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After hearing Qi Lianshan's words, John's face couldn't help but change slightly, what does this mean, it can be said that the most fundamental differences between China and the United States in the purchase plan have disappeared, and the incomparably vast market of Chinese and advanced aircraft has loomed away the light veil of concealment.

In the 80s, the republic was hailed as the 16th member of NATO, and although the top level of the republic refused to accept the United States to arm China for free, this is a malicious suggestion, but there is still a great deviation in the judgment of the future shape of the international community.

At that time, the Republic believed that the international stalemate between East and West would last at least ten to fifteen years, so the military had complete patience and Grumman until Grumman met the requirements of the Republic.

At this time, the republic could not have imagined that after just half a year, the planet would begin the most thrilling changes since World War II, a series of socialist countries quietly disappeared in the long river of history, and even the republic itself was once stormy, and after finally surviving, it ushered in an era of humiliation that lasted for more than ten years.

Liang Yuan knows that the advantage of time is completely on the side of the Americans, and for the Republic, every day of communication with the Western society is incomparably precious, how can Liang Yuan have the heart to play such a patient game with Grumman, and simply remove the biggest stumbling block between the two sides, which is also the reason why Liang Yuan asked to take the lead in the negotiations.

Now there is no time to fight with the relevant departments to study whether the TF-3O-P-414A engine of Pratt & Whitney is worth introducing.

"I have to admit that Mr. Qi is a very good businessman. Now the biggest difference between us has disappeared, as long as Mr. Qi pays a unit price of 290,000 US dollars, how many F14A fighters will be needed, and if Mr. Qi asks for a tight supply time, we can also negotiate the US Navy's active aircraft. In the blink of an eye, John hid his feelings and said in a calm tone.

Liang Yuan couldn't help but scold himself when he heard this, this damn old fox didn't forget to sell well when he got cheap, the Republic urgently needs long-range fighter escort in the South China Sea, which is almost a well-known thing in the international community, and the U.S. Navy began to upgrade its two squadrons of F14A fighters to F14A+ from this year.

For Grumman, there is no difference between producing a brand new F14A and F14A+, and the difference between the two is only that the F14A+ puts the two Pit & Whitney TF-3O-P-414A engines in place. It was replaced with an F-11O-GE-4OO engine produced by General Electric.

If you take advantage of the opportunity of the republic's urgent need for fighter jets, you can completely eliminate the old F14A aircraft that the U.S. Navy needs to upgrade to the republic, and then use the republic's funds to produce a new F14A+ and provide it to the U.S. Navy, so that Grumman is equivalent to only producing one aircraft, but earning two parts of the republic's Air Force purchase contract and the U.S. Navy upgrade contract.

In addition to the Chinese Air Force, which purchased the aircraft, this kind of thing is a little harder, and the rest of the Grumman company and the US Navy are happy to see it happen.

In fact, Liang Yuan scolded and scolded, and he was also happy to see this matter come to fruition, if he followed the general routine procurement, he would have to wait for eight or nine months to get the approval of F14 fighters at the earliest. At that time, the Vietnamese had long since eased up, and the navy's 3.14 naval battle was completely in vain. If there is another accident, Liang Yuanke will want to cry without tears after a year.

If you buy the old aircraft of the US Navy, after signing the contract and reviewing it by Congress, it will not take a week for the first party to get the approval of the F14 fighter jet, but this kind of request is also Liang Yuan dares to say it, after all, it is his own money, even if someone in the country is dissatisfied, he has to keep his mouth shut. Under the pressure of surging public opinion, even if he is not pulled out to shoot targets, his life will almost end immediately.

Whether it is officialdom or architecture, construction has always been countless times more difficult than destruction, as long as the IQ is not negative, it can be done, and the person who can actually solve the problem is the backbone of the nation and the backbone of society.

