More than 10 billion US dollars, Ding Haijun really can't believe it.

Facing Ding Haijun with a serious face, Chen Geng shrugged: "Why should I prove it to you?"

"Uh......"

Ding Haijun was stunned for a moment before he reacted: Yes, Chen Geng doesn't have anything to ask of us, on the contrary, we are asking him, so why should he prove it to himself? Although he and Chen Geng have a good personal relationship, in this kind of matter, personal friendship is not useful.

Although disappointed, Dante Haijun still took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his mood, nodded and said, "Okay, I was reckless...... Well, you don't mind if I report this to my superiors, do you?"

Chen Geng complained in his heart and said that if I said I minded, you wouldn't report it? While complaining, Chen Geng nodded at the same time: "Of course you don't mind, you can also verify it through your own channels." ”

Ding Haijun breathed a sigh of relief, and it was also at this time that he realized that Chen Geng was able to take the initiative to reveal this matter to himself, which already explained his attitude.

Understanding this, Ding Haijun also immediately said to Chen Geng: "The representative of the Pakistani side is in the capital, and I will arrange it when I go back, and I will facilitate the three of you to sit together and communicate as soon as possible." ”

"Good. Chen Geng nodded, he also wanted to understand what the minibus thought.

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Not to mention how Ding Haijun went back to report to the above how Chen Geng made a lot of money in this stock market crash, and how to determine the authenticity of this matter, just said that the Hongdu factory wanted to "mix a foot" in this matter, the high-level did show extremely high efficiency, and it only took three days for Chen Geng to sit with Farouk Legari, the liaison officer of the Pakistani side in the Hongdu plant, and Zhang Tong, the commander-in-chief of the L8 trainer (K8 in this period is still called L8, that is: Coach 8).

"Mr. Legari," Chen Geng first asked Farouk Legari, "Let me confirm first, are you sure you know the specific cooperation between COMAC and the Soviet Union in the development of a new generation of advanced jet trainers?"

"Yes, we know," Farouk Legari nodded affirmatively, and in order to show that he had indeed done a lot of homework, Farouk Legari even described the whole situation roughly: "The Soviet government is developing a new, more powerful jet advanced trainer to replace the L-39 trainer they are currently using, and the units participating in the bidding for this project are the Soviet Union Yakovlev Design Bureau, Sukhoi Design Bureau, The bidding process for the entire project was divided into two rounds, the first preliminary selection selected two models, and then the final selection selected one of the two models as the final winning model.

The cooperation model between your COMAC and the Soviet government is to choose to cooperate with the design bureau that entered the primary selection but ultimately failed to win the bid, and based on this training aircraft that entered the primary selection but ultimately failed to win the bid, to create a subsonic advanced jet trainer for the international market, and then based on this jet trainer, to create a light combat/attack aircraft positioned as an entry-level aircraft, Mr. Fernandez, am I right?"

Gotcha!

Hearing Farouk Legari's account, Chen Geng knew that the minibus had really done its homework, otherwise he wouldn't have known so much detail.

Nodding, Chen Geng said to Farouk Legari: "Mr. Legari, thank you and the Pakistani side for your understanding of our project, which has made our communication less difficult, but Mr. Legari, there are two points that I need you to answer me clearly. ”

Farouk Legari immediately said: "You say. ”

"First, according to the progress of the Soviet Union, they determined the final selected trainer model, and it would be the year after next at the earliest, that is, in the summer of 1989, and according to what I learned here, by the summer of 1989, the L-8 on the Hongdu factory side had even built a prototype, and according to this progress, assuming that everything goes well, L— 8 In 1994 or 1995, we will almost be able to officially join the service of your country's air force, but even if everything goes well in this project between our COMAC and the Soviet Union, I am afraid it will not be until 1995 or 1996, if it does not go well, if it does not ......go well, Chen Geng shrugged: "God knows when, maybe ten years later than planned, so, are you sure your country can accept it?"

Zhang Tong, who didn't speak much, looked up at Chen Geng in surprise: In order to attract investment, others are desperately saying good things for themselves, saying how smoothly the project is going on on their side, but Chen Geng is good, and he can't say it well, isn't he afraid that the Pakistani side will give up because of this?

Farouk Legari was also a little surprised, but in addition to being surprised, he smiled instead: "Mr. Fernandez, thank you for your honesty, but as you said, assuming that everything goes well, this Soviet trainer can join the service of our Air Force at about the same time as the L-8, but if it doesn't go well, ......" Speaking of this, Farouk Legari turned his head to look at Zhang Tong: "Who dares to guarantee that everything goes smoothly for the L-8 project?"

