Chapter 1611: Concession and compromise

602 is of course a code name, and the 602 Institute is also called the Helicopter Design Institute.

Li Xuewu manages the group's Liaodong industry. Although he doesn't know how to assemble helicopters, he knows a lot of news and materials related to helicopters.

For example, the 602 Institute, and for example, the Changhe Machinery Factory.

The Liu Gang, Director Liu, whom Hu Ke introduced to him, said they were peers and enemies. In fact, it is also correct, because the establishment of the Changhe Machinery Factory was to produce helicopters, the Z-6 that failed before it could succeed.

Changhe is not in Changping, but in Gan Province.

Li Xuewu said he paid attention to the Changhe Machinery Factory from the news in October last year. Under the background of the Third-Line Construction, the main battlefield Gan Province took out 160,000 square meters of construction area in one breath to support and develop the aviation industry.

Saying 160,000 square meters might not be deep, converting it into units of mu is 240 mu of land, which is about the same as the Liangmahe Industrial Zone.

The project applied for in August, approved in October, and the Gan Province Machinery Factory started construction in November. This speed is only possible in this era.

The construction of the Gan Province Helicopter Factory was a set of two factories. The main engine factory, Changhe Machinery Factory, was aided by the Weijian Machinery Factory and the Binjiang Aviation School, and the factory site was selected in Jingdezhen City, Gan Province.

Because Gan Province proposed when declaring that it intended to use the favorable conditions of Jingdezhen Porcelain Factory, Ceramic Institute, and two natural caves in Leping County to rebuild a helicopter factory.

The reason for paying attention to this news is because the slogan was shouted loudly, with a production capacity of 100-150 units per year.

Another point that attracted his attention was the two main bodies participating in the construction of the Changhe Machinery Factory: Weijian Machinery Factory and Binjiang Aviation School, both of which came from Bingcheng and belonged to the Bingfei sequence.

Hmm, friends are not important to remember; what is important is not to be revenged.

"Our comrades are full of enthusiasm, fearless of difficulties, and are determined to open up a different aviation industry in the deep mountains."

In the meeting before the meal, Liu Gang introduced the construction situation of the machinery factory while praising the selfless dedication spirit of the Third-Line builders.

Li Xuewu listened very seriously, and the alarm bell in his heart rang loudly; he had to raise his spirit to twelve points.

"How many employees do you have now?"

Hu Ke asked with concern: "One thousand? Two thousand? Or..."

"More than three thousand." Liu Gang gestured with three fingers with a smile and introduced proudly: "423 employees from the aviation school, 499 comrades transferred from Fucheng, and 174 comrades selected by the locality."

"And there are 1,414 employees from the Weijian Machinery Factory entering the factory, and then there are university and secondary school graduates who have not been assigned."

He looked at Li Xuewu, who was not speaking much and had been bowing his head to drink tea, with meaningful eyes and asked: "How many employees does Steel Flight have now?"

"Oh—" Li Xuewu paused in the action of drinking tea, raised his head and feigned thought for a few seconds, then replied: "There are probably more than three thousand."

"That's about the same." Liu Gang nodded confidently and said: "We took Steel Flight as a model and reference when we built the factory."

"Hehe, we can't compare with you." Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile and said: "We belong to tertiary industry, small-scale."

He glanced at Hu Ke and said again: "How can our own strength compare with Ganfei."

"Our three thousand people are at the end, and your three thousand people are just the beginning."

"Hahaha—" Liu Gang, who had a mouthful of Northeast dialect, couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Obviously, Li Xuewu's high praise was very much to his taste.

Hu Ke was a smart man. His eyeballs turned a few rounds on the two of them, and he could be counted as distinguishing the top and bottom.

"It's hard to guard the country, and it's even harder to fight for the country."

Liu Gang laughed and started to complain again, mentioning the infrastructure work that started in February, encountering rainy weather, and the project progress was seriously affected.

Li Xuewu didn't dare to let him continue, turned his head and asked: "It's to produce Z-6, right?"

"Uh... yes, it's Z-6."

Liu Gang's train of thought was interrupted. After a slight pause, he nodded and replied: "After all, we all come from Bingfei."

