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spn "Well, then you should pay me a price."

Hatton gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing that the other party finally relented, Zhang Shusheng felt happy and directly quoted the price he had prepared.

"200 million universe coins!"

"200 million universe coins??"[

Hatton stood up again, an angry look appeared on his face, and shouted, "200 million universe coins, do you know how much money has been invested in this battleship production line?

The first batch of investment alone reached 500 million universe coins, and the total investment exceeded 5 billion universe coins."

Zhang Shusheng waved his hand and said, "Unfortunately, this production line has been in use for 150 years. During these 150 years, your company has earned a huge wealth of more than 20 billion universe coins. If it hadn't been tricked by Galen Arms Company,

You won’t get into a lot of debt, the company will be on the verge of bankruptcy, and you may be sued in court.”

"Okay, I admit that what you said is true."

As if someone stepped on his sore foot, Hatton sat down slumped and murmured, "It's all my fault. I'm too greedy. I have to raise funds and want to upgrade the factory to a battleship production line... It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

Zhang Shusheng was sweating profusely after hearing this. This guy couldn't be the incarnation of Xianglin's wife. It's normal for someone to cheat him in the business world.

Judging from the information I just found, Hatton is a good warship production talent. He understands technology and management, and he is very hard-working.

Seeing that the family's business was getting worse day by day, the battleship production line was also aging, and the equipment was aging. Generally, it was because the equipment was aging, and the quality of the battleships could not be improved to compete with others, so I was very worried.

In a hurry, Hatun actually believed in a so-called consortium from the Longshan Empire.

Instigated and motivated by Galen's company, this group of swindlers put on a grand show, interacted with groups of high-class people in front of Hatton's eyes, became fraternal, and forged many asset certificates.

As a result, Hatton, who has a relatively straightforward personality and understands technology more than people, believed them and decided to borrow money from their consortium.

At the same time, he pre-ordered a large number of equipment from several machinery manufacturing companies and prepared to upgrade the factory.

Unexpectedly, the scammer consortium suddenly disappeared, but the equipment from the machinery companies was delivered faster than ever.

At this time, there is no money to pay, liquidated damages, commercial fraud...

A lot of things came up. The contract he signed on the spur of the moment involved a very high breach of contract. According to the laws of the Nok Merchant Alliance, Hatton had to pay at least nearly 400 million cosmic coins.

Habarok Arms Company, by his generation, except for the warship production line and dockyard, the total realizable wealth was only a little over 200 million universe coins.

The dream of upgrading the factory was shattered. Forced, Haddon had no choice but to sell the company, otherwise he would go to jail, the company would be forced to go bankrupt, and his family would have to sleep on the street.

The cruelty of business is vividly reflected in Hatton. It cannot be said that he is a poor man. If it were not for the Galen Arms Company controlling everything behind the scenes, Hatton would not only be a rich man, but also a very rich man.

If the upgrade of the factory goes smoothly, the 1 billion cosmic coins can be paid off in just a few years. But now, not only has the upgrade failed, but it also owes a lot of liquidated damages.[

Although Galen Company does not do these things secretly, even Zhang Bing, a super intelligence, can conduct in-depth searches and search for secrets on the virtual network. Hatton, as a person involved, should also understand.

"It's not your fault. It's all the fault of Galen Company. At least, your starting point is good. Isn't it a great idea to revive the family business?"

Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but feel that he was a bit cruel to this simple and honest technical geek just for the sake of bargaining. It is true that Hatton's business talent is not good, but judging from the data, he is indeed very good at manufacturing and managing warships.

Moreover, it is not his fault that Habarok Arms Company has reached this stage. Over the past 120 years, our ancestors and fathers have ruined their family and failed to upgrade their production lines. Today, they are already terminally ill.

"Galen Company? Yes, I blame them. 120 years ago, my father started from scratch. Just because of a conflict at a cocktail party, our two families have been enemies for generations."

When Galen Company was mentioned, Hatton's eyes were full of anger. Anyone would be angry, but it was just a conflict at a cocktail party 120 years ago, and the other party actually killed his family and destroyed his family.

Zhang Shusheng shook his head. This man was too honest and honest. Let alone a place like Nok Merchant Alliance, where business is the top priority, in any other place, evil people's hearts and strife in shopping malls abound.

Hatton's grandfather started from scratch and had inherent disadvantages. He also entered the field of arms manufacturing. Compared with those arms giants, he was just a small ant.

The Nok Merchant Alliance was founded on commerce, and the four major arms companies in its territory were well-known far and wide. How could its strength be compared to that of Habarok Company, which only had one cruiser production line?

"Galen Company is famous for its tyranny. If you don't pay the liquidated damages, you are likely to suffer worse retaliation."

Zhang Shusheng said with some sympathy that it was a pity that the business was so cruel. Although the Hatton people were relatively pitiful, prices should still be lowered.

"200 million universe coins is still too little. After paying off the debt, I won't even have enough money to lay off the workers."

Hatton was no longer as irritable as before, but spoke with sincerity.

