Chapter 346 Participation in the project of International Defense Exhibition in Asia

   A group of people talked and laughed, and entered the restaurant.

  Qin Tao hadn't found a seat to sit down. When he passed a certain table, the person who was eating stood up.

   "Boss Qin!"

   This tone is very special, not for ridicule, but because the speaker is a foreigner.

  Qin Tao looked over in surprise: "Michelle?"

   Mbappe was also sitting there, waving to Qin Tao: "Qin, I sincerely invite you to come to our table for dinner. This oriental food is really good!"

   Their table is full of delicacies.

  Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, I am very honored."

  These executives of GT Company used to live in the Huating Hotel, and now it was time for dinner, so they unexpectedly ran into each other like this.

  Qin Tao looked at the people around him, and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Manager Zhang of our Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, and this is Director Wang of Huating Shipyard."

  Forget about the other people, you can introduce them to these two people.

  Qin Tao introduced to the two people around him: "These people are all from the French GT company. Mr. Mbappe is the person in charge of the company, Michel is the technical director of the company, and..."

Both Manager Zhang and Director Wang were surprised for a while. The focus of today's meeting was actually the natural gas ship. Although no resolution was reached in the end, Director Wang had already made up his mind to follow Qin Tao and the others, but he didn't expect , To be able to meet the leader in the natural gas ship industry, GT company, during the meal!

   "Welcome, welcome, everyone, please come and eat together." This time, Mbappe also stood up.

  If there is only Qin Tao, he can still support him and just sit there. However, the person in charge of China State Shipbuilding Corporation is different, and his status is higher than him.

  When everyone sits down, eating becomes secondary.

   "Manager Zhang, you have a large number of shipyards. If you want to continue to develop, you must manufacture new types of ships, especially natural gas ships. On behalf of the company, you are always welcome to visit."

   Mbappe has already begun to pave the way for their company's business expansion.

  Their company is not large, and they make money by selling patents. In Europe, companies that can buy their patented shipbuilding have already bought them. If they want to continue to expand their scale, they have to move to the east.

  So, they expect to sell more patents here.

   "Of course, CSSC has also admired GT Company for a long time. We will definitely go to investigate when we have time in the future."

  Now that we have encountered it, it is of course a matter of course. No matter whether it is imported or not, it is always necessary to go and see.

"Mr. Mbappe, you just wait to continue to make money in the future. We have a meeting today to discuss the issue of natural gas ships." Qin Tao began to fool around: "Not to mention, the automatic welding equipment of Invar Steel, It must be purchased."

  Mbappe's eyes lit up.

  After Qin Tao left yesterday, they discussed it, but no resolution was reached.

If Mingzhou Group is a western company, they will recognize it. It is obviously a company from a backward oriental country. They actually want to sell patents to them. They really can't save face. How can a proud French company buy a Chinese company? patent?

  However, if they don't buy it, their research and development route will be blocked, and the plan proposed by Qin Tao is not too much.

   In this way, they weighed repeatedly, but did not reach a consensus, and only when it was time to eat, could they be happy.

   Now, let's talk about work again.

  Although Mingzhou Group has relevant patents, Mingzhou Group does not have all kinds of equipment! More than 90% of the welds of Inwa Steel's liquid cargo fences require automatic welding machines, and they can only import them.

   If you go through their GT company, you can also make a lot of money!

"Just now, Director Wang and I have reached a decision on the patent authorization of natural gas ships." Qin Tao said: "Their shipyards need to purchase some automatic welding equipment. In the future, more shipyards will join in. , Mr. Mbappe, how did you think about yesterday's incident?"

   This can be regarded as opening the skylight to speak brightly.

  Although they wanted two-fifths of their patent fee, which was a bit much, but after all, they let them take away the big head. Moreover, they gave them free heat insulation boxes and the like. Qin Tao was also very generous.

   Now, Qin Tao gave another new benefit, as long as they agree to yesterday's request, then Qin Tao can purchase these automatic welding equipment through them, and let them make a fortune.

   Anyway, they are not the only ones who can contact them. Qin Tao can directly contact the relevant factories. After all, the batch of welding equipment is still in use in Mingzhou, and the factory has specialized technicians responsible for maintenance. Moreover, not only this factory, but also other factories in Germany and the United Kingdom can help, and there is no need to go through them at all.

   This is the exchange of interests.

Mbappe looked at several other people around him, exchanged opinions, and finally nodded: "After our careful consideration and research, we can accept your proposal, but it still needs the approval of the company's board of directors, and it needs to be approved by the company's board of directors. It will be a while before we sign the deal."

