Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 329 I guessed right (6000+ words)

Li Song was filled with emotion. It seemed that it would be several decades later in history that he would finally manufacture his own airplane!
Moreover, due to technology and patent issues, we face numerous difficulties in manufacturing aircraft.

Why is it that decades later, our military fighter jets lead the world, but our civilian aircraft have remained somewhat inferior?

The main reason is because of patents!

Military-grade items are not subject to patent restrictions, so they can be used freely.

Civil aircraft, on the other hand, require comprehensive consideration of all aspects.

Foreign aircraft manufacturers are certainly unwilling to give up such a large market.

This is what led to the situation where our civilian aircraft are not up to par.

The same applies to the automotive industry. Since car engines and transmissions operate on the same principles, others developed them earlier and thus built up patent walls everywhere.

Furthermore, the further we go, the more unfavorable the international situation becomes for us.

Because for a long time afterward, the world police had no rivals.

He's just hoping someone will step up and start chattering with him!
It has to be said that for a long time afterward, the power of the world's police force was such that any policy they introduced could cause widespread suffering in any industry in your country!
"The only problem right now is that the factory construction is progressing a bit slowly, mainly because it's inconvenient to work here in winter!" Chief Engineer Ma was also very pleased!
The previous project I worked on didn't have such a casting press, so the overall airframe structure had major problems during flight testing!

Another aspect is engine technology!
Because these technologies cannot be successfully developed through a single project.

If the previous project is to continue, then many upstream technologies need to be improved!
The previous project involved dozens of research institutes. If the project is to continue, then these dozens of research institutes and related companies will need to work together on the research!
For example, there was no possibility of any technological breakthrough in this casting press at the time!

Without a hydraulic press weighing tens of thousands of tons, there would be no aircraft main beam or landing gear. Even if breakthroughs are made in other areas, so what?

Aircraft beams and landing gear are important components of an aircraft.

Therefore, the previous project had to be cancelled.

Because if even one technology in such a large-scale project fails to meet the requirements, the entire project will fail.

In other words, what determines how much water a bucket can hold is its shortest stave.

"There's no hurry!"

"Chief Engineer Ma, you'll need to put more effort into the construction of the surrounding supporting factories!"

"We must make sure they meet our technical requirements." Li Song knew that the next step was to mass-produce medium- and long-range passenger aircraft.

Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Company won't handle everything at once, because that would require too many workers.

Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant only manufactures the most essential components.

All other components are outsourced, which can greatly reduce management costs.

Adding a thousand workers would require at least ten more managers, or even more.

In addition, I also have to provide them with various benefits and housing.

As a boss, Li Song couldn't possibly use all his money for good deeds.

Moreover, many parts do not have high technical requirements, so the skill requirements for workers are also not high.

Moreover, if you do everything by yourself, that's like eating all the food yourself.

They drive the development of surrounding industries, binding these factories to their own cause.

"Tell everyone to work hard, and at the end of the year, at least a thousand houses will be distributed to everyone!" Li Song decided to distribute houses to everyone at the end of each year.

On the one hand, it is necessary to evaluate excellence.

On the other hand, they were too lazy to go through the hassle, because allocating housing is a big deal, and the participation of everyone involved is very high.

It will be distributed to everyone all at once at the end of the year.

"Thank you, boss!" Chief Engineer Ma knew, of course, that Li Song was rich. His boss's BMW motorcycle factory even advertised on television, although it was only in the beginning and end of the TV series, with a brief mention that the series was sponsored by a certain company!

But that's enough, because BMW motorcycles have such a great reputation.

In addition, there's the recent panda-shaped airplane, which has been reported on by newspapers and media several times!

Even someone like Chief Engineer Ma enjoys watching the news because he can learn a lot from it.

Then Chief Engineer Ma accompanied Li Song on a tour of the area.

Understand the progress of each project team.

Li Song also met with the people from each project team to let them know that he cared about them.

Li Song ate dinner with his two uncles in the cafeteria that evening.

After dinner, I went to visit the dormitories where my two uncles lived.

Both of my uncles lived in single dorm rooms.

The dormitories at the aircraft manufacturing plant were also divided into different levels. Technicians had individual dormitories, while workers shared rooms with several people.

Because technicians sometimes need to work overtime at night.

Li Song's two uncles were also very concerned about his personal life, and Li Song could only brush them off.

Li Song returned to his residence.

Meanwhile, in Kyoto, the leaders of the higher-ups looked grave, because the information Li Song had revealed was too frightening.

"check!"

"We must investigate!" The higher-ups were mostly angry because very few people knew the information that Li Song had revealed, and those people were all high-ranking.

