The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

Tens of thousands of pounds a year, this investment is not enough for aeroengine research...

It's not even a drop in the bucket.

At most it's equivalent to a sneeze.

Even if we pull Mr. Chang over from China, he will say that he can't do this job.

So in fact, no one expects Xiro to really use this money for scientific research.

The actual use is closer to public relations funds——

Just find a few influential people in China to cooperate with, do some feasibility reports or market research and send money out, just as a way to build relationships...

At the beginning of the 21st century, the exchange rate of the pound was still relatively strong.

Although it is not much when converted into RMB, it is absolutely clean white money after all, so it is still somewhat attractive.

Therefore, Norris's answer was a mixed blessing for everyone.

What worries me is that the situation is a bit awkward right now.

Yes, the group’s top management does not understand aerospace engines.

But they understand financial statements.

If you say that this technology was jointly developed by Xiro Company and China, then others will find that such a big job can be done with only tens of thousands of pounds a year.

When you apply for project funds in the future, it will be difficult to ask for figures of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Who understands the nature of capitalists better than the British?

If you exceed your targets today, it will directly become your KPI tomorrow.

As for Xi...

After all, some room for maneuver is still retained and the road is not completely blocked.

"Who is the person in charge of Xiluo Company?"

Tim Purdy inquired.

"George Breen, and Adam Whittle."

Norris, who is also a mid-level administrative manager, is more familiar with this kind of thing:

"Among them, Brin once served as the representative of the Chinese office in Brazil. As for Whittle, he seems to be an engineer..."

“I have an impression of this person.”

Lapworth suddenly broke in:

"When RB211-535E4 was upgraded, he seemed to be in charge of the fuel and lubricating oil system. Later, this part had an accident during testing, and the aircraft was almost destroyed and everyone died..."

Apparently, Whittle had made an impression on him for no glorious reason.

"Uh……"

Norris found the right moment and quickly interrupted this behavior that seemed to be digging up old accounts:

"Anyway... he was initially sent to China because China introduced our Spey MK202 engine..."

At this moment, everyone showed an expression of sudden enlightenment -

He was exiled there.

But in a flash, I couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Just less than a decade ago, the so-called "technological exchange" between China and the United Kingdom was still about buying completely outdated, old, or even second-hand equipment and technology from the latter.

Now, the situation has been reversed, and a group of Britain's top aeronautical engineers are considering how to quietly cooperate with the Chinese to defeat their opponents from North America.

With mixed feelings, the situation was actually a bit dull.

"Ugh--"

In the end, all the words came together into a sigh from Lapworth:

"Anyway, let's contact Xiluo Company first..."

"If the technology transfer and improvement project of Spey had not been completed, we might be able to find some financial loopholes..."

As the discussion came to an end, everyone left the suite that originally belonged to Bodi.

"Professor, please stay."

Bodie called out from behind to Professor Eleanor who was packing up and getting ready to get up.

The latter stopped what he was doing and looked up, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"I remember you mentioned earlier that the SeA650 is equipped with a permanent magnet fault-tolerant power generation system..."

Bodie said as he sat on another sofa nearby:

"Are you sure it's the technology we know..."

"From their description, it should be."

Eleanor nodded.

Then, without waiting for the other party to speak again, he said directly:

"But if you want to acquire this technology through simple cooperation or introduction, I can only be pessimistic."

Bodi was not embarrassed when his thoughts were seen through. He just asked:

"why?"

Eleanor smiled, obviously confident in his own judgment:

"The Chinese should not have set up any obstacles to technology transfer, or at least cooperation... But are you sure that the Americans are willing to use Chinese subsystems in their air force equipment?"

However, Bodi's response was a sneer:

"Heh...just like before, can't we just keep it from the Americans?"

Although Eleanor did not initially reveal the origin of this technology, he had actually guessed it a long time ago.

So I didn't feel particularly shocked at this time, but instead I drew inferences from it:

"Just say we developed it and outsourced it... Anyway, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney are already overwhelmed by the F35 and F135, so they won't care about these details..."

In a word, Professor Eleanor of the classical school was completely unable to do anything.

"..."

He hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what he should say.

Finally I had to scratch my head:

"If that's the case... you could give it a try..."

"But I have to remind you that the rotor support system is very important in aeroengines. If you want to entrust someone else to develop it, you have to hand over part of the F135 data..."

