10 tons of payload. Compared with an aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability, it is already very huge; apart from the former Soviet Union, these crazy people who are keen on big things, have built the world's only aircraft with a carrying capacity of 20 tons: the Mi-26 heavy helicopter, even the maximum load capacity of the CH-53 "Super Stallion" medium-sized helicopter of the United States is only about 10 tons, and even the maximum load capacity of the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor newly developed by the Americans is only less than 10 tons.

But despite this, Minister Cao was still a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Zhang Lan is like a roundworm in this guy's stomach, just when Minister Cao was greedily wondering if he could get something better, Zhang Lan's words were like a piece of meat in front of the shark, and instantly hooked away Lord Cao's soul:

"Well, if necessary, we also have a new modification of this tiltrotor that uses four counter-rotor fan engines and can carry a maximum load of 23 tons."

"The wide-body design can be used as a tactical military medium-sized transport aircraft, in terms of maneuverability and take-off and landing performance, it is much better than the Yun-8F transport aircraft being used in China, and the take-off distance of a fully loaded taxi is 150 meters. The maximum payload of VTOL is 17 tons, and the maximum load range can reach 5,000 kilometers for take-off and 9,000 kilometers for light loads, and the cruising speed is 700 kilometers per hour......"

Zhang Lan gushed about such an aircraft that only existed in the discussion between himself and Xiao Chenxi and Alice, desperately fooling the poor head of the General Armament Department in front of him who seemed to have lost the most basic judgment ability. It's like a monk who desperately sells his lips in order to make people donate more sesame oil money to himself.

"Where is this plane? Is your company already producing this aircraft? ”。

Before Zhang Lan finished speaking, Minister Cao's eyes were already shining, and he asked Zhang Lan impatiently, his impatient expression was like seeing the wide and comfortable bed in front of him, a naked beauty was constantly scratching her head and throwing her eyes, and her belt was as impatient and annoyed as she couldn't untie it at this critical moment.

Can vertical take-off and landing carry 17 tons of supplies, and skiing take-off and landing can carry 23 tons? The cruising speed is even higher than that of any military tactical medium transport aircraft in service in various countries? Minister Cao couldn't have imagined that there was such a monster in the world! When a tactical transport aircraft has the ability to take off and land vertically, it is simply a combat multiplier for the army!

In particular, the range that can still reach 5,000 kilometers under the maximum load means that no one knows better than Minister Cao! This means that this aircraft can carry a large amount of equipment from the airfields on the southeast coast to carry out vertical strikes in the waters of the Spratly and Xisha seas; At the same time, it can also effectively deter those jumping clowns on the northwest and southwest borders, because it will take a few hours for the elite special forces to be airdropped directly on their heads, and they can return directly by plane after the mission is over!

Carrying 20 tons of personnel and materials to fly 5000 km? At present, the domestic military has not yet had a weapon so close to the bug level, and to some extent, this is even equivalent to a strategic weapon among conventional weapons. It is precisely because he understands the importance of this aircraft that it is not surprising why Minister Cao is so excited.

"Well, we've just done all the experiments and design of this aircraft, and now we're starting to build it, and of course, if the military is interested, we warmly welcome their military counterparts to get involved." Zhang Lan touched her nose, talking nonsense with such red and white teeth, even Zhang Lan felt a little embarrassed:

A 4-engine version of a counter-rotor fan tiltrotor with a load capacity of 20 tons of material? Ahem, this, there was no such thing in the Alice Group before, and this was completely after Zhang Lan looked at the hesitation on Minister Cao's face. I had an idea to make a decision on my own. …,

But to be exact, in fact, this can't be regarded as a mouthful, this thing Zhang Lan did discuss with Brother Zhuzi, Brother Tian, Xiao Chenxi and Jill at the beginning, and the detailed technical details are no problem at all, design? Naturally, there is no problem, as long as it is wanted.

Zhang Lan just said that this thing has only completed the design and corresponding experimental work now, and has not yet started to manufacture, design, this problem is not a big problem, it is just a simple toy for Brother Zhuzi, there is no difficulty.

Zhang Lan shamelessly pushed this job on the heads of Brother Zhu and Brother Tian.

"Huh? You are ......" Because he was too excited, the teacup in his hand was smashed by Minister Cao on the ground, but obviously Minister Cao didn't pay attention to this problem at all, his eyes stared directly at Zhang Lan and Jill with eager eyes, and his eager eyes were like a stray dog that was hungry for three years and suddenly saw a fragrant meat bone that was still steaming, full of greed and possessiveness, which made Zhang Lan feel creepy.

