After the rolls-Royce company thought that the operation of this matter should be very simple, they revealed their thoughts through some special channels, and firmly believed that when they showed their intention to "help" them deliver this batch of "Spey" engines, the Chinese would be ecstatic and take the initiative to contact themselves, but the reality disappointed them, and they were disappointed by the fact that they had been waiting from mid-to-late October to late December, which was about to be Christmas, and the Chinese did not contact them, as if the Chinese were completely unaware of such a thing.

Faced with this unexpected situation, the directors of rolls-Royce were a little unable to sit still, and once again asked the intermediary they were looking for to verify: "Did you disclose this news to the Chinese?" ”

"Of course! I told them right away, how could I not be interested in such a big deal? The middleman shouted one after another: if the deal goes through, he can get a 2% rake, although this proportion does not seem high, but the total amount is as high as 1.2 million pounds, which is not a small amount, how can the middleman not care?

This is strange, and the directors of Rolls-Royce suddenly panicked: what is the reason why the Chinese are so calm?

In their previous assumptions, the Chinese were in urgent need of this batch of "Spey" MK202 engines, and when these engines were detained by the British government under various names, they jumped up and down, angrily seeking help from various channels, which also proved this, but now, the Chinese suddenly became not in a hurry, what happened?

"Have you heard anything lately? Related to the Chinese, such as the Chinese are in contact with Russians, Ukrainians or Belarusians. Trying to bring in engines and something like that from them. After a deep sigh, Norton asked the intermediary, he was sure that there must be something wrong with this.

"This kind of news? No," the middleman's voice was extremely sure, "During this time, the Chinese seem to have allocated an engine research and development fund to the AVIC Group II, which has just completed the reorganization, does it have anything to do with this?" ”

AVIC Group? Yes, Norton remembered this, and at the beginning of December, the Second Group of the Republic Aviation Industry was officially announced. Although the details of this are unknown, Norton knows that the joint-stock company, which was actually established on the basis of the aviation division of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., is very technically strong, and the localization of the Chinese "Spey" MK202 engine has also been handed over to them...... Realizing this, Norton's heart suddenly froze: Could it be that Lin Hongfei already has the method and confidence to realize the localization of the "Spey" MK202 engine in a short period of time. Otherwise, how does this explain the calmness of the Chinese?

If that's the case, then it's a real problem!

"Wait a minute. I'll answer the phone. "When Norton was thinking about it. The phone on the middleman's side rang suddenly. When you're talking to me, you even dare to answer someone's call?! Mr. Norton was furious, but the anger in his heart was immediately extinguished by the next sentence of the intermediary, "This call is from my informant in the Republic." ”

Hearing this, Norton no longer had a trace of opinion.

A moment later. The voice of the intermediary rang out again, but it was different from just now, this time, the voice of the intermediary became very rapid and excited. "Mr. Norton, this news I received has nothing to do with the Chinese for what they have to do with you, 500,000 pounds!"

"You vampire!" Norton gritted his teeth suddenly: dare to sell 500,000 pounds for a piece of information? These damned intelligence mongers and middlemen!

He wanted to hang up the phone without hesitation, but the problem was that he really didn't dare, and after a little contemplation, Norton gritted his teeth and said, "200,000 pounds, it can't be more!" ”

"£400,000, or I'll sell this news to 10 Downing Street, and you rolls-Royce will wait for the Prime Minister's wrath...... You just let the tens of millions of pounds of trade fly away. The intermediary said confidently, and he seemed confident that Norton would accede to his request.

"Deal! £400,000 is £400,000, but you'd better pray that your intelligence is really worth £400,000, or I'll throw you into a crematorium and burn you to ashes!" Norton gritted his teeth and said, this feeling of being threatened made him extremely unhappy.

"Of course," the middleman on the other end of the line chuckled, as if he was confident in the value of his intelligence, "Mr. Norton, you think the £400,000 is worth it...... I just received inside information that the Chinese are secretly in contact with the Russians, preparing to introduce a batch of RD-33 turbofan engines from the Russians to replace your second-hand 'Spey' MK202 engines. ”

"What?! The Chinese are ready to replace our 'Spey' with RD-33 ?! The middleman's words hit Norton in the head like a bolt from the blue: it was a £400,000 message.