This statement is not wrong. Everyone knows where Z-5 came from. As early as when preparing to build Steel Flight, Li Xuewu had learned about the "5th Master."

Why did Bingfei arrange for people to participate in the helicopter production line installation project of the Red Star Factory when preparing to build Steel Flight, and even wanted to participate in the research of KH-4? It was out of the purpose of conquering the research and development of Z-6.

Z-6 is not a new idea or a new model; it is an improvement on the basis of Z-5, or more accurately, an improvement of the engine.

Even if you look at it from the perspective of that time, Z-5 was already a backward product; otherwise, the North Soviet Union couldn't have been so generous.

What cannot be denied is that Z-5 is indeed an excellent helicopter, but its adoption of a piston engine exposed the shortcomings of low power and poor high-altitude performance at the moment.

Especially in high-altitude areas, its shortcomings of small load and slow power response made it difficult to meet the military's growing demand for maneuverability and assault.

On July 11, 1966, the Third Ministry of Machine Building officially issued a task to Bingfei (code-named Factory 122): on the basis of Z-5, develop a new medium-sized helicopter capable of carrying 20 fully armed soldiers or a jeep and a gun squad.

In order to control risks and costs, the new model was required to use mature components of Z-5 as much as possible.

At the beginning of the project, it was simply called "Z-5 Modification."

Bingfei and Factory 120 quickly joined forces and proposed a key leapfrog plan—to replace this "Z-5 Modification" with a brand new "heart": a 792 turboshaft engine designed and manufactured by Factory 120.

The most core leap of this helicopter lies in its power system.

The WZ-5 engine it carries has a rated power of up to 1618 kilowatts (about 2200 horsepower), far exceeding the piston engine of Z-5.

This makes the maximum speed of Z-6 increase to nearly 200 km/h (192 km/h), and the maximum range reaches 651 kilometers.

Li Xuewu is not a helicopter designer, nor is he an engineer, and even less does he have relevant theoretical knowledge and practical experience.

However! He has life experience.

No need for more; you install a 60-horsepower gasoline engine on a bicycle; do you know what the result is?

If this metaphor still cannot be understood, then think about Banggeng finding a partner much older than him; can you understand that feeling?

Li Xuewu brought back the production technology of turbine engines from East Germany and consulted the expert group on the difference between it and piston engines.

The advantages don't need to be said, but there are a lot of disadvantages.

Shangguan Qi once explained to him that piston engines will also have mechanical failures, that is, suddenly stopping during flight.

But with the development and innovation of technology, this probability is getting lower and lower, and some people even jump out of the cabin to repair piston engines during flight.

It sounds thrilling, but what this can explain is that piston engines are relatively mature and reliable, and must be twin-engine to be safe.

Large-scale turbine engine manufacturers in the world have relatively leading technology, and the failure rate is already within a controllable range.

But it sounds a bit strenuous to support such precise industrial production with the current domestic production technology.

And big horse pulling a small cart, the key is not the big horse, but the bearing capacity of the small cart.

Either the turbine engine stops, and the result of the power loss caused by the single-engine design doesn't need to be thought about; it is inevitably a crash and death.

Or the fuselage structure cannot withstand the power, causing structural damage, and serious accidents occur in multiple flight operations.

Neither of these two situations is something Z-6 can afford at this time.

Will Li Xuewu face Liu Gang and speak out the doubts in his heart?

Of course not. He doesn't want Z-6 to have a difficult birth, but he also has no way to question this plane that is still in the experiment in front of Liu Gang, whose eyes are full of confidence.

Just like you can't say a father's son is bad in front of him.

So the meeting before the meal was always Liu Gang talking endlessly, and Li Xuewu remained silent most of the time, or responded with one or two sentences.

Hu Ke could naturally see the problem. He doesn't understand helicopter technology, but he understands the ways of the world very well.

So until Lu Qiming arrived late, he didn't arrange for the two to further deepen the exploration of cooperation.

Li Xuewu's lack of interest was enough to explain the problem. On one hand, he is the main founder of Red Star Factory's group-formation, and on the other hand, he is the person in charge of Ganfei, who is being prepared. Who does he believe more?