The military has indeed coveted the technology of the Alice Group for a long time, but so far, the Alice Group has provided the military with only vehicles for various purposes. There are also fuel cell technology and high-performance large-capacity lithium-ion batteries provided to the navy, and the rest is some special operations things, which can really improve the military's scientific and technological strength on a large scale, but the Alice Group rarely provides.

"Well, we welcome the military's involvement in this development, and to what extent we can get involved, we need to make a detailed assessment of the strength of the military's involvement before making a decision. Regarding the openness of our technology, Minister Cao does not have to worry, we will disclose to you how much your people can eat, but if you can't eat something, then don't covet it. Zhang Lan nodded and gave Minister Cao an affirmative reply.

Seeing that Minister Cao was about to jump up and shake hands with him excitedly, Zhang Lan hurriedly sped up his speech: Damn, I haven't finished talking yet, what are you happy about? Even if we plan to help you, but do you still want to eat for nothing? "But let me first explain that during the research period, all research and other expenses will be borne by the military, including our early technology development and experimental costs. Ultimately, the ownership of the technology belongs to us at Alice Group. ”

As far as the international aviation community is concerned, in order to reduce the cost of research and development as much as possible, generally speaking, unless the military puts forward detailed requirements, saying what kind of aircraft we want, what kind of performance this aircraft should achieve, and what the specific indicators are, aircraft manufacturers generally will not spend huge money and take huge risks to develop a brand new model.

Since the military has asked these aircraft manufacturers to develop a brand-new model for themselves, they must allocate R&D and manufacturing funds -- and other aircraft manufacturers naturally have no reason to work for you in vain.

As for the domestic practice inherited from the Soviet Union, it is the current equipment of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense to evaluate. If it is necessary to develop a new aircraft, they will put forward the corresponding requirements and performance data, and the relevant aircraft manufacturing companies with research and development capabilities will begin to enter Beijing to fight for the leaders -- if you strive for it, you will have meat to eat, this is a piece of big fat meat that can make the whole group eat for decades, look at the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Group, which produces the Jian-7 fighter, how many years has it eaten this piece of meat? Now I am still enjoying the meal -- after the most connected and powerful group won the project, everyone spent more than ten or twenty years to complete the work, and handed it over to the user who had no actual say in the process: the military; Then, in the process of use, we dragged on and studied various improvements for 90 years, and finally OK, an aircraft that was considered good performance at the time, and finally fell into the world's third-rate. …,

But in any case, whether it is in accordance with international practice or in accordance with domestic practice, there is no reason for the R&D unit to pay out of its own pocket. Why do we have to work for you in vain? Don't even think about it!

"This, Zhang Lan, what can you do?" Minister Cao looked at Jill and then at Zhang Lan, with obvious suspicion in his tone.

"Of course, what he said represents the words of our President Alice, and there is no doubt about this, Mr. Minister." Jill nodded and gave Zhang Lan a proof.

"This ......" Seeing that Jill confirmed Zhang Lan's words, Minister Cao had a difficult face: This money. It's not a small amount, and why do we have to pay for the technology you've developed?

"Well, it doesn't matter if Minister Cao feels embarrassed, I believe that if we make this news public, the American and European aircraft manufacturing companies will agree to our conditions as soon as possible."

"There are also technical problems, these application technologies are all developed by our Alice Group itself, and the country can easily obtain them for a little money without spending huge manpower, material and financial resources. In the past, when countries bought technology from other countries, they were afraid that they would not give enough money, but now it is good, when it is our turn, we are not even willing to pay for technology? That's too much of a difference, isn't it? Quite a few words"

Seeing that Minister Cao was still a little greedy. Zhang Lan was slightly unhappy, and nodded slightly: Don't feel that you are at a loss by letting you take the money, there are many companies and countries waiting to send us money, you don't look like you have taken advantage and feel that you have suffered a loss.

Minister Cao's face suddenly turned the color of pork liver! Hearing Zhang Lan so mercilessly split his head and cover his face for such a meal, Minister Cao also understood that his eating appearance was a little ugly.

"No problem, absolutely no problem with funding! As long as the corresponding review is passed, the money will be in place immediately," Minister Cao knows that this opportunity is an opportunity that can't be bought with money, and if he can do it to this extent, he will steal the fun, "but the corresponding technology ......"

Seeing that Minister Cao had something to say, Zhang Lan nodded, "Of course, since the military is involved, then we can authorize these technologies to be used by your relevant departments, and there is no problem with this." ”

"That's good!" Minister Cao breathed a sigh of relief, although there is no ownership of technology, but some technology has the right to use is also good, the key is that in this process, domestic aviation manufacturing enterprises can learn a lot of international cutting-edge technology and corresponding management experience. These things have always been kept secret by Western countries at home, and they are also the most urgent things that China wants to learn.

