Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

"Carbon fiber embedded with titanium alloy!" Deng Peng's eyes reflected this fan blade that seemed to be exuding magic power.The anger of Deng Peng, who was still confronting Luo Rong and Li Hyuk-jae just now, has completely disappeared, replaced by endless shock and envy.

Li Hyuk-jae raised his chin slightly: "That's right, this is the engine fan blade embedded with carbon fiber and titanium alloy. Let me ask you, can you make it with the money?"

Deng Peng seemed to have been pulled out of his spine, and sat down on the chair, staring blankly, unable to speak at all.

As we all know, civil aviation aeroengines are now dominated by turbofan engines.Unlike the turbojet engine, there is a fan with a large diameter in the low-pressure system of the turbofan engine. The air that enters from the fan instead of entering the core engine is called bypass air, that is, passing air.

Of course, this is a very crude literal translation, but in the current civil aviation engine field, considering the aircraft speed and propulsion efficiency, in the mainstream field, it is hoped that the so-called passing air that the peripheral fans pass through should be as much as possible.Therefore, a concept was born in the field of civil aviation engines, the ratio of the air passing through the fan to the core engine, that is, the bypass ratio.

In the civil field, the basic bypass ratio is an irresistible trend.However, this does not mean that as long as the diameter of the fan is increased without thinking, a turbofan engine with excellent performance can be obtained.

Because while increasing the diameter of the fan, due to the existence of centrifugal force, under the condition of ultra-high speed of tens of thousands of revolutions per minute, coupled with the ultra-long blade length and increasing blade weight, ordinary materials may not be able to bear it Such a huge strength requirement falls apart, so there are two ways to solve it.

As for cfm, to be precise, GM has followed a simple and unpretentious truth.Since the engine fan blades with a large bypass ratio have high pressure requirements, I reduce the weight of the blades and increase the strength of the blades.

When aero engine manufacturers around the world are still at a loss, General Motors took the lead in completing the certification of carbon fiber blades.Compared with conventional alloy blades, carbon fiber blades are much lighter in weight, but have increased strength, which perfectly solves the fan requirements of large bypass ratio engines.

However, this is not the end, and GM's technical capabilities have not yet been fully demonstrated.

After being equipped with carbon fiber blades, GM found that the blades can indeed pass the centrifugal force test under high-speed rotation perfectly, but the carbon fiber blades did not perform well in the bird strike test.

Carbon fiber blades don't perform as well as conventional alloy blades when it comes to bird strikes.

Ordinary companies may be dumbfounded when they encounter this problem.However, General Motors has developed a process of embedding light and high-strength titanium alloys at the blade edges.

In this way, the weakest part of the blade is covered with titanium alloy, which further increases the strength, and then can pass the bird strike test perfectly.

First carbon fiber blade technology, and then titanium alloy fitting technology, this arm-length engine fan blade is almost the pinnacle of human material science, and Deng Peng can't allow Deng Peng to feel hopeless. …

It is precisely because Deng Peng is an expert that he can better understand the technical content contained in this blade, and can better understand the gap between domestic production and the world's top level.

The cfm company's direct display of this carbon fiber embedded titanium alloy blade suppressed the entire audience, and everyone in the audience was silent, and no one dared to speak any more.

Li Hezai hummed a soft sound in his nasal cavity, but the sound fell into Deng Peng's ears like thunder, shaking Deng Peng's mind.

For this blade technology alone, even if they are given sufficient funds, within 20 years, it is impossible for them to make any substantial progress.

This is the harsh reality.Science and technology not only need continuous strong support, but also time accumulation.In terms of first-mover advantage, Europe and the United States are much stronger than China.

Li Hyuk-jae's expression turned slightly pity, and he patiently persuaded: "Director Deng, it's the era of globalization now, don't have that kind of closed thinking. Everyone is in business, as long as you are willing to pay, then we will Provide the best products, isn’t it good for you and me?”

