Lin Hongfei was silent for a moment, "How do I know that you are not from the FBI or the CIA?" ”

Yes, Lin Hongfei really has this concern in his heart, because all this is too coincidental: he is preparing to invest in a large-scale titanium alloy smelting project, a light multi-functional transport aircraft manufacturing project and an aero engine manufacturing project, and is recently thinking about converting the TU-134B into a business jet for sale, in order to open up sales from another angle. That is, the designer of the later Certificate 10 appeared in front of him......

There is no doubt that he, a "capitalist" from a red country, is secretly and closely monitored by the US government, even if his company has a 47% foreign background, even if he has a 5% stake in Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and even if 50% of the titanium alloy produced in the future is sold to American defense enterprises...... Even if there are so many of them, it is not a reason for the U.S. government to abandon its spying on itself.

"I'm really not from the FBI or CIA," Acton smiled bitterly, "I can't prove that I'm not from the FBI or CIA, but I think there shouldn't be a few people from the FBI or CIA who understand the concept of business jet design and modification, if there is really one, and unfortunately you run into it, then I can only say, I don't know if I should say that you are really lucky, or that you are too unlucky......"

"Ha ......"

Hearing Acton say this, Lin Hongfei also laughed: This is indeed the truth, if people who suspect that the other party is the FBI or CIA dare not use him, then every American, no, not only Americans, but even Europeans, Asians and even Africans may be their people. Then don't do anything at all, and it's even likely that even the most trusted person around you is an FBI or CIA person...... Even if it wasn't at first, they would later "rebel" against it.

He smiled and patted Acton on the shoulder, "Okay, Mr. Acton, are you going to take up your post right away, or are you going to wait a little longer...... To tell you the truth, if you choose to become a business jet designer in my company, then the modification of these two Il-62s will not be your business, and you will have to resign from your current unit immediately. It then invests in the company's business jet design. ”

It was indeed a huge pity not to be able to participate in the modification of these two Il-62s, but he hesitated for a moment and immediately made his choice, "I chose to start work immediately...... Can I meet my team members? ”

"What about my team members?"

"Nope!"

"No?" Acton was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"No means no." Lin Hongfei spread his hands, "There are aircraft designers and aero engine designers from the former Soviet Union and China in the company. But they weren't business jets before. So you only have two options now, either take some of these people to form your team, and then start working; Either you send a group of people to form part of your team, and then you go to those old business jet companies to poach people, form your team, and then start working...... What do you think. If I had a business jet design team, would I send my aircraft to your company for conversion? ”

After the last, Lin Hongfei asked Acton rhetorically.

Acton was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: No, isn't it? If his boss has his own business jet design team, why should he come to him? Although the boss has a decent aircraft design team, what about business jets...... Hehehe......

As anyone in the industry knows, business jets and light utility transport aircraft are two very different markets.

"This is really ......" Acton sighed, he now began to wonder if he had made a small mistake, he thought that after he impressed Lin Hongfei, he would have a relatively high starting point after coming to his company, but now it seems that his starting point is not only not high, but also outrageously low, "It seems that this is the only way, I will contact my friends in the industry these days, and by the way, I will help you contact CFM International and Rockwell. Collins Company, I'll officially come to work when this is done. ”

After a pause, he looked at Lin Hongfei with a solemn face, "Boss, can you tell me your design and development concept for your business jet?" …… This is an important question that relates to the company's future roadmap. ”

This question is really important...... Do you think it is important to have a concept that is related to the company's future development route?

Lin Hongfei nodded, and then came to work after pulling some people over, this is indeed a good choice, he has no opinion, "In my vision, the future development of our company is based on the business jet market and the regional aircraft market, as for large trunk airliners, that is a matter to consider later." ”

"In the field of light propeller business jets, the company's current plan is to create two turboprop-powered private business/business jets with a range of 1,800 km to 3,500 km based on the two light multi-role transport aircraft, the An-14 and An-28...... The An-14 is a piston engine model, and my idea is to break it down a bit, with the An-14 using a piston engine focusing on the lowest-end market, the An-14 using a turboprop engine focusing on the highest-end market, and the larger An-28 focusing on the more advanced market. ”

Speaking of which, Lin Hongfei added, "Of course, this segmentation is only within our company, not the market segmentation of the entire business jet industry, whether it is An-14 or An-28, market positioning or in the low-end business jet market, if the market has demand, we can also modify it into a small regional airliner and transport aircraft similar to Beechcraft 1900, which is not difficult, An-28 is originally a light transport aircraft with a load capacity of 1750 kg, If you switch to a turboprop engine with higher power, you can reach a load of 2,000 kg. ”

"That's a good idea," Acton nodded, the future boss had a clear understanding of his own products, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, in fact, Lao Mei was also afraid of a layman who didn't know how to guide himself as an expert, and at the same time slapped his boss on the back, "I have studied the An-14 and An-28 two kinds of aircraft, in terms of fuselage design, these are two very good design aircraft, simple and reliable, for aircraft, there is nothing better than simple and reliable design, Their only problem is that the avionics, instrumentation and propulsion systems are not good, which is a really smart approach if we develop our aircraft based on the fuselage of these two aircraft...... Boss, let me ask you what is the approximate market pricing of these two new models of business jets in your plan? ”

The piston engine An-14 is initially priced at $300,000, the turboprop-powered An-14 is initially priced at $500,000, and the larger An-28 is expected to cost $2 million, with a maximum of $2.5 million...... That's the price I've come up with based on what I've learned about the use of American aeronautical instruments, avionics, control, and powertrains, what do you think, Mr. Acton? ”

"The price is reasonable, and the profit is certainly not as high as that of Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bombardier, but there is still a considerable profit margin," Acton is an industry insider, and his words are certainly quite authoritative, "but boss, if you really sell your plane at this price, then the Beechcraft Beechcraft King Air series of Hawker simply can't live." ”

As he spoke, Acton shook his head, and Da Lu laughed, "Boss, I'm beginning to wonder if the company has offended you, otherwise the market positioning of your aircraft is what is targeting their King Air series?" ”

"Hehe......" Lin Hongfei also laughed, "You're right, our goal is indeed the King Air series, not only that, but I also want to open our aircraft sales company near Beechcraft, so that our customers can compare and choose in the most convenient way." ”

Acton's words really don't make any sense.

But isn't it, if you analyze it carefully, the company's three aircraft are simply directly tailored to the Hawker Beechcraft King Air series: the piston engine-powered An-14 corresponds to the King Air 90, the turboprop-powered An-14 is the opponent of the King Air C90B, and the turboprop-powered An-28 corresponds to the King Air 200.

The external size and internal space of the An-14 aircraft are almost the same as those of the King Air 90, but if the internal dimensions of the An-14 and King Air 90 series are almost the same, and the two are still comparable, then the King Air 200 and the An-28 are too different: the internal length, width and height of the cabin of the King Air 90/200/350 series are 3.84 meters / 5.11 meters / 5.94 meters * 1.37 meters * 1.45 meters, in addition to the lengthened fuselage, There are no changes at all in the width and height of the fuselage; As for the An-28, the internal length, width and height are 5.26 meters * 1.74 meters * 1.6 meters.

Of course, there may be some people who are not convinced, and they will say that what is the use of light than size? After all, the plane is going to fly to the sky, safety is the most important, if the safety is not good, it is not equivalent to spending a lot of money to buy a flying coffin! This seems to make a lot of sense, but I'm sorry, that's what Ann-14/28 is proud of.

No one is worse than the other than security. (To be continued......)