Chapter 360 Do you want to buy blueprints?
The huge An-225 transport aircraft has been parked at the Malaysian Capital International Airport for two or three days. It attracts a lot of people to watch every day. When they see its huge body, the captains of other passenger planes suddenly feel... My plane no longer smells good.
“Look, the monster is moving!”
On this day, someone suddenly discovered that the plane began to move slowly. Driven by a tractor, it was heading towards the runway.
In an instant, the entire airport was boiling. Many passengers left the terminal building and went to the lawn outside to find a suitable place to watch the plane.
It moved very slowly. On the way forward, it even stopped for more than an hour, waiting for the plane in front of it to get out of the way. It took a full three hours to reach the end of the runway.
When the six engines are started, their roar can be felt throughout the airport, and the sound is deafening.
The huge body slid on the runway, accelerated, and finally left everyone's sight.
“This scene is so spectacular!”
“It’s like a giant taking off!”
“What is it going to do?”
“Yes, this plane is from China, transporting equipment for the defense exhibition. Now, the defense exhibition is not over yet!”
The news of the An-225 taking off spread quickly, even reaching the defense exhibition, and several reporters came to interview Qin Tao.
Facing the camera, Qin Tao said generously: "Our An-225 transport aircraft is currently undertaking an international cargo transportation business. This aircraft has unique advantages. It has large transport capacity, is efficient and fast, and can also transport various long-distance transports." For large items, the freight is currently tentatively set at US$120,000 per hour. Customers in need of An-225 from all over the world are welcome to negotiate transportation business.”
Today's Mingzhou Group relies on the An-225 transport aircraft to continue to maintain its halo.
That night, everything was as usual. He wandered on a different street. After returning, Qin Tao once again received envious looks from everyone.
“Everyone, don’t look at me with such admiration.” Qin Tao said: “The aircraft our company spent 100 million US dollars to purchase is of course for commercial operation. If you are interested, you can also buy it.”
What should I buy? This is the only one in the world, right?
“Tell me, will Ermao regret seeing this plane making so much money?” someone said.
"What are they regretting? They should feel lucky that this aircraft will be reborn when it is in the hands of our Mingzhou Group. If it is still with Damao, it will probably have been completely broken into pieces by now." Qin Tao said: " It was me who flew this plane everywhere to promote the greatness of the Antonov Design Bureau."
Qin Tao is very proud.
Without oneself, there would be no new life in this An-225.
“Tomorrow is the last day. I don’t know if we will gain anything tomorrow.” Someone said.
Generally speaking, in the first few days of a defense exhibition, there are more visitors, and on the last day, viewing turns to purchasing. After all, after passing this village, there is no such store.
In the first three days, even if it was opened, it was only a small success. Now, it only depends on the last day.
Everyone is full of expectations.
“Yes, if we don’t gain anything tomorrow, our trip will be in vain.”
“Everyone, we are not here in vain. We are here to exhibit and let other countries understand our Chinese military industry.”
Qin Tao originally planned to cheer everyone up, but unexpectedly, he was despised by everyone. His eyes clearly told Qin Tao.
What do you mean? My back hurts when I stand and talk!
So, Qin Tao could only shut up. At this time, no matter what he said, it was wrong. Alas, invincibility means loneliness.
The last day.
Qin Tao didn't stay up late and arrived on time that day. Just as he was sitting in the tent drinking tea, Xu Zhengyang walked in.
“President Qin, there is a group of Turkish navy coming outside and they are looking at our aircraft carrier model.”
“Tuji Country?” At this moment, Qin Tao felt his heart beating.
What a great opportunity!
For Varyag, Qin Tao has done a lot of preparation work. There is still one country that has no strategy, which is the Chicken Country. After all, their geographical location is good, and any reason can delay Varyag's return to China for a year and a half.
Now, since the Turkish Navy has come to our door, we must deceive them.
Qin Tao stood up: "Let's go out and take a look!"
Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group went to Siam to successfully bid and designed and produced a 10,000-ton aircraft carrier. It has now been delivered to Siam and is installing Western avionics equipment in Siam to prepare for the final sea trial.
Therefore, Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group also brought a model of this aircraft carrier, but Qin Tao didn't have much hope. After all, in Asia, there are only a few countries that have the ability to operate aircraft carriers.
Ah San would definitely not purchase it from Mingzhou. The island country and the South Kimchi Country could make it themselves. Therefore, Qin Tao had no hope and just used it to build momentum. Unexpectedly, this aircraft carrier actually attracted the navy of the Turkey Country. Notice!
