Chapter 2413
Of course, Liang Liping's original plan did not include the Miaoli area proposed by Lu Zhanpeng as a fixed route destination in the early stage. However, after listening to Lu Zhanpeng's introduction, she also agreed that the area may have certain development prospects in the future, and if she immediately If you invest resources to start operations, you may have a chance to monopolize the local shipping industry.
But the problem is that the funds and personnel she can invest in her entrepreneurial plan are relatively limited in the early stage. In order to gain a foothold in the industry and make a profit as soon as possible, she must give priority to those companies with sufficient business volume and controllable transportation costs. Port as destination. The special cargo produced in Miaoli not only has certain requirements for the conditions of the ships to be transported, but even the crew responsible for loading and unloading the cargo must first receive training in transporting chemical products. These links will invisibly increase the transportation cost a lot.
If Liang Liping's shipping company could meet these special transportation requirements, it would indeed have the opportunity to take over these transportation businesses. However, since Lu Zhanpeng lacked detailed data on local transportation needs, Liang Liping would naturally not risk his own career. This cooperation plan only got off the ground and had to come to an abrupt end.
However, Lu Zhanpeng did not feel depressed because of this. He hoped that Yu Feng and Liang Liping would give him a little more time. On the one hand, he could understand the local situation in Miaoli through his own channels, and on the other hand, he would also talk to his wife and see. Is it possible to invest some money on your own to invest in Yu Feng and his wife's shipping company?
"Don't be too reluctant, family harmony comes first." Yu Feng suppressed a smile and joked: "If your wife doesn't agree, forget it, we can consider other cooperation projects in the future."
Lu Zhanpeng was not willing to show weakness and immediately retorted: "Lao Yu, don't underestimate me. I have always made the final decision on all major matters in our family!"
"So there shouldn't be anything big going on in your family." Yu Feng mercilessly exposed Lu Zhanpeng's words: "I have been here for more than ten years. When has it ever been your decision to take charge of your family's affairs?"
The two of them knew each other well. Lu Zhanpeng knew that he couldn't explain himself, so he had to skip the topic for now and sighed: "Yes, we have been here for twelve years, and you and I are almost forty. , I don’t know if the ambitions I made when I participated in the time travel will be realized in time!”
Both of them had engineering backgrounds, one in mechanics and the other in petrochemicals. Like most of their companions, after coming to this time and space, they could only engage in the profession they were most familiar with. However, with the professional knowledge and skills they have mastered, it is very likely that they will become masters in their respective fields and be respected by future generations.
But time flies, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Although they have made great achievements in their respective fields, they seem to be far from achieving the goals they envisioned when they participated in the operation. Yu Feng still failed to create an internal combustion engine that could be mass-produced, and the oil refining project that Lu Zhanpeng was responsible for also failed to reach ideal production status. Even though they all know that as long as they can overcome the technical difficulties at hand, Haihan's national power will be greatly improved and they will become national heroes who will go down in history, they still have to be subject to the objective environment and can only do it bit by bit. Move slowly towards the target.
Hearing the words of his old friend, Yu Feng also responded with emotion: "Sometimes I also wonder whether our generation will not be able to make a real breakthrough in the process of industrialization. We have to wait until the next generation. Or the next generation can barely accomplish the goals we set.”
They have tasted the feeling of being capable but unable to realize it many times over the years, and their youthful spirit has been gradually blunted by reality bit by bit. Although in the hearts of the people in this time and space, they are omnipotent and almost god-like existences, only they themselves know that there are still countless difficulties blocking the way forward, and they may not be able to overcome them throughout their lives. All obstacles have been cleared.
But Liang Liping, who was also a time traveler, had a more thorough view of this situation, so she said: "It's not even time to retire, you two gentlemen have begun to look back on your life with sadness. With this time, Let’s think about what to do next! ”
"Let's just say a few words of emotion. It's not like we're not doing anything anymore." Yu Feng quickly defended himself and Lu Zhanpeng: "Next, I'll go visit Ning Qi, and you go find Schneider. Let's each do our own thing and try to get things done as soon as possible. Straighten it out.”
"Wait a minute." Lu Zhanpeng was a little confused: "How come there is something about Ning Qi and Schneider here?"
