Great warships

Chapter 1265: Wanting the Horse to Run but Not Allowing It to Eat Grass
Tianchuan Heavy Industry.

dong dong!

Xia Yu knocked on the door of this familiar office. For some reason, every time she came in, she always felt scared. Logically, she was already a veteran in the business world and should not be afraid of a young boy who was still wet behind the ears. But for some reason, she always felt uneasy in her heart.

"Boss Qin, you're looking for me?"

“Does the group have a plan for its next development?”

"At present, the direction we are discussing is to continue our group's original projects, while developing new products, focusing on the mining of methane hydrate."

Qin Haiyang's eyes lit up: "Yes, this plan is feasible!"

Tianchuan Heavy Industry originally built offshore drilling platforms, so there is no need to abandon these expertise to do other things. However, if they only build these ordinary platforms, it will not be able to demonstrate the strength of Tianchuan Heavy Industry.

Therefore, Xia Yu's brain cells were almost dying before everyone worked together to come up with the idea of ​​combustible ice.

The mining of methane hydrate also requires the construction of drilling platforms at sea, which is their strong point, but the mining of this thing is very difficult and requires a large amount of investment. Since they sold eight drilling platforms at a high price, they have sufficient funds to engage in the research and development of these technologies.

However, Xia Yu didn’t think Qin Haiyang would agree. After all, the mining of methane hydrate was too difficult!

Combustible ice is ice that can burn. This is not nonsense. It can burn because its main component is methane, which is the same substance as natural gas. At the same time, at a depth of less than two thousand meters, it is surrounded by water and becomes a substance that looks very similar to ice.

The East lacks oil and natural gas, or the demand is too great, and its own production is not enough, so it has to import from outside. However, under the waters of the motherland, there is a large amount of combustible ice. If this thing can be mined, we will be able to achieve self-sufficiency in natural gas in the future and even export it.

But... mining is not easy! Many people in Tianchuan Heavy Industry don't think they have the ability to do this, but they have to brag first. After all, Mr. Qin doesn't agree with those ordinary ones.

Xia Yu originally thought that Qin Haiyang didn't like her and was deliberately targeting her, but unexpectedly, Qin Haiyang actually nodded in agreement!

"Next, we will set up a special research and development institution to develop the technology for mining methane hydrate. We can also invite some experts and professors here." Qin Haiyang spoke according to his own ideas.

Xia Yu hurriedly took notes, feeling excited. As long as the project was finalized, Director Qin would go back. As long as Director Qin left, she would have the final say in that day's Shipbuilding Heavy Industry!

Qin Haiyang finished speaking and took a sip of water.

Xia Yu was thinking about whether to take this opportunity to say something, but Qin Haiyang had already put down his cup and continued, "By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

"what's up?"

"Seadrill has closed down."

B?
Xia Yu suddenly felt a little uneasy. She forced a smile and said, "This company maliciously breached the contract and almost bankrupted our group. Such a company should be closed down!"

"Yes, a company like this should have closed down long ago. Unfortunately, the so-called asking God to punish them is just empty talk. If we want to punish them, we have to do it ourselves. This time, the two of us cooperated well, and with our joint efforts, we finally closed down this company."

Working together?

Xia Yu suddenly panicked: "Mr. Qin, I don't know what you are talking about."

"As the insider of the group, you have been in contact with Seadrill. Later, when their company came to purchase, it was with your help that they chose the Arctic route. If they had not taken the Arctic route, the company would not have gone bankrupt, so, it's all thanks to you."

Snapped!
The folder in Xia Yu's hand fell to the ground and she was very panicked.

Director Qin knew everything! From the beginning, Director Qin had been using me!

At the beginning, Mr. Qin told me that the Arctic route was the shortest and could shorten the time, so I must not let the Norwegians take the Arctic route! These words were actually specifically said to the Norwegians!

How to do how to do?
Xia Yu was confused and told the Norwegians that he longed for Norway and was just being used by Mr. Qin?

No, of course not. Even if I said that, the Norwegians would not believe me. They have been cheated badly, and their company has gone bankrupt. How could they still listen to my explanation?

Pfft!
Xia Yu knelt down: "Director Qin, I..."

"What are you doing? Get up quickly. We have worked closely together before and we will continue to work closely together in the future. I will be leaving soon. From now on, the group will be left to you to manage."

What does Mr. Qin mean by this? Let bygones be bygones?

Xia Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Qin, don't worry, I will definitely follow you well in the future!"

"Go!"

"Yes."

Looking at Xia Yu's leaving back, Qin Haiyang's eyes were complicated.

Betrayers can never be forgiven. Once this happens for the first time, it will happen countless times! Just like a gambler, once he gambles, he will do it countless times. No matter how many times he cries, he cannot be trusted.

But wouldn't it be better to let her die at the hands of the people she was loyal to, rather than having to do it herself?

After returning to the general manager's office, Xia Yu was still a little absent-minded. Suddenly, his cell phone rang and there was a text message.

Tonight at 8pm, Muse Bar.

Just a few simple words made Xia Yu's hands tremble slightly. Are you going?
Of course she can't go. Seadrill has gone bankrupt and she is still a suspect. If she goes, can she get out alive?
However, there is another line of words below.

