Chapter 168: Purchase Advice
"However, together with Japan's war, what China needs most is its international allies, and looking at the whole world, the United States is the most important thing that can really form an alliance with China.
Kong Caishen was also stunned, he really didn't expect Liu Yun to think so far-reachingly, he also knew that Lao Jiang said that it was the localization of operating aircraft, but in fact, he was also a little secretly drumming, so he asked him to discuss with Liu Daguan in advance, according to the most ideal plan, it is best to account for half at home and half abroad.
Kong Caishen thought about it for a long time before he asked very hesitantly, "Yicheng, don't you really think about it, contracting a part of the operating aircraft, there is actually another layer of concern, that is, to prevent the infiltration of hostile airlines, after all, you are still trustworthy by your own people."
Liu Yun smiled slightly, straightened his body slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and said confidently, "I didn't say that I wouldn't participate, if the ratio was rigidly stipulated at the beginning, the Americans are not stupid, and they will naturally not do their best when they do things, if they don't do their best, what will we do with their planes."
He is good at finance and politics, but he is not familiar with the aircraft industry, so he is ashamed to ask, "Yicheng, according to your opinion, which company should we look for, what kind of aircraft should we buy?" ”
Liu Yun quickly found out the profiles of the three companies from a pile of materials, which were Douglas Corporation, Lockheed Corporation and Boeing Aircraft Company, and explained the reasons one by one, "Douglas is developing the DC-3 passenger aircraft, which will be the best aircraft for aviation operation."
Liu Yun glanced at Kong Caishen and recommended it very carefully, "The potential of this aircraft is considerable, it is recommended that it is best to introduce technology, and set up the aircraft manufacturing plant in the city, and the number of purchases is set at 100, it is best to assemble them all in Huaxia, and the cost of a single aircraft is recommended not to exceed 100,000 US dollars."
Subsequently, Liu Yun pointed to Lockheed Corporation and said very casually, "This company's aircraft are not very good, only the L-10 is barely qualified at present, and it is recommended to cooperate with them in the research and development of new fighters in the name of purchasing passenger aircraft, and of course, you can also buy some L-10 and the like."
Kong Caishen was also stunned, he never expected Liu Yun to comment on Lockheed like this, but he also heard that this aircraft company is not very good at the moment, but in the future, it still has some potential in terms of fighter jets, so he kept Liu Daguanren's words in mind.
In the end, he took out the Boeing Aircraft Company, Liu Yun flicked the profile in his hand, and seemed to be a little uncertain, "This company is the company we really need, and it launched the Boeing-247 passenger plane in 1933, but as soon as the DC-3 passenger plane comes out, it will be swept into the dust of history."
Kong Caishen smiled, unmoved, drinking tea and waiting for someone's next words, Liu Yun was not trying to promote the first system, but while talking, thinking about the information of the Boeing Company, because just by the introduction in his hand, he couldn't see the actual situation at all, and finally had to guess randomly.
"Over the years, Boeing has been eating the old Boeing-247 on the surface, but it's not all right, if you guess correctly, they are developing a large bomber, which was a tender issued by the US military in 1934 last year, codenamed B-17, nicknamed Flying Fortress."
Kong Caishen was also shocked, this guy is too bullish, even the United States military secrets are well known, in a blink of an eye, the United States is a democratic country, there are no secrets at all, these secrets may have already spread, Liu Yun only came back from the United States in 1934, it is not surprising to know some.
There is no need for Liu Yun to explain in detail, Kong Caishen also understands that it is probably a good thing to make this guy so affectionate, but how to get it back from the United States is very particular, but for a politician, there are too many means available, just to see if it is worth it.
Having said that, Kong Caishen is already satisfied, and the rest of the things are much easier, his face is no longer ugly, but he smiles like a flower, the more he looks at Liu Yun, the more he likes it, and for a while he has the feeling of having a child, which makes a certain prospective son-in-law a little flattered.
At this time, Kong Yuling came in to spread the word, saying that Major General Qin Guodong was in the hall, in order to ask to see Kong Caishen, Liu Yun was stunned, fortunately he did not go to Hanyang Arsenal, otherwise he would go in vain, Minister Kong did not care, the arrival of this person seemed to be in his expectation.
Kong Caishen seemed to be very happy, and he couldn't be reserved for a while, and pulled Liu Yun to the hall, but Kong Yuling was very surprised, it was too strange that these two would-be sons-in-law had reconciled so quickly, in her memory, it was the first time for his father to do this, and Liu Daguan looked at her helplessly.
Kong Yuling hurriedly lowered her head, deliberately pretending not to see it, but her heart was sweet, knowing that her marriage with Liu Yun had been approved by her father, and the rest depended on how she and Liu Daguan went on, seeing that it was almost noon, she hurriedly prepared lunch.
Seeing Liu Yun here, Major General Qin was also surprised, but he has been in the army and politics for many years, and his kung fu has already been perfected, even if he has something in his heart, he is not in shape, but he is very disciplined and respectful of public and private, and he salutes Kong Caishen very friendly, and then greets Liu Daguan.
