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Chapter 1388 Industrial Crown (First update, please subscribe)
"Pickle……"

When Zhang Zheyuan saw kimchi on the table, he was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously asked:

"Was it sent by the representative office?"

"Ah, yes, yes."

Zhang Jinshunzi quickly explained:
"There was only a jar of pickles, nothing else."

Zhang Zheyuan nodded slightly and didn't say anything. Although the Public Investigation Bureau has strict regulations on officials and their families accepting gifts, there will be no problem as long as the total amount does not exceed 50 yuan a year and each item does not exceed 5 yuan.

The jar of kimchi sent by the representative office does not violate any rules, as long as it is declared in advance.

Seeing that her husband didn't say anything, Zhang Jinshunzi added:

"The representative office said it was just a small token of my appreciation."

"Thoughts..."

Nodding, Zhang Zheyuan changed the subject and chatted briefly with his wife. Then, he drove to the official residence as usual. As soon as he entered the official residence, he asked:
“Has the route been planned?”

The route Zhang Zheyuan was referring to is of course your inspection route.

"It has been planned. As long as Your Excellency agrees, security can be deployed in advance along the way."

Security matters always require some preparation in advance. Safety comes first and it is better to be cautious.

"Bring the plans and routes to my office, and..."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zheyuan said:
"Ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if there is any Korean delegation coming recently."

After handling some basic matters, Zhang Zheguo entered your office with the report.

When he came in, Li Yian had just finished reading the intelligence briefing. When he saw Zhang Zheyuan coming in, he asked:
"How's it going? How's the plan going?"

"It has been planned, sir. This is the itinerary for your island tour."

"Just make the arrangements. You need to include the places you must visit, such as Silicon Valley. As for the others, you can make flexible arrangements."

Li Yian attached great importance to this trip. After all, he had not traveled around the island for more than a year.

Silicon Valley, in particular, is the focus of this island tour, not only because it was named by Li Yian, but more importantly because it is the future.

Whether Silicon Valley can take the lead in the third industrial revolution, or even gain an early lead in the fourth industrial revolution, depends on whether it can succeed.

Therefore, investigation of Silicon Valley is of utmost importance.

"I understand, sir."

Putting the report on the table, Zhang Zheyuan thought for a moment and said:
"Sir, there have been frequent inspection groups from South Korea recently. A delegation of congressmen came in the past two days. So, I think it is very likely that Park Jung-woong will not give up power, even with pressure from the United States."

"Oh?"

Putting down the report and looking at Zhang Zheyuan, Li Yian asked:
"Why do you think so?"

"Your Excellency, two years ago, Park Chung-woong launched a coup and came to power. He originally promised to return power after two years of military rule, but some hardliners in the military demanded an extension, so he issued a statement in March this year to extend the military rule for four years. However, he withdrew the statement due to strong opposition from public opinion and intervention from the United States. But for the ambitious Park Chung-woong, he certainly would not return power. Now..."

Looking at His Excellency, Zhang Zheyuan said:

"He keeps sending out inspection teams to conduct inspections. It's clear that he's going to do something big, so it's even more impossible for him to give up power. So, I think it's very likely that he will take off his military uniform and seize power in the way of the Xuan Bureau. Therefore, we should make plans in advance, contact him, and show appropriate support."

Listening to his analysis, Li Yian smiled and asked:

"So you think he can win?"

"The army is in his hands. We can't win. The worst that can happen is that he will overturn the table again!"

Zhang Zheyuan's answer made Li Yian burst into laughter and said:

"That's right. You can contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about this matter... No, after I go to other places for inspection, you can personally meet with the Korean representatives and express your support appropriately. As for other things, there is no need for the time being."

Compared with South Korea, Li Yian is more concerned about the next inspection. After all, the former is almost not worth mentioning. Excluding its development potential, the current output value of South Korea is not even as good as that of a BMW. This is not an exaggeration, but a fact. After years of development, BMW has long developed into a large multinational company with an annual turnover of billions.

For this reason, the first stop of the island tour is BMW. It is a must-visit company. Maybe it is not the largest automobile manufacturer, but it is definitely a top-notch one.

After all, it is not only a well-known automobile company, but also the largest aircraft engine company outside of Europe and the United States. Its products include aircraft engines, ship engines and nuclear power units for nuclear-powered submarines, among which aircraft engines are its long-standing flagship products.

From the C707 passenger aircraft to the C717 passenger aircraft, to military fighter jets and helicopters, all use aircraft engines produced by BMW.

In fact, compared to automobiles, BMW's real core now lies in other fields including aircraft engines.

As for BMW's automobile industry, to a certain extent, it has even become a supporting role for the company's products. This is somewhat similar to Rolls-Royce - Rolls-Royce cars are only a supporting role in its industry. Whether this is good or bad, I'm afraid only God knows.

