All shipowners who have chosen the direction of shipbuilding must conduct an inspection of the direction of the shipbuilding. This is a necessary procedure before formally signing the contract.
Yao Yuan simply sent an invitation to the shipowners and shipyards participating in the shipowners' ordering meeting, inviting them to go to China for a business inspection. All expenses would be borne by the shipyard. Naturally, the inspection of the shipyard was the main content.
Because the bidding meeting for LNG ships was cancelled, the attitudes of several shipowners who wanted to purchase LNG ships were very ambiguous. They basically reached a consensus and made a decision after inspecting the shipyard in question. They basically looked for a contractor alone.
Therefore, this inspection trip to China became very important, and some shipyards that did not want to go had to go unless they were willing to give up the opportunity to earn tens of millions of dollars.
That night, Yao Yuan asked Lin Wei to send a telegram to Deputy Secretary Zhang to explain the situation in detail. The reason why he did not call was because there was too much content and it would be difficult to explain clearly in a short while. A telegram was the most intuitive.
Deputy Secretary Zhang is very efficient.
But this time it was strange. It wasn't until Yao Yuan was having breakfast the next day that Deputy Secretary Zhang called, making Yao Yuan think something had happened.
As a result, as soon as the call was connected, Deputy Secretary Zhang said, "Xiao Yao, you have launched another satellite. After receiving your telegram, the province held a meeting all night to discuss and study it, and the meeting just ended."
"Secretary Zhang, you've been holding meetings all night!" Yao Yuan couldn't laugh or cry, "There's no need to be in such a hurry, you have plenty of time to make good arrangements."
Deputy Secretary Zhang was busy all night, but he was in good spirits. As he walked towards the Provincial Party Committee Canteen, he waved his right hand subconsciously, holding a satellite phone in his left hand and said energetically, "If you don't hurry, you will be in demand. You are
I don’t know, both Shandong and Shanghai are trying to attract this group of merchants you mentioned. Good guy, there are seven or eight of the world’s top ten shipping companies alone, and there are seven or eight of the world’s top ten shipbuilding companies alone. What is this?
Size?"
After a pause, Deputy Secretary Zhang visibly swallowed his saliva and said, "Guangdong Province has the longest coastline and is the southern province of the mainland. Our advantages are great. If our brother provinces take over first, how can we be worthy of Guangdong Province?"
What are the expectations of more than 70 million people?"
"Xiao Yao, on behalf of the province, I would like to first thank you for your efforts. Secondly, I would like to inform you to arrange to bring the merchants back as soon as possible. The sooner the better, so as to avoid long nights and nightmares. By the way, you don't have to worry about the expenses. All the expenses are covered by the province.
The province allocated a sum of money specifically for entertainment."
"I know you're not short of money and you're generous, but you don't need to worry about this expense this time. The province will take care of it."
Yao Yuan smiled and said, "One of the focuses of the one-night meeting was the cost issue, right? Secretary Zhang, you really don't need to worry about this. They are going to shipbuilding in the first place, so we should be responsible for hosting them."
"Is Directional Shipbuilding an enterprise in Guangdong Province? Let me ask you." Deputy Secretary Zhang said an inverted sentence.
Yao Yuan said, "Of course."
"That's fine. You don't have to worry about the expenses." It was rare for Deputy Secretary Zhang to be so happy and comfortable in front of Yao Yuan.
To put it bluntly, it would be unpleasant for the second-in-command of a province to always indulge in Yao Yuan's hospitality.
Yao Yuan reminded, "Secretary Zhang, these people are going to take a chartered flight. The cost is not low. Moreover, it is a chartered flight from Singapore Airlines and must be settled in US dollars."
The province can afford several million in hospitality expenses. No matter how poor the province is, it will not lack this amount of money. However, if it is in US dollars, that is a different matter. Therefore, Yao Yuan kindly reminded me.
Deputy Secretary Zhang smiled and said, "U.S. dollars are U.S. dollars, no problem. All in all, there is only one request. Come back as soon as possible. Remember not to fly directly to Nangang. Come to the provincial capital first, and the province will make unified arrangements."
When arriving in the provincial capital, the province will make unified arrangements. Yao Yuan has nothing to do. However, he is no longer a cadre of the local government and has no responsibility for attracting investment. In addition, the phoenix nest of Nangang has basically taken shape, and more and more Chinese and foreign companies are famous for investing there.
More and more are coming. Among the 21 cities in Guangdong Province, Nangang’s investment promotion tasks should be the lowest.
Let them first go to the provincial capital to receive a baptism of socialist ideas and feel the atmosphere at the forefront of reform and opening up in a socialist country. It just so happens that I have time to arrange things at the shipyard. What should be hidden should be hidden in advance.
What needs to be emphasized should be emphasized...
Thinking of this, Yao Yuan readily agreed, "Okay, let's go to the provincial capital first."
"The reason why we let them go to the provincial capital first is because the Yuexiu Expressway is about to open to traffic. This is the first expressway in the province with a length of more than 500 kilometers. The province has arranged a grand opening ceremony and plans to arrange a fleet to invite these foreigners.
The merchants took a new trip to let them feel the speed of our development in China." Deputy Secretary Zhang explained.
He walked to the door of the cafeteria and said, "Don't worry, the matter of Fangxiang Shipbuilding is a matter of the province. You have won an order for five million tons of ships, which is more than the whole country's annual orders. I heard that it has broken the world
Records, this is a huge happy event. You must have a good time at your signing ceremony later. The secretary and I will both attend, and people from the capital will definitely attend. This is a big event."
