The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 169 Building a car? [Please order in full]

When these Ermao experts came by car, Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Bingkun stood outside the National Auditorium to greet them.

Zhang Zhipeng saw a fleet of dozens of Toyota Hiace vans slowly approaching and parked in order on the square of the National Auditorium.

Seeing these buns, Zhang Zhipeng frowned slightly. In recent years, footbath cars have become very popular in China and their sales are extremely good.

Take these Hiace vans for example. Such a cargo-pulling thing actually costs more than 500,000 yuan.

This is the price in the 90s!

All I can say is, it’s too dark!
Of course, the buns now used in state guest cars have been modified, and the seats inside are quite comfortable.

However, a van is a van, why is it so expensive?
Still the same sentence: People with footbaths will cheat!

The prices of footbath cars in the 90s were quite expensive in the Chinese market. Crowns, Bluebirds, etc. were all priced at the same price as Audi and BMW.

However, their quality is so-so.

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself that he had to think about it and seize the time to develop the domestic automobile industry.

"Comrade Zhipeng, what are you thinking about?" Zhao Bingkun asked when he saw Zhang Zhipeng staring at the motorcade without saying a word.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I was thinking that our automobile industry is too backward."

"We have to hurry up and catch up."

"We cannot allow footbath people to run rampant in our domestic market. Even if it is a product that looks like shit, they can still sell it at a high price."

Zhao Bingkun nodded in agreement and said, "You are absolutely right."

"Our domestically produced cars are really a bit too backward."

"Take Xiali, for example. The automotive technology that has been eliminated by Footbath Man can become popular in China after being sold to us."

"What? What do you have in mind again?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I hope to develop the national automobile industry."

"Director Zhao, when it comes to building cars, is the state more strict?"

"Is it easy to get a car manufacturing license?"

Zhao Bingkun waved his hand and said: "It is true that the automobile industry has not yet completely opened up to private enterprises."

"But if you want to build a car, the country will definitely support you!"

"No matter what the license plate is, I will endorse it for you! There is no problem at all!"

"Whoever dares to stop the special brew, you come to me!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I'm just waiting for Director Zhao's words!"

"Let's stick to the old rules! Let's set up a public-private joint venture car company! We will try to build a beautiful and useful state car within a year! Let the leaders stop making do with the old Hongqi sedan."

Zhao Bingkun said: "It will work. Then let the State Investment Company combine with you and invest some money in you!"

"Of course, if you are willing to cooperate with First Automobile Company, that's no problem!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and waved his hand and said: "If we don't want to cooperate with them anymore, let's cooperate directly with the State Investment Corporation. My previous cooperation with the State Investment Corporation was quite pleasant."

Attracting state-owned assets to invest in the company is considered as having a state-owned assets background, and it will be easier to do things domestically.

For Zhang Zhipeng now, making money is really no longer his motivation.

He feels that helping the country make up for its industrial shortcomings is the most important thing.

In the previous life, domestically produced cars did not start to improve until the 2010s.

Now, he wants to start the process of the rise of domestically produced cars in advance!

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "Let's talk about this later. Let's entertain the experts from Ermao first."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Okay!"

But he said that Boris, an old expert from Ermao Country who had come to China to provide assistance, was sitting in the first Sea Lion van.

His visit to China this time was actually to earn a pension.

He is already 68 years old. If he were in the era of giant bears, he would have been able to enjoy his old age at this age.

But now, his pension income has shrunk significantly due to currency devaluation, which is not enough to support himself, let alone subsidize his family.

The lives of his two sons and one daughter are not very good either.

They need to make more money to improve their lives.

It is precisely because of this that Boris decided to come to China alone.

In fact, there are very few Ermao experts bringing their families to China this time.

They don't know what it will be like after coming here.

How can I bring my family here?
After Boris arrived in China, he was shocked.

Because this country is completely different from what it was 40 years ago.

What an earth-shaking change!
It has become beautiful, with new buildings everywhere, tall buildings everywhere, clean and spacious roads, and pedestrians on the road feeling much better and wearing brighter clothes.

The number of private cars seems to have increased a lot, because the traffic on the road has obviously become denser.

Forty years ago, even the capital seemed dilapidated.

Boris thought to himself: This country is indeed becoming rich and powerful.

After two days of arrival, the Chinese government gave them a very high level of reception and attentive care. There were plenty of food, drinks, and tobacco.

