Chapter 14: Rivals in History (Vote and Collect)

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  After dinner at the institute, Hughes mysteriously pulled Sun Xiang into his room. The room was cluttered with various airplane models and parts. Seeing Sun's surprised expression, Hughes' face turned red as he said: "You should know, this is a bachelor's room, please don't look at all this with such surprise."

  "Alright, Hughes, what is it that you want to tell me? You're being so mysterious. I have a date with Sherry tonight!" Sun Xiang complained to Hughes.

  Howard Hughes spoke seriously to Sun Xiang: "Steve, my dear friend, you know that since I was a child, I had a dream. I inherited the family's oil industry and founded my own film company, which brought me a lot of wealth, but this is not what I want. My dream is flying, yes, I love this career very much, it's like my life. Although it's adventurous and dangerous, you know that when you leave the gravity, you feel the sky embracing you, and all things bowing to you. When I was filming 'Hell's Angels', I personally drove a plane towards the ground, and that time I luckily didn't die, but I fell more crazily in love with this game." Howard Hughes possibly feared Sun Xiang wouldn't believe him, so he pointed at his own face: "Steve, you have to believe me, the scars on my face are proof. I fell in love with this heart-pounding sport."

  Xun Xiang stared blankly at Hughes, having previously learned about him from Fang's account, but nothing could have prepared him for this soul-baring monologue. It was as if he had been shaken to the core, or perhaps moved. This was a man who had dedicated his entire being to aviation, and now, standing before Xun Xiang, Hughes seemed towering, radiating an aura of boundless brilliance.

  "Now I've started buying shares of the airline, and once I take it over, it'll be merged into Hughes Industries. My dream is within reach - all we need is the best plane, and with the XF-11 engine, all we need is a large production facility and an aircraft factory to make the world's greatest planes. Then global flight won't just be a dream, I can make it happen."

  Hughs: "Thanks to your inspiration, I found that the military order is a huge profit. If we can get it down, I have confidence to acquire Global immediately."

  Sun Xiang thought for a moment: In 1937, Hughes acquired 87% of the shares of Global Airlines, fully owning this airline. As one of the top three airlines in the United States, its scale can play a superpower role in World War II, and producing fighter jets at full capacity will change the original history. Now it's August 11th, 1936, if the acquisition is completed before February 1937, there's still time to participate in the Anti-Japanese War.

  "After thinking clearly, Sun Xiang said to Hughes: 'Howard! Listen to me, Global Airlines must be acquired, and it must be taken down as soon as possible. Even if we can't get the military orders now, we have to buy it. This is very important for our future development. Listen, Hughes, war is about to break out, and this will be a global war that involves more countries than World War I. Although it's not right to say so, but such a big war will definitely have an astonishing demand for military equipment. Aircraft companies will become extremely popular, and our country will also need more weapons to protect itself. Other countries are the same. We can become the world's largest arms dealer. Of course, my goal is to save my motherland, China. I don't want her to sink into war. Now the Japanese are eyeing my country covetously, I must think of a way to change something.'"

  Hughs was stunned by the news thrown out by Sun Xiang, and his mouth was wide open for half a day without saying a word. The external message only said that the European situation is unstable, the treaty signed by Germany during the frequent provocations of World War I, but if such a large-scale war breaks out, most people will not be prepared.

  "Hughes said, "Oh God, my friend, I hope your predictions don't come true, it would be too terrible. Such a war would absolutely be a disaster for humanity, but are you really sure all this will happen?""

  "Yes, at most next year, the Japanese will launch an attack on my motherland, then the war will break out in Europe and eventually spread to the whole world. I can tell you very firmly that this is a catastrophe for humanity." Sun Xiang said solemnly.

  Hughes: "Well, I'll have to consider your suggestion carefully. If that's the case, my global flight will also need to be carried out as soon as possible. Alright Steve, I'll definitely acquire Global Airlines as soon as possible, it's just as important for me. By the way Steve, there might be a big banquet next weekend, I want to introduce you to some friends." Seeing Hughes accept his proposal, Sun Xiang felt relieved. He wasn't interested in such banquets and thinking about the situation back home would only make him more worried.

  Hughs saw Sun Xiang's uninterested face and hastily said: "Oh! Don't be like that, they are all leaders of large business empires. Knowing more people like them will be beneficial to you. Aren't you saying you want to save your country? Then knowing some big suppliers like them will definitely help you a lot. Sherry is going too, the entire upper class of Washington will be there. If you go and show your face, things will become much easier for you."

