The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 188 Who is pushing for buying instead of making?
Ma Fengshang was silent for a while, then he said, "Have you heard? Our Air Force has successfully developed the third-generation fighter jet, the J-10."

Lin Jianshe nodded and said, "I heard about it, but so what?"

"They deal with military aircraft, and we deal with civil aircraft."

“The treatment is different.”

"We can't buy military aircraft from Lizard Country, and buying from abroad is not safe enough."

"However, civil aviation airliners can now easily purchase the most advanced models from abroad."

"There is still a big gap between our Y-10 and the products of the Lizard Civil Aviation giant. They think that they can use it right after they buy it, which can save a lot of research funds."

"What can we do?"

Ma Fengshang said: "The chief designer and chief engineer of the J-10 is Wang Haoran."

"He has a very high prestige in the country."

"Perhaps, we can go find him. If we can get his support, maybe our project will have a chance of survival."

After listening to this, Lin Jianshe nodded thoughtfully and said, "Why didn't I think of him?"

"We can go and see him. Maybe there is a little hope."

The two of them agreed and immediately set off from the Magic City to the capital.

This time, they took a Boeing 707.

Longguo ordered 1972 Boeing 10 aircraft in 707, which were mainly used to fly routes between major domestic cities.

Most other airports are still flying small passenger aircraft such as the Il-14.

The Il-14 can carry about 30 passengers and has a flight altitude of only 2000 meters, so it can basically only fly short distances.

This Boeing 707 is actually the prototype of the Y-10.

Ma Fengshang and Lin Jianshe had taken this ride many times before.

A comprehensive study of the Boeing 707 has also been organized in China.

Lin Jianshe feels very emotional every time he rides on a Boeing 707.

Because there is indeed a big gap between the Y-10 and the Boeing 707.

On the plane, Lin Jianshe said to Ma Fengshang: "When can we reach the level of Boeing 707?"

"If the aircraft we build can reach the level of the Boeing 707, it won't be as passive as it is now, right?"

Ma Fengshang said: "The gap between us and the Boeing 707 is actually mainly the gap in manufacturing technology and materials."

"I heard that in order to develop the J-10, we developed a variety of new materials and new mechanical equipment."

"If we can use all of that, I think we should be able to build a civilian airliner as good as the Boeing 707!"

Lin Jianshe, however, had little confidence.

He said: "Even if there are new materials and new machinery and equipment, it is probably not our turn to use them. The Air Force must have priority, right?"

Ma Fengshang nodded and said, "That's true."

"So, we need to convince Wang Haoran to strongly support us."

Lin Jianshe shook his head. He obviously had no confidence. "He has a heavy workload in scientific research and is also responsible for the management of Pangu Technology Company. Maybe he won't even pay attention to us."

We soon arrived in the capital.

The two took the airport bus to the city.

Then they took a bus to Pangu Technology Company.

When they arrived at this well-known domestic high-tech company, they were shocked.

Because Pangu Technology is really too big.

The factory is so beautifully built.

Ma Fengshang sighed and said, "Isn't their factory too good?"

"I've heard people talk about garden-style factories before, but I think a factory is just a factory. How can it be like a garden?"

“But this factory in front of us does have very good greenery, it’s incredibly beautiful.”

Lin Jianshe said: "They are rich!"

"The annual output value is tens of billions, and it can also generate huge amounts of foreign exchange. It is really a great treasure for the country."

"We are not like that. We have to ask the government for money to do anything."

Ma Fengshang said: "If our civil aviation large aircraft is successful, we can also create huge economic benefits! We can also export and earn foreign exchange."

Lin Jianshe smiled bitterly: "The key is that success is far away! Even the core projects are about to be cancelled."

As they were talking, they arrived at the gate of Pangu Technology Company.

They stated their identities and purpose.

The guard asked them to register and then made an internal call to ask if Wang Haoran had time to receive them.

Coincidentally, Wang Haoran was in the office.

Wang Haoran heard that the two giants from the Magic City Aircraft Company were coming to visit.

He was very surprised, and then a little happy.

Because he had originally planned to take the initiative to find the person in charge of the Magic City Aircraft Manufacturing Company to discuss the matter of saving the Y-10!
He immediately told the guard to ask the two men to come in and find him as soon as possible.

Soon, someone led Ma Fengshang and Lin Jianshe to the door of Wang Haoran's office.

Wang Haoran was already waiting at the office door at this time.

By the way, this was the first time Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang met Wang Haoran.

The two of them were still very nervous.

Because they were worried that Wang Haoran would be difficult to approach.

It is easy for a young person to be frivolous when he has achieved such great results and has such a high reputation all over the world.

However, Wang Haoran in front of him had a bright smile on his face and was friendly, amiable and polite.

When I saw them, I immediately shook hands and said hello, and invited them to come into the office and sit down.

Lin Jianshe and the other person introduced themselves.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "I have been friends with President Ma and President Lin for a long time."

"I really admire your ability to successfully test-fly the Y-10 in such a short time."

Lin Jianshe smiled bitterly and said, "Comrade Haoran, you don't know that our Y-10 has reached a critical moment of life and death."