"Sorry, there was a temporary work."

Lu Qiming walked in and first shook hands with Li Xuewu, explaining apologetically: "Deputy Director Zhou is going to Beijing tomorrow; we chatted."

"It doesn't matter; good food is not afraid of being late."

Li Xuewu didn't know why he wanted to explain this sentence, but he knew he couldn't ask more at this time.

"Of course." Lu Qiming looked at him deeply, let go of his hand, turned his head to look at Liu Gang, and said with a smile: "Welcome, Comrade Liu Gang."

"Thank you, Deputy Director Lu, for your hospitality." Liu Gang obviously had known the other party for a long time, smiled and greeted with both hands, nodding in response: "It is an honor."

Lu Qiming possesses the demeanor of a Confucian general, having both the decisiveness of thunder and the elegance of a gentleman.

Just a shallow grasp, he let go of the other party's hand, and gestured toward the restaurant: "We are all comrades in the industrial system; let's treat today as a gathering of friends and speak freely—"

Xiao Zihong originally wanted to sit with Li Xuewu, but saw Hu Ke lead the other party to Lu Qiming's side, so he could only find a seat in the lower position.

Today's dinner is not simple. He also understood the significance of Li Xuewu bringing him along, and couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment.

Speak freely? On this kind of occasion?

Hearing Lu Qiming say this, how could he not be nervous, not to mention that Lu Qiming didn't just entertain their family today.

"I heard you didn't rest in the afternoon either?"

After Lu Qiming sat down, he let the service personnel help him organize the chopsticks, turned his head to look at Li Xuewu and asked kindly: "Are you this busy in Steel City too?"

"It's just that I met a few friends today, and it happened that you saw it." Li Xuewu looked at Hu Ke with a smile and said: "If it weren't for Bureau Hu, I wouldn't be so conspicuous, right?"

"Hahahaha—" Hu Ke didn't put on airs, smiled frankly and explained: "I was also forced by circumstances—"

He seemed to have reason, turned his body to explain to Lu Qiming: "Linghe Automobile Factory and Siping Automobile Factory came to find me; what can I do."

Speaking to this point, he gestured to Li Xuewu's side and said: "They all treat Steel Auto as a banner; it is very normal to gather together."

"Then I have to thank you?"

Li Xuewu looked at the attendant pouring wine for him with a smile. This Northeast girl is really good-looking; I don't know what her temper is like.

"Hahaha—" Hu Ke laughed heartily: "I am just introducing on behalf of others; whether it succeeds or not has nothing to do with me."

He looked at Lu Qiming again and explained: "I think it is a good thing to screen a batch of mature automobile manufacturing factories in the whole province to actively connect with Steel Auto."

"Not only can they learn advanced production experience, but they can also exchange enterprise management insights. If they can learn a trick or two, it can be counted as growth, right?"

"Hehehe—" Lu Qiming looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said: "It's just that I don't know if Secretary-General Li will hide his secrets."

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu heard him say this, saw him raise his glass, nodded and responded: "I am eager to communicate more."

"Come on, let this first cup of wine respect the inclusiveness between brother units." Lu Qiming proposed the first cup of wine with a smile, and also set the tone for today's banquet.

Li Xuewu naturally drank it in one gulp. His answer was impeccable. Lu Qiming's sentence was not without the meaning of pointing at him.

However, point if you want; he is not afraid of what the other party has, and cannot be a good person unconditionally because of the other party's mood and preferences.

He now represents the Red Steel Group, sitting here naturally has a decision.

Liu Gang saw that today's scene started around Li Xuewu, so he couldn't help but look a few more times. He thought he was the main guest.

Hu Ke knows how to arrange. Liu Gang and Li Xuewu sat on the left and right of Lu Qiming. He sat beside Liu Gang, and on his right was Xiao Zihong.

In this era, there is a taboo against big fish and big meat. The table for five people only set six dishes and one soup, which can be counted as a warm hospitality.

"You and Liu Gang have already met, right?"

After a cup of wine, Lu Qiming's face was slightly red. He gestured to Liu Gang beside him with his right hand and asked Li Xuewu: "He is from Bingfei."

