The first thing that has been gained from visiting the Kempton factory is not small, first of all, it has opened up the purchase and sales channels of the Atta 9C/K series engines that South Africa urgently needs now, and after turning back, you can seize the time to do an arms smuggling business and become a real arms smuggler.

If you want to talk about arms, the entire industry itself is a profiteering industry, not to mention that South Africa is still in urgent need of the Atta series, which is also given by rich people, and even if someone is a one-time or two-way dealer, he can also make a lot of money.

The major state-owned military equipment import and export companies of the Republic do not have their own R&D and production capacity, but they rely on trade channels to live even more chic than domestic scientific research and production units.

And this is only the way of the Republic on the one hand, the Yankees actually do it more ruthlessly, don't look at the military equipment of the United States are all developed and produced, and sold by private military giants, but those large orders that really make money still have to go through the US Department of Defense in many cases.

Generally speaking, there are two main ways to procure military equipment.

In order to meet their basic national defense needs, they only need to pick out the products with the lowest price, and at this time, they usually adopt the form of international bidding to let the major arms dealers bid and compete.

For example, in the 2010 Brazilian military fighter tender, the project had many mainstream third-generation aircraft such as the European Shuangfeng, Gripen, Su-35, MiG-35, F-16, F-18 and so on, but in the end, Brazil unexpectedly chose the smallest Gripen.

Although this list looks like a loss on the surface, and the unit price of more than 100 million US dollars is expensive, but people in Brazil are really stupid?

In fact, this money is the final quotation after including training, maintenance and other aspects, plus the transfer of production lines, after the project is settled, it will also have a certain pull on Brazil's own economy, and in summary, this is actually the most beneficial result for Brazil.

In addition to the open bidding used to compare the costs and benefits of the real thing, the other is that the small country pays protection money to the big hooligans, and there is no need for open bidding, and the project is completely a government-to-government negotiation.

Since it is clear that they are paying protection money to the big hooligans, of course, this can no longer be negotiated with the military industrial company, and if this talk continues, in the end, the main body of Party B's contract is the arms company, how can the big hooligan government make money, and should it take some taxes?

Therefore, the big rogue government usually ends up on its own, such as the transit between the US government and the US military, and the small countries that pay protection money directly purchase from the US Department of Defense when purchasing orders, and the follow-up maintenance and spare parts can also be called from the US military's active warehouse.

As far as the situation on the side of the republic is concerned, there is currently only one channel for the import and export of military equipment, that is, the equipment import and export companies corresponding to the major industrial outlets, and the domestic equipment production units have no import and export rights at all anyway.

Someone has even thought about it, and after going back, he will try to contact Pakistan and Iraq first, but if people can't believe it, they will definitely have to pull China Aviation Technology into the gang in the end, and everyone will make money together.

If this Atta-9 series engine is involved in the smuggling of military products, and there is a certain degree of difficulty and danger in operation, then this time the T-6 training aircraft project of a whole warehouse is different, first of all, this thing is sold according to the standard of arms, then no one will want it.

Of course, if it is really according to the standard of munitions, Wang Zhengguo will not go to great lengths to get this batch of goods, really in his eyes, this trainer should be sold according to antiques, and its market positioning is actually those rich antique aircraft enthusiasts in Europe and the United States, the flight museum.

Why the republic's Yangtze River 750 and Chujiao 6 can still be exported in the new century to earn foreign exchange is not because they can beat many other competitors in the market, but because they are retro enough and reproduce the strong style of World War II, so the purchaser will be interested, and these people are actually arms collectors.

You don't see, decades later, it was often revealed on the Internet that the British old man drove a chariot to pick up his grandson to school because the road was damaged due to rain; The German old man's house was found to be a private collection of Panther tanks, 88 anti-aircraft guns, V-1 missiles, torpedoes and other big guys.

