At that time, in order to avoid being monopolized by American aviation companies in the passenger aircraft market, the Europeans decided to unite and build their own passenger planes by building an Airbus company. Airbus thus began a glorious era.

Starting from A300 to A320, every model is successful, however, Airbus is not satisfied, after all, these are short and medium-range passenger aircraft, and they also want to develop medium and long-range passenger aircraft!

The planned A340 was one such airliner, breaking the convention of two engines and using four engines, and the development of this airliner put a lot of pressure on Boeing, which started the Boeing 777 program a few years later and then successfully suppressed the A340.

Airbus learns Boeing to play four engines, Boeing learns from Airbus to play double engines, Boeing 777 is a double-engine passenger aircraft, and the operating cost is greatly reduced, so it has achieved an overwhelming advantage over Airbus, Qin Feng will certainly not see this situation.

"If you want to develop a medium- and long-range airliner, you should need a higher-thrust engine, right?" Qin Feng said: "Our 80,000-ton die forging press can not only produce the fuselage and landing gear, but also help you solve the production problem of powder metallurgy materials in high-thrust engines. ”

"No, Mr. Qin, the long-range passenger plane needs to use four engines, which can avoid the restriction of double-engine extended flight." "You haven't been exposed to the aviation industry and probably don't understand these things," Richard said. ”

Qin Feng smiled: "That is the previous limit, with the improvement of the reliability of the aero engine, this restriction will definitely be lifted, at that time, the four-engine aircraft will be abandoned by the user because the fuel consumption is too high, everyone, the development of a passenger aircraft will take many years, we must look at the problem with a future perspective." ”

The extended flight of the twin-engine aircraft is for the safety of navigation, if one of the two engines of the passenger plane is broken, then you have to quickly find an alternate landing field, this time is limited to one hour, the Federal Aviation Regulations of the United States in 1953 stipulate: the distance between any point on the route and the alternate airport, can not exceed 60 minutes of flight distance.

It's okay on the mainland, but what about at sea? Passenger planes flying across oceans and continents simply cannot find an airport that can be reached within an hour, which means that twin-engine aircraft cannot undertake the task of intercontinental flight. Because this regulation is for twin-engine aircraft, one of the four engines is broken, and there are still three, and they can still fly to their destinations normally.

If Airbus wants to develop long-range and ultra-long-range passenger aircraft, it will have to be four engines, but Qin Feng has become the prophetic emperor here, this bullshit double-engine extended flight limit will be gone in the future!

Believe it? It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, the correctness of Qin Feng's judgment will be confirmed in the future, and when the Europeans are surprised to find that the Boeing 777 uses a double engine, they should regret not listening to Qin Feng.

"Mr. Qin, what will happen in the future, we don't know, we can't bet on our future, we must be safe, and if it is double-engined, the thrust will be very large, I'm afraid there is no suitable engine to match."

The GE90 engine used on the Boeing 777, which is the world's largest civil engine, has a single thrust of 52 tons, and the diameter of the engine is almost the same as the fuselage, and it also set a Guinness World Record.

However, before the GE90 was successfully developed, the Boeing 777 was equipped with Rolls-Royce's Ruida 800 engine, which almost went bankrupt in order to develop a three-rotor engine, but fortunately it was finally repaired, with a maximum thrust of 43 tons, which was also very rebellious. In the total number of Boeing 777 models, it accounts for 40 percent of the share.

At this time, hearing Richard say this, Qin Feng immediately took over the conversation: "Why is there no suitable engine?" Doesn't Rolls-Royce have Ruida 800? ”

"Mr. Qin, Ruida 800 has not yet been developed, and we can't base our hopes for a new passenger aircraft on an engine that has not yet matured." Richard said.

The first time the Ruida 800 was used on the Boeing 777, it was 96 years, and over the years, Rolls-Royce has been perfecting this engine, and now it is only 88 years, and this engine still has a lot of immaturity.

Listen to people's persuasion and eat enough, since these guys don't listen to persuasion, Qin Feng won't say much.

"Not ripe yet? Is there a problem with the manufacturing process? The turbine blades and fan blades needed for this type of engine can be sent to us for processing if needed! Qin Feng patted his chest.

Aero engine is the crown of industry, the world can independently develop aero engine countries, a slap can be counted, and in aero engines, the most technically difficult is turbine blades and fan blades, the former needs to work at high temperature and high pressure, its life often determines the life of the entire engine, the latter is large, take Ruida 800 as an example, The diameter of the fan is 2.97 meters, such a large blade, or irregular shape, requires very advanced materials, but also requires superb processing technology, if you use 80,000 tons of die forging press to press it, the quality of the material will definitely be improved a lot!

"Okay, Mr. Qin. We will pass on your suggestions to Rolls-Royce. Richard nodded.

Actually, what fuselage, what landing gear, Qin Feng doesn't care at all, the main thing he cares about is the engine, this thing is the big guy who has stuck the neck of the East for decades! If we can help process turbine blades and fan blades for aero engines, we can thoroughly understand these technologies and then use them in domestic aircraft.

