Great warships

Chapter 1255 The return trip is bound to be bumpy

"So many brand new warships, the scale is simply larger than our fleet!" Benjamin said with a complicated expression: "Who can tell me how a weak African country can afford such a huge fleet!"

The British were jealous. They had spent the whole country's efforts to build two Queen-class ships, but they had no money to build the Type 45, and they didn't even have money for carrier-based aircraft.

Are they worse than a weak African country? How did the world become like this?
Benjamin looked at the people below with complicated eyes.

"Our construction costs are very high. The Orientals are right. We build one Queen-class ship with the funds they can build three."

“Isn’t there a way to reduce costs?”

“Yes, reduce workers’ wages.”

Benjamin stopped talking. What a joke! Now, those people would go on strike from time to time because their wages were too low, their rest time was too short, their benefits were too low, etc. It was good enough if they didn't raise their wages, but they would also lower their wages? If they lowered their wages today, they would go on strike tomorrow.

“Is labor cost so low in the East?”

"It's actually not low. Dongfang's labor costs have been rising, and Mingzhou Group is willing to pay workers. It is said that their wages are about the same as ours."

“Then why are their prices so low?”

"With large-scale production and advanced automated equipment, they use only one-third of our manpower and one-third of our time to build the same warship."

There is no comparison! Until now, they still bend plates manually, while Dongfang has already had a fully automatic 3D plate bending machine. Just this one, how much difference is there in efficiency?

"I heard someone say that if we had given the Queen-class aircraft carrier to the Orientals to build, we would probably have the entire fleet." Benjamin gritted his teeth and said, "This is pure nonsense! If we do this, our shipbuilding industry will be completely finished. In the future, if we want to build warships, we can only turn to the Orientals!"

Even if their costs are high, they have to use their own, which is of great significance to maintaining the entire shipbuilding industry. However, those who are unaware of the truth use this to criticize them.

"What a group of short-sighted guys!" Sir Boyce also cursed in dissatisfaction: "They also shouted that we were wasting funds. Originally, this money could have been used for welfare. Humph, it would be better to disband the entire army. This way, there is no need to spend money. When there is a war in the future, their land and their wealth will be looted. What a bunch of idiots!"

All they can do is complain, they really have no way to solve the problem.

"If we want to revitalize our shipbuilding industry, we need cheap labor." Jimmy Brown said, "At present, I have found an argument that we can find some cheap labor from Africa. As long as we offer favorable conditions, they will come in an endless stream."

"What conditions? Are they going to become citizens of Great Britain? No, absolutely not!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, our birth rate is gradually decreasing. If we don't replenish fresh blood, our country will decline."

"It can't be those lowly guys!"

Oriental, Minnesota Group.

The huge fleet had already left. Qin Tao stood on the outfitting dock, looking towards the estuary, and unexpectedly felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

"Brother Tao, are you reluctant to let them leave?" a voice came from beside him.

Qin Tao saw a playful smiling face. Zhao Ling knew very well that Vitalia had feelings for Qin Tao, but she kept it in her heart. After all, Qin Tao would not like her. If she said it out loud, they would not even be able to be friends.

"I have a feeling that their journey back this time will not be peaceful. I always feel that something unexpected will happen." Qin Tao said.

"That shouldn't be the case. Anyone who dares to provoke Vitalia will not have a good ending." Zhao Ling said, "By the way, Brother Tao, the rumors have been spread. However, I am very puzzled as to why you would come up with such a trick."

"The world situation is multipolar, which is in our interests. The West is a developed country, and their countries should also be colorful. There should not only be white people, but also black people. Moreover, there should be more and more black people. Even if they don't do anything, as long as they have children, they can occupy the developed countries in Europe."

Zhao Ling was speechless for a while.

“So, how should the United States respond?”

"do not know."

Originally, the United States should have supported it. After all, only in this way can they fleece Europe. But now, if the United States does not unite their brothers, the world situation will become more complicated, making them unable to cope with it. Therefore, Qin Tao does not know what to do specifically.

But Qin Tao knew that once this hole was opened, it would never stop, especially France, which would definitely support this policy in order to solve the problem of labor shortage. However, the result...

What a joke, letting a group of people who have long been accustomed to idleness provide them with free labor? What they like most is zero-dollar shopping, and the second is having children. As long as the population is large enough and they have the right to vote in the future, they can legally occupy the country.

That kind of world is colorful enough!
Of course, this is just the beginning. It may take ten or twenty years to see real results. Qin Tao has plenty of patience. Anyway, there is nothing much to do now and no challenges.

"By the way, Ocean doesn't go to school anymore."

"What did you say? This little bastard actually dropped out of school?" Qin Tao was stunned.

Qin Haiyang is a senior in high school and has good academic performance. Since he has always been in the capital, it will be no problem for him to go to a university there. He doesn't have to worry about studying abroad. Besides, many advanced technologies are now in China, so we don't need to study abroad.

I didn't expect that this kid would drop out of school? Looks like he needs to be cured!

"He didn't drop out, he just took a leave of absence. He wanted to do something, but he's too busy to go to school for the time being."

