Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

The next day.

“Everyone, after breakfast, we will go to the conference room to begin the official negotiations for the Black Hawk helicopter project,” the receptionist said to everyone in the dining room.

“Official negotiations? I don’t think it’s necessary anymore, right?” Qin Yang rolled his eyes at the other party: “We plan to leave after breakfast. After all, we have to spend money on food, drink, and accommodation when we come to America for inspection. Our funds are limited, and we can’t waste them.”

“How is this a waste? Please believe in our sincerity. This negotiation will definitely satisfy your side.”

“Okay, then let’s go and talk.”

Everyone was surprised. The Americans were so firm yesterday, unwilling to compromise on parts and training. Why did they suddenly change their attitude today?

That's not right!

“Everyone, we reflected last night. In order to be friends with the East, Sikorsky is willing to show even greater sincerity. Therefore, we have decided to accept the conditions proposed by your side. The helicopter parts and training can be included in the procurement funds.” Stephen said, “Are you satisfied now?”

“Is that so? That’s really good news,” Qin Yang said, “Then, let’s talk about the parts first.”

“Regarding the parts, let Frank introduce them. He is the chief designer of the Black Hawk.”

In the East, one can name the designer of any weapon: Kalashnikov in the rifle world, Kartsev in the tank world, Mikoyan and Sukhoi in the aviation world, etc. However, the West cannot find any famous weapons designers.

The F-16 is famous, but who designed it? No one knows. For the West, they don’t deliberately emphasize the功劳 of one person, but value the collective more. Therefore, they rarely associate a person with a weapon. No one knows that the famous Black Hawk was designed by the unknown Frank.

Frank stood up: “Everyone, after a night of sorting, we have determined a spare parts catalog of more than one hundred pages. Now, I will start introducing it to you from the first page.”

More than one hundred pages of spare parts? How long would it take to explain that? Qin Yang didn’t have that patience. He reached out: “I’ll take a look.”

Frank handed over the document.

Whirr… Qin Yang started flipping through the book, from the first page all the way to the back, one page per second. The speed was astonishing, as if he had a photographic memory.

For a moment, everyone cast doubtful glances over. Li Ming was also curious, did this President Qin really understand, or was he just pretending? Helicopters and jets are both aircraft, and many principles are interconnected. He knew that a spare parts catalog of more than one hundred pages was normal, and it would take about one or two months to flip through and carefully study and verify to determine if anything was missing.

Now, Qin Yang was doing this purely as a formality, right? However, this thing is generally correct, President Qin…

Just as he thought of this, Qin Yang had already finished flipping through. He put down the document and looked at the other party: “Everyone, I think something is missing, right?”

“Missing? How is that possible? We are the most professional. President Qin, tell us, what did we miss?”

“That’s right, you are professional, and I am an amateur. However, we still have professionals in our team, President Li.” Qin Yang looked at Li Ming: “Does the helicopter engine need a major overhaul?”

They shouldn’t have, shouldn’t have, shouldn’t have omitted the engine. Qin Yang didn’t look for anything else, he just looked for the engine, because he knew that this thing was his own weakness and could easily be strangled by others.

Li Ming thought for a moment: “This engine, theoretically, needs a major overhaul. After all, the turboshaft engine used by helicopters is also a type of jet engine, except that it converts the energy of the jet into kinetic energy through a power turbine. There must be wear and tear inside during long-term operation…”

“NO, NO, NO.” Frank said three NOs in a row: “Your Eastern technology is too backward. I heard that the J-7 fighter jets you sell require a major overhaul after only a hundred hours. In our eyes, this is ridiculous! Our fighter jet engines have already achieved a major overhaul time of more than a thousand hours. Our helicopter engines can work continuously for five thousand hours. Within the twenty years you require, there is absolutely no need for disassembly and major overhaul.”

Everyone nodded repeatedly. That’s right, Western technology is advanced, and we simply can’t compare! The thrust-to-weight ratio of the new generation of Western fighter jet engines is as high as 8, which we dare not even think about.

“Is that so? That’s of course the best thing, but let’s talk about the engine problem.”

“President Qin, we can also help you contact the shipborne aircraft landing assistance system to facilitate your helicopter landing on a narrow deck.”

“President Qin…”

Only Qin Yang and the Americans were left talking in the conference room, but everyone slowly saw the problem. The Americans kept prevaricating and were unwilling to write the engine life contract into it. There might be something fishy about this.

“Since your side is so unwilling, then let’s change the method.” Qin Yang said: “Didn’t your side say that your engine has thousands of hours of flight life? Let’s simply test an engine on the spot. After it is turned on, it will run continuously for one hundred days. We don’t need five thousand hours, we’ll just run for half the time.”

“President Qin, this is too costly, it’s not necessary.”

“We’ll cover all the costs!”

The Americans stopped talking.

The conference room fell into a deathly silence. Qin Yang sneered twice: “It seems that your side is still hiding something from us. Since the other party is not honest, then this cooperation is not necessary. Let’s go! Let’s go to the White House and ask Mr. Perry whether he is willing to do business with us! If he is not willing, then so be it. We won’t force anyone!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Lin stood up.

Old Liu also slowly stood up.

Everyone else stood up and started walking outside.

Seeing everyone about to leave, Stephen gritted his teeth: “Everyone, please stay! We can provide spare parts for the engine, but the price needs to increase by $50,000 per aircraft…”

“Forget it, we are very busy.”

“It only needs $30,000 per aircraft. We will subsidize the rest. It can’t be lower than this!”

“President Qin, President Qin!” Seeing that Qin Yang’s foot was about to step out, Stephen was very anxious. If this was brought to the White House, the big shots inside would definitely be unhappy!

“I’ll give you two choices. First, the price remains the same, and we bring all the spare parts. Second, the price increases by 30,000, but in addition to the spare parts, you also need to export an engine overhaul line to us.” Qin Yang said: “If we can talk, we will continue to talk. If we can’t, we will leave.”

Want an overhaul line? What a joke!

“Okay, let’s follow the first plan!”