After commenting on Jiang Yan, Zhang Lubin pointed to an old man who was talking eloquently next to Jiang Yan and introduced:

"That's Xing Wenyun, he turned out to be a compressor, an old expert. In the 70s, the state planned to send Sichuan gas out of Sichuan and send it to Pujiang, more than 2,000 kilometers away, and he was responsible for the development of gas transmission compressors at that time. As a result, it was later found that the calculation of recoverable reserves of Sichuan gas was wrong, and the project was abandoned, and Lao Xing was idle, and finally arrived at our national industrial laboratory. For more than ten years, Lao Xing has been studying the problem of long-distance compressors, and this time he was invited to be guided, but he really found the right person. ”

"It seems that the establishment of a national industrial laboratory is the right approach, if Xing Gong is asked to do something else, put down the research of compressors, after more than ten years, it is estimated that he will be completely unfamiliar with this industry. Feng Xiaochen commented.

Zhang Lubin felt the same way, and said: "Isn't it, concentrating on one thing and changing careers to do other things will result in a big difference." I am also thanks to you, Assistant Feng, that I haven't thrown away the aviation mess all these years. Some of my former colleagues have switched to other technologies, and now we get together and talk to them about airplanes, but they can't remember anything. ”

"Maybe they have made a lot of achievements in other industries. Feng Xiaochen said.

"That's right. Zhang Lubin nodded, and then said: "This is also everyone's choice, I have decided to engage in big aircraft in my life, and I have always been unable to raise my interest in other industries." …… By the way, Assistant Feng, I still want to inquire, do you think it is possible for the country to re-do the large aircraft project in the near future?"

The last sentence, Zhang Lubin plucked up the courage to say it, and it was also a question he had held back for many years. Hearing Zhang Lubin's question, Feng Xiaochen hesitated for a moment and said: "Chief Engineer Zhang, you should know that large aircraft are the pearls of industry, which are piled up with technology and a large amount of funds. Several major European countries have joined forces to develop Airbus, investing tens of billions of dollars before and after, and it is now just able to maintain breakeven. Our country's current economic scale is not even comparable to that of France, can we have such a large force to build a big plane?"

Zhang Lubin sighed self-deprecatingly and said, "Alas, Xiao Feng, I was naïve. Actually, I understand what you said, I'm just a little anxious, and my age is unforgiving......"

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "Chief Engineer Zhang, don't say that, just like your body, it won't be a problem to work for another 50 years." Although we don't have the strength to do it yet, I assure you that within 10 years, this project will definitely start again, and then it will be your chance to show your talents. ”

"10 years?" Zhang Lubin's eyes lit up, in his heart, he was once very pessimistic that within 20 years, the country may not have the strength to build a large aircraft, but he didn't expect that the young assistant in front of him claimed that it would only take 10 years.

Feng Xiaochen's identity, Zhang Lubin is very clear, assistant to the general manager of the State Equipment Industry Corporation, and it is rumored that he will succeed Luo Xiangfei next month and become the general manager of the equipment company. The National Equipment Industry Corporation is responsible for the development of major national equipment, and if a large aircraft is to be approved, it is obviously within the business scope of the equipment company, so Feng Xiaochen's words are much more reliable than ordinary people.

"In another 10 years, I will be in my early 70s, and if I want to show my talents, let alone ability, energy alone is far from enough. However, my experience, as well as some ideas accumulated over the years, should still be of some use. A fool thinks a thousand times, and there will be one gain. Zhang Lubin said modestly.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Chief Engineer Zhang, in fact, the last time I went to the industrial laboratory, I wanted to talk to you old experts, but I was in a hurry and didn't have time. Now I'd like to ask, if we're going to do some pre-research projects, can you participate?"

"What project?" Zhang Lubin asked.

"Aviation equipment industry, including 150 large trunk line passenger aircraft, new general aircraft, civil helicopters, large commercial aero engines; satellite industry, including earth observation, communication and broadcasting, navigation and positioning systems; rail transit industry, including 350 kilometers per hour high-speed trains, large axle load long marshalling heavy-haul freight trains, high, medium and low-speed maglev trains, track equipment manufacturing; marine engineering industry, including large-scale offshore oil and gas development equipment, offshore wind energy utilization engineering, deep-sea workstations, offshore large floating structures, Submarine metal mineral resources development equipment, intelligent manufacturing equipment industry, including high-end CNC machine tools, industrial robots and supporting sensors, control systems, instruments, precision testing instruments, etc.......

Feng Xiaochen was like a treasure, and he gushed out a long list of equipment names to Zhang Lubin.

