Chapter 572 The roof of the factory building collapsed
Similar to Asan’s purchase of an aircraft carrier, the customer will surely feel wronged by then!
Asan's aircraft carrier has been constantly overrun in its modifications. Every time the cost exceeds the cost, Asan must accept it. Otherwise, the modifications will not proceed. How can a half-baked aircraft carrier be used?
As long as you pay the deposit, you will be led by the old man.
The same is true now. Once we pay the deposit for the transport aircraft, if something unexpected happens in the subsequent production process, the Chkalov Aircraft Factory will never repay the money. If Dongfang does not pay more, it will look like a ruin. Anyway, They didn't make a loss, so if the transport plane inside was crushed, they would continue to crush it.
This Sergey is really stupid. When something like this happened, he actually came to Qin Tao. He should have solved it by himself, and he had to cover up the matter!
Of course there is nothing that Sergey can do about it.
How can we produce if the factory building collapses? If it cannot be produced, then Dongfang will definitely not place an order! Especially in the previous several cooperations, Sergey was very touched by Mr. Qin's considerate and good friend behavior. Everyone who has worked with Qin Tao will give him a thumbs up. Come and praise Qin Tao.
Now, faced with this kind of problem, Sergey decided to come to Qin Tao to discuss countermeasures. After all, only Qin Tao could solve this problem.
"Yes, Mr. Qin, we are also worried. Fortunately, the factory has collapsed now. The factory is empty and there are no products crushed inside. Otherwise, the loss will be too great." Sergey was also afraid.
Even if we can continue to ask for money from Dongfang, it will still be an additional loss. It is best to avoid it. Now it is only the factory building that has collapsed, and the plane has not been hit yet. This is fortunate.
"Mr. Qin, you have to find a way for us to solve this problem." Sergey continued: "We want to repair the factory again, which will cost a lot of money. For you, if the factory cannot be repaired, it will be expensive." Fang can’t even get a transport plane.”
When he heard this, Tang Changhong seemed to gradually understand something. This Mr. Qin was so powerful. This move was so subtle that he didn't reveal anything!
Sergei came to Qin Tao, so he was confident. After all, Qin Tao said yesterday that he would purchase forty transport aircraft. If the factory is not repaired well, the transport aircraft will not be produced, which will delay Dongfang's early warning aircraft. Career.
It’s a pity that if Sergey had known that the purpose of the visitors from the east was not to order a transport aircraft at all, then he would never have responded to this idea.
“Director Sergey, please come in and talk.”
What is going to be talked about must be secret. Tang Changhong can't hear it, but he is extremely excited in his heart. He has already guessed what will happen next: If the Chkalov Aircraft Factory wants to repair the factory, it must need Money, where does money come from? Of course, we can make money by selling the unused IL-76 data!
Anyway, they have mastered a complete set of production technology and can produce it without looking at the design drawings. Besides, next they will produce the latest Ilyushin Design Bureau Il-476 transport aircraft. All the information on this transport aircraft will definitely be packaged and sent over. of.
Old IL-76 information is useless just sitting in the warehouse, it’s better to exchange it for money!
In the room, Qin Tao frowned: "Yes, this is really troublesome. If you don't repair the factory, then our orders will not be produced. If our orders are not produced, you will not have money to repair the factory. This is simply a death." It’s a cycle!”
"Mr. Qin, please put down a deposit first. As long as you put down a deposit, we can repair the factory!" Sergey said, this is the real purpose of his coming, please give us the money quickly! Let us repair the factory. If the factory is not repaired, the transport aircraft you want will not be produced.
Qin Tao shook his head helplessly: "Brother, I really want to produce quickly, but the deposit cannot be misappropriated. If the Air Force finds out about this, they will arrest me and go to jail!"
The deposit is used to produce aircraft, not to repair the factory. We are customers and there is no need to repair the factory for you!
Sergey was also stunned: "What should we do?"
When he found that the factory building was crushed by snow, Sergey immediately thought of looking for Qin Tao. After all, the factory building could only be repaired if the people from the East paid for it. But now, Qin Tao refused and said that if so To misappropriate funds, you may even go in and squat.
Of course Sergey can't insist on it. Even if Qin Tao is their good friend, there is no need to do this!
"Do you have anything valuable here that you can't use? If you sell these things to us, we can provide a sum of funds, so it's logical for us." Qin Tao said: "Although our Mingzhou Group You have money, but you can’t spend it carelessly, there must be a reason!”
