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Monday morning.

Sioux City arrived at COSCO Shipyard's main factory in the port within the agreed time.

To build a LNG ship, no matter what political strategy is adopted, it must be implemented in production.The current production capacity of Dahua Shipbuilding is acceptable, but it is mainly engaged in offshore drilling platforms. They have already received a small number of foreign orders. In addition, the Seitan Oilfield is still under development, and the production tasks are very tight. There are almost no margin.

Because of this, Dahua Industrial handed over quasi-high-end business such as FPSO offshore floating production storage tankers to COSCO Shipyard. After a few years, it can be regarded as cultivating an Asian-level marine equipment manufacturing company.It can be said that if there is any company in China that can recruit a large number of senior shipbuilders, it is COSCO Shipyard.

It took almost 2 hours from the headquarters of Dahua Industrial to the factory of COSCO Shipyard.Sioux City set off at 8 o'clock, and it was almost 10 o'clock when we arrived at the place.

When He Han, He Yuwei, Hu Jian and others heard that he was coming soon, they all gathered at the gate and waited.

Whether it is the competition with Changning Infrastructure or the actual interest disputes, COSCO Shipyard relies on Dahua Industrial for many places, and its attitude is naturally different.

After getting off the car, the first thing Su Cheng saw was Hu Jian's Fu Chengtou.

The so-called Fu Chengtou is Aaron Kwok's representative hairstyle.The front face is divided into four and six parts, and the back of the head is shaved into a round mushroom shape. If you look at it from the perspective of post-00s, it can only be described as cute.And in the early 90s, it was still pretty trendy.

In China, teenagers are always the ones who pursue fashion, and Sioux City hangs out with a group of middle-aged and elderly people every day.Thinking is naturally aging. Seeing the 40-year-old Hu Jian wearing such a hairstyle, he can't help but slow down.

Hu Jian is a smart and sensitive Shanghainese. When he saw Su Cheng paying attention to his Fu Chengtou, his face blushed and he coughed twice.

He Han and Su Cheng shook hands lightly, and said with a familiar smile: "Welcome Director Su to inspect the work, it's really a good thing."

"I'm not a superior leader, Minister He, don't flatter me. Good things come in pairs, what two good things are they?" Because He Han is a cadre at the deputy ministerial level.Su Cheng used the minister to tease him, which was a joke between him and He Han.

"The first good thing, of course, is the arrival of Mr. Su, who is full of glory." He Han praised again, then pointed at Hu Jian, and said with a smile: "The second good thing is our Manager Hu, Lao Shu Twig-shooting, weekend bride, grad student just out of school. Somehow fell in love with him, look. Changed hairdos."

The two parties are already quite familiar with each other, and a few words not only explained Hu Jian's rich city head, but also quickly eliminated the strangeness.

Su Cheng laughed, shook hands with Hu Jian and He Yuwei in sequence, and "complained" at the same time: "Manager Hu is newly married, why didn't he inform me, could it be Jinwu Zangjiao?"

"Don't dare to bother Director Su, let's talk about it. We didn't book a restaurant, just held the ceremony in the factory building, and had fun with the workers." Hu Jian smiled happily.The loss of his wife in middle age had dealt him a great blow, but now he has recovered.

Su Cheng snack was surprised: "The wedding was held in the factory of COSCO Shipping? Manager Hu is really avant-garde."

"The restaurant is too expensive, and there are too many jobs in the factory. We agreed not to make a fuss, but just to make a formality in the workshop." Hu Jian chuckled.Said: "A money-saving wife is a treasure."

"It's amazing that Manager Hu and the workers get along well together." Su Cheng gave a thumbs up.Since the first meeting, Sioux City had a very good impression of Hu Jian, and it deepened his affection at this time.

COSCO Shipping is a large state-owned enterprise at the vice-ministerial level.Hu Jian's manager actually has deputy department-level treatment, and his real power in the factory is even more prestigious.In terms of the domestic situation, managers of state-owned enterprises like Hu Jian are already standard officials. Not only does it cost nothing to get married, but they may even make a fortune.If it weren't for his strong self-discipline, he wouldn't have made this choice.

Interrupted by this incident, several people talked and laughed.

After a while, Su Cheng said casually: "Dahua Industry has asked Halliburton to purchase the shares of Dahua Shipbuilding, and President Brown is inclined to agree."

"Dahua is going to withdraw from the joint venture?" The privatization of Dahua is very private, and He Han really doesn't know.He said in disbelief: "Halliburton is a Fortune [-] multinational company. How can you cut off contact with them?"

The joint venture between Dahua Industrial and Halliburton is Dahua Shipbuilding, and COSCO Shipping and Halliburton also have joint venture factories. They can acquire Changning Infrastructure and Shanghai Ocean Shipping, which is quite similar to Halliburton's joint venture. relation.Over the past few years, COSCO Shipyard has been involved in offshore equipment manufacturing through fpso, and has made a lot of money, and has been praised by Shangfeng for several consecutive years.He Han is also somewhat proud of this point, so at first hearing that Sioux City is going to end the joint venture relationship with Halliburton, it really doesn't make sense.

