After such a long trip, it was already May when Qin Tao returned to Mingzhou Shipyard. Since Qin Tao often went out in the past, Mingzhou Group could operate normally regardless of whether he was there or not, which shows that he
Earning a high salary every year is simply a waste, and the company will still run without him.
"The blocking ship has been built!" After returning, Qin Tao walked around the shipyard. The first thing he discovered was that the 100,000-ton luxury blocking ship had been driven out of the dock and towed to the outfitting dock nearby.
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"Yes, your Mingzhou Group's actions are really slow. It has taken such a long time and we haven't finished building our blocking ship. Our green company can't wait any longer." A familiar voice came to my ears.
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"Weina, when did you come?" Qin Tao turned his head and looked at the hairy woman with a bulging front and back, and a devilish figure.
Generally speaking, women with big hair will soon gain weight and become aunts after getting married, but before getting married, their figures are very beautiful.
"It has been here for a while. In recent years, the trend in the decoration industry has been changing, so we have made some changes. The decoration of the blocked boat must be done in accordance with the latest methods, so as not to fall behind if it is driven out."
Qin Tao nodded: "That's natural. Our Mingzhou Group will also listen to the opinions of customers and make changes at any time, but the construction period may be delayed."
"It doesn't matter if it's delayed, but I really haven't had much fun lately."
Hearing Vitalia's complaint, Qin Tao showed a mysterious expression on his face: "There is nothing to worry about recently, it must be very boring. I heard some things, if you are interested, you can participate, of course
It's your own identity. It's best to register a financial company specifically and don't have anything to do with our Mingzhou Group."
Vitalia suddenly became interested: "What's going on?"
Hearing the news whispered by Qin Tao, Vitalia was shocked: "International capital tycoons actually want to sweep away the wealth of a certain country? Isn't this incredible?"
"What Max said is that he has relationships with many capital tycoons, and this matter is expected to happen in a month or two. If you are interested, you can take advantage of the fire."
Vitalia's eyes were filled with excitement. That's right, the blockade in Ma'ang was no longer interesting. She had become the queen of blockbusters. This time she might as well block a big one!
"Okay, then I'm leaving."
"Leaving so soon? Let's talk more and have a meal before we leave."
"No, I have to start planning immediately. I will go and investigate first to see if there are any clues to what you said." Vitalia was very excited. Over the years, she has played more and more, and she has become more and more uncomfortable.
Enjoyable.
This time, sweeping the wealth of a country, or even multiple countries, is a rare thing in a lifetime. Once you encounter it, you must not miss it.
Looking at Vitalia's leaving figure, Qin Tao breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, I sent her away."
After saying that, Qin Tao thought of something else and glanced at Xu Zhengyang beside him: "The secretary behind Vitalia just now, those eyes on you are still very hot."
Xu Zhengyang shook his head: "Mr. Qin, I know what you mean, but I'm not interested in her."
"I really don't know what type you like." Qin Tao sighed: "It's not good for you to reject people from thousands of miles away. When I meet the right one in the future, I will..."
"Mr. Qin, regarding the economic crisis in a few months, we have been planning for two or three years. Are we going to take this opportunity to completely defeat the Three Banks Group this time?" Xu Zhengyang changed the topic.
"It should be difficult to defeat Sanhang Group, but it is still possible for us to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat Sanhang Heavy Industry. In this way, we will have one less competitor in the field of shipbuilding."
A few years ago, Qin Tao destroyed Dazhou Heavy Industries. This time, if Sanxing Heavy Industries is destroyed again, then Hyundai Heavy Industries will be the only shipbuilding company left in the South Kimchi Country, and the opponent's strength will be greatly reduced. Competitors in East Asia
Just one less.
"Mr. Qin, do you have any ideas about setting up a shipbuilding company in Wanwan?"
Hearing Xu Zhengyang's words, Qin Tao suddenly became interested: "Do you have any ideas?"
Qin Tao never thought about doing business there because it was not popular there. In Asia, the main domestic competitors are Japan and South Korea, so if you can defeat them, it counts. Wanwan does not have any advanced shipbuilding capabilities at all.
, they have been hovering in the middle and lower reaches for a long time.
Wanwan is strong in the electronics industry. One TSMC can make Wanwan extremely rich. They engage in SMIC and Loongson to compete with Wanwan. As long as they occupy the mainland market, they can make Wanwan very rich.
Let TSMC lose most of its profits.
Now, after hearing Xu Zhengyang's suggestion, he had realized that Xu Zhengyang had something in mind.
