Genius of the Rules-Style System

Aviation Group Headquarters.

Liu Jiankun was sitting in the office, looking at the latest applications received, with a funny expression on his face, and muttered, "Academician Zhao applied to establish the second Kunlun engine group? However, the Kunlun engine design has been approved, finalized, and manufactured. prototype."

"If we just continue to develop, improve and correct, there is no need to set up a new R\u0026D team..."

"So, you want to leave Zhang Gangchuan aside?"

"Go it alone?"

"Leading a team independently, redesigning, and manufacturing a brand new engine? The project is a bit big!"

"But, Academician Zhao..."

Liu Jiankun thought about it carefully. If someone else had applied, he would have ignored it because the Kunlun engine had already been designed and finalized. The only thing left to do was to further improve it and correct the problems in the engine design.

Things are different now.

The first thing to consider is that Zhao Yi's team has developed advanced nickel alloy materials whose performance has caught up with the international advanced level.

The performance of turbine blade materials is directly related to the efficiency of the turbine. The improvement of turbine blade materials also means that the design, technology, and performance of many components of the turbofan engine must keep up to improve the overall performance of the turbofan engine.

This is a huge project.

"Zhang Gangchuan's team estimates that the design alone will take an extra year, right? Then it will be reviewed and finalized, the prototype will be manufactured, and then installed..."

Liu Jiankun kept shaking his head as he thought about it.

The design of the Kunlun engine was finalized and a prototype was manufactured, but it has been suffering from minor problems. Five years have passed and it has not been actually assembled on a fighter aircraft.

The Kunlun engine is aimed at the domestic J-20 fighter. As a result, it was designed to assemble only one J-9 fighter. Due to quality problems caused by the design, large-scale assembly is temporarily impossible.

If we make major changes to the engine, more problems will definitely arise. We don’t know how long it will take to make a prototype and then assemble it on a large scale. We don’t even know whether it can be realized in the future. Maybe it will be done halfway. Something happened and the Kunlun engine was abandoned.

"Establish the second engine group..."

"KK031, KK032, K03B technology, the foundation of Kunlun engine, plus new design..."

"With Academician Zhao's ability level, maybe in the next three years, he will be able to design and finalize the design and manufacture the corresponding prototype?"

Liu Jiankun compared the time and ability level and felt that it was feasible to establish the Kunlun Engine Group 2. He immediately decided to hold an internal meeting of the group to discuss it in a targeted manner.

…

The internal meetings of the aviation group are not like those of outside companies, where only a few managers and employees participate. Most of the participants are not insiders of the aviation group, but they have considerable say.

These people include military bosses, officials and dignitaries, and they are all figures related to the Air Force and the aviation field.

Liu Jiankun is the general manager of the aviation group and the chief designer of several domestically produced fighter jets. However, he still does not have the decision-making power. He just talks things out and lets everyone express their opinions. Normally, the meeting will be quite controversial. , it is still necessary to continue to report and let the top leaders make decisions.

Zhang Gangchuan is the person in charge of the Kunlun engine unit, so he must not miss the meeting. However, he did not know what the specific discussion was about until he arrived in the conference room. He immediately reacted, "Kunlun engine group two?"

"Academician Zhao wants to form his own R\u0026D team and design a new engine by himself?"

Although Zhao Yi applied for the 'Kunlun Engine Group 2', the name is actually the least important. With an independent R\u0026D team and funding, it is completely disconnected from the Kunlun Engine Group. It can even be said that its relevance is not as good as that of Wang Wu. As for the engine unit, the Wangwu engine is a turbojet engine, which uses the technology of the Kunlun engine except the fan part for improvement. Most of the R\u0026D team comes from the Kunlun engine unit.

Zhang Gangchuan knew what Zhao Yi was going to do, and he couldn't believe it for a while. He knew how complicated the turbine engine was. The Kunlun engine had been developed for 20 years, but only a preliminary prototype was produced, and there were still minor problems. It was worth it in the middle. It’s an amazing new technology, but there’s still a gap between it and the international level.

"Did Zhao Yi fall in love with aircraft engines? Do you plan to do this for the rest of your life?"

"Twenty years..."

"Even if it is shortened to only ten years, it is still the most precious time in life!"

Zhang Gangchuan immediately became depressed thinking about it.

No matter what Zhao Yi thought, he became the one who was "thrown away". Previously, Zhao Yi was a specially appointed expert of the Kunlun engine unit, and any research and development results were related to the Kunlun engine unit, such as the partition plate of the combustion chamber. The design was reported to the engine unit.

Now that Zhao Yi has decided to set up the Kunlun Engine Group 2, it is tantamount to publicly ‘putting aside the Kunlun Engine Group’ and setting up a team to work independently, which is really depressing.

As the person in charge of the Kunlun engine unit, Zhang Gangchuan will definitely not agree. His reasons are also very convincing. "The turbofan engine is a big project, and there is already a Kunlun engine. Set up another R\u0026D team to study the turbofan engine." Ye engine, it is better to merge them together for research and development."

