The story that Lu Hexing told Qin Hai was very simple, but it was very helpless. Of course, this is also a story that Qin Hai had heard in the previous life, but now it is told by the person concerned himself, and some of the inside stories are clearer.

The original intention of introducing the Spee engine in China in the mid-70s was to learn from foreign experience and comprehensively improve the level of domestic engine design and manufacturing, and secondly, to equip a certain type of light bomber. After the introduction of technology, the 43A plant took the lead in carrying out the localization of Spee's engine, and achieved remarkable results.

At the beginning of 1980, the domestic Spey engine made of British materials was tested in the United Kingdom, as well as high-altitude performance, functional starting, re-ignition test, and cold start test at minus 40 degrees Celsius, all of which achieved the expected results. In May 1980, China and Britain signed the assessment contract to confirm that the localized trial production of Spee's engine was qualified. According to domestic practice, the localized Spey engine received a resounding name: Hongling.

But at this time, an embarrassing situation arose. Due to the major adjustment of the national economy and the country's drastic reduction in military expenditures, the original light bomber project could not be launched due to lack of funds, and the Hongling engine encountered the dilemma that no one cared about as soon as it came out. From the early 80s to the end of the 80s, the 43A factory used the British materials imported in the early days to complete the manufacture of more than a dozen subsequent Hongling engines, but could not find a buyer for the engines, so they could only shelve these engines, which had cost a lot of valuable foreign exchange.

In 1988, the South China Sea conflict occurred between China and Vietnam, and the country realized that the South China Sea was in urgent need of a large combat aircraft capable of carrying out fighter and bombing missions. However, due to a delay of ten years. The localization of materials for Hongling engines has not been completed for a long time, which has become an important bottleneck for the comprehensive localization of engines.

"There are 112 metal materials used in Hongling engine, including 35 non-stainless steel, 8 stainless steel, 16 high-temperature alloys and 25 non-ferrous metals. 4 titanium alloys, 6 others. Most of these materials do not have corresponding materials in China and need to be imitated. For example, the rotor blades in the low-pressure and low-gas engine are made of titanium-6 aluminum-4 vanadium alloy, which we cannot produce at present, so we can only import them from the UK. Huang Dongfeng interjected and added.

"It is very dangerous for military materials to depend on foreign countries. In the event of a war, foreign countries interrupt the supply of materials to us. The production of our fighters will not be sustainable. Even if foreign countries can provide us with this material, the level of our production is completely controlled by others. If others don't want us to produce, they can choke us at any time, which is something we can't accept. Lu Hexing said heavily.

Qin Hai had heard some of these things that Lu Hexing and Huang Dongfeng said in his previous life, and he also knew what kind of hardships the military industry had paid in order to break through these technical obstacles. He looked up and asked a few people, "So." Have you been working on the localization of these materials? ”

"Of course I do." Yan Quangen hurriedly replied, he also had to brush his sense of storage.

"How's it going?" Qin Hai asked again. He knows. The progress of this kind of military scientific research is confidential, but since Lu Hexing and others have found him, they obviously did not treat him as an outsider. If the other party even has to hide such a thing from him, then there is nothing for the two sides to talk about.

Really. Hearing Qin Hai's question, Yan Quangen and Huang Dongfeng both turned their heads to look at Lu Hexing, and after getting a positive hint from Lu Hexing, Huang Dongfeng sighed and said, "Don't hide it from Mr. Qin." The progress is very unsmooth. ”

This answer did not surprise Qin Hai, he remembered that the complete localization of Hongling engines was not finally completed until more than ten years later, and now the 43A plant is still in the difficult process of tackling key problems.

"Let's talk openly, Dean Lu, Director Yan, and Chief Engineer Huang come to me, what are the requirements?" Qin Hai didn't plan to go around in circles with the other party, and asked the other party straightforwardly.

"This ......" Lu Hexing's old face was a little red, his mouth moved a few times, and he finally couldn't say it.

"I'll tell you." Yan Quangen took over Lu Hexing's words, of course he can't push this kind of embarrassing thing to the leader, even if it is a shame and a failure, it can only be a loss for him as a subordinate, how can he let the leader lose it?

"We came to see Mr. Qin this time, for one purpose, I want to ask Mr. Qin to help us." Yan Quangen said.

"How can I help?" Qin Hai asked quietly.

"Uh......" Yan Quangen's mouth also trembled, helping out like this, after all, it seems that he can still speak. The word asking for money is simply vulgar, how can he say it?

