Chapter 945 Take out the secret weapon and use it

Just two days later, a cooperation invitation letter signed by Serge Dassault himself was sent to Torch Group.

As for the content...it is naturally about the design method of the high-speed wing part in the Falcon Z design plan.

Moreover, they were not even invited as suppliers.

Instead, it simply and crudely increased the share of Torch Group, which is actually the share of Aviation Power Group in the entire project.

In other words, every time an aircraft is sold, you can get more money from the profit.

And, they will have more say accordingly.

Basically, there are only benefits and no harm.

However, Aviation Power Corporation of China is a state-owned enterprise after all.

As a rule, such matters still need to be decided after collective discussion.

Of course, although it was called a discussion, the outcome was hardly a foregone conclusion.

It's nothing more than going through a voting process and having General Manager Zhu Linyu sign at the end.

Therefore, there was no special meeting at the group level for this matter, but it was held directly after a regular organizational meeting on Friday afternoon.

"Comrade Haonan, I don't have any opinion on the decision-making of this matter, but I have a question that I am simply curious about..."

After completing the vote in less than two minutes, perhaps because he felt it was inappropriate to end the meeting so quickly, Zhu Linyu did not immediately announce the adjournment of the meeting.

So, Deng Shiyou, one of the deputy general managers, took this opportunity to ask:

"This wing design should be part of the aerodynamic design, but almost all of our current business at the Aviation Power Group revolves around aircraft engines, and none of our subordinate factories have any experience in overall aircraft design..."

"Of course, I know that Comrade Haonan, you participated in the research and development of several aircraft models during your time at the head office. However, Falcon Z is a large-scale project that also involves communication and cooperation with foreign parties. You can't do it alone..."

Deng Shiyou was mainly in charge of the company's logistics and the management of subordinate non-business agencies. However, as he was a draftsman in his early years, he was not completely ignorant of aviation technology.

Therefore, the question asked is not outrageous.

It is indeed impossible for Chang Haonan to complete such a complicated task by himself, so he needs some help.

But where will the help come from? That is the question.

However, before Chang Haonan could explain, Lin Zuoming, who was sitting closest to Zhu Linyu, replied in a half-joking tone:

"Actually, speaking of communication... maybe there aren't too many things that need to be communicated."

As he spoke, he picked up the cooperation invitation letter on the table and waved it in the air a few times:

"According to what is said here, as long as we optimize the wing part according to the requirements and then hand it over to Dassault, the subsequent work, including structural design and integration with the overall aircraft, are not things we need to consider."

After he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

Although Dassault used the word "cooperation", everyone can understand what it means by suddenly doing this at this critical juncture.

Simply put.

"We rashly chose the wrong computing tool before, and ended up in trouble. Now we want to make amends, but it seems that time is a bit too late. Can you come and help us clean up the mess?"

It’s just that we all have to save face, and we have to save face.

It's impossible to really kneel down and kowtow.

So everyone just needs to understand what's going on.

"Boss Lin is right."

Seeing this, Chang Haonan continued with Lin Zuoming's words:

"Passenger aircraft are different from fighter jets because there is no need to consider the wing-body integration problem. In addition, the Falcon X uses a tail-mounted engine layout, so the wing is a relatively isolated element in terms of aerodynamics."

"As for Mr. Deng's question just now..."

He couldn't help but smile:

"Although we don't have a unit specifically responsible for the overall design of aircraft, when Torch Group was still under the Academy of Sciences, we had accumulated a lot of designers with such experience through some projects."

"For example, we have a numerical calculation business department. The director of this department is my senior brother, Liu Hongbo, who was previously responsible for the wing and rotor design optimization of the Xianzhou-60 and Z-12 aircraft..."

"..."

When this explanation came out, not only Deng Shiyou, but also several other people in the conference room were shocked.

Only Chang Haonan himself, as well as Zhu Linyu and Lin Zuoming who were more familiar with the situation, behaved as usual.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the other leaders for being unfamiliar with the situation.

The Torch Group is different from the second-level units that are directly allocated from the head office to the Aviation Power Group. It is an independent branch that "brings capital into the group".