"Everyone has his own business." Yu Feng had to explain to him: "I plan to ask Ning Qi to recruit some more recent graduates to learn engine repair and maintenance from me. As for Schneider, I want her to negotiate for a loan. Shipping company matter.”
At this time, Yu Feng's little daughter was calling next to her, so Liang Liping had no intention of continuing to chat with them and got up to take care of the child.
Lu Zhanpeng continued: "If you ask for people from Ning Qi, they will only give you a few junior high school graduates at most. With that level of knowledge, you need to learn engine-related things, and the training period will probably be very long. This is not a steam engine. The mechanical principles and structures are much more complicated. If you are stupid, you may not be able to get started after studying for three to five months.”
"There's nothing I can do about it. I can't get people who can go to high school, or who are selected by the Ministry of Industry right after graduating from junior high school!" Yu Feng sighed: "Although junior high school students have poor basic skills, if It's not impossible to just learn repair and maintenance. Look at the car repair shops in the city in the past, many car repair mechanics have not finished middle school. They can also learn it slowly, it is nothing more than the accumulation of experience. I just have to be more patient and teach slowly.”
Lu Zhanpeng said: "Actually, I have an idea, maybe I can mention it to Ning Qi."
"Come and listen."
"We went to Ning Qi and asked local junior high schools in Sanya to set up a second class. Students can choose courses that they are interested in, such as mechanical majors or petrochemical majors. We can teach some simple professional knowledge to attract people interested in this subject. Interested students will then be provided with targeted training." Lu Zhanpeng explained his thoughts concisely and comprehensively.
Yu Feng frowned and said: "Then you and I will be lecturers in person? Besides, you can't just go and give lectures. As a teacher, you are not allowed to prepare lessons in advance? Maybe you have to write your own textbooks. We don't have that much time. What do you think? Can you do this job? ”
"This..." Lu Zhanpeng also felt that what Yu Feng said was reasonable, and his own thinking did not seem to be thoughtful enough.
Although the two of them have been tutoring apprentices over the years, they have never taught in schools as teachers. They basically lead apprentices to practice while imparting professional knowledge. The professional teaching materials required for teaching are currently not available on the market. Lu Zhanpeng’s idea was dead as soon as he proposed it.
The two had to abandon the topic and began to discuss the technical details of the diesel engine that Yu Feng was currently preparing to manufacture.
Yu Feng has drawings of many types of engines. He plans to start with a single-cylinder diesel engine with a relatively simple structure and trial-produce a small-horsepower prototype. This thing has an extremely wide range of uses. It can greatly improve efficiency and production capacity in transportation, loading and unloading, mining, industrial production, etc.
Although Yu Feng has a ready-made manufacturing plan on hand, there are still many technical details that need to be sorted out slowly from processing and assembly to later test operations. Yu Feng did not have the conditions to concentrate all the existing technical forces of the Ministry of Industry in his own hands, so he could only rely on himself to explore and solve various problems that would be encountered in the process. This day's sea fishing activity only lasted until the afternoon and ended hastily. However, the fish caught by the two of them had far exceeded their family's recent demand for fish ingredients, so Yu Feng took the initiative and distributed part of it to his subordinates. Several crew members, and some arranged to be transported to their own machinery factory as meals for the employees tomorrow.
After saying goodbye to Lu Zhanpeng and his family on the dock, Yu Feng and Liang Liping did not go home directly. Instead, they asked the nanny and bodyguard to take their children back first, while they went to attend a meeting that had been arranged in advance.
Yu Feng and his wife took a carriage to a restaurant in the city, where Liang Liping had reserved a private room in advance and was preparing to entertain an important guest.
Not long after they entered the private room and sat down, the guests arrived. The couple stood up together to greet each other, but when the visitor saw this, he quickly bowed and said: "You two don't have to be so polite, I can't bear it!"
"Respect the elderly and the virtuous. This is what you should do. Mr. Zhang, please sit down!" Yu Feng politely stretched out his hand to make an invitation gesture.
The person who came was none other than Zhang Tiangui, the person in charge of Sanya Shipyard. With his age and seniority in Haihan Kingdom, he indeed deserved this respect. However, in front of the crowd, he had always been very respectful and never exceeded. Right words and deeds. After Zhang Tiangui said a few polite words, he also sat down.
