Chapter 107: Admiral Ling
Ling Shizhe came here today, not wearing his usual suit, but wearing a national/national/party/superior/general uniform, he appreciated a few days ago, and was promoted from major to general.
It seemed incredible, but it just happened.
A country's military ranks, especially the rank of general, are so casual, but if you look at the entire history of the National/People/Party/Army, you will find that their military ranks are such a child's play.
But no matter how he says it, the military rank is related to the face of a country, and it is never awarded casually, but it must be awarded with a special and large enough contribution, such as Ling Shizhe's father Ling Zhigao, isn't it because he replaced Lao Jiang and carried the black pot for the Yankees? So what kind of black cauldron did Ling Shizhe have a party-state carry? There really isn't, he got it from the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party.
Things have to start from the second half of last year, when Li Chunlai came to Hong Kong and brought a message to Ling Shizhe, the party-state hoped that he would come to Taiwan to invest and build his semiconductor chip factory in Taiwan/Bay.
Ling Shizhe immediately shook his head and disagreed, joking to build a semiconductor factory in Taiwan, isn't that a wedding dress for others, at this time foreign investment in Taiwan/Bay is purely a cheat, at this time Taiwan/Bay can not allow foreign businessmen to set up a sole proprietorship in Taiwan/Bay, first of all, you have to open a company or factory in Taiwan/Bay, you must first hand over half of the shares to the Taiwan authorities, in addition to handing over one to two percent of the dry shares to the local Haoqiang, this is not the end, You also have to check all the officials in all aspects of the officialdom, and if that one doesn't get it, hehe, these officials who eat people and don't spit out bones will come to the factory every day under different pretexts to inspect the factory, or simply cut off your water and electricity, and then you can cry.
It is precisely because of all this that Ling Shizhe has not established a factory in Taiwan/Bay over the years, not even a branch, just an office, and his daily role is to coordinate the relationship between Ambrella's partners in Taiwan, and there is no other role in this.
The Taiwan/Bay market is a huge market for ordinary Hong Kong businessmen, but for Ling Shizhe, Taiwan/Bay is simply not in his eyes.
As a super international company with annual production and sales of tens of billions of dollars, Ambrera's business in Taiwan and the Bay is less than $3 million.
With such a small amount of business, what reason does Ling Shizhe have to pay attention to him, and he also wants to build a chip factory in Taiwan/Bay, and hand over most of the profits to these insatiable bureaucrats, unless Ling Shizhe is a saint or simply sick.
Taiwan / Bay at this time is not the later Taiwan / Bay, there to build a chip factory, the current Taiwan / Bay market capacity can not digest such a large chip production capacity, the extra chips only rely on exports, this time the problem comes, the authorities occupy half of the shares of the factory, and the local Haoqiang occupies one to two percent of the shares, but also take money to fight those insatiable officials, he will go to build a factory to give them so much foreign exchange when he has a sick brain, I can't put it in my own pocket, In the West, there are no sales channels and markets, so Ling Shizhe very resolutely rejected the demands of the Taiwan authorities.
Li Chunlai was not surprised by his son-in-law's merciless refusal, and he also knew that Ling Shizhe was unwilling to go to Taiwan/Bay to build a factory and invest, as long as he brought the words to him, even if he completed the mission assigned to him by the party-state, it was none of his business whether Ling Shizhe came to invest or not, as for whether he would provoke the Taiwan authorities and be retaliated against, there was no need to worry at all, a market of less than three million US dollars, even if it was gone, it would not matter if it was gone, it would not hurt him at all.
After Li Chunlai was rejected, he did not mention this matter again, but talked to Ling Shizhe about the high-level gossip in Taiwan/Bay, and one of the things caught Ling Shizhe's attention.
Since the United States participated in the Vietnam War, it has been found that the existing American planes are increasingly unable to meet the requirements of highly modern air warfare, and in the air contest with Vietnam's Su-based MiG-21 aircraft, the F-4 heavy fighters were actually pressed and beaten by the MiG-21, so the United States needs more advanced fighters on the agenda, and the F-14, F-16, and F-15 are the new generation fighters of the United States.