Plus, Chang Haonan is the general manager.

Therefore, it has a high degree of autonomy in daily operations.

This participation in the Falcon Z project is an exception.

The reason why it had to be passed through a vote was because the French sent the cooperation documents directly to the Aviation Power Group, so an extra procedure was necessary.

Under normal circumstances, you only need to report major personnel appointments and dismissals, as well as financial revenue and expenditure to the group.

However, it is actually difficult to determine what specific businesses a company is engaged in by only looking at these two pieces of content.

Especially for someone like Deng Shiyou, whose job is unrelated to business, it is even more unclear.

Just from a few words in some financial statements, we roughly understand that Torch Group is an enterprise related to software development and mechanical design.

Who would have thought that there were hidden talents inside.

So Deng Shiyou gave a thumbs up:

"Boss Chang, what a calculation!"

"Ok?"

Although Chang Haonan was already used to all kinds of praise and exclamation, this wave still left him a little confused:

"What did I plan?"

"Mr. Chang, please stop being so modest..."

Deng Shiyou had an expression that said, "I've seen through everything."

"When we separated from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, we split up the subordinate organizations horizontally according to different businesses. But now it seems that President Chang left us a backup plan outside the entire Science and Technology Commission system long before the head office was split up."

"In this way, when we have sufficient resources in the future, we can consider expanding our business scope to aircraft design..."

"That's really far-sighted..."

Looking at Deng Shiyou, whose mind had completely changed, Chang Haonan almost let out his hands and passed out.

"No, Mr. Deng, wait a moment."

He quickly raised his hand to stop the other party from thinking further:

"I really didn't think so much at the beginning. I just wanted to expand the business and make more money to revitalize the company..."

When encountering such things in the past, Chang Haonan would generally respond by neither admitting nor denying.

Because when his personal reputation was not yet enough, these urban legends did help to increase his influence.

But now, things are clearly different.

Especially after the last attack, Fu Youquan actually suspected that this matter was related to Chang Haonan's actions.

I have to say it is quite humorous.

And it's also a little scary.

So, it’s better to explain it clearly...

……

After obtaining consent at the group level, Chang Haonan quickly went to Liu Hongbo with relevant documents and information.

"I remember you sent me an engineering document a few days ago. It should be the aerodynamic design plan for this wing."

Liu Hongbo looked at the contents of the cooperation invitation letter, shook his head and said in a slightly sarcastic voice:

"When Dassault switched to COMSOL's computing tools, they were very determined. How come they suddenly realized their mistakes and corrected them now..."

Chang Haonan really wanted to say that they didn’t know they were wrong, but they knew that the Falcon Z project was about to be ruined by themselves.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back in the end.

"So this isn't a sign of returning to the right path..."

He reorganized his words a little, and then changed the subject:

"Let's not talk about that for now. Find a few people in your department who have participated in the simulation of the external flow field of an aircraft. The time given this time is quite tight, so we need to start the work immediately."

Hearing what Chang Haonan said, Liu Hongbo quickly put away the smile on his face.

If Chang Haonan says that time is tight, then it must be true.

Therefore, he opened the design document and took a look.

"I……"

The second word that was about to come out of his mouth was stuck back in his throat.

"Six months?"

Liu Hongbo's eyes almost popped out:

"Why don't they go to heaven?"

"Even if it's us, it's almost impossible to complete these computing tasks in half a year, right?"

There is no wind tunnel testing content in Torch Group's mission.

This part of the work will be done by the French themselves.

But even if we only do flow field simulation, the research object is, after all, a large aspect ratio straight wing operating in the transonic range.

No one had experience in designing this type of airfoil in the past.

It always takes several or even more trial and error.

Therefore, in Liu Hongbo's view, this time cannot be said to be tight.

It's simply not enough.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem."

Chang Haonan was sitting on the sofa in Liu Hongbo's office at this time, sipping the tea in the cup leisurely:

"Originally, in order to improve the competitiveness of our company's products in the CFD field, I specially prepared a secret trump card for next year's 2.0 version of TORCH Multiphysics."

"But now... since COMSOL is in trouble, it doesn't hurt to use this trump card in advance for you to use..."