The bright sunshine shines on the beautiful Kimchi Peninsula. On the edge of the peninsula, there is an inconspicuous-looking Geoje Island, a small place called Okpo, bathed in the golden sunshine.
From a glance, it is very spectacular, with seven dry docks, a sliding slipway, and a lifting slipway. The latter even has a roof to prevent people from prying from the air.
This is the shipyard affiliated with the most famous Daeshu Shipbuilding and Marine Co., Ltd. (dsme) on the Kimchi Peninsula. (This should be the full name, but I don’t understand why the name of a Japanese company is used.)
A group of people walked on the road to the shipyard.
"Our Dazhou Shipyard is the second largest shipbuilding company in the world." A person walked and proudly introduced: "Currently, our annual tonnage can exceed two million tons."
Hearing the translation from his fellow translators, Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, Manager Park, you are the largest shipyard in Asia. However, you still need to refuel in some areas, such as LNG ships.
In terms of it, it seems like it’s still blank, right?”
Of course Qin Tao knows that when the design drawings are sent over, it will be the time when Nikolai and Orlov break up. At this time, don't go over and join in the fun, so as to avoid the big gods fighting and the little devils suffering. Qin Tao will go a few days later and do other things by the way.
The preparation work.
For example, take Cong Ju and others to visit the largest shipyard in Asia.
When it comes to shipbuilding, both the island country and Kimchi Country are very powerful. In South Kimchi Country, there are three main shipbuilding giants, namely Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Daijo.
It is difficult to say who is the boss among these three shipbuilding companies.
However, in the eyes of Pu Douxuan, the production and operation manager of Dazhou Shipyard in front of him, their shipyard is certainly the largest.
How many advanced cargo ships and warships have they produced? At this time, more than 200,000 tons of oil tankers are being produced in their shipyard.
However, when Qin Tao mentioned the production of LNG ships, Pu Douxuan was really unable to answer.
In this regard, they are indeed just getting started.
In later generations, when domestic LNG ships started, they learned from the experience of the two countries in the east. These two countries have begun to manufacture such ships in large quantities, but now, the South Kimchi Country has not yet started.
The construction time of the island country was earlier. They began to introduce MOSS technology in 1971. However, it took a full ten years to build the first LNG ship. From 1983 to 1985, they delivered the first generation of LNG ship.
The first one had five spherical cargo tanks with a diameter of 36.6m; from 1989 to 1993, the second generation ship type was produced with four spherical cargo tanks with a diameter of 40 meters.
Since the spherical tank type is already a thing of the past, shipbuilding companies are eyeing the membrane type LNG ship.
In 1995, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries introduced the production technology of membrane-type LNG ships respectively, and then developed rapidly. In the later period, their three shipbuilding companies accounted for almost 70% of the world's LNG ship market share. They have never built a ball.
Tank ships have used gt's film technology since their inception. It is precisely because of this unique vision that they have become the biggest winner in the market.
(No specific information has been found at Daezhou Shipyard. Some say it started in 1993. However, in 1992, South Kimchi Country did not have the construction technology for this type of ship. In 1984, they had one.
This idea came to naught. In the 1990s, both Kimchi Country and the island country became major natural gas importers, and they began to decide to build natural gas ships. I don’t know how to write it earlier. If it is written that Kimchi Country can already produce natural gas
It’s wrong. I didn’t check the information carefully at the time. I’m sorry.)
Kimchi Country's shipbuilding strength is very strong. Once it can be built, they will begin to vigorously develop this type of ship. They not only monopolize the share of LNG ships, but also monopolize various accessories, various low-temperature resistant components on natural gas ships.
Many of the components are produced by them. Moreover, they also designed a brand new fence system themselves, making it unique.
Of course, these are things for future generations. Now, even Mingzhou Shipyard has begun building natural gas ships with MOSS tanks. Their Dazhou Shipyard has not started yet.
"If you want to build LNG ships, our group can export technology." Qin Tao said to Pu Douxuan: "The price of our technology export is absolutely cheap. Compared with the technology transfer fees of Norway's Kvaerner Company and France's GT Company, we
The fee is quite small, a one-time payment of US$10 million is sufficient.”
Cong Ju, who was on the side, secretly sighed in her heart that Mr. Qin's business skills were incredible.
I dismantled a Moss tank and came back, tinkered with it myself, and successfully built a natural gas ship. However, this kind of natural gas ship has begun to become outdated after all. Even if the technology is packaged and sold, it will not have any impact.
Make a fortune.
When it comes to natural gas ship technology, it is mainly in the hands of the Norwegians and the French.
