Chapter 742: It Turns Out to Be a Shell
Lin Sanqi took a look at the information and asked:
"I see in your information that the MA60 aircraft is suitable for airports including plateau airports, airports with simple runways, and airports in various harsh environments.
The aircraft can take off and land safely at airports with an altitude of 3,680 meters or more, and can take off and land safely on simple runways such as soil, grass and mud-bound gravel.
In addition, the MA60 aircraft can still maintain a good operating condition in environments such as rain, snow, sand, and dust.
But I noticed this text was deleted from the MA600 aircraft. Does this mean the MA600 has higher runway requirements? And higher maintenance costs?
Huang Jinpeng nodded:
"It can be understood this way: the Xian MA-600 has more and more advanced electronic elements, but they are also more fragile. Unlike the Xian MA-60, which is tough and easy to build."
Lin Sanqi thought that there were few standard airports in China in the 1960s.
Take the Fushan Airport closest to Anbao County as an example. It has only one runway, and the quality of the runway is not very good. It is probably because the cement does not meet the standards.
Other areas are probably still using the simple airports from the Republic of China or even the Japanese. For example, there is a simple airport in his hometown, Tianhe District, and the runway is not even made of cement.
The 600, which seemed more advanced but also more expensive, could not adapt to the airport environment of the 1960s.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi directly passed the 600 model in his mind.
"Mr. Huang, I'm not considering the 600 model for now, but I can pack up the 40 60-model aircraft you have and buy them all."
The executives of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group were excited again.
Huang Jinpeng suppressed his excitement and asked with a trembling voice:
"Director Lin, you, don't you need to go back and discuss this with the company?"
Negotiations, especially large-scale purchases, often require several or even dozens of rounds of negotiations. They are very cumbersome and involve many procedures.
How could he be like Lin Sanqi, who, with only a secretary, single-handedly decided a multi-billion dollar business?
Lin Sanqi laughed and said:
"Mr. Huang, Mr. Yan, rest assured. Lingnan Hall is my sole proprietorship and I am the sole shareholder. I do not need to explain myself to the shareholders' meeting or go through any formalities. My will represents the will of Lingnan Hall.
As for the procurement funds, you don't have to worry. If you don't believe me, you can ask Section Chief Song. Anyway, we have a fund at Lingnan Hall that Section Chief Song and his team are overseeing, and he has to act as a guarantor for me."
When Section Chief Song saw that everyone was looking at him, he cursed Lin Sanqi in his heart, calling her a little fox.
Originally, he was the military supervisor, and in fact, he was watching whether Lin Sanqi would transfer the more than 100 billion funds through false transactions.
As a result, Lin Sanqi used him as a "mobile guarantor" and used the special status of the relevant departments to strengthen the corporate credibility of Lingnan Hall.
Although he secretly complained, Section Chief Song still understood his responsibilities, so he didn't say much, but just nodded slightly and said:
“Funding is no problem.”
Now the people of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group are relieved, and some are even sharpening their knives...
Lin Sanqi just chuckled and thought it was his turn to negotiate terms.
Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group is a military-industrial enterprise. Although it is now disguised as an ordinary enterprise, it cannot be denied that they are the darlings of the military.
As long as he has established a connection with Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, that is, with the Air Force, then when he buys an airplane, he can ask others to give him something as a gift. Even if Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation does not produce it, it would be a simple matter to ask them to coordinate.
"Mr. Huang, Mr. Yan, and everyone at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, we have now agreed in principle that I will purchase 40 Xian MA aircraft, whether used or new, but I have conditions."
Huang Jinpeng thought that it would be abnormal to decide to buy a Xian MA aircraft so generously without any conditions.
Now Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group is not afraid of Lin Sanqi putting forward conditions, but is afraid that he has no conditions. That means they will definitely have to bargain hard on the price. Only with conditions will there be price space.
Lin Sanqi tapped the pencil lightly with his right hand and began to speak:
"First of all, the Xian MA aircraft I purchased are all for export. The specific destination is a commercial secret, so I cannot tell you.
But when it comes to export, I need a complete aircraft maintenance workshop and a full set of operating manuals.