Sell valuable things?
What else do they have in the factory? In the past few years, they have pieced together all the aircraft they can assemble. Now the factory is empty except for the production equipment.
Those production equipment cannot be sold! If it is sold, how will it be produced next?
What else is in the factory?
Sergey really couldn’t think of it.
Therefore, Qin Tao could only follow the guidance: "Director Sergey, think carefully about what else is useless in the warehouse. If the snow collapses the warehouse, those things will probably be completely damaged." Alright?"
Hearing Qin Tao say this, Sergey suddenly thought of something: "Yes, Mr. Qin, we still have the design drawings of the aircraft in our warehouse! Those things are no longer useful, but those things belong to Ilyushin's design It’s the Bureau’s…”
"When we were separated, those things were left in your factory. That belongs to you. What does it have to do with Ilyushin Design Bureau?" Qin Tao said: "Besides, those things are already outdated. Ilyushin Design Bureau The bureau's most advanced transport aircraft now is the Il-476 transport aircraft. Your factory must also switch to producing this advanced aircraft. The backward design drawings of the Il-76 have long been of no use. You also have to free up warehouses and wait for installation. The design drawings of the new IL-476.”
Sergey nodded: "That's true, but how much can those waste papers be sold for? We need at least one million to repair the factory!"
"Yes, waste paper is indeed worthless. Well, since we are good friends, of course we have to help you. As long as those drawings are complete, then our Mingzhou Group is willing to pay one million US dollars to purchase those drawings, and then You will have money to repair the factory. Once the factory is repaired, we can quickly produce the IL-476 transport aircraft."
Seeing Sergey's continued hesitation, Qin Tao had no choice but to go for the killing blow: "If the factory here can't be repaired, we can only say sorry. I heard that Damao is trying to coordinate the use of aviation. Star Factory comes to produce IL-76 transport aircraft, so we can only go there to place orders."
In the era of the Red Empire, various factories were distributed according to various needs. The IL-76 was designed in Dalimao, but its production was in Tashkent. The Antonov Design Bureau was in Ermao, but its production was in Ermao. In addition, it is also produced at the Ulyanovsk "Aviation Star-SP" factory, which once produced the An-124 "Ruslan" heavy transport aircraft.
The An-125 is a transport aircraft with a take-off weight of 400 tons, one of which is equivalent to two Ilyushin-76s. However, precisely because this aircraft is so large, its production is slow, with only a few dozen aircraft produced in total, and it is also expensive. , after the collapse of the Red Empire, there was almost no reproduction.
The Aviation Star Factory now has no production tasks. No matter from any perspective, it is more convenient for Mao to produce the Il-76 domestically than to cooperate with the Chkalov Aircraft Factory.
This sentence is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. What choice does Sergey have? He nodded immediately: "That's right, just follow what you said, Mr. Qin, our time is precious."
When Tang Changhong was called out of the room, he threw himself into his work with excitement, and his heart was full of admiration.
Mr. Qin is so awesome.
The main purpose has not been revealed at all. It is so subtle that Sergey has been kept in the dark until now. He is still dreaming of continuing to produce forty transport aircraft. In fact, this is the last time our side comes to Cheka. Love Aircraft Factory!
After getting these data back, input them into the computer, and then make various improvements, your own large transport aircraft can be designed faster!
It only costs one million US dollars to buy back these materials. It is definitely worth it!
However, this matter is so strange. How could the other party's warehouse collapse? I'm afraid someone was tampering with this, but this idea only appeared in Tang Changhong's mind for a moment, and he dismissed it, and stopped thinking about things he shouldn't think about, so as not to cause trouble for himself.
After entering the warehouse, Tang Changhong looked at the mountain of design drawings and dived in. Here are not only the Il-76, but also the Il-78, and even information on the improved A-50!
That night, the An-225 transport plane landed on the runway of the Chkalov Aircraft Factory, and all kinds of information were carried on it. Thanks to this level of transport aircraft, all the information could be moved in one sortie. .
“Mr. Qin, shall we go to the Ilyushin Design Bureau tomorrow?” Sergey asked Qin Tao as he watched the plane take off.
"Of course not, we have to wait until your factory here is repaired." Qin Tao said: "So, you must work hard. After the factory is repaired, we will see you at the Ilyushin Design Bureau!"
With no other option, Sergey could only nod: "Okay, we will repair the factory as soon as possible. Mr. Qin, where are you going next?"