Turkey Country is a country that spans the Eurasian continent. Most of its territory is in Asia. It is also treated as an Asian country internationally. However, many of this country's models are European. Qin Tao did not expect that. The other party actually came to participate in the defense exhibition, and also expressed interest in its own aircraft carrier.
Now, Qin Tao almost trotted and came outside.
"Are you interested in our aircraft carrier? You can go inside and discuss it in detail." Qin Tao stretched out his hand: "I am the boss of Mingzhou Group."
"Hello, Mr. Qin, I am very honored. I am Senyavin." The officer leading the team from the Turkish Kingdom said: "We have been paying attention to this aircraft carrier built for the Siamese Kingdom."
As expected, the other party is interested. After all, aircraft carriers are a temptation that many countries cannot refuse.
“Really? That would be such an honor for us. Someone, take out the aircraft carrier model and send it to our tent!”
Qin Tao personally came out to receive the reception, which gave these Turkish soldiers a lot of face. After entering the tent, Qin Tao was still very enthusiastic: "If you are interested in this aircraft carrier, we can continue to have in-depth exchanges. Its biggest feature is that it is cheap." , for the price of a frigate, you can get an aircraft carrier.”
“Mr. Qin, it is said that you have equipped the Siam Navy with a batch of Yak-38s?”
This matter cannot be hidden. After all, after training, Siamese pilots have already flown the Yak-38 back to Siam for more intensive flight testing.
“Your statement is wrong. What we provide to the Siamese Navy is our own J-31 fighter jet. Although it is similar to the Yak-38, it is not.”
Although the domestic J-31 is a newly developed model and an upgraded product of the Yak-141, in order to deceive others, this improved version of the Yak-38 was also given the name J-31. At worst, I will add a suffix to the improved version later.
Qin Tao's statement made the Turkish naval officers present stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
"Yes, our statement is wrong." Senyavin said: "We have observed that this fighter jet can take off from the Chakri aircraft carrier by ski jump, which can also meet our needs. , I wonder how many such aircraft you have?”
"Thirty or fifty should be no problem." Qin Tao said, "But it will take time."
Senyavin nodded: "Okay, no problem, let's talk about the aircraft carrier next. We don't plan to order an aircraft carrier from you. We just want you to provide design drawings. Please open one for us." appropriate price."
Just a design drawing?
Qin Tao's heart is like a bright mirror.
The Chicken Country is also an idealistic country. They will never be satisfied with outsourcing. Once possible, they would like to produce their own products.
“With all due respect, with your technology, you cannot produce aircraft carriers yourself.”
"Why?" The faces of the people present changed, and many people were even angry. This was Chi Guoguo's contempt. Why couldn't they build a country like a chicken?
“Because you cannot make the high-strength steel plates used on it yourself.” Qin Tao said: “Especially the flight deck, even if it does not have to bear the impact during landing, it still needs a yield strength of at least 500 MPa.”
The aircraft carrier deck requires high-strength steel. If a twenty- to thirty-ton carrier aircraft lands during a normal blocked landing, it will have to withstand a very strong impact. A steel plate with a yield of eight to nine hundred MPa is needed to meet the needs.
Vertical landing does not need to withstand such high intensity, but it still needs to be above 500 MPa.
General countries cannot produce it.
Of course not the chicken country.
“We can import!” Senyavin was determined.
Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, if you can import similar steel plates from the West and obtain the corresponding welding technology, the rest will be no problem. After all, other parts of this warship are made of civilian ships. With the construction technology, you have the ability.”
“So, you agreed to sell us the drawings of the Chakri?”
"Well, this is still difficult. After all, the Chakri aircraft carrier was built by us for Siam. If we sell the blueprints to you, it means we are disloyal to Siam, and they will come to us. It’s troublesome, we still have more transactions with them, and we don’t want to lose more business because of the blueprints. After all, you are only buying blueprints, while Siam is buying warships.”
There is no need for me to offend a big customer for a small business! Qin Tao said it very straightforwardly.
“Then Qin always rejects us?”
Qin Tao smiled and said: "Besides, I think that a 10,000-ton aircraft carrier like Siam is not suitable for you. Your country is a big country. Since you want to build an aircraft carrier, the displacement must be increased. I I think that a displacement of 20,000 to 30,000 tons is already the smallest, and it is more reliable to operate. You can take a look, how many aircraft carriers in the world have a displacement of 10,000 tons? If it is too small, it will be embarrassing to operate it, so it is better not to operate it. It’s open!”