In 1970, the Norwegian moss
Rosenberg Shipbuilding Company proposed a spherical tank type ship plan, which was later acquired by Kvaerner Company and patented by it. In the 1980s, spherical tank type natural gas ships were built in large quantities and became mainstream, and island country shipyards were one of them.
Good player.
As for membrane-type ships, they were thought up by the French company GT. In the 1950s, they wanted to transport natural gas from the Sahara Desert to Europe, but were afraid of the unstable situation in Algeria, so they gave up using pipeline ships. Spherical tanks waste space.
The support structure needs to withstand a low temperature of -163 degrees. So we simply changed our thinking and laid an insulating lining that can withstand a low temperature of -163 degrees in the cargo hold to solve the LNG storage problem.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Simply put, it is similar to a thermos bottle.
Which of the two is better can be seen at a glance, but the better one is more expensive!
In 1991, that is, last year, the South Kimchi Country was planning to build four natural gas ships. They did not want the order to fall into the hands of foreigners. Their own shipyards are currently racking their brains to consider how to receive the order.
It's fine now, Qin Tao has arrived at my door.
"A one-time payment of 10 million?" Pu Douxuan was really tempted.
"That's right." Qin Tao said: "Ten million dollars, including teaching and skills. The Cong worker next to me is responsible for building natural gas ships. If you want to ask specific technical questions, you can ask her."
In terms of price alone, US$10 million is definitely not much. After all, as long as we build a natural gas ship, we can pay back the cost, and the next thing is the net profit.
However, this is outdated technology after all. Qin Tao got it for free at the beginning. Now, Qin Tao has begun to target membrane ships. Selling this backward technology for 10 million is not a small amount.
Cong Ju could only guess this. As for Qin Tao's more in-depth considerations, she could not think of it for the time being.
Kimchi Country has also begun to plan to enter the LNG market. If they can obtain the construction technology of this kind of Moss spherical tank natural gas ship, they will definitely not give up immediately. Once they have a thorough understanding of the technology and start construction, it will take five or six years.
It's past.
Over this period of time, Mingzhou Shipyard has been able to master the construction technology of membrane-type natural gas ships and can completely eliminate the spherical tank type.
Take the Kimchi people on a detour, and then completely throw them away!
Not to mention 10 million, Qin Tao can sell technology for 5 million.
"Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your kindness. I will report it to the superiors." Pu Douxuan said excitedly.
Ten million is nothing to their Dazhou Company. The natural gas ships at Mingzhou Shipyard are already in normal operation, and there are still several ships in the follow-up construction, so there are no technical problems.
He knows that they are currently negotiating with the French. This kind of technology transfer is quite expensive. The condition proposed by the French is 5% of the selling price of each ship! They spend huge sums of money to build natural gas ships, and the main profit is still
It was taken away by the French. Moreover, this was the hen that laid the golden eggs, and every ship had to take it!
No matter where Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group's technology comes from, or whether it has the qualifications to authorize it, if there is a commercial dispute in the future, if the Norwegians go to Mingzhou and they can't find it, they will spend money.
In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Tao met the senior officials of Daizhou Shipbuilding and Marine Co., Ltd. who came from Seoul.
The atmosphere in the conference room of the shipyard was cheerful.
"Mr. Qin, I heard that you plan to transfer the natural gas ship construction technology you have mastered to us for a price of 10 million. Is it true?" Li Jinshan, who is in his fifties, looks as young as a thirty-year-old.
Just like a teenager, as the chairman, he came here in person, of course for the fat meat delivered to his door.
"Of course it's true. We came all the way here to do business." Qin Tao replied with a smile.
"So, why do you want to give us such a preferential price? Aren't you afraid that we will be able to build this type of ship in the future and compete with you for business?" Although this sentence sounds a bit unpleasant to say, Li Jinshan still has to ask clearly.
.
For the sake of friendship, Li Jinshan would never believe it.
"Well, our group recently had a big project that required a large amount of funds, so we made this decision." Qin Tao was very honest.
Big projects? Large sums of money? No, Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group has been developing so vigorously recently that some people have analyzed that it may become a strong competitor in the shipbuilding industry of Kimchi Country in the future.
The other party is not short of money!
Li Jinshan's mind was thinking rapidly, thinking about recent related events in the industry, and something suddenly came to his mind: "Do you intend to buy the Minsk?"
After he asked the question, he felt something was wrong and could only smile awkwardly.
Qin Tao sighed: "Yes, we plan to buy it, but we don't know if we have the opportunity. After all, I heard that Lao Maozi wants to transform this warship into an aircraft carrier and then sell it to Ah San.
"
"You want to buy it? Why buy it?" Everyone present was a little shocked.