"Yes, Mr. Qin, although the shipbuilding industry in Wanwan is underdeveloped, it is still good after all. They can still build warships for themselves. If we destroy their shipbuilding industry, we will not be able to let them build warships."
Qin Tao nodded, he was worthy of being his bodyguard and secretary. Over the past few years, Xu Zhengyang has been getting closer and closer to Qin Tao in thinking.
"In recent years, the shipbuilding industry has become increasingly prosperous. In order to seize orders, various shipyards have begun to advance funds to build ships. Some shipyards with insufficient technical strength can even reduce the down payment to less than 10% in order to seize orders." Xu Zhengyang introduced.
: "The shipyards over at Wanwan used this method when they competed with us."
"Compete with us?"
"That's right, take the largest international shipyard in Wanwan as an example. Their main business is container ships, bulk carriers, frigates and other large ships, as well as oil tankers, semi-submersible heavy-load ships, refrigerated ships, and lift drilling platforms.
, self-unloading cement carriers and other types of ships. The last time they bid for bulk carriers from us, they grabbed our order with a 10% down payment."
There are many things that Qin Tao doesn't know about and are handled by his subordinates. Qin Tao's secretary Xu Zhengyang is very aware of these things.
The Mingzhou Group has developed. They never advance too much capital. Any order requires more than 50% down payment, and even more than 80% for special ship types. Although there are also a group of die-hard old customers.
, however, there are still some small customers who are unable to raise enough funds and, under the temptation of profits, choose Wanwan's shipyard.
"You dare to build it with a 10% down payment? This is a real poisonous order." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Even if we don't take action, they are still in crisis. If we do it even slightly, they will go bankrupt! Since it is
If it’s easy, just do it!”
"Yes!" Xu Zhengyang's eyes were filled with excitement.
In fact, Qin Tao did not attack Wanwan because he knew that this year's financial crisis did not affect Wanwan. Wanwan was very smart. Before the storm came, he immediately devalued the currency by 2%.
10. Coupled with the fact that Wanwan has the world’s third-largest foreign exchange reserves on hand, it allowed them to weather the crisis calmly.
However, the poisonous orders can still severely impact the shipbuilding industry in Wanwan. Since Xu Zhengyang wants to have fun, let him have fun.
The shipyard has been vacated, and the next step is to arrange the manufacture of aircraft carriers for the football country.
"Actually, if we had met the construction deadline, we would have been able to cut the steel plates and start building the aircraft carrier of Football Country a long time ago. We could have welded the sections on the side and directly hoisted them to the dock for final assembly. However, because Football Country's fund reimbursement is too small
It's slow, so we'll put it on hold for now." Babic introduced to Qin Tao.
The 001 aircraft carrier was about to be completed. Makarov went up every day to keep an eye on the outfitting progress, but Babbage had some free time and began to arrange for the start of the second aircraft carrier.
Compared with the previous one, this aircraft carrier is of greater significance because this aircraft carrier is a newly manufactured aircraft carrier in this shipyard.
Although Mingzhou Group has already built an aircraft carrier for Siam, the displacement of that aircraft carrier was only about 10,000 tons, and most of it was of civilian ship standard. Now the football country's ship has completely met the warship standard, with a displacement of
It also weighs 30,000 to 40,000 tons, making it a real medium-sized aircraft carrier!
They have long wanted to take action, but the football country has no money. The football country's funds depend entirely on iron ore. This thing is very slow and takes time to mine and transport, so there is no rush here.
"Yes, it is indeed very slow, but it is time for us to start building it. After the aircraft carrier is launched, orders from the Navy should come."
Babic nodded excitedly: "Okay, let's make arrangements immediately!"
"Zhengyang, contact the football country and invite them to come and participate in the aircraft carrier groundbreaking ceremony!"
"Yeah." Xu Zhengyang continued to nod.
"By the way, how is the production of the aircraft carrier's steel plates going?" Qin Tao thought of something.
The previous 001 aircraft carrier was a semi-finished product and did not require any major manipulation. Now this one is a brand-new production, and the demand for steel plates is huge.
"The production line over there has been almost adjusted." Babbage said: "Now, we have prepared the steel plates needed for the aircraft carrier to start construction."
Mingzhou Iron and Steel Plant has developed into a large-scale steel plant that is well-known throughout the country. Although their output is not as good as that of large steel plants such as Shougang and Anshan Iron and Steel, their quality and profitability are definitely better than the latter.
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In addition to Yinwa Steel, they are also at the forefront of the world in terms of steel for aircraft carriers and submarines!
Qin Tao came to the material preparation area nearby. Pieces of steel plates were covered under raincloths. Because the steel plates were too large, they could only be stored in the open air. Its width was 5.5 meters and its length was 40 meters!
