"This is the ammunition depot!" Chief Engineer Cui Yuzhou and Shipyard Director Mei Linhai accompanied Tang Xiaochuan to another huge cabin in the mothership and introduced.

Tang Xiaochuan saw many workers doing welding work in this huge cabin.

"What are they doing?" Tang Xiaochuan asked.

Chief Engineer Cui Yuzhou explained: “Because the amphibious mothership has to not only sail on the sea, but also fly in the air, all equipment inside the mothership must have high anti-vibration, anti-tilt, and anti-collision performance, especially Fighters, helicopters, flying tanks, and ammunition must have fixed frames in the mothership to fix them. These workers are welding the fixed frames!"

"Not bad!" Tang Xiaochuan nodded. He found that the current mothership was powered on, and he asked, "Is the current power source an external power source?"

Cui Yuzhou replied: "Yes, the reactor has not been installed, and the ship body cannot provide electricity for lighting, so we can only use an external power supply temporarily!"

Tang Xiaochuan visited as he walked, "How is the staff's life and accommodation arranged?"

"Food and lodging are in the shipyard. During the construction of the amphibious mothership, all workers are not allowed to go out. Before completion, everyone can only do activities in the shipyard. In order to enrich everyone's spiritual and entertainment life, we will hold regular entertainment activities. , Sports competitions, in order to compensate for the shortcomings of not being able to go home during the construction period and not being able to go home to accompany their relatives on holidays, everyone has an additional allowance every month!"

Tang Xiaochuan nodded and asked, "With the current progress, how long will it take for the mothership to be installed?"

"My estimate is that it will take half a year to enter the drying stage!"

Tang Xiaochuan frowned and said, "The construction period is too long, right?"

Cui Yuzhou smiled and said, "Boss, because this is the first amphibious mothership we built, we lack construction experience. Many construction technologies are still in the exploratory stage. It will be determined through trial and error. Wait for this amphibious mothership. After the construction is completed, we will obtain more technical parameters based on the problems and performance displayed during the sea trial and future service. It will be much easier to build the second and third ships in the future. ! And you think about it, no matter which country’s aircraft carrier is built, it takes several years. Our amphibious carrier can be completed within one year at a super speed!"

"That's the truth!" Tang Xiaochuan affirmed Cui Yuzhou's answer. "There are thousands of workers involved in the construction, right?"

"Yes, there are 3892 people in total!"

Tang Xiaochuan said: "This is the first order we have received for the construction of a single battleship. We must not be careless. We must try our best to make it reach the combat performance of the design time!"

"Yes, we understand!"

At this time, Cui Yuzhou remembered something, and said to Tang Xiaochuan: "Boss, during this period, the cost of building the hull has increased, mainly because the price of the main materials for the hull has increased by 20%. We talked to the aviation material manufacturing company. , They said they couldn’t do anything about the rise of the main material. This is the market situation!"

After hearing this, Tang Xiaochuan was taken aback, "Has the price of the main material increased so much?"

"Yes!"

Tang Xiaochuan nodded, "Okay, I know about this!"

After coming out of the shipyard, Tang Xiaochuan took out his cell phone and called Wan Quanzhong, the general manager of the Aviation Material Manufacturing Company.

"Boss, hello!" Wan Quanzhong said respectfully on the other end of the phone.

Tang Xiaochuan said: "Mr. Wan, it's nine forty-five. You rushed to Villa No. 2 Tianqi Villa before ten thirty. I'll be waiting for you here!"

"Ah...Okay, okay, I'll leave right away and rush over!"

Tang Xiaochuan hung up the phone and said to Brother Wu who was driving, "Brother Wu, go to Tianqi Mountain Villa!"

"Okay, boss!"

Villa No. 2 of Tianqi Villa has been used as Tang Xiaochuan’s resident rest and leisure place here, but the place he used to receive guests is Villa No. 3. Villa No. 1 only accepts high-level VIPs, and other villas are used for external visits. Commercial lease.

"Hello boss!" When Tang Xiaochuan got off the car and walked into Villa No. 2, several waiters ran out and stood in a row and shouted in unison.

Tang Xiaochuan said as he walked, "Bring me a cup of coffee!"

"Yes, boss!"

One of the waiters came up to take off his coat for Tang Xiaochuan who was walking.

Assistant Zou Dinghui took a few documents and walked forward and said, "Boss, here is a major group decision that you need to review and sign!"

"Well, bring it to the backyard!"

Tang Xiaochuan washed his face in the bathroom on the first floor, wiped his hands, then went into the cloakroom, put on a casual clothes, and sat down on a rattan chair on the lawn in the backyard. Zou Dinghui followed and put a few documents beside him. On the table.

Tang Xiaochuan took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table, lit it and smoked it. "Ge Zou, the price of the main construction materials supplied by the Aviation Manufacturing Company to Linbin Shipyard has increased by 20%, do you know?"

"The price of the main material has increased by 20%? I don't know about this. I'll call Wan Quanzhong to ask!" Zou Dinghui finished speaking and took out his mobile phone.

Tang Xiaochuan raised his hand and swayed: "No, I have already called him to come over!"

The staff brought a cup of coffee, and the coffee was steaming and smelling mellow.

Tang Xiaochuan picked up the coffee cup and took a few sips before reading the documents. After processing two documents one after another, Wan Quanzhong rushed over.

"Sir, Mr. Wan is here!" Brother Zhan walked over to report with Wan Quanzhong who was wearing a suit.

Wan Quanzhong stepped forward and stood at attention: "Boss!"

Tang Xiaochuan raised his head, put down his pen and documents, pointed to the wicker chair opposite and said, "Sit down!"

"Um, thank you boss!" Wan Quanzhong sat halfway down his ass, very cautious and cautious.

Tang Xiaochuan said: "Don't be nervous, I am not asking you to come here to trouble you. I heard from Linbin Shipbuilding's Chief Engineer Cui that the price of the main materials supplied to him by your company has increased by 20%. What's the matter? What's going on?"

When Wan Quanzhong heard that this was the case, he let his heart down and said: "Boss, this is what happened, because the main material of the hull is a special titanium alloy, and the price of ilmenite in the international market has risen by more than 15%. !"

Tang Xiaochuan frowned and said: "The price of ilmenite has increased by more than 15% than before? my country's ilmenite reserves rank first in the world, right? How could the price increase so much?"

Wan Quanzhong said: "Boss, you don’t know that although my country has the largest ilmenite reserves in the world, it is not only my country that owns ilmenite, but also Australia, South Africa, Canada, and Tianzhu. But last week , Australia unilaterally restricted the export volume of ilmenite, and then South Africa, Canada and Tianzhu also announced to reduce the export volume of ilmenite, which caused the price of ilmenite to rise!"

At present, Feitian Technology Group's mining field on the moon has been built and started mining. The mined ore is stored in the open-air warehouse of the mining field. It has not been transported back to the earth. Wanquanzhong does not know this. He only knows the international titanium iron. Mine prices have risen and the company's costs have increased, so the ex-factory price of titanium alloys will also increase.