Chapter 1006: Introduce foreign aid

Time needs to go back to the meeting between Tan Zhenhua and Ma Fengshan before this departure.
"Zhenhua, I want to discuss something with you." After Tan Zhenhua invited all the Haosha guests to watch a test flight of the first "BAC" passenger plane assembled by the Xi'an Aircraft Factory, Ma Fengshan found him. And had a conversation with him about the future.
Tan Zhenhua thought that Ma Fengshan was going to discuss with him about the localization of the "BAC" passenger aircraft, so he responded casually: "Master Ma, if you have anything, you can just say it directly."
However, Ma Fengshan hesitated. He spoke to his lips, but he hesitated for a while before he spoke: "A few days ago, I went back to the magic capital to meet old friends and Secretary Lu Guangjie."
"Oh, those are old brothers who have worked with you for more than ten years with Master Ma. It's okay to have a chance to see them. Are they all okay?" Tan Zhenhua asked smoothly.
"Secretary Lu has retired, and it's okay to live at home now, but the others are not so good."
"Oh why?"
Now that he had spoken, Ma Fengshan had no worries, and his temperament remained unchanged, and his speech was still straightforward. He looked at Tan Zhenhua and said, "Because there is no work to do."
Tan Zhenhua immediately understood what problem Ma Fengshan wanted to discuss with him.
This is a very hot potato.
Although the name of the Modu Aircraft Manufacturing Plant is called the Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, its name is not true, because from its historical perspective, it is better to say that it is an aircraft repair shop.
Although this factory has a long history, it was established in 1950, but until the "Yun Ten", it had never produced an aircraft seriously, and it was mainly responsible for air, navy, and civil aviation that had changed its affiliation several times. The business of repairing aircraft.
Even the "Yun Ten" has only manufactured a static test prototype, a real complete machine, which was once used by Secretary Lu to deliver food to Harbin, and now it has been transferred to Xijing, where it has been converted into This is China's second "flight test bed".
Oh, there is also an unfinished semi-finished product, but it has now been disassembled into parts to supply the now-used "Yunshi Flying Test Bed" for maintenance and replacement.
However, in the past, in order to carry out the "Yun Ten", the number of technical personnel transferred from the whole country was as many as 600, and a lot of workers were specially recruited, making the total number of employees of the Modu Aircraft Manufacturing Plant exceeded 7,000 at one time.
This is troublesome.
The 600-person design team is now being funded by Tan Zhenhua in the name of the "BAC" localization project, but in fact, as a project to imitate mature aircraft, the main issues that need to be solved are materials and production processes. There are essential differences in the work content of aircraft designers. Most people’s current work is actually analyzing the "BAC" drawings, figuring out why the British wanted to design aircraft like this in the first place, and finding ways to improve their level of knowledge. To know why.
Of course, this is also a very important and meaningful work. It can lay a good foundation for the future to understand this aircraft and make further improvements on it, but the workload is obviously not full, so it is not so much doing it. Scientific research is more of a second study.
No matter what you are doing, there is still something to do, but don't forget that there are more than 6,000 technicians, craftsmen and workers at the bottom of the Modu Aircraft Factory!
With the demise of McDonnell Douglas, the "MD82" project has been impossible to resurrect; and the "Yun 10" project ended without a problem, making the Norda Magic Aircraft Manufacturing Plant lose the last major project that may sustain its livelihood and rely solely on As discussed at the beginning, the workload of processing wings for the "BAC" is simply not enough to sustain the livelihood of these 6,000 people.
Counting it down, this is actually the sin of Tan Zhenhua.
