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Park Jung-jin's frown finally relaxed.

He felt that what Li Zaixing said made sense.

The other party should be accepting orders at a price even lower than the cost price, which is basically unsustainable.

Because the more you take, the more you lose!
Which company can afford to build like this?

Park Jung-jin felt that since Hyundai Heavy Industries paid US$1 million for a 20-ton tanker, it could only make a little more than %.

Then, Brother Long’s shipyard costs must be higher than mine.

They took on ten giant ships at once, and they estimated that if they did not raise the price and built the ships with all their might, the company would surely suffer losses and fall into serious difficulties.

If that's the case, then why bother getting anxious?

Why not just wait for them to self-destruct?

Park Jung-jin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Have you told those clients in the desert area?"

"You should explain the pros and cons to them."

"They handed the order to the Longguo shipyard. I estimate that by the end of the day, their first batch of payments will be wasted."

Li Zaixing smiled bitterly and said, "In order to win back their orders, I have already told them that."

“But they don’t care at all.”

"They said they believed in Brother Long."

“I don’t know what they believe.”

Park Jung-jin shook his head and said, "It's really unreasonable."

"For these people, wealth comes too easily, so they don't cherish it at all."

After Li Zaixing finished his work report, he was scolded and left.

Park Jung-jin suddenly remembered that Longguo's natural gas company seemed to be inviting global bids recently.

They are preparing to build seven large LNG carriers.

Currently, the bidding is in the stage of submitting materials.

This LNG ship is very expensive to build.

Several important shipyards in Bangbang will participate in the bidding.

The Bangbang family has only mastered the technology of LNG ship manufacturing for two or three years.

Among them, Hyundai Heavy Industries received the most LNG ships.

They built the LNG ship in cooperation with a French company, using the other party's technology.

To do this, they have to pay each other huge technology copyright fees for each ship.

This fee is about one-third of their profit.

But even so, Hyundai Heavy Industries has made a fortune from LNG ships.

Because the cost of building a ship is about 300 million US dollars.

The profit can reach about half.

The profit is really huge.

LNG ships can also be built in basins, but their cost is higher, about $100 million more.

In short, it is confusing.

How come Foot Basin suddenly lost its competitiveness in the shipbuilding industry?
This is something many people didn't expect.

It was as if an invisible hand was holding down the basin, preventing it from developing in a certain area.

Park Jung-jin knew this very well: Isn't it just that Dad is starting to be afraid of the foot basin, so he wants to suppress it?

Therefore, the competition between foot basins and sticks will not gain any advantage at all.

Park Jung-jin hopes to win the order for this batch of LNG ships from Longguo.

If we calculate it as $3 million per ship, this is a huge order of $21 billion.

Park Jung-jin picked up the phone and called Sun Xinmin, the bidding manager who was far away in Longguo.

At this time, Sun Xinmin was having dinner and drinking with an employee of Longguo Natural Gas Company in a restaurant.

He wants to find out more about the situation.

If you want to understand some basic information about the bidding, you need to find more connections.

Sun Xinmin had a hard time finding such a relationship.

The two of them chatted while eating.

Sun Xinmin heard a piece of news that surprised him: Longguo’s shipbuilding company would definitely participate in the bidding this time.

Moreover, more than one Longguo shipyard participated in the bidding.

Sun Xinmin has no idea what to do with this.

"Did your shipyard cooperate with the Jiaoben people?" Sun Xinmin asked.

The man smiled and said, "Why do you think we have to cooperate with the Foot Basin People?"

Sun Xinmin guessed again: "That means it's with the French chicken?"

The other party shook his head and said, "Don't guess."

"You probably also know that it is impossible for either French Chicken or Foot Basin to transfer or license the relevant technology."

“In fact, our shipyard has developed the key technology itself!”

“And our costs are lower too!”

"So, I think that this time, your bid will probably be in vain!"

Sun Xinmin was completely upset now.

Because he already knew that Longguo had made a breakthrough in giant oil tanker technology!

What? Even LNG ship technology has been broken through now?
“Why do I find it hard to believe it?”

“LNG ships are extremely technically difficult to build!”

“There are only a few countries in the world that have mastered this technology.”

"And our Big Bang is one of the ones that has mastered the core technology!"

Sun Xinmin forced himself to smile, trying to act arrogantly.

The other party smiled and said, "Don't think I don't know. You are just cooperating with French Chicken. You are just earning hard-earned money."

