On the other hand, Lorenzo finally got a few videotapes that he had been thinking about before leaving Yanliang Airport.

Since uninvited people were not allowed to enter the place, Schneider and other key members of the European delegation had to wait outside.

The men could only see two planes taking off one after the other, and after some time they landed one after the other.

At least they all flew back.

But the specific situation is still unknown.

After all, the entire icing test was completed at an altitude of 4,500 meters.

Therefore, after seeing Colombo and the other three people who appeared at the entrance of the airport, a group of foreigners waiting in the hall instantly stood up and rushed around the exit.

"How's the trial going?"

"Did the Huaxia really conduct the test under SLD conditions?"

"How far does the ice differ from their predictions?"

"What was that H-6 that took off with it for?"

“……”

Everyone had their own questions to ask, and for a while, there was a lot of noise, and all kinds of languages were intertwined, and it was impossible to hear anything at all.

In the end, it was Schneider who controlled the scene and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about as a representative:

"Based on what you saw on the plane, what kind of water are the Huaxia people doing on icing and anti-icing?"

The question is more technical, and Colombo is very self-aware that he is not prepared to answer it.

And Ms. Valette had already given up the treatment, and covered her forehead with one hand and motioned for Lorenzo to come directly.

So everyone looked at the old professor and Airbus engineer with a large box of videotapes in his hand.

Lorenzo thought for a few seconds, then shook his head.

"Hoo ......"

Schneider breathed a sigh of relief from this reaction:

"I'll just say, the Chinese people are probably boasting about themselves before, how can the current level of technology be able to accurately predict......"

However, before he could finish speaking, Lorenzo continued:

"With my ability, I can't estimate how high their level of research is."

“？？？”

The answer was clearly beyond everyone's expectations.

"What do you mean, Professor?"

Someone who is straightforward asked directly.

Lorenzo's face changed constantly, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

In the end, he just lifted the box in his hand.

"I can't say anything about this matter in a sentence or two, let's go back to the hotel and talk about it in detail."

……

In the afternoon, all the members of the European delegation watched the entire videotape that Lorenzo had brought back in a temporary rented conference room.

Of course, there are also the three simulation results that Chang Haonan sent to them, which have also been circulated over and over again.

"So you're saying that they're really a lot ahead of us in this area?"

Schneider's voice was a little dry, and his tone was full of disbelief.

According to the news brought back from Colombo and the side knocks of multiple channels, they basically determined that Huaxia has certain advantages in the design of anti-icing systems, and more importantly, it has a complete set of airworthiness certification and testing systems related to anti-icing.

Otherwise, they would not have organized such a delegation to come to Huaxia for negotiations.

But before coming to China, everyone's understanding of this advantage basically stayed at the level of "it is definitely better than us, but it is probably not as good as that of North America".

Even before today, the prevailing view was that China might have its own strengths and weaknesses with North America, and could provide an opportunity to negotiate with the FAA on a par.

As a result, today, Lorenzo directly told them that the level of research in this field of the Chinese people is completely different from that of Europe and the United States.

In his words:

"In terms of my cognitive ability, I can't calculate how big the gap between us and them is, and I can't estimate how long it will take us to develop to this point, I can only say that if we don't cooperate, we won't be able to catch up in five or six years, and ...... beyond."

Lorenzo thought for a moment:

"It depends on the development of computer performance, theoretically, we can use CFD to do similar things, but that kind of calculation is unimaginable, enough for a supercomputer to calculate in the 22nd century."

"So...... Do we really need to do joint research with them? ”

Schneider looked up at the others, as if asking for advice.

"With all due respect, Schneider."

Colombo suddenly interjected:

"In fact, anti-icing research, especially under SLD conditions, is not a particularly important field in normal times."

"But at this juncture where the FAA is using aviation security to attack us, there is only the lesser of two evils, the Chinese are at least not an imminent threat to us, and the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas without paying any price is a fatal thing."

In the interests of the Finmecanica Group and in Colombo's own personal interests, he had very good reasons to facilitate the smooth running of the negotiations.

At this point, Lorenzo added:

"In addition, icing simulation is a field that cuts across many disciplines, and the ability shown by the Chinese people shows that they must also be quite successful in basic physics and computer science, and in short, we will not suffer if we can cooperate with them."

This time it's a real win-win.

Schneider's expression was wonderful for a while.

And Lorenzo, after saying what he had just said, paused for a moment and talked about the AIT plane:

"In addition, I paid special attention to the conditions when this test was carried out, and the conditions they simulated with that AIT aircraft were indeed very realistic, and the artificial supercooled droplets were uniform in diameter, and the water mist formed could also last for quite some time, which has the potential to be used for icing test flights of larger aircraft!"

For a moment, Valette even feared that Schneider would turn his back on the bombardment.

