In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 367 The bewildered new factory director of Factory 122 witnesses Director Xie using money to bribe people again.

"Let's leave the Y-10 like this for now. If there are any problems during the subsequent research and development process, you can directly contact Harbin Institute of Technology. Don't go to your superiors or other higher-level management units for everything."

Long Yaohua convened both sides and explained the situation.

Regardless of whether the parties involved were willing or not, the project ultimately ended up at Harbin Institute of Technology.

As Xie Wei said, the project took too much effort and time.

"You don't have any objections?"

Long Yaohua glanced around and, seeing Xie Wei about to speak, immediately said to him, "If you have any objections, keep them to yourself."

"No one has any objections, great! Let's do it this way."

"..."

Xie Wei almost cursed.

Seeing Long Yaohua's warning look, he ultimately chose to keep quiet.

"Alright, this is none of my business. You talk to them."

Seeing that Xie Wei was very cooperative, Long Yaohua nodded in satisfaction: "You little brat, you stole my good tea and even took my lighter."

Even if Xie Wei hadn't tried to take it, the matter would ultimately have fallen to Harbin Institute of Technology: as Wang Zhiheng said, Northwestern Polytechnical University had neither experience nor funding; the 710 and Shanghai Large Aircraft Factory themselves didn't have much funding, and if this continued, they would eventually have to dissolve their cooperation with McDonnell Douglas...

The higher-ups took over?

If they could have taken over, the Y-10 wouldn't be in its current state.

"Currently, the Y-10 is still undergoing test flight preparations after its maiden flight, and this will continue as planned. Technical personnel who are not directly involved in the test flights should prepare for relocation. Once Factory 172 is ready, the relocation will begin immediately. In addition, all Y-10 design data must also be transferred to Factory 172. Once there, Institute 710 will remain independent..."

Since there was no way to avoid it, Xie Wei stopped wasting time with unnecessary words.

He presented his plan directly to everyone.

It is essential for Institute 710 to maintain its independence.

After all, it is a specialized large aircraft design institute, and it is not appropriate to directly merge it into Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group.

The real purpose of the relocation was to prevent McDonnell Douglas from taking the opportunity to break up the Y-10 team, thereby hindering the development of China's large aircraft and making it a competitor.

"The third prototype will continue to be manufactured, with the original single main beam being changed to a double main beam to avoid the problem of insufficient strength... As for the issue of excessive structural weight after adding the main beam, that will be addressed in later design improvements..."

The test flights of the Y-10 can yield a wealth of crucial data.

These data are crucial for China's aviation manufacturing industry, which has no experience in test flights of large aircraft.

"Also, during future Y-10 test flights, no one except the pilots and design personnel are allowed on board! Especially key technical personnel, and particularly General Manager Ma..."

Now that the Y-10 was under the school's jurisdiction, Xie Wei began to interfere.

If we want to develop early warning aircraft, we must establish clear rules from the very beginning to avoid any potential dangers.

Xie Wei didn't want to see the tragedy that happened during the test flight of the KJ-200 in his world repeat itself.

Historically, the Y-10 has not encountered any problems during its test flights. However, with the continuous injection of funds, the Y-10's test flights will take longer than in the past. In fact, a third prototype, which has already completed the manufacturing of most of its components, will also be manufactured for test flights.

"Does everyone agree?"

After Xie Wei finished giving his instructions, he saw that everyone had taken detailed notes, so he looked around and asked a question.

Mr. Ma, Wu Quan, and others were all preparing to speak.

"If you have any objections, keep them to yourself. That's all! Meeting adjourned!"

He didn't want to waste any more time arguing with everyone.

I'd rather sleep more than use this time.

"..."

Everyone stared at Xie Wei speechlessly; this kid had directly transferred Long Yaohua's attitude towards him to everyone else.

"Xie Wei, I know this is a difficult situation for you, and you know the circumstances... Without the school-enterprise cooperation office, the higher-ups can only watch helplessly..."

After the meeting, Zhang Mingqiu, Liu Debao, and others discussed the follow-up matters with the heads of other units, while Long Yaohua met with Xie Wei alone.

He knew that Sherwin was resistant to the idea.

"Sir, I just want to know, what is the higher-ups' attitude towards the Civil Aviation Administration's proposed cooperation with McDonnell Douglas?"

Xie Wei was also aware of Long Yaohua's predicament.

Once you accept it, you won't say anything more.

"What attitude can we have? Opposing it won't make a difference."

Long Yaohua sighed.

His tone was full of helplessness.

Importing an aircraft production line from McDonnell Douglas would require an investment of $5-6 million, with production and other input costs to be calculated separately.

Spending money is a given.

The problem is that McDonnell Douglas claims that through cooperation and technology transfer, China can directly possess the world's most advanced large civil aircraft!
With such tempting conditions, what's the point of objecting?

