Chapter 415: It's not easy to drink soup
Although it has long been known that the French cannot set up the production of engines in the East, it is still necessary to mention it, and the war of words still has to be fought, and this is the negotiation.
"We are already producing a lot of parts, we think that we are fully capable of producing the whole machine, and the engine is the heart of the aircraft, in this regard, we must not compromise, do not build the engine, is it still called building the aircraft?" Ma Lao spoke.
Ma Lao is the most difficult to deal with, because he is engaged in technology, has one thing to say, and never compromises.
And the French, who had to go through difficult negotiations, made things clear about the engine.
"The patent of the engine is not in the hands of our Airbus, the engine used in the Airbus A320 is the V2500 produced by the International Aero Engine Company, we cannot license the product patent of this company to you, and this is invested by five companies, and it is impossible to move them."
"That's right, in our Europe, the division of labor and cooperation is the most suitable solution, no country can solve the entire industrial chain, and there is no need, professional things are left to professional people to do."
"That's you, we require a full set of industrial chains, as small as a rivet, as large as the engine, all need to be produced, if the V2500 is not good, then we will change it, how about CFM56?"
"I'm sorry, but this engine can't either, it's our cooperation between France and the United States."
"Okay, then we'll work together to develop a new engine!"
"This ...... The project is too expensive, I'm afraid it ......"
"We're not afraid to spend money!"
As soon as we started talking about the details, there was an impasse, and a morning passed.
Afternoon.
"Mr. Qin, we can put the problem of the engine on hold first, how about we talk about the body first?" Richard spoke.
"Let's talk about avionics first, we Pacific Group has advanced chip production capacity, and I think the avionics system on Airbus can be supplied by us."
Well, it's a long negotiation again, and for aircraft, the avionics system is also crucial, especially for passenger aircraft in the era of glass cockpits, which almost rely on advanced avionics equipment to ensure flight safety, how can the West hand over to the East for production.
However, seeing that it was impossible to say, by the end of the afternoon, the French finally agreed to hand over some of these subsystems to Oriental production.
On the third day, negotiations were made again.
If the negotiations led by the relevant departments can be carried out for a year or two, Pacific Group, as a private enterprise, responded quickly and negotiated the contract in just one week.
Of the five Airbus A320s produced in the initial stage, Dongfang is responsible for the production of the airframe and a part of the avionics, and the remaining avionics and engines are coordinated by Airbus, and the remaining forty-five orders will further increase the proportion of Dongfang's products as appropriate.
In terms of price, the total price of these parts provided by Airbus is 5 million US dollars, and the rest is produced domestically in the East, and the price is determined internally.
After the contract is signed, the plant and airport will be built first, and then the deposit will be paid to France after the hardware is complete, and the French will send the parts over, and then pay the balance after the assembly is completed and the acceptance is qualified.
On the whole, the contract is still in favor of the Pacific Group, and in exchange, the Pacific Group needs to cooperate with Airbus to promote the advanced A320 passenger aircraft, and to cooperate with any news promoted by Airbus.
After the French returned, the people from the domestic aviation system came.
It was still Leader Lin who led the team, and people from various aircraft factories followed, and they came to Jincheng lively, and saw Qin Feng with a tired face.
"Mr. Qin, you have created a new miracle, and it only took seven days to complete all the negotiations!" Leader Lin said: "We are not idle, it took us a week to go through all the processes, here is the power of attorney for you Kunpeng Airlines." ”
Leader Lin is also doing practical things, and since he has agreed, he will promote it as soon as possible, and he cannot delay the production of aircraft.
Qin Feng took it, took a brief look, and then handed it to Wang Fang: "Xiaofang, you take it, and these things will be handed over to you in the future." ”
Wang Fang's work tasks in the Pacific Group are more and more, she belongs to the general manager of the base in Jincheng, and the next step is to produce Airbus A320, she is also the number one, young and promising.
"Okay." Wang Fang nodded and took it.
"Mr. Qin, next, let's talk about the contracted production task of the subsystem?" Director Tang of Factory 112 smiled: "What fuselage, wings, we don't dislike these production tasks, we will take what we give." ”
"Of course, there is no problem, but which factory has taken over the task, not only to produce, but also to be responsible for transportation."
Director Tang just wanted to nod, but suddenly felt shocked, not good!
The problem of transportation cannot be solved!
The Airbus A320 is a small single-aisle airliner with a maximum fuselage diameter of only 3.95 meters, but it is simply not transportable.
The maximum width of railway transportation is 3.2 meters, and the diameter of the Long March 2 is 3.35 meters, which is already overrun transportation and cannot be larger.
Road transport? Transported from the Northeast all the way over? How many caves, how many bridges, how many curves are there along the way?
The fuselage is not only 3.95 meters in diameter, but also in length!
The total length of the Airbus A320 is 37.57 meters, with the nose of the fuselage cut off and the fuselage, and the length of 27 meters! Such a long and large object is simply impassable on the highway, after all, there is no direct highway in this era.
The country's first expressway is the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway, which was opened to traffic in 1988, but the length is only 245 kilometers. That will have to wait until the new century, when the construction started in 96 and the new millennium.