   "Okay, we at Huating Shipyard just need to go through a period of preparation. At that time, the relevant agreements can be signed together."

Director Wang felt that Qin Tao was using them as a negotiating weapon, but it was nothing. Qin Tao gave them 2% patent fee authorization, which was already quite low. They would be the second to enter this market, and then become shipbuilding A new profit growth point for the factory.

   This meal was very enjoyable. After eating, Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang went home and only worked for half a day at most, leaving half a day to spend with their wives.

  Driving back, Xu Zhengyang continued to sigh with emotion.

   "Boss Qin, GT really agreed. This is a new era for our group."

   "There are so many benefits, and they can't get around the relevant technical route, so of course they have to reach an agreement with us." Qin Tao said: "If you have money, let's make money together."

   "By the way, Huating Shipyard, how do you give them a 2% authorized price?"

"Needless to say 2 percent, 1 percent, or even 0.5 percent is fine. After all, our family can't build so many ships. If we build them together, it will drive the development of the entire shipbuilding industry in our country. It is imperative." Qin Tao said.

  Xu Zhengyang turned his head and glanced at Qin Tao, wanting to see the hypocritical expression.

but none.

Qin Tao really thinks so. Looking at the competition situation of international natural gas ships in the future, if they can be sold at a higher price, of course they should be more expensive. They can earn money from foreigners together. If not, then he is willing to lower the patent fee and let the domestic shipyards In an advantageous position in the competition.

   As for the question of making money, Qin Tao actually didn't even think about making much money through patent fees. They want to do business. Invar steel for building natural gas ships needs to be purchased from Mingzhou Iron and Steel Works.

Even if other steel factories want to produce this kind of invar steel, it is not easy, because they do not have a stable source of nickel, only 36% nickel can make invar steel, which is not something that ordinary steel factories can produce. Done.

  Even if it is only supporting domestic shipyards and providing invar steel, it is enough for Mingzhou Group to eat a lot of food. Expanding the production of natural gas ships is of course also considering expanding the invar steel market.

  In addition to these, there are some other things, such as various antifreeze valves, which also have high requirements. They are all independently produced by Mingzhou Shipyard, and they can be sold for money.

  So, Qin Tao is very generous. He must collect patent fees, and he can also charge less. Of course, it is necessary to charge according to the ship. He must have a stable source of profit, and he must not allow other shipyards to take advantage.

  After returning home, Zhao Ling and her mother-in-law were not there. They went out for a walk, and Wu Shengli came back. After seeing Qin Tao, Wu Shengli immediately said, "Today went to a Hongmen banquet?"

   "Yeah, I was roasted on the fire once, and now, those people are probably making scarecrows."

  Wu Shengli smiled: "The eyes of those people can kill people, right?"

   "Yes, I'm still thick-skinned. By the way, Dad, I have something to report to you."

   "Speak."

   "Mingzhou Group also wants to participate in the Asian Defense Exhibition." Qin Tao said: "We plan to make some models of ships, but the weapon systems equipped on them need to be approved by the Navy."

   "Well, let's talk about it."

"Currently, our main product is the 054 frigate." Qin Tao said: "At present, almost all the weapons and equipment on this warship are imitated from Lao Maozi, so there are not many secrets to speak of. If the Navy agrees, we will use this warship as the basis to launch a brand new frigate, which will surely make a big splash at this defense exhibition."

   In terms of surface ships, Mingzhou Shipyard really doesn't have much to offer.

The original air defense destroyer has too much displacement and is limited by gas turbines and air defense missiles, so it must not be exported. Besides, even if it is exported, no user will appreciate it. After all, this kind of warship only pays attention to air defense. tasteless.

  054 is different. The engine is its own, and all kinds of anti-aircraft equipment are also its own. Therefore, it can be mass-produced at any time. After improvement, it is not so difficult to export to earn money from foreigners.

   "Air defense missiles are not working, and other systems are fine." Wu Shengli replied to Qin Tao immediately.

"What?"

Qin Tao was a little embarrassed: "The biggest advantage of our frigate is the vertically launched anti-aircraft missile system. Without it, what publicity do we have? Besides, if it can be sold, it can also bring a fortune to the relevant units. Profits!"

  In countries like the United States and Lao Maozi, arms sales are classified into grades, high-grade for personal use, and low-grade for export.

   It’s not just old men who shrink, Yankees are no exception. When they sold the F-16 to China, they planned to forcefully insert the J79 turbojet engine, that is, the version without turbofan engines. The famous M1 tank, after being exported, has weak armor protection.