Xie Wei immediately understood and stopped talking about the topic. Instead, he said, "I'll have to trouble you to accompany me to Factory 172. I haven't communicated with them about the Y-10 project arrangements before, and I'm worried that there might be problems later."

"Can't Li Rui go?"

Long Yaohua was stunned for a moment. If he went there himself, wouldn't that be sending a signal to the outside world that he supported the Y-10?
Looking at Xie Wei's expression, Long Yaohua knew it wouldn't work.

"You little rascal, you never seem to get the short end of the stick!"

"How am I not at a disadvantage? It's a waste of brain cells and energy. Besides, it all belongs to the country..."

Xie Wei raised an eyebrow.

Long Yaohua forcibly assigned the Y-10 to the school, or rather, to himself, in order to make the outside world think that it had nothing to do with the military.

What a fuss!

Although the military is poor and cannot provide much economic support, it at least tells the outside world that the Y-10 project has not been completely abandoned, but only that technical standards have been adjusted, and that the domestic production of large aircraft is not yet over.

The civil aviation market doesn't need it?
The military still favors modifying this aircraft into a military transport plane.

Xie Wei actually still harbored a tiny bit of wishful thinking: if the problem of insufficient structural strength of the Y-10's main beam could be solved within the next ten years, it would be possible for the wide-body Y-10 to replace the Il-76's position in the Air Force for decades.

空军从91年到92年期间首批引进10架伊尔-76后，又在94年采购了4架……后来的05年更是一次订购34架……一直持续到运-20装备了上百架后，空军依然在采购二手伊尔-76。

In the future, the Air Force will have a very large demand for large military transport aircraft.

Early warning aircraft, tanker aircraft, transport aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, etc., all have a relatively large demand for aircraft like the Il-76.

Long Yaohua wanted to refuse, but looking into Xie Wei's eyes, he knew he couldn't avoid it.

He had forced the project onto Xie Wei in the first place, and if he hadn't accompanied Xie Wei to Harbin Institute of Technology, Xie Wei might have really given up.

"Fine! I'll ride in your little plane again?"

"What do you mean by my little plane? That belongs to the school! Principal Zhang and Secretary Liu usually travel by that plane when they go out; some of the school's technical leaders also travel by plane when there is space."

Xie Wei retorted irritably, "Airplanes can save a lot of time, which can be used for scientific research, even if it only speeds up the progress a little bit, isn't that good? I also want to fly on a large plane, the kind that is not only fast but can also fly thousands of kilometers without refueling. But the Y-10, I really don't dare to fly on it. I feel that I can make a greater contribution to the country, and I don't want to sacrifice myself for the domestically produced large aircraft..."

"..."

Long Yaohua immediately regretted bringing up the topic.

This kid can find a reason to complain about anything, and the best part is that he makes it impossible for anyone to argue back.

"I heard you haven't been in contact with the new leaders at Factory 122?"

The Y-11 transport aircraft belonging to Harbin Institute of Technology is still parked at Factory 122.

After the last incident, all the senior managers of Factory 122 were replaced. Xie Wei didn't even ask how to handle the situation. Even Lin Tao and Liu Jianyun, who were not involved, were implicated and demoted.

The newly appointed factory director, Huang Yunchuan, was transferred from another unit under the Third Ministry of Machinery Industry. After taking office, he visited the school several times but never met Xie Wei.

At this moment, Huang Yunchuan, along with Chen Rongjie, who had been promoted from the External Relations Department to deputy factory director, and others, were actually waiting for Xie Wei by the plane. Upon seeing them, Xie Wei's expression immediately turned sour.

"Why would I need to contact you? I'm not in charge of this."

Xie Wei replied irritably.

"They've met all your demands, published it in the newspaper, and returned the money. Now, every single unit produced is under the supervision of the school-enterprise cooperation office. After production is complete, we can track the vehicles' whereabouts based on their VINs..."

Long Yaohua was puzzled by Xie Wei's attitude.

This kid isn't the type to hold grudges.

"I'm just unhappy."

Xie Wei grinned and said, "Without them, the Y-10 would have nothing to do with us... I'm still having a headache about how to deal with the accountability from the leaders of the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry. Harbin Institute of Technology is a school under the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry, and now, aviation-related technology research and development funds account for 60% of the school's total expenditure..."

"..."

Hearing this, Long Yaohua also had a headache.

"Leader Long, Director Xie..."

Huang Yunchuan was in his early fifties, short in stature, thin and dark-skinned. He was so small that you wouldn't guess he was the head of a large factory like Factory 122 if you put him in a crowd.

"Director Huang, we are pressed for time and need to board the plane and take off immediately."

Seeing that Xie Wei was ignoring Huang Yunchuan, Liu Debao awkwardly offered an explanation.

