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"Haven't done it yet?" Xie Kai finished the exam, feeling average, but he didn't care, and asked Zheng Yucheng about the negotiation with Pakistan.
The money is coming, something is time to start, and now the time is getting tighter.
"How can it be so easy? They are not like the Iraqis, who raise the conditions little by little. Zheng Yucheng grabbed his hair and said distressedly, "In terms of money, they are not very resolute, but only in terms of technology." They are now proposing superalloy technology. ”
Xie Kai has always known that negotiation is not an easy task.
In particular, in international negotiations, the two sides have been talking for a small price, and some of the negotiations have even been protracted.
He didn't think the Pakistanis were stupid, but he grasped their psychology and knew their bottom line, so it gave them a big negotiating advantage.
Technology for dollars, with domestic useless technology in exchange for base development funds, this is the best thing, Pakistan already lacks technology, some for China is useless, for them is advanced.
In this way, Zheng Yucheng's negotiations with Pakistan should be easier.
Unexpectedly, the negotiations have become more difficult now.
"Superalloys? Our technology isn't very good. "Xie Kai doesn't fully understand what technology is in the base.
It has always been Zheng Yucheng, Wang Guilin and others who are in charge.
"It's really not good for airplanes, it's good for rocket engines, it's enough, we've always had that. Zheng Yucheng said.
Xie Kai was stunned, "The Pakistanis want to build their own missiles? Do they have such technology?"
"They've been working on this technology, and they don't know what the specifics are. Although the superalloy technology is available in many units in China, it is also an advanced material in China. So now the negotiations are at an impasse again. Zheng Yucheng frowned.
"If only they were as generous as the Iraqis. After talking early, everyone is very busy. Zheng Yucheng complained, he was really annoyed.
This kind of protracted negotiation is somewhat torturous for him.
On the night of the day the agreement was reached and the contract was signed, the Iraqis were accompanied by Long Yaohua and Li Mingshan to leave the base, and the Pakistanis held the posture of not leaving until they reached cooperation, and from the next day, they kept talking with Zheng Yucheng.
A little talk, a little bit of grinding, let them grind a lot of skills.
Zheng Yucheng is also getting more and more annoyed.
"Lao Zheng, this kind of thing will often be encountered in the future, and we must continue to talk about it, even if it is uncomfortable. Xie Kai said, "You have to make concessions, as long as you don't exceed the bottom line." Has Gan Ning come from far away?"
"Tonight, dozens of people. As soon as Zheng Yucheng mentioned Gan Ningyuan, his eyebrows fluttered.
"That's good, Iraq's order is too urgent, but it can't be without quality. Xie Kai is most worried about the quality of the excavator.
The military's 50 units have not yet begun to be put into order, and 100 units have come to Pakistan, and the military excavator is considered to be going to the international market, and the quality can not be problematic.
"Gan Ningyuan's team is here for this, and all the capable forces have been mobilized. Zheng Yucheng nodded. "We still have three target planes, what's the matter? Why don't we find Zhao Xi and return them to them? I knew that I wouldn't have bought so much in the first place!"
There are also three target aircraft at the base, two unfinalized Changkong No. 1 large mobile target aircraft, and one Changkong No. 1 medium and low-altitude model that has been produced in small batches.
It was useless to stay at the base, and the previous 404 violated the target during the test of a new model of missile near his base, which made the superiors report criticism, and Zheng Yucheng, who was responsible for this matter, was even more described.
In the future, when shooting missiles on target, they are not allowed to go to the 404 own rudimentary weapons test site, but must go to the Air Force's shooting range.
Therefore, the three target planes at the base are of little use.
"Mr. Zhao can agree, the money has been deposited into their account. Xie Kai was a little speechless, Wang Guilin forced people to sell it at the beginning, but now it is useless, is it forcing people to return it?
Lao Wang asked, but Mr. Zhao did not object. Zheng Yucheng was a little embarrassed.
Xie Kai looked at him, his eyes were full of contempt, "Lao Zheng, you are too unkind, Mr. Zhao was in the situation of their own tight funds at the beginning, we didn't have enough money, and we carried forward the style to support the construction of brother units." You have nearly 100 million dollars in your hands, don't you think it's too much?"
For Zhao Xi, Xie Kai admires it very much.
What's more, he wants to have a good relationship with Zhao Xi and reach out to the research and development of unmanned combat aircraft, which was once China's traditional advantage project.
We should start research in the direction of unmanned combat aircraft as soon as possible, so as not to let US imperialism focus on the United States.
"He came over tonight to talk about these target planes. Zheng Yucheng said with some embarrassment, "After a fight of 600,000, Lao Wang means to let him return the remaining 1.4 million to us, and they will tow the target ......."
"......" What else can Xie Kai say?