In addition, you must prepare for me all the parts that need to be replaced for the aircraft, the more the better.
If you have discontinued certain parts, please provide me with the part drawings and specifications so that foreign customers can produce them themselves."
Huang Jinpeng turned around and looked at his colleagues. The other executives nodded:
"Director Lin, that's no problem. We can provide the parts specifications and drawings free of charge, but the repair and maintenance workshop and supporting equipment may still require money to purchase."
Lin Sanqi didn't care. It was a state-owned enterprise. They would give it for free if they could, and there was nothing they could do about it if they couldn't, so as to avoid being suspected of insider trading.
"Okay, we will definitely pay what we owe. After all, I bought your Xianzhou aircraft, and we will definitely have a long-term partnership in the future.
I also have an idea. Since your Xianzhou aircraft has effectively ceased production and it's hard to find a new buyer anytime soon, would you, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, consider selling me the entire aircraft production line and blueprints?"
When the people from Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group heard this, they all smiled bitterly.
Huang Jinpeng didn't get angry when he heard this unreasonable request, but said helplessly:
"It's not that we don't want to give you a production line, that's easy to say, but many of the core components of the Xian MA aircraft are purchased from abroad.
For example, the power unit uses the Canadian Pratt & Whitney PW127J turboprop engine
The four-blade propeller is made of 247F-3 fully composite material from Hamilton Company of the United States.
The KHF950 shortwave/single sideband radio and the vertical tail leading edge conformal antenna are produced by the United States AlliedSignal Corporation
In addition, the APU auxiliary power unit is from Garrett Corporation of the United States, and the APS-85 autopilot system is from Collins Corporation of the United States.
These parts must be purchased from abroad. Even if you get the production line, if you can't purchase these core components, you still can't build the aircraft."
When other senior executives of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group heard this, they also agreed with a smile.
For them, it would be a great thing to get rid of a big burden.
After all, they are already developing new domestically produced large aircraft, and propeller aircraft like the Xian MA60 will eventually be eliminated by the market.
After hearing this, Lin Sanqi smacked his lips and said in disbelief:
"So you just built a shell? Everything from the engine to the control system is imported? Can this still be called a domestically produced aircraft?"
Everyone in Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group was a little embarrassed.
But as a leader, you have to be two-faced and you can even say that the dead are alive.
General Manager Yan quickly came to the rescue and said:
"Mr. Lin, you don't know that my country's aircraft construction technology was completely blank in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, aircraft manufacturing represents the most advanced international industrial technology and cannot be built simply by putting blocks together.
Our goal is to first exchange market for technology, then to import parts and assemble them ourselves, and finally to innovate independently and manufacture our own engines and complete machines.
The simplest one is the Y-20 large transport aircraft you saw this morning. In fact, its engine was originally derived from the Russian D-30KP-2 turbofan engine, with a thrust of about 12 tons and relatively limited performance.
Later, we copied this Russian engine and launched our own domestically produced WS-18 engine. You see, this is the key part. We can only copy homework if we have a reference engine, right?
However, the power of the WS-18 was not ideal and did not meet our expectations, so we invented the WS-20 engine, which marked the entry of domestic engines into the mature stage.
Mr. Lin, think about it, our aviation technology has been accumulated step by step, from being penniless at the beginning, to buying prototypes and imitating them, to finally surpassing others. I don't think there is anything shameful about this.
When we master the core technology ourselves, we can avoid the lesson learned by India, which has delayed the production of fighter jets due to its reliance on US and Russian engines. This is our confidence.
Now our Y-20 engine has made the leap from imported to domestically produced. The current main models are being fully replaced with domestically produced WS-20, marking that my country has achieved complete independent control in the field of large transport aircraft power.
At the same time, the accumulated technology will also lay the foundation for the subsequent engine development of the large civil aircraft (C919), which will eventually break the monopoly of Boeing and Airbus on large aircraft and carve out a new aviation path for China."
When Lin Sanqi heard this, his face turned red and he quickly apologized:
"Ah, fellow comrades from Xifei, please forgive my ignorance. I apologize to you."
(End of this chapter)
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