What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 16: Shipwrecks are also treasures
The truck loaded with diesel engines set off. According to the estimated distance, the balance payment can be collected in ten days.

After deducting the cost, this large order will bring in at least 2500 silver coins, so it can be said to be an absolutely big business.

If he does this two more times, Tang Wen will be able to raise enough processing costs to build a first-level ship.

He had already given up on the system's novice mission of completely magical shipbuilding. Everyone knew the choice between more than 20,000 silver coins and more than 6,000 silver coins.

However, dozens of tons of aluminum and oil are not too difficult to obtain, but more than 900 tons of steel cannot be purchased through formal channels, otherwise you will lose a lot of money.

The steel supplied to the shipyard can be obtained through recycling, but it is impossible to collect nearly a thousand tons of steel from the villagers' homes.

Recycling one thousand tons of scrap steel is not a small amount, and the best way Tang Wen can think of is to start from the ship.

Every year, there are many old ships waiting to be dismantled, and any one of them can easily produce thousands of tons of steel.

Tang Wen called Tang Yi to discuss the feasibility of this method. The latter thought about it and said:
"Shipbreaking? That's probably not easy, and junked ships are also a very sought-after resource."

"What do you mean?"

“Although scrapped ships are no longer suitable for sailing, the large amount of equipment and high-quality steel on board are themselves a considerable fortune, and the profits are very high.

I'm not very familiar with the shipbreaking industry in this era, but it should be difficult for ordinary small shipyards to get orders. You can try, but I'm not optimistic.

But if you want to salvage steel, I have a better suggestion: why not salvage it from shipwrecks?"

Shipwreck?

Tang Wen was stunned for a moment, then became ecstatic.

Yes, dismantling a ship is very troublesome, and the target is too big, so sinking a ship is too easy to deal with.

Not to mention, there were countless shipwrecks during the two world wars alone, especially in the waters off Guangdong and Fujian provinces. There was a shortage of everything but shipwrecks.

Whether it is a warship or a cargo ship, one weighs at least several thousand tons and at most tens of thousands of tons. Not only is it concealed, but it also doesn't cost a penny.

But immediately his face turned bitter again. He didn't know the location of the shipwreck. Was he going to search everywhere bit by bit?
Tang Yi made another suggestion:

“Our main target is shipwrecks from the two world wars, which mainly include warships and cargo ships.

The sinking location of a warship is usually recorded in war history, so the workload is not too heavy as long as we look up the warship data of this period.

Moreover, cargo ships often need warship escort, and most of their sinking is due to being sunk, and they can be found by following the clues.

As long as we lock down the general sea area, we can recover it later."

Tang Yi's words made sense and Tang Wen couldn't help but nod.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to find some military books and warship books that record the world wars, but there are definitely none in Dayuan Town, so you can only look for them in the library in the city.

It’s a pity that the Internet has not been fully developed yet and the founder of Baidu is still working in Silicon Valley. Otherwise, you could just search and find out everything. If that doesn’t work, you could also ask the omnipotent forum guys.

Unable to help but miss the sharing spirit of the Internet that had not yet been born, Tang Wen began to think about how to get the information.

He now has to stay in the shipyard and cannot leave too far, and the workers under him are not familiar with the city situation. It is risky for a outsider to walk on the road.

After thinking for a while, Tang Wen thought of a figure.

"Tell Seventeen to come over and drive me to town."

……

"呲-"

After a sharp brake sound, the ten-wheel truck stopped in front of the Guo family's shop.

Although it was a truck, the riding experience was not much better than that of the village chief's Sibu Xiang. Tang Wen rubbed his sore butt and jumped out of the driver's seat with a grimace.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and Guo Panpan was still lying on the counter reading a book. The latter had closed the book and looked over curiously.

"Where did this truck come from?"

Guo Panpan was also surprised to see the truck, but unexpectedly Tang Wen patted his chest and said in a showy manner:

"I recently opened a factory and bought one for the convenience of transporting goods." "It's so old, it looks just like something out of a movie."

Although she was rude, the girl still walked out of the counter and touched the sturdy truck body curiously.

"You really are the boss now, I thought you were just bragging."

"Boasting? Our Gaijin Shipyard is going to become bigger and stronger, and go global!
Do you believe that Gaijin Shipyard will become the greatest shipyard in the world in the future?"

Guo Panpan rolled her eyes, but unceremoniously stuck her head into the cockpit, obviously very interested.

Tang Wen winked at Tang Shiqi, who immediately understood and took out a piece of Hongmeisan cigarette given to him by Wu Laoer and gave it to Guo Panpan.

"..."

"..."

"Thank you, I don't smoke."

Guo Panpan politely declined and quickly got out of the truck.

In the eyes of people at that time, giving cigarettes to girls was extremely impolite, and in the past it would be considered hooliganism.

Seeing this, Tang Wen also held his forehead. Only Tang Shiqi didn't know what had happened. Was this how Wu Laoer welcomed him in the afternoon?
He originally wanted to use his connections to get Guo Panpan's help, but ended up offending her.

"I'm sorry, my driver is from the north, and they just..."

Tang Wen was stopped in his nonsense by Guo Panpan's cold eyes. The latter snorted and took a step back:
"What are you buying? There's no hot water tonight, so I can't make noodles."

"..."

Well, all the instant noodles are gone.

Tang Wen could only say helplessly:

"Actually, I came to you to ask for a favor. I want some books. Can you buy them for me?"

"What novel do you want? Have you finished reading the one I lent you?"

“No, no, no, I want some naval history materials and warship books from the Great War, preferably ones that are close to those in China.

Don’t worry about the money, and besides, your help won’t be in vain.”

Hearing such a strange request, Guo Panpan shook his head and said:
"My mom's out buying stock, and there's no one to look after the store while I'm gone. But I can call my classmates in the city, and you can pay them to help find it."

"That's great."

Tang Wen didn't care about money, and how much would it cost to buy some information and find someone to help? It would only cost a few dozen silver coins.

"Then please help me contact them as soon as possible, I need it a little urgently."

Guo Panpan gave him a strange look:
"You're such a strange person. One moment you're running a shipyard, and the next moment you're suddenly interested in military affairs. I feel like you've become different in the past half month.

I heard from people in town that you are also a trader. Are those diesel engines made by reselling?"

"Trader? I'm not a dealer."

Tang Wen quickly shook his head. He didn't want to be associated with that group.

"I'm doing formal trade. This is called flexible entrepreneurship."

Guo Panpan didn't understand the new words, but she keenly realized that Tang Wen was talking nonsense, so she curled her lips and didn't talk about the topic.

However, seeing Tang Wen transform from a small gangster who lived off inheritance into a factory owner in such a short period of time, Guo Panpan was quite curious and became somewhat interested in Tang Wen.

It just so happened that Tang Wen had nothing to do and wanted to ask Guo Panpan for help, so he simply took two bottles of soda and sat down to chat with Guo Panpan.

"Shipbuilding is nothing! Have you ever been exposed to the internet? It's booming right now!"

(End of this chapter)