Lin Qiangsheng, Yang Wanli and others successively visited Grumman, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, and General Dynamics, visited the factories of these companies, conducted secret investigations, and discussed many cooperation matters with them.

It has negotiated with Grumman for the introduction of the F14 fighter jet, negotiated with General Electric for the introduction of the F404 engine, negotiated with Pratt & Whitney to jointly develop the FT-8 gas turbine, and negotiated with General Dynamics to cooperate in the manufacture of the Golden Eagle trainer aircraft.

Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang in the process of visiting Lin Qiangsheng, but also did feel that private enterprises and state-owned enterprises are very different, the most important thing is Lin Qiangsheng's autonomy and flexibility, Lin Qiangsheng's emphasis on time, often as long as he is optimistic about the project will be immediately made, which is difficult to do in China!

Dongxing Group is not short of money, the only thing that can stop them is the US restrictive policy, if the United States really opens up in an all-round way, how good it would be!

Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang both felt that it was a pity, Dongxing is not a state-owned enterprise, and at the same time they also began to re-understand Lin Qiangsheng's Dongxing Group, although the state-owned units are not as efficient as Dongxing, but fortunately, Dongxing is also on the land of the motherland, when the time comes to visit and cooperate, Dongxing will not rush the country's people, and there will be technology!

When the president of General Dynamics and the general manager of the Asian affairs department saw the training aircraft drawings provided by Dongxing, they were shocked!

They never expected that the Golden Eagle trainer provided by Dongxing was based on the F16 fighter, but its weight and size were reduced, which were 70% and 80% of the F16 fighter, respectively, this is the reduced F16, but the appearance has changed slightly!

What makes it even more difficult for General Dynamics to accept is that this trainer also uses wing-body fusion technology, you must know that this technology was obtained by the United States from Japan, and even they have not developed it for years. It belongs to the absolute high-precision craftsmanship category!

Therefore, when several heads of General Dynamics saw the plane, after some analysis, they decisively rejected Lin Qiangsheng's request, indicating that they would not cooperate with Dongxing on this training aircraft. After the two sides signed a confidentiality agreement, stipulating that the appearance and dimensions of the Golden Eagle training aircraft cannot be disclosed to third parties. Shake hands and say goodbye.

Encountering this situation, even Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang were very surprised, they also looked at the appearance design of the Golden Eagle training aircraft, but they didn't expect that China Eastern Airlines could come up with such an excellent fighter design in a short period of time, and the beautiful shape of the absolute third-generation fighter made the two of them have to be impressed by this joint venture.

Then Lin Qiangsheng and others went to Sikorsky, the manufacturer of Black Hawk helicopters, that is, in July this year, Poly Group, which had just been established not long ago, purchased 24 civilian versions of Black Hawk at a unit price of 6 million US dollars. This Black Hawk was replaced with a new turboshaft engine. The power is increased by 10% compared with the original, the fuel consumption is reduced, the reliability is increased, and it is suitable for use in harsh conditions on the plateau.

There is a small detail, this transaction is actually the result of the multi-party contact and preparation of several princelings in China, they are He Pengfei, the son of Marshal He, Luo Yu, the son of General Luo, and He Ping, the son-in-law of 286, and it is they who dredge up various relationships. Huge amounts of foreign exchange were raised for the purchase of twenty-four American Black Hawks.

Lin Qiangsheng did not hesitate and directly ordered 12 Black Hawk helicopters. The requirements are the same as the domestic purchase, the unit price is also 6 million US dollars, and the supporting equipment is exactly the same.

The person in charge of Sikorsky Aircraft Company was very happy and accepted the order, and they had expected that China would be very interested in helicopters after opening its doors, and Sikorsky regarded China as an important product market. This company even made plans to sell 100 Black Hawk helicopters to China!

Sure enough, immediately after the Chinese government's order, another private company purchased Black Hawk from them, which proved the prediction of some people within Sikorsky that China is indeed a big market!