"You really know how to treat guests." Li Xuewu looked at him meaningfully, smiled and said: "Is it because you are afraid that today's wine table is not lively enough?"

"Hahahaha—" Lu Qiming laughed heartily, turned his head to look at Liu Gang and asked: "You should have heard of him long ago, right?"

"That's more than that—" Liu Gang also knew how to set off the atmosphere, smiled and teased: "Secretary-General Li's name is often mentioned in our leader's mouth; it's impossible not to hear it."

"Hahaha—" Lu Qiming laughed heartily, raised his wine glass, gestured to the two and said: "Let this second cup of wine respect not knowing each other without fighting."

"Hehe." Li Xuewu looked at Liu Gang amusedly, raised his wine glass to gesture. Seeing the other party raise his glass to gesture, with a trace of provocation in his eyes, he also returned the toast heartily and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"You shouldn't compete with him." Lu Qiming persuaded Liu Gang with a double meaning: "He has a nickname called 'Wine Immortal' and is famous for not getting drunk after a thousand cups."

"Is that so—" Liu Gang looked at Li Xuewu with some surprise, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What a coincidence? Then I have to see it today."

Lu Qiming looked at him with a smile, and then looked at Hu Ke.

Hu Ke had long given him a hint. At this moment, he obviously didn't want to persuade peace, clearly wanting to watch the fun, and naturally wouldn't say much.

Li Xuewu didn't really want to eat this set. He had long lost the bad taste of comparing drinking, and was even less willing to let Liaodong Industry take advantage.

"The doctor said that there is a kind of enzyme in my blood, the value is exceeded, which can quickly decompose alcohol, so no matter how much I drink, I won't get drunk."

Li Xuewu lied casually. He was certain that these people at the table didn't possess medical knowledge, and even less believed that they also had a doctor lover.

Seeing him making things up, several people were a bit surprised, and even astonished.

"Really or fake?" Lu Qiming had tasted Li Xuewu's power, looked at him in surprise and asked: "Is it innate?"

"Anyway, my lover said so."

Li Xuewu smiled and shrugged his shoulders, saying: "She almost took me as a white mouse for experiments, and drew several tubes of blood from me."

"The Secretary-General's lover is a surgeon at the General Hospital." Hu Ke explained for him: "I heard their love story during my time working in Beijing."

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu was not embarrassed, smiled and continued to explain: "She said that although this situation is special, it is nothing."

"For example, some people are very good at drinking, one or two jin is not a problem, while some people will fall down after half a cup."

He curled his lips and said: "And some people wake up very quickly, while some people need a day or two."

"Oh—so that's how it is!"

Several people at the table suddenly realized. They, who often fight in the wine field, naturally have seen the several situations Li Xuewu mentioned.

Or rather, they themselves are one of them; how could they not understand the meaning he expressed?

"That is what you said, what kind of coal in the blood?" Liu Gang asked curiously: "Then what is the relationship between this kind of coal and the coal that is burned?"

"..." Li Xuewu was dumbfounded. He had never thought that someone would ask such a stupid question so formally. If he answered, would he also be stupid?

"That... how to explain it?"

He deliberated for a moment and, without affecting the atmosphere today, corrected: "The enzyme I mentioned is the one with the 'you' character plus the 'mei' character from 'every day'."

Li Xuewu pinched his fingers and explained: "Eating steamed buns will make you feel sweet; you know that, right? It's because there is a kind of enzyme in our saliva that decomposes the sugar in the starch of the steamed bun, converting it into fructose, so we feel the steamed bun is sweet."

"Oh—!"

I don't know if they really understood or not, but the expressions of several people were all "don't understand but feel powerful," maintaining a certain calmness, but it can be seen that they were really surprised.

"I understand." Hu Ke raised his eyebrows and asked: "Just like decomposing steamed buns, there is also a kind of enzyme that can decompose alcohol?"

"Right, that's what it means." Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, looked at him and said: "Your understanding is completely correct."

"Wait, I have a question." Hu Ke pinched his fingers and interrupted him, asking: "How can I be like you, increasing the enzyme that decomposes alcohol in my blood? Give me a little of your blood?"

