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

Chapter 237: My son is not a time traveler, is he? [Request for full order and data]

Evra still feels that China’s lack of civil aviation aircraft is a more urgent issue.

So, he tried to make a breakthrough from this aspect.

Li Yuntong smiled faintly and said, "We are indeed in great need of civil aviation passenger planes for the time being, that is for sure."

“But we can actually solve this problem.”

Evra said: "If you want to solve this problem, then you can only choose to cooperate with us Boeing."

Li Yuntong raised his eyebrows: "You mean, Airbus has been frightened by you? Airbus can no longer compete with you in the global market, right?"

Evra nodded proudly and said, "That's right! Airbus, we can kill it if we want!"

"After all, we control the entire Lizard Kingdom."

“Even in Gallicus, no company can challenge our interests!”

Li Yuntong shook his head. This guy is really shameless.

He could even publicize such a shameless thing as something to be proud of.

Li Yuntong said: "To tell you the truth, we could have produced small civil airliners a long time ago."

"We only need to slightly modify our improved Y-8 and we can make it a civil airliner."

Evra was stunned for a moment.

How can you actually do this?
Evra certainly knew that China could produce small and medium-sized transport aircraft.

Evra sighed and said, "Mr. Li, that will take time!"

"If you choose to contract with us to purchase the aircraft, we can provide you with an aircraft that can immediately perform flight missions."

Li Yuntong shook his head and said, "We have decided not to buy any more foreign aircraft."

"We can support ourselves for a few years by leasing. When our domestically-made large aircraft start mass production, all the difficulties will disappear."

Evra was stunned for a moment.

He's kind of at his wit's end.

"Oh, we can also provide large aircraft leasing for your country." Evra said a little bitterly.

In fact, leasing is not impossible.

Leasing also has relatively large benefits to be gained.

There are many aircraft leasing companies in Europe and the United States.

They purchase aircraft and then lease them to airlines in many countries around the world.

The rental fees are certainly not cheap.

However, in comparison, it is still much more cost-effective than buying an airplane.

It can ease financial pressure.

Li Yuntong smiled and said, "We will invite bids from aircraft leasing companies all over the world. You can just participate in the bidding when the time comes."

Evra sighed.

However, if you can lease hundreds of aircraft to the other party at the same time, it would also be a big business.

"Mr. Li, I, I still hope to talk to you about in-depth cooperation."

"We, Boeing, can set up manufacturing plants in your country, produce spare parts locally, and hire local employees to increase employment."

"We just hope that we can become permanent partners."

Li Yuntong said: "Oh, if you want to invest and build a factory, we certainly welcome it."

"Moreover, we will have many preferential measures for your company."

"But, for this matter, it might be better to discuss it with our department responsible for attracting investment."

Li Yuntong pretended nothing happened.

He knew that the more enthusiasm you showed towards people like Amei, the more they would act arrogantly and try to gain more benefits.

The less you care about them, the more proactive they will be and the more benefits they will give.

Evra rubbed his nose in frustration, nodded and said, "Okay, okay. We will talk to your country's investment promotion department about this matter."

Evra never achieved his goal.

Naturally, he was very unwilling.

Boeing headquarters was also very anxious and unwilling.

They hope to capture the big customer of China National Airlines.

They absolutely cannot let this big customer go to their competitor.

Evra then began to negotiate with China's investment promotion department.

In the past, China’s investment promotion departments were quite accommodating and catering to such giant multinational corporations.

As long as you come here to invest, there will be many benefits.

But now, when Evra negotiated with China's investment promotion department, he found that he could not get many discounts.

On the contrary, China's investment promotion department put forward a bunch of requirements.

The Boeing plant is required to hire local Chinese engineers and some managers.

Boeing is required to purchase at least 80 percent of its spare parts in China within five years of building the factory.

Boeing is required to assist China's large civil aircraft in obtaining airworthiness certificates from Aramco.

Only if the above conditions are met, will Evra's requests for land concessions, tax concessions, and concessions on aircraft purchases from China be considered.

Evra was really furious during the negotiations.

Because he found out that, damn, although he was the investor, he was passive in the negotiations and was led by the Chinese investment promotion department.

This feeling is really uncomfortable.

It's simply intolerable.

However, he had to endure it even though he couldn't.

Because he was the one who was eager to invest and build a factory in other people's country.

Moreover, investing and building a factory in China actually has many benefits for Boeing.

The biggest benefit is that the production cost will be greatly reduced and the efficiency will be greatly improved.

In addition, we can obtain some civil aviation orders from China.

There is actually another problem that Evra cannot tolerate the most, that is: helping China's large civil aviation aircraft obtain airworthiness certificates!
Isn't this just creating competitors for yourself?
The so-called airworthiness certificate is actually a license.

Only after obtaining a license can China's large civil aircraft fly in the country.