This makes sense.

In fact, the most fundamental reason is the source of R\u0026D funding. The turbofan engine project is a national key project and belongs to the aviation group. When a turbofan engine project is opened, it still belongs to the aviation group. It is a separate group company, divided into two Both groups are doing the same research and development, so it’s a bit incomprehensible.

Zhang Gangchuan's reasons are very convincing, but there are more objections. It can be said that all the "big guys" present at the meeting will not take care of Zhang Gangchuan's face. "I trust Academician Zhao more than your engine team."

"Look at Academician Zhao. He solved the material problem of turbine blades in a few months. What about your materials team? It has been more than ten years and there has been no progress. You are still relying on the results of 307."

"Merge and do research together? It's been five years since you just perfected it. When can it be put into production?"

"I have read Academician Zhao's application report. He is applying for the second group. He is doing higher-end engine research and development based on yours, and manufacturing turbines based on their latest blade materials. It is equivalent to completely new research."

"What you are aiming at is the J-20, and the assembly of the J-8 is not qualified. Academician Zhao is aiming at independent research and development. In European and American countries, engines and fighters are separated. Our goal should be the same. His research and development is not for A certain fighter jet is designed to manufacture high-end engines.”

"I heard that Country M is already developing a sixth-generation engine, but their latest fighter plane only uses a fourth-generation engine. With your Kunlun engine unit, let alone a fourth-generation engine, I will give you five years to catch up. On the third generation?”

Several big guys started to criticize them as soon as they opened their mouths, and what they said was so reasonable that no one could refute it.

Zhang Gangchuan stopped talking.

How do you say this?

It is true that the Kunlun engine has been delayed in delivery. A lot of problems have not been solved yet. It cannot meet the needs of third-generation aero engines at all. It is not qualified to assemble domestic mid-to-high-end fighters. If it wants to be qualified, it must be updated. But they are targeting new ones. The turbine blade material is only in the demonstration process and will not be used in a short time. First, they still have to solve the existing problems of the Kunlun engine. Otherwise, the technical demonstration will not be passed, let alone the design finalization. .

There were still people who supported Zhang Gangchuan in the meeting, but the number of supporters was still relatively small. They were all related to the Kunlun engine unit. Outsiders had no confidence in the Kunlun engine unit, but looked forward to Zhao Yi very much.

Therefore, there was no need to continue reporting. Liu Jiankun decided on the spot to agree to Zhao Yi's application to establish a 'second group'.

There is a lot of work ahead.

For example, regarding funding issues, the operation of a new engine research and development team will definitely involve a huge amount of funding.

To mobilize such a large amount of funds, Liu Jiankun does not have the final say alone. He must also do all aspects of work.

Then there are the problems with support for the new engine unit, talent support, issues with docking factories, and major R\u0026D sites.

This still depends on Zhao Yi’s thoughts.

When Liu Jiankun had a video call with Zhao Yi and wanted to hear his thoughts in detail, Liu Jiankun suddenly found that he was thinking too much. Zhao Yi didn't even make a plan, "New venue? No need? I'm mainly at Yanhua." Here at the university.”

"If you can help find a large venue, it would be fine for temporary equipment debugging and placement..."

"But it must be in the capital, otherwise it will be too far."

"Connection is the most important thing."

"The reason why I applied for independent funding and an independent R\u0026D team is to skip the Kunlun engine unit and directly connect to the factory, so that our design can be manufactured as soon as possible!"

Liu Jiankun was stunned after hearing this.

Don’t need to build a large R\u0026D base? Just need a place for debugging equipment?

Zhao Yi didn’t even mention the follow-up funding. He just said, ‘If the funding is insufficient, we will make a report. In the early stage, we will only do design, as long as the factory can build good things.’ The requirements are too simple.

"Maybe it's because Academician Zhao has no experience!" Liu Jiankun suddenly looked a little less optimistic about Zhao Yi. He remembered that Zhao Yi was too young to have experience. If he rashly applied for such a major project, he would definitely encounter difficulties in all aspects in the future. Problem?

"We can only wait until we encounter problems in the future. But no matter how bad it is, it will definitely be better than the Kunlun team!"

Liu Jiankun thought.

In fact, Zhao Yi did not realize the importance of a R\u0026D base at all, or he did not need a large R\u0026D base.

A large R\u0026D base puts all relevant R\u0026D groups together. Each R\u0026D group works independently and coordinates to a certain extent. The main job of the project leader is not to do R\u0026D, but to coordinate the work of each R\u0026D group so that all R\u0026D groups can And the components developed are unified to create the final product, which is the aero engine.

But Zhao Yi doesn't need to 'coordinate' at all.

Even if he has a lot of research and development teams under him and has come up with various achievements, he can use "Supervisory Law" to easily integrate the results together to form a perfect whole.

In addition, Zhao Yi feels a bit like Kong Ming.