Although it has not yet been developed, the Taiwan authorities have already proposed to the United States the willingness to equip it, but it is a pity that the Yankees look down on them at all, and their refusal on the spot has greatly embarrassed the Taiwan authorities.
Out of gossip, Ling Shizhe asked: "If F-16 is not given to the party-state, will F-4 ghosts be sold?" ”
I saw Li Chunlai lame and said: "The F-4 heavy fighter is just a scum, you don't know how bad it behaved on the battlefield in Vietnam, it was completely pressed and beaten by the MiG-21, what do you want this thing for?" In order to sell the F-4 fighter to us, he also carried the relevant F-4 technology, and also said that as long as we need it, all the technology of the F-4 can be sold to us, including the T-30 engine it uses, or sell it half-way. Cut, what do we want this for? ”
But Ling Shizhe doesn't think so, he thinks that the F-4 ghost is still a pretty good fighter, the reason why it is pressed by the MiG is because its electronic equipment is too backward, and there is no cannon installed on the plane at the beginning of the design, and it encounters the special environment of the Vietnam battlefield, of course, it can't give full play to its due advantages, and the F-4 supersonic ability is very strong, and the low-sonic speed is very poor, and the U.S. military often uses the F-4 as a ground attack aircraft and tactical bomber. The result, of course, was a tragedy.
At this time, the radar and other related electronic equipment of the fighter were still quite backward, and the function was very simple, so it could not be used as a multi-role fighter at all.
In addition, the F-4 airfoil design is not suitable for ultra-low-altitude penetration (the US military did not consider this problem at all), although it has all kinds of shortcomings, but this price of the aircraft is completely sufficient for Taiwan/Bay, anyway, Taiwan/Bay equipment aircraft are used to deal with the mainland, and F-4 fighters are completely sufficient.
Ling Shizhe also has another reason, that is, the mainland is already equipped with the MiG-21, that is, the so-called Jian-7, but the mainland can completely produce this kind of aircraft independently, while the F-4 ghost authorities cannot produce it, so Ling Shizhe believes that the primary mission of the Taiwan authorities is to find a way to introduce F-4 fighter technology, so that they can completely independently produce and make themselves unable to be controlled by others.
As for the problem of being at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the MiG-21, Ling Shizhe thinks that it is very easy to do, although the F--4 fighter is not as good as the MiG-21 in terms of air combat and flexibility, it can make a fuss on electronic equipment, like the famous Flying Leopard fighter of the Republic of China in the later generations is this way, the platform of the Flying Leopard fighter To be honest, in addition to the ultra-low altitude penetration F-4 can not be compared with him, other aspects are really not comparable to F--4, but he relies on the continuous upgrade of electronic equipment. The Yankees are quite afraid of this Turkish plane, and they must know what the level of the republic's microelectronics industry is, and compared with Taiwan/the Gulf, it is simply a scumbag, and since he can do it, the main reason why the F-4 cannot do it is that there is a problem with the thinking of the Taiwan authorities, they are too focused on high-precision, sophisticated, and sophisticated, and they ignore the actual situation based on themselves, and they always want to be a comprador and get kickbacks.
"How do you upgrade your electronics?" After listening to Ling Shizhe's idea, Ling Zhigao on the side raised the most critical question, he knew his son too well, he was originally an expert in microelectronics technology, since he said that the performance of the fighter could be improved by upgrading the electronic equipment of the fighter, there must be a way, if there is no way, there is no second person in this world who will have a way.
"Four-redundant avionics control operating system, Doppler radar, program computer." After speaking, Ling Shizhe kept silent.
After Li Chun went back, he reported Ling Shizhe's views on the F-4 fighter to President Chiang, but he didn't expect this to be highly valued by Lao Chiang and the Air Force, and the four-degree avionics control system was proposed by the Wright Laboratory in the United States as early as the 60s, which is not a new thing in the idea, but his reliance on semiconductor chip technology is too high, Ling Shizhe can help in this regard, this is his specialty, Doppler radar Taiwan military has been researching, and Ling Shizhe can also provide advanced semiconductor chips that are needed, As for the program computer, he had never heard of it, but Ling Shizhe told Li Chun that with the program computer, the F-4 could engage in multi-functional operations against the air, the ground, and the sea.
