The staff member looked confused. He saw several math seniors quarreling over eight blackboards like shrews, which completely subverted his three views.
Zhou Jimin had no way of knowing how the eight blackboards were distributed.
After returning to the farm, Zhou Jimin locked himself in the room again and told the clerks not to disturb him unless there was something urgent.
"Director Zhou, what about your three meals a day?"
"No, I have prepared bread in the room. You can do what you want. I will take care of myself."
When Xiao Lin and other clerks heard this, they looked at their leader with embarrassment.
Looking at the closed door, the leader was also speechless.
When Hua Lao and the others came back, they just smiled bitterly when they heard Zhou Jimin was so active and did not stop him.
Because I can't stop him, I just let him go.
In the space, Zhou Jimin turned on the violent mode, determined to write the paper as quickly as possible.
Although he has not exposed his number seventeen these days, everyone is not a fool.
Every time I see Zhou Jimin asking questions, I naturally understand that he has in-depth research in many fields.
Previously, Zhou Jimin published papers through the square root number seventeen and so on, which involved many fields in mathematics.
In the eyes of the outside world, these vests should belong to several people, but unexpectedly they are the same person.
Although Zhou Jimin did not admit it, everyone acquiesced.
However, mathematics is pure, and no one has exposed this matter.
At the same time, because the exchange meeting is still going on, everyone is busy researching their own topics. How can anyone be free to gossip about trivial matters?
It didn’t take much time, and several papers were published.
After rechecking it several times, he put the paper aside.
After writing the thesis, he turned around and devoted himself to the research of sound insulation materials.
For the time being, the aviation engine materials have been completed, and engine materials with stronger thrust are the next step in the plan.
At this stage, sound insulation is the most important issue.
Who doesn’t want to have the same quiet experience on an airplane as when flying in a Rolls-Royce?
He was not talking about the Rolls-Royce of the 1960s, but the Rolls-Royce of later generations.
In his previous life, he was lucky enough to ride in a Rolls Royce, which was his boss's car.
At that time, he was sitting in the passenger seat, and his boss and his Xiaomi were in the back seat.
After arriving at his destination, he was about to get off the car, but the driver unexpectedly asked him to wait.
Sure enough, after almost five minutes, the boss opened the door and got out of the car.
The moment he opened the door, Zhou Jimin heard clearly that there was music playing in the back seat.
Nest grass!
At that time, the back seat was separated from the driver's seat in front, but he didn't hear any sound at all.
The driver was quiet and didn't speak himself.
After Xiaomi got out of the car, Zhou Jimin noticed that the other party's black stockings had turned into jeans.
So, it was music plus car vibration, but he, sitting in the passenger seat, didn’t hear any movement at all.
He didn't know if all Rolls-Royces had such excellent sound insulation, but the Rolls-Royce he rode in at that time was definitely the best.
But Zhou Jimin checked the silent design of Rolls-Royce and found that this thing actually added 130 kilograms of sound insulation material, which made him speechless.
The weight of a Rolls-Royce is about 2.5 tons, and the sound insulation alone takes up 130 kilograms of material.
Putting it on an airplane is naturally not allowed.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin began to conduct research on many materials such as thermal and sound insulation ultra-fine glass fiber cotton, ultra-light environmentally friendly flame-retardant and sound-insulating composite aviation materials, low-density graphene airgel sound insulation materials, melamine resin foam sound-absorbing sponges, etc. There is only one goal, and that is to perfect the sound insulation system.
The noise reduction effect of the Mercedes-Benz car did not quite meet his requirements, or in other words, this was his helpless choice.
But after today's relevant papers on topological space theory came out, he felt that as a mathematician, he should not stagnate, but should bravely challenge difficulties.
After he completed two sets of experiments, the alarm clock on his cell phone suddenly rang at this time.
He had no choice but to stop what he was doing and go to the wind tunnel laboratory on the other side to check the condition of the engine.
These two engines have initially completed indoor testing. Judging from the test results, all materials fully comply with laboratory requirements.
What needs to be done now is to take it outdoors for final testing.
In order to maximize the safety and power testing of aerospace engines, he built two wind tunnel laboratories directly in space.
