Chapter 717: Wang Bin is talking about feelings
"Yes, about 4.5 grams of gold per tonne of ore. Wuyang, you are a true friend, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ā
"Wang Bin, you still don't know me, I am like this to my brothers, not to you alone."
Wang Bin said: "I know now. In the past, I didn't have any opinions on you, but I was mainly unconvinced, thinking that our knowledge and martial arts were similar, and you shouldn't be the boss, so I'll work for you. Now I've figured it out. Wuyang, I can't go back to your company, I want to cooperate with you to mine a few more veins. ā
Wuyang said: "I'm afraid this won't work." Xie Daxia, they are all brothers, and they have been with me for so many years, so I have to give them some too. ā
"Okay, then I won't say anything. What kind of dishes do you eat, do you order it yourself or do I serve it? ā
"You're done."
Wang Bin went to arrange the dishes, came back and sat down and said: "Wuyang, I still have no bottom for gold mining, are you suing me?" ā
"There's nothing to worry about, it's like mining tungsten. But at that time, you were only in charge of production, not sales, and now you have to take care of everything. You should have some people under you, let them take charge of their part, and you should only take care of the people. You're sure to know all of this. ā
"Is the need for personnel similar to tungsten mining?"
"The personnel on the production line are almost the same, but the supply line is relatively long, and the distance to transport the products back is much farther."
Wang Bin said: "That's nothing, send the products back, you can bring grain and vegetables over, and the meat can be purchased locally." We can also cultivate the land ourselves. Produce some grains, Chinese cabbage, potatoes, onions, etc. The workers are all migrant workers. They grow vegetables in their spare time, so I just buy them from them. ā
Wuyang smiled: "You are really calculating, you have even thought of these." ā
Wang Bin said: "I was okay some time ago, so I learned about the situation over there and pondered some things. Okay, the fish is ready, let's eat. ā
What was served was all fish from the Goddess Lake. Boiled, braised in yellow, steamed, and fish fillet hot pot, Park Soon-young and the others ate heartily and praised them.
Wuyang knew that the fish here did taste different, so he wanted to make it at home and eat it often, "Wang Bin, do you catch a lot of fish now?" ā
Wang Bin said: "I am now buying fish from your people, although those people are still fishing, but the boss is not me." ā
"Okay, I want them to bring me fish to my house, and you can help me find someone. I'll arrange it. ā
Wu Zhiya said: "Wuyang, we always have someone to stay at home. Let's find something to do, and we'll pick up the fish in two days. ā
"No, I don't worry about you coming out, now the car accident is fiercer than a tiger."
Wang Bin said: "Wuyang, you don't have to come forward, you still buy it from them in my name, and then send it over." In your case, the less people know, the more security you have. ā
Wuyang said: "Let you buy it, isn't it a joke?" My own personnel fished, but you bought it for me. ā
"We're not here for safety, so don't talk too much. Wuyang, your kindness to me, can this little fish make up for it? This goddess lake resort was originally on the verge of bankruptcy, and the villa couldn't be sold, but you lent a helping hand and brought me back to life, and I still had a profit. This time I went to Mongolia to mine the mine, do you think I don't know, people cooperate with you, the dividend is 5%, I said I want the vein, you didn't say a word, isn't this all your thoughts of our affection? In fact, I will not be so greedy, if the gold content of the ore is average, I want 50%, at most 60%, and I will be satisfied. ā
"Wang Bin, you can send the fish, we have agreed on the matter of mining the mine, and we can't change it. If you don't want it, donate it to the country to build an aircraft carrier, or donate it to out-of-school children in poor areas. ā
Wang Bin said: "I don't want to be famous either, so I'll give it to my uncle's foundation." Wuyang, is it going to the aviation city today? ā
"Yes, there is something to deal with, I will go back in the evening, you prepare dozens of catties of fish for me, and I will take it with me when I come back."
"No problem, what fish do you want?"
"It's best to call catfish, mandarin fish, and yellow ducks wild fish, grass carp, carp, silver carp, and bighead carp don't want it, can you catch it?"
