Great warships

Chapter 260 I want to buy the Minsk

The bright sun shines on the beautiful Kimchi Peninsula. On the edge of the peninsula, there is an inconspicuous Geoje Island, a small place called Okpo, bathed in golden sunshine.

It's a sight to behold, with seven dry docks, a sliding slipway, a lift slipway, and the latter even has a roof to keep prying eyes out of the air.

This is the most famous shipyard under Daeju Shipbuilding & Marine Co., Ltd. (DSME) on the Kimchi Peninsula. (This should be the full name, but I just don't understand, why use the name of a company like Devil.)
A group of people walked on the road of the shipyard.

"Our Dazhou Shipyard is the second largest shipbuilding company in the world." A man walked proudly introducing: "At present, our yearly launching tonnage can exceed 200 million tons."

Qin Tao nodded upon hearing the translator's translation: "Yes, Manager Park, your side is the largest shipyard in Asia, but you still need to refuel in some areas, for example, LNG ships On the other hand, it seems to be blank, right?"

Of course, Qin Tao knew that sending the blueprints was the time when Nikolai and Orlov broke up. At this time, don't go there to join in the fun, lest the gods fight and the kid suffers. Qin Tao will go a few days late, and do something else by the way bedding work.

For example, take Cong Ju and others to visit the largest shipyard in Asia.

Speaking of shipbuilding, both the island country and the Kimchi country are very powerful. In the southern Kimchi country, there are three main shipbuilding giants, namely Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Daejo in front of us.

It is hard to say who is the boss of these three shipbuilding enterprises.

However, in the eyes of Park Douxuan, the production and operation manager of Dazhou Shipyard, their shipyard is of course the largest.

How many advanced cargo ships, warships did they produce?At this time in their dock, there are more than 20 tons of oil tankers in production.

However, at this time, Qin Tao brought up the production of LNG ships, which really made Park Douxuan somewhat unable to answer.

In this regard, they are really just getting started.

In later generations, when the domestic LNG ship started, it learned from the experience of the two countries in the east. These two countries have already begun to manufacture such ships in large quantities, but now, the southern Kimchi country has not yet started.

The construction time of the island country was earlier, and they began to introduce MOSS technology in 1971.But it took a full ten years to build the first LNG ship. From 83 to 85, they delivered the first generation of LNG carriers, using five spherical tank-type liquid cargo tanks with a diameter of 36.6m; from 1989 to 1993, they produced the second generation, four with a diameter of 40m The ship type of the cargo tank of the rice ball tank.

Since the spherical tank type has become obsolete, shipbuilding companies are all eyeing the membrane type LNG carrier.

In 1995, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries respectively introduced the production technology of membrane-type LNG carriers, and then developed rapidly. In the later period, the three shipbuilding companies accounted for almost 70.00% of the world's LNG carrier market.They have never built spherical tank ships, and they have used GT's thin-film technology when they came up. It is precisely because of this unique vision that they have become the biggest winners in the market.

(The Daeju Shipyard did not find specific information, and some say it started in 93, but now in 92, the South Kimchi Country does not have the construction technology of this type of ship. In 84, they had it This kind of idea, however, came to naught. In the 90s, both the Kimchi country and the island country became major natural gas importers, and they decided to build natural gas ships. I don’t know how to write it. If you write that the Kimchi country can already build natural gas ships , that’s wrong, I didn’t check the information carefully at the time, sorry.)
The shipbuilding strength of Kimchi Country is very strong. After they can build it, they will vigorously develop this type of ship. They not only monopolize the share of LNG ships, but also monopolize various accessories, and various low-temperature resistant parts on natural gas ships Many of the parts are produced by them.Moreover, they also designed a new fence system by themselves, becoming a must.

Of course, these are things for later generations. Now, even Mingzhou Shipyard has started to build natural gas ships with MOSS tanks. Their Dazhou Shipyard has not started yet.

"If you want to build an LNG ship, our group can export technology." Qin Tao said to Park Douxuan: "Our technology export price 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, $1000 million will do.”

Cong Ju, who was at the side, secretly sighed in his heart, Boss Qin's ability to do business is absolutely perfect.

At the beginning, when I came back from dismantling a MOSS tank, I fiddled with it and successfully produced a natural gas ship. However, this kind of natural gas ship has already begun to fall behind. Even if the technology is packaged and sold, it will not have any impact. Make a fortune.