Finding Kong Caishen is generally a matter of money, Qin Guodong is no exception, he did come to ask for money, it is also related to airlines, Lao Jiang means to let the West Sichuan County Aircraft Factory transfer part of the technology, so that Hanyang Ordnance can also produce aircraft, of course, it is the future aviation operation aircraft.
Once the production and operation of aircraft, it is inevitable to recruit people and buy equipment, as well as the purchase of related raw materials, etc., all of which require money, and a lot of money, which is why the reason for coming to Confucius to worship the door, Kong Caishen is not shy about it, and the reason is roughly explained.
Liu Yun and Major General Qin nodded again and again, glanced at each other, and both greatly admired Lao Kong's judgment, and finally Kong Caishen decided to allocate 1 million silver dollars as a preliminary preparation fund for aircraft production, and will undertake part of the assembly and manufacturing tasks, and is currently mainly cooperating with German consultants.
"Cooperate with German consultants", needless to say, is to assist the Germans in the production of the Hanyang version of the small leopard tank, in the Qin Guodong and Kong Caishen, last time they were able to make a leopard tank, this nearly 40-ton big guy, now this more than 20 tons of small tank, is naturally a trivial matter, and I didn't care too much about this problem, thinking that the Hanyang Arsenal just did a good job of supporting work.
Now that the appropriation has been completed and the future work arrangements are also appropriate, Director Qin is naturally ready to leave, but before he can speak, Kong Yuling came over to inform everyone that it was time for lunch, and Major General Qin did not hesitate, because he still wanted to catch up with Liu Yun, so he stayed, Kong Caishen was a little surprised, and the generals generally did not want to get too close to him.
As soon as lunch was over, Kong Caishen went back to the bedroom to rest, Liu Yun and Qin Guodong chatted on the lawn outside the house, Kong Yuling brought tea and water to everyone, but it was the appearance of a virtuous wife, Major General Qin seemed to have something, so to make a long story short, he focused on asking about the West Sichuan County Arsenal.
Liu Yun did not shy away from it, and briefly talked about cement plants, steel plants, mines, hydropower stations, railways and machinery factories, as well as the international airport under construction, which made Qin Guodong feel a lot of emotion, this is a real self-made man, and between the words, the envy is undoubtedly exposed.
Liu Daguan didn't care about this, but complained again and again, saying that the poor people in western Sichuan County were poor and lacked everything, especially the lack of engineering and technical personnel.
Liu Yun is not an unreasonable person, he means that the joint research and development committee, especially the members of the "two institutes and six groups", will all be transferred back to West Sichuan County, Qin Guodong is still smiling and silent, he is the deputy director of the committee, and he is clear about the ability of these people, and the Hanyang Arsenal is about to face, and the matter of operating aircraft maintenance and manufacturing is naturally short of manpower, how can it be easy to release people.
Later, Liu Yun also understood, he had to give up on the matter of transferring people, in the final analysis, he was too greedy, but the Germans were about to send a group of experts, this can be discussed with Qin Guodong, and the director of the Qin factory was not ambiguous, and agreed without hesitation to build a new aircraft factory in the city.
Qin Guodong is a busy man, after saying everything, he left Kong's villa, Liu Yun and Kong Yuling finally had time alone, these two did not stay at home, but drove a car, went to Kong's Airport together, and casually inspected the China United Pharmaceutical Factory.
Because of the car, the 1.5 square kilometers of the factory, it is still easy to walk, less than two hours, they stopped near the Dragon King Temple, then the two began to whisper, did not expect to say a few words, they found that in many things, they have each other's hearts.
Then the two of them stopped talking, but quietly snuggled together, until the sun went down, afraid that Kong Caishen would have an opinion, so they slowly walked back to the villa, as for the car when they came, they were thrown here at will, these years and months the car is a luxury, it is useless to steal it, and it is not a rich and expensive family, and they dare not buy it at all, who dares to mess around and wait for jail.
When I returned home, I found that Kong Caishen went to Wuchang, according to the reaction of the servants of the villa, it was still invited by the Hubei Provincial Government personnel in person, as for the specific time of return, Mrs. Kong did not explain, Liu Yun and Miss Kong were happy for a while, and finally no one came to get in the way.
Liu Yun woke up at noon the next day, after all the trivial matters were done, and he was about to go for a walk in the field with Kong Yuling, when suddenly the guards of the pharmaceutical factory came to report that a German warship had come from the private dock of the pharmaceutical factory, ready to unload a large object, saying that it was a military secret.
Liu Yun was also stunned, and before he could react, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, knowing that the long-awaited thing had finally arrived, and pulled Kong Yuling to go out, Miss Kong was the first time, and she was so happy to see this guy, so she didn't ask much, and drove straight to Kong's dock with the guards.
Before arriving at the dock, I saw a destroyer, there was a group of German sailors, unloading an object of four or five meters in size, looking at the force of the steel cable, it should not be too heavy, ready to carry this object, it is the famous American ten-wheeled truck, which can carry 2.5 tons of cargo.
Before the car stopped, someone had already ordered Zhi Brain to detect this object as soon as possible, and the German sailors saw the arrival of the car, so they took the initiative to come over and ask, Liu Yun found that the German lieutenant colonel who led the team was a little familiar, and Zhi Brain immediately reminded that it was Michel, an engine expert.