"Since I have come to Central Asia, I will go to other countries. Go to the Baikonur Space Center." Qin Tao said: "You also know that our Mingzhou Group has also established a starship company , getting involved in aerospace engineering.”
The space center is something that I can't do anything about.
For space launch, the lower the latitude, the better the linear speed of the earth's rotation can be utilized. The best launch site is at the equator, where the linear speed is the largest.
However, Lao Maozi’s country does not allow them to do this. After all, most of them are in high latitude areas. Compared with the United States, each launch has to consume more fuel.
Of course, Lao Maozi has more than one space launch base. The first one was the Kapuskin Yar shooting range. As you can tell from the name, its main task is missile testing. It was built at the end of 1946 and began to be used to launch satellites in 1962. However, The other one with a small number is the Plesetsk base. This base was originally an intercontinental missile base. It was used as a new spacecraft launch site in the mid-1960s. This base is mainly used to launch military satellites from the Red Empire era.
As for Baikonur, its importance is irreplaceable. For example, it is an important manned space launch site. All manned spacecraft are launched here. Therefore, if Lao Maozi wants to combine the other two If the launch site is expanded into a manned space base, the funds required will be quite huge. By 1994, Lao Maozi decided to re-lease the space base here as their most important manned space base.
It is more convenient to rent, and it is easy to default on the rent.
Although Qin Tao has passed by here many times, he has never stopped in his hurry. Before coming, during the meeting with the aerospace department, the space shuttle Buran was mentioned, so Qin Tao wanted to go there and have a look. look.
After all, this kind of space shuttle can be regarded as a swan song for Lao Maozi's manned space flight. If it hadn't suddenly collapsed, Lao Maozi would have had this more advanced aerospace tool.
Now, if the price is right, Qin Tao can still buy the Snowstorm back.
However, this trip was delayed again. After learning that the matter here had been completed, Mr. Lin sent a request, hoping that Mr. Qin could go to the Kingdom of David and negotiate with the Davidians together with the team sent by the Air Force.
This time the Davidians tore up the contract, so they must be made to act in accordance with the contract! Compensate as much as you deserve!
Therefore, Qin Tao could only lament his hard life, and then went to the Kingdom of David.
Compared with the icy and snowy north, the Kingdom of David is a scene of spring and flowers blooming. Even in the coldest month of January, the temperature here is around ten to twenty degrees. As long as you wear an ordinary shirt and suit, you can It's totally fine, there's no need to shiver while wrapped in a military coat.
The atmosphere in the conference room of David Aircraft Company was a bit cold.
"I'm very sorry. We can no longer complete the modification of the three early warning aircraft." Boaz, the head of the David Aircraft Company, looked embarrassed: "As for the reasons, we don't need to say anymore. We are now What we are talking about is the issue of follow-up processing. Do you still want the body of this aircraft? If you don’t want it, we can help you sell it at a high price. This can also make up for your losses."
If this kind of change hadn't happened, Mr. Wang and others could have completed the negotiation. But now, there are many more things, so we can only ask Qin Tao to come forward. Anyway, when they first negotiated the contract, Qin Tao Participated along.
At that time, Qin Tao played a disgraceful role, so Boaz was very worried that Qin would not be sarcastic now.
"Of course we need the airframe." Qin Tao said: "You should also know that we lack a large aircraft platform and cannot use passenger aircraft to modify it. For us, the airframe of a transport aircraft like the IL-76 is How could we possibly sell it with one less one.”
"If you still want the aircraft, we can only regret to inform you that we need to remove all the equipment on the aircraft being modified and restore it to its original appearance." Boaz continued.
(There are many theories about this period of history. For example, the Kingdom of David seized our aircraft without reason and then sold it to Asan. The Hero of East China felt unreliable. After all, the aircraft belonged to us, and our Il- There are not many 76s! And later our Air Police-2000 was also modified from the original body. How could it be sold to Asan?)
The radar engineer Omri Afiq on the side looked a little unnatural.
Qin Tao was keenly aware of this guy's attitude, and then thought of something.
"If you insist on dismantling it, we have no choice but to return the aircraft shell to us, plus our deposit of US$150 million and compensation of US$600 million." Qin Tao said: "Because of your Repeatedly, it also delayed the progress of our early warning aircraft. We will not forgive you for this loss of time. After all, there is nothing you can do about it, just like the Lion fighter in the past."
When Qin Tao said these words, the faces of everyone present were filled with anger. For them, this matter was indeed the most difficult thing for them to let go of.
