Let Qian Lao help him improve the nose fairing and wings, for this aerodynamics expert, it is simply a knife to kill chickens, the only problem is that Qian Lao is a little older now, he is 82 years old this year, and now he is mainly engaged in some theoretical research work, please ask Qian Lao to help him do this, will it be too troublesome for his old man?

Lin Hongfei, who already had a suitable candidate in his heart, immediately made a decision, and when he turned around, he contacted the elder and explored the tone of the elder...... He was very thick-skinned and didn't think that he would refuse, the reason was simple, Shi Lao and Qian Lao were good friends, with their relationship with Shi Lao, this is not a trivial matter, Qian Lao was embarrassed to refuse, besides, Qian Lao will soon become an academician of the Academy of Engineering, and he has helped the Academy of Engineering so much, even if it is seen at this point, this little favor Qian Lao also wants to help, right?

But now, there is a very fatal problem in front of Lin Hongfei......

"Mr. Acton, you don't have to tell me this at all," Lin Hongfei looked directly at Acton, and his sharp gaze seemed to be able to see through Acton's heart...... In fact, Acton did feel that Lin Hongfei's eyes saw through what he was thinking in his heart, "You should be able to understand that what you said is very important to me and my company, I don't hide this, and I definitely don't believe that you hope that in the future, the TU-134 business jets produced by our company will be handed over to your design company for modification...... You are not a shareholder in this company, I know that...... In that case, it's time for you to confess to me, right? ”

He spread his hands and looked at Acton.

Yes, although Acton's advice is quite pertinent. It can even be said that it is directly to the point, but it is precisely this point that makes Li Hongfei doubt the most: This guy has said so much, what does he want to do?

"Mr. Lin is really Mr. Lin, and he can still keep such a cool head at this time," the generous and excited expression on Acton's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a wry smile.

Seeing this wry smile, Lin Hongfei's first reaction in his heart was not, "This guy is really a person with a story." Rather, "This guy isn't going to say something to fool himself, is he?" ”

"What if I told you that I used to be a designer at Cessna Aircraft Company. Would you believe it? ”

"Cessna's designer......" Lin Hongfei looked at the guy in front of him in surprise, although this guy seemed passionate and full of enthusiasm for his work, but Lin Hongfei really couldn't connect him with the designer of Cessna, the world's number one business jet boss...... From the beginning, he always felt that this guy was working in a morbid way.

He shook his head, "It's unbelievable. ”

"Unbelievable, huh? Even I found it hard to believe. Acton smiled wryly and pulled out a cigarette, but didn't light it immediately. Instead, he first made a move to ask Lin Hongfei if Lin Hongfei minded. Seeing that Lin Hongfei didn't mind, he lit his cigarette and said, "I believe you already know that at the beginning of last year, Gulfstream Aerospace put forward a plan to develop a new type of Gulfstream V aircraft. That is, the development of the world's first ultra-long-range large business jet with a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. ”

"That's right, I know that." Lin Hongfei nodded, "And then?" ”

"As Gulfstream's biggest rival, Cessna is certainly not far behind...... Of course. For both companies, they see each other as each other's biggest competitors...... I came up with a plan to develop a super-fast Cessna Citation aircraft, according to my vision, this new business jet, does not require a range to exceed the Gulfstream V, nor does it require the interior space to be wider and more comfortable than the Gulfstream V, but the speed must be faster than the Gulfstream V, the fastest speed must be able to exceed 1000 kilometers per hour, preferably to reach 1100 kilometers per hour, if the Gulfstream company wants to produce the Mercedes-Benz S600 in the aircraft, Then we Cessna are going to make airplanes, but Ferrari. ”

Cessna Award X Planning? Lin Hongfei was stunned for a moment.

The Cessna Citation X, also known as the Cessna Citation 10, is a business jet capable of flying at Mach 0.92, or 1,100 kilometers per hour, and was one of Cessna's proudest products until it returned: it was the fastest business jet in the world.

