What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 340 Initiative

Hello, Chief Engineer Huang

"I don't dare to take it seriously."

Huang Hao felt somewhat ashamed. He had been criticizing Tang Wen just a while ago, but then he immediately started paying money to work for him. Wasn't that just speculation?
But... Tang Wen gave too much!

They not only give money, but also make empty promises.

At first, neither Commissioner Geng nor Liu Shen could persuade him, until Tang Wen called and proposed his conditions:

In addition to taking over the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, it also funded the design of the next generation of domestically developed passenger aircraft.

Although Y10 was indeed a failed project, all the researchers involved had the mindset that "if we just tried harder, we could have succeeded," and the regret and disappointment in their hearts were hard to shake off.

The researchers from that time were all quite old. After the project was cancelled, half of them returned to their original units, a small portion went to Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation to continue working on the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-90, and the rest retired directly.

However, more than a decade has passed, and many of those people have gradually left their important positions and retired one after another.

Huang Hao carried Tang Wen's promise and went around recruiting people. Letters carrying remittance slips of no less than four figures flew to all parts of the country, bringing back nearly a hundred elderly people, all over 60 years old, for Tang Wen.

The aircraft factory in Guangzhou is under construction at a frenzy thanks to Tang Wen's money-driven approach, and now all the people coming here are being crammed into the car factory.

However, these people didn't stay idle after they arrived. In addition to helping solve the car factory's problems, they also set their sights on Tang Wen's large number of aircraft.

When he had time to come and check, he found that one of the T55 turboshaft engines that had been temporarily placed there had been disassembled into parts, as well as a Chinook that had also been disassembled.

The warehouse here was originally where Tang Wen was preparing to sell helicopters, engines, and documents to Chang Fei. However, they couldn't even stomach the "dolphin" that was supposed to be gnawed on a chicken, and simply couldn't eat it.

When the people from the aviation machinery factory and the aircraft design team arrived, they spontaneously started working on it after seeing so much data.

The organizer of all this was Changbus, the former deputy chief engineer.

After Y10 ended, this big shot stayed at home writing books all day long. When he heard Huang Hao say there was still a chance, he didn't go to cash the bank draft but paid out of his own pocket and took the train over without telling his family.

Now, Changbus is hogging a computer at the car factory, drawing diagrams based on Tang Wen's paper documents.

Tang Wen quickly stopped him, saying that converting so many files to electronic format would take ten years to complete.

"Old Chang, Old Chang, I can find a few dozen college students to do this simple thing. You don't need to waste your time here."

Changbus: "Ah, the CH47 is a good aircraft. It is widely used in domestic disaster relief and special industries. Its design is not very difficult, and it can be completely copied with the technical data."

I'll make a little first, and then hand it over to the younger generation when the McDonnell Douglas 11 arrives.

"But even Chang Fei couldn't handle it."

"What couldn't they handle with airplanes in the 1960s? They just didn't have the funding."

Five hundred million, or even more if you include the cost of building a testing platform, seven or eight hundred million would definitely be enough to replicate the Chinook.

As Changbus aptly put it, many of the problems with the Z-17 have been solved over the years; it's just that the Z-9 and Z-8 alone have consumed all the funds in the helicopter industry.

In other words, the Navy must now fulfill its promises, or it will receive nothing.

Seeing that even the former deputy chief engineer had given such a confident guarantee, Tang Wen said:
"The equipment from the aviation machinery factory is being dismantled and transported over; it should be barely enough. I can only give you 50 million to try it out first."

These words almost brought tears to Changbus's eyes. What did he mean by "try it out for 50 million"? Compared to the fickle and stingy Air Force, this new client was practically an angel.

The others around him were also excited when they heard him say he was going to get 50 million, which made Tang Wen have to tell them to pay attention to their health in case they fainted due to the emotional rollercoaster.

However, thanks to the surge in research resources, the car factory's progress is much faster than expected.

Shen Wei said that the first assembly line will be equipped in May and they will start trying CKD assembly of the "Hanma S9 car".

This is the new codename for the domestically produced BMW 740. It is still positioned as a luxury D-class sedan, with the number 9 as the suffix. The name is Hanma, and the combined name should be "Goose City Leap Auto - Hanma S9 Sedan".

The Hanma S9 is essentially a rebadged 740. However, the automaker is attempting to reduce the weight of the 6AT transmission used in heavy-duty trucks and adapt it for passenger cars, marking Feiyue Auto's first innovation.

The logo is also a dome with a ferocious horse head in the center, which Tang Wen thinks looks a bit like Baojun. Furthermore, the name Hanma sounds vaguely familiar, raising the risk of name clashes, but that's the least important point.

Tang Wen was very satisfied with the progress, and Zhao Hande soon told him another piece of good news:

In the petroleum system, some people were dismissed, and those above and below them were also implicated.

Clearly, Gaijin's status in the eyes of those above has risen again.

The courage to fight the Imperial fleet head-on and even break through the bottom line to reach the near sea is admirable.

Especially from a domestic perspective, it is highly likely that the "Dragon Group" is indeed related to Hans, and it is necessary to maintain a better relationship.

As for that unfortunate fellow in the Spratly Islands, he has already been sent back to the mainland by seaplane, and the matter has been glossed over.

Tang Wen didn't stay at the car factory for long before the shipyard informed him that there was a slight problem.

……

Great Bay.

Under the blazing sun, a fishing boat with a clearly deformed hull and a large hole slowly sailed into the harbor.

The boat captain, a man from northern Shandong, became somewhat shy after learning that Tang Wen was the owner of the shipyard.

"Mr. Tang, this boat was damaged due to our improper operation. Could you tell us how to repair it? We'll pay for it ourselves."

Tang Wen glanced at it and skillfully recognized the dense scratches on the bow and the dent that was clearly caused by another ship hitting it.

Wait a minute, something looks off about the hole at the stern.

He found it somewhat strange:
"When you rent it, you get a one-year 'monthly insurance' service, which means you can get repairs for free if there's a collision."

"Oh, I know, but my clause might not be very applicable. The protection clause is within the exclusive economic zone, and I went a little over the boundary."

"Don't worry, I'm a sailor who values ​​loyalty and integrity; I would never try to take advantage of someone else!"

Tang Wen: "How much is 'a little over'?"

"I can't quite remember. The fog was a bit thick at the time, and the satellite positioning wasn't working well. I didn't notice that I had run to the shore."

I thought it was Weihai, but unexpectedly two boats with Bagua flags came out and tried to ram me. They couldn't stop and crashed into me.

Luckily, this ship is sturdy enough and has water cannons, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to hold it off.

After listening to his story, Tang Wen felt something was off. The shore? The Bagua flag?

Which shore is this, you idiot?!

"The shoreline you're talking about is..."

Before Tang Wen could speak, two jeeps with Qi license plates screeched to a stop not far away, and a group of men in peaked caps rushed out and quickly grabbed the men who were about to run away.

The latter struggled and cried out that he was innocent, but the man in the peaked cap simply shouted:

"Cui the Rat, you've gotten yourself into a foreign affairs dispute!"

"What foreign affairs dispute? I'm just a fisherman, I've been wronged!"

"Bullshit! You went to South Korea and rammed three of their patrol boats, even bringing down a helicopter, and you still dare to come back?"

Ignoring the burly man's excuses, the man in the peaked cap not only forced him onto the vehicle, but also kept all the other crew members. Finally, one man remained and said to Tang Wen:

"Are you the owner of the charter company? We need to detain this ship temporarily as evidence. Also, could you please provide the original charter contract and related documents?"

"Wait, you just said this guy used my boat to sail?"

(End of this chapter)