1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2413
Of course, Liang Liping did not use the Miaoli region proposed by Lu Zhanpeng as a fixed route destination in the early stage in her original plan, but after listening to the situation introduced by Lu Zhanpeng, she also agreed that this area may have certain development prospects in the future, and if the immediate Investing resources to start operations may really have a chance to monopolize the local shipping industry.

But the problem is that the capital and personnel she can invest in this business plan in the early stage are relatively limited. In order to gain a firm foothold in the industry and make profits as soon as possible, she must give priority to those companies with sufficient business volume and controllable transportation costs. port as destination.The special cargo produced in Miaoli not only has certain requirements on the conditions of the shipping vessel, but even the crew responsible for loading and unloading the cargo must first receive training in transporting chemical products. These links will invisibly increase the transportation cost a lot.

If Liang Liping's shipping company can meet these special transportation requirements, then there is indeed an opportunity to take care of these transportation business, but Lu Zhanpeng lacks detailed data on local transportation needs, and Liang Liping naturally will not risk his own business.This cooperation plan had only just started, so it had to come to an abrupt end.

However, Lu Zhanpeng was not frustrated by this. He hoped that Yu Feng and Liang Liping would give him some more time. On the one hand, he would use his own channels to understand the local situation in Miaoli, and on the other hand, he would also talk to his wife again. Is it possible to buy shares in the shipping company of Yu Feng and his wife at their own expense?

"Don't force it too much, family harmony comes first." Yu Feng teased with a suppressed smile, "It's fine if your wife disagrees. We can think about other cooperation projects in the future."

Lu Zhanpeng was not willing to show weakness, and immediately retorted: "Old Yu, don't underestimate people, I have always been the master of our family's major affairs!"

"So your family shouldn't have any serious problems." Yu Feng mercilessly exposed Lu Zhanpeng's words: "I've been here for more than ten years, have you ever been in charge of your family's affairs?"

The two knew each other well, and Lu Zhanpeng knew that he couldn't justify himself, so he had no choice but to skip this topic first, and sighed: "Yes, we have been here for 12 years, and you and I are almost forty. I don’t know if there is still time to realize those great wishes I made when I participated in the time-traveling!”

Both of them are from engineering background, one major is machinery and the other is petrochemical. Like most of their companions, after coming to this time and space, they still can only engage in the profession they are most familiar with.However, with the professional knowledge and skills they have mastered, it is very likely that they will all become masters in their respective fields and be admired by future generations.

But time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Although they have made great achievements in their respective fields, they seem to be far from reaching the various goals envisioned when they participated in the operation.Yu Feng still failed to produce a mass-producible internal combustion engine, and the oil refining project that Lu Zhanpeng was in charge of had also failed to reach the ideal production state.Even if they all know that as long as they can overcome the technical difficulties at hand, Haihan's national strength can be greatly improved and they can become national heroes with a long history, but they still have to be constrained by the objective environment, and they can only do it one by one. Move slowly towards the target.

Hearing the old friend's words, Yu Feng also responded with emotion: "Sometimes I also wonder whether our generation will not be able to make a real breakthrough in the process of industrialization, and we have to wait until the next generation. Or the next generation will be able to barely complete the goals we set out."

Kong has the taste of being capable but unable to realize it. They have tasted it many times over the years, and the vigor of their youth is being smoothed by reality bit by bit.Although in the hearts of the people of this time and space, they are omnipotent, almost god-like existences, but only they know that there are still countless difficulties blocking the way forward, and they may not be able to overcome these difficulties in their entire lives. All obstacles are cleared away.

But Liang Liping, who is also a time traveler, has a more thorough understanding of this situation, so she heard her say: "Before you retire, you two elders will start to look back on your life with sorrow and sorrow. Think about what to do next!"

"We're just expressing a few words, and it's not that we don't do things." Yu Feng hurriedly argued for himself and Lu Zhanpeng: "Next, I'll visit Ning Qi, and you go to Schneider. straighten out."

"Wait." Lu Zhanpeng was a little confused: "Why is there still something about Ning Qi and Schneider here?"