Deng Peng gritted his teeth: "What does the extra 15.00% premium mean?"

In fact, Deng Peng is not that rigid person.On the one hand, he has always had the dream of self-developed domestic aero-engine and is willing to fight for it; on the other hand, he can correctly recognize the reality.

The technical gap in fuselage design of domestic large aircraft is not as large as that of aero-engines. That is to say, if all of them are self-developed, it is likely that the fuselage structure can be manufactured, but the aero-engine cannot be manufactured.

Therefore, Deng Peng also agreed to let domestic large aircraft use foreign engines first.This decision is based on realistic pressure and a compromise made in order not to slow down the overall self-development speed.After the domestically-made aero-engine has a breakthrough, we will gradually replace it with our own power heart.

However, after this decision was made, out of consideration for the advanced nature of domestic large aircraft, AVIC naturally wanted the best engine.Among the world's aero-engine giants, GM is naturally second to none.The new P-series developed by its joint venture company cfm on the basis of cfm56 has been determined to be the power source of the next-generation narrow-body aircraft of airbus and boeing. Cutting edge engine.

However, the price quoted by cfm to AVIC is fully 15.00% higher than that of the ab model of the same series.Although it is normal for there to be slight fluctuations in price due to subtle differences between different models, the full 15.00% premium is no longer explained by engine differentiation.

You must know that the power system of an aircraft often accounts for half of the value of the whole aircraft, which is evident from its high value.That 15.00% premium is added to the high price of the engine, and that's no small sum.

Moreover, this premium is based on the list price.That is to say, there is no preferential price quoted by cfm to AVIC, and the price will be increased.However, according to unspoken industry rules, the actual prices obtained by Airbus and Boeing must be lower than the list prices.

This time and again, AVIC is simply being taken advantage of.This is the most unacceptable thing Deng Peng can do. The cfm company is clearly aiming at domestically unable to produce aero-engines with a large bypass ratio and raising prices desperately. …

That's right, AVIC can also find other engine manufacturers.However, although the three major aero-engine giants have a lot of internal competition, they are quite consistent in terms of attracting customers.Therefore, there is basically no situation where you can find a cfm company to increase the price by 15.00%, and you will not increase the price in Rolls-Royce or Pratt & Whitney.

This situation is actually a bit like that after the launch of the domestic large aircraft project, Boeing and Airbus almost unanimously cut prices. This is their consistency in certain purposes.

Deng Peng is aggrieved, this is a typical case of being caught by someone's weakness, and then sucking blood hard.But the reality is that whenever AVIC has some pursuit of its own large aircraft, it has to accept this unequal transaction.

After all, the world is not limited to the three major aero-engine giants, but also some smaller aero-engine manufacturers.These engine manufacturers may not be as stable as the combination of the three major aero engines, and they may be able to find a relatively "honest" manufacturer.

But no matter how much the fire is, what I have to admit is that the engines with excellent performance in the world are monopolized by these three companies. If you want a good engine, you can only find these three companies, so you will inevitably be slaughtered severely.

It's a dead end!

"Didn't Mr. Li just say that because the engine has been adjusted to match our engine, there are also some external factors, which must be taken into consideration?" Luo Rong from the aviation materials company explained impatiently.

Deng Peng snorted coldly: "I've never heard that the fine-tuning of the engine will generate so much premium. Do you think it's 5.00%, that's 15.00%, 15.00% of an engine that is close to hundreds of millions of yuan, you guys talk about it After making those fine-tuning, I want to see what fine-tuning can cause such a huge premium. As for the external factors you mentioned, that is what you need to coordinate with Boeing and Airbus, not what we need to bear.”

"Director Deng, I'm sorry, this fine-tuning plan involves our commercial secrets, so it's inconvenient to disclose it." Li Hezai said calmly.

Deng Peng sneered: "Business secrets, I'm afraid they don't exist at all?"