"An investigation is definitely necessary, but the key now is to get people evacuated as quickly as possible!"

"Moreover, once the US finds out about the evacuation, there will likely be some diplomatic issues between the two sides," a leader said.

"Let's evacuate the people first!" The higher-ups also felt it was urgent, because Li Song already knew about it.

Although Li Song said they had temporarily dealt with it, how long is this "temporary"?

"Should we ask Li Song again?" someone suggested.

"I can't ask. Why don't you think the people behind Li Song just give us his name directly?" The leader shook his head.

“It’s completely different when we find out for ourselves versus when they tell us.”

"First, there's the issue of authenticity. If the people behind Li Song know Lao Jin, would we believe them just because they mention his name? What level are the people who know Lao Jin? Everyone here knows, right?"

"Because the one who leaked Lao Jin's information is one of our own people. It's impossible to determine someone's disloyalty based on just one piece of information," the leader continued.

The people present nodded, because they knew that Lao Jin's people held high positions and might even be confidants of one of them.

Maybe...maybe it will be leaked in advance.

Or what if something goes wrong during the investigation? Would some of the people here be put in a passive position?

If Li Song doesn't say his name, then nobody will know who he is?
Even if something unexpected happens later, those of us here will not be passive.

Even if the person behind Li Song provides a name, those present who know the name certainly won't believe it. In any case, an investigation must be conducted, after all, evidence is required.

Moreover, the people behind Li Song are quite cautious, because if someone's name is provided, it might expose the people behind Li Song.

Moreover, it will offend people from a certain faction, as the political world is inherently divided into factions.

These leaders had no idea that Li Song didn't know how long the mole had been gone since the betrayal; otherwise, he would have revealed the mole's name long ago.

Li Song simply doesn't possess such high political wisdom.

This also confirmed the leaders' suspicions about the immense power behind Li Song; otherwise, they wouldn't have known about Lao Jin's existence.

"Tsk tsk, the person behind Li Song must be in a high position over there!" The leader picked up a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said that he had already instructed people to investigate. This investigation was of a very high standard. He also sent someone to notify Lao Jin to evacuate immediately.

"Yes, we haven't heard a single word from outside yet, and several complete fighter jets have been built just like that."

"I still hold the same guess: the people behind Li Song have probably been preparing for a long time."

"That's probably right. Printing so much technical data, it must have been done at the original unit." At this point, there was no better way to transfer the data. How several tons of data were printed is simply unimaginable to everyone.

Unlike later years when there were USB drives and external hard drives, these documents could only be printed at the original workplace.

One ton is hundreds of thousands of sheets of paper, several tons...

"Yes, steam catapults are extremely rare, and there hasn't been a single word about them."

"No matter what, we should develop now. Even if some things succeed, we can just be happy about it."

"Yeah, right now Amei and Fat Bear are fighting, so we need to keep a low profile."

"Hmm, the people behind Li Song are even planning to build a space station. Tsk tsk, they're incredibly audacious," the leader added.

"Let them do it. Luckily, Li Song's side has a very high level of secrecy, otherwise the outside world would have known long ago."

"I think this is probably one of the reasons why Li Song and his team brought out so many highly sensitive items first."

"Moreover, the people behind Li Song always seem to have a purpose in doing things."

"The reason why the people behind Li Song are willing to take the risk of dealing with Lao Jin's information is probably related to their own interests."

“Hey, your analysis makes sense. Lao Jin’s exposure is a huge loss for us, but it won’t have much impact on the people behind Li Song.”

"So, if the person behind Li Song is going to make a move, that means the person who leaked the information is in one of the areas Li Song is developing?" The leaders smoked their cigarettes, their minds becoming increasingly clear. After carefully analyzing the matter, they realized they were almost certain of the truth.

"Aerospace? Semiconductors?" The leaders looked at each other.

“It should be aerospace!” After a long silence, the old leader spoke up in his Southwestern Mandarin.

"Li Song and his team applied for a patent for the airplane, so it has no impact whatsoever."

"The same goes for semiconductors; they've already applied for chip patents."

"Then what's left is aerospace. And Li Song also said this time that we need to develop a space station in the future. The people behind Li Song are afraid that he will ruin things, so they said this?" the old leader said confidently.

In fact, it is reasonable for the leader to understand it this way. Li Song did talk about the space station and satellites before he thought of Lao Jin.

The leader in charge of aerospace could only nod silently upon hearing this, because the analysis was reasonable!

"No wonder Li Song mentioned the space station and Lao Jin this time; it turns out there's a connection between the two!"

“A person like Li Song, every move he makes has a deeper meaning.”

"However, now that various departments are communicating more and more with the outside world, many people are now focused on going out."

