Great warships

Chapter 476 Buy Ten Engines Back
Standing in the busy Zhenhua Heavy Industry factory, looking at the lively production scenes around, Qin Tao said to Guan Tong: "Old Guan, you Zhenhua Heavy Industry have done us a big favor this time."

"President Qin, you were the one who extended a helping hand when we were most in danger, so as long as you need it, just tell us, even if we do less business, we must go all out to complete the tasks you have given us." Guan Tong said: "Besides, it's not a big deal this time, it's just a small thing to do on the way back to Maple Leaf Country."

This is not a trivial matter. If it is discovered, Zhenhua Heavy Industry will also get into big trouble. However, after receiving the news from Qin Tao, Guan Tong still agreed without hesitation. This is a kind of unconditional trust. It's a touching reciprocation.

Without Qin Tao, Zhenhua Heavy Industry would not be where they are today. Therefore, no matter what Qin Tao asks them to do, they will never hesitate, let alone something that is beneficial to the country. Zhenhua Heavy Industry is duty-bound.

Of course, all relevant personnel will completely forget about it after the incident is over, and it will rot in their stomachs forever, and they must not speak out.

A secret is always a secret.

Elder Shi beside him was looking forward to it even more.

"Mr. Qin, Mr. Guan, when will the things arrive?"

"Don't worry. Since we're here, we must be here soon. Don't be afraid of being late for a good meal. Don't be in a hurry."

Qin Tao was not in a hurry, he looked at the Hong Kong Machinery around him, still in high spirits.

"We are in the shipyard on the Rainbow Country and plan to build small yachts. However, it would be beneficial to have two gantry cranes. The ships built on the berth can be hoisted directly to the nearby dock."

Hearing Qin Tao's words, Guan Tong nodded again and again: "It's very exciting to enter the water like this, Mr. Qin, if you need it, we will provide it at a cost price."

"That can't be done, business is to make money, otherwise you can eat and drink whatever you want." Qin Tao said: "The normal market price is fine, which is already much cheaper than similar products in the West. In the future, in this field, you will definitely One company dominates and crowds out all other companies."

Guan Tong has a smile on his face, this is also his idea, he wants to be the strongest in the world!
At this time, a large ship was slowly approaching. Seeing this ship, Shi Lao became excited again: "Zhenhua No. [-], Zhenhua No. [-], things are back!"

Qin Tao raised his head and looked at the sky: "It's still early, I think, let's go eat first."

Have a meal?At this time, Mr. Shi was not in the mood to eat, but he seemed to understand Qin Tao's meaning, so he could only nod reluctantly: "Okay, eat, after dinner, it will be dark."

After Mr. Shi finished speaking, he glanced at Qin Tao with some dissatisfaction. He knew it would be dark before he could come here, so why are we waiting here?

Qin Tao seemed to understand Shi Lao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "We didn't come to pick up the boat just now, we just came here to have a look."

Well, you are right. Elder Shi looked at Qin Tao helplessly, disapproving of Qin Tao's remarks, but there was no other way.

Time passed while waiting, and when it finally got dark, Shi Lao had already stood on the wharf of Zhenhua Heavy Industry.

"Be careful, you have to hang on the stress point of the plane!" Seeing the crane coming over and starting to lift the most precious plane above, Shi Lao's heart was agitated, he didn't want any problems with the plane.

Qin Tao didn't care much about these little things, he was talking to Delano.

"You guy, you are really capable, you didn't spend any money!" Qin Tao smiled and looked at Delano: "However, we kept our promise. If you spend more than 1000 million, you can be reimbursed. If you spend less, the rest will be reimbursed." The bets are all yours, and if you have the ability, you can get the money."

Delano's face was full of smiles: "That's natural, I just want to keep more money, with this 1000 million, I can live the life I want!"

Xu Zhengyang sighed from the side, Mr. Qin's charm is too great, and he can always subtly influence a large number of people. The same is true for Delano. He has not been with Mr. Qin for a long time, and he gave this empty-handed white wolf's ability to him. Learned it!
"However, you'd better stay in our country recently. If you go to Europe to spend time and drink, if someone finds out, there will be problems." Qin Tao continued.

Delano didn't sign any work contract with Qin Tao. He is a free agent. Now that he has 1000 million yuan, who knows if he will be eager to go to the West to live the life he wants?

Qin Tao can't interfere, he can only persuade.

Delano's face also became serious.

Qin Tao is right, he just wants to go to the west to live the life he wants, but if he is found in the west, it will be very troublesome, even if he made up a lie, saying that he crashed with the plane, Then he was rescued by a passing ship or something, that's not okay, at least he drove the plane into the water, and he has to lose money!

