"However, compared with the light civil aircraft segment, I actually value another market more," Chen Geng continued: "If this market is done well, the turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars a year is not a big problem......

What the?!

Hundreds of millions of foreign exchange earnings can be achieved every year.

Meng Haibo, who misunderstood Chen Geng's meaning, didn't wait for Chen Geng to finish speaking, his brain was confused, and the whole person was about to fall backwards.

Huang Wenqing, who was quick to hold Meng Haibo, was actually not much better, and he was full of one thought: hundreds of millions of dollars a year! hundreds of millions of dollars a year......

It is pitiful to say, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been 40 years since then, and in these 40 years combined, there is a question mark whether the total export output value of the entire Huaxia aviation industry system is 100 million US dollars.

"Boss, what are you talking about?" Meng Haibo asked in a hissing voice with red eyes: "As long as you can really create so much foreign exchange for the country, no matter how difficult this project is, even if you kneel and beg someone, my old Meng will complete it for you!"

Although Huang Wenqing didn't speak, the expression on his face was not much different from that of his old colleagues.

Chen Geng could understand their feelings, and he didn't sell it, and said: "APU, APU on the plane." ”

APU？

Meng Haibo and Huang Wenqing suddenly realized and reacted instantly.

The so-called APU, also known as the auxiliary power system, is actually a low-power turboshaft engine.

Normally, the power of the APU auxiliary power system is not large, for example, the maximum continuous power of the Unicredit 131-9 auxiliary power system on the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 is only 111 horsepower, and the maximum continuous power of the T-62T-40 APU on the F-16 fighter is only 40 horsepower.

But in modern times, whether it is a military aircraft or a civil aircraft, the role of APU is getting bigger and bigger, and the role of APU is not only used to provide electricity, lighting, air conditioning, compressed air and other functions to the aircraft when the main engine is not started when the aircraft is parked on the ground, and most importantly, it greatly reduces the need for ground support equipment: if there is no APU auxiliary power system, if you want to overhaul an aircraft, you need a ground power supply vehicle, a compressed air vehicle, Air-conditioned vehicles and other support equipment, but with the APU, the need for these ground support equipment is greatly reduced – in the case of military aircraft, it means that maintenance time can be drastically reduced, and the need for volunteer equipment can be reduced, which is extremely important in wartime.

So by now, the APU has been more and more widely used in military and civilian aircraft, fighter jets, helicopter gunships, civil airliners...... More and more aircraft are using APUs.

As the APU auxiliary power system has been widely used, customers have become more and more demanding in terms of reliability, which is understandable, and a very important responsibility of the APU is to start the engine in the air when the aircraft has an engine shutdown accident in the air.

Although it is almost impossible for a civil aircraft to have an engine parking accident in the air, it is not absolutely impossible, if at this time the APU system on the aircraft says "Lao Tzu is in a bad mood, Lao Tzu does not want to work today"......

The crew, as well as the airlines, are all crazy!

But Meng Haibo and Huang Wenqing's eyes were so bright!

Is it difficult to APU?

From a technical point of view, it is not difficult, but from a reliability point of view, it is simply outrageously difficult!

But is this the problem?

For Huang Wenqing and Meng Haibo, as long as there is money to be made, other problems are not a problem - how can money be so easy to make?

"Boss, don't worry," Huang Wenqing nodded heavily: "No matter how difficult the APU's technology is, we will definitely find a way to overcome it!"

Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry about the APU for the time being, you make the core machine first, and wait for the engine to run stably for a few years, and then talk about the APU...... Well, while the Rolls-Royce experts are still here, you can find a way to ask them for help, money is not an issue. ”

Hearing Chen Geng's words, Huang Wenqing and Meng Haibo laughed knowingly.

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In the next few days, Chen Geng was busy with a spinning top.

Ministry of Machinery Industry, Ministry of Aviation Industry, Ministry of Electronics Industry, and investment promotion departments of various provinces...... and other departments have successively sent invitations to Chen Geng, and various forms of exchange meetings and symposiums are lined up with Chen Geng's schedule, even if Chen Geng pushes away all the activities that can be pushed off as much as possible, but there is still a long list of activities that he needs to participate in.

The leader of the Ministry of Aviation Industry said, "Mr. Chen, we want to communicate with you about the future development trend of the civil aviation industry, do you have time?", can Chen Geng not go?;

The leader of the Ministry of Electronics Industry said, "Mr. Chen, we want to talk to you about the future development trend of computers, and some of the main leaders of the ministry will attend the meeting, and the comrades of the Great Wall Computer and Lenovo Computer also want to come and listen to your teachings, do you see?"

