29: The cooperation is cancelled; Lucy, this is not allowed! (Seeking follow-up

Chapter 29: Cooperation Canceled; Lucy, You Can't Do That! (Please keep reading)

Cancel the cooperation with CFM Company for the integrated propulsion system? Da Xia wants to develop its own 100% domestically produced propulsion system?

“The memorandum of cooperation for this project was settled last year, and formal cooperation is expected to begin in two months.”

Xu Qianren frowned, expressing his concerns: “If we make changes now, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”

When Da Xia Commercial Aircraft was established last year, it had already been decided to base the propulsion system on engines provided by CFM.

Now that everything is ready, making such a huge change at this point would be equivalent to all the effort of the past year and more going to waste.

He found this somewhat unacceptable.

Zhang Yuli gazed at him, still repeating his earlier statement: “This time, we will develop everything ourselves, including their engine integration system.”

“To build a 100% domestically produced large aircraft!”

Xu Qianren looked bewildered: “Director Zhang, if we cancel the cooperation with CFM Company… with Da Xia Commercial Aircraft’s current self-development capabilities…”, 1

“Developing a suitable engine propulsion system would take too long, and the C919 project can’t wait that long.”

If a purely domestically produced propulsion system could be used, who would want to use someone else’s engine?

He didn't want to, and Da Xia Commercial Aircraft certainly didn't want to.

Xu Qianren saw the true colors of these foreign companies very clearly; don't be fooled by how good they sound during initial negotiations.

Currently, CFM Company will almost certainly meet COMAC’s requirements as much as possible, even providing a preliminary plan for the entire integrated propulsion system in the shortest possible time.

But this is only because cooperation has not officially begun. Once they need to mass-produce aircraft, these CFM companies will definitely employ their traditional tactics: raising prices, restricting sales, and absolutely not letting up when it’s time to put the squeeze on you.

However, how easy is it to develop an economical and highly applicable aero-engine? Time waits for no one!

“Choosing CFM for cooperation was a last resort, a temporary expedient.” Xu Qianren sighed: “In the future, we will definitely switch to a domestically produced integrated propulsion system.”

“To develop a domestic large aircraft as quickly as possible, we have no other alternatives.”

After all, as a joint venture between High Gaul Aviation and Eagle Nation General Electric Company, CFM holds over 40% of the global commercial aero-engine market share, and including General Electric’s original 15% share.

The entire CFM International holds over 55% of the market, making it a behemoth in this field.

Its name alone reveals it: CFM Company, full name: International Engine Company. If they didn't choose to cooperate with it, there would be no better alternative.

Zhang Yuli and others were well aware of this: “I understand your concerns. If we didn’t have full preparation, how could we rashly cancel the cooperation?”

Meeting Xu Qianren’s puzzled gaze, he pulled out a large stack of recently printed blueprints: “Take a look at these first, and you’ll understand why I say this.”

Picking up the top few blueprints, Xu Qianren froze the moment his eyes landed on them.

[Analysis of New Flight Management Computer System (FMC).]

[Analysis of New Commercial Aviation High-Thrust Engine:

Using a total thrust of 83% bypass airflow and 17% core airflow, the turbofan engine will minimize fuel combustion in the combustion chamber. Using IEC dynamic control of N1 shaft speed, all core and bypass airflow thrusts are adapted to the current flight state.]

[Technical Parameters:

Fan Diameter: 3.251 m.

High-Pressure Compressor Stages: 9 stages.

Low-Pressure Turbine: 6 stages.

Maximum Thrust: 520KN]

“Hiss… What is this??”

Xu Qianren took a quick glance and immediately gasped: “Hiss… What is this? A design drawing for a super-large civil airliner??”

Although he held a management position at COMAC rather than a research position, how could he not understand the value of these technologies?

Just from the engine with 520KN thrust, wasn't it very close to General Electric’s GE-115B?

“Now you know why we want to cancel the cooperation with CFM Company, right?” Zheng Lixing said cheerfully, sipping his tea nearby.

“I know. I’ll go back and inform the people at CFM Company right away!”

Xu Qianren nodded, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.

He fully believed that this technology was absolutely real.

Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing had no reason to lie to him about such a matter, and the notification for him to come to Xia Academy of Sciences was issued directly from the highest-level meeting.

With this kind of technology, who would still be willing to serve these foreigners?

All of you, get lost!

The next day.

Nine in the morning.

Today was Saturday, Lu Ze’s favorite day off.

Eagle Nation, in the small town outside the LLNL Laboratory.

It was still the same coffee shop. Lu Ze sat quietly on a street-side chair and ordered a cup of coffee.

He was engrossed in a book, reading with great interest: “Oh, there’s even this kind of move that falls from the sky?”

Of course, the book title was definitely not 'The Plum in the Golden Vase'.

“Sir, your iced latte.” It was a somewhat familiar female voice.

“Okay, just put it on the table.”

Lu Ze was still engrossed in his reading, replying without even lifting his head.

He picked up the iced latte and took a sip, and a huge bitterness immediately filled his mouth: “Pfft… Why is it still so bitter??”

“Is there something wrong with this coffee shop? Didn’t I say I wanted sugar and milk in my coffee?”

Just as Lu Ze was complaining, a melodious laugh reached his ears: “Lu Ze, coffee is defaulted to no sugar and no milk; that’s how you taste its original flavor.”

“So, do you know why I never eat bitter melon?”

Lu Ze looked at the girl in front of him with a helpless expression.

He had told her many times that he didn’t drink coffee without sugar, but she just wouldn’t listen and always wanted him to try it.

Lucy, dressed in a white shirt and jeans, revealing her perfect figure, had her back to the sun. The light illuminated her hair with a faint glow, making her appear like a perfect blend of cuteness and allure.

Her Return rate (head-turning rate) was a thousand percent.

Lu Ze, however, had already developed some immunity to such beauty.

He frowned and painstakingly drank the unsweetened iced latte: “Lucy, what do you need me for today?”

If Lucy hadn't called him out early in the morning, he probably would have stayed in his dorm, sleeping in.

“Lu Ze, is your Da Xia fun?” Lucy sat down, resting her chin on her hands.

For the West at this time, everything about Da Xia was full of mystery.

In fact, Lucy had asked him several times before: Do people in Sichuan ride pandas to school every day? Can she have one?

Are you kidding? He himself had only seen pandas a few times!

“I think it’s pretty good, at least much better than here in Eagle Nation.” Lu Ze thought for a moment and continued: “There are many cultural and historical sites in my hometown, like the thousand-year-old murals of the Mogao Grottoes, and the saying ‘the spring breeze does not cross Yumen Pass,’ and so on.”

After all, compared to Eagle Nation, which has a history of just over two hundred years, which place in Da Xia isn't a famous historical site?

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