If Boeing wants to claim compensation, there are plenty of ways. He probably has to spit out the 1000 million.

So, he swallowed and said, "Okay, I'll stay here for the time being."

Scaring Delano, Qin Tao went to see the plane. At this time, the plane had been hoisted from Zhenhua No. [-] to the pier beside it, and a trailer was placed underneath, and it was being pushed forward, planning to go to the nearby Take it apart in the warehouse.

There is no way, the plane did not release the landing gear before it fell into the water. After soaking in water, it may not be easy to put down the landing gear, so the plane can only be put on a trailer and taken away.

Fortunately, the size of the aircraft is relatively small.

"Old Guan, do you want to go and have a look together?" Qin Tao asked Guan Tong.

Guan Tong smiled: "This has nothing to do with us, and I don't plan to join in the fun, but since Mr. Qin is here, I, the master, have to entertain you. Wherever you go, I will go with you."

"Let's go then."

Both the front and rear cockpit covers were opened, so the cockpit was seriously soaked in water, but fortunately, when it fell into the water, the plane had already consumed all the fuel and the circuit had been cut off, so as to minimize the loss of the plane.

The technicians from the 320 factory have already started to disassemble the aircraft, first of all, remove the wings on both sides.

Although the T-45 is a carrier-based aircraft, it does not have a wing-folding mechanism. (There is no definite evidence that it can fold the wings, but looking at the various modification plans, there is no wing folding, and looking at various photos, the arrangement on the deck of the aircraft carrier does not see the wing folding. )
This should also be because the wingspan of the T-45 is not large, only more than nine meters, smaller than the F-18 fighter after folding the wings.

While directing the technicians to disassemble the plane, Mr. Shi watched the various details of the plane, and had a clearer understanding of the modification of this kind of plane.

"Old Shi, how are you doing?" Qin Tao asked Elder Shi.

"I think it should not be too difficult if we just imitate it by surveying and mapping. Our K-8 trainer is too similar to it, and many parts can be used with a little improvement." Shi Lao said: "But, In terms of engines, there's not much we can do."

This trainer is equipped with a Rolls-Royce F1-RR-405 turbofan engine with a thrust of 401 kN, and its performance is quite good.

What about domestic?The K-8 trainer for export uses the Garrett TFE731-2A, while the self-use model can only use the turbofan-11 imitated by surveying and mapping, which seriously affects the performance.

Speaking of aero engines, Rolls-Royce is absolutely unique.

Qin Tao nodded: "We use this trainer plane mainly to squat on the deck and practice landing. It's okay if the other performances are slightly inferior. Of course, if we have a way to buy a batch of these engines from Rolls-Royce, We will do our best."

"If we buy this kind of engine, will the West guess something?" Elder Shi was a little worried.

Qin Tao smiled on his face: "I have an idea, we can buy it through a third party."

third party?
Shi Lao looked surprised.

"Yes, if the Yakovlev Design Bureau buys them, it should not be questioned, and there is no need to purchase too much. The first batch of ten or twenty units purchased is enough for us to equip a batch." Qin Tao said.

Hearing Qin Tao talk about the Yakovlev Design Bureau, Shi Lao’s eyes slowly lit up. That’s right, if the world’s most famous trainer aircraft design bureau purchased a batch of British trainer aircraft engines, no one would suspicious.

Even if they already have the engine provided by Holwell, the performance is definitely not as good as that of Rolls-Royce.

"Boss Qin, this kind of thing can only be done by you." Shi Lao said.

Some time ago, Qin Tao also agreed to Mr. Shi to get back the technical information of Yak-130 for them. , It is not too late to develop a higher education machine.

However, if you want to imitate the carrier-based trainer as soon as possible, then the supporting engine is very important. Anyway, it is a trip, so it is better to pack it together and bring it back.

Qin Tao nodded: "It's time to go there. The Navy doesn't know how the approval process is going. Maybe, our Mingzhou Group has to advance a sum of money in advance. If we want to advance In terms of funds, the price of this batch of trainers sold to the Navy must not be low, and the interest must be included."

To Qin Tao's words, Old Shi smiled back. Mr. Qin's words may not be credible, maybe he was just joking.

When Qin Tao said this, he was just complaining. Recently, the navy has been carrying out too many projects, and it is understandable that many projects are short of money. However, many projects cannot be delayed. Mingzhou Group has money, so it will pay in advance And it should be.

It is said that the cost of refitting the Dongfang Haicheng is still in arrears.