Salaries and benefits have been negotiated, and they will be assigned to work in various relevant research institutes and universities in China.

The housing provided for them has basically been taken care of, so they don't need to worry about anything.

This reminded Boris of the era of giant bears.

Senior scientific and technological talents of that era were also treated in the same way.

Boris didn't have to worry about anything at all during the giant bear era, because the country had already taken care of everything for them.

They just need to work hard and do their job well.

Boris sighed in his heart: This is simply reliving an old dream.

The giant bear has become a thing of the past.

Nowadays, the country of China is prospering.

He fell in love with it right away.

Boris was assigned to work at the Ship Research Institute in the capital, and he was eager to get into work as soon as possible.

However, he is also a little worried, will his language barrier be passable?

After all, to work in China, you have to be able to integrate.

When the car arrived at the National Auditorium and stopped, Boris saw the reception staff approaching each car.

When the car door opened, the etiquette staff greeted Boris in Russian with smiles on their faces.

They speak Russian quite fluently.

Boris felt warm in his heart.

He had not experienced such high-level reception for a long time.

Getting out of the car, Boris followed the reception staff and walked towards the entrance of the National Auditorium.

He saw two relatively high-status hosts standing there.

One of them was young, handsome and tall.

Um! Still relatively familiar.

After he came to China, I often saw him on the TV screen and in newspapers.

Boris felt excited: Is this China's national treasure-level young scientist Zhang Zhipeng? !

He actually came to greet himself and others in person?

He couldn't help but take two quick steps. At this moment, his heart was beating a little faster.

Zhang Zhipeng naturally also saw Boris walking at the front.

He has already read the information of these experts, so he knows that this is the old expert Boris.

The old gentleman looks a bit like a tiger when he walks, but he is still in good health.

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself that the older generation of giant bear people actually have quite complicated feelings towards China.

These Ermao people who have experienced the death of the giant bear don't know what they are feeling at this time.

Zhao Bingkun and Zhang Zhipeng took a few steps forward to greet Boris.

"Comrade Boris, welcome!" Zhang Zhipeng greeted Boris in Russian.

Boris was stunned. He obviously did not expect that Zhang Zhipeng could speak Russian.

"Hello, hello! I...~￥%...&" Boris obviously wanted to show off his Chinese, but he only knew a few phrases and words, so he had to start speaking Russian later.

It is nothing more than an exaggeration. Zhipeng is great and has made many outstanding scientific and technological achievements!

Zhang Zhipeng exchanged greetings with him and invited him to sit in the auditorium.

After all, there were too many people behind him and we couldn't exchange too many pleasantries with him.

Next, these experts from Ermao Country were surprised whenever they walked by Zhang Zhipeng.

Because Zhang Zhipeng could actually call each of them by name.

Zhang Zhipeng showed his high emotional intelligence and made these experts from Ermao Country feel warm and caring.

Each of them has a great impression of Zhang Zhipeng.

There was even an expert who held his hand and said that he would introduce his daughter to Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng told him that he was married.

The other party said it was okay to just be friends.

This made Zhang Zhipeng a little bit dumbfounded.

The experts all arrived and sat down in the banquet hall.

Each of them was very excited, and some even had tears in their eyes.

The hall echoed with the classic song Katyusha from the era of giant bears:

Just when pear blossoms are blooming all over the world
Soft gauze floats on the river

Katyusha stands on the steep shore

歌声 好像 明媚 的 春光

Katyusha stands on the steep shore

The song is like a bright spring... This melody brings everyone back to that fiery era.

Before the banquet started, the leader arrived.

The banquet hall burst into warm applause.

The leader was obviously very excited, and he gave a brief speech.

He looked back on the friendship in the era of the giant bears and the years of fighting side by side, and hoped that this friendship could be passed down forever and never have any more troubles.

He said that he would provide generous treatment to the experts from Ermao Country, solve all their worries, and create the best environment for them to use their talents...

After the leader finished his speech, the audience burst into warm applause.

Next, Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Bingkun accompanied the leaders to toast the experts at each table and chatted happily with everyone.

This is obviously a great incentive for these experts.

Because they have been neglected for too long. Before coming to China, they all felt that they had been abandoned by the whole world.

Now, they are treated with the highest courtesy in China.

At that moment, each of them was deeply moved and grateful.

