Chapter 582 Mingzhou Group’s Ambition

"Of course. In view of your attitude, I would rather set up the production plant in a third party." After Qin Tao thought for a moment, he continued: "For example, set up in 011 base, or set up in 320 factory."

When it comes to the research and development and production of domestic military aircraft, the original leader was the combination of 601 Research Institute and 112 Factory, which will later become the combination of 611 Research Institute and 132 Factory. Under the two pairs of Shen Hoy and Cheng Luoma, the others The aircraft factories and research and development institutes have become overshadowed, so much so that people have forgotten the existence of these factories.

Qin Tao of 320 Factory has been in contact with him several times. This factory has independently developed and produced Jiaoba, which is good for export and personal use. It can be regarded as a path. With Qin Tao's help and promotion, it has begun to work on the advanced training aircraft project. , looking forward to soaring into the sky in the future.

As for the 011 base, it is more difficult. This base is a third-tier factory. It was built in the mountains during that special period. In peacetime, everything is at a disadvantage. To produce the same aircraft, the transportation cost is much higher than others. cut.

However, this factory also had a fighting spirit. It repeatedly approached its superiors to get the JJ-7 project. After that, it relied on the JJ-7 project to develop. In the end, it became the JJ-9 project. , even selected by the Navy as a carrier-based training aircraft.

Of course, no matter how modified it is, it is still the foundation of the J-7 and will always be eliminated. Just when this project was gradually declining, they took over the production task of the J-10: Factory 132 will go all out to produce the J-20. The entire production of the J-10 has been transferred to the 011 base!

At this time, after hearing Qin Tao's words, Mr. Lin smiled and shook his head: "Inappropriate, inappropriate. Factory 320 builds training aircraft and lacks the production equipment to build fighter jets. Base 011 builds J-7s. This is different from 132 The factory is somewhat similar. If Factory 132 can produce it, they can supposedly produce it, but their base is in a mountainous area and the production cost is too high, so you definitely won’t choose it.”

Mr. Lin looked like he was convinced of Qin Tao.

"Nothing is impossible." Qin Tao said: "The production plant in the 011 base can be relocated as a whole. Our Mingzhou Group has a lot of money. As long as the relevant departments nod, we can acquire the 011 base and then relocate the factory. Come outside and specialize in producing our J-31A in the future. We can even build a production plant from scratch. This will save Factory 132 from being busy in the future and not being able to produce fighter jets for us in time."

 When it came to this point, Qin Tao was really tempted.

 That’s right, they need a fighter jet production plant!

In the future, Chengdu Aircraft's production tasks will be very tight. There are J-10, Xiaolong, and J-7. The backlog of these production tasks is already very large. The production of J-31A will definitely be ranked last. What should I do if the construction period is delayed?

However, if you want to build an aircraft factory from scratch, it will still be very difficult. There is a shortage of space, production equipment, and workers. Should we continue to recruit workers on the production line from Lao Maozi?

It would be a good idea to directly acquire the 011 base. The key is whether the superiors are willing to let it go?

"The ambitions of your Mingzhou Group are really too big." Mr. Lin continued to tease: "Not only are you involved in shipping and aerospace, but now you also want to be involved in aviation. Let me tell you, this is not easy. It would be easier if you were the son-in-law of our Air Force. ”

Snapped!

A plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was placed heavily on the table. Several people raised their heads in surprise and saw Zhao Xiu'e's ugly face.

“Hmph, after drinking a few glasses of cat urine, I started talking nonsense.”

"Okay, okay, okay, I made a mistake, why don't I admit my mistake? Lao Wu, you are such a powerful mother-in-law. You are often bullied at home, right?" Mr. Lin followed the rules of good deeds.

This role can only be played by Zhao Xiu'e. Even if she complains a few words, Mr. Lin cannot be angry and has to apologize.

Wu Shengli smiled: "Old Lin, you have strayed from the topic."

"Mr. Lin, what's the use of just admitting your mistake? If you want to come here to eat and drink in the future, you have to express your gratitude." Qin Tao said to Mr. Lin and continued to pour wine.

"Well, there are two main aircraft factories over there at Base 011, namely Shuangyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Yunma Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. The previous code names were Factory 162 and Factory 130." Mr. Lin introduced: "Among them, Yunma Aircraft Manufacturing Factory The factory is manufacturing J-7s, and life is a little better. Shuangyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory currently has no production tasks. The factory is in a very difficult situation, and it relies on some civilian products to maintain itself. If your Mingzhou Group can revive this factory, The leadership of the aviation system should also be happy."

 (I know 112, 132, and 172, but I don’t know 162. Now I know it.)

Hearing what Mr. Lin said, Qin Tao opened his eyes wide: "Really?"

"How can it be false?" Mr. Lin said, "You still don't believe what I say?"

