Chapter 372: A Chance Encounter
When I was invited to Grumman, it was already dusk, and the sun was softly shining on the company's grass, and in front of the grass was the huge production workshop.
Unlike the production line of automobiles, the production of aircraft is mainly the final assembly line, and after the body is built, the assembly of various parts is carried out on the final assembly line.
At the beginning of World War II, there would be hundreds of aircraft waiting for production on the assembly line almost at the same time, and the hot production scene was very shocking.
And now, in the factory here, only ten fighters are being assembled, and a worker is busy on the fighter plane, and all kinds of clanging sounds can be heard.
"Major Nathan, I've wanted to invite you here for a long time, but in the past, you have been busy, and this time I finally invited you, and your role in our company is quite huge." It was the vice president of Grumman, Keniel, who was just a major, and it was quite high for the vice president of the company to receive him personally, but it was totally worth it.
If it hadn't been for Nathan's export contract to promote BS, Grumman would have gone out of business by now, and without Nathan's film, there would have been no Tomcat fans from all over the country, and there would have been no BS King personally inspected.
And now, Nathan has played a great role in promoting the development of the tomcat, and he wants to modify the tomcat!
As the first third-generation aircraft, the Tomcat began to be developed in 67 and delivered to the Navy in 72, and by now, seven or eight years have passed.
In recent years, domestic aviation technology has also advanced by leaps and bounds, which has also given other fighters a lot of strong performance, especially in avionics, which is even more advanced.
However, in recent years, there have been quite a lot of complaints about military spending in China, first because of the Vietnam War, which led to anti-war sentiment in the country, and only now that military spending has begun to rise slowly.
So over the years, the army has been very nervous, and there is no improvement plan for the Tomcat fighter, and the original equipment has been used, and it has begun to fall behind.
Although Grumman also wants to upgrade, but if there is no affirmation from the army, without the investment of the army, they will come up with their own funds, and the risk is quite large, and if the project goes wrong, it will be all in vain.
And now, Nathan first proposed it, and it has also received the support of Congress, this improvement plan, it is very likely that it will be passed by Congress, and it just so happens that Nathan does not need to participate in the war, this opportunity, of course, must be seized.
Nathan looked at the fighter being assembled and said: "For me, the Tomcat fighter is my life, and I love this fighter very much, so its continuous improvement is inevitable." ”
Everyone walked as they spoke, and then Nathan saw several people walking on the opposite side, all of them bearded and dressed, and they didn't fit in here.
"Hey, President Keniel, I've finally found you." The person on the other side said, "What the hell is going on?" Isn't this batch of fighters for us? ”
Seeing the person opposite, Keniel suddenly had a smile on his face: "Mr. Talibi, please don't get excited. ”
Nathan looked at the person opposite and knew the identity of the other person.
At his own behesitation, King BS gladly ordered a batch of Tomcat fighters, and at the same time lent money to Grumman, allowing them to survive the initial financial crisis.
After that, it was time to agree on the date for the delivery of fighters, but the Tomcat fighters did not fall into their hands, and Grumman was sorry that the next batch of fighters must be given priority to their production.
Now, how long has it been dragging on? Originally, it was said that some of these fighters were for the BS country, but who would have thought that now it would become the US Navy again?
Of course they were unhappy in their hearts, they had met before, all of them were the people below, and no one could make a decision, but now, when they finally met the vice president of the company, there must be an explanation, right?
"Mr. Talibi, we seem to have met." Nathan walked over from the side and said to the other party that when the BS country came to investigate, this Mr. Talibi was with a large number of entourage, and although Nathan only glanced at them at that time, he remembered it clearly.
"Nathan!" The other party also reacted that Nathan's name was already famous all over the world.
"Major Nathan, it's a pleasure to meet you." "You should know how long it has been since we signed the contract that year, but until now, we haven't taken over a single Tomcat fighter," Talibi said. ”
"I can understand your expectations for the Tomcat fighter." "I'm also a pilot, so I know what it's like to be a pilot looking forward to a fighter, but I'm sorry," Nathan said. ”
This project was facilitated by Nathan's efforts, but at the same time, Nathan left a plan, don't rush to deliver it to BS country first!
Anyway, the money has already arrived, and now that so many things have happened, the Navy continues to change its equipment, and it is best to explain it by the lack of production capacity.
"You should know that we recently had a serious conflict with the Soviets in Hokkaido." Nathan said: "The third world war almost broke out, and in this war, our equipment has already shown a trend of falling behind, so we can only speed up the change of clothes, and please understand." ”
As a military man, Nathan is obviously more convincing from a military point of view.
"Our Navy continues to have Tomcat fighters, so Grumman can only temporarily provide us with the fighters it has produced, I think, you should be able to understand, if you want to blame, blame the Soviets."
Nathan's words are completely credible, because this is the case, but, in the eyes of the representatives of BS countries, it is Grumman's breach of contract after all.
"As compensation, I suggest that you do not need to provide additional funds, and we can upgrade the Panda fighter provided to you to the latest model." Nathan said: "This war, exposed some small problems, we plan to spend a huge amount of money to escalate, to our friends in the BS country, we are the sincerest, what do you think?" ”
Nathan came here to discuss the upgrade of the Tomcat fighter, and now, since the other party met unexpectedly, he had to continue to promise.
Hearing Nathan say this, Keniel on the side was a little surprised, give them an upgrade for free? How much less does the company have to earn?
But... Anyway, if you continue to drag it out, it's okay to agree to some of their demands now.
"Also, you can send some fighter pilots to Mirama for flight training right now." "It just so happens that I have the time and can be their coach and help them master the driving of the Tomcat," Nathan said. ”
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