Therefore, now you can only take National Highway 101, two-way single-lane, if the car transporting the fuselage goes up, the whole road is blocked.
In the previous years, large items were also transported, but once in a while, if they built a fuselage and fifty more planes, it would be transported frequently, so ......
"How did the French transport it?"
"Sea freight. Almost all of their factories are located next to the sea, and they can be transported directly by sea. Qin Feng said: "Americans and Lao Maozi like to transport by air, they have large transport planes, the fuselage is stuffed into the belly of the transport plane, and the wings are carried to the top of the transport plane. ”
Separate production, after the production is completed, it has to be transported by plane, isn't this farting and taking off pants?
The West is for the division of labor, and Lao Maozi is because some factories have overcapacity and some factories have insufficient capacity, and Lao Maozi does not pursue cost, they have their own set of values.
What about yourself?
In order to produce the fuselage, do you want to buy a large transport aircraft? If you can stuff the Airbus A320 fuselage into your stomach, it must be a large strategic transport aircraft! Director Tang has seen that their Jian-8 was dismantled from its wings, stuffed into the belly of an American transport plane, and transported to the United States.
Right now......
It's not a good deal!
The fuselage does not work, and neither does the wing.
The wingspan of Airbus A320 is 34.09 meters, and later after adding winglets and slightly smaller wings, the wingspan was expanded to 35.8 meters, minus the fuselage width of 3.95 meters, and then divided by two, to get a wing of about 15 meters, but modern aircraft are swept wings, and the wing length must be small when used for wingspan, in fact, it is about 17 meters.
This length is nothing, it can meet the requirements, it is also a matter of width, the wing is a trapezoidal structure, narrow on the outside, wide on the inside, and at the place where it is connected to the fuselage, it is more than five meters wide!
Placed horizontally, it will occupy two lanes, and put it vertically...... There are many tunnels on the highway that you can't get through!
Everyone's hearts were cold, and Leader Lin was helpless.
It turns out that Mr. Qin has already calculated, so it is not easy to eat meat from Mr. Qin!
"Which factory is willing to produce fuselages and wings? We welcome! Qin Feng looked at the others.
The leaders of the 172 factory that produced the bomb six and the 182 factory that produced the eight were bitter, and the 112 factory could not solve the problem of transportation, they still couldn't solve it, one was in the north, one was in the west, and if they wanted to transport it to the east, they had to pass through many mountainous areas on the way, and the mountain roads in the Qinling Mountains were not easier to walk than the white mountains and black waters.
If they want to take on these tasks, then they can only buy a strategic transport aircraft, not to mention the question of whether they can buy it, even if they can buy it, the state will not allocate funds for them to buy it, the Air Force does not have it, where can they get their turn!
"Since you are not willing to produce, then the main parts of the fuselage and wings are all produced in our factory." Qin Feng said, "You have no opinion, right? ”
It's useless to have an opinion!
I originally thought it was a piece of fatty meat, but now I know that it's just a matter of drinking soup!
"Okay, then let's move on to other parts, divided into nose, tail, door, fuselage interior parts, including seats, interior, etc., you ......"
The 27-meter fuselage is not convenient for transportation, and the nose part of about 10 meters is still fine!
"We want a machine head in Factory 112!"
"Our 172 factory has experience in the production of large aircraft!"
"It's very similar to Yunba, the nose is handed over to our 182 factory to ensure the completion of the task!"
Drinking soup is also different, the production of the machine head is clearly the most flavorful among them, and all the factories want to grab this.
"Since everyone is so positive, how about we adopt a competitive bidding approach?"
Leader Lin didn't speak, just looked at Qin Feng with a complicated gaze, this kid, before the meeting that night, he expected this scene, right? At that time, he made such a cold appearance, as if he was not happy to cut flesh from him.
In fact, he had already calculated it!
The fuselage, the wings, which others have produced and transported, can only be produced by them Pacific Group.
The next machine head, contracted to others, there must be a lot of factories to rush to want, at this time, you can naturally play the trick of bidding, so that the cost can be reduced to the minimum!
The stomach is full of calculations, but others can't say anything!
"In the case of product quality that meets the requirements of the French, we choose the lowest quotation." Qin Feng said: "I repeat again, if the quality is not qualified, then we will never want it, and we will bear the loss!" ”
Director Tang's expression was complicated.
Quality! Qin Feng has mentioned quality more than once!
Others don't know that their Jian-8 production plant knows how high the quality requirements of the West are, and when they come into contact with Grumman's people, they are often complained by the other party that the quality is too poor, the parts of the two aircraft of the same type cannot be used, and the assembly error is too big to be smashed with a hammer.
At this level of production, can it meet the requirements of the French?
If they are not satisfied, then won't the nose they produce become a scrap?
If you take on such large pieces as the fuselage and wings, grit your teeth, select the most skilled workers, and strive to improve the technical standards to meet the needs of the French, but the nose is different, the shape arc is larger, and the tolerances are more difficult to control, even if they want to improve, they may not be able to improve successfully.
"This kind of glorious task, leave it to the brother factory, let's produce the tail and hatch first." Director Tang said.
