What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 125 Rites and Music
In fact, it is not easy at all. Putting aside the construction of a permanent base itself, the actual difficulty of this matter should be negative.

Are there any fishermen willing to stay permanently in the Nansha Islands? The Qiongzhou Marine Surveillance wouldn't dare dream of such a beautiful prospect.

Don’t even think about renting that place where people hate dogs, you can even pay for it.

A country’s borders are not boundary markers, nor are they lines on a map, but the actual population living there.

If the vast islands and reefs within the nine-dash line were not inhabitable at all, why would they be invaded so frequently?
Lao Gao thought that the biggest difficulty in this matter was to make the Qiongzhou leaders believe that he was not joking.

"Which island would you like to rent?"

"Wait a minute."

Tang Wen asked someone to bring a map, then asked the fishermen to gather around and asked them which places they would most like to work.

After confirming several resource-rich sea areas, Tang Wen took the intersection of the center line and landed on Liyue Beach in the upper right part of the Nansha Islands.

When Tang Wen saw the name, he felt inexplicably familiar and suddenly remembered this place.

Liyue Beach is very large, 130 kilometers long and 65 kilometers wide, with a total area of ​​about 7000 square kilometers. However, it is a shallow beach mostly underwater, mostly reefs and sand. It is not suitable as a port and cannot accommodate large ships. It requires very complicated infrastructure construction, and there is nothing on the beach.

But only for now.

In 2011, the Luzon Oil Company discovered oil deposits here, claiming reserves of 8 million tons, which led to many subsequent disputes.

Now, no one realizes that there is a huge oil and gas well underneath.

However, before the time travel, there had been no oil extraction in China. Tang Wen had two guesses:
The so-called 8 million tons of reserves is a unilateral statement by Luzon, which may be an exaggeration to attract attention. In fact, there is not so much;

In addition, offshore oil extraction is very costly and difficult, and the quality of the oil is unproven. Overall, it may not be worthwhile to extract it.

But since there is such a heated debate, there must be oil in Liyuetan, but the difficulty of extraction and the reserves are questionable.

7000 square kilometers, producing 3500 million tons of crude oil a day? 127 billion tons a year?
As soon as this terrifying number popped up in Tang Wen's mind, a system prompt popped up in his mind:

The oil production area of ​​the base must reach the "island" level, that is, the actual usable area above the water surface and interconnected, with complete infrastructure. "Beach" and "reef" only count the effective area occupied by land reclamation and ports.

Tang Wen was greatly disappointed. He almost pulled out all the oil consumption of the entire human race for a hundred years in one breath.

However, Liyue Beach is a good place, and it is easy to reclaim land. Tang Wen pointed to the map and said;
"Then let's go with Liyue Beach. A few nearby beaches or reefs will do. I'm not picky about size or condition. Anything that can be found and emerge from the water is fine. How much do you want?"

Lao Gao shook his head, then said to Tang Wen:
"It's probably how much money you want. And what deep grudge do you have against those sailors and plane pilots that you'd be sent to these places to eat sand?"

Tang Wen: "..."

……

Goose City.

Since it was not convenient to contact people in person in Dayuan Village, Wu Long applied for a shop in the city and used it as the reception office for Gaijin Power.

There are currently only three people at the reception desk, but the average turnover per person has exceeded one million.

According to the latest news, Sanwang Agricultural Machinery and Liuqi Honglong are merging and restructuring. After the initial equity chaos, a new truck manufacturing plant is about to be formed, and it is expected that engines will be purchased in batches starting next week.

Except for the agricultural machinery factories, the sales of Gaijin's high-horsepower diesel engines are not very good. Other agricultural machinery factories do not have the same ambition as Sanwang Agricultural Machinery, and cannot afford expensive engines.

Not to mention the legitimate car manufacturers, they have a more professional supply chain and will not rashly change suppliers. Besides, the engine displacement of Gaijin is too large and the fuel consumption is not what they expected.

The single-cylinder diesel engine remains the best-seller. At Wu Long's suggestion, Tang Wen also launched a 32-horsepower version, only a thousand yuan more expensive than the 25-horsepower model. It has been very well received. He expects retail sales to reach 10 units in October, nearly crushing existing local brands.

Due to good performance, Tang Wen began to pay attention to this business and considered spending 20 yuan to purchase a company bus.

Wu Long was holding the latest edition of the newspaper, comparing the prices and considering what to buy.

Santana is too high-profile, trucks are not prestigious, and mini cars are hard to choose.

Just as he was struggling, a van stopped at the reception desk and a man with a slicked-back hair and a bag walked in. The front desk assistant hurried to greet him.

The other party introduced himself as the manager of Changhe Van Factory, his surname was Wang, and he needed to talk to the boss.

Wu Long stepped forward quickly, saying that Changhe Bread was no longer a small business.

Behind Changhe is Changfei, which is one of the few helicopter manufacturing companies in China. In the 70s, it introduced surveying and mapping and imitated the French SA.321Ja "Super Hornet" large multi-purpose helicopter. The domestic code name was Z-8, and it made its first flight in 93.

It took 8 years from the project launch to the first flight of the Z-13, and the degree of localization has only recently exceeded 50%.

In the 80s, in response to the trend of military-to-civilian conversion, Changhe Aircraft Corporation went into business and established Changhe Automobile. The Changhe vans it launched became popular all over the country.

Changhe Bread is now on the rise and is a real star enterprise. There are many Changhe vans running locally.

As soon as they met, the other party made his purpose clear:
"We won the bid for Goose City's bus upgrade. I heard you sell high-horsepower diesel engines? And gearboxes?"

Hearing Changhe's name, Wu Long did not dare to neglect him. He quickly invited him into a separate meeting room at the back and poured him some water before starting to talk in detail:
"Our Gaijin engines are famous for their high horsepower, starting at 265 horsepower. We have both manual and automatic transmissions. I wonder what your requirements are."

Manager Wang from Changhe was surprised when he heard this and asked:
"Which engine did you imitate, and to what extent is it domestically produced?"

In his opinion, China definitely does not have the ability to develop such a powerful engine, and it must be a copy of a foreign brand.

Wu Long smiled slightly and said proudly, "Our engine is a replica, but it's a tank engine! The gearbox is also a tank gearbox, so it's absolutely suitable for use in cars."

As he said this, he took out a simply bound technical manual and handed it to the other party. Manager Wang looked at the data and couldn't find a similar model in his mind. Then he looked at the exaggerated torque output and displacement, and he actually believed it.

He also accidentally learned about the acquisition of the Red Dragon Truck Factory and found out that there was actually a factory buying car engines from Gaijin, so he came to try his luck.

"The horsepower is too high. 265 horsepower is too much for a bus. 165 horsepower is too much for me. Are there any other models?"

Wu Long remembered Tang Wen's instructions that no new model would be developed without orders for more than 100 units.

The latter naturally saves energy and experience by doing so. Wu Long then asked, "I wonder how many buses you plan to produce?"

“35 vehicles, and the update will be completed this year.”

"Gone?"

"Gone."

In fact, this was also the first time that Changhe produced buses, so Manager Wang told the truth.

There are less than 80 buses in Echeng now, so purchasing 35 of them is already a big deal.

With such a small quantity, even with sufficient spare parts, the demand is only enough for fifty or sixty engines at most.

(End of this chapter)