When Zhou Qingfeng said it was 'reasonable', others could not expose him as nonsense. After all, the 'Tomcat' was in front of him, so this was better than anything else.
In the 1980s, Chief Engineer Tu of Chengdu Aircraft went to Grumman's factory in Long Island, New York, and personally visited the Tomcat's final assembly line.
Professionals can identify what the ‘junk’ in front of them is just by looking at it?
For transportation, the wings of the three Tomcats were disassembled, and the engines and other accessories were also placed on the ground. Chief Tu walked around the 'junk' three times and asked excitedly: "Who got this?"
You should give him a ton of medals."
There were armed police outside the warehouse, internal guards inside the warehouse, and comrades from the ministries and the army near the machine. The commander-in-chief, who was in his sixties, had a flushed face and laughed, and everyone looked at Zhou Qingfeng, who was standing next to him.
After learning that there was a Tomcat, the President was pushed onto the plane by Professor Zheng and rushed to the imperial capital overnight. The ministries and commissions also found out that these machines were indeed transported from Ermao's family, and there were two copies of them in Nanyuan.
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It's a pity that the country is hungry for advanced fighter jets. It's just that it has been limited by financial resources and has no way to obtain the world's first-class advanced technology.
Everyone who was qualified to know about this was shocked to learn that the Holy Light had obtained the Tomcat silently.
Professor Zheng also came over and took the initiative to help introduce, "This is our 'Holy Light' Mr. Zhou, he is the one who got the 'Tomcat' back."
When he mentioned the Holy Light, Master Tu became even more enthusiastic. He stepped forward to shake hands and refused to let go, "You Holy Light are great, and you have been of great help to us."
Zhou Qingfeng had just made up a lie to the people in the ministry and smiled awkwardly. He had no idea what kind of help he had done, but it was the chief engineer who told him.
"We at Chengdu Aircraft Corporation are planning to engage in computer-aided design recently, but there are only a few dozen terminals in the institute, which is not enough for hundreds of people. Recently, tens of thousands of design drawings have to be drawn by hand, which is really tiring.
Last year, your "Holy Light" sold computers in large quantities, and our institute took the opportunity to distribute ten of them. However, there are so many scientific research units across the country, and even hundreds or thousands of computers are not enough to distribute.
Later, you began to sell various chips. The latest and best 486 chips seemed to be free of charge, and tens of thousands of them were sold. Once you have the chips, it is easy to say that several domestic electronics factories jointly tackled the problem and built their own computers.
Although the performance of the self-made model will be inferior in all aspects, it solves a big problem. The price is cheap, one unit only costs 5,000 yuan, and no foreign exchange is required. We bought 800 units in one go, and they are really comfortable to use.
It originally took at least a year and a half to complete tens of thousands of drawings by hand, but now it only takes three months. The time saved is so precious, and it greatly speeds up the development of new fighter aircraft.
Not only our unit, but also brother units have benefited. Everyone has tasted the benefits of using computers, and the Holy Light has been a big help. It’s really been a big help.”
The gray-haired chief engineer held Zhou Qingfeng's hand and was filled with emotion. The emergence of computer technology has promoted scientific research in a way that was unspeakable in the past.
Zhou Qingfeng was even more embarrassed. He actually didn’t do anything but use coupons to buy electronic waste. At first he bought complete PCs, but later he only bought core components and resold them to domestic electronics factories for assembly.
State-owned electronics factories in various places obtained goods at low prices, which not only provided much-needed computers to brother units, but also made huge profits, and their production capacity and quality rose to several levels. The entire electronics industry was improved.
In the past, it was too difficult for those engaged in scientific research to apply for computers. It was like begging grandpa to sue grandma. Now 486 has been popularized five or six years in advance, and you can use it as you like. This alone can save domestic scientific research time measured in years.
The old teacher was born in the 1920s and came from the era of hand-cranked calculators. He was too deeply aware of the pain of large-scale calculations. He never thought that one day computers would become popular, so he grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's hand and refused to let go.
Always express gratitude.
"It's nothing, it's all what it should be." Zhou Qingfeng had to be humble. After all, he made a lot of money. As for the 'new fighter plane' mentioned by the old commander, it was naturally the J-10.
When the topic came up, a circle of people gathered around Zhou Qingfeng, and everyone laughed and laughed happily. But there is an important problem that must be solved.
A military representative asked: "Mr. Zhou, can this Tomcat be assembled? Even for static display."
"Yes, this can fly." Zhou Qingfeng thought to himself: "If this thing can't be assembled, can I get it back and sell it as scrap metal?"
"Really?" The people who gathered around were pleasantly surprised again. Everyone thought it would be great to have a scrapped Tomcat as a reference, but they didn't expect that this fighter plane could still fly.
"Not only can these three planes fly, they can also fight. I even got the Phoenix missiles back together. In two days, I will send a ground team to assemble them.
It has been said that Grumman wants to cooperate with us secretly, so it not only has ground crews, but also pilots, and even maintenance drawings and so on.
After it is assembled, we can hold a flight show or even an aerial confrontation exercise. Let everyone open their eyes and see what the level of the current American fighter jets is."
Zhou Qingfeng was quite excited when he thought of his hunting operation over the Persian Gulf.
But everyone was even more stunned after hearing what he said. Everyone took what he said as a joke. Could it be that 'Grumman' really wanted to have a secret cooperation?
The old chief engineer was very enthusiastic. He agreed repeatedly and asked a key question: "Which unit should Grumman choose to cooperate with? If you invite me here, you must choose us as Chengdu."
There was a sudden burst of coughing, and everyone had strange expressions.
Professor Zheng helped explain a few words, talking about the ‘Tianyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory’ and the ministry’s desire to choose a domestic aircraft manufacturing factory to cooperate with the ‘Holy Light’.
"Currently, in our opinion, Shaanxi Aircraft is more suitable for large aircraft projects. However, Hongdu Factory is also fighting for it."
Chief Tu was unhappy when he heard this. He was in the industry and knew that there were only three powerful aircraft manufacturers in the country. The one in Northeast China, the one in Chengdu, and the one in Xi'an. The others could only be called supporting and odd jobs.
However, the ministries and commissions had arrangements, and perhaps they did not want to affect the projects currently being developed by several major manufacturers, so they chose a secondary manufacturing plant to cooperate.
It’s hard for the old teacher to explain this.
But Professor Zheng is also a good person. He didn't say much. He only mentioned one sentence: "Mr. Zhou is willing to invest US$500 million in cooperation projects. In fact, he originally wanted to cooperate with Chengdu Aircraft."
The J-10 project also had many twists and turns. In order to support his family, Commander Song even had to sell salted ducks. Chengdu Aircraft is currently in a difficult period, but it is also the early stage of rapid development.
Although it is said that as long as the current hurdle is passed, there will be a bright future. But the old teacher doesn't know.
The J-10 hasn't even built a prototype yet. Chengdu doesn't even have enough computers to draw the design drawings, so he has to rely on manpower to draw them - people who have never studied drawing will not understand how tiring and slow manual drawing is.
Scientific research units are scrambling for funding, which is a required course for leaders of every company.
When General Tu heard "five hundred million dollars", he reached out his hand. When he heard "I want to cooperate with Chengfei," he had already firmly grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's arm.
Zhou Qingfeng was surrounded by people from various ministries and commissions. Looking at the posture of the old master, how could he not understand what was going to happen?
Someone immediately yelled fiercely: "Old Tu, let go. Mr. Zhou wants to cooperate with our Hongdu Factory. If you don't let go, I will turn my back on you and fight you to the death!"