Luo Rong, who speaks fluent Chinese, seems to be the secretary of the CFM company representative. When he heard Deng Peng holding on to the premium price of the product, he scolded: "Deng Peng, if you keep messing around like this, the negotiation has broken down. Where are you going?" Looking for an engine? 15.00% is 15.00%. This is the added value that high-tech products should have. If we can’t make it, we can only accept it.”

"Luo Rong, that's 15.00%, 15.00% of the list price, do you know how much it is?" Deng Peng almost vomited blood with anger: "You just said it so easily?"

"Then what do you say, hey, can that thing be made?" Luo Rong said, nodding towards the carbon fiber blades.

No matter how angry "you" is, as soon as the carbon fiber blade is mentioned, Deng Peng will follow up with the gunpowder of water, and immediately turn off the fire, looking at Luo Rong and Li Hyuk-jae bitterly, unable to say a word.

Some of the other people present at the meeting were comforting Deng Peng, while others were also discussing the price issue with Lee Hyuk-jae.However, the general direction of these people is not a question of accepting or not, but just hoping that the cfm company can lower the price a little. …

That's right, these people have accepted the cfm company's behavior of squeezing wool, but they just hope that it will not be so ruthless.

In fact, the tone of the meeting has already been set for this part.A fan blade made of carbon fiber embedded with titanium alloy is worth a thousand words, and that is the thing that really sets the stage.

This is only part of the low-pressure system of the aeroengine, let alone the rotor technology of the core engine.Whether domestic aero-engine technology can solve the deadliest engine surge is unknown.

That's all-round backwardness!In fact, the ruthlessness directly penetrated the defenses of everyone present, making them gradually understand the situation, and chose to hold their noses to suffer this dull loss.

It is foreseeable that in the content of the subsequent meeting, the focus of the discussion is that the cfm should not be ripped off too hard.And Deng Peng, who reacted most violently, seemed to be ten years old, and there was no blood on his tired-looking face, which was despair under the huge technological gap.

It's too difficult, it's really too difficult!

"Everyone, we understand the difficulties of AVIC. For our future cooperation, I can make the decision here to reduce the premium by two percentage points."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the venue showed gratitude, but the expressions on most people's faces were slightly stiff, and it seemed that they were not sincere.

It's just that Luo Rong was the most proud, and he echoed: "Mr. Li is sincere for our follow-up cooperation. Deng Peng, you still have a sad face, why don't you thank Mr. Li?"

Deng Peng's face turned gloomy in an instant, and he was about to argue with Luo Rong again, but he heard a light laugh in the venue: "Comprador?"

The sound was not loud, but it was like a thunderbolt piercing through the audience. The effect was even more shocking than the fan blade Li Hyuk-jae took out just now with carbon fiber embedded with titanium alloy.

The venue, which was a bit noisy just a moment ago, was silent for a moment. Under the atmosphere that could hear the drop of a needle, everyone's eyes fell on the figure of a young man at the end of the table.

It was Xu Cang!

There was a harmless smile on Xu Cang's face, his eyes locked on Luo Rong who was in the front, and he tilted his head, as if asking questions.

Lin Ming beside Xu Cang slowly showed a smile after the initial shock.On the other hand, Luo Rong recovered after a period of brain shutdown. With a sullen face, he asked with an expression that seemed to be asking for advice: "What did you just say?"

Luo Rong's voice was not loud, but it flashed like hidden thunder, which contained extremely dangerous meanings.Everyone knows that Luo Rong is only a thin line away from the outbreak.

However, under this situation, the smile on Xu Cang's face was like the melting of winter snow, and it disappeared in an instant, leaving only the coldness of winter: "I'm surprised. In this era, being a comprador can still Don't be a man with your tail between your legs!"

Peng!
As soon as these words came out, Luo Rong's face changed wildly. These words seemed to tear the flesh of his face, completely showing his ugliest side in front of everyone.

