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Chapter 422 Three-Carrier Strike Group

Norway's Outer Sea
The giant fleet, which had already established a great reputation in the deep-sea fishing industry, passed through here.

The naval review of fishing boats in Dalín was so impressive that Icelandic patrol boats greeted the fleet in a friendly manner upon seeing it.

Iceland is a true kingdom of ice and snow. There are so few people there, and the weather is so cold that it almost freezes the world, and even freezes time itself.

The society here is monotonous and dull, and the arrival of the giant fleet has become quite a topic of conversation.

The next day, some people claimed to have seen the giant fleet.

On the third day, local fishing boats also said they had seen it with their own eyes and described the fleet as spectacular.

On the fourth day, the Icelandic patrol boat sensed something was wrong.

On the fifth day, the local fishermen started frying the food.

……

Agreement Reached for Sale of Aircraft Carrier Varyag

When Tang Wen saw the newspaper headline, even without knowing who the buyer was, he knew that this nearly completed aircraft carrier was probably doomed.

Only a handful of countries can build heavy aircraft carriers, and of those, fewer than three have the financial resources to sustain them. Among them, Britain was unable to keep going, and Russia was also gritting its teeth and persevering.

The Charles de Gaulle, built by the Germans, was only a medium-sized ship and was so poor that it could not afford to develop a large reactor. It could only make do with a submarine reactor and ultimately only built a pitiful single vessel.

No matter how outdated the Varyag is, it is still a heavy aircraft carrier, which only a true great power can possess.

Upon buying the newspaper and unfolding it, the information was both expected and somewhat unexpected:
"...India has reached an agreement with the Black Sea Shipyard to purchase the Varyag for $1600 million. According to sources, India plans to tow it back to its homeland and have it completed by the Cochin Shipyard, with a possible commissioning in 2003."

Although India has never built a large aircraft carrier before, there have been rumors that it has requested the Severodvinsk Shipyard to convert the Baku into an aircraft carrier. I believe that India may invite the Severodvinsk Shipyard for guidance, or it may reach a cooperation agreement with the Black Sea Shipyard...

According to my prediction, the Indian Navy will receive two aircraft carriers in 2005, possessing the only powerful three-carrier battle group in Asia.

Meanwhile, Indian officials also stated that the development of the LCA Tejas fighter jet is progressing smoothly, and there are plans to develop a carrier-based version…

It's different now, really different.

The sale of the Varyag was not because the Russians were short of dollars, but because the Empire was always worried that the ship was not yet dead and did not allow an aircraft carrier to appear in the Black Sea, forcing the Black Sea Shipyard to sell it.

It can be sold to anyone, but it cannot be placed in Europe.

With no hope domestically, the Indians naturally took over, but their status allowed them to openly say they were dragging the ship back to build an aircraft carrier without much international pressure.

The Varyag was built in India... Tang Wen could only pray that it didn't explode and burn down, otherwise it would be quite pitiful.

The Varyag from the original timeline was reinstated in 2012, but in the ↑↓ timeline, it will likely continue construction on its own... It might be delayed until 2017.

This news article was the most entertaining one Tang Wen had seen since his transmigration, but after reading it, he flipped through the pages and found an even more interesting one:
Iceland strongly protests against Giant Fisheries' illegal fishing practices.

Shi Juzhu began his operation, but Tang Wen was not in a hurry. If Giant Fisheries couldn't hold out now, he would look down on Giant.

After finishing reading the newspaper on the street, I heard a thumping sound.

Although the road expansion project in Echeng has not yet been fully finalized, construction has already begun in the urban area. The priority is to solve the traffic problems around Danshui District (which has been converted into a town) so as not to delay the transportation of a large number of factories.

Although it was noisy, the atmosphere of demolishing the old and welcoming the new gave Tangwen a sense of rapid development.

The currency plunge continues, and he has emptied his cash reserves as much as possible to start taking out loans in order to get more money from the central bank.

However, his current debt is only a few hundred million, and the banks would love to have him take on tens or hundreds of billions of targets, but unfortunately he can't find any projects for the time being.

Tang Wen bought up the properties around the car factory when the market was down to prevent people from speculating on real estate. Besides Nansha and the aircraft factory, what other places can burn a lot of money?
...When I returned to Gaijin Network Company, it had changed dramatically:

Previously, the internet company bought an old factory building, but now it has bought up all the surrounding land and moved into a huge two-story factory building next to a newly built seven-story building.

The number of staff also expanded rapidly. When Tang Wen drove in, he could see employees coming and going everywhere, and vendors spontaneously gathered around to sell lunch snacks.

"Now, we have more than 400 people in hardware, software and a dedicated art development department."

Song Nan has shed much of his early internet grassroots image and now resembles a reliable CEO.

"The software department currently focuses on BBS forums, daily chat rooms, 123 browser and search web pages, and is developing the racing game 'Forza Motorsport'."
The hardware department is collaborating with Shanghai on OEM servers. We design them and they manufacture them, which is more cost-effective and allows us to optimize them better.
The art department is on track, but for now we can only use scanning; we're developing our own digital painting software.

The art department was actually something Tang Wen specifically requested. He noticed that while major internet companies often adopted minimalist designs, when he tried to imitate them, he found that non-professionals could only produce rudimentary results that were far from minimalist. Therefore, he strongly advocated for the establishment of a dedicated art department to design the UI, which was also an essential part of game development.

There are two methods for computer art: one is for the artist to still draw on physical paper or a board and scan it into the computer, and the other is computer-generated graphics.

However, at that time, digital drawing tablets were extremely rudimentary, difficult to use, and few people knew how to use them.

Since Song Nan had a sufficient budget, he decided to develop it himself.

Tang Wen looked around at the current office environment, which, apart from the bulky monitors, was almost identical to that of programmers in later generations.

I secretly glanced around and could still see a single bed and pillows.

Song Nan quickly explained, "We usually work from 9 am to 6 pm and don't work overtime. These are for lunch breaks."

"Go buy a batch of ergonomic chairs that can recline for rest... If you can't find any, have them custom-made. Sitting in regular chairs for long periods of time is not good."

Tang Wen casually remarked something, then went to the art department and saw a person who was quite old.

Wait a minute, this old man must be at least fifty years old, right?

"Hello, President Tang, I am Han Meiling."

He had a vague sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before, perhaps at the end of an anime or TV series…

He couldn't think of it for a moment, so Song Nan explained from the side:
"This is a renowned national art master, an advisor introduced by one of our employees. He has even organized art exhibitions; he's very impressive."

Tang Wen remembered that this was the art consultant for Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit, who had also drawn the characters for the Olympics. He was definitely a true big shot!
Speaking of the 05 Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit story, it was good, and the production process was also extremely amazing:
This 105-episode animation was drawn using a mouse, a testament to the power of sheer effort.

He immediately grasped the other person's large hand:

"Teacher Han, it's such a welcome surprise to have you here! Please do be sure to guide our work!"

"Uh, definitely, definitely..."

Tang Wen was delighted to see Han Meiling and suddenly realized how to spend his money:
They invested heavily in making a hand-drawn animation using technology from the 90s.

"Master Han, do you have any opinions on cartoons and animation?"

Han Meiling also became interested:

"What subject matter?"

"One hundred and eight treasures in one pregnancy in a matriarchal society."

"what?"

"Just kidding, what I wanted to film was full-band jamming interference."

(End of this chapter)