After all, the Mingzhou Group is absolutely unambiguous in doing it. The progress of the ship's refit seems to be quite fast.

After dismantling the wings, the big guy found that he didn’t need to disassemble the vertical tail, and he could stuff it into the belly of the Mi-26 helicopter. In this way, in the middle of the night, the Mi-26 helicopter took off to transport this special trainer. machine, fly to 320 factory.

Qin Tao also embarked on the road to the Yakovlev Design Bureau the next day.

Qin Tao can be regarded as a frequent visitor of the Yakovlev Design Bureau. In the past, he often went here. Now, many J-31A teams come from here. Qin Tao has no sense of guilt for this poaching behavior. .

Anyway, the Yakovlev Design Bureau has gone downhill, and those designers can't afford wages. Qin Tao invited them to the East and paid them high wages. That was helping them, and they should be grateful.

With this mentality, Qin Tao stepped into the office door of the Yakovlev Design Bureau.

"Where's Alexander?" Qin Tao felt very strange when he saw the person standing up to greet him.

The head of the Yakovlev Design Bureau is Alexander Yakovlev. He is also the son of the old Yakovlev. He has always been at the helm here. Now, has Alexander also retired?
"In the past year, Chief Alexander's health has not been very good, and he has often been unable to come to work. Therefore, I am currently in charge of the Design Bureau." Nikolai Dorzenkov said.

He is the deputy director of the Yakovlev Design Bureau. If the director is not here, he can certainly take the lead. At this time, his condition is still very good.

"Really? Congratulations." Qin Tao said, and took out an envelope: "Congratulations to the new official, this small gift is not a respect, please accept it."

Dolzenkov didn't open it, but just pinched it, and he knew how much money was inside, with a smile on his face: "President Qin, you are always so generous, please sit down, please sit down."

"What's wrong with Chief Alexander?" Qin Tao asked.

Dolzenkov gave Qin Tao a meaningful look: "Heart disease."

You don't need to say it too clearly, otherwise, everyone's face will be ugly, but as long as you say it like this, it is clear enough.

The old chief was angry.

The J-31A project in the East is full of uproar and vigor, and Alexander is depressed.

Although it was all helpless to provide these technologies at the time, but now, looking at the Eastern model, Alexander regretted it, why didn't he think of it?If Yak-141 is made into an international cooperation project, their funds will also flow in!
At that time, Lockheed was very interested in their Yak-141 project, and wanted to buy the technology. If they did not sell the technology, but asked the other party to invest in research and development, then their Yak-141 might be in the market now. Intensive test flight!
What now?
Now he could only watch Dongfang's projects booming, and Alexander felt angry. He was not angry with Qin Tao, but angry with himself.

"Your international cooperation project is going very smoothly. Therefore, we have also decided to make the project at hand into an international cooperation project. Our Yak-130 has now become a Yak/AEM-130 project. We and Ma The cooperation with the base company has greatly accelerated the research and development of our aircraft."

They failed on the Yak-141 project, but on the Yak-130 project, with Qin Tao's proposal, coupled with Dongfang's successful experience, and by introducing partners, the project became prosperous. Dolzenkov is still working very hard.

"Then congratulations to you." Qin Tao said: "However, I don't know if you have noticed that our domestic J-31A project absorbs investment from users, while your Yak-130 project absorbs investment from airline companies." invest."

"Yeah, Markey is also a company that manufactures trainer aircraft, so we can not only absorb funds, but also absorb their technology. Our engines and avionics are all provided by them. By the way, it was not Qin at the beginning. Do you have a proposal?"

Qin Tao was a little ashamed, he had already forgotten the past, in order to fool the Yakovlev Design Bureau to sell the Yak-141 information, Qin Tao personally suggested that he could cooperate with Maji Company.

"Really? I mentioned it at the time, but I didn't expect that you would negotiate like this! Your engines and avionics are all provided by them, and your airframe and aerodynamics can be manufactured by them, that is to say , if you left the Noodles, the project would have to be revised, and the Noodles left you without any problems."

Qin Tao succeeded in getting rid of the blame, and asked you to cooperate to let you absorb funds, not to let you engage in this kind of technical cooperation.

As soon as Qin Tao's words came out, Dorzenkov's face immediately changed color.

The meaning of these words could not be more obvious.

Maji Company is not sincerely cooperating at all, what they are drawing is only their aerodynamic layout design plan, as long as they get these, then, they will fall apart!In the end, their Yakovlev Design Bureau fell to the ground and made a wedding dress for others, so they had to re-develop it!
Originally, their two aircraft design units joined forces to solve technical problems. Now, if the motives of the partners are not pure, it is definitely not good news for them.