"It's alright, it's alright. The plane has completed its maintenance and refueling, and it can take off at any time. I just came to take a look."

Huang Yunchuan smiled ingratiatingly.

He showed no sign of dissatisfaction on the surface.

"Director Huang, Factory 122's current production capacity should be 1200 vehicles per month, but Wenxuan has only received 800. I don't know if the other 400 are still in transit, or if it's difficult to get train cars... I hope to get an explanation when we get back."

"What the hell?"

Long Yaohua's face immediately turned ugly.

What exactly were the people at the Third Ministry of Machine Building thinking?
Minister Lü came here personally to handle the situation, and now he's causing this kind of trouble!
"what?"

Huang Yunchuan was stunned.

He had absolutely no idea about this.

Xie Wei didn't explain further, but boarded the plane directly.

Soon, the plane soared into space.

"Factory Director..."

"What's going on?"

Watching the Y-11 disappear into the sky, Huang Yunchuan turned to Chen Rongjie and said, "You were the head of the External Liaison Section before, it's impossible that you didn't know anything about it."

"Factory manager, this is a long story..."

"Then let's make a long story short!"

Huang Yunchuan's face was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.

Having been in office for quite some time, I thought I had a very detailed understanding of the factory's situation, but I never imagined that I was less knowledgeable than Xie Wei.

"It's been exported."

What the hell?

Chen Rongjie was completely stunned at this moment.

exit!

China has always been an importer of industrial goods, and has not had many export orders for things like automobiles.

“African countries such as Tanzania, Egypt, and Ethiopia have a great demand for these vans that can carry both cargo and passengers and are highly adaptable to extreme road conditions… The starting price is $12000 per vehicle…”

"You can tell Harbin Institute of Technology!"

Huang Yunchuan was puzzled.

This is a good thing.

Being able to export goods and generate foreign exchange for the country is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

Xie Wei has no reason to object, right?
"China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) is responsible for exports..."

"..."

Huang Yunchuan was speechless.

On the plane, Long Yaohua looked at Xie Wei and said, "The Third Ministry of Machine Building did handle this matter rather unethically."

“Wenxuan doesn’t have import/export rights, so handing it over to them as agents isn’t a problem. But they don’t even give us a heads-up, and the profits don’t go to us. They’re just reaping the benefits. Who would be happy about that?”

Liu Debao said with a dark face, "I don't know if they did it on purpose or if they just forgot. Anyway, I don't think they would forget about it."

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Xie Wei interrupted Liu Debao.

Whether it was intentional or not is actually not important.

In terms of production, Xie Wei left 4000 yuan of gross profit for each vehicle at Factory 122 in order to improve the factory's technical level.

However, relevant units under the Third Ministry of Machine Building took advantage of the loophole.

Who would be willing to do that?

Even Long Yaohua was burning with anger at this moment.

He could finally understand why Xie Wei had such an attitude towards Factory 122.

The speed of the Y-11 is still somewhat slow.

Along the way, Long Yaohua gained a detailed understanding of the school's plans through Xie Wei and Liu Debao, especially Xie Wei's proposal to "shrink projects and focus on internal improvements," which he wholeheartedly agreed with.

With the launch of program-controlled switches, they were immediately met with resistance from several foreign telecommunications giants; microcomputers, which have an even greater impact, will likely face the same treatment after their launch.

“The chip industry is crucial. Foreign chips are also being deregulated, and the price of chips supplied to the domestic market is even lower than the production cost of Factory 14… If this continues, Factory 14 and Huafeng will suffer huge losses… It’s too difficult to rely on just one company.”

Looking at Xie Wei's tired face, Long Yaohua was momentarily dazed: it felt like this kid had experienced even more hardships than he had.

The plane landed directly on the runway of Factory 172.

Because of Long Yaohua's appearance, all the leaders of Factory 172 came to the tarmac to greet him.

They all assumed that Long Yaohua had come for the Y-8 transport aircraft.

The purpose of the visit from Harbin Institute of Technology is still unclear to several leaders in Factory 172.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group proceeded to the meeting room.

"What?"

When Long Yaohua explained the situation to everyone, saying that the design and development team for the Y-10 was placed in Factory 172, many leaders of Factory 172 immediately widened their eyes.

The Y-8 is a military aircraft.

The Y-10 is a civilian airliner.

Although both projects belong to the aviation field, there was not much cooperation before – the Y-10 was designed and manufactured entirely independently.

"Gentlemen, the 710 is here to integrate the resources of the domestic aviation manufacturing industry and reduce expenses... The 710 is not occupying the 172 site for nothing; it will initially pay 1200 million for the construction of the research institute..."

Xie Wei knew how to quickly win over the leaders of Factory 172.

(End of this chapter)