Even when inspecting BMW, Li Yian's first stop was not an automobile manufacturer, but an aircraft engine manufacturer. What was presented before him at that time was an aircraft engine.

"Sir, this is the WP100-50 turbofan engine we developed for the Global Express. It is a new type of turbofan engine developed by adding an afterburner to the WP100."

Listening to the introduction of the company manager Anton, Li Yian became interested in this engine. The WP100 turbofan engine is the engine of the C717, C707 and H1 bomber. It is the technical source of the BMW turbofan engine. After more than ten years of development, WP100 has become an extremely mature engine.

In order to meet the needs of supersonic passenger aircraft, engineers directly improved it, and its core structural framework remained basically unchanged.

In fact, this improvement method is not new. After all, the engine of the Swedish Viggen fighter is directly improved from the JT8D. As for the engine of the MiG-31, it is also based on the D30 engine, which is the turbofan engine used in aircraft such as the Il-76, with an afterburner added to create the engine.

The only difference is that their improvements are for civilian use, while BMW's improvements are also for civilian use. For supersonic passenger aircraft!
"What's his thrust?"

"It is 10 tons in non-afterburner state and 14.5 tons in afterburner state."

After listening to Anton's answer, Li Yian carefully asked about its diameter, length, weight and other data.

In fact, WP100 is not a large bypass engine. The bypass ratio of turbofan engines in the world is relatively low. Its maximum diameter is less than 1300 mm. Even the prototype and the first few models introduced from Rolls-Royce in the UK, which were improved by BMW, have a maximum diameter of only 1100 mm.

However, after learning its weight, Li Yian frowned slightly and thought to himself:
"It's more than 2.7 tons..."

Noticing that you seemed to be thinking about something, Anton thought that you were a little disappointed with the company's technological progress over the years, so he explained:

"Sir, we are currently researching a new type of large bypass engine. Through tests, we have found that large bypass ratio turbofan engines have low fuel consumption and low noise. Therefore, based on the development of the international civil aviation industry, we are developing a new generation of engines, which are expected to be put on the market within four years..."

Listening to Anton's answer, Li Yian just nodded slightly. In fact, as long as there is a market for aircraft engines, especially commercial engines, companies will naturally have the motivation to develop them.

Relying on the popularity of aircraft such as C707 and C717, BMW is still very dedicated to the development of civil aviation engines. Although its technology originates from Rolls-Royce's RB.80 "Conway" engine, it has taken a completely different path from Rolls-Royce.

Just like Rolls-Royce developed the Spey from the RB.80 "Conway" and promoted it to the military and civilian markets. BMW developed the RM100 turbofan engine, which is smaller, lighter, but more powerful, based on the WP1. Its performance is considered the best second-generation power system. Except that its thrust is not as good as that of the third-generation engine such as the F100, its performance is definitely far ahead now.

From the initial technical cooperation with Rolls-Royce, the introduction of a number of engines including the RB.80 "Conway", to the subsequent independent research and development, and surpassing, Li Yian is of course very clear about the difficulty of this process. Now they are betting on large bypass aircraft engines, which is the right path.

After all, from the perspective of aviation engine development, large bypass engines are the future, at least the future of civil aviation engines. The large bypass ratio gives similar engines unparalleled sea level static thrust, and its appearance also paves the way for passenger aircraft with a 2+4+2 twin-aisle wide-body layout.

Finally, wide-body aircraft replaced Boeing 707, DC-8 and other aircraft and became the mainstream of civil aviation aircraft. This is also the "secret" of Airbus' rise.

Afterwards, Li Yian learned about the development of the large bypass engine and of course also learned about some of the technical aspects. Overall, he was very satisfied. After all, BMW has now grown up, whether in aviation engines or other areas.

At the end of the visit, Li Yian went to the production workshop, where workers were producing the RM-1 turbofan engine, which is also BMW's flagship product.

In the production workshop, Anton specifically introduced:

"Sir, the RM-1 turbofan engines that BMW is producing are all ordered by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China and will be used in F2 fighter jets. Currently, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China is working hard to complete the orders from West Germany and the Netherlands. Therefore, they are in a hurry and even more important than the military orders. We are now working hard to ensure the European orders."

There was pride in his words when he spoke.

What is this kind of pride?
Of course they sold the planes and engines to Europe.

After all, since the invention of the airplane, or since the Industrial Revolution, it has basically been Europe selling to Asia.

When did Asian aircraft begin to be sold to Europe?
It was here, in this place, that they sold their most advanced aircraft and engines to Europe and to those old industrial powers.

This kind of pride comes from the heart. After all, all of this was created and witnessed by them personally.

How could they not be proud of such achievements?

(End of this chapter)