Who would have thought that Airbus would come to inspect and not bring Rolls-Royce, this Frenchman, wilted and wilted.

The car drove into the steel plant, stopped at the door of the production workshop of the die forging press, everyone got out of the car, looked at the tall workshop, they were a little shocked, 80,000 tons of die forging press, need such a tall workshop, the machine inside must be very big!

With this emotion, everyone walked in, and then they looked at a slender workpiece that was being processed under the huge forging hammer of the die forging press with even greater amazement.

"It's ...... Barrel? Belvesi's eyes widened: "You actually use this machine to process cannon barrels?" ”

Even if the big guy is engaged in aviation, he knows how the gun barrel is made, and it is the first time he has seen it directly with a hydraulic press to make the gun barrel!

"That's right, our brother unit is developing a 203-mm howitzer, but we always feel that the manufacturing cost is too high, so we were entrusted with the manufacture of a batch of barrel blanks." Qin Feng said: "There are a total of 100 tubes, and it takes about three days to process. ”

Three days, a hundred 203-mm barrels! Everyone was shocked at what a high level of productivity! Without this machine, a barrel would have taken more than ten days to process!

As he spoke, a cannon barrel was made, and the fiery blank was put on again, forged, and then pressed.

"Mr. Qin, how much does it cost to help with processing here?" Richard spoke.

Vigorously produce miracles, large-caliber gun barrels can be made, not to mention some fuselage parts they need?

"In terms of time, one million in an hour." Qin Feng said.

One million in an hour! Everyone gasped, this is too expensive, right?

"Mr. Qin, we asked Lao Maozi to help with processing, which is calculated according to the number, for example, it takes us about ten minutes to process a large forging of 300m steel, and it only takes 10,000 US dollars, so it is only 60,000 US dollars an hour, and you actually want 1 million US dollars an hour, is this a little too expensive?" Richard frowned.

"Guys, haven't you seen some doorways? We're machining the barrels! Qin Feng reminded.

Belvesi's body suddenly shook: "Mr. Qin, do you mean that you can process the outer barrel, piston rod and other parts of the landing gear for us in the same way?" ”

Needless to say, parts such as aircraft girders, thin-walled parts like landing gear, which have a great similarity with gun barrels, are all cylinders!

In fact, the structure of the landing gear is not much different from the shock absorption of the motorcycle, it is a cylinder on the outside and a piston rod on the inside, when the plane lands, the piston rod is pressed into the cylinder, so as to play the role of shock absorption.

If it only plays the role of shock absorption, that is, longitudinal force, it is easier, but when the wheel and the runway are in contact, there will be a lateral force, and if the strength of this thin-walled structure is not enough, it is easy to bend under the impact force!

Therefore, the aircraft landing gear must use advanced steel, in 1952, the United States International Nickel Corporation developed 300m steel, the strength of up to two gigapascals, it is because of this steel, the United States giant C-5 transport aircraft has the right material.

If you want to make the landing gear, you need to put this 300m steel under the die forging press of tens of thousands of tons to forge, and after forging, the hole processing is carried out to process a whole piece of steel into a thin-walled structure of the cylinder, and more than 90% of the steel is wasted!

Can it not be so wasteful? Of course, there are also methods, and Lao Maozi is reluctant to waste it, so he disassembles the cylinder, divides it into three petals, forges and welds, and does not waste anything. This is how the domestic H-6 landing gear was produced. So much so that the ground crew has practiced a unique skill: welding the landing gear, in case of where the welding is started, it will be welded again, and it will continue to be used.

The West can't make do with it, if they want to keep improving, they can only forge the blank first, and then finish it.

Now, a new process is in front of us: this 80,000-ton die forging press is directly forged, and it comes out as a cylinder! Although it is definitely necessary to go to the CNC machine for finishing, it is enough to cut off at most one-tenth of the previous amount!

Compared to the previous process, they can save 80% of the material, and they can now build five billets for one landing gear! The processing time will also be significantly shortened.

In this way, the processing cost of one million dollars per hour is not high.

"Okay, Mr. Qin, we can accept this kind of processing fee." Richard nodded.

"You are our first foreign customer, so we still have discounts." Qin Feng continued to release kindness: "There are two kinds of preferential conditions, you can choose according to your needs. ”

Still have a deal? Europeans are all Meizizi: "Mr. Qin, please speak." ”

"The first way is to become a member customer of our die forging press processing, and after becoming a member, the processing price can be discounted by 20%.

You can also get a 20% discount! That's even better! Five minutes to process a landing gear, an hour is twelve, twenty-four hours a day, that is more than three hundred, one or two days of processing of landing gear, it is estimated that they are enough to use a year, after all, passenger aircraft and cars are not the same, a year's order is hundreds, this is already quite strong, look at the Oriental Yun 8, the annual output has not exceeded ten figures.

"So, how do you become a member of your client?" Richard asked.

Maybe it's just a membership fee or something, compared with the processing fee, it's definitely not worth mentioning, and he doesn't have to worry too much.