"There is a high possibility that our project will be abandoned..."

Lin Jianshe then told them that the civil aviation authorities had asked them to abandon the Y-10 project.

Wang Haoran frowned and said, "What kind of logic is this? Buying is cheaper and easier than making, and then we can give up our civil aviation industry?"

"If I don't have it, what will I do if someone chokes me in the future?"

"We must not castrate ourselves in key industrial sectors! Instead, we must work hard to develop them!"

"Civil aviation is a huge industry!"

“This industry can support millions of workers!”

Ma Fengshang and Lin Jianshe were both delighted after hearing what Wang Haoran said.

This shows that Wang Haoran supports the development of the civil aviation industry!

Ma Fengshang said: "Comrade Haoran, our Y-10 is likely to be abandoned in the near future. We are really unwilling to accept this, so we came to you to tell you about this situation and see if you can help us."

Wang Haoran said: "I was just thinking about discussing this with you guys."

"Can you tell me about the specific problems with your Y-10 project?"

"I'll see how to come up with a solution to the problem, so that when I discuss this matter with the higher authorities, it will be more targeted."

Ma Fengshang began to introduce the current difficulties faced by the Y-10.

The Y-10 has indeed now successfully completed its test flight and has flown to many places.

From this we can see that there is absolutely no problem with its overall design.

Its current dilemma is that the materials used are outdated, with a large amount of high-density and heavy materials used, which results in its takeoff weight being too heavy and its fuel economy being insufficient.

Moreover, due to certain problems in the manufacturing process, the structural strength of the machine body is not strong enough.

But the most important problem with the Y-10 is that its manufacturing cost is too high.

According to the current manufacturing cost of the Y-10, it is even more expensive than similar Boeing aircraft.

For this reason, the economic cost-effectiveness of the Y-10 is relatively low.

This is also the main reason why the research on Y-10 was stopped.

Because you don't have an advantage in any aspect, the country needs a lot of subsidies.

So, no matter how you calculate it, this deal is not very cost-effective.

After Ma Fengshang finished talking about the problems of the Y-10, he said, "Comrade Haoran, do you think these problems are easy to solve?"

Wang Haoran smiled faintly and said, "Two or three years ago, it would definitely be difficult to solve."

"But now! It's not that difficult."

Lin Jianshe was surprised and delighted when he heard this: "Really?"

"Comrade Haoran, do you think all these problems can be solved?"

Wang Haoran nodded and said, "Of course!"

For a long time, the Magic City has been the industrial center and the most developed city of Dragon Country.

This also allows it to receive many special policies.

Many of the companies in Shanghai are also arrogant.

They feel that other places come to them to learn advanced experience.

It would be a bit embarrassing if they went to other places to study and learn from each other's advanced experience.

This is also why the CNC precision machinery in Beijing has developed quite well, and many places have benefited from the technological spillovers of Beijing enterprises.

The main reason why Shanghai is still somewhat resistant to these technologies and equipment.

If they hadn't really been desperate this time, Lin Jianshe and the others wouldn't have come to Wang Haoran for help. Wang Haoran was actually well aware of the situation.

Ma Fengshang asked: "I heard that you developed a lot of new materials to develop the J-10?"

Wang Haoran smiled and nodded, "Yes!"

"These materials have actually reached the world's leading level."

“I’m telling you this, it’s not very intuitive.”

"Let me take you to the laboratory."

Wang Haoran took Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang to his laboratory.

This is called a laboratory, but it is actually very large, probably about three or four thousand square meters.

There are numerous mechanical equipment for experiments here, all of which are CNC-controlled.

Naturally, there are many people busy in the laboratory.

Most of them are masters and doctoral students recruited by Wang Haoran.

These students are some of the smartest people in the country.

Wang Haoran also trained them carefully and gave them a lot of guidance.

This also allows these students to feel that their professional level has improved by leaps and bounds.

Wang Haoran was also very nice to them.

The subsidy is very high, a master's degree holder can get 60 yuan per month and a doctorate holder can get 100 yuan.

That’s more than most people make at this time of year.

In addition to generous subsidies, their meals are also free.

If there are results, there will be additional rewards.

In addition, they have the right to share the results and can be named as the first author when publishing papers, etc.

It is for this reason that Wang Haoran’s students have such high enthusiasm for study and work.

Xiao Lijuan is also busy in the laboratory.

Her scientific research skills are still outstanding among these students.

This also earned her the sincere respect of all of Wang Haoran's students.

Wang Haoran brought Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang in.

Xiao Lijuan immediately put down the work at hand and walked over.

Wang Haoran also frankly introduced Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang.

The two had also heard that Wang Haoran's wife Xiao Lijuan had been admitted to his graduate school.

This incident once became a good story in the scientific research community.

After a few pleasantries, Wang Haoran took Lin Jianshe to experience the various experiments in this large laboratory.

This laboratory is also divided into different areas.

Some areas are engaged in material research.

Some are engaged in electronic chip research.

In short, there are no less than ten partitions.

These different studies will also involve cross-collaboration.

Lin Jianshe and his companion accompanied Wang Haoran on a tour of the large laboratory.

They were all shocked.