Zhang Lubin listened enthusiastically, and sparks were about to burst out in his eyes. He asked excitedly, "Assistant Feng, what you said is true, do you really plan to let us old men do these things?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "Of course it's true, this is an industrial innovation plan that Director Wu and they spent more than half a year to come up with, and it is for 2020." Some projects are not yet mature, but it is necessary to conduct some pre-research. As far as we know, the developed countries in the West have poured a lot of energy and money into these fields, and if we don't get off the ground, we will lose the opportunity in the future. ”

"Actually, what you said, we are also paying attention to in industrial laboratories. As you mentioned, several colleagues and I have been working on large commercial aircraft engines, and we have come up with more than a dozen versions of the conceptual design alone. Zhang Lubin said.

Feng Xiaochen shook his head and said, "Now we can't be satisfied with conceptual design, we have to start to get into actual product design." ”

"That's where money comes in. Zhang Lubin said.

Feng Xiaochen said: "I'll figure out a way to solve the problem of money." Chief Engineer Zhang, do you estimate how much money you need if you want to build a large aero engine?"

"At the very least, five ...... Ten million. Zhang Lubin wanted to say five million at first, but when the words came to his lips, it became ten million. In fact, in his heart, he felt that 10 million was far from enough, but the higher amount was completely utopian, so he could only put forward such a conservative figure.

Feng Xiaochen smiled and said: "I'm afraid 10 million is just a shelf, if you really want to do an experiment, 10 million is probably enough." ”

Zhang Lubin also smiled bitterly, isn't it, as Feng Xiaochen said before, the aviation industry is piled up with money, and nothing can be done without money. In the past ten years, although he has not lost his profession, in the final analysis, it is still on paper. What kind of design will produce what kind of results is completely derived from theoretical derivation, and has not been tested in practice. The complexity of reality far exceeds the reach of human wisdom, and many well-thought plans are full of flaws as soon as they arrive in the wind tunnel, which Zhang Lubin has personally experienced.

However, ten 10 million, that is 100 million, can the country take it?

As if he saw Zhang Lubin's thoughts, Feng Xiaochen said: "Chief Engineer Zhang, now I really can't give you 100 million, but 10 million, I think I should be able to get it." Not only your 10 million, but also other professional funds, I have to find a way to get it. Could you please take the lead and help me sort out which projects we should start and how much money we need. I'm afraid it's too late for the first half of the year, and I plan to start this set of plans in the second half of this year. ”

The so-called second half of the year is naturally after Luo Xiangfei retired and Feng Xiaochen succeeded him. It was precisely because of this that Feng Xiaochen decided to start the pre-research plan. These projects are aimed at technologies that are more than a decade ahead of their time, and investing in them requires sufficient vision and determination. When Luo Xiangfei was the general manager, Feng Xiaochen was inconvenient to put forward this plan, and now he is about to take over the equipment company, and it is time to put forward this plan.

Feng Xiaochen knows that at present, the country is still in a period of economic tension, and all departments cannot take care of long-term plans. However, in a few years, the country's financial situation will gradually improve, and the international situation will also force China to actively catch up with the world's advanced trends. Since the beginning of the new century, the country has launched a series of ambitious technological research projects, and after 2010, there has been a gratifying scene of major achievements emerging like a blowout.

What Feng Xiaochen has to do now is to lay out one step ahead, and when the country begins to have the money to engage in the research and development of these major projects, he already has a wealth of pre-research results in his hands and can quickly form practical technologies.

As for the tens of millions of funds, it is waiting for General Manager Feng to show his golden finger to turn stones into gold.

Feng Xiaochen didn't have to say these words too thoroughly to Zhang Lubin, he just entrusted Zhang Lubin to organize experts to discuss and come up with a feasible plan after returning to the industrial laboratory. After more than 10 years of development, the industrial laboratory has a certain scale, accommodating hundreds of experts from different industries, including in addition to old experts like Zhang Lubin, who are over 60 years old, there are also some talents who are regarded as alternative talents in the original research unit because of their advanced thinking, and it is time for them to play a role.

"Assistant Feng, old Zhangtou, why are you standing here and not going down to personally guide the work?"

The two of them were chatting lively, and they saw that Xing Wenyun had already walked onto the platform with a smile and greeted the two of them. Behind him, Jiang Yan, who was walking and writing something in her notebook, heard Xing Wenyun speak, she also raised her head and sent a smile to Feng Xiaochen and Zhang Lubin.

"I'm a layman, so I'm not going to make trouble for you. How about it, Xing Gong, Jiang Gong, what is the compressor they are engaged in, what is the technology?" Feng Xiaochen stepped forward to shake hands with the two of them, and asked Xing Wenyun at the same time.

"It's outstanding! It's amazing! It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, much stronger than we were back then. Xing Wenyun's mouth was a string of praises, completely forgetting how he picked the bones in the eggs just now and belittled the compressor to nothing.