Everything must be done by hand!

He planned to go through every important technology and design of the engine, and then make appropriate improvements, so that he could unify them together to form the final design of the engine.

As long as you have a complete design, let the factory manufacture the designed products and put them together.

This step is the end.

For example, the Kunlun engine took several years to debug, and there were still small problems. It would be impossible for him to show up. He could find the problem and solve it immediately.

During this process, Zhao Yi was most worried about factory manufacturing problems. Domestic high-end manufacturing was still poor.

If there is a design but no corresponding manufacturing technology, the components in the design cannot be manufactured. At least there will be a certain gap in performance, and other components will also need to be adjusted to a certain extent.

This step is the most time consuming.

However, no matter what, the R\u0026D team he leads will not have any problems with technology research and development.

…

Funding is available.

The application for a new R\u0026D group was approved.

Next, Zhao Yi began to expand the R\u0026D team and looked for people to join his R\u0026D team. The first people invited were Zhang Hongtao and Li Rongmao, "You are in charge of the materials team."

Zhang Hongtao was better off. He had long known that Zhao Yi was researching engines, but he was surprised that Zhao Yi led the research and development team "independently", which meant that he had left the Kunlun engine unit aside.

"Zhang Gangchuan must be in a bad mood, right?" Zhang Hongtao thought of his family, with a bit of schadenfreude on his face.

Li Rongmao was a little confused.

Kunlun engine group 2? Which material group do I join? Responsible for material issues related to aircraft engines?

"This burden is a bit heavy!" Li Rongmao suddenly felt the pressure. It is not that he has never done large-scale material projects, but the material team of the engine unit only consists of him and Zhang Hongtao. There is not even a team leader above. He is responsible for half of the team. department?

The next person Zhao Yi invited was Yuan Haitao's team.

Zhou Qing and Xue Fengge were both invited to join. They are still technicians and do not participate in design and R\u0026D. However, they are responsible for dealing with the docking team sent by the aviation group and go directly to relevant factories to supervise the manufacturing process of new parts designed by R\u0026D. and testing new future components.

In fact, when they heard that Zhao Yi had formed a new R\u0026D team and invited them to join them, Zhou Qing and Xue Fengge felt that they should express their determination and explain their "loyalty" to the Kunlun engine unit and Zhang Gangchuan. Later, after hearing about their work, they also After taking charge of connecting with the factory and managing workers, the two people immediately forgot about their 'loyalty' and decided to work with Zhao Yi.

"There is a future only with Academician Zhao!"

"I think our second team can develop high-end engines the fastest. The original Kunlun team was so bad!"

"The superiors directly approved it, why? Everyone knows the gap between Zhang Gangchuan and Academician Zhao!"

"..."

In fact, the reason why Zhou Qing and Xue Fengge changed their attitudes is very simple. The scope of work they are responsible for is a bit large, and the same level has also been promoted, and their salaries have naturally been greatly improved.

As an ordinary technician in the Kunlun Engine Group, he was only a technician in charge of a prototype. In the Kunlun Engine Group 2, he was responsible for connecting with the factory and supervising the component manufacturing process. He also managed a team of workers. Work was not a concept at all. This allowed them to break away from the group of ordinary technicians and be directly promoted to important management levels.

Yuan Haitao was given a very free job and was responsible for all the affairs of the R\u0026D team. He was the head of half of the R\u0026D team, and could also be said to be a well-intentioned assistant.

He is the leader of the prototype team. He knows a lot about the performance and parameters of each component. He can tell something about everything, which is of great help to Zhao Yi.

In addition, it is the power group.

There was only Wang Zhiguo in the power team, so Zhao Yi let Wang Zhiguo take charge.

Wang Zhiguo was even more confused than Li Rongmao. When he came to the capital, he was only arranged to go on a business trip. He wanted to meet Zhao Yi, so it was a worthwhile trip, but he was assigned to be in charge of the power team?

"I'm in charge of a power group?"

"Although I am the only one, but... at least there are turbine blades with temperatures above 1,700 degrees Celsius. The combustion chamber still needs to be demonstrated again..." Wang Zhiguo felt tremendous pressure. He worked overtime to demonstrate the power of the combustion chamber. .

The R\u0026D team with just this number of people is certainly not enough.

Zhao Yi also knows that there is a shortage of people in many aspects. He does not need to have such a large design team like the Kunlun engine unit, but at least every technology and every component has people in related fields, rather than a technical talker. No one understands it.

So recruiting people is a must.

Turbofan engine research and development is a major project, and we certainly cannot recruit people casually.

Zhao Yi simply left the recruitment work to Yuan Haitao and asked him to recruit reliable and technically capable talents, and then immediately started researching new components--

High pressure compressor!

The three core components of the turbofan engine, the combustion chamber, the high-pressure turbine and the high-pressure compressor, can be integrated into the next stage as long as the technical difficulties of the high-pressure compressor are overcome.