In fact, during the investment negotiations, Evra put forward a request: asking China to discontinue the large aircraft developed in its own country.

This request was flatly rejected.

Their attitude is very clear: If you want to invest and build a factory, just come over, we won’t beg.

During the negotiation, Evra was almost injured.

He repeatedly communicated and sought instructions from Boeing headquarters.

Then they try to use some tricks to get more promises and benefits.

However, none of them succeeded.

Of course, Boeing will not give in easily. They believe that if they exert further pressure or even use some off-the-board tactics to build momentum, they may be able to achieve their goal.

While Evra was trying his best to get more benefits in the investment negotiation process, Zhang Zhipeng was working intensively with the project team of Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company to design and develop a medium-sized civil airliner.

This project is almost not difficult for Zhang Zhipeng.

Therefore, the design is easy and smooth.

On December 1999, 12, the first medium-sized civil airliner C28 was designed and developed.

In just about twenty days, Zhang Zhipeng led the team to produce a complete set of process drawings.

After the drawings are completed, we can start making prototypes.

Because when manufacturing the Y-20, the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Plant had already added a full set of high-end manufacturing machinery and equipment and had streamlined the supply chain, so the manufacturing of the C919 prototype was quite fast.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is December 1999, 12, the new millennium is about to approach.

This day is of great significance to everyone.

Because, after this day, it will be equivalent to entering a brand new century.

Although Zhang Zhipeng is very busy at work, he still wants to return to Chang'an to reunite with his family on this day.

Zhang Zhipeng returned to Chang'an by plane.

His wife Zhao Min also came with their son Zhang Huaxing to greet Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Huaxing is now a little over 5 years old.

He is still in the last year of kindergarten and plans to start elementary school in July next year.

However, although Zhang Huaxing is only five years old, he can already read and write more than 5 Chinese characters and can write Thousand Character Classic.

I have also completed the junior high school content in mathematics.

Moreover, this child loves reading and has finished reading hundreds of large books at such a young age.

Therefore, Zhang Huaxing, who is only 5 years old, is already quite mature and steady.

He doesn't look like a 5-year-old child at all.

Perhaps because his nutrition is better than before, Zhang Huaxing is already 1.35 meters tall.

When Zhang Zhipeng got off the plane, his wife and son were already there.

Zhang Zhipeng greeted his wife, then reached out and touched his son's head and said, "This boy has grown taller again!"

"Comrade Zhang Huaxing, what books have you read recently?"

Last year, Zhang Zhipeng saw his son calling his son by his nickname. The four-year-old Zhang Huaxing actually told him seriously: calling him by his nickname is not formal and respectful enough.

Therefore, the son hoped that Zhang Zhipeng could call him Comrade Zhang Huaxing.

Zhang Zhipeng found it interesting at the time, and he readily accepted his son's request.

Hearing his father's question, Zhang Huaxing said slowly with his hands behind his back: "I have been reading some works of ancient Greek philosophers recently. However, after reading them, I feel that there are many problems in them."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Really? Let's get in the car. Tell me on the way home what problems you found."

The whole family got in the car.

Under the protection of the convoy, they headed towards the city.

However, Zhang Zhipeng and his family have now moved out of the heavily guarded place.

Instead, he built a house in the suburbs of Chang'an, surrounded by mountains and rivers.

In terms of security, we have also started to invest in our own security costs.

In the car, Zhang Zhipeng looked at his son and couldn't help but touch his head. He wanted to hug his son's shoulders, but was gently pulled away by Zhang Huaxing.

Zhang Huaxing said: "Dad, my sexual orientation is normal. According to the principle of like repels like, we'd better not be so intimate. It makes me feel very uncomfortable."

This sentence made Zhang Zhipeng feel a little embarrassed. His son matured too early, which seemed to be a big problem!
However, Zhang Huaxing is naturally still in a stage of pretending to be an adult.

Zhao Min chuckled and said, "Guoguo, that's your father. How can a son and a father of the same sex repel each other?"

Zhang Huaxing shook his head and said, "Mom, there is something wrong with what you said. He is the father and he is also a man. You can't say that the father is genderless, right?"

"He's a man, and I'm a man, so of course we're mutually exclusive."

Oh! He even learned how to debate like a real person.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "So, you like girls? What kind of little girls do you like?"

"Do you have a special crush on someone in kindergarten?"

Zhang Huaxing shook his head and said, "Those girls are too naive. I have nothing in common with them."

Zhang Zhipeng continued to tease his son: "Then tell daddy, what kind of girl do you like?"

Zhang Huaxing blushed: "It's a bit too early to discuss this issue."

“I’m not paying attention to this matter right now.”

"I want to study hard and become a great man like my father in the future."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes! This is right."

"So, you just said that you had some questions after reading the books of ancient Greek philosophers. Can you tell me about them?"

