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

"What about this... Brigadier General Welsh, you should know that manufacturing your own engine and overhauling an engine from another country are completely different things, especially when it comes to parts replacement."

Zhong Shihong did not directly take over the whole package:

"I can only say that from a technical perspective, there should be no insurmountable technical obstacles for us with the TF30. However, I am afraid we still need to wait until we see the actual situation of the engine before we can make a judgment."

Sometimes it is this calm attitude that is more reassuring, so Welsh nodded immediately:

"Of course, no problem. You can send some technical personnel to Isfahan. This is also one of the exchange conditions we have reached with your country's aviation technology group."

This sentence is a bit strange. In principle, as a company that collects money to perform services, there seems to be nothing special about Aviation Technology Group providing services at customers' designated locations, and there is no "quid pro quo" involved.

However, considering that the Aviation Technology Group is essentially the vest of the aviation industry, and the latter is closely connected with the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and even the entire military system, Zhong Shihong estimates that there are some twists and turns behind this that he is unaware of.

But he did not ask any more questions in front of Welsh, but continued to introduce to him several engines mainly produced by the 410 factory, of course the main one was the turbojet 14.

In fact, the job of engine overhaul is not much easier than building a new engine. What's more, it is a new model that has been completely untouched in the past. It requires sending people to go on business trips and even opening additional molds to make some spare parts that need to be replaced. , the workload must be quite huge.

However, no matter how you say this is just a maintenance business after all, the Persians came to Shengjing instead of Rulika-Saturn. Obviously, it was not because the former's technology was better but because of the cost, so it was impossible to charge too high a price. , it can only be regarded as making hard money.

But selling engines is different.

Although the aviation manufacturing industry is not yet as streamlined as some low-end manufacturing industries, the scale effect does exist.

For a mature aviation engine that has been finalized, the cost and man-hours required to build 100 units is only about 50 times that of building 1.5 units, but the profit gained from selling it is twice the actual amount.

What's more, this is still an export. Although the Persians are not as wealthy as dogs, they must pay in hard currency.

If it doesn't work, you can still exchange it for oil.

With the continuous development of the national economy, China began to transform from a net exporter of oil to a net importer in 1994. In the following two years, the import volume expanded rapidly, and there was a faint trend of oil shortage. Under this situation, what can be done Getting crude oil can be considered a great achievement.

In short, no matter what, as the management backbone of Factory 410 and one of the main persons in charge of the Seiko Project, Zhong Shihong can definitely benefit from it.

However, Welsh showed little interest after talking about overhauling the TF30. His previous interest in the turbojet 14 seemed to be just to come to the 410 factory to confirm their technical level.

Zhong Shihong, a skilled worker, thought he was not very good at selling words, so after discovering this, he did not continue to pester him, and instead began to quietly mention the excellent performance of the J-8C and J-7F.

Welsh said that he had seen the J-8C's flight performance at the Xiangzhou Air Show on TV and was full of praise for its performance.

But he still didn't show any intention to buy it.

This time it was completely out of the question.

……

But Zhong Shihong didn't just give up.

After dinner, he found the leader of the aviation technology group who came with the Persian delegation.

Although one was in a technical position and the other was in an administrative position, they were both from the aviation industry system after all, so the two chatted together within a few words.

Zhong Shihong leaned on a railing outside the guest house, took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, gave one to the other person, and took out a lighter to light them respectively.

After a set of smooth movements, he successfully brought out the topic he wanted to talk about:

"These Persians have come all the way to China. Is it just to visit our 410 Factory?"

"Of course not. They have arranged a trip of about ten days this time. If you ask me, they are really good at picking the time. Even if it is half a month later, I will not be able to go home to celebrate the New Year's Eve."

The team leader next to him took a long puff of cigarette and blew out a smoke ring into the air.

In front of his own people who had enough confidentiality, the team leader could finally complain with confidence.

"Hey, those of us on the front lines are really working hard."

Zhong Shihong, who was deeply touched by this, nodded.

Due to the nature of work in Factory 410, he often cannot go home for holidays.

These words brought the distance between the two closer.

So Zhong Shihong strikes while the iron is hot:

"Then where are they going to go?"

"They didn't have any plans themselves. They just specified that they would come to Shengjing first, and finally go to Factory 182 in Nanzheng. We will decide the rest of the itinerary."

"Factory 182?"

This final destination surprised Zhong Shihong. After all, in the aviation industry system, this could only be regarded as an inconspicuous place, and its presence was probably similar to that of the Yunma Factory that built the city.

"Well, there are two Y-8Fs they ordered over there, but they have been delayed in delivery due to the improvement of the aircraft. This time I just received them together and flew them back."

"So that's it..."

Zhong Shihong nodded and put out the half-smoked cigarette on the iron railing:

"Then what are you going to do?"

The leader smokes slower, so the cigarette butt is still burning:

"Let's go around from north to south, from east to west. The Persians don't seem to be interested in buying aircraft. They just want to do some work on upgrading the old aircraft to extend their life. They promised that we can send them out. Technicians and pilots are familiar with the performance of U.S. military aircraft at close range."

"Old aircraft upgraded..."

The keyword finally appeared.

So Zhong Shihong took advantage of the situation and continued to ask:

"By the way, besides the F14, what other models do the Persians have? Can't this one model take the lead?"

Information in this era was relatively limited, and we basically relied on television and newspapers to obtain information. However, no media seemed to be interested in the air power of a medium-sized country, and there were very few relevant reports.

The last time Persia became the focus was the Iran-Iraq War, but it is difficult to find news from 10 years ago.

On the contrary, those in the Aviation Technology Group who have direct contact with foreign personnel can obtain a lot of first-hand information.

Sure enough, the team leader answered almost without thinking:

"There are not many F14s. There are only about fifty or sixty of them still flying now. The main force is still nearly 200 F4Ds and F4Es, and there are more than 100 F5s. They are all our old friends. There is not much research value. The above I am still more interested in F14, after all..."

He didn't continue, but the following content was obvious——

After all, a year ago, the two aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and the USS Independence, which brought huge pressure to the Chinese military, carried the F14 as their main aircraft.