It completely simulates the weather conditions for aircraft flying in the sky, such as heavy storms, snowstorms, and rain.
This is not a simple test, but a certain value of flight simulation data must be reached before the next step of assembly can be entered.
In Zhou Jimin's experimental plan, he planned to let the engine undergo at least 500 hours of rigorous aircraft testing before letting it leave the test bench.
As we all know, the thrust of commercial engines is generally stronger than that of fighter jets.
However, the latter's engine size and weight are much smaller than the former.
The middle involves factors such as the engine's bypass ratio, boost ratio, combustion efficiency, etc.
Wanting more thrust and getting a smaller and lighter engine is indeed what fighter jets and commercial aircraft are pursuing.
But the two are not the same.
The engine designed and built by Zhou Jimin is naturally stronger than another aircraft engine in the space, but it is much smaller in size and weight, and its combustion efficiency will be higher.
However, the combustion efficiency only increased by 3%.
Next, he needs to go through a thousand hours of continuous testing, so he will need more aviation fuel.
The aircraft equipped with this engine is not a commercial passenger aircraft, nor a fighter jet, or a transport aircraft, but a small aircraft similar to a private jet.
According to the drawing design, this will be a luxury private jet that can carry eight people, and will be equipped with a bedroom for rest.
But other than that, there is not much difference from the private luxury jets of later generations.
After all, he doesn't need much indoor space. He even said that he only needs a fighter jet.
Because most of the time he just needs its flying ability, rather than enjoying its luxury.
But fighter jets are still too tricky, and once discovered, they can easily be targeted.
Therefore, in fact, in the next stage, invisibility, noise reduction, etc. are the directions he should consider more.
After turning on various instruments in the wind tunnel laboratory, adjusting the settings for simulating ice and snow conditions, and adjusting the alarm clock, he left the space.
Sound insulation materials, let’s continue the experiment after he comes back.
An oil processing plant located outside the suburbs of Wudu receives hundreds of tons of crude oil from different places every day.
However, today, they received a notice that crude oil supply will be stopped in the short term.
"Fake, how can you stop the supply? If you do this, you will go to hell, do you know?"
Factory manager John received a report from the employee below, and he quickly called his partner for consultation.
However, the latter informed him with regret, and also informed him that he had mentioned this matter yesterday, but you just didn't listen.
Bitch, when did you notify labor and management?
John was so angry that he cursed as harshly as he wanted.
Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly hung up on him, and John became even more angry.
At this time, Douglas, the crude oil supplier on the other side, a shipping company, hung up helplessly and shrugged at Zhou Jimin opposite:
"John's temper is so bad."
"Let's not talk about these unhappy things. Peter, the cargo of crude oil you want will arrive at the port the day after tomorrow..."
"Should I pay the deposit?"
The deposit Douglas mentioned is not the first deposit, but the second deposit after the crude oil arrives at the port. The final payment must be received after the crude oil is delivered.
This order was an order that Zhou Jimin had discussed with John the day before yesterday and confirmed yesterday.
The reason why he came to see the other party again today was naturally because he hoped that the other party would deliver two thousand tons of crude oil today.
After all, experiments have already begun in space, and he does not want to stop the test midway because there is no aviation crude oil.
Just now, Douglas called John to inform him that the crude oil supply would be stopped for the next half month.
After all, Zhou Jimin was a big customer. He ate a cargo of crude oil in one bite and bought it at a high price.
The current international crude oil price is two dollars a barrel, but Zhou Jimin paid two dollars and three dollars to buy all the crude oil in that shipment.
A cargo of crude oil costs a total of two million tons, totaling 300,000 tons. With a price increase of only 0.3 US dollars, Douglas can make a huge profit of 600,000 US dollars.
With such crazy profits, let alone just asking Douglas to inform John that these old friends would stop supplying for half a month, he would have no objection at all even if they no longer cooperate.
You know, the extra income of 600,000 US dollars is enough for him to live a better rich life.
When Zhou Jimin heard this, he didn't even bother with what the other party said, so he took out thirty-one dollars and handed it to the other party, saying directly:
"I will also charge these two thousand tons of crude oil at the price of 2.3 yuan. From now on, one shipment per month can be signed into a contract, but the price must be paid according to the international crude oil price..."