"This is a steel plate produced by the king of rolling mills at our Mingzhou Steel Plant. It is really great. When we use this steel plate to make aircraft carriers, it will reduce the welding workload by 90%!"
Even Lao Maozi cannot produce steel plates of this specification. The size is very large, equivalent to a dozen ordinary steel plates, and the workload of welding is greatly reduced.
"Originally, it was difficult to bend steel plates of this size. However, we introduced a large-scale bending machine that can directly insert this kind of steel plate into it and bend it, making it more efficient."
Another unique skill of Mingzhou Group is the three-dimensional CNC bending machine! Coupled with the cooperation of large steel plates, the shipbuilding speed has been greatly improved.
Not only for manufacturing aircraft carriers, but also for manufacturing ordinary cargo ships, steel plates of this area will of course also be used. After all, the king of rolling mills at the Mingzhou Steel Plant cannot only produce steel for aircraft carriers, otherwise it will have to be shut down for most of the year.
Various large cargo ships also use this kind of steel plate, which greatly reduces the workload of Mingzhou Group's master welders.
Qin Tao was very satisfied: "In the future, when we install automated welding equipment, we will need less welding work. By then, we can even build an aircraft carrier and make dumplings!"
Three days later, the leader of the Chinese navy came.
"Mr. Sagastres, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. Construction of your aircraft carrier can finally start." Qin Tao warmly greeted this group of guests: "Although the construction time is a little late, we can guarantee that,
In a year's time, the aircraft carrier will be launched."
Going into the water in one year?
This promise immediately shocked everyone. Even in the United States, it would take two or three years to build an aircraft carrier before it can be launched! Even if the aircraft carrier built here has a smaller displacement, it won't be as short as one year, right?
"I know everyone is surprised, but after the ceremony, you will understand when you see our construction process."
The groundbreaking ceremony was very grand. On the front of the shipyard, a booth was set up, with a gantry crane as the background and banners hanging on it.
Warmly celebrate the start of construction of the St. Paul!
That's right, this aircraft carrier that is about to start construction has been officially named the USS Sao Paulo!
"Today is a memorable day. On this day, the aircraft carrier built by our Mingzhou Group for the Chinese Navy will officially start construction. This aircraft carrier reflects the strong manufacturing capabilities of our Mingzhou Group and also represents the Chinese navy.
The development of naval equipment has entered a new era!" After Qin Tao's speech, Sagastrese walked to the microphone.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "We never thought that we could have a brand new aircraft carrier. This is a new beginning, and it still uses a new cooperation model. We are full of confidence in this aircraft carrier.
!" Sagastrese's speech was also full of passion.
"Now, I announce that the construction of the St. Paul has officially begun, and now the first steel plate is cut!"
With the order, the construction of the St. Paul officially began!
The country bumpkins from the football country were surprised to see the crane hoisting a steel plate. The area of the steel plate was so large that it reminded them of a football field. It would be no problem to play a football match on the steel plate!
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"How come there is such a large steel plate?" Yingers, who followed, couldn't help but ask.
"We are the only one in the world that has this kind of large steel plate. It is rolled by the only king of rolling mills in the world." Qin Tao proudly introduced: "Its width is 5.5 meters and its length is 40 meters.
meters, we can guarantee that it will be launched within a year, and there is a big reason why we use steel plates.”
"The larger the area of the steel plate, the more difficult it is to bend the plate." Another person said: "Such a large area of steel plate is very useful when used as a deck, but if it is used on the hull of a warship, it will cause problems.
The bending machine creates a huge burden.”
"Yes, it seems that you are also a veteran in shipbuilding." Qin Tao looked at the man: "If there is no matching plate bending machine, then such large steel plates will have to be cut before they can be used, which will be a waste of our rolling mill.
The king."
"What kind of bending machine is that?" At this time, the man looked at the place where the large steel plate was hoisted, and was surprised to see it being swallowed into a large machine.
"Large-scale CNC three-dimensional plate bending machine. The unique skill of our Mingzhou Group." Qin Tao said.
The machine buzzed, and an unknown number of hydraulic legs began to move, and the steel plate made a creaking sound. By the time the steel plate was pulled out, the entire steel plate had changed into the corresponding shape!
This efficiency is too high!
In general shipbuilding, the steel plate is cut first and then fed into the bending machine. However, the current manufacturing process is the other way around. It is formed in the bending machine at one time, and then the excess part is cut off. The first steel plate is
It was hoisted to the dock and prepared to be welded to the second steel plate.
"Your efficiency is so high!" The man spoke again, with envy in his eyes: "The largest steel plate in the world, the most advanced bending machine in the world, and your shipbuilding technology is also the most advanced in the world.