The aircraft carrier "Prince of Asturias", the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, and the aircraft carrier Chakri are the only three 10,000-ton aircraft carriers in the world, not to mention the other helicopter carriers.
These aircraft carriers only have a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, which results in low operational efficiency of the aircraft carrier. It can only operate a dozen fighter jets. In actual combat, the use effect is not good.
Moreover, it doesn’t mean much face, people will laugh at you if you drive out.
The following sentence speaks to the heart of these people.
The chicken people are good face. How can they drive more than 10,000 tons of aircraft carriers and make people laugh?
“Mr. Qin, do you mean to design a new aircraft carrier for us with a displacement of 20,000 to 30,000 tons?”
"Yes." Qin Tao nodded: "For you, an aircraft carrier of 20,000 to 30,000 tons should be the most suitable. The number of carrier-based aircraft that can be operated on it will exceed twenty, and the combat capability will be greatly improved. "
“If that’s the case, then why don’t we just buy the blueprints of the British Invincible-class aircraft carrier?” an officer present spoke.
"Of course that's because the Invincible-class aircraft carrier was designed decades ago and has lagged behind a long time ago." Qin Tao said: "Their aircraft carrier is not very efficient in operation, and its full load displacement has just reached 20,000 tons, and yours The aircraft carrier must have a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons, such as 28,000 tons, so that it will be more convenient to deploy, and the method is completely different from theirs."
Speaking of aircraft carriers, Qin Tao was gushing: "The lifespan of an aircraft carrier is very long, such as thirty or forty years. In contrast, the lifespan of a carrier-based aircraft is very short, at most twenty years. With the emergence of more powerful carrier-based aircraft, the design of aircraft carriers must be advanced. For now, ski jump takeoff and blocked landing have become a trend. If we want to design it for you, it will be such a brand new one. Aircraft carrier.”
"The bow of the ship has a jump deck, and there is also an angled deck on the left side. This can not only meet the requirements for the take-off and landing of our J-31 fighter jets, but also can be used for conventional take-off and landing of aircraft with more advanced performance in the future. Plan, even a special position can be reserved on the angled deck to prepare for the installation of catapults in the future.”
“If it takes off by ejection, it will only have a displacement of 28,000 tons. I’m afraid it’s not enough?”
“Why isn’t it enough? Isn’t this aircraft carrier about the same size as the Clemenceau? Look, does the Clemenceau have this layout plan?”
“Furthermore, catapult technology is also constantly improving. Have you heard of electromagnetic catapult?”
“Electromagnetic ejection? Something from Star Wars?”
"Yes, it is from Star Wars, but many of it still has a theoretical basis. Electromagnetic catapult is one of them. When the technology matures in the future, if the electromagnetic catapult is installed, larger aircraft will be able to take off. .”
“If it has this kind of displacement, how should its power system be selected?”
“Yes, as an aircraft carrier, it must have high speed, right?”
"You can burn boilers. Look at American aircraft carriers. Aren't they also burning boilers?" Qin Tao said: "We can design corresponding boilers and provide you with supporting equipment. Of course, if you don't like boilers being too troublesome, you can also Use gas turbines, American or British, as long as you can buy them, we can provide supporting equipment. If four units are not enough, six units will be used, and the speed can always meet the standard."
If you don’t use a boiler, you can only use a gas turbine.
When it comes to ship-based gas turbines, the British are really the boss. The gas turbines modified by Spey back then became the preferred power source for warships in many countries. When Spey was developed to its final stage, it had a power of close to 30 megawatts, and later the MT30 , it is powerful enough to output 40 megawatts of power.
It is precisely because of this confidence that the British still use gas turbines as power on their 50,000- to 60,000-ton aircraft carriers, and also develop some all-electric propulsion. Although they often give up their picks, to say who will lead the trend, they have to give it to others. Thumbs up.
If you don’t use a boiler, you have to use a gas turbine. Whose to use depends on the coordination of the country.
Hearing what Qin Tao said, the people present began to think deeply.
Yes, they dislike warships that burn boilers, but do they have a choice?
Even if there is a suitable gas turbine, can they afford it?
"Just now, everyone has also talked about the problem of our J-31. If your aircraft carrier assumes that this aircraft is used as a carrier-based aircraft, we can guarantee a lifespan of about ten years, and then we will have to choose other ships. To carry aircraft, the aircraft carrier must have an angled deck so that it can adapt to future blocked landings. At the same time, it also needs to have a high enough speed, and boilers are a good choice. Of course, this is what we recommend."
“Well, let’s choose the boiler.”
