After Chen Chen accepted the invitation, Clarence and Victor had achieved their goals. Seeing that there was nothing else, he said goodbye to Chen Chen, and then left with the man and a group of subordinates...

Seeing this, Chen Chen ordered a group of security personnel to return to their posts, closed the door, and drove away from the processing site. Since the main person was waiting for the return of the man and machine, there was no need to continue staying there.

After returning to the hotel for a night of rest, Chen Chen came to Northrop Grumman Company in Missouri early in the morning. After passing the gate, Clarence and Victor came to the gate to greet him in person.

In this way, the day before the North American Military Industry Fair, the head of Northrop Grumman and the head of Pioneer Company held a meeting, which also became a meeting that could change the future aviation military industry landscape.

"Mr. Chen, welcome!" Clarence and Victor hugged Chen Chen enthusiastically, then led him to the inside, and introduced him as he walked: "There are still several directors on the road, and it will be a while. If you take this time, why not take you to visit the factory."

"Northrop Grumman's factory," Chen Chen nodded with a smile: "I dreamed of visiting when I was very young, but unfortunately I never had the chance. Now I'm finally here."

Hearing this, Clarence and Victor immediately smiled proudly. As a veteran American aerospace company, they have been known for a long time and have made great contributions to the victory of the war in World War II.

Therefore, when they heard Chen Chen talk about Grumman's company when they were very young, they were also deeply moved.

The entire factory area was very large. Several people were chatting and moving forward. They also walked away for a while before entering the factory. From the moment they entered the factory gate, Chen Chen's eyes solidified.

As a traditional old-fashioned enterprise, they care about their former glory. When they enter the factory gate, they first have to pass through a museum area, which displays the series of Grumman's products, from old to old.

Including the f4f wildcat fighter that made great achievements in World War II, to the later "zero nemesis" f6f Hellcat, they walked forward and gradually bid farewell to the propeller era, and f-14, a-6, b-2 and so on appeared one after another.

Being in this area is like being in a palace of aircraft. From the propeller era to the jet era, Chen Chen also felt a sudden feeling of traveling through time and space, and the passion deep in his heart gradually boiled.

After passing the exhibition area, he came to the factory and saw various production lines. He watched countless workers shuttle back and forth, and huge accessories were placed on the transmission platform, and finally assembled together to form a complete aircraft. Chen Chen's eyes gradually became frenzy.

The Pioneer Company has just been established and is still very weak, but with its strong technological advantages, one day, the Pioneer Company will become such an existence and create works that are well-known to the world.

Considering the issue of technology confidentiality, Clarence and Victor did not take Chen Chen to visit the advanced technology and design center, and Chen Chen himself understood this, so he did not take the initiative to propose it, so as not to embarrass each other.

Just as the few people were visiting and chatting, several old men in suits and ties came towards us. They welcomed them enthusiastically and nodded to Chen Chen: "Is Mr. Chen here? It's such an honor."

"Please allow me to introduce it." Clarence immediately walked between the two sides with a smile and introduced it one by one: "This is Mr. Harry, the chairman of Northrop Grumman, and the rest are also members of the board of directors."

With Clarence's introduction, the two sides hugged each other one by one, which was considered to be acquaintance.

"Yesterday Clarence called me and said that Mr. Chen from Pioneer Company was coming. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep well all night." Harry smiled and turned around and led the way: "I guess Mr. Chen has visited the factory, so let's go to the board office to discuss in detail."

"Thank you Mr. Harry." Chen Chen naturally had no objection to this, so the group walked out of the factory and came to the office area.

Harry led everyone into the board office and then closed the door.

Everyone sat down, and Harry was in the top. After sitting down, Harry spoke first: "I have heard Clarence say that when the prototype test flight, he accidentally broke into Mr. Chen's handling room, but because of this, he had the opportunity to sit with Mr. Chen. According to you Chinese, this should be a kind of fate."

This immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter and the atmosphere became much more intimate.

"Grumman Company is an old company with a brilliant history. Personally, I have longed for it since I was a child." Chen Chen smiled faintly and politely posted gold to the other party: "As for pioneer companies, they have always regarded companies like Grumman as their predecessors. I sincerely hope to learn a lot from you."

