When he came to General Yang Lane again, David Yu still stood at the door with a smile on his face to greet him, and Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou were also there. It wasn't until everyone was polite and entered the small conference room of the Ordnance Industry Department that Philip noticed that there was an unfamiliar face in the conference room.

David Yu hurriedly introduced: "Mr. Philip, this is Director Huang Bingheng of the Aviation Administration of our Ministry of Military Affairs, because this time we will negotiate and negotiate on the cooperation of aircraft factories, so our Director Huang, as a technical expert of the Ministry of Military Affairs in charge of aviation industry and aviation affairs, will also participate in this meeting!" ”

Huang Bingheng is a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang. In his early years, he studied at Chongxin Middle School in Ningbo, later entered the Yantai Naval School, and went to the American Aviation School in 1920 to study aviation technology. In 1922, he returned to China as Sun Yat-sen's attendant, and was soon ordered to establish an aviation school. In 1924, he served as an instructor and captain of the aircraft team and the principal of the Guangdong Aviation School. and for a time acted as the director of the Aviation Bureau. In 1926, he was appointed Chief of the Aviation Division of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army. In the autumn of 1929, he was appointed captain of the aviation team of the Central Army Military Academy. On September 20 of the same year, he was appointed deputy director of the Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs. On 6 July 1931, he was promoted to Director of Aviation.

At first glance, when he saw that the boss of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex who came to China to invest in the construction of an aircraft factory turned out to be such a young foreigner, Huang Bingheng was also a little stunned, but fortunately, he was also a person who had gone through strong winds and waves, so he immediately reacted and stood up enthusiastically to greet Philip, Philip also saw that the other party probably did not expect to negotiate with a young boss in his twenties, but now he is used to this situation, no matter where he goes, others will be surprised by his youth. According to common sense, the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry Union is now an increasingly influential ordnance enterprise, and it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to call it an ordnance giant, how can its boss be a middle-aged or more talent, right?

After the two of them shook hands politely. David Yu hurriedly introduced Anna to Huang Bingheng, and now Anna is already the head of the Chinese branch of Dragon Soul Ordnance, Huang Bingheng is even more surprised, just a young boss, even the person in charge of the Chinese branch of Dragon Soul Ordnance is a younger and more beautiful foreign woman. How could this not shock Huang Bingheng! He thought to himself that this Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry is full of young people, on the other hand, whether it is a domestic ordnance enterprise or a government official, they are all older people, and they really can't be compared.

The personnel of both sides are now all present, and of course, there are only two people in the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex. On the Chinese side, Lieutenant General Dai Yulong, chief counselor of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Major Bai Wanrou, commissioner of the General Affairs Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Lieutenant General Yu Dawei, director of the Ordnance Industry Administration under the Ministry of Military Affairs, Major General Li Chenggan, deputy director of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Lieutenant General Huang Bingheng, director of the Aviation Administration. It's a two-on-five negotiating board. However, among the five people on the Chinese side, Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou are biased towards Philip.

Of course, Dai Yulong, Yu Dawei, and Huang Bingheng had already been instructed by the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Military Affairs before the meeting, and they had a bottom line, but they must take advantage of the other party as much as possible in the negotiations and gain more benefits for themselves, and this is what any negotiator must have. The bottom line given by the Executive Yuan is that the two sides must cooperate in the form of joint ventures. And not allowing the Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium to build a wholly-owned factory, which is a common practice in any era. On the one hand, this is because on the one hand, the joint venture factory can learn advanced foreign technology and turn it into China's own technology, and on the other hand, this kind of munitions enterprise must be strictly monitored by the country, and only by adopting the method of joint venture can it control this kind of munitions enterprise as much as possible, and even generally speaking, the domestic government can hold more than 50 percent of the shares, so that it can control this enterprise.

The bottom line given by the Executive Yuan is that the Chinese side holds 49%. Dragon Soul accounts for 51%. Of course, they took a fancy to a series of advanced technologies of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, which they urgently needed, and in order to obtain these advanced technologies, they had to give up some things. However, the Executive Yuan also wants to have a controlling stake in the Chinese side as much as possible, so they asked Dai Yulong to increase the proportion of Chinese investment to about 55% as much as possible. If it is really difficult for the other party to win, the proportion can be relaxed to 51% of the opponent, which is the final bottom line.

For the Chinese side, since the establishment of the Nanjing government, great attention has been paid to the development of the military and civil aviation industry, as well as civil aviation. In the more than a year since the establishment of the Aviation Administration in the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Air Force has undergone major adjustments in its organizational structure, training management, and educational institutions. In September 1932, the Aviation School of the Ministry of Military Affairs was expanded into the Central Aviation School, which laid a solid foundation for the improvement of teaching and training levels. Compared with the same level of the Army, the military salary is about two levels higher, and the total salary of the pilot is increased by 50 per cent according to the total salary of the same rank, and the food is supervised and managed by a special aviation medical officer.

The Nanjing government has also realized that aviation has always been a complex, high-tech industry, whether the air force is strong or not, and whether the civil aviation industry is good or not can not be determined by training pilots alone, mechanical repair, command personnel, ground navigation, logistics supply, and even the most basic aviation industry level are all crucial, without the support of these behind-the-scenes strength, a country's aviation level will certainly not be improved. In order to cultivate more aviation talents, in 1930, several national schools with a good industrial foundation in China gradually opened aviation courses. In 1931, the Jianqiao Aviation School of the Ministry of Military Affairs was also established, which was responsible for training pilots.

China's first formal aircraft factory was the Naval Aircraft Engineering Office established by the Admiralty of the Beiyang Government in Mawei, Fujian Province in 1918, which was famous for manufacturing seaplanes using domestic wooden materials, and its employees once grew to 300. In the more than 10 years since the establishment of the factory, it has successively trial-produced a variety of models such as trainers, reconnaissance, and bombing, but due to financial difficulties, it has never been mass-produced. In 1927, the factory began to design and manufacture aircraft, and successively designed and manufactured more than 60 "Yangcheng" trainer planes, destroyers, and bombers for use in military units and aviation schools.

However, China's aviation industry has always been in a relatively backward state, basically copying foreign backward models, and key parts and materials need to be imported. This time, Dragon Soul Ordnance is willing to come to China to invest in the construction of an aircraft factory, how can the Nanjing government not be ecstatic? Dai Yulong had already reported on a series of advanced weapons and equipment exhibited at the second Stockholm International Defense Exhibition, especially several advanced aircraft and engines. For the Executive Yuan and its subordinate Ministry of Military Affairs, this is nothing less than a pie in the sky, how can they let go of this good opportunity to make China's aviation industry and China's weapons industry rise! (To be continued......)

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