Everyone knows that he is a comprador, and he himself knows it, but it doesn't mean that someone can expose this window paper that everyone knows in public. …

"Little bastard, who are you? I remember that this meeting should be without you." Luo Rong gritted his teeth according to what little reason he had left.

Xu Cang was too young, and seemed too abrupt in this meeting where the average age was above forty.

"Xu Cang, my name is Xu Cang!" Xu Cang did not hide his name at all, and it was impossible to hide it.He faced Luo Rong's murderous gaze without fear: "I am indeed not a member of this meeting, but that doesn't mean my words are wrong."

"Xu Cang?" Even though Luo Rong was already furious, Li Hezai next to him was always calm, but after hearing Xu Cang's name, his expression finally changed a little, as if he knew Xu Cang's name .

And Deng Peng's reaction was quite violent. After Xu Cang reported his name, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly thought of who it was, and immediately asked Xu Cang, "Are you the young man Chen Lao said?" people?"

When Deng Peng was asking questions, his eyes only stayed on Xu Cang for a while, and soon turned to Lin Ming who was next to Xu Cang.Lin Ming nodded slightly, affirming Deng Peng's guess.

Luo Rong quickly searched in his mind, and found that Xu Cang was not in the huge network of people he knew, and there were not even a few people with the surname Xu.

Almost instantly, Luo Rong classified Xu Cang into the ranks of inconspicuous little people.And just as Luo Rong guessed, Xu Cang is indeed an insignificant person.

However, even a trivial person can burst out with incomparable brilliance.

"Little bastard, today I have to let you know what it means to speak misfortune!" Now that Xu Cang has been determined to be a little-known little person with a high probability, Luo Rong naturally has no scruples.

Just when Luo Rong was about to explode, Lin Ming's face was slightly cold, and he planned to get up to stop him.But before he could make a move, a majestic cold snort came from outside the door: "Luo Rong, is this the place where you can play wild?"

Accompanied by this voice was Wu Yue, the director of the flying bid department, who saw Wu Yue stepping in and looking directly at Luo Rong: "The bureau brought you here to discuss things, not to let you fight fiercely. Luo Rong Rong, if you still want to lose your mind, get the hell out of here."

Luo Rong felt depressed, but Wu Yue was present, so he couldn't yell loudly anymore, so he had to suppress the irritability in his heart, pointing at Xu Cang, and said viciously: "Then this little bastard can slander me at will?"

Wu Yue didn't wrinkle: "What did he slander you?"

"He said I am." In the end, Luo Rong couldn't say the word comprador at all, he hesitated for a long time.

In the end, Luo Rong didn't say anything, Xu Cang said directly: "I said he is a comprador."

As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar in the field, especially Deng Peng, who really convinced Xu Cang in his heart.Although everyone knew what kind of guy Luo Rong was, Xu Cang was given the reputation of being fearless by saying the word comprador again and again.

The reason why Xu Cang said that Luo Rong was a comprador was for real.Luo Rong is the representative of the domestic aviation material company. Once the domestic large aircraft chooses the cfm p engine, the import of these engines must go through Luo Rong's company, and a lot of benefits can be obtained from it. …

Moreover, once the domestically produced large aircraft really comes out.At least there will be a lot of orders in China, which is a huge market for Luo Rong's aviation materials company.

Naturally, airlines do not need to go through aviation materials companies to purchase aircraft.However, the subsequent maintenance and replacement of the engine is the business scope of the aviation material company. As long as the hand can reach it, it can squeeze out Lilan, and not a little bit of Lilan.

It was because of this that Deng Peng felt angry.If it's just for research, it won't consume too much engine. If there is really no way, just hold your nose and admit it.

But as long as the head is opened, and the subsequent large domestic aircraft is delivered to domestic airlines, then all these premiums will be passed on to the airlines.Moreover, the number of engines at that time was not a few purchased for research, but hundreds or even thousands of engines. What is the astronomical figure of 15.00% of the hundreds of thousands of engines?

