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Chapter 644 Buying a plane (first update)
Liu Hai has actually wanted to do this for a long time, but there has never been a good entry point, so this time, with the help of Dabao and Erbao coming back, Liu Hai simply did it.

In fact, sometimes it is not appropriate for officials to talk about certain things in a big way.

Because before you have the absolute power to take revenge, it is best not to mention some things. If you mention them, you will actually be embarrassed.

But if Liu Hai does this personally, there will be no problem at all.

As for other follow-up questions, Liu Hai also has a rough plan, step by step.

Naturally, Sun Aiguo knew Liu Hai's intention of bringing his eldest and second treasures on the trip, and he admired Liu Hai in his heart.

"Then you can take a few more days off." Sun Aiguo said again.

"One or two weeks will be enough. Some things should be done step by step and it's not suitable to do too much at once." Liu Hai nodded.

"Yes, we need to show all the hardships our predecessors went through when building this country, so that future generations can see it." When Sun Aiguo said this, he thought of his former comrades and felt panicked in his heart.

The whole room fell into silence for a while. Sun Aiguo thought of many of his comrades, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

In the end it could only turn into a long sigh.

However, Sun Aiguo felt very pleased when he thought of the country's current development, and felt that the sacrifices of his comrades were not in vain.

In fact, in this era, various schools are doing quite well. There are activities such as spring outings almost every year, and there are also activities such as sweeping the graves of martyrs.

However, with the subsequent implementation of the industrialization of education, schools only focused on performance and no longer focused on other things.

When Liu Hai was a child, he used to study and participate in annual spring outings such as Arbor Day, but when it comes to the next generation, there are very few such activities.

Of course, there are also some who collect money in the name of research.

"Director, doesn't Bald Eagle intend to sell the aircraft to us?" Liu Hai asked.

The reason why Liu Hai asked this is that historically McDonnell Douglas was planning to sell us the technology of the DC9 and DC10 aircraft, and then jointly develop a large aircraft project to be shipped to us.

The period when we are good friends with the bald eagle actually does not depend on how strong we are, but on how strong the fat bear is.

Let alone the fact that the Fat Bear is now number one in the world. Although the Bald Eagle is very annoyed when faced with some big countries in the East pulling its hair out, it has to hold it in and show goodwill to some countries in the East.

Of course, I would be more willing to sell some junk to the bald eagles of some eastern countries.

The Dc10 aircraft is in Baitou, because it is definitely considered junk by everyone in China, so it is not called the King of Air Crash for nothing.

Of course, what to say about the Yunshi project? On the one hand, it was because we were poor at the time, and on the other hand, the fat bear next door collapsed too quickly.

At that time, McDonnell Douglas intended to sell all its technology to us, but there were two aspects that failed to close the deal. The first was the problem of money. There was no money. The second is the overall supporting industry chain.

The production of large passenger aircraft requires die forging machines, but we did not have them at that time, so even if we bought the technology, most of the parts had to be imported.

Some people think that instead of importing parts, it is better for us to produce them ourselves, so we cooperate with McDonnell Douglas to develop and transport them.

This idea is actually a good one, but unfortunately Fat Bear fell too early. If Fat Bear had persisted for a few more years, our aircraft project would definitely have been completed.

As for the subsequent dismantling, there are many problems. Of course, there are reasons for the project itself, but also reasons for foreign capital.

Of course, the main reason for the discontinuation at that time was still too poor. Our research and development of Big Black Fish was suspended for 15 years because of lack of money.

Later, many media said that a certain department did not allocate US$3500 million in R&D funds at that time.

In 3500, US$ million may not seem like much, but in that era, it was an astronomical sum.

And judging from Liu Hai’s understanding, one US$3 million is far from enough, and I’m afraid even 500 US dollars is not enough.

Not to mention all the supporting upstream and downstream industrial chains, the total number of parts and components is an astronomical figure.

And 10 US dollars of 3500 million were enough to buy the full production technology of dc9 and dc10.

"How did you know?" Sun Aiguo was a little confused when Liu Hai asked this question.

"Who is the Bald Eagle? Seeing that our country's aircraft research and development is in full swing, he must want to get involved. Besides, the fat bear is so strong now, he must show more goodwill to us."