"We can't give it to them for nothing, right? Although we are very rich now, we have to think about the famine year, right?" Zheng Yuchengcai didn't care so much. "The freight we shipped here is about 200,000 yuan. ”
"The Iraqis just got it out!" Xie Kai emphasized. "Otherwise, why do we need 100,000 people for a missile launch system?"
"I said you kid, why do you keep turning your elbows out? Don't you always think that the base has little money? No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, more than one million This is about to be the New Year, how much do you have to send to the big guys when you purchase New Year's goods?" Zheng Yucheng said sadly.
Xie Kai was stunned, it's going to be the New Year?
He hadn't really thought about it.
"When is New Year's Day?" I don't know?" Xie Kai asked Zheng Yucheng.
Zheng Yucheng was about to answer, but he didn't say it in the end.
On New Year's Day, Xie Kai ran outside for the matter of the base, and I want to remind him that this kid must not blackmail himself.
"Let's talk about target planes, do you really want to give them them?" Zheng Yucheng hurriedly changed the topic.
"We can work with them. Xie Kai said.
"You cooperate with us, do you build unmanned combat aircraft?" Zhao Xi was also frightened by the idea put forward by Xie Kai. "The bigger the drone, the harder it is to control, let alone carry weapons in combat. ”
"Mr. Zhao, technology is constantly evolving. Xie Kai knew that this idea was a bit ahead of its time in China in the mid-80s.
However, the role and future of drones in future wars have become clear since the war in Afghanistan.
Intelligence began to develop in an all-round way, and there are more and more military fields.
"The current radio signal control, without a relay station, is it difficult to achieve control, didn't this happen on your side in the first place?" Zhao Xi explained with a wry smile.
"Yes, Xiao Xie, we don't have the technology in this area, so don't mix it blindly. "Zheng Yucheng really doesn't want to get any unmanned combat aircraft.
It can't fly far, it can't fly fast, how useful can it be? And it's much smaller than a fighter, it looks like a toy, and it doesn't feel like it at all.
"We have the technology to do so. Add a more powerful and faster control system to the drone, integrate the early warning radar or the reconnaissance camera...... "Xie Kai knows a lot about the UAVs of later generations.
These things are advertised every day, and who has come up with a drone......
Small UAVs have incomparable advantages in reconnaissance.
Large long-range UAVs also cost less than manned reconnaissance aircraft.
The reason why Xie Kai has this idea is not only because of the future, but also because of the huge number of Jian-5 and Jian-6 in China.
After these fighters are decommissioned, if they are converted into drones, they will have more uses, and they will not just be parked there in the wind and sun.
Without a pilot, there is no need to equip the pilot with a life-support system, which will reduce a lot of weight. In that way, the combat speed is faster and the range is greater.
"In terms of control signals, the current use of radio does have many drawbacks, and it is also prone to interference, and the United States and the Soviet Union are building a global satellite network. I believe that in the future, our country will also have it, and the satellite signal remote control will not be easy to interfere with......" Xie Kai looked at Zhao Xi, who was slightly surprised, and said.
"As a target aircraft, Changkong No. 1 is qualified, but it is used for environmental monitoring, data sampling, etc., it is not good at all, although it can be recycled, it is a hard landing, and it can only be used again after repair, and the cost is too high...... "The advantages and disadvantages of Changkong No. 1 Xie Kai knows very well.
"It's a big investment in research. Zhao Xi said.
"The last thing we're bad for is money. Zheng Yucheng said with a smile on the side, but his heart was dripping blood.
They don't look bad for money now, but they can't actually stand up to much tossing.
"Do you really want to do this? There's no money going to be allocated for that. Zhao Xi said.
Zheng Yucheng saw Xie Kai looking at himself, and he couldn't talk if he wanted to, "At present, none of the projects in our base are funded by the above. So don't worry about this, we have the right to set up our own projects, as long as our funding is not a problem. ”
As long as you don't ask your superiors for money, it's not a problem to engage in any project.
The higher-level leaders wish that everyone would do their own projects, and that they would make technological breakthroughs without asking them for money, which would also be the country's technological progress and development.
Zhao Xi looked at the old and the young in front of him, and suddenly felt that he couldn't keep up with the development of the times.
"We want to build a comprehensive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be equipped with a weapon system that can become an unmanned combat aircraft, and with reconnaissance equipment, it will become an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, or an environmental monitoring aircraft...... Xie Kai said his thoughts.
He actually wants to build a drone platform, so that there will be more development directions in the future. The purpose of this project is to bring a lot of profit to the technology of drones, which can be sold to the military or abroad when the time comes.
"Now you have a good technical foundation, but you don't have enough R&D funds, and I believe that with R&D funds, our project will be a great success. Xie Kai's eyes lit up and said very seriously to Zhao Xi.
The Changkong No. 1 large mobile model has an investment of only 8 million!
"As long as you get it, you can also use it as a target machine in the future. Xie Kai saw that Zhao Xi's face was worried, and said.