Zhang Tong opened his mouth and wanted to say something, such as our L-8 trainer plane will definitely go well, but when the words came to his mouth, Zhang Tong found that he couldn't say it.

Farouk Legari is right, who dares to guarantee that everything will go smoothly for the L-8 training aircraft project and that it will be put into service in full accordance with the previously envisaged milestones? As a highly complex flying machine, the commander-in-chief of his own model does not dare to make such a guarantee, and the chief designer Lao Shi does not dare to make such a guarantee.

Chen Geng smiled: "The L-8 is based on the L-29 training aircraft, and the L-29 is a highly mature model, coupled with the rich experience of the Hongdu Plant in aircraft development, so I believe that the L-8 training aircraft is very likely to be ahead of us." ”

The development of K8 is very smooth, and it is unbelievable that it is smooth, which Chen Geng knows, and since this is the case, he doesn't mind saying a few good words for Hongdu Factory.

Farouk Legari and Zhang Tong both looked at Chen Geng in surprise, whether it was Farouk Legari or Zhang Tong, they didn't expect Chen Geng to say good things about the L-8 project of the Hongdu Factory: what about the competitors who said yes and desperately suppressed?

But the more Chen Geng said good things to the Hongdu factory, the more Farouk Legari strengthened the determination of the Pakistani side to buy this training aircraft, as for why, the reason is very simple, the L-8 training aircraft is developed on the basis of the Warsaw Pact's L-29 training aircraft, which belongs to the first generation of Warsaw Pact's jet advanced training aircraft, and the second generation of jet advanced training aircraft is L- 39, and the advanced jet trainer developed by the Soviet Union now belongs to the third generation of jet trainer aircraft, whether it is the flight envelope or the ability to train pilots, it is not comparable to the previous two generations of L-29 and L-39.

The most important thing is that, according to the situation mastered by the Pakistani side, this training aircraft developed by the Soviet Union can perfectly simulate typical third-generation advanced fighters such as the MiG-29, which is not available in L-29 and L-29 (naturally including L-8). 16 As far as Pakistan is concerned, if there is a trainer that can perfectly simulate the flight performance of the third-generation fighter, Pakistan can not only train a large number of pilots of the third-generation fighter, but most importantly, it can save the life of the precious F-16 fuselage and engine.

However, in front of Zhang Tong, Farouk Legari knew that there was no need to say these words, after all, Hongdu Factory was the only friend who was willing to lend a helping hand to the Pakistani side when they encountered difficulties before.

"We all understand what you say, Mr. Fernández," Farouk Legari said, "but this trainer you developed with the Soviet Union is the best third-generation fighter, so we are willing to wait." ”

People are willing to wait and bear the price of the project not going well, so what else can Chen Geng say? He can only nod: "That is the second question: although there is no specific price yet, according to our preliminary estimates, the price of this training aircraft should be much more expensive than the L-8 training aircraft of Hongdu Factory, and I personally think that it is conservatively estimated to be 2 million to 3 million US dollars more expensive."

In addition to the purchase price is much more expensive, because this is a full take-off weight of about 8 tons, the maximum bomb load of about 2 tons of 'heavy' training aircraft, in terms of daily use costs, it is estimated that it is also higher than the L-8, these two points, can you also accept these two points?"

According to the requirements put forward by the Soviet Military Industrial Equipment Committee, this new generation of advanced jet has an empty weight of 4.5 tons to 4.7 tons, a maximum take-off weight of at least 8.2 tons, and a range of at least 2,000 kilometers, which is almost the performance data of the MiG-21, compared with the L- which has a maximum take-off weight of less than 4.7 tons and a maximum weapon carrying capacity of only 720 kilograms. 8. The requirements are indeed a lot higher, and the higher part also means higher costs: higher daily use costs and higher procurement costs.

"There is no problem," in the face of Chen Geng's two questions, Farouk Legari still nodded without hesitation: "Better things have better performance, and there is also a better price, we know this very well, we are psychologically prepared, and we can accept it." ”

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

In addition to the purchase price is much more expensive, because this is a full take-off weight of about 8 tons, the maximum bomb load of about 2 tons of 'heavy' training aircraft, in terms of daily use costs, it is estimated that it is also higher than the L-8, these two points, can you also accept these two points?"

"There is no problem," in the face of Chen Geng's two questions, Farouk Legari still nodded without hesitation: "Better things have better performance, and there is also a better price, we know this very well, we are psychologically prepared, and we can accept it." ”