Factory 112 actually took the initiative to withdraw! The big guys are surprised, don't they have any production tasks in their factory? The J-6 has been discontinued, and the J-8 has a problem, and the Air Force doesn't want it, they are now in urgent need of new projects, and they actually took the initiative to let Xian?
"Okay, then let's bid for the nose!" Factories 172 and 182 do not intend to give up this piece of fat.
"Yes, if your process is the same in the future, and the quotation is similar, we can also divide the two factories with you to produce together." Qin Feng nodded: "Okay, let's talk about other parts next......
It took another day to divide tasks for other factories, but fortunately, there was no big contradiction, and each factory finally accepted it, and when I looked back, I was still a little unwilling......
The people from the other factories went back, and the leaders of Lin stayed for another day, sitting with the leaders of Jincheng and the people of the Pacific Group to discuss other things.
"The aircraft factory needs to have a runway, but if it is only used by the aircraft factory, it is a bit wasteful, so we think that the runway of this aircraft factory can be used as a civil aviation airport." Leader Lin explained: "This airport is operated by Pacific Group, and its location is located near the sea in the development zone, so that it can not only easily meet the clearance requirements, but also receive various parts transported by sea. ”
Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" In this way, it can also be staggered with Zhangguizhuang Airport. ”
Jincheng has an airport, and it is also very famous, Zhangguizhuang Airport was built in November 1939, only 13 kilometers away from the city center, relying on convenient conditions, continue to grow and develop.
In 1950, the first civil route in China was opened from here, in addition to taking off and landing aircraft, but also took on the task of training pilots, known as the cradle of civil aviation, to 74 years, determined to be the alternate landing field of the capital airport.
However, at that time, it was only a stop, a temporary stop, and it was not until April 79 that seven departure routes were opened.
In 95, it was designated as an international flight airport, and it was also changed from Zhangguizhuang Airport to Jincheng Binhai International Airport.
Although it is called Binhai International Airport, it is far from the development zone, close to the city, and then began to build a special terminal building and continue to expand its scale.
Later generations of Airbus set up a factory in Jincheng, which is located near this airport, so that there is no need to use the airport additionally, just use this directly.
However, after all, it was the government, not the Pacific Group, and Qin Feng had no way to buy the airport, so he could only continue to stay in the development zone, find a suitable coastal place to open a factory, and the plane flew from the sea and landed directly, and there was no need to worry about high-rise buildings nearby, nor would he worry about noise affecting the inland.
After that, this airport will also expand rapidly, become a special international airport, become a transportation hub in Jincheng, and Zhangguizhuang Airport will continue to be an alternate landing field.
As for the distance from the city, it is not a big problem, there is an airport bus, after the route is opened, the price is cheaper than there, it will definitely attract many passengers, and the international route of Kunpeng Airlines can also be placed here, after flying here, even if it is transferred to the capital, it is cheaper than the direct one.
The cost management of airlines is a scientific and coordinated work, and those state-owned enterprises will not effectively reduce costs, and their operating expenses will definitely be more than Kunpeng Airlines, so the next ......
The leader of Jincheng nodded: "This is okay, in fact, we are still thinking about whether to put it near Zhangguizhuang Airport, since Mr. Qin has the idea of opening an airline and an airport, we fully support it!" Mr. Qin, don't worry, we are your strongest backing, and we have long been looking forward to the aviation industry settling in our Jincheng! ”
Jincheng is the automobile industry base, but the aviation industry has not been fished, this time with the east wind of the Pacific Group, the fart of the chicken in Jincheng has to be improved a lot!
It's a pity that Mr. Qin didn't build the chip base, in fact, half of the development zone was allocated to them Pacific Group!
Everything has been negotiated, and the next specific implementation is Wang Fang's matter.
Everything is done, Qin Feng should go back.
"Mr. Qin, don't worry, I will definitely be able to arrange this place properly, and I won't drag our group back!" Wang Fang came out to see Qin Feng, and before getting into the car, he expressed his position again.
"Ugh." Qin Feng sighed.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm a little guilty, you're married, but ......"
When you get married, you should have children, even if the young people are not in a hurry, the old people in the family are also in a hurry!
It didn't matter before, but now, Qin Feng already has a child, Wang Fang's stomach is still deflated, and after he goes back, Wang Gang may bring up this stubble.
"Mr. Qin, I have made an agreement with Gillian, her husband, I will be born in the future, so staggered, if you gather together, I am afraid that I will not be busy."
Have you discussed? Why didn't I know? However, this kind of thing should be an intimate topic between women, right? Qin Feng didn't ask much.
Just as he was about to get into the car, the big brother in Qin Feng's handbag suddenly rang.
"Hey, Old Liu? Which old Liu? What? Hello Mr. Liu, hello! What, my number is easy to remember? Well, that's right, just to make it easy for you to remember, what, go to Yan Liang? Okay, okay, I'll go right over! ”
"Old Liu?"
"Yes, Liu Lao, who has always been obsessed with aircraft carriers, asked me to go to Yanliang immediately this time, it should be for the sake of naval equipment." Qin Feng said: "I originally planned to go home, but it seems that I can't go back." ”