"Uncle, I want to apply for a patent and register a company. Can you help me?"
In New York, Chinatown, Chen Lu found her uncle just a few days after arriving in the United States.
She is not familiar with the United States. If she applies for patents and registers companies by herself, she will definitely not know how to do it, and she may even be tricked.
Her uncle is different. He has studied and lived here for many years, so he must know a lot better than her.
"Applying for a patent? Did I hear you correctly?" The middle-aged man was a little shocked when he heard his niece's words.
He naturally knows this niece very well.
Her grades were pretty good, but she studied liberal arts. What kind of patent could she invent?
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't match up.
"It's not my patent, it's Li Hang's." Chen Lu explained.
"Lu Aviation? Your pilot sweetheart?" The middle-aged man suddenly showed a playful smile.
Li Hang is not only famous in China, but also slightly famous in the United States.
No way, he shot down ten or twenty Japanese planes, and he is also a very powerful ace pilot in the world.
Well, the news from the United States is a little lagging behind, and I don't know that Li Hang's current record is already more than thirty.
Whether there are ten, twenty, or more than thirty, Li Hang has a great reputation in the Chinese American circle.
In particular, Li Hang is also an overseas Chinese, which makes these overseas Chinese even more proud.
The middle-aged man even heard his sister talk about this future nephew and son-in-law.
"Um!"
"What did he invent? And he asked you to register a patent for him?"
"A lighter."
"Lighters? There are many of these in the United States, but they can't be patented."
"It's a gas lighter."
"Gas lighter? Not a gasoline lighter?" The middle-aged man was a little surprised and immediately checked with his niece.
"Well, it's a gas lighter."
"I've never heard of this. You need to go to the relevant agencies to ask if you can register a patent. Do you still plan to open a company in the United States for production? Isn't it possible in China?"
"He said that the current environment in China is not good, but it is better in the United States."
This is not because Li Hang does not want to support national industry, but the domestic environment at this time is not easy. Let’s not talk about the issue of patents, let’s just talk about industrial supporting products.
The United States is different.
Today, the United States is in the most industrially powerful period in history. The world's largest industrial country is like a rabbit in later generations.
Take New York, where Columbia University, where Chen Lu studied, is located.
New York in later generations was a financial city, and you couldn't see any industry at all.
But this time it's different.
Although New York's financial industry was also very strong at this time, its industry was not bad either. It was also among the top industrial cities in the United States.
As the last remaining industrial city in the United States, California has to step aside at this time.
At this time in the old United States, the representative industrial cities were cities such as Chicago and Detroit. Although California was also good, it still lacked the foundation.
California's industrial take-off still relied on World War II.
"That's true. There are really many opportunities in the United States now, except that the Chinese Exclusion Act is a bit annoying." The middle-aged man did not want to return to the country for this reason.
Just like how many people in China pursued the American dream in the 1980s and 1990s.
To be honest, although the United States was deindustrializing at that time, its economy was still developing rapidly. Talented people could indeed find good jobs.
Even if you are an ordinary person and you have the ability to go, it is the same.
What's a little embarrassing is that China has caught up within a decade or two. Although the overall economy is not as good as that of the United States, its manufacturing capabilities can be ranked second, and no one dares to be ranked first.
And it developed very quickly, but Lao America began to decline.
Rich people can live a prosperous life wherever they go, let alone the United States, but ordinary people can't.
Ordinary people try their best to make money in the United States, thinking that they can enjoy high welfare.
Haha, think about it.
It's not easy to find an ordinary labor job, such as washing dishes for a few months before buying a villa.
I'm sorry, this kind of song is ordinary work. Illegal immigrants from places like Mexico and South America have to fight with you.
For a good job you need to have a high degree of education.
During the Republic of China, there was no such gap.
The main reason was that during the Republic of China, the country was in chaos, and the Nationalist government did not do much in personnel affairs, so Uncle Chen Lu would rather stay in the United States despite the existence of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
"If the patent is really applied for, do you really want to start a company? How will the shares be divided? You can't work for him, right? That won't work."
"Uncle, don't worry. He and I jointly hold the shares, 50/50." Originally, Li Hang said that the Chen family would hold 50% of the shares, but when Chen Lu came here, he changed it directly.
"That's about right. I'll ask in the afternoon. I haven't applied for a patent yet." The middle-aged man didn't think much about it. He didn't care much about the patent.
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"Are the two 7.62mm aviation machine guns a little weak? I think we can refer to the Yi 16-10 aircraft and get four."
"If there are four machine guns, the weight will be a lot more. And where can we put the four machine guns?"
"Two thrusters on the nose and two thrusters on the wings."
"If you add a machine gun to the nose, you have to design a coordinator. We can't manufacture the design coordinator, so we have to outsource it, and the cost will increase."
"Putting the machine gun on the wing will reduce the shooting accuracy and affect air combat. I still prefer the machine gun to be placed on the nose. If possible, install two machine guns on the wing as supplementary firepower."
Chengdu Aviation Research Institute, where Li Hangzheng, Wang Zhu and others discussed the layout of new fighter aircraft.
The new fighter plane is based on the drawing drawn by Li Hang.
But what Li Hang drew at that time was a sketch, and now everyone needs to turn the sketch into a real design.
As for the wooden airplane that Li Hang built in the shape of Novice Six, it was given to the equipment team.
The reason is simple. The aircraft can fly and can fly long distances. The equipment team only needs to solve the laminate and structural problems to ensure that the aircraft reaches mass production.
Li Hangdu provided the idea of birch and paulownia wood. As long as the technology is perfect, it should not be difficult to make the laminates required for several aircraft.
"It's better to design the initial model with two machine guns, and then add more to the subsequent improved model." Li Hang made a suggestion.
"You mean to develop this aircraft in depth? To achieve the capability of one aircraft with multiple uses?" Wang Zhu understood what Li Hang said.
"Yes. The aerodynamic shape of this aircraft will not be outdated in a short time. We only need to replace it with a better engine and increase its firepower. If possible, we can even change the structure to a metal mechanism, so that we can create a complete body of..."
Hearing Li Hang, who was getting more and more excited as he spoke, Wang Zhu quickly stopped, "Li Hang, it's too far, too far. The best engine we can use now is the Soviet-style M-25 engine. The horsepower of this engine is It has 775 horsepower, which is slightly more powerful than the Hawker III engine.
As for whether we can buy better engines from the Soviet Union in the future, it depends on subsequent negotiations. "
Just then, someone shouted outside the door.
"Li Hang, I have your telegram."