If you don't come, tomorrow, all your evidence will be made public.

If she didn't go, she would be betrayed by the Norwegians, and everything she had done before would be exposed. Even if Qin Haiyang didn't pursue the matter, she would not be able to continue to stay in the company.

These Norwegians are actually threatening her! If she had known earlier, she would not have cooperated with the Norwegians. These Westerners would never keep their promises and would only use her.

At this time, Xia Yu had already begun to regret, but unfortunately there was no medicine for regret!

She had a very torturous day. She was afraid of the coming of night, but it was still dark outside. She lingered in the office until half past seven, and finally went downstairs reluctantly, drove her own Cadillac, and came to the Muse Bar.

She remembered that she had met the Norwegians in this bar, and then agreed to their request. After that, Tianchuan Heavy Industry signed the contract, and then...

When she reached the door, she hesitated, not knowing whether to go in, when a cold voice came from behind her.

"Since you're here, why don't you go in?"

"me……"

Suddenly, a towel covered her mouth, and she struggled a few times before her body went limp.

Two big men dragged her into an MPV nearby.

"Humph, this bitch! It's all her fault! Doesn't she like us Western men? Let her have her fill tonight, and then..."

Mingzhou Group.

"It's true that you are using someone else's knife to kill someone. Haiyang really has your style." Xu Zhengyang said, "Boss Qin... I'm sorry, I said it wrong. It's the disciple who surpasses the master."

Seeing Qin Tao rolling his eyes at him, Xu Zhengyang immediately changed his words.

"Well, those people actually dared to bully us Orientals. How despicable! Fortunately, the law is long and nothing can escape it. At the last minute, relevant personnel arrived and brought these evildoers to justice." Qin Tao nodded: "This matter has come to an end."

"It's not over yet. The fleet in the Arctic is still moving slowly. The plan to mine methane hydrate in the ocean has just begun."

"The Russians are too good. They took those guys deep into the Arctic and they didn't even know about it."

Why is the ice getting thicker? Of course, it is because it is getting deeper into the Arctic. Although every ship has a satellite navigation system, once the jammer on the Fifty Years of Victory is turned on, all satellite navigation systems will be out of service.

In fact, it is also possible to use starlight for positioning, which is also a compulsory course for almost all crew members. However, after getting used to using electronic devices, no one is willing to go through this trouble again.

Naturally, the maritime satellite phones were also interfered with and could not work properly. They all thought it was a magnetic storm.

Once Seadrill has completed all the bankruptcy procedures, the fleet will be able to continue its journey and reach Norwegian waters. Unfortunately, it is doomed to be unusable.

These rigs will be auctioned off to offset Seadrill's debts, but energy prices will fall again, so who would use them? Even their own company, Equinox, is unwilling to use them, so they might be auctioned off for scrap metal, and the Russians could get a bargain.

Anyone who wants to bring disaster to us in the East must not have a good end!

"By the way, where's Haiyang?" Qin Tao asked, "After the crisis at Tianchuan Heavy Industry is resolved, should he go back to school?"

"Yeah." Xu Zhengyang said, "I thought he was reluctant to leave, but I didn't expect that after arranging all this, he actually went back to school."

Qin Haiyang changed out of his suit, tie and leather shoes, put on his school uniform again, rode his mountain bike to school like everyone else. The words "Capital No. 4 Middle School" were very conspicuous on his school uniform.

When I rode to the school gate, I happened to meet several classmates.

"Ocean, you're back again?"

"Yeah, Ocean, where have you been for so long?"

"Everyone thought you weren't coming. I heard your father is very rich."

"My dad? My dad is just an ordinary military officer who works in Huanglou." Qin Haiyang said, "With his salary, he can't even afford a house in the capital. I still have to rely on my own efforts. Come on, where are we in this round of review? Tell me."

Qin Haiyang rode his bicycle and entered the campus again. He seemed exactly the same as everyone else. However, in a hidden place, there was always someone quietly watching him and protecting his safety.

Hearing Xu Zhengyang's answer, Qin Tao nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it seems that he also knows that if you want to manage a company and a group well, you can't do it without culture. The future era belongs to the era of knowledge explosion. If he only has a high school education, he won't be able to clean the streets in the future."

Xu Zhengyang was a little curious: "Boss Qin, do cleaners need higher education?"

Qin Tao smiled and said, you haven't seen it before, so many college students, even doctoral students, competing for a regular job, a street worker, a cleaner, a director of a public toilet, they all have high education.

At this moment, Qin Tao's cell phone rang. Looking at the familiar number on it, he pressed the answer button, and a person's avatar appeared on his phone.

"Nicholas, are you in the office?"

"Yes, I'm still busy working. I've been working till now last night. Is it already light over there?"

"Yes, Nikolai, what are you doing?"

"Busy with the nuclear submarine repair project." Nikolai said: "The higher-ups have decided to hand over a sealed 949 nuclear submarine to your Mingzhou Group for repair and upgrade. Currently, they believe that the Irkutsk nuclear submarine is the most suitable."