However, could it be that this guy in front of him was kicked out of Cessna Aircraft by Cessna Aircraft Company because he proposed a development plan for the Cessna X aircraft? It's hard to understand how this kind of thing is: since the two companies see each other as old rivals, it makes sense for Cessna Aircraft to respond-for-tat when Gulfstream Aerospace proposes a plan for the Gulfstream V ultra-long-range large business jet? And since Gulfstream has proposed a plan for an ultra-long-range large business jet, Cessna must not do so, otherwise it will give people the feeling that Cessna has picked up the wisdom of Gulfstream, and if he wants to deal with his competitors, Cessna must find another way, since I can't compare with you in terms of range and space, it is simply a fitting and correct idea to surpass you in flight speed.

"You think my assumption is right, don't you?" From the change in Lin Hongfei's expression, Acton understood what Lin Hongfei was thinking in his heart, and speaking of this, Acton smiled bitterly, "But you may not know that just last year, Cessna's major shareholder General Dynamics Group sold Cessna to Textron Group, which is a global and comprehensive group with operations in multiple industries...... Hey, you don't know what I'm telling you, you just need to know that they're the majority shareholders of Bell Helicopter and Bell Aerospace, which is the supplier of rocket engines for NASA's Gemini Constellation program, and the propulsion system for the Minuteman-3 ICBM. ”

Lin Hongfei smiled bitterly and nodded, if he still didn't understand this, then he would be really stupid: a company that can provide propulsion systems for American ICBMs, can it have little energy and influence in the US military and political circles?

"If you can get the idea," Acton nodded, "the senior officials in charge of Cessna at the Textron Group are Bell Helicopter executives, and he thinks my idea is not only crazy, but also stupid, and he has asked us to develop a business jet that is bigger, faster, and has a longer range than Gulfstream Aerospace's Gulfstream V......"

"To put it simply, it's to completely suppress the Gulfstream V in terms of range, space, speed and comfort, right?" Lin Hongfei interrupted him and said.

"That's what it means," Acton was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "But we all know that this is impossible, Gulfstream Aerospace and Cessna Aircraft Company have their own strengths, and they also have their own weaknesses, we don't think there is any need to develop a model that comprehensively surpasses the Gulfstream V, that would be too expensive, as long as we can surpass the Gulfstream V in terms of speed, we can sell this aircraft similar to the Gulfstream V, even if it doesn't have much space and the range is not far enough." ”

Lin Hongfei nodded, "And then?" ”

"What else can there be," Acton smiled bitterly, "because I was the most vocal in this opposition, I was fired from the company, in the words of you Chinese, I am a chicken, the role is to kill the monkeys, let the monkeys know that the end of disobedience is the same as the end of my chicken." ”

What does the phrase "killing chickens and monkeys" make you translate?! Lin Hongfei slandered in his heart, but in the end he didn't stop, "But it seems that Cessna Aircraft Company has launched the aircraft development plan you mentioned, and it seems that the name of the new aircraft is Citation X." ”

When he said this, he could still be entangled in his heart when he linked to the background of these major business jet companies in the United States: several famous business jet manufacturers in the United States. Isn't all of them inseparable from those defense giants in the United States?

The well-known Hawker Beechcraft is a subsidiary of Raytheon, a well-known American defense contractor; The big boss of Gulfstream is Northrop, the world's third-largest defense company. Grumman, the world's largest manufacturer of radar and warships; The big boss of Cessna, the boss of the world's business jets and business jets, is General Dynamics, a major defense contractor in the United States; Bombardier and the well-known U.S. defense contractor Pratt. Whitney had an inexplicable relationship...... Which of these companies that are thriving in the United States doesn't have a big backer behind them?

I don't have a backer, and I have nothing. Or an outsider who will definitely be bullied at that time, can the plan in his heart really work?

"Yes, they started the award X plan again, and invited me to go back and participate in this project, but I will never go back, I will always remember how I was thrown out like a dog," Acton's eyes were full of hatred, "The moment I was thrown out like a dog by Cessna Aircraft, I swore that if I was given a chance, I would develop an aircraft that was better than all Cessna and Gulfstream!" ”

"Isn't it?" Lin Hongfei was stunned, his eyes widened in surprise, and he pointed to his nose, "So you fell in love with me?" Oh, is it my TU-134B? You've just said all this just to prove to me what you're capable of? ”

"Or is there another explanation?" Acton raised his head and looked at Lin Hongfei, with a trace of stubborn pleading in the depths of his eyes that was not easy to find, "After hearing what you said just now, I knew that this is my best chance to take revenge, you are a smart person who really understands airplanes." (To be continued......)