"Everything is different." Yu Feng had no choice but to explain to him: "I plan to find Ning Qi and ask some more recent graduates to learn engine repair and maintenance from me. As for Schneider, I want her to negotiate a loan. It's about the shipping company."

At this time, Yu Feng's youngest daughter was calling out, Liang Liping didn't have the heart to continue chatting with them, and got up to take care of the child.

Lu Zhanpeng went on to say: "If you ask for people from Ning Qi, at most they will give you a few junior high school graduates. With that level of knowledge, you need to learn engine-related things. The training period may be very long. This is not a steam engine. The mechanical principles and structures are much more complicated, and if people are stupid, they may not be able to learn it for three to five months."

"That's something I can't help. I can't get someone who can go to high school, or be selected by the Ministry of Industry after graduating from junior high school!" Yu Feng sighed and said, "Although junior high school students have poor foundation, if It is not impossible to only learn maintenance and repair. Look at the car repair shops in the city before, how many car repair mechanics are people who have not finished middle school, and they can learn the same thing slowly. It is nothing more than accumulated experience. I just have to be more patient and teach slowly.”

Lu Zhanpeng said: "Actually, I have an idea, maybe I can mention it to Ning Qi."

"Tell me and listen."

"We went to talk to Ning Qi and asked the local junior high school in Sanya to hold a second class. Students can choose courses they are interested in, such as mechanical majors or petrochemical majors. We can talk about some simple professional knowledge to attract interest. Interested students, and then carry out directional training." Lu Zhanpeng explained his thoughts concisely.

Yu Feng frowned and said, "Then you and I will be the lecturers in person? Besides, you don't have to go to the lectures directly. As a teacher, you are not allowed to prepare lessons in advance? Maybe you have to write the textbooks yourself, and we don't have that much time. What do you think? Can this work be done?"

"This..." Lu Zhanpeng also felt that what Yu Feng said was reasonable, and his own considerations seemed to be insufficient.

Although the two of them have been mentoring apprentices all these years, they have never given lectures in school as teachers. They basically lead apprentices to practice while imparting professional knowledge.As for the professional teaching materials needed for teaching, there is no such thing on the market at all, and Lu Zhanpeng's idea died as soon as he came up with it.

The two had no choice but to abandon this topic and began to discuss the technical details of the diesel engine that Yu Feng was currently preparing to manufacture.

Yu Feng had drawings of many kinds of engines in his hands, and he planned to start with a single-cylinder diesel engine with a relatively simple structure, and try to produce a prototype with a small horsepower.This thing has a wide range of uses, and it can greatly improve efficiency and production capacity in transportation, loading and unloading, mines, industrial production, etc.

Although Yu Feng has a ready-made manufacturing plan in hand, there are still many technical details that need to be sorted out slowly during the period from processing and assembly to later test operation.Yu Feng did not have the conditions to concentrate all the existing technical strength of the Ministry of Industry into his own hands, so he could only rely on himself to figure out and solve the various problems he would encounter in the process.

This day's sea fishing activity only lasted until the afternoon and ended hastily, but the fish the two caught had far exceeded their recent needs for fish ingredients, so Yu Feng decided to distribute part of it to his subordinates Several of the crew members, and some are arranged to be transported to their own machinery factory as the employees' food tomorrow.

After saying goodbye to Lu Zhanpeng's family on the pier, Yu Feng and Liang Liping did not go home directly, but asked the nanny and guards to take their children home first, and they were going to a pre-arranged meeting.

Yu Feng and his wife came to a restaurant in the city by carriage. Liang Liping had already reserved a private room here in advance to entertain an important guest.

Not long after they entered the private room and sat down, the guests arrived.The couple stood up to greet each other, but when the visitor saw this, he bowed quickly and said: "You two don't have to be so polite, I can't afford it!"

"Respect the old and respect the virtuous, that's the way it should be. Mr. Zhang, please sit down!" Yu Feng politely stretched out his hand as an invitation gesture.

The person who came was Zhang Tiangui, the person in charge of the Sanya Shipyard. Given his age and experience in Haihan, he indeed deserved this respect. Moment's words and deeds.Zhang Tiangui sat down after a few words of politeness.

