Chapter 263 Eighty million scrap iron and twenty million blueprints (tenth update)

Li Jinshan looked around with satisfaction.

 Ten million dollars to buy a decommissioned 40,000-ton warship, which really scared these people.

  If it were to be dismantled and sold for scrap metal, plus labor costs, it would be almost on the verge of losing money, but if it were to be refitted and used as the first aircraft carrier of Kimchi Country, it would definitely be worth it!

 How much does it cost to build an aircraft carrier?

Look at the aircraft carrier Mingzhou built for Siam. It has a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and many of them are civilian standards. Just that kind of thing costs three to four billion!

Looking at the aircraft carrier with a similar displacement, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was built in 1986. It has not yet been launched. The original plan was to invest 12 billion francs, which is more than 2 billion US dollars. When it was finally completed, a total of 712 was spent. 100 million francs, more than 10 billion US dollars!

Now, with only 10 million, I can buy this shell back. It is definitely worth it.

 What about Mingzhou? Ten million is already beyond their plan, right? Hum, if you want to spend money, Mingzhou can't compare.

 “Twenty million dollars.” At this moment, the familiar voice sounded again.

　What, twenty million? Is this an exponential increase? Is it a multiple relationship every time?

Li Jinshan’s face looked ugly.

 Qin Tao just put down the bidding sign with a smile on his face. When Li Jinshan looked over, Qin Tao nodded politely.

 Twenty million dollars! what does that mean? You will definitely lose money if you buy it back for scrap metal and dismantle it. The price the other party calls out means that you will definitely not dismantle the warship and sell it for scrap metal, but it will be used for other purposes!

Li Jinshan swallowed and spat, what to do, follow or not?

The shipbuilding industry of the South Kimchi Country is quite developed, but this does not mean that they can build aircraft carriers on their own, because they have never built one before and do not have any experience. They must first contact aircraft carriers from other countries and study them. Just fine.

 Now, the price of 20 million has exceeded the price of scrap iron, but it is still worth it to them.

Li Jinshan gritted his teeth and gave it a go!

"Forty million!"

 Aren’t you playing with the multiple relationship? Then let’s have some fun, get 40 million US dollars, and see if you guys still want to follow me!

The entire conference room immediately exploded. Forty million was used to buy a scrapped aircraft carrier. What did Dazhou Company think?

Is it too expensive?

Even if you buy it back, renovate it, and use it as an aircraft carrier, it would be too luxurious. After all, this is the foundation of a heavy-duty aircraft carrier. If you want to transform it into an aircraft carrier, you will have to spend a huge sum of money.

 Dazhou Company is really willing to spend a lot of money!

Li Jinshan took a deep breath. His eyes were always looking at Qin Tao. Will this guy follow him? If he makes another offer, should I follow up?

While he was paying attention nervously, Qin Tao's hand slowly picked up the sign and was about to raise it.

This guy, why don’t you give up?

Li Jinshan felt a wave of air rising in his chest. He suddenly picked up the sign: "Eighty million!"

According to the inertia just now, if Qin Tao bids, he will definitely double it again, which is 80 million. This is definitely the highest price the other party can bear. He might as well shout it out himself and see if the guy is willing to add!

 Other people around him looked at Li Jinshan with strange eyes: When we came, we prepared 50 million! This is already the most outrageous number. You actually shouted 80 million?

Li Jinshan is still very sure that this is the price he has to quote! Now, he is just worried that Qin Tao will continue to hold up signs and ask for 80.5 million, and deliberately disgust himself.

Qin Tao held the sign in his hand. He wanted to lift it up, then put it down. After hesitating three times, he finally put the sign back on the table.

“Oh, it feels so good to have money.” Qin Tao sighed.

 “Eighty million times.”

 “Eighty million twice.”

"Eighty million three times. Congratulations to Dazhou Company of the South Kimchi Country for acquiring this decommissioned warship! Please complete the payment within one hour of the end of the auction. Then, Your Excellency Nicholas will take you to see it. That warship."

 Eighty million!

 This is definitely a record that goes against the sky!

Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, some people were wondering, is Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group really here to bid, or is it here to raise the price?

 A broken warship with a reserve price of 1 million was finally sold for 80 million. Isn’t this outrageous?

However, looking at Qin Tao's depressed look, it doesn't look like he is faking it.

　　Although he successfully bid, Li Jinshan did not relax at all. He sat on the chair, breathing heavily, as if he had just run a marathon.

 Yes, the bid was indeed successful, but what next?

 He has to find a way to find another 30 million US dollars! It still needs to be gathered together within an hour!

 The losers left one after another, and Qin Tao walked in front of Li Jinshan in a very gentlemanly manner.

 “Mr. Li, congratulations.”