  Huse's words moved Sun Xiang, and he decided to attend the banquet next weekend. Under Huse's repeated reminders, Sun Xiang and Sherry left the institute, and before leaving, Huse gave Sun Xiang a Ford Mondeo as his means of transportation.

  Xun Xiang sent Shirley back home, at the door of Shirley's house, the two were in a reluctant kiss. As a result, they found Little George laughing mischievously on the side. Shirley's face turned red and she said goodnight to Xun Xiang before rushing into her room like flying. Xun Xiang smiled foolishly at Shirley's receding back and decided not to brush his teeth for the day~~~~~.

  The next morning, the four friends gathered together to discuss how to spend the last day of their holiday. The original plan to visit the research institute was also disrupted and they didn't make it there either. So Sun Xiang took people to the research institute for the second time in two days.

  A group of people drove to the institute and coincided with Otika's test flight ejection seat. Otika was an outstanding mechanic, he was also enthusiastic about flying, and his understanding of aircraft structure could be said to be thorough. Hughes relied on him and Parma to create the top-notch H1. The two were impressed by Sun Xiang's design, and after Sun Xiang finished speaking yesterday, they immediately studied this technology and made a rough outline in one night.

  The experiment began, under the watchful eyes of Andy and several other curious babies, a chair was catapulted into the sky and then safely landed with the help of a parachute. The institute erupted in cheers. Andy, Richie, and Eric clearly still didn't understand what this thing was for. Eric reacted quickly: "Ejection seat?" He thought that if pilots had this, they wouldn't have to crawl out of the cockpit to jump with a parachute.

  At this moment, Eric was also excited. After Eric said the effect of the treasure, Andy and Rich finally understood it. The three were all pilots, so they knew that such a thing had a great protective effect on their lives. Several people instantly liked this institute. The new aircraft was protected as a secret product, so Eric and others did not see the F4U aircraft. At this time, Hughes returned to the institute with a very good mood.

  "Hughes shouted: "Steve! You're here too, just in time. I'm so angry!! I went to the military aircraft bidding today and was going to win the order with F4U, but you know what? They didn't believe me and thought our plane's data was fake. They directly signed a contract with Lockheed for mass production of XP38 fighter jets. Their planes are still on paper, mine is already made, and they won't even come take a look!"

  Sun Xiang shook his head helplessly, history had not changed after all. It seemed that the military's right wing had indeed accepted Lockheed's bribe, in which case this batch of orders was gone for good. Seeing Hughes still sulking, he couldn't help but advise: "Forget it, Hughes, we have plenty of opportunities, don't be angry. This cake is too big to eat by ourselves anyway, just think of it as giving others a share. In the end, it's all about the quality of the planes, oh, buddy, do you really have no faith in our planes?"

  After listening to Sun Xiang's words, Hughes felt much more comfortable: "You Easterners are really interesting when you talk. Listening to your words makes me less angry. What you said is right, and we're not afraid of the quality of our planes." Sun Xiang smiled and said, "The wisdom of Eastern people is something you won't understand. If there's a chance, I'll give you a good lesson." Sun Xiang scratched his head and continued, "Our main competitor isn't Lockheed, but Grumman. They're the real powerhouse in aircraft manufacturing." Sun Xiang's words were incomprehensible to Hughes, who just nodded vaguely. As for Grumman, Sun Xiang had always remembered: Just as people think of MIG when they mention Soviet warplanes, they think of Grumman when they mention American naval warplanes. In the 70 years before 1994, Grumman built some of the most famous military aircraft in the Navy, with the most renowned being the "Grumman Cat" fighter series.

  Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was formally registered on December 5, 1929 in New York and officially operated on January 2, 1930. Grumman was the 1216th naval aviator of the early naval aviation era. Leroy R. Grumman, Leon Swirbul, Clint Towl, William T. Schwendler, and E.D. Young were the founders of the company. Grumman, Swirbul, and Schwendler had all worked for Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation.

  During the heyday of the company, most of the aircraft used by the carrier air wings were built by Grumman, including the F-14 Tomcat, A-6 Intruder, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound.

  Grumman designed many aircraft, most notably the naval aircraft; Grumman designed many naval aircraft, most notably the fighter aircraft; Grumman's carrier-based fighters were named after felines, thus becoming a professional household name for US Navy carrier-based aircraft.

  As soon as Sun Xiang thought of this information, he felt extremely tricky, and such a company would be very difficult to deal with. Hughes' current main industry is oil drilling and film industry, involving aircraft manufacturing is not much, historically he also completed the acquisition of Pan American Airways in late 1937, now due to my arrival makes such acquisition plan ahead of schedule, but whether can catch up before July 7th is the most critical, other things can be put behind.

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