The factory can assemble two Black Hawks per month, with deliveries every three to four months. The deal between the two sides began in October and can be completed in six months, with a total transaction value of $72 million, and Sikorsky will provide pilot training and simple maintenance training for pilots and maintenance personnel sent to the United States by Eastern Star, and the larger maintenance operations in the future will still rely on the United States to send teams or return to the factory, and they will not provide repair lines.

After that, Lin Johnson and others flew to Fordworth, Texas non-stop to visit Bell Helicopter Company and negotiate the introduction of projects.

When Hafei first introduced the Zhijiu, the American Bell Aircraft Company was a very active one, and they also invested a lot of work, but at that time there was competition from the French Dolphin helicopter, although Hafei felt that it was easier to achieve local manufacturing of Bell helicopter than the Dolphin, but at that time, the third aircraft department in charge of the aviation industry thought that the French Dolphin helicopter was more advanced, and at the same time there was more room for development, so in the end Hafei chose to cooperate with the French, and Bell Helicopter was out.

Before and after World War II, the United States got a large number of talents from old Europe, new technologies continued to emerge, the economy developed rapidly, and the American helicopter industry was also quite active during this time, and it was one of the fastest growing industries. In addition to providing for domestic needs, American helicopters have also appeared in large numbers around the world along with the footsteps of the American military.

But with the re-emergence of the European aviation industry in recent years, a number of powerful and skilled aircraft and helicopter companies have caught up from behind, the United States helicopter companies do feel the huge pressure, the increasing competition has to let them work hard to open up new markets, and even when China selects the plateau helicopter, Bell Helicopter knows that it is inferior to the Black Hawk but also participates in the competition!

Lin Qiangsheng's visit this time is indeed to introduce Bell Helicopter, and intends to manufacture this great civilian model in China, which is also the most popular helicopter in the world, to fill the gap in China.

The introduction of Bell Helicopter is not only to buy its products, Lin Qiangsheng wants to cooperate with it in manufacturing, the introduction of technology and equipment, just like the introduction of Dolphin helicopter in the country, intends to use ten years to achieve the localization of most of the accessories system, and the Z-9 has taken so long.

Bell Aircraft is the world's largest helicopter manufacturer, in the global civil helicopter market its product share is quite high, in the first ten years of the 21st century there are three of the world's best civil helicopter manufacturers, they are Bell Aircraft, Italy's Augusta, France's Eurocopter.

According to statistics, the total number of civilian helicopters sold in the world in the past ten years after 2000 has exceeded 10,000!

And these three companies occupy seventy or eighty percent of the market, which shows the huge benefits!

Lin Qiangsheng introduced Bell mainly to cultivate the production base of civil helicopters in China, even if it cannot be exported for a while, this helicopter can be used in forest firefighting, earthquake relief, and rescue; In addition, Lin Qiangsheng also wants to establish a helicopter medical rescue system in China, looking at only Europe and the United States and other countries have a perfect helicopter rescue team, a few decades later, China's GDP is the second in the world, has surpassed Japan and Germany, but the people's first aid still relies on lagging ambulances, and there is no ambulance security system, quite backward, national conditions, people's livelihood and economic development are completely incompatible!

Lin Qiangsheng also thought that in the 21st century, his parents will be seventy or eighty years old, and for the sake of their physical health, they should still try to pay more attention to medical treatment.

And the Bell helicopter is quite handsome, and its posture flies in the air with an elegant and noble style, isn't it!

The president of Bell Aircraft Company was also surprised by Lin Qiangsheng's visit, he personally met with Lin Qiangsheng and his party, and sent a reception and negotiation team headed by Vice President Kent.

Bell's civil helicopter factory is at the Mirabell factory in Quebec, Canada, and the group flew to Canada on American Airlines. After visiting the factory, Lin Qiangsheng was quite interested in the improved version of Bell 212 and 412, but it was still a little difficult to get the introduction project of Bell for a while, and they asked for a lot of cooperative production, at least 300 aircraft, too much!

Lin Qiangsheng had to lower the requirements, and the old prototype could also be used, so that Bell agreed, and the two sides cooperated to produce 72 units, and Dongxing obtained the authorized production license of the Bell 212/412 helicopter! (To be continued.) )