Although Bodi had just acted fearless, he couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this.

Both business and technical issues are easy to discuss.

But this may involve security issues...

The Americans' long-arm jurisdiction is still quite scary.

Especially since he's in the UK.

It's even more terrifying.

"I'll think about it again..."

……

the other side.

When the air show closed, it was three days later when Liu Yongquan finished his entire trip and returned to China.

The harvest from this business trip can be said to be fruitful.

Therefore, he didn't even have time to rest or adjust to the jet lag. After getting off the plane, he went straight to the headquarters of Aviation Power Group.

In fact, if he had come back two days earlier, he wouldn't even have seen Chang Haonan——

The latter had just returned to the capital from the test site in western Meng Province the afternoon before, which was also the first day back to work...

"Old Liu?"

When Chang Haonan came back from lunch, he unexpectedly saw the dusty Liu Yongquan at the door of the office:

"Didn't you just come back from France? You don't have to worry about the business trip report. Anyway, SeA650 won't make any big mistakes..."

He said as he took out his key and opened the door.

"Uh... I haven't started compiling the trip report yet."

Liu Yongquan took a deep breath, cheered himself up and followed Chang Haonan in:

"It's another matter. I think it's more important, so I'm telling you in advance."

Chang Haonan, who was entering the password, immediately became interested:

"Elaborate."

He still trusts Liu Yongquan's judgment.

"When we took the scale model of SeA650 to the European Business Aviation Exhibition this time, we met a group of engineers from Rolls-Royce."

"Although the person did not state his purpose, and just pretended to be a normal customer attending the conference and asked us some questions about engine performance, I think he might be interested in some of our technologies..."

In fact, this was a pure coincidence.

Professor Elino's "interest" in SeA650 is simply out of the curiosity of a scientific researcher.

As for the plan to cooperate with Huaxia, that was an idea that came later, and it had nothing to do with Eleanor...

“Our technology…”

Chang Haonan came to the conclusion after only a brief thought:

"Given the level of Rolls-Royce, I'm afraid they won't be impressed by the overall design of SeA650..."

"Then the only thing left is the permanent magnet fault-tolerant power generation system and the air film cooling technology?"

"Yes."

Liu Yongquan's tired face showed an excitement that was hard to conceal:

"The person stayed in these two parts for a particularly long time and asked many questions in an indirect way."

"And I think they should be very anxious and will probably contact us soon."

"Isn't that a deliberate display?"

Chang Haonan became a little suspicious.

The main reason was that after thinking for a while, he couldn't remember which project of Luo Luo had encountered trouble at this moment -

He knew that EJ200 had hidden defects, but that was the fault of the earliest structural design.

The rest of the models seemed to have been completed step by step in the previous life.

"will not."

Liu Yongquan's attitude is very positive:

"They behaved very normally on site, but the questions they asked were all basic design information that civil aviation engines would gradually release."

"If you are not in a hurry for these things, you just need to continue to pay attention to the publicity from Snecma and Dassault. There is no need to go to Switzerland specifically..."

This explanation is well-founded and convincing.

Chang Haonan held his chin with one hand and tapped the table lightly with the other hand:

"If this is true, then the British will most likely test us through the Xiluo Company soon."

"However, Comrade Yongquan"

He paused for a moment, looked at Liu Yongquan opposite him, and changed his tone to a more formal one:

"No matter what form or name the cooperation is in, if it is reached, then considering the actual situation of Xiluo Company, it will most likely be handed over to Gaofa Group to be actually responsible. You must be mentally prepared for this."

"Well... Mr. Chang, I still have a sense of the overall situation."

Liu Yongquan seemed quite indifferent:

"All the units under our group are like a rope... ahem - they prosper together and suffer together. No matter who they are handed over to, it will benefit as a whole."

"Besides, even if the project is handed over to Gaofa Group, we have people familiar with these two technologies..."

Chang Haonan was very satisfied with this statement.

The road has become wider.

Of course, he just nodded on the surface:

"After you go back, you really have to pick out some good seedlings who have participated in the SeA650 project and send them to Gaofei for a period of time. Maybe one or two will stay there directly."

"However, it's not just about you making contributions... Rolls-Royce has a lot of assets and is developing a lot of projects. Whether it's turbofans or turboprops, they are all the most advanced models in their respective categories. So cooperating with them is also an opportunity for us to learn and communicate..."