Chapter 326 Passenger Aircraft, C808 and C909 (page 12)

"It's not really an interest."

Chang Haonan shook his head gently,

"After all, the Paris Air Show is the largest aviation show in the world today. It is just to follow the trends of our country and see if there is any place where I need to provide technical support to the best of my ability."

There is no way, he can't just jump into the trap and say, "I have calculated that General Master Dong will face a disaster in three years, and he is currently trying to find ways to help the latter avoid disaster."

Now that we are almost entering the 21st century, the craze for research on special abilities has long passed. Saying such words may only be regarded as amusement or curse.

So in the end I can only give an answer with full compatibility.

Fortunately, Huai Guomo just asked casually and didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Although the purpose of his visit this time is also related to the Paris Air Show, the focus is still on the large aircraft project that the entire Science and Technology Commission is paying close attention to.

Although the merger between Boeing and McDonnell Douglas has not yet been settled, both Europe and China know that it is impossible to finally stop this kind of thing. It would be of no benefit to everyone to really break up with the Americans, so they have begun to consider their own The conditions put forward.

The long-pending merger has caused far more damage to McDonnell Douglas than to Boeing. Hufei's MD90 project has basically stalled, and many engineers sent by the United States have been recalled to work in the country or even dismissed.

After investigation, the working group dispatched by the Science and Technology Commission concluded that the resources currently received were not enough to manufacture a complete passenger aircraft, so the entire Shanghai Aircraft Corporation once again fell into a situation of halting work and waiting for materials.

It's just that this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the material, I'm afraid, can't wait.

Huai Guomo slowly took out one piece of information from the file bag in front of him and placed it on the table:

"This morning, news came back from Paris. After the air show closed last night, people from the Tupolev and MiG families took the initiative to contact us."

Chang Haonan perked up and picked up the information closest to him from the table.

It's a minute of the meeting.

Similar to all negotiations, the first contact is just to test each other's requirements, so there are no clear conditions involved.

But judging from the fact that almost a quarter of the questions asked by Russian personnel, especially Tupolev’s team leader, were about the agreement between China and Europe, it is obvious that they are greedy for the huge power hidden behind it. market.

"Director Huai, I understand Tupolev, but MiG..."

Chang Haonan turned the twenty pages of paper in his hand to the end, but he didn't find that the whole project had anything to do with MiG Company.

He did know that the other party had several passenger aircraft projects in the late 90s, but they were basically in the painting stage. The only MiG 110 that had been launched also coincided with the positioning of his own MA60.

"Oh, because in the future Tupolev's commercial aircraft will be produced at MiG's Nizhny Novgorod factory, so if we really reach an introduction agreement like Project 11 with the other party, then MiG people will also get involved.”

Huai Guomo, who had just returned from an inspection trip to Russia, naturally knew the most about some details.

"Is there such a thing? I remember they have a manufacturing plant in Kazan..."

In the original timeline, the MiG company, which failed to find a stable market for the improved MiG-29, eventually declined completely, while Tupolev relied on dozens of orders for the Tu-204 in Russia and the support for the MiG-160 at the turn of the century. Da Mao managed to survive on the dozens of Tu-160s he got back from Er Mao for maintenance, and managed to survive until the new Tu-2M order was placed.

As for what happens next, Chang Haonan doesn't know.

"Because of our previous contact with Ilyushin, the two factories in Kazan and Ulyanovsk have begun to move frequently, preparing to take over the business in Tashkent and switch to the production of the new model IL-76MF, Tupolev There are no orders here now, so we have no choice but to make two preparations, and MiG is also in trouble."

Huai Guomo suddenly laughed when he said this:

"Concerning this, Xiao Chang, you were right before. You can count everything one by one."

"I……"

The sudden compliment made Chang Haonan a little confused.

He didn't even know about these things before, and he really couldn't see anything...

Fortunately, Huai Guomo continued:

"Comrade Yang Shuyu from the Navy has already told us that Tupolev relaxed his tone to us and said that Tu-22M3 bombers could be exported. This matter was very controversial at the time, and representatives of the Navy and Air Force were immediately He couldn’t make up his mind, but in the end you helped him determine his objections.”

"In hindsight, this should be a move by Tuju to save itself. With the order, it can seize at least one factory to maintain production capacity and wait for changes."

"As a result, Tupolev did not expect that we, who had some interest in Tu-22M3 in previous years, did not respond at all this time, catching them off guard. No, the attitude towards passenger aircraft has softened. "

Chang Haonan suddenly realized.

Tupolev's current situation is actually similar to that of Hufei, both of which are facing a situation of being forced to suspend production due to lack of orders.

And because they do not have their own production capacity, once production ceases, the supporting factories are likely to find another way to make a living.

Once the aviation manufacturing industry stops for a few years, it will not be so easy to recover.

Moreover, customers who were originally willing will definitely be affected after discovering that you have lost your production capacity.

So from a purely logical point of view, it was indeed Chang Haonan's original words that led to Tupolev's current crisis, which in turn prompted them to actively extend an olive branch in the field of passenger aircraft.

Of course, the details in between are all imagined by Huai Guomo. In fact, Chang Haonan simply felt that without significant improvement in range and bomb load, a simple supersonic bomber would not significantly improve the combat effectiveness of our army. That’s all.

But no matter how you say it, the result is always good, and it does make sense.

So he accepted it naturally:

"We have no choice. Our current financial resources are limited, so we can only prioritize the most important models. Judging from the current situation, it is best to obtain the production capacity of a medium-sized passenger aircraft to help Hufei maintain its production line, workers and team. It’s urgent.”

Since the leadership of the civil aviation industry was taken over by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense in the second half of last year, Hufei, which is responsible for the production of large aircraft, has naturally been fully integrated into the system management of the Commission.

People have already accepted the letter of nomination, so naturally they need to be given some sweeteners. You can't just enter the military industry system and you can't even get orders. It will be ugly to say it out.

Of course, having said that, at this time in the last life, Hufei was still wavering between two completely dead-end directions: continuing to develop the MD90 and turning its head to produce the AE100. Now it is much stronger.

"Yes, but in addition to the Tu-204 that we are focusing on, Tupolev has also proposed another model, which is a regional aircraft with about 100 seats, the Tu-334."

Huai Guomo said and pushed another piece of information in front of Chang Haonan.