Su Cheng said with a relaxed smile: "The cooperative relationship between Dahua Industry and Halliburton will not change, and it may be possible to get closer. However, the joint venture Dahua Shipbuilding has indeed encountered some bottlenecks in terms of technology development. We We have started to make technical reserves for the fourth and fifth generation offshore drilling platforms, but neither Dahua Industrial nor Halliburton are used to handing over technology patents to a joint venture. Therefore, it is more appropriate to separate now.”

He didn't mention the LNG ship, but from Halliburton's point of view.

As a world-class technical service provider, Halliburton will certainly not share important patents with Dahua Shipbuilding.This also means that their technical cooperation will be limited to a relatively low-end level.For example, the second-generation and second-and-a-half-generation offshore drilling platforms are the targets selected by Halliburton. When Dahua Shipbuilding achieved the third-generation drilling platform, their attitude was already very reluctant. The fourth-generation drilling platform will almost certainly not compete with Dahua. The shipping industry went on.

Dahua Shipbuilding's technological progress has exceeded Halliburton's expectations, and orders from Seitan Oilfield are also tending to decrease.At this time, Halliburton does have plans to sell Dahua Shipbuilding.

He Yuwei asked from the side: "Are you going to separately develop the fourth-generation and fifth-generation offshore drilling platforms?"

"Drilling platforms are one of the goals. Our goals are different from those of Halliburton. The offshore drilling platforms made by Halliburton mainly serve traditional hot areas such as the Middle East, and Dahua Industrial will not join in the fun."

He Han smiled and said: "The competition between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico is too fierce. The Halliburton family has a big business, and it is impossible not to intervene."

He Han talked to himself, and seemed to understand Su Cheng's thoughts, and said: "It seems that Dahua Industrial's income in the Soviet Union is very rich. With the current total assets of Dahua Shipbuilding, it may be hundreds of millions."

The main assets of Dahua Shipbuilding include two foreign shipping companies acquired from Germany and the Netherlands, in addition to the capital contribution made by the two parties three years ago.When it comes to the total amount, it can indeed be several hundred million.

Su Cheng simply explained: "We plan to divest some assets, and the acquisition funds are limited to tens of millions."

In the current international environment, ordinary ship orders are basically unprofitable and just to maintain the livelihood of enterprises.It will not be until after [-] that the shipbuilding industry shows signs of recovery.

It was only 1992 at this time, and the ice age of the international shipping industry was in the ascendant. Sioux City divested most of the ordinary business in a timely manner, which could not only reduce the acquisition cost, but also reduce future expenditures, killing two birds with one stone.

For Halliburton, this kind of acquisition plan is also in their interests, so the two sides talked very happily.

However, He Yuwei understood Su Cheng's meaning, and asked immediately after the topic just now: "Su Dong, you said that the drilling platform is one of Dahua Shipbuilding's goals, so what are you going to do?"

Su Cheng stopped for a while, motioned the servants around to go away, then looked at a few of them, and said, "The future goal of Dahua Industry is the lng ship."

"What!" Hu Jian shouted without uttering his breath.Four or six points of Fu Cheng's head trembled like mushrooms on a rainy day.

"LNG ship, that's right." Su Cheng said it again.

He Yuwei and He Han are still doing well, Hu Jian couldn't help shouting: "Su Dong, Dahua is really going to make an LNG ship? When?"

"The tonnage of the first ship will be a little smaller, and we expect to see the finished product in 2 years." The cost of starting an LNG ship in 1992 will be much lower than later.Ten years later, when China builds LNG ships again, in order to generate economies of scale, the full-load tonnage of LNG hulls has increased to more than 10 tons.It is required to be able to ship 7 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas in one go.

Such a ship will have a length of more than 0 meters and a width of more than 40 meters, which is much larger than most aircraft carriers in the world, and its difficulty and cost will also be much larger than that of small-scale lng ships.

Therefore, in the United States in 1954, any oil tanker could be changed to an LNG ship. In 00, China still could not make LNG ships, the reason is that the requirements for LNG ships are also increasing, and the increase rate is quite fast.

Dahua Industry chooses to manufacture lng ships at this time, which can make hundreds of millions of dollars and generate billions of dollars in value for future generations. Once something is made, it is tantamount to planting a cash cow.

Regardless of the tonnage of the ship, Hu Jiancai asked tremblingly: "Su Dong, can COSCO Shipyard participate in the construction of LNG ships?"

It was impossible for him to say this.He Han is still standing on the sidelines.

Hu Jian was so excited.As the most expensive ship in the world, it is also the most difficult civilian ship to build. LNG ships have always been handed over to the strongest shipbuilding elites in the world.

"Su Dong, COSCO Shipyard is very willing to participate in the construction of LNG ships." He Han also realized that if Su Cheng had no intention, why did he come all the way here.Now it seems that this is the main purpose of his trip.

Su Cheng became serious at this time, and said in a flat voice: "Dahua Shipbuilding will directly participate in the construction process this time. I am here to invite COSCO Shipyard to lend us some workers."

The export of labor services is naturally beneficial.However, the training time for the workers in the shipyard is very long, and COSCO Shipyard also has a lot of orders. Whether it can be supplemented or not, it is much better to talk about friendship than profit.

He Han and the others couldn't help but fall silent after hearing what he said.

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