"Xiao Feng, I know that you have a lot of ghost ideas, and I came here today specifically to ask you for help. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Meng Fanze changed his words, looked directly at Feng Xiaochen, and said solemnly. Just now, he was smiling all the way, and occasionally made a joke with Xue Ducang, looking very relaxed. At this moment, there was no longer a sense of ridicule on his face, and it turned a little dignified.

"This ......" Xue Ducang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Otherwise, you can come to my office to talk, it's relatively quiet there, and no one will disturb you." ”

Meng Fanze waved his hand and said, "No need, I think it's good here." Aren't there all stools, let's sit down and talk. ”

As he spoke, he pulled a chair over himself and sat down without hesitation. Zhang Lubin turned his head to look at Feng Xiaochen, and the two of them bowed to each other with their eyes, and they both sat down. Xue Ducang hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, then you talk here, I'll ask someone to pour you some water, and by the way, I'll arrange another lunch." ”

Meng Fanze said: "Xiao Xue, you don't have to be busy, sit down and talk together, I said that I asked Xiao Feng to help me in this matter, I know that you Xiao Xue is also a capable person, so let's come up with ideas together." ”

As soon as he said this, it was inconvenient for Xue Ducang to leave. However, he still went out first and called a staff member to pour tea for everyone, then closed the door, pulled a chair and sat down, waiting for Meng Fanze to speak.

"This matter is Xiao Zhang's business. Meng Fanze pointed at Zhang Lubin and said, "He is from the aviation port, and his business has nothing to do with me." However, his old leader is an old comrade-in-arms of mine, so he introduced him to me. ”

"I'm really sorry, Minister Meng is so old, we are still bothering him...... However, there is really no way to do this matter, so ......" Zhang Lubin hesitated, the expression on his face was a little ashamed and resentful.

Xue Ducang was a little confused, but Meng Fanze said at the beginning that he was here to ask Feng Xiaochen for help, and Xue Ducang was just a secondary figure who "came up with ideas together", so it was inconvenient for him to take the initiative to ask. He gave Feng Xiaochen a look, wanting to see how Feng Xiaochen reacted to this, but saw that Feng Xiaochen's face was light, and he was not in a hurry to get to the bottom of it.

Alas, this Xiao Feng is really a demon, he is not in a hurry for anything, could it be that he already knows Meng Fanze's intention? Xue Ducang secretly pondered in his heart.

Feng Xiaochen really didn't know what Meng Fanze was looking for him, from today Meng Fanze took Zhang Lubin to the Heavy Equipment Technician School, Feng Xiaochen felt that Meng Fanze must have something, not as he himself said, just to visit and learn from experience. When Meng Fanze said that he wanted to ask Feng Xiaochen for help, and pointed out that Zhang Lubin was a person from the aviation system, Feng Xiaochen recalled the events in history, and there were already some guesses in his heart. However, he wouldn't ask before the other party said it directly, and Meng Fanze wouldn't be the kind of person who twisted and pinched anyway.

"Xiao Zhang, let's introduce your identity first. Meng Fanze saw Xue Ducang and Feng Xiaochen's thoughts, and said to Zhang Lubin.

"Okay. Zhang Lubin said, he turned to Xue Ducang and Feng Xiaochen, and introduced himself: "You all know my name, Gong Chang Zhang, Lu Xun's Lu, polite Bin." I am the Deputy Chief Engineer of the Puhai Aircraft Factory, the Deputy Chief Designer of the P15 Large Aircraft and the Chief Designer of the Engine Project. ”

"It turned out to be Chief Engineer Zhang, who was disrespectful. Feng Xiaochen nodded slightly to Zhang Lubin and said respectfully.

The P15 aircraft was a great name at the time. It is the first large aircraft built in China with a take-off weight of more than 120 tons, and various media outlets have not hesitated to use words such as "national prestige" and "ambition" when reporting on it. With China's industrial level at that time, it was indeed an amazing miracle that such a large aircraft could be manufactured.

However, behind the superficial scenery is the unspeakable difficulty of the P15 R&D team, or the entire Puhai Aircraft Factory. The P15 project was originally very hasty, it was a project determined purely for political reasons in an era of political dominance, and there was no such preparation in the previous national science and technology development plan.

It took 10 years for engineers and technicians from all over the country to build two large P15 aircraft, one for static experiments on the ground and the other for test flights. At the time of the successful test flight of the P15, the Puhai Aircraft Factory received a notice from the State Planning Commission, announcing that all subsequent investments would be frozen, and instead of continuing to develop the third prototype, Pufei not only did not continue to develop the third prototype, but even the wages of the more than 1,000 workers and technicians of the plant became a problem.

The emergence of this situation is closely related to the overall direction adjustment of the entire country. In the era of the P15 project, the state investment was a political account, not an economic account, and the development of the P15 was not considered for commercial use from the beginning, just hoping to become a national business card, and build one or two to prove that China has the strength in this area.