"Not necessarily, if you have, I'll give it all to you. Do you go to the resort to have a look? Now that a lot of people have moved over, the institute has already started to conduct research. ā
"It's still early, let's go and have a look."
Wang Bin said: "I will also go over and contact the fishermen, you can go and see yours." ā
The resort has been brought to life, the parking lot is full of cars, there are security guards standing guard at the gate, and the goddess lake resort above the lintel of the gate has been replaced by the "Dawn Group Aviation City Research Institute", because it is noon, there are people resting and chatting under the ginkgo tree and osmanthus tree.
Wuyang said to the security guard: "I am Li Wuyang, how can I find the person in charge of the research institute?" ā
The security guard said, "I don't know, I'll find someone to ask you." Xiang Gong, the guest wants to find the person in charge, do you know? The security guard shouted to the people chatting under the tree.
Xiang Gong approached, and at noon, it turned out to be an acquaintance, Xiang Fuhui, who came to the aviation city with Wang Xia, and after a few years, Xiao Xiang has become much more mature.
Seeing that it was the afternoon sun, Xiao Xiang hurriedly walked a few steps, "Boss, we haven't seen each other for a few years, I heard that you are rising step by step, we are all happy for you." ā
"Xiang Gong, these years must have been fruitful, right?"
"It's nothing, but under the guidance of old experts and professors, I did some work within my ability, to be exact, I learned a lot. The year before last, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, our institute was able to confer doctoral degrees, and I became one of the first people to confer doctoral degrees. Going to Rawls again? Royce has just returned to China after two years of further study at the Engine Research Institute. ā
"Okay, you are now a rich five cars, you can contribute to the company's production of turbofan engines, right?"
Xiang Gong said: "Our company has no problem producing turbofan engines now, whether it is Rawls? Royce is still a turbofan engine in Russia, Ukraine and other countries. It's ready to be produced. The company has recently assembled passenger aircraft and transport aircraft. They all use their own engines, and test flights have shown that our engines are not worse than theirs at all. ā
"Then we won't have to buy it in the future, and we can even sell it."
"Boss, these engines are all imitations, we don't have independent intellectual property rights, we can use them ourselves, and assembling aircraft can reduce costs. But we can't sell it to the outside world, otherwise people will sue us, and we will definitely not issue a license for the aircraft we assemble again, and we will produce it, and we can only use it ourselves, and we can't sell it. ā
"What then?"
"We can only find a way in other ways. One is to manufacture other spare parts of the aircraft by itself to reduce the manufacturing cost of the aircraft that has been ordered; The second is to develop different types of engines by themselves. ā
"Didn't all the planes ordered have spare parts from Boeing and Airbus? Will they be able to allow us to produce our own? Wuyang said this on purpose, to see how much Xiang Fuhui knew about the company's production.
Xiang Gong said with a smile: "The boss thinks that the spare parts produced by us can only assemble our own aircraft, right?" ā
"That's right. I've always thought so. ā
"Not really. Boeing and Airbus make airplanes, and spare parts are also purchased. Commercial aircraft are international products, partners, suppliers and OEMs are located all over the world, and the price of the product is also public, and we buy it the same as Boeing. We buy their planes because airlines trust them and are willing to buy their planes. We are now borrowing their brand, the aircraft produced are used by our own airlines, who use spare parts, they don't care, and we can't care about the customer service and support of the aircraft, we can do it ourselves, we don't have to rely on them. ā
Wuyang said: "So, we just spent money to buy a birth certificate with them?" Then after our purchase contract is completed, we can assemble the aircraft with our own spare parts, right? ā
"In theory, it works, but in practice it works if we just use it ourselves. We use it to fly domestic routes, and no one cares about it, the former USSR, and now Russia are like that. The various standards and norms used in the whole life cycle of commercial aircraft are formulated internationally, and we in China have not reached a bilateral agreement with the FAA and EASA on the airworthiness certification of 25 parts, and have no right to speak. ā
Wuyang said with a smile: "If it is still a planned economy, and the state orders that we can only buy large aircraft produced by ourselves, then our aircraft will not be able to be sold, but it's a pity." ā
Xiang Gong said: "It's a pity that there is no zĆ i. If our big planes surpass them in every way, the price is lower than theirs, and the customer service and support are better than theirs, we are not afraid of no customers. Boss, although I am engaged in aviation, I am not very optimistic about the future of this kind of aircraft with average performance. ā
"Why?"