"We don't need his technology in the automobile industry, and we don't need his technology in the shipbuilding industry, so the only technology that can show good will is the aircraft." Liu Hai stood up and poured a glass of boiled water for Sun Aiguo, and at the same time also poured some water into his own tea cup. Fill up the water and explain as you go.

"They do have this proposal, but the aircraft they want to sell does not have a good reputation. It is said that they are known as the king of air crashes in their country." Sun Aiguo shook his head and said.

"The King of Air Crash?" Liu Hai asked after hearing this.

"It's the DC10 from McDonnell Douglas. The higher-level departments ignored their proposal." Sun Aiguo said.

Liu Hai knew why the higher-level departments ignored this proposal, that is, at this stage, our country does not have many civil aviation missions.

It is more than enough for our country to use Yunjiu aircraft to convert passenger aircraft. After all, those who can fly now are for official business.

No one can imagine how many times the number of civil aviation passenger aircraft in our country will increase in just a few decades.

"If the higher-level departments are not willing, I can personally invest in acquiring the technology." Of course Liu Hai knows how awesome McDonnell Douglas's large aircraft technology is.

Three-engine airliners do have problems of one kind or another, but it is not unreasonable for three-engine airliners to be strong.

The Bald Eagle Army used 10 tankers modified from DC60 series transport aircraft and they were still in use when Liu Hai crossed over.

The Dc10 series of transport aircraft is called a mad dog in the industry. This guy is fast and can pull a lot.

In fact, after careful study, 99% of the series of passenger plane accidents in DC were caused by ground operations. As for why these things happened, of course, some companies have been trying to annex others for ten years.

Just like framing others during business wars, Liu Hai has heard something in his life. There is a hot pot restaurant in Sichuan. It is very popular and tastes very good. Some colleagues spread rumors that this hot pot restaurant uses a crematorium. of oil.

Although the hot pot restaurant tried hard to clarify, and officials also came forward to clarify, it was of no use and it collapsed quickly.

Rumors are just like essays. As long as they happen to you, no matter how you defend them, they will have no effect. There are three types of DC10 aircraft, namely dc10-10, dc10-15 and dc-10-30.

Moreover, Liu Hai also knew that in 1979, the dc10 series aircraft would be grounded due to two major aviation accidents a year. If he now finds someone to talk to McDonnell Douglas, he will.

When things happen next year and flights are grounded around the world, I might be able to get a bargain.

For capitalists, as long as they can make money, they will definitely sell it. Historically, McDonnell Douglas has offered us a price of US$4.5 million. After the grounding next year, this price can be reduced a lot.

In the late 70s, no capitalist would refuse a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

And there is a saying that the bald eagle's international status is much weaker than it was in history. At least the two guys, the cow and the Gallic chicken, are temporarily frightened.

"Do you really want to buy it?" Sun Aiguo was also a little surprised that Liu Hai wanted to buy this aircraft technology. In Sun Aiguo's view, Liu Hai's own research and development was not very good.

"It's good to buy it back for reference, and it also allows us to see the Bald Eagle's overall aircraft manufacturing technology." Liu Hai mainly has no place to copy such a large aircraft.

Otherwise, you can also do the bangs yourself.

"I'll report this to the superior. There is no problem in theory." Sun Aiguo didn't dare to make the decision, so he said.

"Yeah." Liu Hai nodded.

After Sun Aiguo left Liu Hai, he hurriedly reported to the superior department. The first thing Sun Aiguo reported was not that Liu Hai wanted to buy a DC10 aircraft, but that Liu Hai was going to visit the museum with his two children.

Because in Sun Aiguo's view, Liu Hai's matter is far more important than buying a plane.

"Comrade Liu Hai has a very good idea, and we will come up with relevant plans as soon as possible." The superior department expressed Liu Hai's willingness to spend US$1 million to build various museums and US$5000 million to make a documentary.

In the eyes of the leaders of the higher-level departments, Liu Hai spending so much money is actually supporting the industry.

Liu Hai didn't need so much money to take his son to visit, but it wasn't the first time that Comrade Liu Hai gave the money he earned to the country.

Over the years, awards have been given to outstanding students, two universities have been established, aircraft carriers have been purchased, and so on.