Qin Tao can tell something from the other party's expression. It's very simple. These people present also want to buy! This is considered a competitor, but now it's just a foreshadowing and deception.
"It was transformed into a water park as a patriotism education base," Qin Tao said.
As long as they don't buy it back and renovate the aircraft carrier, then these people can rest assured. However, if you think about it, the other party is just a private shipyard, and it is not even in their main domestic shipbuilding group. If they buy it back, in addition to transforming it into a civilian one, they can also
There is no other use for it.
Even if they can transform it, there will be no carrier-based aircraft! What advanced aircraft does China have now?
"In this case, we are willing to support your actions." Li Jinshan made the decision: "For US$10 million, we will buy your natural gas tanker technology!"
Cong Ju sat quietly next to Qin Tao without saying a word, but her heart felt like it was overturned.
Ten million US dollars, just like this! Next, transfer the design drawings and so on. As for welders and the like, just send a few apprentices to help give guidance, and you can also get good business travel subsidies.
Next, they can move towards membrane-type natural gas ships!
"Mr. Qin, you just proposed that Asan would turn the Minsk into an aircraft carrier. As an industry insider, what do you think? Can this project be successful?" Li Jinshan continued to ask, his words full of expectations.
They are not asking Asan, but they are asking themselves. They also have a dream of an aircraft carrier. They want to modify the Minsk and turn it into their own aircraft carrier!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Of course, no problem." Qin Tao said: "The Minsk has a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, which is similar to France's medium-sized aircraft carriers. It can be transformed into an aircraft carrier.
, although there is no catapult, you can use the ski jump takeoff plan that Lao Maozi has proven successfully, and it will be no problem to operate MiG-29 and Su-27 carrier-based aircraft."
Qin Tao immediately introduced it nonstop, as if chatting with his closest old friend. When he was enjoying himself, he even stood up and drew a design on the whiteboard in the conference room.
The Dazhou Shipyard personnel present seemed to have discovered something.
Did Mr. Qin get some technical information on the Kiev level? Otherwise, how could he explain it in such detail?
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel excited.
"Mr. Qin, can you honor me by attending our cocktail reception in our capital tonight to welcome you?"
The South Kimchi Country is not that big, so it is only an hour or two drive from here to the capital. Going to their capital to attend a cocktail reception is of course very high-end and classy.
Qin Tao nodded: "It's an honor."
At the cocktail party that night, Li Jinshan held a wine glass and talked enthusiastically with Qin Tao. When the people around him dispersed, he asked Qin Tao in a low voice: "Mr. Qin, have you obtained some designs of the Minsk?"
drawing?"
"Cough, cough, cough." Qin Tao started coughing immediately, as if he was choking.
"If you have it, we are willing to..."
"How is it possible? We don't have that ability. Besides, those things are not cheap. It's impossible to bribe the relevant personnel for less than tens of millions of dollars." Qin Tao said seriously: "What, you want it? I do.
There are some opportunities. If you give me a few million in activity funds, I can help you explore them."
Of course, you should maximize the profit of what you get.
Qin Tao designed aircraft carrier blueprints for Nikolay for only three million, but the blueprints and materials he obtained could be sold for at least tens of millions! Moreover, only a part of them was sold. Of course, the key information must be missing.
After all, these people in front of me are very interested in Minsk's drawings.
I don’t have it now. If you want, I can help you find out. Just asking for it will cost several million in activity funds!
This is what Qin Tao's words revealed. The other party may not take the bait now, but they will be tempted when the Minsk is officially auctioned.
After all, without the original design drawings, there is no way to modify it. This is not a renovation. You can just smash the wall. What if a stress-bearing structure is dismantled and the aircraft carrier is useless? There are no original drawings, just looking at the warship site.
Surveying and mapping? Except for the Chinese, people from other countries simply don’t have this ability.
Li Jinshan smiled and said nothing. It was impossible to give Qin Tao millions of dollars based on just a few words. This was just an introduction.
While Qin Tao happily attended the cocktail party in the capital of Kimchi Country, Nikolai was making an angry phone call at the Pacific Fleet base.
"Our Pacific Fleet currently has no fuel to go to sea! All our warships are basking in the sun on the shore! We also owe one month's electricity bill to the newly established Far East Electric Power Company, and they have issued an ultimatum to us.
If they don't pay their electricity bills, they will cut off our Pacific Fleet power lines!"
Nikolai was still full of grievances, and now he was just dumping them all on the high-ranking officials in Moscow.
