Zhao Xin, who hurriedly rushed to the south, called his family again and informed his parents that he might not be able to return home until New Year's Eve.
The continuous traveling all over the world made Zhao Xin extremely tired; but he could not entrust others to sign the contract and pay for it. Counting the time, Zhao Xin transferred three flights in a row, and finally arrived at dusk.
Arrive at this seaport city.
The person who came to pick him up was Ding Guofeng. When Zhao Xin met him, he immediately asked if his cousin Cheng Wen had arrived.
"We'll be here at noon."
"Where are the people?"
"He, Deng Fei, and the ship owner are all waiting for you at the brokerage company at the port."
Fortunately, the owner of the ship was eager to sell the ship for cash, and Zhao Xin kept in touch with Deng Fei during every transfer today. Otherwise, who would have had time to do this during the Chinese New Year, and it would be a serious matter to go home for dinner.
An hour later, the taxi stopped at the door of a two-story building in the port. Deng Fei and Cheng Wei, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly walked out of the building to greet him. Behind them, there were people who had been waiting very anxiously. Ship owners, and people from brokerage firms looking forward to getting home from get off work early.
After some courtesy and compliments, Zhao Xin took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and privately asked Deng Fei about the ship.
Deng Fei said that the cargo ship just had its annual maintenance two months ago, and its appearance and interior are in very good condition. However, to be on the safe side, it will have to be dry docked for a thorough inspection of the bottom of the ship after the new year. Now that the weather is cold and the Chinese New Year is approaching, diving is arranged.
I'm afraid it's too late to check.
"Where's the debt?" Zhao Xin's biggest worry is that there will be a lease dispute or accident dispute on this ship.
"Nothing has been found yet. Both the brokerage company and the ship owner have guaranteed that there is no debt dispute." Deng Fei explained.
While Zhao Xin was washing his hands, he said to Deng Fei: "After the new year, you have to find a way to check more carefully. If there is a debt dispute, it will be too long."
Deng Fei nodded. The biggest fear when buying a second-hand boat is debt disputes. If you don't understand clearly, you will be impounded if you just buy the front boat and drive the back boat out.
The two returned to the reception room and sat down, and the people from the brokerage company brought the drafted sales contract. Zhao Xin asked Deng Fei and his cousin Cheng Wen if they had read it. After both said they had read it carefully, Zhao Xin jumped out.
After going through a lot of terms, look directly at the payment requirements, ship delivery and document delivery time limits.
Zhao Xin noticed that the contract stated that in addition to paying 10% of the ship price as a deposit, he also needed to pay 20% of the ship price directly to the shipowner's company account. He carefully recalled the information he checked while waiting at the airport.
, according to the terms of SALEFORM 2012 (Norwegian Shipbrokers Association format, the most widely used ship sales contract format in the world), the general down payment is 10% of the ship price, and the remaining amount will be paid after the delivery is completed; and, this 10%
It also needs to be deposited into a designated joint account and can be completely transferred after the ship is handed over.
Seeing Zhao Xin's question, the boss of the brokerage company who was waiting on the side quickly explained that it was precisely because of this condition that many customers who wanted to buy this ship were deterred. However, he guaranteed with his credibility that there would be absolutely no problem with this ship.
Zhao Xinxin said that I don’t even know you, and your guarantee is worthless to me.
At this time, the ship owner sitting aside was very embarrassed. He said that he had encountered great difficulties here, otherwise he would not be in a hurry to sell, so he hoped that Zhao Xin could understand and accommodate this condition.
Zhao Xin looked at Deng Fei and saw that he nodded towards him, then stopped talking and continued to look down.
While everyone was waiting anxiously and in silence, thirty minutes later, Zhao Xin read the relevant terms and nodded.
The delighted brokerage company boss quickly handed the signature pen in his hand to Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin paused, then signed his name on the last page of the contract and asked Cheng Wen to stamp it.