"But now, there is a great possibility that you won't even be able to earn your hard-earned money."

The other party is also full of confidence.

Sun Xinmin felt that the other party agreed to have dinner with him just to attack him and convey this message.

In short, Sun Xinmin felt very uncomfortable during this meal.

After dinner, Sun Xinmin was wondering whether to call General Manager Park Zhengjin immediately, and Park Zhengjin's call came in at this time.

Sun Xinmin quickly answered the phone.

"Sun Xinmin, I want to know what's going on over there now?"

Park Jung-jin's voice came from the microphone.

Sun Xinmin quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Park, I was just about to report to you."

"Because I just heard some shocking news."

"If this news is true, it will be a terrible nightmare for us!"

Park Jung-jin's heart sank: "Don't keep me in suspense! Just tell me what's going on!"

Sun Xinmin recounted the news he had just heard.

Park Jung-jin was also shocked when he heard this.

He was silent for a while.

He didn't want to believe this.

But, I really can’t help but believe it!
Because the lesson of the giant oil tanker incident is right in front of us!

"Are they using this information to maliciously lower our offer?" Park Jung-jin thought for a long time and finally said something.

Sun Xinmin quickly said: "I think there is this suspicion."

"Brother Long is also very cunning most of the time."

Park Jung-jin said, "Then go and investigate carefully to see whether this is true or false."

"If they are trying to use a smokescreen to lower our price, then we don't need to pay attention to them."

After the call ended, Sun Xinmin immediately took action and used various connections and channels to verify the matter.

Even the best journalists took advantage of it, trying to confirm whether the news was true or false.

However, after inquiring for several days, he himself did not get any definite news.

Because the bidding companies are kept confidential for the time being.

The companies participating in the bidding will only be announced on the day of the bid opening.

Park Jung-jin is also using his connections to conduct international investigations to see if there are any foreign companies that have cooperated with Long Ge's company.

After a thorough investigation, we did not find any company with LNG technology that would cooperate with Longguo Company.

At this point, Park Jung-jin should have come to the conclusion that Brother Long was throwing a smokescreen.

However, he was still uneasy in his heart.

Because the blow dealt to him by the giant oil tanker was really too great.

At this time, Park Jung-jin was actually reflecting on himself in his heart: he was too arrogant in the past.

He is a very elite person.

Of course he can't be a brainless person.

Brother Long has actually made many breakthroughs in many high-tech fields in recent years.

All the advanced technologies in the entire field of electronic technology are in Brother Long's hands.

Park Jung-jin simply couldn't accept it and pretended not to see it.

Park Jung-jin thought to himself that they had almost monopolized the field of electronic technology and were moving into the automotive industry.

So, now it should finally be the turn for shipbuilding?

When Park Jung-jin thought of this, he was filled with a sense of crisis.

He certainly didn't want Longguo to develop its own shipbuilding industry.

Because, with Dragon Country's huge size, terrifying population and organizational capabilities, if it wants to develop the shipbuilding industry, it is bound to be a matter of time.

Park Jung-jin thought so and made up his mind to participate in the bidding with a low price.

It is imperative to get hold of these orders from Longguo Natural Gas Company.

Even if Longguo really masters the construction of LNG ships, they are only in the exploratory stage. Their costs will definitely be higher, and they will also be slower to build and various problems will arise.

Park Jung-jin reported his work to his boss.

He consulted his boss, hoping to use a low-price dumping strategy to stifle the development of Longguo's LNG ships.

Hyundai's bosses have suffered heavy losses on giant oil tankers before.

He agreed with Park Jung-jin's idea.

He asked Park Jung-jin what price he was going to offer.

Park Jung-jin said that after careful consideration and calculation, a price of 2.7 million per LNG ship should be acceptable.

Dragon country's shipbuilding companies certainly cannot afford such a low bid.

The boss shook his head to indicate that it was not the case. If the Dragon people leaked some information inside, we would still be in the dark.

Therefore, we need to add more chips.

In terms of price, it can be directly reduced to US$2.5 million per ship.

This has squeezed their profits to the extreme.

Then, we need to find the relevant person in charge of energy at Longguo Natural Gas Company, promise him benefits, build a good relationship with him, and make them favor Hyundai Heavy Industries in the bidding.

Park Jung-jin was a little worried because he was afraid that if his actions were exposed, it would be a big scandal.