"We did receive 30 million US dollars in start-up capital from Asan, thank Moscow for not withholding it." Nicholas continued to complain: "This money will greatly alleviate the embarrassment of our Pacific Fleet. At this time
, the Neva Design Bureau actually wanted 28 million of them, leaving only one million for us and one million for the shipyard. They still had the nerve to go to Moscow to complain. Shouldn't they be ashamed? We originally planned,
The design bureau, fleet and shipyard each have a part, but they want to eat all the meat and not even leave us the bones!"
After screwing over the Neva Design Bureau, Orlov could not swallow his breath. He would definitely go to Moscow to complain. Nikolai had already prepared these words.
It’s not that we’re not willing enough, it’s the Neva Design Bureau that’s talking loudly! We’re also forced.
Yes, their Neva Design Bureau is in crisis, but what about us? Our lives are also very difficult! We finally decommissioned a Minsk and planned to use it to improve the condition of our fleet. We were wrong
?
"Yes, we made this design ourselves. We hired some technicians and spent a lot of money, but it is much cheaper than the design of the Neva Design Bureau!" Nikolay continued to call:
"Of course, there are also professional designers from Minsk, who guarantee that there will be no problem."
"What?"
Nikolai's tone rose again: "Why are their Northern Fleet joining in the fun? Isn't this causing trouble? Hey, hey!"
Nicholas put down the phone, his face extremely ugly.
At the end of the matter, a huge change suddenly occurred. Even Nicholas himself did not expect this change.
"Your Excellency Nicholas, what happened?" Zaitsev asked him cautiously.
"The Northern Fleet wants to refit their Kiev and sell it to Asan." Nikolai said angrily: "The Neva Design Bureau has a relationship with the Northern Fleet. They want to join forces and ruin our business.
!”
The Neva Design Bureau and the Northern Fleet are not far away from each other, and they are inextricably linked. Therefore, after suffering losses in the Far East, people from the Neva Design Bureau actually went to the Northern Fleet to join forces with their Pacific Fleet.
Stealing business on the side!
This is troublesome.
Judging from the records of later generations, among the four Kiev-class ships, the Minsk was the first to be retired. It was honorably retired in 1992. The Kiev was only retired in 1993. As for the other two ships, it was originally planned to keep them.
Yes, it got into an accident and couldn't be repaired, so we had to sell it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, the service history of the Kiev is shorter.
After the Kiev entered service in 1977, in June 1987, the Kiev sailed for the last time and returned to the Severomorsk base and went to the ship repair shop for repairs; after that, it never went out to perform missions again.
In March, it was transferred to another ship repair yard, and on December 21 of the same year, it was transferred to reserve according to the instructions of the Commander of the Northern Fleet.
Therefore, when it comes to decommissioning, there is nothing to say about the Kiev. Anyway, the Northern Fleet already has the Kuznetsov, so there is no need to keep the Kiev.
Now, seeing that the Pacific Fleet has made a huge profit from the sale of the Minsk, the Northern Fleet can no longer sit still. There is no use keeping the Kiev, so just sell it to Asan!
Although it only sells for one dollar, the subsequent modification costs will definitely make a lot of money. As soon as the Neva Design Bureau fooled them, they made a decision.
The problem is, Asan can’t possibly buy two boats!
In other words, even if Asan wanted to buy one, he could only choose one of the two ships. The Pacific Fleet had been tossing for a long time, and it might have been overwhelming.
Although they have already received 30 million, they can still get a lot of money if they formally sign a contract for modification.
Nicholas was extremely annoyed, but he also felt helpless.
"So, should we invite Qin over? Ask him to give us an idea?" Zaitsev said.
At this critical moment, Zaitsev still thought of the cunning and cunning, no, resourceful Qin. This project was promoted by Qin, and Qin would definitely be able to help them come up with a good solution!
"That's right, invite Qin over as soon as possible to give us advice. We must not let the conspiracy of the Northern Fleet and Neva Design Bureau succeed!" Nikolai said.
In the afternoon of the next day, Qin Tao arrived at the Pacific Fleet station.
The time has entered May, and there is also a beautiful scene of spring flowers blooming here. However, looking at Nicholas with an angry face, Qin Tao can only give up admiring the beauty and listen to Nicholas' introduction.
"The Northern Fleet actually wants to sell their Kiev to Asan?" Qin Tao was also a little puzzled: "Didn't that warship already have a malfunction?"
"Yeah, it's still being repaired in the shipyard!" Nikolay said. He suddenly thought of something and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yeah, why didn't I think that the Kiev was broken and could not be used at all?
Yes, they want to use the Kiev to deceive Ah San, I have to tell them the news!"
The Kiev was decommissioned while waiting for repairs, and the Minsk was decommissioned directly during normal service. The two warships have different levels of integrity. How should Asan choose? Needless to say?
"If there is a chance, it would be better to make the Kiev more completely damaged," Qin Tao said.