At the end of '97, the 703 plant and the Gallic company Snæcma restarted the signing of a new supply agreement.

The production capacity of the old factory of 703 has been very stable at about 1,600 tons per year after the workers are familiar with the production process.

Most of them are to be supplied to the YF-100 liquid oxygen kerosene engine and the WS-10 engine for production.

The share of high-strength two-dimensional carbon fiber cloth that can be exported does not exceed 400 tons.

The vast majority of this was sold to the Gallic company Snæcma.

"Francis, long time no see!" Hu Deming greeted the other party very politely.

As one of the top executives of Snecma, Francis is one of the few figures who leans towards a global market.

He is also leading the trade with the Dragon Kingdom, including but not limited to opening factories in the Dragon Kingdom and introducing raw materials from Factory 703.

Because at this time, the engine used in the jointly developed Airbus aircraft came from Safran, which has a very close relationship with Snakma.

Snecma supplied Safran with a number of spare parts.

Therefore, a series of practices of Snecma in the Dragon Country have attracted many people's ideas for the introduction of Airbus aircraft for use in the domestic civil aviation industry.

This further strengthened Francis's idea of the globalization of the market, and he decided to continue to increase his investment in the Dragon Country.

The high-strength two-dimensional carbon fiber cloth imported from the 703 factory here is a big cooperation.

After all, in less than two years before, under the leadership of Francis, Snecma bought more than 300 tons of high-strength two-dimensional carbon fiber cloth from Factory 703, and the overall trade volume exceeded 540 million.

"Hahaha, long time no see, old Hu!"

As a Gaul, Francis was a very warm man.

The moment he saw Hu Deming, he came up and gave him a big hug.

Hu Deming, as a more traditional Dragon Country, was still a little unacceptable to such a warm stranger when he first came into contact with Francis.

But after three or two contacts, I got used to it.

"This time, you want to give us more goods!"

Although Francis's Chinese is relatively standard compared to other foreigners, the tone is still a little strange.

Through official channels, Francis already knows that the 703 plant is currently planning to build two large production bases.

So this time, as the business representative of Snecma Company, he came to Dragon Country, and he also wanted to have a little more share of carbon fiber after the future production growth.

"I may not be able to give it to you now, you know our shipments, and there are so many every year!"

Hu Deming's statement at this time was still relatively conservative, after all, the new plant did not know how many years it would take to complete the construction.

The factory building in Shonan is better to say, after all, the drawings have been issued now, and we are waiting for the construction team to enter the site to carry out the construction work of the factory.

However, the factory building in Donghai City is still a wasteland, and it will take three or four years to complete the construction.

"Oh, my friend, I heard that the construction of your new plant has started now, and you are not about to complete the production increase?!"

Francis's tone was very exaggerated, but what he said was not wrong, after all, the construction speed of the plant is still very fast, especially such a factory that is equivalent to laying eggs and golden chickens, and it is a green light in all aspects.

In no more than a year, the basic construction will be completed, and in another half a year, it will be put into production.

In other words, after a year and a half, the annual output of Plant 703 will be more than 4,500 tons.

Even if 60% of the production capacity needs to be allocated for the production of YF-100 liquid oxygen kerosene engines and WS-10 engines.

It can also separate about 1,000 tons of carbon fiber materials, and Francis is interested in this part of the production capacity.

"It will take some time for the new plant to be ready for use, is it too early to say that?"

Although Hu Deming now manages such a large-scale factory with an annual output value of more than hundreds of millions of yuan, he is still conservative in his thinking.

Compared with other people of this era who like to paint cakes and brag about it, it seems out of place.

"It's not early!"

Francis looked at Hu Deming, who still didn't quite understand the international status of the carbon fiber produced by the 703 factory, and said very exaggeratedly.

"You don't know, in the past two years, I want to come to your factory to order people, I don't know how many!"

What Francis said is also true, because of the ultra-low cost and higher strength, the high-strength two-dimensional carbon fiber cloth produced by the 703 factory is also very famous in the world.

"If it weren't for the fact that almost all of your previous production capacity was contracted by us, it is estimated that the representatives of companies that want cost-effective carbon fiber will be able to squeeze the door of your factory!"

Hearing such news, Hu Deming was still a little surprised, after all, since the carbon fiber cloth produced by the 703 factory was not sold, he had not paid much attention to these international things.

"I haven't heard much about it, but if our new line goes into production, we can keep a sufficient share of carbon fibre for Snecma."

This matter was actually discussed before when Zhang Xingyang was still in Factory 703.

Because the relationship between the Dragon Kingdom and Gaul at this time was actually quite good, and there were places where the two sides could cooperate in all aspects.

And you can't reverse engineer a material like carbon fiber.

Therefore, as long as the 703 factory meets the production of Hongyan rockets and Jian-10 fighters, it can sell as much as it can.

"I hope that when the time comes, you won't be disgusted that we produce too much carbon fiber!"

Hu Deming, who has always been conservative and old-fashioned, also made a rare joke at this time.

"Hahaha, we have a good appetite, even if you sell 10,000 tons a year, we can eat it!"

Francis laughed, noting that Snecma's demand for such high-performance materials was almost endless.

"We are interested in looking for a group of manufacturers who specialize in supplying parts for Airbus aircraft in the territory of Longguo, I don't know if you are interested!"

This incident can be regarded as a certain degree of overture made by the Gallic officials for the Airbus aircraft to enter the territory of the Dragon Kingdom.

Therefore, Francis didn't mind pushing the boat down the river at all and told Hu Deming about it.

Hu Deming actually knew the news before, Zhang Xingyang revealed it to him not long ago, and clearly asked Factory 703 to participate.

"Of course we're interested!" Hu Deming smiled and said.

Inserting a foot in the field of passenger aircraft manufacturing is also a step for Zhang Xingyang to make large passenger aircraft in China in the future!

As for how much this can be done, it still depends on how much everyone can do, but it's always better to do it than not to do it well, isn't it!

If you want to harvest a big tree, the best time to plant a sapling was ten years ago, and the second is now!

(End of chapter)