Chapter 59: Take Me for a Ride in the Sky
What kind of world is this?
While riding a motorcycle, with two girls in front and behind, Nathan's mind was thinking, there is a problem!
The nature of capitalists is greedy, or rather, human nature is inherently greedy, and everyone is like that.
In terms of the United States' military aircraft ordering, it is also a continuation of this tradition, taking later generations, for example, F-22, F-35, the price has soared all the way, making it difficult for the wealthy United States to accept.
This kind of thing has already happened in the sixties, on the F-111 project, the price was set relatively low at the beginning, and then all the way up, the price soared to the point that it was unacceptable to the US military.
Aircraft companies have many excuses, what labor costs have risen, what inflation, what to share the development costs, in short, the price just can't come down.
The military suffered a big loss on the F-111, so they learned from the pain, and when placing an order, they traded at a fixed price, and the amount of money for an aircraft was as much as it was, and the army did not do anything beyond it, so as to avoid the greed of the capitalists.
Only Grumman fell for this, and in later generations, no company did this, because inflation is an unpredictable factor.
The U.S. Navy ordered 429 Tomcat fighters, all at a fixed price, and only a few dozen were delivered, and the poor economic situation in the United States led to a large expansion of the accomplices, so Grumman lost money.
For each aircraft delivered, Grumman itself had to pay for it, and in this situation, Grumman certainly stopped doing it, and the fixed-price delivery became a bubble.
Grumman asked for a new contract, but the process was lengthy, and during this time Grumman's aircraft were on the verge of bankruptcy.
It's just that in history, Grumman complained bitterly in 71 and re-signed the contract in 73, and now, it's 75 years.
Grumman had to survive on money lent to it by the Navy, but Congress just wouldn't approve a new contract, so the star model was about to disappear.
At this time, the sudden appearance of the oil tycoon made Grumman's eyes shine, and it was also a good time for the Navy to breathe.
In order to attract the attention of the oil tycoons, the film was successfully continued despite the accidents in the filming, and Jenny could breathe a sigh of relief.
This film is soaked in her hard work, and if the film is abandoned halfway, she will definitely be depressed from now on.
All of this is constantly tumbling in Nathan's mind, similar to the history that Nathan is familiar with, but also different, this time and space that has traveled through time and space often appears to be out of order with the timeline of later generations, what is going on?
Could it be the confusion of time and space caused by his own travel? Or did you travel to another time and space?
Who is that oil rich man? Nathan didn't ask, it's still absolutely secret, but as long as you check the BS of this time and space, it will be clear if you have a tomcat equipped.
Back in the crew, when Jenny announced that the film would continue to be filmed, everyone cheered, at this moment, they were excited from the bottom of their hearts, this film, also soaked in the efforts of others.
"In the future, we will use models to shoot dangerous shots." Even Tony gave in, he pursued realism and also had to take safety into account, and if there was another situation from last time, they would definitely not be able to continue.
Moreover, there are no dangerous shots in the back, all kinds of flight maneuvers have been practiced repeatedly, and the shooting has entered a tense and hectic situation, and even Emily has been ordered to suspend communication with Nathan on the flight before completing the filming, so that Nathan can speed up the shooting.
It seems that this film is in a hurry.
Nathan carried his helmet and got off the fighter, the sunset shone on Nathan's body, stretching his shadow very long, Nathan's helmet had been taken off, he had changed into sunglasses, and he walked very handsomely, this scene looked so beautiful.
"Click, alright, call it a day for today!" Tony shouted.
This is the last shot, and after this shot is over, all that remains is the editing of the film, and Tony's face is filled with joy: "Today, the crew will have dinner and celebrate at the bar in the evening." ”
Counting up, the whole filming process took two months, which is simply a record, you know, a classic film, from writing the script, shooting, post-production, often one or two years, and this movie, is definitely fast enough, and it's not fast food, those shots look quite wonderful and beautiful.
"Alright, it's finally over." Jenny said to Nathan, "Nathan, you're getting more and more on camera now, I think you can enter Hollywood." ”
Nathan didn't study acting, but he became the leading actor, and he has the most roles in the entire film.
Nathan rubbed his hair and said, "It's finally over, and I can go back to my old life." ”
"Do you miss Emily?" Jenny asked suddenly, a sour taste in her mouth.
Hearing this, Nathan reacted, yes, he didn't seem to have seen her recently?
When completely busy with filming, Emily suddenly disappeared, and Nathan didn't notice it at first, but now when Jenny said it, Nathan felt a sense of loss in his heart.
"Nathan, I thought, can you take it to the sky and fly it once." Suddenly, Jenny said this.
Jenny is here because of this film, and now, the shooting has been completed, and the post-production will be carried out in a Hollywood studio, which means that Jenny is leaving.
Before leaving, Jenny was eager to let Nathan take her to the skies once.
Nathan was also speechless for this request, Miss, figure it out, this is not a taxi, just get on it!
This is tens of millions of fighters, one take-off and landing, tens of thousands of dollars will be reimbursed, if it is for training, for shooting, then it can be bearable, after all, the Navy is for the future of this fighter.
Now, you say you want to take someone for a ride? How romantic does that have to be?
Moreover, this is a fighter, what's the point of flying only level? If she had done a few maneuvers, Jenny would have to vomit all over the cockpit.
In the field of flight, there is an unwritten tradition, and the ground crew does not care, whoever spits and wipes.
Looking at Nathan's face, Jenny knew that she was taking it for granted: "I just remembered the scene when you took me for a ride on a motorcycle before, thinking that God must be more interesting, forget it, let's go, let's go to my place and have a drink." ”