"..." Li Xuewu twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at him speechlessly, and really wanted to give him a punch, let him wake up, so he would know what he was asking.

"Hahaha—" Everyone else at the wine table was almost laughing crazy. On one hand, they were laughing at Hu Ke's curiosity, and on the other hand, they were laughing at Li Xuewu's expression.

"If this is really feasible, then his blood is treasure."

Lu Qiming broke the truth, pointed at Hu Ke with a smile and said: "Besides, are you sure your blood types are the same?"

"Come on, let this third cup of wine respect that enzyme."

He followed Hu Ke's joke, raised his glass to propose: "After drinking three cups, let's talk about some interesting topics."

Li Xuewu didn't know what topic was interesting, but he really wanted to drink now and drink the other party down.

"You don't look favorably on Liu Gang?" After the meal, Hu Ke invited Li Xuewu to the lounge to rest for a while, and asked directly after sitting down: "Or don't look favorably on Ganfei?"

"What?" Li Xuewu was stained with the smell of wine, looked at the other party whose eyes were red, and asked: "Who don't I look favorably on?"

"Don't pretend." Hu Ke drank a bit too much. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, Li Xuewu played bad today, and except for Lu Qiming, everyone couldn't hold it.

"Your negativity was felt even by Deputy Director Lu."

He raised his chin, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Could it be that you mind that there was one more guest tonight?"

"You think too much." Li Xuewu waved his hand amusedly and said: "Am I such a narrow-minded person?"

Hu Ke smiled without saying a word, just kept looking at him.

"Yes, we have some misunderstandings with Bingfei." Li Xuewu explained helplessly: "But those are all things of the past."

"We don't have cooperation now, let alone contradictions and conflicts. I am not the kind of person who offends people casually."

"I didn't say you offended anyone either."

Hu Ke pointed his finger at the small table between the two, raised his eyebrows and said: "But your expression has already betrayed you."

"Is my expression that hateful?"

Li Xuewu shook his head amusedly, covered half of his face and said: "I just don't look favorably on Z-6."

*Pa*—

Hu Ke clapped his hands, scaring the attendant who brought tea in, and the teacup almost fell to the ground.

He pointed at Li Xuewu meaningfully and said: "I said your mood was wrong; there must be a problem somewhere."

"Do you think I'm jealous? Or afraid?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and looked at him, asking directly: "Or is it worrying about nothing?"

"This is what you said; I didn't say it." Hu Ke took the teacup and wasn't afraid of being hot, took a sip to relieve the wine, and said with a smile: "You say."

"What do I say?" Li Xuewu glanced at him speechlessly and said: "I said I don't look favorably on Z-6, but I didn't say Steel Flight is stronger than Ganfei."

"You don't have this meaning?" Hu Ke is really good at chatting. He put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Of course, I still know your character."

"This has nothing to do with character."

Li Xuewu let out a long breath, reached out and took the apple placed on the small table, took a bite, and said faintly: "I'm talking about science."

"Science, science." Hu Ke also nodded feignedly and said: "Then you explain from a scientific perspective why you rejected him today."

"I didn't reject him." Li Xuewu spread his hands and said: "He said he needed engineering vehicles, and I said good, I will introduce him to the group's sales."

"But what he wanted was the production data of the turbine engine."

Hu Ke emphasized: "You refused very directly. How do you consider this point? Are you sure it has nothing to do with Bingfei?"

"Heh—" Li Xuewu said disdainfully: "Don't say he came out of Bingfei; even if the leader of the Third Ministry of Machine Building came, I wouldn't give it."

"Why?" Hu Ke looked at him with incomprehension.

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked back: "By what right?"

"What by what right?" Hu Ke asked again: "Everyone is a brother unit; technology sharing is the norm."

"Who said that?" Li Xuewu looked directly into his eyes and asked: "The metallurgical factory needs special steel production technology; if I go to Steel City Metallurgy to ask, will they give it?"

"..." Hu Ke was stunned, frowned slightly and said: "These are two different things, right?"

"It's two different things when it's on you?"