These are just a handful of them that have been reported, and there are definitely a lot of military fan collectors who actually collect big guys, and these are all rich people playing, if Wang Zhengguo can take out the new unopened T-6 trainer produced in World War II, he will definitely be able to scrape off the hands of these military fans who are not bad for money.

At that time, you can even take the domestic 750 motorcycle, Chujiao 6, 56 semi-automatic and other military products with great search value, and it is also a lot of income to get it right, and you can still expect to earn tens of millions of dollars.

In general, this time I came to South Africa, just the two pieces of news I got from visiting the Kempton factory are not a loss, and this big and long come to South Africa to escape the summer, and I can't really make nothing, it would be a big loss.

In the evening, of course, it was time for the family to sit down and reunite, except for a little talk about family matters, and when there was time, the topic between the three men would inevitably end up on work.

"Dad, to what extent is the progress of your current project, I feel that with the various technical foundations you have engaged in before, I think the progress of this time should not be much slower, right?"

In Wang Zhengguo's view, the current South African project requires money and money; Someone to be desired; There is a market for the market; At most, some technologies cannot be completely overcome, but the overall design progress will definitely not be slow, and even the current domestic No. 10 project is progressing much faster.

Comrade Wang did not have much sense of secrecy about the South African project, and besides, Wang Zhengguo was already an insider of the project, and even contracted a very important engine system development project, so it was naturally necessary to disclose some information.

"The progress is really good, you don't know what Daddy and I have been doing in the past few decades, and now it's just taking out the technology accumulated for decades to integrate and upgrade, and the progress is naturally not slow, to be honest, the overall design of our side has been frozen."

It only took a year and a half to complete the preliminary design and concurrent drawings, which is absolutely fast to the limit, and in the eighties to be able to have such progress, Lao Wang, these technical talents from Shudu Institute are definitely the main force.

But then again, for a country like South Africa that has no experience in aircraft research and development, the design can also be joined by a mature team from Shudu, and it will be no problem within half a year, after all, the Thunder Dragon fighter on the upper plane also took only one and a half years to get the design after determining the market, and that is the result of modifying the design in the middle.

However, the development of aircraft is never only about getting the preliminary design, manufacturing, flight test, and testing are the key tasks in the later stage, especially after entering the research and development stage of the third-generation aircraft, the supporting flight test and test are more complicated.

As a result, there is also Comrade Wang's concern: "In fact, preparations have begun for the manufacture of the first prototype, but because South Africa has no previous experience in developing complete aircraft, the supporting hardware part is simply poor, and I am really not optimistic that the follow-up progress can be as efficient as our design stage." ”

Lao Wang is certainly qualified to say this, because it has achieved one of the world's best aircraft design speeds, at least in terms of aircraft design, he has done a very good job.

Tu Zhengxing, who had been talking to Tu Zhenying next to him, also couldn't sit still at this time, and echoed: "That's right, the current South Africa is almost impossible to compare with our country in terms of prototype production and testing, especially those workers who produce aircraft, it's simply impossible to say." ”

Then he carefully counted: "The economic system of South Africa is similar to our domestic reality, the state-run economy accounts for the vast majority, and the military industry is even more so, as far as the Kempton factory is concerned. The production of airplanes requires a high level of technology, and blacks cannot participate, so it is all done by Boers, and in the past, South Africa was a Commonwealth country, and these whites did not have the life of the British, but they were infected with the disease of the British, and they were simply lazy and outrageous. ”

Whenever he thinks of the efficiency of the Kempton factory, Tu Zhengxing is full of complaints, in fact, other domestic technicians are also fed up, fortunately, this conversation is limited to three people, otherwise, Wang Zhengguo's ears will be calloused just to complain about Kempton's old workers.

The efficiency of the economic system of state-owned enterprises is not very high, and the Boers on the plane are also infected with the disease of the British afternoon tea and unwilling to work overtime, not to mention the serious lack of hardware equipment in South Africa.