"If you buy 300 hours of processing time at one time, you will automatically become our member customers, and the first purchase is a 20% discount fee, and you can always enjoy a 20% discount price in the future."

Three hundred hours! $800,000 an hour, that's $240 million!

Richard's eyes widened in an instant, Mr. Qin, what are you talking about? Shall we give you $240 million at once? Are you kidding!

This money is also a huge amount of money for a multinational company, but it is still affordable for the world's top 500 companies like Airbus, after all, they will invest more than two billion dollars in the Airbus A340 they are about to develop.

However, that is the development of new fighters, and it is necessary to develop it by smashing the pot and selling iron, and now? It's just to talk about cooperation with supporting manufacturers, for them, the general aircraft parts are through bidding, and the supporting manufacturers want to catch up with them, if it weren't for the fact that Dongfang has 80,000 tons of die forging presses, and in order to promote the latest A320 to Dongfang, they won't take the initiative to come to the door at all.

Why do you want a lion to open his mouth? Are you kidding!

Although he was unhappy in his heart, Richard couldn't say it directly, he thought for a while, and then spoke: "Mr. Qin, three hundred hours is too much, can it be reduced to one hundred?" After all, it doesn't take too long for us to process our parts, and a hundred hours is enough for us to use it for a year or two. ”

"Yes, so three hundred hours is not much, and it's just three years of processing for you." Qin Feng said: "Since you want to become our member, shouldn't it be long-term?"

Lao Tzu is short of money now! Seeing that you have to spend money everywhere, how can you not take the opportunity to make a fortune from you! In Qin Feng's eyes, these people are the ones who give money.

Richard was speechless, this was really impossible to refute, he thought about it again, and asked, "So, what is the second preferential condition?" ”

"The second condition is that we also benefit from the passenger machining project." Qin Feng said: "What we have built here is only the rough of the landing gear, even if it is a cylinder, it has to be refined, we want to set up a landing gear processing factory, directly process the blank into the landing gear of the aircraft, and your Airbus company can directly pick up the landing gear." As for this plan, you can give you 300 hours of 20% off the fee, and you need to give us the machinery and equipment for landing gear finishing for free. ”

Or 300 hours, that is, 60 million US dollars in concessions, these funds are enough to purchase those advanced CNC machine tools, Airbus sent the machine over, and the Pacific Group will have one more landing gear processing company, which is also of great significance, after all, the processing machinery and equipment are high-precision CNC machine tools, and it still does not cost money!

Wang Fang, who was helping with the translation on the side, sighed in his heart, Mr. Qin is so good! Take advantage and be so arrogant, and make an attitude of thinking about the other party.

For a commercial company, profit is the eternal pursuit, the source of profit has two aspects: increase the price and reduce the cost, now, can be processed with a two-fold fee, that is naturally unwanted, and, if in the east processing, there is a manpower advantage here, the cost will be lower, as for the machine tool equipment, you can also help them coordinate, so, the latter plan is obviously better, but ......

Richard thought for a while, and then spoke: "Mr. Qin, we are very interested in the second plan, but this second plan is still lacking, and we need to add a few points. ”

"Please."

"First, we hope that according to the second plan, we can also become your members and continue to enjoy a 20% discount in the future. Second, we send the machine and equipment, if you don't know how to operate it, we need to pay for teaching. Third, after you have trained qualified workers and started to produce landing gear, we will demand that the processing price be controlled at 80 percent of our existing processing costs. ”

Qin Feng was secretly happy in his heart, these conditions were nothing at all.

In the future, if you continue to enjoy a 20% discount, then you only need to raise the processing price, anyway, the big inflationists know that the Yankees are printing dollars day and night to harvest the wealth of the world, as for the cost of teaching? If they inquire about how Volkswagen's equipment is used by themselves, they should know that this money cannot be earned, as for the processing costs of producing landing gear? When they give up processing and put it all on their own side, isn't it up to them to decide how high or low the price is?

Qin Feng's heart blossomed, but he couldn't show it on his face, he looked embarrassed: "These conditions you put forward make me very embarrassed!" Our group has to hold a meeting to discuss, Zhou Gong, you are responsible for taking these guests around our factory, and by the way, talk about processing technology. ”

Zhou Minghui finally came into play, he was a spectator for a long time, and only then did he stand up and take the Europeans to continue the investigation.

Qin Feng returned to the office and sat comfortably on the sofa.

Zhao Jiao followed him in and poured him a cup of tea.

"It would be good if they chose option one, then the money in our company's account would be enough to spend." Zhao Jiao put the tea in front of him, and then said.

"It's okay, let's bring European machinery and equipment, which can improve our domestic machining level to a higher level, which is more cost-effective." Qin Feng said: "If you want to think of other ways to make money, I recently went to Africa. ”

Recently, I always say in passing, it seems that I want to Mulatu, we have iron ore over there, and gold mines, how can our Pacific Group be short of money.

After speaking, Qin Feng looked at the telephone again, he had to make a call, find someone to invite foreigners to dinner, and give them some ideas by the way, which would be regarded as a reward.