According to normal circumstances, Zhao Xin still needs to register a single shipping company under his own shipping company as the owner of this cargo ship. However, these matters will have to be left to Cheng Wen after the year.
After the agreement was signed, the ship owner was overjoyed and invited Zhao Xin to have dinner with him to express his gratitude.
I must drink again! Thinking of this, Zhao Xin declined on the grounds that he was very tired and had to catch a flight tomorrow morning.
When they returned to the hotel, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Zhao Xin ordered a seafood porridge to be delivered to the guest room. He also had something to discuss with Deng Fei. Cheng Wen and Ding Guofeng went out to drink and supper together.
Zhao Xin asked Deng Fei not to rush into the water after inspecting the dry dock on the cargo ship later in the year; after the delivery procedures are completed, the hull must be modified.
"Ah?" Deng Fei was surprised, and he quickly asked: "What do you want to change?"
"The bow deck needs to be thickened and the various hull structures should be strengthened to prevent damage to the hull due to violent vibrations on the deck. One of the three cargo holds needs to be equipped with a small lift. We need to put things on it."
"What are you going to put in?" Deng Fei vaguely guessed something in his mind.
"122-caliber howitzer." Zhao Xin slowly drank his porridge and stopped to say. "I will tell you the specific recoil data in a few days."
Deng Fei rolled his eyes. As a former Marine who has a certain understanding of the history of "cannons on cargo ships", he recalled for a while and said: "I suggest it be changed like this..."
As an outsider, Zhao Xin originally wanted to weld the cannon chassis to the ship's deck. Fortunately, he didn't say it, otherwise it would be embarrassing.
Through Deng Fei's suggestion, Zhao Xin understood that welding was not possible at all. Otherwise, every time a gun was fired, the recoil of more than 3,000 kilograms would have to be borne by the deck and hull; and no matter how strong the welding was, it would not last long.
If the welding falls off, the gun body will recede three to four meters, and the person standing behind the gun will be either dead or disabled.
Deng Fei's suggestion was to solve the problem of the rear seat of the gun by adding bolts to the deck, using several traction cables, and laying sandbags and cork. In this case, as long as the cargo hatch cover is thickened, three 122-gun guns can be erected.
Howitzer.
After resisting his tiredness, Zhao Xin thought for a while and said: "You still have to set aside the other two warehouses. We have to transport hungry people from the island country. So there are at most two cannons, and heavy equipment can be installed on the side of the ship.
Machine guns will take care of it."
The reason why Zhao Xin wanted to solve the problem of insufficient firepower in this way was because in the list that Andrew submitted to him, the quotations for weapons and ammunition were very cheap. This made Zhao Xin suspect that Andrew's uncle and nephew were reselling the supplies in the arsenal.
"By the way, have you chosen the type of small patrol boat?" Zhao Xin asked with a yawn.
"Just order the offshore patrol boat with the aluminum alloy shell directly. But it will take 150 days for delivery."
"It's too late, there's not enough time. We need to directly buy the spot goods that are about to be completed and launched, even if we pay more. We have to leave in more than a month..."
"Okay, then I'll go to the shipyard after the third day of junior high school and ask. They don't take a break during the Chinese New Year." As soon as Deng Fei finished speaking, he heard a slight snore. He turned around and saw that Zhao Xin was already leaning against the bed.
Fell asleep.
Zhao Xin did not wait until the third day of the lunar new year. Since Deng Fei said that the shipyard would not be closed during the New Year, he set out early the next morning for a city in southern Jiangsu.
The shipyard is located in Linjiang Industrial Park. After Zhao Xin arrived, he called according to the contact number given by Deng Fei. The other party's sales manager originally planned to go home for the New Year, and there was no business at all during this New Year. But Zhao Xin
The new phone call shocked him, and he thought to himself that he was lucky not to leave, otherwise he would have lost such a big order.
After some wrangling, two new patrol boats that had been launched were bought by Zhao Xin at a price that was one-third more than the selling price. Both parties were happy.
When he boarded the flight home, Zhao Xin was too tired to say a word.