"It's not very clear, but according to our insider, it seems that the Chinese mean that after having the RD-33, they can ensure the power of their 'Flying Leopard' fighter-bombers, and their army's need to get the 'Spey' engine immediately is no longer so urgent, if the goal of introducing the RD-33 can be achieved, they can use the RD-33 and you to slowly delay, as for the future, who knows," the voice of the intermediary was full of indifference and mockery of the British," I've heard from my sources that in order to get your 'Spey' engine, Chinese have made big concessions in many aspects of British dealings, but if they can successfully introduce the RD-33, it will be time for you British to pay their bills...... This is a gift message, no money is charged, and if you want to listen to the following words, you will have to add 100,000 pounds. ”

Damn informants!

If this bastard were standing in front of him now, Norton had no doubt that he would slam his fist in the face: he had blackmailed himself over the head! But at the moment, he can only accept this "blackmail...... Now that £400,000 has already been spent, there is nothing more to spend £100,000.

"Say, as long as it's really worth £100,000, we'll pay for it." These words were squeezed out of between his teeth by Norton gritting his teeth.

As one of the world's top arms giants, the dignified rolls-Royce company naturally doesn't take this money seriously, Norton just can't stand the blackmail of these damned, hyena-like intelligence traffickers, and when this kind of "blackmail" hits the heads of the gentlemen of the British Empire, the feeling begins to be magnified by geometric multiples.

The middlemen are not worried that the rolls-Royce company will cheat and not give money, they eat this bowl of rice, and naturally they have their own confidence: if the rolls-royce company dares to repay the debt for the 100,000 pounds, hmph, do you really think that we don't have the information of your rolls-royce company in our hands? Leaking a little bit casually will cost you rolls-Royce more than just £100,000.

Anyway, both sides have enough confidence, one side is not worried about the other party's own false information, the other side is not worried that the other party will not pay, and at the same time they both have some scruples about the other party, this matter is much easier: according to the rules, one hand to pay and one hand to deliver, it could not be fairer.

"I heard that the Russians are very excited about this matter, and the Klimov Design Bureau is ready to design an upgraded model for the Chinese on the basis of the RD-33, which model has not yet been decided, but in terms of reliability, ease of maintenance and service life are much better than the RD-33 that the Russians are using now."

If the words of the middleman just now were like a thunderbolt on Norton's head, then this sentence is simply a series of thunderbolts on Norton's head!

The RD-33 turbofan engine weighs 1055 kg, the maximum thrust is 5040 kg, and the afterburner thrust is 8300 kg; "Spey" MK202 turbofan engine weighs 1855 kg, the maximum thrust is 5561 kg, afterburner thrust is 9296 kg, if the Chinese FBC-1 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber uses two RD-33 to replace MK202, only two engines can reduce the weight of the aircraft by 1590 kg, although the engine thrust is worse, but these weights are enough to make up for the loss of engine thrust, and even there is a surplus, so that the performance of the FBC-1 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber can be used. Spey's MK202 engine is a bit more powerful.

Of course, this is just paper data, just the simplest data comparison, although from the paper data it seems that RD-33 is much better than the "Spey" MK202 engine, but the measure of the quality of an engine is definitely not only the weight and maximum thrust of these two standards, reliability, easy maintenance and overhaul period is the top priority, especially reliability, RD-33 turbofan engine can be called the worst reliability of the military turbofan engine in the world, and its overhaul period is far from the official propaganda figures, Reliability and ease of maintenance are not comparable to the Spey MK202 engine...... I believe that the third brother has a deep understanding of this...... But if the Klimov Design Bureau designed an improved RD-33 specifically for the Chinese, and made efforts in terms of reliability, ease of maintenance and service life, then the British and rolls-Royce companies used the "Spey" MK202 engine to manipulate the Chinese's plans would have gone bankrupt, and what would the Chinese have to react at that time?

With Chinese's extremely good-faced nature, Norton couldn't even think about how Chinese would take revenge on Britain and Rolls-Royce...... (To be continued......)