Start with a blacksmith shop.

"Hehe, the reason I came to see you is to invite you to visit our Hongdu."

The engine you're using now is fine in every other way, but it's a bit underpowered.

Since you can design radial engines, you must have a good understanding of this type of engine.

We would like your company to become the engine supplier for our aircraft.

Yan Hang didn't beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly.

Li Zhenhua and his group finally understood the purpose of Hongdu Aircraft Manufacturing Plant's visit.

So they've got their eye on their company's engines; this is business delivered right to our doorstep!

Once you know the other person's purpose, you'll know how to start the conversation.

"Oh, is that so? Well, this is a big state-owned factory's recognition of us!"

So, does the old man have any requirements for the engine, such as what horsepower it needs?

Li Zhenhua complimented the old man a few times before asking him about the situation.

"Of course, there are requirements for engine horsepower. Ideally, each engine should have 200 horsepower, meaning the total horsepower should be over 400."

I feel you still need to go there in person to see the actual situation before you can design the engine.

Since he asked, Yan Hang immediately stated his request.

He had originally planned to wait until the other party arrived at his place before telling them, but since they had asked, he decided not to hide it from them.

They also extended another invitation to Li Zhenhua, asking him to come to Hongdu.

"Hmm~, okay, then I'll go to Hongdu. I also want to see how airplanes are made."

"Huh? This should be open to the public, right? Is it open to visitors?"

He was full of confidence when he heard the other party's request. It was just designing an engine, wasn't it?

They complain that the current engine is too weak and lacks horsepower, but that's easily solved.

If we simply modify the engine he developed, add a few cylinders, and enlarge each cylinder, we should be able to meet their requirements.

And this also solved something that had been troubling him lately.

I was originally looking for something to do, but now, this job has been delivered right to my doorstep.

He had no reason to refuse, and of course he wouldn't refuse.

"Great! Let's head back first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to see it then."

Time is still very precious to us right now.

We need to get the plane completely ready before the Canada Airshow in July.

How many copies of this plane can be sold depends on its performance at this year's Canada International Airshow.

Yan Hang explained their plan to him, and at that moment he understood why they were in such a hurry.

It's already April, and there are only two months left until the airshow.

Anyone would be anxious in this situation.

Li Zhenhua immediately agreed to Yan Hang's request and went to Hongdu with him early the next morning.

That evening, he, Li Yun, and Liu Xiaodong treated Yan Hang to a local specialty, a whole donkey feast.

The guests and hosts enjoyed their meal at the table, while he himself devoured the "money-shaped meat" (lübian).

Grandpa Yan had no idea what "money-shaped meat" meant; he just thought it tasted good.

Liu Xiaodong and Li Yun, who were at the table, knew exactly what it was made of.

Liu Xiaodong ate while chatting with Grandpa Yan.

He would glance at Li Yun and Li Zhenhua every now and then, a mysterious smile playing on his lips.

Under Liu Xiaodong's gaze, Li Yun's face also turned slightly red.

After dinner, Liu Xiaodong took Yan Hang back to the hotel, while he and Li Yun rode their motorcycles home.

Since Li Zhenhua was leaving on a business trip the next day, Li Yun didn't hold back.

That night, their passion was so intense that even the moon seemed ashamed of their actions and hid behind the clouds.

The neighbor's dog kept barking, as if cheering them on, from 11 pm to 5 pm without stopping (have you heard the latest gossip these past few days?).

After helping Li Yun take a bath and settling her in, I took a shower in the bathroom, got on my bike, and headed towards Yan Hang's place.

From a distance, Yan Hang could see a small red square box parked at his hotel.

From a distance, many people would mistake it for a three-pointed star, but upon closer inspection, subtle differences become apparent; it is not a three-pointed star.

He rode his bike up to the SUV, and as soon as he stopped, the window rolled down, revealing Liu Xiaodong's chubby face.

"Wow, that's rare! I can still see you on time."

"Look at those dark circles under your eyes, you probably didn't get much sleep last night!"

He wanted to say a few words to the other person, but he completely ignored him.

Haha, Liu Xiaodong will never know that his good brother was almost exhausted from playing cards until he left in the morning.

I restarted the car and parked the motorcycle in the parking space.

He walked towards Liu Xiaodong's car, got to the side, and directly pulled open the back seat and sat down.

Liu Xiaodong looked at him playfully in the rearview mirror, his gaze as if he were looking at a rare animal in a zoo.

He glanced at Liu Xiaodong in the back seat, then closed his own eyes.

Not long after, Yan Hang came out of the hotel.

Liu Xiaodong drove the two to Yaoqiang in Jinan, where Li Zhenhua swayed and fell asleep in the car.

I boarded a Dongshan Airlines plane again, and this time the feeling was different from last time.

Shortly after the plane took off, he chatted with Grandpa Yan for more than ten minutes, after which he entered "recharging mode".

Having slept the entire way, he finally seemed to regain some energy when he got off the plane.

Meanwhile, Old Master Yan, who had been traveling with them all the way, recalled the two people he had first met yesterday.

He figured it out himself: why this young man was so tired.

At noon, under Yan Hang's arrangement, they had a simple meal and then headed straight to the aircraft manufacturing workshop.

Here he finally met the main character of the show, an airplane parked in the center of the workshop, surrounded by a ring of work ladders.

"Grandpa, is this the plane? It looks pretty good."

He circled the plane once before speaking to Yan Hang.

"It's alright. The concept art for this plane was first created by the younger generation."

After incorporating the ideas of the younger generation, we old guys removed the unrealistic elements from the diagrams.

Then the younger generation offered their opinions, and they changed the parts that gave the aircraft a vintage feel, which ultimately resulted in the shape of the aircraft we see today.

We're selling this as a business jet, so it can't be cheap if it doesn't look good; it'll directly impact sales!

He nodded in agreement and then walked toward the ladder near the engine.

"Grandpa, let me see the engine compartment. I'd like to understand the space inside so I can have a better idea of ​​how to design the engine."

Led by Yan Hang, the two went to the aircraft's engine compartment for a look.

He looked at the space inside the cabin, where the 700cc engine was fixed in the center, with plenty of space around it.

"Grandpa, this cabin looks really big. Why did you decide to install our little engine on it?"

Yan Hang looked helpless when he heard him ask that question.

"Well, that's a long story, it's a legacy issue from our factory's history."