In case Feng saw a few people embarrassed like this, he couldn't bear it, so he simply said it for them: "Xiao Qin, what do they mean, they just want to ask if your group can provide them with some funding." Now the 43A factory has technology, talents, and equipment, but it lacks funds, or to put it bluntly, there is a lack of money. Material development, that's all a matter of burning money, and nothing can be done without money. ”

Hearing that Feng had broken the window paper, Lu Hexing and the others all raised their heads, staring at Qin Hai with straight eyes, waiting for Qin Hai to give them an answer. Hope, or disappointment, was just in Qin Hai's thoughts.

From the moment Lu Hexing and them appeared in front of him, Qin Hai guessed their intentions, and he also made a complicated calculation in his heart. In case Feng finished speaking, he didn't answer immediately, but looked at Lu Hexing and the others with a smile, his eyes swept back and forth over the faces of the three of them, and he saw them sweating all over.

"Mr. Qin...... This matter is indeed a bit presumptuous, we ...... "Huang Dongfeng is a scholar after all, and he has the thinnest skin. Let Qin Hai look back and forth like this a few times, he couldn't calm down at first, and he didn't know how to explain it.

Qin Hai suddenly chuckled, turned his head to Wan Yifeng, and said, "Secretary Wan, Dean Lu, how could they find me?" ”

"Blame me for this." In case Feng was a cheeky person, he loudly admitted his responsibility, he pointed at Lu Hexing, and said: "Xiao Qin, let me explain to you, Lao Lu is my former comrade-in-arms, he is more educated than me, so now the official is bigger than me......"

"Lao Wan, you don't want to go to the courtyard, you can't blame others for your reluctance to go to the mansion and this beautiful place." Lu Hexing interjected.

In case Feng didn't pick up, he continued: "I have heard Lao Lu tell me many times about the matter of Factory 43A, and speaking of which, we are also a system, and their business is our business. Originally, our 70X Institute, like the 43A factory, was facing the problem of insufficient state funding and economic difficulties. Later, we met Xiao Qin, the God of Wealth, and found us a good project to get us out of trouble. When Lao Lu heard about this, he asked me about it, and I told him about your situation. No, he will bring Director Yan and Chief Engineer Huang to worship your door. ”

"yes, yes. Xiao Yan and Xiao Huang and I arrived the day before yesterday, and we walked around the 70X Institute, and we saw that the face was really new. All the real rooms are working, and the funds are sufficient, so we can look really greedy. Lu Hexing said with a smile.

"Dean Lu, I'm sorry, this cooperation model between us and 70X Institute cannot be replicated." Qin Hai replied lightly.

Lu Hexing was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

"The process of our cooperation with 70X must have been introduced to you by Secretary Wan. You should also be able to see that in this cooperation, our group has made sacrifices. The material of the body armor was developed by us, and we gave a money-making opportunity to the 70X Institute for free. Of course, it is the obligation of our private enterprises to make some contributions to the science and industry of national defense, and we are duty-bound. However, if every military industry needs us to make such a contribution, we may not be able to afford it. Qin Hai said.

Lu Hexing and the others glanced at each other, and their faces became gloomy. They ran to Qin Haimen for help, but they actually muttered in their hearts, worried that Qin Hai would not be willing to reach out. Qin Hai's reason is very legitimate, helping 70X is just doing his duty, and he has no reason to take care of all the units in difficulty. 70X has earned hundreds of millions of dollars from this cooperation, and these funds were originally earned by Qin Hai himself, and it is not easy for others to give them up, how can he ask him to give up more benefits?

Of course, Lu Hexing didn't expect that the profits of body armor were not something that anyone could earn. If Qin Hai is unwilling to give these profits to the 70X Institute, he may not be able to do it himself, after all, this is military equipment, and the state will not allow private enterprises to get involved. The profit that Qin Hai gave to 70X was originally money that he couldn't earn, and he said that his motives were so noble, and he was also suspected of smearing powder on his face.

Regardless of the facts, Qin Hai's reasons are still very sufficient. Military scientific research is a matter for the state, and after the enterprise pays taxes to the state, it has already fulfilled its obligations, and it really makes no sense for Lu Hexing and them to reach out to Qin Hai again.

In case Feng saw that the situation was wrong, and he couldn't think of anything to convince Qin Hai, in a hurry, he simply pulled off his face and said, "Xiao Qin, what you said is right, but Dean Lu and they came all the way over, you have to be interesting, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Hexing and the others had to hide their faces in their armpits. What do you mean by Kaede, together we are a bunch of people who ask for food, begging to go to someone's door, and no matter what, we want someone to send a little bit? Thinking like this in their hearts, they didn't have the courage to walk away, but secretly pondered in their hearts one by one: Maybe this wealthy Mr. Qin will really send us a little? Of the hundred and eighty thousand, who said that flies are not meat? (To be continued......)

PS: Special note: The names of places, people, companies, models and stories in this book are all fictional, if there are similarities, it is purely accidental, please do not check the number.