Author: September Sauce

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian was stunned subconsciously.

Chairman of AVIC Group?

Is it Tan Song?

No, Tan Song should still be the chairman of Anton's side at this time.

That is Lin Yongming.

In his previous life, Chen Nian had no chance to come into contact with Lin Yongming, but he had heard legends about this man from many people.

All in all, this is an extremely cautious, even a bit overly cautious leader.

Many times, he is judged as "loving feathers too much".

And this kind of personality often seems to have insufficient decisiveness when facing new things.

Therefore, around 2005, he was replaced by Ma Chongguang, who had a radical personality, and then was replaced by Tan Song.

When dealing with such a person, you cannot draw any pie for him, you must feed all the results to his mouth, and he will not pay you until he eats it.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian quickly said:

"Hello, leader, I am Chen Nian."

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a few seconds, and then a deep male voice sounded.

"Xiao Chen, I am Lin Yongming."

"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Hello, let's make a long story short. I have seen the simulation data of the new aircraft designed by you, and the results are very good."

"I have verified it with our expert team and confirmed the authenticity of the results. At the same time, we have also reached a preliminary agreement."

"That is, if you follow your design, the airframe can achieve good results during wind tunnel experiments. This should not be much different from simulation analysis."

"You did a great job, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Nian listened to his words inexplicably and didn't know what he was going to do for a while.

To make a long story short, how many sentences have been wasted?

You wouldn't call me just to praise me, right?

"I just did a small amount of work, and the leader has given me the reward."

"There is no award, what I said is the truth."

"Then let's get to the point. I want to ask, did you design this body independently? Did you have the help of a professional team?"

"No, I designed it independently."

Chen Nian has answered this question countless times. No matter who asks it, his answer will not change.

"That's it"

Lin Yongming's voice on the opposite side clearly contained disappointment.

From his perspective, a sudden emergence of genius is not trustworthy - or, in other words, cannot be relied upon.

They may put forward many amazing hypotheses and achieve amazing results in a short period of time, but most of the time, these achievements cannot be transformed into practical and useful "reality".

It seems that Chen Nian is in the same situation.

"So, the design of this machine body can be said to be a flash of inspiration on your part?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Nian immediately guessed what the other person was thinking.

wipe!

it is as expected.

In the final analysis, no matter how awesome the design of the F-22 airframe is, it is just a "design" after all.

There is still a lot of work to be done to transform it into physical objects.

Now, what Lin Yongming is worried about is that he has no way to achieve the "from technology to implementation" step.

How funny.

Does a breakthrough technology cease to be a breakthrough just because it cannot be realized temporarily?

Does its value cease to exist?

This kind of pedantic and rigid thinking has buried many talents.

Chen Nian tried his best to suppress the anger rising in his heart and patiently explained:

"Leader, I designed this machine, but it was definitely not a flash of inspiration."

"I also went through a long period of argumentation, research, and research before finally designing this model, and the facts have proven that it is indeed useful, right?"

Lin Yongming on the other end of the phone hummed and replied:

"Of course, we will never deny your contribution."

"But the problem is, now that this project has reached the project approval stage, what we need to discuss is how much resources we should invest in this project."

"Look, according to Lei Gang and Chen Guo's ideas, your project is going in the direction of a new fifth-generation aircraft. In other words, it will consume huge resources."

"But the question is, can your research capabilities really support such a large-scale project?"

"Will this project really bear fruit in the end?"

"There will definitely be."

Chen Nian said firmly.

He had no doubt about this. After all, he was holding in his hand the beta-type titanium-aluminum alloy that had just been produced through hot isostatic pressing.

"There must be something like this. It cannot be included in the project feasibility report. What we need is evidence and foreseeable results."

Chen Nian knew that it was time to discuss business.

However, he did not answer immediately, but asked:

"Leader, if you say we can't produce a visible result, does that mean you won't approve a budget for this project?"

"That's not the case. We can take a look while walking. Of course, it is impossible to approve a budget of tens of millions. For the first phase of the project, we can approve 5 million first."

"5000000?"

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Chen Nian's mouth.

What is 5 million enough for?

After a few blows in the wind tunnel, it’s gone!

Even if you solve the material problem yourself, you won't be able to build a truly usable machine with this little money.

If you only have so much money, this project might as well be abandoned!

"Yes, it's a lot of money. You know, we have a lot of money to spend now."

"What kind of results do you want to see before you can grant more budget?"

Chen Nian didn't talk nonsense to him anymore. It's useless for you to argue with such a leader. It's better to go straight to him!

"What do you mean?"

Opposite Lin Yongming was obviously angry. After all, this was the first time someone had spoken to him like this in the past few years.

Before Chen Nian could explain, he continued:

“Are you saying that I don’t let the rabbit out of my sight, or that I suppress young people?”

"Yes, your design is very good, but it is not irreplaceable. There are many similar designs in our archives, but their problems are all the same: they can't be built!"

"Do you think I don't want to build new aircraft? Do you think I don't want fifth-generation aircraft? What is our problem now? It's that we don't have money!"

"Every penny must be spent wisely! Not only the Air Force, but also the Navy has to spend money. We currently have 4 modern-class ships and a few 053s. Every time we have a meeting, it is the time when we cry to each other about poverty!"

"No, I'm not crying about being poor, we are really poor!"

"In this case, do you ask me to let you take risks? If you fail, I can afford the consequences. At worst, I will go to jail!"

"But, can our country afford it?! Can the people afford it?!"

After his words fell, Chen Nian felt as if a heavy hammer fell on his head.

He suddenly realized that the man on the other side of the phone might not be who he thought he was.

Yes, from the perspective of later generations, he was indeed an overly conservative and timid leader.

But, did he do this voluntarily?

no.

Otherwise, this man would not have given up his almost certain and steadily rising career in middle age and been appointed to become the top leader of AVIC Group in the face of crisis.

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To be continued...