"The rapid development of high-speed railways in the world is a big impact on the aviation industry. For example, in Lujiang, we take a plane to the capital, it takes an hour to go to the airport, but also an hour in advance, not counting factors such as plane delays, it takes at least 4 and a half hours to get to the capital, if the high-speed rail is opened in the future, that is, 4 hours, the fare is half cheaper, will you be willing to take a plane? I don't think necessarily, now that the opening of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, everyone chooses high-speed rail, which is a good example. ā
"According to what you say, don't do big planes?"
"No, for example, when you go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the western part of the country, you still have to take a plane, and when you go abroad, you still have to take a plane. So this brings me to my second question, which is that we need to develop an aircraft with better performance. ā
"Is it your own idea, or is it the idea of your research institute?"
"It is our consensus, and it is also the direction of development of the aircraft. Now the trunk line of large aircraft, the cruising speed is generally 800 kilometers per hour, if improve the engine performance, improve the structure of the aircraft, increase the speed to 5 times the speed of sound, 10 times the speed of sound, from China to Europe, the Americas, it will only take a short time, at that time people do not want to give us a certificate is not good, people will also line up to buy our aircraft, don't you say? ā
"Is this possible?"
"Of course. Boss, I'll take you to the real yĆ n room, please take a look at our scramjet engine and pulse detonation wave engine. Phased progress has been made. Especially pulse detonation wave engines. Single-tube engine. The performance is comparable to that of today's fighter engines, and the twin tubes are more than a turbofan engine. We have reached the experimental stage of 24 tubes in parallel, and if we build it into an engine, it can be installed on a drone for test flights. What is lacking now is the materials for the production of such engines. ā
"What kind of materials do you need?"
"It is also a metal material, the melting point is several times that of titanium alloy, and it can withstand the high temperature and high pressure of pulse detonation waves, but these metals are difficult to find. And the price is high. ā
"You just tell me what my name is, and I'll find out."
"I don't know, let the professor tell you when the time comes. It's not very urgent now, and there are still some technical problems that have not been solved. ā
"I'll have something to do, can't I go see it now?"
"The key to the real yĆ n room is in the hands of the two old professors, and they have to rest at noon, so they can't wake them up."
Wuyang smiled: "The confidentiality measures are still so strict?" ā
"I have to do this, spies are everywhere now, even if they are their own people, they may also be bought."
"Xiang Gong. How is our company's relationship with the military? ā
"Now the Air Force has set up a military representative office in the company, at the division level. The fourth-generation fighter produced by the company has been recognized by the Military Representative Office, but it still needs to make some slight improvements, and it is estimated that it will soon be recognized by the military. More advanced fifth-generation fighters are also under development. After the successful development of our pulse-detonation wave engine, the Second Artillery Corps will also set up a military representative office, and the country's cruise missiles also need such an engine. ā
"You can still build engines for cruise missiles?"
Xiang Gong smiled and said: "Boss, don't underestimate us, we are a research institute that is at the forefront of the world, and there is no one in China who can compare with us." We are not well-known in China because we ourselves are unwilling to publicize it, and the officials deliberately keep us low-key. Lao Tzu said: The sharp weapon of the country cannot be shown to others. The Air Force Military Representative Office also said that even if the fighters are purchased from us in the future, they will not publicize where they are procured, so that the world can guess which aircraft manufacturing company's products are the products. ā
Wuyang said: "Okay, our country is not rich, many people's livelihood problems have no financial resources to solve, and it is impossible to invest too much in the development of fighters and commercial aircraft, so we will rely on our own strength to make some efforts for the country's aviation industry." Although there may be no return now, in the future, when the country is strong, or there is a war, the country's orders will be tilted in our favor. ā
Xiang Gong said: "Boss, the current situation, only our company can do this, we are a real market economy, just like Western countries, the company develops, the military places orders, no matter whether the military wants it or not, the research and development work cannot be stopped, otherwise it will withdraw from this field." ā
"It's a pity that other companies are funded by the state, and there is no real competition mechanism, if there are a few private companies like us, the competition is fierce, and it is more beneficial to upgrade products and manufacture products with better performance."