As far as natural gas ship technology is concerned, it is mainly in the hands of the Norwegians and the French.

In 1970, Norway's Moss Rosenberg shipbuilding company proposed a spherical tank-shaped ship plan, which was later acquired by Kvaerner and patented by it.In the 80s, a large number of spherical tank-type natural gas ships were built and became the mainstream, and the shipyards of the island countries were among the best.

As for the membrane-type ship, it was the idea of ​​the GT company in France. In the 50s, they wanted to transport the natural gas from the Sahara Desert to Europe, but they were afraid that the situation in Algeria would be unstable, so they gave up using the pipeline ship.The spherical tank wastes space, and the supporting structure needs to withstand the low temperature of -163 degrees.So simply change the way of thinking, and lay an insulating and heat-insulating lining that can withstand low temperatures of -163 degrees in the cargo compartment to solve the problem of LNG storage.

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 91, that is, last year, the South Kimchi Country was planning to build four natural gas ships. The order did not want to fall into the hands of foreigners. Their own shipyards are currently racking their brains to consider how to receive orders.

It's all right now, Qin Tao is here.

"A one-time payment of 1000 million?" Pu Douxuan was really tempted.

"That's right." Qin Tao said: "1000 million US dollars, including education and training. The Cong Gong next to me is responsible for building natural gas ships. If you want to consult specific technical questions, you can ask her."

In terms of price alone, 1000 million US dollars is definitely not much. After all, as long as a natural gas ship is built, the cost can be recovered, and the next step is net profit.

However, this is an outdated technology after all. Qin Tao got it for free at the beginning. Now, Qin Tao has begun to target membrane-type ships. It is not too little to sell this backward technology for 1000 million.

Cong Ju could only guess these things. As for Qin Tao's deeper consideration, she couldn't think of it for the time being.

The Kimchi Country has also begun to plan to enter the LNG market. If they can get the construction technology of this kind of MOSS spherical tank natural gas ship, they will definitely not give up immediately. When they have a thorough understanding of the technology and start construction, it will take five or six years. passed.

With 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 to a detour, and then completely shake them off!

Needless to say, 1000 million, 500 million, Qin Tao can sell technology.

"Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your kindness. I will report to my superiors." Pu Douxuan said excitedly.

1000 million is nothing to Dazhou Company. The natural gas ships of Mingzhou Shipyard are already in normal operation, and there are still several follow-up construction of ships, which are technically no problem.

He knows that they are currently negotiating with the French. This kind of technology transfer is quite expensive. The French proposed a condition of 5.00% of the price of each ship!They spent huge sums of money to build natural gas ships, and the main profits had to be taken away by the French. Moreover, this is the hen that lays golden eggs, and every ship has to be charged!

It doesn't matter where the Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group's technology comes from, whether it is qualified to authorize, and if there are commercial disputes in the future, let the Norwegians go to Mingzhou, but they can't find them. They spent money.

In the afternoon of that day, Qin Tao met the senior executives of Dazhou Shipbuilding and Marine Co., Ltd. who rushed over from Seoul.

In the conference room at the shipyard, the atmosphere is jovial.

"Mr. Qin, I heard that you plan to transfer your natural gas ship construction technology to us at a price of 1000 million yuan. Is it true?" Li Jinshan, who is in his 50s, looks as young as he is in his 30s As the chairman of the board, he came here in person, of course for the fat that came to his door.

"Of course it's true. We came all the way here to do business." Qin Tao replied with a smile.

"Then, why did you give us such a favorable price? Are you not afraid that we will be able to build this type of ship in the future and compete with you for business?" Although this sentence is not pleasant to say, Li Jinshan still has to ask clearly .

Li Jinshan absolutely doesn't believe in anything for friendship.

"Well, our group recently has a big project that requires a lot of money, so we made this decision." Qin Tao is very frank.

Big project?Big money?It shouldn't be, their Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group has recently developed so rapidly that some people have analyzed that it may become a strong competitor of their kimchi country's shipbuilding industry in the future.

The other party is not short of money!

Li Jinshan's mind was thinking quickly, thinking about the recent related events in the industry, and suddenly thought of something: "Do you intend to buy the Minsk?"

After he asked this question, he felt something was wrong again, so he could only smile awkwardly.

Qin Tao sighed: "Yes, we plan to buy it, but we don't know if there is a chance. After all, I heard that Lao Maozi wants to transform this warship into an aircraft carrier and sell it to Ah San. "

"You want to buy it? Why do you buy it?" Everyone present was a little shocked.