They were especially grateful to Zhang Zhipeng, because they now knew that people like them were actually invited here by Zhang Zhipeng.

If it weren't for Zhang Zhipeng, they wouldn't have gotten such a good opportunity at all.

This night's state banquet was a feast for the guests and hosts. After the banquet, every expert from Ermao Country who came to attend the banquet received a point-and-shoot Huaxing digital camera and a Huaxing laptop computer.

Originally, Zhang Zhipeng wanted to only give away a digital camera.

Later, he thought again, maybe adding a laptop computer would shock the hearts of these 2-mo experts.

So, he included a laptop as a gift.

Every Ermao expert who gets these two gifts is very happy.

Many people started playing around on the spot.

As a result, they discovered that the gifts they received actually had instructions in Russian.

Then the language on the laptop is also Russian.

They didn't show any particular surprise, because they already knew that there was a Huaxing Group in China, which led the world in computer technology.

In fact, Huaxing's products are also sold in China, and they are also importing chips from Loongson.

They already know that China is already rising in many high-tech fields and showing strong competitiveness.

It’s just that when they are at home, they simply cannot afford these high-tech products from China.

They couldn't put it down for these two technological products, and surrounded Zhang Zhipeng constantly asking him questions.

Zhang Zhipeng naturally took the trouble to give answers.

Boris took Zhang Zhipeng's hand and said in Russian: "Comrade Zhipeng, thank you! Without you, I may never be able to come to China again. I really didn't expect that China has become so advanced. I really feel sorry for you." You are happy..."

Zhang Zhipeng saw that the old gentleman was also a very emotional person, and tears began to twinkle in his eyes again.

Presumably, he remembered those things in his early years again.

He smiled and said: "Comrade Boris, thank you for the support and help you gave us in the past, and thank you for coming to China again to help us develop! From now on, we will really be a family!"

"You can stay in China with peace of mind. If possible in the future, bring your family over to reunite here!"

Boris wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and said, "Thank you! Thank you for giving me a stable job, and thank you for your hospitality."

"I don't know how to repay you. That's it. I am a senior shipbuilding engineer. I participated in the manufacturing of the Kiev aircraft carrier and was responsible for its power system. I heard that China purchased the Varyag aircraft carrier A complete set of drawings, if we want to build an aircraft carrier, I can contribute a little."

Boris is starting to take the initiative to ask for help.

Zhang Zhipeng already knows that among the more than 200 Ermao experts this time, there are more than 70 experts in ship manufacturing and design, including nuclear submarine engineers and aircraft carrier design engineers.

These are indeed talents.

However, Zhang Zhipeng doesn't like their design concepts very much.

What Zhang Zhipeng needs is their experience and technology. It should be perfectly possible to ask them to help start with drawings and solving some basic problems.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Comrade Boris, we are going to design an aircraft carrier independently designed and built by China."

"We are going to start taking action in the near future. When the time comes, we really need the participation of experienced experts like you."

Boris was surprised when he heard what Zhang Zhipeng said: "You mean, you want to throw away the design drawings of the Varyag and redesign it?"

"Isn't it constructed according to the Varyag's drawings?"

"That would save a lot of time."

"I'm afraid you don't know how difficult it is to redesign an aircraft carrier."

"I am one of the main designers of the Kiev aircraft carrier. We spent a full year and a half designing this aircraft carrier."

"Our entire team has a total of more than 3,000 people."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I have already read all the design drawings of the Varyag."

"It has a lot of flaws, and some of the designs are pretty useless."

"That's why I hope to redesign a more practical aircraft carrier..."

Zhang Zhipeng began to tell Boris the main ideas of the aircraft carrier design plan that had been formed in his mind. Of course, he spoke in Russian.

Unknowingly, he was surrounded by No. 100 experts from the Ermao Kingdom.

These experts listened with rapt attention, because Zhang Zhipeng's speech was so professional, and his design concept was also an inspiration to these experts from Ermao Country.

Boris nodded while listening. He was shocked and a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Zhang Zhipeng was so professional in shipbuilding.

Zhang Zhipeng is very familiar with the various system structures of the aircraft carrier, and he speaks clearly and logically.

However, China has obviously never had its own aircraft carrier...

When Zhang Zhipeng finished speaking, the experts listening to him began to applaud enthusiastically.