  But China is different.

  When China exports, it follows a practice that exports are better than self-use.

   In terms of aircraft, the J-7 fighter jets have switched to Marconi's avionics, and have HUDs, which were sold abroad first. The Air Force looked good, so they equipped a batch. The army is even more so. The extended 105mm guns and the like are first installed on export tanks.

The navy is no exception. It uses the YJ-8 anti-ship missile with a range of 40 kilometers. The exported C802 has a range of more than 100 kilometers. The navy is useless. It is the YJ-83 after the final modification. It is useful.

  There are many reasons for this situation.

For example, the level of domestic arms is not high in the first place, and there is a big gap with the world's advanced level. If it shrinks further, it will definitely not be sold. For example, new equipment is risky. Foreign customers help to verify and confirm that it is reliable, and then equip it in China, so that mature equipment can be used directly.

  So, Qin Tao didn't think it was a big problem. Unexpectedly, Wu Shengli had an opinion here, disagree?

  Qin Tao was a little curious, why didn't he agree?

   "Currently, only sea rattlesnakes are allowed to be exported. You can equip customers with this kind of equipment. Our Hongqi-16 is currently at a high level of confidentiality and will not obtain an export license."

  What is the use of a high confidentiality level? Isn't it the imitation of Shi Jili?

etc!

  Qin Tao seemed to understand something.

"Is the Navy planning to use our Hongqi-16 as its hole card?" Qin Tao said: "As long as we don't tell, the outside world will not know the true performance of our Hongqi-16. Still holding the pipa half-hidden, let foreigners guess, Maybe it will overestimate our missile?"

  Once exported, all kinds of data of the weapon will be released, so there is no secret at all. According to domestic practice, the weapons for personal use need to be kept secret, even for a long time.

   Even if it is the 054 frigate built by their Mingzhou Shipyard, no one knows the performance of the weapons on this frigate, only the military personnel in charge of sea trials will know.

051C has no secrets. The tombstone-like shield on the back means that it is equipped with the S-300 missile system. 052 has no secrets. The weapons and equipment on it are originally Western, so the current 054 is very good for the navy. Importantly, the secrets on it cannot be known to the outside world.

Wu Shengli nodded: "Yes, our navy's air defense has always been a weak point. Now, we finally have a self-developed weapon system, which is a vertical launch version. At least within ten years, this weapon system must be Absolutely confidential, no data can be leaked."

  Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, then we don't need Hongqi-16. However, the sea rattlesnake is too tasteless!"

  Sea rattlesnakes with a range of only a dozen kilometers are enough to be installed on a frigate of more than 2,000 tons. For now, China State Shipbuilding Corporation will definitely bring this frigate to the Asian Defense Exhibition.

  Mingzhou Group’s frigates have a displacement of close to 4,000 tons. Even with such a system installed, they always feel that they are not aggressive enough. At present, the export of warships depends on cost performance, and he will definitely lose.

If he goes out with Hongqi-16, then Qin Tao will definitely get the order, and he won't make a trip in vain. He thought it was just a domestic Shi Jili, but he didn't expect Wu Shengli to disagree. What, I'm really a little bit blind.

"What you want to build is an export-oriented foreign trade warship, which can be equipped with foreign weapon systems. The F-25T Nalai Songen frigate we produced for Siam, isn't it equipped with the MK-41 launch system?" Wu Shengli thought Qin Tao said: "When you display the model to the outside world, you can also plug in a MK-41 launch unit. Users will definitely like it."

  Wu Shengli was a little curious. Qin Tao couldn't have imagined this kind of common routine on foreign trade warships.

   Sure enough, Qin Tao shook his head firmly: "No, what we want to show is our own demeanor. Our future foreign trade warships must be equipped with weapons and equipment produced by ourselves. We disdain to install foreign weapon systems."

  Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao in surprise, his eyes seemed to ask, are you serious?

  Qin Tao responded with his eyes: That's right! This is our principle!

"If we want to use our own air defense weapon system, it would be the Kaishan-1 missile system." Wu Shengli said, "It's just that this weapon system has never received foreign orders, and it has not been able to intercept low-altitude missiles." The goal of flying, so it is difficult to gain user acceptance."

  Kayshan-1?

  Of course Qin Tao knows this model.

  For a long time, the main force of domestic air defense was the Hongqi-2 surface-to-air missile system, which had made great achievements on the battlefield, but it was still quite old after all.