"What to do?" Qin Tao frowned. You should do what you should do at your age. At Qin Haiyang's current age, he should go to school honestly. Even if he wants to build a shipyard, he has to wait until he graduates from college. No matter how great Bill Gates is, he started a business in college. You can't start a business in high school. If you are not yet 18 years old, can you be the legal representative of a company?

"Tianchuan Heavy Industry is in crisis, insolvent and on the verge of bankruptcy. He wants to take over the factory and slowly make it bigger and stronger."

"Tianchuan Heavy Industry?" Qin Tao was curious: "This factory specializes in offshore oil drilling platforms, right? How did they encounter a crisis?"

At present, the shipbuilding industry in the East is quite developed. Every shipyard has a large number of orders, which can be scheduled for three years later. There is also a huge market for ancillary equipment such as oil drilling platforms. I have never heard of any shipyard going bankrupt due to insolvency.

Could it be that the person in charge of this factory has bad habits, such as liking to go to Magang?

"The Norwegians set up this trap on purpose. They are too greedy," Zhao Ling introduced.

Seeing the domestic shipyards growing and developing, Tianchuan Heavy Industry became jealous and wanted to take on big projects and make big money. So when the Norwegians came to them, they immediately discussed cooperation enthusiastically.

The Norwegians wanted to order eight drilling rigs, a $1.6 billion deal, but they only wanted a 10 percent deposit. At the same time, any disputes would be settled in their Norwegian courts.

"This condition is clearly a trap, but I want to know why the Norwegians would trap Tianchuan Heavy Industry?" Qin Tao asked.

"The Norwegians set up a scheme to defraud our important shipbuilding companies in the East. They first came to our Mingzhou Group, but after hearing about their conditions, we directly rejected them. Other large shipyards also rejected them."

The most important prerequisite for this scheme is to pay only a 10% deposit. Nowadays, large shipyards in the East have many orders. Not to mention a 30% deposit, many of them are 50% deposits. Who would be interested in a 10% deposit?
If a dispute arises, do you still go to your local court?
What a joke, we don't have to worry about orders, so why would we agree to such an unreasonable clause just to get your order? This clause contains a huge crisis!
Paying a 10% deposit means that you have to pay the rest of the money yourself, which will inevitably require borrowing a large sum of money from the bank. If the customer doesn't want it, then all the money will be lost.

There's a trap at first glance!

The Norwegians originally wanted to cheat Mingzhou Group, but after a lot of twists and turns, only Tianchuan Heavy Industry was willing to take over.

Then, Tianchuan Heavy Industry fell into a pit.

They spent a huge amount of money, purchased a lot of raw materials, and worked hard for a year, and finally completed 90% of the eight drilling platforms. Then, the Norwegians said, we don’t want eight, we only want two!
Tianchuan Heavy Industry is also anxious, so why not just give up on it!
Fine, then I don’t want it! Not only do I not want it, I also want the deposit to be returned!
They drove Tianchuan Heavy Industry into bankruptcy and didn't even intend to pay out the deposit, so they have to get it back. Moreover, the lawsuit was filed in a local court in Norway, so there was no suspense. The court ruled that the deposit should be returned!
Tianchuan Heavy Industry is on the verge of bankruptcy!
"US$1.6 billion is a huge hole. Their cost must be at least US$1 billion. Haiyang only brought RMB 100 million, which is far from enough." Qin Tao said, "How about the group give him some more?"

"I said that this is also to save our country's enterprises. We should contribute when we should. Our group can afford it. However, Haiyang said no, he wants to solve this problem with his own ability. Once it is solved and Tianchuan Heavy Industry is on the right track, he will go back to school."

In the third year of high school, other students were studying late into the night to prepare for the college entrance examination, but what about Qin Tao's son? He was actually working on saving a large enterprise, and he even said that he would go back to take the college entrance examination after finishing it.

Do you think you are a top student? You have wasted so much time, forget about getting into Peking University or Tsinghua University, and even the third-tier universities are hard to get into. You may even have to go to a private university!
However, at this moment, Qin Tao had no blame in his heart, only concern, which made Zhao Ling feel relieved. Although Qin Tao kept calling his son a little bastard, in fact, he was still very concerned about his son.

"Humph, this Norwegian company dared to play tricks on us, so they must pay the price!" Qin Tao said: "This company must go bankrupt!"

"Well, even if the ocean didn't take over, we were still planning to take action. Now that the ocean has taken over, we have to contribute even more. We currently have three response plans. Give us an idea and see which one is the best."

Qin Tao simply listened to it and made a decision immediately: "Of course it's the first option! If you do business properly, we welcome you. If you plot to sabotage, you will not end well!"

Zhao Ling nodded. Of the three options, she actually preferred this most extreme one. It would soon be 2007, and the Qing Dynasty would have been destroyed for almost a hundred years. Did anyone still think that we were easy to bully?

Qin Haiyang has taken office at Tianchuan Heavy Industry.

Since Tianchuan Heavy Industry was insolvent and on the verge of bankruptcy, although Qin Haiyang only brought 100 million yuan, he had already become the major shareholder holding 80% of the shares of Tianchuan Heavy Industry.

