Chapter 103 Kobe Steel

“Xiao Ling, we are so lucky. This Santana was delivered to us at midnight yesterday.” Qin Tao touched the steering wheel and said to Zhao Ling excitedly.

Zhao Ling, who was in the co-pilot, glanced at Qin Tao: "I heard that your shipyard almost went bankrupt last summer. The current results are all due to you, a college student."

"Of course." Qin Tao said: "Without me, the factory would have gone bankrupt long ago, so I decided to buy this Santana first, and the old man had no temper."

“Yes, you have always been the most courageous, so you are not afraid of someone reporting you?”

“Tsk, people who are incompetent will be jealous. If you want to report it, you can report it. We are not afraid of it.” Qin Tao said.

 He ​​is really not afraid, because he knows the future development direction of the country. This kind of operation is normal. If someone makes him unhappy, then he doesn't mind contracting the shipyard and it will be completely his final say.

With that said, Qin Tao changed gears and the car continued to accelerate. He touched the steering wheel and was in a very good mood.

With Santana, he is not afraid to travel all over the world. This car will accompany him everywhere in the future. When he goes to discuss business, he can't continue to drive that Kamaz, right?

“Brother Tao, you are the trend-setter of this era.” Zhao Ling said with emotion.

“Well, I like to hear this, Xiaoling. From now on, when others are present, you can still call me Qin Gong. When no one is around, just call me Brother Tao. Qin Gong always seems a little more reserved.”

"Huh, are you afraid of getting along? Why haven't you contacted me for such a long time?" Zhao Ling's face drooped.

 “Oh, how can I, a toad like me, have the nerve to eat swan meat.” Qin Tao sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Pfft, Zhao Ling smiled. She was no longer angry a long time ago. She just wanted an answer from Qin Tao. Now, the answer was the same as she guessed, so how could she be really angry.

At noon, Santana drove into the Huating Shipyard. Qin Tao pressed the horn a few times, stretched out his head, and said to the old man guarding the door: "Uncle Zhao, it's me!"

 “Does this require registration?” Zhao Ling was curious.

“This is the role of Santana. It is not just a car, but also a symbol of identity and status.” Qin Tao said.

Even though Santana is less than 200,000 yuan, you must know that the current per capita monthly salary is only a few hundred yuan. According to this ratio, Santana will be the Maybach and Rolls-Royce of future generations. Therefore, driving Santana, He is respected all over the world. In addition, he brushed his face again and called out the gatekeeper's name.

“Hey, you didn’t ask, why did you drive to the slipway?” Zhao Ling continued to be curious.

Qin Tao was looking for Cong Ju. After all, he already had a good relationship with Cong Ju. Zhao Ling already knew Cong Ju’s identity and would not be jealous. However, Qin Tao did not inquire and drove directly to the slipway, letting him go. Zhao Ling was surprised.

"There has been no news from Sister Cong Ju, which means that the shipyard must have received a key project and is working **** the slipway day and night. We can just look for it directly from the slipway." Qin Tao said, looking at the slipway under construction over there: "Look at this, the displacement exceeds 100,000 tons!"

Santana stopped next to the giant ship under construction, and Santana's insignificance was immediately shown. Qin Tao got off the car and stood there, looking up at the tall ship. When he came here last time, there were no ships here. Now, the hull has been basically welded out. The speed of the shipyard is really fast!

“Director Wang!” Qin Tao saw several people walking from the shipyard office and immediately greeted them.

 “Hey, Qin Gong? Why are you here?”

"Director Wang, our shipyard has received an order from the Navy. The Navy wants to try to use aluminum alloy to build the superstructure, which involves the welding of steel and aluminum. Therefore, we want to hire a master welder here. Come and help." Qin Tao explained his intention.

Factory Director Wang had a troubled look on his face: "Gong Qin, since it is a request from the navy, we should fully support it, but now, we also..."

“What’s wrong?” Qin Tao asked curiously.

"Originally, although the construction period of this ship was tight, there was still no problem. However, several steel plates on the welded hull showed pitting, which caused us to have to rework. Alas, after building a ship for half a lifetime, this kind of This is the first time for us to cut out flesh to mend sores!" When talking about this incident, Director Wang became very distressed.

The steel plate has been welded on, but it has pitted spots, exceeding the requirements of Lloyd's Register.

 So, the foreigner in charge of supervising the work asked that the two steel plates be cut off and re-welded after discovering them.

 It was the first time that they had done this kind of thing of cutting out flesh to repair sores, and they were very annoyed. At the same time, they were also worried, what if other steel plates also had pitting?

Qin Tao remembered something and asked: "Director Wang, the two steel plates with pitted spots are 2306 medium-thick plates purchased from Kobe Steel?"

 “How do you know?” Director Wang was stunned for a moment.

 How do you know? Of course, Qin Tao came into contact with it after he entered the Huating Shipyard in his previous life. At that time, the shipyard was very angry about this matter, and finally found out that the steel was unqualified!

At that time, no one believed that it was a steel problem. This was the famous Kobe Steel, which was used all over the world. Although Huating Shipyard was very powerful, it did not have the power to file a claim. By the time the truth was discovered, it was already more than ten years later. , and also missed the claim period.

Now, since Qin Tao is here, of course we can't let this happen.

“There are quality issues with this batch of steel. We need to immediately contact Kobe Steel’s general agent in Huating to negotiate with them,” Qin Tao said.

 “How did you know?” Director Wang had countless questions in his mind.

"When I was in college, I saw an issue of a newspaper. Kobe Steel once produced a batch of inferior steel, which caused heavy losses to a certain shipyard. I only remember the model of the steel, which was this 2306 medium-thick plate. Specifically, I don’t remember which issue of the newspaper it was, but the problem with this batch of steel plates is that there will be pitting. These islanders may have sold us this batch of inferior steel plates in stock!”

"What? Is this really happening?" The people following Factory Director Wang were shocked: "Fortunately, we only used a few pieces of Kobe Steel. If we had used them all..."

 Look at this tall cargo ship around you. If it were all used, it would have to be rebuilt!

"Director Wang, we can confront people from the island country. If they can admit to selling us inferior steel, then we can get a compensation. Even if they don't admit it, we have to try our best to fight for it, right?" Qin Tao continued said.

“Are you sure it’s this kind of 2306 medium-thick plate?”

"Yes."

Factory Director Wang nodded. If they were really tricked by the islanders, then of course they couldn't swallow this breath! The precious foreign exchange spent cannot be wasted! They have seen what Qin Tao is capable of, and they will not talk nonsense.

Originally, they used steel from Huating Steel Plant, but the construction period of this ship was very tight, so they had to buy a batch of Kobe Steel from the island country at a high price. However, by the time this batch of steel arrived, Huating Steel Plant was already very powerful. The land increased production to meet their needs, so they only used a few pieces of Kobe steel.

 This is already a blessing among misfortunes. If used on a large area, the consequences would be disastrous!

Zhao Ling on the side frowned. She wanted to tell Qin Tao, we are here to hire a welder, why are you doing other things? However, her lips moved but she still didn't say anything.

 This is a confrontation between Qin Tao and a foreigner. She wants to see it.

PS: This model number is compiled. After checking for a long time, I only found that the aluminum plate has four digits starting with 5, so this steel plate is assumed to start with 2.

　　

 (End of this chapter)