He found that this buyer was different from others. While others either bargained or belittled, this buyer could at least put the point of the problem into perspective.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, yes, the 200 million universe coins plus Hatton's existing 200 million or so universe coins are just enough for liquidated damages.

Even if a battleship manufacturing company uses a large number of robots, the number of workers involved is still countless, at least one hundred thousand, and the severance pay for these workers is a large amount.

Zhang Shusheng thought for a while and asked, "What do you think is the biggest shortcoming and biggest selling point of this production line?"

He decided to test him.

Hatton pondered slightly, took a sip of wine, became more energetic, and said, "Yes, according to the Pan-Human Alliance's battleship production standards, it only has a lifespan of 10 years, and a small part of the machines have even been scrapped. However, these machines must be maintained.

Very good, the ones in the pictures are old machines that have been out of service and have not had time to be dismantled, because the factory has been shut down for almost 2 years."

After a slight pause, his eyes seemed to light up slightly, and he said, "If we say its biggest highlight, it is that it can be transformed into a battleship production line. This is why I want to take a loan to upgrade it."

"Oh? Can it really be upgraded to the battleship production line?"

Zhang Shusheng was curious. The battleship production line is backward compatible with factories that can produce battleships. They can certainly produce cruisers, but it is almost impossible for a cruiser-producing factory to upgrade to produce battleships. In addition to design restrictions, there are too many technical restrictions.

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"Yes, my grandfather, my father, and I are all experts in warship production. They come from a mechanical family and are very talented in machinery.

This is why we have been able to persist for 120 years despite being bullied many times.

We have modified the production line ourselves, and now the factory is actually able to produce 1,800-meter-class small battleships."

Hatton said.

Zhang Shusheng stared closely at Hatton's face, and it could be seen from his expression and eyes that this middle-aged man in his forties was not lying.

"If you pay off the debt and lay off the workers, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Shusheng's mind moved and he asked.

"do what?"

Hatton was a little confused, and then said, "Perhaps, I can become a battleship engineer, with my skills. Alas!"

There was a sense of sadness in his tone. Yes, no one could accept the change from owner of a battleship company to a battleship engineer working for others. After much thought, he blamed himself. Hatton took a few more sips of wine.

The hint of the hero's end was reflected on his face.

"I have an idea." Zhang Shusheng said with a faint smile. "If I buy your battleship factory, you can continue to be the manager of the company and own certain dividend shares. You don't even need to change the name of the company.

"

"What did you say?"

Hatton looked greatly refreshed. If this young man bought his own production line, could he continue to participate? Moreover, the company would continue to be called the Habarok Battleship Company? He would still have dividend shares?

If these things were placed in the past, they might not be anything, but now that he was in a desperate situation, he seemed to have seen a bright light.

However, Zhang Shusheng continued, "I will upgrade it to a real battleship production line, with a large number of technologically advanced equipment and a large number of robots with extraordinary battleship manufacturing skills.

In the future, this transformed production line will produce a powerful battleship with a stronger battleship radar than the Longshan Empire, a stronger battleship main gun, and a stronger energy shield. These will not be a problem.

The most important thing is that the new type of battleship it will produce will surely cause a sensation in the southwest star region of the Milky Way, and it will outshine Galen Company's products.

The warships produced by the Habarok Company will defeat the warships produced by the Galen Company!"

Zhang Shusheng spoke out his grand vision in one breath. He had thought about building battleships more than once. Apart from not being able to get a production line, he had no idea what to produce, what technology, drawings, design ideas, etc.

lack.

In the dream system, there are a lot of battleship blueprints that can be redeemed, including advanced radar blueprints, engine blueprints, and energy shield blueprints. As long as you have a certain amount of time, you can collect enough points to redeem them.

As long as the empire can produce its own battleships, it must be very advanced.

It is absolutely impossible for him to only own junk battleships and then compete with the Longshan Empire or other countries for the number of battleships.

Take the Longshan Empire as an example. Not to mention other fleets, the 12 standing fleets and guard fleets alone have nearly 6,000 battleships. This scale cannot be matched by Zhang Shusheng even if he rebuilds 500 years of cannon fodder battleships.

"For example, the strength of the energy shield cannot be improved with the technology of the second-level civilization. It is mainly affected by the charging efficiency of the energy grid. If the energy cycle changes from 12 to 24 energy cycles..."

In order to prove that he was not writing a bad check, Zhang Shusheng talked about a technical point. Hatton was just curious at first, but then he opened his mouth. This problem is a well-known energy shield bottleneck problem, and Zhang Shusheng actually said it without any hesitation.

How did he know that Zhang Shusheng was talking here and Zhang Bing was quickly checking information from the system? Of course, it was not only correct but also very clever.

"Set a price. If you can do this, find Universe Bank to give you an installment loan, and I'll sell you the production line."

Hatton drank the last wine in the bottle, and he also saw that Zhang Shusheng definitely didn't have much money in his hand, but for some reason, he felt that there was something convincing about the young man in front of him, and he was willing to give it a try.

"2.5 billion universe coins, plus give me one month to raise funds."
Chapter completed!