Zhang Huaxing said: "I think the so-called ancient Greek philosophers probably did not exist in history."

“They’ve been too comprehensive and written too many books.”

"This is not in line with the level of historical development and civilization at that time."

Now, Zhang Zhipeng was a little moved.

Ha! My son seems to be quite interesting!

Because the issue of the ancient Greek pseudo-history caused quite a stir in the previous life.

Many scholars in China have questioned this.

My son is only 5 years old, how could he find this problem?

If this is true, then my son's thoughts are really profound.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled faintly and said, "Tell me what you think."

"Let's discuss this together."

Zhang Huaxing said: "My first doubt is that papermaking was introduced to Europe in the 12th century."

"For a long time, there was no paper in Europe."

"In the days when there was no paper, what did the ancient Greeks write their works on?"

"I saw someone say that ancient Greece had parchment and papyrus."

"But this papyrus is not suitable for writing at all."

"As for parchment, it was basically made of lamb skin. Not many words could be written on a piece of parchment. Parchment was also very precious at that time."

"I read in a book that Aristotle wrote more than a thousand works in his lifetime, with at least ten million words in his works, and more than three million words have been handed down."

"This is totally unscientific. Because, in the era when Aristotle lived, resources were very scarce. Even if all the sheep in the world were killed to make parchment for him to write books, it would not be enough."

"So, I think most of Aristotle's works are probably fakes! They were written by later generations and attributed to him."

Zhang Huaxing spoke slowly and leisurely.

This surprised Zhang Zhipeng.

Because my son's questioning hit the nail on the head.

Zhang Zhipeng couldn't help but want to touch his son's little head again.

However, he held back.

He looked at his son in front of him.

He obviously looks like a child, but his thoughts are deeper than those of most adults.

He was a little skeptical: Could his son also be a time traveler?

Zhang Zhipeng said: "This question is very good!"

"Huaxing, let me ask you, what do you think the world will be like in 2020?"

"By that time, to what extent will China's technology have developed?"

Zhang Zhipeng is already testing his son.

He wanted to see if his son was also a time traveler.

Zhang Huaxing shook his little head and said, "What will happen in 20 years..."

"If we continue with the current development trend, I think by that time, we may have landed on the moon and may have established a base on the moon."

"Well! The energy crisis, a problem that has plagued human development, may be completely solved."

"Technology will be more advanced than it is now..."

Zhang Zhipeng's heart couldn't help but beat violently again.

You make a very clear point.

Zhang Zhipeng asked again: "Can you elaborate on this?"

Zhang Huaxing shook his head and said, "Dad, I'm just guessing. I'm sure I can't say for sure what it will look like."

Zhang Zhipeng glanced at his wife and asked, "Minmin, what do you and Huaxing usually talk about?"

Zhao Min shrugged and said, "We haven't communicated anything."

"I'm teaching him now, but he doesn't like to learn from me."

"He just likes to go into the house and read by himself."

"He also asked me to buy him books from time to time."

Zhang Zhipeng turned around and asked Zhang Huaxing with a smile: "Son, how did you know those books when you made the list?"

Zhang Huaxing said: "When I read a book, if the author mentions or quotes a book that I find interesting and want to read, I will ask my mother to buy it for me."

It turned out to be the case.

A child who is just over 5 years old can think so deeply.

This is really rare.

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself, I’ll try it again when I have time.

See if my son really came back from the future like me.

Zhao Min said at this time: "Zhipeng, my son is making me very worried now."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and asked, "Why are you worried? We have such a smart son, shouldn't you be happy?"

Zhao Min said: "He will be in the first grade of elementary school next year."

"But, given his current condition, I estimate that he will have no problem going to junior high school."

"I'm struggling with how to arrange this."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. When the time comes, we can formulate a training plan and let him go to college when he is thirteen or fourteen years old."

"Yes! Let him study at the Northwestern Polytechnical University nearby. We have a unique advantage."

Zhang Huaxing was listening quietly at the side, and at this time he said: "I think Dad's idea is not bad. Life is short, and we can't waste all our time on school."

“It is best to get your diploma early and start contributing to the country early.”

Ha! This kid has already started to think about his life.

The family returned home while talking.

When I got home, it was already past 1999:12 p.m. on December 31, 5.

In a few hours, we will enter the new 21st century.

Zhang Zhipeng was still a little excited. He came from the 21st century and now he has finally returned to the 21st century.

Before I knew it, 10 years have passed!
That night, Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Min stayed together until the bell of the new millennium rang, and then they went to bed together.

Chang'an was very lively that night. Until midnight, there were still bustling crowds of people everywhere, creating a prosperous scene.

Zhang Zhipeng stayed at home for a few days and handled some official business. Then he returned to Shanghai to continue working on the C919 passenger aircraft.

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(End of this chapter)