If this had been placed one or twenty years ago, in the era when the planned economy was dominant, not to mention the 16 million yuan spent by the Air Force, even 1.6 million people would have scrambled to stop this work.

Because no matter whether it is lost or earned, it is the state, and it doesn't matter how you get the project, anyway, there is the country in the end, which is a big pot of rice and an iron rice bowl.

However, in the 90s, the reform was further deepened, and a market economic system began to be gradually established, and the previous state appropriations became bank loans; and the previous all-round support became the responsibility of enterprises for their own profits and losses.

Although the big pot of rice and the iron rice bowl have not been completely smashed, the cracks on them are widening day by day, and it is foreseeable that it will not be long before they will completely shatter.

In such an environment, the Air Force's 16 million is really 16 million, and the insufficient part is either filled in by the enterprise itself, or it is a loan from the bank, if it makes money, it is okay, the problem is that this project is obviously going to lose to grandma's family.

Not to mention anything else, just look at the price of early warning aircraft in other countries in the world, the cheapest one will also cost $100 million per unit, and domestic production will of course be cheaper, but the various costs will be more than 50 million yuan together.

The funding of 16 million yuan is simply a drop in the bucket.

The Air Force is also very helpless, since the end of the eighties, the second modernization of the Air Force has been vigorous, and it is the introduction of Su-27 fighters, the equipment of Il-76 transport aircraft, and the landing of Su-27 assembly lines.

But behind this is the Air Force's big money thrown out, otherwise the Russians will give you these advanced equipment after their heads are pumped, not to make their own small money.

Because of this, the Air Force has fought hard in order to achieve the second modernization over the years, smashing all kinds of pots and selling iron, tightening their belts, and even once proposing to the Russians that part of the Su-27 payment for the goods should be settled through barter trade compensation due to lack of funds.

For this reason, in the early nineties, the price of fur of Chinese pastoral dogs in the Central Plains soared, and the reason was that the Russians needed dog skins to make winter clothes, and the air force immediately took action and used domestic dog skins to deduct a considerable amount of Su-27 goods.

In a sense, domestic dogs such as the Chinese pastoral dog have made considerable contributions to the second modernization of the Air Force.

But it also reflects the embarrassment of the Air Force in terms of funding from another side, so it knows that the 16 million funds are not enough, but the Air Force has no choice, because they can take out these by tightening their belts.

If the Air Force is really in difficulty, the major aviation manufacturers are not unable to reach out to help, no matter how their own people, as long as they can make the Air Force strong, they will lose a little.

It stands to reason that the Y-8 and H-6 of the Northwest Aviation Plant are the most suitable aircraft platforms for the NIIPN007S-800 electronically scanning phased array radar.

If you save costs, you can use these two models of second-hand phones to modify, anyway, to solve the problem, first make things and consider others.

The Northwest Aviation Plant thought it out well, and even made all the plans and submitted them to the Air Force Headquarters.

As a result, after the Air Force headquarters conducted an on-site investigation and evaluated the plan in detail, the reply to the Northwest Aviation Plant was that the performance of the platform did not meet the needs of the Air Force.

The main reason is that the comfort and supporting facilities inside the Y-8 and H-6 are too poor, which is not conducive to the long-term and continuous combat requirements of the operators.

There is no way that the Air Force's radar alert aircraft have a much higher index than the Navy's, the practical ceiling must be more than 12,000 meters, the endurance time must be at least 6 hours, the internal comfort must reach the level of ordinary civil airliners, and it must be equipped with toilets, kitchens, rest rooms, and other necessary living facilities, so that the officers and men can fight continuously for a long time.

Looking at the indicators put forward by the Air Force, the leaders and engineers of the Northwest Aviation Plant almost didn't go crazy, does the Air Force want a radar alert aircraft or a flying palace in the air?

If you want to be comfortable, you want a toilet and a kitchen, and you need a rest room, why don't you want a TV, a sofa and a wife to live directly on it!

As a result, the requirements of such a high index were 16 million yuan, why not grab it.

At that time, the Northwest Airlines Factory was ready to prepare the bride price and prepare to run to marry the girl's groom, but when she arrived at the girl's house and was about to pick up the car, the girl opened her mouth and said that the conditions were not enough, and the bride price should be added, otherwise she would get on the car alive or dead, and that kind of mood was simply amazing.

The Northwest Aviation Plant feels aggrieved, and the Air Force is also dissatisfied.

What is the use of getting a two-hour gadget to fly up? This country has an area of 9.6 million square kilometers, plus more than 3 million square kilometers along the coast, and such a large area, let alone the minimum target of six hours, is multiplied by two, multiplied by three is not too little.

Therefore, the Air Force looks at the Northwest Aviation Plant like a scumbag who doesn't admit it after playing with his pants, and there is no room for compromise.

In this case, it is difficult for the two sides to meet each other even if they want to cooperate, there is no way, the differences are too great.

However, just when the industry thought that the Air Force's radar vigilance aircraft project was destined to be stillborn, Zhuang Jianye, who was attending a meeting in Beijing, suddenly revealed to the media in the industry that Tengfei Group intended to undertake the Air Force's radar vigilance project.

At that time, the industry insiders who heard the news thought that Zhuang Jianye was routinely eye-catching, no way, Zhuang Jianye's routines for so many years were almost understood, in order to maintain the popularity of Tengfei Group and increase the market share of its products, Zhuang Jianye would say a few words in public every once in a while, and set off a gun.

With this brushing up on the sense of existence, let the market know that they Tengfei Group is still very powerful, and quickly pay for it, otherwise there will be no such store in this village.

Therefore, the insiders who saw these reports scoffed at Zhuang Jianye's approach, feeling that this product was gaining popularity again, and Zhuang Jianye could do a loss-making business?

As a result, the industry regarded Zhuang Jianye's statement as irrelevant information, and when it passed with a smile, a statement from the Air Force Headquarters immediately exploded in the industry.

The Air Force has signed a contract with Tengfei Group for the development and production of two radar warning aircraft, with a total value of 16 million yuan.

Now the people in the industry are not calm at all, Zhuang Jianye really dares to do loss-making transactions, 16 million yuan, Tengfei Group will take care of all the matters of development and production, how big is this heart to play like this, not afraid of losing all the bottoms when the time comes?

It is no wonder that people in the industry are so surprised that the Air Force signed a package contract with Tengfei Group this time, that is, the Air Force will take out 16 million yuan for procurement, and the rest of the development, production, testing, and delivery will be undertaken by Tengfei Group.

From which point of view, Tengfei Group is a big loss, you must know that when the Northwest Aviation Plant received this order, the price of the development stage alone reached 16 million yuan, which is still the Northwest Aviation Plant looked at the Air Force difficulties to give a loss-making friendly price, as for the later production, testing, delivery to be counted separately.

As a result, Tengfei Group only used this price to package everything, and if it was not a loss, many people in the industry would dare to tear off their heads and kick them as a ball.

In this case, another question arises, Zhuang Jianye, who is as slippery as a ghost in the industry, has never done a loss-making business, but now he is building a radar warning plane for the Air Force under the pressure of blood loss, what is the picture?