Qi Lianshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "The length of delivery time is not my concern, what I am concerned about is the unit price figure of the aircraft described by Mr. John." In business, the price offered by Mr. John is not sincere, as far as I know, in the late seventies, the Grumman company supplied F14 fighters for the Kingdom of Iran. The average price is only $110,000, and it also comes with six AIM-54 Immortal Bird missiles. ”

"No, no, Mr. Qi should know that Grumman almost went bankrupt in the seventies due to the cost pressure caused by inflation, and since then, when the company sells fighter jets, the first consideration is the increase in cost prices caused by inflation, and now this price is just a true reflection of the cost increase. John said slyly.

"I personally understand Grumman's wariness of the sharp rise in costs caused by inflation, but the fact that costs have more than tripled in less than a decade has changed my perception of the U.S. economy. Qi Lianshan shook his head slowly and firmly.

John didn't explain anymore, just smiled and watched Qi Lianshan throw out a series of U.S. economic numbers.

Liang Yuan guessed that this old thing was playing a scoundrel, and he thought that the current China had no other choice in fighter jets, so he put on a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

Smiling coldly, Liang Yuan secretly thought to himself: Old thing, without Master Zhang, the butcher can still eat pigs with hair.

After Qi Lianshan finished speaking, the conference room fell into an inexplicable and strange silence, as far as the negotiation itself is concerned, the party that concedes first is often under more pressure, and is likely to be caught by the opponent and forced to retreat step by step, until the defense line collapses and is defeated.

John mistakenly believed that the Republic had no choice, and that the Grumman Corporation had the upper hand, so he simply waited for the Republic to make a second concession.

After a long period of heart-palpitating silence, Qi Lianshan shook his head with a heavy face, and said solemnly: "It seems that I have made a serious misjudgment about the sales of your company's F14 fighters, could it be that the Japanese Air Force Self-Defense Force has provided a new procurement plan." ”

Qi Lianshan first sprinkled a handful of salt on Grumman's wound. In the competition for the next generation of fighters of the Japanese Air Force Self-Defense Force, the F15 fighter lost to McDonnell Douglas was the heaviest blow to Grumman in the past decade.

Ignoring John Sprewell, who had an ugly face, Qi Lianshan continued: "Mr. John has probably overlooked one thing, in the late seventies, your country's President Carter and your country's Congress approved the sale of a batch of F16/79 fighters to China, which was later changed to F16A fighters, but for some reason, this agreement has been on hold. ”

Among some of the reasons mentioned by Qi Lianshan, the Grumman undertook the Jian-8 fighter upgrade plan. This is one of the most important reasons.

"I remember that the F16/79 was available for $8oo a unit, while the F16A was only $120,000. ”

"No, no, Mr. Qi, there is no comparison between these two types of aircraft at all, the F14 is an excellent dual air supremacy fighter, and the combat missions and effectiveness it undertakes are far from being comparable to the single light aircraft of the F16. ”

As soon as Qi Lianshan's words fell, John Sprewell couldn't wait to explain.

Listen to John Spreville speak hurriedly. Qi Lianshan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. John may not have noticed it again. I'm a patriot, but I'm more of a businessman, not a defense expert or a flight pilot in the military, and for me, the cost on paper is far more important than the performance on paper. ”

"Not to mention that the main performance numbers of the F16 fighter are not much worse than the F14 fighter, for me personally, at the same cost, donating 12 F16/79 fighters is far better than donating a pitiful number of F14 fighters. ”

"Mr. John, be careful. It's not you or me who fly into the sky, so it's pointless to discuss the performance differences between the F14 and F16 fighters here. ”

"I think General Motors, which developed the F16 fighter, will definitely be interested in the F16 order for half a squadron. Qi Lianshan finally said meaningfully.

The meaning of Qi Lianshan's words is that Lao Tzu is a complete profiteer, and this donation of the plane is just a political speculation, as long as the momentum is enough, the goal is achieved. In the future, it is not you who will fly a plane to the sky, the performance of the plane is good or bad, and the life or death of the pilots participating in the war has nothing to do with yourself. Nothing to lose to me personally.

