Grumman arranged three days of visit for Lin Johnson and others, and his attitude was quite sincere and open, giving them the impression of being willing to cooperate.

The next day, Grumman arranged for Lin Johnson and others to continue visiting another factory - Dahe Factory.

This factory is much closer to the Calvinden factory in the middle of Long Island. It produces both military and civilian products. Lin Johnson and others go to see its electronics division. According to Romer, there are 3,000 people in the branch here, with annual sales of about 3000 US dollars. It produces semiconductor devices, also produces circuit boards for the company, and also produces onboard electronic equipment, video processors, ground electronic testing equipment, cables and micro plug-ins and other products.

From this we can see that Grumman is also very strong in developing and producing civilian products in addition to military products, which inspired Lin Johnson. Companies like Grumman also need to produce civilian products to make money. He previously wanted to use China Eastern Airlines Industrial Company as a separate aviation company to develop aviation.

Lin Johnson decided to make some high-tech products based on aviation industry technology after returning, so as to tap the technical potential and create benefits. It is not enough to rely on other business departments to transfusion blood for China Eastern Airlines!

This factory has a very high degree of automation, especially computer-controlled wire boards and wire core automatic crimping equipment; and a set of fully automatic jacket braiding machines. After the jacket is braided, the cables will be tied very tightly.

This left a deep impression on Dongxing researchers, especially those young people who have just graduated have come into contact with top modern enterprises, and their first impression of industry has been established.

After the factory was entertained and had a meal, accompanied by Mr. Chinese American, the regional manager of the Grumman International Department, to see the house. People from Dongxing could not stay in hotels for a long time, and it was inconvenient to work and rest, especially when eating. Although there was no shortage of shops around, the things sold were very expensive and required US dollars. The members of the group were reluctant to use their precious foreign exchange for their meals. They had to find a suitable place and rent a few more houses. They could cook by themselves if they moved in in a group.

After seeing two houses on Long Island, Lin Johnson decided to choose a residential area with a large supermarket nearby and rented three houses for the members to live in. After the negotiation team arrived, they could choose a location, so Lin Johnson didn't need to worry about it. Because the negotiators from California were basically authentic white Americans.

On the way back to the hotel, Lin Johnson suddenly thought that living in the United States would be very embarrassed if you don’t have a car.

Because Yang Wanli and others might have to stay in Grumman for a while. Although Grumman is always on guard against this and that, he can still learn something as long as he persists. Without a car, wouldn’t he have to walk and take a taxi frequently? That’s too low efficiency.

He told Yang Wanli and others about this. He thought that there should be someone with the talent for driving.

Although Yang Wanli and others were surprised, they were not stupid either. After arriving in the United States, it was really hard to move without a car.

Mr. Bao also smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, you have a good idea. The United States is a country on the wheels of cars. If you don't have a car, you will have a lot of trouble in your life and work! I would like to give you an opinion. It is best for these people to buy a few used cars according to my idea. It is easy to deal with it when leaving the United States without delaying the problem!"

Lin Johnson nodded. He didn't say that he was a carmaker, and there was no need to tell this Chinese American. It seemed like he was showing off.

He asked Yang Wanli, "Old Yang, do you have the idea of ​​taking the driver's license? It's really not possible to have no car in the United States!"

Yang Wanli smiled and said, "I can't do it, I'd better hand over this task to the young people!"

Some people around were excited when they heard that their boss wanted to take the driver's license exam.

Lin Johnson said to Yang Wanli: "Let them all try it. The American driver's license exam does not require any school to go to, it is very convenient and free."

In the afternoon, I visited the front-swept wing test aircraft-9. Previously, Romer introduced to them the aerodynamic characteristics of the front-swept wing. The advantages of the front-swept wing are that the resistance is greatly reduced, the performance is good at low speed, short-range take-off and landing, super maneuverability, and the radar reflection cross-section is small; the disadvantage is that the technology is too complex, and only the United States and the Soviet Union have mastered this technology at present.

The main purpose of the 9 aircraft is that it is equipped with a 404 engine inside its fuselage. The rear fuselage has a large opening at the lower part to increase the perceptual understanding of Dongxing technicians.