  The Jiangnan Aerospace Industry Group is responsible for the production of this missile. It also has a popular name called 061 base. This base has already started to develop a modified version of this missile system.

First of all, the liquid engine used by the Hongqi-2 missile has too many limitations, so the missile has been changed to solid fuel propulsion, and the shape has undergone great changes. In order to guide the missile, they are also equipped with a special SJ- The 202 radar, and even the SJ-212 radar used in the Hongqi-9 test launch, are all improvements of the former.

  After it was developed, they pushed this missile system to the international market. In 1991, it was unveiled at the Paris Air Show, and it was named Kaishan-1.

   However, it has not been recognized by any customers. After all, it still inherits the radio command guidance technology of the Hongqi-2 missile, which is already behind in this era.

Hongqi-16 uses semi-active radar guidance, Hongqi-9 uses TVM guidance, and will soon transition to active seeker guidance. In this case, Kaishan-1, which can only be guided by radio command, is undoubtedly It is primitive and backward.

  However, the 061 base is not discouraged and keeps improving. Although its performance is not advanced enough, it is cheap! After all, a radio-command-guided missile only needs to be equipped with a radio-command receiver, unlike other missiles that are equipped with complex and expensive seekers.

Moreover, due to inheriting the foundation of the Hongqi-2 missile, this missile has a range of more than 40 kilometers. It is a proper medium-range missile. Therefore, they continue to improve it. After the 21st century, it is finally fully mature. Even the Air Force has equipped a batch, and has also been given the number of Hongqi-12.

  The current Kaishan-1 missile is actually not very mature, but people have been working hard. A missile with a range of 40 kilometers is installed on an export-oriented frigate, which is also a pretty good indicator.

   "It seems that we can only use this kind of missile at present." Qin Tao said: "It's easy to say, but the missile must use the launch box."

  The early Kaishan-1 missile used a slanted launcher, which was very backward. After the modification, it was replaced with a square launcher. Now, if you want to go on a warship, you must be able to launch it vertically.

   "If you have an idea, I can contact you right now." Wu Shengli said to Qin Tao.

  Qin Tao shook his head: "No need, wait until after the Chinese New Year."

   "Do you have any other ideas?" Wu Shengli continued to ask.

   "Of course there are others. With the right experts, we can design a conventional submarine and put it on display. Our Mingzhou Group can build all kinds of ships."

  Qin Tao planned it long ago.

  The modification of frigates, submarines, catamaran missile boats, etc. can all be exhibited to show the style of Mingzhou Group!

   Just then, the sound of the door opening came from outside.

   "Mom, Xiaoling, you are back." Qin Tao greeted the two of them.

   "Well, Brother Tao, did you come back so early today?"

   "Taozi, you are resting at home, I will cook for you."

   "Mom, didn't we invite Xiao Zheng, just let her do it." Qin Tao said.

  Xiao Zheng came out from the bathroom and wiped his hands on the apron: "Yes, auntie, leave it to me, I can do anything."

  This nanny, Xiao Zheng, is named Zheng Cuicui. She works quite quickly and is diligent in her hands and feet. Everyone is very satisfied.

   "After the villa complex in Huating is built, we will move to the villa area. Xiaoling has been used to living in a house with a yard since she was a child, so we will have to move to a small building with a yard in the future." Qin Tao said.

   "Taozi, are you planning to make your home in Huating in the future?"

"Yes." Qin Tao said: "Anyway, I am running around. Xiaoling works in Huating, so of course this family will be located in Huating. The education here is much better than that in Mingzhou. Of course, if the two elders If you are willing, you can register your child's household registration in the capital, and you can go to school in the capital in the future."

"Of course, Taozi, your parents are busy. Mom can retire early. Anyway, the hospital in the compound is fine. In the future, mom will take care of your children." Hearing Qin Tao's arrangement, Zhao Ling's heart ached. Mother was so happy.

   "Mom, what are you talking about now?" Zhao Ling was a little unhappy: "Besides, does Brother Tao agree or not?"

   "Is there anything you don't agree with." Qin Tao said generously, "I'm the boss of the group, and my dad has to listen to me."

  Qin Tao is very angry.

  A few days later, Qin Baoshan also came over. Qin Tao's remarks were treated as a joke. Although he is the leader, he is still very filial. Now that he is getting older, even the old man seldom calls.

  Qin Tao's mother was a few days late. She was busy until the end of the year.

Zhao Ling was very touched. She knew that it was all because of herself that the big guys came to Huating. Although she was concerned about her work, she must also take good care of the child in her stomach, so that no mistakes could be made. .

  (end of this chapter)