"Also, Comrade Liu Hai is very interested in McDonnell Douglas aircraft..." Sun Aiguo reported on the work again, and then detailed the conversation between Liu Hai and himself.

"Comrade Liu Hai's vision is really accurate. A large number of our cars have entered the Bald Eagle market, especially pickup trucks. This has made the Bald Eagles very dissatisfied. They have been yelling that we are making money from them and not buying anything from them."

"But they won't sell anything that is too high-end. We want to buy their various advanced fighter jets, but they won't sell them, so they sell us some grain and scrap metal." The leader of the higher-level department laughed.

"We were talking about airplanes last year. We didn't realize it at the time. The bald eagle not only wanted to make money but also wanted to cause harm. Now that I hear you say it, I understand."

"Since Comrade Xiao Liu is willing, then we can talk to Bald Eagle." The leader of the superior department said again.

"But will there be some problems here, after all, if such a large company is established privately?" Sun Aiguo asked hesitantly.

"This is easy to solve. Let's talk about it first and then listen to Comrade Liu Hai's opinion. This kind of project cannot be successful in a short time. Two or three years is the norm." The leader of the superior department shook his head and said.

"Then thank you, leader." Sun Aiguo nodded.

After receiving the answer from Sun Aiguo behind his bangs, he felt relieved. There is still some time before 86.

In 86, the West saw that Fat Bear was not going to work, and later Fat Bear was submissive to the advice of Western experts, so the entire deal had to be completed before 86. Now it seems that the time point is completely fine.

"When the fat bear dies later and the bald eagle is free to take care of the cows and Gallic chickens, it will be able to collect the wool of the cows and Gallic chickens." Liu Hai is planning to get along with the bald eagle in the maintenance department at this stage. , when the fat bear dies in the late 80s, the bald eagle will definitely target the cows and roosters.

Niu Niu's aviation engine technology is also world-leading, otherwise Airbus would not be the only company to compete with Boeing.

"It depends on the situation. Maybe we can get Airbus to help. Then it will become a three-way confrontation. Besides, McDonnell Douglas has received a sum of money from me, so maybe it won't need to be acquired." Liu Hai thought in his mind. Looking at the pie of the aviation industry in the future, I feel that it is very different from the past.

"Anyway, we just need to ensure our own domestic market." Liu Hai did not want to distinguish the cake of the international aviation industry, as long as we can control the cake of our country.

"In addition, personal computers must also be developed. This is also a profitable business." Liu Hai knew that Apple launched its first personal computer last year.

But the most successful personal computer was the 1981 launched by IBM in 5150. There were 1 orders in the first month of its launch.

The configuration of the 5150 was very impressive at the time. It was equipped with a 16-bit 4.77MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor, 16KB (expandable to up to 256KB) memory, and could use cassette tapes to download and store data. In addition, it could Comes with 5.25-inch floppy disk.

Of course there are some office software.

Of course, this thing is also very heavy, weighing nearly 12 kilograms, and the keyboard alone reaches 2.7 kilograms.

It was IBM's computer that established IBM's dominance in the personal computer industry.

Winner takes all, this is true in any industry.

"Try to get the lithium battery out as soon as possible, and build the world's lightest laptop first." In terms of personal computers, Liu Hai has not found a suitable entry point.

Because now even if we produce personal computers in China, the price and configuration are not as competitive as those abroad, so there is no competitiveness.

Moreover, IBM began producing commercial computers decades ago and has a strong foundation.

If you want to do something, you have to make a name for yourself, so Liu Hai has never reached out in the field of personal computers.

But when lithium batteries come out, Liu Hai will be able to build the most convenient and lightest laptop in the world.

I believe that with this gimmick, my laptop business will be in full swing. At this time, a top-end personal computer is more expensive than a car.

The price of the personal computer launched by Apple in 1977 reached US$1300, and the price of the Beetle at the same time was not that high.

Of course, these computer enthusiasts don't care about the price at all, so IBM's top-end personal computers can receive orders for 24 units a month.

"Personal laptops promote the development of our country's overall semiconductor and computer industries." Liu Hai knows how many laptops have been sold around the world.

Of course, no one would have thought that it would be mobile phones that defeated the computer industry.

(End of this chapter)