"We not only need to investigate this matter, but we also need to plug the loopholes and fill the gaps!"

"Yes, now many people are selling all their goods in China and leaving!"

"Forced relationships are never sweet. Those who should leave should leave. What belongs to someone else should be sold by them, and that's perfectly acceptable!"

"But once this trend takes hold, it will still have a certain influence on our internal staff!"

"Actually, it's good that some people left." "Let's not talk about that for now, let's focus on investigating the aviation and rocket sector," the old leader said.

The old leader had been through a lot, so he naturally knew that keeping those who wanted to leave would only cause trouble!
Moreover, I can understand what many people have gone through.

"it is good!"

"We will cooperate unconditionally!" The leader in charge of aviation nodded.

"Don't touch this internally!" the old leader said.

"Okay!" Everyone else nodded.

Because they knew that Lao Jin was at a very high level, investigating him directly might alert him.

"In addition, the level of secrecy for top-secret technologies should be increased!"

"We must be vigilant and guard against any negligence!"

"Furthermore, the source of the technology must be kept secret!"

“Sometimes it’s okay to spread some false information!” the old leader said again.

“We’ll do it right away!” The other leaders nodded.

After spending a day at the Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, Li Song flew directly to Shanghai the next day.

Li Song was also somewhat relieved that the planes flying in China now were not like the later ones, which, although becoming more and more advanced, mostly had very secret backdoors.

So Li Song felt reassured and rode on!

Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant is currently burning through cash continuously.

Fortunately, we didn't have to pay for the factory construction and equipment ourselves.

The factory construction and equipment were made possible by some of the technologies shared by Li Song.

It can be considered a kind of exchange.

However, Li Song still had to pay for the staff salaries and materials himself.

However, Li Song has more money than he can spend in China, not to mention the continuous export of BMW motorcycles, but also marine engines.

The two models of vans received a total of 20,000 orders.

Moreover, they all received advance payments.

Because all of these orders are from government departments.

There is a huge demand for cars in China now. Historically, it was precisely because of this huge demand that several foreign car manufacturers were introduced to the country.

The original plan was to exchange market access for technology when it was introduced.

As a result, once the market was established, the vested interests stopped developing the technology altogether.

Fortunately, domestic cars have caught up and surpassed their competitors!

Of course, after the development of domestic cars, they also treated their own people like Japanese people, with a single car costing hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Anyway, this thing is reciprocal!
When joint venture cars were all the rage, domestic cars became the epitome of quality.

While domestically produced cars are gaining popularity, joint venture cars have become a model of goodwill by lowering their prices.

Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant's current priority is medium- and long-range passenger aircraft, followed by general aviation helicopters, and then the B-type transport aircraft!

The main reason for obtaining airworthiness certificates and flight permits for medium- and long-range passenger aircraft is to take advantage of the period when relations with Europe and the United States are most harmonious.

In addition, once COSCO's passenger aircraft enters mass production, we will acquire long-range large passenger aircraft.

It's only 1981 now, and medium- and long-range passenger aircraft should be able to enter mass production by the end of this year.

Once medium- and long-range passenger aircraft are in mass production, it means that once the technology is fully mastered, the production of long-range large passenger aircraft will be much faster.

Of course, Li Song still needed to produce the blueprints to save research time.

We aim to finalize the design of a long-range large passenger aircraft within two years, that is, before the end of 1983 or the beginning of 1984, and then see if we can obtain airworthiness certificates and flight permits from Europe and the United States.

Because European and American countries certainly didn't expect that they would come up with a large passenger aircraft just two years after the emergence of medium- and long-range passenger aircraft.

"It just so happens that Europe and America are rushing to financialize."

"At that time, we can provide them with high-quality and inexpensive goods!"

"However, these core aircraft technologies will likely encounter some disputes in the future." Li Song was uncertain about the future, but the financialization trend of Europe and the United States would not change!
After dropping Li Song off at his destination, Section Chief Zhou went to report on his work.

Li Song doesn't usually chat much with Section Chief Zhou, partly because there's not much to say.

In addition, the more he talked, the more reports Section Chief Zhou wrote.

"You're here!" Zhu Ling was off work today, so she returned to Shanghai. Hearing the car horn outside, Zhu Ling knew that you had brought him back, so she greeted Li Song at the door.

"Here she is!" Zhu Ling had cut her hair short to ear length for filming the movie "Jinling," giving her a look reminiscent of the Republican era.

"Yes!" Li Song always brings something with him whenever he comes here.

They were all small gifts bought on Hong Kong Island.

There were still some people in Shanghai in March, and Li Song was originally planning to hire a nanny.

However, Zhu Ling declined, because neither of them would be staying there for very long!