Didn't the domestic personnel pay for so much money in the end?Moreover, Deng Peng did not believe that Luo Rong's aviation materials company would not grab huge profits from it, otherwise Luo Rong would not be so active.

Not only wanting to gain benefits at the expense of compatriots in domestic and foreign transactions, but also suppressing domestic progressive ideas, isn't this kind of behavior a naked comprador?

Therefore, Xu Cang's evaluation of Luo Rong did not slander at all, it can only be said to be appropriate.It's just that Deng Peng couldn't point it out in person because of his feelings, but he borrowed Xu Cang's mouth to express his anger.

"Comprador?" The muscles on Wu Yue's face twitched a few times, he looked at Luo Rong, then turned his head to look at Xu Cang, and finally clicked his lips: "Xu Cang, speak more tactfully in the future, do you understand?"

Xu Cang nodded slightly, as a face to Wu Yue.

However, what Wu Yue said was almost in favor of Xu Cang, and he did not deny Luo Rong's title of comprador.That would be a shame and humiliation to Luo Rong.

However, Lee Hyuk-jae, who had not spoken much at the end of this juncture, suddenly stood up.He spread his hands and said with a smile, "There's no need for everyone to be so angry. This doesn't seem like a very complicated issue."

"This problem is indeed not complicated, but it is very serious, so don't speak in such a flippant tone." Xu Cang said coldly.

At this time, one of the attendees seemed to want to know who Xu Cang was, and said impatiently: "I know who you are, a pilot who made a lot of trouble a while ago, and dealt with some special cases. Young man , Just be your pilot well, don’t get involved in these things, go out first.”

"Oh, so it's just a little pilot! Which company, when did the pilot have the right to speak here?" Luo Rong asked sharply.

That's right, in a meeting of this specification, an ordinary pilot is as insignificant as dust, and Luo Rong can't afford to have such a contemptuous attitude after learning Xu Cang's true identity.

At this time, Wu Yue also drank softly: "Xu Cang, come out with me first."

This is not because Wu Yue has any opinion on Xu Cang, but it is precisely to protect Xu Cang.

However, Xu Cang did not listen to Wu Yue's words, but looked at Deng Peng: "Director Deng, will you accept the conditions proposed by cfm?"...

Facing such harsh words, Deng Peng was momentarily at a loss for words, but finally lowered his head.

At the same time, Li Hyuk-jae shrugged, and he smiled and said to Xu Cang: "Xu Cang, no matter whether the problem is serious or not, as long as it is not complicated, how about we solve it in a simple way? You start from the fan blades, surge Elimination of technology, high-pressure turbine superalloy materials are at least 20 years away from us, isn't this realistic, is there still room for choice?"

At this moment, Luo Rong sneered behind Li Hyuk-jae: "President Li, what are you talking about to a pilot like him, can he understand?"

However, Li Hyuk-jae shouted coldly: "Shut up!"

Luo Rong's face changed suddenly, Wanshi didn't expect that Li Hezai would scold him: "Boss Li!"

"Xu Cang! You are very good!" Li Hyuk-jae's eyes exuded undisguised admiration: "I know you have resentment in your heart, but being brave is never a good choice. Recognize the reality, admit your shortcomings, accept It should be unfair.”

Hearing this, Deng Peng clenched his teeth, but what Li Hyuk-jae said were all words of hatred, because they were all true, and he couldn't refute them at all.

At this moment, Lin Ming, who had been silent all this time, raised his eyelids and said softly, "Xu Cang, that's enough!"

No matter how much resentment and anger there is, the gap exists objectively, and it will not be shifted by people's will.Lin Ming stood up slowly, and cast his eyes on Li Hyuk-jae, his eyes were full of indifference.

Deng Peng, who had already sat down, saw Lin Ming stand up, his eyes flashed with shock, and he also stood up.

"Mr. Li, your engine is very good, but your requirements are really too high, sorry for our difficulty."