Wang Weiguo listened to Qi Lianshan repeating Liang Yuan's words in the headset word for word, and countless turbulent waves rolled up in his heart, no wonder this little guy wants to seize the initiative in the negotiation, this kind of rebellious and bottomless speech, how can anyone in China dare to let Liang Yuan say it.

John Sprewell's first reaction when he heard Qi Lianshan's words was to look at Ning Lei's expression.

Ning Lei saw John Sprewell constantly looking at him, smiled, and said freely: "I'm only here to care about the most basic flight performance of the aircraft, and the choice of aircraft model has nothing to do with me."

Ning Lei almost said that as long as this thing has wings and can fly, it will be fine.

Seeing Ning Lei's smiling and indifferent look, John realized that the opponent in front of him was difficult, no matter what, it was definitely not easy to deal with the origin of the businessman in front of him.

This time it was John Sprewell's turn to have a headache, and Qi Lianshan was not satisfied, so he could pat his ass and lift the table and leave, and go back to General Electric to discuss the introduction of F16, will General Motors refuse?

If the F16 fighter has gained a firm foothold in China, the F14 is tantamount to a dream when it wants to enter the Chinese first-class aircraft market.

It is not that GM does not lack the ability to develop dual-type air supremacy fighters, and if the Republic needs it in a few years, it will be very easy for GM to take out the Mode144 program, which participated in the F-X program (F15 exhibition plan), and make a makeover to create a heavy air supremacy fighter similar to the F15.

Thinking of General Motors' almost obsessive enthusiasm for the military aircraft market, where did John dare to let General Electric get this kind of opportunity, in the F-X next-generation U.S. aircraft exhibition plan that year, after General Electric, which had just set foot in the military aircraft market, lost to McDonnell Douglas's F15, General Motors did not give up and got together with the Air Force officers who advocated energy mobility. In the end, the freak of the F-16 fighter was created.

If the U.S. Air Force looks down on the dual fighter developed by General Motors, it does not mean that the Chinese Air Force does not look down on it, if General Electric passes Guò Chinese Air Force's order and the curve enters the dual fighter market, this kind of news is ten times worse for Grumman, who has been in poor condition recently, than the F14 lost to the F15 in the bidding of the Japanese Air Force that year.

Not only did he lose the biggest fat, but he also cultivated an incomparably strong opponent, and if this happened, it wouldn't take three days for John to roll up and get out.

John Sprewell, who was caught in the middle of the matter, quickly changed his attitude towards the negotiations, and no longer reacted like a dead man to China's demand for price reduction.

There is no difference between the two sides going to the vegetable market to bargain for vendors, and the Chinese side has already used the contract for the purchase of F14 fighter jets by the Kingdom of Iran as a model. Ask Grumman to give equal treatment.

Grumman emphasized the rise of various raw materials, and the current F14A model has been optimized a lot compared with Iran's batch of fighters, and it is impossible to imitate the original contract of the Kingdom of Iran for supply, but it no longer insists on the original offer of 290,000 US dollars.

The two sides fought for a day of verbal fighting, and although nothing came of it, the process of negotiations was greatly accelerated.

After dinner, in the suite of Block A of the Regal Hotel, Liang Yuan, who had taken a bath, lazily leaned on the bed, holding a jar of warm water soaked in the fat sea and slowly holding it. Warm and a somewhat hoarse voice.

The door rang, and Ning Lei and Qi Lianshan opened the door and walked in.

"Uncle Ning. What's the response over there?" asked Liang Yuan with a smile.

Although the negotiation team listened to his own command, but today he came up with countless rebellious words, and the whole thing was a mercenary appearance, Liang Yuan was very curious about the reaction of the people in the group who did not know the truth.

"Xiaoyuan, you really dare to say that if you don't take it to F14 this time, Uncle Ning will stay in Hong Kong with you, and if you go back, you will be beaten as a real counter-revolutionary. Ning Lei said with a smile.