"Well, by the way, please Uncle Cao to urge the relevant review and approval departments at that time, act faster, don't drag it too much, and we will indicate in the contract at that time that if you delay the time because of your supporting services in the research and development process, such as fund allocation, policy review, etc., we have the right to leave you alone, and we will not return the funds you allocated before." Feeling still uneasy, after thinking about it, Zhang Lan added again, no one knows the style of these officials in China better than Zhang Lan.

Thinking of these prevarications, Zhang Lan was depressed for a while. Although he has the intention to help the country, if he ends up wasting all the salutes on these bullshit things, Zhang Lan would rather do nothing at the beginning, which is too disturbing.

"This ......" Minister Cao looked a little embarrassed, "There are some things that have to go through the procedure, if it is because of this ......"

If you do this, it doesn't matter if you do it, but the key is that because of this, it directly cuts off the financial path of many people who use this project to eat and make benefits, and cut off the financial route of people? Minister Cao is really a little embarrassed. …,

"I don't care about this," Zhang Lan interrupted him without waiting for Minister Cao to finish speaking, "Although there is this possibility, I know that there is a saying in our domestic officialdom called 'special affairs', if you made the previous plan at the beginning, then Uncle Cao, I'm really embarrassed, you didn't say anything about the previous words, let's just stop this cooperation." You have state funding here, anyway, the loss is not your own loss, and it has nothing to do with the money in your pocket, you delay, but we lose all our own money, we can't afford to delay. ”

"Huh?" Minister Cao was a little stupid, he didn't expect that this kid was so resolute in this condition, even if someone else made money, it was also money from the country, did you greed for a penny, why are you so excited?

Can Zhang Lan not be excited? That's right, these bastards are taking the country's money, yes, it's not wrong to not be greedy for a penny, the question is, if the progress of the entire project is delayed for ten or eight years, then our planes will not be sold? It doesn't seem to be greedy for our money, but in fact it is greedy for more of our money! This is a secret loss, and Lao Tzu will not eat it if he kills him.

"Minister Cao, I think there is a question I want to explain in advance," Jill finally spoke at this time, "You should make one thing clear, this project is very easy for us Alice Group to do independently, wouldn't it be better for us to sell the finished product to you when the time comes?" If you don't have the sincerity to cooperate, this cooperation project will be cancelled, from my personal inclination, I don't approve of this cooperation project, or we can use this cooperation project to achieve more interests with other countries. You should be well aware that even according to what we said, you still make a lot of money. ”

Good! Very good! Zhang Lan applauded fiercely in her heart! These guys are like this, they don't knock on them, they know how things should be done, who is taking advantage, but when cooperating with foreign countries, they are afraid that they will take advantage of themselves, and they will push the benefits to others, in the words of a certain big man, that is, "Some people, the braids on their heads are cut, but the braids in their hearts are never cut." He talked about independence and self-improvement all day long, but when he saw a foreigner, his knees began to weaken, and his backbone began to bend.

Minister Cao was slightly stunned, his hand shook slightly, but he didn't speak, and picked up the teacup he had just changed from the table and drank water: of course he understood why Jill said this, and he also knew where he made a mistake: the long-term official-oriented thinking made it natural and unnatural to consider things according to his own thoughts and domestic conditions, but he forgot that Alice Group itself is a strange existence that people can't understand.

I used the methods of domestic officialdom to talk about things with Alice Group, and the result is naturally conceivable.

For the sake of saying this, the rest of the words are superfluous, Zhang Lan did not speak, quietly waiting for the answer, what to do now is to see if these guys who open their mouths all day long to "serve the people wholeheartedly" and close their mouths "the interests of the motherland and the nation are more important than everything" have put the interests of the country and the nation in front of their own private interests in their hearts. If these guys let themselves down again this time, then they should be completely dead.

"I need to report this matter to the leader." Sipping a small sip, when the glass of water was drunk, Minister Cao finally raised his head and said to Zhang Lan.

"Well, of course, after all, the scale of this cooperation is so large, and it can be regarded as a precedent for cooperation between our two sides, so it is natural for the leaders to make a careful decision," Zhang Lan nodded with a smile on her face, "There is a question I want to ask clearly, we have spared no effort to support the country's national defense construction, what does the country give us in return?" ”

"Huh?" Poor Minister Cao, who has always been as stable as Mount Tai on weekdays, it is difficult to see him show an obvious expression, where is he so out of shape like today? The number of gaffes here today is enough to catch up with the total number of gaffes he has had in the past 10 years.

"Now is not the era of paying attention to pay but not paying attention to returns," Zhang Lan pulled the corners of her mouth a little depressedly, and said confidently, "What I said earlier is only our preferential treatment in this cooperation, but there is no whole preferential project, there are many countries that want to give us benefits, why should we cooperate with you with this hen that can only lay golden eggs?" ”……，