After a group of experts strictly "inspected," they always believed that if what Ling Shizhe proposed could be realized, then the F-4 fighter would be a super monster, and we would not be afraid of the mainland at all.
After listening to the report, Chiang demanded that he immediately contact the United States to introduce F-4 fighter technology, including the T-30F engine technology he used, and that Ling Shizhe be in charge of the work of localizing the fighter and its electronic systems.
After hearing the news brought by Li Chunlai, Ling Shizhe couldn't help but scold Jiang Po: MD, it's okay if you ask me to be in charge of the localization of the fighter, but you have to give me the funds, you actually asked me to be responsible for myself, what kind of thing is this, after Lao Tzu successfully developed the new F-4 fighter, you are coming to pick up the bargain and ask me to provide the technology for free, right? Okay, you wait to see how I play with you.
"If you don't want to, forget it, they don't mean to force you, it's just that the party has limited expenses and doesn't have so much money to engage in the research and development of avionics, and this is your advantage, so the president wants you to fully bear it." Li Chunlai said helplessly, he also disagreed with Lao Jiang's decision, this was completely bullying, but in their eyes, Ling Shizhe was too rich and wanted to kill him.
After thinking about it for three days, Ling Shizhe gave him an unexpected answer, and agreed to Lao Jiang's request, I will do the research and development of the new F-4 fighter, I can also pay for the research and development expenses, and I can also pay for the cost of technology introduction, but they have to pay for the money to buy American fighters, but he has several requirements: First, the research and development of the fighter is very long, and it will take more than ten or twenty years at every turn, so the authorities cannot rush him.
Second, my focus is on Hong Kong, and in order to facilitate research and development, the research and development base and production base of fighter aircraft must be built in Hong Kong, and I hope that the authorities will coordinate with the British government in this regard.
Third, after the successful development of the fighter, I can transfer the relevant technology to the authorities free of charge, but the aero engine and airborne electronic equipment must be purchased from our company, and in order to make up for my losses, the authorities must negotiate and coordinate with the United States to give me a production and export license for international military and civilian aircraft, allowing me to export the modified version of the F-4 fighter to a third country to recover the cost.
Fourth, military weapons are a very sensitive piece of equipment, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Shangfeng must give me a promotion, and I will have the rank of general, and I will not be able to smoothly carry out the research and development of fighters.
After Li Chunlai conveyed Ling Shizhe's request to the authorities, he didn't expect Lao Jiang to agree, except for the third clause, which requires that the technology of airborne electronic equipment should also be handed over to the military free of charge, as compensation, the chips needed for airborne electronic equipment can be purchased from Ambrera, and Lao Jiang agreed to all the other conditions.
In this way, Ling Shizhe deceived a general, he didn't expect this rank, but thinking that his father Ling Zhigao was confused and got the rank of lieutenant general, he tried to see if he could cheat a general, and he had to be a major general, but he didn't expect to be a general.
Khan, this Kuomintang's management of military ranks is really messy enough, and it can be issued as it wants.
As soon as the military uniform arrived, Ling Shizhe hurriedly put it on, trying to feel like a general, and he was also a general, higher than the military rank of his old son and father-in-law.
It's not enough to just show off at home, he also has to go out to be majestic, and brush up on his sense of existence in Hong Kong as a national/national/party/general/army.
In the final analysis, the problem of Hong Kong is still the problem of China and Britain, Ling Shizhe will be very embarrassed to be caught in the middle in the future, with this talisman of the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party/Shang/General, he can completely stay out of the matter, this card is useless in Taiwan/Gulf and the United States, but it is of great use in Hong Kong, so Ling Shizhe is wearing a general's uniform today, and a large group of subordinates come out to show off, just to tell the whole Hong Kong
But I didn't expect that when it came to the art exhibition, it scared the family.