Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

That afternoon.

"Shen Hua hasn't returned and has been admitted to the best hospital in St. Louis," Old Lin said. "Yesterday he was full of energy, but today he's hospitalized. There's definitely something wrong."

"Shen Hua has been vigorously promoting cooperation with McDonnell Douglas. It seems he had ulterior motives," Secretary Song said. "The old leader has made a decision to remove Shen Hua from all his positions!"

Qin Yang was finally relieved. Actually, he didn't care what punishment Shen Hua would receive. That old fox is very cunning. As long as that guy vacates his position, that's enough. If he doesn't have a say in the Civil Aviation Administration, he won't interfere with the Yun-10 project.

"This is really good news. I wonder if there's a candidate for the new director?" Qin Yang asked.

"Not yet. The old leader is considering it. President Qin, do you have any ideas?"

"What ideas could I have?" Qin Yang shook his head. "I wouldn't dare interfere with the work of the Civil Aviation system. As long as the person who comes up isn't a second Shen Hua, that's fine."

Qin Yang originally intended to recommend Old Ma, but Old Ma was a technical expert, not an operations person, so he gave up on that idea. He just hoped the higher-ups would keep their eyes open and not replace him with someone even worse.

"Of course. We must never make the same mistake again."

"We need to continue studying the introduction of the McDonnell Douglas 82 airliner project. President Qin, what are your views?" Secretary Song asked.

"That depends on what McDonnell Douglas's conditions are," Qin Yang said. "If this is just an independent project and won't interfere with the Yun-10, then I have no objection. But if the prerequisite for introducing this project is that we abandon the Yun-10, then, everyone, we need to consider the Americans' true intentions!"

Anyone who opposed Qin Yang would not have a good end. This time, Shen Hua was completely finished. From a public perspective, it was because Shen Hua wanted to bury the Yun-10. From a private perspective, it was because of Shen Hua's relationship with Wang Chongming and his connection to Qin Yang being intercepted by the Chopping Knife Gang.

However, Qin Yang was speaking relatively politely now.

"The Yun-10 project still has many technical problems that haven't been solved. It's still a long way from entering civil aviation. Introducing foreign technology to develop our airliners is the most稳妥 route. In the automotive industry, we plan to develop by introducing technology."

Qin Yang had no objection to this proposal: "That's right. If introducing and self-developing don't conflict, we can introduce."

"President Qin, you can't have both fish and bear's paw. We don't have that much capacity right now. In the country's aviation industry, only Shanghai has the ability to develop large aircraft. They can't support two projects at the same time. If we want to introduce, we must abandon self-development."

"That's simple. Our Factory 960 can invest in building another aircraft factory, or we can move one of our aircraft factories from the mountains and allocate it to our Capital Agricultural Machinery Factory," Qin Yang said. "If the Yun-10 has to be abandoned, then we're willing to take over!"

With deep pockets, he spoke with confidence.

Anyway, with the continued development of the Capital Agricultural Machinery Factory, it had already begun to get involved in the aviation industry. Now, taking advantage of this opportunity to merge with an aircraft factory, it could officially start building aircraft!

Looking at the people present, Qin Yang spoke eloquently.

Everyone looked towards the door in unison, extremely surprised.

"Old Leader?"

"Old Leader!"

"Old Leader, please sit down."

The old leader walked into the conference room and sat down. "President Qin, thank you for helping us expose a degenerate in the Civil Aviation system, avoiding a major loss for us. I also heard that some people are using my name to promote their agenda, saying that I hate the Yun-10 project! They've underestimated my vision."

Qin Yang was overjoyed. The old leader had expressed his position, and the Yun-10 was completely saved!

"President Qin just spoke very well. We have a billion people, we have 9.6 million square kilometers of land, and we need to have our own airliners! As for how to develop the next route, please everyone brainstorm ideas."

Those who had just been posing difficulties didn't dare to speak and were all looking at Qin Yang.

"President Qin, you can speak," the old leader said, calling him out by name.

"Well, everyone just said that we should take advantage of the opportunity of opening our doors to the outside world and cooperate with foreign countries to rapidly develop our technology. That's correct, but we have to keep our eyes open when choosing cooperation partners."

"President Qin, are you saying that McDonnell Douglas isn't our best cooperation partner? That's right, when it comes to military aircraft, they are indeed powerful, but as for civil airliners…" Qin Yang knew that he had to take this opportunity to quickly smear McDonnell Douglas.

"What's wrong?"

"Take their DC-10 airliner, which is at the same level as the Yun-10, for example. It officially entered operation in '71, and only ten years have passed since then, but there have already been eight serious accidents, including four cases where the plane was destroyed and everyone on board died, and two cases where the death toll exceeded 50 people," Qin Yang said. "Can we introduce this kind of technology?"

Everyone widened their eyes. "What? There's such a thing?"

"You can investigate it. You can't just spout nonsense about this kind of thing. If we cooperate, I suggest Boeing."

Now, the Yun-10 was completely secure.

Next time McDonnell Douglas came to seek cooperation, they would have to seriously consider it, and most likely refuse to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas.

Go find Boeing? How could Boeing put airliner production in the East? They only wanted to treat the East as a market for dumping goods!

In this way, they could only develop on their own!

The meeting ended, and Qin Yang walked out of the conference room with a victorious attitude. Under the sunlight, a figure appeared, one of its sleeves empty.

"Old Zhu? Why have you come?"

"We've already manufactured the first prototype of a 1,200-horsepower engine. I'm seeing if you have time to attend the prototype launch ceremony with me," Old Zhu said.

"What? The engine has already been built?" Qin Yang was very excited. He, the assistant to the chief designer of the third-generation tank, was too derelict in his duty. He hadn't been back to Institute 201 once in this period of time.