"Mr. Lin, it would be great if you always had this attitude. You are welcome to come here to eat and drink. You don't need to bring wine. I will prepare Maotai for you." Qin Tao said with a smile.

The J-31A is still in the research and development stage, so Qin Tao is not worried about production. However, in a few years, once the flight test is completed and finalized, it will be very busy. If it is ready to come out to the production workshop now, then it will be Much easier.

"Okay." Mr. Lin said, "I will come here often. By the way, how do you plan to acquire it?"

"The best wholly-owned acquisition is to directly buy the entire factory. Of course, we don't care about some idle workers who are just eating and drinking. The proportion of front-line production personnel must reach at least 95%. After that, we will invest Spend huge sums of money to relocate the factory.”

“It’s difficult. After all, this factory is a state-owned asset, and the proportion of shares you hold is probably not allowed to exceed 50%.”

"Then we would rather not have it." Qin Tao said: "Even if we build a brand new factory next to Factory 132 and build it from scratch, we will never want an uncontrolled factory. I don't know if there will be any How many vampires.”

Qin Tao is sober. He does not want the Mingzhou Group to continuously inject capital and end up in the pockets of some people. He does not deserve to be taken advantage of.

"Okay, you guys write a formal report and I'll submit it for you." Mr. Lin said, "It's up to the superiors to approve it or not. However, you kid, don't play tricks, such as instigating those who haven't done anything for half a year. Wage workers rioting and stuff like that.”

"Mr. Lin, you have to punish yourself with three cups!" Qin Tao was very dissatisfied: "Am I, Qin Tao, that kind of person? No matter what method I use, I always use it on foreigners. When have you ever seen me treat my own people? Are you so deceived?"

Mr. Lin smiled and then changed the subject: "Taozi, the name of your J-31A fighter is not very good. Do you want to change it?"

change?

Qin Tao was a little curious: "How to change it?"

This name is indeed a bit nondescript.

The J-31 was actually an improved second-hand Yak-38, which was only used to solve the problem of availability. Later, the self-developed new vertical take-off and landing fighter was called the J-31A. The problem is that this fighter project It is divided into three different styles. If we continue to use suffixes to mark them, they should be the J-31A vertical take-off and landing model, the J-31A carrier-based model and the J-31A land-based model.

　　If represented by letters, they are J-31AA, J-31AB and J-31AC.

　　It looks so awkward!

“Of course we have changed the number.” Mr. Lin said: “You have been promoting it for a long time now. For the sake of inheritance, the vertical take-off and landing model can be called J-31A, and the other two models can be called separate models.”

"Of course that would be better." Qin Tao said: "If we can have more models, we can call them J-32 and J-35 respectively."

“Compared with X-32 and X-35, do you think Americans are disgusting?” Mr. Lin asked with a smile.

 Qin Tao nodded: "That's right!"

“I don’t know which one of these two will be successful in the bidding.” Mr. Lin sighed with emotion.

"I guess the possibility of a flying toad is smaller." Qin Tao said: "After all, it is too ugly. The old Dassault said that a good airplane must be a beautiful airplane."

“In other words, McDonnell Douglas will win the final victory?” Mr. Lin asked.

 The Flying Toad X-32 is from Boeing, and its competitor is the X-35 from McDonnell Douglas. Since the Flying Toad will fail, the X-35 should succeed.

 “That’s not necessarily true.”

 “Why?”

“Maybe McDonnell Douglas collapses and the entire project falls into Boeing’s hands again?”

“Haha, Taozi, you really know how to joke. McDonnell Douglas is one of the largest companies in the world, how could it go bankrupt?” Mr. Lin said with a smile.

"We are at the wine table, what can we not do? You need to be braver." Qin Tao raised his glass nonchalantly: "Here, drink!"

While Qin Tao and others were happily drinking, chatting, and bragging, a meeting was being held at the McDonnell Douglas headquarters on the other side of the ocean.

“Our company’s cash flow is running low. The only way now is to allocate funds from the X-35 project to maintain the operation of our company.” The person in charge of the Finance Department said calmly.

"Damn, this is impossible!" After hearing this, Schnoder, the engineer of the X-35 project, immediately slammed the table: "You don't have much cash flow, so you have to find a way to sell the passenger plane, or Why should we borrow money from banks to divert our R&D funds? If the Navy finds out, you treacherous guys will go to jail!"

"These methods have been considered. The response to our launch of the new McDonnell Douglas-11 passenger aircraft has been mediocre. Many customers are skeptical about our aircraft. Our McDonnell Douglas-80 is also known as the Mad Dog-80. These are all It was the negligence of your designers that resulted in the aircraft being unable to be sold. What can we do? As for the banks, they have already lent money to us if they can, and they will not lend us money before repaying the original debt."

