Super Cruise, after listening to Song Ke’s words, all the teams swallowed their saliva. Damn, this is too high a request.
To sum it up in just a few words, it is super large, super safe, and super luxurious. It is not a mobile five-star hotel, but a mobile private estate.
What is the concept of a displacement of at least 500,000 tons? You must know that the largest aircraft carrier in the United States only has a displacement of 100,000 tons.
Currently, the world's largest luxury cruise ship has a displacement of only 220,000 tons. Zhang Fan's super cruise ship is at least twice as large as this ship.
Five hundred thousand is just a starting point. In Zhang Fan's philosophy, the bigger the ship, the better, and how big it can be built.
At the same time, it must be safe enough, and as safe as possible. The interior must be luxurious, and all facilities must be available.
At the same time, it has a complete ecological system. This means that the food and vegetables on this ship can be self-sufficient. This ecosystem can at least satisfy the self-sufficiency of a team of hundreds of people.
At the same time, Longteng Group will also participate in it and try to make the ship as intelligent as possible. After the ship is built, there will be many robots working on the ship.
There is no upper limit on money, and there is no need to consider budget issues. If you can afford it, even if you bring an aircraft carrier, Zhang Fan can afford it.
The standards were given to these shipyards. After receiving the standards, these people left with shock in their hearts. They had to formulate a construction plan when they went back, and their plan had to be approved by Longteng Group before Longteng Group would give them money to build it.
This is a big order, and it has been completed. The profit is very huge. After all, Zhang Fan said, there is no shortage of money. As long as you have the ability, it doesn't matter if your quotation is higher.
Crazy, all the major shipyards are crazy. Not only that, many shipyards and shipyards have even joined forces to prepare to pool the technical advantages of several shipyards to bid.
The current economic situation is not economical, and the business of many shipyards is not very good. The profits from Zhang Fan's super cruise ship may make them full.
Besides, as long as the plan is approved, Longteng Group can pay first. Where can we find such customers?
A big order has stirred up the entire shipbuilding industry. But at the same time, many shipyards are also worried.
The requirements for this ship are too high. First of all, it must be large enough. The displacement must be more than 500,000 tons. There are not many experienced shipyards for large ships with such a displacement.
Although there are several experienced groups, they all build cargo ships. Cargo ships and luxury cruise ships are not on the same level at all.
It would be better if it were an ordinary luxury cruise ship, but Zhang Fan's requirement is that it can travel around the world. It can even go to the North and South Poles, which means it can be used as an icebreaker.
Taking into account various functions, it is basically impossible for one shipyard to complete the construction. Only many shipyards unite to complete such construction.
Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, etc.
In these countries with relatively developed shipbuilding industries, many companies have joined forces. At the same time, they not only unite with their own domestic companies, but also cooperate with foreign companies based on their own relationships.
Dachang Shipbuilding Group is China's largest shipbuilding group with the strongest technical strength. This is a state-owned enterprise that can not only build civilian ships, but also many warships in China.
Including China's aircraft carriers, they are all built by Dachang. Dashi Group represents the highest level of China.
DSIC attaches great importance to Zhang Fan's order. It is not just for profit, but this is also an exploration.
In recent years, the technical level of DSIC has been greatly improved. Coupled with the continuous breakthroughs in new technologies, the shipbuilding level of DSIC has reached the world's top level.
In recent years, China's internal technological level has been greatly improved. There have been considerable breakthroughs in new material technology, power technology, etc.
However, many new technologies have not been used on a large scale because they are too expensive. For example, the special ship steel newly developed by DSIC.
The performance of this kind of ship steel is very good, but because the cost is too expensive, even warships cannot afford it.
In addition to new steel materials, there are also the latest large gas turbines, intelligent control systems developed together with Longteng Group, etc.
These new technologies are expensive and cannot be used by ordinary ships. Therefore, many technologies are developed and can only be watched somewhere. Occasionally, there are one or two experimental ships that are not big ships. All they can do is work hard to reduce costs.
This order is a big opportunity, and many new technologies can be directly added to it. In this way, these new technologies can be verified on this big ship.
Through the voyage of this large ship, a lot of data can be collected. Only through this data can new technologies be continuously developed.
"Let's talk. What are your opinions?"
In the conference room, a middle-aged man was sitting there, looking at the people below.
"We don't have much experience with large ships of the 500,000-ton level, but I think it is necessary to win this order."
"Yeah, this opportunity can't be wasted. After all, you have to give the money first..."
Everyone started to discuss it in a lively manner. Large ships have also built ships in the 500,000-ton class. Last year, Dalian built an engineering ship with a displacement of nearly 600,000 tons.
It is possible to build big ships, but they are engineering ships. This is a super cruise ship. Super cruise ships also need to pay attention to comfort. At the same time, for such a large ship, fuel efficiency must also be considered.
The most critical thing is safety. After this ship is built, it will definitely attract worldwide attention. If there is a quality problem with this ship, the ship's face will probably be lost to the whole world.
Besides, who is Zhang Fan? If something happens to him on this ship, the country will not forgive him, so the safety of this ship is absolutely the first priority.
Then came the various functions, which were prioritized. But this time Zhang Fan was very demanding, so everything was not easy.
"Chairman, I have an idea. Why not come up with the plan for Project Zero."
A middle-aged man who had been silent for a long time raised his head. When they heard Project Zero, everyone's eyes widened.
"No, that involves military secrets."
A senior executive immediately objected.
"What kind of military secrets are involved? Project Zero has long been rejected. Instead of leaving it there to be wasted, it is better to put it to use. Through this ship, we can also get some technical verification."
The middle-aged man said directly, and other senior executives also started talking. The chairman of CSSC also pondered.
Project Zero is a project that has long existed within CSSC. It was a military project and passed a lot of arguments, but was ultimately rejected because the project was too exaggerated.
"Chairman, you know about Project Zero. Even the country cannot afford it. Those precious materials are all the hard work of our technical staff. If such an opportunity force does not seize the opportunity this time, maybe it will be destroyed in the future.
There is no chance, so our technical staff have worked hard for more than ten years..."
Having said this, the middle-aged man looked sad, and the others also pondered.