Li Xuewu snorted coldly and said: "Those technologies were bought back by us from East Germany; why should we give them to them for free just because of one sentence of his?"

"You refused him just because of this?"

Hu Ke frowned and thought about it, and reminded him: "It's no problem to talk about these words privately, but you must never say them like this in front of outsiders."

"I know what you mean." Li Xuewu looked directly into his eyes and said: "My thinking is no problem; it is you who have fallen into some kind of misunderstanding and trap."

He pointed his finger at the tea table and emphasized: "Industrial development is definitely not a big pot of rice. If it were really like this, then why divide north and south? The whole country only needs one Shougang and one Shoufei."

"Experience and knowledge can be shared, but technology cannot."

Li Xuewu said firmly: "We only provide technical cooperation and support plans, are willing to share scientific research results, but refuse to be robbed."

"Hmm." Hu Ke nodded slightly, noncommittal to his remarks, picked up the teacup and frowned, thinking about something.

"So, the Red Steel Group only has sales and cooperation, and no dedication, right?"

"This hat of yours is big enough."

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly with a cold smile and said: "Now you and I don't need to argue about the definition of dedication; let's talk about the matter itself. Red Steel doesn't owe anyone anything."

"Of course." Hu Ke looked at him meaningfully and said: "Young people's ideas are always very radical."

"Do you treat me as a young person?"

Li Xuewu's smile had some playfulness. He glanced at him and didn't argue anymore. He had no regrets about his stance tonight.

Hu Ke seemed to have noticed his temper, and it was a while before he opened his mouth to explain: "You should know that I said these things for your own good."

"Hmm, I can understand." Li Xuewu also restrained his temper, nodded and said: "Still want to thank you."

"Don't talk about this." Hu Ke sighed long, looked at him and asked: "Do you have any suggestions about Beijing Chemical?"

"This is not something that should be considered now, right?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "Have you already decided?"

"This requires some time." Hu Ke nodded slowly and explained: "In principle, my opinion and Deputy Director Lu's are consistent, but it needs to form a report and report and discuss with other leaders of the Management Committee."

"Of course, cooperation is not for a moment."

Li Xuewu nodded very understandingly, looked at him and asked: "So does Deputy Director Lu still have time tonight?"

"Rest assured, he must see you."

Hu Ke looked at him and said with some regret: "Do you know why I invited him to participate in tonight's dinner?"

"I don't know." Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and picked up the teacup and asked: "Did you arrange it?"

"Of course, it can also be said so."

Hu Ke smiled and explained: "I invited you to Fengcheng; it is naturally my arrangement that he can participate in tonight's dinner."

"However, Deputy Director Lu thinks highly of him."

In Li Xuewu's incomprehensible gaze, he didn't explain much, just reminded softly: "You should re-examine this opportunity."

"What do you mean—" Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Hu Ke and asked: "602 Institute or Ganfei, want to swallow Steel Flight?"

"Don't be so excited." Hu Ke waved his hand and said: "No one wants to swallow your Steel Flight; I'm talking about cooperation opportunities."

He pointed his finger at the tea table and emphasized: "You just ended cooperation with Shenfei in a situation that everyone is unwilling to see; you can't fight alone, right?"

"Think about it carefully. If there is support from the 602 Institute and cooperation with Ganfei, can your Steel Flight obtain better development opportunities?"

"Deputy Director Lu—"

The secretary standing at the door greeted actively. The two in the room looked at each other and stood up together, looking at the door.

"Sit, sit." Lu Qiming walked in, waved his hand to gesture for the two to sit down, and explained: "Just chatted with Liu Gang."

He sat down and took a big gulp of water, looked at the two and asked: "Didn't wait anxiously, right? What were you chatting about?"

"Uh—" Hu Ke looked at Li Xuewu and explained very frankly: "Talking about Liu Gang and his Ganfei Factory."

"Oh?" Lu Qiming put down the teacup, looked at Li Xuewu not very unexpectedly, and asked: "Do you have any opinions or suggestions about him, about Ganfei?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu said with a wry smile: "Why do you also ask like this?"

"He doesn't look favorably on the Z-6 produced by Ganfei."