Yao Yuan really didn't want to explain so much, and besides, these things were simply unavoidable. What he wanted to ensure was that the essence of the cooperation should not be affected by the ceremony.
What he was worried about instead was the emergence of people like Chen Peng, who would be guilty of possessing a jade.
Perhaps Deputy Secretary Zhang should be reminded, so Yao Yuan suddenly said, "A man named Chen Peng is also in Singapore. He and Sun Yimin from Dalian Shipbuilding came to me and discussed some cooperation matters..."
It's very vague, but it's enough.
Deputy Secretary Zhang pondered for a long time and said in a deep voice, "I know this person, um, I know this matter. I will mention it to the secretary during dinner later. Anyway, you don't have to worry, the province has your strong backing. Besides,
, you are now the frontline commander in Hong Kong’s financial siege, and no one dares to worry about orders from the shipyard."
"I taught Chen Peng a lesson, but now I'm still hiding in my room and don't dare to go out, for fear of getting into a traffic accident and dying in a foreign country." Yao Yuan joked.
Deputy Secretary Zhang was shocked, and suddenly realized that he was also confused by Yao Yuan's friendly appearance, or that he thought Yao Yuan was a good gentleman in his heart. His career had reached the level of Yao Yuan. No matter where he went, he was always a guest, which made him angry.
He, it's too simple for someone to have an accident or something.
"Xiao Yao, don't worry, I'm only in my early sixties." Deputy Secretary Zhang said.
Yao Yuan understood in his heart and said, "Understood, I'm still young. I'll make arrangements in the evening and arrive in Guangdong at eight or nine o'clock tomorrow morning. The time is just right."
"Okay, see you in Guangdong City." Deputy Secretary Zhang hung up the phone, smiled wryly, shook his head slightly, and said to himself, "This guy even defeated my entire army. He is not a creature of the pond..."
Yao Yuan immediately asked people to arrange the itinerary for the next day. The Singapore Shipping Association was the organizer. They were very proactive and took the initiative to help contact them. Of course, the cost was borne by the shipbuilding company and would be reimbursed by the province later.
Before 12 o'clock at night, the charter flight and other arrangements were arranged, and all other work was completed. Everyone took a short rest and boarded the plane at three in the morning. A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 charter flight arrived at 3:30 in the morning.
Take off on time.
Prior to this, Yao Yuan had already taken off early on his own special plane. He first dropped off Lin Wei in Guangdong City, and Lin Wei participated in the reception on his behalf, while he continued to fly to Jiangcheng.
In this way, when he arrived in Jiangcheng, the charter flight of foreign businessmen also happened to land in Guangdong City.
Jiangcheng Sanzhen is the city with the largest urban area in the world. The most outstanding design institute of Chinese military ships is located here, and it is a core scientific research unit.
Zhong Weiguo had been waiting at the airport early, picked up Yao Yuan and went straight to the Ship Research Institute, namely Institute 701, also known as the Ship Research and Design Center, in the light fog of the early morning.
The design of most of the Chinese Navy's ships comes from this ship research institute, which is a key national research institute.
Future domestically produced aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, 10,000-ton cruisers, Aegis ships, amphibious assault ships, dock landing ships, comprehensive supply ships, etc., will all be produced by this institute.
However, the 701 Research Institute was still very weak at this time. The largest combat ship they designed was the No. 112 guided missile destroyer that was put into service in 1994, with a full load displacement of only more than 4,000 tons.
After settling in, Yao Yuan had breakfast and went to bed. He got up at ten o'clock in the morning and followed Zhong Weiguo to the project team.
The Varyag project team is code-named Project Team 1, and the level of confidentiality is very high. There is a separate small courtyard as a research site. Without the approval of a special confidentiality committee, outsiders cannot enter, and forget about visiting.
But as Zhong Weiguo said, Yao Yuan is one of the project leaders. This title is real, because most of the key technical personnel in the project team are from the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences, and Yao Yuan is the president of the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences.
Naturally, Yao Yuan must be one of the project leaders.
To be precise, before the Navy purchased the Varyag, the ship was a civilian ship. The current research and subsequent construction are considered to be within the scope of civilian ships at this moment. Therefore, the person in charge of the private scientific research institution is allowed to serve as the project leader.
There is no procedural problem with one of them.
But in China, there is no need to doubt the final result of this type of powerful weapon. It will definitely become an aircraft carrier, rather than an amusement park, casino, song and dance troupe, maritime city, etc. transformed from the aircraft carrier...
Because Yao Yuan had explained it, Zhong Weiguo did not alert anyone else. Instead, he took Yao Yuan to the data room and asked people to bring the overall design plan and other materials over and let Yao Yuan take his time to look at it.
He knew that Yao Yuan himself was a technical expert, especially in the field of machinery, and he was a disciple of the academician. He had no trouble understanding the drawings, so there was no need to find an expert to introduce him.
Zhong Weiguo stayed with him for a while and then went out, leaving Yao Yuan alone to study hard.
It is impossible to read through all the technical drawings and materials. Yao Yuan doesn't have that much time to spend here, so it doesn't make much sense for him to read them all.
He only needs to look at the overall design plan and the naval shipbuilding plan to give his own opinions and suggestions.
What the project team needs him to do is these tasks.
In 1997, how should the Chinese navy develop forward? Yao Yuan finally had his own suggestions from the perspective of a technical expert and an academic expert...