manynovel #307 - Exchange of products and technologies
#307 - Exchange of products and technologies
Ren Zhong looked at the well-known private capital representatives above and felt they looked somewhat familiar.
Some were families with centuries of heritage. Their foundation was naturally deep. Even the previous war hadn't eliminated them. They had survived by betting on multiple forces.
Originally, if it weren't for the railway, and wanting to take a bite of this big cake, Ren Zhong could have let them play a role in other fields.
There were simply too many construction projects now. Ren Zhong was very clear that it couldn't all be led by the government in every aspect.
This didn't conform to the objective laws of economic development.
Apart from key industries related to national economy and people's livelihood, Ren Zhong knew that he had to rely on the power of the market to develop. Only in this way could vitality be stimulated and the needs of the vast majority of people's livelihood be met.
Whether it was food, clothing, housing, transportation, or some spiritual needs of the people after solving the problem of basic living.
Newspapers, radio stations, and the future television and movies that would shine brightly.
These fields all needed a large number of enterprises to participate in order to become active. Of course, it couldn't be disorderly development. Necessary regulations were a must, but this was probably a headache for the management department.
Ren Zhong couldn't do everything himself. However, when bad signs appeared, he could still bring some solutions from the main world. Even though he didn't hold any position and just stayed in the Dawn Research Institute, his voice still carried a lot of weight. This was Ren Zhong's huge influence accumulated over time, and no one could deny it.
Of course, without the ability to forcefully promote things, it sometimes caused trouble for people.
For example, in the aspect of railway locomotives.
Ren Zhong lowered his head and thought carefully for a while. He raised his head and said to Chief of Staff Ye, "Since some people have jumped out, it seems our Plan A can't wait any longer. I think we should directly implement Plan B and directly introduce an internal combustion engine locomotive. We don't have to go for complete self-research, we can also go for digestion and absorption."
Originally, according to Ren Zhong's plan, the proportion of current locomotives on the railway mileage was already high enough, averaging one locomotive every few kilometers. He originally thought of building 5,000 kilometers in 5 years. In the first two years, the current locomotives could be used first. Adding another 2,000 kilometers wouldn't dilute the locomotive density too much. With proper scheduling, it would be barely enough.
Then, when the internal combustion engine locomotives he developed were built, he would start large-scale replacement of steam locomotives. Compared with steam locomotives, internal combustion engine locomotives were much more efficient, and could complete more transportation capacity with fewer locomotives.
For example, in terms of running speed, some old steam locomotives were still running at a low speed of 40 kilometers per hour. Obviously, the transportation efficiency was completely different from that of internal combustion engine locomotives, which started at 60 kilometers per hour and could normally reach 80 kilometers per hour.
According to the self-research plan, based on the current engine of the tank for the design of the internal combustion engine locomotive, from a large technical level analysis, the difficulty exists, but it is not insurmountable. Now, after optimizing and improving the GAA engine, breaking through 800 horsepower is not a big problem. If the 12-cylinder water-cooled V-type engine is greatly improved, the maximum output power can be up to 1500 horsepower.
This tank engine, which originated from a 12-cylinder aircraft engine, has already achieved a maximum output of 1560 horsepower. This technical route, after iteration and evolution, can keep up with the world level.
But now it seems that the progress is still a bit slow.
It is necessary to simultaneously overcome the two difficulties of engine upgrade iteration and locomotive design. Starting from scratch, some basic work has to take time to complete, which makes the overall progress too long.
Of course, there is also a problem, that is, this is a gasoline engine, which is somewhat incompatible with the diesel engine-based internal combustion engine locomotives in Ren Zhong's memory.
So, when formulating the plan, there was also a Plan B as a supplement. Considering the introduction of an internal combustion engine locomotive was not something difficult to understand.
"If we switch to this Plan B, are there any things that need attention?" Chief of Staff Ye asked, after all, he was very clear that since it was Plan B, it was a backup, and it was more or less worse than Plan A. Now that he was forced to change, there must be some problems before he would do this.
"Of course, we have actually investigated the introduction of internal combustion engine locomotives. According to our Plan B, we originally favored an internal combustion engine locomotive with relatively advanced technology, but there are several difficulties in the middle.
The first difficulty is that the technology transfer fee is high. The initial inquiry price requires us to pay 20 million US dollars. After evaluation, we feel that it is too expensive. We can save a lot of money by doing it ourselves. On the other hand, we also consider cultivating our own technical strength. Our team initially believed that this piece could be iterated on the tank power to complete the design of the first generation of gasoline internal combustion engines. When our diesel engine technology develops, we will change it to the second generation of diesel-powered internal combustion engines.