At this moment, countless people on the board of directors were smiling.

"Boss Qin, as long as we have Mingzhou Group as our backer, we will definitely win this battle!"

"That's right, as long as we take a breath and take over some business from Mingzhou Group, we can survive!"

Snapped!
Qin Haiyang slammed his hand on the table: "What are you thinking? I am me, Mingzhou Group is Mingzhou Group, we are two unrelated companies. I tell you, don't even think about getting a penny or an order from Mingzhou Group, we have to rely on ourselves!"

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. You brought 100 million yuan here to invest in our Tianchuan Heavy Industry, and you actually said it had nothing to do with Mingzhou Group. Where did you get that 100 million yuan? Could it be your pocket money?

"At present, the biggest problem is that the drilling platforms are about to be completed, but the customers don't want them. Therefore, our first task is to sell these offshore drilling platforms. As long as they are sold, our crisis will be resolved!"

"Mr. Qin, these drilling platforms are customized and only suitable for use by the Norwegian Seadrill Company. Other companies don't want them at all. We have tried to sell them door-to-door, but no customer is willing to take them."

"That's because you're not working hard enough. If you work hard, you will definitely be able to sell it!" Qin Haiyang said seriously, "Notify all employees that whoever can sell the offshore drilling platform will be the general manager!"

Qin Haiyang is the chairman of the board. He still has to go to school, so the position of general manager must be filled by someone else. As for the previous general manager? He fell into the trap of foreigners and almost went bankrupt. Someone has to take the blame. He must leave and vacate the position.

In fact, Qin Haiyang wanted to do it himself, but he knew that he could not go out because of his special identity and he was protected by people in the country, so he could only do it on the basis of the principle that there will always be brave men who take action if there is a big reward.

Of course, he also knew that he could sell the products by making a few phone calls and using his father's name, but he didn't want to do that. He had his ideals and aspirations.

He just wanted to show his father that he had the ability and that he wanted to do better than his father!
"When our Mingzhou Group was just starting out, we also faced the problem of product backlogs that no one wanted, but we solved it, didn't we? What we need is collective wisdom and effort! By the way, we also need to see if there are any areas for technical improvement."

The ocean is rippling with blue waves.

The huge fleet headed south, passed through the canal of Siam, entered the Indian Ocean, and then headed south from the Indian Ocean straight to the Rainbow Kingdom. For Guinea, this was the only suitable route.

If they don't go through the Rainbow Country, they can only take the canal of the Pyramid Country, then enter the Mediterranean Sea, and then cross the Strait of Gibraltar. If they go this way, not only will they take a detour, but there will be many eyes watching them along the way, which may cause more trouble.

On the ship island, Vitalia looked at the vast ocean and was in a particularly good mood.

This is a new beginning. Wana is no longer limited to the mainland. Even on the sea, it has strong strength. It will be easier for them to do business in the future. If they encounter special situations, they can send out the fleet to escort!
"The Bioco reports that the radar has detected a strong source of electromagnetic radiation in the sky 500 kilometers away. It may be an early warning aircraft." At this moment, Americo suddenly spoke.

Bioko Island is the most important island in Guinea and the location of its capital, so one of the four 052CEs was named after this island. At this time, hearing his words, Vitalia frowned: "Are you here to monitor us?"

"Judging from the direction it came from, it might have come from Diego Garcia Base."

Vitalia's frown deepened. "What are you here for? To supervise us?"

"No matter what he does, since he is here to cause trouble for us, we can't just sit there and wait for death!" Valenchenko said carelessly: "Let's take off the fighter plane and fly over to take a look, and we will naturally know everything!"

"That's right!"

Vitalia pondered for a moment and said, "Take off an early warning aircraft and two fighter jets to cruise around our fleet. Don't get close to them. Focus on monitoring our sea surface."

The situation five hundred kilometers away has nothing to do with them anymore. After all, ordinary warships cannot search so far. The other party may be passing by unconsciously. There is no need to fly five hundred kilometers away to drive away the other party, otherwise it may cause friction.

After all, this is the center of the Indian Ocean, with no village in sight and no shop nearby, so there is no need for them to cause trouble here.

However, you still need to be prepared for possible unexpected situations.

"Ok."

Valenchenko ran down the island and strode towards the deck parking area, where the fighter planes were waiting to take off. Today was his turn to take off and perform a mission. It was a rare opportunity!
Stepping into the cockpit, he searched his pockets and while no one was paying attention, he took out the bottle of vodka from his pocket, unscrewed the lid, and gulped down two mouthfuls. Refreshing!

Vertical take-off and landing fighters can be operated as long as they are in the corresponding take-off and landing area, so multiple aircraft can take off at the same time. Soon, two J-31A aircraft and one Z-30 early warning aircraft were towed to the take-off point and prepared for take-off.

There was a roar on the deck.

Seeing the plane flying in the air, Vitalia hesitated: "Should we send a drone?"

It is such a waste to take off a manned fighter jet like this. This time, they did not bring a comprehensive supply ship with them. Every time the plane takes off and lands, a large amount of fuel is consumed.

In comparison, drones consume much less fuel.

(End of this chapter)