Qin Tao could tell from the other party's expression, it was very simple, these people present also wanted to buy it!This is considered a competitor, but now, it's just laying the groundwork and fooling around.

"It will be transformed into a water park, as a patriotic education base." Qin Tao said.

As long as they don't buy it back to transform 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 major domestic shipbuilding group. If they buy it back, it will have no other use except to transform it into a civilian ship.

Even if they can transform it, there is no carrier-based aircraft!What advanced aircraft does China have now?

"In this case, we are willing to support your actions." Li Jinshan made a decision: "1000 million US dollars, we will buy your gas ship technology!"

Cong Ju sat beside Qin Tao quietly, without saying a word, but her heart felt as if the river was overwhelmed.

1000 million US dollars, just like this!Next, transfer the design drawings and so on. As for the welders and the like, just send a few apprentices to help give advice, and you can get a good travel allowance.

Next, they can move in the direction of the membrane type natural gas ship!

"Mr. Qin, you just proposed that Ah San wants to 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, full of expectations in his words.

They are not asking Ah San, but asking themselves. They also have a dream of an aircraft carrier. They want to refit the Minsk and turn it into their own aircraft carrier!

"Of course no problem." Qin Tao said: "The Minsk has a displacement of more than 4 tons, which is similar to the French medium-sized aircraft carrier. The take-off plan, operating the MiG-29 and Su-27 carrier-based aircraft is no problem."

Qin Tao immediately started to introduce it eloquently, as if chatting with the closest old friend, and even stood up when he was having fun, and drew a design drawing on the whiteboard in the meeting room.

The personnel of Dazhou Shipyard who were present seemed to have discovered something.

President Qin, did he get some technical information on the Kyiv class, otherwise, how did he explain it in such detail?

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel their hearts throbbing.

"Mr. Qin, tonight, can you honor me and join us in our capital to welcome you?"

The South Kimchi Country is not very big, so it is only an hour or two by car from here to the capital. Going to their capital to attend a reception is of course very high-end and high-end.

Qin Tao nodded: "It's an honor."

At the reception 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, did you get some designs for the Minsk?" drawing?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Qin Tao coughed suddenly, as if he was choking.

"If you have it, we are willing to..."

"How is it possible? We don't have that ability. Besides, that thing is not cheap. Without tens of millions of dollars, it is impossible to buy the relevant personnel." Qin Tao said solemnly: "Why, do you want it? I There are some contacts, if you give me a few million activity funds, I can help you find out."

What you get, of course, must maximize its profit.

It only cost 300 million yuan for Qin Tao to design the aircraft carrier blueprints for Nikola, but those blueprints and materials can be sold for at least tens of millions!Moreover, only part of them are sold.Key information, of course, must be missing.

After all, these people in front of them are very interested in Minsk's drawings.

I don’t have one now, if you want, I can help you inquire, just to inquire, it will cost millions of activity funds!
This is what Qin Tao's words revealed. The other party may not be hooked 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 decoration, just smashing the wall. What if a stressed structure is demolished, and the aircraft carrier is useless?No original drawings, just looking at the on-site surveying and mapping of warships?Except for the Chinese, people from other countries simply don't have this ability.

Li Jinshan smiled and did not speak. It is impossible to give Qin Tao several million dollars just by relying on a few words. This is just an introduction.

While Qin Tao was happily attending the reception in the capital of the Kimchi Country, at the base of the Pacific Fleet, Nicholas was making an angry call.

"Our Pacific Fleet doesn't even have fuel to go to sea! All our warships are basking on the shore! We still owe a month's electricity bill to the newly established Far East Power Company, and they have issued an ultimatum to us. If they don't pay them for electricity, they will cut off the power lines of our Pacific Fleet!"

Nicholas was still full of grievances, and now, he just poured them out to senior officials in Moscow.

"We did get 3000 million US dollars of start-up funds from Ah San, thank Moscow for not withholding them." Nicholas continued to complain: "This money will greatly ease the embarrassment of our Pacific Fleet. At this time, The Nevsky Design Bureau actually wanted 800 million of them, leaving only 100 million to us and 100 million to the shipyard. They still have the face to go to Moscow to sue. Shouldn’t they be ashamed? We originally planned that the design bureau, the fleet We share a part with the shipyard, but they want to eat all the meat, and don't even leave us the bones!"

