Long Yun's speculation is inevitably a little too optimistic.

Next, the two people visited the J-17 for a long time, Liu Wei also dragged the boarding ladder, and Long Yun climbed up to look at the advanced glass cockpit under the overall hatch.

Seeing the entire large display and touch buttons in the cockpit, remembering the dozens of instruments he faced when driving the MIG-29 in a parallel world, as well as the green radar display, Long Yun was quite touched.

It's the difference between the third generation and the fourth generation, and this generation difference is too big!

Before the advent of the assault aircraft, the fourth-generation fighter was still the main force of the Air Force, and its performance was greatly improved compared with the third-generation fighter. Let's just say that the J-17 in front of you, whether it is aerodynamic design, weapon configuration or radar electronic system, is far from being comparable to the third-generation aircraft; Although the maximum speed at Mach 2.2 and the 3,000-kilometer transition range are quite close to those of third-generation aircraft, their actual combat effectiveness is almost an order of magnitude worse.

Take the two generations of fighters of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Company as a comparison, although the J-17 is also a single release and the size is slightly larger, the weight of the whole aircraft is about the same as that of the J-10; That is to say, with a WS-15C engine, you can achieve an air combat thrust-to-weight ratio close to 1.4, plus the drag reduction design with edge delta wings, although it is a double vertical tail, it still has good acceleration. As for the maneuverability that the fighter values most, the combination of movable flexible edges, thrust vectoring and camber double vertical tail is also better than the J-10's canard wing without flat tail layout.

As for other configurations such as built-in magazines, advanced AESA radar, and wide transmission control systems, they are not comparable to the third-generation aircraft.

Of course, such high configuration and high performance bring higher purchase prices; Even in the era of assault aircraft, if the team wants to buy a model like the J-17, it must have quite strong financial support.

Seeing Long Yun's surprise at his visit was obviously an eye-opener, and Liu Wei was naturally quite happy; But when he thought of what he was doing here, he didn't have that relaxed look on his face.

No way, reality is always cruel.

After visiting the newly purchased J-17 fighter of the team, next to the tarmac exposed to the noon sun, Liu Wei and Long Yun sat down to drink water and rest under the parasol, and he was a little embarrassed to tell Long Yun the truth.

"Actually, hehe, I'm not afraid of Brother Long's jokes when I say it. Right now, I'm just doing odds on the Sonic team. ”

"Miscellaneous?" Long Yun still didn't understand, he thought that the chores in Liu Wei's mouth were ground maintenance or other flight-related positions, and he thought it was nothing.

"At least there's hope, like I'm a private jet driver right now."

Liu Wei shook his head, seemingly disapproving from Long Yun's words.

"Miscellaneous is miscellaneous work, you think it's fiddling with airplanes. Cleaning and mopping the floor every day, that's my job! ”

Really? Cleaning & ...... Mopping?

Long Yun's eyes widened in surprise, how could this Liu Wei say that his family was quite wealthy, he really didn't expect him to run to do such a job in order to be able to enter the team. Although there is no distinction between high and low work, you must also learn something useful and match your expertise!

Spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get an aviation license, just to sweep and mop the floor every day?

Seeing Long Yun's face full of astonishment, Liu Wei rarely showed a wry smile.

"Hey! Big brother, this is a long story. ”

Anyway, he was idle at noon, and Liu Wei explained his own job search path to Long Yun as it was.

Approaching IFT, as they discussed before, the major teams were basically busy training and had no plans to recruit new people; Even if there are a few weak teams that will hire some pilots in order to make a breakthrough in their results, they are still staring at the professional players who have transferred from other teams.

Pure newcomers like them, who have just received their licenses, have no chance at all; Liu Wei contacted many teams before, but there was no news. Later, there was no way, he felt that it was better to find a big team to go in first: just like Long Yun thought, maybe there will be a chance in the future?

But I've been doing it here for almost a week, and I'm cleaning every day; Not to mention flying fighter planes, even ground maintenance aircraft can't get started.

So it's no wonder that this cheerful and optimistic young man is also a little depressed.

After saying this, as if he had found a friend to talk to, Liu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the horizon in the distance because of the heat in a daze.

Seeing that Liu Wei didn't say anything more, Long Yun could probably understand his mood.

Speaking of which, when a young man like Liu Wei thinks that his ideals cannot be realized, he may feel no worse than his own despair when he learned about the "lack of spatial sense".

Don't talk about Liu Wei, let's talk about himself, what about now?

Oh! Well, although Long Yun admits that it is quite interesting to fly a plane for such a school flower boss with personality; But compared to the hot air battles in parallel worlds, flying a business jet ...... After a long time, it is the same as drinking plain water.

Now, not only has the hidden danger that once plagued him disappear, but also because of the inexplicable crossing and has more advanced flight technology, but he can only drive a business jet here.