............

After going back and forth for a full week, Chen Geng's feet can be regarded as stepping into the gate of the headquarters of COMAC.

Rolls-Royce's chief engineer on duty at COMAC Collins McKennie has been waiting for a long time, before that, Huang Wenqing and Meng Haibo communicated with Collins McKennie and asked him if he could help COMAC design a low-power general-purpose core machine, Collins McKennie did not clearly object, saying that he needed to communicate with Chen Geng before making a decision.

Of course, Huang Wenqing and Meng Haibo's hint that "Mr. Chen prefers to cooperate with you personally" also played a big role in fueling the fire, and Collins McKennie wanted to know how much benefit Chen Geng could give him.

"Mr. Fernandez, I'm curious, why do you want to make such a small engine?" asked Chen Geng curiously: "With all due respect, the market space for this kind of small engine does not seem to be large. ”

"What you said is not true, the market space for this small engine is not large, even if you look at the world, the total volume of the entire market, including after-sales, is only a few hundred million dollars, and can only feed a few small companies such as Rotex, Continental and Lycoming, for Rolls-Royce, Pratt Whitney, General Electric and other giant aero engine manufacturers, they will not look at the 100 horsepower to 300 horsepower segment of the aero engine market at all,"

Chen Geng nodded in agreement with Collins McKennie's words, but then, he changed the topic and said: "But then again, it is precisely because the size of this market is not large that COMAC will not make the giants unhappy when it enters this market - after all, this is a market that is not fiercely competitive, and the global market capacity is hundreds of millions of dollars. ”

In a word, this market is too small, and they don't bother to look at it for the giants, but for a small minion like COMAC, this small market is actually enough for them to covet.

"Understood," Collins McKennie nodded, "What would I get if I helped you make such a core engine and helped you develop a series of turboshaft engines, turboprop engines, and turbofan engines?"

Chen Geng did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "What do you want?"

"I'm going to be your partner on this project. ”

"Partner, you're talking about the technology provider, right?"

"So...... There's nothing wrong with that," Collins McKennie shrugged and leaned forward: "I understand what you mean, please rest assured, I'm not greedy, if we can reach a cooperation, all the technical problems will be solved by me, I only need 30% of the profits from this project." ”

Just like Chen Geng said, this is a market with a total size of only a few hundred million dollars, and the giants will not even look at it, but for individuals, this is undoubtedly a huge market, even if COMAC can win 20% of the market size of this market at that time, it is enough to become a multimillionaire a long time ago, and for an engineer with an annual salary of less than 200,000 pounds, such a rich income is enough for him to achieve financial freedom and live a decadent and degenerate capitalist life.

As for why Collins McKennie is so unreserved, he almost came to the pole to beg Chen Geng for cooperation, heh...... Do you think there are many opportunities to get rid of this kind of working man?

"30%?" Chen Geng smiled: "Mr. McKennie, your appetite is really good." ”

Chen Geng didn't agree, but Chen Geng's answer reassured Collins McKennie a lot: Mr. Fernandez's answer meant that this matter could be discussed.

Collins McKennie didn't expect to be able to take 30% of the net profit alone, what he wanted to test was Chen Geng's attitude, since Chen Geng recognized that he could participate in the project as a partner and participate in dividends, then the next negotiations would be easier.

"I think my asking price is reasonable," says Collins McKennie, who is confident: "I'm one of Rolls-Royce's best core designers, and this small turbine is no problem for me." ”

Chen Geng thought for a while, and did not immediately answer Collins McKennie's question, but asked rhetorically: "Mr. McKennie, I know your weight in Rolls-Royce, I believe that if you can join COMAC, it will be a technological leap for our COMAC Group, but are you sure that your arrival will not make Rolls-Royce any dissatisfaction with our COMAC? I really hope that you can join COMAC, but I don't want to offend Rolls-Royce because of you at all." ”

“......”

Collins McKennie was silent, and Chen Geng's question was indeed a question: how to ensure that his move to join the COMAC Group would not anger Rolls-Royce?

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PS: Brothers, the baby is on summer vacation, and the millennium will take the wife and children back to their hometown to see, all the way will take about three days, and the millennium will be updated as much as possible in these three days, but if it is not even more, please forgive me, brothers.