Hearing this, Luo Rong's expression sank, but Li Hyuk-jae didn't change his expression much, he just smiled lightly and said, "Boss Lin, there is no such good engine as the P engine in the world. Boeing and Airbus puts the future of narrow-body aircraft on the p engine, do you have a better choice?"

However, Xu Cang stepped in directly, and asked in a cold voice: "Then I want to know whether the materials of the fan case and high and low pressure turbine blades of our engine are the same as those of Boeing and Airbus' p engines?"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Hyuk-jae's face finally changed, but he quickly restrained himself, and his emotional control was terrifying.

"Xu Cang, you talk too much!"

But these words fell into Deng Peng's ears, and his face suddenly became angry: "What do you mean, is it possible that the engine you want to give us is still shrunk?"

Li Hyuk-jae took a deep breath and said softly, "This is a commercial secret, and I have no right to disclose it."

"Damn it, Luo Rong, why are you so unconscionable just to make money?" Deng Peng pointed at Luo Rong and cursed.You must know that Luo Rongfang's company is the one connecting with cfm. If the engine given by cfm is a degraded version, then Deng Peng does not believe that Luo Rong will not know.

Not only does the price increase, but the grade is also lower than that of the Boeing and Airbus versions of the same series. Isn’t this a scam?
Luo Rong was furious at first, and immediately counterattacked: "You just listen to the words of a bastard who doesn't understand anything. Besides, you are so stubborn, you built the engine after all. If you can build it, you don't have to be so angry. "...

Luo Rong's words fell into Wu Yue's ears, which inevitably made him frown, but he couldn't make a sound because of his official status.But these words made Deng Peng speechless.

It's really a thousand words can't match a technical moat.

You can't make it, so you have to buy it?

"How do you know that we can't make it?" Suddenly, Xu Cang's soft but extremely firm voice sounded in the field.

This was heard by Luo Rong, and after the initial surprise, Luo Rong immediately burst into laughter, and even some people in the meeting covered their faces in shame, and were completely thrown away by ignorant children like Xu Cang face.

Wu Yue sighed: "Xu Cang, stop talking, come with me."

Luo Rong laughed especially loudly, until he leaned forward and backward with laughter and glanced at the stern Li Hyuk-jae, he finally restrained his smile.

"Is it funny?" Li Hyuk-jae snorted disdainfully.

Although Luo Rong didn't smile anymore, his eyebrows and eyes were still full of sarcasm: "Isn't it?"

However, Li Hyuk-jae no longer cared about Luo Rong, but stared at Xu Cang: "Are you laughing at him? Are you laughing at someone who competes with Boeing on 737ng blueprints and Luo Luo on three-rotor technology?"

Li Hyuk-jae's words were like water splashes dripping into boiling oil, immediately causing the field to explode, and everyone including Wu Yue looked at Xu Cang in disbelief.

Under the almost unfamiliar gazes of everyone, Xu Cang's face flashed an unusually firm look: "Let's make a bet!"

Li Hyuk-jae seemed to know what Xu Cang was going to say, he said coldly: "Even if you get Luo Luo's three-rotor technology, what about the fan system, what about the high-temperature alloy? Can you solve it? Xu Cang, you are very good, very good , but you can't change anything!"

In Li Hyuk-jae's voice, Deng Peng also seemed to notice something, he raised his head abruptly, and shouted: "Xu Cang, this matter has nothing to do with you!"

Lin Ming who was beside Xu Cang also frowned, and Wu Yue called softly, "Xu Cang, let's go!"

Everyone thought that Xu Cang was Xueyong's boss, but only Li Hyuk-jae knew that Xu Cang was raising this question seriously and seriously.

"Look, they are all trying to persuade you to give up. Do you think you can bridge the gap of 20 years?" Li Hyuk-jae's mood finally showed a very obvious change, and even his voice trembled slightly.

However, facing everyone's eyes, Xu Cang raised his chin slightly, just like his haughty heart, and then said loudly: "Let's make a bet!"