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"Of course."
"I heard that you are still developing the most advanced catapult in the world. I wonder if we can go and take a look?"
When these words came out, Qin Tao suddenly felt vigilant in his heart.
This man has white skin, a high nose, blue eyes, and a tall build. He looks like a very ordinary Westerner, but the questions he asked are anything but ordinary.
Where did this person come from?
When I came into contact with Chinese football players before, I had never seen them before!
"Mr. Sagastrese, do you want to modify the design plan of the aircraft carrier? Since we have already started construction, modifying the design plan will cost a lot of money!" Qin Tao looked at Sagastrese
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"Mr. Qin, we heard that you have an advanced catapult, so we were thinking about adding a catapult to the angled deck, which would make our dispatch more efficient." Sagastres hesitated.
He said: "Of course, we can pay for the funds spent. We will pay the money in cash, but we want to go and take a look first."
cash?
When did football country become so generous?
Qin Tao has already come to a conclusion in his mind.
"We are indeed developing advanced electromagnetic catapults. If you are interested, I can take you to Huating's R&D department to have a look." Qin Tao said: "However, you must be mentally prepared. This is a new technology. If
If you want to switch to this kind of device, the price will go up a lot."
The aircraft carrier built for the football country uses a ski-jump take-off plan. Originally, the entire plan had been finalized. The other party once wanted to install a gas turbine, but in the end they gave up due to funding issues. Now, they actually require an electromagnetic catapult.
, it’s clear that it has a purpose!
"The electromagnetic catapult can make the dispatch of carrier-based aircraft more efficient, and it is possible to operate carrier-based early warning aircraft in the future. For us, even if it costs money, it is worth it. We want to go and see it first." The person who proposed.
The person continued: "It would be better if I could go to your experimental base and have a look."
"The experimental base is still being installed, and it is the Navy's highest level of confidentiality project. Our Mingzhou Group is not qualified to see it. Even if we go to Huating to see the scale model, it must be approved by our superiors. Please come and see it tomorrow.
Stay in the state for a few more days." Qin Tao said.
That night, Xu Zhengyang investigated the situation clearly.
"This colleague of Sagastrez is apparently named Neymar, and he is an officer in charge of equipment in the army. However, we have investigated all his information and found no evidence that he had been in the navy of the football country before.
Regardless of his resume, it’s as if he appeared out of thin air.”
"In other words, he was inserted by Americans?" Qin Tao said: "If that's the case, then we won't be polite!"
"Should he be deported?" Xu Zhengyang was very excited.
"Of course not, we have to give you a warm welcome."
Warm reception? Xu Zhengyang hesitated for a moment, then understood and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
"Is that warship of yours equipped with a four-sided phased array radar?" The next day, a group of people from the football country continued to visit the shipyard. Today, their eyes were no longer limited to the aircraft carrier in the dock, but also began to look at it.
Looking elsewhere.
The most eye-catching thing about Zhouzhou Shipyard must be the 052c being built on the slipway!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since the last time it built two crude anti-aircraft ships equipped with S-300 missiles, the Mingzhou Shipyard has been silent for several years and has never built another one.
The restart of work on a destroyer of more than 5,000 tons is of great significance.
On the one hand, it shows that Dongfang already has advanced and mature gas turbines and is no longer controlled by others in terms of power system. On the other hand, Dongfang has begun to explore comprehensive air defense warships!
The Aegis system is the only battleship with powerful defense in the world, and now, the second model will be released.
This time it was Neymar who was asking the question. After hearing his question, Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, that warship is our air defense destroyer that is about to be launched. It uses a four-sided phased array radar and vertical launch missiles. This combination can
Better complete the task of fleet air defense, especially escorting aircraft carriers."
Just looking at the appearance, this can't be stopped. After all, the slipway is open-air, and there are countless satellites flying over it every day, so Qin Tao introduced it openly.
"This kind of warship must be very expensive, right?" Sagastrese also spoke. Their football country will also have an advanced aircraft carrier fleet, and they will also need escort warships. Last time, they only took a fancy to frigates from here.
They couldn't even imagine such a professional air defense destroyer.
"Yes, the price is very expensive, so we only built one, and some brothers have built warships with rotating radars." Qin Tao was very honest: "Such a combination of high and low is our navy's future plan."
Nimar nodded. It seems that as they inferred, even if Dongfang has this kind of technology, it does not have so much funds!
Even after the Easterners' aircraft carriers were put into service, they had to stay anchored in the harbor most of the time because the Easterners did not have enough military spending to maintain a huge maritime fleet!