My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 966 Let's start by saying the nice things.

The logistics department staff inspected two or three sanatoriums in the mountains and returned the next afternoon with a full harvest.

But to my surprise, I learned that the best-located sanatorium in the entire area already belongs to their family!

To be precise, the bidding bureau merged with Changjiang Shipping Heavy Industry Group.

The engineers who had previously been taking various measurements with tape measures around the high-speed airships that had come ashore at the shipyard down the mountain were invited up to discuss the actual situation of their respective shipyards with the leaders of the bidding bureau.

During the entire journey from Shanghai back to Jiangzhou, the shipyards along the way were attracted by this advanced hydrofoil and sent engineers and technicians aboard to learn and observe.

As a result, they've all become active informants who report on others to the leadership in advance.

Most of the factory leaders arrived in Jiangzhou by train in three or four days, giving Wei Dong a clear firsthand understanding of the situation at each factory.

Of course, from the factory's perspective, all factory leaders hope for new leadership and a new situation to lead the shipbuilding industry out of its predicament and bring it to a new life.

After all, it's impossible for a core heavy industrial plant like Changhang Shipyard to have a factory director who can compete for the contract of the entire factory and then secretly privatize and annex state-owned assets.

I won't even have the thought.

The presence of heavy assets such as slipways, gantry cranes, and tower cranes contributes to the extremely high value of these large factories.

Moreover, it undertakes a crucial national mission and cannot afford any mistakes.

The current situation is the result of the leaders of the shipyard in Jiangzhou reporting directly to their superiors and demanding that they bring about this outcome.

For shipping companies that are undergoing frequent restructuring and various attempts and explorations, they will not resist allocating a portion of their resources to solve problems and share the burden.

So the factory leaders who arrived one after the other were even more enthusiastic and proactive than the engineers. The Shanghai Shipyard even exclaimed with passion: "What a coincidence! When it was established in Shanghai a hundred years ago, it was called the Steamship Bidding Bureau. The year before last, they asked Dong to contact us to discuss new ship types, and last year they started construction on the Panamax container ship, which already pointed out the direction!"

While other shipyards are still somewhat apprehensive about how the leadership reforms will go, Shanghai Shipyard seems to have already prepared the key points for the exam.

Two years ago, when Wei Dong took Zhong Zhenhua to the Shanghai Shipyard to inquire about manufacturing super-Panamax container ships, he was indeed a complete novice.

They don't even understand the Panama Canal model, what's with all the talk about "super"?

However, the Panamax cargo ships ordered before going to the US last June have now reached the second half of production, and Shanghai Shipyard can confidently say that it has basically mastered the production capacity of this type of ship.

Even though core components such as engines and drive shafts still rely on imports, they can indeed manufacture them, which means they've made it onto this competitive market.

As a result, Wei Dong went from being a customer to being his direct superior within a year, so he was bound to build a lot of Panamax container ships.

The only large factory in the country with this kind of production capacity!
Absolutely the top of the seven Dragon Balls of Changhang Heavy Industry.

Logically, having taken on Wei Dong's shipbuilding order from last year, Shanghai Shipyard shouldn't be so poor as to be unable to make ends meet. But what if there are no follow-up orders after the shipbuilding is completed? There's still a strong sense of urgency to prepare for the future.

Now I'm laughing.

I wholeheartedly support it!

They even invited Chung Chun-wah over to strengthen their relationship.

In fact, Wei Dong's original idea was to bring Zhong Zhenhua to be the general manager of Shanghai Shipyard. He was able to bring Zhenhua Port Machinery to the heights it later achieved, and his ability and vision were absolutely outstanding.

This will ensure the Shanghai Shipyard's competitiveness on the international stage.

Moreover, the close relationship between veteran generals like Lao Cheng and Lao Geng allows for better control and mobilization.

As a result, the factory leader's knowledge and understanding made it difficult for Wei Dong to take action.

More importantly, Zhenhua Port Machinery is not under the jurisdiction of Changjiang Shipping Heavy Industry. It is a state-owned enterprise on par with Shanghai Port Machinery Plant, both belonging to the Ministry of Transport and at the same level.

Asking him to come would be like the bidding bureau taking away Changhang Heavy Industry and then wanting him back, which feels like they've taken advantage of him and now want him back.

So Wei Dong spoke privately with Lao Zhong and asked him to return first.

The decision has been made to temporarily leave the entire management structure of Dragon Ball unchanged.

That's right, it was all so trivial. In 1988, the first high-level meeting of Changjiang Shipping Heavy Industry, whose assets were estimated to be worth over 10 billion yuan, decided the fate of the leadership by letting Wei Dong, a 24-year-old young man, decide for himself!

Just as Lao Fang said, in the early stages of the war, there were situations where tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers were assigned to corps commanders, division commanders, and other officers in their early twenties to fight.

This situation only occurs in the early stages of reform.

It was precisely at a critical juncture of restructuring that, theoretically, the bidding bureau should have at least been under the control of a secretary, but that wasn't the case.

The executive vice chairman has been making decisions unilaterally.

Of course, it's because Wei Dong's previous record was too good, and now that he has obtained the real "state-owned and private" big basket of the Investment and Procurement Bureau, he can completely let go of his inhibitions.

Right there in the picturesque valley of the Xiajiangkou Mountain Sanatorium, let Dong speak:
"I won't go into official jargon and platitudes. Now that everyone is considered a private state-owned enterprise under the Investment Promotion Bureau, it's impossible for private enterprises to operate on a 'free-rider' basis. All units will follow the principle of 'increasing revenue and reducing expenditure' in their work..."