"Then we can't allocate our R&D funds!" Schnoder said: "Now, all the company's hopes are pinned on the X-35 project. We must invest high R&D funds in this project to This project has been worked out so that even if all the passenger aircraft projects are gone, our company can still develop. If this project fails, our company will be completely finished. Do you guys who are engaged in administration understand this?"

"Of course we know, but your technical personnel are too slow." The person in charge of the Finance Department continued: "We have been holding on for several months, just waiting for you to quickly build the prototype so that we can work with you. They are asking for more funds, but what about you? Not only are the projects delayed, but now they actually say that they need to modify the design on a large scale. As a result, our first flight will have to be delayed, and the company may not even be able to make it by then. bankrupted!"

"Dongfang's J-31A has already conducted a flight demonstration, especially their vertical take-off and landing fighter. After careful comparison, we believe that Dongfang's plan is the most suitable, so we must modify it. Design,” Schnoder said.

The last time he visited the air show, Schnoder was deeply impressed. After returning, he relentlessly promoted this change and finally gained everyone's approval. He also became the main R&D engineer of this project.

They originally planned to use a lift engine solution. This solution would make it difficult to solve the problem of deck ablation, and the hot exhaust gas would be sucked into the engine's air inlet, causing the main engine to operate abnormally.

These problems are very difficult. Now, it is better to start over and start over. The Eastern solution is the most suitable!

"The company may completely cut off its funds before you can complete the modification." The person in charge of the financial department continued.

 “That’s your business and has nothing to do with us!”

"Okay, stop arguing." Stonecipher, the company's president, finally couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted the quarrel between these people.

"Schnoder, if we follow our original plan, when can we build a prototype?" Stonecipher asked Schnoder.

 “It will probably take a few months.”

“Then build the prototype within half a year so that we can continue to receive funding.” Stonecipher said: “This way we can also allocate some funds to keep the factory running normally.”

"However, our original plan was immature. If we build a prototype like this, we will have to make major changes in the future!" Schnoder became anxious.

"It doesn't matter, our competitors also need major changes." Stonecipher said: "The first model they tested was code-named 370. During the test flight, they found that the lift provided by the large-area delta wing was seriously insufficient, especially for the ship. Therefore, they plan to carry out extensive modifications. The wings will become a normal structure with a conventional tail. At the same time, their nose landing gear also needs to be redesigned, and the position of the air inlet will be moved forward. The forward-swept air inlet was replaced by a rear-swept air inlet. This improved structure was called Type 373. Because the changes were too large, it took a long time."

Everyone was extremely surprised. How could the president be so clear about the progress of Boeing's project? Could it be that a commercial espionage was planted?

 Thinking of this, they all became excited.

If what the president said is true, then they will be able to face it more easily.

"Compared to theirs, our changes are much smaller. Our external structure remains unchanged. We just replace the lift engine with a lift fan, and there is an extra drive shaft in the middle. Therefore, we will definitely catch up from behind. Now, we are the most important The only thing is to build the prototype so that we can get the second round of funding!”

Schnoder could no longer stop it, but he was also very cautious: "In short, I will not sign the document of misappropriation of funds. If the incident comes to light in the future, it will have nothing to do with me."

“Okay, that’s it,” Stonecipher said. “Next, all departments need to work together to get us through this difficulty. We, McDonnell Douglas, are still the giants in the industry!”

At this time, Stonecipher had absolutely no idea what a dire situation McDonnell Douglas would face next. Today's decision, instead of getting their company out of trouble, became a trigger for their company's eventual bankruptcy and merger.

 The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, as usual, it was time to pay New Year greetings. Thanks to the QQ video, Qin Tao was able to take Qin Haiyang and his parents who were far away in Mingzhou to pay New Year greetings via video chat.

 “Come, Haiyang, I’d like to give my grandparents a happy New Year.” Qin Tao said with a smile.

Qin Haiyang looked at the people on the screen and asked with some embarrassment: "Who are they? I don't know them."

Qin Tao can't wait to slap his son on the butt. The little brat only knows his grandpa and grandma, but not his grandparents?

However, he didn't dare to do it with Zhao Ling by his side.

"It doesn't matter, the ocean is still small." Qin Baoshan on the opposite side said with a smile: "I will remember it later..."

While speaking, the mobile phone rang. Qin Baoshan put it directly next to his ear: "Hey, who is this? What?"

This made Qin Tao shocked. Could something have happened?

“Is there a European customer who wants to order our aircraft carrier deck steel? No, this steel is related to our secrets. We can’t just sell it for money. I’ll ask Taozi later.”

Putting down his mobile phone, Qin Baoshan looked at Qin Tao in the video: "Taozi, there was a call from our steel factory, saying that a buyer came and wanted to purchase the aircraft carrier deck steel we produced."