Hu Ke was also looking at him and introduced very straightforwardly: "At the same time, he doesn't approve of Liu Gang's attitude regarding the production technology of the turbine engine."

"Is that so—" Lu Qiming nodded clearly, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Can you explain it to me in detail?"

"Now?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked: "Don't we talk about Beijing Chemical tonight?"

"Of course, this is naturally the main topic tonight." Lu Qiming looked at him and asked: "I believe you can explain it clearly very soon, right?"

After Li Xuewu looked at him seriously, he explained frankly: "I don't know if you heard Director Liu introduce Z-6, and I am not an expert; it just feels like a big horse pulling a small cart."

"What do you mean?" Lu Qiming frowned slightly and asked: "Are you saying their helicopter design has problems?"

"The design of the helicopter itself has no problems, because that is Z-5, a mature model that has been in service for many years."

Li Xuewu explained very seriously: "But they replaced the piston engine of Z-5 with a more powerful turbine engine."

"Do you know what it means?"

"What does it mean?" Lu Qiming frowned and asked: "Means flying faster? Stronger load-bearing capacity? Flying farther?"

"Of course, this is their goal."

Li Xuewu looked at him and said: "But the premise is that the overall architecture of Z-5, which is adapted to the piston engine, can also adapt to the turbine engine with stronger power."

"A small carriage is pulled by a bigger and stronger horse to gallop; can you imagine the consequences?"

"Is this a concept?" Lu Qiming seemed not to approve of this metaphor of his, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Isn't this just a technological upgrade?"

"It's like—" He spread his hands and metaphorized: "Like changing a train to a locomotive with stronger power."

"But you must know that train carriages and locomotives also have adaptation conditions." Li Xuewu reminded him: "Not all carriages can adapt to locomotives with stronger power."

"Hmm, I can understand what you mean."

Lu Qiming thought about it, looked at him and asked: "Why didn't you express these doubts in the discussion just now?"

"In front of Director Liu?" Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked back: "Or do you think he can really listen to my doubts?"

"Why? Why can't he?"

Lu Qiming looked at him and asked: "Do you think Liu Gang is arbitrary and can't listen to other people's opinions?"

"Hehe." Li Xuewu smiled helplessly and said: "I have known him for less than three hours."

"Hmm." Lu Qiming was still very rational and open-minded. He could understand the helplessness in Li Xuewu's words, turned his head to look at Hu Ke and instructed: "Organize this opinion and ask the experts what they say."

He looked at Li Xuewu again and said: "If your doubts are true, then I will convey the importance of this opinion to Comrade Liu Gang, in your name."

After this sentence was finished, he looked at Li Xuewu for a few more seconds, and then said: "If the experts cannot give a certain suggestion, I will also convey it to Ganfei, reminding them to pay attention."

The latter sentence did not mention in whose name, naturally preserving Li Xuewu's face, and doing things very fairly.

Li Xuewu smiled and said indifferently: "Thank you."

"Then can we talk about your refusal?"

Lu Qiming looked at him and asked: "Why refuse technology sharing? Just because of Liu Gang's attitude? Don't like being so direct?"

From his address to Liu Gang, Li Xuewu could know

"Then can we talk about your refusal?"

Lu Qiming looked at him and asked: "Why refuse the technical sharing? Just because of Liu Gang's attitude? You don't like it being so direct?"

From the way he addressed Liu Gang in his speech, Li Xuewu could tell that the relationship between the two was quite deep, especially with Hu Ke's reminder.

Therefore, long before he entered, Li Xuewu had carefully considered how to answer similar questions.

"I believe you wouldn't like such direct demands either, would you?"

Li Xuewu answered his question with the same question, then smiled and said: "You might have heard that the Red Steel Group has quite the style of a Harpagon-like miser, where even services must create value."

"Heh—" Lu Qiming just smiled faintly, holding his teacup without responding, waiting for his follow-up explanation.

"I just mentioned this to Director Hu as well; the Red Steel Group never refuses equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. We share our scientific research achievements with the greatest sincerity."

Li Xuewu emphasized with a serious tone: "On the road of sharing technology and innovative development, what we hope to receive is respect and understanding."