"Thank you, Mr. Qin, for showing mercy. If you had shouted five hundred thousand more, we would have had to give up." Li Jinshan squeezed out a smile.

 Shout more? Of course it's impossible. I just know that this is your limit, so I won't increase the price! Qin Tao smiled secretly in his heart and said: "You bought it so expensively, so you have to be more careful when dismantling it. If necessary, I can help. This can also reduce our losses."

 Need, help, reduce losses?

Li Jinshan suddenly understood the meaning of Qin Tao's words.

 The other party came to bid, so of course they were fully prepared! The other party must have obtained the drawings of the Minsk. Now that the other party's bid has failed and the drawings are no longer useful, they might as well sell them to themselves to make a fortune.

No matter how much it costs, you have to buy it back. Eighty million have been spent, is there still a small change?

Qin Tao left with his people. When he returned to the hotel, Cong Ju curiously asked Qin Tao: "Mr. Qin, what benefits can we get by doing this?"

 Things like drawings are kept extremely confidential. Even Cong Ju doesn’t know what benefits she can get by just raising the bidding price.

“Well, there are many benefits, many.” Qin Tao smiled: “Have you done everything I asked you to do last time?”

“Well, according to your instructions, we have purchased a large number of shares of Dazhou Company in the stock market. Buy in large quantities, sell slowly, and then buy in large amounts again.”

 Cong Ju couldn't understand this kind of financial matter, and only entrusted specialized institutions to do it. However, it can be seen that with their operations, Dazhou Company's stock price is slowly rising, and those funds are making money.

"Well, it's a good start. Let's destroy Dazhou Company in one or two years and eliminate a strong competitor." Qin Tao said, "Then, now they spend 80 million to buy a warship , then with only a few million, it will fall into our hands again."

When Qin Tao said these words, he was simple and relaxed, but Cong Ju felt a chill. Mr. Qin is so terrible! A careful layout is to bring down the company that has only been contacted once!

 Seeing the fear in Cong Ju's eyes, Qin Tao smiled: "You think I'm despicable?"

 Cong Ju shook her head.

"Competition is like this. We have entered the international market, and we will face international competition. Many opponents will do everything possible to kill us, and we must also find ways to make our opponents doomed. That kind of Gentlemen who throw white gloves at each other before a duel are the stupidest." Qin Tao said: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, father and son can turn against each other, let alone strangers."

 Actually, if there was no such opportunity, Qin Tao would not bother to make any calculations. Now that he had encountered it, he would just do it and reduce one competitor for Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group.

Cong Ju understands somewhat, but there are still many things she doesn’t understand. Of course, she doesn’t need to fully understand, just look at Mr. Qin’s next method.

 That evening.

 Li Jinshan took Pu Douxuan and others to the hotel where Qin Tao was staying.

“Mr. Li, has your deal been completed? Have you seen the warship?” Qin Tao asked with a smile.

"Yes, we have seen it. We watched it all over the bridge. For the first time, I experienced the power of the Minsk. Although the weapons have been removed, I can still feel the power of this warship. "Li Jinshan said: "I really hope to see it continue to gallop on the ocean."

 When he said this, he stopped, and in a moment of excitement, he talked too much.

"By the way, Mr. Qin, can you sell those things in your hand to us? Anyway, you have no use for those things. Please set the price as you like and regard it as our compensation for you." Li Jinshan said, He took out his checkbook.

 Tell me, how much do you want, one million or two million? We can still afford this amount of money.

 “Twenty million.” Qin Tao said.

Li Jinshan's hand suddenly froze, and he looked at Qin Tao with surprised eyes, as if he had heard something incredible.

 Twenty million? Are you kidding me?

 You only asked for 10 million for the technical output of the natural gas ship. Now, some drawings of the Minsk cost 20 million?

How can this be?

"I found the design unit of the Minsk and took a lot of their drawings. At the same time, I bought several designers at a high price and obtained the modification drawings they gave to Ah San." Qin Tao said: " I spent fifteen million on these drawings, and now I want twenty million from you, which is not much."

 “Modification drawings?”

"That's right, Asan paid 30 million US dollars in advance for the modification drawings. The original team of the Vanier Design Bureau designed the drawings for ski-jump takeoff and blocked landing. With this design drawing, you only need to modify it directly according to the drawings. The aircraft carrier can be modified," Qin Tao said.

Vagnier Design Bureau, designed by the original team! With the drawings, the aircraft carrier can be transformed directly.

 So, is this a lot of money?

 Not much!

Ah San spent 30 million on the design. Now, Qin Tao only wants 20 million from them. Is that still more?

Li Jinshan swallowed and then asked Qin Tao: "Excuse me, can we take a look at the overall design drawing first?"