Two thousand tons of crude oil, a total of 14,000 barrels. After all, one barrel of crude oil is only three hundred kilograms, which is equal to one hundred and fifty kilograms.
Therefore, he only needs to pay thirty sixty cents.
He still asked the other party for change for the remaining 40 cents.
"ok, no problem."
Douglas had absolutely no reason to turn away the high-roller who came to his door, and happily accepted the offer.
After driving a large truck several times in a row, Zhou Jimin finally transported these two thousand tons of crude oil away.
There is no way, he has to put on a show.
As for the shipment of crude oil the day after tomorrow, he is going to take over a super tanker. After paying the balance, he will sail to the open sea.
Renting a factory or something in the foggy city is the most annoying thing.
If he purchases the tanker directly, it will be very simple, and he does not need to consider things in Fog City.
He only needs to transfer the crude oil to his tanker, and then drive it to the open sea, and then he can directly take it back into the space.
However, such a super tanker is not so easy to buy. After all, this kind of tanker is at least a 300,000-ton super tanker.
With a body length of at least three hundred meters, it can be considered a giant tanker.
Even though he forged himself the identity of Peter from the Fog City, it was not easy to buy a large oil tanker of such a tonnage.
Therefore, what he is receiving now is only a 50,000-ton oil tanker, and he has also transferred countless lots of defective products.
But he had no choice. It was cheap and he happened to be in a hurry to use it, so he had no choice but to do this.
Therefore, during the next period of time, when the crude oil arrives the day after tomorrow, he will have to make several trips every day to transport the two million barrels of crude oil.
Because of this matter, Zhou Jimin's sweep of several major castles was almost delayed.
During his day off, in everyone's eyes, he had never been out.
However, no one left the farm.
After all, the air quality here in the farm is guaranteed, but that is not necessarily the case in other places in the foggy city.
The day has passed, and today it is time for the lecture.
It is also a five-day lecture period, but it is a little different from the previous exchange meeting because there will be more graduate students and doctoral students.
These people are basically students from local universities in London, and most of them are interested in mathematics or are mathematical geniuses.
Zhou Jimin was invited to give three lectures, but this was the case where he refused two and was forced to do so.
The two leaders also hope that he can attend all five lectures, because in this case, they can attract some Chinese graduate students.
The mainland lacks intellectuals, so if possible, attracting more students to return to the mainland will definitely be a very cost-effective deal.
However, before Zhou Jimin started his lecture, he was called to the lounge next to him by Roger Penrose to chat.
The latter first exchanged a few simple greetings, then praised Zhou Jimin, and then started talking about the paper that day.
"The paper has been written and I have sent the letter."
"That's great. It's great to have you in the mathematics world."
This compliment made Zhou Jimin feel a little embarrassed.
But what the other party said next made him stunned, because the other party was inviting him to stay in Fog City.
Oxford University has also issued a job invitation to a professor in the Department of Mathematics. As long as he is willing to join the job, he can take up the post immediately.
"No, when did the job at Oxford University become so simple? And it's still a full professorship?"
He couldn't help but be surprised. Roger Penrose smiled slightly and said, "We have always been this way about talents. In China, isn't there a saying that we should not stick to one specific pattern to reward talents?"
"We at Oxford University have the same desire for talents."
Hearing the other party's answer, Zhou Jimin was even more surprised and asked:
"I understand this very well, but there is one thing I'm not sure about. You seem to be working at the University of Texas in the ugly country, right?"
Zhou Jimin knew that the other party was from Great Britain.
But the other party worked at the University of Texas, and he only found out about it when they were introduced at the exchange meeting a few days ago.
At this stage, there is a two-pole competition. Some mathematicians have gone to Moscow, and most of the remaining mathematicians have gone to Princeton.
In fact, you don’t need to wait long. Around the 1980s, most mathematicians in the world will go to Princeton.
Especially after the 1990s, Princeton became the global mathematics center because so many top mathematicians gathered here.
"Yes, I do teach at the University of Texas, but I'll be back next year."
Roger Penrose was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed.
"Actually, this has nothing to do with whether I teach at Oxford University or not. Besides, I will come back next year. I just went to study and exchange with Chou Country for three years."
