Spark

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian was subconsciously taken aback.

Chairman of AVIC One Group?

Is it Tan Song?

No, Tan Song should still be the chairman of Anton at this point in time

That is Lin Yongming.

In his last life, Chen Nian had no chance to meet Lin Yongming, but he had also heard legends about this man from many people.

All in all, an extremely cautious, if a little too cautious, leadership.

Many times, he was evaluated as "too cherish feathers".

And this kind of character, when facing new things, often appears to have insufficient decisiveness.

Therefore, around 2005, he was replaced by the radical Ma Chongguang, and then replaced by Tan Song.

When dealing with such a person, you can't draw any pie for him, you have to feed all the results to his mouth, and he will pay you after he eats it.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian quickly said:

"Hello leader, I'm Chen Nian."

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a few seconds, then a deep male voice rang out.

"Xiao Chen, I'm Lin Yongming."

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Hello, let's make a long story short. I have seen the simulation data of the new aircraft you designed, and the results are very good."

"I have verified with our team of experts to confirm the authenticity of the results, and at the same time, we have reached a preliminary agreement."

"That is, if according to your design, the body can also achieve good results in wind tunnel experiments, which should not be much different from simulation analysis."

"You did a great job, you worked hard."

Chen Nian listened to him inexplicably, not knowing what he was going to do for a moment.

To make a long story short, how many sentences have been wasted?

You can't make a phone call just to praise me, right?

"It's just a small job, and the leader deserves the award."

"There is no award, what I said is the truth."

"Then let's get to the point. I want to ask, did you design this body independently? Do you have the help of a professional team?"

"No, I designed it independently."

Chen Nian has answered this question countless times, no matter who asks, his answer will not change.

"That's it"

Disappointment was evident in the voice of Lin Yongming on the opposite side.

From his vantage point, a sudden genius is not credible—or, rather, unreliable.

They may put forward many amazing hypotheses and achieve amazing results in a short period of time, but most of the time, these achievements cannot be transformed into practical and useful "reality".

It seems that this Chen Nian is also in the same situation.

"So, the design of this body can be said to be a flash of inspiration on your part?"

Hearing this, Chen Nian immediately guessed what the other party was thinking.

wipe!

it is as expected.

After all, no matter how awesome the design of the F-22 airframe is, it is just a "design" after all.

There is still a lot of work to be done to turn it into something real.

But now, what Lin Yongming is worried about is that he has no way to achieve the step of "from technology to realization".

It's hilarious.

Is a breakthrough technology no longer a breakthrough just because it's temporarily unavailable?

Does it lose its value?

This kind of pedantic and rigid thinking has buried many talents.

Chen Nian tried hard to suppress the anger rising in his heart, and patiently explained:

"Leader, I designed this body, but it is definitely not a flash of inspiration."

"I also went through a long period of argumentation, textual research, and research before I finally designed this model, and it turns out that it is indeed useful, right?"

Lin Yongming on the other end of the phone hummed and replied:

"Of course, we will never deny your contribution."

"But the problem is that now that this project has reached the project approval stage, what we need to discuss is how much resources to invest in this project."

"Look, according to Lei Gang and Chen Guo's thinking, your project is going in the direction of a new fifth-generation aircraft. In other words, it will consume a huge amount of resources."

"But the question is, can your research capabilities really support such a large-scale project?"

"Will this project really have any results in the end?"

"There must be."

Chen Nian said firmly.

He had no doubts about this. After all, he was holding the beta-type titanium-aluminum alloy just produced by hot isostatic pressing in his hand.

"There must be such words, which cannot be included in the project feasibility report. What we need is evidence and predictable results."

Chen Nian knew that it was time to discuss business.

However, he did not answer immediately, but instead asked:

"Leader, if you say we can't come up with a visible result, does it mean that you won't approve the budget for this project?"

"That's not enough. We can watch it as we go. Of course, it is impossible to approve a budget of tens of millions. For the first phase of the project, we can first approve 5 million."

"5000000?"

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Chen Nian's mouth.

What is 5 million enough for?

Blow the wind tunnel a few times and it will be gone!

Even if he solves the material problem by himself, it is impossible to build a truly usable airframe with this little money.

With only such a small amount of money, this project might as well be worthless!

"Yes, this is a lot of money. You know, we have a lot of money now."

"What kind of results do you want to see before you can approve more budgets?"

