Material Empire

Some metal materials involved in the Hongling engine are not yet mastered in China. In addition to being used in aero engines, these materials are also widely used in other civilian fields. Qin Hai's idea is to let experts from the School of Materials and engineers from 43A Factory jointly develop these materials, make full use of the rich experience accumulated by 43A Factory in aviation materials, and shorten the development cycle.

As for the sales after the materials are developed, Qin Hai has full confidence. No one knows which departments need what materials better than him. As long as he gives some pointers to the sales staff, there is no need to worry about sales.

Qin Hai has calculated in his mind that the profit from the sale of these metal materials is more than enough to compensate for the initial development investment. Such a business is very worthwhile.

Lu Hexing didn't dare to agree to Qin Hai's proposal. He was silent for a while, and said: "I personally tend to agree to this matter in principle. But how to do it specifically, whether it involves the principle of confidentiality, needs to be discussed by the party group of the academy to determine, and finally it needs to be reported to the department. The working committee approved it, so I can't reply to you right now."

"I can fully understand." Qin Hai nodded and accepted Lu Hexing's explanation.

"Okay, let's put this matter here first, does President Qin have any other questions?" Lu Hexing asked.

Qin Haidao: "The above mentioned are just some relatively small cooperations. I have a bigger idea. I don't know if I should talk about it or not."

"Is there a bigger idea?" Everyone in the room stared. If sharing the precision machining equipment of Factory 43A can be regarded as a trivial matter, the cooperation between the two parties to develop engine materials is definitely not a small cooperation.

Among the more than 100 kinds of metal materials required by the Hongling engine, more than 50 kinds need to be developed. Huang Dongfeng estimated that the required development cost may be as high as tens of millions of yuan. This is still a situation where researchers do not take detours. If you are not careful at the moment and your thinking goes wrong, the research and development funding of several million yuan may be in vain. There are many precedents in the process of material research.

Such a matter involving tens of millions of yuan, Qin Hai actually said that it was only a relatively small cooperation, so what is the bigger idea he wants to talk about?

Everyone stared at Qin Hai, waiting for him to finish speaking. Qin Hai deliberately sank for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't look at me like this, it makes me a little nervous. In fact, what I want to say is that since the military orders for Hongling engines are insufficient, they cannot support this Project, Dean Lu and Director Yan, have you considered turning it into a civilian product for sale?"

"puff!"

Hearing Qin Hai's words, in case Feng didn't react too much, Lu Hexing and the other three almost spurted blood three feet away. Just now, Qin Hai's foolishness made everyone feel admiration and awe towards him, thinking that he is an expert and his words are quite satisfactory. When he proposed to transform the Hongling engine into a civilian product, the tall image that everyone had built up with great difficulty suddenly collapsed.

Please, the engine is not a piece of clothing, you can wear it to anyone you want. Hongling is a military engine through and through. If you want to change it to civilian use, how much effort will be put in the middle, do you know? Besides, China's civil aircraft manufacturing industry is almost blank. If you modify a civilian-type Hongling engine, who are you going to use it for?

Thinking this way in my heart, it is inconvenient for several people to speak out directly. Lu Hexing looked at Yan Quangen, motioning for him to explain the problem to Qin Hai. Yan Quangen turned his attention to Huang Dongfeng again, wanting this bookworm to say such offensive words. Huang Dongfeng also wanted to turn down the job, but he had the lowest position in the room, so if he wasn't allowed to do this kind of thing, who could do it?

"Ahem, Mr. Qin, your suggestion is, uh...very novel, but it will be converted into civilian use..." Huang Dongfeng thought carefully about how to explain it to Qin Hai.

Qin Hai smiled, waved his hand, interrupted Huang Dongfeng, and said, "Don't worry about Mr. Huang, I know what you mean. I didn't say that I want to build civil aviation engines. What I mean is, can we build A civilian industrial aerodrome?"

Aero-modifier? Huang Dongfeng's opened mouth couldn't close all of a sudden, after arguing for a long time, Qin Hai came up with this idea.

The so-called aeroderivative machine, the full name is aeroderivative gas turbine, that is, a marine or industrial gas turbine transformed from an aeroengine as a parent machine. Marine gas turbines are used as marine power, while industrial gas turbines are mainly used for power generation and also for refrigeration and other fields.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the introduction of the Spey engine, the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry, the Ministry of Aviation Industry and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have already started to use it to develop aeroderivative marine gas turbines, and have achieved certain results. Since the development of marine gas turbines was not undertaken by the 43A factory, Huang Dongfeng did not know the specific details.