He didn't say the words that followed, but the two people in the room could both understand the unacceptable situations he left unsaid.

Lu Qiming thought about it quite seriously before looking at him and asking: "So you are willing to cooperate with Ganfei, or rather, the 602 Institute?"

"As long as they don't hold grudges—" Li Xuewu spread his hands and said with a smile, "Director Hu was just lamenting our breakup with Shenfei."

"I wanted to say this today, but didn't."

Lu Qiming also had some opinions; he pointed a finger at him, took a deep breath, pursed his lips for a good while, and then said: "You were both a bit impulsive."

"Hmm, perhaps." Li Xuewu nodded slightly, his emotions somewhat dejected as he said: "But this is a matter of principle."

"Of course I know that." Lu Qiming looked at him and said very seriously: "When Comrade Hu Ke was asking for my opinion, I was wondering if you would part ways. This is a loss for both of you."

"I didn't expect—" He looked at Li Xuewu and shook his head slightly, saying: "You really—"

"This is definitely not a result we want to see. You should believe in our investment of real gold and silver." Li Xuewu looked at him and said very bluntly: "Regarding the operation at Shenfei, do you think it was normal?"

"Forget it, let's leave it at that." Lu Qiming also sighed helplessly; he didn't want to talk about this matter anymore.

Li Xuewu was helpless, and he was no different.

Like the Red Steel Group, Shenfei retained its vertical management relationship with the Third Ministry of Machine Building while being placed under local jurisdiction.

This was a given; with only so many manufacturing plants, how could the Third Ministry of Machine Building possibly let them all go?

Lu Qiming wanted to manage it, but since he had already stood on Li Xuewu's side, it was difficult to stand in the middle during the subsequent conflicts.

Li Xuewu spread his hands, pursed his lips, looked at him, and said: "I still want to represent the Red Steel Group in thanking you for your support and help. You should know that this is very important to us."

"Hehe—" Lu Qiming turned his head to look at him, smiled, and said: "You are someone who is very good at handling work relationships."

After evaluating Li Xuewu, he nodded slowly and asked: "Then shall we talk about the Beijing Chemical Industry matter now?"

"Alright, but regarding Ganfei," Li Xuewu tilted his head slightly to emphasize, "I hope we can meet from the perspective of multi-party cooperation."

Amidst the surprised gazes of Lu Qiming and the other, he nodded and explained: "Gangfei is a joint venture. The Red Steel Group's open attitude is not limited to technical cooperation, but also includes parts supply and production, including engines."

"Can I understand it this way?" Lu Qiming narrowed his eyes slightly and asked: "You are willing to cooperate with Ganfei to produce turbine engines, and even share all parts production from the perspective of fair cooperation?"

"Of course, equality and mutual benefit." Li Xuewu emphasized specifically: "It must be based in Liaodong; after all, our industrial foundation is in Liaodong."

Lu Qiming looked at him for a good while before turning to Hu Ke and saying: "I have no reason not to stand on his side, what do you think? Director Hu?"

"Hehe—" Hu Ke also smiled and echoed: "We have no reason not to help our own people, and I agree with your point of view."

"To be honest, he is too proud." Only when the conversation reached this point did Lu Qiming frankly say to Li Xuewu: "But we can all understand him, right?"

"Years of having talent but no opportunity, and suddenly having the chance to take charge of one side..."

As he spoke, he stopped, pointed at Li Xuewu with a smile, and said playfully: "I just realized, you couldn't possibly understand him, right! Ha!"

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu covered his face helplessly and said with a bitter smile: "Why don't we talk about Beijing Chemical Industry instead."

"Hahahaha—"

Lu Qiming and Hu Ke both laughed. Hu Ke was even clapping his hands in joy; how could the young Li Xuewu possibly understand Liu Gang's pride?

But as he laughed, he was also sighing inwardly. This Secretary-General of the Red Steel Group was truly remarkable; not only was his work flawless, but his methods were truly formidable.

To be able to handle things with ease in Deputy Director Lu's setup and set conditions and standards for this cooperation with such a tough stance—he himself couldn't do that.

It was clear that Deputy Director Lu had been forced to make concessions and compromises.