After messing with the Neva Design Bureau, how could Orlov swallow this breath, he would definitely go to Moscow to file a complaint. Nikolai had already prepared these arguments.

It's not that we are not mean enough, it's really the lion of the Neva Design Bureau who opened his mouth!We are also forced.

That's right, their Neva Design Bureau is in crisis, but what about us?Our days are also very bitter!We have managed to decommission a Minsk, intending to use it to improve the condition of our fleet, are we wrong?

"That's right, we made this design ourselves. We hired some technicians and spent a lot of money, but it's much cheaper than the design from the Neva Design Bureau!" Nikolai continued to call: "Of course, there are also professional designers from Minsk, so I guarantee it will be fine."

"what?"

Nicholas raised his voice again: "Why is the Northern Fleet joining in the fun? Isn't this making trouble? Hey, hey!"

Nicholas put down the phone, his face extremely ugly.

At the end of the matter, a huge change suddenly occurred, which even Nicholas himself did not expect.

"Your Excellency Nikolai, what happened?" Zaitsev asked him cautiously.

"Northern Fleet, they want to refit their Kyiv and sell it to Ah San." Nicholas said angrily: "The Neva Design Bureau has pulled in the relationship with the Northern Fleet. They want to join forces and mess up our business." !"

The Neva Design Bureau and the Northern Fleet are stationed not far away, and they are inextricably linked, so after suffering a loss in the Far East, the people from the Neva Design Bureau actually went to the Northern Fleet to join hands with them from the Pacific Fleet. Grab business!

This is troublesome.

If you look at the records of later generations, among the four Kyiv-class ships, the Minsk was the first to be decommissioned, and it was honorably retired in 92, and the Kyiv was decommissioned in 93. As for the other two ships, it was originally planned to keep Yes, it turned out to be an accident, and it couldn't be repaired, so it had to be sold.

In fact, Kyiv's service history is shorter.

After the Kyiv was in service in 77, in June 87, the Kyiv sailed back to the Severomorsk base for the last time, and went to the ship repair shop for maintenance; after that, it never went out to perform missions. In 6*8 years 9 It was transferred to another ship repair yard in May, and was transferred to reserve service on December 10 of the same year according to the instructions of the Commander of the Northern Fleet.

Therefore, when it comes to retiring, there is nothing to say about the Kyiv. Anyway, the Northern Fleet already has the Kuznetsov, so there is no need to keep the Kyiv.

Now, seeing that the Pacific Fleet has made a fortune selling the Minsk, the Northern Fleet can't sit still, and it's useless to keep the Kyiv, so let's just sell it to Ah San!
Although it only sells for one dollar, the subsequent modification costs will definitely make a lot of money. Once the Neva Design Bureau fooled around, they made a decision.

The problem is, it's impossible for Ah San to buy two!
In other words, even if Ah San wanted to buy one, he could only choose one of the two ships. The Pacific Fleet has been tossing around for a long time, and it might be a chicken-and-egg fight.

Although they have already got 3000 million yuan, they can still get a lot of money if they officially sign the contract for modification.

Nicholas was extremely annoyed, but also felt powerless.

"So, shall we invite Qin over here? Ask him for an idea?" Zaitsev said.

At such a critical moment, Zaitsev still thought of cunning and cunning, no, the resourceful Qin, this project was promoted by Qin, and Qin will definitely help them think of a good way!

"That's right, invite Qin over as soon as possible to give us advice, and we must not let the plot of the Northern Fleet and Neva Design Bureau succeed!" Nicholas said.

In the afternoon of the next day, Qin Tao came to the Pacific Fleet station.

Time has entered May, and here is also a beautiful scene of spring flowers blooming. However, looking at the angry Nicholas, Qin Tao can only give up admiring the beauty and listen to Nicholas' introduction.

"Northern Fleet, actually want to sell their Kyiv to Ah San?" Qin Tao was also a little puzzled: "Isn't that warship already broken down?"

"Yeah, it's still being repaired at the shipyard!" Nikolay said, he suddenly thought of something, and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yeah, why didn't I think that the Kyiv is broken, and it can't be repaired at all." No, they want to use the Kyiv to fool Ah San, I have to tell them the news!"

The Kyiv was decommissioned while waiting for maintenance, and the Minsk was decommissioned directly during normal service. The integrity of the two warships is different. How to choose Ah San?

"If there is a chance, it would be better to let the Kyiv go bad." Qin Tao said.

(End of this chapter)