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1957, he entered Oxford University to teach.
In recent years, I just went to the University of Texas for exchange, I didn’t lie.
"It's a bit sudden, I need to think about it."
Zhou Jimin nodded, but he did not refuse or agree immediately because he did not want the next thing to become more complicated because of his direct refusal.
All you need to do is hold the other party back and return to the mainland immediately after the lecture.
Afterwards, he wrote a letter informing him that he needed to return to the mainland due to urgent matters, and that he would seriously consider the other party's invitation.
Seeing this, Roger Penrose still did not give up, but explained the situation with a smile.
"Actually, you have been in Fog City for several days. You were at Oxford University for a reporting exchange meeting a few days ago..."
"I believe you also have a certain understanding of our school. Apart from other things, our environment here is still very good..."
"Moreover, the mathematics atmosphere here is very good. You can continue your scientific research projects here as much as you like..."
Oxford University is obviously very eager for Zhou Jimin, a rising star in mathematics.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Jimin did not express his position, but said that he still needed to think about it.
After leaving, Zhou Jimin went directly to the lecture theater to give a speech.
Although he refused such a speech, he was still very surprised to see the classroom full of people.
Especially those Chinese people, he felt very warm in his heart.
"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Jimin from the capital of China, an ordinary mathematics student. What I want to talk about today is..."
He didn’t introduce much about himself, he just gave a brief introduction and then got to the point.
The students in the audience could understand it at first, but within five minutes, they were all confused.
You know, most of the people who came here to listen to the lecture were graduate students or above, but no one understood it.
Only a small number of geniuses, or professors, can keep up with Zhou Jimin's thinking.
No way, although the topics the latter talked about were not very profound, he failed to list most of the simple formulas while chatting, let alone write down the calculation process clearly.
It's just a result directly, and then it's the next knowledge point immediately. It's weird that they can understand it.
"Is he really a student from Beijing? Why does his English speak so authentically? Why can't I understand the mathematics he teaches?"
"It looks like he should be the same age as me, right? Why is he talking from above and I am still listening from below?"
"When did the mainland have outstanding talents? They are still staying in the mainland. Alas, it is better to come out as soon as possible."
In the lecture theater, a group of people were chatting in low voices unconsciously.
I don’t understand anyway, so what else can I do if I don’t chat?
Mathematics classes are like this. At the beginning, many people think they are awesome or for other reasons, so they choose mathematics classes.
It wasn't until he was hit that he gave up.
Mathematics is a language that claims to be able to communicate with God. If you are not a genius, who can understand it?
In later generations, for many high school students, especially senior high school students, some students scored almost 140 or full marks in mathematics.
These people are relatively good at mathematics, but only relatively speaking.
Even more impressive are the small group of people who participate in math competitions or directly win prizes.
Soon, Zhou Jimin completed today’s lecture and also gave everyone the opportunity to ask questions.
But fortunately, the first few people asked academic questions, until the fifth white girl stood up and said excitedly:
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"Hi, professor, do you know the root number seventeen? He should be a scholar from your country in China. I have read many papers about him. It is great. I admire him very much...
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This girl chattered a lot, and her excited and nervous look actually made everyone in the lecture theater smile.
Obviously, everyone can understand the mood of this white girl.
At the same time, I am also very curious. After all, in this era, young people should be chasing stars. There are also star-chasing students in the mathematics classroom of Oxford University, and they are chasing a Chinese mathematics professor. It is really incredible.
In fact, in Great Britain in the 1960s, pop music was already very popular.
For example, the songs performed by The Beatles, the most popular band in recent years, have become popular all over the world and have occupied the top five singles on the Billboard chart.
This should be what most young people pursue.
Zhou Jimin is also very curious. After all, this white girl looks very young, with fair skin and delicate appearance.
Before he could answer, Michael Attia in the front row suddenly stood up and explained with a smile:
"Actually, the root number seventeen is one of Professor Zhou Jimin's pen names. In addition, Wang Dalong and Li Erhu are also Professor Zhou's pen names."
Buzz!
Everyone in the lecture theater immediately started talking.
Everyone looked at Zhou Jimin, full of shock and excitement, and many people even screamed.
