What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 47 Sightseeing Flight
Although the interior of the shipyard looks decent, it is too mysterious once the work starts, so it is not appropriate to recruit villagers.

But Tang Wen also knew the importance of integrating into the local community, so he planned to support the village's fishing company.

Anyway, he has no shortage of steel now, and silver coins will soon be plentiful.

If you really want to build a ship, you will just have to pay a processing fee, which is no big deal.

However, the fishing boats for the village must be selected from the level 1 battleships, which are cheap and fast.

In fact, there are thirteen types of level 1 battleships, corresponding to thirteen technology trees, and the cost is a uniform 22500 silver coins.

However, the actual tonnage and equipment of each ship are also different. The smallest C-series "Cheng'an" is only five or six hundred tons, and the largest is the M-series "Lake Erie", which is 2340 tons fully loaded and has reached the level of a destroyer.

Why was the Hashidate chosen as the starting point for construction? Actually, it was due to the limitations of the shipyard.

The dock measures only 100*10 meters, while the Lake Erie measures 100*12.88 meters.

The other Y-series "Black Swan", F-series "Bougainville", I-series "Eritrea", etc., generally have a tonnage of around 1000 to 2000 tons, but their width exceeds the width limit of 10 meters.

The C-series "Chengan" has too small a tonnage, so the R-series "Hashidate" becomes the most cost-effective level 1 ship within the limited range.

To build larger ships, it is necessary to upgrade the dock.

The next level of shipyard has not been unlocked yet, at least it can only be done after completing the novice mission.

In fact, Tang Yi had already arranged the shipyard tasks before leaving. The construction of the Hashidate will begin after 0:27 tomorrow night and is expected to be completed in days.

During this period, the shipyard's task was to manufacture iron sheds used in the port to disguise the Hornet.

When Tang Wen thought of the Hornet, he remembered that there was still a useless commander.

As soon as he thought of it, a figure who looked like an officer suddenly appeared in the open space in front of him.

"Commander, Williams Halsey reports to you!"

As a legendary captain of the M-series, Halsey wore a standard M-series general uniform and a white navy cap, and saluted Tang Wen with his knees together.

He exudes a strong aura of transcendence, fully demonstrating the composure of a five-star commander.

When Halsey stood in front of Tang Wen, the latter immediately felt the same sense of oppression that he had only seen in retired veterans, and it was much stronger.

However, captains in World of Warships are just clones, naturally loyal to their commanders.

"Welcome, Halsey."

Tang Wen was also influenced by Halsey in front of him. He stood up straight and gave a serious order:

"Now, I will appoint you as the captain of the aircraft carrier Hornet."

"As you wish."

USS Hornet (VIII Gold): Williams Halsey (Tier 10)

[Note: The commander's level will affect the battle settlement and post-battle maintenance costs. Each level reduces the cost by 5%.]

The cost of using the Hornet has been reduced to 59.87%.

Hornet:
HP: 100%
Ammunition: 100%
Endurance: 33.4/20878 nautical miles]

[Note: After you have at least two captains, you can form your own fleet:

The fleet must consist of at least 3 warships, including a flagship of level 3 or above;
After forming a fleet, the ships in the fleet gain +5% HP, +5% air defense capability, and +5% speed.

After a series of information popped up, the first thing Tang Wen saw was the level 10 captain's terrifying ability to reduce maintenance costs.

The first level reduces it by 5%, and the tenth level directly reduces the fuel, ammunition, and maintenance costs by 40% and shortens the corresponding time.

The highest level of captain in the World of Warships system is 21, and in extreme cases the stacking can be reduced to about 34% of the original.

The Hornet originally had a range of only 12500 nautical miles and needed to carry 4000 tons of fuel.

Now the fuel consumption has been reduced by 40%, and the range has directly exceeded 20000 nautical miles, or more than kilometers.

If this gain is applied to the "Hashidate", wouldn't the cost of fishing be greatly reduced?
The Hashidate could hold 170 tons of fuel, and a 40% reduction in fuel costs would amount to nearly . However, he didn't express this idea immediately. Otherwise, letting Halsey, who had just become an aircraft carrier captain, command a first-class gunboat... well, it wouldn't be a good idea anyway.

What's more, the Hashidate hasn't cut the steel plate yet, so let's wait and see.

And the aircraft carrier can’t move out now, and the plane... plane?
After having the flying experience, Tang Wen really wanted to try it again, but he was afraid that if he took off rashly, he would be shot down as an invader.

It might be difficult to legally own an aircraft carrier these days, but owning a plane... maybe you can try?

……

Goose City, Huaxin Bookstore.

Tang Yi said to the clerk dissatisfiedly:

"You don't have this, you don't have that. All you have here are children's books. There's nothing of value at all."

Faced with this strange old man, the clerk was also helpless:
“We are already the largest and most comprehensive bookstore in Goose City. Naval books… these kinds of books can only be subscribed and are generally not sold.

If you leave me your phone number and pay a deposit, I can have someone order it for you, and it will arrive in about a week."

"..."

Tang Yi spent the whole day running around Goose City, attracting the attention of passers-by in his Willys Jeep, but he just couldn't find the information he wanted.

Apart from enthusiasts, which bookstore would sell these niche professional materials?

At most there were a few military magazines, but those were not what Tang Yi wanted.

He thought of the little girl who was selling books secretly again. Should he contact her again?
As a fellow trader, he actually felt a little pity for the owners of those books, but then he thought, they would be secretly sold anyway, so giving them to himself would be the best way to realize the value of those books.

However, he did not intend to give up the bookstore business, so he said:

"Okay, this is our factory's phone number: XXXXXX. Let's start with one thousand yuan."

"Okay, you...wait, Master Duo?"

"A thousand, I'll give you a deposit of 500. I'll see if it works."

After taking the five hundred yuan bill, the clerk took a deep breath. He had never heard of buying books in this way.

"Which unit are you from? Let me note it down and issue you a ticket."

"The Gaijin Shipyard in Dawan Village, yes, in Dawan Town."

After getting the invoice, Tang Yi thought about staying in Echeng for one night and going to the girl's house to buy books tomorrow, so he borrowed the bookstore's phone number and called the shipyard.

The call was quickly connected. Tang Wen certainly had no objections, but before hanging up, he gave Tang Yi a new task:

"Go to Pingtan Airport tomorrow and ask if you can register your private jet. Or you can register it under the shipyard's name."

Tang Wen thought the call came at the right time, and Tang Yi could just help him run errands and ask about the plane.

In Tang Wen's time, individuals were allowed to own private jets, whether they built them themselves or bought them.

But if you want to use it legally, you need to obtain a pilot's license yourself and contact the relevant airport to rent apron, pay maintenance fees, and register an identification code.

If it is a company operation, it may be a little troublesome, but it is not a big problem.

To sum it up in one sentence: rich.

For the dream of legal and free flight, a little money is nothing to Tang Wen, but he doesn't know what the regulations are at this time.

Tang Yi didn't find it outrageous at all, and asked as a matter of course:
“So which aircraft are we going to register?”

"B25 bomber, F4F Wildcat fighter... No, let's declare it this way: B25 small twin-engine propeller passenger plane, F4F single-seat light propeller sightseeing plane, SBD5 and TBD are two-seat small propeller sightseeing planes.

Well, that’s it, we’ll contact each other then… You don’t seem to have a cell phone?

Go find Mr. Huang and ask him to help you buy some phones and get some credit cards. I'll call him and ask him to help."

(End of this chapter)