After 1978, the state began to put forward the goal of focusing on economic construction, and all work should first consider economic benefits, rather than an illusory political image. The economics of the P15 were raised as an important issue and became the key to the survival of the P15. After analyzing the economic indicators of the P15, the country's civil aviation department expressed its reluctance to accept such aircraft for civil aviation, while the military claimed that it did not have enough funds to equip large transport aircraft of this class for the time being, let alone luxury goods such as tankers and AWACS aircraft.

Without demand, the development of the P15 would be meaningless. In addition, the state has vigorously reduced infrastructure projects due to the requirements of national economic adjustment, and even the second phase of the construction of Pujiang Iron and Steel Plant has been postponed, not to mention the P15 project, which is not loved by fathers and mothers.

Of course, the Puhai Aircraft Factory can't watch a project that has been done for 10 years end like this, not to mention that once the P15 is discontinued, the meaning of Pufei's existence will disappear, this factory will be closed, and all employees will be shunted to other enterprises, which is undoubtedly unacceptable for an enterprise.

Pufei's leadership began to lobby the ministries, and the P15's R&D team was also mobilized to try to save the P15 from its demise. As the deputy chief designer, Zhang Lubin is naturally actively contacting all aspects of the relationship, hoping to give P15 a ray of life. He found the old leader in the past, and the old leader recommended him to Meng Fanze and asked Meng Fanze for help.

Although Meng Fanze has some influence in the industrial system, coal and aviation are still separated by a mountain, and he doesn't know how to help. In embarrassment, he thought of Feng Xiaochen, who was full of wisdom, so he asked Feng Xiaochen to come over and ask him for advice in the name of visiting the technician school.

"Chief Engineer Zhang, what do you think?"

After listening to what happened, Feng Xiaochen calmly asked Zhang Lubin. In fact, in the memory of Feng Xiaochen's previous life, he already knew a lot about P15, and he also knew that P15 did not escape the fate of destruction in the end. Now, what he needs to understand is what Zhang Lubin thinks as a client and what the other party wants to do.

"The P15 is our brainchild and we want to be able to do it. Zhang Lubin said heavily.

Feng Xiaochen said: "If you want to do it, what conditions do you need?"

"A grant of 50 million yuan. Zhang Lubin said without thinking.

During this period, the whole Pufei was running this matter, and the goal was to seek an additional appropriation of 50 million yuan, which should have been allocated by the State Planning Commission, but after the Planning Commission said that it could not make additional appropriations, Pufei sought to obtain this money from other departments, such as the military, the Ministry of Aviation, or some other counterpart unit.

In Zhang Lubin's view, it is impossible to ask for money from the Heavy Equipment Office, because the Heavy Equipment Office is only a coordinating agency, and it does not have the power to allocate funds, and large aircraft are not among the major projects coordinated by the Heavy Equipment Office, and it is impossible for the Heavy Equipment Office to take a mouse to manage this idle matter.

Of course, Meng Fanze had to bring him here, and he couldn't refuse, so he could only hope to come and explore the truth. What he didn't expect was that Meng Fanze didn't take him to see Luo Xiangfei, the person in charge of the Heavy Equipment Office, but came to this school in a remote location on the outskirts of Beijing and met such a young deputy director, which made Zhang Lubin even more incomprehensible.

Just now, I heard that Feng Xiaochen made Xue Ducang earn 80,000 Hong Kong dollars with an idea, and Zhang Lubin was a little tempted. However, after thinking about it, I felt that this kind of idea was too far away from Pufei, and it was impossible for the large aircraft project to be saved by a few such ideas.

Hearing Zhang Lubin's words, Feng Xiaochen smiled slightly and asked, "If there are 50 million, what step can you do?"

"We were able to build a third prototype for subsequent test flights. Zhang Lubin said.

"And then?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

"Then ......" Zhang Lubin stumbled and said: "After the test flight, our aircraft can be preliminarily finalized, and as long as the civil aviation department has an order, we can continue to produce." If possible, we can also export to Asian, African and Latin American countries......"

His words were like this, but his voice was getting weaker and weaker, and it was obvious that he didn't have enough confidence. As a veteran aircraft designer, how could he not know that the test flight of an aircraft is a long and expensive affair. The additional allocation of 50 million yuan is only enough for Pufei to build another prototype, and it can't even afford the fuel for the test flight, not to mention the need for various tests and maintenance during the test flight.

Pufei's idea is to keep the project first, and then seek new investment while building a prototype, step by step. The most optimistic scenario is that the civil aviation department suddenly has a conscience and places a few orders, so that Pufei will be completely alive.

So, will civil aviation do this?

Zhang Lubin has no bottom in his heart.