people just go abroad, they will also encounter all kinds of discrimination, in fact, they can understand that when they see their former embarrassed neighbors widen, it is inevitable that their eyes will be red, and they will not care how your money comes from, you are the hard-earned money, and you bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery, in their eyes are the same, your life is better than mine, then it is your fault.
In the face of European discrimination, of course, the Americans are unwilling, but the United States does not have enough right to speak, so the United States can only endure, this revenge can not be avenged until the First World War, when Europe was beaten to pieces, the United States entered the market as a savior at this time, and the United States has become the world's creditor.
Now is not the right time, the United States has no chance to take revenge, but the United States has begun to carry out a technological blockade of Europe in some areas, such as radio, such as automobiles, and now airplanes, and the United States hopes to maintain a technological blockade against Europe.
"Don't worry, we can't get permission from the Ministry of War, then leave the problem to Mr.
Ream, with the relationship between Mr.
Ream and the Ministry of War, I believe Mr.
Ream must have a way" Donald Huggins still pinned his hopes on Li Mu, to run the relationship, of course, to Li Mu, the boss: "What we have to do now is to make all preparations, and when you go back, you will invite senior officials from those European countries to visit our airline, if you can't find a relationship, you will go to the horse arms company, they have mature channels in Europe, We want to make the most of the arms race between European countries, as long as one country is equipped with aircraft, then other countries will pay attention to it, such as Germany, and the end result will be that the whole of Europe will be our customer. ” Although the First World War has not yet broken out, but the arms race has begun, after the reunification of Germany in 1871, the arms race has officially begun, after the Franco-Prussian War, Germany got a large amount of reparations from France, so the target was Britain, and Britain's military spending last year has doubled compared with before the Franco-Prussian War, at the end of last year, Britain also passed the Naval Defense Act, which decided to build 10 battleships, 34 cruisers and 18 torpedo boats in the next 5 years, At that time, the navies of all countries in the world combined will not be able to compete with the British navy.
Since the superiority of the British Navy is unshakable, then it is possible to make a fuss about it from other aspects, such as the Air Force, and this is the best breakthrough.
For a long time, Junma Group has maintained a good relationship with Germany's Krupp, so Li Mu can completely promote the German government to procure aircraft through Krupp, which will definitely stimulate the nerves of the British people, and the European market will also be opened.
"Are the Germans rich" Tom Collins looked down on the Germans, a country that was founded only ten years ago, how much accumulation could it have, even if it received a large amount of reparations from the French, but the Germans spent more money.
"It doesn't matter if the Germans have money or not, if they can open the European market, then it doesn't matter if they give the Germans some planes" Donald Huggins did whatever it took to open the European market, the Germans may have no money, but the British must have money, ten battleships, it makes people drool just thinking about it, even if they take out the money of a battleship to buy planes, it can make Donald Huggins wake up with a smile in his dreams: "What's more, the Germans have no reason to refuse at all, even if the Germans take away the underwear, They couldn't build so many warships that could compete with the British fleet, and if they could influence the British determination to build warships because of the planes, I think the Germans would have made a wise choice. ” This is for sure, if the British take out part of their military spending to buy aircraft, this will definitely affect the British shipbuilding program, even if the British build one less torpedo boat, then the Germans will have less pressure, the result is obvious, plus Donald Huggins, who has no bottom line, if it is really to give the plane to the Germans for free, then the Germans have no reason to refuse.
The only obstacle may be in the Ministry of War, but that is Li Mu's problem, and it has nothing to do with Donald Huggins, at least coming up with such a plan can prove that Donald Huggins really has a heart.
"Well, we can give it a try, in fact, Krupp has always wanted to cooperate with us, and the Germans will definitely not refuse our kindness."
Tom Collins also has no reason to refuse, although Li Mu does not put pressure on the airline, but as the leadership of the airline, Tom Collins also wants to perform better.
"Forget about cooperation, we only sell aircraft, not technology, this point must be clear."
Donald Huggins will definitely not make a mistake, if Li Mu comes out, it may be possible to persuade the War Department to agree to the airlines to sell the aircraft to Europe, but if it is a transfer of technology, then don't even think about it, let alone the War Department, Li Mu will not agree
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