There are too many detailed drawings, and they won’t be able to show them. However, it’s not too much to ask for a general design drawing. After all, this is a big business of 20 million US dollars, and people have to see something real.

“Of course.” Qin Tao said, making a gesture to Cong Ju standing aside.

 So, Cong Ju took a notebook, put it on the coffee table, and then opened it.

A few people leaned their heads over and looked at the design document that Qin Tao opened. Then, a perspective view of an aircraft carrier appeared on the screen.

The deck where Huayue takes off is so spectacular. The ship island on the side is still tall, and the various internal arrangements can be clearly seen.

  If you only look at a rendering, it doesn’t make much sense, even if an artist can draw it.

  However, this perspective view is different. Every part inside can be seen clearly after enlarging it. This shows that it must have been improved bit by bit from the original design drawing.

With these information brought back, they can start working directly based on this information!

Thinking of this, Li Jinshan felt excited. It was definitely worth spending another 20 million for these design drawings.

Furthermore, he also has the confidence. Recently, the share price of their Dazhou Company has been rising continuously. They can easily raise these funds through the stock market, 20 million, which is a piece of cake.

"Mr. Qin, please give us one day to raise funds, and we will trade tomorrow night." Li Jinshan said: "We are willing to pay 20 million to purchase all the design drawings, which can be regarded as making up for your company's losses. "

 During the bidding, the two sides were at loggerheads. However, when the bidding is over and the dust has settled, a smart businessman will never be resentful. The most important thing is to continue doing business and making money. If you want to do big business, you have to have no moral integrity.

Now Qin Tao has made it clear that they want to earn five million from these design drawings, and Li Jinshan can accept it and regard it as making friends.

 “Okay.” Qin Tao agreed.

The matter was settled in this way. Who said Qin Tao didn't make money? I made a few bad drawings and made 20 million!

If he is still dealing with Asan, it would be unethical for Qin Tao to do so. However, the Pacific Fleet has been tricked by the Northern Fleet. How could Nicholas care about such a thing? Even if it reaches Nicholas' ears, Nikolai didn't say anything. After all, Qin Tao helped them raise the price and sold a warship that could only sell for 5 million US dollars in scrap metal for 80 million. Moreover, Moscow also promised that these All the money is reserved for the Pacific Fleet to improve their conditions, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the Northern Fleet's robbing of business.

Nicholas should be grateful to Qin Tao.

Sure enough, not long after the South Koreans left, Zaitsev came over and took Qin Tao to the headquarters.

"Qin, thank you so much for today." Nikolai's face was full of excitement: "We sold that scrap metal ship for 80 million, 80 million! With this fund, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. "

During the day at the auction, Nicholas could still hold on, not being surprised by favors and humiliations, and had to play deeply. Now, Nicholas could not restrain his inner ecstasy at all.

Even if we make a business deal with Asan, a billion-dollar meal will need many people to divide it up. If it falls to their Pacific Fleet, 100 million is not bad.

What now?

Ah San paid 30 million in advance in the early stage, and with the 80 million sold now, it’s already over 100 million. It’s worth it, it’s absolutely worth it!

 “Well, Nicholas, congratulations.”

"Qin, we can't let you work for nothing. After these funds become mobile, we will give you three million as a reward." Nicholas said to Qin Tao.

Qin Tao smiled and shook his head: "No, I didn't do anything, I just talked about it. We are friends and we always ask for money, so it's no secret. By the way, have you received the full amount?"

Nicholas nodded: "Of course, the funds have already entered the account of our Pacific Fleet!"

"Well, it's better to be safer." Qin Tao said: "In terms of the power system, aren't there still a few boilers left? Even if it can only drive one propeller, it can still move forward slowly. After entering the Dazhou Shipyard, Let them take over again so that they don’t change their minds midway.”

 In fact, once the money goes into the account of the Pacific Fleet, it cannot be recovered. Even if the people of Dazhou Company wanted to go back on their word, it would be useless. After all, Nikolai had made it clear during the auction that it was just a shell. It was meaningless to dismantle it and sell it for scrap. Whether the boiler was broken or not, it was meaningless.

 However, Dazhou Company still has 20 million design fees! Qin Tao had to guarantee that he would receive the money. If the secret was exposed too early, Li Jinshan would find out that it was a trap. If he didn't give Qin Tao money, Qin Tao would be blind, so he would have to cover it up for a while.

"That's natural. They are not familiar with this warship. We have the obligation to send the warship back to them and deliver it to their door." Nicholas agreed very much.

"By the way, Qin, is there any junk in our fleet that you like?" Nicholas is also a real person. After receiving so many benefits from Qin Tao, he must let Qin Tao get some good things back!

“Well, I did see some of them, such as the decommissioned supply ship.”

 “No problem, you drag it away.”