This was not the first time that the two parties had interacted with each other, but it was the first time they had sat together for dinner. Zhang Tiangui also understood the reason why the couple entertained him. After drinking for three rounds, he took the initiative to bring up the subject: "Last time Director Liang asked I have carefully calculated what I said.”
When Yu Feng and his wife heard this, they both stopped using their chopsticks and looked at Zhang Tiangui, waiting for what he would say next.
Then Zhang Tiangui continued: "If Director Liang's request is to order eight Yugong-class sailing ships at one time at Sanya Shipyard, then they may need to be delivered in four batches, with two ships in each batch, and the entire delivery period will take at least two years. .”
"In other words, the order for these eight ships will not be completed until this time the year after next?" Liang Liping frowned slightly after hearing this, but still confirmed this important time with Zhang Tiangui.
Zhang Tiangui nodded and said: "You two will definitely feel that this delivery period is too long, but there is really no way. The current tasks of Sanya Shipyard have already been scheduled for the year after next, and most of them are official tasks. The contract was signed in black and white, and we did not dare to break the contract easily. The two of us could come to the shipyard to review the construction arrangements at any time. I promised that if Director Liang had not said that he could pay the shipbuilding cost in one go, the delivery time would have been delayed. Wait for another year and a half.”
In fact, there was no need to go to the shipyard to check the construction arrangements of civilian ships. The two of them knew that what Zhang Tiangui said was basically true. Liang Liping's current job involves dealing with various shipping companies almost every day. Naturally, he knows that many large shipping companies order new ships almost every year. What's more, Sanya Shipyard has to accept shipbuilding orders from official departments such as the Ministry of Shipping, so the shipyard's production capacity is naturally difficult to meet demand.
If it weren't for their special status and Liang Liping said that he could pay off the ship in one lump sum, then the delivery time would probably be more than two or three years.
Liang Liping said: "Mr. Zhang, is there any way we can get these ships as quickly as possible?"
Zhang Tiangui hesitated for a moment, then responded: "There is a way, but I think it may not be suitable for you two."
Yu Feng said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Zhang will tell you first."
Zhang Tiangui said: "The easiest way is to directly add money to buy a ship that is being built by another company, but this is probably not a deal that can be concluded by just adding 1,800 yuan."
Liang Liping remained silent, but judging from her expression, it was obvious that she did not agree with this method. She originally planned to order this batch of cargo ships through a loan. The longer the delivery period, the more interest she would have to pay. But if she had to add money to buy someone else's order, then I'm afraid the extra money she would pay would be more than the loan interest. .
Zhang Tiangui observed the situation and continued: "There is another way, which is for Sanya Shipyard to come forward and entrust the orders to shipyards in various places for separate construction. This may shorten the delivery period to about one year at the fastest."
Yu Feng asked in confusion: "What does commissioned construction mean? Subcontracting shipbuilding orders?"
Zhang Tiangui nodded and acknowledged his statement: "That's roughly what it means. The order is placed by Sanya Shipyard, but the specific construction work will be completed by multiple shipyards."
Liang Liping asked: "Has the shipbuilding cost changed?"
Zhang Tiangui said: "Of course we will implement it according to the price we negotiated before."
Liang Liping did not respond immediately, but considered the pros and cons of this matter in her mind. Haihan currently has at least twenty or thirty shipyards, large and small, but those with the technical ability to build Yugong-class sailing ships must be state-owned shipyards, so there are only seven or eight shipyards in total. Shipyards in other places are indeed not as busy as the Sanya Shipyard. If several shipyards can start construction at the same time, the order for these eight ships may be delivered in less than a year.
Although from a time perspective, such an operation can shorten the delivery time, there are also some other problems. For example, the technical strength of other shipyards is definitely not as good as that of the Sanya Shipyard where Zhang Tiangui is located, and the finished products may have some quality differences. In addition, the quotations of other shipyards are definitely lower than those of the most famous shipyard in Sanya. Zhang Tiangui subcontracted the order, but still collected the money according to the previous quotation. This is a bit of a loss for the ship owner.
(End of chapter)