In the past few years, the Davidian Air Force mainly relied on French-made fighter jets. However, after the "Six-Day War", France refused to deliver 50 paid "Phantom" series fighters to Israel. The Davidians thus came to the conclusion: If it cannot If you produce your own weapons, you will definitely be controlled by others.
The first project the Davids worked on was the Cub fighter jet, but this aircraft was just a modification of the Mirage aircraft, especially the big nose, which gave it a special sense of joy.
After that, the Davidians continued their efforts and decided to develop a brand new fighter plane, which was the Lion.
In 1979, this project was officially established. Of course, considering its low technical foundation, many subsystems of the aircraft were provided by the United States.
For example, the engine is Pratt & Whitney's PW1120 engine. However, if mass production occurs in the future, Davidians will complete the supply of PW1120 engines through cooperative production. A large number of composite materials are used on the aircraft, which are directly supplied by Grumman. produced.
In the 1980s, the Lion fighter jet was assembled and began test flights. However, just before the first flight, the Americans stopped working. The export of many equipment was banned, and the most critical engine transfer contract was invalidated.
As a result, the Lion fighter failed due to the intervention of the United States. The Davidians built three prototypes, which became the final exhibits of this project. They stood silently at the airport, showing the efforts made by the Davidians to develop fighter jets. effort.
Of course, there are other problems. For example, during the test flight, the Davidians discovered major flaws in the aircraft's aerodynamic performance. After all, the Davidians' development time was very short and they did not conduct enough wind tunnel experiments. , the Americans also had no experience in canard layout, and the resulting aircraft had serious technical problems. However, technical problems can be solved slowly, and the interruption of supply to Americans is the most important.
Although the two sides are the closest partners, the Americans were afraid that the Davidians' plan to develop fighter jets would affect the export of their own fighters, so they nipped the Davidians' idea of manufacturing fighter jets in the bud. This incident became It left David Aircraft Company with eternal pain in its heart.
There are many interesting things to say about this aircraft. The belly air intake and canard layout have caused many people to talk endlessly when they mention it. Although the Lion fighter was forced to terminate under the pressure of the United States, it has made great achievements in the East. Got a new life! Our J-10 fighter was developed based on the technology of this aircraft!
Actually, this is just the spread of rumors by laymen.
Although they are both canard layouts, the Lion fighter is close-range coupling, and our J-10 fighter is mid-range coupling. This alone can explain the difference between the two. Although our J-10 fighter was finalized and entered service late, it was developed It’s not too late. It can be traced back to the aborted J-9 project. The best layout plan was determined by the 611 Institute after decades of wind tunnel research.
Of course, the former J-10 R&D team must have been exposed to the Lion fighter, but it is impossible to buy back the technology of this fighter. The aerodynamic layout of the Lion fighter is flawed, which is different from that of our J-10. The mission was different, and we didn’t have that much money back then.
Now, Qin Tao told this matter to stimulate the people of David.
“Yeah, we can only say sorry about this,” Boaz said.
They can only be sorry and have nothing to say. They are also very angry in their hearts. The project has been going on for such a long time and they have made a lot of efforts. Who would have thought that it would end like this!
Like the Lion fighter, it was forced to terminate due to the intervention of the United States!
Who cares about the time, energy, and money they put in? Mr. Qin is really here to find fault!
"However, there is an old saying in the East that business is not about favors. We are still good friends. If you have needs, we are also willing to help." Qin Tao continued: "This is a silent response to external pressure. Resist."
"Mr. Qin, if you are willing, we hope to keep the radome above!" Afik couldn't bear it anymore and said to Qin Tao.
After the contract was signed, they began tireless research and development. I have to say that the solution proposed by Dongfang was quite good, much better than the big nose and cheeks of their previous Falcon early warning aircraft!
So, the next development of the early warning aircraft project can use this method in the same way, but they are weak in many places, such as this radome!
When Dongfang proposed this project, they were worried about how to manufacture and process the radome, so they passed the blame to Dongfang and asked Dongfang to solve the problem of the radome.
As a result, Dongfang has done it!
Now, if they want to sell this kind of mushroom disk early warning aircraft, they will definitely need Dongfang to provide radar domes.
"Of course it's no problem. For an extra ten million dollars, I'll leave the radome for you. Anyway, you've already installed all the internal T/R components, so you don't have to open and dismantle it. You can just hoist the whole big plate down."
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