What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 30: Qin lays nests, Han fishes

"Why is it so expensive!"

Huang Dongfu asked subconsciously:

"We don't need 1500 horsepower, nor 1000 horsepower. to horsepower is enough."

As an old ship owner, Huang Dongfu naturally knows how much power is needed for a ship of different sizes. Generally, a 10-ton fishing boat only needs horsepower to reach a speed of knots, which is more than enough.

As for 3300 horsepower? That's a really big ship!

However, since he was already here, he still asked:

"How much is 3300 horsepower?"

"3300 horsepower is not expensive, you can get it for 50 yuan."

"..."

Huang Dongfu suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again:
"I'm asking about the 3300 horsepower one."

Tang Yi: "I also said 50."

Huang Dongfu immediately became interested:
"Why is the 3300HP cheaper than the 1500HP? Is it second-hand?"

Tang Yi: "You can't buy a used 50 horsepower diesel power unit for 3300 yuan. It's cheap because our 3300 horsepower is a steam engine, but it's also brand new."

Steam engine?
Huang Dongfu was a little dazed for a moment. How many years had it been since he heard this word?
Even trains have now been basically replaced by diesel locomotives.

When Huang Dongfu thought of the steam engine, he recalled the days when he was young and worked as a boiler in a steel plant.

If he hadn't seen his colleagues get scalded by a steam leak, he wouldn't have gone to sea as a sailor, and later went on to start his own fishing company.

But he also knew that the technical difficulty of steam engines was indeed much lower than that of diesel engines. Generally, a 1000-horsepower power unit is two 500-horsepower diesel engines in parallel, which is similar to the engines on construction machinery.

Steam engines are different. The most basic boiler room requires a separate cabin, and it also needs to be equipped with turbines, high-pressure and low-pressure pipelines, cooling circuits, etc., and the volume is much larger in comparison.

But the advantage is that the horsepower of a steam engine is indeed easy to increase, and by increasing the boiler pressure and spraying heavy oil, the power can be significantly increased in a short period of time. This is the "high-pressure ventilation" operating mode.

3300 horsepower is just a small matter for a steam engine, especially a marine steam engine which does not care about space like a locomotive and has a natural advantage.

but……

It was so backward that Huang Dongfu never thought that anyone would use it on a ship.

Huang Dongfu didn't dare to look at the scene when he thought of the thick smoke billowing from the fishing boat before leaving the port.

The millennium is almost here, why are we going backwards?
Huang Dongfu even thought this was a joke, so he replied:

"A steam engine takes up too much space. If we install a boiler, will there be room in the cabin for fish?"

Tang Yi quickly cheered up and finally managed to lead the group to this point.

He had no intention of selling diesel engine sets from the beginning. This thing requires too much experience and he couldn't afford to develop it!

Even a new 500-ton hull is not cheap. The experience spent by the shipyard on design is linked to the tonnage, and the commander's experience is only a pitiful few dozen.

The ultimate goal is to first offer a price to attract people, and then vigorously promote the "Hashidate" class.

"Mr. Huang, I have to say your call was very timely."

Tang Yi coughed twice and began to persuade him:
"You're an expert, and we're well aware of the problem you're addressing. It's true that a 3300-horsepower power unit uses two boilers, which inevitably takes up valuable space under the ship. But the steam engine also has significant advantages: it's powered by heavy oil, which is much cheaper than diesel. If all else fails, ground clean coal can also be used, which is very affordable."

At the same time, as the first customer of our shipyard, we are developing a large ocean-going fishing vessel with an empty weight of 800 tons and a maximum full load of 1400 tons. After being fully loaded with supplies, it can carry more than 400 tons of fish.

If you decide to order this neat and powerful fishing boat, I can negotiate a special discount for you. You can get this fishing boat in a research and development mode, and you only need to pay 400 million yuan for the material cost.

"This boat is a test product. It's a joint research and development project between the two parties. You get a thousand-ton fishing vessel, and we validate our technology and reputation as a manufacturer of large thousand-ton fishing vessels."

"How much did you say, 1400 tons?!"

Huang Donghai's heart started pounding and his face began to flush.

A thousand-ton fishing boat, even if it's not ocean-going, can go fishing in Hawaii.

This boat can easily sail in the open sea for a month, which is enough time to fish all the way from the South China Sea to the East China Sea!

Moreover, large platforms can also be equipped with larger lifting machinery and trawl nets. It is no exaggeration to say that a thousand-ton ship is equivalent to ten of them.

With this boat, he dares to be called the Shipping King of Goose City!
Thousand-ton level, I dare not even think about it in this lifetime.

If you really want to buy one, it will cost at least 10 million. The price of 4 million is almost half of that. He really believed what Tang Yi said about the pure material cost, and the shipyard would actually lose money.

Besides, what's the point of it being experimental? How could a steam engine have problems? A fishing boat isn't a warship; as long as it runs, it's fine.

He wanted to agree almost immediately, but reality immediately poured cold water on him.

Buying a big ship for 200 million is indeed a joke. His real intention is to buy a N-hand ship for 300 million.

He spread the rumor of 200 million just to lower the price. In fact, he would not have contacted the shipyard if no one had introduced him.

Even 300 million cannot be paid out all at once. According to the rules of the local shipyard, a % deposit is required to start laying the bottom of the ship. The funds will be collected while the ship is being built. The ship will be launched only when % of the payment is received. The balance will be paid before it is handed over to the buyer and taken away.

Of course, if you have a good relationship with the shipyard, you can usually take the ship away after paying 70% and then pay the rest slowly.

In order not to affect the normal operation of the company, Huang Dongfu can only take out a maximum of 150 million at a time.

If it is four million, then hundreds of thousands more will have to be squeezed out every month. How can Fudong Aquatic Products make that much profit?

It was impossible to expect Gaijin Shipyard to advance the funds. Huang Dongfu already thought that the 400 million was a huge bargain for him and was too embarrassed to mention it.

Then the only option is bank loans. Considering the value of Fudong Aquatic Products, the problem is not too big, but it is still a heavy pressure.

But when Huang Dongfu thought about the 1400-ton fishing boat going down to the bottom of the sea with one net, a voice in his heart kept saying: Don't miss it, this is the only chance you will ever have!
Huang Dongfu was struggling, while Tang Yi on the other end of the phone covered the microphone and high-fived Tang Wen.

They had already communicated with each other through gestures during the phone call. 350 million was the bottom line, and now it seemed that Huang Dongfu's intention had wavered.

It was clearly 200 million, but once Tang Yi brought out a 1400-ton pancake, Huang Dongfu did not object even if the price was doubled to 400 million.

Tang Wen remembered that before he traveled through time, his father went to a 4S store to buy a car. He originally decided to pay the full price of 7.98 to buy a Qin plus for transportation, but when he saw the Han for 12.98, he couldn't move. In the end, the full payment became a down payment, and the brave old Qin became a supporter of the Han Dynasty.

The same goes for Huang Dongfu. A thousand-ton ship worth 400 million tons is like finding a wormhole.

There was an eerie silence on both sides of the phone until a voice without any emotion came from the receiver:

"When is Mr. Tang free? Would it be convenient for us to come to Gaijin Shipyard for an inspection?"

(End of this chapter)