My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 710 But this guy is just too good to pass up.
The expressions on everyone's faces became quite interesting, their eyes darting around in all directions.

Only Chief Engineer Tang stood up and looked at it: "Is it that scrapped aircraft carrier that was bought from Australia and dismantled? Weidong, don't ask anymore."

Oh dear, everyone online knows this!
This is the first time that people in China have actually come into contact with a modern aircraft carrier. Although it is an old version built during World War II, there is still a lot to learn and explore.

In any case, it gave mainland military enterprises the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of aircraft carriers, and also made many preparations for the later purchase and modification of the first aircraft carrier skeleton.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to make this decision if one knew nothing about it.

What Wei Dong didn't know was that all those short videos and messages on social media were a mix of truth and falsehood.

He only cared about one thing: "And in the end, how is it handled?"

Deep down, I know that this dilapidated aircraft carrier will eventually be dismantled. It seems that the reason it was sold to the mainland is to watch it be dismantled. It's just that the cost of dismantling ships is high for developed countries, so they leave this kind of work to underdeveloped countries.

So without waiting for a response, he proposed a solution: "The country has spent a lot of money, right? If the price is right, our West District Wharf can take over at the original price and immediately build an aircraft carrier park. It can be placed near the West District Wharf so that people can visit it anytime. It will also add a scenic spot to Pengzhen West District. Of course, if it doesn't work out, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Then I sat back down and didn't really look at it much.

Everyone present must have been filled with disbelief. Which unit are you from?
So arrogant, so daring to have such wild ideas.

But someone will definitely go out to make phone calls to report the situation.

He Yuemei was also dumbfounded.

She knew her boss was extraordinary, but she never expected him to dare to think like this: "Buy...buy an aircraft carrier? What for?"

Wei Dong was certain that the ship would be dismantled, but from the moment he bought it, the mainland side did not want to dismantle it. Even though they had looked at it from all angles, when it came time to build it themselves, having a physical object to look at was definitely better than looking at photos, videotapes, or survey drawings.

The various equipment he deals with, such as automobiles, construction machinery, vacuum compressors, cableways, and assembly lines, are almost all imported products, with little independent research and development capability.

Don't think that reverse engineering is a simple matter. The materials and processes at each stage are major hurdles. The most difficult part is actually the design concept. Without someone to teach you step by step, you have no idea why there are extra parts here or why there are raised points there. You can only copy the original without daring to go beyond it.

Take a super-sized object like an aircraft carrier, for example. You might think you understand it now, but when you actually build it yourself, you'll find that something is wrong. It might just be an inconspicuous setting that you overlooked.

So the Japanese production line at Feiyan Sanitary Napkin Factory has been sitting there in operation, even though it has been disassembled and reassembled many times. There are still many details that we dare not modify casually.

The counterfeit production lines produced now are at most 60-70% effective, always encountering setbacks in certain aspects.

This stage is characterized by falling behind in all aspects of learning, which is quite normal.

So Wei Dong genuinely wanted to help the country preserve this thing.

And sitting there really helped him: "You've been to our factory area, and the biggest problem right now is what? There are no houses. I'll just drag a huge tin shack to live in!"

He Yuemei must feel that the critical thinking skills she has cultivated over more than ten years of schooling have all gone scrambled. What kind of thinking is that!

That evening, Wu Xi called Wei Dong for no apparent reason: "What are you thinking?"

Let Wei Dong be more realistic: "Find a reason to help the country preserve it as teaching material. I am a legitimate businessman, um, a Hong Kong businessman. I want to build a park, and immediately paint it to make offices, dormitories, sports fields, canteens, and cinemas. This will be a huge integrated commercial center. It can be towed ashore and placed at the West Wharf for tourists to see. Of course, a technical team can also be stationed there to maintain and clean every corner at any time."

Wu Xi felt like her cerebellum had shrunk: "Holy crap, what were you thinking? An office... well, it doesn't seem like it's entirely out of the question, you know how important that is?"

Wei Dong quickly pretended to be stupid: "What I'm promoting now is the work on large cargo ships and container terminals. I still need to understand the importance of aircraft carriers to some extent. Whether the country builds them or not, we definitely need to understand. Maybe we'll have the opportunity to buy other aircraft carriers in the future. I'm just putting them there as specimens, as a park, for everyone to inspect and look at. It's worthy of inspection by the whole world. It's not war equipment."

There was a moment of silence on Wu Xi's end, perhaps because she covered the microphone, before she explained, "It was indeed to see..."

Wei Dong also took the initiative to avoid suspicion: "Hey, hey, hey, don't tell me, I don't know. I'm just an ordinary businessman, but I'm willing to make these contributions to the country. If it's not expensive, I'll cover the purchase costs and guarantee to use the internal space under your guidance."

Wu Xi laughed: "Yeah, some things have already been taken away. If you do this, you'll have to make something that looks similar and put it back to fool people."

Wei Dong bluntly said, "What's with the pretense? Just lock up certain parts. Oh, as long as the appearance is roughly the same, it doesn't matter if it's disassembled. It's already disassembled, why should I cover it up with something nice-looking?"

Wu Xi laughed even more: "Okay, then it's simple. It's about eight million US dollars in total. Three million of them is an environmental protection deposit, which is guaranteed to be returned after the demolition. That's the main thing. You pay in Hong Kong, and we'll arrange for it to be transported over here."

