Chapter 260 Acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Airlines

Elections were new to most Soviets, and in fact even politicians didn't know how to prepare for them. But now the population structure of the Soviet Union is very young. Young people under the age of 40 will be the absolute main force in this election campaign. How to win their support is crucial to the success of the election.

Although Seryozha was not clear about some specific matters of the election, his lover Karim was very clear about it. As a behind-the-scenes man who has successfully manipulated the US governor election several times, competing with these immature elected politicians in the Soviet Union is simply childishness. Karim was born in a political family, and her father is the leader of a country. Her political talent is not possessed by a grassroots person like Seryozha. Because of the unique political environment of the Soviet Union in the past, Seryozha only needed to please his superiors and find a strong political backer to rest easy, but dealing with voters was not what Seryozha was good at.

Karim sent a full-fledged campaign planning team to the Soviet Union to help Yeltsin, Sobchak and others prepare for the upcoming Soviet People's Congress elections. And Karim continued to stay in the United States to help Eva with some important matters.

Speaking of Eva, she is now the most exposed one among the core members of the Gorky Group. As the richest man in the world and a strong business woman, Eva's every move attracts media reports. According to the personal wealth estimated by the media, Eva's shares in Microsoft and AT&T have already exceeded 80 billion US dollars, and Iridium and Yota Communications, which are not listed, are even more difficult to estimate. Even according to rough statistics, Eva's personal assets have exceeded 120 billion US dollars, and just last year, the assets of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the original richest man in the world, have shrunk sharply, and he has completely withdrawn from the competition for the richest man in the world. The second place on the Forbes list is exactly 30 billion dollars behind Eva. Some people predict that for at least ten years, the position of the richest man in the world will not be given up to others.

As a native American, Eva can help Seryozha do things that Mikhail cannot do, such as acquiring American military enterprises, and Seryozha has always been very interested in American military industry and aviation technology . Always looking forward to the occasional opportunity to pocket the top airlines in the United States. These things are really not so easy to do. Whether it is Mikhail, Boris, Yakov, or Yuri, there are many things that may arouse the suspicion of Americans. And Eva would not have such concerns, after all, he was someone who had worked for the CIA.

The company that Seryozha most wanted to acquire was Boeing, but this company was firmly controlled by the Rockefeller family. Not only did it have the largest market share in the international aviation field, but its technology was also far ahead of its competitors. The purpose of Seryozha's entry into the aviation industry is to allow enterprises in the Soviet Union that are capable of building large aircraft like the Tuponev Design Bureau and the Ilyushin Design Bureau to survive. But at present, unless these companies can cooperate with American companies, it is impossible to obtain airworthiness certificates for the European and American markets. So besides Boeing, are there any other options? Of course there is, and it is still in a difficult business situation and urgently needs capital intervention. This company is the famous McDonnell-Douglas Company.

As a Chinese soldier in his previous life, how could Seriosha have forgotten this company that once cooperated with China to build large aircraft? As a key project of Sino-US cooperation, McDonnell Douglas and China's plan to build a large aircraft, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the upheavals in Eastern Europe, became empty. When the powerful Soviet Union was dismembered, China's use value will no longer exist. The Americans, who claimed to keep their promises, tore up the contract, leaving a mess in China's aerospace industry. McDonnell Douglas was eventually merged by Boeing because of poor management.

Instead of making Boeing cheaper, it's better to leave it to yourself to make good use of it. In the final analysis, the value of McDonnell Douglas in the Gorky Group is far more useful than becoming a subsidiary of Boeing.

So Seryozha is bound to win for McDonnell. Among the core members of the Gorky Group, Eva, who once worked for the CIA, is definitely the most suitable one.

Eva's image in front of the American public is so perfect now. The richest man in the world and the founder of a high-tech company is no different from the one she had when she had nowhere to ask for help on Wall Street. To put it bluntly, if Eva is willing to take over McDonnell, I'm afraid McDonnell's shareholders will laugh out loud in their dreams.

Eva quickly contacted McDonnell Douglas through the Blackstone Group. When McDonnell Douglas learned that Eva intends to enter the aviation and military industries, they were very excited. Although McDonnell Douglas is an airline, they are also a supplier to the U.S. Department of Defense. McDonnell Douglas helps the U.S. Department of Defense produce missiles, aerospace control systems, computers, data processing equipment, and even solar energy and wind power generation equipment. Because there are too many product lines, McDonnell Douglas has funding problems . However, as a high-tech manufacturing company, McDonnell Douglas's asset scale is not huge. It is only about 13 billion U.S. dollars. It costs a little money to get a ticket to enter the global aviation market. Said it was a good deal.

The Blackstone Group quickly showed its cards with McDonnell Douglas. Eva is very interested in this company and plans to invest 10 billion US dollars to acquire 70% of the shares of McDonnell Douglas. At the same time, it will also provide McDonnell Douglas with a huge amount of wide-body airliners. The order, that is, has sprung up recently, acquiring Southwest Airlines of the iconic American airline Pan Am in one fell swoop.

Due to the merger of Pan American Airlines and the acquisition of a large number of airport and route resources, Southwest Airlines is preparing to spend money to purchase about 300 regional airliners for direct flight services in the United States and Europe. In addition, Mediterranean Shipping also intends to develop the global air transport industry, so there will be orders for about 300 cargo planes, because Pan Am owns the rights and interests of many international airports, plus Occidental Petroleum and Tony Tonya has reached a strategic cooperation agreement, which will provide Southwest Airlines with a large amount of cheap aviation fuel. Therefore, Tonya, who has annexed Pan American Airlines, is planning to flex her muscles in the air transportation industry. In terms of cost, no airline in the United States can Compete with Southwest Airlines. Because not even the coach companies can match the fares of Southwest Airlines.

With Eva's financial resources, coupled with Dongia's massive orders, as long as the major shareholders of McDonnell Douglas have no brains, they will not reject Eva's shareholding agreement, so with the help of the Blackstone Group, everyone is very happy. Signed the purchase agreement. 21046