"Yes, there is no competition, higher performance, more perfect products will not come out, not only do we have no income, but we don't even have the hope of income, if there is a problem with the funds, our enthusiasm will gradually cool, slowly, we have to run behind people's butts again."
Wuyang said: "You are right, although our company can deal with a small-scale economic crisis, but in the face of a global economic crisis, of course, we can only consider cutting down enterprises that only have input but no output. I thought about it, at present, if the company wants to make more income, it can only produce transport aircraft, as well as tankers and AWACS aircraft that the military needs. Xiang Gong, how are these aspects of the company? ā
"We are already producing transport aircraft, and there are two types of aircraft, one is an ordinary commercial transport aircraft, and the other is a strategic transport aircraft that the military needs. The commercial transport aircraft is a replica of the C-17, which is the most technologically advanced transport aircraft in the United States, with a carrying capacity of 170 tons and a range of up to 5,000 kilometers. The strategic transport aircraft is a copy of the Ukrainian An-225, with a take-off weight of 600 tons, 6 turbofan engines, and a range of more than 4,000 kilometers. If there is a war in the South China Sea, you can fly over and back with an airdrop, and if you provide in-flight refueling, you can fly anywhere in the world. ā
Wuyang asked: "The transport aircraft does not need a license, and the turbofan engine we produce can be installed in a grand manner." ā
"Not only the engine, other spare parts can be installed, our spare parts self-production rate has reached 80%, as long as it is not exported, there is no problem at all."
"We can use our own airlines, we need to use oil and mines in Siberia, we plan to use submarine mines in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and we need a lot of and fast transportation to extract oil in the South China Sea, but unfortunately there are no airports there now, and now we may have to build airports for large aircraft to take off and land."
"The South China Sea is so big, it definitely won't work without a big airport."
"How's the helicopter going?"
"The helicopter is a copy of the Hornet and a light one, and now it is being tested every day and should be ready for mass production. But there was no market. ā
"If there is no market, we use it ourselves, and production cannot be stopped."
"Boss, we've been talking for so long, let's go have tea."
"Don't drink anymore, I'd better go to the aviation city, don't delay your work."
When I drove off, I received a call from Hainie, "Wuyang, we all went to bed and got up, why haven't you arrived yet?" ā
"Don't worry, the plane is going to be fully inspected for a test flight, and it won't be able to leave today anyway."
"The mechanics have carried out a full inspection, there are no problems, the test pilots are ready to leave today, you better hurry up."
"Okay, you get the scales and vehicles ready at the warehouse, and I'll be there shortly."
When I arrived at the aviation city, I didn't get to the office building, at the end of the runway in front, on the edge of Mingyue Lake, a helipad was built, and three planes were parked on it, one Boeing, two Airbus, Wuyang estimated, an Airbus should be a test flight from Europe.
Park the car in front of the hotel building and call Hennie, who is out quickly. "Have you eaten?" Hennie asked. This is not a polite word from the Chinese, because they came from home at noon, and it takes time on the road.
"Have you eaten it, are it all arranged?"
"Alright, let's go to the warehouse." When I got in the car, it was full of people, Hainie greeted everyone, and then had a wet kiss with Wuyang.
"Zhiya, haven't you been here?"
"Nope. Wuyang, such a big aviation city, did you build it? ā
Wuyang said, "This is where my hope lies. ā
Hainie said: "Zhiya, what you see is only the tip of the iceberg of the aviation city, you can drive around when we are busy." ā
Park Soon-young said, "Hae-nie, do you know English?" ā
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"We have also learned English, but we rarely have the opportunity to speak, and we don't know if we can speak it well or not, so let's talk in English in the future." (To be continued......)
PS: Happy New Year, Wishing you prosperity.