Seeing Wang Dazhi and Meng Haibo silent, Hu Guoxiang and Zhong Xiangyang's hearts kept sinking: Sure enough!

Sure enough, COMAC Group has other ideas, if it is not for this COMAC trip, maybe it will not take a few years, and Wuzhi-9 will really not use the scrollshaft-8A.

For China Southern Aviation Power Group, it may not be able to sell 80 turboshaft-8A turboshaft engines a year, which does not account for a high proportion of the group's financial revenue, but the significance of this order for China Southern Aviation Power Group is huge, and it is an order with "strategic significance" that must not be lost.

It's serious!

Zhong Xiangyang took a deep breath, looked at Wang Dazhi and said solemnly: "Mr. Wang, the significance of the turboshaft-8 series engine for our group, you are clear, I won't say anything else, please be sure to pull us, we also know that there is no free lunch in the world, what conditions and requirements do we have here, you can mention it, as long as we can do it, we will do our best." ”

Hu Guoxiang didn't speak, but nodded heavily, which was regarded as an expression of support for Zhong Xiangyang's decision.

The first and second leaders of the group made the same statement, which means that their attitude represents the attitude of the entire China Southern Aviation Power Group.

What to do?

Wang Dazhi and Meng Haibo glanced at each other, and both of them felt that this matter was starting to be a little tricky.

Wang Dazhi is Wang Dazhi in the end, he groaned slightly, and said sincerely: "Lao Zhong, Lao Hu, after all, it is such a big matter, and I can't give you an accurate answer to the two sessions at this time, so you let us discuss it first, and then I will answer you, okay?"

Wang Dazhi has said it to this point, what else can Hu Guoxiang and Zhong Xiangyang say?

I had to nod.

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Returning to the designated hospitality hotel of COMAC, as soon as the door was closed, Zhong Xiangyang said to Hu Guoxiang with a serious face: "Old Zhong, it seems that the situation is even more serious than we thought before we came." ”

"Well, indeed," Hu Guoxiang nodded, his expression was equally serious, but he still couldn't quite understand: "Old Zhong, you have also seen the Wuzhi-9 of their commercial aircraft in the past two days, you are stronger than me in terms of technology, you can analyze it for me from a technical point of view, can their Wuzhi-9 really use two 'vortex-2000'? Will this power be too wasteful?"

The maximum take-off weight of the Z-9 is 4100 kg, and in order to ensure the mobility and flexibility in the air, the Wuzhi-9 limits the maximum take-off weight to 3900 kg in the case of using the turboshaft-8A engine, for a helicopter gunship with a maximum take-off weight of less than 4000 kg, it is the same as installing a 7.3-liter displacement "big block" big V8 on the three jumpers, isn't that nonsense?

As the factory director, Zhong Xiangyang is undoubtedly more proficient in technology, and when he heard this, he nodded: "The 2000 shaft horsepower is indeed a bit exaggerated, but what if it is a 'vortex shaft-2000'?"

Hu Guoxiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Wuzhi-9 is the foundation of Zhi-9 after all, the main subsystem between the two aircraft is common, if the double engine is changed to a single engine, then the amount of work will be large, can they COMAC do it?"

Zhong Xiangyang smiled bitterly: "Lao Hu, have you forgotten? The COMAC Group has the former deputy chief designer of the Miri Design Bureau in charge, for us, this change has a lot of work, the risk is very high, and it involves all aspects, but for a master helicopter design expert like Viktor Vladimirovich Kayapa, it is not a matter of hand?"

“......”

Hu Guoxiang stopped talking, and silently lit a cigarette: Yes, there is a former deputy chief designer of the Miri Design Bureau, and it is not a piece of cake to change the double hair to the single hair...... Who to reason with this?

After a while, Hu Guoxiang slammed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, looked up at Zhong Xiangyang and said, "Old Zhong, what do you think?

After working together for so many years, Hu Guoxiang knows his old partner too well, he must have his own ideas, and in Hu Guoxiang's opinion, finding the old leader to help him intercede is probably the best way at this stage.

Zhong Xiangyang shook his head and nodded again: "The old leader must be looking for it, but the nature of COMAC Group is different from ours, and the old leader can only beat the side drum, so it's not easy to say it too directly, I mean, it's best to find a way to tie COMAC and our Southern Power together." ”

Bundling China Southern Aviation Power and COMAC together?

Hu Guoxiang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How to tie up?"

"Let's make profits!" Zhong Xiangyang pursed his lips: "Only by agreeing to COMAC, the turboshaft-8A series engines they purchase in the future, if it is a model that they participate in improving, we will negotiate with them to distribute the profits." ”

Well...... Well?!

Hu Guoxiang immediately understood what his old partner meant: for example, for example, COMAC helped China Southern Aviation Power to develop a new model on the basis of the vortex-8, for example, it is called the vortexe-8B, with a maximum output of 1000 axis horsepower, mainly used for Wuzhi-9, so in the future, every time China Southern Aviation Power produces a vortex-8B, it will share part of the profits to COMAC in accordance with the pre-agreed plan.

As for COMAC, because the turboshaft-8B has its own interests, they no longer need to develop their own turboshaft engines with 1000 shaft horsepower, and they can directly purchase the turboshaft-8B from China Southern Aviation Power when necessary.

This idea is very good, but there are two problems: one is that the turboshaft-8 series engine is imported by the state at its expense, and what kind of attitude will it have when it cooperates with COMAC in this way?

After all, if COMAC is very "free" in terms of finance and R&D, they can develop whatever they want, and the cooperation with China Southern Aviation Power Group will be much more troublesome, and there are too many "mothers-in-law" who are qualified to point fingers.

As for Hu Guoxiang's problems, Zhong Xiangyang was very open: "Let's talk about it! Tell the leaders about our worries, and make the situation more serious, so that they can understand that if we don't cooperate with the COMAC Group, the technology that the country has imported with a lot of valuable foreign exchange may only be eliminated."

On the other hand, if we cooperate with COMAC, the country will not only be able to get a 1000-shaft horsepower turboshaft engine, but also a medium-sized special armed helicopter with excellent overall performance...... I believe that the leader can calculate this account. ”

Hu Guoxiang thought for a moment and nodded silently.