Because the scientific research equipment here is so advanced.

Take the mechanical part for example.

Almost all the mechanical equipment in this laboratory is CNC.

They are all precision machinery.

The precision parts produced here are even higher than those produced by Judas.

This seemed incredible to Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would definitely not have believed it.

They saw all kinds of advanced new materials in the laboratory.

Ultra-high-strength steel, various parameters are astonishingly high!
The production of carbon fiber materials also shocked them.

The most important production equipment for carbon fiber materials is the filament machine. The filament machine here is very advanced, and the quality of the carbon fiber filaments produced is very high!

As we all know, if we want to run a large-scale fertilizer plant to produce large quantities of urea, we need to develop urea steel.

The so-called urea steel is actually a kind of ultra-high strength steel that is corrosion-resistant, high temperature and high pressure-resistant.

The 406 steel and other products previously developed by Wang Haoran’s team are actually capable of making urea steel.

However, using high-quality 406 steel in large fertilizer equipment is obviously a bit of an overkill.

Its current production volume is not high, but it is of great use in aerospace and weapons manufacturing.

There is no way to use it in large-scale fertilizer production.

Therefore, Wang Haoran developed a urea steel specifically for large fertilizer plants that is relatively low-cost and suitable for larger-scale production.

Now it’s almost done.

Ma Fengshang visited the entire laboratory and said to Wang Haoran with emotion: "Comrade Haoran, I find that your laboratory is not only at the forefront in China, but also in the world."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, you are too kind."

"After seeing this laboratory, you should be full of confidence that the Y-10 can be saved, right?"

Ma Fengshang sighed and said, "Yes! We really should have come earlier."

"Comrade Haoran, I'm ashamed to say that I actually had no confidence in the development of science and technology in our country before."

Wang Haoran smiled faintly and said, "We must have confidence in ourselves!"

"If we lose our precious confidence, we will definitely lose the competition!"

"The problems with the Y-10 can be resolved through consultation. If we improve it a little, it can be revived."

Lin Jianshe said: "There is a problem now. The civil aviation authorities have lost confidence in us."

"They are the ones pushing us to end this project. They hope to save money and buy a bigger plane from Jusa."

Wang Haoran said: "Is this matter easy to resolve?"

"I'll go with you and explain the situation to the person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration."

“I believe they will support us.”

Lin Jianshe was very happy.

He hurriedly thanked him and said, "Thank you, Comrade Haoran."

"With your help, this matter should be able to turn around."

Wang Haoran accompanied Lin Jianshe and Ma Fengshang to the civil aviation authority.

The head of the Civil Aviation Administration is Sun Xiaoyu.

He has been holding meetings recently and wants to push one thing forward as soon as possible, which is: to complete the independent research and development of the Y-10 project!
Only after completing the independent research and development of the Y-10 can we submit an application to the country and start purchasing aircraft in large quantities from Boeing.

However, Sun Xiaoyu was also quite troubled.

Because the person in charge of the Magic City Aircraft Manufacturing Company is a bit ungrateful!
I have hinted at this many times.

Sun Xiaoyu hopes that the Magic City Aircraft Manufacturing Company will take the initiative to apply to terminate this project.

But, people don't agree.

People are still running around and using all their connections to ask their leaders to intercede for them.

They asked for the continuation of the Y-10 project.

Even the main responsible comrades of the Magic City came forward.

Sun Xiaoyu is also under a lot of pressure.

But even though the pressure is great, Sun Xiaoyu is very determined to push for the termination of Y-10 research.

He has organized experts to summarize the problems of the Y-10. In short, a bunch of problems were picked out, and the Y-10 is almost useless.

However, the authorities have not yet made the final decision to terminate the development process of the Y-10.

“I really don’t know what they are thinking!”

“Is the Y-10 really necessary to exist?”

"Billions of dollars have been invested, but the resulting aircraft has poor structural strength, poor fuel economy, and high production costs!"

"That's it, and you still won't end it!"

"They are really only concerned about their own interests, and they don't even care about the interests of the country!"

"If we can buy large passenger aircraft from outside at a relatively low price, what's the point in continuing to develop our own aircraft?"

Sun Xiaoyu complained like this many times in internal meetings.

At about 11 o'clock in the morning of that day, he was looking at a newly written report to his superiors when his secretary came in and reported: Lin Jianshe, general manager of the Magic City Aircraft Manufacturing Company, and Ma Fengshang, chief engineer, were here.

Sun Xiaoyu was cheered up. Since these two people came over on their own initiative, he had to seize the opportunity and continue to put pressure on them so that they would voluntarily give up the Y-10.

Sun Xiaoyu felt that he was doing this to maximize the interests of his country.

Sun Xiaoyu asked his secretary to invite the two people over quickly.

The secretary hesitated for a moment and said, "Leader, Wang Haoran also came with them."

Sun Xiaoyu frowned.

Wang Haoran is here too?

Then this matter is probably going to become complicated.

Because Wang Haoran has always insisted on self-reliance and independent domestic research and development.

Sun Xiaoyu paused and thought, should I turn Wang Haoran away?
That's definitely not possible!
(End of this chapter)