“Well, I got it, don’t worry, just ask your superiors for instructions. I’ll talk about it after I get back after the third day of the Lunar New Year.”

 Video chat is convenient and saves much money compared to long-distance phone calls.

 When the video chat ended, Zhao Ling said from the side: "Brother Tao, if it's urgent, then go back. Anyway, we spend New Year's Eve here."

“There’s no rush.” Qin Tao said, “Let the customers wait for a few days to make them anxious. Then it will be easier for us to negotiate.”

“I don’t know where the customers come from.” Zhao Ling said: “If we can open up a larger market, why wouldn’t we do it?”

“If I guess correctly, the boss behind the customer is Ah San.” Qin Tao said.

 Asan?

Zhao Ling nodded. She had listened to a lot of conversations in the past few days and knew something about these things. Whether it was repairing the Super Sun King or building a new aircraft carrier, deck steel was indispensable. There were not many companies that produced deck steel. Asan looked around and felt that Lao Maozi's price was too expensive, so he simply came to Mingzhou Group to buy it.

With Ah San’s character, he would definitely be embarrassed to buy directly, so he simply found a middleman.

Originally, Qin Tao thought that Damao would be a middleman and let good friends make a fortune, which was good, but now, let a middleman who has nothing to do with him make money?

 Hehehe.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Tao returned to Mingzhou with his wife and children. When Qin Haiyang saw Qin Baoshan, he had already recognized him as a child. However, within half a day, he was shouting and playing around.

 At the gate of Mingzhou Group Steel Plant.

“Mr. Qin, you are finally back. That foreign customer comes to remind you every day.” Factory director Zhang Jinxi looked at Qin Tao who was getting out of the car and said, “It’s really annoying.”

“Well, it’s the Chinese New Year. Doesn’t he know that these days are holidays?”

“Yes, it is a legal holiday, but our factory is very busy. Even on the eve of New Year’s Eve, we did not stop work and the production line was always running.” Zhang Jinxi said.

Qin Tao nodded: "Is the new iron ore easy to use?"

 After entering the gate, you are faced with a large mountain of iron ore. The color of the iron ore is slightly different from the previous ones.

"Well, that's right. It's similar to the iron ore imported from Australia. Our iron ore purchase channels are diversified and cannot be hung on a tree. We have stopped purchasing domestic iron ore. After all, we don't need any foreign iron ore. over."

 The rich iron ore imported from abroad is easy to smelt and the quality of the steel produced is pretty good, so there is no need to purchase domestic iron ore.

 Qin Tao continued to nod, and then looked at Zhou Jie on the other side: "Professor Zhou, can we ensure that the iron ore from these football countries is of the same level as Australian iron ore?"

"That's not true. There are still some subtle differences, but after our fine-tuning, it's almost the same." Zhou Jie said.

Since coming to Mingzhou Steel Company, Zhou Jie has become a technical consultant. Until now, he has been working conscientiously. Moreover, he has watched the steel plant here continue to develop and grow, and has even become as good as Huating Steel Plant. He felt very proud of the huge enterprise.

"So, if we want to produce a batch of special deck steel, the yield strength and other technical properties are no problem, but it will rust from the inside in advance, can we do it?"

 If the steel rusts from the outside, just apply anti-rust paint or use other means to solve the problem. However, if the steel rusts from the inside, there is no solution at all!

Hearing Qin Tao's words, Zhang Jinxi immediately frowned: "Mr. Qin, won't this damage our brand? Those customers only bought it after seeing the reliable quality of the steel we produce!"

Qin Tao smiled: "The customer will definitely not say that the steel is purchased to build an aircraft carrier for Asan, right?"

"Build an aircraft carrier for Asan? Then we can't sell it." Zhang Jinxi said: "We would rather not make this money!"

“If we don’t make money, someone else will. If we make money while also turning the opponent’s aircraft carrier into scrap metal, wouldn’t it be better?”

Zhang Jinxi carefully thought about the meaning of Qin Tao's words, while Zhou Jie nodded: "Mr. Qin, if you want the steel to rust from the inside, you only need to mix some furnace ash in the production process. If you can do that, Good, it can also ensure that other indicators remain unchanged for the time being.”

"Okay, let's do this." Qin Tao said: "As for reputation or anything, don't worry about it. Call the foreign customer here and I will talk to him personally."

PS: I used to feel sick about my heart. Well, yesterday I had heartache. I took two Suxiao Jiuxin pills and went to the hospital, which was full of people. . . Some inspection items require an appointment. There were no test results and the doctor didn’t prescribe medicine. I came back and continued to endure the discomfort and coded a chapter. Recently, I can only promise to keep updating as much as possible. Feel sorry.

　　

 (End of this chapter)