The white girl was the most surprised. She became even more excited and ran down with her pretty face flushed.
When I came to Zhou Jimin, I jumped up and down, acting like a little fan girl. I was so nervous that I couldn't speak for a long time.
But she was clearly looking at Zhou Jimin with tears in her eyes, her lips were trembling, she wanted to hug and talk, but she couldn't control herself at all.
The latter was very touched. He didn't expect that he actually had such a little fan girl.
So he smiled gently and opened his arms actively.
The other party immediately screamed excitedly, and then threw himself into his arms.
"I like you very much. The paper you wrote is so perfect, you are so genius..."
The white girl was talking incoherently. Zhou Jimin hugged her for a while, then took the initiative to let go, took a small step back, looked at her and said with a smile:
"Thank you, but I think you are also a genius. You look similar to my sister. You must be only sixteen or seventeen years old, right?"
A girl of sixteen or seventeen is definitely a genius if she can understand the papers he published.
After all, whether in the mainland or elsewhere, students studying in college are generally around eighteen or nineteen years old.
His papers can basically only be understood by those with a Ph.D. level or above, and even a Ph.D. may not be able to understand many of the in-depth parts.
The white girl in front of me looks about the same age as Zhou Shuqing, and her face is too tender.
Westerners generally mature early, especially girls. The age of thirteen or fourteen is no different from the age of seventeen or eighteen in China.
Of course, once Westerners get married, they age very quickly. After the age of twenty-five, they are no different from aunts in their thirties or forties.
"Wow, how did you guess that I am seventeen years old? Is it witchcraft from the East? Is it a melon?"
It’s fortune telling, what is fortune telling?
However, looking at the surprised white girl, Zhou Jimin cursed but did not answer the other party's question.
The other party’s problem is not simple, but it is not complicated either.
Taking the blackboard, Zhou Jimin wrote half of the formula on the blackboard and then said:
"The three problem-solving ideas and formulas are all here. You can refer to them. I won't write down the calculation process. Next classmate."
Everyone in the audience stared in stunned silence. Many people did not understand where these formulas came from, let alone the calculation process.
Oh God!
The white girl nodded crazily with gratitude and admiration. The smile on her face showed that she understood, and she did not ask any more questions.
After that, many people asked questions. Until the lecture time was over and lunch time came, there were still many people raising their hands to ask questions.
There are still many geniuses in Oxford University, but with so many people coming to the scene, the number of geniuses is averaged out, so there is an illusion that there are very few geniuses.
"I'm a teacher who doesn't like to drag the class. The class will be over when the time comes. I will have lectures tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. You can ask questions then. Thank you for your time. get out of class is over."
Zhou Jimin said something and immediately packed up his things and prepared to leave.
When he came out of the classroom, the white girl blocked him in the corridor, saying that she wanted to invite him to have dinner with him.
Western culture is relatively open, warm and generous, but it also depends on the person.
Obviously, this white girl named Megan is not from a conservative aristocracy.
"Thank you for the invitation, but no, I have work to do, maybe next time."
Next time, just a polite word.
But in Meghan's opinion, she agreed to her invitation, so she left in a hurry.
"Jimin is still as popular as ever. Even the little girls in London like you so much."
Hua Lao, Duan Xuefu and others happened to see this scene and immediately laughed and joked.
"Of course, I'm so handsome, isn't it normal for me to be popular?"
Everyone laughed and came to the school road. After getting in the car, they asked Zhou Jimin about being called to the lounge by Roger Penrose to chat.
Zhou Jimin did not hide this, but directly confessed it.
But when Duan Xuefu heard that he didn't refuse explicitly, his face suddenly dropped.
The outspoken Chang Zhenji even said bluntly, "Why don't you refuse? Do you really want to stay here?
Zhou Jimin rolled his eyes and said:
"Don't say that I can't bear to leave my wife and my motherland, let alone those righteous matters. Is this environment in Fog City suitable for people to live in?"
"Then why don't you refuse directly?"
Hua Lao glanced at Lao Chang, "Are you afraid of being targeted?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately came to their senses.
Unlike other international students, Zhou Jimin at this time is, to a certain extent, similar to Qian Lao. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an unparalleled scholar.