Thinking of this, a long-dormant irritability came to his heart, and Long Yun suddenly remembered what Liu Wei had said about the treat.

What are you doing here? It's better to go relax and unwind first.

"Come, Liu Wei! Didn't you say yes last time? I'm in for a treat, let's go have a drink! Long Yun stood up and touched his wallet, yesterday his salary card only received last month's salary; Although it was only the beginning, it was also the most he had ever earned in his life.

- Oh! If you don't count the 100,000 yuan prize money of the QSFT champion.

Qingxù was very depressed, Liu Wei agreed without thinking about it, the two of them said to leave, picked up the car and returned to Beijing.

On the way, Liu Wei also made a call and called Yang Ying to come with him; It seems that the two of them are walking together, Long Yun guessed. Because it was not yet the rush hour for commuting, there were not too many cars on the road, so after picking up Yang Ying, they went straight through the huge city of Beijing and came to a bar in Houhai.

"Brother Long, what are you going to do?"

didn't choose a noisy public tavern or simply go to eat Chinese food, it was Liu Wei's idea to come to such a place, in fact, he was worried that the two of them had their own hearts, and it would be difficult to clean up if they got drunk all at once.

"Why don't we get some cognac first, and the cocktail will be free." Drink something real. ”

"I'll see it." Originally, Long Yun was worried that he wouldn't be able to drive home after drinking, but now that Yang Ying is driving, the two of them can drink as much as they want. As for whether he will be counted by Su Xue, who loves cleanly, when he goes home, he really hasn't thought of this layer yet.

"Well, I'll order mineral water."

Yang Ying, who has a sunny face, doesn't look like she has any worries on her mind, after all, she is too young, where can people have any real troubles at this time. Soon, the waiter brought wine and wine glasses, and the two of them ate small snacks with matching snacks and sipped slowly like coffee.

"It's a good place, we can come back more often in the future. Unlike Sanlitun, there are a lot of people who fish for Kaizi, and the black smoke is simply suffocating. Drinking a little cognac with a peaceful taste, Liu Wei's face gradually flushed with ruddy, and it was obvious that he didn't usually drink much. Brother Long, do you know how I got to 'Sonic at that time'. ”

"I don't know, submit a resume online?"

"Hey, hey! Be. At that time, I thought that since it was required to have an aviation license, I could also mix it with ground crew," Liu Wei took another sip of wine, "Not to mention driving the plane around the sky, it would be good to overhaul and maintain it on the ground." When I actually went, I found out that it was a junior apprenticeship. Apprenticeship, every day of a week is cleaning, the plane can only be addicted. You say, is there something wrong with me that I will work as a cleaner there like a fool? ”

Long Yun didn't reply, just nodded slightly, he knew that such a question didn't need to be answered.

"Hehe, I think so, too. But, Brother Long, you don't know. At that time, I saw a real fighter in their team's hangar, and when I saw the newly purchased J-17, I couldn't pull my legs. You know, my family is okay, and I don't usually lack much money to spend. But in the circle of friends, there are sports cars, golf, and women," Liu Wei glanced at Yang Ying a little weakly, but the little girl lowered her head and played with bubbles in the cup, as if she didn't care about their conversation at all, "It's boring." Fighting in the sky on a fighter plane, that's what a man should have, don't you say? ”

"That's nature." Long Yun also thinks so, these days he has followed Shangguan Ling and seen a lot of so-called high-class occasions, to put it bluntly, that's it.

There are many hobbies in those circles, and the people who really like them are of course very involved and relish, but many other rich people just follow the trend and imitate, and only participate in it for the sake of friendship.

"But don't worry, there will always be opportunities, take your time."

Hearing Long Yun's persuasion, Liu Wei shook his head, obviously disapproving.

"Brother Long, you also know a lot about aviation competition. Now it's not as good as before, the threshold of the team is very high, and newcomers can't even get in if they don't say anything. I'm in now, but what chance do I have if I sweep the floor and pour water every day? Moreover, Liu Wei's tone became slightly lower, "According to my observation, the famous teams now are basically full of talents, not to mention this IFT, even in the next three or five years, they will not be short of people." Now, the team is fighting for funds and strength, not to mention anything else, 'Sonic Speed' bought the J-17 now, and then competed with the J-10 and J-11 of other teams, do you think they can still win steadily? ”

"That's right. It seems that this J-17 can be bought without money, and it has to be reviewed by the Air Force. ”

Long Yun also has some understanding of this, such as J-20 and J-17, these models of PLA active fighter planes should have been prohibited from being sold to civilian teams before; Now, although a medium-sized aircraft like the J-17 has just been released, it is also quite strict. Unless the team has the relevant qualifications and backstage guarantees, let alone pay for it, it can't be touched.

Hey! Sure enough, you still have to fight for financial resources, and only technology is useless.