Moreover, the Chinese people seem to have always been very strict about anti-corruption.

The boss told Park Jung-jin that this could actually be done more covertly. Before the thing is done, a promise can be made first. When it is done in the future, the promise can be implemented abroad, and the other party's children can be helped to study abroad and settle down. Wouldn't that be fine?

Park Jung-jin hesitated for a long time, but still felt that what his boss said seemed to make sense.

In fact, doing H is really an art.

You have to find the right time, understand the other person's preferences, and even find out what the other person needs.

If you are not well prepared, there is a high probability that you will not be able to deal with the other party even if you have the money, because the other party will not dare to accept it at all.

However, after Park Jung-jin received instructions from his boss, he immediately took action.

He asked Sun Xinmin to increase the efforts to target the heads of relevant Dragon Country companies: visit them, cater to their interests, invite them to visit South Korea (so that they can be entertained), etc.

Anyway, their various operations were carried out in a very tight manner, one after another.

However, what disappointed Sun Xinmin was that apart from meeting the relevant person in charge once, there was no progress in other aspects.

Even if it was the office of the person in charge of the bidding party, there were several people to talk to at the time, and he had no chance to promise any benefits at all.

He has invited the other party to visit South Korea many times.

However, unfortunately, they said they needed to avoid suspicion and would not accept the bidder's hospitality.

Sun Xinmin reported the relevant situation to Park Zhengjin.

Park Jung-jin saw that the time for bidding was almost up.

He thought to himself, it seems that it is no longer realistic to rely on external means to get this big contract.

Then we can only use the low-price strategy to win the bid.

Well! You can also add a clause in the bid: Hyundai Heavy Industries can form a joint venture with Longguo Shipyard to jointly produce related LNG ships.

In short, Hyundai Heavy Industries has really made great efforts to obtain these seven LNG ships.

In the blink of an eye, it was early April 1984.

That morning, Longguo Natural Gas Company held a public bidding ceremony for seven LNG ships.

All the bidders went.

Park Jung-jin himself also arrived at the scene in person.

Several other great large shipbuilding companies also arrived on the scene.

In addition, there are several companies that make foot basins.

As for Long Guo, there were as many as 6 shipyards that submitted bids.

This surprised Park Jung-jin a little.

LNG can be said to be the top jewel in the shipbuilding industry.

Even the sticks have only been made a few years ago.

How come there are so many companies in Long Guo that can actually produce LNG?

This is really unbelievable!
By the way, Li Gewen, the head of the Magic City Shipyard, also came to the bidding ceremony.

He took a look at the situation at the bidding site and found that all the companies in the world that could produce LNG had come.

He was quite a little nervous.

This is because Dragon Country’s shipbuilders have only just mastered the LNG construction technology and have not yet built a single ship.

Are we now competing with the world's advanced shipbuilding companies?
In the past, when he faced those giant shipbuilding companies in South Korea, he always looked up at them and saluted them!
He was still very timid in his heart.

However, now we are fighting at home, and there is a rule for this bidding: when the difference in the base price is within one million US dollars, Longguo enterprises can have priority in winning the bid.

This is actually taking care of domestic enterprises.

With the help of Wang Haoran, Shanghai Shipyard has actually calculated the manufacturing cost of LNG. The manufacturing cost of a ship is about 1.2 million US dollars. Its cost is indeed much higher than that of an oil tanker.

Therefore, after the meeting, Li Gewen finally decided to set the reserve price at 1.9 million US dollars for this bid.

This price is the lowest ever seen in past LNG market bidding conferences.

Even when an LNG ship is the cheapest, it still costs more than $2 million.

But what if the Korean companies go crazy and try to compete by offering low prices?

This is what Li Gewen is worried about now.

However, according to estimates, the cost of building an LNG ship by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the most powerful shipyard in South Korea, is about $1.4 million. Their cost is much higher than the manufacturing cost of Shanghai Shipyard itself.

The most critical thing is that the technology for South Korea’s LNG ships is almost entirely provided by foreign countries, and they have to pay expensive patent copyright fees.

This is also a huge cost.

After much thought, Li Gewen felt that the price of 1.9 million yuan he offered was relatively appropriate.

At 9 am, the bidding opening ceremony officially began.

The first to bid were several shipbuilders in Jiaoba. Their bids were higher than the others, all above $3 million... (End of this chapter)