However, the latter didn't really care about just visiting the mountains and rivers these days, and gave his own plan after thinking about it for a while:

"Regarding the AIT aircraft, it is not feasible to directly purchase an improved version of the Figure 16, either from the technical point of view or the market feedback."

"But after communicating with the headquarters in Toulouse in the past few days, I think that on the basis of the Airbus A330 or A340 platform, we can produce one or two of our own AIT aircraft by purchasing Huaxia's subsystems or technologies."

After watching the video Lorenzo just shot, everyone knows what this AIT plane is.

So another Airbus representative went on to say:

"Their H-6AIT looks a lot like an air tanker, so I thought...... Maybe we can also develop an in-flight refueling model in the process? I think there will be a lot of countries that are very interested. ”

It's a striking proposition.

So immediately after that, someone responded:

"If that's the case, then I recommend choosing the A330 platform, the twin-engine configuration is more economical, and it will be more competitive than the KC135 or KC10......"

“……”

In short, the matter was settled.

In the third round of negotiations two days later, Schneider unsurprisingly threw out a request for the introduction of six AIT systems to retrofit two A330AIT.

Although Chang Haonan had been vaccinated in advance, Huai Guomo almost couldn't help but agree immediately in the face of this condition-

This is an export of aviation products to Europe!

Or Western Europe!

The well-known Airbus company actually wants to buy the core subsystem from Huaxia!

Except for a few people who had already been mentally prepared, the other representatives on Huaxia's side were even directly stunned by this request.

Then the first reaction was to look eagerly at Huai Guomo and Chang Haonan in the middle.

Isn't this a quick promise?

It's definitely a big deal to be on the 7 p.m. news!

However, after all, Huai Guomo was experienced in a hundred battles, and finally restrained himself, and secretly signaled Chang Haonan to take the idea.

"Although the AIT system is not on our list of technologies that are prohibited from exporting, it is not easy to go through the approval process for external sales."

The latter cleared his throat, and the first sentence made many people on Huaxia's side stunned.

What is the list of prohibited technologies for export?

Why didn't I know there was such a thing?

Fortunately, the people who can sit here still have some negotiation expertise, and now everyone can see that they have the advantage, and they quickly realize that this is a preparation for the condition.

Sure enough, Chang Haonan then continued:

"But if you change the name of export to cooperative production, you can almost eliminate the entire process and start working right away."

"With all due respect, Mr. Chang."

Schneider shook his head:

"You have a lot of achievements in the field of icing and anti-icing, but in terms of the level of aviation manufacturing, I don't think you can do the cooperative production that you are talking about."

This is not a lie, an aircraft of this level as A330, let alone production, Huaxia currently can't even do the final assembly.

After a pause, he continued:

"But if you're interested, then the AE100 project we talked about earlier can be ......"

It must be said that Schneider still has something, and this is that he can even think of talking about the AE100, which is already basically cool, and is ready to make another profit.

However, Chang Haonan directly interrupted:

"Mr. Schneider, due to the change in the development route of China's aviation industry, the AE100 no longer meets our actual requirements, so there is no need to continue talking."

There is no need to mention the fact that Airbus should design the aircraft according to Huaxia standards, so he simply singled out his requirements:

"However, although we are not interested in producing the AE100, we are willing to become a supplier of components for Airbus aircraft."

"With the current development speed of China's air transport market, the number of passenger aircraft that need to be purchased in the next ten years or even decades must be a huge number, and I think Airbus should be very willing to eat part of the cake."

"And if you can apply some parts and components produced in China to the aircraft sold to China, I think it will definitely be conducive to the competitiveness of your company's aircraft models."

"Of course, the qualifications of the suppliers and the quality of the parts can be verified by you."

Schneider didn't answer right away because it wasn't his remit.

But both he and Chang Haonan know that Airbus should not refuse this request.

After all, not all parts and components of an airplane are full of technical content.

Schneider's natural idea is to throw away a relatively large part of the technology content and profit margin to Huaxia production, so as to increase sales.

Chang Haonan thinks that as long as Airbus has experienced the production capacity of Huaxia, the profit-seeking instinct will inevitably prompt them to move more and more production links to Huaxia.

After all, it was like that in previous lives.

He's just brought the process forward by a few years.

On the one hand, although these European standard parts cannot be directly used in the future Huaxia large aircraft, the experience of engineers and workers can help the future development of the aviation industry.

On the other hand, it must also be admitted that in this year, even the part of Europeans that feels that the profit margin is low, it is still a sweet spot on the Chinese side, and it can also solve the problem of a large number of jobs that burn eyebrows.

Therefore, Chang Haonan is ready to take this opportunity to lay out a large aircraft industrial park in advance!

It's time to go to the J-10

(End of chapter)