What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 544 Superplane Arrives
While India remains unrepentant, good news keeps coming from China:

After difficult negotiations, the agreement with all WTO members was widely recognized, and the WTO announced that Tokyo University had officially become its 143rd member.

With everything settled, numerous changes followed in China:

In order to align with the world, most sectors open to private capital have been opened up at once, and a series of related legislations have been introduced.

In fact, well-developed regulations are more beneficial to private capital, while vague and unclear provisions only make it easier for companies that are single-mindedly looking to exploit loopholes.

As soon as the news was released, the outside world was extremely optimistic about the domestic market, especially the stock prices of foreign trade-related industries, which soared without stopping.

International economists generally believe that China will become a super dragon surpassing the "Four Asian Tigers," and a large number of investors and enterprises are anxiously waiting for January 1st with their money in hand to seize the opportunity.

Amidst widespread optimism, the Hong Kong stock market has also seen a significant rise, though it remains relatively low compared to the same period last year.

The reason is that Cheung Kong Holdings was not "rescued," which raised questions from the outside world. Its status as a trade transit hub may have declined, so there was an increase, but not much.

As a result, Hong Kong capital harbored considerable resentment towards the Li family. Previously, Tang Wen might have been pleased, but he was simply too busy to handle it now.
Old Zhao took a liking to Tang Wen, recognizing his forward-thinking vision and Nanyang's exceptional information capabilities in the West. He directly regarded Tang Wen as a think tank, and Tang Wen would offer his opinions on almost all the adjustments made in line with China's accession to the WTO.

With the mindset of finding and filling gaps, Tang Wen had no choice but to take it seriously. After all, he couldn't just sit idly by and watch the mistakes repeat themselves. As a result, he spent all day on the phone and sending faxes to Zhao Hande, and every few days he simply flew to Beijing to talk to him in person.

In his spare time, the Navy provided an assessment report on the reactor dismantling of the Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines, and then also discussed the plan to purchase United States-class submarines in the new fiscal year.

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State Guesthouse

"Hangmo (chew) is easy. I've already given you several rough plans for evaluation. (chew) We just need to confirm them...yue"

Tang Wen, who nearly choked, forced himself to swallow the food, causing Old Zhang's face to twitch across from him.

"How about I come back tonight? You can take your time eating while we have dinner."

"It's okay (burp)."

After Tang Wen finished speaking, he patted the ship girl who was concentrating on putting roast duck into the pancake like a sushi roll, and said earnestly:

"Roast duck isn't stuffed with meat inside the belly; actually, just two or three slices are enough."

Old Zhang then noticed that the burrito in Jean Bart's hand was almost bursting, nearly the size of a fist, no wonder Tang Wen almost choked to death.

“太大了吗？”

The ship girl nodded as if she understood, then gently squeezed the crepe, which was just the size of a fist, until it was smaller than a ping-pong ball.

Witnessing all this, Old Zhang raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that this foreign girl was indeed no ordinary person. Perhaps she was a lost swallow of the Great Bear, turned into Tang Wen's bodyguard by the South Seas after losing her nest. "Ahem, let's continue our conversation."

Tang Wen, holding a "Never Hungry for a Day" pill, took small bites and forced the conversation to continue:
“I haven’t had any free time these past few nights. The MDA in the US is developing too fast lately. They’re allocating chip, complete machine, and base station manufacturers. Shi Juzhu isn’t familiar with the situation yet, so I have to rush to a meeting with Kennard to talk to him about the time difference.”

During the day, he paved the way for China's entry into the WTO and carried out cross-border mergers and acquisitions. At night, he worked with federal officials and financial groups to plan for the future of new industries. For a moment, Lao Zhang even doubted that he could no longer see through the world.

Just the day before yesterday, Tang Wen took a little time to plan the Christmas operation and remembered the aircraft carrier, which led him to give the Navy the proposal to modify the United States-class carrier.

Compared to the previous draft, this time it's a proper, detailed drawing:
The original United States-class design actually had many flaws, with the lack of an angled deck being the least noticeable one:
Firstly, the United States-class destroyers feature a narrow hull design, with a waterline width of only 38 meters and a waterline length of 298 meters, which necessitates improvements in stability.
The initial design sacrificed hangar size to accommodate bombers, resulting in a smaller aircraft capacity.
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Decentralized boilers occupy a large space, and their turbine endurance is not ideal.
However, adjustments were made to Tang Wen's renovation plan:
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The waterline width has been increased to 40 meters, and the waterline length has been adjusted to 310 meters;
The hangar layout was adjusted and optimized directly with the goal of developing third-generation heavy carrier-based aircraft.
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Power and fuel consumption remain unchanged because the domestic navy has no need for long-range operations.
An additional 11-degree angled deck was added, equipped with three C13 steam catapults (one on the angled deck).
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Additional diesel generator sets were added to support electronic equipment.

For a standard shipbuilding project, this would be considered a completely new design, but for the shipyard, it's just a "minor modification." The revised data is:
It has a total length of 332 meters, a maximum width of 76 meters, a standard displacement of 8.6 tons, a maximum full-load displacement of 72 tons, a maximum aircraft capacity of 7.2, a maximum speed of 32.5 knots, and a range of 8000 nautical miles.

The displacement includes the newly added domestic electronic and radar systems, making it the second largest increase in weight after the angled deck.

The redesigned United States plan is more similar to the Kitty Hawk-class, but with lower power levels and steam turbine efficiency, one less catapult, and the same maximum speed.

In summary, this is a low-end version of Kitty Hawk. While it has some shortcomings, for the current Navy, it's like a chicken turning into a phoenix, rising to the top overnight.

The offer was very tempting, and Tang Wen's price was reasonable as it remained unchanged; however, the Navy still had one last problem.

"The modified hull has increased wave resistance by 5% compared to the original version. With 28 horsepower, the maximum speed is 31 knots. Isn't the 32.5 knots speed for an empty ship meaningless?"

Could we reduce the angled deck to 9 degrees, decrease the overhanging weight and displacement, and still maintain a speed of 32 knots?

This isn't because Lao Zhang is nitpicking; rather, a speed of 31 knots doesn't offer much redundancy and puts the power unit to its limits. From a practical standpoint, it's better to reduce the weight.

Tang Wen nodded inwardly. In fact, the revised United States of America could only run up to 31 sections.

Because 28 horsepower is already the limit for the shipyard, any more would require using R&D experience, and Tang Wen has already spent a lot of money on the C13 catapult.

But 32.5 knots isn't just bragging, after all... the 5% speed bonus from the flag is still there.

The redundancy needed by the navy can be made up by simply hanging a flag, without having to go through the trouble of modifying the power system. Why not?
Therefore, Tang Wen directly patted his chest and guaranteed:
"Don't worry, 32.5 knots is the full load speed. If it's even 0.1 knots slower during sea trials, I'll just give the carrier away for free. Geyser Shipyard has unique optimization technology, so it's normal for there to be differences in conventional theoretical calculations."

Old Zhang nodded as if he understood, then asked one last question:
What about the delivery time?

Tang Wen: "This line can be built domestically, with a construction period of 8 months, sea trials of 1 month, and electromagnetic compatibility testing is your responsibility. I estimate it will take at least half a year, right?"

"That is... enlisting in mid-1999."

Old Zhang gasped. At this point, the J-10J probably wouldn't be in mass production yet, right?
(End of this chapter)