Two years ago, when he was participating in a meeting within the system, he heard that Bingcheng's ship power research department had produced a prototype of the "Spei Kai" marine gas turbine and passed the test run. Unfortunately, like the fate of the Hongling engine, this marine gas turbine could not find a ship that matched it, so it was also shelved.

"According to the technical parameters of the Hongling engine, I think this engine can be used to transform into an industrial gas turbine with a power of 8 to 12 megawatts, which is suitable for small and medium-sized oil-fired power plants, especially as power generation, heat and power, and combined heat and power generation devices in oil fields. There are so many oil fields in our country, and there may be severe electricity shortages in the next few years, this kind of medium-sized industrial gas turbine will definitely have a huge market." Qin Hai introduced to everyone calmly.

"Xiao Huang, do you think what Mr. Qin said makes sense?" Lu Hexing was moved by Qin Hai's thinking. As a supervisor, he had of course heard of the concept of aeronautical modification, but he had never thought about the idea of ​​civilian use. That's all. Hearing Qin Hai's words now, he suddenly felt that civil aeronautical modification seemed to be a good way out, so he couldn't help asking Huang Dongfeng to help with the evaluation.

Huang Dongfeng frowned, tapped the coffee table next to him with his fingers, and said slowly: "Industrial aero-modification...is indeed a way out. The original British factory also used the gas turbine modified by Spey, but the mother machine they used The machine model is RB168-66. Our model is MK202. The internal flow rate is about 18% smaller than that of RB168. Under the condition of the same initial gas temperature, the power will be significantly smaller than the former. In addition, MK202 has five-stage fans. In terms of all plans, there is a certain degree of difficulty..."

Lu Hexing interrupted his deduction anxiously: "What you said is too professional, just tell me if it can be changed. As for how to change it, this is a problem that you will study after you go back."

"It can definitely be changed." Huang Dongfeng nodded resolutely, "Ice City has already successfully modified marine aircraft. The difficulty of industrial aircraft is less than that of marine aircraft, so it must be possible to change."

"That's good." Lu Hexing said, he turned to Qin Hai and asked, "Mr. Qin, do you think there is really a market for industrial aero-modification?"

"There is definitely a market." Qin Hai replied without hesitation, "Gas turbine power generation is the future development trend. At present, our country is still very backward in the design and manufacture of gas turbines. If we can seize this technological peak, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money. If the annual income is less than 1 billion yuan, I can make up for it for you out of my own pocket."

The technical requirements of medium-sized gas turbines are lower than those of aero engines, but they are still high-tech products. As soon as the word "high technology" is attached to something, it can basically be used as a synonym for a cash cow. At that time, the price of a 10-megawatt industrial gas turbine reached more than 10 million yuan, not even one-third of the cost, and it was definitely a profiteering product. The key point is that there is almost no domestic market in this field, and most gas turbines have to rely on imports. If Factory 43A can develop industrial gas turbines, countless units lacking foreign exchange will line up to send money.

Just like what Qin Hai said, the two cooperations he mentioned earlier were all small things, and only the gas turbine project was the real big deal. If it can be done, billions in operating income a year is not a problem at all.

"Boss Qin's vision and courage are really amazing." Lu Hexing was truly convinced, "After listening to President Qin say this, we know that we have always been begging for a golden rice bowl. Xiao Yan, you and Xiao Huang After we go back, we will immediately make a feasibility report and submit it to the party group of the academy. If this can really be done, we must convince the Science and Industry Committee to allow us to develop industrial aeronautical aircraft.”

"Then I'll just wait for the good news." Qin Hai said with a smile.

"No problem. Once the Science and Industry Committee gives us an answer, I will immediately send someone to notify Mr. Qin, and the two of us will work together." Lu Hexing said righteously.

In fact, Lu Hexing can’t do without righteousness. Although the technical strength of the industrial aero-modification machine is in the 43A factory, if they leave Qin Hai’s support, they have no funds and no market experience. Gotta screw them over. After communicating with Qin Hai, Lu Hexing also wanted to understand that what he lacked was not technology, but a market-oriented business philosophy, and this was exactly Qin Hai's strong point.

After saying this, Qin Hai had nothing else to say. Lu Hexing was so emotional that he insisted on dragging Qin Hai to drink, claiming that he would never return if he was not drunk. Helpless, Qin Hai had no choice but to call Heizi and knock down Lu Hexing and his party one by one.

This trip to the 70X Institute brought Qin Hai an unexpected joy because of the appearance of Lu Hexing and others. He and Lu Hexing agreed on a time to meet in the future, and then together with Heizi, he bid farewell to 70X Office and boarded the flight to the capital.