"Mr. Chen, please be polite."

These words made the group of senior executives of Grumman Company present very useful, and Harry also waved his hand with a smile: "The pioneer company is also considered sharp. We are also very interested in your technology and hope to find opportunities for cooperation."

"I'm not going to ask for anything." Chen Chen looked happy, then thought of something and seemed hesitant: "But a company like Grumman should have very strong technical strength. Why do I still cooperate with a company like ours? I feel very uneasy."

"Actually, you don't have to worry." When talking about this, Harry couldn't help but sigh, and his smile disappeared from his face.

This feeling of loss seemed to be contagious, and Harry's expression also caused all the senior executives of Grumman's company present to sigh, as if they remembered something unhappy.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little depressed, Chen Chen consciously closed his mouth and stopped talking. He took the cup leisurely and drank water slowly.

After a moment of silence, Harry spoke first to break the silence: "Although these things are a bit embarrassing, they are not a secret. Everyone outside knows them, so I won't hide them from them."

It seemed that he thought for a while before he made up his mind.

Chen Chen nodded gently and waited for the following article.

"Grumman was indeed very brilliant in the past, especially after acquiring Northrop and forming Northrop Grumman, this was the case. It was not an exaggeration to say that Northrop Grumman monopolized the US aviation industry at that time." After calming down, Harry sighed and began to say: "Which now, although it is still strong, it is facing great pressure."

"Is the pressure from Lockheed and Boeing?" Chen Chen nodded to show his understanding. He naturally understood what the pressure was in Harry's mouth.

As for giants, it is naturally a battle between the boss. For ordinary companies, being able to survive and make profits is success, but for giants like Lockheed, Boeing, and even Northrop Grumman, not being able to be the boss is failure.

"Yes..." Seeing that Chen Chen understood his thoughts, Harry shook his head and continued: "In 1996, Boeing acquired McDonald's company, which put a lot of pressure on us. So, in 1997, we proposed to merge with Lockheed to strengthen global competitiveness, but the US political axe did not approve it for various considerations such as antitrust."

"So after all the time, you can only rely on yourself in the end." Chen Chen showed a faint smile and asked back: "But you are in good condition recently. You have continuously developed a variety of advanced aircraft, participated in the development of yf-23, and also dominated the human-machine field. Aren't Global Hawk and X-47 all your products?"

"YF-23, lost to the F-22, and did not get an order..." Clarence coughed gently and reminded him: "In terms of human-machine field, don't forget Lockheed's skunk factory. The Desert Hawk has snatched a lot of orders. It is said that they are also developing a Falconman bomber with a maximum speed of Mach 9."

"So you are under great pressure. When the x-47 man-machine just received the order, they started to prepare for the development of x-48?" Chen Chen finally understood the root of everything and couldn't help but smile: "I just said, why did you look so familiar when you saw the x-48 printed on the test machine?

"Yes, but unfortunately the development of x-48 was not going well." Clarence and Victor looked at each other, and shook their heads gently: "And our financial situation is not as good as the outside world imagines, and R&D funding has always been a problem."

"Lockheed recently received a capital injection from Europe, which is said to be mainly used to develop the next generation of attack aircraft." Harry also interrogated: "Relatively speaking, it will be much more difficult for us to find external support and seek cooperation, it may be difficult to win in future bidding."

"So, after seeing me, I couldn't wait to invite me to join." At this time, Chen Chen understood the other party's plan: "Is it invest..."

"In fact, it may not be an investment!" Seeing that Chen Chen did not refuse directly, he thought there was room for negotiation, Harry added: "R&D funds are actually for R&D. If there is ready-made technology, it may not necessarily require so much funds. It is the first time we both sat together, and we are not familiar with each other. We don't force you to invest in it, just hope to carry out technical cooperation."

"What you want is the chips of Pioneer Company!" Chen Chen nodded.

"Yes, that chip has surpassed the products on the market." Victor took over the conversation and looked at Chen Chen with a serious look: "And I know that that chip is just the first generation of products, and there is still a lot of potential to be discovered. We hope to get a good chip!"

"Anyway, Mr. Chen, we hope you can develop the second generation chips and we will give you an order!"
Chapter completed!