He was excited too: "Hehe, I'll go take a look too."

Wei Dong felt contempt for it; he couldn't bear the humiliation of having to actually demolish the building just for three million US dollars!
However, if it is not truly converted into a civilian facility, then even without the three million dollars, not dismantling it would be a loss of international reputation.

They're not upholding the spirit of the contract.

Now Wei Dong is being blamed because the businessman, with his extraordinary connections, managed to buy the ship's hull and turn it into facilities for an aircraft carrier park.

Later, Wu Xi told me that the aircraft carrier was still usable, but as a working military facility, the annual maintenance cost was four to five million US dollars!
Therefore, for countries that do not have the resources to maintain such luxury goods, it is a money-losing proposition.

Dealing with the later accounts early on will actually prevent losses.

Guoyuan's main business now is hauling iron ore from Australia and crude oil from the Middle East.

The peak season for shipping industrial products and daily necessities to North America is still far off. But the aircraft carrier, which has been dismantled for two years, is already on its way!
In fact, we've already disassembled most of the important components that can be removed. We're just waiting to see what feedback the research institutions have, otherwise we'll have no choice but to actually disassemble it.

Wei Dong and his group originally planned to visit the shipyard and then take a speedboat back to Pengzhen, which was a quick 80-plus kilometers.

Then this unexpected thing happened.

Wei Dong, fully aware of the situation, proactively offered to send over a pillow, and the other party, as expected, was overjoyed and immediately agreed.

We've recovered the government subsidies that we were originally going to lose money on, and they're even in foreign exchange!

So they sent Wei Dong and the others to the West Wharf by aircraft carrier early the next morning!
There was absolutely no need for such pretense, but everyone wanted to experience it, so many people from various shipyards, shipping companies, and organizations came.

They all stood on the deck like ants, experiencing their last voyage on the water, being towed and pulled by a bunch of tugboats.

Then small motorboats led the way, and boats escorted them on both sides.

He swaggered around like a county magistrate going out.

Standing on the deck felt amazing.

He Yuemei looked at Rang Weidong pitifully: "I want to take a picture..."

It might still be that woman's inherent nature to want to post on social media and show off.

Let Wei Dong laugh and invite everyone to gather on the deck for a group photo. Since it's been sold to a private company, it doesn't count as leaking secrets, right?

Many people still wear Zhongshan suits.

This allowed Wei Dong to get a good look at the river estuary from Yuezhou to Pengzhen, and he finally understood why ZS (a type of illegal fishing) was so difficult to eradicate here.

Damn, there are waterways crisscrossing both sides of the river, enough for airships to shuttle through at any time.

Wei Dong was wondering how many ZS cars could be carried on this boat at once.

In short, a few hours later, when they arrived at the West Port pier, everyone on the pier stared in disbelief.

It's not that big; with a displacement of only 15,000 tons and a length of just over 200 meters, it's a hull that's even smaller than a Panamax container ship.

However, the internal structure is much more complex, with many more compartments.

The shipyard in Yuezhou was like a deliveryman; the shipyard leaders were on the deck discussing with Rang Weidong where to stop.

Finally, they chose a spot in Pengzhen Bay, far from the dock and with as much deep water as possible, to anchor and unload the cargo.

It's not far from that five-star hotel, and it would definitely be a highlight of the hotel.

Forty years from now, it will definitely be caught by various government departments such as the street, urban management, industry and commerce, and transportation management for illegal parking. But now... the riverbank is full of border guards and all sorts of onlookers.

Because the ship was not docked at a professional pier, and there was no way to disembark normally, the aircraft carrier's original gangway, which was several tens of meters long, was used to get people down to the surface tugboats, and then everyone was transferred ashore.

The tugboats will have to wait until the leaders of the shipyard and shipping company have visited the West Wharf and witnessed the grandeur of the wharf chairman and the chairman of the state-owned enterprise before they can take the tugboats back to Yuezhou.

Actually, I already saw it when I passed by the dock earlier; two bright yellow brand-new quay bridges were already standing on the edge of the dock.

Yuezhou Port doesn't have this kind of quay bridge yet.

It seems that a brand new era has indeed arrived.

Wei Dong felt a little uncomfortable as he touched his pocket: "This boat... doesn't it have a key? Anyone can come on board and sneak away... Oh, if it can't be taken away, what if someone steals my things and takes a dump on me?"

He Yuemei and Chief Engineer Tang were laughing uncontrollably.

Then, when they disembarked from the tugboat at the nearby hotel pier, Lao Fang was already standing there with a bunch of people, looking on in disbelief: "What is this?! What?!"

Wei Dong felt that seeing that expression on the old man's face was enough to justify the eight million US dollars. He laughed and gestured, "First, build a pier. As for dormitories, well, who told you to have nothing here? Isn't this a natural dormitory, commercial center, and tourist attraction? Let's set up restaurants and bars!"

Everyone who heard this felt their scalp tingle. Is it really as simple as you make it out to be?

Anyway, even Chung Chun-wah looked completely bewildered. How could anyone do business like this?

But one has to believe it: "Mr. Rang's restaurants in Shanghai are very successful and famous for their taste. If they were to move here, it would definitely be great!"

Wei Dong felt he needed to slow down and not let Qin Zhiming know, so his wife would take the opportunity to fly over again.

(End of this chapter)