"I'm going back to Kyoto next month!" Zhu Ling had already lit the fireplace. After entering the room, she helped Li Song hang up his coat and change his shoes before speaking.

"It's time to go back!" Li Song didn't seem to care.

"Journey to the West?" Li Song saw Zhu Ling reading Journey to the West.

In the novel Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is called Xingzhe (行者), and the text is written in a style similar to classical Chinese, with many instances of the character "曰" (yue).

"The script isn't finished yet, let me take a look first!" Zhu Ling went to wash her hands and came back to make tea for Li Song.

"Actually, you don't need to be in such a hurry. Journey to the West should be filmed for a while!" Zhu Ling was also selected by the Journey to the West crew, and she even played the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.

Zhu Ling looks much better in period costumes than in modern clothes.

The Journey to the West production team is still scouting locations everywhere, because this time they have ample funding and want to make it as perfect as possible.

As for the actors' compensation, it was much higher than in history.

"The film studio is rumored to be undergoing restructuring!"

"The main problem is that those of us who come out to make movies are getting too much money!"

"After returning to Kyoto, I will need to sign a new agency contract."

"In the future, when film studios recommend us employees to film movies, our remuneration will be split with the film studio according to a certain ratio!"

“When we’re not filming, we still get our regular salaries.” Zhu Ling placed the tea in front of Li Song after brewing it, and then obediently sat down next to him.

"The relevant departments consulted me, and this is the solution I presented to them!"

"This plan may not be perfect, but it's the most suitable one right now!" Li Song said with a chuckle as he put his arm around Zhu Ling.

“I also feel that this plan is more reasonable. I think there are certain risks in the studio plans of some actors in Hong Kong.” Zhu Ling nodded, and the two leaned back on the sofa!

"Rewards are proportional to risks. Although the studio carries higher risks, the returns are also very high!"

"Moreover, the mainstream model in the future will be the studio model, and the studio does not necessarily have to act in the films themselves; they can sign some actors!"

"Have you ever thought about starting your own studio, so you can act in whatever you want?" you asked.

"I don't think it's allowed in our country yet?" Zhu Ling was somewhat tempted when she heard this!
It would be great to be able to set up your own studio and then select the movies you like to act in!
"It will definitely be open. Once it's open, you can set up a film studio or film company and sign other actors."

"Let's forget about it. After we sign someone else, let's not hold them back."

"Oh, you're beautiful inside and out. Let me tell you, many companies on the capitalist side are incredibly ruthless!"

"They exploit people's desire to become stars, then sign contracts with exorbitant penalty clauses for breach of contract, and later try every means to make them breach the contract!"

"Wow, there are such heartless things?"

"Yes, so you have to be careful when signing contracts with other people."

"Would you like to take on an endorsement? I have some cosmetics here, and I'm planning to find some beautiful actresses to be our spokespeople!" Li Song asked.

"Forget it, I don't need anything right now."

"I don't dare take cosmetics to the film set now. The cosmetics you gave me are too expensive, and people will find out." Zhu Ling shook her head!

“In the past, when I brought some cosmetics to the film set, no one recognized them. But since Hong Kong stars came to the film set, everyone has become more familiar with cosmetics.”

"You have so many actresses on Phoenix TV, why not hire them? The money will just go from your left hand to your right." The actresses from Hong Kong do know how to dress and do makeup, and their outfits are more fashionable than those in mainland China.

"I still plan to find some domestic actors!"

"The actors from Phoenix TV have already been arranged."

"Furthermore, an actor shouldn't endorse too many products." The reason Li Song chose mainland actors is because they have a higher screen presence now, and their endorsement fees are definitely not as high as those from Hong Kong.

Li Song plans to secure more endorsements for cosmetics.

Because the biggest cost for cosmetics is advertising.

At that time, foreign celebrities, Hong Kong celebrities, and mainland actors will endorse the products!

Later, some health products made a fortune by relying on overwhelming advertising.

What's more, it's a genuine cosmetic product.

"Alright then, would you like me to introduce some to you?" Zhu Ling asked casually upon hearing this.
Li Song felt a little uneasy after hearing this.

Li Song thought Zhu Ling wanted to introduce him to people in her circle.

However, Li Song didn't care, since both of them were single and he didn't plan to get married.

So it doesn't matter how many girlfriends you have.

"Of course, but you have to ask around for me to make sure he's of good character and morals!" Li Song thought to himself, but he answered immediately.

"No problem, I'll ask around for you!"

"Let's go out for dinner, and then come back and get some rest!"

"Who rests right after lunch?!"

Time flies.

"Let's go." Li Song and Zhu Ling went out to eat hand in hand.

(End of this chapter)