Chen Nian didn't talk nonsense with him anymore, it's useless for you to argue with such a leader, you might as well just go straight with him!

"What do you mean by that?"

Lin Yongming on the opposite side was obviously angry. After all, in the past few years, this was the first time someone had spoken to him like this.

Before Chen Nian could explain, he continued:

"Do you mean that I don't scatter eagles when I don't see rabbits, or that I suppress young people?"

"Yes, your design is very good, but it is not irreplaceable. There are many similar designs in our archives, but their problem is the same: they can't be made!"

"Do you think I don't want to build new aircraft? Do you think I don't want fifth-generation aircraft? What is our problem now? No money!"

"Every penny must be spent wisely! Not only the Air Force, but also the Navy also spend money. We now have four modern-class ships and a few 053 ships. Every time we have a meeting, we cry for each other's poverty!"

"No, it's not crying about being poor, we are really poor!"

"In this case, do you ask me to let you take risks? If I fail, I can afford the consequences. At worst, I will go to jail!"

"But, can our country afford it?! Can the people afford it?!"

After his words fell, Chen Nian felt as if a heavy hammer had fallen from the top of his head.

He suddenly realized that the man on the other side of the phone might not be who he thought he was.

Yes, from the perspective of future generations, he is indeed an overly conservative and timid leader.

But did he do it voluntarily?

no.

Otherwise, this man would not have given up his almost certain and steadily rising official career in his middle age, and was ordered to come to AVIC No. 1 Group as the leader when he was in danger.

——

He was just forced by circumstances.

Yes, we are too poor in this age.

So poor that the GDP is only one-tenth of the era he traveled back to.

So poor that the Air Force has no planes and the Navy has no ships.

If you are so poor that you even have to think twice about changing the army uniform.

I didn't really understand this period of history in my previous life, so after the country became stronger, I always felt that large-scale investment in scientific research and making dumplings was a matter of course.

However, this is really not as it should be.

We can do it because we won the bet and the fight.

But what if you don't win?

Isn't this what leaders like Lin Yongming worry about?

They are not wrong, they just want to try their best not to let Huaxia fail completely, and to leave the last spark in the process of seeking development as much as possible.

Chen Nian couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

He opened his mouth and said:

"Understood, leader, I understand what you mean."

"But don't worry, I'm not asking you to take risks."

"There is no risky element in this whole plan."

"I have already drawn the components and parts structure diagram of the full-motion horizontal tail inlet, and I can send it to Professor Chen immediately, which can support us to create a real flying machine."

Hearing Chen Nian's sincere apology, Lin Yongming's anger also subsided a little.

He slowed down for a few seconds, then said:

"Young and energetic, understandable."

"But I still want to say that just a full-motion horizontal tail is not enough to support the large-scale development of this project."

"Of course, if you really draw all the parts and components according to the plan you told Chen Guo before, then I can guarantee that the budget of this project can reach the billion level."

"not enough."

Chen Nian subconsciously shook his head.

"Not enough? How much do you want?"

Lin Yongming's voice sank again.

"Five billion is enough."

"5 billion? Okay, what do you want in exchange?"

Lin Yongming wanted to laugh at Chen Nian's anger. The five billion is so light, it's like fifty yuan.

"F119-PW-100 engine."

After saying this, there was silence on the other side.

After a long time, Lin Yongming said:

"Are you kidding me? What do you think the aviation engine is? You can make it just by talking about it? Let alone a complex structure, we can't solve it with just a high-temperature-resistant material!"

"I can handle it."

"You solve it? What do you use to solve it? By mouth?"

Chen Nian took a deep breath, this time, he was not angry.

"The main difficulty of the F119-PW-100 engine is the single crystal nickel-iron alloy of the turbofan blade, the Alloy C flame-retardant titanium alloy, the ceramic matrix composite TBC, and the high-temperature resin-based outer channel coating."

"I will solve the problems of these materials one by one."

"You don't have to question me, because I'm not empty talk."

"Now, at this moment, I have a Ti-6Al-4V titanium-aluminum alloy material in my hand, which I just synthesized in the materials laboratory of the West Research Institute."

"This is the main structural material of the F-22 fighter jet. In China, even if it is prepared in a laboratory, there are only very few results."

"But I have a process in my hand that can realize its industrial mass production."

"As long as you give me a little time, the materials mentioned before can be mass-produced."