How could such a crisis have not been anticipated?
"Do they really have ulterior motives?" Dolzenkov asked Qin Tao.

"You guys can try it!" Qin Tao rolled his eyes at the other party: "You will know if you try it?"

Dolzenkov nodded, and then thought of something: "Mr. Qin, did you come here to remind us?"

"Of course not, I just reminded you guys incidentally." Qin Tao didn't hide these things, if he said that he came here to remind the other party on purpose, it would be too much to treat others as fools.

"We are here to give you money."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Dolzenkov nodded to express his understanding, and immediately became excited when he heard the second half of the sentence.

Send money!

What they lack the most is money!
"President Qin, please speak."

"You Yak-130, to what extent has it been carried out?"

"We are currently building the first prototype to verify whether our aerodynamic layout is reasonable. We first assembled a Slovakian DV2 engine to test whether the aerodynamic layout is reasonable. The engine promised by Noodle Country Maki has not yet arrived."

Qin Tao smiled: "It seems that they are really insincere. The engines they promised are not intended to be used by you. In the future, they will get the aerodynamic data of the Yak-130, but you will get nothing."

After continuing to pour dirty water on Maji, Qin Tao continued: "The performance of that kind of engine is backward, and it can't meet the needs at all. You have to use a more advanced engine. You have heard of Rolls-Royce's F405-RR- 401 turbofan?"

Dolzenkov nodded: "Of course I've heard that the specially developed booster model of this engine is used on the US Navy's T-45 trainer aircraft, with a full thrust of 26 kN."

"So, do you need this engine for the Yak-130?"

With this engine?

Dolzenkov's expression was a little stiff: "Mr. Qin, this kind of engine is too expensive, we can't afford it at all. Moreover, even if we buy it, the price of our aircraft will rise, and customers probably won't approve it. .”

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, it's too expensive, how expensive is it?"

"It needs at least 300 million US dollars for one. Our aircraft is designed with dual engines, so it needs 600 million US dollars. For a trainer aircraft with an estimated price of more than 1000 million, the cost of the engine accounts for more than half. Unbearable."

Dolzenkov was originally in charge of the Yak-130 project. After the collapse of the Red Empire, he searched everywhere for a suitable engine. Of course, he also inspected the Rolls-Royce company. Although this engine has excellent performance, the price is too high!

The West is too stupid. The RD29 engine used on the MiG 33 is only 300 million US dollars each. The engine used by this small trainer is actually the same price as a fighter engine!

Of course, he also knew in his heart that if the cost of use was considered, Western engines have a flight life of more than [-] hours, which is much better than their engines that can only fly for [-] hours. Save some.

However, users will not read these, and the procurement cost is too high.

"If you want to manufacture five prototypes, you have to use ten engines, so you have sufficient reasons to purchase this engine from Rolls-Royce." Qin Tao said: "So, I will give you three thousand one hundred Ten thousand dollars, I entrust you to buy ten units from Rolls-Royce, and the remaining one million is your favor fee, how about it?"

As long as you act as a middleman and help purchase ten engines, you can earn 100 million US dollars!

Dolzenkov's heart filled with great surprise.

"Of course, since it's ten units, it's a bulk purchase. Maybe you can also discuss the price. If the price is lowered, the money saved will also be yours."

"President Qin, you are really our good friend, please rest assured, I will send someone to Luoluo Company to negotiate immediately!" Dolzenkov was extremely happy, as President Qin is so generous, he came to give him money!

Why doesn't Mr. Qin go buy it himself?

Don't ask about this, it's a client's secret, and they have to keep it a secret from the client.

Dolzenkov was extremely excited.

"President Qin, what else do you need to help?"

"It's nothing, I'm very interested in your Yak-130, can I go and have a look?"

"No problem at all!"

Facing the big customers who came to send money, Dolzenkov was very enthusiastic.

The prototype of the Yak-130 was assembled at the end of September last year. At present, various sliding tests have begun in the factory. After all the work is completed, it will be able to fly for the first time.

When Qin Tao came to the runway, he saw not only the plane, but also a group of Mackey employees busy there.

The shape of the aircraft is very beautiful, the cockpit is low at the front and high at the rear, and both front and rear have a good view. Below the big side strip is the engine air intake. The thick and short engine compartment layout is very distinctive. Ghosts are somewhat similar.

The design of the second-generation machine is okay, and it is already the era of the third-generation machine. This design seems nondescript, and the domestic L-15 looks more beautiful.

(End of this chapter)