Near the Parking-9 aircraft, a huge wing of a space shuttle stands upright in the assembly frame to do assembly work. It is very eye-catching.

Lin Johnson really regrets now that he has not found a way to get a pocket spy camera, or just have pinhole cameras now. The layout of the factory, the layout of the craftsmanship, and even the aerodynamic shape of the plane are everywhere. It's a pity that you can't take pictures!

In the evening, Billworth, chairman of Grumman Company, invited Lin Johnson and others to another banquet. Lin Johnson officially transferred to him the letter of intent for the introduction of F14 from Dongxing Aviation Industry Corporation. Billworth was very happy. The delivery of the letter of intent also shows that the Chinese Air Force does have the intention to be equipped with the F14, and there are also deputy director of the Military Engineer Department of the China General Equipment Department and representatives of China Aviation Technology participated next to it.

Billworth is sure that as long as you seize this opportunity to sell the F14 to China, then there will be hope for Grumman's fighter division!

For common purposes, the cooperation between the two sides began in a friendly atmosphere. Lin Johnson's negotiating team arrived on the morning of the third day and began contact with Grumman's negotiators in the morning.

Lin Johnson asked Pellehack whether the US government would approve the deal. Pellehack said that before Lin Johnson and others arrived, (technical assistance license) it submitted to the government. The law stipulates that there will be no reply within 30 days, which means that the government has no objection to this.

In other words, if the US government has no objection after 30 days, it will take effect automatically. It seems that this country, which claims to be the rule of law, has some good ways to deal with the government's bureaucracy.

China's method is to write the report later. If there is any inappropriateness, please give an instruction. This means that if there is no instruction, it means acquiescence, but there is no legal guarantee.

It can be seen that the United States' approach is much better than China's. At least they have legal support, while China's no responsible person is the law, and the law is even more unreliable.

What surprised Lin Johnson and others was that General Electric sent a Chinese manager Zhang Wei to contact them and promote his f44 engine.

When Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang heard that the GE people were coming, they were very happy for f44.

Lin Qiangsheng wanted to ask what the situation was, but the two of them kept silent.

There is no way. Although the f14 uses the f11 series engine, since General Electric is so enthusiastic, they can go and take a look.

However, this time, there were too many people who could not take, only Lin Johnson, Yang Wanli, Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang were on the way.

Zhang Wei drove Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang, while Lin Johnson and Yang Wanli followed behind in a taxi.

Yang Wanli said to Lin Johnson: "Johnson, the F14 uses the F11 engine. Why are Ma Chenglin and Lao Niu so happy?"

Lin Johnson glanced at the driver. He was a black man and didn't look like a spy. So he said: "There must be any other aircraft projects in China that need to cooperate with Americans. We don't participate in this matter. Just manage the F14 project well, but the F44 engine is indeed a good thing!"

Yang Wanli also sighed and said, "The United States is really powerful! General Electric can take out several main engines at once, and it will take a lot of time to develop a more powerful aircraft engine in China!"

Lin Johnson said heavily: "The gap must be taken seriously! Why do we lag behind? This must be understood! Is it a human problem or a system problem? We will improve any problem in any aspect!"

Yang Wanli thought about it and said, "I have also been thinking about it in the past few decades, especially in the past two years, I have figured it out a little!"

"You said?" Lin Johnson turned to him and asked.

Yang Wanli said: "People and technology can be cultivated later. We have developed this way in the past few decades and are still much behind the West. I think the key is that we do not pay enough attention!

We lack a long-term development plan, not five years or ten years, but a 2-3-year super-long-term outline. In this outline, we need to invest a lot of money continuously, not just one investment like the central government. Like Spey, the team will be disbanded if no one cares about it! Cultivating talent research technology requires long-term and continuous large investment, and it takes decades to do it!”

He looked at Lin Johnson and said, "Also, just like you did, try every means to find a way!"

Lin Qiang-Chengsheng waved his hand, stopped Yang Wanli's words and winked at him, saying, "You can study this outline, and let me see it at that time. Since you think you need to invest a lot for a long time, I will give you money and time!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!