The second difficulty is that there are some problems with the technology import license. According to our previous research, we are considering importing the E5 internal combustion engine locomotive technology of Rogue Eagle. This technology is still somewhat sensitive and can be regarded as a relatively advanced technology at this stage. It requires the approval of the Rogue Eagle Congress, and this hurdle is not easy to pass according to our preliminary inquiries.
If we really want to consider importing, we have to find some resources. For example, Chief of Staff Ye has to ask General Shi to mediate, after all, in addition to this internal combustion engine locomotive technology, we are also preparing to import another complete set of chemical technology equipment, namely 50,000 tons of synthetic ammonia technology and complete equipment to build domestic backbone fertilizer plants," Ren Zhong said.
After speaking, he went into the room to find the Plan B document.
He chose the Rogue Eagle E5 internal combustion engine locomotive, the famous Dog Face Train!
This is an internal combustion locomotive developed by EMC/EMD in 1940, using diesel power. It uses an EMD dual V12 cylinder 567 diesel engine with a maximum speed of 800 rpm and a total output of 2000 horsepower, with two engines installed on each locomotive. It can drive the train at a maximum speed of 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour). For the railways built in the plains areas now, it is entirely possible to open express trains with a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
Famous "Dog Head" train picture.
Compared to steam locomotives, internal combustion locomotives have a simpler structure, smaller size, convenient maintenance, and faster start-up. Steam locomotives take one or two hours to warm up, while internal combustion locomotives can be ready to go in 5 minutes!
For the railway, adding water and coal to steam locomotives is obviously a drawback for the Dragon Country's urgently developing railway transportation. These shortcomings could be tolerated if there were no internal combustion locomotives, but after comparing the advantages of internal combustion locomotives, this is almost unforgivable to Ren Zhong. It is a typical product that is backward as soon as it is built, and it will take more than 20 years to digest, which is somewhat not worth the loss.
This is a long-cycle product for long-term use, not a daily consumable. Ren Zhong understands this development trend in terms of model selection. How can he waste 20 years in this regard?
Those private capitals are flirting with foreign capital, insisting on hitting the south wall head-on. Then let them try the painful consequences of choosing the wrong technical route. When the Power Research Institute develops the internal combustion locomotive, they will not even be able to find many alternative markets in China.
After all, the procurement of such national economy and people's livelihood industries in China is done through inquiry and accounting. In terms of operating steam locomotives, it is difficult to calculate the overall account compared to internal combustion locomotives, especially in the era when oil prices have not yet risen.
The E5 internal combustion locomotive's two A1A bogie structures are relatively simple. Compared with similar products with centipede-like front-end designs, production and use are much simpler.
It's just that this model is still the flagship locomotive of the Rogue Eagle EMC company. If you want to introduce it, you will definitely be cut.
After all, a locomotive head now costs almost 600,000 knives. The market of 2,000 units is 1.2 billion US knives. The capitalists of Rogue Eagle are not kind people, and they will not easily let go of such profits.
If the asking price was not high before, Ren Zhong would have introduced it for digestion and absorption.
After all, he doesn't have any moral quirks. He doesn't feel happy only when he researches everything himself. It is the most important goal of the current stage of development to be able to get these things done cheaply and quickly. Of course, the autonomy of technology must be maintained, so he requires the other party to develop all technologies, so that he can iterate on this basis!
Even if he needs to pay patent fees again for secondary exports, Ren Zhong can accept it.
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Being able to develop a team through digestion and absorption means that even if some tuition fees have to be paid for the export of internal combustion engines now, Ren Zhong will be able to seize the opportunity in the replacement of electric locomotives more than ten years later and fully realize overtaking on a curve.
Of course, Ren Zhong would not tell others about these plans. For the vast majority of people, they simply don't know what direction the train is developing in.
When Ren Zhong took the lead in making the introduction plan, he was scared off by the price inquired by Mr. Chen and the others.
20 million US knives is a real sky-high price in this era!
You should know that a locomotive head is 600,000 US knives. This huge sum of money can directly buy more than 30 locomotive heads. In the minds of most people, if you really want to buy, it is better to buy a few and imitate them yourself.
But in this world, Ren Zhong has registered many heavyweight patents in Rogue Eagle, such as penicillin and transistors. If you play with this mindless imitation idea, you will also kill your own patents.
Now the transistor products sell hundreds of millions a year just for radios. After the transistor computer comes out, the market has not yet been rolled out. Technologically, this is the most advanced computer currently. Ren Zhong is only using it domestically and has not exported it abroad.
So it is not appropriate to simply and rudely directly copy civilian use. Everyone still has to play according to the rules. The previous technical exchanges with Rogue Eagle have established a certain commercial trust between the two parties. This point needs to be retained.
The current external relations are basically maintained by commodity trade.
In addition, Ren Zhong will launch more new technologies in the future. If people follow suit and copy us, our own losses will be greater than those of Rogue Eagle.
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