Chapter 275 The aviation industry has made a lot of money this year
Since there are foreign customers present, it is inevitable that the accompanying personnel of the Aviation Technology Group and the 611 Institute will have a dinner to entertain them that night.
But before that, Chang Haonan still took advantage of his free time in the afternoon to find Lu Yuying who was preparing for tomorrow's test flight in the temporary hangar.
As the chief designer of the J-7F, it is impossible for him to be absent at such an important time.
“Comrade Xiao Chang?”
Lu Yuying was quite surprised to see Chang Haonan suddenly in this place:
"Why are you here with Yan Liang? I heard that you went to Jinling 14th Institute to support the project before?"
"I was at Institute 14 before, but their products also have to be tested, so they need to use the No. 713 aircraft from the flight test institute, so I came here."
Chang Haonan crossed over The other party looked over his shoulder at the J-7F behind him that had just finished its ground demonstration and parked shortly:
"Mr. Lu, you are very efficient. It has only been less than three months and you have already put down the second J-7F." The prototype was built.”
"It's a small plane with a simple structure. Besides, it's thanks to you."
Lu Yuying took off the greasy woolen gloves on her hands and put them aside, patted Chang Haonan on the shoulder and said:< br>
“Because the overall structure has not changed much, many parts do not need to be modified. Just use the backup parts from the factory. In addition, this is not actually the second aircraft, but the first of the newly built J-7F2. A prototype aircraft, 02 is actually the representative model.”
“Furthermore, Pakistan bought 80 aircraft at once. This model was built with our own funds, and the profits were turned over and retained as funds. In addition to using it, part of it can be given to employees as benefits. The motivation of Factory 132 is naturally very strong. In recent years, many people’s families have only been able to eat meat during the holidays. They are too poor..."
< br>The latter also remembered at this time that the 611 Institute's plan for the J-7F was divided into two types: the F1 type, which was upgraded from the old aircraft, and the newly manufactured F2 type.
"They bought all the F2 models?"
Chang Haonan doesn't know much about the economy, but his impression is that the situation in Pakistan in the 1990s was not optimistic, otherwise there would be no General Pervez. The knife is on the line...
At this time, it was already 1997, and some signs of the famous Asian financial crisis had already emerged, especially in some small countries, which even began to be negatively affected.
He also thought about whether he could take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, but he really had no knowledge in the relevant field. He only knew that it probably broke out in July this year and lasted until nearly the millennium.
At this time in his previous life, he had just confirmed that he had successfully passed the postgraduate entrance examination and was working day and night to catch up on the progress of his graduation project. Naturally, he had no time to pay attention to these news. Later, he worked in technology for half a lifetime, and he never looked back to learn about this storm. The whole story.
All in all, I regret it, very much.
But there is nothing you can do. After all, human energy is limited.
And China in the previous life did not seem to suffer terribly in this round of financial crisis, otherwise Chang Haonan would not have no impression at all.
But it has to be said that Pakistan is very courageous to be able to buy such a large number of fighter jets in one go despite the cold wind blowing in its economy.
“That’s not true, there are 48 new aircraft, and the remaining 32 are refurbished J-7Ps that were previously exported. If the results are good, there may be additional orders for the F1 model later, but this time there will be a flight show. For the actual machine experience session, I naturally used the F2 model with better performance.”
Lu Yuying, who had just walked to the side of the plane, shook his head:
"In addition, according to the information disclosed by the Aviation Technology Group, a considerable part of the payment Pakistan made to us this time came from the Gulf countries. ."
"Gulf countries..."
Chang Haonan followed the other party, and the image of a big dog in a white turban appeared in his mind:
"Lian We all know this kind of news, there is something at the Aviation Technology Group.”
It is not unusual for these physically wealthy countries to directly use their wallets to support the armies of other countries, but it is usually done secretly. After all, it is not an honorable thing for both parties, and there is no need to publicize it in a big way.
“In fact, it cannot be regarded as knowing.”
Lu Yuying thought for a moment and replied:
“Mainly the money we received, in addition to the normal international payments In addition to the means, there is also a considerable amount of US dollar cash. This form is so unique that it is not difficult to guess the source of the money..."
Okay...
No wonder then. In this kind of arms business, collecting payment has always been a big problem.
Delinquent payment is considered a basic operation. In the end, there is no way to change it to bartering.
Not only poor countries like to play this game, but also some rich countries.
The big dog owners are a breath of fresh air.
Not only did he spend generously and never default on payments, but he also paid for everything in hard currency.
So everyone likes to do business with them.
“Speaking of which, the Gulf countries suddenly spending such a large amount of money, does it mean that they have any other ideas for our other equipment in the future?”
Chang Haonan’s thinking quickly diverged. Come on.
The princes are indeed generous, but they are not mindless boys who spend money. The money they spend has a purpose.
But it is indeed a bit unrealistic to say that these rich people are interested in the J-7F.
It seems that it can only be explained as having ideas for other equipment.
After all, Saudi Arabia, the typical representative of the Gulf countries, did buy a batch of big guys from China.
"Is this...I hope so too."
Hearing this conjecture, Lu Yuying turned around and said with a smile:
"But I think it's more likely because they want to check and balance the Persians. You know those countries' armies, although their equipment is very good, but their combat effectiveness...there is indeed a lot of room for improvement."
This The statement is really a bit high in emotional intelligence, but after all, he is also a potential customer, so it is not easy to say something too harsh even behind his back.
After a little thought, Chang Haonan was very sure that this had not happened in his previous life. At that time, Pakistan urgently purchased a batch of J-7PG to deal with the threat of its old rival in Kashmir.
"Well...it seems that the Persians have made some moves recently?"
"Persia..."
Lu Yuying was about to answer, but then he was stunned:
“You don’t know?”
“Don’t know what?”
Chang Haonan looked at the other person with a look on his face. The expression of knowing is a little confused.
“Oh, I forgot, you probably haven’t returned to Shengjing during this time.”
Lu Yuying walked around the wing and came to the engine and said:
"Just last month, Persia found the 601st Factory, the 410th Factory and the 112th Factory, and placed a big order for their 24 aircraft. The overhaul and upgrade of F14A and 112 F4Es is considered one of the largest orders ever received by the aviation industry. In short, no matter what happens in Persia and Saudi Arabia, we will definitely make a lot of money this year.”
"Can Persians pay directly in U.S. dollars?"
This big news made Chang Haonan feel dizzy.
In the previous life, China also upgraded a batch of F4s for them, but the amount of the project was very small and definitely could not meet the description of this "largest order in history".
"That's not possible, but the news I heard is that they directly exchange oil. In the past two years, the country has changed from oil export to oil import, and it coincided with the high oil price at the beginning of this year. Although this order is not as good as directly earning US dollars, it is still It can save a lot of foreign exchange. "
In the 1990s, the oil price of more than 20 US dollars per barrel was already very high in everyone's mind. I wonder if people at this time knew that Chang Haonan was born again. How would you feel when the international oil price hit a record of nearly 150 US dollars per barrel in 2008...
(The content of the next chapter needs to be adjusted, and will be updated in the afternoon or evening)
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