It's not luxurious at all. It's a two- or three-story building made of gray bricks from the 1950s or 60s, a standard Soviet-style expert building, and it's a bit mottled and old now.

The courtyard was a simple cement yard. Under a few large, leafy trees, several square tables were set up and covered with white cloths. Some melon seeds, peanuts, and tangerines were placed there, along with white teacups. It was similar in style to the historical conferences depicted in many museums, and was historically known as the "Three Gorges Conference."

The factory leaders, mostly in their forties and fifties, all bowed their heads to take notes, keeping their eyes constantly on the screen.

Wei Dong couldn't help but put his hands on his hips and said, "First of all, let's talk about the source of revenue. The understanding of Shanghai Shipyard is correct. All seven shipyards of Changjiang Shipping Heavy Industry will carry out construction projects centered on container ships. Those with the technology will start construction, and those without the technology will learn the technology. Currently, there are expected to be two models. From Shanghai to Jiangzhou, the production tonnage along the way will also decrease from 50,000-ton Panamax to 10,000-ton, 5,000-ton, and 1,000-ton. It's roughly a simple conversion of 10 tons for a container. There will be no shortage of orders."

Applause immediately erupted.

Even though there were only thirty or forty people, nearly half of them were engineers and technicians who had come with them before, sitting on the periphery listening in.

Now he must feel like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders.

Finding a new boss is like having a new father!
Moreover, production capacity is allocated according to actual capabilities, so everyone, whether rich or poor, can get a job, which is great!

A thousand-ton container ship only needs about a hundred containers, which Jiangzhou Shipyard can build.

This completely activated the production capacity for survival.

They all applauded enthusiastically from the bottom of their hearts.

This could give Wei Dong a third eye, allowing netizens watching short videos to access all sorts of random information:
"But these orders are just to keep everyone from going hungry; we won't open too many. Those with the ability and drive should explore a new path: segmented shipbuilding. Small factories can produce the segments they can make, and then use the Yangtze River to transport them to the Shanghai shipyard to be assembled into large ships. This will improve efficiency and allow us to focus on manufacturing Panamax-class 50,000-ton ships!"

Everyone was so shocked that their hands froze.

Sectional shipbuilding... You really dare to dream!

That's the crown jewel of the shipbuilding industry; it's incredibly difficult to build!

In 1988, some factories in inland areas may not have even heard of this technology!
Even the Shanghai shipyard knew you would bet heavily on Panamax container ships, but they didn't expect you to be this ruthless.

Previously, it took them two or three years to complete the Panamax bulk carriers they built for Guoyuan, but this second Panamax is a container ship, which can be completed in eighteen months.

Wei Dong clearly felt that it was still too slow!
Moreover, sectional shipbuilding can indeed unleash internal potential.

For example, the Jiangzhou shipyard couldn't build a Panama Canal over 200 meters long as a whole, but it could build sections or shipbuilding towers.

It's like seven shipyards working together to build a ship, focusing all their efforts on building just one section, repeating the same simple process like an assembly line.

Some people are saying they've never done sectional shipbuilding before, while others have read foreign literature that points out the difficulties of sectional shipbuilding.

Shanghai Shipyard has already volunteered: "Let Dong's ideas truly represent the cutting-edge direction of modern shipbuilding. We at Shanghai Shipyard are confident in leading the section shipbuilding project!"

In fact, a smart person should be able to figure out that this is a two-step strategy.

While each team was building the ships they could to meet the needs of various stages, they also worked together to tackle key challenges, dividing the entire Panamax container ship into sections with each team working in a collaborative manner.

The latter task is definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight; it involves a process of acquiring, digesting, distributing, and developing the technology.

So the two factories on the section from Shanghai to Nanjing also raised their hands: "We are also confident in doing our job well and leading the advancement of the section shipbuilding project. Shanghai Shipyard certainly has unique technical strength and information sources, but the shortcomings of the factory area are also very obvious. Your waterway is too small and too busy."

The Shanghai factory was momentarily speechless.

Of all seven factories, only the Shanghai factory was not actually on the Yangtze River, but on the banks of the Huangpu River next to Lujiazui.

Located in the bustling downtown area of ​​Shanghai, it was once considered a "lower-class area" by locals, but it is now a lively and crowded residential area.

There are many boats on the river.

Compared to the other shipyards downstream, which are all located on the banks of the Yangtze River and have a river surface at least one kilometer wide, the "main road" in front of the Shanghai Shipyard is only four or five hundred meters wide.

Once the ship is built and launched, it must be intercepted by "transport boats" to make the two or three hundred-meter-long new ship turn around and enter the water, and then transferred to the Yangtze River more than ten kilometers away.

This part is the most crucial.

Over the past decades or even centuries, Shanghai's development has been driven by the fact that, in order to be closer to the city center, docks and shipyards were built on the Huangpu River, including the only remaining container terminal. This has proven that neither the width nor the depth of the river was suitable for its development.

That's why Wei Dong was sent to inspect the container terminal that was about to be completed, and that's why there's a deep-water port.

In terms of ambition and access to information, the Yangtze River Delta region has always been on the same starting line.

Now that we have the support of a major investor, we have no choice but to give it a shot.

The seven factories were administratively on the same level.

Why should your Shanghai factory suddenly become the industry leader?

Wei Dong chuckled to himself, thinking it was good that the seven factories were competing. He felt less in control if they actually worked together harmoniously to deal with the financier.

But the guillotine was only raised at the very end.

(End of this chapter)