“By the way, I see that a batch of large MiG-25s have been eliminated at the fleet’s aviation base?”

 Large MiG-25?

 Nikolai reacted instantly. Was Qin Tao talking about those Tu-22M2 bombers?

When Qin Tao came to Nikolai to do business, he visited the Naval Aviation Base and saw those aircraft. He thought they were MiG-25s made of stainless steel. Zubayev, the head of the base, introduced to Qin Tao that they were MiG-25s made of stainless steel. Tu-22M, however, Qin Tao still used the name of this large MiG-25.

 What does Qin Tao want to do?

 For Lao Maozi, supersonic bombers like the Tu-22M are advanced weapons and equipment. After all, this is a killer weapon tailor-made for the US aircraft carrier formation.

Now, Qin Tao wants this kind of thing?

Even though Nikolay is in a high and powerful position, he still has to think carefully about it.

"Those airplanes are all made of aluminum alloy. If we take them back, we can get a lot of aluminum alloy. We produce natural gas ships and we have to use aluminum alloy to make tanks. Domestic aluminum alloy production is not high and there is not enough." Qin Tao said.

“Aluminum alloy?” Nikolai thought of something: “In our Pacific Fleet, all the cannibals have been eliminated. If you want aluminum alloy, I can get you this kind of aircraft for the scrap price.”

 “Cannibals?” Qin Tao was a little confused.

“It’s the prototype of the Tu-22M, the Tu-22.” Nicholas explained: “In terms of size, they are almost the same.”

“Oh.” Qin Tao could only give up.

 Tu-22 is a useless product created by the Tupolev Design Bureau. It is completely a product to meet the requirements of the army.

In order to achieve high-speed flight, the cross-sectional area of ​​the fuselage of this kind of aircraft is very small, the cockpit is narrow, and the visibility is very poor, which seriously affects the flight. The landing gear is also not good. When taking off and taxiing at high speed, the landing gear often shakes.

The engines are installed on both sides of the vertical tail root, which makes the aircraft difficult to control. There were three people sitting in the small airplane: the captain, the navigator, and the weapons system controller. Only one person was driving, which was very stressful, and the accident happened because of this.

The Tu-22s that were in service in 1962 were all retired in 1992. In thirty years, more than 70 of them crashed. You know, its total production is less than 300. This ratio is simply comparable to that of the Three.

 So, the cannibal nickname of Tu-22 came like this.

 Not only the Tu-22, but also the Tu-22M has begun to be gradually retired.

There are three Tu-22M aviation regiments in the Pacific Fleet. Among them, the 183rd regiment is stationed in Vladivostok. All of them were retired this year. The 570th regiment will be retired in 1994, and only the 568th regiment remains. By 1996 At that time, he replaced his equipped Tu-22M2 with Tu-22M3 and became the only long-range air strike force of the Pacific Fleet.

 The retired Tu-22Ms Qin Tao saw were the equipment of the 183rd Regiment.

Nicholas still has some concerns about selling these Tu-22M2s, but Qin Tao is not discouraged because the people under him are much greedier than him.

the next day.

Accompanied by Zaitsev, Qin Tao arrived at the aviation base inside the fleet base. On the side near the hillside, retired aircraft are stored.

 Tu-22 bombers are parked in rows. These beasts that once dominated the sky are now quietly waiting for the end of their fate.

“Zaitsev, we need an excavator and a special hydraulic shear to cut these aircraft into parts for easy shipment.”

 “Okay, I’ll coordinate.” Zaitsev left.

"Qin, you are a great benefactor to our Pacific Fleet." Zubayev accompanied Qin Tao and said with emotion as he walked: "All our arrears of wages have been paid, and the payment is still in US dollars."

The ruble is not valuable. If you pay it today, you can buy two bottles of vodka. Tomorrow, you may only be able to buy one bottle, and the day after tomorrow you may only be able to buy a bottle cap. Therefore, their domestic US dollars are secretly circulating. After all, The dollar is strong.

After the sale of the Minsk, the Pacific Fleet's funds became abundant. They simply paid their subordinates wages directly in US dollars to avoid being worried about Moscow.

Nicholas's move won the favor of everyone in the fleet, and the senior officials in the fleet were even more grateful to Qin Tao. They knew that without Qin Tao, the scrap metal ship would not be sold at a sky-high price.

"These are what I should do." Qin Tao said: "We are friends, of course we should help if we can, and it is the company of the South Kimchi Country that spends the money."

 After Qin Tao finished speaking, he frowned.

“Qin, do you have any problems?”

“There’s not enough scrap metal! There’s too little. Can you bring me two of the scrap metal over there?”

Qin Tao said, pointing to the large MiG-25s.

PS: There will be another surprise tomorrow morning.

　　

 (End of this chapter)