It was not the first time that the two parties had dealt with each other, but it was the first time they sat together for a meal. Zhang Tiangui also understood the reason why the couple entertained him. The old man has carefully calculated what the old man said."

Yu Feng and his wife stopped the chopsticks in their hands when they heard the words, looked at Zhang Tiangui, and waited for him to say the following.

Then I heard Zhang Tiangui continue to say: "If you want to order eight Yugong-class sailboats at Sanya Shipyard at a time according to Director Liang's request, then you may need to divide them into four batches for delivery, with two ships in each batch. The entire delivery period will take at least two years. .”

"That is to say, the order for these eight ships will not be completed until this time next year?" Liang Liping frowned slightly after hearing this, but still confirmed the more important time to Zhang Tiangui.

Zhang Tiangui nodded and said: "The two of you will definitely feel that the delivery period is too long, but there is really no way. The current tasks of Sanya Shipyard have already been scheduled for the next year, and most of them are official tasks. I signed the contract in black and white, and I dare not break the contract easily. The two of you can come to the shipyard to check the construction arrangement of the civilian ship at any time. Wait another year and a half."

In fact, there is no need to go to the shipyard to check the construction arrangements of civilian ships. The two also know that what Zhang Tiangui said is basically true.Liang Liping has to deal with various shipping companies almost every day in her current job. Naturally, she knows that many big shipping companies are ordering new ships almost every year.What's more, Sanya Shipyard still has to undertake shipbuilding orders from official departments such as the Ministry of Shipping, so it is naturally difficult for the shipyard's production capacity to meet the demand.

If it wasn't for their special identities, and Liang Liping said that he could pay the ship in one lump sum, then the delivery time might not be just two or three years.

Liang Liping said: "Mr. Zhang, is there any way for us to get these ships as quickly as possible?"

Zhang Tiangui hesitated for a moment, but still responded: "There is a way, but I think it may not be suitable for you two."

Yu Feng hurriedly said: "It's okay, Mr. Zhang will talk about it first and listen."

Zhang Tiangui said: "The easiest way is to directly add money to buy a ship that is under construction by another company, but this is probably not a deal that can be concluded by just adding a thousand or eight hundred."

Liang Liping did not make a sound, but judging from her expression, it was obvious that she did not agree with this method.She originally planned to use a loan to order this batch of cargo ships. The longer the delivery period, the more interest she will have to pay, but if she needs to add money to buy someone else's order, I am afraid that the extra money paid will be more than the interest on the loan. up.

Zhang Tiangui observed the situation and continued: "There is another way, that is, the Sanya shipyard will come forward and entrust the orders to shipyards in various places to build separately, so that the delivery period may be shortened to about one year at the earliest."

Yu Feng asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by entrusting the construction? Subcontracting the shipbuilding order?"

Zhang Tiangui nodded and admitted his statement: "This is roughly what it means. The order will be taken by Sanya Shipyard, but the specific construction work will be jointly completed by multiple shipyards."

Liang Liping said: "Then has the shipbuilding cost changed?"

Zhang Tiangui said: "Naturally, it will be carried out according to the price we negotiated before."

Liang Liping did not respond immediately, but calculated the pros and cons of this matter in her heart.Haihan currently has at least [-] or [-] shipyards, large and small, but those with the technical ability to build Yugong-class sailboats must be state-owned shipyards, so there are only seven or eight.And the shipyards in other places are indeed not as busy as the Sanya Shipyard. If several shipyards can start construction at the same time, the order for these eight ships may not be delivered within a year.

Although in terms of time, such an operation can shorten the delivery time, there are also some other problems.For example, the technical strength of other shipyards is definitely not as good as the Sanya Shipyard where Zhang Tiangui is in charge, and the finished products may be somewhat different in quality.In addition, the quotations of other shipyards must be lower than those of the most famous shipyard in Sanya. Zhang Tiangui subcontracted the order, but still collected the money according to the previous quotation. This is somewhat disadvantageous for the shipowner.

(End of this chapter)