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It's just that he is still too young, so he is often ignored by everyone.
However, in the eyes of foreigners, many of Zhou Jimin's scientific research achievements cannot be concealed.
Even if foreigners don't know that Zhou Jimin is the developer of computers, his recent achievements in mathematics are enough to make those foreigners excited.
After all, a few days ago many people in mathematics said that the next winner of the Fields Medal would be none other than Zhou Jimin.
This kind of speech is completely different from the voices in previous sessions, and is more decisive.
The voice even overshadowed Grodendijk, Smale and others.
You know, these people were strong competitors in the previous session.
In this way, if Zhou Jimin directly rejects Roger Penrose, it will definitely make Oxford University and other universities even crazier.
Don’t give up until you reach your goal!
At that time, Zhou Jimin himself will be troubled, and even Hua Lao and the others will be entangled.
Therefore, although the method of dragging the word tactic is old-fashioned, it is easy to use.
After understanding this, no one mentioned it again.
Duan Xuefu himself was blushing and filled with shame. He actually didn't trust his disciple just now and suspected that Zhou Jimin wanted to stay in the foggy city of the colorful world. His face was a bit unbearable.
Fortunately, no one is mentioning this issue anymore, so it’s just a matter of time.
He thought about apologizing to Zhou Jimin and having a good chat about ideological lessons after returning to the farm.
As a result, the latter locked himself up again after returning to the farm.
When asked, Zhou Jimin said it was about aviation development, and Lao Duan was immediately speechless.
After all, he doesn't know much about machinery, not even Hua Lao can do it.
Although Hua Lao was previously the project leader of the Computer Research Institute, computers and aerospace engines are two different things.
Besides, Hua Lao is already in his fifties, can he compete with Zhou Jimin in his early twenties in terms of energy?
Not to mention it's incomparable, even when Hua Lao was young, Zhou Jimin was not responsible for following up on so many research projects at the same time.
Moreover, Zhou Jimin is very considerate of his family, and no one can compare to him in this regard.
In the space, the two engines have stopped.
It continued to operate for hundreds of hours, and experienced many times of wind, rain and other bad weather, but the engine could still run well.
Even many of the splicing interfaces have not changed at all, they are just as spliced before.
Engine splicing is a technical job. In the outside world, splicing technology and equipment are several times more expensive than the value of the titanium-aluminum alloy material itself.
This is also one of the obstacles affecting the development of civil aviation in the mainland.
But in space, he is a god, so the splicing technology is much better than the outside world.
They are basically conjoined twins, they have not been spliced together.
Zhou Jimin is naturally very familiar with the splicing, and he can check it thoroughly, so he naturally understands it thoroughly.
It took him most of the day to carefully check the engine inside and out three times before he confirmed that the engine was qualified.
After the engine is qualified, the next step is to assemble it with the aircraft. After the assembly is completed, the next step is to conduct a complete aircraft test
After all this is completed, the first flight test will begin.
For civil aviation passenger aircraft, the route needs to be confirmed, and it usually takes about a year of test flights before it can be officially put into operation.
But Zhou Jimin doesn't need to go to such trouble. He just needs to ensure that the plane can fly normally. After all, the normal cruising altitude of this plane is more than 10,000 meters, which is higher than the current civil aviation aircraft.
In addition, the current global civil aviation market is still very small, and there are too few aircraft in the sky.
Therefore, Zhou Jimin does not need to test routes at all. Besides, he does not have any fixed routes.
That night, many people came to the farm, including representatives from Lao Maozi, Chou Country, Germania and other countries.
The purpose of these people coming here is very simple, that is, to invite Zhou Jimin to give lectures at universities in their respective countries.
The speech was just a pretense. After being declined by Zhou Jimin, it was revealed that their purpose was to let Zhou Jimin go to their university to do research.
The temptations offered are also great, such as villas, half a million US dollars, one million US dollars in scientific research project funds, etc.
Faced with these temptations, Zhou Jimin still smiled and said the procrastination trick, and then left with an excuse.
"Dealing with these people is a complete waste of time. Try to leave the room as little as possible in the future."
Originally, when he came out of the room, he was going to leave the farm openly to receive the crude oil, but who knew he was stopped by these people.