Because in his previous life, all of this would not happen until Boeing completed the annexation of McDonnell Douglas in 1997 and tore up the development and production contract with China for the civil aircraft. Tan Zhenhua has read about it from a series of articles on the previous life network. The tragedy of the Modu Aircraft Manufacturing Plant at that time: The company carried out various production self-rescue projects, producing various civilian products from soap boxes to refrigerators-for example, an "aerospace" that had served in the home of Tan Zhenhua in his previous life for more than ten years. This is how the brand refrigerators came. Unfortunately, most of them did not get any good market feedback; senior talents with skills and experience were either dug away by foreign-funded enterprises or found their own way, and left one after another; a large number of workers followed by technical personnel at the bottom Laid off, have no means of living, and even have to go to the streets to sell the traffic map of the magic city drawn by myself to make a living...
And now, will all this happen 12 years in advance? Tan Zhenhua suddenly felt his heart heavy, and he felt that this was his responsibility.
"When I was leaving, Secretary Lu took my hand and told me that I must talk to you about this matter. He said that the original "Yun Ten" project started with his hands. He personally recruited these technicians and workers into the factory, and he nodded and agreed to hand over the "BAC" project to Xijing, or ended the "Yun Ten" project under his tenure, although he has now Retired, but he feels he has the responsibility to find a way out for the brothers and sisters in the factory, but his ability alone is limited and he has retired. Now he can only think of asking Zhenhua for you."
Tan Zhenhua replied in silence for a long time: "Master Ma, I understand what Secretary Lu means. You can reply to him. I have no shirk on this matter."
A smile appeared on Ma Fengshan’s face, but he immediately frowned and said: "Zhenhua, I know you are rich, but this problem can be solved not only with money-you can’t pay for the 7,000 people out of your pocket. Raise them all? Take 10,000 steps and say, even if you are willing to raise them, those people will not be at ease if they have not worked for a long time."
Tan Zhenhua shook his head and said: "Of course you can't support them. Mr. Jackson, the business director of Rolls-Royce, once said, "Technology is installed in people's minds. If it is not practiced repeatedly in production, it will cease to exist in some days." This applies to both technicians and workers. If there is nothing to do for a long time, their skills will be rusty, people will become lazy, and in the end, they will be unable to do anything."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Master Ma, I think this is an opportunity. After watching today's test flight, I think our "BAC" has basically completed the first phase of the goal, and can already produce qualified products with the kit provided by Britain. The plane is up, then it’s time to start the second phase of the plan."
"You are talking about localization? Zhenhua, I have to remind you. In fact, this work has been carried out since the first day when this production line was introduced to China, and it has been relaxed in the day. In terms of progress, although we have achieved great results, we have faced many difficulties."
"Master Ma, I know this, so I have to thank you first, but I want to make a little correction to the plan we discussed at the beginning."
"What kind of correction?"
"Master Ma, from my perspective, the localization of this aircraft is as important as the development and occupation of the aviation market. What I want is not only to gradually increase the localization rate of this aircraft," BAC1-11-700 "No matter how practical, it is only a regional passenger aircraft developed from a small and medium-sized aircraft that can only carry 80-90 passengers. It can be developed to this day. It can be said that almost all the potential has been used up. When we solve it The day when all of its localization problems are encountered, that is, the day when we redesign a more advanced regional airliner based on it. However, from the perspective of the commercial market, a brand new one is more comfortable and more fuel-efficient. The medium- and short-range trunk airliner that is more environmentally friendly, has a lower failure rate, and a higher cost-effectiveness ratio is the largest part of the entire market. Therefore, I cannot wait for the localization of this aircraft and delay the needs of the market. We are competing in the field of civil aviation passenger aircraft manufacturing, and the time it takes to develop an aircraft is too long. We can’t wait for Boeing and Airbus to divide the market before finding a way to enter. That would be too passive."
"... Zhenhua, listen to what you mean, do you want to develop a Boeing 737-class passenger plane? But we have not fully understood this "BAC" yet, and the most basic localization work has not yet been completed. , I started rashly. I was worried that I would face too many technical difficulties and repeat the mistakes of the "Yun Ten". Did you make this decision a little hastily?"
Different from the last time that the development burden of "Yun Ten" was provoked without a second word, Ma Fengshan has become more cautious after several years of careful study of "BAC".
"So, I plan to bring in foreign aid."