“This is equivalent to redesigning an aircraft carrier. Do you have this capability?”
It’s not surprising that they were suspicious. After all, they only planned to purchase the design of the Chakri. This design is mature because it has already been built, but what about the new aircraft carrier?
Does Mingzhou Group have this experience?
A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Ignorance is not wrong, but exposing ignorance is not good. I wonder if you have heard the rumors about Dazhou Company slandering us?"
The guy who was despised by Qin Tao lowered his head.
"Dazhou Company's slander? I've heard of it." Sure enough, if someone is stepped down, someone will be praised, and this guy who knows it is very happy.
"At the beginning, Dazhou Company purchased the Minsk and wanted to convert it into an aircraft carrier. It bid with your Mingzhou Group and spent 80 million. Later, Dazhou Company collapsed. It was said that your company was digging holes. There were also rumors. Dazhou Company even spent 20 million to purchase design drawings from you!"
Dazhou Company actually purchased aircraft carrier blueprints from Mingzhou Group? Or is it a modified Minsk?
Everyone present was shocked by this statement.
"Alas, our company has been slandered too much. It is obvious that Dazhou Company did not manage its business well and was eventually forced to close down. The consequences are still on our heads." Qin Tao shook his head angrily: "However, our company's design team , the technical strength is still very strong. We designed the Chakri from scratch and won the contract from Siam, which is enough to illustrate our technical strength. Therefore, of course, we have this 28,000-ton displacement aircraft carrier. I am also confident that the design will be good.”
This kind of thing can only be understood by heart and mind, and it must never be said out loud.
At this time, Qin Tao said this, giving the other party the impression that the design was designed by us! Our design team is awesome!
“So, if I hire you to do the design, how much design fee will it cost?”
“Old price, about 20 million.”
The old price, this also implies, is the same as the price given to Dazhou Company, but this has aroused dissatisfaction from other people.
“Isn’t this too expensive?”
“That’s right, if the price is this, we might as well find another company to design it!”
“Yes, Britain, France, even the United States.”
"Everyone, if you can find other companies to do the design, it will definitely not be our turn, right?" Qin Tao said: "Our price is 20 million, which is already very low. Other companies, at least 50 million."
Needless to say, 20 million, 50 million. Back then, I sold a design for a frigate with no anti-aircraft missiles and no power system for 80 million. You guys are really stingy. You want a horse. Running, but don’t want the horse to eat grass?
Qin Tao knows what these people think.
The Chicken Country has long exposed their true nature in their arms purchases. They play both sides, take advantage of each other, and even ask for technology at every turn. They make all kinds of tricks during the transaction process, and they are the best at cheating when doing business with them. , it is better not to do it.
Why do these guys come here? Isn’t it because Qin Tao is the most suitable place?
These people stopped talking.
"I have told you the design idea. If you have this idea, then do the deal now. We are taking the defense exhibition price. After today, if you entrust us again, the price will increase by at least 100%. Fifty."
Still want to bargain? No way, if you don’t make up your mind quickly, we will increase the price!
“Actually, for us, selling design drawings is just a small business. It doesn’t matter whether we can succeed or not. As you probably know, if we sell ten fishery boats, that’s a big deal of US$500 million.”
It is of course a seller’s market now! Qin Tao created such an atmosphere for the other party.
If you want to buy, act quickly.
“Then, if your design makes us dissatisfied, we have the right to propose modifications.”
“You can modify it, just increase the price.”
“You are so insincere, so we can only apologize.”
“Okay, I’ll give you one as a gift.”
Originally, Senyavin wanted to leave in a pretentious manner to create favorable conditions. Who would have thought that Qin Tao would not retain him at all!
He stood up, thought for a moment, and then sat back down.
“Mr. Qin, we are very sincere and hope you can take care of our feelings.”
"The price cannot be changed." Qin Tao said: "The deposit is 50%. After we produce the drawings, we will hand over the rough design drawings to you first. You pay the remaining 50% and we will pay the remaining 50%." I’ll give you a complete set of design drawings. We are also very sincere.”
Hmm, is this sincerity? This is clearly called distrust, right?
“However, if we can sign the contract today, we can give you a J-31 fighter jet as a gift.”
Giving a plane as a gift?
Senyavin suddenly became excited.
With an aircraft carrier, we must also have carrier-based aircraft. Sea Harrier is an alternative, as is the Yak-38. If they can get one in advance, they can test it in advance!
“Okay, let’s make a deal!”
Senyavin finally agreed.
(End of this chapter)