If there were originally some experts from Ermao Country who were a little reserved and arrogant at heart, after hearing Zhang Zhipeng's words, all of that disappeared.

Boris was also applauding. He was in awe of the young Chinese man in front of him.

He thought: If this young man could come up with such a novel and creative aircraft carrier design just after seeing the Varyag's drawings, he would be really terrible.

Is there such a genius in the world?

Zhang Zhipeng waited until the applause subsided a bit, then he said with a smile: "Comrades, I have arranged the design work of our domestic aircraft carrier in this way. We will wait until after the Spring Festival and then start in March 1996."

"Before that, you should first listen to the arrangements of the unit you are assigned to and get familiar with the environment. Do you think this is okay?"

Ermao experts responded one after another and expressed their compliance with the arrangement.

After sending these experts away, Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Bingkun chatted a few more words.

Zhao Bingkun told Zhang Zhipeng: "I just talked with the leader again, and the leader told me that the aircraft carrier matter can be put on the agenda!"

"As our foreign trade business continues to be busy, our navy must also speed up the construction of our navy and strive to move towards blue seas as soon as possible to protect our waterways."

In fact, in peacetime, aircraft carriers are not needed at all to protect waterways, a fleet of destroyers can do it.

However, in order to protect the vast maritime territory of the motherland and deter surrounding enemies, it is also necessary to build an aircraft carrier fleet.

After all, the aircraft carrier fleet means the projection of powerful air power!

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Isn't this good? After the Spring Festival, we will organize a group of experts to design a domestic aircraft carrier together."

"Of course, aircraft carrier fighter jets must also be designed as soon as possible."

"When the aircraft carrier design drawings are ready, we can actually start construction."

"If construction can start this year, by the new millennium, our aircraft carrier will definitely be able to form combat capabilities!"

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "If it can really happen, that would be great!"

"To be honest, aircraft carriers are a knot in the hearts of many veterans in our country!"

"Many old leaders are eagerly looking forward to us getting our own aircraft carrier soon!"

"Without a powerful navy, that traitor from the south will never go home on his own!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded and said, "I can understand this feeling!"

"As long as the country fully supports it, I firmly believe that owning an aircraft carrier will soon come true!"

In the previous life, it was not until 2012 that the first aircraft carrier Leonin was launched into service.

Zhang Zhipeng is confident that he can advance this time by 12 years!
Moreover, this time, the aircraft carrier owned by China will be at its peak when it debuts!

On February 1996, 2, Zhang Zhipeng flew back to Chang'an from Beijing.

There was still some time before the Spring Festival. After Zhang Zhipeng finished his work, he began to study the three major parts of the car.

Regardless, the automotive industry can no longer lag behind.

So, let’s take advantage of the free time during the Chinese New Year to do this first.

The heart of a car is of course the engine.

If the engine is well built, it will be powerful and save fuel.

However, a car is a system engineering after all. Just because the engine is good, it cannot make a useful car.

Nowadays, almost all decent patents in the automobile industry have been controlled by several powerful automobile countries. They have formed a strict patent wall. If you want to build a car, you cannot even get around their patents.

Zhang Zhipeng dismantled seven or eight vehicles in just three or four days.

His disassembly was all-round, reducing a car into a pile of accessories.

Disassemble and then reassemble.

After a lot of hard work, I finally improved my automotive process design skills to the highest level with the help of the system.

He had the ability to innovatively design a car.

Now, in his eyes, a car parked in front of him is no longer a complete whole, but a pile of well-ordered industrial building blocks.

Zhang Zhipeng began to wonder: If I enter the automobile industry now and want to make a name for myself, which gimmicks will be better?

Save fuel? This magic weapon is the magic weapon for footbath cars to stand out. As long as fuel vehicles still exist, then this gimmick will never go out of style!
Then, I need to build an engine that is more fuel efficient than the Footpot Man's car!
In fact, in terms of fuel economy, the cars made by Hans are not worse than those made by Footbasin, it's just that the marketing done by Footbasin is better.

So, I might as well design a turbocharged engine for my first car.

As for the gearbox, it's better to use dual-clutch, which has better control performance, automatic shifting, and saves fuel.

Today's cars, all mid- to low-end cars have manual transmissions, and only high-end luxury cars have automatic transmissions.

My first car was an automatic transmission, which is to use cost-effectiveness to win the favor of customers...

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