Since this is the case, he will try to avoid this way of traveling in the future.
Anyway, he is a research madman. In the eyes of the leader, Duan Xuefu and others, he has formed a fixed impression, and no one will bother him. He is happy and free.
As usual, he quietly left the room without disturbing anyone.
I drove to the vicinity of the pier and after confirming that no one was there, I drove the small yacht and sped out to the sea.
He did not go to the deep sea area, but only needed a deserted place offshore. He released the 50,000-ton oil tanker, and then drove the oil tanker to the dock.
"Oh, this is such a waste of time. When will there be a large oil tanker of 300,000 tons?"
This tanker is a bit slow. He is used to the speed of airplanes, but he really can't get used to the slow speed of the tanker. It is simply torture.
Not to mention, for a 50,000-ton oil tanker, he would have to go back and forth five or six times.
After arriving at the pier, it was already more than an hour later.
Douglas was already waiting at the dock. When he saw Zhou Jimin, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Peter, if you don't come here, I will be scolded to death by my boss."
"Don't worry, your boss will only love you to death and won't scold you."
After chatting for a few words, the next step was to transfer.
During this process, Zhou Jimin came to the supertanker and looked at the oil tanks. His inner thoughts suddenly became uncontrollable.
Among the global crude oil transportation methods, the most economical and safe transportation method should be pipeline transportation, especially in China, which has a very developed pipeline network.
But in intercontinental crude oil transportation, especially in today's era, tanker transportation is the mainstream.
Even in later generations, supertankers accounted for half of the transportation of crude oil.
After all, pipeline transportation, especially intercontinental transportation, requires too much investment.
Oil tanker transportation does not transport barrels one by one, but uses oil tanks for loading. In this case, it is also convenient for transshipment.
In this case, there are many oil tankers parked here at the dock. As long as they are fully loaded, there should be no problem if he steals some, right?
"The layout is too small. How about going directly to the oil field to get it?"
Suddenly, his divergent thinking came again.
But after thinking about it, he shook his head. He didn't want to do these things.
Not to mention how troublesome it will be to get oil from the oil field, even going to the oil field is quite time-consuming and laborious.
If you encounter it by chance, then there is no problem, but if it is a waste of time, then forget it.
Although he is short of crude oil now, he should be able to get enough crude oil by staying at the dock for a few days.
After getting off the tanker, he asked Douglas if there were any super tankers for sale?
"Isn't it enough that you have this 50,000-ton oil tanker?"
"Douglas, do you think you have too many tankers?"
Douglas was immediately embarrassed by Zhou Jimin's rebuke. Then he thought about it and said he would ask for help in a few days.
In fact, the company where Douglas works owns many supertankers, but he is not sure whether his boss will sell them.
The most important thing is that even if it is to be sold, it should be discussed and approved by the board of directors.
In addition, price is also a big issue.
If it's too cheap, his boss probably won't submit it to the board of directors for review.
Zhou Jimin didn't take it seriously either.
Supertankers themselves are rare things and are rarely seen in many places. Most of them are even modified from warships.
Because building a super tanker is not an easy task. Even very strong companies don’t have many super tankers.
Soon, the three large oil tanks in his tanker were filled. The full load was only about 45,000 tons, and it could not hold any more.
After signing the order and agreeing on the shipping time for the next day, Zhou Jimin boarded his tanker and left.
After he left, Douglas immediately contacted his boss.
As a result, his boss Martin became excited instantly and asked him to go to the office immediately.
For Martin, Zhou Jimin's proposal to purchase a supertanker is undoubtedly a timely help.
Crude oil prices have been very stable with almost no fluctuations, but the consumption of supertankers, employee wages and other costs are increasing.
The board of directors has long been very dissatisfied with this and wants to sell some of the old supertankers.
After all, the cost of returning it to the factory for repairs is very expensive, and after repairs, it is difficult to determine its lifespan. It is better to sell it and invest elsewhere.
Not long after, Douglas came to the office, and within a short chat, he got the detailed information of three supertankers.
"Go and discuss the price with the other party first. The price should be higher. Negotiate slowly. Don't rush."
Douglas was speechless. It was crazy to dare to quote 80% of the price of a new oil tanker for just these junk ships.