After a deep groan, Chen Geng asked, "Lao Wang, do you think your physical condition can still support you for such a high-intensity work?"

Wang Dazhi's heart was suddenly relieved, and he felt that the whole person was a few pounds lighter, and he understood that the chairman had such a question, which was acquiescence.

Although he was very happy in his heart, Wang Dazhi was well versed in the truth of "not being complacent" and absolutely not falling short at this time, and replied as carefully as possible: "Chairman, I think my body is okay, I have been insisting on exercising all these years, and I drink less alcohol, and now I can run 1500 meters in the morning......"

Listening to Wang Dazhi's cautious words, Chen Geng smiled: "If you think your body is fine, then you can continue to do it...... The situation of our aviation industry is not the same as that of other industries, and the aviation industry of our country is not the same as that of other countries. ”

"Hoo ......"

Wang Dazhi let out a sigh of relief, and felt that the bones of the whole person were crisp by two points: the chairman agreed!

Chen Geng's relaxation means that he can at least work in the position of general manager of COMAC for another five years, and when he is 65, he will be a consultant for another five years, and he will retire at the age of 70, which is worth it!

"Chairman, don't worry, I will help you firmly defend the company!" Under the excitement, Wang Dazhi even shouted out such words.

"What do you mean to keep the company for me?" Chen Geng scolded with a smile: "In addition, how many times have I told you, I am no longer the chairman, don't call me the chairman." ”

Wang Dazhi smiled and said, "Hey, hey...... You are the chairman of COMAC, and it is not easy for anyone to say. ”

Don't look at Chen Geng's current seemingly no longer holding any position in COMAC except for the identity of the chairman of the strategic executive committee, but Wang Dazhi clearly knows why the higher-level departments have not replaced the general manager for so many years when they know that COMAC is so important to the country? Is it because they don't know how important this chair under their butts is?

Of course not!

Wang Dazhi knows very well that this is all for the sake of Chairman Chen's face, and as his chairman's position in the United States rises higher and higher, his identity as Chairman Chen Geng's "agent" in COMAC Group is becoming more and more stable, but everyone knows these things, no one will say it, and he must be clear about his identity and positioning, and don't make a mistake about his position.

Hearing Wang Dazhi say this, Chen Geng shook his head: "Don't say that, don't forget that you are a D member." ”

“......”

Wang Dazhi smacked his lips and didn't speak.

Wang Dazhi did not speak, and Chen Geng did not continue the topic, he asked Wang Dazhi: "What do you think of the next generation of large wide-body passenger aircraft of COMAC? Or do you refer to the Boeing 767?"

Wang Dazhi didn't quite understand why his chairman suddenly asked this question, using the Boeing 767 as a reference to develop the COMAC's own large wide-body passenger aircraft Isn't it an established strategy that has been discussed a long time ago, what's the problem?

But Wang Dazhi understands that since the chairman will have such a question, it must be that he thinks there is a problem with this strategy, so he cautiously replied: "Yes, after comprehensively considering our technical strength, we believe that the Boeing 767, an aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 150 tons, is not a big technical risk for us, and it is the easiest to achieve, and after the successful development of early models, as our technology gets better and better, we can also obtain greater passenger capacity by lengthening the fuselage." ”

This method is also the most common practice of the world's aviation giants, first make a basic type, and then find problems in actual use, solve problems, and then launch a longer or shorter fuselage version according to the needs of the market, the first generation of Boeing 767-200 fuselage length is still 48.51 meters, to Boeing 767-400ER, the fuselage is lengthened to 61.37 meters.

It's just that although Chen Geng didn't speak, he was a little disappointed in his heart: Boeing 767 is a "narrow-body aircraft" among wide-body aircraft, although it is also a dual-aisle aircraft, but because of the relatively early development time, the layout scheme of each row of seats in its economy class is "2-3-2", with 7 seats in each row, and the fuselage is relatively narrow, while the later development of Boeing 777 has two layout schemes of "2-5-2" and "3-3-3" to choose from, as for the Airbus A330/A340 that entered service in the 90s, it is " 2-4-2" 8-seater seating layout per row.

Therefore, it can be seen from the seat layout that when performing international flights, it is undoubtedly more efficient for Airbus A330/A340 and Boeing 777, which are second-generation large wide-body aircraft, and the market has also made a choice: Airbus A330/A340, McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and Boeing 777 are much better than Boeing 767.

After Wang Dazhi finished speaking, he also felt that his answer did not seem to satisfy his chairman, so he went on to explain: "We have also considered referring to Boeing 777 and Airbus A330/A340, but whether it is Boeing 777 or Airbus A330 and A340, the maximum thrust of their engines is around 300KN, while the maximum thrust of our RB211 is only about 220KN, which cannot meet the thrust needs of large wide-body passenger aircraft of this level."

So our idea is to take two steps, the first step is to develop a similar aircraft with the Boeing 767 as a reference, and at the same time not to develop a larger thrust engine on the basis of the RB211, and the second step is to develop the Boeing 777, McDonnell Douglas MD-12 and Airbus A330/A340 level aircraft after the thrust of our engines comes up. ”

After Wang Dazhi finished speaking, Chen Geng spoke: "Old Wang, don't you think it's a waste to do this?"

“......”

Wang Dazhi was stunned for a moment: waste?

"In the next 15 to 20 years, the group needs to intensively develop two models, how much money and energy does this need to invest?" Chen Geng asked rhetorically: "In this case, why not use the Boeing 777 or Airbus A330 as a reference object from the beginning?"

If you feel that the thrust of the engine is not up to for the time being, it is also simple, first make a short fuselage version of it, and even the range can be achieved, if you can't do 12,000 kilometers, then 9,000 kilometers is no problem, right?

In short, if it is really difficult to achieve a 'complete body' at the beginning, then make the 'incomplete body' first, and then make the 'incomplete body' first, and then make the aircraft into a complete body or even an extended version of the engine when the thrust of our engine comes up, what's the problem with that?"

“......”

Wang Dazhi's mind exploded instantly: Can it still be like this?

But in the next second, the answer to the question was: why not?