Although the efficiency of the state-owned military industrial units of the republic is not high, the workers still have a sense of honor, when making military products, as long as there is a real need, overtime is generally no two words, plus all kinds of supporting military testing equipment are barely complete, compared with South Africa, there is indeed something to be proud of.

"In this way, you are not very optimistic about the follow-up prototype manufacturing and flight test progress?"

In his opinion, it is almost enough to be able to get enough funds for the engine development of Southwest Power Machinery through this project, so that Shudu Institute can take the opportunity to get in touch with foreign aircraft technology and inject new vitality into No. 10.

If you really want to say whether the South African project can be sustained, Wang Zhengguo really doesn't care about this alone, and it is best to develop it; In the end, he failed, and he didn't suffer anyway.

In the end, he smiled heartlessly: "To say that the development progress of this prototype will be seriously lagging behind, this is probably good news for me, at least the development of the engine can not be so rushed, I only got the latest news before I came, the engine has just begun to be assembled." Maybe it's only now that the test car starts, and it's really finalized and mature, it will take two years to come. ”

Rolls-Royce's efficiency is quite average, after all, at this time, the Spey project department is about to starve to death, there is an engine overhaul project in hand, how can it continue to grind foreign workers, these guys are waiting to finish the project quickly, and then use the money earned this time to start a new round of research and development.

There is pressure to be motivated, at this time the Spey project department is definitely the company's most active, hard-working, upward department, and even from time to time there are people who choose to work overtime, which is very rare, for this matter, Spey project department has been praised by Rolls-Royce senior management, and there is a faint sense of regaining momentum for a while.

Originally, this engine project was the part that I didn't have to worry about, but after Lao Wang heard the details, he didn't urge.

"In terms of progress, you can look at it over there, and it is acceptable to complete the development within two or three years, and now we are using the Spey 202 that was forced to purchase when the introduction of Spey engine technology, although the performance indicators are backward, but at this stage we at least do not have to worry about the engine."

When I think of this, I can't even control my inner feelings: "The South African project is definitely the most relaxed design in my life, and I don't have to worry about engine errors, it's good!" ”

Seeing that his father was in a good mood, Wang Zhengguo suddenly felt that it was indeed not wrong to send someone to South Africa to lead the team to do the project this time, anyway, it was much better than staying in the imperial capital and going to a cold bench.

Tu Zhengxing didn't know what to say to Tu Zhenying's sister, the two of them never stopped laughing anyway, but when the topic here was almost over, he came at this time.

"I heard that the country is ready to stop the Xifei Jian-7 first, and the military is stationed in Shudu to inspect the South African plan, Zhengguo, you have been in Shudu for so long before you came, the news must be newer than ours, let's talk about it."

After listening to this, Wang Zhengguo remembered that he had heard that the Shudu Institute had come to the joint naval and air investigation group not long ago, and he thought that he was going for the Volley Plan of the 10th.

But now this said, I'm afraid that the military should have taken a fancy to the South African program, after all, it is a multi-purpose design, the ability to land and sea is not bad, plus the low fuel consumption of the supporting Qingcheng engine makes the domestic military burst into tears, and the range should not be too much worse than the domestic average.

From this point of view, the news about the 10th will definitely be an indelible topic among the domestic navy and air force, the Ministry of Aviation, and major relevant ministries and commissions recently.

"The J-7 should be stopped, not only is our South African program eroding the multi-purpose market, but the J-8 major reform of the Northern Institute is said to have received strong support from the Air Force, and this aircraft is no longer a single interceptor positioning, and it is said that the new design also considers multi-purpose, so now I say, if you really want to get the South African side back to the country, it is not easy."

The news of the eight major reforms has been spread in the domestic aviation industry a long time ago, and now this face has directly entered the stage of magic reform under the influence of Wang Zhengguo.

Although the Northern Institute is conservative, the multi-purpose of fighter jets has been the consensus of the international mainstream aviation community for a long time, and no matter how conservative it is, it will definitely not choose to turn a blind eye.