"But, in this case, it will cause a huge increase in costs, right?" said the commander of the Egyptian Air Force: "The original procurement cost of J-7 is very low. After such improvements, it is probably impossible to be affordable."

If you want the horse to run away but don’t want the horse to eat grass, there is no such beautiful thing! However, this is also the sorrow of a poor country! Andre said: "This kind of improvement is indeed more expensive than the original fighter jets, but it is definitely much cheaper than other third-generation aircraft. For example, in terms of price, I am sure that it is definitely less than one-third of the Phantom 2000."

Andrei's words made the Egyptian Air Force commander blush. The other party obviously knew about his own negotiations and was optimistic about the performance of Phantom 2000, but there was not enough funds. The negotiations lasted for several rounds, but there was no result.

"In terms of performance, it can reach at least 80% of Phantom 2,000." Andre said: "Of course, if someone is willing to invest in the early stage and joins in R&D, he can get a lower price. Maybe in the later stage, he will also get a production line and move it back to produce it yourself."

This sentence made the Egyptian Air Force commander feel heartbroken: "If this is true, we in Egypt are very interested in this project."

Historically, China sold the J-7m to Egypt, but in the end, Egypt chose Phantom 2000. For them, the price is very important and the combat effectiveness is also very important. If they can take into account both, it is of course the best! Moreover, for Egypt, which is committed to developing its own country's industry, it is even more important if it can introduce production lines.

The commander of the Egyptian Air Force was indeed moved, and the air force personnel of several onlookers were also moved. It was definitely a good deal to obtain more than 80% of the combat power at less than one-third of the Phantom 2,000.

However, Tu Jida was becoming more and more confused. These projects were not possible on our side. Moreover, when Andre was talking about them just now, he kept talking about MiG21 and MiG21. Could it be that the Soviets wanted to do it themselves and improve MiG21? Isn’t this a robbery of our side? Then this time I came to Moscow, I was really a mistake!

"Mr. Tu, let's talk about it later?" At this moment, Andrei said to Tu Jida.

"Okay, OK." Tujidalian said two good things, followed Andre and walked towards the room behind.

These rooms are right behind the booth, which facilitates further conversations with some interested businesses. Now, following Andrei, Tu Jida is full of questions.

"Mr. Tu, what do you think of the improvement opinions I just made?" Andrei asked Tu Jida.

"We are very interested, but with our own abilities, if we improve, we may not be able to complete it on time." Tu Jida said.

His words did not put a gold on his face. After all, since its establishment, Cheng Fei has not independently developed a model and improved the J-7, nor has he improved it so much now.

Just improving a nose and how to match the engine and intake duct is the key point. You must know that when Shen Fei improved the nose of the J-8 to the air intake on both sides, he didn’t know how much brain he used. Finally, with the MiG nose as a reference, it was considered to be improved.

For Cheng Fei, the air intake of the machine belly is not so easy to do.

"Your J-7 improvement project should be self-raised, right?" Andrei asked: "If this is the case, have you ever thought that this project can become an international joint project? For technical issues, we can work together. For example, our Migoyang Design Bureau can send out some engineers to help you complete the J-7 modification mission."

Becoming an international joint project, Mikoyan's engineers participated!

Nowadays, the Migoyang Design Bureau is still a well-known design bureau in the world. Every fighter they designed is very representative! If you can invite engineers here to help Cheng Fei design, it will definitely be done very beautifully!

Moreover, the MiG29 uses the rd33 engine. The engineers from the Migoyang Design Bureau know the performance of this engine well and can better complete the matching work. As for the air intake on the belly, it is even more unfair in their hands.

If you join forces with the Migoyang Design Bureau, it will become a complete learning task for you. When working with them, you will gain a lot of advanced fighter design experience.

However, there is no free lunch in the world. What do the Soviets want to get when they help their side like this? This is not the time when the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Soviet Union was just founded, and many things were selflessly aided by the Soviets, including Cheng Fei, which was also established with the help of the Soviets. Now, the big brother of socialism also wants to live a life.

"Does we need to pay these experts?" Tu Jida asked.

Under the tide of the socialist market economy, these people have considered the problem more realistically. Andre said: "This is one way, of course, there is another way. Now we jointly develop it. After launching the market, we share the profits according to a certain profit. We don't need too much. 30% of the profits are enough. If the development of this project fails and no income is obtained, then we don't need any compensation from you."

In two ways, Cheng Fei can be regarded as hiring experts from Mi Gaoyang and paying various fees for these experts, or as joint development and sharing risks. However, Tu Jida knew that he had no choice at all.

It is of course the best to hire the other party’s experts and master all the intellectual property rights by yourself, but the question is, does your side have so much money? Now you are here to find funds! With your side’s civilian projects, you will definitely not be able to fill the big hole in military aircraft development.

Especially now, according to Andre, the improvements to the J-7 are quite large and the cost will soar.

Moreover, if the project development fails, Cheng Fei may go bankrupt. Therefore, in order to reduce risks, joint development is the most suitable way out.

In addition to this reason, Cheng Fei's technical reserves are still Cheng Fei's technology. Cheng Fei must build an aircraft, radar, engine, and even missiles. It must be original Soviet goods. It is of course the best to jointly develop it with the Soviet Union and make profits between the two sides. Moreover, the Soviet Union did not ask for much, and it did not require half of it. It was only 30% of the profit. It was absolutely conscientious and there was no possibility of rejection on its own side.

"Then we choose to develop it together." Tu Jida said. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!