Qin Tao was stunned: "What did you say? Are you really going to let us repair and upgrade it? Is there no one in your country who objects?"

The Russians have always attached great importance to nuclear submarines, and even believed that nuclear submarines have a higher priority than surface ships. Among the Russian surface ships, there are only four Kiev-class warships with a displacement of 40,000 tons, but there are as many as six Typhoon-class underwater ships!

Even if it is the Type 949, its underwater displacement is more than tons!
As for the Irkutsk nuclear submarine, it is the second one of the 949A type. Its construction started in 1985 and it was launched into service in 1987. Within a few years, the Red Empire collapsed. This nuclear submarine was lucky enough and was sealed up within a few years.

To say that it is lucky is of course only compared to its predecessor. The Orenburg was retired in 98, but this one at least can be preserved.

If it is kept until now, all the above technologies are already outdated, and there is nothing to leak. After all, even the Granite anti-ship missiles above have no deterrent effect.

Therefore, the Russians plan to hand over this type of submarine to the Orientals for repair, because they have discovered that if they hand it over to their own companies for repair, the submarine will probably never be able to return to service.

A lot of money was spent, but in the end there was not even a response. How could the Russians accept this?

"Yes, there are people who object, but what's the point?" Nikolai said, "Everyone knows the inside story of the Smolensk's repair now. Our own domestic ship repair companies are rotten to the core. It is only realistic to hand it over to you."

"But..." Qin Tao still felt it was unrealistic. The Russians regarded nuclear submarines as treasures, especially Oscar-class nuclear submarines, which were special anti-aircraft carrier weapons! The Russians actually wanted to hand over this kind of submarine to their own side for repair?
"However, considering the possible leakage problem, many people now hope to have it repaired in our country."

Qin Tao was even more curious. He wanted to hand it over to our Mingzhou Group for repair, and he also wanted to repair it in your country, unless...

"The safest way at the moment is for your Mingzhou Group to purchase a shipyard here, and then have this shipyard be responsible for the repairs." Nicholas said, "It would be best if the workers used were from here."

Qin Tao reacted instantly: "That's impossible."

What a joke, let them Mingzhou Group go to Russia and open a shipyard? Investing a large amount of money and hiring a large number of Russians, what can they get?
"why?"

"You just said that your place is rotten. If I go there and buy a shipyard, what about the water and electricity? If I don't feed the people in charge of water and electricity, my shipyard will be in danger of water and power outages at any time."

Of course Qin Tao couldn't say that he didn't want to go, he had to find objective reasons.

"Let's talk about hiring workers. Do you have any skilled workers in Russia? The skilled ones have already left. The remaining ones are all novices. Can they repair submarines? If they disassemble a submarine and then reassemble it, there will be extra parts."

"Besides, your workers are used to being lazy. Can they stand strict discipline? Our workers are guaranteed to work eight hours a day and often work overtime. What about your workers? During the eight-hour workday, they are always slacking off. Once they get off work, you can't see them. They all go to the bar."

"Finally, let me talk about the supply chain. This is the most important issue." Qin Tao said: "The low cost of our products produced in the East is not only due to our cheap labor, but also to our complete supply chain. Let me give you a simple example."

Qin Tao looked at the person in the video on the other side and said, "For example, if we find that a certain part is damaged after disassembly and needs to be replaced, we can directly order it from the manufacturer online. The manufacturer will arrange production and, if it is fast, it can be shipped to us in one day. With our convenient domestic express delivery conditions, the goods can arrive in one day, which means that the damaged part can be replaced with a new one in two days."

"What about you? If a broken part appears on your side, you have to call the relevant production unit. But where is the production unit? We don't know how many people are left. It may take a month or even half a year to produce a part, and there is no guarantee that the part is qualified. If we repair it on your side, the efficiency will still be very low."

"Nikola, my friend, you should understand, right? Over the years, your shipbuilding industry has been ruined. It is very slow for you to build new ships, and even slower for you to repair old ships. This is definitely not something that can be solved by the few people in charge in the past." Qin Tao continued, "So, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."

"Okay." Nicholas nodded: "Then I'll hang up. Let's talk later."

Nicholas put down the phone and looked at the person in front of him: "Dear leader, do you understand? We have no foundation here, everything here is rotten, and it is not so easy to revitalize it. Mingzhou Group will not do this. Therefore, it is meaningless to use the purchase cost of the shipyard in exchange for the repair cost."

The person in the seat had a simple idea. They wanted to ask the Orientals to help with the repairs, but they had to do it in their own country. In this way, they had to purchase a shipyard from their own country, and use the purchase cost to replace the repair cost. It was equivalent to asking the Minnesota Group to help repair the submarine without spending any money, and it would also create jobs.

They are not stupid, why should they help us like this?
Over the years, the domestic shipbuilding industry has been subsidized. How much money has been subsidized? What is the result? All of it went into the pockets of certain people. The tasks that should have been completed were not completed at all. In the end, they failed to deliver, so they set fire to it!

"It seems that we have no choice but to hand over the submarine to them." The leader nodded: "Let them find the Ruby Design Bureau first to discuss how to modify it."

(End of this chapter)