"Hehe, Uncle Ning. There is no F14 and F16 to deal with, and Uncle Ning will not be allowed to return empty-handed, but Uncle Ning will have to take a detour when he sees Geng Lao Ke in the future, anyway, Uncle Ning does not take the salary of the navy, which is not a big problem. Liang Yuan said in a non-obtrusive manner.

Liang Yuan forgot that General Geng Qinghua was not serving in the Navy at the moment, but was transferred to the Central Military Commission. Ning Lei still couldn't run away.

Qi Lianshan said distressedly on the side: "Whether it can be bought or not, my name is ruined by Xiaoyuan, and the hat of the profiteer has been buttoned up, and I just went to Block B with Head Ning and Director Wang." It's really a lot of white eyes. ”

Liang Yuan laughed and said, "Lao Qi, you are already a capitalist from the decadent capitalist world, so don't try to return to the working people." ”

"Xiaoyuan, you opened a hole in the motive of the F14, and asked Mr. Qi to leave a tail on the purchase of the F14 fighter jet in service in the US Navy, what the hell is the idea?" Ning Lei asked with some curiosity.

In addition to not saying that the international situation will change dramatically next year, Liang Yuan is so far that he does not have to hide it from Ning Lei.

"Uncle Ning, when I was inquiring about information at the American Aerospace Industry Association, I saw a file that was invalidated by the US Navy many years ago. ”

"After such a long negotiation, Uncle Ning should know that when the F14 was just put into service in the seventies, the Pratt & Whitney TF-3O-P-414 engine used not only had a low thrust-to-weight ratio, it was just close to 6, and the reliability of the motive was also very bad, and the research work of the General Electric F-11O-GE-4OO engine for F14A+ was also difficult, in order to get a reliable F14 fighter, the helpless US Navy had moved the mind of switching to the Spey Aviation motive, and planned to buy Spey's license. ”

"After receiving the intention of the U.S. Navy, the British Rolls-Royce company completed the paper design of the F14 replacement Spey on the drawings, and later General Electric made a breakthrough in the F-11O-GE-4OO engine, and this matter finally dissipated silently, what associations will Uncle Ning have when he hears the news?" Liang Yuan asked with a smile.

"You plan to let the F14 be reequipped with Spey, no, the Science and Technology Park is now engaged in the aviation modification of the Spey gas turbine, Xiaoyuan, you plan to use the F14 fighter as a breakthrough to enter the field of producing aviation engines in the future, right?" Ning Lei said with a surprised face.

Liang Yuan smiled, neither admitting nor denying that if the F14 fighter is really introduced to China, it will definitely have a heavy impact on the equipment and design of the domestic next-generation fighter, not to mention that the possibility of equipping the Su-27 in the future is still very large, and the Navy will definitely hold on to the F14 and not let go.

With the F14, in the choice of future carrier-based aircraft, the possibility of the Navy looking at the Su-33 is basically zero, and Ning Lei obviously thought of this.

"Okay, okay, I said that I want to smuggle arms, how can Xiaoyuan be eye-catching, it turns out that he is waiting here, yes, yes, it's not in vain that Uncle Ning took the risk to promote this matter. ”

"But Uncle Ning is likely to fly the old plane. Liang Yuan was a little embarrassed and said: "Judging from today's contact, Grumman has a great intention of dealing with the F14A in service in the US Navy. ”

Ning Lei patted Liang Yuan's shoulder heavily, and said: "What is it, Uncle Ning doesn't have those stinky problems, no matter whether it's new or old, as long as Xiaoyuan buys it back, in Uncle Ning's opinion, two old planes are more cost-effective than one new one." ”

"Then I know in my heart, tomorrow I can let Lao Qi find an opportunity to throw this mention out and test Grumman's attitude, so as not to get stuck in the supply price and not move. Liang Yuan said with a smile.